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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-01-04
RABBIT HUNTERS.
Richfield Runs Down Fleet, Fero-
cious Jack Rabbit.

Richfield Runs Down Fleet, Fero-
cious Jack Rabbit.
The people of Richfield captured
a real Jack rabbit, Saturday; one
of the long-eared, long-legged kind
that was osed as the solution of the
problem of how to move instant
aneously from one place to another
place far distant. 1t ma be said in
explanation that the rabbit was more
than ordinarily demented, in that it
tried to match its heels and its scam
wits against the whole town right
on the towns own grounds. First
one dog found the rabbit and gave
it fine imitation of a race down
Main street Then several dogs and
man on horseback chased it back
up the street By the time Br'er
Rabbit turned and came down the
stretch on Main street for the third
time, not less than fifty men, a doz-
en- boys, few little girls and all
the dogs on the tract had gathered
to see or join in the game. The
rabbit took refuge in the company
OFFICE, in the vault along with the
mortgages and other doubly safe
propositions.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-01-04
Where the Tax Money Goes
School and Municipal Necessities Require Almost Three
Fourtls; State and County Get Very Little.

1 lage where they doc things, and OF
every school district where they hav'
good schools; at least, the school
tax part will run close to what Rich
field has. Some towns and school
districts are hit harder even than
Richfield, by their ambition to have
things that cost money.
Of the county levy, 1.55 mills is
to pay interest and sinking fund on
the bonded county debt, the herit-
age of old Alturas county. when it
was not considered respectable to
have other than an immense, long
distance county and debt of at
least half a million dollars
In most independent school dis
tricts, as in Richfield, there will be
a big surplus over the estimated ex-
pense for this year; the Richfield
district is expected to have between
two and three thousand dollars be-
yond what the board had considered
necessary When the time came for
fixing the levy, it was believed that
the governor might be correct when
he declared that the commissioners
had a right to ignore the law requir-
ing fixed levy of at least mills
for''genera1 school funds. The com
missioners of this county cut this in
two, and this would. have provided
sufficient revenue for all school pur-
poses. The independent districts all
fixed their special levies on this ba-
sis But when the supreme court
decided that the minimum of 5 mills
for schools must be levied, the COM
had to raise it; and al
most every school district in Idaho
will have money to carry over.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-01-04
PETERSON A CANDIDATE.
Capable AsI rant for n mination as
Attorney General.

Announcement has just been CIV
en- out of the candidacy of Joseph
Peterson, assistant attorney general
Of the state, for the repu blican nom
ination for attorney general. Mr..
Peterson is a native of Idaho, and
is in every sense a self-made man
He has been in the attorney gener-
alseoffice for more than five years;
first as a clerk, and then, as his
ability became better known, as the
court pleader for most Of the state
cases. He has handled many i'm
poruant cases for the state, W
marked ability. There isn't an atom
of snobishness in his makeup; if
he were elected, he would be the
same hard student of public affairs,
Trustworthy official that he has been
in the subordinate position. Should
the people of the state favor him
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-01-04
Raise Lots of Spuds
For the Country Is Buying and Will
Buy Millions of Bushels Abroad
to Supply Local Markets,

To compensate for a shortage in
the domestic supply, prodce dealers
of this city are bringing thosands of
tons of potatoes from Scotland, and
the docks of many of the transatlan-
tic steamship companies are now pill
ed high with bulging burlap bags.
The Minnewaska of the Atlantic
Transport line, which docked We'd
nesday,y had $4,000 bags of pota-
toes taken on board at Glasgow.
The California of the Anchor line
carried 1000 bags, and the Baltic
and Laurentic of the White Star
line carried 10000 and 10000 respe
lively. Most of the large wholesale
ers are represented in the consign-
ment of these cargoes.
Since 1909 no large imports of po
tatoes been made; but as there is
an estimated shortage of 5O,OOOOOO
bushels in the United States this
year it is expected that the present
consignment will be followed by 9TH
ers of equal if not greater size. OF
the many things that may in
jure the health of the potato the
varying weather and the much ac-
cused potato bug qlay small parts in
causing the present shortage. The
main causes are economic in their
nature.
Ride down to Coney Island" said
one of the dealers, graphically "and
you'll see yhy we haven't all the po- /
tatoes we used to have. Ten years
ago you'd see fields of potatoes "a
long the line. They're gone now.
And it's the same way all over the
country; thefarmers are using their
lands for something else than pota-
toes
In recent years the United States
has found a growing market for pot;
toes in Cuba. In fact, that is the
only place to which the vegetable is
exported in any quantity. During
his year. when the crop was short,
larger exports were made to Cuba
han last year, when the tubers were
plentiful. This has cut in upon
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-01-04
Haul Wheat or Bust
Frozen Fingered Railroaders Keeping
at Work to Finish the Wheat Line
Road to Camas Prairie

that q man ever tried Looking
down gun barrel, sticking pins in
the elephants trunk, and juggling
with an unexpurgated rattlesnake,
are safe-and-sane amusements ON
pared to it. That no one has taken
a header argues extraordinary eau
tion---and extraordinarily slow pro-
gress as compared with the rate CT
work during the better building sea-
son.
The track is now laid clear up to.
the Malad, so that little extra
steam would send the work train
oyer. into the. canyon. More bridge
men were brought in this week, and
there will be no let-up until the 9TH
er side Is reached 1t is possible
that an early spring may leave only
a very little gap between the finish
of the bridge and the resumption of
the track-laying and the construc-
tion of the smaller bridges across
the prairie.
No one will doubt that the Off
cials Of the O.. s. l.. have exceed
ed themselves to get the road ready
is, that they have done sc much.
For when you go out over the line,
and see the rock cuts and the fills |
and the bridges that eat up labor
and money so easily. you will be i'm
pressed with the magnitude of the
task that has been so nearly fin
shed.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-01-04

the supply for domestic consumption
and is one Of the factors that has
caused the price to rise to level
that encourages importing.
1t is doubtful whether the Scotch
potato in market could be distin-
guished from one grown in our own
country but the connoisseurs say
that the imported tuber is more ten
der and so requires less cooking.
The potatoes are coming in burlap
bags that weigh 16S pounds and con
tain two and four-fifths bushels to
the ba. In Scotland the potatoes are
sold at rs shillings per ton, which
IS = the rate of about S135 cents
per bag. The freight charge per
bag is about 80 cents. The total
cost to the importer is s2.95; he will
sell to the retail dealer at about
$z.45. In the parts of the country
where the crop has been good pota-
toes are now held at 81 per bushel,
or about $3.50 for 16s pound bag.
ChASoS luSAS 10 q Oudu6S iuduC III
one off these prices the imported po-
tatoes will undersell the best of the
local production
The average annual production of
potatoes in the United States is
100000 bushels, and except in
1906 and 1909 the imports have
not exceeded 100000 bushels in re-
cent years. The average price per
bushel in 1906 was s1.O2; in 1907.
95 cents; in 1908, IS cents; in 1909
S1.06, and in 1910 96 cents. Dur
ing the years when the price exceed
ed 81 there were large imprtations;
in 1906, 1,942,4S0 bushels, and in
1909, S,572,O96. This year the fig
ures may exceed6 these.
New York state is the largest po-
tato producer in the union, giving
a yield of 44,676,0OO bushels last
year. Michigan stands second with
35, ,175, 900 bushels, and Pennsylva-
MA third with %, 100, ,000 bushels.
It is estimated that these states will
Ill fall behind these records this
7ear.---New York Sun, Dec 22
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-01-04
NEW TAX BILLS.
Some Points That Commission VIII
Present to Legislature.

The tax commission recently ap-
pointed by the governor, to frame
up new code Of revenue laws for
the state, has recommended the pas
sage of 29 new bills; most of them,
statutes. A permanent tax commits
sion of three members, appointed
by the board of equalization, repre-
com missioleTs to serve for six years
at a salary of $4,000 each per year,
is to administer the problem of rev.
enues. Here are some Of the sug-
gestions made by the commission:
The establishment of one stand
ard for values CT similar property,
all over the state.
Thepreparation of better abstracts
of property in all the counties, so
as to grade property correctly for
taxation purposes.
Giving county commissioners the
power to raise or lower assess
ments Of their own initiative
Better adjustment of taxation in
cases where debts and credits are
allowed to offset each other.
Exemption of homesteads up to
value of s25OO.
More stringent methods so as to
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-01-04
"Haul Wheat or Bust"


That is the very brief, easily un-
derstandable dictum of the Central
Idaho Railroad engineers, who have
been rushing the road from Rich
field up to Camas Prairie.
1t is recognized as an impossible
ity for the road to be completed
to Prairie City, the graded term
mus. this winter. There have been
enough handicaps and drawbacks to
the work to break the heart of any
but strong men. They WILL however
get across the Malad river with the
track, so that grain from the Camas
Prairie country can be hauled cas-
lily to the temporary terminus and
shipped out by rail.
Those two big bridges, across the
Big Wood and the Malad, rivers, are
sufficient explanation for the delay
in getting through. The Big Wood
bridge is just short of 100 feet high
and more than 800 feet long; while
the one at the Malad is more than
100 feet high and 400 feet long. 1t
is strenuous enough work even in
the summer time, to stay on top of
a structure like these, and ham
die the heavy timbers; but in winter
when the mercury is down to zero
and the wind is blowing and the tim
bers are covered with ice, it is one
of the shortest cuts to the hereafter
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-01-04
MEMS CLASS.
Fine Program Laid Out for Study
for the Coming Year.

Fine Program Laid Out for Study
for the Coming Year.
Beginning with the first of this
New Year, an effort is to be made
to organize the community for bet
ter things on several lines. One of
these is the Mems Bible Glass, or
ganized as a part of the older Sun
day School The class has been in
existence for two months or more,
and has been the scene of number
of most helpful discussions. Not
ell of them have been wholly spirit
ual, some having taken upsciology
and other most practical subjects as
contrasted with the purely spiritual.
To start the new year, it has been
agreed to la outy course of work
along original lines, and to invite
all the men of Richfield to take
part in the discussions. The last
Sunday of the month is to be devot-
ed to a review of the regular In
ternational Sunday School lessons,
as used by the rest of the school.
For the rest Of the time, special
course is being laid out, with one or
more arefully prepared papers or
Discussions for each, and the rest of
the hour to be devoted to general
disussion. AS indicatingc the char
acter of the work, the course of
study for the first quarter is here
given:
Jan. 7---What is Christianity?
Papers by Mr. Mathews and Mr..
Lisle
Jan. 14---The Citizens Duty to
the State in Accepting Public Office.
Mr.. Mickelwait.
Jan. 21---Personal Friendship; It's
Relation to Right and Wrong. Mr.
Diesem.
JJan. 28---Review of the Sunday
Shool Lessons for the Month. Mr..
Richardson.
Feb. Ais Local Option Effective
in Controlling the Liquor Traffic?
Mr.. Gossett
Feb. 1.-The Principal Religions
of the World--Mohammedanism. Mr..
Clark.
Feb. ISIS a National Divorce
La,y Desirable or Necessary? Mr.. |
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-01-04

unique as Abe Martin or any OF
high-priced ones; and there are
'Usal musicians who could please a
home audience as well, and at a frat
tion of the cost, as some of the ath-
letic celebrities of the stage. There
are lot of local problems that are
worth discussing, toe; things that
only the local people can handle.
And greater than all, is the social
need of the community. place
where people can't enjoy themselves,
isn't worth living in For these,
and for other good reasons, good
social organization cosmopolitan and
very real necessity.
bread enough tc take in all, is a
1t is expected that good musical
program will supplement the brief
literary exercises and the organiza-
ticn and election Of officers The
Club is not to be exclusive, but will
take part and to join in the general
be open to all who are willing to
aim of making this better com
munity to live in.
Come out and have a good time.
and get in line for making this once
of the most helpful local Urgznixa-
tiona aFag launched n 1dnho
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-01-04

With the coming of the new year,
and its periodic burden of taxpay-
ing, there are a good many men who
wonder what becomes Of all the tax
money.
This year, the total levy for cur
rent county and state expenses is
the lowest Lincoln county has ever
known. The amount, however, is
the largest in the county's history,
because of the immense increase In
valuations---from s5,5O8,637.30 in
1910 to $13,952, 2,336.30 for 1911.
valuation ever made before this sea-
This is almost trebling the highest
son.
Out of the 17.5 mills levied to
meet all the state and county bills.
the state tax is 3 mills; current ex-
penses Of the county, mills; road
schools, 5 mills; warrant redemp-
ton, bills of 1910, AS mills; fnteres
and sinking fund, 1.55 mills; total,
17.5 mills
The levy fr the Richfield inde-
pendent school district is IL mills
special tax; the levy for village pr
poses is 7 mills, a total of 2 g mills
Since, however, the district receives
as mch as it pays of the regular,
legal assessment Of mills for pub
lie school purposes, it makes to-
tai of "a mills levy for strictly local
purposes, municipal and school. 1t
reduces the total levy for county and
state purposes to only 1875 mills, or
only a trifle more than cne-fcurth OF
the whole tax levy. 1t is probably |
true of every other Incorporated VII
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-01-04

last year, but got caught in the
landslide that buried all the repub
lican ticket there and overthreew
Governor Brady as well. He is en-
gagged in the fraternal society org
anization work, and has many thous-
ands of personal friends throughout
of unusual energy, a friend that is
the state Mr. Dempster is a man
always a friend, a close student CT
public affairs, and the state wouic
secure a most worthy successor to
any governor they may elect, should
the governor die or depart before
filling out his term.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-01-04

take some of the present heavy bur-
den from the small taxpayer, and lal
| it upon the more intangible but far
more valuable holdings of the richer
men who have received most from
society. (The commission favors an
income tax, but does not believe the
state is quite ready for too revolu-
tionary methods, so does not pr ent
bill for such law
Change the laws so as to allow an
assessor to hold office longer, and
qualify as an expert in tax matters.
To cut off his duties as tax collect
or. putting that duty en- the treas
urer. and gpive more time for as
sessing.
Provide for listing all taxable real
property by numerical or plat sys-
TEN, instead of by name of suppos-
ed owner or claimant
A check on the leyying power of
the county commissioners, as in the
case of the school tax Of this year,
when they were required by law to
levy more than was needed.
A reform of tax sale methods.
Required notice to owners before
issuing tax deeds or certificates.
A reform in the present cumber-
some system of bookkeeping for de-
linquent, subsequent and even the
regular tax rolls, so as to avoid du-
plication of work in reporting.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-01-04
What Would You Like to Kn0W
About Better Farming?

When the Short Line agricultural College
Demonstration Train Uas in RichfeLd, the Re-
corder asked the College lecturers if they lUouId
be Uiiiing to receiUe requests for the discussion
of special topics at the Farmers Institute to be
held here in RiclfeId, March and 5.
"We shall be delighted to do so, - they said.
at is our especial tUish to giUe the people of
eUery locality exactly wIat they lOant Write
us lOhat LUe can do for you, and weW do it. :"
Since farming in its UariOus branches is the
principal, almost the onIy resource of this Sec
tion, and the best methods are necessary t0suc-
cess it s Uorth lUl,iIe to take this generous offer
from the men the state pays literally To Knos0
Write to Prof. OIin AgI. College, MoscoU, Id
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-01-04

with their votes, they would be sure
of competent, courteous and thor
oughly trustworthy officer. one of
the real bargains of politics. Here
is to his success.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-01-04

A number of the young ladies of
Richfield have spent some enjoyable
hours at basket ball practice this
week.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-07
At THE IDEAL THIS EVENING

This will be amateur night at the
Ideal and a good entertainment i:
promised as we'll as something new
There will be special music. Mis-!
Marguerite Little and Master Melville
Little will give a piano and violin Sc.
lection and Mr.. Kark Hoffman will
render some special piano selections
Billy Smith will appear in a song and
dance act and Mr.. 3. H. Leitner and
his waltzing dog will De a feature TIL,
following pictures will be shown:
The Romance of Catalina.
\ Fly Time.
At the Eleventh Hour
Admission, 10 and Is cents-Ad
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-07
HUsTLING THE WORK
ON HARRINGTON HALL

Work on every part OF Harrington
Hall is being pushed forward now with
a rush Many Of the rooms are prac-
tically finished and the plumbing fix
lures are being set in place. Many
huge rolls of carpet and rugs for the
bedroom floors have been received. and
the other furniture is arriving and will
all be here as soon as needed. The ele-
CANT fixtures have arrivd for the bar
bershop and manicurist departments.
and are stored in the room to be used
for that purpose. Nearly all of the
thing is down and the beautiful floor
Of the office and lobby is now being
finished. The plastering will be COM
pIeted in a few days. 1t looks like the
house would be ready, or at least most
of it. for the opening by the first of
December.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-07
IMPROVING THE IDEAL

Mr.. Adams, of the new mana cement
of the Ideal Theater, is getting in
touch with the business and the pat
rOns of the theater and will give the
people of Ocala a first class amuse-
ment house just soon as he can get
his plans carried out. Mr.. Adams will
give the people what they want as
soon as he knows their wishes. He
has been improving the light on the
pictures and has done we'll the first
few days of his management consider
ing that one night was election day
and it rained last evening.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-07

Mr.. \. d. Cole, who with his wife
came here a short time since from
California and bought forty acres of
land, east of the golf links, has COM
pleted his bungalow home and moved
his goods out of the depot yesterday
into the new house. Mr.. Coles land is
all cleared and he will commence az
once getting I in readiness for crops,
Part of his household goods We're ship
ped here from California and others
from New Orleans, where they had been
stored.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-07
HOSPITAL DAY At THE FAIR

Thursday-Thanksg giving Day-will
be hospital day in Ocala and at the
fair. Pretty red cross nurses will be
stationed at prominent places through
out the business section of the city,
as well as at the fair grounds. to re-
Ceive donations for the handsome new
Marion County Hospital, which is now
in the course OF construction. This
work is under the auspices of the
auxiliary board of the hospital man.
agement, and the proceeds are for the
charity ward
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-07

Two negro women, Cleavy Mckinney
and Alice Preston, were tried in JUS
tice Lyles' court this morning, charged
with stealing goods from the stores OF
Marcus Frank and Hayes Guynn last
Saturday afternoon, Mr.. Frank having
caught them with the goods on in his
store. Mr.. W. X. Zewadski defended
the women. Alice Preston was acquit-
ted and Cleavy Mckinney was held for
( trial Monday on the second charge. Il
( looked to a by-stander a strong case
/ of guilty but not proven"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-07
PRIZES AND COMIC PICTURES
At THE AIR DOME TONIGHT

The Air Dome tonight will give three
prizes after the first show. There will
be special music and some good comic
pictures, also one beautiful hand
colOred picture. Show starts at 6:45.
Prizes are two fifty-cent pieces and
one box of candy.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-07

The heavy rain last night flooded
Fort King avenue. All the water
drained to the sewer by the Temple
Theater and as this sewer had just
been worked on yesterday and was
closed, the water backed up about a
half block on each side of it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-07
FRESH SEEDS

We have the new crop OF garden and
field seeds for fall and winter planting.
Among them are turnips, rutabagas,
onions, cabbage. lettuce, beans, etc.
The seed are the most reliable, the
freshest and best that can be had. Ty-
.dings & Company.-Ad.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-07
SHEET MUSIC SALE

Commencing Monday morning, Nov.
4th, I will start ten days sale of
sheet music. All the sheet music in the
house, the latest and most popular
classic. rag-time, etc, will be sold for
10 cents a copy. B. F. Condor. 1871 If
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-07

I The exceedingly smart and interest
ing play. FFogty-Five Minutes from
Broadway" is ythe next attraction at
the Temple Bert Lee, who pleased
Ocala people So well last year in The
Man on the Box" is leading man in this
play. which viii appear here here Fri
day evening, Nov. 10.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-07

We heard one of the high school boys
say the Bartlett pear were peaches,
which is not correct according to
either grammar or pOmology. Howev-
er, he seemed to know what he was
talking about.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-07
4 GOOD WAY TO SHOW
YOUR APPRECIATION

If the election went your way, come
out and eat an oyster supper a. the
WOman's Club tonight, thereby helpin z
the ladies TO build their new club
house. There will also be a candy
table.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-07
u. ID. c. MEETING

The Daughters of the Confederacy
will be entertained at their regular
meeting tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock by Mrs. Badger, Mrs. Eagleton
and Mrs. Green, at the residence of
Mrs. Green. Mrs. S. r. Whaley,
Recording Secretary.