IRE IDAHO REPUBLICAN
SEMI-WEEKLY
Published every Tuesday *nd Friday
BYRD TREGO, Editor and Proprietor
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KAISER WOULD REPEAT
NAPOLEON'S EXPERIENCE
When Naporeon Bonaparte was
overthrown tue first time, he was
banished to the Island of Elba In the
Mediteranean sea and made com
fortable with all he needed for life.
Like any other man of energy and in
iatiative, he thought matters over
and got up a plan to do something,
and back to France he went.. It was
rumored that the exiled ruler had
escaped and might return to Paris,
and a guard placed on the road to
see that he did not pass, challenged
him as he came along and was ad
dressed in such winning words that
they rested arms and talked with
him. Once he had the ear of these
men, his appeal began to grip them,
and soon they were "convoying" the
returned emperor to Paris instead of
bringing him in a prisoner or a
corpse.
hers as they went along, and he
marched Into Paris at the head of an
ambitious army.
"The Hundred Days," the battle of
Waterloo was staged, the fate of Eu
rope trembled in the balance and
Napoleon was again overthrown, this
time for keeps, for he was sent to a
place he could not return from.
Kaiser Also Trying
One hundred years later the kaiser
was overthrown, and retired into
Holland. After a short time ten tons
of money was shipped to him from
Berlin. Now an organization is at
work to protect and restore the
kaiser and at the same time a patient
but determined world is preparing to
send him to that abode from which
no traveler ever, ever returns May
the efforts of these last ones be
crowned with such success as will
give the same degree of satisfaction
brought about by Herbert Hoover's
message to Reith and Von Der
Lacken in reply to their request for
food, "Go to hell. If I have to deal
with Germans, it will not be with
such a pair."
The force gathered num
Then followed
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LOYD GEORGE
RE-ELECTED
Loyd George, the man of humble
birth in England who rose as did our
Lincoln in America, has recently been
re-elected by an overwhelming vote,
notable for the support of the sol
diers and workingmen. His opponent
was Mr. Asquith who corre
sponded to our General McClellan
who was an opponent of Abraham
Lincoln in the presidential campaign
just before the close of the Civil war.
In that campaign, McClellan said
that if he were elected, he would
"give the South a blank sheet of
paper on which* to write their terms
of peace," and Lincoln said that if
he were elected, the war would go
on until one side or the othr was ex
hausted.
In England, Llody George stands
for a victorious peace, with pro
visions made for full reparation by
Germany, "to the uttermost farth
ing," and it must be a sweet satis
faction to him, after having con
ducted governmental policies on this
line, to receive such an overwhelm
ing vote.
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WILL YOUR BUILD.
INGS BURN DOWN ?
We want to warn our readers once
more about fire. Early in the win
ter is the best time to consider fire
risks, and to take steps to prevent
losses. We don't want to hear of
somebody losing their home tomor
row or next week from a preventable
fire, and many fires are preventable.
Blackfoot has special reasons to
be investigating fire prevention as
people will learn when they read up
on the lack of-funds to maintain the
fire department. People living in the
country always have reasons to use
care in the prevention of fires, be
cause they can call no chemical en
gine to save them. Get busy with
ladder and tools and see if yOur flue
and stove pipe are all right. In
■ spectlon once a year—thoro inspec
tion, is only a reasonable safeguard.
People often ask what the main
causes of fire are: According to the
figures for 1916, collected by the
National Board of Fire Underwriters
defective chimneys and flues caused
6.1 per cent of the fires listed as
wholly preventable. Careless toss
ing of lighted matches accounted for
more than $7,000,000 worth of dam
age, or 3.4 per cent. Allowing gas
jets to be open near windows so that
the breeze could wave the flame on
to hanging curtains, careless closing
of gas ranges and consequent light
ing of matches, thus causing a fire,
amounted to almost one per cent of
loss. Fireworks, hot ashes and coals,
hot or molten metal, and open fires,
make up the total of wholly prevent
able fires. The damage done in 1916
by these preventable fires amounted
to $60,000,000.
Partly preventable fires cost the
country almost $100,000,000. In
this -st, electricity is accountable for
almost eight per cent of the fires.
Defective wiring, switch boxes, etc.,
however, are not nearly so much to
blame for fires as the amazingly
careless use of small electrical de
vices, such as electric smoothing
irons, plate warmers, curling irons,
and so forth.
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Miss Grace Peck left last Sunday
for Salt Lake, where she will be en
gaged lr the adjacent towns with the
Ellison-White Chautauqua work. She
was -accompanied by her mother Mrs.
E. T. Peck, who returned home Wed
nesday.
UNITS ARB LISTED
Following is the complete list of
units outside of divisions serving
with the Third American army along
the German frontier:
Army troops headquarters troops;
66th field artillery brigade; 322nd
field battalion; 26th telegraph bat
talion: 2nd cavalery headquarters;
1st squadron; 2nd cavaiery; 46th
engineers; 56th pioneer infantry;
3rd army military police battalion'
evacuation hospitals 3 and 12; 314rd
remount squadron, army post office
927; sanitary train, third army;
524th, 690th, 601st, 603rd ambu
lance service sections, Third army
provisional supply train; truck com
panies 441, 463, 466, 467, 469;
Third army air service headquarters;
1st pursuit group; pursuit squadron
No. 4; 4th air park; headquarters
bombardment group; day bombing
squadron 166; headquarters army
observation groups; areo squadrons
9 and si; photo sections 2 and 10;
branch intelligence office 462D and
463D; construction squadron; 3rd
army regional replacement depot;
ordnance depot No. 303.
Third army corps, corps troops;
headquarters troops, 308th engine
ers, and train, 52nd telegraph bat
talion, 308th field battalion, signal
corps, 3rd corps military police com
pany, 1st pioneer Infantry, troop K,
3rd cavalery, motor supply train 415,
field remount squadron 302, mobile
veterinary hospital No. 1, machine
shop truck unit 405, 1st corps artil
lery park, .01st mobile ordnance re
pair shop, headquarters 3rd army
corps air service, 1st areo squadron,
6th photo section, 3rd corps ballon
groups reconnaissance, 1st ballon
company branch intelligence office,
3rd corps sanitary train, field hos
pitals 162, 163 and 332, ambulance
companies 162, 163 and 332, sales
commissary unit No. 33.
Fourth Army Units Given
Fourth army corps, corps troops;
headquarters troops, headquarters
detachments, 51st pioneer infantry,
30ist engineers and train, 310th field
battalion signal corps, 405th tele
graph battalion, 4th corps air service
headquarters, 12th aero squadron,
photo section No. 4 branch intelli
gence office, ballon group head
quarters, ballon group headquarters
htth corps, 2nd ballon company, 413th
motor supply train, mobile ordnance
repair shop, machine shop truck unit
369, 4th corps sanitary train, am
bulance companies 301, 302, 303,
field hospitals 301, 302, 303, troops
M, 306th field remount squadron, de
tachments 5th mobile veterinary hos
pital, 4th corps military police, sales
commissary unit No. 31, 4th corps
artillery park.
*(-) army corps, corps troops;
headquarters troops, military police,
326th field battalion signal corps,
provisional motor supply company,
39th machine shop truck unit, 107th
sanitary train, less horse section,
army post office 792, 308th mobile
veterinary section, 88th aero squad
ron, 3rd balloon c6mpany, 54th pio
neer infantry, 7 th corps field veteri
nary unit, 166th field artillery bri
gade, 310th engineers, one battalion;
602nd engineers, one battalion;
414th supply train, two companies;
418th supply train, two companies;
312th remount squadron, 310th en
gineer train, 7th telegraph battalion.
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ANOTHER VICTIM OF "FLU"
Frank Vernon Ellis of Gooding,
Idaho and grandson of Mrs. C. H.
Ellis of Blackfoot, Idaho died of in
fluenza in the camp hospital at Ft.
Rosencranz the first of December.
He is twenty-one years of age and
has been in the services since Octo
ber. He was given a military funeral
at San Diego and buried there, his
parents attending the ceremonies,
in view of the fact that they expect
to move to that part of Californio
soon, they decided interment should
be made there.
He is survived by his parents, two
brothers and three sisters and his
grandmother Mrs. Ellis of this place.
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NEW PHYSICAL DIRECTOR
POCATELLO, Ida., Jan. 2.— H.
C. Campbell will be the new physical
director- in the Railroad Y. M. C. A.
in this city, taking up his duties in
that capacity today. Mr. Campbell
comes from Boise, where he was en
gaged in Y..~. C. A. work. He is an
experience 1 instructor in physical
work, and an active season in gym
nasium work is planned for the local
institution beginning soon.
WOOL GROWERS'
MEET
ING POSTPONED
The National Wool Growers' associ
ation were planning on holding a
monsterous meeting at Salt Lake
City on January 16, 17, and 18 for
wool-growers from all parts and
divisions of the west, but on account
of the influenza epidemic the meet
ing has been postponed indefinitely
and proper notice will be given when
the next date is set.
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CARD OF THANKS
We take this opportunity, dear
fi lends, to thank the children and
patrons of school district No. 57, for
the beautiful flowers each' sent to
Vernon and Russel. We also thank
all for their kind sympathy and aid
in our recent trouble and sorrow,
Mrs. Katherine Rydberg-Keller,
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Robins.
adv.
MACKAY MAN DIES
William E. Herrick of Mackay,
died in the hospital in Pocatello,
after a lingering illness. Mrs. Her
rick was at his bed side when he
passed away, having been summoned
from her home on account of his
serious condition.
The body was sent to Mackay for
burial.
ALLRED MOVES TO PRESTON
Will Allred and family of Sterl
ing left Thursday afternoon for Pres
ton, Idaho to make their home.
They came from Lewiston, Utah
near Preston, and lived in this county
a few years, leaving Sterling on ac
count of the complications arising in
the drainage and P ricatlon of the
tract he was l.ving on.
IN THE GEM STATE
More than 10,000 men- were fur
nished un .* the draft from Idaho dur
ing 1918.
Sixteen cases of whisky was poured
into the river at Boise last week, the
liquor having been taken from boot
leggers at different times.
J£ustern buyers who have bought
Idaho potatoes are pleased with them
und are writing now for the 1919 crop
and offering to contract for it
In 1918 war efforts of the state,
coupled with those of 1917, brought
the number of men from Idaho who
donned Uncle Sam's uniform to more
than 25,000.
Fifteen golden stars shine on the
Bonneville county service flag, indicat
ing fifteen brave sons of that county
who have given their lives in defense
of their country.
Records of the Ada county exemp
tion board show that probably only one
or two slackers of the Septmber 12
registration will be noted when the
books are finally closed.
Last week a quarantine was put on
at Moscow by which alt churches, pic
ture shows, lodge meetings and every
other gathering was forbidden in an
effort to rid the town of flu cases.
Major Herbert C. * Fooks, infantry,
U. S. A., for three years commandant
of the University of Idaho, died in
France from wounds received in ac
tion, according to information received
at Boise last week.
The quota of $300,000 set for Idaho
In the Red Cross war fund drive,
which began May 20, 1917, and lasted
for u week, was oversubscribed by
approximately $150,000,. the final sum
being more than $440,000.
Fred Root, who was tried at Weiser,
was convicted and sentenced to a- term
of 60 days in the county Jail and to puy
a fine of $300. Mr. Root was arrest
ed last fall on a charge of bootlegging.
The case has been appealed.
It will take $1000 more to run the
office of secretary of state during the
coming biennium than it did during
the biennium ending last month, W.
T. Dougherty, outgoing secretary of
stute, estimates in his biennial report.
Lester Harris of Greenleaf was pain
fully injured while working on the in
terstate highway neur Greenleaf.
crew of men, including Mr. Harris, was
excuvuting a bank of sand, and it sud
denly caved in. All of the men except
Harris ran in time to avoid being hurt.
A tax levy which will provide $700,
000 annually for road construction and
maintenance, a revolving fund of
$10,000 designed to make unnecessary
delayed warrant payments to labor
ers will be recommended to the legis
lature by the state highway commis
sion.
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A committee of 93 women of the
state has been appointed by the Na
tional Woman's Suffrage association,
for the purpose of seeing that the com
ing legislature ratifies the federal
suffrage amendment if it passes the
United States senate this session of
congress.
ill health led
Despondency over
Joseph Taylor, a sheepman near Buhl,
to end his life. Stepping before a
large mirror in a sleeping room of his
residence and placing the muzzle of
revolver in his mouth, Taylor pulled
the trigger and died
stantly.
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almost in
After having allowed its contract to
lie dormant for 15 months or more
without pressing action, the Thousand
Springs Irrigation company, whose
project is in Custer county, * has ob
tained an extehslon until January 1,
1920, on the time when the conditions
of contract must be acted upon.
Materiul increases were allowed the
Adams County Light & Power com
pany in its various classes of rates by
the public utilities commission. Ac
cording to testimony before the com
mission, the increases will permit the
to earn only revenue suffl
company
cient to cover operating expenses, and
will allow no return on investment.
^A resolution introduced by Commis
sioner Bryan of the state board of
education at the meeting of the execu
tive committee of the State Teachers'
association nt Boise was carried, au
thorizing a reorganization of the as
sociation on the basis of its being an
organization of the associated teach
ers of Idaho, rather than an annual
conference of a few of them.
Removal of restrlctfons on lead pro
ducers, as announced December 21,
and permitting them to quote prices
individually, may mean that operators
in the Coeur d'Alene district will b«
compelled to shut down because ol
approach of the price of lead to a
figure below the cost of production.
It has been decided to carry the case
of the Boise Commercial club versus
the Oregon Short Line Railway com
pany tp the eburt of appeals at San
Francisco,
charges of local merchants alleging
that they had been overcharged on
freight rates under the long and short
haul schedules, for freight received
from the cast.
The <«ult arose over
With his pardon papers dated De
cember 24,.and all his plans made to
spend a hnppy Christmas
wife and two children in Poefitello,
Fritz Schmidt, 36 years of age, died
at the Idaho penitentiary before he
could be released.
Managers or proprietors of five local
pool halls at Nampa and the manager
of the Majestic theatre were arrested
lust week for alleged violation of the
resolution passed by the county board
of health recently which ordered all
public places, Including pool halls and
theatres, closed until January 8.
with his
INLAND NORTHWEST
Charles Sales, of Manhattan, Mont,
was walking home from Belgrade
when he was struck by a train and
killed.
As a means of providing work for
returned soldiers, a number of public
Improvements are to be begun at Salt
Lake at once.
Attorney General Ford has an
nounced prosecution in 17 Montana
cities of butchers who adulterate lard
with beef suet and sell the compound
as lard.
The meeting of the Lemhi Wool
growers' association, scheduled for
January 6, at Salmon, Idaho, has been
indefinitely postponed on account of
the "flu" epidemic.
Word has reached Whltefish, Mont,
that J. W. Cai*, a former resident of
that section, recently committed sui
cide in a bunting cabin about 30 miles
north of Calgary, Alberta.
Catching his left eye on a hook on
the bathroom door, 4-year-old Thomas
Gourley, of Salt Lake, sustained a se
vere laceration immediately below the
eye and narrowly escaped losing his
sight.
Puscual Garrza, a Mexican, swallowed
a quantity of carbonic acid in his room
at a hotel in Salt Lake by mistake.
Garrza was ill and did not stop to turn
on the light while reaching for his
drink.
Chief Moiese of the Flathead reser
vation in Montana, the one remaining
link on the reservation between the
old Invasion of Chief Joseph of Nez
Perce-and the present, died of influ
enza last week.
It is probable that a test case will
come up at Kalispell, Mont., to deter
mine whether under the new "dry" law
the manufacture and sale of beer con
taining less than 2 per cent of alcohol
will be permitted.
Max Schonberger, aged 59, was shot
and fatally wounded by his son Henry
during a quarrel at the family resi
dence in Butte. According to the son's
version, his father was beating his
wife when he shot him.
Butte police and county authorities,
in connection with local postal heads,
investigating alleged shortage of
about $3000 In war savings and thrift
stamps, said to have been found in the
accounts of two booths at the Butte
are
postoffice.
Miss Alice Chisholm of Bozeman and
Miss Gladys Olcott of Red Lodge are
the two women chosen by the Women's
Division Wur personel board of the
Young Men's Christian association to
represent Montana in the unit for over
seas service.
At a state wide convention, probably
to be held during the month, the chain
and commercial
bers of commerce
clubs of the state will take action on
bringing to Montana a due percentage
of returning soldiers Who desire to
settle oil the soil.
trailing their
Sheepherders are
flocks into Nevada, due to the scarcity
of water holes on the desert In the
western part of Utah. Very little snow
lias fallen in the western part of the
state. Only a few bunches of sheep
are now on the Utah desert.
The establishment of the Montana
Flouring Mills company at Harlow
town, Mont., will purchase practically
500,000 bushels of wheat direct from
The esti
Wheatland county farmers,
mated wheat production, of the entire
county is 1,500,000 bushels. ,
Increase in business of the state of
^ »i. and additional work placed upon
the office of the attorney general by
the various new
made the present force entirely inade
quate for the proper performance of
the duties of the office, it is asserted.
Influenza caused 571 deaths in Se
attle during the first eleven months of
1918, according to the annual report
of the city health commissioner. Since
the epidemic started 200,000 doses of
vaccine have been given ottt by the
city health department, the report
showed.
Stocks and bonds held by the sev
eral state banks of Utah at the close
of business on October 5, 1918, amount
ed to $15,017,633, according to the bi
ennial report of Bank Commissioner
William E. Evansi Compared with his
first call made June 20, 1917, the in
in the amount held is $8,500,
commissions' has
crease
448.
A report issued by the field agent
for Utah and Nevada shows farm
wages averaging $6^ a month with
board and $84 without board. Day
In harvest averaged $3.15' with
wages
board and $3.80 when board was not
furnished. Most farmers report that
sheepherders and cowmen received
higher wages than farm labor and that
in consequence help was hard to get
or keep.
"The most Important achievement of
the fuel administration in Montana
to supply coal for the steady op
was
eratlon of every kind of Industry en
gaged directly and indirectly in war
State Fuel Administrator
work," says
Gerry, in summing up the work of the
federul fuel administration for
state during 1918.
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Among the 20 Montana breweries
put out of business permanently is one
established at Virginia City
that was
in 1863—-the year that gold was dis
covered there. This brewery Is said
to be the oldest business establishment
in what is now the stute of Montana.
As the members of the Joe Galle
family were about to sit down to din
ner, Galle, a section foreman on the
Northern Pacific at Manhattan, Mont.,
attempted to cut his throat with the
carving knife, inflicting serious in
Juries, but it is believed he will re
cover.
or Real
Comfort
You, Mr. Man, should wear the original
Dry Sox shoe. They are constructed of
the best leather obtainable, are
thruout and interlined with animal
parchment (pig's bladder) which
makes them absolutely water proof.
They are warm and comfortable, they
wear well-better than most shoes are
water proof and cost nomore than other
shoes of equal quality.
You need No Rubbers with these shoes.
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NOTICE FOR BIDS
Bids for furnishing the Idaho in
sane asylum at Blackfoot, Idaho,
with the following supplies will be<?
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received until 10 o'clock a. m. Thurs
day, Jan. 16, 1919, by the board of
directors of the Idaho insane asylum:
r Groceries
Dried peaches, 1000 pounds, Gold
Bar brand.
Dried prunes, 800 pounds
Ivory soap, five cases
Laundry soap, five cases.
' Barber's soap, twenty-five pounds.
Chloride of lime, 200 pounds.
Dutch Cleanser, four cases.
Lye, cue case.
Saponc, one case.
Baking soda, one case.
Chewing tobacco, 200 pounds.
Kellog's breakfast food, two cases
I-einon e?;tract, one gallon.
Navy oeans, 1000 pounds.
Oatmeal, 3000 pounds.
Cornstarch, two cates.
Seeded raisins, Gold Bar, two
cases.
Carpet tacks, two cartons, six and
eight.
Water pails, twelve and fourteen
quarts, three dozen.
"Tablets, five dozen.
Dairy salt, 2500 pounds.
Macaroni, 750 pounds.
Ketchup, one case, gallons.
Peaches, ten cases, 2%.
Salmon, five cases, pink
Pineapple, four cases, 2%.
Matches, safety twelve gross.
Pearl hominy, 1000 pounds.
Clothing
Bib overalls, ten dozen.
Overalls without bibs, five dozen.
Jumpers, five dozen.
Men's spits, twenty.
Ladies' hose, fifty dozen pair.
Men's hose, sixty dozen.
Suspenders, one gross.
Handkerchiefs, men's, one gross.
Canton flannel gloves ten dozen
pairs.
Ladles' shoe strings, two gross.
Men's shoe strings, two gross.
Ladies' shoes, thirty pair.
Women's slippers, fifty pair.
Men's shoes, six dozen pair.
Men's slippers, 100 path
Overshoes, men's; two dozen pair.
Dry Goods
Agate buttons, ten gross, thirty
and forty.
Pearl buttons, ten gross.
Table linen, 100 yards.
Table napkins, eight dozen.
Bedspreads, double, one dozen.
Hand towels, ten dozen.
Gingham, light, 300 yards.
Mufalin, bleached, 250 yards.
Curtain scrim, white, 200 yards.
Samples should accompany each
bid, except where the article or
brand is especially called for. Pre
ference will be given, In all cases, to
Idaho bidders, all things being equal.
Unaccepted samples will be returned
to bidder at his expense, when re
quested. All goods f. o. b. Blackfoot,
Idaho. Bids must be sent in sealed
envelopes addressed to the board of
directors of the Idaho Insane Asylum
Dr
We have
CORN
to exchange for milling wheat
BOND BROS.
Blackfoot
Idaho
and must be marked "Bids for sup
plies."
Ail goods must be delivered within
ten days, except as otherwise speci
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be<? e< *' . or , 11 *" e Judgment of the
l board of directors, a longer time is
justified. AU bids must be accom
panied by the board of directors.
A meeting of the board of directors
will be held at the Idaho Insane
.Asylum, at Blackfoot, on Friday,
Jan. 17, 1919, at 10 a. m. for the pur
pose of considering bids nad award
ing contrasts on the above enum
erated.
The board reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids.
Approved:
LESLIE E. DILLINGHAM,
Secretary, Board of Directors.
M. ALEXANDER,
Governor.
T. A. WALTERS,'
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Attorney General.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING OF
BLACKFOOT CITY BANK
Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Blackfoot City Bank,
a corporation, will be held pursuant
to the provision in the by-laws at
the banking-house of said corpora
tion in the City of Blackfoot, Bing
ham county, Idaho, at 1 o'clock p.
h. on the third Tuesday of January,
to wit, January 21, 1919, at which
stockholders' meeting directors of
corporation shall be elected to serve
for the ensuing year, and all general
busfness which may then be prop
erly considered will be transacted.
Dated at Blackfoot, Idaho, this
sixth day of January, 1919.
GEORGE A. ANDERSON, —
Secretary.
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INTRODUOING RICHARD JOSEPH
He blinked his eyes and smiled
upon this wonderful old world for
the first time on December 29, 1918.
It was quite a task to find a com
fortable place to stop in such cold
wintry weather, but the boy found
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Akers over at
Weiser and concluded that, was the
place the faries had been telling him
about. So there he is quite happy
and very much at home already.
His mother is our Miss Lillie And
erson you know. There is a girl
there too, very good size for a little
tad, maybe three or four years old.
Everybody is pleased.
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RED CROSS NOTICE
A letter from Red Cross head
quarters has just reached us an
nouncing the suspencion of knitting.
All garments now under way are to
be completed and turned In by Jan.
20. No new garments are to be
started.
MRS. C. F. HENDRIE,
Chalrmaq Knitting Committee.
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