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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-06
LITERARY FOLK KEEP BUSY
English and American Men Of Letters
Faithfully "Doing Their Bit" to
Help Win War.

Here Is some gossip about literary
folk as condensed by New York
writer:
"Rudyard Kipllng Is doing his BIT
as director of propaganda In England.
Phyllis Bottome, author of The Dark
Tower and other novels, is now Mrs.
Forbes Dennis, wife of an officer In
the British army. A one-story adobe
shack In Austin, Tex, the home Of
o. Henry's now famous journalistic
venture The Rolling Stone,' was re-
Gently demolished to make way for
modern progress In the shape of a tele-
phone building. Five stories by John
Galsworthy, who recently refused the
honor of knighthood offered him by
the British government, have been pub
lished under the title of Five Tales
Il would rather entrust the moral char
acter Of my boy to the camps than to
any college or university i know says
Joseph H. Odell In The New Spirit Of
the New Army recently published
book describing the life at the camps
and the effects Of military training on
our young men. The Hundred Best
Gaps is the fellcltous title Sir James
Barrie gave to his letter calling upon
authors and book collectors to make
one marked gap each in their shelves
for the benefit Of the British Red
Cross. Barrie himself gave the orig
inal manuscript Of The Little Minis
ter"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-06

The British are OF wood. while 1nt
German are iron. My heart stopped
beating; by mistake / had crawled
back to the German lines.
l turned slowly about and my tunit
caught on the wire and made a loud
ripping noise.
A sharp challenge rang out. !
sprang to my feet. ducking low, and
ran madly back toward our lines. The
Germans started firing. The bullets
were biting all around me, when bang !
l ran smash into our wire, and a sharp
challenge, "'Alt, who comes thereT
rang out. / gasped out the password,
and, cropping my way through the lane
in the wire. tearing my hands and
uniform, / tumbled into our trench and
was safe, but / was a nervous wreck
for an hour. until a drink Of rum
brought me round.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-06
CHAPTER XVII.
Out In Front.

After tea Lieutenant Stores of our
section came into the dugout and In
formed me that was 'for" a reconnoi-
tering patrol and would carry six Mills
bombs.
At II no that night twelve men, our
1leutenanl and myself went out in
front on a patrol in No Mans Land.
We cruised around in the dark for
about two hours, Just knocking about
looking for trouble. on the lookout for
Boche working paroles to see what
they were doing.
Around two in the morning we were
carefully picking our way about thirty
yards In front Of the German barbed
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-06
A Paper Controller.

Great Britain now has Its Paper
Controller, concerning whose identity
there has been flutter of excitement
In the publishing and newspaper
worlds. There is, however, very much
less talk and less fuss about the adj
vent of this new official than there was
over the subject of the introduction
of food ratloning, although the limo
walton Is capable of having much
greater effects on the life of the coun-
try than the mere reduction of the
consumption of certain food supplies.
II. A. Vernet, on whom 1t has de-
volved. Is a director Of the Under
ground Electric Railways company.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-06
X.Rav Reflectora.

Mica has been found an excellent
material for concentrating mirrors for
X-rays. Glass win not do, because
smooth as 1t is, It Is too rough for the
extremely minute X-rays, which are
much smaller than light waves. Glass
dIffuses the X-rays, much as a rough
surface dIffuses light waves, but 1t was
found that the surface of mineral crys-
tails were of the requisite smoothness
for rejecting X-rays, and Of them mica
is the most adaptable, being readily
split into sheets.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-06
FAD WELCOMED BY ARTISTS
Painted Designs on Lingerie Give OPP
portunlty for Unlimited Display
OF Originality.

Now that the hard-hearted hosiery
manufacturers have decided to reduce
their manufacturing costs by cutting
out the fancy colors and startling de-
signs of the ladies' lines and limiting
the output to plain somber shades that
cannot be heard coming, that portion
of femininity that demands novelties In
dress that fairly scream will have to
fall back on the new fad in underwear.
OIL paintings, done to suit the indi-
vidual taste, on the lingerie, each piece
to follow the same design and make up
the set, and a mosquito net overdress
will put a spiderweb stocking in the
shade when it comes to startling scenic
effects.
Imagine q set with lifelike repre-
sentation of the execution Of Marie
Antolnette on the back Of the corset
cover and a panoramic sketch of the
taking OF the Bastile running around
the bottom of the underskirt with
other sidelights of the French Revolu-
ton sandwiched in where opportunity
presents.
Possibilities? Whyi A pair Of silk
ones never began to offer the posi-
bilitles for effective display Of the
artistic temperament that this new fad
does. All struggling artists whose pro-
auctions are not In demand since the
war economics have put quletus on
the picture market will rise en- masse
and call the originator OF the new idea
blessed-Brockton Times.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-06
IDEAL PLACE FOR SOLITUDE
Ono Of Worlds Most Desolats
Spots.

Bird island, most northerly of the
Magdalen islands, holds the worlds
record for wrecks. The whole group,
In the Gulf of st. Lawrence, is exceed
ingly dangerous, but Bird island stands
first. More like huge rock than an
island its walls rise grim and gray In
the patlf~6f the mariner. The island
has no beach or coast, only steep IT.
regular cliff rising abruptly from the
water The top is barren plateau Of
about five acres.
The principal inhabitants are birds.
'Gulls, gannets and INJURIES come In,
thousands to nest and rear their young.
The roar Of their thousands Of wings
browns the noise of the waters. The
indians say that they are the souls Of
shipwrecked sailors.
The human tenants Of the plateau
are the lighthouse keeper and his wife,
doomed to solitary existence except
about once or twice year when ship
brings provisions. Sometimes, perhaps
in about every three or four years, an
enterprising naturalist comes to study
the bird life on the island.
Ships can approach Bird island only
In the calmest weather. The slight.
est ripple and the craft keeps a re-
spectful distance. The lighthouse Is
reached by a rope and windlass. The
hardest mountain climber would hesl-
tate before attempting to scale Its
rough gray walls.
The keepers of the light have been
singularly unfortunate. The first went
insane and had to be kept confined by
his wife and assistant until the pro-
vision boat arrived. The second was
borne away by floating piece of Ice
when seal hunting in the early spring.
His wife maintained the lighthouse
alone until help came from a neigh
boring island.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-06
plano Not Necessity.

A Berlin musical instrument dealer
was prosecuted by the antlprohteering
authorities for selling at $500 reno
waited secondhand piano for which he
paid only SITS. The charge was that
ne had committed "usury" In connec-
ton with an Particle Of daily neces-
sity." The courts refused to agree
with the official view that pianos were
a necessity" for the soothing Of war
nerves, and said that the tradesman
had a right to sell piano, like and
other luxury for whatever he could
get for 1t.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-06
CHAPTER XVI-Continued.

Quite contrast to Wilson was an
other character in our brigade named
Scott; we called him "Old Scotty" on
account of his ege. He was fifty-seven,
although looking forty. "Old Scotty"
had been born in the Northwest and
had served in the Northwest Mounted
police. He was a typical cowpuncher
and Indian fighter and was dead shot
with the rifle, and took no pains to
disguise this fact from us. He used to
take care of his rifle as IL 1t were a
baby. In his spare moments you could
always see him cleaning 1t or polish
Ing the stock. Woe betide the man
who by mistake happened to get hold
Of this rife; he soon found out his
error. Scott was as deaf as mule,
and 1t was amusing at parade to watch
him In the manual of arms, slyly
glancing out of the corner of his eye
at the man next to him to see what
the order was. How he passed the
doctor was mystery to us; he must
have bluffed his way through, because
he certainly was Independent. Beside
him the Fourth of July looked like
Good Friday. He wore at the time
large sombrero, had a Mexican stock
saddle over his shoulder, lariat on
his arm, and a 'forty-five" hanging
from his hip. Dumping this parapher-
,.alia on the floor he went up to the
recruiting officer and shouted: I'm
from America, west Of the Rockies,
and want to join your ID army.
I've got no use for a German and can
shoot some. At Scotland Yard they
turned me down; said was deaf and
so am. / don't banker to ship in with
a id underwriting outfit, but the
cavalry's full, so / guess this regi-
ments better than none, so trot out
your papers and I'll sign 'em." He told
them he was forty and slipped by. !
was on recruiting service at the time
he applied for enlistment.
1t was Old Scotty's great ambition
to be a sniper or "body snatcher," as
Mr.. Atkins calls it. The day that he
was detailed as brigade sniper he cele-
brated his appointment by blowing the
whole platoon to fGgs.
Being Yank, Old Scotty took lik-
ing to nae and used to spin some great
yarns about the plains, and the whole
platoon would drink these In and ask
for more. Ananias was q rookie COM
pared with him.
The ex-plainsman and discipline
could not agree, but the officers all
liked him, even if he was hard to man
age, so when he was detailed as
sniper a sigh Of relief went up from
the officers mess.
Old Scotty had the freedom of the
brigade. He used to draw two or
three days. rations and disappear with
his glass, range finder and rifle, and we
would see or hear no more of him
until suddenly he would reappear
with q couple of notches added to
those already on the butt of his rifle.
Every time he got a German it meant
another notch. He was proud of these
notches.
But after a few months Father
rheumatism got him and he was sent
to Blighty; the air in the wake of his
stretcher was blue with curses. Old
Scotty surely could swear some of his
outbursts actually burned you.
No doubt, at this writing, he is
somewhere in Blighty" pussy footing
1t on a bridge or along the wall Of
some munition plant with the &c. R."
or Home Defense corps.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-06
Maobeth,s Death Place Given City.

Belmont castle, the scene Of the final
struggle between Macbeth and Macduff
when Macbeth was slain, has been gly-
en- to the city of Dundee by It's owner,
Mrs. Marryat, who inherited a large
fortune from her brother, Sir james
Card. The castle, which Is located II
miles from Dundee, was once the home
Of the British premier, Sir Henry
Campbell Bannerman. The property
includes 900 acres Of park land and Is
valued at $2,000,000.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-06
Boulevard.

The word boulevard means "bul-
wark" or fertilization, and thus has
direct reference to the old ramparts.
But since the middle Of the nineteenth
century the title has been applied to
new thoroughfares not traced on the
site of an old enceintc.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-06
Empey stages his play under
difficulties but with great sue
cess. The next instaIlment tells
about II.
cTo BE coNrINUED)
Used Vast Amount Of Wire.

1t has been estimated that the wire
in the cores and sheathlng OF the
worlds submarine cables that have
been made since they were first used
In 1857, would reach from the earth
to the moon.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-06

SynopsFired by the sinking of the Lusana with the Of
American lives Arthur Empey Jersey City,
England ensts private the British After
recruiting officer in London he train
where
acquaintance Coolies After brief training
Employs ronne trenches where takes
while bullets whz
that death always
distinguishes himself wounded hot
shovel Empey has experience trench digger
No Mans Exciting experience listening post detail Ex
citing o. observation post duty.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-06
The Gulf Stream.

The Gulf stream is more rapid than
the Amazon, more lmpetuous than the
Mississippi, and Its volume more than
1000 times greater.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-06

Heaven helps those who pretend
they are happier than they are.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-06

81 don't believe | would be alive to
give this testimony II it weren't for
Doan's Kidney Pills" says Mrs. Julia
A. Thomas, l125-A Missouri Ave, East
At. Louis. IL. 81 was in a serious
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-24
ENArH CONCURRENT REsoLU-

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU-
TON No. Is.
A proposition to amend section OF
article of the constitution of the
State Of Kansas relative to the right
Of suffrage.
BE It resolved by the Legislature Of
the State Of Kansas, two-thirds or
the members elected to each house
thereof concurring therein:
SECTION l. The following prop
osition to amend the constitution or
the state Of Kansas is hereby submit
ted to the qualified electors OF the
state for their approval or rejection:
That section Of article 5fof the con-
stitution OF the state OF Kansas be
amended to read as follows:
Section /. Every citizen Of the Unit
ed States of the age of twenty-one
years and upward-who shall have re-
sided In Kansas six months next pre-
oeding any election, and In the town
ship or ward in which he or she oHers
to vote, at least thirty days next pre-.
ceding such election--shall 10 deemed
o qualified elector.
SEC. 3. That this proposition shall
be submitted to the electors or the
state at the general election In the
lection. The amendment hereby pro.
posed shall be designated on the ballot
by the following title: THE. suffrage
amendment to the constitution, anu
snail ne VOLeu iOT VI oboihoN ~ 49,
vlded by law under such title.
SEC. 3 That this resolution shall
take effect and be In force from and
after its publication In the statute
book. -.
Passed the House March s, 1917.
approved March IL, 1917.
I hereby certify that the foregoing
Is a true and correct copy or origin
IS, now on file In my office.
]. T. BOTKINB.
(aEAIl Secretary of State.
Bw11
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-24
tsEAL)
REsoLU-

SENATE CONCURRENT REsoLU-
TION No. is.
Be it resolved by the Legislature sf
rnemb ers OF each house concurring
therein:
SECTION 1. That the following
nronoaitt0n TO amend the constitution
Of the state OF aKnsas is hereby sup
mItted to the qualified electors OF the
state for their rejection or approval
SEC. 2. The Legislature may levy =
permanent tax for the use and DeneLn
| 81 the state educational instltuLlons
and apportion among ana appr"p h1ch
| levy. apportionment and approPriA-
tion shall continue until chansea "
the statue. Nothing herein conIaSsu
alton BY the Legislature as may De
1eemed necessary from time TO tune
for the needs of said state eoucatio"-
al institutions.
SEC. 8. This proposition shall 9s
submitted to the electors OF TINS is stA ~
at the election for represent3aat1Hse1 The
the Legislature In the year 1Ytoi ,, ne
Amendment hereby proposed shAh .s
known ON the official ballot ~ LIS
title Amendment to the constltue e,r
The state educational institutions,
and the vote for and against s9ca
amendment shall be taken as proVioe~
by law.
SEC. 4. This resolution shall tHs
erect and be in force from and atter
it's publication in the statue BOOK:
passed me House March I, 1917.
Approved March 10. 1917.
I hereby certify that the foresO OLE
- a true and correct copy Of the orls-
nal Senate Concurrent Resolution NO
IL now on file In my onice.
]. T. BoTKng8
fsuAIA Secretary Of state:
tSSAL) ew1S
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-24
First published in the Abilene Weekly
Reflector. Oct. II, 1918.
PUBLICATION NOTICE
To Maggie Pate

To Maggie Pate:
You are hereby notified that you have
been sued In the District court Of Dick
inson County State OF Kansas by Oscar
Pate, and that unless you answer his
petition on or before the 30th day Of
November, 1918, the same will lbe taken
a true, and Judgment rendered against
you dissolving the marriage relations
heretofore existing between you and
said plaintiff oscar Pate. and divorce
ing said plaintiff, Oscar Pate, from
YOU on account of your wilful abandon
ment Of him for more than one year last
past before the commencement OF this
action.
81 OSCAR PATE,
BY HIurd & Hurd. his attorneys.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-24
AT A
STANDSTILL IN KANSAS.

Topeka, Oct. 22.-The influenza
epidemic in Kansas is at standstill,
as far as multiplicity of new cases
Is concerned. There were no more
cases reported to the state board of
health yesterday than during the two
days of Friday and Saturday, but
the reported cases probably do not
include more than half of those who
are afflicted with the disease. At
this time last week the reports
showed more than $4,000 cases. Yes
terday the total had gone above the
20. 900 mark. Officials believe that
this tells not more than half Of the
story for the state.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-24
John j. Beach Dead.

John J. Beach, age Sc. one Of the
old residents of Manchester. died at
his home southwest of there early
Thursday morning. He is survived
by his wife and four children. The
funeral services. Sunday afternoon
at ESQ, burial in the White Cloud
cemetery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-24
s. A. II. @. Officer Dead.

Miss Grace Bawlden, of the high
school faculty and her mother, who
was here with her, left for Man
haitian Thursday upon receiving
news of the death of Lieut.. Bawlden
from influenza. who was one of the
officers of the S. A. 7 G. at Man
haitian. He has lived there five
years.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-24

Washington, Oct 22.-The farm
loan board announced that it has ex-
tended loans to 1000 farmers in the
drouth region Of Kansas, Oklahoma
and Texas from it's S5,00O,00O fund
used largely for seed wheat. 1t Is
expected that 5000 more farmers
will be aided this winter.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-24
NEED MORE FOR SHIPS.
Additional $I7O,oOO,OOO Asked by
Shipping Board.

Washington, Oct. 22.-An addi-
tional S12O,0OO,OOO for ship con
struction, making total for that
purpose of $4,000, 100000 was asked
of congress today by the shipping
board The senate appropriation
committee was asked to include the
increase in the military deficiency
bill. now under consideration.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-24
tuesday, Oct. 18th

commencing at l p. m. sharp
13 HEAD OF HORSES AND MULES
One team of mules, and z years
old; sucking mules; l team OF
bay horses, and years old; /
team of black mares, bred to jack;
3 colts, coming years old; black
mare, coming years old.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-24

Most disfiguring skin eruptions,
due to impure blood. BUrdock Blood
scrofula, pimples. rashes, ETC.. ARE
Bitters as a cleansing blood tonic,
is we'll recommended, $1.25 at sill
stores.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-24
Ap,Iene dog WINS Race.

Charles Stanley went to Army City
to the cOurseing meet which began
there Wednesday. Diamond Tips, a
hound, belonging to- his brother
David, won in one event and runs
again.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-24
Robert sawteII Dead.

News has been received here OF
the death of Robert Sawtell, who
was in the furniture business in
Junction city and was well known
here. lie died of pneumonia.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-24
IS HEAD HOGS.

One brood SOW due to farrow by
day Of sale, pure bred Duroc boar.
VT. 125 lbs, IA shoats
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-24

Itching piles provoke profanity
but profanity won't remove them
Doan's Ointment is recommended for
itching. bleeding or protruding
piles. soc at any drug store.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-24

OF the Holding OF General Election
congressional, State. County, and Town
ship Officers, and Of voting upon the
PROPOSITIONS to- Amend the Constitu-
ton.
STATE OF KANSAS,
DICKINSON COUNTY, IS:
The state of Kansas to whom 1t may
concern and these presents shall come
greeting
/. II. w. King, County Clerk Of Dick
inson County. state Of Kansas, by VIZ
tue of the authority vested in me, 90
by this proclamation, give pubic no
tfce that on the first Tuesday succeed
ing the first Monday in November, ~ =
ne same being the Firth day OF NOV
ember. 1918, there Will be held AT the
usual voting places In each voting pre-
cfnct in Dickinson County, State o.
ttaneas a general election and the Of
ficers to be chosen at that time and the
matters to be voted upon are as fol-
lows
state Officers
one candidate for United states Sena-
tor p,,.os,,totiye
Fifth Congressional District.
TWO Justices of the Supreme Court.
one candidate for Governor
one candidate for Lieutenant HoV
ernor. 81 ctate
one candidate for state Auditor
one candidate for state treasurer
ono candidate for Attorney General
one candidate for superintendent OF
Public Instruction. o
One candidate for state FIlhIeI. -
one candidate for Superintendent OF
Insurance.
One candidate for Representative OF
57th District .., coarL
one candidate for county lIea ,saaSs
ono candidate for Register OF DeeuS.
ono candidate for County Attorney
one candidate for Probate JnuBs'
one candidate for Sheriff
one candidate for Coroner.
one candidate for Superintendent -
Public Instruction ,. - ntstrict
one candidate for Clerk or Dihlrio'
Court County High
School Trustees co,,otv Commits
sioner, 1st District'
Township Omeer"
two candidates for Constable the
Two candidates Tor 'uS'i0'
6ne candidate for Township ! Siert
CO candidate for Township -,
o oandIdate for Township Trea9u'
err.
c.....,vtIonaI Amendment"
49, ,hera win be submitted Two
,ronositions to amend the cohS'''u'''"
as follows.
Number 4.
Amendment to the constluue a sar the
yIdIne for a permanent lhcoiio
stota educational institutions
Number 2.
Tho suffrage amendment to the co"
, ha,1ots Of electors for said ofL pill
ne "a unop such propositions H.
seS, roceived at the polls OF eacn -
D e. aiv,ct In said County OF Dlcklh9'r tive
~ ,,suai voting places thereiin,' l,,,,n1
ia noIls in each precinct IN sai" nal |
- shall be open for receiV.itm,as hour Of |
lote ~ said election from t't 80 ~ six |
.31ht o'clock a. m, to the n oui a., ~ |
eight ~ ~ the said Firth DAY on
. , cIocR ~ 1a1s Said election shall 9e
! ...,rr,od held. and conducted accyaa
80 20 the law governing genera
-. .n5 a. tba state OF Kansas
>. witness whereof have, he e.e,l,ltv !
- ~ nv hand at Abilene. in tne Cou tbis |
- r1tclinsop and State OF kAiisoS
istb Say OF October. 1913 rrrnsc
County Clerk
0totsanaon County, Kans.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-24
FARM IMPLEMENTS

Three section harrow, 2 row EN-
,erson weeder, discs, 2 walking
cultivators, riding cultivator, stalk
cutter, 2 Mccormick mowers, In
diana grain drill, manure spreader,
lister, Mccormick binder, 2 buggies,
2 wagons, / wide wheel wagon, 2
hay racks, sets work harness and
some other articles
Lunch served by ladies of the JEFF
.ferson Liberty Red Cross auxiliary