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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-04-12
Homestead In Three Years
Now.

Washington, March 2S.-The
Borah-Jones three-year home
stead bill by unanimous vote
passed the house of representa-
tives yesterday afternoon in SUBJ
stantially the form in which it
was left last Wednesday.
The passage of this measure
which will open a new era in the
west and prove of incalculable
benefit to all settlers in their eff
forts to make homes for them
selves and children is due largely
to the great interest President
Taft took in it and his personal
appeal to many eastern senator's
to give it their earnest support
and also to Speaker Clark's in
fiuence among the democratic
members of the house. That
the speaker has shown by his
taking the floor and making a
speech favoring it last Wednes-
day.
All the essential features of
the original bill are retained and
what differences exist between
the senate and the house will be
adjusted in a committee, which
will consist of Senators Smoot,
Jones and Newlands and Repre-
sentatives Taylor, Ferris and
Mondell, all favorable to the
1t may require several
days to shape up the bill in con-
ference, but it's ultimate passage
is assured.
The bill, in brief, reduces the
homestead period from five to
three years; gives homesteaders
five months leave of absence
each year and six months in
which to establish a residence
after making the original filing.
Before the bill was passed the
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-04-12

house voted down amendments
proposed by conservationists, re-
serving minerals, water power
sites and timber to the govern
ment.
Senator Borah is highly elated
over the passage of the bill
through the house and last night
said:
while there has been some
changes in the bill, which COM
pels sending it to conference, yet
| feel reasonably certain now
that at no distant date we will
have a three-years' homestead
law. The house did not make
any change in the term of three
years, so that feature is settled
and not subject to change in the
conference.
Minor details of the bill are
subject to adjustment in the con-
ference, but l do not feel uneasy
about getting a satisfactory meas
ure out of conference. | think
the conference committee is all
friendly to the bill. Success to
this measure in congress is in
large measure due to the active
support which was given it by
the people, the settlers, CONNER
cial clubs and newspapers of the
west"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-04-12

DR.. Truitt returned Sunday
evening from attending the session
of the state board of medical exam
liners at Boise and reported quite a
nice meeting, some 26 physicians
being present from various parts of
the state.
For SALE.-A 80 H. P. 4-cylin-
der Tempo gasoline engine in first
class working order. Good for
threshing or other heavy work.
Write or inquire of
]. H. WELTE,
Cottonwood, Ida.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-04-12

The Holsten bull here shown Is
King Homestead De kol, grand
champion at the recent national
dairy show. Chicago. Admirers OF
this breed of cattle claim that the
Holstein Is the best specimen OF
COW yet produced. meeting every
requirement of the human family
and exceeding every other COW not
only in butter producing qualities,
but also in milk production.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-04-12
RAISE THE CALVES.


In the dairy too many farmers
decree that the good COW shall
nave no chance to put another
! great COW or two In the herd
Inc common plan of not raising
the calves has the same uIti-
mate effect on the dairy bust
ness as would shooting a good
COW whenever you see one. #
Is deliberately choosing to stand
sui or go backward instead of
advancing. When the struggle
OF years or even good fortune
mas placed an extra good COW in
the herd the discerning ca dairy.
man says at once. IN take care
mat this never happens again in
the same place"
Preserving the female progeny
OF the most valuable cows is one
OF the fundamental and essen.
'iai elements of the most profit
able dairying. = Farm Journal .
n 4 st
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-04-12
FERDINAND FINDINGS.

o. G. Hanson made a business
trip to Lewiston Monday.
E. ]. Nau is putting up a new
residence, adjoining his harness
store.
Mr.. Woodward, of the White
Bird Sentinel, is visiting with the
H. Smith family.
j. A. Terwillegar purchased
the A. H. Nau building and will
move his pool hall into it about
May 1.
H. E. Noah sold his 160-acre
ranch to John Baer, of Cotton
wood, for $500, and will leave
shortly for Montana.
Joseph Haener and family re-
turned last week from Winlock,
Wash, where they sold out to
Barney Herzog, formerly of
Ferdinand.
Earl Prefer sold his 160-acre
farm a few days ago to John
Uhlorn for $4,000 and moved his
family to town. Mr.. Prefer
will leave for Canada and take a
look at that country.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-04-12

Princess Flour is a hard wheat
blend. Why buy soft wheat -four
when you can buy Princess Flour
tor almost the same money.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-04-12

Do not let your grocer tell you
he has flour almost as good as
Princess. Princess Flour leads.
Others try to initiate but do not
succeed.
Constipation brings many ailments i'll
its train and is the primary cause of
much sickness. Keep your bowels
regular madam, and you will escape
many of the ailments to which women
are subject. Constipation is very sim
pie thing, but like many simble things,
it may lead to serious consequences.
Nature often needs little assistance
and when Chamberlain Tablets are
given at the first indication, much dis
tress and suffering may be avoided.
For sale by Koepke Drug Co.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-15
QUIETUDE OF REAL WORTH
Emerson's Perfect Understanding OF
Manners and Attitude OF Man
Of the World.

wish cities would teach their best
iesson-of quiet manners. It is the
foible especially Of American youth
pretension. The mark Of the man of
the world Is absence of pretension.
He does not make q speech: he takes
= low. business tone. avoids all brag.
10 nobody. dresses plainly. promises
not 1t all. performs much, speaks in
monosyllables, hugs his fact He calls
his employment by its lowest name
and 20 takes from evil tongues their
sharpest weapon His conversation
clings to the weather and the news.
yet he allows himself to be surr1fsed
Into thought and the unlocking Of his
learning and philosophy.
How the imagination is piqued by
anecdotes OF some great man passing
incognito. 40 q king in gray clothes;
Of Napoleon affecting a plain suit at
his glitterfng levee; Of Burns or Scott
or Beethoven or Wellington or Goethe
or any container of transcendeut
power passing for a nobody; of Epami-
nondas. who never says anything. but
will listen eternally;" of Goethe. who
preferred trifing subjects and COM
mon expressions in intercourse with
strangers. worse rather than better
clothes and to appear a little more
capricious than he was. There are
Advantages in the old hat aud box
coat.-Emerson.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-15

Of: title. .,.s zz:s. . 81 .ss.z
The question Of insurance on the
boilers was brought UP BY Mitchell
Stewart. chairman Of the finance
committee. The discussion that fol-
lowed brought out the fact that the
board would like to have the several
steam boilers belonging to the dis
trict insured under q blanket policy
In a good company or companies, and
that one inspector do the work: Of
inspection. On motion duly second
I'd and carried the matter OF boiler
insurance was turned over to the
committee ON finance with power to
act. 49, 4" -
Resolution introduced by J. H.
Fleming: Resolved. BY the Inde-
pendent School District Of Virginia
that the Board of Education request
the City Council to vacate the alley
in Block II, Rooney's Addition to
the City of Virginia for public school
purposes and that the clerk pro tenn
pore be authorized and instructed to
see that this matter is properly
brought before the City Council.
Moved by r. J. McGhee, seconded by
Joseph Roskilly, that the above reso-
luton be adopted. Ayes: r. J.
McGhee, Joseph Roskilly, J. H. Flem-
ing, Mitchell Stewart. Nays: None.
Adopted March 4, 1912.
No further business appearing. on
motion duly seconded and carried
the board adjourned at $3.50 o'clock.
MITCHELL STEWART,
Clerk pro tempore.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-15

were gone over by those present, as
also the plans for: decorating the
Technical and Roosevelt grounds,
prepared by P. H. Foote, landscape
engineer. =:
William Rooney of the Virginia
Realty Co., and Attorney M. HI. Nc
Mahon appeared before the Board
and urged that the Board push the
erection of the North Side school
building with all due dispatch, say
ing that they were convinced of the
great necessity for having the build
ing erected during the present sum-
mer. Mr.. Rooney stated that If the
Board hesitated to push the erection
of the building on account of the all
legged flaw in the title of the site,
his company would agree to pay the
cost of condemning all so-called
claims against the site, as they fully
intended to stand behind the war;
ranty deed given by his company to
the district. AS no action could be
taken on this proposition owing to
no quorum, the Chairman adjourned
the meeting to Saturday evening.
February "a, at 500 O'Clock, at
which time it was expected Attor-
ney w. G. Bonham, and Architect F.
G. German would be present.
MITCHELL STEWART,
Clerk pro tempore.
Approved February "a, 1912.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-15
Asked.

III you really want to be smart and
up-to-date." said a young woman,
there is one word you must drop from
your vocabulary, and that IL the word
invited No person Of any claims to
standing uses It any more. You must
not say that you have been invited to
Mrs. Sparkler's dinner party. You men,
ton. simply, that you have been
asked You have been asked to at
tend Miss Spink's wedding. and you
have asked few people for dinner
on Thursday. am not Informed a. to
what smart noun replaces invitation
but I do not hold with those persons
who use bid or invite It 10 best, {
think, to avoid the use Of any sub
stautive whatever in such q connec
ton, and to bring in the verb ask -
often as one can. II you cling to In
vited' you must expect to be consid-
cred as hopeless, just % IL you played
ping-pong or collected souvenir
spoons" -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-15
Tendency Toward Med|asval'sm.

Although We live in an age Of hustle
there is a constant tendency among u
toward mediaevalism. az witnessed in
medieval civic costume adopted by
newly created boroughs. academic cos
tune for the undergraduates of tho
sow universities, and the proposal at
Edinburgh. founded just after tho
reformation, to introduce the scarlet
Gown. Another instance comes from
Belgium. where recently . number Of
towns and communes have obtained
powers to reintroduce their ancient
civic seals. The commune Of Ransart
and other little towns in the neighbor.
hood OF rhudinic and Chimay are seek.
ing royal permission to assume their
ancient arms. Some Of these places
have only the Impressions, but at tho
communal house at Montbliart they
have the actual seal which was used
prior to 1894. 1t is of very artistic d.
sign, and bears the collar Of the Order
Of the Golden Fleece. with the legend.
-. des 1urez de Montbliart."-Lon.
don Globe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-15
OFFICE OF BOARD OF EDUCA.
TION, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA, 6PE
CIAL MEETING SATURDAY AT.

OFFICE Of BOARD Of EDUCA.
TION, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA, 6PE-
CIAL MEETING SATURDAY AT.
TERNOON, MARCH 9, 1912.
The meeting was called to order
by Chairman r. J. McGhee.
Roll Call: Present, r. J. McGhee,
Mitchell Stewart, J. H. Fleming. La
tayette Bliss, Joseph Roskilly. Alb
sent, c. E. Hendrick, G. H. Moore.
Reading of Call: There will be
a special meeting of the Board Of
Education of the Independent School
District of Virginia held in the Su-
perintendent's Office at the Technical
High School building Saturday AFTER
noon, March 8, 1912, at 400 o'clock
p. M, to close up matters relative
to the title to Block II, Rooney's Ad-
dition, and to do any other business
that may come before the meeting.
"MITCHELL STEWART.
Clerk pro tempore. "
Attorney NJ. H. Mcmahon, repre-
senting the Virginia Realty Co., an
nounced that at q meeting of the
stockholders and directors of the Vir-
GINA Realty Co., held Friday, March
s, 1912, it was voted unanimously to
place 100000 in escrow to take
care of the Grannis claims against
Block IL, Rooney's Addition. He al
SO stated that the Virginia Realty
Co. and H. J. Grannis had come to
an absolute agreement favorable to
granting quit claim deeds to the In
dependent School District of Virginia
giving the district absolute title to
Block IL.
The board felt that this disposition
of the case was satisfactory, and on
motion duly seconded and carried the
clerk pro tempore was instructed to
write Attorney w. G. Bonham. who
represents the interests Of the dis
trict. Informing him Of what had
been done and to have him pass on
the whole matter securing to the dis
trict it, full rights.
On motion the board adjourned at
4:57 p. m. Carried.
MITCHELL STEWART.
Clerk pro tempore.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-15
once with. tie erection Of the build.

| ing. - 5. r =. re- r. =. -.
At this point the Chairman de.
clared a recess OF ten minutes while
the attorneys conferred further in
the matter. Joseph Roskilly was
excused from tie meeting. After
the Chairman called the meeting to
order he stated that the Attorneys
w. G.. Boham and M. H.. Mcmahon
would be given until Thursday even:
ing, February 20, to prepare the
bond agreed upon, at which time the
matter would be finally decided by
the Board.
The following resolution was in.
troduced by R. J. McGhee. RE.
SOLVED, BY the Board Of Educa.
ton Of the Independent School Dis.
trict of Virginia that the revised
plans and specifications for the North
Side school building prepared by
Archite ct F. G. German be accepted
by this Board and that Mr.. German
be authorized to advertise for bids
for all labor and material for the
construction and completion of said
building in the improvement Bulle-
tin Of Minneapolis, and In the Enter
prise, and Virginian; and to file sets
of said plans and specifications with
the Builders Exchange at Mime
apolis, St. Paul, and Duluth, and also
to file q set Of plans and specif1ca-
tons in the Office of the Superintend-
ent of Schools at Virginia.; said
building to be placed on Block II,
Rooney's Addition to Virginia
Sealed bids for the construction OF
said building to be in the hands OF
the Board at the Superintendent
Office in Virginia not later than 500
o'clock p. M, Saturday, March 80,
1912.
Moved by Guy H. Moore. second
ed by J. H. Fleming that the above
resolution be adopted. Ayes, R. J.
McGhee, Guy H. Moore. J. H. Flem-
ing, Mitchell Stewart. Nays, none.
Carried.
Mr.. p. H. Foote, landscape engi-
neer, presented blue prints of plans
for decorating the Technical and
Roosevelt grounds. After these
plans were inspected by the Board,
the Chairman entertained the fol-
lowing motion.
Moved by J. H. Fleming, second
ed by Guy H. Moore that the decora-
ton and planting to be done on the
school grounds be referred to the
Committee on Buildings and Grounds
in conjunction with Supt. Bliss, with
power to act. Carried.
Moved by J. H. Fleming. second
ed by Guy H. Moore that the Board
adjourn to meet Thursday evening,
February 80, at 500 o'clock. Car
ried.
Time 1893 p. m. o'clock.
MITCHELL STEWART,
Clerk pro tempore.
Approved Feb. 20, 1912.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-15

a bond to. be executed by the Vir-
ginta Realty ompany,: protecting the
Boards title to Block i i. was unable
to be present. {: = ; n :: ID + :
r There being no further business,
it was moved and seconded that the
board adjourn until Saturday March
2, at s:o0zo'clock p. m. Carried.
Time 1912 p. M:
MITCHELL STEWART,
p. r -. ( Clerk pro tempore.
Approved March 2, 1912.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-15
Vaoarjes OF 4 3all.

Z. That 1capr1cious little ball that d.
cides our fortunes at the ever fasct
asting game Of roulette Il Monte Carlo
occasionally flies from the skillful
roupier's hand, though not often. The
other afternoon 1t slipped from it,
manipulator's fingers and found fts
1ay into an Englishman's coat pocket.
81 impressed was the Englishman that
n promptly lost . couple of hundred
sounds. II r. - = s
But the little ball once found 1 far
stranger destination than that n.
Gaping from the. croupier's hand Il lev.
straight into the mouth Of q 0srman
snlooker and he was % impeesoo1 that
~ promptly avajloVe4 q go.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-15
Enaland,a VILLAGE Iheatae.


The village of Aldbourne. England.
though 1t is seven miles from Z ran.
way station. has a theater of its own,
which was opened recently with q DsF-
Torrance of three-act cottage drama
The Village Wedding" Charles No
Evoy, the dramatist, who lives ut Aid.
bourne. has transformed a barn In His
grounds into "The Aldbourne Village
Theater." complete in every essential,
even in the matter of an emergency
exit, provided by the large double
doors. The play. which IL by Mr.. No.
Evoy, was acted by a company Of W.
layers. who spoke in the true Wit
shire dialect. and gave the piece IN
AZ Of convincing realism. Lord How.
ard de Walden Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
Shaw. Granville Barker and. William
Archer were among those who Wit
aessed the Inauguration Of the nsw
theater. % : ~. 7 - -. T., ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-15
DEFY DEGREES or FASHION
Increasing Number 81 Women Who
Design and Wear costuntss Of
, Their Own selection. -:

In this, era of Independents and
progress It IL observed that the mum.
Der Of women who design, or Ct least
superintend the making of their own
gowns, bonnets. wraps, etc.. according
to their own particular style ana
taste, governed. Of course, in de-
gree By prevailing modes, IL no doubt
today very much larger than It ever
was since fashion ruled the people
This 10 certainly one Of the cheering
tokens of wider culture In . good
sense Of tho term and inner appreci-
alton Of what 10 fit and becoming in
individual cases. leaving current rules
and set DEGREES Of fashion to be uti
lied or not. to Re adopted or discard.
ed when and where it 10 deemed
proper and best.
The ridicule and opposition from
those who unerringly follow wherever
fashion leads seems rather to stimu-
late than dampen the courage and ar.
dor of women who in matters Of dress
dare to be Independent and free and
are indexibly bent on being 10. With
these. except in instances Of the ex'
treme gowning Of women Of cratic
ideas the natural lines Of grace and
beauty are preserved without doing
any violence to really good taste.
while at the same time their attire
serves ~ 4 protest most decided
against many Of the prevalent ugly
fashions Of the period.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-15
$50
$4,039.41
$4,01l.4l

plain to Mellis-Pirie & Co. that the
board was cognzant of this fact and
that 1t was bonif1ed sale, as the
agreemt mt which Mr.. G. A. Elder,
Treasurer of the Commercial Trust
Co. had put in writing is as follows:
Hon. Board Of Education,
Virginia, Mimi.
Gentlemen:
We will pay you $75,5OO for the
first $4,000 of your school bonds
date April /, 1910, due $4,000 July
/, 1911, and $4,000 July 1st each
year thereafter until July l, 1915,
and will take up and pay for same
within ten days from this date, and
will pay all expenses, attorney fees,
preparing bonds. connected with said
issue.
Yours very truly,
Commercial Trust Co.,
(Signed) G. A. Elder, Treas.
1t was explained and understood
by the board at that time that they
were getting but $500 for accrued
interest from April 1st to October
eth, but under the circumstances it
was felt wise to accept this offer.
This information was given Mellis-
Pirie & Company.
MIR. Foote of the Jewel Nursery
made few remarks regarding the
identifying Of the SHOOT grounds,
and the following motion was enter
tanned by the chair:
Moved by r. J. McGhee, seconded
by G. H. Moore that the consiIe, d.
ton of identifying the school
grounds be referred to the Buildin 80
and Grounds Committee, in conjunc-
ton with Supt. Bliss. Carried.
The matter of the title to the
block upon which the North Side
school was planned to be located was
discussed at some length, and it was
suggested that another effort be
made to make some legal arrangs-
ment by which the school could be
started at once.
The question or furnishing the
proposed new library with heat and
light was discussed, but no action
was taken. 1t seemed to be the gen
eral feeling of the board that in as
much as 1t was proposed to combinz
the school and public libraries un-
der the direction of the city librar-
ian, that the district would benefit
by it to such a degree that it would
be willing to furnish heat and light
from the Roosevelt system at a NOM
inal figure. The question will un-
doubtedly be taken up at the next
| meeting.
The time being SO late, the plans
and specifications of the new North
Side school were not discussed.
Moved and seconded that the meet.
ing adjourned. Carried.
Time 1892 p. m.
C. E. Hendrick, Clerk.
Approved February "a.