davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-02-24
Sejm zostai otwarty, jake specy-
alne Swieto Narodowe.

alne SWleto NaroooWe'
(Podp.) FIR. H. Janiszewski.
Niektore wiadomosci, nades}a-
ne nam przez naszego korespon-
denta, jak owych $4,000 jehcow
polskich, o wyborze Trampczyn-
skiego marszaikiem Sejmu, o
przyjeciu posiow poznahskich do
grona Sejmu, o z}ozeniu w1adzy
przez PiIsudskiego wreee Sejmu,
ktory ia napowr6t zdat generate
wi i inne, So nieco spoznione, po-
dajemy jednak telegram W cato-
Sci, jake potwierdzenie telegra--
NOW z innych zrode} pochodza-
cych. - P. r.
(~KOMUNIKAT URZEDU PRA
SOWO INFOR. WYDZ. N. P.)
Kablogram Wydzia}u Narodowe-
go P~olskiego..
Komitet Narodowy Polski w
Paryzu kabluje nam:
Paryz, 20. lutego.
Marszalkiem sejmu obrany
przedstawiciel Poznanskiego p.
Trampczynski, byfy czionek
reichstagu niemieckiego. Nadto
wybrano pieciu wicemarsza4kow
przedstawicieli rozmaitych grup
politycnych, a w tel liczbie lu-
dowca Bojke i socyaliste Mora
czewskiego. Obaj pochodza z "a
boru austryackiego.
Do Cieszyna przybyia brytyj-
ska misya o majorem Fordha--
mem ma czele, powitana entuzya'
stycznia przez ludnosc polska.
Okret Westward Ho" wio=a-
cy z Nowego Yorku do Polski
zywnoSc zakupiona "a staraniem
Wydziafu Narodowego przez
wychodztwo polskie w Stanach
Zjednoczonych, opuScit port an
gielski Plymouth dnia II lutego,
by W ~przeciagu 6 dni stanac u &C.
lu podrozy W Gdansku. Miedzy-
aliancka administracya zywnoS-
ciowa poleciia swemu specyalnie
wyznaczonemu sztabowi zaopie
kowac sic wyiadowaniem }adun--
ku i dalsza jsgo ekspedycya do
Polski, wraz z wysianemi tam
wiasnymi zapasami, przyczem "a
pewnia, re przedsiewzieto wszy-
stkie srodki bezpieczenstwa. Ma
okrecie tym znajduJe sic tylko
reprezentant ~zydowski, drugi zas
DR.. Bogen oczekuje przybycia O.
kretu w Gdansku.
DR.. Smykowski i DIR. Starzyn--
ski So w Paryzu. Pierwszy wy
jezdza w piatek do Warszawy, a
nastepnie do Gdanska. DR.. Sta
rzynski zaciagnat sic do armii.
DR.. Fronczak, mianowany pub
kownikiem, udaje sic do Polski,
jake wiceprezes misyi amerykah-
skiego Czerwonego Krzyza.
DIVA razy W tygodniu odcho--
dza z Paryza regularnie pociagi
do Warszawy przez Wieden. Po-
droz trivia try dni.
Maryan Seyda.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-02-24

Gle okretu. R6wniez DR.. Smykow
ski z Paryza uda1 sic do Polski ma
powitanie okretu. kellogg infor--
mule, re administracya zywnos-.
ciowa postanowiIa udzielit pomo-
ey pienieznej w'kwestyi zywnos-
eiowej i czuwaG bedzie mad row.
noniernym podziaiem zywnosci
miedzy ludnose polska i zydow,
ska.
Starzynski zamianowany 20
sta& majorem W polskiej armii.
Jedzie do Gdanska "a pozwole--
riem genera4a Hallera.
Grupa z1ozona z $4,000 jenc6w
polshch i 650 dzieci przyby3a z
Niemiec mad grantee polska.
Wszyscy byli torturowani przez
Niemcow i obrabowani; 81 lunar
10 z g}odu. Polskie ministeryum
wystosowaIo protest do . rzadu
niemieckiego i poinformowaio A,
liantow o wypadku.
Marsza4Eem Sejmu wybrany
zostai Wojciech Trampczynsh.
Wybrano rowniez pieciu vice
marszaIk6w, reprezentujacych
wszystkie. wazniejsze partye. So
mimi: Jakob Bojko, Stanistaw O.
niecki, Jozef Ostaszewski, An
drzej Moraczewsh i Andrea Ma
jor(?).
Uchwalono ola posfow pensye
1900 frankow miesiecznie, a ola
marszaika $4,000. Poniewaz kroki
wojenne w Poznanskiem ME po-
zwolify ma wybor posiow, delega-
CT polscy do reichstagu, wybrani
ostatnio, tudziez czionkowie Maj
wyzszej Rady Poznanskiej przyje
CT zostali do polSkiego Sejmu az
do czasu wybor6w w cztery mie-
STAGE po przyiaczeniu Poznan-
shego do Polski.
Komisya PRAGUE mad ostatecz-
mem ukonstytuowanien sic Sci
mu i komitety zdadza ~sprawozda-
ME na nastepnem posiedzeniu.
126 posf6w poznanskich nalezy do
hloku narodowego. Ludowcy po-
znanscy znajduja sic rowniez w
tel grupie. Partya Thuguta przy-
jeia wszystkich czionkow grupy
StapihsEego z wyjatkem same
go Stapinshego.
Mimo cporu i nalegan re stro-
ny partly lewicy Pifsudski zdai
swa wtadze w rece Sejmu. Pa
derewski. PifSudski i Dmowski
maia rowne wziecie ma Sejmie.
Jakikolwiek wysiiek w celu uzy-
skania przewagi wywofa pierwsze
starcie w Sejmie.
Dekretem swym Paderewski o.
glcsii dzien 10 lutego. W ktorYm
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-02-24
PERSHING ODPOWIA-
DA MA ZARZUTY ZLYCH
STOSUNKOW w BREST.

Waszyngton, 24-go lutego. -
Department wojny opubllkowal
sprawozdanic gen. Pcrshinga, w
kt0rem zupc}nic zaprzecza zarzu-
TOM, jakoby stosunki w obozie a
merykahskiem w iBrest byiy ME
do zniesienia. Dow6dca sill anne
rJykanskich we Francyi odpowia-
da w sprawozdaniu SVEN ma ka-
blogram protestu, w~ysianym
przez pewne pismo nowojorskie
ma recc prcz. Wilsona, ktory ma
stepnie odda} 60 gen. PcrShingo-
Wi. Sprawozdanic to sporzadzo-
ne przez gen. F. a. ITclmick'a
brzmi jak nastepujc:
Zadcn Z zoinicrzy tutaj stacyo-
n~owanyCh ME by} przeznaczony
do ostatnicgo odjazdu zoinierzy.
Pewien oddziai zostaf wstrzyma-
ny ma przeciag pietnastu dni z
powodu niskiego stopnia dyscy-
Pliny wojskowej i zaniedbywania
obowiazk6w. Oddziaf ten zostai
wys}any w dalszq podr6z jeszczc
pred up}ywem terminu karnego.
Zaden czlowiek w garnizonie Ii
czacym Z CORA 10000 ludzi ME
stoi w linii dfuzej, niz dziesiec
minut. Oddzia}y otrzymuja poly
wienie w oznaczonym ~czasie, tax
re ca}y garnizon kohczy jedzen;e
w jednej godzinie i pietnastu mi
nrtach.
Co do zarzutu, jakoby oficero-
vie byli "a ostrzy, jest to ME
prawda, gdyz kazdy niemal Off
Ger i dowodca oddzialu przejez-
dzaiacy tedy bv{ w moiem biurze,
ustnie mi dziekujac "a dobre OBJ
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-02-24
o MOVIE POZYCZKI OLA A.
LIANTOW.

Ma posiedzeniu wydzia}u sposo-
bow i srodk6w przcdiozono pro-
jckt dalszcgo uzyczania pozyczck
paistwom alianckim. w PROBE
kcic tym zaprzcczono rdwnicz
zarzutom jakoby Alianci usiiowa
Ii uchylat cd wyp'aty dfug6w a
ciqgnietych w Stanach Zjedno-
czonych podczas wojny. "Crze-
dnicy alianccy zawsze byli i sa
"a tenn, ably oddano rzadowi Sta
now Zjednoczonych dlugi %zacia-
gniete podczas wojny, mowii A.
Rathbone, asystent sekr. skarbu,
ktory ma zarzad mad biurem IL
zyczajacym pozyczek ola pahstw
obcych.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-02-24

zcntanta GalliVana Z Massachu-
sets, - wediug wiadomoSci 4
siqgnietcj cd czlonk6w wydziatu
Wiadomo, &c prohibicya wojen.
ma miala wejSt w zycie Z dnicm
pierwszego lipca b. r. INalezy je-
dnakowoz watpit, czy Kongres
obecny wskurtck braku czasu po-
dcjmic sig piracy mad tym projc-
ktem.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-02-24
I v
(Dokonczenie re strongly d.

Sle Skiadac Z dawnych prowincyi
/ Z nowych, ktore ma tpodstawie
narodowego plebiscytu okazaiyby
chec przy}aczenia sic do Nicmiec.
Artykui drugi zabezpiecza VIA
dze egzekutywna narodowi ME
mieckiemu. Trzeci mowi o pra--
vie miedzynarodwem, ktore ma
stanowiG Geese prawa nicmiec--
kiego. Nastepne artyku}y m6wia
0 obrOnie ~narodowej, kwestyi
kolonii, c}ach i transportacyi i o
wielu innych sprawach narodo--
wei adminiStracyi.
TRoCKIJ OSTRzEGA FIN
LANDYF.
Stockholm, "a. lutego. - Leon
Trockij, bolszewicki minister
wojny>oglosif proklamacye w Pc
~trogradzie, oswiadczajQc, &c pra-
gnle utrzymac pok6j Z Finlandyq
/ ostrzegajac r0wnoczeSnie, &c
przedsiewezmic odpowiednie
$rodki, jezeli Fin1andya ME "a
przestanie koncentracyi swych
wojsk ma granicy rosyjskicj.
KRoLOWA RUMUNSKA z
CoRKA w ANGLII.
Geneva, "a. lutego. - .Kr61o-
va rumuhska ucick}a Z c6rka swa
ksiezniczkq Elzbietq do Anglii, O.
hawiajac sic wybuchu rcwolucyi
w Bukareszcie, mowi depesza Z
Wiednia.
TIRPITZ w SZWAJCARYI.
Geneva, "a. lutego. - Admiral
TirPitz, kt6ry byf gl6wnym agi--
tatorcm "a podmorska kampania
nurow, przebvwa w S~zwajcaryi
jako goSc szwajcarskiego genera
h Will Cd czasu wybuchu rcwo-
lucyi W Nicmczcch. Stracii OH ca
lQ swq fortune, wobec czcco syn
admiraia pracujc jake klcrk ban
kowy, a c6rka Jest guwernantka.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-02-24
ZWOLNIONO D~OTYCHCZAS
1,23s,831 zOLNIERZY ZE
SLUzBY WOJSKOWEJ.

Washington, 24-go lutego. -
Ma konferencyi miedzy przedsta-
wicielami prasy z gen. Marchcm
szefem sztabu, dowiedziano sic,
re Department wojny zwolnil
re sluzby wojskowej 74,313 Off
cer6w oraz 1,164,5lS szeregow-
cow. Do 20 lutego miano uwolnit
100000 zoinierzy, z tych 249,-
900 zo}nierzy, kt6rzy powr6cili z
Ffancyi.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-02-24
TELEGRAMY KRAJ0WE
~POZYCZKA WOLNO-
BEDZIE OGLASZA-
MA w NIEMCZECH.

Washington, 24-go lutego. -
Plakaty. o~g}aszajqcc plata po-
zyczkc wolnosciwa, bcda roz1e-
plane we wszystkich c~zeSciach
\ emiec, gdzic sic znajduja VOL
ska amerykahskic. Departament
skarbu powiad>mia re wysEano W
tym celia ma recc gen. Pcrshin-
ga tysi2cc atisz0w i plakat0w.
ODrocz tego wyslano masc lite
ratury cSiaSzajacei pozyczke We
~wnetrzna Ameryki do wszystkich
zakatkow Swiata, gdzie mieSzka
ludnoSG amerykanSka.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22
VARIED VOICES or FROGS
Man Who Has Studied Subject AS
serts Fie Can Tell Different
Species by the Notes.

The first vertebrate creatures to
succeed in producing vocal sounds
were the amphibians, and, although
there has been little variety in their
individual repertOries through the
ages, they have diligently cultivated
their powers. DR.. Frank Overton, in
. an account of the frogs and the toads
of Long Island, describes their dis
sinctive calls and songs. The common
toad of Long Island has "a combina-
cion of low whistle and a moan;
he common toad of the mainland ut
tors "a sweet, thrilling whistler; the
s0adefoot makes a squawk 'sIike the
groan of deep-voiced man who is
having his tooth pulled the chorus
of the cricket frog heard at dis
lance sounds like jingling of small
sleigh BELLS" and close by like the
rattle of small pebbles poured upon a
cement pavement" The common tree
frog utters a loud, musical trill, and
now and then a note exactly like the
found make by a hen turkey that is
FALLING to her mates" The spring
pepper" whistles shrilly; the leopard
frog says "croak' very slowly, Gin an
extremely low-pitched bass voice.;
the pickerel frog makes a soft sound
like "a gentle musical snore"; the
wood frogs heard at distance Sound
like flock of barnyard ducks cluck-
ing, not quacking"; the note of the
green frog resembles that made by
piucklng string on harp or bass
VIOLIN" The bullfrog has a voice that
in volume corresponds to the size of
his body, which is more than eight
inches long. "The sound resembles the
believing of a bull" Doctor Overton
can pick out the species by their
voices and the notes.-Youth's Com
oanion.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22
Why NAVY Blue.

The blue color so prominent in the
uniforms of almost all marines is of
hoary origin. Vegetins, in his fifth
book on the military affairs of the Ro-
mans, traces the origin of this color
to the Veneti, an ancient people dwell
ing near the coast of BiScay and well
versed in seamanship. 1t was custom
airy among them to paint their outgo-
ing ships as well as the masts and sails
with blue color; also their soldiers
and sailors wore blue uniforms. Ac-
cording to our author, the Latin word
"Venetus," which was both the name
of the color and that of the people,
points to it's origin. From the Ven
Ell the custom was adopted by the Ro-
mans. Thus the son of Pompeius, af-
ter defeating Caesars fleet in a naval
battle, wore the navy blue, although
entitled to the purple. The Veneti
were subdued by Caesar after a Sc
we're maritime war in Sc B. c..
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22
CARPET WEAVERS OF INDIA
Hard to Imagine Work More Monot.
onous Than That in Which They
Pass Their Lives.

Carpet weaverS of India work in a
long narrow shed, straw-thatched,
without any walls, open to sunshine
and the ftful breeze that stirs the
swaying plumelike leaves of the slen-
der palm and coconut trees rearing
their tall, proud heads above it. -Four
or five or even more boys sit on wood
en- boards on the mud floor in front
of the old-fashioned loom, their feet
resting in a shallow pit underneath
it, dug especially to receive them. In
one corner squatS a man, his back
probably turned to the weavers, his
eyes dreamily gazing into space or
quite shut, droning: "Three magent,
two green, five blue, one orange" and
so on. His sleepy sing-song sounds,
to one unfamiliar with his language,
like the babbling of one talking in
his sleep, or like muttered prayers.
But he is neither dreaming nor per-
forming his devOtions. He is debating
to the boys at the loom the cOlors of
er is to twist about the particular
strand on which he is working. The
lads obey his commands as mechan-
ically as if they were automatons.
None of them knows aught of the
scheme of the carpet, nor is any of
them conscious of the progress that
is being worked out on the other side
of the carpet from that on which the
weavers gaze.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22
IDAHO MAN WINS
KINGS DECORATION
WELL KNOWN FORMER STU
DENT OF UNIVERSITY OF
IDAHO HIGHLY HONORED

Captain Loren L. Brown, BIS
(C.E.) Ii, formerly of the Univer-
slty of Idaho, was decorated by King
George OF England for bravery in the
field. He is now Captain of Engin-
GERS. Captain Brown has recently
written Dean C. N. Little, University
of Idaho school of engineering, and
explained much of his army work in
France.
Mr.. Brown has been given the very
important position of director of for
est products laboratories of Canada,
established in connection with the
University of British Columbia, Van
couved, B. G.
Mr.. Browns senior thesis was upon
the strength of Idaho timber Some
years after graduation he obtained a
position as testing engineer in the
New Forests Products laboratories,
Montreal, Canada, a position which
he gave up in the early months of the
war to serve in the British army as
volunteer. He was attached to =
mining regiment and had the supreme
pleasure of assisting in the explosions
of the great land mines of the battle
of Messines in June, 1918.
Mr.. Brown was returned to Can
from effects of gas at the battle of
Fasschendaele. Gas was used to
enormous extent in this engagement,
5000 men being incapacitated in one
week in the Ypres salient as gas cas-
ualties.
AS captain, he was invalided out
of service last July and then loaned
by the Dominion forestry service to
the imperial ministry of munitions
to assist the director of inspection
in control of the supply of aeroplane
umber-spruce and fir.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22

is
''The old fellow seems starved for
companionship and will spend a lot
of time talking to any one who will
devote little time to him. He has
no regard for time and joys along
thru the country, stopping here and
there and staying as long as he likes.
l never learned his name and always
addressed his as Bill"
The old man is past seventy years
of age but is as hale and hearty as a
man of twenty years younger.
He pulled out Sunday, probably
destined to the Pierce City country
where he will probably spend the re-
mainder of the summer season.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22
keepinu a Diary.

Every once in a while we read of
men who have kept diaries for years
and years-since babyhood or longer.
What a weird idea to be locked up
in that relentless manner with the
past Only of course they don't really.
They say they did, but they lie about
it.
We saw one of these diaries once.
Six months of it were filled with two
entries repeated over and over: "Saw
May" did not see May" The last
entry was, Married May"
That was the only sensible diary We
ever saw, and we haven't a doubt in
the world that it was all faxed up
afterward to jolly along May.-Los
Angeles Times.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22

Read The Daily Star-Mir-
ror Want Ads.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22
old BILL" IS HERE
ON HIS ANNUAL TOUR
UNIQUE CHARACTER VISITS MOS
cow, HEADED FOR PIERCE
CITY DISTRICT

Old Bill (no one hereabouts knows
his last name) made his annual visit
to Moscow Saturday. He drove uI
unostentatiously unhitched his team
in the outskirts of town and spent
the day in gathering up junk, some OF
which he bought.
The old gentleman, who was seen
at Pullman the morning previous,
started on his journey eastward. He
hltched his team here and there along
the road and secured the brush along
the creek for odd bits of junk, all OF
which was grist TOT his small mill.
At nightfall he was near Garrison
+, station. There he unhitched, pitched
camp and spent the night. The next
morning he hitched up his skinny
team of cayuses and drove on into
town where he spent the day.
The old gentleman is an oddity in
the truest sense of the word. He is
what is termed a wagon tramp"
He has small place in the neighbour
hood of Pasco where he spends the
winter season. He has no known
relatives except an aged sister some
where in the east. When the first
warm sunshine of spring comes the
old man bitches up his team and
y.
This includes a trip thru the Pa
louise country and on into the noun
tains of Idaho. He leaves all rail
roads behind, finding much better
harvests of junk in isolated sections.
Along through this part of the coun-
try he is compelled to paysmall sums
for junk, but in the isolated commune
ties much is to be had for the finding
and hauling out to lines of commu-
nication.
At other times, especially in the
fall of the year, the old man tours
the country with a good sized tele-
scope. About nightfall he may be
seen on a familiar street corner Of
fering passersby a chance to gaze at |
the moon; to view the queer rings |
around the planet Saturn; or mayhap
he levels the instrument toward a
lighted second story window on the
hill mile or so distant Sometimes
an unwinking eye sees sights not in
tended for public gaze as an, unsus-
pecting. lady prepared to retire in
what she imagines a secluded bou
doir.
But for several years past the tel
escope has been left at the little home
at Pasco and the wanderer has de-
voted his time to the collection of
junk.
A. F. Bigelow. of this place said
the other day. 81 have known the old
man for some 20 years. The first
time | ran across him was in Mon
tana or North Dakota. Since that
time | have seen him nearly every
year. Some time ago he told me that Z
l did not know what living was. {
Did you ever spend summer out in
the mountains fishing in every
stream and living out doors p the old
fellow asked me. l had to confess l
that | never had Then throw the \
key to your business house and come
with me. | will show you what life I
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22
"Gude Tidins O. MuckIe JOY"

The Scottish American reprints the
story of the first Christmas in dialect
from ''The New Testament in Braid
Scots" a translation by the Rev. Will
liam Wye Smith. Here are sample
verses duke ii: 1O-12):
And the angel said, "Be ma gliff'd
for l bring We guide tidins O. muckle
joy to the hail warld! For thar is
born t. We this day. in Dauvid's toun, a
Saviour, wha is the Anointit Lord. And
here is the token for We; ye'se fin the
BARN row't in a barriecoat, lynn in
manger." THE Outlook.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22
Latah County Records.
Monday, April q, 1913.

4NOIIuety, APT II Il, IVIJ'
Rel. (PartiaD -Potlatch State Bank
to Lizard E. Gilmore, r-m 1-27-17.
w. D.-James Johns, Potlatch to
G. w. Harris, $4,000; Lot 4 Sec. 5-41-
4W, small exception, tract conveyed
containing 2434 A.
r. NC w. Harris to Potlatch
State Bank, $1,000, above.
Re.-Netherlands American Mtge.
Bank, to Elton G. Ross, r-m to Louis
Mcbride, 109-16.
c. NC. w. Bunyon to George
Hovey, $3.50; 2 horses; 10 COWS, bull
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22
How is Your Complexion?

tiful as she grows older and she will
with due regard to baths, diet and
exercise, and by keeping her liver
and bowels in good working order. If
you are haggard and yellow, your
eyes losing their lustre and whites
becoming yellowish, your flesh flabby,
it may be due to indigestion or to
a sluggish liver. Chamberlain's Tab
lets correct these disorders.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22

The following delegates were
named to represent this state at st.
Louis: F. A. Jeter, Occur d'Alene
Harry c. Cherpillod, Moscow; Thomas
A Feenry, Lewiston; Paul Davis,
Boise; Frank Estabrook Nampa
John S. Green, Twin Falls; c. NJ
Booth, Pocatello; Paul Peterson,
Idaho Falls.
Alternates were named as follows:
Carl M. Maloney, Wallace; E. c. Boon,
Moscow; L. L. Robertson, Nezperce;
Mark Shields, Boise; James Boone,
Caldwell; Taylor Cummings, Twin
Falls; Laverne R. Collier, Pocatello;
w. A. Mathys, st. Anthony.
The members of the state commit
tee are the delegates named. All
were present except Captain Jeter.
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PaoI Tho noi1xy Stor Mir
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22
IDAHO VETERANS
ARE ORGANIZING
ONLY 16 OF THE A COUNTIES IN
THE STATE HAVE VETERAN
ORGANIZATION

BOISE.-With but 16 counties in the
state having World War Veteran as
sociations, the state committee named
by Governor Davis at the request of
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roose-
welt to decide OF how Idaho shall be
represented at the national convention
at st. Louis, May 8, met here Satur
day. 1t was decided not to hold
state convention but to proceed with
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-22
SOUTH IDAHO HAS
BUILDING BOOM
LUMBERMEN LOOKING FORWARD
TO BUILDING ACTIVITY IN
THAT PART OF STATE

BOlSE.-"B Building in southern Ida
no and the building outlook in this
part of the state in general is more
promising than it has been at any
time during the past several years, -
says G. w. Gamble, retail distribute
ing manager for the Boise Payette
Lumber company. Mr. Gamble has
charge of more than 60 retail distri-
buting yards throughout southern Ida
no, and is therefore in close touch
with building.
Causes for the building boom
which seems imminent" says Mr.
Gamble, are the conditions during
1917, and especially 1918, which pre-
vented people from doing any build
ing. Carpenters and mechanics went
to the shipyards; many were not in
clined to build, for patriotic reasons,
and the strict government regulations
put on during the latter part of 1918
prevented still other construction
work
Bound to Be Building Boom.
las an outcome of this combination
OF circumstances. and in consideration
of the fact that heretofore there has
been large amount of building nee
essary in order to take care of the
people here, there is bound to be a
great boom,' says Mr.. Gamble. 1.-THE
shortage at present seems to be al
most altogether in homes, this being
especially true in Boise and to
greater or less degree throughout
this southern section.
Nearly 1875 houses are in the course
of construction at Nampa," he says,
land building in the Twin Falls dis
trict is most active. A great deal of
building is contemplated in Pocatello,
but there, as here in Boise, they are
slow in getting under way. However,
there are number of handsome new
homes planned for on Warm Springs
avenue, and it is understood that
many new bungalows will shortly be
in the course of construction"
Factor of Cost of Lumber.
Prices of various grades of lumber,
in most peoples opinion, seem to con-
troll the cost of house to large ex-
tent. However, the facts in the case,
as pointed out by Mr. Gamble, show
that rise or fall of 10 per cent in the
price of lumber will make little diff
ference in the completed cost of erect
ing home. The average house con-
tains about 10000 feet of lumber,
which averages 81 to IS per hundred |
feet, making, as stated before, a diff
ference of ony $50 either way, should
lumber raise or fall in price.
Wages and the cost of labor are at
present making UP sc per cent Of the
entire cost of lumber, and as the
wages are fixed by the government,
there is little chance of any fall in the
price of lumber However, there is
little doubt but that there will be a
small advance in price before the
market becomes stable.