Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, April 25, 1919, Page 6

| | | | % i mi goer KEPT TRADITIONS OF ARMY British Government Made Wise Move When It Refused to Create New Regiments. Tt. was a wise decision on the part of the British government to create no new regiments when they entered the great war. Instead, the number of battalions in existing regiments was increased. Many of these regi- ments were very old, and about them hung the traditions of a glorious past. In uniting himself to such a body as the Royal Scots, the Welsh Fusilier or the Black Watch, as the case might be, a man unconsciously lost the sharpness of his own individuality in the eager desire to conform to the traditional characteristics of a great company. He was, im a way, no longer John Doe or Richard Roe, but the Royal Scots, the Welsh Fusiliers guardian of the usages of an age-old organization, exemplar of its soldier- ly conduct. Proud of his regiment, he was taught to prove his pride in his manner and dress, It was with the view of emphasiz- ing every detail of this pride that | British military authorities decided to replace the bronze buttons of uni- forms with buttons of brass, which the soldiers are required to polish daily, Even in the trenches officers and men must shave daily, and when. after a week of hard fighting and sometimes short rations, the remnant of a battalion is relieved, it is required to march at attention with parade ground precision, as it leaves the trenches for its holiday rest in the rear. It is this rigid subjection to every detail that has in part made possible the heroic stand that British troops have made against a more numerous foe. Their lines bent back, but they did not break; they lost bit by bit the ground they fought over, but never their fighting spirit, their cohe- siveness, their esprit de corps.—Cen- tury. SAW FAR INTO THE FUTURE Men Predicted Coming of the Tele- graph and Airplane as Far Back as Seventeenth Century. One hundred and four years ago, at gthis season, the war of 1812 was prac- tically over, Peace was signed at Ghent on the evening of December 24, 1814, and then things moved fast, ac- cording to existing .standards. De- cember 26 one of the American sec- retarles left Ghent for London and January 2, 1815, he left England for New York, where he arrived some time in February, and his'news was immediately delivered to the citizens by printed handbills. Other cities, however, had to remain in ignorance during the time it would take a fast rider to urge his galloping horse over the roads hetween thaw end Now York. The telegraph’ was not yet In- vented, says Christian Science Moni- tor, although Joseph Glanvil, a sev- enteenth century preacher with an interest in the possibilities of inven- tion, had told the Royal society that “to confer, at the distance of the In- dies, by sympathetic conveyances may be as usual to future times as to us in literary correspondence.” Glanvil, by the way, also told the Royal socl- ety that “to those who come after us it may be as ordinary to buy a pair of wings to fly into the remotest re gions as now a pair of boots to ride on a journey.” Boy Babies Arrive, From Reading comes the news that Berks county babies are very largely male. If there are those who consider this a phenomenon, they are little acquainted with history. It is the uni- versal experience that immediately after any war the birth rate rises and males are in the majority. This is the way in which nature es for her own, although no scientist has been able to give any satisfactory explana- tion of the fact. Unless this reproduction of the de- stroyed sex was universal we should soon have a one-sided world in the matter of sex, We have had wars from time immemorial and many of them havé been extremely bloody, but. the average of the sexes has been main- tained to the satisfaction of humanity. Nature is good to her own and pre- serves by curious methods a balance which is beneficial to the race, Twenty years from now the world population will be greater than in 1914, even if it is hot, @s some claim, tlready great- er, in spite of the loss of 6,000,000 or more . lives.—Philadelphia Evening ‘POINTED PARAGRAPHS Actors and barbers are men of many parts. ait Don’t try to unlock aedoor with a keystone. When creek meets creek look out for spring freshets. Awise man always writes his letters on a cake of ice. It always’ unmans a woman when she. obtains’ a decree of divoree, Most of our troubles arise feom trying to uphold the blunders we make. A colored philosopher says it is follish to count your chickens be- fore daybreak. : Some people are born tired and some seem to have been born to make others tired. over SMM yes NE ES ERA a OE SE EES sii . r aa We have to guess what the future and the merchant who never advertises have in store. A man usually knows where he got his hat, but when it comes to his umbrella—well, that’s a dif- ferent story, Enjoyment is the sweet satis- faction of knowing that your in- come is more than you can possi- bly spend, : After a man has had occasion to employ a first-class lawyer it is useless to tell him that talk is cheap. Some men who are always talk- ing about treasures that they are laying up in heaven will come very near lesing them. ° ‘| evteisillbeiiaiins NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In the probate court, county of Idaho, state of Idaho. In the matter of the estate of Jo- hann Bernard Geisse, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters testamentary on the estate of Johann Bernard Geisse, déceased, were. grant- ed to the undersigned on the 9th day of April, 1919 by the probate court of Idaho county. All “persons having claims against said estate are requir- ed to exhibit them to us or either of us for allowance at the residence ‘of efther of .the undersigned at Cottonwood, Idaho county, Idaho within ten months after the date of the first publication of this notice or they shall be forever barred. Dated this 18th day of April, 1919. Aloys Holthaus John Knopp Joe Uhlenkott Executors of the will of Johann Bernard Geisse, deceased. : A.S. Hardy Attorney for Executors, Grange- ville, Idaho. First publication, April 25,.1919. 17-5 Seg ea Se Notice for Publication. Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at ‘Lewiston, Idaho, April 16, 1919. Notice is hereby given that GUY D. McCOoY of Forest, Idaho whoon January 18, 1915, made Add. Hd. Entry No, 05750 for Nt NEt, section, 8, and NWt NW}, Section 9. Township 31, north, range 3 West, Boise Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make three year proof, to estab- lish claim to the land above described before the Register and Receiver of the U. S. Land Office at ton, Idaho, on the 27th day of May, 1919. ant names as witnesses: ¢ Zack Haddock, Archie Axtell, Robert W. Val- len, Cheney W, Thurston, all of Forest, Idaho. 17-5 HENRY HEITFELD, Register. ——0 Choice alfalfa bay for sale. Cot. tonwood Milling & Elevator Co, 48tf], Te as a eR eee SUSE nese Buy Them. » You Will ? MUNSING UN Like Finest in quality, non-irritating Always perfect fitting Famous for durability and washability One hundred per cent right No binding No gapping at crotch 10,000,000 Sold Annually For sale by ION SUITS Them ea ca ee ‘THE GOVERNMENT is spending millio right now and is going to spend millions more rebuilding our wounded. 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