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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-10
WHY GERMANY QUIT
LAST NOVEMBER
PREPARATIONS OF THE
STATES SHOWED HUN CASE
HOPELESS

Not the actual strength of the Amer
lean army in France, says a writer
in Power-Plant Engineering Chicago,
March - though that could perhaps
have forced surrender of large num-
bers of German troops, but the prepar-
alton under way which insured over
whelming defeat Of Germany in 1919
was the cause of the sudden ending of
the war He goes on:
eff the Germans had not known of
the great stream of shells, gas, tanks,
and other munitions that was ready
to flow forward they might have
fought on through 1919, and the bat
ties would have cost the lives of 200,-
600 American soldiers. But we were
making more mustard gas than Great
Britain, France, and Germany COM
bined Our tank program called for
one tank for every seventy-five foot
of front artillery and shells were un-
der way that would have blown the
German army off the face of the
earth. And they knew it. So that,
although we are paying for a great
mass of material that never reached
the front, it is really payment for the
saving Of 100000 lives of our boys,
and wounds that can not even be esti-
mated. Literary Digest.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-10
||DAHO'S FOREST
TRAILS GET MONEY
STATE FOREST RANGERS TO EX-
PEND $12O,0O0 FOR IMPROVE
MENT OF TRAILS

MISSOULA, Mont-District Forest
Ter R. H. Rutledge has received word
from Washington, D. c., announcing
that allotments for trail work in the
national forests include $4,000 for
Montana and $4,000 for Idaho, avail
able Immediately.
This will permit of the construction
of 800 miles of trail in the national
forests of Montana and of nearly 500
miles in the Idaho forests included in
district No. 1, it being estimated that
the cost of construction of trails for
protective purposes is $3.50 mile.
In addition an allotment has been
made for the building of public high
ways with funds from the Bankhead
appropriation, without the necessity of
obtaining cooperation from the state
and counties affected. The amount of
this allotment has not been deter
mined as yet, but it will be completed
in time to begin work this spring.
According to the district forester,
he trial construction work will neces-
state the employment of large num-
DER of men, including engineers with
practical qualifications, good con-
struction foremen and other skilled
workers. in addition to unskilled labor.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-10
HI. A.WHITTED is
DEAD AT JULIAETTA

JULIAETTA.-Mr. H. A. Whitfield,
an old time resident of Idaho, the past
eight years being in Juliaetta, died
of cancer of the liver at his home
here last night at IL o'clock.
Mr.. Whitfield, who was nearly So
years old, leaves a wife and three
children, two sons and a daughter,
Mrs. Galloway; also two brothers, w.
A. and Henry Whitfield and sister.
The funeral services will beconduct-
ed by Rev. Benjamin at 2:OOo'clock
Thursday afternoon. Interment will
be made in the local cemetery.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-10

equipment, and frequently force the au-
tomobile owner to abandon the use of
his car for the entire spring rather
than risk a breakdown.
Most of the unpleasantness and diff
ficulty may be remedied in many local
tiles even in the worst weather, for
there are times when the worst cut
up surface is in fairly good condition
for dragging. By taking advantage of
the proper moment, the ruts and bumps
can be smoothed out and the next
freeze will result in smooth hard
surfaced pike that can be favorably
compared to concrete highway.
Owing to the fact that the road sur
face will be rather wet and sticky
when dragged, greater care must be
exercised in handling the drag. If the
blades of the drag are set vertically,
there will be tendency to scrape up
Of the road man, Ball up in front"
Also, If the hitch to the team is set too
near the center, the angle of the drag
with the road will be too nearly a
right angle, or straight across, to shed
or crown the wet earth.
Dragging under these conditions
should be more an "Ironing out the
process; hence the blades Of
the drag should be given a forward
3r flatter inclination than when work
ng a dry road. The hitch should be
80 arranged that the angle Of the drag
S more nearly parallel to the road
han ordinary, thus causing the earth
o shed better and prevent trouble. For
bad conditions, the use Of
he road machine ahead of the drag |
will be found effective. In all cases, |
he road should be freed Of all stumps,
nags, and powders, as these seriously
etard good dragging.
A little practice will enable the OPP
rator. to do a fairly creditable job, |
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-10
Latah County Records.
Monday, April 7, 1919.


w. D.-F S. Smith to Trustees O.
Harvard Ladies' Society, 81; Lot II
Harvard
C. M.-Bert Campbell to First Bank
Troy, $3.50; l Buick, l mule, horse
mule.
w. DIT. H. Brown to James E
Griner and Earl c. Griner, $4,000;
NJ NEA all land E. of Co. road
in NEA 1S-42-5W Goo Az
c. NC. C. Beklnap to First State
Bank, Garfield, $685.; 3 horses; ~
COWS and calves, machinery.
R. Nj. S. Prdett to G. F. Jam
ison, $230.60 VIZ NEA 140-5W, ex-
cept conveyance to Chey Mccoy.
Rel-(Marg.) G. F.. Jamison to J..
S. Preutt, Attachment 12-31-18.
S. D.. L. Woody to Carl Johnson,
$1863.94; portion of Lots 13-14-15-16-
1913 3 Troy; Carl Johnson VS.. John
Olson and Dennis Moylan.
RELEVANCY J. Hays to Anna S.
Jackson, 3-23-18.
R. M.-G. A. Gunnarson to Dan
Tolfson, $3.50; s1s seq 2e; E1A NEA
35-40-3W.
Tuesday, April 8, 1919
w. D.-Mrs. Florence Livingston to
Herbert L. Hawkins, $1450; Lots 1-2-
}-4-5-6-7-8 d Princeton.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-10

and after subsequent freeze the road
will present smoother and much more
comfortable surface. Then, when the
spring rains come, the road will quick
ly shed the water that formerly col
lected in the deep ruts, and be dry and
hard long before similar roads not
dragged.
The present difficulties encountered
In getting large amounts Of crushed
stone for road repairs necessitates the
greatest care in maintaining all road
surfaces in the best possible way with
out the use of additional materials
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-10

men in the engineering department
About 1900 additional men make up
the crew, so a total of 1000 men make
UP the ships complement. Most of
of whom have been drawn from prob
ably every state in the Union. Most
of them are well trained, and were ac-
customed to doing real work at home
before they entered the service Many
were college students. They are an
unusually splendid type of sailor boys,
measured by the popular conception
before the war. When l came on
board | made inquiry as to whether or
not there were Idaho boys among
the "gobs." l was told there was one,
and l hunted him out, Mark Rookie,
of Spring Camp, Idaho county, a fine,
husky chap who is doing his bit in
the hospital ward and is anxious since
the war is over to go back to the stock
business and home. Most of the boys,
in fact, are anxious to go home and
are looking forward to the day when
they may be discharged. No, our
is not a military country and I
Jul DGOplS Willie WILLIE W Uu06L IT. |
when it arises and go !
Town in death. if necessary do not de-
light in militarism as profession.
Fidelity and HerOism of Our Men.
We all know that our men in the
lrmy, the navy and the marine corps
axe their places in the ranks of brave
men, and our women in all these
branches of service are by their side
IN incident has just come to my at
ention that has attracted my admir-
ton. Commander Station now of the {,
.eviathan was an officer on the Mt.
'ernOn when she was torpedOed six
lOnths ago off the coast of France.
his officer was with me as l went
trough the engine rooms and he
I'D me of how completely the ship
epends upon the absolute fidelity of
len who are given tasks to do. And
len he referred to me Mt. Vernon,
rocked by torpedo, some of her Il
filling with water, ap-
arently a doomed ship. He told me
the men in the hold of the ship, the
lgineers, the men shoveling coal to
sep up steam, how they,-every one Il
Them at their posts i,
here any minute they might have N
ZEN engolfed and drowned like rats, III
Id worked like demons. Had the ship h,
ddenly sunk, those above the water al
lie would have had chance for the w
e boats and the RATS. Not so the w
IN in the engine room, and as | II
INT among them and saw them with
cir browny arms bare to the II
oulders, their faces hot and sweaty q
d from head to foot covered with +,
al dust, my soul went out to them Fl
gratitude in recognition of men of II
at fine courage, and loyalty and NJ
roism that is so striking a charac- n,
'istic of the American citizen. r
Those men are the average men of HI
r country. They are the average IN
N of our state. They are the aver of
e men of our community. In their DO
city on the ship and in private life Ce
S the safety of our republic. God %
SIS these men, every one. ali
Very truly, m.
BURTON L. FRENCH. ~
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-10

@. C. DANES A. Lowry to Olive
E. Lowry, 81; SWANEA NEA SWA
NWA SEA 2-39-4.
c. Miriam O. Sabin to d. H. Cam
eron, $1,000; 6 horses; 2 cows; hogs,
ETC., crop.
Army Discharge-Roger ]. Broem-
melting.
b M. L.-Elwood Hicks, Waller, Mont,
and Ethel Croft, Garfield
c. NH. Cochin to Inland Hide &
Junk Co., 1925, Fork Truck
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-10
BURTON |. FRENCH
TELLS MORE OF TRIP
IDAHO CONGRESSMAN'S THIRD
LETTER ON VISIT TO WAR
ZONE VERY INTERESTING
On board the Leviathan,
March 20 1910

AdI Cu ~, 1913.
The Editor The Star-Mirror:
hardly know how much of what may
say may prove of any interest to YOU
readers. For myself, | am a "lan(
lumber" and so everything on ship
boardis new and strange. / have got
ten to the point where | can tell
the captain from petty officer, and
not mistake Admiral Griffin for the
ships steward. l was laughed at
however, when | told of being vacci-
mated in my arm on starboard and
as proof produced my left arm and
found that my left is on the port side.
AT any rate a reader has one distinct
advantage over passenger on ship
board: if he doesn't like the reading
he can quit.
CamOuflage.
Camouflage never played so import
ant part in warfare as in. the war
just closed, and one of the places
where it's value cannot be measured
is as to the protection it afforded our
ships No one can tell how many lives
have been saved by painting a ship
SO that it looked half as long as it
really was, or so that it blended in
with the waves The Levithan was
a camouflaged ship covered with dia-
gonal light and dark stripes proceed
ing upward and outward from the
center, the upper decks being a sky
blue. Most of the camouflage had
been removed when we began our
"trip. but painters have been at work
since and soon the Leviathon will as
sumo her normal dark slate hue.
Evidences of the War ON ShipbOard.
| have said that the Leviathan was
the most coveted prize of the German
sea command among the ships of the
American fleet She was protected
not only by camouflage but by con-
yOy OF destroyers that made unsafe |
the life of submarine that raised her |
periscOpe within target range. 1t is |
supposed that but one torpedo was
hurled at her. yet if it was hurled, the
torpedo missed it's mark and spent
its energy in the sea. But the great
est care was taken. The ship sailed
in profound darkness, at night time.
No lights were allowed On the
window of my state room remains
still the traces of the black paint that
prevented the slightest glimmer
from the momentary lighting OF a
n atch being seen by an observer in a
On the decks at frequent
intervals are the words: /
Throw nothing overheard. Float
ng articles reveal our course to en- !
,my submarines"
The "Once over" has been given in |
,aint to these signs and yet they are
,lainly visible. Men were placed on
watch all over the ship, in the crows
lest, on the bridge and on every deck |
n many places. Each was given a
mall arc of the horizon within which
0 watch and severe penalties existed
or any man who might go to sleep. a
ii suspicious objec. were promptly e
eported and a few shots from the @
ix-inch guns were dropped on the h
biect to demonstrate that even if it
ere but friendly box, and not an y
nemy periscope, no undue familiar c
y would be permitted. Several guns N
re still carried but others have been A
smoved and the number of men on
atch has been reduced. e.
The Crew. 7
/ have said that there are some 300 b
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-10
SM@igl3MaJ11
D&g6lRa@ !|$!
DRAGGING ROADS IN SPRING
BY Taking Advantage Of Proper Mo-
ment Many Of Ruts and Bumps
Can Be Smoothed Out.

Most earth and gravel roads are in
bad shape during the entire winter,
largely because Of the heavy fall haul
Ing OF harvested crops, and the rush
OF necessary farm work, which takes
precedence over any kind Of road
work. The cold weather strikes them
In this condition and makes each rut
and bump almost as solid as rock, and
in the spring these break down into
mud.
Travelling over these ruts Is q very
racking, uncomfortable, and sometimes
painful, operation. The rough jolts re-
quire reduction in speed, cause an
added strain on all classes Of hauling
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-10
OLDEST MAN IN IDAHO 81
IS DEAD AT BOISE

BOISE.-Russell Newman, perhaps
the Oldest man in Idaho and said to
be the Oldest Odd Fellow in the Uni
ted States, is dead at the home of his
son in Midvale. Mr.. Newman had
been a resident of Weiser, Idaho, for
number of years and up until with
In two weeks ago enjoyed good health.
Mr.. Newman was born in Kentucky,
March 20, 1911, and was a pioneer in
Missouri, Colorado and Idaho.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-10
A Hoe and 4 SPONGE.

A thick cultivated soil mulch Is
one of the best possible ways OF
saving moisture for growing crops.
He that most frequently stirs his soil
especially in times Of drought, reaps,
other things being equal, more abun-
dant harvest than If tillage were neg
lected. Is
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-10
Character of Community.

Roads index the character Of any
community. They determine it's i'm
portance They either limit its ad-
vance or aid it, If it isn't worth
good road, it isn't worth living in
and land isn't worth what it sells
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-10
Married This Afternoon.

Charles E. Carlson and Anna
Frame, both of Moscow, were married
by Probate Judge Nelson, in his Of
flee at o'clock this afternoon. They
will reside on the groom's farm, five
miles northeast of town.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-10
Corn in Laying Ration.

Poultrymen who have it will find
it advantageous to use larger pro-
lions than has generally been recon-
mended.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-14
ADVERTlSEMENT.
Easy to Make This
Pine Cough Re'nedy

~. a-E a4'tr .aN Et.&rFy@L a-eEr
You know that pine 10 used insnearly
The reason is that pine contains several
peculiar elements that have Z reuark-
able effect in soothing and. healing the
Of the thr0at and chest.
Pine. il famous for this purpose.
Pine cough syrups are combinations Of
pi1e and syrup. The "syrup" part 10
usually plain granulated sugar syrup.
To make tho best pine cough remedy
that money can buy, PITT ~ ounces Of
Pinex in pint ,bottles and FIJI up
with homemade sugar syrup. Or you
can use clarified molasses, honey,
corn syrup, instead Of sugar syrup.
Either way, you make . full pint-noYe
than you can buy ready.made for three
times the money. II 10 pure, good and
very pleasant-children take it eagerly.
Yon can feel this take hold d. E1cough
or coldin . way thai. means business.
The cough may b dry, hoarse and tight.
nay 30 persistent1y loose from tho
fornAfion Of phlegm. The cause 10 the
aame-indamed membranes-and this
Pinex and Syrup combination will etop
in. r. hours OF less. Splsn.
did, too, for bronchial asthma, hoaroe.
NEE, or any ordinary throat aifment.
I Pfnex 10 . highly coneentrated com.
pound OF genuine Norway pine extract,
and 10 famous the world over for it,
prompt effect upon coughs.
Beware Of substitutes. AK your drug
gist for "2H ounces Of Pinex" With
direett0nS, and don't aecept anything
else. Guaranteed 70 give absolute rat.
ilS4etiot or money promptly REFUNDED.
1hs Pinex CO.. II Wayne. Ind.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-14
t Side
NEAR-EAST TO
BEGIN DRIVE
ON SUNDAY
1925 is Quota for City-Na-
ton to Raise Thirty

Sunday, January 10. has been set as
the time for making the drive for
funds for the starving and suffering
peoples Of the Near East.
This country will raise $50, 900
for the relief of ArmVpians. syrians,
Persians and Greeks in Asia Minor.
The quota for this city is $625 and
without doubt East Grand Forks will
go over the top as usual.
Every dollar you give goes to the
Near East. All expense of collection
and Of distribution is met privately.
Catholics, Protestants and Jews alike
have been the victims Of Turkish OPP
preston and of Turkish government
orders to externinate or drive from
their homes and industries every 9TH
err people in the Near East, and
Catholics, Protestants and Jews alike
are receiving every help within the
power of this nation to give.
The budget includes seeds for next
years crops, farm implements. cattle
and sheep. These people are freed
from their ~oppressors but shorn Of
homes and property. Our part is to
set them on their own feet.
Tho Near East relief committee for
Polk county has appointed L.. o. Ly-
stad. Rev. Father Klinkhammer and
F. E. Lurton a committee for East
Grand Forks to collect funds which
will make up the city's quota.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-14
Representation OF
Allies Decided Upon
CONTINUED from Page ~

(COnLlNUeo from rage ID
President Wilson or some member Of
the American mission to communi-'
cate to MI. Baker such details of the
proceedings as were not embraced in
the communicates and which the pres-
ident desires TO make public, Mr..
Baker conveying the information to
the correspondents. The correspond
ents will not have original contact
with the source of information.
An interesting feature of yester-
days meeting as also of Sundays, was
that more than WI hours Of the dis
cussion was conducted in French, of
which neither President Wilson nor
Secretary of State Lansing has a con
.versational knowledge and which Da-
vid Lloyd George, the British premier,
understands to only a. limited extent.
All the conversations concerning the
renewal of the armistice were con-
Quoted in French.
The French press today gives Pres
ident Wilson credit for the decision
by which Brazil three dele
gates to the peace conferences, and
for that placing the number Of COM
mittees at five instead of at twenty,
as the French plan proposed.
The Figaro says that when the
question Of the publicity Of treaties
and secret diplomacy was discussed,
President Wilson. while supporting
the majority in favor Of secrecy, ex-
pressed the opinion that treaties
should be public, although the nego-
tiations leading up to them called for
the exercise Of a certain discretion.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-14
EQUITY EXCHANGE
HEAD SAYS PAST
.....-.--
YEAR WAS WINNER

Fargo. n. D., Jan. III. NJ. An
lerson. president. addressing the con-
vention of the Equity Cooperative
Exchange which opened here-today,
declared that 1913 was the most sue
.cessful year the exchange ever had,
the grair department showing a profit
of $4,000. All departments OF the
exchange showed profits for last year.
he said. although some Of them were
but infant" industries.
The convention ! will close tomor-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-14
MEETS MEETS
TO CONSIDER
MOONEY TRIAL
Mention Of General Strike to
Obtain New Hearing
is Cheered.

Jan. 1A.-AQ 8Gye0IpG
Of radicals. including Socialists
Dor meeting in behalf OF T. J.
Mooney of California. resulted In
much disorder hut no real VIC.
lence this afternoon. After much
:. notse and confusion credentials
were refused to those who casne-
as Socialists or members of the
!. w. w.
Chicago, Jan. 14.-More than 1000
delegates representing practically
every international union and central
labor organization In the country at
tended the national labor congress
here today which was called by the
International Workers Defense
League to adopt definite plans for OBJ
tanning new trials for Thomas J.
Mooney and Warren Billings. now
serving life Terms for murder In con-
nection with the San Francisco pre-
paredness parade bomb outrage July
22,1916.
That. the radical labor element was
we'll represented was evident by the
fact that every mention of a general
strike to enforce the demand for
new trials for the convicted men was
enthusiastically cheered.
The meeting began with q dispute
over the election OF a presiding on
Ger in the course of which one dele
gate was elected from the hall.
John Fitzpatrick, president OF the
Chicago Federation Of Labor, called
the meeting to order and introduced
r. D. Nolan of San Francisco, secre.
t~ary-treasurer of the international
Workers League, as permanent chair
| man.
There were protests from half a
dozen delegates against this action.
They insisted that the delegates
should be, permitted to elect their own
chairman.
eff you are going to bubble over
matters of this kind, then God help
you," shouted Fitzpatrick, in attempt
ing to quiet the, protesting delegates.
Finally it was decided that Nolan
should act as temporary chairman
and that the selection of a permanent
presiding officer be deferred until aft
gress.
+. d. Nolan told of the unsuccessful
efforts made to obtain new trials for
Mooney and Billings. He suggested
three programs for consideration
One was to appeal to President Will
son for federal intervention. Anoth.
err was to demand the enactment OF
necessary legislation to make posi-
BILE the setting aside of verdicts in
criminal cases where 1t is shown con-
Viction was based on PERJURY and&the
last was for a general strike. He *
pressed the belief that the general
strike should not be used until every
other means had failed. He also said
that a referendum vote should be
taken by organized labor before a
general strike is called. Nolan said
the Fundamental rights involved In
the Mooney case were as important to
labor as the questions being consider
ed at the peace council in Paris.
w. Bourke Cochran of New York,
counsel for Mooney. was to address
the meeting in the afternoon.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-14
Office Makes
Explanation OF Big
Replacement List

Washington. Jan. 4. 14-Replace-
in the S5th division for the en-
tire period between the date this unit
November 10, two days after the sign.
ing OF the a:.mistice, were under ten
thousand. war department oficials
said today when their attention was
called, to the speech of Governor Allen
OF Kansas yesterday, referring to
heavy Casualties in the division and
blaming lack of equipment, airplanes
and transportation. The total replace
ments. it was pointed out. comprised
not only actual casualties. but all de-
itach h en from the. division. separ-
atoms for sickness and all Other