Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, July 26, 1918, Page 5

Sa aseariant ot): 2 uit 1A pga jie MMe Pines ne ea pnp Peete ee here The Soldier's Chances, Great as the danger and large as the losses in the aggregate, the individual soldier has plenty of chances of coming out of the war unscathed, or at least not badly injured. Based on the mortality statis- tics of the allied armies, a soldier’s chances are as follows: Twenty-nine chances of coming home to one chance of being killed. Forty-nine chances of recover- ing from wounds to one chance of dying from them. One chance in 500 of losinga limb, Will live five years longer be- cause of physical training, is freer from disease in the army than in civil life, and has better medical care at the front than at home. In other wars from 10 to 15 men died from disease to one from bullets; in this war one man dies from disease to every 10 from bullets. For those of our fighting men who do not escape scathless the government under the soldier and sailor insurance law gives pro- tection to the wounded and their dependents and to the families and dependents and those who make the supreme sacrifices for their country. sienna Which is the truer American and the more worthy of citizen- ship in the great United States— the man who agrees the President is right in the stand he has taken on wheat and goes on boosting the Allied game, or the one who says, ‘You bet we’ll remember that $2.40 wheat veto!”—Nez- perce Herald. Ancebsaiciy ada During the 3-pounds-per- month-per-person sugar limita- tion, do not complain if your cof- fee is not sweet enough. The French are allowed but 13 pounds | of sugar per year per person, the Italians only 9 pounds, if they can get it. The price of sugar in France is 25c, in Italy 60¢c a pound. 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It is not too Machine Shed We have a plan that we know will just suit you and it is not very expen- sive either. matter from which side the wind is blowing, yet it is so arranged that you can drive right through Come in and let us show it to you, we know you will Hussman Lumber Company Home Builders It is enclosed all around keeping the rain out no The local War Savings Society has inaugurated a contest for the children fifteen years of age and younger. There will be $30 in prizes given to the children who secure the signatures to the thrift stamp pledge cards. Any boy or girl wishing to enter the contest should call at the postoffice or either of the banks and secure bank pledge cards and get busy, 5] | Contest closes Aug. 15, Each pledge secured counts as ten points and the larger the pledge the more points it counts, as one additional point is given for each $10 pledged above the 5 | first $10. The first prize for both the girls and boys is $5 in war savings stamps, the second prizes $2.50. The balance of the year is giv- en as the time in which the stamps can be purchased and br on the pledges of this con- test. . For further details inquire at the post office or banks, Geo, Downer, after. spending nearly a year traveling all over half a dozen western states on the hunt for a better country, very correctly concluded ‘that no bet- ter country than Camas Prairie can be found under the sun. He returned last week and has accept- ed the management of the In- terior Warehouse Co. at Grange- ville. epcepaicate Lee Rhoades Saturday left at this office-a sample bunch of his Russian wheat, which is as large and well-headed as we have ever seen. Inall, Mr. Rhoades has 90 acres of this kind of wheat, of which 70 acres is first class, and which, in his opinion, should make 85 or 40 bushels to the acre. werseinliensiean Little Velma Chicane, residing near Fenn, has the thanks of the Chronicle force for a big bunch of garden vegetables, brought in Sat- urday by her father, H. G. Chi- eane. The Chicane garden is known as one of the very best on the prairie, The U.S. government desires toenroll the services of 25,000 women between the ages of 19 and 85 as a “United States Nurse Reserve” to release graduate nurses for work at the front. Without more student nurses graduate nurses cannot be sent to Europe, and our wounded men will suffer for want of nursing eare. Apply for enrollment card to Mrs. A. F. Parker, Chairman Woman’s Committee Council of National Defense. Grangeville, Idaho. PSEMES Pts elie Our type erred last week in stating that Lee Hanses’ wheat would go something like 40 bush- els to theacre. Lee says if the item had read 40 bushels to every | two acres it would be more cor- jrect. His yield will not beas great as was expected, owing to the rains coming too late to do much good. Buthe and all of his neighbors will have doodles of wheat—just the same. pa Et Mrs. Ed Blake and children spent this week visiting her rela- tives—the Fryer family—at Keu- terville. During their absence Ed did his own cooking, and one B\day this week one of his own make of sour-dough biscuits fell froma shelf on Ed and nearly broke his back. early to plan to protect it By Building A co) the shed and not a post or sill in the way. reservists.” Jim O’Neil returned this week from Montana, where he had been at work since last winter, and will again have charge ofa thresher on Nezperce prairie. Jim says that Montana is realizing the worst crop failure this season in many years. be pleased with it. A ‘monkey turned loose in a cafe scene in the new Goldwyn |photoplay, “Sunshine Alley,” starring Mae Marsh, destroyed $68.82 worth of fancy glassware before the director and his assist- ants could stop him. He wasn’t even scratched. At the Orpheum Monday, July 29. Acnilinesndte Gerard’s Four Years in Germany Kaiser---“In your country of America we have 500,000 Mr. Gerard-—Yes, and in my country we have 500,000 lamp posts to let them hang from, too. See this big war picture at the Orpheum Friday, August 9th, 2 shows Afternoon and Evening 25c and 50c