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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
FINANCIAL NOTES

The Farmers National bank of Col
fax, Wash. bought a controlling inter
est in the Colfax State bank, but it is
understood the two will continue to
operate as separate institutions.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Farmers bank of Kendrick, Idaho,
it was definitely decided to construct
new building for the bank on the
lot next to the Kendrick Store Co. 1t
will be a one-story building and have
30-foot frontage. The following Of
ficers were chosen: A. E. Clark, pres
ident: e. p. Atchison, vice president;
E. w. Lutz, cashier
S. Nj. West, who for the last three
months has been acting as assistant
cashier of the Valley County bank of
Hinsdale, Mont, has been made cash
Ter, to succeed Cashier l.. A. O'Brien,
who has resigned to associate himself
with banks to be opened at Savoy and
Coberg, small towns west of Dodson.
Charles H. McGihon, who was assist
ant cashier of the Valley County bank
has resigned to accept a cashiership
of one of the new banks in the county
Only about one-third as many appli
cations for national bank charters
were received by the controller of the
currency as in the same month last
year, according to a monthly report
Sixteen applications were received
representing aggregate capital of 81,
100000, as compared with 40 applica
tions with capital of $3.50, 900 in Jan
uary, 1917. Eleven charters were
granted, with capital of $685. 900, as
compared with 13 charters and capita
of 81 ,OO5, 900 the year before. Twenty
two national banks increased their cap
ital stock by an aggregate of $685.,
600 and one reduced its stock by $25,
OOO
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
Weekly War News Digest
STORIES OF ACTIVITIES AND CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT
: UNITED STATES BATTLE FRONTS,
WASHINGTON C.

flour and corn meal, barley flour.
oat meal, rice and rice flour, potato
may be use din making victory
flour. etc. Until March rye flour
bread.
Navy Gets 5000 Glasses.
Over 5000 glasses of various kinds
have been received by the navy in re-
spouse to it's call through the news
papers for binoculars, spyglasses, tel
escapes, sextants, and chronometers.
There is urgent need for many more.
All articles should be tagged with
name and address of the donor and
sent to Hon Franklin d. Roose-
velt assistant secretary of the navy,
care of naval observatory, Washing
ton, d. c. Those not suitable will
be returned to senders Careful rec
ords will be kept of accepted glasses
so they may, if possible, be returned
at the termination of the war.
AS the government under the law
can not accept services or material
without payment. 81 will be paid for
each article accepted.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
NEW SHIP is SAFE
FROM TORPEDOEs
Hole 30 Feet Wide in Side Would Not
Sink Craft.

New York.-Means have been found
to make transports unsuitable by
submarine, according to statement
made by William l.. Saunders, vice
chairman of the naval consulting
board, in an address at a dinner Of
the University OF Pennsylvania alum
nj in this city
Mr.. Saunders said that one of the
ships recently commandered by the
government now lies at an Atlantic
port and in such shape that she can
not be sunk by an exploding torpedo. -
81 can conceive of no reason why
this information should be withheld,
he added. "On the contrary, | believe
it is well that the enemy may come
to realize that the time has been
reached when American transports
are ready for the transportation oil
our troops which that enemy can not
sink. This ship may have a hole 81
or 40 feet in diameter blown in hel
side and she will remain afloat. Sucl
a hole would water log but one
tenth of the honey-combed airtigh
cells"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
NOTED PEOPLE DIE

Moscow, Idaho.-Lieutenant Dudley
LOOMS, age 23. of the aviation corps,
at Fort Sill, Okla.
Wichita Falls, Texas.-Hubert p.
Game, 81, of Oakland, Cal, an ad.
vanced aviator cadet.
Fort Worth, Texas.-Waler f.
Swan, 81, mechanic of Boston, of the
1S2nd aerial squadron, was instantly
killed.
Paris.-Louis Renault,a permanent
delegate to The Hague peace tribunal
and international law adviser to the
foreign office.
Lake Charles, La.--Clarence w. Ash
baugh, student aviator from Youngs
town, Ohio, was killed at the army
aviation camp near here.
Washington.-Mrs M. c. Gregory
died Feb 8 at the home here of hel
son, Attorney General Thomas w
Gregory, aged 80 years.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
GRAIN AND MILLING NOTES

Machinery for the new flour mill of
the Park Milling Co., at Livingston,
Mont, is now being installed and OPP
erations will be started shortly.
Cashup, a grain station on the Spo-
kane G. Inland Empire Electric rail
road between Steptoe and Thornton,
Wash, is to have a $4,000 grain ele-
vator.
The Montana Flour Mills Co. is pre-
pairing plans for the enlargement Of
the Harlowton plant. The daily capac-
ity will be increased from 600 bbls.
to $500 bbls.
The B. M. Holt Grain & Seed Co.
at Caldwell, Idaho, will construct in
the immediate future a grain elevator
with a capacity of from $4,000 to 1907
600 bushels, and a warehouse.
The Farmers Warehouse Co. of
Pennington, Wash. last week appoint
ed committee to investigate the mat
ter of financing a 6O,O00-bushel grain
elevator. 1t was decided to handle this
years crop in bulk.
L. R. Miller has leased the chop
mill and cleaning departments of the
Pullman mill from the Pullman State
bank and will take possession March
1. 1t is Mr.. Miller's intention to han
die all kinds of feed and flour in con
nection with the chop mill.
The Glendive Milling Co.'S plant al
Glendive, Mont, is rapidly nearing
completion. 1t is built of concrete anC
steel, representing an investment o
about 100000. The elevators are nov
receiving grain and machinery is be
ing installed for grinding wheat.
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1918 WESTERN FAIR DATES
Spokane Interstate Fair Will Be Held
September 2-7.

The 25th anniversary of the Spo-
kane Interstate Fair and Live Stock
Show will open on Labor Day, Mon
day, September 2. and close Saturday,
September Z, 1918.
At the meeting of the association
at New Westminster, B. c., dates
were assigned the members of the
association for the 1918 fair circuit
as follows
Vancouver, August 1924.
Chehalis, August 26-30.
Grays Harbor, September 27.
Spokane Interstate Fair, Sept. 81
Walla Walla Fair, September GA.
Montana State Fair, September 914.
Yakima Fair, September 1921.
Salem Fair, September 1928.
Boise Fair, September 30-October 8.
New Westminster B. c., September
30-October 5.
The 18th annual convention of the
North Pacific Fair association will
be held in Spokane in January, 1919.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
Diptheria Test Disastrous.

Rochester, N. Y.-One hundred and
sixteen claims for damages, amount
ing to several hundred thousand dol
lars, have been filed against the city
by parents of children who became
severely ill after administration by a
city physician of toxin test for sus-
ceptibility to diphtheria. The physi-
clan was dismissed by the commits
sioner of public safety after the
health officer had reported that he
had administered toxin 20 times too
potent. One child who was treated
had died.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
To Tao Soldiers.

Washington.-To insure prompt
Identification of enlisted men who may
be killed or wounded numbered tag
system similar to that in the British
and French armies has been adopted
by the war department. Adjutant Cen
eral Mccain announces that number
would be stamped on the metal iden-
tification tag each soldier is required
to wear and that a similar number
would be placed opposite the man S
name in the war departments roster.
The new system will be put into effect
February % and thereafter all men en-
tering the service will be given num-
bered tag when enrolled.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
Seek Army for Farm Work

Washington.-Enro and agri-
cultural training of unemployed and
idle men not liable to the draft, but
capable of doing farm work" was pro-
posed in bill introduced at the re-
quest of the department of agriculture
by Senator Jones. Its purpose is to
replace farm workers called into the
military service, and proposes that
the unemployed and idle men desig-
mated should be assembled in govern
ment training camps in each state for
a farm course of six weeks.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
AMERICANS BATTLE
KA|SER'S FIGHTERS
GERMANS OBTAIN FOUR UNITED
STATES PRISONERS AND
WOUND SEVEN.
FIVE OF OUR BOYS KILLED
Were Operating in Danger Territory
Between Lines Known as No Mans
Land-Only One Man Escaped
Five Soldiers Killed.

Again American soldiers holding the
line in the region OF st. Mihiel have
come into contact with the Germans
and suffered few casualties These
men, operating in that danger terri
tory between the lines known as no
mans land, were ambuscaded by a
superior force of the enemy, but they
fought valiantly against great odds
until they eyre either killed or made
prisoner. Only one man out of the
little party of 10 succeeded in regain
ing the American trenches and he
was wounded Five of the Americans
are believed to have been killed. The
other four are missing.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
NO REPORTS RECEIVED ON
IDAHO MEN NAMED BELOW

Idaho soldiers on the Tuscania, that
was sunk by a torpedo on whom no
reports have been received.
Fred j. Groomer; Hugh B. Groomer
father, Horse Shoe Bend.
Walter b. Malkson; j. A. Malkson
mother, Occur d'Alene, r. f. ID. l.
Harcourt l.. Morphy; Mrs. II. L.
Morphy, wife, Mullan.
Edgar r. McCurly; Payson McCur
ly, father. Moscow.
Edward H. Parker; Arthur w. Par
kerr father. Occur d'Alene.
John c. Robinson; VIM. II. Robin
son, father, Potlatch.
William l. Watkins; Mrs. E. w
Watkins, mother, KOOskia
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
GIRL BECOMES NAVY WOMAN
Miss Moore, Descendant of First Sec
rotary of Navy, Honored.

Kansas City, Mo.-The application
of Miss Virginia Stoddert Moore of
this city for a position as first-class
yeoman in the United States navy
has been accepted by Captain Moi
felt, commandant of the Great Lakes
naval training station, it is an
nounced.
Miss Moore is the great-great grand
daughter of Benjamin Forrest Stod-
dert, first secretary of the navy. ap-
pointed in 1898.
Miss Moore is officially enlisted
as first-class yeoman. Captain Moi
felt stated that she would probably
be stationed at the recruiting office
in Kansas City instead of being
brought to the naval training station,
as there are no other women there
as yet.
Miss Moore is the first woman to
be accepted at the Great Lakes sta
ton, according to Captain Moffett
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
SHORTER MINING COURSES
State School Announces New War
Program.

'SSi cAAs
To meet the present war situation
the Idaho school of mines has been
authorized by the university faculty
to change its curriculum so that the
freedmen may be available for indi-
vidual service this coming summer.
The problem of the school of
mines in relation to war service is
far from being a simple one said
Dean Francis A. Thompson yesterday
"All of our sophomOres and juniors
are off to the war and we have but
one senior left and he has already
enlisted and awaits his call to the
aviation training camp. We have a
large and vigorous freshman class
and the problem is how shall we
train there men that they may be of
greatest possible service.
ION the basis of a long war, and
this is absolutely the only basis to
plan for. the present freshmen will
be drafted before he har been two
years in college. 1t is practically
out of the question to expect him,
therefore, to thing in terms of the
average four-year academic or tech
nical course.
while it is necessary to maintain
the four-year course for those who
for any reason are not subject to
draft or who are sufficiently calm
minded to plan for two years of col
lege, it is my opinion that the number
of men in this class will be small.
We feel that the situation will best
be met by the maintenance of tech,
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12

nichal vocational courses of six to
II months duration planned to ure-
pare young fellors just out of high
school for a year or so of service as
substitutes in industry, in place of the
young technical men, practically all
of which are in France or on their
way there.
1--WE propose, therefore, to give to
these men and to any high school
graduates who may care to enter, an
intensive course in geology, mineral
ology, fire and wet assaying and wet
assaying and mine surveying. We
shall have to waive some prerequisi
ties, but at the same time subjects
taken will count toward the degree
course when the war is over or il
peace should Unexpectedly come
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

School children of Kellogg and War
dner in the last 10 days have invested
S1346 in war savings and thrift
stamps.
Herman Blum. a well known resi-
dent of Cameron, recently suffered
broken jaw and severe cuts and bruis-
es as the result of fall from a tele-
phone pole.
The retail merchants of Idaho coun-
ty have discontinued the plan of so
Letting by house-to-house canvass, de-
claring for the "cash-and-carry" plan,
and advocating other measures which
they deem urgent because of the war.
Chief of Palice George X Evans,
who is registering alien enemies in
Kootenai county, received by wire
from United States Marshal T. b.
Martin of Boise instructions extend
ingthe registration time for two days.
Chief Evans says that only five have
so far appeared up to Sunday.
DEGREES of distribution and final set
probate court at Lewiston in the es-
tates of Emmett Blackington, Ann
Blackington and William Blackington.
Property valued at about 100000 was
distributed to the heirs. Litigation
over the estates has been pending
about four years.
There are several small logging
camps being operated at st. Joe this
winter. Pentland Brothers are log
ging the Abr ranch. Clifford Barnum
has a contract on the Tytherleigh
ranch Frank Scott has camp on
the old Newcomb ranch, while Phil
Patterson and Day Brothers are both
logging at Falls creek.
Miss Jessie NJ. Hoover. head of the
department of home economics of the
University of Idaho, has gone to Wash
ington to attend national conference
of food directors. The conference is
called by National Food Administra-
tor Hoover for the purpose of adopt
ing a systematic plan for the con-
servation of food in all states. These
plans will also include a course of
instruction to be used in all colleges.
Miss Hoover will be gone for several
weeks.
Duncan Brannon, a 9-year-old boy
residing five miles north of Boomers
Ferry, recently received word that he
has been awarded the first prize, OF
hx DnWda1
company for the best results shown
on anacre of raw stump land in one
season.
The winner, in IA days last spring
cleared the acre of stumps and brush
plowed it and planted it to potatoes
This fall he dug 1900 pounds of Nett,
Gem potatoes from the acre. He ha
purchased a Liberty bond with his $50
Plans are being made by the grail
handling concerns at Cottonwood t
take care of the crop for this yea
S without the use of bags. Both tn
Farmers Union Warehouse compan
and the Cottonwood Milling and ELI
vator company expect to erect eli
vators during the summer and hav
d them completed in time for the ne
crop. Each company has an elevate
! the Cottonwood Milling and Elevate
company's holding about 10000 busl
Re- els and the farmers unions abol
e 10000 bushels. Each company wi
S more than double its capacity. II
l. expected that work will start as 500
e as weather conditions will permit.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
Get Chicago Bad Men.

Chicago.-Five hundred rifles were
distributed to Chicago patrolmen Sat
urday and a score Of automobile squad
were organized to hunt down gangs
of gunner and armed robbers, who
have been terrorizing the city for the
last few weeks.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
Bandits Stay Chicago Man.

Chicago.-Orville Travis was shot
to death Saturday when he tried to
escape from two bandits who entered
his office in an outlying district in
an attempt to steal money Travis had
Just brought from a bank for the
weekly payroll. The bandits fled inn
mediately after the shooting, without
their intended loot
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
British Drop 10 Tons of Bombs.

London.-"A successful bombing raid
into Germany was carried out Satur-
day night" says on official statement
on British aerial operations. Nearly
10 tons of bombs were dropped on an
important railway junction and on
sidings at Courcelles-les-Metz south
east of Metz. One of our bombing
machines is missing"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
Strikers in Argentina.

Buenos Aires.-A general railroad
strike was called Saturday through
out Argentina. Immediately upon
quitting work the strikers began a
wild, anarchist demonstration through
out the country. Trains were wreck
ed. tracks destroyed. cars laden with
wheat were burned and wires were
cut. preventing news from the in
terror from reaching this city.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
TOO WEAK TO BE THE
PRESIDENT OF CHINA
Feng Kwo-chang ReproVes Himself
Publicly for His Failure-Was
Deceived by Men.

Peking.- President Feng Kwo-Chang
in a remarkable mandate issued Sat
urday, bitterly reproaches himself for
the country's political trouble, He de-
clared he was too weak for the bur
den imposed upon him, and forecast
his retirement from the presidency as
soon as order is restored
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
Gen. crozier Discusses Age Limit.

Gen. Crozier Discusses age Limit.
Discussing enlargement of the age
limit for selective military service,
Provost Marshal General Crozier
said:
"A pronounced majority of the
boards favor some enlargement, but
there is great diversity of opinion as
to the proper age limit. Nineteen
and 35 are perhaps the limits most
frequently suggested; but some rec
ommend 40 or so years as the upper
limit. There is a distinctly stronger
demand for raising the maximum age
than lowering the minimum"
Gen. Crozier estimates that 1889
1888 acceptable single men would be
made available by an increase in the
age limit to include men up to As
years. The estimate places the num-
Der of acceptable single men between
IS and 81 years at 1,546,2S3. The
number of probably acceptable single
men already registered but not called
is 1,321,S45 According to these fig
ures, should the age limit be en-
larged to include men of from 1S
to 45 years, inclusive, 4,257 SIG phys
ically and otherwise qualified unmar-
ried men would be open for call to
service.
License Is Required.
The War Trade Board is calling at
tention to the fact that license is re-
qured to ship abroad goods on the
conserved list, even when sent in
small quantities by parcel post.
Theatrical Companies Draw Crowds.
Musical comedies draw the heaviest
crowds in the Liberty theaters and
environments. Standing room only
signs are needed whenever a mu-
steal show appears.
The sale of smileage books-pack-
ages of coupons goor for admission
to camp theaters and tents-has been
large throughout the country.
Victory" Bread.
Any baker will be permitted to ad
vertise his product as victory
bread if it contains not more than sc
per cent wheat flour. No stipulation
is made as to what ingredients shall
compose the other 20 per cent, sc
long as they are selected from the
list recommended by the Food AID
ministration, which includes corr
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
TUSCAN|A VICTIMS
BEING RECOVERED
OF ALL SHIPS COMPANY 2255 ARE
SAVED-166 ARE YET
MISSING.
OUR BOYS ACTED LIKE HEROES
Little Hope That Additional Survivors
VIII Be Found.-Honor Rescued.
Irish Towns Close Saoons;
Provide Movies and Food

London.-The British admiralty Sat
urday informed the press that the lat
est figures available on the Tuscania
disaster showed that 1855 persons had
been saved and that about 166 were
missing.
The saved it was added, included
1873 American officers and 1917 men,
16 officers and 1873 men of the crew.
and six passengers.
The bodies of 126 American troops
have been recovered.
OF the 14S survivors landed on the
Scottish coast, 134 belonged to the
United States army, including seven
officers. OF these, one officer and %
men are remaining where they landed
to attend to the funeral arrangements
for the American dead.
Survivors Being Listed.
Washington. - Seventy-two hours
after the British liner Tuscania, laden
with American troops and travelling
with large convoy. was torpedoed,
and sunk off the Irish coast, the war
department is still unable to relieve
the anxiety of relatives and friends of
those on board by announcing the ex-
act list of survivors.
Even an official statement on the
circumstances attending the sinking
was lacking and official figures still
failed to accord with press accounts of
the number lost.
The war department has had no Of
fetal report on losses to change the
estimate of February 8, that 210 per
sons were missing, 113 of them being
American soldiers.
A cablegram received by the navy
department during the day announced
that rs officers and 1874 men of the
army had been landed at Buncrana,
Ireland, that 81 soldiers are in hos
pitfalls at Londonderry, while $40 Off
GERS and men are at Islay. This gives
a total of POLL, but doe snot include the
scattered survivors unofficially report
ed in ports in Scotland.
Additional details of the splendid
conduct of the untried soldiers as de-
scribed in press dispatches have been
received with pleasure by officials.
Tardieu Expresses Sympathy.
Captain Andre Tardieu, high COM
missioner of France in the United
States, telegraphed this message to
Secretary Baker from New York:
Accept my deepest feelings of SYM
pathy in the present bereavement of
the American army"
Mr. Baker replied:
please accept my deep appreciation
of your telegram. Our loss is not so
great as first reported, but it is a con-
tribution to the great cause, which we
make with heavy hearts but high
spirits"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
MINING NOTES

The Imperial Mining Co. has expend-
ed $67097 since the inception of de-
velopment work according to a report
from H. G. Brown, secretary, Wallace,
Idaho. OF this sum $55,365 was from
the sale of treasury stock. The assets
are S9S03, of which Sl724 is cash and
the remainder in equipment.
The Consolidated Interstate Gala
han Mining Co., operating on Nine
Mile, in the Occur d'Alene region of
Idaho, shipped ore having a gross
value of $5,153,39 in the IS months
ended on December 81 last, according
to the reports of John A. Percival,
president. The company received S4,-
1885 from 104,5sS tons and $62, 1885
from miscellaneous sources, making a
total of S4,170,931. The quantity of
material mined was 24O,s5S tons
milled, l97,3SS tons; shipped, 215,992
tons. The ore shipped contained 416,
1876 ounces of silver, 24,357 ,S26 pounds
of lead and s9396,12 pounds of zinc
The quantity of crude and concentrate
ed zinc produced was 92,145 tons con
tanning 200,294 ounces of silver. 12,
519,325 pounds of lead and S4,727, 2Ss
pounds of zinc. The average assay
value of this ore was 2.17 ounces Of
silver, GO per cent lead and 46 pei
cent zinc. The quantity OF crude anC
concentrated lead ore produced was
12,413 tons containing 215,S32 ounce:
of silver, sol pounds of lead anC
4.50S.O39 pounds of Znic.