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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14
PLEASANT SURPRISE

A very pleasant surprise was given
at the home of Mr.. A. G. Draper on
Monday evening in honor of his
mother, who has been visiting him.
The Pridmores, the Phelphes, the
Mathews, and Mr. Breck were the
self-invited guests. They carried with
them dainty refreshments, after the
serving of which toasts were given in
honor of Mrs. Draper. Impromtu
readings and gems also followed, and
the evening closed with kind words of
appreciation by Mrs. Draper, who dur
ing her two months visit here has won
a host of warm friends. She will be
missed in the church on Sabbath morn
ing where she was always the Oldest
member in the congregation. On Wed
nesday Mrs. Draper left for her home
in Colorado from which she has been
absent for nearly year visiting in
California and Idaho.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14
BERMUDA GRASS
Ruins Land When Once Started
And Should Be Kept Down

Editor Statesman: I have recently
heard that rancher in the western
part of the state has planted some
Bermuda grass for pasture l wish to
state that after years of experience
with this grass, as well as johnson
grass, that if once set, it is impossible
to eradicate, not only this but you can
grow no other crop where this or
either of these grasses flourish.
My experience was in New Mexico,
where both grasses have a hold and
have known farmers to move off of
land set to these grasses and buying
new piece of ground to farm, until that
also gets set, which it will eventually
in three or four years, as the grass
goes to seed on the ditch banks, and on
the main canals, and when a person ir-
rigates, the seed is foated out on the
land, and terminates in a very short
time.
These grasses have very little value
as pasture, the Bermuda only grows to
llSlklI VI Il VI IL lOI Lie
stems, while the blades are only half
that height. The johnson grass is
some better as pasture, in that it
grows to height of four to six feet
but makes course hay and very hard
to stack. This grass is an off spring
of sorghum which makes good fodder
but is hard on the land. The roots of
both these grasses, if buried, will start
as readily as the seed, and when plow-
ing the Bermuda | have turned strip
with the plow, a quarter of mile long
without it breaking, it being in such a
compact mass of roots all interviewer.
The Johnson ranch is such a pest in
Texas that there is law compelling
shippers of the seed to double sack |
every pound, and the railroads will not |
carry it until this is done.
In Arizona on certain government I
project they even state in their litera-
ture that the cost of cultivating out
the Bermuda grass will cost in the
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14
NICK CARTER oUTDoNE
Cap Caller, Old Sleuth and
Sherlock Holmes Laid In
the Shade

1t is not very often that town the
size of Richfeld can boast of a
detective force, that can make the
above noted detectives look like two
bits, but such is actually the case.
Sometime in June man was muir
dered at Pocatello, and large rewards
with a description of the murderer
were sent broad cast over the state,
and many is the man that had dreams
of taking down the heavy reward, but
it was Richfield that broke the record,
when the detective force consisting of
Henry Mapes, wired the officials at
Pocatello to come at once, that he had
there man located
One day last week two sheriffs from
2ocatello alighted from the up train
and were met by Mr. Mapes, who at
once secured a rig and drove the officers
out to the farm of Church & Moe,
where the supposed bad man was dig
ging a cistern.
They arrived at the ranch without
mishap and got their artillery, ready
for instant use and on slipping up to
the cistern and taking a peep, yelled
throw up your hands, which Moe pro-
ceeded to do to the best of his ability,
but the man they were after, did not
what they meant, and stood
facing the officers with smile on his
face that would melt an iceburg, but
after a fourth request he stuck up his
hands and while the entire Richfeld
de tective force surrounded the hole in
the ground he was allowed to come
out, when it was found to be Gene
Hendricks the good natured, hard
working foreigner, who has been work
ing for John Lennon, ever since he
came here last fall.
The real murderer was an Amer
can.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14
Era of Drunkenness.

Nowhere in all the world today can
be found as many confirmed drunk
ards as there were among the Thra-
clans, the Iberians, the Celts. or the
Scythians. The man who didn't get
drunk every day or two was regarded
as queer. The Greeks were moderate
drinkers until they began to copy the
luxury of the Persian feasts. The
Romans initiated the Greeks. Then
the whole world went on a mad drunk
1t was a saturnalia Caligula owes
his niche in the hall of fame to the
drunken banquets with which he
made even Rome marvel The ex-
cesses made fashionable by such po-
tentates as Lucullus, Nero, Verres,
Tiberius, Caligula, Vitellius, and
Domitian really began in the days of
Pompey and they mark the beginning
of the end of the republic
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14
PETRIFIED TREE
Found on Glover Creek in This
County Sent to State
Historical Society

A petrifed tree, roots, trunk
branches and all, has been found il
Clover creek in Lincoln County, anc
portions of the mammoth curio sent to
the state historical department to be
placed on exhibition.
The tree was found by L. M. Heri-
tage of Hagerman, who sent the sam
pie to the state historical department
along with number of valuable Indian
curios. Mr.. Heritage reported that
the trunk was sold at II cents a pound
and that the branches were disposed of
at the rate of 81 per pound. Petrified
wood is of considerable weight and in
receiving these prices for a great part
of his discovery Mr.. Heritage deems
his find an exceptionally profitable one.
A shipment of curios from Soda
Springs to the historical department
also includes articles of unusual in
terest. One of these is a buffalo head
with the horns and skull intact and in
excellent condition. This is one of
three bison heads found in a large
crevice in the lava rocks in the vicinity
of Soda Springs by Fred J. Call. A
number of the bones of animals were
also discovered. Sheltered from the
ravages of the sun and rain the skulls
were well preserved and are valuable
mementoes of the time when these
monarchs of the plains roamed through
out this section of the west. In this
consignment fine set of elk horns was
also included. The horns are unusually
large, thought to be as large as any in
the city. The monster elk which car
ried these adornments was killed on
Salt Creek in Bannock county by J. J.
Call
Other specimens to be displayed by
the department are two small samples
from mines in North Carolina, donated
by H. G. Wilson, and an old fashioned
candle mould from Mrs. J. J. Call.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14

Prof. Olin, whosis-. at the head of the
extension work of the Idaho Expert
ment Station at Moscow was in Rich
field on Sept 18th and 18th in confer
ence with some of the leading farmers
in this community. Prof. Olin came to
Richfeld to ascertain the extent of the
local interest in regard to the holding
of an agricultural school at this point
sometime during the coming winter
The interest displayed in this school
which was held during the past winter
has prompted some of the leading farm
ers in the community to request that
Richfield be given six days instead of
two days of this work, as was done
last winter. Prof Olin expressed
himself as highly pleased with the
interest shown in the proposed school
for the coming winter He stated that
there were large number of appli-
cations throughout the state for the
work of this department, and that it
would be necessary to select the com
munities in which the school is to be
held with a view of doing the most
good to the greatest number of people.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14

neighborhood of SO per acre
/ In conclusion l wish to say that as
both of these grasses grow from either
seed or cutting of roots, and as they
have very little feed value, and as it is
show that either are impossible to
eradicate, and that when once set no
other crop will grow, l will advise tho
farmers and ranchers in this valley and
the whole state, to carefully avoid
planting any of the seed. for if they do
they will regret it as long as they live
l sold my place in New Mexico on ac-
count of my land being set in both
grasses.
Our native grasses, with alfalfa, tim
othy and clover are a thousand miles
ahead of the grasses l name in this
article, both as regard to hay and the
feed value of same.
would just as soon have my farm
sub-irrigated and alkalied as to have it
seeded to Bermuda or Johnson grass.
HB BOWKER, JR.
Nampa, August 10, 1911.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14

county. These lands are now covered
by desert entries and the relinquish-
ments were forwarded to Haley with
the application for the segregation.
The segregation was granted some time
ago by the state land board on petition
of Joseph G. Hedrick, who is at the
head of the enterprise. Water for the
project will be secured by empounding
in reservoirs the flow of the Sailor
creek. The land under the proposed
project is said to be of high character.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14

rushing the work just as fast as men
and teams can be gotten and outside of
few rock cuts, the entire grade is
completed, from Richfield to the Big
Wood river bridge.
Every kind of material and machinery
is arriving all the time to be used in
pushing the work, another large pile
driver being unloaded here this week,
and 80 more teams were unloaded the
latter part of last week.
The o. S. l.. has 80, 900 tons of ma
terial on the grounds here, besides the
ties, and are employing all the teams
they can get to rush this material to
the front as rapidly as possible, and
that the road will be completed. clear
through this fall, there is not a doubt
1t is expected that the first shipment
will arrive the first of next week, ard
after track laying begins the work will
move along much HioF5 rapidly.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14
Agricultural School,
Prof. Olin, of Idaho Experimental Sta
ton Visits Richfeld in Interest
of Farmers Institute

He suggested that the Farmers Unior
in this community canvass the situation
thoroughly with a view os ascertainine
more accurately the sentiment of the
community with reference to the mat
ter, and the amount of the probable
attendance.
Prof. DIN is very pleasant man to
meet, is thoroughly conversant with
the needs of new communities as well
as old in the field of agriculture, and is
a man of high attainments in the
special line of work in which he is en-
gagged. He expressed himself as being
agreeably surprised at the remarkable
progress made by the farmers in this
community.
We hope that united effort will be
made on the part of the farmers of the
Richfield tract, and the citizens of
Richfeld to secure the proposed school
of instruction, and we feel confident
that great benefit will be derived from
meeting Prof Olin and his associates
and discussing our farm problems with
them.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14
Schools Are Opened
Monday, the First Day, Opens With a
Good Attendance and Competent
Corps of Teachers

The Richfeld schools opened Monday
with about 70 pupils enrolled and the
present term of school promises to be
a successful one.
Prof ]. F. Lenker, who was princi-
dal of the schools last year, is again in
chorge and is known as a successful
teacher and is we'll liked by both the
patrons and pupils of the school.
Prof. Linker will have the mathe-
mates and Science from ihe intermedi-
ate grades through to the ninth. Miss
Little will have the Latin, English and
History through the same six grades.
There are three high school students
this year: Myrtle Green, Prudence
Fowler and Frank Pope.
There are seventeen pupils in the
grammar grades, twenty in the inter-
mediate and about thirty in the
primary.
Miss Stella Little of Missouri has
charge of the intermediate department
and is a graduate of the Missouri State
Normal and GENES highly Recommend
ed as a teacher, both from her home
and other places where she has taught.
Miss Little was accompanied by her
sister, Miss Louise Little, graduate
of the Warrensburg, Mo-, Conserva-
tory of Music, who is organizing class
in music, here, which will prove of
great benefit to the town. Miss Little
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14
An Amusing Rumor
Report Started That Work Stopped on
Central Idaho Without FOunda-
tiOn---MOre Men Wanted

Some of the rumors that get started
in regard to the Richfeld Camas Prairie
railroad are very amusing, if it was
not that many of the rumors are
started by parties desiring to receive
benefit from the rumors.
1t has been reported on the Prairie
that, work had been discontinued along
the line and ell freight was to be held
where it was, but the rumor was
traced to some grain buyers, who were
endeavoring to get the crops Of Camas
Prairie at much lower figure than he
could possibly expect to get it for with
a railroad in there.
The Camas Prairie people do not
need to worry about the railroad dis
continuing work, as there is not day
passes but from 25 to rs men are I'M
loaded here to be taxed out on the
works.
The Utah Construction company is
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14
Lincoln County Levy
County Commissioners Fix Tax Levy
AT $3.50 On Each One Hundred
DOllars---Other Levies

The County Commissioners this week
fixed the tax levy for State and County
purposes for the year 1911, as follows
on each S1OO of valuation:
State General Expense Fund .21
State Public Building Endow-
ment OPS
State General Interest and
Sinking Fund .O65
County Current Expense Fund so
County Warrant Redemption
1910 .O45
County Schools .25
County Roads and Bridges .25
County Bonds and Interest 1T
County Bond Sinking Fund .O38
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14

1t is hereby ordered that there be
levied on the $lO0 valuation for live
stock Sanitary Fund of the State .003-4
on all live stock except sheep; and .O03
on sheep.
And it is further ordered that there
be levied on the 81. 90 valuation fer
Predatory Animal Fund of the State
.OOl-2 on all live stock except sheep;
and .OO4 on sheep.
AS provided by Statute, it is hereby
ordered that the Communication fee for
Road Poll Tax be fixed at s4.OO, to be
levied upon each male person between
the ages of q and so.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14
RICHFIELD DAY

The time is drawing for the Display Of Richfed
Products which will take place in this city Septem
Der Both and everything possible should be done to
keep up interest and make the affair a success
Several ranchers have brought in displays but there
is great amount of products yet to and it is 60
ing take hard work and lots of it, to make the show
ing that the ichfeld Tract is capable Of making
We have the crops to make showing that not
be beat in Idaho if we will get to work and get the
products in for the display.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14
JAMES III. WALLIS
One of the Leaders at Big East
ern Convention

ern Convention
State Dairy Food and Sanitary Com
missioner, James H. Wallis, of Idaho
took leading part in the proceedings
of the big convention of state and nat
ional dairy and food departments, which
was held recently in Duluth, Mimi, ac-
cording to articles appearing in the
Duluth News, the leading newspaper
of that city, copy of which has been
received in Boise.
The resolutions committee was com
posed of DR.. Frear of Pennsylvania,
DR.. DeBarr of Oklahoma and Commits
sioner Wallis, and the resolutions
drafted by that committee are said to
have been among the strongest and
most vital ever adopted by the associ-
alton. A new constitution was drafted
the work being done by DR.. Wood of
Maine, Professor Barnard of Indiana,
Commissioner Jones of Illinois and
Commissioner Wallis.
Idaho was well represented and fig
ured strongly in the work of the con-
vention, according to the newspaper
reports, while the American Food
Journal, the standard periodical auth
ority on these matters, gives the opin-
ions, addresses and influence of Wallis
prominent place in the doings of the
food men. 1t is expected that Mr.
Wallis will soon return to Boise from
his eastern trip.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14

has had training from some of the best
instructors in the east and comes high
ly recommended as pianiste and tea
cher.
Miss Isabel Brown of Nebraska, has
charge of the primary department and
has shown that she is perfectly compe-
tent to handle the little ones and is
highly recommended by patrons of diff
ferent schools where she has taught as
primary teacher.
Those who have little ones, who are
starting to school for the first time, are
requested to get them started at once,
as, after the work is under way, it
makes the work much heavies for a
teacher and demoralizes the school.
John Anderson, who is driving route
No. l, from the northwest is bringing
in thirteen pupils and j. M. Reason,
driver of route No 2, is bringing in
ten from the west, making a total of
%, that are now being hauled in from
the country to the Richfeld schools.
There is not many new localities that
can boast of as good a school as Rich
field has, and there is no doubt, that
the board has been very fortunate in
being able to secure the teachers they
have this year and if the patrons of the
school will work with the board and the
teachers, we will have school to be
proud of.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14
CAREY ACT LAND

Heber G. Hale, chief clerk of the
state land department, forwarded to
the United States land Office at Haley
application for the segregation under
the Carey Act of 2987. 83 acres situated
within the boundry lines of the great
COO, 900 acre Bruneau tract in Owyhee
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14
snrc ,o BE : SUCCESS.

Il expect to make fortune out OF
an invention that have just com
pleted."
What is it?''
"A piano that can be folded up and
used as card table. 1t will be
great thing for flats"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14
Unfortunately. Yes.

The trouble with the story which
you tell is that it is almost sure to
remind somebody of another which is
just as old.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14
COULD NOT SEE THE FUTURE
Henry w. Ellsworth Surely Was
Mighty Poor Prophet.

In one week recently the United
States patent Office issued 77S pat
ents. The total number issued up to
date was 994, ,104-in sight of the mil
lion mark
In view of these figures the follow
ing excerpt from the report of the
commissioner of patents for the year
1S43 is of interest as showing how
widely man, even a commissioner
of patents, can miss his guess:
The whole number of patents is-
sued by the United States up to Janu-
ary, 1874 was 1888. The patents
granted for the past year (1843) we're
531 in number, exceeding those of
the previous year by a.
The advancement of the arts, from
year to year, taxes our credulity and
seems to presage the early arrival OF
that period when human improvement
must end
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-09-14
HENRY w. ELLSWORTH,
Commissioner of Patents

In 1874 there were no telegraphs,
telephones, automobiles, electric
lights, or motors, monographs or air
ships. Antiseptic surgery was still in
the dim future, and doctors were
swathing typhoid fever patients in
blankets and immuring them in un-
ventilated rooms, while people still
walked ten miles to see a railroad
trainl
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-02-21
A WISE

We believe the New York Harbar
Line Board has acted wisely and for
the best interests of the entire com
munity, in denying the application of
property owners along the water front
in this city, to extend the bulkhead
line one hundred feet out. In these
days of large steamships, which are
continually increasing in size, the
Staten Island sound, at its present
width, is none too wide to accommodate
the shipping. which Perth Amboy now
has, not to mention what is bound
to come to this city IN the near fu-
ture. We do not believe the manu-
facturers need the extra one hundred
feet out for shipping facilities. If
they need it for additional buildings
they can build inland, rather than MI
up the hsrbor. To have granted per
mission to extend the bulkhead out
one hundred feet. would have been
presenting the property owners with
one hundred feet of land, which, at
the present valuation, would be no
small matter.
As has been said, the greatest asset
Perth Amboy has is her harbor, ard
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-02-21
FIRE ALARM Boxes

=. FIRE ALARM BOXES
ss-Rsritan Copper Works.
1EMarket n Sheridan BITS.
Se-6mith st. and C. r. r.
ze-HiGh and Lewis SITS.
ss-Msdison Ave, and Paterson 81.
market and First SITS.
s6-Smith and High SITS.
Ss-New Brunswick Ave. and New ct.
s7-state and Smith SITS.
43-Buekingham Ave. and Hartford 81.
46-Commerce and Front sts.
te-State n Washington SITS.
47-High and Washington SITS.
5!-stafe st. and Buckingham Ave
ss-Hsu Ave; and Charles St.
67-State and Wayne Sta.
ss-Near United Lead Works.
ss-Nevflle n tombstone SITS.
62-Washington and First SITS.
63-New Brunswick Ave. and Elm st,
e4-SEith st. and Watson Ave.
sb-Commeree and State SITS.
72--Front and Smith SITS.
78-Water and Gordon SITS.
74-Rearney Ave. and Gordon st.
82-smith and HerbeFt SITS.
gs-Amboy Ave. and Washington ST..
s4-Lehigh Ave. and Stanford St.
86-Cleve1and and Brace AYES.
S1-Amboy and Hall AYES.
ss--Hall Ave. and Inslee St
s4-Maurer.
To send in an alarm open the door Of
the box, and pull down the lever ONCE
ONLY, and let go. Stay at box until
hremen arrive.
! tap-Bresk in circuit . taps-Fire
u uPolics e0e eaIi' Ltespp.- FIJI W 9asi : tap.
Ladder Co. Is-CaIl for Eagle HOSE
C. .ca sH1c ;ar for Lanoqln Engine Go.
case OF inability to sound alarm from
q box telephone TO police headquarters;
s1s taps-enoting n session OF