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THE SANDERS COUNTY Ili Ile Its A let lea lea lam Os ex ea ea ea Pa OFFICIAL PAPER OF SANDERS COUNTY MACH 4, 1915-TO MARCH 4, 1918. L ' ' Agetana Historical Society I ALUU Ite les en les NU WI 'marl p g tri Pti len let Ps THIRTEENTH YEAR; NO. 44 TRAIN SERVICE IN BAD SHAPE CHINOOK FOLLOWING SNOW CAUSES RAILROADS LOTS OF GRIEF. RIVER RAISES 8,000 SECOND FEET Drop in Temperature Wednesday Evening Relieves a Serious Situation. The steady rains during the past week, following a snowfall of eight inches have caused considerable trouble for the railroads and mixed up the train schedule completely. Floods and slides extending from the Cascades to this county have caused the Northern Pacific, Milwaukee and Great Northern roads to use each others tracks wherever it was pos- sible to get through in orderto main- tain a semblance of train service. Sunday a slide occurred at Hope and a freight train ran into it, with a result that trains No. 4 and 2 had to be routed over the Milwaukee. This was followed by floods in the Cascades which made it necessar! to annul No. 2 entirely for two days and other 'east bound trains were made up on this side of the trouble. Tuesday afternoon train No. 42 was held up at Noxoe for three hours until a small slide at Furlong could be cleared away. To further complicate matters the Milwaukee road became tied up by a slide Wednesday and was compelled to detour its trains over the Northern Pacific. Wednesday afternoon ten passenger trains cluttered up this di- vision of the road, and kept the train dispatchers • on their toes to keep them moving._ Four were Northern Pacific trains, four Ifelonged to the Milwaukee and two were special troop trains headed for Camp Lewis. The softness of the track and the necessity of watching for slides made the run- ning time slow and added to these difficulties was a shortage of engines caused by the recent transfer of spare . equipment to eastern roads. Today conditions are reported to be improving following a slight fall in the temperature and a letup of the rain. The Milwaukee is again able to use its own tracks and conditions in the Cascades are such that it will soon be possible to resume the reg- ular schedules. The river here showed a high mark this - morning of 18,000 second feet, which is about 8,000 in excess of its normal height, but no fear of floods is felt as the power company is pre- pared to handle a much larger quan- tity than this. In some places, how- ever it was feared for awhile that the danger might become serious but with the change of temperature and the disappearance of the snow in the val- leys this danger is now past. Old tinters are at a loss to account for this unusual weather conditions and can recall no previous season that compared with it. Some are in- clined to blame it on to the war, while others think the passage of the national prohibition amendment might have something to do with it. TALK THRIFT TO STUDENTS W. A. Barto and F. L. Austin Spoke at Sthool on Government Savings Plan. W. A. Ihrto and F. L. Austin re- sponded to an invitation to speak be- fore the pt#)lic school students last Friday floating on the subject of saving as a Method of helping to win the war. 'Pie former addressed the students of tie high school and sev- enth grade ad the latter the lower grades. This was t first step toward in- teresting the pung people in invest- ing their moll' in the new thrift stamps that ai , now on sale. As a part of the camlaign, literature espec- ially for schoolluse is being prepared by the governreent, btsj this will not be ready until after the holidays. When it is reeved the campaign will be taken up 'tt earnest and the youngsters will Ic encouraged not \only to purchase r themselves, but Ito interest their tilers in the small savings plan also. ' Classified Ads arteithe cheapest and quickest way to disipse of your sur- plus stock. They alletys find a buyer. WEATHER RECORD Unusually Mild Temperature Rec- ord For December—Plenty of Moisturz. The temperature record since the first of December looks more like an April or May report than what should be aexpected at the beginning of winter. Tuesday a mark of 54 degrees was registered and at no time did the thermometer reach the freezing point. Following is the daily record: Date Dec. 1 Dec. 2 I__ Dec. 3.._..... Dec. 4_ Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 Dec. 9_ Dec. 10........_._._...........37 Dec. -11. 40 Dec. 12................26 Dec, 13._ 34 Dec. - 32 • Dec 15 30 Dec. 16 44 Max. Min. 44 32 .....42 31 37 29 36 32 30 20 29 21 31 21 35 23 40 27 26 27 9 9 23 24 21 34 Dec 18 54 34 Dec. 19 37 The precipitation during the month has amounted to 5.35 inches, about one, -fourth of the normal rainfall for a year. The greatest fall was record- ed Monday when 1.12 inches was re- corded. AUTO PRICES TO RAISE J. L. McNair of Plains Motor Co. Looks for 40 to 60 Per Cent Increase. J. L. McNair, proprietor of the Plains Motor Co., who is contem- plating a trip to the Studebaker fac- tories at South Bend and Detroit in the near future, is not at all opti- mistic over the possibility of the con- tinuation of present prices for auto- mobiles. In his opinion low prices for cars in this country are dependant upon quantity production. Now produc- tion promises to be alarmingly cur- tailed and perhaps cut to almost nothing next year by many smaller factories, at least. The government will natintally and quite properly have first call on all raw materials for war and agricultural purposes. That means a certain shortage of autotimbiles and prices 40 to 60 per cent higher, possibly even double. It is sure to come, and for a long time too, and shrewd buyers are waking up to the sitution now. Dealers and prospective individual buyers face a serious situation. When they start out to arrange for cars now to protect their future needs they find out that many manufacturers have already increased their prices without giving notice during the past few weeks. Another thing that makes the situation look serious is that the -demand from most parts of the coun- try is as great as ever, and this is true in Montana because many people need and must have cars. Advances to date are merely indi- cations of the greater advances that must come. Every auto dealer who is informed knows that this condition confronts the industry. None of them can guarantee prices for any length of time and confirmation comes in emphatic terms from every- one in authority. The requisitioning of raw materials and factory facilities will compel such a cutting down of the car output, ald the increase in cost due to smaller production, naturally forces much higher prices and makes it cetrain that the supply will not meet the de- mand next year. WOMANHOOD Don't miss the big picture at the Rex December 28. It's a wonderful picture, greater than the Battle Cry of Peace. Nine reels; two shows, 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. Admission 25c and 50c. You will miss it by not going to this show. NOTICE All members of Lone Star lodge I. 0. 0. F. are requested to be pres- ent at the next meeting. December 22d, AA there is very important busi- ness to be transacted. E. H. DAVIS, N. G. E. J. FRAZIER, Secy Bernard Near, who joined the camp at American Lake a short time ago, has been transferd toihe elec- trical department of the 166th regi- ment of engineers and passed through here Sunday with others en route to Savansah, Ga. THOMPSON FALLS, MONTANA, THURSDAY, 'SENDING OUT QUESTIONS Local Board Starts New System of Classifying Men Subject to Draft. The 'first installment of question- aire blanks were mailed to those sub- ject to draft last Saturday and about thirty have been mailed out each day since, according to the lists published in The Ledger. At this time about ten have returned their blanks prop- erly filled out, and from now on they will come back rapidly. At the rate of mailing prescribed by the regulations, it.will take until January 7th to complete the list. Those who will receive them next week are as follows: December 26th. Jens Marius Hoye George L. Letson Robert C. Beamish Clarence Heiman Walter A. Sloan John S. Mealue Oscar Marques Clayton C. Kau John L. Manire James F. Bray Lloyd H. Biggs Willard L. Thompson John Popovich Paul H. Brinser Peter Isadore Milan H. Garber Robert B. Poore John E. Johnson Adolph F. Schwindt Edward N. Fsnirld Fred A. Hagel William Butte Carl M. Stevens Fred Klingekipell Gust Nelson Walter I. White Oscar J. Murray Purl E. Bates LeRoy M. Pfost December 27th John Marich Frank Vanderhoof Bob Milanovich Lavi L. Gleason George E. Rodgers Carl E. Keirn Martin Buckskin Francis Caye Leo Abel Frbd M. Cernik Jay B. Gossett Budd 0. Darling Walter A. Shearer Broe Sam'l Smith Frusukichi Uyeda Walter A. Speck Loyd W. Blackman John J. Dolson Claud P. Howser Thomas McDonnell James C. Howser -Wichert Rossa Charles E. Rice Heary W. Saari Gustavo Munary Wendel N. 'Malmberg Glen L. Dodge David C. Evans Otto M. Volz December 28th. Roy Largent - Philip Christenson Harrison E. Fredcnberg Arthur W. Mee Harry Davenport Claude Williams John B. McCallum Antone L. Grove John Eberhardt Steven S. Selle John E. Madden James R. Gray Henry Wold Carl E. Spies John Broderick Walter E. Luke Lloyd L. Carter Fleming J. Ratcliff James Mullins George N., Perkins Isak 0 Weholt Harry A. Cope Math Pirker Walter E. Baker Robert E. Richard Louis Beauregard Claude C. Coons Edga; C. Tilton James O. Pelley Hammer M. Christensen December 29th. William C. Snow Walter J. Courser Albert W. Thayer Dan Totnasih Norman H. Ilighee George Rosenberg Leonard A. C. Miller Harold C, Austin Bror L. Astrom William Milanovich 4.4 ark Johnstone .0 (Continued oa Page 2) • DECEMBER 20, 1917 KOSTECKA BONDS APPROVED Camas Prairie Man Released From Cu:itody This Morning by Court Order. At a half-day session of the dis- trict court this morning Judge Mc- lailloch approved the bonitr— aThich had been filed for Joht Kostecka aid he was released from custody after living confined for several weeks on the charge of murdering his wife. Several other minor matters were, also taken tip at this time, among them being the following: A decree of foreclosure was ordered in favor of 'the plaintiff in the case of Wm. H. Den -us vs. J. F. Barnett and wife. The final accounting of the admin- istratrix of the estate of Wm. Cum- miefgs , Was approved and she was ordered discharged. An order was made for the sale of personal property belonging to the estate of Adam Riley. In the case of Flood Bros. vs. Wm. Crawford, a motion was made on the behalf of the plaintiff to vacate al order assessing costs for the appear- ance of witnesses, and the same was taken under advisement. A demurrer to the complaint in the case of Northern Pacific railway vs. E. L. •Stackhouse as treasurer, was taken under advisement. This action is one in which the company is at- tempting to recover about $2,000 in taxes paid on the block signal sys- tem, alleging that as a part of the systtm the taxes are included in the other assessment. Mary Wurm was appointed guard- ian of the estate of Louise Wurin, who was recently'adjudged insane. Irene Miller, who had formerly been adjudged iasane, was adjudged as sane at this time. The sale of certain real estate be- longing to the Thomas children was approved. TWO MORE ENLISTMENTS Dave Snyder and James Rogers Left Monday for Spokane to Join Foresters. Enlistments from Sanders county were increased by two during the past week, Dave Snyder and ja111 , 5 Rogers being the last to leave. Both chose the 20th engineers or Forestry regiment, leaving for Spokane Mon- day to be examined. A spread in honor of these two was provided by Andrew Peterson at the Union Cafe prior to their departure and several of their friends joined in giving them a good sendoff. Several more are planning to enlist in the near future, among them being Ed Fitzgerald and Hi Larson who ex- pect to go as electrical workers, and Ossie and Rolla Angst and Tom ('ood who are planning to join the nag). The former will pribalile go early next month and ;ha lattcr ex- pect to wait until spring. HAS CHEAP HAY FOR SALE About 75 Tons of Red Top and Wild Hay on Upper Thompson at $12.50. Wm. Strom is in receipt of a Setter from Myron R. Davis, who is lo- cated in the tipper Thompson river country at what is known as the McGinnis Meadows, stating that he and a neighbor have about 75 tons of red top and wild hay for sale at $12.50 per ton. He also states that they will be glad to make arrange- ments to feed it if anyone desires to drive the stock up there. There are undoubtedly some of ,our readers who will be interested in looking into this proposition, as hay at that price is not very plentiful this winter. C. F. Ellison, who has been spend- ing the pas.t few months at the soldiers' home at Columbia Falls, is now spending a few weeks in town and making his home with his grand- son who is attending school here. Mr. Ellison states that the old soldiers subscribed for $7,000 worth of Lib- erty Bonds, and are also helping to win the present war by "Ilooverizing" with scrupulous care. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Frisbie and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Camp entertained about thirty friends at the formt en home last evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lipjinski who are soon to leave town. . The evening was spelt at rardx; interspersed with music and re- freshments formed an important part of the entertainment. Mrs. Grand- champ and Bert Hind captured the prizes. LEDGER WANT ADS PULL SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR WILL PUBLISH FOOD PRICES Food Administration to Furnish List IVIMRS SCHMITZ J. " of Wholesale and Retail Prices. Announcement has been made from the office of Alfred Atkinson, Federal Food Administrator for Mon- tana, that beginning soon wholesale and retail prices on articles of food which the government wishes to con- serve will be furnished w-eekly to newspapers for publication so that consumers will be able to deterniine whether or nbt they are being charged correctly. The letter is as follows: "Beginning in a few days you will be furnished weekly with a list of wholesale prices (including trans- portation) and retail prices for your community on sugar, flour, corn meal, rolled oats, butter, ham, ,bacon, milk, rice and beans. These prices will be put in your hands by the local repre- sentatives of the Merchants' Dieision of the Food Administration. "Your readers will be interested in an authoritative statement of the prices on these things. We believe that the publication will be to the advantage of your advertisers, for abuses in the prices of these things are rare, and the publication of the facts will tend to remove suspicion and restore confide-ice between the public and the merchants. It will also aid the program of saving and substitution if the publication makes clear the fairness of the retail prices, and so it will help the National food program." MORE FARM LOAN MONEY Members of Third Association Soon to Receive Favorable At- tention. Daring the past week the papers for five members of the Central Sand- ers County Farm Loan Association have been received, insuring that the money applied for will be available as soon as.the mortgages and notes are properly signed and returned. For various reasons action on these applications has been delayed consid- erably, principally because of the flood of requests for loans that have been received by the Spokane bank during the past few months. How- ever, from now on it is probable that the local members will be taken care of as promptly as technical matters can be straightened out. This is the third Sanders county association to be granted a. charter, the Whitepine and Perma people having nearly all received their mon- ey. The local association has already been notified that applications for about $50,000 have been reported fa- vorably, and others that are pending will raise the total to several thous- and more. CULLOM GOES TO HELENA Will Work in Office of Fuel Admin- istration—Austin Appoint- ed on Committee. H. C. Cullom of Agler, left Tues- day morning for Helt la to take a position in the office of the state fuel administrator. At the time he was summoned he was not advised as to what capacity he would serve in, but -the present fuel situation makes the duties of this department very im- portant and there will doubtless be sufficient work to keep him busy. F. L. Atiatin was appointed to take his place as a member of the county fuel "'committee, the other two mem- bers being A. S. Ainsworth and G. W. Large. SHORT SESSION OF BOARD Transfer Money From Poor Fund to Road Fund and Retire $12,000 in Bonds. The board of county commissioners held a brief session Saturday, J. R. Kruger and C. L. Maynard being present, and voted to transfer $10,000 from the poor fund to the road fund. It was also voted to retire bonds as follows: Bridge, $8,000; road, $4,000; and Itlissoula .county sinking, $2,000. Reports of county officers were also examined at this time. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank the many friends and especially Mrs. Arum Severson, for the assistance and sympathy given during the illness and death of our mother,' Mrs. Emma Schmitz. Also for the beautiful floral offerings. Mrs. Clarence Rich and Family Mrs. 6. C. Williams and Family George Fox and Family William Fox and Family Bert and Frank Pox. A LEDGER WANT AD WILL FIND A BUYER FOR YOU. LAID TO REST PASSED AWAY AT HOSPITAL MONDAY FROM EFFECTS OF CANCER. RESIDENT OF COUNTY 25 YEARS Funeral Services Held at Catholic Church in Charge of Father Donohue Tuesday. Mrs. Einma Schmitz, a resident of Thompson Falls and vicinity for the past 25 years, passed away at St. Luke's hospital Monday morning, as the result of cancer. The deceased was born at Milwau- kee, Wis., 59 years ago and her early life was spent in that state. At the age of 19 she was united in marriage to Frank Fox and soon after the couple came west and settled at Idaho Falls, Idaho. About three years later they came to Thompson Falls and this has been her home since. Mr. Fox disappeared many years ago and no trace of him was ever found. The widow was married later to Leonard Schmitz who diethabout three years ago and was laid to rest in the Thompson Falls cemetery. During her residence in this vicinity Mrs. Schmitz lived most of the time on Woodlin Flat, but part of the time made her home in Thompson Falls. She was the mother of six chil- dren, all of whom survive her. They are Mrs. Clarence Rich, Mrs. G. C. Williams of Belknap, George, Wil- liam, Bert and Frank Fox, all of whom are well known to local peo- ple. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Catholic church, Father Donohue of Plains, of- ficiating, and interment was made in the local cemetery by the side of her husband. Mrs. Schmitz had a wide acquaint- ance among the older settlers in this neighborhood and had endeared her- self to her circle of friends by her many fine qualities. Her passing is sincerely mourned and sympathy for the bereaved relatives is freely ex- pressed. LEGAL ADVISORY BOARD MET Attorneys Organize to Take Care of Those Who Must Fill Out Questionaire. The legal advisory board of Sand- ers county, which was appointed by the governor to assist those who re- quire help in filling out the question- aire blanks, niet at the court house this morning to organize and make its arrangements. The following assistants were ap- pointed: E. J. Mulick and Jas. A. Bauer,Perma; Ii. O. Bond, Thomp- son Falls; Louis Bauer, Camas Prairie; Nerus Hurt, Trout Creek; G. A. Williams, Dixon; F. A. Hal- vorson, Niarada; Walter T. Gutz, Hot Springs; Geo. H. Buck, Noxon; Adolph Schwindt, Heron; Fred Peeso, Camas, M. H. Mahoney, Sloan; N. R. Stevens, Oliver Gulch; I. R. Blaisdell, Plains; Mrs. Anna Whalen, White- pine. These with the members of the board, who are H. J. Burleigh of Plains, and A. S. Ainsworth and H. C. Schultz of Thompson Falls, are ready to help without charge all who gpply to them ire connection with the questionaire. NEW MASONIC OFFICERS Election and Installation of Officers Held Last Tuesday Evening. The Masonic lodge met Tuesday evening for the election of their 1918 officers, and the following were chosen to conduct the affairs during the coming year: John Miller, V. M. D. H. Near, S. W. T. A. Bruner, J. W. , L. R. Barto, Treasurer C. T. Jefferson, Secretary John Tracy, S. D. A. M. Johnson, J. D. S. E. litirlburt, S. S. Carl Stevens, J. S. W. E. Nippert, Tyler , W. A. Barto, W. S. McCurdy and S. A. HurIburt, trustees. Following the election, the nev , officers were duly installed, W. A Barto conducting the ceremonies in impressive style, with C. IL Stevens as marshal.
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THE SANDERS COUNTYIli Ile Its A let lea lea lam Os ex ea ea ea Pa OFFICIAL PAPER OF SANDERS COUNTY MACH 4, 1915-TO MARCH 4, 1918.
L'' Agetana Historical Society I
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Ite les en les NU WI 'marl p g tri Pti len let Ps
THIRTEENTH YEAR; NO. 44
TRAIN SERVICEIN BAD SHAPE
CHINOOK FOLLOWING SNOW
CAUSES RAILROADS LOTS
OF GRIEF.
RIVER RAISES 8,000 SECOND FEET
Drop in Temperature Wednesday
Evening Relieves a Serious
Situation.
The steady rains during the pastweek, following a snowfall of eightinches have caused considerabletrouble for the railroads and mixedup the train schedule completely.Floods and slides extending from theCascades to this county have causedthe Northern Pacific, Milwaukee andGreat Northern roads to use eachothers tracks wherever it was pos-sible to get through in orderto main-tain a semblance of train service.
Sunday a slide occurred at Hopeand a freight train ran into it, witha result that trains No. 4 and 2 hadto be routed over the Milwaukee.This was followed by floods in theCascades which made it necessar!to annul No. 2 entirely for two daysand other 'east bound trains weremade up on this side of the trouble.Tuesday afternoon train No. 42 washeld up at Noxoe for three hoursuntil a small slide at Furlong couldbe cleared away.To further complicate matters the
Milwaukee road became tied up by aslide Wednesday and was compelledto detour its trains over the NorthernPacific. Wednesday afternoon tenpassenger trains cluttered up this di-vision of the road, and kept the traindispatchers • on their toes to keepthem moving._ Four were NorthernPacific trains, four Ifelonged to theMilwaukee and two were special trooptrains headed for Camp Lewis. Thesoftness of the track and the necessityof watching for slides made the run-ning time slow and added to thesedifficulties was a shortage of enginescaused by the recent transfer of spare.equipment to eastern roads.Today conditions are reported to
be improving following a slight fallin the temperature and a letup of therain. The Milwaukee is again ableto use its own tracks and conditionsin the Cascades are such that it willsoon be possible to resume the reg-ular schedules.The river here showed a high mark
this- morning of 18,000 second feet,which is about 8,000 in excess of itsnormal height, but no fear of floodsis felt as the power company is pre-pared to handle a much larger quan-tity than this. In some places, how-ever it was feared for awhile that thedanger might become serious but withthe change of temperature and thedisappearance of the snow in the val-leys this danger is now past.Old tinters are at a loss to account
for this unusual weather conditionsand can recall no previous seasonthat compared with it. Some are in-clined to blame it on to the war,while others think the passage of thenational prohibition amendment mighthave something to do with it.
TALK THRIFT TO STUDENTS
W. A. Barto and F. L. Austin Spokeat Sthool on Government
Savings Plan.
W. A. Ihrto and F. L. Austin re-sponded to an invitation to speak be-fore the pt#)lic school students lastFriday floating on the subject ofsaving as a Method of helping to winthe war. 'Pie former addressed thestudents of tie high school and sev-enth grade ad the latter the lowergrades.This was t first step toward in-
teresting the pung people in invest-ing their moll' in the new thriftstamps that ai, now on sale. As apart of the camlaign, literature espec-ially for schoolluse is being preparedby the governreent, btsj this will notbe ready until after the holidays.When it is reeved the campaignwill be taken up 'tt earnest and theyoungsters will Ic encouraged not
\only to purchase r themselves, butIto interest their tilers in the smallsavings plan also. '
Classified Ads arteithe cheapest andquickest way to disipse of your sur-plus stock. They alletys find a buyer.
WEATHER RECORD
Unusually Mild Temperature Rec-ord For December—Plenty
of Moisturz.The temperature record since the
first of December looks more like anApril or May report than whatshould be aexpected at the beginningof winter. Tuesday a mark of 54degrees was registered and at notime did the thermometer reach thefreezing point. Following is thedaily record:Date
Dec. 1 Dec. 2 I__Dec. 3.._.....Dec. 4_ Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 Dec. 9_ Dec. 10........_._._...........37Dec. -11. 40Dec. 12................26Dec, 13._ 34Dec. - 32 •Dec 15 30Dec. 16 44
Max. Min. 44 32.....42 31 37 2936 3230 2029 2131 2135 2340 27
26279923242134
Dec 18 54 34Dec. 19 37The precipitation during the month
has amounted to 5.35 inches, aboutone,-fourth of the normal rainfall fora year. The greatest fall was record-ed Monday when 1.12 inches was re-corded.
AUTO PRICES TO RAISE
J. L. McNair of Plains Motor Co.Looks for 40 to 60 Per
Cent Increase.J. L. McNair, proprietor of the
Plains Motor Co., who is contem-plating a trip to the Studebaker fac-tories at South Bend and Detroit inthe near future, is not at all opti-mistic over the possibility of the con-tinuation of present prices for auto-mobiles.In his opinion low prices for cars
in this country are dependant uponquantity production. Now produc-tion promises to be alarmingly cur-tailed and perhaps cut to almostnothing next year by many smallerfactories, at least. The governmentwill natintally and quite properly havefirst call on all raw materials for warand agricultural purposes.That means a certain shortage of
autotimbiles and prices 40 to 60 percent higher, possibly even double. Itis sure to come, and for a long timetoo, and shrewd buyers are wakingup to the sitution now.Dealers and prospective individual
buyers face a serious situation. Whenthey start out to arrange for cars nowto protect their future needs theyfind out that many manufacturershave already increased their priceswithout giving notice during the pastfew weeks. Another thing that makesthe situation look serious is that the-demand from most parts of the coun-try is as great as ever, and this istrue in Montana because many peopleneed and must have cars.Advances to date are merely indi-
cations of the greater advances thatmust come. Every auto dealer whois informed knows that this conditionconfronts the industry. None ofthem can guarantee prices for anylength of time and confirmationcomes in emphatic terms from every-one in authority.The requisitioning of raw materials
and factory facilities will compel sucha cutting down of the car output, aldthe increase in cost due to smallerproduction, naturally forces muchhigher prices and makes it cetrainthat the supply will not meet the de-mand next year.
WOMANHOODDon't miss the big picture at the
Rex December 28. It's a wonderfulpicture, greater than the Battle Cryof Peace. Nine reels; two shows, 3p. m. and 8 p. m. Admission 25c and50c. You will miss it by not goingto this show.
NOTICE
All members of Lone Star lodgeI. 0. 0. F. are requested to be pres-ent at the next meeting. December22d, AA there is very important busi-ness to be transacted.
E. H. DAVIS, N. G.E. J. FRAZIER, Secy
Bernard Near, who joined thecamp at American Lake a short timeago, has been transferd toihe elec-trical department of the 166th regi-ment of engineers and passed throughhere Sunday with others en route toSavansah, Ga.
THOMPSON FALLS, MONTANA, THURSDAY,
'SENDING OUT QUESTIONS
Local Board Starts New System ofClassifying Men Subject
to Draft.The 'first installment of question-
aire blanks were mailed to those sub-ject to draft last Saturday and aboutthirty have been mailed out each daysince, according to the lists publishedin The Ledger. At this time aboutten have returned their blanks prop-erly filled out, and from now on theywill come back rapidly.At the rate of mailing prescribed
by the regulations, it.will take untilJanuary 7th to complete the list.Those who will receive them nextweek are as follows:
December 26th.Jens Marius HoyeGeorge L. LetsonRobert C. BeamishClarence HeimanWalter A. SloanJohn S. MealueOscar MarquesClayton C. KauJohn L. ManireJames F. BrayLloyd H. BiggsWillard L. ThompsonJohn PopovichPaul H. BrinserPeter IsadoreMilan H. GarberRobert B. PooreJohn E. JohnsonAdolph F. SchwindtEdward N. FsnirldFred A. HagelWilliam ButteCarl M. StevensFred KlingekipellGust NelsonWalter I. WhiteOscar J. MurrayPurl E. BatesLeRoy M. Pfost
December 27th
John MarichFrank VanderhoofBob MilanovichLavi L. GleasonGeorge E. RodgersCarl E. KeirnMartin BuckskinFrancis CayeLeo AbelFrbd M. CernikJay B. GossettBudd 0. DarlingWalter A. ShearerBroe Sam'l SmithFrusukichi UyedaWalter A. SpeckLoyd W. BlackmanJohn J. DolsonClaud P. HowserThomas McDonnellJames C. Howser-Wichert RossaCharles E. RiceHeary W. SaariGustavo MunaryWendel N. 'MalmbergGlen L. DodgeDavid C. EvansOtto M. Volz
December 28th.
Roy Largent -Philip ChristensonHarrison E. FredcnbergArthur W. MeeHarry DavenportClaude WilliamsJohn B. McCallumAntone L. GroveJohn EberhardtSteven S. SelleJohn E. MaddenJames R. GrayHenry WoldCarl E. SpiesJohn BroderickWalter E. LukeLloyd L. CarterFleming J. RatcliffJames MullinsGeorge N., PerkinsIsak 0 WeholtHarry A. CopeMath PirkerWalter E. BakerRobert E. RichardLouis BeauregardClaude C. CoonsEdga; C. TiltonJames O. PelleyHammer M. Christensen
December 29th.William C. SnowWalter J. CourserAlbert W. ThayerDan TotnasihNorman H. IligheeGeorge RosenbergLeonard A. C. MillerHarold C, AustinBror L. AstromWilliam Milanovich4.4 ark Johnstone
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DECEMBER 20, 1917
KOSTECKA BONDS APPROVED
Camas Prairie Man Released FromCu:itody This Morning by
Court Order.At a half-day session of the dis-
trict court this morning Judge Mc-lailloch approved the bonitr—aThichhad been filed for Joht Kostecka aidhe was released from custody afterliving confined for several weeks onthe charge of murdering his wife.
Several other minor matters were,also taken tip at this time, amongthem being the following:A decree of foreclosure was ordered
in favor of 'the plaintiff in the caseof Wm. H. Den-us vs. J. F. Barnettand wife.The final accounting of the admin-
istratrix of the estate of Wm. Cum-miefgs, Was approved and she wasordered discharged.An order was made for the sale of
personal property belonging to theestate of Adam Riley.In the case of Flood Bros. vs. Wm.
Crawford, a motion was made on thebehalf of the plaintiff to vacate alorder assessing costs for the appear-ance of witnesses, and the same wastaken under advisement.A demurrer to the complaint in the
case of Northern Pacific railway vs.E. L. •Stackhouse as treasurer, wastaken under advisement. This actionis one in which the company is at-tempting to recover about $2,000 intaxes paid on the block signal sys-tem, alleging that as a part of thesysttm the taxes are included in theother assessment.Mary Wurm was appointed guard-
ian of the estate of Louise Wurin,who was recently'adjudged insane.Irene Miller, who had formerly been
adjudged iasane, was adjudged assane at this time.The sale of certain real estate be-
longing to the Thomas children wasapproved.
TWO MORE ENLISTMENTS
Dave Snyder and James Rogers LeftMonday for Spokane to
Join Foresters.
Enlistments from Sanders countywere increased by two during thepast week, Dave Snyder and ja111,5
Rogers being the last to leave. Bothchose the 20th engineers or Forestryregiment, leaving for Spokane Mon-day to be examined. A spread inhonor of these two was provided byAndrew Peterson at the Union Cafeprior to their departure and severalof their friends joined in giving thema good sendoff.
Several more are planning to enlistin the near future, among them beingEd Fitzgerald and Hi Larson who ex-pect to go as electrical workers, andOssie and Rolla Angst and Tom('ood who are planning to join thenag). The former will pribalile goearly next month and ;ha lattcr ex-pect to wait until spring.
HAS CHEAP HAY FOR SALE
About 75 Tons of Red Top and WildHay on Upper Thompson
at $12.50.
Wm. Strom is in receipt of a Setterfrom Myron R. Davis, who is lo-cated in the tipper Thompson rivercountry at what is known as theMcGinnis Meadows, stating that heand a neighbor have about 75 tonsof red top and wild hay for sale at$12.50 per ton. He also states thatthey will be glad to make arrange-ments to feed it if anyone desires todrive the stock up there.There are undoubtedly some of ,our
readers who will be interested inlooking into this proposition, as hayat that price is not very plentifulthis winter.
C. F. Ellison, who has been spend-ing the pas.t few months at thesoldiers' home at Columbia Falls, isnow spending a few weeks in townand making his home with his grand-son who is attending school here.Mr. Ellison states that the old soldierssubscribed for $7,000 worth of Lib-erty Bonds, and are also helping towin the present war by "Ilooverizing"with scrupulous care.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Frisbie and Mr.and Mrs. Ray Camp entertained aboutthirty friends at the formt en homelast evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs.Joe Lipjinski who are soon to leavetown. . The evening was spelt atrardx; interspersed with music and re-freshments formed an important partof the entertainment. Mrs. Grand-champ and Bert Hind captured theprizes.
LEDGER WANT ADS PULL
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR
WILL PUBLISH FOOD PRICES
Food Administration to Furnish List IVIMRS SCHMITZJ." of Wholesale and Retail
Prices.
Announcement has been madefrom the office of Alfred Atkinson,Federal Food Administrator for Mon-tana, that beginning soon wholesaleand retail prices on articles of foodwhich the government wishes to con-serve will be furnished w-eekly tonewspapers for publication so thatconsumers will be able to deterniinewhether or nbt they are being chargedcorrectly. The letter is as follows:"Beginning in a few days you will
be furnished weekly with a list ofwholesale prices (including trans-portation) and retail prices for yourcommunity on sugar, flour, corn meal,rolled oats, butter, ham, ,bacon, milk,rice and beans. These prices will beput in your hands by the local repre-sentatives of the Merchants' Dieisionof the Food Administration."Your readers will be interested in
an authoritative statement of theprices on these things. We believethat the publication will be to theadvantage of your advertisers, forabuses in the prices of these thingsare rare, and the publication of thefacts will tend to remove suspicionand restore confide-ice between thepublic and the merchants. It willalso aid the program of saving andsubstitution if the publication makesclear the fairness of the retail prices,and so it will help the National foodprogram."
MORE FARM LOAN MONEY
Members of Third Association Soonto Receive Favorable At-
tention.
Daring the past week the papersfor five members of the Central Sand-ers County Farm Loan Associationhave been received, insuring that themoney applied for will be availableas soon as.the mortgages and notesare properly signed and returned.For various reasons action on theseapplications has been delayed consid-erably, principally because of theflood of requests for loans that havebeen received by the Spokane bankduring the past few months. How-ever, from now on it is probable thatthe local members will be taken careof as promptly as technical matterscan be straightened out.This is the third Sanders county
association to be granted a. charter,the Whitepine and Perma peoplehaving nearly all received their mon-ey. The local association has alreadybeen notified that applications forabout $50,000 have been reported fa-vorably, and others that are pendingwill raise the total to several thous-and more.
CULLOM GOES TO HELENA
Will Work in Office of Fuel Admin-istration—Austin Appoint-
ed on Committee.
H. C. Cullom of Agler, left Tues-day morning for Helt la to take aposition in the office of the statefuel administrator. At the time hewas summoned he was not advised asto what capacity he would serve in,but -the present fuel situation makesthe duties of this department very im-portant and there will doubtless besufficient work to keep him busy.F. L. Atiatin was appointed to take
his place as a member of the countyfuel "'committee, the other two mem-bers being A. S. Ainsworth and G.W. Large.
SHORT SESSION OF BOARD
Transfer Money From Poor Fundto Road Fund and Retire
$12,000 in Bonds.
The board of county commissionersheld a brief session Saturday, J. R.Kruger and C. L. Maynard beingpresent, and voted to transfer $10,000from the poor fund to the road fund.It was also voted to retire bonds asfollows: Bridge, $8,000; road, $4,000;and Itlissoula. county sinking, $2,000.Reports of county officers were alsoexamined at this time.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the many friendsand especially Mrs. Arum Severson,for the assistance and sympathy givenduring the illness and death of ourmother,' Mrs. Emma Schmitz. Alsofor the beautiful floral offerings.
Mrs. Clarence Rich and FamilyMrs. 6. C. Williams and FamilyGeorge Fox and FamilyWilliam Fox and FamilyBert and Frank Pox.
A LEDGER WANT AD WILLFIND A BUYER FOR YOU.
LAID TO RESTPASSED AWAY AT HOSPITALMONDAY FROM EFFECTS
OF CANCER.
RESIDENT OF COUNTY 25 YEARS
Funeral Services Held at CatholicChurch in Charge of Father
Donohue Tuesday.
Mrs. Einma Schmitz, a resident ofThompson Falls and vicinity for thepast 25 years, passed away at St.Luke's hospital Monday morning, asthe result of cancer.The deceased was born at Milwau-
kee, Wis., 59 years ago and her earlylife was spent in that state. At theage of 19 she was united in marriageto Frank Fox and soon after thecouple came west and settled at IdahoFalls, Idaho. About three years laterthey came to Thompson Falls andthis has been her home since.Mr. Fox disappeared many years
ago and no trace of him was everfound. The widow was married laterto Leonard Schmitz who diethaboutthree years ago and was laid to restin the Thompson Falls cemetery.During her residence in this vicinityMrs. Schmitz lived most of the timeon Woodlin Flat, but part of the timemade her home in Thompson Falls.She was the mother of six chil-
dren, all of whom survive her. Theyare Mrs. Clarence Rich, Mrs. G. C.Williams of Belknap, George, Wil-liam, Bert and Frank Fox, all ofwhom are well known to local peo-ple. The funeral services were heldTuesday afternoon at the Catholicchurch, Father Donohue of Plains, of-ficiating, and interment was made inthe local cemetery by the side of herhusband.Mrs. Schmitz had a wide acquaint-
ance among the older settlers in thisneighborhood and had endeared her-self to her circle of friends by hermany fine qualities. Her passing issincerely mourned and sympathy forthe bereaved relatives is freely ex-pressed.
LEGAL ADVISORY BOARD MET
Attorneys Organize to Take Careof Those Who Must Fill Out
Questionaire.
The legal advisory board of Sand-ers county, which was appointed bythe governor to assist those who re-quire help in filling out the question-aire blanks, niet at the court housethis morning to organize and makeits arrangements.The following assistants were ap-
pointed: E. J. Mulick and Jas. A.Bauer,Perma; Ii. O. Bond, Thomp-son Falls; Louis Bauer, CamasPrairie; Nerus Hurt, Trout Creek;G. A. Williams, Dixon; F. A. Hal-vorson, Niarada; Walter T. Gutz,Hot Springs; Geo. H. Buck, Noxon;Adolph Schwindt, Heron; Fred Peeso,Camas, M. H. Mahoney, Sloan; N. R.Stevens, Oliver Gulch; I. R. Blaisdell,Plains; Mrs. Anna Whalen, White-pine.These with the members of the
board, who are H. J. Burleigh ofPlains, and A. S. Ainsworth and H.C. Schultz of Thompson Falls, areready to help without charge all whogpply to them ire connection with thequestionaire.
NEW MASONIC OFFICERS
Election and Installation of OfficersHeld Last Tuesday
Evening.
The Masonic lodge met Tuesdayevening for the election of their 1918officers, and the following werechosen to conduct the affairs duringthe coming year:John Miller, V. M.D. H. Near, S. W.T. A. Bruner, J. W.
, L. R. Barto, TreasurerC. T. Jefferson, SecretaryJohn Tracy, S. D.A. M. Johnson, J. D.S. E. litirlburt, S. S.Carl Stevens, J. S.W. E. Nippert, Tyler
, W. A. Barto, W. S. McCurdy andS. A. HurIburt, trustees.
Following the election, the nev,officers were duly installed, W. ABarto conducting the ceremonies inimpressive style, with C. IL Stevensas marshal.
