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The Emmett Index.
PUBLISHED IN THE GARDEN VALLEY OF IDAHO
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR.
EMMETT, GEM COUNTY, IDAHO. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1918
NO. 49
NEWS OF OUR SOLDIER
BOYS
Interesting Letters from
Boys at Home Camps
and Abroad.
Our
From "The Boy."
August 11—The mail came in this
morning, the first we have had for
weeks, and weeks. At least, it seems
that long, although I guess it really
has been only abcfut two weeks since
we heard from home. I received one
letter from you, and in it was the
first page of the Capital News dated
July 19. It containd an account of
the fall of Soissons, and it reached us
here almost as soon as the official
account. In fact, it was not men
tioned in the daily papers we get un
til the first of this week, over three
weeks after it was in the Boise pa
per. So you see how late the news
of the war is that we receive from
the papers here. Of course there were
rumors long ago that Soissons had
fallen, but as we have to make it a
rule in the army never to believe ru
mors until they are confirmed by offi
cial reports, we didn't really know
until it was published in the papers
the first of this week.
John Gamage has at last completed
his week on. the wood pile and is now
in the postoffice taking care of our
mail. I think that he and the other
unfortunate boys with him were not a
howling success as wood cutters. In
fact, one boy who saw the day's out
put said that he could cut that much
in one hour and not sweat a hair, and '
offered to bet a day's wages on it, but
John took him at his word and refused
to risk any money.
I am awaiting orders to take a lot
of men down to the base hospital on
the coast. Orders have already come
through for me to be ready and it is
very probable that I will leave tonight
■or early tomorrow morning. I have
17 patients to take there, two men to
accompany me to help take care of
them. We will be gone four days,
a day going, a day coming back, the
other two days will be holidays for us
and after we deliver the patients to
the base we will spend the time at
Nantes, one of the large cities near
the coast and said to be one of the
most beautiful places in France out
side of Paris and the watering places.
Dallas Burt will be one of the men
to go with me.
Floy Clark and I have been figuring
on taking our vacation sometime next
month. Of course, we want to go
■either to Paris, Marseilles or Nice,
but like most of the other boys we will
probably have our choice of two
places—Aix Les Bains or stay at
home—so naturally we will take
Aches and Pains, as we call it for
short, in preference to staying in the
•camp.
Clair Haylor was up to see me the
last time on Thursday and then he
expected to be sent out any time. I
am sure that he has gone by now, or
Tie would have been up to see me
^again. As it was, he stayed longer
than he expected, for as a general
rule they usually stay only about a
week. He is feeling fine and was
getting anxious to get back to his
In fact he was so anxious
■company.
to go that the day before he was up
to sec me
his camp and asked the officer in
charge, "When in h
going to send him back to his com
pany."
All the boys have had their names
changed since coming in the army.
Floy Clark for a long time went by
the name of Cyclone, a very appro
private one for him. But since he
has been working in the laboratory
that has been changed and at the
present time his official title is
"Bugs." John Gamage has the name
of "Hooks," after the famous hook
worm of Camp Greene. Of course,
my name cannot be changed, or at
he was ever
least they won't change it, and I sup
pose "Skinny" will follow me through
life, as it has every member of the
Skinner family in past ages. Harvey
Parks so far has escaped the nick
name brigade, and Earl Graham has
not been with the company long enuf
to have such a thing following him
around. Lawrence Burt has been
dubbed "Ambitious," Slim stands for
Cayford, and the company roster
boasts of such names as Sody, Dutch,
Wild Cantaloupe, Eggy (Don Eagle
son) and many more common ones.
P. S.—Harvey Parks was made a
sergeant. His warrant came today
<Monday). Clare Haylor was up to
see me last night, so he hasn't
yet.
gone
From Floy Clark.
Talk of big business, we sure ha e
it. The hospital is full tonight , it i
1000 patients and only 800 beds. More
than 170 patients were admitted today
and still going the limit. Nearly 100
were discharged today. The scarcity
of room situation is soon to be reme
died, as we have now 10 more build
ings on the way and are ready to set
them up upon arrival. They will »ocn
be filled to their capacity, as we have
many patients in our own tents.
Today Clare received a couple of
pictures taken on the North Fork of
the Payette river above Banks. We
all nearly went wild when we saw
them, as we did the time some one
here got a little branch of sagebrush
in a letter and all the old bunch had
to sniff its enticing odor, for it was
real honest to goodness perfume to us.
From Marcus H. Foss.
Camp Hancock, Ga.—Dear Sister:
Well here I am at last. Nine came
here from Moscow and there are on
only three of us left in camp. Two
of us were transferred this morning
to an overseas so see
iy
we will soon be headed for the othe
side and the sooner the better, but it
will be two weeks yet' anyhow, 1 ex
pect, though a person can nev_r tell
what's on for the next day in a camp
like this. I sure hated to see the oth
er Idaho boys leave, for I had been
(Continued on page 3)
in the navy, having received another
promotion.
NEWS OF SOLDIERS
Abe Hitt is evidently making good
quartermaster s department stationed
Preston Chapman, a member of the
a *" Camp Fremont, Calif.,
; h° me on Monday to visit his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Chapman. Fur
loughs of all men in his regiment have
been called in September 20, and the
boys are expecting to leave for over
seas shortly thereafter. He says
everyone is rarin' to go.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Walker received
a long letter from their son Loyd say
ing that he had arrived safely in
France. Loyd is a sharpshooter of
the intelligence corps in the 91st di
vision. We are proud of him, as he
is the only one from Gem county that
we know of having attained that dis
tinction.
A letter received this week from
Glenn DeCIark says his brother Earl
has enlisted in the navy and is at
has enlisted in the navy and is at
the naval training station at the Uni
versity of Washingtorf, and Glenn
says he himself can't withstand the
desire to get into the service much
longer. He says Earl's fellow employes
on the Oregon Journal presented him
with a wrist watch, upon which was
engraved, "To Earl H. DeCIark from
the Journal chapel."
Everett Barton, manager of the
Boise Payette mil here, on Tuesday
waived exemption and that day went
to Boise, from where he left the fol
lowing day for Camp Lewis to be
come a part of the National Array.
The Statesman says: "Mr. Barton
has had opportunities to enter the
officers' training camps, but has gone
as a private, preferring to earn his
promotion by working up from the
ranks.
continue to make their home in Em
mett.
Mrs. Barton and baby will
Dr. James L. Stewart, the well
known surgeon of Boise, has been
commissioned a captain in the medi
cal corps of the army and will leave
for New Yorfe" within the next ten
days.
Jack Harwell, who is stationed in
a training camp in Colorado, came
home yesterday to spend a short fur
lough 'visiting his parents in the
Bramwell section.
John Daily's brother, who is visit
ing him from Beloit, Kan., enlisted
for service in the Civil war when 15
years and 4 months old.
Geo. Geary were Boise visitors Tues
day.
Accidents at Mill.
Three employes of the sawmill are
suffering with injured fingers. Ed
Bivens had the misfortune to slip
and fall in front of a car loaded with
lumber and the car wheel ran over
his hand, C. C. Allen had a finger bad
ly mashed between two timbers, and
Joe Rynearson, who was feeding a
rip saw, had the first three fingers of
one hand so badly cut that several
stitches had to be taken in the wounds
of each finger to close them.
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Dion and Mrs.
HOW BUGLER DRESSER
MET DEATH
. ——
t i ~
laken \vilh Cramps While in
Swimming—Buried With
Military Honors.
,
The first paiticulars to reach this
city of the drowning of Lawrence,
Dresser in France came Monday in
letters from Floy Clark and "The
Boy."
* °ung Dresser was bugler of|
the Second Idaho and when he
transferred to < o. A, 146th Machine
Can Battery, he still retained his po-,
■"«on. He was buried with military
honors in France. In his letter "The
Boy says:
When I arrived home Saturday
I August 1. ) after an absence of a
week, I learned of the death of Law
Lawrence was located at Sell -sur
Cher, a town a few miles above
was
rence Dresser, which occurred August
15.
with the other boys from the old Em
mett company. He went in swimming
shortly after dinner, was attacked by
cramps and drowned. His body was
recovered a short time afterward, but
although every effort was made to
restore life, it was without avail. The
funeral was held Friday afternoon,
and the procession was one of the!
longest that has been held in this,
section, practically his entire régi
ment taking part. The casket was
borne to the cemetery on the caisson
drawn by four horses, and was cov-1
ered with the American flag %nd
heaped high with beautiful flowers.
All the honors of an American soldier
were accorded him and his body was
laid to rest in the American army
cemetery located only a short dis
tance from this hospital. The ceme
tery is located on a slight elevation
and overlooks the town of St. Aignan
and the beautiful and fertile valley
We at the hospital knew nothing of
his death until about half an hour
after the funeral, when the sergeant
in charge of the cemetery came up
to the hospital and told us who it
was. It was a great shock to us and
to all the boys who knew him. Law
rence was known by reputation
throughout the entire division, and
while many of them did not know him
by name, they knew him because he
was the best bugler in the entire divi
sion. While we were in Boise and
Camp Mills we used to lay awake at
of the river Cher.
nights to hear him blow taps, be
cause he blew it better and sweeter
rence Dresser, an old schoolmate of
mine in the grades, found his fate
while swimming ip the river Lilies,
His companions were unable to get
him out owing to the depth of 'he.
water and the current. One of the
corporals in Tom's company nearly
than any of the other buglers in the
entire division, and as "Taps" lie
was known to many a soldier of that
division.
A military funeral at the graze
consists of the sermon by the chap
lain, the volleys as the casket is low
ered into the grave, followed by taps
the last announcement when life's bat
tle is ended, and the last bugle call at
night when the day's work is over.
From Floy Clark.
One sad thing happened in Tom Eg
gleston's company that brought
row to the old Idaho boys, for Law
sor
his life trying to rescue him. It
is only a game of chance over here,
so if a man is doomed he will lose,
whether in battle or in the rear
Churches to Unite in Paying Tribute
MEMORIAL SERVICES
to Lawrence Dresser
Memorial services for Lawrence
Dresser will be held Sunday evening
in the Methodist church, all the
churches uniting. The program will
be as follows:
Opening number by Band.
Song—"Battle Hymn of the Repub- 1
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lie.
Invocation—Rev. A. C. Lathrop.
Address— R. E. Rose, president of
Council of Defense.
Song.
Address—Member of the Band.
Address—Revi F. E. Finley.
Placing gold star— O. U. Chambers.
Singing—"Star Spangled Banner,"
led by Band.
Benediction. Rev. Jas. Adams.
, ^
gold star to the service flag of that.
organization.
Packing Apples.
The Fruit Union is packing the ap
; crop of the Flagler orchard, which
is estimated at 2600 boxes. The Un
ion is shipping out two carloads this
week.
CITY SCHOOLS
MONDAY
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Corps of Teachers Complete and
Assignments Have Been
Made
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The city schools will open Monday
and Superintendent Goodwin requests
parents to carefully note these points:
I
High School
A i ice Hartley—English,
Martha Lathrop—Mathematics.
Cora J. Melcher —History.
Lucy H. Kieldsen—Latin and Span
ish .
Velma Spaulding—Home Eco
I nomics.
Bertha Roseberry — Commercial
subjects.
m. J. Clapp—Science.
Grades
1 First—Jean L. Shanklin and Jose
hereiphine Day.
!
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Shaver,
|
! garet Cupp.
Fourth—Louise Monroe and Edith
M. Stovel.
! Fifth—Clara Peterson and Ruth
' Wilson.
Sixth—Lottie Canady and Frances
Payne,
1
' E. Wagner.
Lincoln schools-Yetta H. McIntyre
and Rebecca Jones,
I Emerson—Mrs. E. R. Kelly.
| A list of teachers and their assign
ments follow:
Second—Edna Gruber and Vera
Third—Dora M. Brown and Mar
Seventh—Marvel Fowler.
Eighth—Edna Landers and Anna
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! 1. Pupils near the Emerson build
j ing, who are in the First, Second or
Third grade, are expected to attend
! there.
j 2. Pupils near the Lincoln building
! who are in the First, Second, Third,
i Fourth, Fifth or Sixth grade are ex
pected to attend there,
3. Pupils in town who are in the
Third or Fourth grade report to the
Longfellow building,
4. All others come to the Ward
well building.
5. AH pupils should start the first
day.
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6. Pupils just starting into the
First grade must be 6 years of age
by January 17. It they will become 6
between January 17 and May 23 they
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may start the middle of the year.
Concerning the commercial course
Concerning the commercial course
in High school it has been planned to
let it extend over the full four years,
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giving a part of it each year. Pen
manship and bookkeeping will be
given the first year. Business Eng
iish, business correspondence and
spelling, the second year. Typewrit-.
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mg and shorthand the third year.
Typewriting and shorthand, arithme
tic and advanced bookkeeping the
students who
We are now offering the following
credits, all accredited by colleges and
mathematics, 8; histonf 8; Latin 8;
science 8; commercial subjects 8;
home economics 4; and Spanish 4.
This makes a total of 56 credits, and
as a student is required to take only
32 of these for graduation it gives
quite a latitude for choosing a course.
fourth year. Those
select the commercial course must
carry other courses along at the same
time.
universities: English
A student should follow one of three
i courses: The classical course, the
I scientific course, or the commercial
i course
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Those «king the classical course
should take all of the Latin and Lng-.
lish > considerable history and math
, matics, then till out from other
courses..
Those taking the scientific course
should take all of the science and
mathmatics, most of the English,
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should take all the commercial sub
jects and Spanish and most of the
English, then fill out with subjects
then fill out from other courses.
Those taking the commercial course
from mathematics and other courses.
i The Superintendent will be pleased
to confer with students or prospect
1 ive students.
Vi . L. Buck and George Koontz
j took a load of supplies to the Canyon
*-* ,hi, . w " k '
d « w n Shellrock hill the neck yoke
broke and the team of mules broke
away from the wagon. The wagon
turned over and both men were
thrown out , sustaining painful bruises,
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Accident on Shellrock Hill.
Good apples at the Fruit Growers
Union 1 cent per pound.
0PENir~™^iT'V
I
• The War Industries Board has
*' ruled that until after the
war
j * newspaper subscriptions must be
4 > j n a{ j vance The newspaper has
no choice in the matter; the
- order is peremptory and final.
•• The Index will obey the rules •
! " and regulations laid down by the U
Board. We cannot do less and
be good Americans. After Octo- •
♦ her 3, 1918, we will drop from
' our mailing list all subscriptions ♦
upon their expiration. Keep *
watch of the address label
:
on •
your paper; it tells when your^
■ time expires. There positively s>
" will be no deviation from this or
J der. Statement of the amount 4
* due from each subscriber will be •
* sent out in a few days, and <*■
- prompt remittance must be made «
• in order to avoid missing an is- •
i *> sue of the paper.
* The penalty for a violation of •
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j ♦ shutting off of the supply of pa- $>
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GUILD ADOPTS A
FRENCH ORPHAN
Grateful Mother Writes Letter Ex
pressing Thanks for Kindness
Sometime ago St. Marys Guild of
this city adopted a fatherless child of
France. A few days ago Mrs. A. O.
Sutton, secretary of the Guild, re
ceived the following letter from the
mother of the boy, expressing her
gratitude and appreciation of the
kindness. The letter was written in
French and the translation made
by Judge Sutton: '
St. Remy, France.
Madame, our dear confederate;
How impressed I have been by see
ing how many charitable friends
France has to come to the assistance
of mothers of families, helping them
to raise their small orphans. Not
only, my dear compatriot, do you fight
by our side, but you give courage to
those who suffer.
For Madame, misfortune has be
fallen my home. Since I lost my hus
band nothing but suffering. I have
left with me three children of four,
six and nine years. Jean, that you
have done the favor to adopt, is six
years old. The past year while return
ing from school, he injured an eye
ma ki nK him almost blind. For nearly
a yea r I have had a bronchitis that
causes me suffering and probably
d eath. Poor little orphans!
Oh, if you could see the poor father
as fa dyi ' g he thoufrht not ot his own
His last words, repeated
as dyi g
suffering. His last words, as repeated
; to me by his comrade in arms, were,
; "I suffer, but I die a brave soldier.
only wish mv wife and njy children,
m / three lltt } e dar ,ings, are not un
ha ppy nor in poverty. As for myself
j I have done my duty and think not
; my pain."
Oh. Madame, thanks thanks for
your good deed. How happy I have
; made to receive t he sum of 45
1 francs. I have used it to buy shoes
for my three children, have received
credit on medicine for my children
iand have eaten a good part (bougnt
j food).
' Yet again, Madame, thanks. I would
j do my best for your countrymen. I
will always rernember to do every
^ f/you permirme^My'husband
,. was corporal in 266 and fell the 14th
0 f February. 1915. at the north battle,
I wish to extend my sincere thanks,
n AM fVvf^FRE\UD
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Blaze at Garage.
An alarm of fire was turned in
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fj"" 1 'j 3 ®, Tuesday morning
M & , M Gara * e - ° n ®.°
me > er s ru ' ' * a ' .
w,th a supply of * asoUne ' J he tank
i ran over and a spark from the engine
L ^ oil Prompt applieation
of a chemical extinguisher subdued
^ flames brfore any , Jama)re was
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I
An alarm of fire was turned in
done.
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ter as we explained last week, the next
thing is to add to it—to make it grow.
| You know that if you walk down
| town on the same side of the street
j each morning you soon select that
side unconsciously—it becomes a
A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
"The Habit"
After you've started your Savings
account, which is a very simple mat
habit.
If you deposit a certain fixed
amount iu the First National Bank—
jj. doesn '£ need to be large—in your
savings account each week or month
"" d - " " " mal " r
The Mvj habit js a habit that
j not onIy heIps you bu , ; i d a ban k ac
count( but the after-effects v. ill bo j-o
ticed in a more systematic business cr
home management.
Make your savings systematic,
Have a plan If saving and stick to it
everlastingly.
Our next article will be about
" Withdrawals J'
COUNTY TAX LEVY IS
MADE
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Commissioners Fix Levy at 13.3
Mills—State at 2.2 Mills—
School District 6 Mills—
Emmett 19 Mills
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The county tax levy was fixed at
13.3 mills, the state levy at 2.2 mills,
or a total of 15.5 mills, by the county
commissioners at their session Mon
day. On top of this, the city levy is
19 mills and School District No. 9 is
6 mills, making a total tax of 40.5
mills for city residents and 21.5 mills
for School District No. 9 residents
outside of city.
The county levy is made on a to
tal valuation of $4,273,867.
The levy and valuation for the
school district is as follows;
Dist.
No. !..._..
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Val. Levy, Mills
...$ 9,006 10
No. 3........
No. 4..
No. 5....
No. 6.....
No. 7.
No. 8..
No. 9.. . .
No. 10.
No. ll..._...
No. 12...
No. 13 ...
No. 14—4 72 mills.
No. 15—6 mills
No. 17—0 mills.
No. 187 mills.
No. 19
No. 20—644 mills.
No. 21—0 mills.
No. 29—6 mills.
No. 46—0 mills.
No. 47—7 mills.
No. 58—11 mills.
. 140,900 4
15,675 0
... 129,100 7
... 23,055 9
32,554 0
... 100,642 0
... 146,929 4 4
... 2,068,70 1 6
_. 158,386 6
56,987
155,017 4
20,339 11
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4 mills.
BORN.
On Tuesday, to Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Mrs. Ruth
Keithley, a daughter.
Hunt declares that the young lady
has already declared her intention to
vote the Democratic ticket.
On Monday, to Mr. and Mrs. Crete
Robinson of Placerville, at a Boise
hospital, a son.
On Saturday, to Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Dayton, a daughter. And Guy says
she is a peach.
On Saturday, to Mr. and Mrs. Pelt
Johnson of Letha, a son.
Duck Season Opens Monday.
The duck season opens Monday
morning at sunrise, which Game War
den Riggs says occurs at 15 minutes
after the 7 o'clock mill whistle blows.
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after the 7 o'clock mill whistle blows.
Weekly Program
At IDEAL THEATRE
of
FRIDAY, SEPT 13
"Mating of Marcella"
featuring Dorothy Dalton
2 Reel Keystone Comedy
SATURDAY, SEPT. 14
'Every Woman's Husband"
with Gloria Swanson
Nestor Comedy
SUNDAY. SEPT. 15
"Man's World"
'
2-Reel Keystone Comedy
MONDAY. SEPT. 16
"His Own Home Town"
featuring Charles Ray
2-Re«l Fox Comedy
TUESDAY, SEPT. 17
"The Two Orphans"
Featuring Theda Bara
Harold Lloyd Comedy
WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 18
'A Fight for Millions"
Episode No. 2
"Britain's Bulwarks"
A war picture.
"Spring Idyl"— drama
'Wild Blasts at Large"
Comedy
THURSDAY, SEPT. 19
Marked Cards'
featuring Margery Wilson
'Pathe News"