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CREW TAKEN FROM AMERICAN
SHIP AND MADE PRISONERS
ABOARD ANOTHER VESSEL
Secret 8ervico Men Working Trying
To Solve Mystery of Where
About8 of Men Missing
Ships Long Overdue
Washington—Are pirates operating
off the Atlantic coast?
The crew of an American ship is
missing and what seems to be con
elusive evidence has been obtained
that they wer^ made prisoners on an
other vessel and taken awny to part:
unknown. If they were indeed not
murdered." A second American shir
is long overdue and two other Araer
lean ships are unaccounted for under
circumstances raising suspicion of a
similar fate. The United States gov
ernment has undertaken to solve
these mysteries of the sea which, in
the opinion of officials expressed re
ceutly, point either to piratical oc
currances off the Atlantic coast or the
seizure of the vessels for the benefit
of Soviet Russia.
The state department has instruct
ed its consular officers to be on the
lookout tar the missing vessels or
the members of the kidnaped crew.
The treasury department, through its
coast guard and life saving service.
Is making a search of the Atlantic
coast and adjacent waters. The navy
department has sent out vessels to
search. The department of commerce
through its bureau of navigation is
assisting in tryng to lift the veil of
mystery.
The department of Justice has as
signed some of its best secret servee
agents to the case, for the government
is working on the theory that all
these mysterious Incidents are Inter
related.
Several months ago the five-masted
schooner Carol Deering of Portland,
Me., was found abandoned off Diamond
Shoals, N. C., with all sails set and
' her officers and crew missing. The
Deering went ashore near Diamond
Shoals lightship, and when the men of
the near-by life-saving station went
aboad they found evidence indicating
that she had been abandoned In a hur
ry, for no conceivable reason, for the
vessel was in good shape, with plenty
of food. In fact, It was apparent that
she had been abandoned when a meal
was about to be served.
A little later a bottle caine ashore
near where the ship was found and in
it was a note purporting to have been
written by the mate of the schooner,
which read as follows.
"An oll-burming tanker or submarine
has boarded us nnd placed our crew
in Irons. Get word to headquarters of
company at once." «
The captain and crew of the Deering
numbered twelve nnd not a trace of
them has been discovered, The Deer
ing had left Portland, Me., Inst Decem
ber for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a
general cargo. It was on her return
voyage with another general enrgo that
she went ashore on Diamond Shoals.
The writing found in the bottle has
been compared with the penmanship
of her missing mate and hand writing
experts have testified there in no ques
tion that the mate wrote the message.
Toll Exemption Proposed
■Washington.— American coastwise
shipping would be exempted from pay
ment of Panama canal tolls under a bill
ordered fnvornbl.v reported Monday
by the senate lnteroceanic canals com
mittee.
Wage Cuts Announced
Dead, S. D.—The Homestake Mining
company Thursday gave notice of a
general reduction in wages of 50 cents
a day, effective July 16. Officials of
tbe company said they expected the
men to accept the cut.
General Taylor Serioifely III
Boston.—General Charles H. Taylor
editor of tbe Boston Globe, seriously
ill at'his home. He was taken sudden
ly 111 n week ago Monday, and had
since failed steadily. Little hope was
entertained for his recovery.
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U. 8. MINTS RESUMES WORK OF
COINING SILVER DOLLARS TO
MEET SHORTAGE SINCE WAR
270,000,000, Standard Silver Dollari
Were Sold to Great Britain Dur
ing War And Will Not Be Re
deemed by U. S. Government
Washington.—Coinage of silver dol
lars has been resumed by the mint
after seven years and the work of re
ducing 270,000,000 standard silver dol
'nrs taken from the treasury during
e war to sell to Gre a t Britain has
"iirted.
Since March treasury officials said
' Uurday, approximately 20,000,000 sil
i'i- dollars have been coined. In the
iiue period corresponding amounts of
lver certificates were Issued and fed
i-al reserve notes and treasury certifl
ntes securing them retired. This pro
■i'ss, offcials said, will probably con
nue five years, until the treasury's
•'•serve of silver dollars is back to Its
•irewar basis.
The mint, officials explained, ceased
"■lining silver dollars in 1914, when the
upply of metal purchased under the
''dnnge act was exhausted. Further
Mithorlt.v to make the dollars was not
:rtbooming until 1918, when congress
•ussed the Pittman net to enable the
ale of melted dollars to England for
'he relief of the silver famine In In
lia.
Tinder the act Director of the mint
"nker sold to England 279,000,000 Sil
er dollars, amounting to 208,000,000
mnees of silver, at $1.01% an ounce
ulus the market price of the copper con
sent. The 1 %e he explained, paid for
ic cost of melting and transportation
nd the cost of reroinage.
The work of refilling the hole left In
'be treasury's vaults, Mr. Baker said.
• as well under way, the mint, striking
off silver dollars at about 8,000,000 to
">000,000 a month.
Since May 1920 the mint has bought
about 1)5,000,000 ounces of American
silver at $1 an^mnre nnd will continue
to purchase at this price until the
treasury's stock is replenished.
Although the Pittman act requires
tlie mint to pay $1 an ounce for its
silver. Mr. Baker declared inquires arc
received demanding why the govern
ment pays so much more than the mar
ket price. The price was fixed by the act
he stated, to stnblize the price of sil
ver when there were indications of its
reaching unheard of heights during the
war. As a result of confining the
treasury's purchases to silver both pro
duced and reduced in this country, the
American silver mining industry was
"roteeed from foreign competition, Mr.
t'aker said was sold to England, the
"overnnient is breaking a little better
than even, be added.
The history of the Pitman act sales,
officials recalled, was what forrnpr Sec
retary officias recalled, was what for
mer -Secretary Glass described as one
of the "romatic incidents of the war."
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Judge Gray Accepts Post
Wilmington, Del.,— Judge George
Gray, who, with three other Americans
has been invited by the league of na
tions council to propose four candi
dates for election ns judges of the new
intemntional court of justice, said
Monday that, while he had not receiv
ed the offlcal Invitation from the
league, ho lind decided to accept.. Judge
Gray said he would not discuss his
preference for candidates until lie had
conferred with his colleagues, Elihu
Root, John B. Moore and O. S. Straus.
One Hundred Shot in Jail
Toklo.—The Hochl Shimbun's Har
bin correspondent says Monday that
the bolshevik! who are preparing to
evacuate Kharbarvek, capital of the
maritime province of Siberia shot 100
political offenders In jail here.
Dies After Rescue
Louisville.—Andrew Zurick, 26 may
or of Louisville, Colo, died from an at
tack of heart disease a few minutes
after he had rescued Dan Sheriff, 10,
from drowning in a lake here late
TWsday.
BIG CELEBRATION
ON SELLERS CREEK
Pioneer Day Will Be
Observed in Real
Pioneer Style
All the Willow creek country is to
assemble on Monday the twenty-fifth
at James Christensen's ranch on Sel
lers creek thirty-four miles from
Blackfoot for a picnic and jolly good
time, making a day of it. i[t is up in
the stock country, where the cowboy
is king and the stockmen and rough
riders will be there with the horses
that jump high and light hard.
There will be boating on the reser
voir and fun among the pines and
the quaking aspen trees.
People in the valley, who want to
see the upper valley and get the
breath of the range with its sod and
brush, a whiff of the breezes from
the creeks and bogs and beaver dams
with water cress and peppermint and
wild strawberries hiding in the high
slopes, should get the jitney in good
order with clean spark plugs and
pulling power up to normal and
make a day of it. Take plenty of
muc-a-muc in your baskets, go in by
one road and out by the other and
make a great circuit and be glad.
Everybody up there is going to be
glad to see you and will be glad you
were at the seeing.
Go in via Wolverine if you like and
come out via the road leading over
the ridge to Ammon or Idaho Falls.
The ride thru the canyon will be a
treat, the grades will be a little
steeper as you near the summit, and
if you have a Ford or one with equal
pulling power you may have to do a
little pushing on two or three of the
steepest grades, but you will get up
all right because everybody gets up
that has their car in good working
condition and somebody to jump out
and push in a pinch. If you go in by
the other road and come back via
Wolverine the climbing will not be
quite so steep. No matter which way
you go, take plenty
the hills. Don't gd
heat your engine. Stop and put in
cool water at an occasional creek
crosing while the folks enjoy the
scenery, keep the old machine cool
and be content to plug along on low
gear till you get on top, and then
keep it in low gear or intermediate
on all the steep places coming down.
Dn't try to hold it with your brakes
and have them hot and wearing out
unnecessarily. You can control your
car beautifully going down if you
will only set it in low and take plenty
of time. That enables the folks to
see the scenery and that is what you
go for and not to lose control of the
car and ditch them.
f time to climb
in a hurry and
When Mr. Christensen was county
commissioner he built a road over
the summit in response to a big
popular demand for a short cut to
Willow creek so people could get
thru by a short cut to trade In the
valley and we want you to go over
his road and see what he built. It is
your road and your money is paying
for it and it is time for everybody
that can go to do so and pass their
own judgment on the work. While
you are over there in the highlands
pick out a summer home for your
self. You can go via the Blackfoot
reservoir if you wish and come home
via the Lincoln creek summit or the
Putnam summit and down Ross
Fork to Ft. Hall. The muddy places
are pretty well dried out and the
dusty places are not yet so dusty as
they are going to be, so this is just
about the best part of the season to
go up and get the breath of the stock
coilntry.
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Attorney W. C. Allen of Blackfoot
was In town Saturday on business.
M. P. Bates of Iadho Falls was in
town Monday on business.
F. S. Robbins of Camas was in
the city Monday, transacting busi
ness.
L. Ivan Jensen and family left
Tuesday morning for Milford, Utah,
to visit a short time with Mrs. Jen
sen's parents.
William A. Connors, special agent
for the North British & Mercantile
Insurance Co. of Salt Lake City was
In the city Monday morning on busi
ness.
Mrs. Harry Ellis was an Idaho
Falls visitor Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Eterick Miller was an Idaho
Falls visitor Monday afternoon.
Wayne Farrer went to Idaho Falls
Monday morning on business.
Norm Lambert of Blackfoot was in
town Tuesday transacting business.
Misses Elva Robinson and Irma
Howard were Idaho Falls visitors
Tuesday.
Misses Lucy Langton, Marie Peter
son and Katherine Hatch went to
Rexburg Tuesday afternoon to spend
several days visiting with friends.
M. M. Andrus of Firth was in the
city Tuesday afternoon visiting with
friends.
Lloyd Jones was an Iadho Falls
visitor Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. A. J. Mickelson left Tuesday
afternoon for Sandy, Utah, upon re
ceiving a telegram of her father's
death.
The Past Grand club met at the
home of Mrs. O. V. Hurdle Tuesday
afternoon. Owing to the hot weather
all members were not present, but
those who were enjoyed the after
noon very much. Dainty refresh
ments were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe George of Idaho
Falls were in town Tuesday after
noon visiting with relatives.
N. S. Sage was on the sick list the
first part' of the week with tonsilitis.
Don't forget the big celebration In
Shelley on July 25. Everybody come
out and enjoy the day with us—
something doing all the time.
The Idaho Falls band will furnish
the music in the morning of the
celebration here on the twenty-fifth.
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The Chautauqua is in Sterling this
week, it will remain here five days,
commencing Monday and closing Fri
day.
Mr. and Mrs. John Gough and
family left here this week for vari
ous points in Utah. They will motor
to Logan, Utah, where the family
will go thru the Logan temple.
Phil Kellar motored to American
Falls Tuesday on business.
Miss Grace Jones of Grandview is
employed at the Kellar home this
week.
Rudolph Seitinger left for Salt
Lake City, Utah Wednesday.
Mrs. Zeltha McLean arrived here
Tuesday from Ogden, Utah., where
she spent the winter.
The base ball game between our
junior boys and the Riverside team
was won by our team. Our boys
will motor to Groveland Saturday to
compete with the Groveland juniors.
Miss Ella May Hayes of Springfield
formerly of Blackfoot, spent uSnday
here visiting with friends.
Heber C. C. Rich of Rich was the
speaker at the' mutual meeting Sun
day evening, his subject was
"Faith."
The Misses Alice and Florence
Brown, Naimo Varley and Cora
Vance spent Sunday at the R. A.
Ward home.
The barn of Julius Teicherts was
burned to the ground last Friday
when little Paige Teichert dropped a
match near the barn starting the
fire. Paige Teichert is staying with
Mr. and Mrs.'Julius Teichert during
the absence of his mother Mrs. Lewis
Teichert, who is away at this time
attending summer school.
The many friends of Otto L N Nils
son will be pleased to hear of his
winning the prize of $25 at the buck
ing contest given at Payson, Utah
on the 'Fourth of July. Twenty head
of outlaws were rode in the contest
practically all of them coming from
the McIntyre cattle ranch where Otto
Nilsson is employed.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Ward and
family are preparing to leave for
Utah this week on the excursion to
the Logan temple.
Miss Vivan Varley of Salt Lake
City spent several days here recently
visiting with her parents Mr. and
Mrs. John Varley.
O. E. Nilsson made a trip to the
McTucker dam Tuesday to see how
things were going.
Little Billy Nilsson caused some
excitement at the O. E. Nilsson home
stead when it was discovered he had
fell in a hole near the slew. Lucky
for Billy he was found at once.
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"A friend In need Is a friend indeed''
Is a proverb that seems funny,
For how can a friend, who is In need,
Advance a fellow money?
—Cartoons Magazine
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Skinned hams .
Roll shoulders
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Libby large cans
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No. 5 pails....
No. 3 pails....
No. 50 pails
No. 25 pails .
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Mason pint .
Mason quart
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$1.20
Mason half gallon $1.45
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Mason white crown lids
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3 lb. pail crisco .
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1 lb. pail crisco .
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Crystal white soap
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A. B. Naptha soap
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Regular 15c size.
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Moreland baseball team played the
Thomas team on the Moreland dia
mond Saturday,
seniors were victorious,
was 14 to 13.
The taxi is kept busy. There were
a large number of passengers Sat
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Richardson of
Pocatello spent one day last week
with Mrs. Elsie Christensen.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grimmitt mo
tored to Blackfoot on Sunday after
noon to se a doctor. Mrs. Grimmitt
has been quite ill.
Mrs. Mary C. Monson was a guest
of Mrs. John Benses on Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. Riley Wheeler visited her sis
ter on Sunday.
Mrs. Jannett Wheeler has been at
her home with her parents to spend
the week-end.
Mrs. Virgie of Preston is visiting
in Moreland with her sister Mrs.
John England and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Jorsen returned
from Pocatello and spent Monday
with their relatives.
Phillip Dance was in Moreland on
Sunday and returned to Thomas after
the evening meeting.
The Sunday services were well at
tended. Mr. Cox of Blackfoot and
his students were in charge of tne
program, which was divided into
three parts. Musical, conducted by
Professor Cox and Miss Woods and
the third part was a reading by Miss
Cobbley. The fourth by little Miss
The Moreland
The score
Special
Friday and Saturday
light cut-glass lemonade or ice tea sets
(Jug and half dozen glasses)
$ 10.00 sets reduced to
$8.00 sets reduced to
$5.50
$4.50
Christ Jeweler
Taylor, who has a wonderful voice
and all was appreciated very much
by a crowded house of music loving
people. We hope this will not be
their last visit.
Leo Johnston, Roy and Leon
Wheeler and Brig and Kenneth Rob
inson passed thru here on their way
Lost river on a fishing trip.
Elias Hatch was home from the
railroad and spent Sunday with his
family.
Mr. Johnson & Co. passed thru
here Monday morning on their re
turn to Wapello from a fishing trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Rider, Mr. and Mrs.
Smith and many others from Bl&ck
foot attended the musical program
Sunday evening.
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Things Cold and Sweet, Sour
and Deliclou4
ROYAL BAKERY
In west half of Pearson Grocery
Opposite First National Bank