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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-01-29
SEEKS DIVORCE AFTER
A YEARS MARRIED LIFE

After forty-four years of married
life, Clara f. Rose has filed suit in the
district court for divorce from B. F.
Rose, alleging failure to provide. The
couple married at Marysville, Mo-, on
Oct 20, 1875. Mrs. Rose alleges that
for a period of five years her hus-
band has "wilfully neglected to pro
vide plaintiff with the common nee
essaries of life.' She further alleges
failure to provide is due to "idleness,
profligacy and dissipation" on the
part of her husband.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-01-29
MANY INFLUENZA
CASES, But ALL
IN MILD FORM, IS
DOCTORS OPINION
Places of Amusement Closed
and Public Gatherings Are
Forbidden by Authorities
City Health Department Elk
erts Every Effort to Stamp
Out Malady in Grangeville

Between sixty and seventy-fve
cases of Spanish influenza exist in
Grangvlle, but no person affected with
the disease is in critical condition.
This was the statement made Thurs
day afternoon by DR.. B. Chapman,
city health officer.
Twenty families in Grangeville are
under quarantine. Number of cases
of illness in the families runs from
one to nine. No pneumonia cases ex-
ist said D. Chapman. Most cases of
influenza are in a mild form.
CASES ARE GUARANTEED
Individual quarantine of families in
which the disease prevails was deter
mined upon Monday following meet
ing of the board of health, local ply
sicians, school and Red Cross heads,
called by Mayor w. L. Campbell.
The public schools were closed Wed
nesday evening and on Thursday, on
order of the board of health, all pub
lie gatherings were suspended, pool
halls and the picture show were closed
and every measure of precaution
TO prevent spread of the disease was
taken.
More than 100 pupils were absent
from the public schools the first three
days of the week.
STATEMENT TO PUBLIC
Mayor Campbell and DR.. Chapman,
in a joint communication to the pub
lie outlining measures for protection
against spread of the disease.
"You can help by not attending
public meetings, dances, or places of
amusement until danger is past.
"By reporting all cases to the
health officer.
"By observing strictly the quaran
tine if you are quarantined.
"By sending for your physician to
advise and care for the patient.
''By moving along and attending to
necessary business and occupations.
Do not gather in public places. Stay !
at home.'
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-01-29
Punch Boards in
Idaho County Put
UnderOHcialBan
CHANCES OF WINNING 5-POUND
BOX OF CANDY FOR DIME
VERY REMOTE

Punch boards for sale of merchan-
disc have been put under thel ban
by officials of Idaho county. Pro
prietors of pool halls, cigar and con-
fectionery stores in Idaho county, in
fact owners of every business pm
which a punch board has been opera
ted, were on Monday notified by coun-
ty officials to clean house.
No more will it be possible to win
a 5-pOund box of candy for dime via
the punch board route. lNo longer
will a youth, eager to dispose of his
day s wages, be able to spend $3.50
to $500 in an effort to win a box of
candy for his best girl, his dreams
only to end in disappointment for
himself and said best girl. He must
purchase the candy outright, if he
would carry sweets to the sweetest.
Numerous complaints have been re-
ceived regarding punch boards, said
an official, Monday, but the com
plants were not supported by suffi-
cient evidence to issue warrants for
arrest. The punch boards, said the
official, have afforded opportunity to
many minors to gamble, and they
have lost considerable sums.
The officers are determined to
round up evidence, by detectives, if
necessary, and prosecute those who
operate the boards, as well as those
who patronize them.
Operation of punch boards for the
sale of merchandise is prohibited by
he state anti-gambling law, but the
boards have been winked at in Idaho
county for a number of years, while
in many counties of the state they
nave long since been eliminated.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-01-29

The prospectors who located a crop
ming of Rocky mountain ledge car
rying free gold sold it gladly for a
trifie. and were curious, probably
rather than regretful, when they
learned that the ledge turned into one
of the greatest copper mines in the
world. They remained free from the
tangle of high finance from political
turmoil and disappointment, from
foiled-or fulfiled-social ambition.
Their burro yet carried for them an
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-01-29
CONDEMNATION SUIT rs
FILED AGAINST M'COMAS

Condemnation suit has been filed in
the district court by Idaho county
against J. B. McComas, seeking to
condemn land belonging to McComas
in the Harpster section for highway
purposes.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-01-29
BARBER SHOP IN WHITE;
NEW CHAIRS, MIRRORS

The Day & Abramson barber shop
in Grangeville has been completely
reftted in fixtures of white enamel
finish. New chairs, mirrors, and sun
dry fixtures were placed in the shop
Sunday, and the place is declared to
present a much more pleasing ap-
pearance than most barber shops in
towns the size of Grangeville.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-01-29
CHARLES GORDON, AGED II, IS.
MISSING Since DECEMBER z;
VIRTUALLY GIVEN UP AS DEAD
Search Cabin on Sheep Creek and
Find Nothing Disturbed---
Horse in Pasture
ONLY BOY AND GUN GONE

Charles Gordon, 17year-old boy trapper probably has
persisted in the cold the Oregon side of Snake river.
searching party which this week reached Godons cabin,
Sheep creek several miles Snake river from Pittsbug
found the place mdisurbed Gordon and his gun mis-
sing. Gordons saddle horse in a pasture nearby
Gordon has been missing since December 3 when he cal
led at the ranch house of Wiiford brothers, the Oregon
side and procured quantity of potatoes and other provs
ions He had enough provisions it said to last him two
months
NO ALARM FELT AT FIRST
When Gordon had been missing for month little alarm
felt for his safety, for he young accustomed
the mountain country and he knew every crook and turn
Of the rough section in which he trapping. However,
when after six weeks the boy failed to appear any of
the widely ranch houses of that district alarm
spread and early this week searching party including Glen
Ibbs and other sockmen residing the Idaho side of
Snake river set out to hunt for him. The party it is said
included five or six men.
After difficulties Gordon's cabin was reached. Here
the searchers found nothing disturbed but they had way
OF knowing how long the boy had been away from the cabin
He gone and he had taken his gun with him. Provisions
were there and his saddle horse was in pasture in which
forage for the animal and it not suffering.
FOLLOW TRAP LINES
Believing that the boy might have met with mishap
while running his traps searchers the trap ine but
where of the lad found The search however
has not been abandoned 1t the opinion that Cor
don may have slipped rock, while hunting and broken
leg otherwise injured himself he unable to walk and
that he died from exposure
Rigorous winter weather has prevailed in Snake
section since the boy last and he could have perish
ed weeks The country is perhaps the widest and the
most rugged in the northwest and only persons familiar with
the mountains and their many dangers that
ton in the winter
NEAR WHERE BRoCKMAN DIED
It virtually in the same part of the country that
Walter BrOcEman, Idaho county sockman his death in
The Of 1918, when he crowded narrow trail
pack mule, and fell precipce hundreds
INTO the canyon below.
Dr. W. A. Foskett physician, of Whitebird attempted to
notify Gordons father Sida Gordon of Asotn Wn that the
BOY was missing but so far has been unable to locate the
ather The boy born in Whebird but recent wears
lad resided at higgins and John Day. He is nephew of
}. O. Gordon of Lucille and Leroy Gordon of higgins.
The Press., 1920-02-05
GOLD IN GRIP. OF NcPTJTIE
Hope Renewed That Millions Lost in Treasure Sh' ps May Be Brought
 to the Surface

Somewhere in :he sea off the coast of Zululand lies the ship Dorothea. which went down on Tenpdos reef
 carrying with her. so some I enplp he licve. part of the fortune of Onm Paul Kruger. once president of the Trans vaal. and rumor has it that plans are afOot to tit out q British expedition in the hope of Salvagng her. The war has improved methods of ,alvag- ing >unkem >h.pS. and. if the nuro. h"a
 really carrie q it. the gold ceinen. ed into the hold of the vessel has been estimated at over S30GO,0O0. Before the war syndicate was organized to attempt recovery of the vessel and unsuccessful efforts were made to To- cate her; now the project is again pos sible-perhaps all the more so. because time has accumulated SO many treas ure ships which are again under dis cussion. A list recently published in cludes: The GrosvenOr, lost on the Pendoland coast. with SS.75OOO0: the AfistOn. in Marcus bay, with S4,OOO,- GOO: the Birkenhead. on Birkenhead reef, with S3,9OO0OO; the Dorothca. on Tene1lOs reef. with S3,250,OO0: the Ahercromhie with $9OO.OO0; the Mere stein. with $7OO,OOO. and the Thunder
 bolt. with S2.75O.OOO. If sunken treasure enterprise fails of one treas ure ship, perhaps it can find anotl CT. So far. however. the sea has proved miser with the gold It has acquired i; ho ntS n l. vaging equipment change the habit.
The Press., 1920-02-05
MORE THAN MERE CHAUFFEUR
New York Merchant Has Driver Who Knows Business Methods and
 Aids His Employer.

"I don't believe in having too many carefully wOrked-Out methods for pre- venting errors in an organization, writes l.. Wertheimer in System. the magazine of business. Mir. Wertheimer is president of a concern which oper- ates five big department stores in the northern part of New York city. He goes on to tell the plan he uses:
 "One of the best checks that l get on my business is through my chauf- feur. have to keep a machine at call all the time, so that l can get from store to store without delay. My driv- CT is not simply a driver; he is high grade man who knows a good deal about my ideas of merchandising man who cOnceivably may some day be manager of one of my stores.
 'While he is waiting for me he does not simply sit outside in the machine. He wanders around the store, looking at displays, noticing how salesgirls deal with customers, whether our prices are by chance higher on this item or on that than they should he. Every morning his written observa- tions are placed on my desk; from them l have time and again gleaned pieces of information that made big difference in the profits of the store. v
The Press., 1920-02-05
INSIGNIA OF ANCIENT ORDER
That Now Worn by United States Army Medical Officers Goes Back
 Four Thousand Years.

The caduceuS, which was introduced in 1902 by Col. John Van k. Hof, M. C., L. S. A., editor of the Military Sur geon. as part of the medical officers
 insignia. dates back 4,OOO years, ac- cortling to F. H. Garrison, M. D., U. ;. A., writing in the Journal of the Amer ican Medical Association. For a num- Der of reasons the serpent was always the symbol of medicine in antiquity
 The BabylOnans' caduceuS. which as the insignia shows today-twO snakes entwined with wings at the top of the >tafr-occurs in Hittite remains. It stands for an actual serpent god, Min giShZila, who as the special messenger of IShtar. was the awakener of life ih the springtime, and the Mesopotaman protOtypp of the Greek HermeS. lhe Romans had special functionary. the caduceator. who was a sort of peace commissioner. The caduceuS was used on the title pages of books published hy the famous medical printer Fro hcnius. in 1460 to 1527. The wand or Mercury" as it is sometimes called, was also carried by merchant traders in ancient times. on excursions where peaceful negotiations were desired and they wanted to be known as neutrals.
The Press., 1920-02-05
"PEANUT" UNIT LOOKED GOOD
But After Receiving Letter From Ag' riculturai Department "City Suck
 CT" Did Not Invest.

A city man got a very glowing circu- lar from a Chicago development com pany" offering him ten acres of land in Florida for the surprisingly small sum of $2.5OO-a "peannt unit" the circular called it. He could grow. the circular said. thousand bushels of peanuts on his ten acres and could sell the pea nuts-aIlowing for low prices at S2 buSheI The city man was impressed: {: but he sent the circular to the depart ment of agriculture with query as to whether or not the investment was good one.
 Following are some sentences from the letter he got in reply: "'rhe lit- erature is of the kind designed to de ceive city people in the North and West who do not know anything about farming" "The average return from ten acres of peanuts would not exceed $500 to S5OO" You could buy a 10O- acre farm in almost any of the cOun- ties of western Florida, including the one mentioned in the circular, for the price these people ask for ten acres" :"
 "'The whole unit system, whether it is oceans, peaches, figs, cane, pea nuts, hogs, or what not, is simply means of selling land at three to five times what it is worth to ignorant or unwary small investors" gro pay $2,- 800 for this ten acres of land would stamp you as sucker of the rankest ss."-EXchange
The Press., 1920-02-05
WAS PIONEER IN WIRELESS
James Bowman Lindsay, Scottish En- gineer, Has Not Been Given the
 Credit He Deserves

Little is heard about James Bowman Lindsay. and much about wireless te- legraphy. yet the career of the one and the history of the other are insepara- ble, says the Christian Science MOni- tor. Upwards of sixty years ago Bow man Lindsay operated a system across the River Fay, q distance of one and a half miles, just above the bridge the construction of which ranks as one of the most notable feats in engineering. His efforts failed to attract attention at the time. however. because of his retiring disposition, but the history of electrical research records few names more deserving of respect than his He was pioneer in the application of electricity for heating and lighting purposes and bespoke a great future for it.
 ApropOS of Bowman Lindsay, as he was familiarity known, it is interesting to note that his energies were not wholly directed to the advancement of the mechanical arts. He was lin- guist and as such started out to trans late the Bible into many different lan- guages. Seven years labor was ex- pended on the task, and the work was far from being finished when it had to be abandoned. The Bible in incOm- pletc form, may still be seen in the Albert institute, Dundee. Scotland. IL lies open in glass case and shows that the method employed was to ti- vide the book into the requisite mum Der of columns and in each column place the words in English and their equivalent in each language into which they were translated.
The Press., 1920-02-05
WOULD BE FRIEND IN NEED
Grateful Colored Man Promised to Go if Services Should
 Be Needed.

"The race riots in Chicago remind me of the same sort of cXcitementS that ran around Atlanta when l Whs living there as young man.. said George Mcdaniel of Metro. Cal.. re- gently.
 "My brother and 1 were both mehl- cos-owners of smooth and virgin sheepSkins. We shared the same of flee and lunched at the same counter. Tn the midst of wild confusion, one day, a wounded negro rushed into our office and begged for protection. This was freely granted. for we had no race preiudices. in spite of our South ern upbringing. We also poured salve on the negro's bruises.
 "'Yo' shuah been good to me- said the grateful darkey, turning to my brother-who, by the way, is now practicing in Los Angeles-'an' I'll member it. doc. Say, if yO' ever kills anybody nah friends and I'll get you out if we have to bust the jail to do it.'"-LOs Angeles Times.
The Press., 1920-02-05
SHARK TO FURNISH LEATHER
Investigation Has Shown That Skin of Sea Monster Has Very Def
 mite Value

Although the personal popularity of sharks is not likely soon to increase. their existence will be more cOmpla
 gently accepted if the work already done through the agency of the United States government continues it's prog reSS toward proving sharkskin good substitute for leather The effort was begun in 1916, and it has been shown that the skin of a shark can be tanned by newly discovered processes with a result much like superior grade of leather. Commercial tannerieS are be- ginning to turn out the product. Shoes made of it are being worn; and, like the pig, of which everything is utilized but the squeal, the shark has been found generous in by-products. The bureau of standards is now experiment. ing with shark leather to determine its durability, tensile strength, and wear ing and water-resisting qualities; but enough has been done to indicate that many persons in the future will go shod in shark leather. and that only those who are told will know the difference.
The Press., 1920-02-05
Kjtchener'S Dog.

Lord Kitchener's favorite dog, which he left in the hands of Admiral Grant hefore embarking on the cruiser Hamp- shire, is believed to have become a good Australian. Admiral Grant, who has been appointed first naval mem Der of the Australian naval board brought Kitchener's pet to. the com monweath on board the battle cruiser Australia. Ordinarily the common wealth does not encourage the land inq of eats and dogs from overseas. but Australia holds Kitchener in such dear memory that one may safely conJec ture that exception will be made lr this instance.
The Press., 1920-02-05
Rohesnierre's Curious Watch.

The number of watches of varlous kinds and size and value which are now seen in the windows of the jewel er-watchmakers of Paris reminds a correspondent of l'Eclaire-of the watch which once was the property or koheS- nierre and which the correspondent saw at an exhibition of curios. II surely should have long ago found us nlace in the Carnavalet. The watch was in the shape of pear ana or the size of one, and was made of silver If opened in the center. the face De ing in the lower section, while the tor section was ornamented with pear leaves wrought in silver. A wa'cn the size of pear. and good deal heavier, is plainly indicative of some what bizarre tastes on the part Of the "Friend of the People. That IS, al any rate, how it strikes rEclair's cor pondent.-Christian Science MOnl
The Press., 1920-02-05

A conference to be held in Center church at Hartford on February 23, 24. and 20. to which have been invited and urged to attend all of the TOO or more protestant clergymen of the state. is the means which will be taken for acquainting the communities Of Connecticut with the nature and mean ing of the Interchurch World Move ment. At 225 Pearl street in Hartford Field Secretary Morris E. Alling and a corps of assistants are doing every thing possible to make this an unprec- edented gathering of the clergy of Connecticut. which shall serve to show surprisingly important meaning of the movement for which it stands Meanwhile. there is proceeding in the cities and towns of the state the city and rural survey by means of which the Interchurch World Movement is measuring the size and reckoning the nature of it's big job. The common task which the churches of Connect ICuj ought JO uO VIII JlluS bS ASNCS'ASOs and the ground staked out on which the churches of all creeds can get to- gether for such cooperation as is possible without hindrance of denom- national difference. The rural part of the survey is in charge of ROllo A. Kill Ourne. and the city part is direct ed by Robert F.. Todd. The data gathered by experts will be classi- fled and reduced to tables, charts and maps. so that every church in the state may know. as it never before has been possible to know, just what are the essential facts of its field and community This will lead also to a better understanding between church es. and it will appear how they can work together for mutual and com munity betterment These are pre- liminary features of the big program which the Interchurch World Move ment is preparing, Dy means of which it hopes to produce a religious awakening in the largest sense. It promises results which will reach every last corner of the state ill a practical and in an immensely profit able and lasting way.
The Press., 1920-02-05
Owes All to Uncle Sam.

Building upon his past experience as an employee in a shoe factory. the federal board for vocational education placed a young chap of 24, who was disabled at SOiSSOnS. in shoe manu- featuring plant for training. His left hand and arm were severely injured by high-eXplOSive shell. but he finds he can carry on, in spite of the h:4ldi, cap. and is fast becoming an expert shoe cutter. The management, finding his service valuable. are paying him S1 day-thiS. of course, in addition to his training pay, which comes from the board. He is enthusiastic and writes: ''rhis training is great stuff Everything is going fine. wouldn't have been able to do dny- thla;s fc the government hadn't giver me rhis cl ance."
The Press., 1920-02-05
TIMES SURE HAD CHANGED"
Doughboys in France Hailed as Friend Man Whom They Had, When
 kids" Feared Greatly.

The story of how two doughboys found their old enemy in France IS told by Mike Nolan. former police lieu tenant of New York city, who served as a K. of c. secretary assigned to the Sixteenth infantry, First division Nolan is fifty-two years old and put in 23 years on the New York police force. When he changed the blue uni form for khaki, he was in charge or the twenty-third precinct, the old Ten derloin.
 On his breast Is victory ribbon with two bronze major offensive stars and three silver citation stars. He has been recommended for the D. $. C.. by the commanding officer of the Six teenth infantry.
 He had wandered up to little bunch" of doughboys who were shoot ing craps" and gave each of the boys A pack of K. of c. cigarettes. The game was an exciting one, and a sol dier who was about ito roll the ivor- ies'' looked up at him and asked him to kiss 'em for a five" Nolan did three.
 One of the unlucky boys who had lost on the toss of the dice looked up at Nolan and recognized him as an old enemy.
 Holy cati Look, it's Tenderioin Bull Nolan '" he said to his pal. "Don you remember, he's de cop who used to chase us from doorways for shoot ing craps when we was kids?
 "Shure," said the lucky soldier. ana he pulled us once for smoking puts. And here he is shelling out packs or real cigarettes and kiSsin' de bones for us. Damn'd if it ain't right dat de war changes de whole woild y!
The Press., 1920-02-05
How Bridues Breathe.

Like us mortals, big steel bridges feel the changes in the weather, and must be built to withstand them. or perish.
 In the heat of summer a bridge is appreciably longer than it is in winter, and at various times of the year 1t may be longer on one side than on the other. as when hot sun plays on one flank, and cold wind on the other.
 The breathing apparatus" of a bridge consists of rollers under the feet at one end so that the end can move to and fro freely according to the expansion and contraction of the huge girders.
 Provision is made in the case of the Forth bridge for as much as two feet of "hreathing" of the immense canti- levers
The Press., 1920-02-05
Iabor Troubles in China.

The $40 month which the Chinese cOOlie with his family drew from the Chinese government during his period of enlistment in the army is the basis for the labor disturbance which is rocking China at the present time, says c. C. Thompson of Shanghai in the Seattle POst-Intelligencer. Mir. Thompson explains that prior to the war the average coolie made month ly wage of SIP to $15, while having become accustomed to the new stand ards of living made possible by the $40 allotment he declines now to re- turn to the old basis. Even household domeStics have become affected by the new unrest and are demanding more money. he says. Recently be. cause of the unsettled conditions there was strike of dOckworkers in Chi neSe ports which held up all trans Pacific traffic for d considerable time Mir. Thompson states.