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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-12-19
CANVAS PRAIRIE APPLES, ! ACTUAL SIZE

that land in it's natural state will.
Blue grass and white clover take
kindly to this soil and climate,
and are soon established, but per-
rennial ryegrass produces more
bulk than bluegrass.
Other grasses have been sowed
and only need the opportunity to
do we'll. 1t is question of Sc
lecting the most suitable varieties
for maximum profit.
CORN
Has hitherto not been much grown;
it natures easily on the lower alti-
tudes of the county and occasion
ally on parts of the Prairie there
has been no necessity for it as
green food, so far, but with the
advent of diaries and home bred
pedigree cattle and hogs there is
nothing grown equal to it for use
fulness and profit for those pur-
poses. In q small way it is grown
as green to keep up the milk sup
ply. Commence to use it in An
gust when grasses dry up and
seed, by sowing thickly a large
leafy variety Of sweet corn, al
Stowelps evergreen-an enormous
quantity Of food can be produced
per acre; it is usually 6 feet higf
BY last week in August and has
the advantage over field corn II
that stock eats the stalks entirel,
down to the roots; with field corr
they reject the stalks.
VEGETABLES
Sugar beets and mangels do well
the beets contain q high per cen
of saccharine matter, but are no
, nsed except in q very small wa,
for cattle and hogs. The sam
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-12-19

when in it's second bloom, punched
together as rapidly rs possible and
cured in shock when it comes out
of stack q beautiful green color
and is greeaily eaten by all stock.
Timothy fields after being cut
for hay several years deteriorate
in quantity to quality Of hay; the
custom in that case is, in early
spring while the ground is wet to
cut over, two ways, with q disc
harrow, then the timothy takes q
new lease of life and is very luxu-
RANT. In some cases simply har-
rowing with common harrow is
of great benefit, but the disc makes
a lasting impression.
Glover and alfalfa grow freely
and produce heavy crOps-on the
river bottoms alfalfa is cut two or
three times in q season-clovers
on the Prairie where sown are
profitable, the red clover for hay,
and white clover and alsike clover
for pasturing. A mixture Of blue
grass, perennial ryegrass and
alsike clover in small field near
Grangeville produces enormously
as pasture has seeds. Clover is
usually sown in spring without any
grain crop and grows very rapidly
the method Of seeding with a grain
crop ia not so successful. On
the heavier stiff clay district on
the Prairie, timothy is the crop; il
does as we'll as on the more loan
ing soils.
! Smooth bronze grass is gOoG
grass for this climate aud soil, anc
/ in the few instances where tried is
a remarkable success. Orchard
grass is another grass that doe
we'll and is very successful in thi'
district. Red top is easily estab
lished on this soil, hut SO far very
little attempt has been made to SOW
grasses for pasture except in
small way and as experiment. Nov
that the open ground is being rap
idly fenced in, it is question
whether the farmer will not b.
compelled in self defence to SOW
pasture on his farm, the natura
grass with little timothy an(
weeds when fenced does not carr!
much stock. but a iudicious mix
ture of grasses and clovers whel
we'll treated will easily carry tw'
or three times the amount of stool
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-12-19
ORDERS
CranseVille a Town Of Many Flourish.
Ing Lodges.
Some of them Were Instituted In
the Pioneer Days.

Grangevile has as large a mum.
Der of fraternal lodges as any city
of it's size in Idaho. The principal
orders are all represented by local
organizations and most of them are
in a prosperous growing condition.
These fraternal orders add much to
the social life and enjoyment of the
city, and their beneficial influences
may be seen on every hand.
Two orders have their own build
ings, the Masons whose splendid
brick temple was erected at the
cost of $4,000 and the Odd Fellows
with their large frame building,
the lower floor of which is mod
ern opera house with a seating ca
pacity of 400.
MT. IDAHO LODGE NO. ..
A. F. & A. M. was organized in
Mt. Idaho in 1874, F. B. King
being the first w. NJ, and l.. P.
Brown the first secretary. After
Grangeville became the metropolis
of the county the lodge was moved
to this city. Meetings are held on
the Saturday on or before the full
moon of each month. The lodge
has been prosperous from the start
and now has membership OF 20
with the following officers: Geo.
d. Smith, w. NJ; John Norwood,
Sr. W.; f. r. Cawley, Jr. W.;
E. London, Secy.; E. w. Oliver,
Treas.
MOUNTAIN QUEEN CHAPTER NO. IL,
O. E. S. is the ladies' branch of the
Masonic order and was instituted
in this city in December 1895, with
Mrs. Della Auchinvole as w. M.
A. w. darlington, w P; Mrs.
Addie Bibby, A. NJ; Miss Alen'
Green. Secy. The order has grown
to the present time when it now
has As members. The present
officers are: Mrs. Annie Cone, w
NJ; H. Arbogast, w. p; Mrs
: Addie Bibby, A. NJ; Mrs. Laurs
; Mitchell, Secy. Meetings are helt
J on Friday night before full moor
? of each month at the Masonic hall
!, MT. IDAHO LODGE, NO. Z,
q 1. o. o. F., was instituted May s
' 1880, with six members, but lik
|. the Masonic lodge was afterwart
q moved to Grangeville. The,
q have membership Of AZ and NEE
: in their own hall on Saturday nigh
i of each week. The officers are
d. NJ. Story, N. g.; P. Brooke
nour, V. g.; VIM. Ingram, 4
:. Secy.; ]. A. Hanson, Per. Secy.
! r. II. Amber, Treas.
n CANVAS PRAIRIE ENcAMPMENT NO. IL
n Was instituted Feb. 8, 1893, wit
= Geo. K. Reed, G. p; Levi Magee
ylS. W.; T. w. NIGEL, II. p; w. f.
d Graham, Scribe; g. A. Bonebrakt
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-12-19

DIS of prices
the French
hole Boards
Ronance|
liable Liner
b, or a Fine
and Linen
Its easily
select them
ed crank
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construction. Graham made his first
trip on the afternoon OF Sunday. July II,
1856. going way to Lewiston. the trip &C
cupyiRg about thirty-fvc minutes Gra-
ham rode In a barrel weighted at the bot
tom. The height of the barrel was such
that he could stand nearly upright In IL.
and the top was OF larger diameter
than the bottom. On Thursday, August
10, 1856, Graham made a second trip, go
ing as far as the whirlpool. In this trip
his head protruded through the top OF
the barrel throughout the entire trip He
made a third trip June IS 1887. and On
August rs. 1889. he made a fourth trip.
using a barrel OF much smaller size and
going way through to Lewiston. Graham
Will be remembered as never having dis
appointed gathering. His nerve never
failed him.
Copying somewhat the idea that Gra-
ham mad developed 80 successfully George
HasletI and William Potts OF Bunaio
made trip through the rapids In bar
rel said TO be of their own construction
they used more closely resembled the IA
miliar type Of barrel, having no unusual
features of form.
Two weeks after Hasiett and Potts had
made a trip there appeared at Niagara
a Boston policeman named w. j. Kendall.
The date was August ~, 1886; IMAM
Dounced. Kendall went through the rapids
to the whirlpool protected by only cork
life preserver. All previous trips had been
announced but Kendall slipped through
with only few spectators, accidentally
on the cliffs or bridges. TO bear witness.
For this reason some have felt that the
trip was never made, but men OF integ-
rity are known who witnessed the per-
fOrmance.
In the same barrel that was used by
,lIaslett and Potts Miss Sadie Allen and
George Haslett made u trip through the
rapids on November 2S, 1886. Miss Allen
was the only woman who had ever made
the journey through the Niagara gorge.
Next, on August rs, 1887, Charles Alex
ander Percy OF Niagara Falls made sue
cessful trip through the rapids to the
whirlpool In a boat or his own construc-
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don, as was the intention. Coaches left
buffalo on the afternoon of the 7th OF
September to accommodate the crowds,
and all the Niagara hotels were full OF
guests.
Among the crowd drawn to the falls by
this incident was Sam Patch, a man who
had won fame at Pawtucket Falls and
other Eastern points as a high jumper
He erected platform at the waters
edge of the debris slope. just north OF
the Biddle Stairs. and from this platform
leaped into the river, the height or the
jump being about ninety feet. Patch was
considered a wonder, but shortly after
his Niagara experience he lest his life
in leap from the Genesee Falls In
Rochester.
One Of the most daring feats ever per-
formed at Niagara Falls was that OF Joel
Robinson and his two associates. Macin-
tyre and Jones, on June s, 1861. when they
voyaged through the whirlpool rapids In
the steamer Maid OF the Mist. The boat
was libeled and mortgaged TO such an ex-
tent that the waters of the Niagara were
too warm for her and Robinson agreed TO
deliver her at Canadian lake port. On
the afternoon of the day mentioned. to
the surprise OF all who saw the boat. In
stead of heading over her usual course up
the river, her bow was directed right IN
10 the rapids, with the waves OF which
she was soon battling. IL was the first
trip of the kind ever made, but under
a fail head OF steam she made the trip
in safety. the stack being swept away In
the seethiDg waters. Robinson was born
in Springfield, Mass. lie died In 1868.
If any man deserves the title OF Hero
OF the whirlpool Rapids II Is Carlisle
ID. Graham. a Philadelphia cooper. who.
despite Webb's death, Travelled TO Niagara,
determined TO show the world that he had
confidence that he could go through the
rapids and live as we'll as being willing
10 risk his life In a barrel OF his own
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ton. This led Robert William Flack of
Syracuse to travel TO Niagara To demon
stfate the merits of boat he had built.
Percy and Flack signed articles of agree
ment Tor race through the rapids, but
RACK was FIRST to show II his craft was
eaworthy. On the afternoon OF July T.
1913, Flack made this trip and he went
down to death. Flack's boat was a
ciinker pattern. In the trip through the
rapids II cap.ized three times. but Flack
remained In the boat because he waA.held
there by a harness rigging about his
body. 1t was a frightful spectacle, this
Trip OF Flack's. and was witnessed by
thousands OF people. The last time the
at the entrance to the whirlpool. High In
the air the boat tossed II stood on end
Tor an Instant and then II toppled over on
boat capsized II fioated about the pool up
side down for an hour or more until cap
tured on the Canadian side. Fiack was
found hanging dead by the straps he had
placed there to aid him to save his life.
On July 3. 1900 Peter Nissen, also known
as "Bowser. appeared at the falls and
the rapids. Nissen was a bookkeeper and
the boat In which he made the trip was
built after his own ideas. In length the
boat was 20 feet. II had beam OF 6 feet
over, with the exception of "a small cock
pit In the center There were two air
compartments In the front and In the rear
and one on each side OF the cockpit TO
the keel OF the boat proper hung an irt.l
keel weighing 1850 pounds. IL was after
4 o'clock when Nissen and his boat came
out of an eddy In tow OF rowboat. After
being set adrift he got caught In an eddy
just above the rapids and had To be
o'clock before he was In the rapids. His
craft rode the waves magniicently IL
was a glorious sight, quite In contrast
with the spectacle presented by tlack and
his light craft Never once dld Nissen's
boat capsize, for all II was wave-washed
frequently. After reaching the whirlpool
Nissen and his boat noated about until
captured, when Nissen landed. Nissea
was from Chicago.
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.*x&

NHE recent remarkable feat of Mrs.
Anna E. Taylor in going over the
Horseshoe Falls of Niagara In u
barrel recalls other thrilling ex--
i per;enees am performances at Nj
agara. The Indian legend connected with
Niagara asserts that the Indians who
dwelt in that vicinity worshiped the
Great Spirit of the Falls. their worship
eliminating annually in the sacrifice OF
the fairest maiden of the tribe to the
Great Spirit of Niagara. laden with fruit
and flowers. Since then many lives have
been sacrificed, voluntarily or involun-
Iarily. in the mighty current, and many
deeds of daring attempted and performed
there for the sake OF notoriety or money
The following instances OF this kind are
taken from 1.-The Niagara Book" by W.
ID. Howelis. Mark Twain Professor Ma
thanicl 8. Shaler and others. collected
in a chapter entitled Dramatic Incl
dents" written by Orrin Il. Dunlop
During the final twenty years of the
last century, say Mr.. Dunlop. the ef-
:orts TO attain notoricty through somc
Niagara feat were perhaps more fire.
quent that ever before. but as far back
as 1877 Niagara was recognized as an
ideal place where great crowds might be
assembled by thrilling incidents. About
The first feature OF this character was the
sending OF the pirate Michigan over ths
falls On the afternoon Of September y
1891. This vessel was at the time one OF
the largest Of her class. but had been
condemned by her owners as UNFIT TO
longer sail the lakes. Dressed as a pirate
she was loaded with wild and tame ami
mails, and with crew In eflgy was
towed to the foot of Navy Island and
set adrift. She was caught by the cur
rent and hurled through the upper rapids
and over the Horseshoe Falls IL waa
never recorded that any Of the animals
were recaptufed Ia be sent 10 the muse
0ms In New YorA, Montreal and Lon
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are many students with fair endowment
of logic. with we'll trained thinking pow
ers-women who study, investigate. rea-
son, accept. reject. and both frore solid
grounds; but by far the larger numbers
are satisfied with the logic of experience.
and they are possibly too ready to begin
with faith in somebody else's experience
while cropping toward their own. Not
every woman will admit that she has
eaten and has not been filled; we know
it when she does not think 1t worth
while to gather up the fragments. Not
every woman will admit that something
may be wrong with her own spiritual
power of assimilation, but every woman
will listen when another tells her OF
new light that has scattered her shad-
ows. new strength that has answered
her lengings-even though this means a
new system of theology. a new theory of
salvation or n new conception of God.
This natural dual desire in woman. first.
to give herself. her love, her allegiance.
her service. and, second, to find some
thing great enough and good enough to
claim all she has to bestow. accounts,
not for ali. but for much of her reckless
following after new teachers of what
seem to her new truths. She accepts on
faith the experience. mental and bodily.
of others For her there Is no argument
like Whereas I was blind, now I see"
To this faith. unm.ndful that 1t Is on the
wrong basis. according to Scripture. she
adds virtue: that is, che practices obe-
diently what she has been taught, lets
her soul he lighted by the torch OF asso-
citation, Is drawn by the ccrd of common
sympathy. She strives to add to her vir-
tue knowledge. but sees no reason to walt
for 1t before adopting new ideas or shap-
ing her life by new ideals. That both
ideas and ideals often have no founda-
ton of facts Is not detected In the en-
thusiasm that sweeps the soul into a new
world. And so 1t is that from the ranks
OF Gods noblest women. not all, but
many converts to the new movements are
wen. To enthusiasm absurdities have u
fascination and the more impossible
things look to the calm eye Of reason the
more enticing are they to the glowing eye
of a fanaticism that mistakes itself for
the ucl.fted eye of faith. To such en-
thusiasm scientific method is as distas;e-
full as 1t Is iucomprehensibie. 1t gathers
few data that. bulwarked by a hundred
others. would have a genuine value. II
observes a few phenomena that. supported
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prove only useless bundles of straw. One
straw shows the way of the wind: q
bundle may show the drift of united cur
rents of sympathy. sentiment or convic-
tion. II these are valueiess. then it is
only a question of time when the fire
caught. remember, from the woman and
not from the fad-becomes a consuming
fire. ALen the whole thing goes up in
smoke, tainting the pure air for a little,
but swept away soon or late by that
wind whose silent coming and going We
do not always hear, but that ''bloweth
where it listeth," and always to make the
foul air pure.
1t would be foolish to deny that ex-
treme phases of religious teaching have
always found many devoted followers
among women. In every abnormal move
ment they not only outnumber men but
outrank them in advocacy and outdo
them in sacrifice for whatever cause has
won their allegiance. But. admitting the
fact of woman's greater devotion is not
necessarily an admission of her greater
weakness and credulity. The very quail
ties which make women victims and de-
Tenders alike of new and unpopular ideas
make them also faithful wives to un-
lucky men. devoted mothers to ailing chill
dren and loyal supporters of unfortunate
friends. A good woman's hunger to give
her best to the best she knows keeps her
ever on the alert for something better
than she has yet discovered. Her dis
content with much OIL her religious teach
ing is not always unworthy; indeed. 1t Is
sometimes a divine discomfort. III she
fails to- enjoy the mild essays too fire.
quently offered in the guise of instruction
AMI admcnitien. she may not openly re-
bel at her portion of spiritual food: she
may even blame herself for her lack of
assimilation. yet she knows perfectly well
she is or is not strengthened by the diet
prepared for her soul. But however con-
scious she may be of her unsatisfied hun
ger, the good woman Is rarely iconocias-
tic: she is usually glad if the religious
instruction proves the bread of life to
other souls. For herself, IL she Is honest
hearted and truly hungers and thlrsts at
ter righteousness, she is surely going to
take a nibble and a sip at whatever
seems to promise fullness for the empti-
ness of her aching heart and brain. Es-
pecially is she going to taste for herself
the bread and the cup which some other
woman tells Eer she has found sufficient
for her own need. Among women there
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wo~E-

by hundred more. might prove the ope-
ration of some undiscovered spiritual law.
or themselves, data and phenomena are
proofs of nothing, are merely hints and
suggestions of possible truths-straws
indicate the way of the wind Yet on
such foundations as this whole system are
reared that claim not only to regencrate
and revivify mankind, but to reveal and
interpret the innermost thoughts of God.
But while deprecating this method, or
lack of method. let us not be supposed
to think that II pertains to women
alone. There are temperamental charac-
teristics common to both men and
women. We only claim that the ranks
OF new religionists of every sort are
largely filled by those who are asking In
all seriousness for the fish and the bread,
but whose eagerness makes them swal-
low things as sinuous and deceitful as SER
pents and as barren OF nutriment as
stones.
Speaking of this question some one
claims for women a more profoundly re-
ligious nature tnan belongs to the other .
sex. t#
We fail to find evidence OF this. but on
the other hand abundant ptOot tnat tuo
religious instinct or impulse In men. once
having found it's rest and center In God.
stays by him and accepts what IL gets In
the way of nurture through the estab-
lished channels of his church. good
old Christian. perplexed by the Higher
Criticism, said, "I'll keep my old Bbie
just az 1t Is: 1t Is good enough for me-.
And Christian men generally find the re-
iigious ministrations to which they are
accustomed good enough for them. They
have settled the religious business once
for all. They know they can rely upon
the divine fu!fillment OF the promises OF
God. They gos on, perhaps without
ecstasy but at least with Christian prin-
cipie. Their lives are fulleof vital trans
actions and achievements. They have lit
tie time and no use for fads of any sort.
and for religious fads no time use at
all. just as religion Is served out through
established channels II Is good enough"
for them. No vague longing. no hunger
Of heart no watching like souls awake
in the early twilight for the comirg OF i
fuller day.
IS It best that way? Who knows,
There's something lost and somcthin.;
gained. We do not Judge. We only know
that because women cannot always fnI
the 'oid things good enough for them
1ncy plunge quite too often into some
thing Infinitely worse
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~ ONE one questions IL women are
@ more given to religious deluslons
r j or "fads" than men. and IL so,
why? An old definition of the word
fad" Is "a bundle of straw" Not
a very dangerous thing. unless. indeed, u
spark fall upon 1t from something already
ablaze. III the blazing thing be woman's
opinion, woman's conviction. we'll
founded or unfounded. even a fad becomes
torch that leads or misleads, scintillates
or radiates. dazzles. scorches, smirch.s- or
warns. so long as the glowing thing may
be made to seem something other and of
more value than straws
The French language gives TO our va
rious hobbies and whims, our insirid fid-
dlefaddle ideas and fancies, the name
"fadaise." In Macaulay's life and letters
We find the great writer declaring his
sympathy with jeffrey in his contempt
for the fadaise of the bluestocking litera-
ture." Notwithstanding these notes of
contempt from over the sea our own die
tionary exalts the word to place of some
dignity when it admits that a fad may be
more than "a trivial matter pursued with
portant matter imperfectly understood,
often urged with more zeal than senser
Now since the imperfect understanding
and the jealous. senseless pusuit do not
belong to the fad at all. but to the per-
son espousing it, we have sifted ont of
the various definitions the fact that a fad,
however understood or misunderstood,
however unwjseiy defended, may be IAN
important thing" If. then, our ques-
toner had asked. '.Are women less keen
in discriminating between the important
and the unimportant than are men?"
1t might be dif1cult to say. But our ques-
ton is, Are women more given to reli-
gious delusions than men?" and to this
query no careful observer of the various
religious movements that have claimed
recent attention in our own and other
countries can hesitate to answer Yes"
along the procession of believers in every
great ism and 'Ology and 'osophy under
the sun, from those who gave heed to the
utterances hat crept from under the
pokebonnet of the early Shaker Ann to
those who hung on the words of wisdom
issuing from the yellow turbaned monks
of the Orient, to know that the long
ranks are largely feminine not in num-
bers Only but in loyalty and in zeal. Sad
enough this fact IL the fads they espouse
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ONE one questions IL women are
N more given ito religious delusions
T or "fads" than men. and il so,
why? An old definition of the word
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NHE recent remarkable feat OF Mrs.
Anna F. Taylor in going over the
Horseshoe Falls of Niagara In u
barrel recalls other thrilling ex--