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(1liirnit 31 + _1r 1:11 goatees Historteal S_octety 21bgrir REACHES MORE SANDERS COUNTY M-.1ADERS THAN ANY OTHER PAPER THE SANDERS COUNTY LEDGER. VOLUME 14, NO. 42. MEETS DEATH WHILE SKATING ARMED BORJES, YOUTH OF FIFTEEN, DROWNDED IN CLARKS FORK RIVER SEARCH FOR BODY FOR FOUR DAYS WITHOUT SUCCESS Water one Hundred Feet Deep - Dynamite and'Drags Used to no Avail A very sad and distressing acci, 4ent happened last Sunday after, noon when a number of boys were skating at the upper end of the pond almost opposite the base ball park. Anted Bodes, fifteen year.; old, together with Buster Moser, Claudie Whitley and Wilby Frazier were skating on the river, Arned started toward the center of the river and was not able to dodge an open hole which he did not observe until too late. The boys were headed for home when some one suggested go- ing across the river. They dis- custed-jte topic a few minutes wheh Arned, not being able to in- duce any of .the other boys to go with him started out alone and when about half way across dropped into the open space, went down and was drowned. He called for help and tried to bring himself upon the ice but it kept breaking with him and when his strength gave out he sank and was never seen again. The other boys gave the alarm and every effort has been made to locate the body by use of dragging the river and with dynamite but on account of the extreme depth and a very rough bottom in the \-iver the search was abandoned Wednesday night af- ter four days of strenuous efforts. Arned came here about a year and a half ago with his widowed mother, and sister, to take advan- tage of Thompson Falls schools. He was a boy possesed of inborn re, fine-nent and manhood. He was in the eight grade and commanded re- spect and admiration of every one who knew him. In his life were many distinct characteristics, for in- stance prior to the entering of the war by the United States he was not opposed to the nickname \Dutch\ but upon the entry of the United States this custom was immediate, ly abandoned due to his own sug- gestions and to those of other. He was proud of being a naturalized 'citizen of the United States even tho of Gerrnah parantage. ..ven tho while young he remembered the travels with his mother, many ti-nes across seas and his expericences in South American Countries. His fa- ther was for many years German Consul and died before Arned was born. His mother, who now resides in Thompson Falls, was stewardess on the North German Lloyd line steamers following the death of her husband. The entire community extends .to the bereaved mother and sister a heart full of sympathy in this trying hour of unusual sorrow and suf, ferin g. POPULAR TEACHER WEDS At 2 o'clock p. m. December the 5th, at the home of her sister and brother -in law, Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Skulason, Miss Florence A. Johnson, one of our Hgih School teachers, was quitely married to Mr. Elmer F. Karpe, of Bakersfield, Cal. The groom wore the uniform of the United States ar-ny, tot which he belongs. The bride was married in a tastily braided dark gown of satin and wool, and travelled in a 'navy blue suit. The rooms were decorated with flags, bunting and red and white carnations.. Reverend Plutnnier officiated. AftFi•-• -• a hearty wedding dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Karpe left for Spokane and other points west on a short wedding trip, after which the bride will return here to finish the school year and Mr. Karpe. will report at his post The Indepeffdent Ledger join; with the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Karpe in Wishing them a happy and prosperous wedded life. RED CROSS FINANCES Zooeipt• Mrs. .Ainsworth 5.5( Howard Drake donation 1.01 . Len Smith donation 2.00 W. A. Darling sale of turkey 35.2 Dave Hope donation ........... 1.00 Fred Gets -tell denatoin .50 .1. F. Holcroft donation........._ 1.0( John Prouty donation 1.0C Mr and Mrs. E. C. Danis donation 2.00 ohrlst Hartman 7i1\ona 6.00 F. W. Walchli donation 1.00 0. C. Finkelnburg donation .38 Mrs. 0. K. Goodwin donation 2.00 W. E. lkippert donation 1.00 Mrs. Fred Mass center • 6.25 A. White bridle raffle . 176.00 Total $239.88 Drbursemmats Nor. 'Exp'ress Co. box to Plains $ .62 Charles Weber statement 2.56 Nor Express box to Plains .68 Thompscn Falls Power Co. lights 1.00 Mrs. 0. K. Goodwin nurse IV Al- iens 50.00 Plains Chapter membership 1.00 Total $ 63.75 Total each on hand last month $974.23 Cash receipts this month 239.08 Total $914.11 Less expenditures $ 63.75 Net cash on hand close November statement $850.35 Respectfully submitted. F. L. AUSTIN. Chairman. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS The U. S. Civil Service Commis- sion announces that the examina- tions for forest and field clerk and clerk with a knowledge' of stenog- raphy or typewriting have been post- ponded from. November 30, 1918, to December 7, 1918. For information concerning these examinations and an application. blank, apply to the Local Secretary, Board of Civil Service Examiners, at the Forest Service, Thompson Falls. TEACHERS MUST BE PAID The following s an opinion ren- dered by Attorne con- cerning the obliittal f school boards to pay teachers fosishe time their sehetols 'are eitise'cl' orreccouni of the influenza epidemic: \I am Of the opinion, that in case th'e agreement between the school trustees and teachers is silent upon the matter of payment of the salary of the teacher in case of the closing of the schools on account of the prevalence of a contagious or epi- dc-nic disease, and the schools are closed by order of the local or Co. health officers, because of an epi- demic of Spanish Influenza, and a teacher holds himself in readiness, at all times during which the schools are closed, to resume his duties at any time, such teacher is entitled to be paid the salary provided by con- tract during all of the time the schools are so closed.\ The following are some remarks on the subject by Miss Trumper, which she has asked to have made public: \In school districts where funds are so limited that the payment of full salary to teachers 'during the time schools have been closed will necessitate the shortening of the school year for the children, it seems to me highly advisable that teachers should be willing to make some com- promise with school boards where- by the school term would not be shortened. The payment of the living ex- penses, board and room, for teacher during the time school has been closed will prove satisfactory to most teachers who are really interested in the progress of their children, if it is an absolute fact that trustees have not the, money with which to continue the full term, if full salary has been paid while school has been closed. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness during the illness and bereavement of our loved one. Also for the comfort of the many beautiful floral offerings. G. R. PHILLIPS and CHILDREN Mr. and Mrs. B. B. BUNN Mr. and Mrs. R. ELDRIDGE Mr. and Mrs. C. I. WHITE BRYANT B. BUNN COMMUNITY FEED A SUCCESS The Community Feed at Tucsor, held in the school house on Thanks- giving day, was well attended and a very enjoyable time reported. This is an annual event with the people of Tuscor and yicinity and, aside front 'the goodly spirit manifested has many other good points. It per, - mitt the various ranchers and their THOMPSON FALLS, MONTANA.\ , IHISDAY, DECEMBER 5, '1918 AMERICA'S MERCANTILE FLEET GROWING FAST This is the kind of ships that is king used to bring the boys back home from across the ocean. Four -Minute Men Every chapter and branch' of the American Red Cross has or shoul ' e a - floizat SeiViee - Comirtit tee'. Its duties consist of doing anything for a soldier's family that will hi lp it over some emergency, difficulty or trial which it cannot quite handle alone. Advise, information, personal sympathy help, old-fashioned neigh- borliness a friend that never fail , : these are some of the things that Home Service means. • 'erviee is entering on even greater tope and responsibilities. It probe ably will be many a month before the last of our fighters is home. Meanwhile Home Service will stand by, just ag it has until now, and it Will stand by as long as there are poeple it can help. It is also going to help the Government agencies in caring for the men who are dis- abled, and in seeing that they get • For example, a grocer told a a just and fair opportunity to earn Home Service worker that one of a good Its ing, and that their fam- his customers, a pretty young Polish girl who was just married and Mice 'husband had been draW ed, seemed very sad and - Thaiondent The Home Service worker called on the new bride. She found that the girl had never learned to read or write, and her husband's letters were in a neat little pile on the parlor table still unopened. The }Ionic Ser- vice worker got another woman of Polish birth to teach the lonely young wife to read and write. The very first words she asked to be taught to write were, \I love you.\ Now that the war is won, Home ily gets along comfortably while the new vocation is being learned and tried mit, and life is' returning to the normal ways of peace. Honor the returning soldier by standing by hint while he is getting started again in his business and and work at home. Help his fano ily to stand by him; help the Red Cross and the Government to stand by him. Above all, help the Red Crass Home Service, the friend to every fighter's family, by working with it and for it and through it. H. A. ABERNETHY, Four- Minute Man wives to meet and to exchange idea; and to get better acquainted. All hands join in arranging the dinner after which the balance of the day is devoted to visiting among them- selves. Songs are sung, music fur- nished and a general good time en, joyed made possible only, perhaps after partaking bounteously of tur- key. In our opinion this would be a good custom foe many other coin- munities to copy. It is only carry, ing out on a larger scale that which is practiced in nearly every house- hold throughout the entire United States on Thanksgiving day and why not make it more of a communi- ty affair instead of confining it to Private family gatherings. You don't need art. invation to one of those community affairs, you don't need to doll up and you can eat a; t as much as you like of whatever you like. You don't need to feel that you have to stuff yourself on mashed potatoes just because they „tire passed or served to the extent that you have no room for the plum pudding when that course is served. Give the Community Thanksgiving idea more tthought firiends, next ,year when Thanksgiving rolls aa- round. Word was received in Thompson Falls, Titeisday stating that Mrs Julia Ainsworth of Fort Dodge had died at that place, Mrs. Ainsworth was the -nother a A. S. Ainsworth of this city and , ive extend him our sincere sympathy in his bereavement. DON'T FORGET TO SAVE YOUR LEAD FOIL, TIN FOIL AND OTHER SMALL COLLECTIONS OF THIS KIND. THE INDEPENDENT -ENTERPRISE, VOL. 3; NO, 30 LETTER FROM CHAS. HINER On Active Service with the American Expeditionary Forces Oct. 21 1918. Dear friend Darling: As I now have time to get some writing 'done I will take advantage of it. We have been on the front and there you have no time for anything but duck shells and bullets and go after Fritz. Anti you have got to be a good runner if you get close enough to him to do much work with your rifle. You very S14110111 have the chance to get hint with your bayonet. I had only two chance; that close and it while in a machine gun nest. It is sure a great old game and there are none who want to quit until he drops. g Our first trip up was an easy one and we did not get any Huns btit . the second was different. We had lots of fun. I stayed with it until dropped and had to be carried back on stretchers. I was wfunded on the 29th of Septernher and 1 ant now back in a hospital. I am getting along very nicely and hope to be out in a few weeks. In fact I don't think the. show is going to last longer than a month. But that is no reas,on for the people back home to drop their war' work. Especially the Red Coss. They are doing wonders over here and need alt the help they can get. So push the work along for them all the time. I saw in. the paper the other day that Henry Heiman had. died, but it did not say from what. We have been through some won- derful places over here, both in England and France. The parts we fought over had been a very fine farming country but now it is a trenches, dug -outs, and barbed wire entanglements. Most of the forests have been completely ruined by shell fire. And all the villages are nothing but rock piles.' . You can bet that $•Pritv - is prying gbcid and dear /6r his dirty work. 1 have got more notches on my gtin than there is days days in a week and am anxious for more since they got me. I have got to see only a few of the boys since cooling over here, and then, not to talk to. All the boys from Thompson that wcrc in with roe were all 0. K. when I left them at the Front. Sergeant Sacket Core poral Philo, and Pvt. Coontz. The Montana boys have all made a good showing. Some of them will be left over here. They will always be re- membered by the boys that fought with them as a body. We get all the tabacco we want, go without sweets lots of times. I can't think of any more news so will close hoping this finds every- body in Thompson in good health and also hoping to see you by fishing time. One of the many sources of rev- enue and benefit coming to the Red Cross through its efforts of educat- ing the people to save, is that of lead products collections. ' • Save your small particles of lead and tin foil, tooth paste tubes, mu- cilage tubes and so forth and give them to. the Red Criss. A box for this collectlun has been placed in the window of the Thcimpson State bank, where there collections can be deposited. It only requires a small effort on your part to save these articles and their total even In a small town gradually grows to be- come something worth while. The collection will be taken charge of by the local Red roes board and the benefit to the JRed Cross will be a matter of gratification , which will sur- prise you. This plan has been pun- , sued by a great many people for someAlme and affords • good op - portunity for the boys and girls es- pecially to help. Don't be careless because the war has ended, for the work of the Red Cross has hardly bqgun and a wide field for its work Is just ahead. Yours turly, Sergeant Chas. A. HINER PLAINS CORRESPONDENCE Bert Dolson, of Cotton Creek was a Plains visitor Tuesday. Ed. Daniels, of Paradist, was. a Plains visitor Tuesday. Jerry Sullivan, of Camas Prairie, was in town Saturday. D. S. McLeod made a business trip to Olieter Gulch Thursday. The Plains Red Cross room is a busy scene these days since they are packing their Dec. allottments: Mary Worm,came in Sunday after- noon and will remain a few days to attend to some business matters. Messers Peeso and Davis, of Hot Springs were transacting business in town Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. 1 1 4 ed Reeso and daughter, Janette , Were visiting friends at Plains Sunday. 0. N. Uniholtz, of Hot Springs, was in town Tuesday looking after C. C. C. Lynn and wife are the par- ents of a 10'sc pound baby daughter born Sunday Dec. 1st. Mrs. Bernie Reeder of Whitepine is spending this week with her aunt Mrs. C. S. Pyatt. (;. C. Martin, of Miles City, ar- rived home Monday for a visit with his family who reside in Plains. F. M. Lewellin who has been con- fined to his home by an attack of Li grippe is improving. Asa Hammonds, of Hot Springs, was attending to business matters in town Tuesday and Wednesday FARM BUREAU FOR 1919 FRANK M. HILLMAN, COUNTY AGENT, PLANNING WORK FOR NEXT YEAR COUNTY WIDE MEETING IN PLAINS JANUARY 22nd. 1919 • Specialists From Rozzman will be on Hand to Stage play at Meeting This week County Agent Hill- man met with the Farm Bureau Cont' mittees at Niarada, Lonepine, Oliv- er Garai, Flower School and Camas Prairie to make plans for the farm bureau campaign which is to take place tine first part of January. The object of the campaign is to reorganize the Farm Bureau and make plans for the work that this organization is to undertake during the year 1919. afeetIngs are to be held in each community where there is a farm bureau conimittea. • The County A- gent and others will explain the farm bureau work and every member pres- ent will have a voice in making up the farm bureau program for next year. If the influenza does not prevent the first of these community meet- ings will be held at Lonepine New Years Day. The other meetings will follow soon, afterwards and the schedule for them will be announced as soon as it is completed. \ According to the present plans the County wide farm hureati fleeting will be held at Plains Jan. 22. Sev- eral of the specalists from Bozeman will be there to help the farm bureau committees make their plans for the coming year. One of the big fea- tures of this meeting is the play called the \Long Trail\ which will be put on by' the people from Bozeman. Dr. C. B. Lebcher returned to Plains from hot Springs Wednesday where he had been visiting Ed. La- moureaux. Mrs. Victor French and children visited at the Camp Sunday with her husband. Paradise was the first Red Cross branch in the. County to send in their full allottinent Paradise is al- ways up and doing their bit. Arnold Kruger is expected home Wednesday from Bozeman where lie has been attending the Agricultural College. The college has closed until after the Holidays. G. H. Rittenour R., A. Ruenauer, Frank Royer and Joe Boyer arrived home Friday evening from a hun- ting trip with their limit of deer. Mrs. Kate Kettlewell and daughter Mrs. Rtienatier returned from Mis- soula Monday where they had been visiting with friends. Clarence Simpson, Bobbie Graves an Herbert Bradshaw accompanied Harry Borjes to Thompson Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stockton re- turned to their home at Greenacres Wash. s al ondaSt after spending a few days with Mn. and Mrs. Ralph Sutcliff. Dave Clark, the popular butcher for the McGowan Co -n1 Co., is con- fined to his home the past few days with the grippe. Henry Stanton is faxing his place. Word has been received that Jen- Me Maness who resided in l'iains was married to Thos. McVickers of Missoula. They will reside in Mis- soula. Henry Borges who is employ - at Russels mill was called to Thom- pson Falls Sunday afternoon by the death of his brother Arned Borjes who drowned. Mrs. Robert Graves received a let- ter from her son,. Dick Granvelle, who is with the 20th Engineers in France saying he has been appoint- ed Lieutenant. Dick is to he con- ratulated upon his promotion. (Continucd on Pate 2)
