Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, January 23, 1920, Page 9

re onneen need ““gorN OF FIRE AND BLOOD” Officer Tells of Circumstances Under Which Colonel McCrea Wrote > “in Flanders Fields.” t “In Flanders Fields,” to quote the words of Major Genera! Morrison, who commanded the brigade to which Lieu- tenant Colonel McCrea was attached at the thme, “was literally born of fire and blood during the hottest phase of the second battle of Ypres. “My headquarters were in a’ trench on the top of thé bank of the Ypres canal; and John had his dressing sta- tion in a hole dug in the foot of the bank. During perieds of the battle men who were shot actually rolled down the bank Into his dressing sta- tion, Along from us a few hundred yards was the headquarters of a regi- ment, and many times during the 16 days of the battle, he and I watched them burying their whenever there was a lull. Thus the crosses, row on row, grew into a good-sized cemetery, “Just as he describes, we often heard the larks singing high in the alr, between the crash of the shell and the dead ‘ R any real advantage in @ vital factor of motor car operation one must look to the fundamental parts of the car. reports of the guns In the battery Just beside us. I have a letter from him | in which he mentions having written | the poem to pass away the time be- | tween the arrival of batches of wounded, and partly as an experiment with several varieties of poetic | meter.” | The unit with which McCrae served | was the most advanced of all the al- | Nes’ guns by a good deal, except one | French battery, which stayed in a} Position yet more advanced for two | days, and then had to be taken out. | MANY SEEK COVETED TITLE Thousands of Young Chinamen Un-| dergo Severe Examination in Hope | of Becoming Mandarins. | Though Chinese education Is || ually undergoing change, candidates for the title of mandarin still gather at three-year intervals in Chinese cit- fes, and the examiners sit in their robes of state under their umbrellas and conduct the examinations. Many of the younger generation nowadays have imbibed a western Idea of education; but many still begin with the Book of Three Characters, the Book of a Hundred Families and the Book of a Thousand Words, and pur sue an educational system that Is held to be more than 30 centuries old, to the ultimate triumph of becom! darins and enjoying the ceremonial honors, distinctive costume and an in dividual reputation for wisdom and learning, that go with the title. The examination consists in the writing of philosophical and political essays, ex- position of the sayings ef Confucius, commenting on Chinese texts and the composition of sentences and maxims in prose and verse. ‘ The number of candidates at such | examinations still counts up into the thousands. Sometimes their fallures, pp one might say, in the phrase with which western editors return ambl- tious contributions, have been “due to no lack of merit,” for the number of vacancies to be filled at any one time in the list of mandarins is very small é compared with the number of candl- dates.—Christian Science Monitor. nin Ponds Like Pools of Ink. In cross-country flying, clear, quies-| cent ponds of water are usually the darkest areas in the landscape. Often they appear like pools of ink and their relative brightness !s much less than that of black velvet. This is easily explained. The water is perfectly clear and the bottom Is blac porous. Little or no light is reflected except from the surface. Incidentally a pond of this type pro: vides the best mirror in the landscape, for its background is almost perfec dark, which Is not the case for turbic water. If one watches very carefully he can detect the image of the alr plane reflected in the waster without} difficuity ai 2,000 or 3,000 feet. This gives a true vertical line which may | be of use on some occasions. At least observation of this Image gives a rec- ord of the horizontal speed regardless | of other movements of the airplane. —M. Luckiesh In the Scientific Amer- ican. Harvest and Hunter’s Moon. The full moon nearest the autumnal equinox (September ) is known as the “harvest moon.” Owing to the oe. currence of minimum retardation in the time of rising at that period, this moon rises at nearly the same time on several successive nights. It early and gives the husbandmen who have been playing golf all day an op portunity to gather their crops, hence its name. The “hunter's moon” Is the moon following the “harvest moon.” The occasion for its name is obvious It occurs at the season of the year when the country youth, the harvest having been gathered, slings his gun over his shoulder and wanders through the woods in search of the gray squirrel and other larger game. Aces Up. Young Lawyer—If your honor pleases, we will show that appellate courts have decided on similar plead- ings that wherein plaintiff's witness had appeared with evidence after hav- € ing been subpoenned duces tecum— His Honor (accustomed to hearing | gamblers in police court)—Wait a | minute there. You say, “deuces take | em.” Well, this court decidedly will g not admit “teuces take ‘em.” Gener- ally speaking, it always has been held hat aces deat ‘em. i St ee rere Mere accessories can not seriously affect such elements as power—economy—lIong life. These attrib- utes must be inbuilt to whatever degree they obtain in acar. We point to the Buick Valve-in-Head Motor as the great underlying reason for the ability, thrift and longevity of the Buick Car. : Schrader Schrader Used on all types of Pneumatic Tire| ventions officials leceted upon Valves. Packed 5 in a tin box. Price 35c. | The 100 per cent Per- Universal Tire Price $1 Universal Valve Insides. fect Spotlight Front View OLD SOL SPOTLIGHT No. 70 | State !'TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. Since quite a disturbance has been kicked up in the Greencreek locality over my taking straw from Indian land, formerly leas- ed by me there, and .t hrs | ee elainaed t WISH to St from the Indian gent Ww remove said straw on the land and that the day I started to haul the straw I figured on making two trips, besides doing chores, and had to make an extra early start Pressure} to do this as I now live nine miles guage. Nothing is as essential to the}/from where I formerly residea. life of tires as air, and the only way to |Of course I may have stole the know whether or not your tires have} Straw but it is no crime to take enough air is to measure it with a re-| one’s own property and as | held liable tire pressure gauge. the lease on this land during the year 1919 the straw belonged to me fully as much as did the erain threshed from said crop. Anyone who questions this statement can verify my claims by inquiring of the Indian agent at Lapwai. LOUIS UNRECHT VOTE TO BE COUNTED. In computing the size of coun ty delegations to state party con- nomination by more than one party should be counted as hav- ing been elected by both parties and total vote should be credited to both parties in making the computation. This was the hold- ing of Attorney General Roy L. Black in an opinion issued today it the request of Secretary of Robert O. Jones, who was in doubt as to whether Miss Ethel EF. Redfield, state superin- tendent of schools, who received both the republican and demo- eratic nominations in the last campaign should be counted as a republican or as a democrat. A 4-inch Mirrorscope supplied with Nitrojector No. 100. Sol Spotlight. Special Price of $9.75. HOENE HARDWARE ee ——— —————) | —— —— Also a No. 70 Old Triple combination at a (Be eet ncee JUST RECEIVED Car Cottonseed Cake Car Eastern Corn Car Oats Can also supply you with chopped barley, and oats, cracked corn and all kinds of poultry supplies Vollmer-Clearwater Company D. D. WEINS, Agent. The Chronicle The Family Paper $2.00 Per Year Circulates among Farmers and Stockmen POINTED PARAGRAPHS. The ideal chaperon is simply out of sight. A short horse is soon curried if he isn’t a kicker. A little brief experience on the stage stimulates lofty ideas as to salary. Many a man has a great head from other than intellectual causes. The man who gets there acts as his own crutch; he doesn’t lean on others. Think before you act, but don’t spend too much time think- ing. Actions count. | | | Delegates to state party conven- tions are apportioned on the | basis of the total number of con- | eressional ahd state offices div- | ided into the total vote, each unit lof 400 of the quotient entitling | the county to one delegate. | A free wedding dance will be | eiven bv John Frei at the Ferd- |inand Hall on Thursday evening jthe 29th of January to which | everyone is invited. 3-2 | es) Ke t | When In Town CALL ON US } | It Will Pay You If a man is in love his inten- | tions are as serious tentions are ridiculous. s his at- Beauty may be only skin deep, | but the impression it makes ex- tends much deeper. Nothing takes the conceit out! of some men more than being compelled to serve on a jury. During courtship a man thinks it’s a dream; after marriage he is sometimes sorry he woke up. The man who wrecks a train is a criminal, but the man who wrecks a whole railroad is a great financier. Yes, Alfred, when it comes to drawing conclusions, women are natural born artists. It is well enough for charity to begin at home, but it has no ex- cuse for sitting down there and going into a trance. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. | The Cottonwood Water Light Company Ltd., will and hold | its regular annual meeting of the stockholders in the city council room on Monday February 9th. 1920 at 10 o'clock A. M. 4-3 Felix Martzen, Sec’y. | Wanted—Good, live reliable hardware man who is capable of taking complete charge and to buy his own stock. Prefer man with general store experience and one to also help in grocery department but not essential. Must have good references. Ad- dress box 418, Grangeville, Ida- Subscribe for the Chronicle. We are here to help you. All we ask is a chance and we will prove to you that our mer- chandise and prices are right. We are on the right track. Are you with us? Consolidated Commercial Co.--Chain Stores | A. R. 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