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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.