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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-03-15
NEWS AROUND
The STATE
Items From Various Places
Reproduced for the Benefit
of our Readers--Stories Re-
hashed from Exchanges.

The state supreme court will
convene at Lewiston on March
25th for a two weeks session.
Five carloads of potatoes were
purchased last week at Troy by
the Sprague Preserving Co. of
Lewiston.
State Supreme Judge j. r.
Ailshie, of Idaho, lunched with
President Taft at the White
House last Friday.
The j. A. Ferris farm of 800
acres located OIL Webb ridge
south of Lewiston was sold this
week to S. Elbin, of Kamiah, for
$34, 900. All stock and farm ma
chinery went with the place.
George T. Bacon, sales super
intendent of the Spalding Mfg.
Company of Seattle, died Satur-
day evening at Moscow from
injuries received recently at
Kamiah while riding horse.
Following a meeting of the ad-
vocates of county division at
Shoshone last week, an organ
ization has been effected there.
Ex-Governor Gooding heads the
movement and it is planned to
make three counties out of Lin
coin county. County seats are
scheduled for Shoshone, Gooding
and Rupert. A proposal to di-
vide the two counties was
defeated at the primaries two
years ago by less than 60 votes.
Richard Sunby, aged AZ years,
who was mistaken for a deer
and shot by Anton Dahl on
Boulder creek in Latah county
last week. died at Park on Sun
day. Sunby was standing be-
hind some brush when the fatal
shot was fired and the 4O-65 bull
let struck him in the right tenn
pie and ranged downward, pass
ing out at the back of the neck. |
Dahl is about 80 years of age
and has a large family.
Vean Gregg, the Charleston
oall pitcher who has been hold
ng out on the manager of the
Cleveland team all spring for an
advance in wages, has had his
demands acceded to and left late
asst week for New Orleans to
oln the team at the training
grounds. Gregg made one of
'he most sensational records last
year of any young pitcher to
enter big league circles and stood
It the top of the percentage COL
INN of all pitchers at the end of
he season. Had his demands
been refused he would have
gone to Canada with his father
o manage a farm.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-03-15
H. c. ECKERMANN
SUICIDES
Ends Life with Rifle Yesterday
Afternoon---Poor Health is
Perhaps Responsible for his
Rash Act.

This community was greatly
shocked yesterday Afternoon
when word reached town to the
effect that H. G. Eckermann, &
prosperous farmer residing east
of the city, had committed sui.
eide. The news came in the way
of a telephone message for a
doctor and DR.. Shinnick left at
once for the scene, but found the
body cold in death when he
reached the home.
Just what caused the rash act
is hard to definitely determine.
The deceased had spent the
evening before with his family
and some friends and seemed in
his usual good spirits. The next
morning he did his usual work
about the place and conversed
with his sons about certain farm
work and intended improvements.
Shortly after two o'clock he
entered the kitchen and
drank some coffee, as he fire.
quently did during the day. His
wife was in the dining room and
heard him enter and leave the
. room but paid no attention to the
occurrence. On leaving the
house the deceased took the rifle,
an old style Springfield of SOTO
calibre, from the wall and STEP
ped into workshop nearby
where he evidently sat down on
a block and placing the muzzle
of the gun against his breast,
pulled the trigger with stick or
some similar object and was
blown into eternity. The bullet
entered the breast just below the
breast bone and ranged upward,
coming out at the left shoulder.
Death was practically instantane-
Gus. The members of the family
heard the muffled noise of the
shot but thought it was caused
by falling wood. A short time
later they had occasion to enter
the shop and found the father
lying in pool of his own blood.
Herman G. Eckermann was a
native of Holstein, Germany,
and was sixty years of age last
October. He had been a resident
of this place for the past twelve
or fourteen years and owned one
of the most valuable and we'll
improved farms in Idaho county.
For the past several years he has
been in poor health much of the
time and it is thought this is
greatly responsible for his rash
act. In fact, when in town Sat-
urday be stated to a friend that
if he thought he would have to
continue suffering as he has been
lately for the rest of his life he
would soon end it all. He was
an honest upright citizen and
good neighbor and has been look
ed on as one of the solid, sub
stantial citizens of this commun-
ity. He was the father of a
large family of children, most
of whom are grown. He was
well provided for with this
worlds goods, owning 440 acres
of valuable land, much stock and
machinery as well as money on
hand.
Coroner Blake arrived in town
shortly after the news of the
suicide was given out and at once
went the home to investigate the
affair but decided it was a clear
case of suicide and not necessary
Tor a coroner's inquest to be held.
h Arrangements for the funeral
IRE being held up pending the
of word from daught-
er who married and left for AL
berta last week.
The Chronicle joins with the
many friends of the family in
attending sincere sympathy to
hem in their affiiction. j
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-03-15
Pea Growing In Idaho.

Anthony, Idaho, and will b,
read with interest by the seet
trade
The pea industry of Idaht
is now fully assured and every
indication points to it's being ont
of the most profitable as we'll a.
largest crops. Fremont county
has taken the lead in the matter
but this year several other coun
ties of the state will raise large
quantities and it is expected thai
within the next few years the
crop will be fully established anc
that it will be one of the best
crops for the farmers to raise.
"Ole K. Olson, of St. Anthony,
should be given credit for the
introduction of the crop in Idaho.
Mr.. Olson has grown a few seeds
for many years and when he
began farming in this county he
was determined to prove the
feasibility of the crops produc-
ton.
In 1909 he attempted to in
terest several of the large
eastern seed houses in the Idaho
seed pea proposition, but the
houses scorned the ida of raising
such a crop here. The famers
could not be persuaded to make
the experiment. In fact, they
all ridiculed the idea. But Mr..
Olson was undaunted and during
that year planted five acres on
his own land. The yield was
better than he had expected and
the next year he had no trouble
in getting his neighbors to raise
some also. Different seed hous-
es became interested in a small
way and sent in orders for small
quantities.
Last year 300 acres were
planted to peas in Fremont
county and the farmers were so
delighted with the outcome that
now 5000 acres have been con-
tracted for.
During the last three years
the peas have averaged a yield
of As bushels to the acre. The
farmer is paid about $1.8O per
bushel, making an income of
about $S1 per acre. The average
cost of production is about $19,
thus leaving a net income to the
farmer of $62.
"Of the peas that were raised
the last season they have tested
100 per cent in termination.
This is much higher than the
eastern peas have ever tested
and as a result many of the
eastern seed houses have had |
men in Idaho during the winter
attempting to contract for peas
of the 1912 crop.
"Mr. Olson, who is handling
by far the largest part of the
crop, is dealing with the Jerome
B. Rice Co., of Cambridge, N. Y,
with branch house at Detroit.
Mr.. Olson has just returned from
a trip east and he reports the
company as being exceptionally
we'll pleased with the quality of
the peas, and they say that they
will take all that are raised here.
Several large storehouses
have been leased in St. Anthony
to handle the crop during the
year until the necessary
places can be built by the COM
panies.
The pea crop is not at all
severe on the soil, but, on the
other hand, acts as a gnod fer
silzer. The crop can be raised
On the same land for several
years and then wheat, beets or
any other crop will do exception
ally we'll on the land as a rota-
ton crop.
Dominic Ducloa who choppad
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-03-15

The weather has been quite
nice this week and if the frosty
nights would cease it would not
take long for the roads to get in
to good shape again.
Mrs. Plen Hodges, fromerly
Miss Lillian Blackburn, and
child came in Tuesday evening
from Cloverland, Wash, and
will visit here for some time
with relatives and friends.
A bouncinu 12-pound son was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Far
thing south of town Wednesday
evening. Mother and child are
doing nicely and Steve will pull
through with care.
If Cottonwood intends support
ing a ball team this year it is
about time something was being
done about it. A manager
should be secured, grounds rent
ed and the players signed up.
No ball team means little amuse-
ment this summer and we can
not afford to be without a team
if our neighboring towns put
teams in the field. 1t is best to
get busy with the matter before
good weather arrives.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-03-15
Was A Good Game.

The basket ball game played
here last Friday evening between
the girl team of the local high
school and the girl team from
Vollmer was a snappy one from
start to finish and was not won
until time was called at the end
of the last half. The visitors
showed better team work and
more accurate throwing than did
the local team but had the fight
of their lives to score just the
same. The score resulted 2 to l in
favor of Vollmer but should have
stood 8 to 2 in our favor as the
home team missed two out of
three throws at the basket on
fouls.
On Saturday the local team
went to Winchester and played
the team there that night, the
score resulting 9 to 0 in favor of
Winchester. We are told the
girls played the Winchester team
to a stand still until the latter
part of the game and the score
was piled up in the last few
minutes of the game. The girls
are loud in their praise of the
treatment accorded them by the
Winchester girls and say they
were given the time of their
lives.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-07
i}lightcd Pear Trees.

MASSEY, In Progressive FarmerD
What will prevent or destroy the
blight on pear trees? The only
thing that can be done is to watch
the trees and on the first appear
ancc OF blight cut out ahead Of it
into sound wood. Then keep the
trees in grass, and cut the grass fire.
Quently and put it under the trees
as a mulch. Trees growing rapidly
in cultivated land blight far more
than trees in grass. No spraying
will have any effect on it, but the
blghted wood should all be burnt.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-07
IMPROVEMENTS AT CLEMSON.
Chef Sclilleter Gets Assistant---More
Attention to He Paid Gardening.

Clemson College, Aug. 2.-Many
improvements have been made at
Clemson during the year in the way
OF buildings, equipment, extension Of
courses, roads, walks, and general
appearance Of the campus. None OF
these, however, will give the students
more satisfaction than will the I'M
provements that are to be made in
the culinary department. The
kitchen is to be considerably extend
ed, the bakery is to be enlarged, and
an up-to-date dish-washing outfit Is
to be installed, and a four-ton refrig-
Grating plant is to be constructed.
Mrs. NJ. e. Middleton, Of Clinton,
has been appointed matron of the
dining hall to assist Mr.. Schilletter.
Dr.. Riggs feels sure that the pres
ence Of a lady in the dining hall will
be welcome innovation to the
cadets. The dining room has been
fitted up with swinging electric fans,
and other improvements arc contem-
plated.
hCli, WV II uSh tool uSli Will NC
operated under the efficient supervis-
ion of Prof. c. G. Newman for the
purpose Of supplying the cadets with
every kind OF vegetable.
President RIGGS has left Clemson
for a stay of ten days with relatives
in Georgia. lie has, as Is his GUS
tom, done a strenuous years work,
and goes for a few days rest. The
routine affairs Of the presidents Of
flee will be in charge Of his secretary.
The Methodist church at Clemson
Is nearing completion and the Bap-
tist church is well under way. Glenn
son will have four churches by the
fall Of the year. The following are
the ministers in charge OF the vari-
Gus denominations: Baptist, Rev. II.
V. McCaul; Presbyterian, Rev. w.
II. Mills; Episcopal, Rev. II. NJ. Mar
shall; Methodist, Rev. p. A. Murray.
A little over a year ago the sta
ton at Calhoun was burned. This
week will witness the completion Of
an elegant station that will satisfy
long felt want.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-07
Church Music,

(Mcredith Nicholson in Atlantic.)
Music has long been notoriously a
provokcr Of dscord. Once in my
news-h hunting days | suffered the ig-
nominy Of scoop" on a choir rum
pus, and / tnereupOn formed the
habit Of lending an anxious ear to
rumors Of trouble in choir lofts. The
average laddcrlike re Dcum. built
up for the display Of the sopranos
vocal prowess. has always struck me
as an unhOly thing. even believe
that the horrors Of highly cmbel-
lishcd offcrtorics have done much to
tighten purse strings and dcaden
generous impulses. Tho presence be-
mind the pulpit Of languid quar-
tcttc praising God on behalf Of the
bored sinners in the pews has al
ways seemed to me the profanest Of
anomalies. Nor has long contempla-
ton Of vested choirs in churches
shaken my belief that church music
should be an affair Of the congrega-
ton.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-07
ASK NATION FOR $i,s00,0O0.
Heirs Of Robert Norris Renew De-
mand for Repayment Of Loan.

Denver, Colo, Aug. 3.-Another
effort is under way to obtain from
the nation the repayment Of the
81 100000 loaned to the Revolu-
tionary forces by Robert Morris,
signer of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, who was permitted to spend
four years in a Philadelphia prison
for debt, and to die broken-hearted.
Mrs. Julia Garner, great-great-
grandniece of the tinancier, resident
In this city, Is prepared to make
now demand on the generosity of
Morris, and will go to Washington to
present her demand for restitution.
There have been two other at
tempts to have Congress appropriate
this money, but they failed. Mrs.
Garner's mother was prominent in
one Of the campaigns, and urged her
daughter not to let the matter drop.
''Twenty-two heirs have been
found" says Mrs. Garner. Some Of
them live in Asbury Park, N J. We
are anxious to know why Robert
Morriss money, which was not repaid
to him when most needed and when
he would have been saved from finan-
cial ruin, should not be repaid to his
heirs now. 1t would change the for
tunes of many Of us and surely the
government, which was aided
through its most difficult financial
crisis, should repay it to the heirs
after permitting the great man to die
miserably in poverty after the dis
grace of having been permitted to
be imprisoned for debt.
Countries seem to be most for
getful in the way of gratitude
see sometimes mention Of a monu-
ment to him, but to wipe out the
debt, to efface the wrong done TO
Robert Morris, would be the best
monument they could erect to his
memory. Mr. Roosevelt has well
stated the case by saying: None of
our great men has been so abused as
has Robert Morris, through silence
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-07

Of serious physical defects, and often
when such cases are properly treat
ed, such tendencies disappear and
the children lead useful lives.
S. 1t Is definitely settled that
where such examinations are made,
and the information revealed Is
taken advantage of, liquor drinking
and similar vices rapidly decrease
and convictions for crimes show a
marked decline.
6. Children with physical defects
cannot make satisfactory progress in
their studies, and are, therefore. a
serious impediment to a school, in
|, asmuch as under our system the av-
erage progress is considered the nor
nal progress, and with the high per-
centage Of children suffering from
defects the average is necessarily
low.
7. School room duties to a child
suffering from a physical defect are
bore and often punishment-the
result being that such poor progress
results that the child falls out dis
couraged, prejudiced and an enemy
to the school. Such a child goes out
into the world unprepared to meet
It's eXacting duties and is doomed to
isappOintment, bitterness and fail
ure.
s. Medical examination Of school
children banishcs from the school
room truants and laggards and
makes efficiency the standard.
8. Under this system each indi-
vidual child is given the opportunity
to make the best of its life.
10. AS an economic measure it
should appeal to every taxpayer, as
it takes less money to educate
healthy children than to attempt the
impossible and try to educate un-
sound children. The State gets a
dollars worth Of education for each
dollar It spends.
II. This system gives all of the
advantages to the children of the
poor man that the money Of the rich
man can purchase for his children.
-. No injustice is done either
the child or parent by any simple
system that can make the child
healthy and happy.
There are some who, for various
reasons, oppose the passage of this
bill. We wish to state. however
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-07

we ale now -. - ---..-
we have most Of the diseases COM
mon to sub-tropical climates. Many
of these affect the growth and devel-
opment OF children to an alarming
degree; especially is this true Of
hOokwOrm disease, most wide
spread disease in our State. An OFF,
cial Of the Health Department tells
that so far this year there have been
treated $500 cases among white
children in two counties in this
State. This does not mean that these
are, by any means, all Of the cases
among the white children in these
two counties, nor does it mean that
this was the only defect found in
these children. Ask any teacher of
your acquaintance If there are not
quite a large proportion of the chill
dren in his or her school who for one
or more reasons are not making sat
isfactory progress. If the answer be
son in each child's case. Such ex-
plantations as sick, absent, lazy, in
differ, t, backward, inattentive, stu
pid, all find a common explanation
in physical defects.
Since the State Is committed to
the education of her children, let us
go further and see that she commits
herself to their preservation and
- n TO-
claim for the system we Shall briefly
outline below:
|. 1t saves the lives OF many chill
dren by early detection Of future Sc
rious maladies, and children suffer-
ing from infectious and contagious
diseases. which enables us to isolate
them so that other children will not
become diseased.
2. In early life these defects arc
usually not serious and are easily
cured, but if left to run their course
they either ieopardiZe the child's
life. or seriously impair its develop
mcnt.
3. The defects most generally
lound are seldom suspected even by
the most obscrvant parent or skilled
physician, unless the latter examines
for them, and they are, therefore,
like "a thief in the darkenss," strik-
ing when one least expects danger
and robbing the child of it's inherent
right to enjoy that period Of life,
while if the defects are cured, the
child will become normal and proba-
bly, lead Il useful life.
4. Some Of these defects are Of
such nature that the nervous sys-
tenn becomes perverted, and when the
child grows up 1t may be nervous
wreck, or may become addicted to
drugs or whiskey. A review of the
Juvenile criminal courts Of Chicago,
New York and other great cities re-
veals the information that practically
all criminal children are the victims
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-07
~ Our Children ~
and The Public Schools.

Columbia, Aug. 1.-Editor Keowee
Courier: The South Carolina Medical
Association, the legally authorized
guardians OF the public health in
South Carolina, desire to urge upon
the voters their earnest considera-
ton Of the bill to provide for sys-
tenn of medical examination of school
children and students attending pub
lie schools and colleges within the
State. This is bill which the Med
ical Association have prepared with
great care after scrutinizing the
laws regulating the examination Of
children in various States of the
American Union, as well as foreign
countries, and we believe that, TAX
ing all things into consideration, this
bill Is probably the best to meet the
conditions that exist In this State.
However, If any one can suggest
better bill to meet the same condi-
tions, we wish 1t distinctly under
stood that we are not welded to this
particular one. A bill was passed
by both the Senate and House of
Representatives last session, but un-
fortunately was vetoed by the Gov
ernOr.
Is it Warranted?
The first question that one natu-
rally asks in regard to the matter is
whether conditions exist that war
rant the passage of either this or any
other bill upon the same subject?
The conditions certainly seem to ex-
list everywhere else, as laws have
been passed in nearly every civilized
State, making such examinations
compulsory We know that where
these examinations are being con-
ducted-in Charleston, Columbia.
Spartanburg, Seneca and other
places-from SO to 20 per cent of
the children examined are found to
have more or less serious defects
From data collected by the hook
worm corps, which is operating in
practically every county In the
State. we are convinced that the fig
ures already quoted for certain
places in the State very much un-
der-estimate the conditions that ex-
ist in the rural districts. We fur
ther believe that the death rate
among the children in South Caro-
lima is unnecessarily high, and we
know that with the cooperation OF
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-07
WHEN HOUSE WOULD ELECT.
Possible, But Not Probable, Contin-
gcncies as to Presidency.
philadelphia InQuirer.)

Inasmuch as many erroneous
statements have been made as to
the manner in which, In a certain
contingency, the House of Represen-
tatives chooses a President; mas
much as there are many erroneous
views as to the political status OF the
House, the following facts are set
forth for the benefit Of the readers
Of the Inquirer:
According to the constitution as
now amended, in case no person re-
ceives clear majority of all the
electoral votes for President, the
duty OF election devolves on the
House under the following restric-
tions:
Only the three candidates having
the highest votes may be voted for.
Each State delegation may cast
but one vote.
Two-thirds Of the States in the
House constitute quorum.
The winner must have a majority
Of all the States.
Only one election has been held
under this clause, when in 1924,
John Quincy Adams was chosen.
Clay would have won save that by a
peculiar laxity on the part Of his
State lieutcnants, where Legislatures
then chose electors, ho came out
fourth in the list and was thus incl
igiblc. He threw his influence to
Adams.
Let Us suppOse--.what is improb-
able-that no candidate next fall re-
ccivcs a majority Of the electoral
vote and the House is called upton to
choose. BY reference to the Con-
gressional Directory, issued last
April (and no material changes have
since occurred) the political division
of the States as represented in the
House Is as follows: