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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-21
GAFFNEY CANCELS
TRANSIT HEARING

Joseph p. Gafrney. chairman of Coun-
ellis finance committee, cancelled this
afternoons transit hearing, after re-
ceiving the following letter from Thomas
L. Mitten, president of the Rapid
Transit Co.:
"'To the chairmen and members finance
and street railway committees OF
the Select and Common Councils
of the city of Philadelphia
"The ordinances covering elimination
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-21

change passengers, and that the un-
derlying cause Of the companys pro-
posals was to have the city guarantee
8 per cent dividend TO z. r. Il.
stockholders. The directors report
against the ordinances comprised sew
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-21

nances were an attempt to break the
transit problems of the city into a num-
Der Of fragments; that the company
proposed to substitute ten cent fares
for 80 to 40 per cent Of it's present ex-
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-12-11

back when Harold Bruce had come
home from the funeral of his mother,
bringing with him a wistful-eyed, sad
fl ced mite Of a girl.
Laura" he said to his wife, "this is
Rhoda Marsh, a poor orphan child
whom my mother adopted, who has
given her the tenderest care to the last
hour of her life and was a blessing to
her old age. She is left without a
home. Should we give her one?
1--WE should, and we SHALL" came the
quick reply, as Mrs. Bruce gazed into
the earnest, longing eyes of the girl OF
fourteen. and read there truth and in
nocence and soulful appeal to all
that was maternal and sympathizing
in her nature.
1t proved to be wise and fortuitous
choice. AS the children came along
Rhoda proved to them true and low
ing sister, nurse and friend.
Then came test of the fidelity and
self-sacrifice of the girl just merging
into young womanhood. Both OF the
children were taken down with dan
gerous contagious malady. The house
was ouarantined. Rhoda braved the
neriIs of infection. Day and night she
was the constant attendant of Don
and Eta. She found so sure a loving
Mace in the hearts of those she had
benefited. that her eyes beamed with
ioy and happiness whenever she was
in their presence.
The physician who attended the
children was Albion Merritt. He had
entered the profession the protege of a
wealthy man, and had acquired a
clientele of prominence and a large
income. 1t was when the little ones
were convalescent that he had come to |
Mr.. Bruce, who was a close personal
friend
"Rruce." he said, 81 cannot find
words TO express my admiration and
-espect. YES, and something deeper, for
hat sweet little heroine, Rhoda, whose
,tudious care of the children, far more
han my ministrations, is responsible
Tor their recovery"
eyes" answered Mr.. Bruce with
,epuine feryor in his tones, "she Is a
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-12-11
WHY PRICES CLIMB

If one We're to attempt to set forth
all the contributing causes to the exor-
bitant cost of practically every commo-
dity on the market today the task would
I be one of utmost difficulty-in fact of
impossibility. The matter has so many
phases, that it would indeed be an ex-
haustive treatise which would analyze
even the major causes of the imitation
of costs and fictitious values.
However, one of the contributing
causes to the soaring of prices, and a
cause which should by no means be
passed by, unheeded, is the utter ex-
travagance of the American people of
today, and their disregard of price to
be paid, so long as ownership of the ar
ticle in question will crafty passing
within.
Obliged, because of warfare, to cur
tail expenditures for period of almost
two years, restricted in their consump-
ton of goods to only the essential, duty
bound to invest their surplus cash in
government securities, the American
people, released from wartime require
ments of economy and thrift, have,
during the last year, entered upon an
era of extravagant expenditures, pos
sibly not surpassed in any other period
in American history
Marked shortage of output of man.
ufactured articles, following the shift
ing from a wartime to a peace basis,
coupled with the desire of the public to
possess non-essential commodities, no
matter what they cost, are responsible,
to a great extent, for prevailing high
costs. Knowing that the public will
pay, despite the price, the tendency has
been to extract from the unwilling all
that the trade will stand. But there
appears to be no limit. At least it has
not been reached. Refusal to buy has
been manifest only in isolated cases.
Cost of essential commodities nat
urally follows in the wake of the ire
mendous initiation of prices of nOn-es-
sentials, to the extent that practically
every article of human consumption in
the United States is at the present |
time from one to ten times more costly
than in pre-war days.
While it cannot be denied that deli
berate schemes exist to extort money
from the public through distribution of
goods essential to human life, it would
indeed be a blessing upon the entire
nation, were production Of non-essen-
-ials for a time restricted, so every eff
fort could be exerted in providing an
abundance of goods of absolute neces-
;ity. Thus would the cost Of living be
materially lowered.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-12-11

Stat, 233), at the United States land
Office at Lewiston, Idaho on February
3, 1920.
Any settler who was actually and in
good faith claiming Gny of said lands
for agricultural purposes prior to Jan
uary l, 1906, and has not abandoned
same, has a preference right to make
a homestead entry for the lands ac-
tually occupied. Said lands were listed
upon the applications of the persons
mentioned below, who have a prefer
ence right subject to the prior right
of any such settler, provided such set
tier or applicant is qualified to make
homestead entry and the preference
right is exercised prior to February 3,
1920, on which date the lands will be
subject to settlement and entry by
any qualified person. The SEA SEA
NEH SWll, the 81 NWh SEA the
E1a NEh NWH SEH, the Ela SEA
SWH NEA, the SWh SEA NEA,
the VIZ SEH SEh NEA, Sec. 9, T.
- n, r. W., b. NJ, 1850 acres, list
ed without applicant; List 1864.
A tract of 1875 acres, within what will
probably be when surveyed Secs. and
>, r. IS n, r. f., described as fol-
lows: Beginning ut Corner No. /; ex-
tending thence f. 10 chs. thence n.
400 f., 21.25 chs; thence n > chs. to
Corner No (, whence Section Corners
30 and 33 Y. % n, r. s f., bears n.
27o W., 1895 chs; extending thence
T.. 20 chs; thence S. 10 chs; thence 5.
800 W., 43 chs, thence $. chs; thence
w. 20 chs; thence n. 30 chs, to the
place of beginning, application of
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-12-11

ankind, to become my wife, and as
Rhoda extended her hand he covered
it with kisses and pressed it to his
happy, happy heart.
eff there was a mistletoe here
would march you two promptly under
it," threatened Mrs. Bruce. immersed
in thrilling joy and gratitude.
There shall be one before Christ
mas morning arrives!" cried Doctor
Merritt in tones that rang out like
cheer. "Come, Bruce you and on
hunt for Santa Claus and the choicest
gifts he can bestOw, Oh! nowhere in
the world, and never to any others,
has there come a happier, merrier
Christmas than the one we shall cele-
brate !"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-12-11

ambitions. Perhaps they are entitled
to more pay, in keeping with the cost
of living, but the course the. have pur-
sued, by striking in mid-winter. is most
inhuman.
The union miners, who are DENYING
coal to mothers and their babes, placing
them virtually at the mercy of the
elements, in a cold, cold winter, are
comparable only to German submarine
commanders, who sent to the ocean s
bottom women and children passengers
on the Lusitania, hoping to further
Germany's purpose in the war. But the
sinking of the Lusitania sounded the
death knell of German militarism. So.
perhaps, viii the present coal strike
bring ultimate disaster to the miners
federation. Their course is wrong.
wrong, wrong.
The spirit of Americanism arose en-
masse against German tyranny. 1t
should arise, even as emphatically,
against the coal miners autocracy.
We are not galley slaves to despotism.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-12-11
THE FUEL SITUATION

r,el situation throughout the United
o.o+os has not only become alarming,
49, has reached such a state of affairs
=. 70 cause untold suffering in many
tics The miners strike i'll the bitum-
mons fields of the country, is response
HE for great shortage Of fuel.
So critical has the fuel situation be-
come that in many cities, where the
.rnnIv of coal is exhausted, buildings
are being RACED, so wood from them
NAV be burned. Every piece of scrap
wood is being cleaned in order to keep
meaqer flame burning in many fam
ilv fireplace. Extent of the suffering
caused to men, women and children
because of the strike of the miners,
will never be fully known.
Without consideration whether or no
the demands of the striking miners for
higher wages are just; without express
sing opinion whether or no the course
of the mine operators is directed by
wisdom, it must be admitted that the
situation is deplorable, and one which
should be relieved with the least pos
sible delay.
When an organization of workers
or of any class-becomes so strong that,
for purely selfish reasons, it is able to
inAict hardship upon hundred mil
lion souls, it surely is time to call
halt. The miners are not justified in
wifully forcing upon the public pri
vations for which the public is in no
way responsible. The miners are not
justified in effecting shutdown of man
ufacturing establishments. The miners
are not justified in causing the federal I
railroad administration to annul hun
dreds CT trains, because of lack of coal |
The miners are not justified in causing
women and children to freeze to death, |
in order to further their own niggardly |
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-12-11
NOTICE FoR PUBLIcATIoN

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho, Novem-
Der Is, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that Clifford
D. Cyr, of Whitebird, Idaho, who, on
October %, 1914 and November "a,
1914, made Homestead Entry 05799,
Additional II. E., No. 05S47, for SWA
seq, El2 SEH, & SEH NEA, Sec. 81;
& NJ NEH & NJ NWh, Section %,
Township p North Range East, Boi-
Sc Meridian, has filed notice of inten-
ton to make three year Proof, to estab-
fish claim to the land above described,
before j. Loyal Addison, U s. Commits
sioner, at Whitebird, Idaho, on the Gath.
day of December, 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Ellis Harness, Ben Large, Edward 5.
Vincent, and Harry G. Vincent, all Of
Whitebird, Idaho.
non-cOal HENRY HEITFELD,
20 Register.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-12-11


and his wife, Laura, sat. They we're
awaiting the arrival of a taxicab or
dered in time to catch an evening train
Tor the South. Both were somber-
faced and wearied of mien. They had
not spoken for some time, for it was a
situation where words meant nothing.
The wife never lifted her tear-stained
eyes, the husband wore a set express
sion upon his face as though exerting
the utmost will power to repress the
poignant emotion which consumed him.
Without, joyous shouts echoed the
sound Of merry sleigh bells tinctured
the air with Christmas eve fervor and
the contrast of this long-anticipated
holiday presentation with what they
had hoped and planned for, wrenched
their souls to the point of anguish.
Their lives dcsOlated beyond repair,
poignant memories ever present, they
scarce dared TO rest their glance upon
the portraits of two smiling, happy
faces looking down from a heavily
framed picture, for only that morning
tney had received the terrible news
that the originals, their only chill
dren, Don, aged six, and Eta, two
years his junior, had been victims,
with many others, of a disaster by
cyclone and flood that had devastated
the district where they had their win
ter home in Florida.
All they knew was that the pretty
bungalow and many others, with their
occupants, had been swept away, and
hundreds were said to have persisted,
and no word had been received as to
the fate of their two little ones, nor Of
Rhoda Marsh, who had them in charge.
RhOda Marsh had come into their
thoughts almost as frequently as little
Eta and her brother. Each recalled
that ii was a Christmas eve four years
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-12-11
Fire insurance-T. e. Quinlan.
Insurance Geo. M. Reed & Co.
NOTICE

Boise, Idaho, November, %, 1919
Notice is hereby given that /. James
Potts, convicted in March, 1919, of the
crime of Rape, in the District Court of
the Tenth judicial District in and for
the County of Idaho, State of Idaho,
and sentenced by said Court to serve a
term of from five to ten years i'm
prisonment in the Penitentiary at
Boise, Ada County, Idaho, will make
annIication to the Honorable Board OF
Pardons. at their next regular meeting
after. the legal publication of this no.
tice, for an absolute pardon.
Signed:
James Potts, Boise, Idaho.
On A. Box So.
Surety bond. Geo. M. Reed & 20.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-12-11

upon a battered raft until she had
brought the children to safety.
"But you, Doctor Merritt?" pro-
pounded Mrs. Bruce wonderingly-
"hOw came you to be at Fair Vlla?"
Il arrived there after the disaster"
was the reply. 81 had gone there on
specific mission, later executed, to ask
our peerless Rhoda, queen of all wom-
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-12-11
Lists l-3664-37S4
RESTORATION TO ENTRY OF
LANDS LANDS IN NATIONAL
FORREST

Notice is hereby given that the lands
described below, embracing 1880 ac-
res, within the Nezperce National For
est, Idaho, will be subject to settle
ment and entry under the provisions
of the homestead laws of the United
States and the act Of June II, 1906 GA
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-12-11

WANTED Agent for Grangeville
and vicinity Good proposition. Pre-
vious experience unnecessary. Free
School of instruction. Address Mass
achusetts Bonding and Insurance Com
pany, Accident and Health Department,
Saginaw, Michigan. Capital 81, 100000.
29-2
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-12-11
Sleigh
bells
peal with
merry jingle.
church bells set

the air a>tingle, while
with these the door
bells mingle in syncopated
score. There's the sound Of happy
greeting as acquaintances
are meeting; there's the knell
Of Christmas fleeing as the clocks
strike o er and o 'er; Johnnie trumpets
shrieking shriy Philips drum and
ffe's not still; he makes attempt to drown
but lily sounds of guns that outside roAr.
There's the squeak of Molie's dolly. and the
Iuawk of Dollie 'spolly. and the screams OF
laughter jolly from this happy little
four But above all Christmas noises
made BY little girls and boys is one tina,
better than all toys is; more good
cheer it holds
in
store.
IT'S
the
sound
of mother pitchin' things
about out in the kitchen
as she calls (she knows
we're itchin') Come to
dinnerl' through the door.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-12-11

FOR SALE OR RENT-29-acre
ranch just south of Grangeyille city
limits Price reasonable for quick sale.
Enquire j. w. Phillips, Sites, Idaho,
or L. NJ Harris, Grangeville. 26-tf.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-12-11

HE shades of the pretty
home were pulled down
and the gloom of dusk
was alleviated by one
light only in the room
where the mourning
denizens. Harold Bruce
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-12-11
: 0tte
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: 1~AA~ By
: LUZ RALPH HAMILTON


Copyright. 1913. BY Western Newspaper Union
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-12-11

Surety bond. Geo. M. Reed & Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-05-15
TWICE AS MANY GIRLS
With Only About Half Enough Males,
Prospects for Husbandless
There Are Dark

Nineteen women to every IA men
in England.
Twice as many women as men of
manageable age (15 to 40 years.
Young war widows fenlarrying by
the hundreds.
There you have in nutshell One
Of Britain's grave peace time prob
lems-no less troublesome to. the
marriageable British girl. fS@ ~.
It vitality affects the future birth
rate and man power of the United
Kingdom.
And as for the girls-the chances
are about two to one against mar
riage.
There are only about half enough
men to begin with, and the rate at
which war widows are remarrying
makes the prospect blacker than
ever fer the husbandless.
! SO serious is the problem that
emigration of British women to the
United States and Canada IS frankly
and theoretically encouraged.
And such emigration is being just
as openly and theoretically opposed
in Canadian and American quarters
It is difficult for British girls of
manageable age to get their pass
iports vised for America.
There are organizations for pro-
noting the emigration of British
women to the United States and
Northwestern Canada.
| Protests are pouring in from Can
ada to Lady Muir Mackenzie's pro-
rosa, to send million and haf
| SURF us British women overseas to
get husbands.
j One telegram published inquiries:
"Does she not think overseas girls
may reed husbands, too" The IN
telview of the wife of the Ontario
Premier, disappearing of the scheme
is widely discussed in England.
Thousands of Americans were
puzzled when Britain, IN extending
the franchise to women, set the min
imum age for woman voter at 81
years instead CT p.
| TIE reason goes right back to the
manshortage. The Government
thought it advisable to have some
thing like a parity between men anc
women voters. If women were
given the vote at 81 there would be
| thousands and hundreds of thousands
more women voters than men voters
II Between the ages of i and 4(
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-05-15
MOONSHINERS KILL DEPUTY.
Alleged Slayer Shot Before Victim
Loses Consciousness

{, Bluefeld, w. Va, May 15.-Dep-
uty Sheriff H. NJ. Blankenship, Of
Mcdowell county, W. Va, was shot
and killd at Jenkin Jones, near here,
Tuesdav when a party of officers,
engaged in loading a captured still
on a trail, was attacked by three al
legged moonshiners. VIII Murray, a
member of the attacking party and
the man who is alleged to have shot
Blankenship, was shot and seriously
wounded by the latter before he lost
consciousness.
Alex Billips, said by authorities to
have been in the attacking party, IS
under arrest. Posses are searching
for the third man.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-05-15
there are e,542,655 women to only
4,492,927 men, or almost twice as
many manageable women as men.
AUSTRIAN DELEGATES
Chancellor Renner Says He is to
Take Home a Treaty to
End Suffering

End sun erHS
st. Germain, May 15.-The Aus
trian peace delegates arrived here
shortly before 6 o'clock yesterday
evening.
Chancellor Renner, head of the
delegation, declared in an interview
with the Basic correspondent of the
Agence Radio that he intends to re-
turn to Vienna with peace that
will end the sufferings Of his coun-
fry.
81 intend to follow the decisions
of the national assembly while at
ST. German, and return with a
peace ending the suferings of my
country" he was quoted as saying.
We want a union with Germany
although we did not want it two
years ago. At that time we believed
Austria could join with Czecho-
Slovakia. Jugo-Slovakia and Ru-
mania in a close federation. But
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-05-15

off a water pipe faucet with the re-
suit that enc section of the Jail was
flooded. The man was Of such pow
erful build that the jailcr did not
attempt to subdue him, and much
time was lost in getting the requi-
site number of policemen on hand.
Firemen were called to cut off the
water supply to the jail.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-05-15

vagrant and who went to jail, caused
such trouble Tuesday evening that
the fire apartment and a squad Of
policemen had to be called out to
cope with him. Early in the morn
ing he had made such an cutlery
that he had to be removed to the
dungeon. IN the afternoon he was
put back in a cell, and then knocked,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-05-15
RAINBOW MAN FLOODS JAIL

Danville, Va, May 15.-John
Schultz, native of Germany, but
who fought with the Rainbow Divis-
ion and who was fined recently as a
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-05-15

the Czech and JugQ-Slavs are now
our enemies and the situation, I'M
fortunately, is changed"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-03-28
improved Suruical Device.

The treatment of broken and other
wise injured arms has been somewhat
facilitated by the invention of a new
splint, which is mechanical device
ready for instant use in any case with
out regard to it's character. 1t is in
the event of war, where great num-
Der of cases are to be treated as quick
1y as possible, that this new device will
be Of the greatest value. 1t is adjusted
10 the body of the patient. 1t can be
used on either arm and may be adjust
led to any position in which it may be
desired to hold the injured arm. 1t is
"a combination of metal rods, with
suitable joints and hinges, so that the
arm is properly supported and pro-
tected at all times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-03-28
A Real Man.

Seven-year-old Joseph Mckee of
Terre Haute has been wanting a pock-
ct knife for long time. He talks on
the subject at breakfast, at dinner and
at supper. But his mother, fearing
that he might cut himself or some Of
his little friends, has not bought one.
The other day Joseph was being
dressed to go to matinee. He turned
to his mother. MON, are you going TO
use your little pairing knife while am
gOneT he asked.
II guess not" answered his wonder
ing parent.
Then came his request. do you
care If I take 1t in my pocket?" he
asked, and gave his reason. ~ don't
believe real man ought to go to a
show if he doesn't have knife in his
pocket"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-03-28
BOSCHEE'S SYRUP

Why use ordinary cough remedies
when Boschee's Syrup has been, used
so successfully for fifty-one years in
all parts of the United States for
coughs, bronchitis, colds settled in the
throat, especially lung troubles? 1t
gives the patient good nights rest,
free from coughing, with easy expec-
toration in the morning, gives nature
a chance to soothe the inflamed parts,
throw off the disease, helping the pa
tient to regain his health. Made in
America and sold for more than half
q century-Ady.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-03-28
No inducement.

"Ah, good mawnin'. sah" pcslpous-
Ily saluted a saddle-hued, side-whis-
lkered stranger. "Muh name is BO-
sanko, sah-PuhfesSah 'Gustus BOsan-
'ko, de famous egyptian Seer. l lee
lures tonight at de Knights and Ladies
O. de Golden 'Scutcheon hall at fifty
cents admission, and afterwards raises
de dead, right dar befO' yO' wonderin'
eyes Low me to presentate yo' wild
one O. muh handbills, sab, and to
'spress de hope dat" .r
"Humph!" interrupted old Brother
Soggy. "YO' KANT do ne bizness wild
me, suh-uGkaze why; rs done got
fOu' wives buried, and stidder havin'
'em raised l arather pay money to
have 'em left right whuh dey at!''-
Kansas City Star.