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THE RATHDRUM TRIBUNE VOL. XXIV, NO. 22 RATHDRUM, KOOTENAI COUNTY, IDAHO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1918 11.00 PER YEAR in TO STAMP OUT FLU Ratbdtum Authorities Took Further Steps Monday. The alarming spread of influenza throughout Idaho, caused the state board of health to order all public and private schools in the state to be closed indefinitely, closed all public meeting places, In halls, churches, lodges, A prior order eluding theatres, etc., and a later edict also air meetings under tbe ban. put open The Rathdrum board of trustees, wblcb constitutes the local board of health, adopted an emergency ordi to safeguard the health of the Ddoce community. The proclamation and ordinance follow: A proclamation is hereby made that the following ordinance will be in full force and effect on and after October 23, 1918, and until its oper ation is suspended by official action of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rathdrum, Idaho: ORDINANCE NO. 63. An Ordinance Providing for the Prevention and Suppression of an Infectious Disease, Dangerous to the Public Health, Known as Influenza "Spanish Influenza" in the Vil lage of Rathdrum, Idaho; Prohibit ing persons under 16 years of age to be Abroad Upon the Streets, Alleys other Public Grounds of the Vil lage of Rathdrum; Prohibiting all Public Meetings or Assemblages of Persons; Prohibiting Persons from Congregating Together in Public Buildings and Places of Business, etc.; Prohibiting Assemblages of Persons Having Such Disease to be Made to Village Clerk, Providing a Penalty for the Violation of this Ordinance and Declaring an emer gency. Be it ordained by the Chairman and Board of Trustees of the Village of Rathdrum, State of Idaho: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of 16 years to be abroad upon the streets, alleys, sidewalks or public grounds in the Village of Rathdrum, at any and all times, night or day, hereafter, until this ordinance is repealed, provided however, such person may go to and from work or upon necessary errands under the direction of the parent, guardian or employer of said person. Section 2. Any person who vio lates the provisions of the preceding section shall be deemed a Juvenile Delinquent Person as defined by the Laws of the State of Idaho, and shall he subject to arrest by any peace officer of the Village without process and upon such arrest he or she shall be taken and delivered into the cus tody of the parent, guardian or em ployer of such person, and, if after investigation by the Village Bdard of 1 rustees such action is deemed nec essary, an information or complaint in writing shall be filed by the Village Attorney, with the Probate Court of Kootenai County, Idaho, stating in a general way the act constituting such person a juvenile delinquent child or person accordingly and in manner provided by laws of Idaho, elative to Juvenile Delinquent per sons. or or r Section 3. All Public meetings or assemblages within the Village of Rathdrum are prohibited and it shall be unlawful for any person or per sons to attend any public meeting or asssemblage. Section 4. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to congregate together, in groups or bodies upon the public streets, alleys, grounds or any public buildings, business* houses, etc., in the Village of Rath drum, during the life of this nance. Section 5. The provisions of tiod 4 of this ordinance persons who congregate together in any auto, motor car or other vehicle for pleasure riding or for any other purpose not essential or necessary in the usual course of business. Section 6. The in ordi sec apply to owner or tenant or agent of the owner or tenant of a house in which a person resides who has the disease known as Influenza or "Spanish Influenza," physician called to attend the or persons so afflicted shall, within 24 hours after becoming cognizant of the fact, give notice thereof to the Clerk of the Board of Village Trus tees of said Village of Rathdrum, and said persons so afflicted shall be and the person kept away and apart from all other persons except those whose presence may be necessary to the physical spiritual wellbeing of such person persons. or or Section 7. That the Village Marshal shall be charged with the enforcement of this ordinance. Section 8. Any person or persons violating the provisions of Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by fine of not more than One Hundred and No 100 ($100.) Dollars, recoverable with costs, and in default of payment, to be impris oned in the County Jail, at the rate of one ( 1) day for each two ($2.) dollars of the amount of the fine so imposed. Section 9. That, an emergency existing by reason of the prevalence of Influenza or "Spanish Influenza", an infectious disease dangerous to the public health, in the Village of Rathdrum and vicinity, and impend ing danger of the spreading of the disease among citizens of Rathdrum, this ordinance snail be in force and effect upon proclamation of the Vil lage Board posted as provided by Statutes of the State of Idaho. Passed under suspension of the rules October 21st, 1918. O. W. STONE, Chairman, Prolem., Board of Trustees of the Village of Rathdrum, Idaho. J. R. M. CULP, Village Clerk. Idaho State News Items. One thousand students are enrolled the University of Idaho. Ihe quota of 450 S. A. T.C. meu has beeo reached. in Carl II. Davis, district manager in jthc 10 northern counties of the non partisan league, was arrested Lewiston last week on the charge ot seditious utterances. al of the There was another session Ada County Council of Defense Satur the cases of day afternoon to pass on alleged bond slackers, was in session Friday afternoon and The council number of miuor cases passed on Lieutenant John Regan, U. S. A., of Boise, who is well known in north dead several weeks alive, but a Idaho, reported ago. is now reported as The information comes in the casualty list. wounded, from Washington in sell land board will The state $100,000 worth of its 31 Liberty oan Bonds bought io 191! in order Ib.t tbe state can bave funds to meet IU .bare in tbe cost ol cerflo road which It ba. »Breed wltb tbe federal a war construct as and accrued interest be offered, it government to measure. better must voted. Par was or cent instead provided in Director increase of 10 per of 25 per cent as Au COES OVER AGAIN TK«n the The It ly ment us pose ment head, hand . much day first each and A Coeur d'Alene report Monday It states that Rathdrum exceeded Its $26,000 quota by $6000. , .. . I men _ Lne su ^ sCr| bed $198,100. J ness or $2o,600 more than the quota, j according to figures compiled by City Ctfalrman A. V. Chamberlin. Success of Fourth Liberty Loan Told In Figures. Rathdrum precinct subscribed $30, 800 to the fourth Liberty loan, according to figures obtained at the Ratbdrum State bank at the close of the drive at 4 o'clock last Saturday afternoon. This amount was $4800 over the quota. a Success against ad verse local conditions was due to the optimistic attitude and persistent efforts of the solicitors under the management of the local advisory committee. from new ) I Spirit Lake doubled its quota of Harrison with a quota of $24000 officially reported $40,000 sub scribed. Rose Lake raised $53,000 \ be or double its quota. While the exact figures were uot obtainable Monday it was stated that Kootenai county was well over its $400,000 quota. The nation at large oversubscribed the six billion dollar loan, it Is reported, but the exact figures are not yet obtainable. $30,000. have of of any the dren, the that nil Montie ii. Gwinn, state chairman of the. Idaho Fourth Liberty loan campaign, reported Saturday night that the state had exceeded its quota of $14,670,000 by $1,116,000, making a total of $15,786,000. McAdoo's order of last June will be applied on freight rales for apples In the northwest about November 1, and railroads have been advised to revise their tariffs accordingly, F. W. Robinson, chairman of the western traffic division of the United States railroad administration, notified the public utilities commission Saturday. of up 7 John W. Hart, C. A. Barton aud P. H. Spangenberg have been removed from district draft board No. 2, for southern Idaho, as the result of an Investigation which shows alleged irregularities in the manner of their granting three of Hart's sons and a son of Barton deferred classifications. President Wilson through Provost Marshal General E. H. Crowder, to whom evidence collected by Herman H. Taylor of Saodpoint, as special investigator, was submitted, notified Governor Alexander iu a letter re leased Friday to place nevy men on the board, with instructions that the cases of the sons of Hart and Bartou be reconsidered, with all other cases reported by Taylor as being of improper or doubtful classification. are in ot "Farmers, hold your wheat, and do nut sell below the government price," is the advice given out to Idaho farmers by R L. Bickuell, state food In a telegram re al administrator, ceived by Mr. Bicknell from Herbert Hoover, national food administrator, he is instructed to give tbe widest publicity to tbe fact that enlarged demands by .General Pershing for material resulting from the progress the western front of our and those of our allies has necessitated the temporary diversion of grain ships his service which for the time being will curtail the wheat move meot from seaboard, should not cause farmers to become and sell their wheat below of armies on to but which IU "panicky tbe government price. Effort to Enlighten. said the small boy, "what •ert act*/" "Father is an o\ "My sou, an that either compels you to be so rude as to tight or to be so polite as to pre tend that you didn't notice It Wash ington Star. war overt act Is something was WOULD Y0U_WIN SUCCESS? War TK«n PIay th« Gam« of F|p«t, and Play It Wall. All the world loves a winner when the contest has been fairly played. The local baseball team receives far greater enthusiasm and support when It is winning than when it Is repeated ly losing. We praise the accomplish ment of a difficult feat. Each one of us hails tbe skill and tenacity of pur pose that puts over any great achieve ment Things requiring the clear head, the watchful eye, the skillful hand and the bulldog grip of determi nation get our hearty commendation. . Said Abraham Lincoln. "I don't think much of tbe man who Is not wiser to day than he was yesterday." No truer words could be written of tie safety first game. If you would be t. winner, each day must find you wiser, keener and more alert than the day before. It is a contest lu which we match our determination to have no I men against little acts of thdughtless J ness an4 j carelessness that bring these j results, size used the to all or pons ary War be suffering from accidents to ourselves and fellow Nor Is this game ever ended. Each new day calls for a better score. New ) conditions surround us, and all of our faculties, the best that is in us, are I \ be safely done, and none of |is wants challenged to increased effort. To have our work really well done it must any loss than the best. For your own sake, for tbe sake of the family at bonic, the wife ami chil dren, tbe mother or sister, piay the game, and play it well. Flay it with the Interest, the spirit, the enthusiasm, that will make you win. It will take nil your skill and ability to play it right. Yesterday is gone—forget It. Tomorrow Is yet to come—plan for It Today is here—use It — Common wealthcr. its so to will lots in low iu if lie FROM OVER THE COUNTY POST FALLS State Line precinct, with a quota of $4000, subscribed $510(1 to tic fourth Libetty loan. The Inland railway station at Spokane Bridge has been closed. Some of tbe fall wheat is over 15 iocbes high. Fred Lindberg. 12 years old, picked up 48 sacks of potatoes in one day. D. D. Ward of East Greenacres got 7 cents a pound for his last year's bean crop. Post Falls increased its Liberty loan subscription to $18,200 last week. A. L. Hawthorne trapped a 200-lb. bear south of town and shot it with a 30-30 rille. a of SPIRIT LAKE Mrs. Walter Brown and I ve chil drea were reported ill with influenza last week. Several additional cases are now reported. Some 3 pound trout were aauuht io the lake recently by W. J. Williams and Howard Duncauson. Mrs. C. K Starling is ill with pneumonia in Spokane. Mrs. R. F. Dyer saw a near town one eveuing recen reluming to her home at club hotel. of bear cub j tly while Tesemini to CŒUR D'ALENE Coeur d'Alene has about 30 cases of influenza. Roy N. Castle, deputy state sani tary inspector, was in Cwear d'Alene while on a tour of the northern coun ties. Charles F. Perrault, wbji died of racks, Ma, al. A sun Coeur d' killed in irest rela Thomas P. Hogan, a Alette hoy, was reported acting iu Fraoce. Ills ne: tive cao not be located. pneumonia at Jefferson Bat was brought home for burl fOR THE SOLDIERS War Department Gives Advice On Christmas Gifts. The War department authorizes relatives or friends of officers and soldiers in France to send Christmas packages, which will be of standard size and weight, one to each indi vidual la tbeAmerlcan Expeditionary Forces. A standard container to be used will be 9 by 4 by 3 Inches, and the weight limit will be 3 pounds. Standard containers of the size indicated may be had by application to the local Red Cross chapters throughout the country. In order to insure the arrival of these Christmas packages in France and their dis tribuiion to the soldiers by Christmas, all such packages must be mailed on or before November 15, 1918. Cou pons on which will be inscribed the correct names and addresses of the members of the American Expedition ary Force will be distributed by the War department. No package will be forwarded without a coupon. Feeding "Dead Ones. • » Walter Mason is a plppiu', as a rhvmster he is rippin'—even feeb o minds can savvy his snortin', tootin' ovle; Us the simplest sort of writing, its lik^ fishing when they're lilting, so 1 gloss I'll feed it to tbe "dead mes" for a while— There are "dead ones" loudly crowing, "dead ones" proudly blow ing—"dead ones" who are shrieking their love for Uncle Sam; they refuse to see him through, there Is nothing they will do to help him pound the kaiser Into jam; each of these will glory, gloat, o'er the victories we are winning "over there", but be Is "Piker No. 1" unless he's gone and done a lot of licking on these War Stamps that are sold most everywhere, There'll be gladness yon cau bet when Wilhelm's goat we get and the Yankee lads come rampsin', come ratnpsin' home again, but tbe boys will want to know how these geezers spent their dough—if their answers then arc twisted, well, they're in fur lots of pain; If the shekels they have hoaided while the soldier boys have boarded on slum and bull uud beans in a cootie-crowded trench, they will bear what Yankees think of each yel low livered gink aud you can notify your neighbors that it wou't be said iu French! If they're really on the square, if they want to do their share, if they're anxious tor Uld Glory to survive, they will grab the coin ihey're biding, they'll go skootlng and a sliding to the bank aud buy some War Stamps—aud then they'll lie alive! Earl Wayland^townian. of Alfred Ksgate also died in a mili tary camp, the body to be sent borne. Dr. Drcnnan, county health officer, reports 15 cases of influenza at Post Falls and eight at Kulbdrum. He stales that the physicians iu Ihe j county have been negligent in teport i«B cases. In the Pleasant Valley school case heard iu the district court, decision was rendered permitting the school to remain where it was recently moved, about two miles south of tbe former location. The old building was vacated and a new one provided where It is said to lie more convenient for the majority of the children of the district. The following men reported at the draft office Oct. 21 and eight of them were sent to Camp Rosccrans, Calif., for general military service; Robert Otto Rafeld. William Penman (in duction papers mailed to Farmington, Utah), Orio E. Allman, Stanley of Mesbell, Charles Bazil, Earl Fleming, Dale E. Young, William J. Sheffield, Pete Sereme and A. C. Dahl. in I