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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-17
MAIL CARRIERS EXEMPT
FROM SUNDAY SERVICE
Order Contemplated Excusing
Them From Attendance at
Delivery Windows.

Postmaster Merritt is said to have
about made UP his mind to ask the
Postmaster General for authority to issue
the order suspending the carrier delivery
OF mails Sundays at the main office and
citation delivery windows. While he
would not definitely state this when The
Star reporter called on him today. he in
dicatcd very clearly his belief that the
of such move. He said since the sub
iect had been placed before the public
he had not received a single protest or
anything savorins of an objection.
Favored by Organizations.
A number Of public bodies, he said
have passed resolutions in favor OF giving
the hard worked letter carriers one days
rest in seven, and this action has been
supplemented by hundreds of letters from
individuals. including many. prominent
business men, all urging that the carriers
be excused from delivering mail Sundays
MIR. Merritt said if the order were issued
1t would not interfere with the delivery
OF the mail at the general delivery win
dows. which arc never closed. night or
day, nor with the special delivery service.
which is In operation sixteen hours dur
ing the day. The mail will n:ill be
placed in the post Office boxes as usual
for those who care to call for 1t.
But One Change Made.
The only change would be that the let
ter carriers would not be required to
come to the Office or it's stations to de-
liver mail to patrons OH their routes who
call for it Sunday morning. The carriers
themselves have been active agents in
securing the Endorsement Of the citizens
to the move. and the officials of the de-
partment, including Postmaster General
Hitchcock and first assistant Postmaster
General Grandfie.d. are said to favor
giving the carriers a Sunday rest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-17
CECoual Procedure Followed.

a u" ms ctin:s OIL a committee To consider
resolutions introduced just twcaty-fouI
hours previously is extremely unusual.
In this case the friends o. reciprocity
thought ir wise to sit down hard on the
Ecnnct resolutions at the carlios: Isossi-
ble opportunity.
Soon after the Bonnet resolutions
were dropped in the basket yesterday
afternoon, Representative Tawncy,
chairman OF the House appropriations
committee. sought Chairman Foster of
the foreign affairs committee and sug-
Eested the advisability of d meeting of
that committee today To report ad-
yersely on the resolutions. and thereby
forestall any possibility OF Mr.. Bennet's
action being taken seriously in Great
Britain or the Dominion of Canada. or
beng used as an argument by those in
the two countries mentioned who are
unfricndly to the reciprocal trade
agreement now pending. Mr. Tawney
also suggested that Secretary Knox be
called before the committee.
White House Conference.
President Taft called Mr.. Foster and
requested him to call his committee to-
gether and take an carly vote OH the
resolution. 1t was decided that the
committee should meet at ii o'clock
tins morning, and the President was
assured that there was no doubt the
committee would adversely dispose Of
the resolutions by an overwhelming
vote. IL was decided that the presence
of Secretary Knox at the meeting was
not necessary.
Agitation in England.
LONDON. February 17.-Whether, Is
suspected III some quarters, Represent
ative Bennett OF New York had no more
sinister motive than to embarrass the
reciprocity forces in his own country,
there is no room for doubt that his Cana
dian annexation resolution introduced in
the House of Representatives yesterday
has greatly disturbed certain minds on
this side of the Atlantic.
So seriously is the matter taken by the
imperial preference party that it will be
made subject OF Interpolation of the
government in the house of commons
February 81. Premier Asquith will be
asked at that time IL he intends to send
any communication on the subject to the
United States government.
The furry caused by Representative
Champ Clark's declaration that he hoped
10 see the day when the American flag
would float over the British North
American possessions had scarcely passed
when the cables brought Mr.. Bennet's
resolution asking the President to enter
upon such negotiations with the British
government as he might deem cXpedient
for the annexation of the Dominion of
Canada to the United States.
Not Seriously Taken by Liberals.
At once the dying agitation in opposi-
tion to the United States-Canada reci-
procity agreement was revived. The lib
eral press refused to take either the
speech of the future Speaker OF the
House or Mr.. Bennet's resolution seri-
ously. but a portion of the tariff reform
press is making the most of both for
their own uses
Among the liberals there is a disposi-
ton TO view both moves from the stand
point of partisan or factional expediency,
while there are not few who think that
the representatives are having q bit of fun
at the expense of their British cousins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-17
WEATHER.

Unsettled weather; probably
rain tonight or Saturday; warm-
er tonight. Moderate winds.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-06-08
Butter Would Make Fortunes
Farmers On Richied Tract Waking Up to Wonderful
Dairy Possibilities of This Secton---Eggs, Too,
Look Like Banking Material.

west, has produced so little butter.
1t comes to Idaho literally by the
trainload, from almost every point
of the compass, and golden stream
of coin goes to pay for it. Even
with all the rapid agricultural de-
velopment of southern Idaho, not
enough butter is produced in any
of these strictly farm sections to
feed the home county.
Eggs. too are still all too scarce
in southern Idaho; they come in to
the state from almost every cross
roads store OF other states, and the
home crop is not nearly sufficient
to meet the demand for fresh eggs.
Several more eggs are being produce
ed every week, on tn Richfield tract.
than were being marketed a year
age but manysre shipped IN even
during the flush egg season. The
local market would care for several
thousand dollars worth of eggs
year, more than are produced here.
Some one is letting competcnce
go by the board. that could be se-
cured without much labor or cost.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-06-08

While there is still consider
able quantity of butter shipped in
to Richfield, there is enough of 1t
now being made here at home to be
an important item on a good many
farms. Theree are some excellent
COWS on the tract. good enough to
go into any dairy, and the golden
butter that is being produced would
make even an Elgin creamery man
wonder If he hadn't better get out
his old rabbits foot for luck. It
this is first class dairy country,
that another year or two should
see a great development of the dali
ry industry Enough alfalfa is be-
ing put in this year to insure the
right kind of feed Alfalfa is all
most a complete food for the dali
rv---apd@ nothing eiseMdoes sa11weii /
here as alfalfa The whole country
will be set to alfalfa by the time
enough dairy COWS can be brought
in or raised the tranct
1t has been quite remarkable
fact. that Idaho, one Of the best
dairy countries in the whole
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-06-08

There are mighty few people who
now or ever did live here, but can
tell you all about the weather; how
cold, or hot, or dusty, or snowy, or
what a tremendous rain that was
the night he got caught out in it,
in fact about all the weather gossip
there is.
Yet, in spite of all these unoffi-
cial weather reports, the tabulated
statement Just issued by H. c..
Diesem, voluntary observer for the
Richfield station. will have a GER
tain interest for those who trust to
the written and printed word
Idaho is still sunshiny state,
all reports to the contrary notwith-
standing. The report for the year
beginning June /. 1910. and ending
June 1. 1911. shows 226 brilliantly
sunshiny days, without enough of a
cloud to serge as a model. There
were 81 other days partly cloudy,
OH ulNH Tic "
days are classed as cloudy.
There were II days with enough
rain or snow to register O.O1 of an
inch, or more The heaviest pre-
cjpitation was on November 23,
when .73 of an inch of rain fell.
May Is, three weeks ago, was only
a little less, with 10. No record
has been made of the dryest day;
there were several so narly alike, it
has been hard to tell them apart.
Last June might fairly be called
a dry month, for only 0.02 of an
inch of rain fell. July was quite
inch of rain fell Five times as much
fell in July---.1 of an inch. August
showed only trace, or less than
DOL of an inch. January was the
real flood time, when 3S3 fell---al-
most 200 times as much as there
was in June; almost as much in a
whole month as one good rain back
East. The total Drecipitation. reduc-
ing the snow to water and measur-
ing it exactly, was 1858 inches, 1t
has usually been assumed that the
annual precipitation here is about
15 inches; this first accurate report
shows it to be considerably less.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-06-08
BIG JOB FOR GOOD MAN.
DIR. Balsinger VIII Care For all Gem
traI Idaho Road Builders.

DR.. w. E. Balsinger has been Civ
en- the contract for all the medical
attendance for the construction con-
tractors on the Central Idaho rail-
road out of Richfield. 1t promises
to be a busy season flor even an
active. capable man like him, for it
is expected that there will be sew
eral thousand men at work on the
line geefore the season closes. A
good number or accidents will be in
evitable. and there is enough ground
to cover to make it strenuous sea-
son. 1t is nice tribute to the Doc
tors credentials and professional
standing, to secure so important a
contract.
Mrs. T. B. Brush entertained the
Ladies' Aid society, Wednesday aft
ernoon.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-06-08
Bellevue Gold Strike
800 Ore In Sight, and a Stampede In
Progress In the Old Town.

What is believed to be a real bon
anZa gold discovery was made re-
Gently at Bellevue. 1t promises to
restore the Wood River mining dis
trict to the map of profitable min
ing districts, after that section had
been dormat for many years.
The first discovery was made by
T. R. Roark, who found ledge Of
town limits, and sent samples to
Chicago to be assayed. The re-
turns surpassed the most hopeful ex-
peectations, running close to 500
a ton, mostly in gold. A stampede
followed Therea re three quite
well defined ledges which have been
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-06-08

First YearlyReport of Weather Bureau
Shows Richfeld Weather to be
Beyond Reproach.

Perhaps some may consider It a
dangerous fact to make public, but
without the mercury dropping be-
low 80 degrees, the freezing point.
The lowest for July was 40 de-
grees; every other month showed a
trace of Boreas. January % was
the coldest day, 10 below zero; Feb
ruary II was only one degree less
cold. The hottest day was July 10.
when the thermometer registerd 80
in the shade. There was no month
when the thermometer did not rise
away above the freezing point. 1t
is rather noticeable that the mean
average temperature for the three
months off March. April and May.
which were taken last year and so
are available for comparison with
back ward sprign; March was 60
this year. show this to be very
degrees, April 93 degrees, and May
2.6 degrees colder this year than
last The precipitation for these
threee months this year was $50
inches; for the corresponding three
months last year it was only 81 of
an inch---one fourth as great as this
year. Yet there were more than
twice as many cloudy days in that
same period last year; only they
were dried-out clouds and hadn't
thing in them but warm air.
February showed the lowest mean
temperature. 1875; 1t is mean enough
for almost any one. July showed
the highest, 1875; no one could de-
ny that that signifies the good
old summer time" in real brass
sky earnest The average mean for
the whole year was 45.4.
August showed the widest range
of temperature. 5 5 degrees. This is
hardly comparable with some other
on climate; the writer once noticed
a range of so degrees in one day.
in Iowa. Still. So degrees change is
enough to make most men believe
that the door had been left open. or
else the fire had gone out or caught
something it shouldn't It's just
nice thrill, to make a man keep up
his interest in life.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-06-08

traced over the mountain for sew
eral miles. A number of claims are
already staked out along the lodges,
most off the locations having been
made by Bellevue men. An assay
sent to Salt Lake gives practically
the same values as that sent to Chi
cago, and the good people of Belle
vue are looking for the dove of
prosperity and peace to come peckinl
at their doors almost any time.
Here's hoping that the bird will
peck two-foot hole in every
door in their town and, dump bag
of gold dust on the floor before the
sleepers can get out to see what's
going on
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-06-08
NO DOUBT OF 1T.
Railroad Out of Richffield Is Now
On Exhibition.

There are people out on Camas
Prairie, people at Shoshone and at
here on the Richfield tract, who are
not yet quite certain that the rail-
road is going to build out of Rich
field
To these disbelievers, there is a
good answer---come and see. Get
one of that army of mule-skilners
to blackguard you off the path of
progress they are marking out with
grading plow and scraper; have a
few of those rocks from the con-
stant blasting peck you on top of
the he'd; stand around with your
ewes as big as saucers when the
pay wagon comes around with bales
of the long green---very long and
very green it is, too---and then say
If it isn't all so.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-06-08

spect themselves. ride in from one
-end of the year to the next without
ever volunteering to so much as pick
stone out of the beaten track.
1t is a fair estimate that the av-
erage farm that is producing reason
able crops that have to be hauled
to market. is obliged to keep one ex-
ira horse for road use. because OF
the added cost of hauling over poor
roads. The cost of the extra feed.
the work. and the time lost in trav-
cling over poor roads. runs into an
enormous sum---enough to build
system of turnpikes second only to
railroads in economy for transporta-
ton The Richfield tract could be
one OF the very best. with little ex-
penditure of work or money.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-06-08


be settled with, and it Is not ex-
pected that there will bee any trou-
BILE in closing those deals. So far
as known, there will be no condem-
nation proceedings necessary, unless
it should be one or two non-.esi-
dents who can not be reached in
time to make an agreed settlement.
1t is a matter for pretty sincere
graduation that so many reason
able people have come together to
develop one, section---the settlers,
the railroad people, and even the
non-residents who a." Of more or
less speculative class from every
where.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-06-08
CHILDREN'S DAY PROGRAM.
sunday school VIII Hold Services

Sunday School VIII Hold Services
at the Church, Sunday Night
An excellent program, as shown
below, will be given by the children
Ct the Sunday School, at the church
Sunday evening, to which the pub
lie is cordially invited. The excel
given here in the past is suffi-
cient guarantee that this one alse
will be good
Professional All
Onward. Christian Soldier
Invocation
Rev.R. G. williams.
Responsive Scripture Reading.
Offering.
Anthem--Who Is Like Unto the Lord
Choir
Opening Address
Cora Green
Song Hear the Summer Voices
Juniors
Poem -SprlngS song
Hester Macarthur
Motion Song Morning Glories
Infant Glass
Recitation The Happy Violet
Oracle Herbert
Anthem--His Song Shall Be With Me
Choir
Recitation Helping Somebody
Albertha Strunk
Exercise The Reporters
Five Boys
Song The Great Kings Army
Juniors
The Fathers Praise
Ruth Williams
Echo Song Day of Light and Love
Senior Girls
The Foolish Brook
Everett Lisle
Song Woodland Hymn
Choir
Four Girls
Closing Address
Prudence Fowler
Anthem Wonderful are Thy Works
Choir
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-06-08
New Soldier Townsite Opening
Officials Of the Company Visit Richfed and Invite All
to Visit the Sale of Lots July 12th---Prospects
for Big Live Town the Prairie.

+, to build at once. The town is high.
| ly favored in having inexhaustible
supplies of fine gravel near at hand
for concrete building; and wide
fire limit is to be established, to re-
duce the danger from fires by re-
quiring substantially fireproof con-
struction. 1t is estimated that brick
or concrete buildings can be put
up for even less money than frame
structures, so the town Is to be
started at once on a fireproof basis.
1t is pretty hard luck for the old
town Of Soldier, which had hoped to
be the railroad center OF the Prai-
rie. Mr.. Perkinc and others made
the most strenuous efforts to bring
the railroad nearer to old Soldier
and did succeed in showing where
they could come within two miles,
instead of the five miles as shown
by the first survey. But the engin-
eers could not do the impossible,
to bring the main line to the town,
SO a new town was inevitable.
A big opening is to be held on
the 18th of June, with a barbecue
and a big lot sale that is expected
to- establish new record for town
openings that far away from the
railroad. 1t should be well worth
going to see.
Richfield and Soldier, being
the brightest business prospects, on
the new Central Idaho railroad, and
being far enough apart to be bosom
friends instead of rivals or enemies,
can begin to shake hands prepara-
tory to the friendship that is bound
to come as they get betteer ac-
luainted.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-06-08
DANDELION KILLER.
Sulphate of Iron Spray VIII Pro-
tect Your Lawn.

While there are not many lawns
in Richffiel, those that are already
here are well worth while, and 9th
ers are to be on the way in the fu-
ture, so a little suggestion as to
the best way to fight the greatest
eneemy of good lawn may not be
out of place.
The first few dandelions are al
ready making their appearance In
the town. They are not only un-
slightly, but they will ruin any law
If not disposed of. They can be
eradicated by persistent effort. In
small patches, cutting out the crown
of the plant, and repeating the pro-
cess, will conquer, but it must be
persevered in Using a little gaso-
line, just few drops on the stem
after cutting, will help.
The use of sulphate of iron (cop-
peras) will also be found reflective,
and has the advantage of destroy
ing other weeds also without in
jury to the grass or otheer crop. l
should be applied with sprayer In
the strength of about a pound dis
solved in gallon of water The
mined by a little testing. 1t will
depend somewhat on the quality of
the copperas.
Experience has shown that the
spray should not be applied for sew
eral hours. say 10 or 12, after irri-
cation, as it is not go effective Il
done after irrigating the lawn. An
other precaution is, never to pas
ture grass Immediately after spray
ing with this solution, as it is a poi
son and dangerous. Keep it ava,
from children also for the same rea-
son. Two or three sprayings, a
few days apart. will usually be suf-
ficient to conquer the pest and rid
the lawn of it as well as of other
undesirable weeds
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-06-08

Messrs. Perkins and Leonard, OF
Camas Prairie, were Richfield vis-
itors the first of the week. Both
are well known on the Prairie; Mr.
Perkins being a pioneer theree, and
interested in a store, mill, and al
most everything else worth while,
and Mr.. Leonard owning several
thousand acres of the best land of
that country. They came down In
Mr.. Leeonard's big car, SO horse
power, and able to climb tree or
a mountain almost like a squirrel.
The two gentlemen are interested
in the townsite at New Soldier, on
the railroad a mile and three-quar-
a townsite laid out to cover 160
ters from the old town. They have
acres, in the heart of the prairie,
and with every prospect of making
a prosperous town. The railroad is
a direct east-and-west line through
the town, quite rarity in this part
of Idaho, and the town is laid out
square with the compass. One side
of the town is to be devoted to the
shipping interests, every kind of
business that requires shipping ia
ciIities for quantities of material,
and a wholesale district track is to
be put in, giving the best facilities
of any town in the state. 1t is of
course expected ihat@New Soldier is
to become one of the greatest grain
shipping points in the state, because
of the great acreage of grain lands
surrounding.
number Of the highest proceed
business lots have been sold, and
on most OF them the owners expect
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-06-08
Dirt Flying on R. r.
Large Number of Men and Teams Now
at Work and Cars Loaded With
Teams and Machinery Arriving

Engineer Osborn Is now located
In his permanent office. newly built
down near the depot He and his
able assistants will be about the
busiest men in Idaho for the next
few months
There never were so many men, 80
many teams, inRichfield as now. It
looks almost like the wholesale dis
trict of a large city. to see the men
and teams on the street and at the
yards.
A large lot of new grading mach
inery is being shipped in. to have
its first ure on this job. And there
will be no lack of tools, from SHOW
els and picks by the hundreds or
thousands, to power drills for the
heavier rock cuts These latter are
of the same type as used in the big
mines, and are to be operated by
steam or compressed air. They are
arranged for vertical or angle drill
ing, instead OF horizontal. as most
of the mine work is done. There
will be toofs for every one of the
several thousand men who will be
summer closes.
It. might not be kindness to
any laboring man to urge him to
come to Richfield just as quickly as
he can, lest all the jobs be gone.
Only a few of the contractors have
as yet established their camps and
got down to steady work. There
will be abundance of work, in a few
days, and perhaps before any one
outside receives this paper. But in
four or five more days, there ought
to be more jobs than all the men
who can get in here.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-06-08

Work on the Central Idaho rail
road out of Richfield Is going on as
steadily as clockwork A number
of sub-contractors have already es-
tablished their camps out along the
line, and they are already breaking
ground in several places.
The Utah Construction Company
is establishing q permanent camp
near the present track, in the south
west part of town 1t will be gen.
eral headquarters for all the COM
pany activities.
A number of teams---all that
could be put to work on the job
have been put to work on the high
bank just south of the depot, haul
ing it to fill up between the tracks
west off fthe depot The yard will
be leveled up this way, and the un-
slightly bank removed.
Two sidings and passing tracks
are being installed here in the Rich
field yards, with ample room for all
the material needed in building the
road The long Y Is built almost
entirely within the town limits, the
lower end being just outside
1t is understood that few min
or changes will be made in the To-
cation of the line up on or near the
Prairie, where there is an unlimit-
ed territory for a right of way and
no one to be inconvenienced how
ever the line goes. The only al
terations, If any, would be for ease
of building or operation, and will
be only very slight In general, the
line as originally surveyed is con-
sidered remarkably successful sur
vey.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-06-08

war, going as a member of the en-
gineers' corps from Montana. He
helped lay out the barracks and the
government work at Honolulu and
at Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Islands.
Since leaving the army. he has en-
gagged in railroad work, with much
success