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VOL. 33, NO. 28
GBAN(îHVILLK, IDAHO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2S, 1918
$1.50 THE YEAR
[OCAL BOARD WORK
Kill SOON COME
ID CLOSE
RECEIVED TO SEAL
BECORDS OF DRAFT MEN
ON DECEMBER 10
orders
öS MEN ARE SENT 10 WAR
Ninety-three Registrants Voluntarily
Enlist in Service From
Idaho County.
After having inducted into the mili
339 Idaho county régis
tary service
Itranta, while in the same period niuety
tliree registered men voluntarily en
listed from the county, the local draft
Ward which has directed conscription in
Idaho county of soldiers for the U. S.
will end its work on Tuesday,
j army,
[December 10 under orders from the a<V
jutaut general's office at Boise, trans
jmittiug a communication from Provost
Marshal General Crowder in Washing
[ton.
j Work Done by Board.
I While the work of the Idaho county
■draft board has not been so heavy as
■ was that of other local boards, due to
■ the fact that a draft in the autlimn of
■ 1917 was not necessary in Idaho county
■hecuse of the large number of men who
■ hail volunteered, nevertheless the local
■ board, from the time the classification
■ system was begun, in December, 1917,
■to the present time, has been swamped
■ with clerical work. At first the three
■ members of the board, Sheriff L. R.
■ Yates, John P. Eimers, then county an
liltor, and Dr. O. S. Stockton, perfonn
led all the board's work, including the
■ clerical duties, but eventually the work
[grow so heavy that the board was au
Ithorized to employ a chief clerk. Theo
I dore F. Tollefson was appointed to that
[position and yet the clerical work in
creased. Volunteers assisted, and later
[the war department provided the chief
j clerk with an assistant, Private Kuther,
of Ferdinand, who was sent to Grange
ville from Camp Lewis.
Duties of Local Board.
■ Registration of men, classifications,
^■passing on claims for exemption, sum
Mourning of men fox physical examina
^Htios, directing of physical examinations
V by t ,'. v iciaus, eatr. Inmcnt of
selected men, all have fallen within the
■ duties of the local draft board.
■ With the resignation of John P. Eira
as county auditor, iast summer, Mr.
■ Eimers also resigned from the draft
■ board, and his suc-essor in county of
fiee, Henry Teicher, was named to fill
ibe vacancy on the local board. Other
than this, no changes have been made
s' 11 the personnel of the board, since the
^appointments came, early in the war.
End Work December 10.
The local board is to seal up its re
tords December 10 and await further in
ductions from the provost marshal
Rouerai. Classifications are to stop
December 9.
'Immediately upon the completion of
their classification work and the
Oering 0 f the last of the reports, which
must be in net later than December
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states a telegram from the provost
jtoarshal to the adjutant general's office
the local board records, which are
Public records of the federal government
1 United States shall be sealed by
[hie chairman of the local board by seal
['®R up the oaseis in which the records are
ed, and so sealed the records and eases
•bah be kept sealed and intact sub
frrt to future orders
from the governor
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Under
*Ne boards
draw
provost marshal general.
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no circumstances whatever are
to permit any one to with
Papers in their files.
Must Not Give Out Data.
After the receipt of this order
access shall be given to rec
<> »ds of local boards on the part
sny person whatever not a
of
board
member or a member of
tiie clerical force
specifically au
thorized there to by the board,
e telegram continues, "and no
'»formation
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concerning them shall
given out except when the
' rr >ttcn instructions of the
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gover
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STRUCK IN HEAD, WRITES COM
PANION OF ORANGEVILLE
BOY SLAIN IN BATTLE
Lt. .John A. Long, son of Commis
sioner and Mrs. John D. Long,
Orangeville, who lost his life in battle
in France on September .'10, was killed
instantly by a tragoment of a high ex
plosive shell. This infirmation has just
been imparted to his parents in a let
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ter from his companion, Lt. Kverctt K.
Hunt of St. Maries, who since has
turned to the United States and is
stationed a Camp Sheridan. Ala.
letter follows:
' ' For several weeks i have wanted to
write to you and yet i hesitated,
mind I was certain that your boy', one
of my closest friends, had made the
supreme sacrifice, yet the hope that it
was not true was so strong that 1 re
frained from writing. However, it is
true and 1 feel it no less than 1 would
my own brother.
Dies Bravely and Cheerfully.
"How I wish that I might be with
you and toll yon in person of his last
days. He gave up his life ns lie had
lived it, bravely and cheerfully. Since
it had to be, I am glad that he died in
stantly and without pain. He was
re
The
in my
struck in the head by a fragment of a
high explosive shell.
The last time 1 saw John was the night
before he died. We were lying in a
forest, drenched to the skin with rain.
It was cold and we had no shelter.
Lieutenant Batterton, John, myself and
Sergeant Russell of my company were
all huddled together under a door which
we had found and put over us for shel
ter. Sleep was out of the question.
John and Lieutenant Batterton kept us
amused with a steady stream of jokes
and banter. 1 left them before daylight
and moved over to my platoon nearby.
That was the last time we were toge
ther.
Buried Near Gesnes Village.
"Our division was one of the sixteen
American divisions which attacked on
September 28, a few miles northwest of
Verdun.
pioneer platoon, and with them cut the
German wire to enable us to get through.
I was behind them and know that it
The entire attack
John was in command of the
was nobly done,
lasted nine days and ended near the
village of Gesnes, near which John is
buried.
"Lieutenant McMillan of our regi
ulea t w« the first to worm os of
John's death.
party collecting our dead.
the woods near where he had collected!
about thirty of our men. We talked
bu f a few minutes as the Germans were
even then dropping shells around us.
You may find the spot on your map by
looking for Mount Facob.
northwest of this is a small forest call
0( ( b y the French the Bois de Cierges.
Here and nearby are buried several
hundred of our men.
He was in charge of the j
I met him in
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A few miles
"Your loss, I assure you, is no less
Though my mother had
than our own.
known John but a short time, he had be
son to her. I had not been
come as a
home five minutes when she asked about
him and burst into tears when I told her
She has written to you and
the truth.
perhaps has asked for his picture,
told her that I had none. If she has
not, please send her one to be cherished
I am going to
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by both of us alike.
one of mine. Please place it
as one of
send you
with his and remember me
his closest friends.
Tells of Another Officer.
Lieutenant
The
"You inquired about
Betterton and Lieutenant Coffee,
latter was taken to a hospital with
I have
ia after the third day.
pneumonia
not hoard from him since, but as his
has not appeared in the casualty
feel sure that he has re
name
list we may
covered.
Lieutenant Betterton is also a
with one of my
casualty. In company
was
looking for me one
corporals he
night in an outpost lino. Somehow they
and walked into a hostile
A shot
got beyond us
machine gun a few feet away,
from the first burst struck him.
killed, corporal, get out of here as fast
can!' he cried to my corporal.
'I'm
as you
The corproal got back, but could never
tell how. I feel certain that Betterton
A man of iron,
mortally struck,
who knew not the meaning of fear.
was
one
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MILES REED WES
SUDDENLY WHILE
HEART DISEASE CAUSES THE
DEATH OF NOTED EDUCATOR
OF THE STATE
ONCE RESIDED ON PRAIRIE
President of Technical Institute at
Pocatello Succumbs Near Aber
deen—48 Years Old
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• ADKISON SUCCEEDS TO
• PRESIDENCY OF SCHOOL <•
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Norman B. Adkison, formerly ■*>
<*> of Orangeville, has been named
<*- temporary president of the Idaho <$>
Technical institute, to succeed -?>
-*> the late Miles F. Reed. Mr. Ad
kison has lieeu professor of <?>
chemistry at the institute.
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Miles F. Heed, president of the Idaho
Technical institute at Pocatello, and a
former resident of Idaho county, died of
heart disease on Nov. 21, while on a
hunting trip near Aberdeen. Ida. Presi
dent Reed was one of the leading edu
cators of the state, and was widely
known throughout Idaho, especially by
the large number of former students
who had passed through his classrooms.
Carreer of President Reed.
President Reed had for twenty years
been prominent in educational circles
in the state, and he was a pioneer in
technical education. He was an alumnus
of the University of New York, and
formerly was head of the department
of physics and chemistry of the Lewis
ton State Normal school. Also, he was
at one time a member of the faculty of
the University of Idaho. He had been
with the Academy of Idaho and the
Idaho Technical institute at Pocatello
for more than eleven years and was
largely responsible for the growth and
success of this school.
Because he was suffering from heart
disease, Now York specialists recently
ordered President Reed to take throe
toresl 0 f the men in training
months' rest from his work, but on ac
4' the pressing war emergency in
count
training of students at the Idaho Tech,
President Reed did not head the ai
y j ces 0 f b ; g physicians, but on the other
ban worked lone and lute in the in
at the
Pocatello institute.
President. Reed's body was taken lo
Pocatello from Aberdeen.
President Reed 48 Years Old.
Born iu Iowa, President Reed came to
Idaho county wdth his parents at an
early age, and resided on a ranch north
of Orangeville. He was 48 years of age
at the time of his death. He was well
known in Orangeville and Idaho county.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs.
Maude Kinkaid Reed, who only a week
previous was called upon to mourn the
death of her father, the late John S.
Kinkaid, of Clearwater; three sons,
Frank, in the U. S. army in France;
Thomas and Willard, at home; a daugh
ter, Alice; his raôther and a brother,
Charles, residing at Salem, Ore.; a broth
W. E. Reed, of Kooskia, and a -sis
ter, Mrs. J. Loyal Adkison, of White
bird.
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NUGENT IS 970 VOTES AHEAD
Official Canvass on Idaho Vote for
Senator Completed.
John P. Nugent was returned to the U.
S. senate from Idaho by a majority of
970 votes out of a total of 95,964 east
the short term senatorship, the offi
cial canvass of the Idaho vote at the
general election, November 5, shows.
Frank R. Gooding, Senator Nugent's op
ponent had conceded Nugent's election.
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HANLEY IS RELEASED.
Ed Hanley of Cottonwood, who was
brought to Grangeville Saturday, to ap
pear before the probate court on an in
sanity charge, was released on Tuesday.
Insufficient cause existed upon which
to adjudge Hanley insane, according to
the authorities.
Grangeoille-Whilebird
Highway Contract Ld;
Grading to Start Soon
Contingent upon securing additional
aid from the federal government, the
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state highway commission, in session m
Boise, last Thursday, voted to contract
the Graugeville-Whit «bird link of the
North and South highway at approxi
mately *297,000, including grading,
bridges, engineering and incidentals.
The additional money is practically cer
tain, says H. C. Allen, state highway
engineer, in a telegram received here by
the good roads committee.
The contract for grading was let to
.1. A. Hoskins & Co., of Ontario, Ore,, i
on n bid of *'-240,2:30.60, while the Secu
rity Bridge company of Lewiston was
awarded the contract for bridges and i
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culverts at $10,846. The original esti
mated cost of building the Grangeville
Whitebird road was *250,000, but be
cause of increased cost of materials and
labor, contracts within this figure were
considered impossible. However, the
federal government is expected to meet
the deficiency, and the local highway
districts will not lie asked to again con
tribute to the cost of the road.
First Bids Too High.
Bids for the work were received on
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previous occasions, but each time, until j
lust Thursday, were rejected, because
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they were too high. With the signing
of the armistice and consequent assur
ance of peace, much more satisfactory
bids were submitted by contractors for
the work than heretofore, because of
antiripation of an early decile in costs,
and relief of the present labor shortage.
Work on the new road is to commence
shortly. The now road, Which will be
twenty-two miles long, is known as Pro
jeet 6, and will constitute the most ini
portant link in a proposed all-year
around motor road between Lçwiston and
Boise, thus establishing direct means of
transportation between north and south
Idaho.
Roadbed to Be Standard.
The new highway which will be of
standardized roadbed, eighteen to
twenty feet in width, on a grade not
greater than 5 percent at any one place,
and with nothing shorter than a 96-foot
radius curve, will supplant the old stage
road between
Orangeville and White
bird. The present road, which is nar
ami steep, with numerous sharp
been the only highway con
, v'jn;, the northern and the southern
parts of the state. The present road is
suitable for automobile traffic only fl
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curves, ns
Oi /«loath- lu a
i et« ■, sxi.se
Over it must pass all traffic
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with mud.
into the Salmon river country. Thous
anils 01 tons of freight are nauieu to
Whitebird, Riggins, Lucile and other
towns on the river every year, and over
it the daily mail and passenger stages
operate b tween Orangeville ami New
Meadows, a distance of ninety miles.
MELS 127 MILES 10
FOR HEARING ON $00 THEFT CHARGE
JEWELL ARRESTED FOR THE AL
LEGED THEFT OF FOREST
SERVICE GOODS.
After traveling 127 miles to Grange
ville from his homestead on the Mid
dle Fork of the Clearwater river to
answer to a charge of stei.ing *60 worth
of property from the Ü. S. forest ser
vice, Monte Jewell, a young man, on
Tuesday waived preliminary examina
tion when arraigned in the probate
court, and was released on his own re
cognizance to appear at the next term
of the district court in Grangeville.
Jewell, who was arrested on informa
tion furnished by officers of the Sol
National forest at Kooskia, is al
way
leged to have broken into a forest ser
vice cabin on the national forest, and
to have stolen quilts, a grub hook and
other articles, the total value of which
is *60.
Telephone communication with Jewell
being impossible. Deputy Supervisor
Clack of the Selway forest and Con
The roadbed is so narrow that it is ini
I IO!4N Bde for teams to pass on the grade,
except at turnouts which are only too
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infrequent to accommodate the rapidly
increasing traffic over this road. Nnm
erous accidents, some of which have
terminated fatally, have resulted from
teams and drivers going over the grade,
and tumbling into the canyon, him
dreds of feet below.
Rise 2920 Fe e t ia 13 Miles.
The climb from the Salmon river,
with an elevation of 1470 feet, to the
summit, at a height of 4390 feet, will be
accomplished by what is known in high
way construction as a ladder, or a zig
zag road which will wind buck and
forth on the mountain side until the
rise of 2920 foot is accomplished. At
one point on the grade it will be possi
ble for one to look downward upon nine
different sections of the road. This, it
is pointed out, is one of the most in
teresting engineering problems in road
building in the west.
The Lewiston hill grade, just outside
Lewiston, over which the Lewiston
state highway climbs a distance of 2700
feet, has been compared to the Colum
bia highway from a road construction
stll(lpoint ulul ,- rom it . s s ,.„ nic value, i
^ whitebira grado , it is wn , e x j
cell the Lewiston grade in that it is j
longer and clibms in almost as short a
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distance to a greater height, offering
a wonderful panoramic view of the great
Tlie Lew
Salmon river basin country,
iston grade rises 2700 feet in eight and
The Whitebird grade will
a half miles.
rise its 3000 feet in thirteen miles.
Part of the highway will be gravel
surfaced. Standing timber on 19 acres
of land will have to be cleared away;
a total of 50,000 cubic yards of solid .
rock will be removed together with 76,
000 yards of loose rock. It is estimated
that in some places construction work
along the grade will cost *22,000 a mile.
Road Wanted For Years.
Construction of the North and South j
highway has been urged for years, but
it has only been within the last two or
three years that definite steps have[
been taken to accomplish the building of
this very important road. The road is
ic be built by funds made available by,
the state and federal governments and ^
by the communities through which the
Origi'-H" each war to T iro- I
v * ew ot ' ,,1C ! ' e "' f ' or morp t" 1 "!«. the
wPI meet
road passes,
vide one- third of the money, but, in
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[the deficiency which exists.
sue was voted by the Orangeville and
• last spring,
e shares .of
A bond is
to provide their respectiv
the money needed, while the board of
eouuty commissioners of Idaho county
also made an appropriation for this
did
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stable Bert Smith of Kooskia journey
e( j a distance of approximately 100 miles
from Kooskia to Jewell's homestead in
order to arrest him. He was taken to
Kooskia and later was brought to
Grangeville for preliminary examination.
The trip from Kooskia to Jewell's home
and hack, it is said, required a week.
Taken from his wife and children, who
were said to be ill, Jewell was brought
before the court in Grangeville. He was
represented by Atty. F. H. Rehberg, of
Kamiab. No witnesses appeared for
the state.
Believing that Jewell could not fur
nish cash bend for his apperance be
fore the district court, if he were bound
over at the preliminary, and objecting
to the idea 01 the state holding Jewell
away from his wife and babies, Prose
cuting Attorney Griffith, appearing for
the stat- suggested that Jewell waive
prelimiary examination and be released
on h's own recognizance to appear for
trial at the next term of the district
court. Aggreement was to this effect
and Jewell was released, and permitted
to return hi- wif ■ r-d child'--'
FAMILY DINNERS 10
FEATURE DAY OF
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NO PUBLIC SERVICES HELD IN
ORANGEVILLE—BUSINESS
IS SUSPENDED
PLENTY OF TURKEY FOR All
But Birds Are Not As Fat As Usual,
Due to Fact That They Were
Fed Little Grain.
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Today, Thanksgiving tiny, is to bo
generally observed in (Iningeville by
sus|K'nsion of business. A number of i.l
family gatherings are to be held. No
public Thanksgiving services are to take
[•lace.
Stores arranged to close at 10 a. m.,
while bunks, county and federal offices
were closed Wednesday night for the
holiday.
Numerous hunting parties have gone
to the woods in search of deer and elk.
.Since the open season on these animals
closes Saturday, local hunters who have
U °F shot the limit allowed by law are
putting forth -i final effort to bring in [,
trophies.
sc ' e,n to be plentiful, while local markets ji
For the Thanksgiving dinner, turkeys
have a big supply of chickens. Geese
and ducks are not overlv abundant.
Many of the turkeys, however, are not
as fat " 8ual 'lu», it is believed, to
their "ot having been fed grain by farm
ers. With grain at high prices farmers
wore disposed to allow the turkeys to
find their own feed, and few of the
birds are plump.
CALL OFF LIVESTOCK SHOW
Annual Exposition Will Not be Held at
Lewiston.
annual Northwest Livestock V
show, which was to have boon held in
Lewiston, opening on Tiic.nksgiving day,
The
hna been ci;nc0 i| t ,,i ( owning to prevalence
of Spanish influenza. While the state
orJcr prohibiting public gatherings has
been lifted, it was felt that the epidem
j c ( 1 : 1,1 not sufficiently subsided that it
v , 3ll ld b e well for thousands of p. .-sons
to congregate, as would he the case at
!he stock show The show v PI not be
held until next year. Advertised sales
of livestock in Lewiston next week will
1 - l—'d rcl d>•*-.' It i» .1- ■lan d.
WOMAN IS UP FOR INSANITY
Mrs. Henry Bray of Kooskia Adjudged
of Unsound Mind.
Mrs. Henry Bray who resides on a
ranch on the Middle Fork of the Clear
water, near Kooskia, was brought to
Grangeville Saturday on an insanity
charge. She was found to be of un
sound mind, but because the hospital at
Orofino has stopped receiving patients
until the influenza epidemic is eradi
cated, it was deemed advisible to allow
the woman to return to her home until
such time as permanent disposition of
the case can be made.
STATE DEFICIENCY ONLY $10,000
Much Less Than in Former Administra
tions in Idaho.
The total state deficiency which the
next legislature will have to make up
by direct appropriation will be less with
the close of the present year for state
government departments than is hag
been for many years past, says a Boise
dispatch. It will not represent a sum
greater than $10,000. Heretofore de
fidelity bills have been presented to
the legislature running $100,000 or over.
JUDGE SCALES' MAJORITY IS 2662
Judge Wallace N. Scales of Grange
ville received 4407 votes for district
judge at the general election on Nov
5, while his opponent B. F. Tweedy, had
1845. Scales' majority is 2562. The
summary includes the vote of Idaho,
Lewis and Nezperee counties, as can
vassed by the several boards'-of county
-ommissioners.
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