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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1919-12-27

There will be watch meeting held
in the Methodist Episcopal Church on
Friday night next, commencing at 9
o'clock, and continuing Til the close of
the present year. Many young people
will doubtless think these services too
long. and will prefer spending the
evening at home in little private
,yatch-meetings-of two, for instance.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16

the hospital at Twin Falls Sunday.
A brother of Mrs. Lundquist ar
rived here New Years day from Salt
Lake City, for short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. n. Pitt entertain
ed few friends at Sunday dinner in
honor of their wedding anniversary.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs. E.
L. Coe and Miss Laura Umphrey Of
Gooding. Rev. and Mrs. Johns, Mrs.
S. G. Barton, Mr.. and Mrs. M. B.
Mccoy of Wendell, and Mr.. and Mrs.
H. j. Barton.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16
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ARCADIA VALLEY


While the attendance at the jan
sen lecture Friday night was not
large, those attending were repaid
for the effort made in coming.
We are indebted to Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark for the use of their organ Sun
day night. Our church organ has
suffered greatly from the dampness
and cannot be used at present.
Mr.. Golden Ryan will stay with
his brother this year and help him
farm.
The Roberts and Mr. Jansen were
dinner guests at the Goemmer home
Friday.
Mr.. Elder, a nephew of Dan Will
son, accompanied Dan home from
California and expects to make this
his home.
Mrs. Bill Peterson was a caller
at the Oliver home Tuesday.
Miss Elizabeth Reid. sister of
Mrs. Harry, who has been here for
several months, returned to her home
in Payette last Thursday.
Those present greatly enjoyed the
skating at Lake Arcadia last Satur-
day night
Mr.. and Mrs. Goemmer and chill
dren visited at the divers Sunday.
We were pleased to see Mr.. and
Mrs. Shoenhair and baby in Arcadia
Sunday.
Margaret Lind was well known to
number of Arcadians, who wish to
express their sympathy with the fam
lily In their great sorrow.
Mrs. Cal Boyd, who was once a
resident of our valley, is quite i'll at
her home east of the pole line.
We are glad to note that the Web
ster family is improving. 1t made
quite hospital, with Mrs. Webster
and all the children i'll at one time.
The valley extends sympathy to
the Humphrey family in the recent
death of the husband and father.
A bunch of sheep, belonging to
Mr.. Boyle, is feeding on the Porter
place.
A daughter of Mr.. Mcclure has
come from Alfalfa, Oregon. to visit
her people. She intends to take the
little Newall baby home with her.
Owing to the dampness of the
church floor and walls, there will be
no services Sunday night.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16
ORCHARD VALLEY

Miss Helen Clifford entertained a
few friends at slumber party We'd
nesday night, the occasion being her
birthday.
A family named Jaynes moved
from Clear Lakes to the former Hoff-
man place last week.
Mr.. Olson disposed of all his pro-
perty here and departed last week
for Sheridan, California, where he
has a ranch.
Master David Humphrey, of APP
pleton, has oeen staying at the H.
deSchepper home since the L. c..
Humphrey home burned.
Mrs. Coffall has been on the sick
list the past week.
The entire. Klages family were sick
with the ''f1u" last week, but are all
able to be out now.
Mr.. H. deSchepper took Mr.. Riley,
who has been i'll for some time, to
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16
WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Lewiston donates site for normal
school building to cost about $780,
600.
Kamiah-Plans for construction
Of Lewis and Clark highway approx
ed by Idaho State highway commits
sion.
llo-Grade work on north and
south highway will soon be complet-
ed.
COMMISSIONERS plan to macadamize
nine miles of road from Lapwai to
Culdesac.
Lewiston-s113,0 900 bonds voted
for construction of link OF Lewis and
Clark highway from Spalding to the
Clearwater county line near Peck.
Idaho Falls-.Idaho Food Products
company working 24-hour shift and
has $1,000 week payroll. Plans
under way for enlarging plant.
Idaho Falls-Old brewing plant
remodeled into modern Ice making
plant.
According to Mining Truth metal
mines OF the northwest distributed
S9,9S5.206 in dividends during 1918,
compared with $13.05S,542 In 1917,
decrease OF s3,073.336. principal
ly due to artificial economic condi-
lions, inefficient and high-priced la
Dor, government control OF railroads
and taxation uncertainty.
Moscow.-Campaign for better
roads in Latah county being organ
lied.
Wallace-For quarter ended Octo-
Der 81, 1918, Federal Mining &
Smelling Co. shows operating profit
of s371.971, compared with s431,-
els in corresponding period OF 1917.
Wallace-Dividend of Occur d.
Alene mines for 1918 are estimated
at $1,000. 700. or a decrease OF near
ly 25 per cent from those of 1917,
which were s9.445,220.
Occur d'Alene-Construc OF
standard steel truss bridge at Catel-
do cost s27. 900, proposed.
Wallace-Enterprise Laundry &
Cleaning Co. Incorporated for $685.
600.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16
Methodist Episcopal Church

Sunday school at 1c a. m. Services
at IL a. m. Subject: RULES Re-
quisite for Christians" Services at
1880 p. m. Subject: THE Blessed
Hope or the Second Coming OF
Christ" Epworth League at $40.
Subject: Making Democracy Safe
for the World" The centenary
movement OF the M. E. church is
timely and now launched throughout
Methodism. consequently all men,
bers OF the Methodist church are
urged TO attend both morning and
evening services.
M. J. Brown, Minister.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

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There is to be no school on Satur-
days, but the teachers in high school
are assigning. longer lessons Fridays
to be studied on Saturdays and re-
ported each Monday.
Mr.. Massey has been substituting
for Mr.. Snodgrass in high school and
Miss Avant for Miss Nagel, and Miss
Stewart for Mrs. Gardner in the
grades. Mr.. Snodgrass and Mrs.
Gardner have been waiting on patti
ents.
The students of the high school are
progressing rapidly with their work.
The authorities believe that by dill
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16
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DEATH OF l.. G. HUMPHREY

L. c. Humphrey died Thursday ev-
ening at $50 o'clock, at the home
of his son, c. H. Humphrey, at the
age of 62 years He was born April
%, 1857, in Wisconsin. His father
was a Baptist minister
After receiving his elementary ed
ucation, Mr.. Humphrey attended the
law school of the University of Wis
consin, of which he was a graduate.
While student there he was united
In marriage to Lowe Richard. and
two sons, Ira c., of Chicago, and
Clarence H., of Appleton, were born
to them. Christmas of 1918 mark
ed the fortieth anniversary of their
wedding
About 1880 the family moved TO
Bennett, Nebraska, and from there
to Lincoln, where Mr.. Humphrey was
connected with the Nebraska Savings
Bank, and instituted the school bank
ing system, whereby many a child
was started on the road to a bank
account. Each child was provided
with bank book, and one certain
day Mr. Hudphrey collected the mon
ey at the several buildings. 1t was
In this capacity we first knew him.
He was also the promoter of the
first electric street car in Lincoln.
From Lincoln he went to Chicago,
where he lived for several years be-
fore coming to the North Side tract
seven years ago. He has always been
booster for the helpful things in
the growth and betterment of the
community. Mr.. Humphrey was one
of our local members of the council
of defense and has spent much time
in the interest of different phases of
war work.
The first of November he contract
ed influenza and, having a weak
heart the after effects attacked it,
finally causing his death A week
prior to his death his home was burn
ed to the ground, total loss, from
which he was carried, barely escap-
ing being burned. The remains were
taken by Mrs. Humphrey and c. H.
Humphrey to Bennett, for burial.
This community extends to Mrs.
Humphrey, sons and families, its
deepest sympathy in their bereave-
ment, feeling this community has
lost one of its best citizens whose in
terests were deeply at heart.
III
j. H. Silbaugh is nursing two bad
ly cut fingers, having pushed them
too far into sausage machine.
Clarence Thomas and family spent
Sunday at ]. H. Silbaugh's.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16

ter. Margaret, who was a graduate OF
the high school class of 1915, and
this year teaching at Kimama. These
young people and their relatives have
the heartfelt sympathy of the entire
school In their sad bereavement.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16

gent study In school, two hours ex-
ira of solid concentration each day
and five hours on Saturday the stu
dents will have a chance to complete
the work of the school. 1t has been
decided to put of all excitement until
the Fourth of July.
Mabel Sinclair, Violet Noble. Helen
and Charles McCauley, Raymond
Linke and Elsie Gill are back in
school again.
A very little mouse caused a great
deal OF excitement among the group
OF teachers one day last week, and
for time some of the school furni-
ture was in danger of being broken.
The attendance in high school has
been better this week than before,
and the students are taking more in
terest in their work. There are new"
students coming in nearly every day
while some have dropped out for
good. There are students that have
been or still are i'll; others fear to
come, but some do not care to at
tend school.
large majority of the patrons Of
the school are anxious to do all they
can to make the school a success
even TO the extent of closing places
OF possible exposure if by so doing
the schools can continue and so give
students a chance to do the work of
the year as it means much to many
of the young people.
The big fan in the basement draws
pure air from the outside and re-
news the air in the rooms every ten
minutes. The school building is
really safer place for children than
any other public place in town, and
better than many of the homes. Miss
Nesbit, the school nurse, has gotten
acquainted with conditions and is
now the boss" of the institution in
her kind and quiet way.
One of the juniors thinks that
times are changing, as the freshmen
are so well treated-so much nicer
than when he was a freshie.
The first year English class recent
ly wrote composition on when
heard my name announced l made
my way to the platform with my
heart in my throat" Now what have
the freshmen been up to again?
A nice little freshmen grille thinks
that those who intend to make their
credits had better hurry back to
school.
Teacher-An atom of oxygen has
two arms and is not satisfied unless
something is on each arm. Student
It's just like certain young man 1
know
The school wagon on route one
has been taken of as there are no
children in the locality covered, GO
ing to school
School was dismissed Thursday OF
last week on account of the funeral
VI wi D. duohh, Ouc Vi tue STdQ6
teachers.
Miss Warrington, the teacher OF
Domestic Science, has introduced GER
tain chapters OF physiology which
the girls are to study.
The seniors and freshmen have
had the best attendance SO far. The
seniors are working hard for the
priced diplomas. which perhaps may
be theirs in the spring.
The class in Economics spent last
week in the brief study of the Fed
eral Reserve Act and the money sys-
tenn OF the United tSates.
A certain sophomore is especially
pleased that his teacher in agricul-
ture thinks people who do well any
work that comes to hand are the best
people, and that no one need to be
ashamed to admit that he or she has
to work.
Last Sunday Kennedy and Malcolm
Stuart, two Jerome high school stu
dents, lost their father by death, and
Lyle Lind, another student, her sis
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16
Christian Science Services

Christian Science Society holds
regular services each Sunday at II
o'clock. Sunday school at IL O'Clock.
"Wednesday evening meetings at 8
o'clock.
All are welcome to these services.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16
Catholic Church

Regular services will be held at the
Jerome Catholic church on Sunday.
January u, the services to be in
charge of Father Byrne, of Dubuque,
Iowa. Mass at $3.50 and 1890 a. m.
.vening service at 1880.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16
A SNAP.

Remember there are electric
lights. telephone and power. Mod
ern broom house with bath. 100
acres OF land. 60 acres all plow-
ed for spring planting; balance
in alfalfa. Situated only u miIs
from Falls City siding. For sale
at s175 per acre. Liberal terms
Inquire direct. G. |. TOWTu
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16

MONEY TO LOAN on improved
farms. first mortgage or subject to
the water contract. w. A. Heiss. 10
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16

Sunday School at 1880 a. m.
Afte.n noon service at D. m. All
are cordially invited to sttand these
services
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16

is YOUR AUTO insured II not
see Vim. A. Peters. Post Office Bldg.
n
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16
PRESBYTERIAN Church.

r. LLOYD ROBERTS. Minister.
Jerome-Sunday school at 10 a. IN.
Preaching at IL a. M Theme: 'Liv-
ing for Man"
Canyon Side-Preaching at $3.50
p. m.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16
MISCELLANEOUS

TO TRADE-Have 100 head OF
ewes bred to lamb In February. e
trade for hay. See Hartshorn &
Clayton. 41ti
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16

IF YOUR buildings. shack. house
hold goods and other property are
not covered by insurance agains,
loss by fire better see MACEDONIAN and
Eichelberger. 1871
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16

JEROME VULCNAIZING Wopxo
-Up-to-date vulcanizing plan, n,Is.
us trial. Satisfaction guarantee" I
Tubes and castings vulcanized ~.
short notice. Leave tubes and co.. l
ings at Frasers-Pence Co. ROY
HOFFMAN and w. w. GODFREv'
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16
CHURCH ANNOUNCER ENT~
Episcopal Church.

Service every Sunday at IL a. m.
All are heartily invited to attend.
w. X. r. Simmons.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16

WANTED.-Farm loans, either
first mortgage or subject To the wat
er contract. w. A. Heiss. 49,
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16

FOR RENT-120 acres, 1902 acro-
under cultivation. So acres in aI u.vs
ia. Two houses on ranch. Ad daal-
w. S. Parkhurst, Richfield, Ida a7
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16

WHEN you want TO buy or sell
berger. 13-tf.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16

HAVE plenty OF money for farm
loans. w. A. Heiss. 49,
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16

FOR SALE-1917 Ford Touring
Car in good condition. Sell on
terms; bankable note or will take
good horse part payment. See Il. +.
Reed. 45-tf
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16
WANTED

WANTED-Farm Loan inquire
at First National Bank. IT,
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16

FOR SALE.-Fine raw so. Some
cleared. S71 an acre. Good terms.
Barnett Stillwell
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16

j. H. Silbaugh is nursing two bad
ly cut fingers, having pushed them
too far into a sausage machine.
Clarence Thomas and family spent
Sunday at ]. H. Silbaugh's.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16
CLASSIFIED LOCALS

Rates--5 lines or less, 20 cents per
issue; over . lines, D cents per line
per issue. All readers in the ciassi-
fed columns To be paid in advance.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16

WANTED--Farm Loans. Inquire
At First National Bank. IT,
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-16

FIRE INSURANCE in old relia-
BILE companies. See VIM. A. Peters
Post Office Bldg. 5-tf
The Washington times., 1919-09-14

bundle taken Of the store sent out through the de-
livery rooms-which, in fact, follows every woman
man. from the time they enter the store until they leave,
and knows whether they purchased paper of pins
$4OO evening gown And behind this marvelOusy active
detective system is the SOres Mutual Protective AssO
cation" with offices in the luxurious Bush Terminal
building in New York City, made up of the great depart
ment store owners.
It is interesting to follow just in which this
organization succeeded discovering of the ceverest
of the master criminals schemes to rob the stOres-a
scheme which, if it that the organization had
been formed cope with the other might have been
cessful for many months before detection.
After furs and jewelry the most profitable loot from
department store for the Shopfter women suits,
dinner frocks and evening gowns These always sal
able and in demand among the fences the receivers of
stolen goods who purchase articles stolen by the shop
fters Some Of the employed by the master crmi
nal to obtain costly gowns and suits have been described
in these pages already but by these panS which
are too intricate and well worked for the average
clerk to detect until it too late have been hwarted by
the detectives working under the systematic direction Of
the Stores Mutual Protective Association. Always the
master criminal nowadays must plan something new.
For time the Dress suit and gown departments Of the
stores seemed to be immune. From Boston, Chicago San
Francisco and Philadelphia came reports to the central
office in New York that theftS in these departments al
most had ceaSed-tha is thefts large SCALE such
those of the SenOr whose activities described last
week. 1t thought the master criminal had acknowl
edged himself beaten by the WatchtuneSS instituted IN
these departments and the detectives of the big stores
watching for his operations in other departments
Then suddenly there began assemble in the offices
of the Protective Association reports of thets Of
costly and expensive suits from almost every store
IN the large cities of the East The master criminal was
active again
At the chief detectives of the department stores
IN New York entered into conference, each bringing the
individual reports covering the Investigations Of each
dress or gown stolen from his store. It
that certain type of dress and suit being stolen in
every store-suits of staple wewearing materials and
of Valup WAS
easily determined that this was no haphazard raid by ind
Ydual shoplfters but concerted effort to stock up the
fences with valuable wearing apparel that could be
held for aseasOn before being sold if necessary,
The Washington times., 1919-09-14

One large store in the Fifth Avenue district reported
that eighteen costly gowns had disappeared in four days
Another Broadway department store which caters to
the trade of the moderately we'll do reported the loss
of than two dozen similar gowns and suits during
the four days Half dozen other stores made the
reports their thetS all beginning about the
time How these goods taken how they left the
store mystery In each the gown or suit that
later disappeared could be traced through the stock Oom
the sales rooms, through purchaser who left to be
altered delivered through the fitting and to the
delivery departments Here it recorded having
been received for delivery but there record of it's
having left the store And the purchaser had not received
it. and its disappearance discovered only when this
purchaser began to complain that she had not received
her package.
The detective department of the Protective Association
began cooperate with the individual store detectives
Men and detectives stationed in every branch
of the departments dealing with the sale or delivery Of
gowns and suits 1t determined that employees
of the stores must be concerned IN this raid OF the
master criminal
Each garment that was sold was carefully watched
until it finally delivered to its purchaser At last the
detective of of the large stores reported that he had
surprised errand grl-She used to be called leash
girl-handing package ready for delivery to stock
room boy" young who worked between the store
in which surplus gowns and suits kept and the
sales where they displayed to customers This
boy carried the package to the delivery room, entered it
upon the records and then carried into the store again.
On of the isolated stairwayS connecting two
floors of the store he met by man, who took the
package from him and carried it out Of the stOreunmO
Tested because, apparently he customer carrying
home his own bundle
The boy was not arrested Instead, the detectives Of
the other stores began to watch their errand girls and
stock room boys. They discovered that this the
method by which these garments being taken-er-
rand girls working in couson with stock room boys
and assisted by outsiders who took their bundles
from them on unfrcquented starways where clerks
other watchers would not be likely to them. 1t was
easy matter to arrest the boys and grlsbut it
not boys and girls the Protective Association
IVhO
for TOOLS
It was soon seen that in almost every instance the
stock room boy was either Spanish South American,
and all Of themthose that had been detecting helping in
The Washington times., 1919-09-14

this shopliftng venture-had been employed only
Gently At fixed hour twenty more Of these stock
room boys and many errand girls who had been seen
to hand their packages to them summoned into
the offices of the store detectives Here they
fronted with the evidence Of their guilt
Bit by bit the plotting of the master criminal was
revealed.
From South America the master criminal his agents
brought of young still in their teens, quick
wtted and willing to accept a tutelage in crime In
house West Thrtyfourth street. in New York, class
in English was conducted and soon these young men
able speak English we'll enough to warrant them
applying for positions in the big retail stores They
accepted gladly especially when they said casually to the
employment managers that they had had experience
in the stock in the stores where they employed
The master criminals plan could not work out without
the cousion of the errand gsfor it is the errand girls
who carry the packages back and forth who sent
for gowns be tried and who return them to the stock
rooms So the young South Americans at began to
infatuate these girls Their quaint, exaggerated
The Washington times., 1919-09-14

ner their delicate appearance and evident acquaintance
with that larger world of music and bright lights which
most errand girls daydresm about them easy vel
come in the stock and sales rooms and they
never offended at having to take orders from "mere
girls
Soon there desperate hirtatiOns, and then-the
errand girls became easy tools Lured by the promise Of
diamond rings and real gold necklaces they succumbed
to temptation.
The store detectives with the police helping them bore
half dozen of the cOnfederat They confessed every.
thing except the identity of the master criminal those
Of his aides who directed them But at least the whole.
sale thefs of gowns and suits by this method was
halted and the stores saved thousands Of dollars
In another instalment these pages there will be told
how these hundreds Of expensive garments disposed
of by the shopfers how they distributed for sale
along chain Of small shops established by the master
criminal outlet for his shOplifted goods.