Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, February 15, 1918, Page 6

All of Our New Spring Hose Is Here and we can show you all of the new shades in various qualities from cotton to silk, as well as white and black. Cotton hose is very scarce and we suggest you shop early and get just what you want See our new display of dress goods Cottonwood Mercantile Co. SS SSS] 5=S— 5S 5 ES RN ERIS nO A EN PR Cottonwood Public School News (Contributed) Saturday afternoon, beginning at one o’clock, the Domestic Sci- ence Department of the High! School will have some canned fruit, jelly and relish on sale at Baker’s store. The supply is lim- ited, so come early if you wish to buy. Arthur Peterson and Kathryn McDonald are on the sick list this week. Some new supplementary read- ers for the grades have arrived. These have been needed a long while and are very much appre- ciated. The school is becoming very enthusiastic about Thrift Stamps. The high school leads in the num- ber bought. A number of the pu- pils also own Liberty Bonds. Frances Hattrup led the high school for the month of January with an average grade of 98 per cent. Elma Manwaring and Ro- zilla Zodrow ‘came next with an average of 974 each and Floyd South averaged 97. The follow- ing is a list of all students averag- ing over ninety in the order of their standing: Anita de Cour- cey, Arthur Eckerman, Henry Zodrow, Harry Hanley, Aloysius Wagner, Henrietta Manwaring, Mildred Henderson, Raymond Matthiesen, Edna Reed, Caroline Terhaar, Marion MacMaster, Ina Huffman, Charles Hamill, Mae Asker, Cecilia Nacke, Freda As- ker, Ferdie Nacke, Anna Peter- son, Karsten Schroeder, Adeline Gaul and Myrtle Rhett. A very interesting Japanese en- tertainment was given by the ‘Girls’ Red Cross Sewing Club Fri- day evening. The proceeds, over $20, will be used to buy material for the Club. The work is being “done! tinder the supervision of Miss McGrew. In the 8th grade Agnes Ecker- _ man holds the highest average for _the month, 97, and in the 7th Ev- Our new shoes are now on display and we invite you to come in and see the many new things we are showing in black, brown and ious kinds. show you these new shoes and try them on you. we will not urge you to buy, as we know the new styles and low prices we have on them will do without asking you. up ¢very sale we make. and silks M. A.C. W. Serves Lunch. Last Tuesday the Cottonwood Branch of the “Missionary Asso- ciation of Catholic Women” gave an ante-Lenten lunch in the K. C. Hall for the benefit of the suff- ering Missions in the far East. ‘Since the war has assumed such enormous proportions the Chris- tian nations of Europe are no longer enabled to assist the flour- ishing institutions which their re- ligious zeal has called into exist- ence. Consequently the pitiful cries of the Missionaries and their numerous protegees have reached our shores, and have been answer- ed by the faithful of America in their generous way. One of the efforts to assist those forsaken heroes of the faith is the organiza- tion of the ““M. A, C, W.” under the Directorate of Archbishop S. G. Messmer of Milwaukee, rec- ;ommended in our state by the jlate Ven. Bishop A. Glorieux. It \is self-understood that their work of mercy does not in the least limit the activity of our ladies for ,the common good of our country. | They gratefully acknowledge the ,cheerful response to their invita- jtion through which they realized ,a nice little sum for the above- mentioned purpose. Bee Mrs. Robt. Cone of Whitebird died yesterday, after a lingering illness. with consumption. The burial will take place Sunday at Grangeville, her former home. She was aged about 26 years and leaves a husband and two little sons to mourn her loss. Two of her sisters—Mrs. Wm. McGuffey and Miss I.ee Haleomb—reside on Salmon river. Be sure to see Baby Marie Os- borne in “Tears and Smiles” at the Orpheum next Sunday even- ing, 17th. Thisisa society drama with a punch, mixed with plenty of comedy and pathos. Don’t fail to see it. It is a pleasure for us to Our shoes are of the very best make and we back novelties of var- And | | | (] | Setranes | They Are Thinking of Us. One of our Cottonwood soldier boys in France composed this beautiful He had no idea it would ever appear in print in the home paper, but here it is: poem recently, They are thinking of us at home, boys, They are thinking of you and me, Outspeeding lightning, their thoughts speed across The wide-spreading waves of the sea. The fathers, the mothers, the sisters, the brothers, And all whom we hold ever dear, Are thinking, and hoping and pray- ing for us As we battle for them over here. Our sweethearts are thinking of us, boys, They are proud of their lads in khaki, And we're thinking of them ’mid the thunder of guns, The music of war’s revelry. Their love will inspire us in the heat of battle, Its shock and demoniac din, And when we return they will gladly obey Our command: “To arms, girlies! Fall in!” The Kaiser is thinking of us, boys, His sneers have been banished by fright; He sees that the Sammies he laughed at in scorn Are coming and eager to fight. He knows we are after his blood- stained goat, That Uncle Sam’s coming to bat Foreshadows the day when he hum- bly will swap His crown for the plebeian hat. The Nation is thinking of us, boys, The Nation that knows not a peer, From millions of homes nightly pray- ers arise To God to watch over us here. They know that Old Glory is safe in our keeping, When borne in a glorious cause, And we'll stand by our guns till the ravenous Huns Submit to humanity's laws. | Tobacco Fund Being Raised, In every city, town and ham- let in the U.S. the people are rais- |ing funds with which to buy tor bacco for “the boys over there.” In towns of this size the usual {amount raised is from $100 to | $300. An effort is being made at | Cottonwood to raise $100, and all who wish to donate to this most |worthy fund are asked to leave | their donations with John Funke. |As soon as the necessary amount jis raised, the tobacco will be bought in New York and shipped | free from there to the Cottonwood | boys in France. The heavy ex- press charges from here to to New York will thus be avoided by buy- ing the tobacco in that city. | This fund should be raised as quickly as possible—say within |the next ten days—as the boys are starving for tobacco, which seems impossible to get in France. A letter received last week by Clyde Von Bargen from his broth- er Fred ended by saying: “Send me some of the good old United |States Climax tobacco; we are |starving for it and can’t get it | here.” August Von Bargen was the |first man to donate $1.00 to this fund. Let’s all follow suit. Every Man Should Have One of His Own. Recently Judge Sasse of the Ferdinand Enterprise offered a year’s subscription for the three jbest answers to this question: | “Why is a newspaper like a wom- an?” Of the dozens of answers sent in, the following three were decid- ed as being entitled to the prizes: “Because both must be known to be appreciated.” “Because both are good adver- tising mediums.” “Because every man_ should have one of his own and not be running after his neighbors.” Shee Seeks AN AIRPLANE CAMERA This type of camera which no doubt will be used by American aviation corps men for reconnaissance work is attached to the airplane and is operated by the pulling of strings or the pressing of buttons. The cam- era is almost automatic, as everything can be set in advance and the entire operation of taking the picture is the pressing of the button or the pulling of the strings. The camera makes an almost perfect view of the terrain and will be invaluable in the reconnaissance work of the army. The camera is loaded with plates and a number of pictures can be taken successively with- out additional work. A British royal flying corps man is in the machine. MARS AND STORK COMBINE Male Predominate in Denver Since the United States Entered the War. Denver, Colo—That old man Mars, the god of war and destruction, has a working agreement with that humble and beloved bird, the stork, to leave boy babies instead of little sisters on his visits to Denver homes since the United States entered the struggle against Germany, is claimed by those who dote on vital statistics in this city. John W. Flintham, deputy health commissioner of Denver, has compiled figures showing that of the 1,861 chil- dren born here from January 1 to August 1, of this year, 1,141 were boys. Several physicians maintain that male children are more numerous dur- ing war times than at any other pe- riod, and say that during the past six months five out of every eight children born have been boys. And,-despite the fact that she would prefer to see suffragists increasing, Dr. Alice T. Moore reports that of the last 54 babies she has ushered into the world, 48 have been boys, ITALY 1S MAKING SLACKERS FIGHT Minister of Treasury Routs Out 148 Officers and Sends Them to Front. SEARCH IS ON FOR OTHERS Great Disaster to Cadorna’s Army May Be Blessing in Disguise—Volun- teers in Minority—Deserters Are Shot. By PHILIP R. MACKENZIE. Rome.—On the eve of the great war, while General Cadorna was hard at work creating the Italian army des- | tined to unite Trent and Trieste with the kingdom 148 officers of all ranks, from colonels to sub-lieutenants, were given special work. This work con- sisted in finding out how much money was wasted during the Tripoli war. A corridor in the ministry of the treasury accordingly was set apart for these oflicers, who during the last three years have been auditing accounts and taking their time in doing it, while their comrades fought the Austrians and were wounded or killed in action, There is every reason to believe that the great task of auditing the accounts of the Tripoli war would have been prolonged indefinitely, but the new minister of the treasury, Signor Nitti, discovered the 148 oflicers hidden in the corridor, Royal Decree Is Issued. Signor Nitti was disgusted at the sight of so many professional officers calmly working on the four simple rules of arithmetic, and in 24 hours he had the case brought before a cab- inet council and a royal decree was is- sued postponing the work of the 148 officers, who were ordered without de- lay to the front. No figures are available as to the number of men physically fit yet ex- empted from active military service. Cases of so-called “imboscamento,” meaning literally “hiding in bushes” to evade military service, have been frequent in Italy. The socialists, who oppose the war and whose peace propaganda contrib- uted toward the recent military disas- ter, repeatedly told the masses that in Italy the war was being fought by the peasants. The rich people do not fight, said the socialists, as when one has money he can easily “hide in the bush,” The sons of well-to-do tradesmen and farmers as a rule, are drivers of motor lorries and ambulances, and those of upper middle classes and nobility, who should be officers, often prefer to drive staff officers’ automobiles unless they succeed in getting clerical work in of- fices away from the front. It is true that many young men vol- unteered for active service as officers in infantry regiments and sacrificed their lives for their country, but they were a minority. It must be admitted that up to the present the mistaken impression pre- vailed that the hardest share of fight- ing was borne by the peasant and la- boring classes, who suffered most of all from the war. This impression in- creased to such an extent that a great proportion of the men who returned on short leave from the front felt discour- aged and dissatisfied when they real- ized that every city and town in the country was crowded with young men who evaded military service or who even if called to the colors succeeded in remaining away from the front and saw no actual fighting. Some Deserters Are Shot. As a result, besides those men who returned to fight when their short leave expired, others felt justified in desert- ing. Some of the latter were arrested, court-martialed and shot, and their comrades were not impressed with such exemplary punishments, which, instead of serving as a warning, had the opposite effect of exciting pity and provoking dangerous comparisons be- tween the fate of those who evaded military service and that of others who had done their bit and yet paid with their lives for a moment of weakness. There were, no doubt, other concomi- tant causes that contributed to weaken resistance on thé Italian front when the well pianned Austro-German offen- sive was timely initiated. Thanks to their superior intelligence services at the front and their espionage system in this country the Austro-Germans knew where and when to attack with sue. cess. They resorted to propaganda among the Italian troops holding posi- tions where no fighting had .been going on for a long time. It is known now that after the riots at Turin most of the munition workers who were socialists had been sent to the front and attached to the units holding these positions, It was among these men that the enemy propaganda was successful, and the deficient resist- ance, due to weakness or treachery, that rendered the invasion of Italy pos- sible originated at a point which could be easily defended by a handful of men, as it was naturally strong and formidably fortified because it afforded the shortest way for invasion. Un- fortunately the men who held this point gave way. Boy Walks Mile in “Nightie.” Monana, Iowa.—Everett Newcomb, an eleven-year-old farm boy, walked barefoot in his night gown from his home to town, one mile, asleep, and was none the worse for the experience when awakened. W. C. Kollenburn, who has been farming it at the farm known as the Booth place, six miles south- east of Ferdinand; one mile west and one mile north of Greencreek store and 8 miles northeast of Cottonwood, is obliged to return East to take care of his aged mother, and consequently will on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 1918, sell all of his personal property. In this sale is included 28 good horses and 5 cattle; all kinds of farm imple- ments and machinery, harness, grain, 24 tons of potatoes, etc. ete. Free lunch at noon and terms as is customary. On Thursday, Feb. 28, Mr. Kol- lenburn will sell the Ferdinand restaurant, canned fruits, vegeta- bles, potatoes, household goods and furniture. Wanted, to Buy We have buyers that will buy your wheat land on the prairie. your list; we will devote our efforts, also will have the entire Lewiston real estate exchange work on it. We have offices in Great Falls and Cho- Idaho. Our home office is in Spokane. We are in a position to give you the best service. Montana Land. We are. farming in Montana and have been for 12 years, and know what it will do. We have a complete iist of Montana wheat land in the best locality of the state, at the lowest pri- ces. Send in teau, Mont., and Lewiston, Sample list: 480 acres, 2 miles from Choteau, 320 acres sowed to winter wheat; ail the. crop goes. Good buildings—a dandy ranch—the crop will nearly pay for the land this year. $50 per acre, easy terms. 640 acres all wheat land, 8 miles from Choteau, 150 acres cultivated; all fenced; good spring water; $25 per acre, If you know Mr. Herman Von Bargen or Mr. Chester Thompson, ask them what they think of Montana and the district where we sell land. We have just opened offices in Lew- iston, and when you are down here drop in and talk tous. We ing to Montana next week. you go with us? Coleman-Sherman Inv. Co. 501 Main St., or Raymond Hotel Bldg., Lewiston, Idaho, Barley Wanted. Bring in your barley while our ma- chinery is prepared for grinding it in- to flour. We will pay you more than regular market prices for good stuff. Cottonwood M. & E. Co., Ltd. are go- Won't Charlie Chaplin in “The Im- migrant,”’ will be shown at the Orpheum next Tuesday evening, 19th. This offering contains five big splashes of laughter and a whole tidal wave of giggles. Shorty Hamilton in “Shorty in the Tiger’s Den” will be shown the same night. This describes a hair-raising adventure in a Mexi- can forest. Reading glasses that fit, head- ache relieved and lenses duplicat- ed. Dr. I. A. Schilling. Must Pay Up. All parties indebted to us are re- quested to settle their accounts at once, with J. V. Nash at the postof- fice. All accounts not paid promptly will be placed with a collector. Goldstone, Nash ‘& Creelman, Estrayed Horse. An old bay horse, weight 1200 Ibs., blind in left eye; came to my place in Rocky Canyon about Christmas. Owner can have same by paying for keeping and advertising. 7-10 Otto Goodman. Dogs For Sale. T have at my place 2 miles north of Cottonwood four Shepherd pups, all males, for sale at $2.50 each. b7 Peter Bieren. Bull Taken Up About Oct. 15th a 4-year-old, color red with white spots, marked with tip off and underslope on right ear and branded §] on left hip; broke in- to my place--the Jim Kash Kash farm at Greencreek—and has been on my feed ever since. Owner can have | advertising. same hy paying expenses of feed and J. W. Arnzen,