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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-01-25
WHAT WE CAN EXPECT

Some idea of what we can expect in
the shape Of revenue reform from the
present session of the Legislature,
may be CLEANED from the fol-
lowing provisions of a bill intro
duced Monday morning which is
the result Of the republican caucus.
Among other things the bill pro-
vides
Assessment Of all property at full
cash value.
Tax levy on 40 per cent of this,
which is termed assessed valuation.
Numerical assessment of real es-
tate in place of alphabetical.
Exemption of 5000 of improve
ments on real estate.
Personal property tax when lien
on real estate to be written in real
estate roll.
County commissioners shall adopt
and publish annual appropriation
bill at April meeting. Expendi-
lures are limited to this estimate.
Making assessment for state taxes
against counties, on assessed valua-
tion of current year, instead of pre-
ceeding year as al present.
Semi-annual payment of taxes
where amount exceeds $40.
Taxes become delinquent on first
Monday in January, if half is not
paid by that date. Remaining hal
may be paid by first Monday il
July.
Securing tax deed only aftel
owner or occupant of property shall
have been notified at least three
months in advance of securing sucl
deed.
Fruit and nut hearing trees ar
exempted from taxation till fou
years after planting; grape vine
for three years.
There being no provisions for
tax commission in this bill, at re
publican caucus held later, fiv
members bolted and demanded tina
such an amendment be added t
the bill, which will likely be done.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-01-25
BIG POTATO SHIPMENT

A solid trainload of Idaho pota-
toes from the Idaho Falls district
passed through Pocatello Monday
ON its way To eastern markets, says
the Pocatello Tribune. There still
remains approximately 800 carloads
of spuds in the district north of the
Gate City yet to be moved. Many
potato growers in that district, be-
lieving that the magnificent adver-
tisement resulting from Idaho Pota-
to Day at the Chicago Land Show
will boost the price of spuds, are
holding back for rising market.
According to officials of the Mon
tana division of the Short Line, this
wear broke all records in the line OF
potato shipments. The line to the
north of Pocatello this season has
so far handled a grand total of 2l32
cars of potatoes. This means clost
to hundred trainlaods. Last sea
son the potato shipments out of the
Idaho Falls district totaled only
about | 300 carloads, so that TIN
record of this season is almost double
that of any preceding season.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-01-25

Referring to the decision of the
L. :. Court of Appeals in regard 10
the payment of water rights, as
published last week, rs being appli-
cable to conditions on this tract,
our attention has been called to 4
paragraph in our contracts that dif-
fers slightly from the Idaho lrriga-
ton Co. contracts ON which the de-
cision has a direct bearing. While
as we understand it, their contrac'
proyides that interest shall not ac
crue until water is available, th'
clause in our contracts touching
upon this matter reads as follows
"All interest accruing prior t.
the date on which notice isgiven t.
entrymen that the company Is pre-
pared to furnish water under tn
terms of this contract is hereb
waiyed.' In other words, whil
the settlers ON the Idaho lrrlgatio
Co. tract have to he shown the wal
er. il would seem that with us tn
mere fact that notice has been give
is sufficient.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-01-25
WORTHY THE ATTEMPT

Mr.. Frank :. Reid, who attended
the Dairy Convention at Twin Falls,
believes that the next convention
can be secured for the North Side
tract if a strong effort is made in
that direction. In speaking of this
he says:
"The citizens of Caldwell have
issued "A strong invitation for the
next meeting of the Idaho State
Dairy Association.
1T seems imperative that the
people of the North Side tract should
have the next meeting at either Je-
rome or Wendell, for in our present
stage of development OF the dairy
business on this tract it would bt
greatly beneficial to us to get all the
information possible, and by having
the next meeting on this tract Tho
settlers are far better able to get i
right at home than by going t'
Caldwell. Caldwell is an old set
tied community, and has had thes'
meetings before, while the Nortl
Side tract has not, and it is urge'
that everyone use their best endeav
or to get the next meeting some
where on this tract.
IF the settlers will write to tn
secretary, Mr.. +. V. Ellington
Moscow, Idaho, the matter WI
have his careful consideration. NO.
is the time to extend the mvl,i
ton"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-01-25
Spark of Life Is Observed at Last

Four hours after midnight after
the day the twenty day grace given
the King Hill Company by the
State Land board had expired,
signs of life were manifested by the
company. W. b. Slick, who will
doubtless receive the contract for
the repair work, +. 5. Andrews, a
financial representative of G. j.
Magenheimer, and Engineer II. +.
l.. Collier dropped off at Bliss at
four O'Clock a. III. and applied for
shelter at the Skillern House. AT
seven the next morning they left in
Il buggy to drive over the ditch.
While here Mr.. Slick stated that
the company's intention was to dc
considerable repairing although he
intimated that the company had nc
idea of spending a sum of 5000, 900,
which the State Engineer had re-
ported was needed to put the DITCH
in first class shape. Said Mr.. Slick
If the ditch doesn't hold with the
work that we do this spring, we viii
cement it from headgate to enc
next year.
Mr.. Slick left Monday for eastern
points to purchase material anC
Mr.. Andrews returned to Boise
Engineer Collier is busy at his Office
at King Hill, preparing for tin
work which is to be done.
Action of any kind is welcomed
by the settlers. Bliss Times.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-01-25
MAKING IMPROVEMENTS

Division Superintendent Klein
and Superintendent of construction
Fred W. ie of the Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph company
have just completed very thorough
inspection of the Twin Falls territory
with District Manager Rising, going
over extensive construction work
which will be undertaken in the
near future.
A construction crew is now at
work constructing a copper line to
jerome, and when completed that
city will be what is known as the
checking center" for the entire
North Side. That is, the long dis
tance business will all be conducted
through the Jerome office.-Twin
Falls Times.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-01-25

A novel and somewhat perplex-
ing suit has been started 10y Jones
Bros. against the Salmon River
Land and Water Co. and the Hol-
lister Townsite Co. The Jones Bros.
owned two flowing wells from which
they had been watering go acres
of land and the complainaniS allege
that the defendants did, after the
water had been appropriated to the
plaintiffs, dig wells close to the
property line of the defendants and
by tapping the same Subterraneal
flow, divert water from the Jones
brothers ranch and by cutting
down said flow causing. a SERIOUS
damage to the plaintiff. The sun
is brought for perpetual restrain
ing order to prevent the water iron
being diverted 10y the defendants t.
the townsite.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-01-25

The suit to establish the priority
rights to water along the Snake
River that comes on for hearing at
Twin Falls next week is of much
more importance than would appear
at a glance, as there are many more
questions involved than the average
render is aware of. At the last
meeting of the North Side Cana
Users Association arrangements were
made to have the settlers on TIM
tract properly represented. 1t vii
he our aim to keep our readers post
cd as far as possible upon the pro
press of the suit.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-01-25

]. A. Reeves, general freight
agent of the Oregon Short Line,
states that the shipment of alfalfa
from Southern Idaho and Northern
Utah to the east during November
and December was far above any
previous record for shipments of
this class of hay. The shipments
of alfalfa from Idaho and Utah
during the last two months of last
year went to nearly every state east
of the Mississippi river. Several
carloads were sent to Massachusetts
Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio.
Several carloads were also shipped
to Alabama and other southern
states.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-01-25
THE AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL

Farmers and all other citizens Of
the tract who are interested in ag-
riculture, horticulture, dairying or
stock raising, will bear in mind the
Agricultural School of Instruction
which will open at Jerome on Mon
day Feb. 5th. The benefits to be
derived from these schools is diff
cult to estimate as many questions
are brought up for discussion that
have direct bearing on conditions
as they exist on this tract, and much
can be learned by attending the var
iOus sessions.
They are conducted under the
auspices Of the State Agricultural
College and no expense is spared Ia
secure the best instructors that can
be found. 1t is not everyone that
can attend good agricultural school
and these schools are held through
out the state to give everyone an OPP
portunity to become enlightened on
various questions that are constant
~ perplexing them, and this with.
out practically any cost to them.
During the sessions of the schoo
here practical demonstrations vii
he made on stock of all kinds, ano
those who have cattle, horses, sheeI
or hogs that they would like Judge
ment passed upon are invited t.
bring them in. If you want to ties
the butter producing qualities q
your COW, bring her in and the mil
will he tested and information i'm
parted To you as Ia the proper car
of the ansmal to bring about tn
best results.
Ii is also desired that the instruct
ors be furnished with samples ,
grain and fruit raised on the tract
and We trust that our intereste
farm mers will see 10 it that they haN
the proper samples. For CONVEX
ience these samples can he left I
Frazer Moore : store temporlly.
We have not a yet received froI
Prof. Olin copy of the program
be followed, but all will be supple
with one in ample time. No ol
should miss this opportunity of b
coming instructed along the lines
successful farming, and We look f
large attendance during the st
sions of the school.
Three sessions will be held dali
morning. afternoon and evenln
the opening session commencil
Monday morning Feb. 5th, t
school continuing throughout t
week.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-01-25
UNIDENTIFIED BODY FOUND

The dead body of an unknown
man, apparently 80 or go years of
age, of medium weight and build,
sandy moustache and hair and
blind in left eye, was found near
the Short Line tract Mt Tunupi,
Wednesday evening. The body was
mangled as if struck 10y a locomo-
tive in the back. There were no
other marks of violence visible.
When struck the man was proba-
bly, walking along the right of way
He carried nothing in his pockets
but beefsteak, box of medicine
and pair of eye glasses. Among
his possessions no money at all wa'
found.
The remains of the hapless wan
derer were gathered up and brough
to Gooding by Undertaken Thomp
son and ON Thursday an inques
was held with findings in accord
ance with the statement of facts civ
en- above. .-Gooding Leader.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-01-25

The semi-annual apportionment
of school funds 10y the state to the
various counties has just been made
and from il we learn that Lincoln
county has Bats children attending
school and its share of the appor-
tionment is S2, 1861.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-01-25
DON'T PUT IT OFF

We would like to impress upon
the minds of every nonresident the
Importance of getting their land un-
der cultivation. There are various
reasons why this important step
should be taken, which we have
called attention to before in these
columns. Many acres of land are
being held by residents simply
as a speculative proposition, await
ing the advance in prices to unload
the same. This they will find a
slow method of realizing anything
from their investment. 1t is the
man with the improved farm who
is going to dispose Of his land at a
good margin and this is being prov
en- every day, as inquiries received
as rule relate only to land that is
under cultivation.
This, however, is a small matter
a. compared to the question of hold.
ing your water right. Under til,
laws of the state this land MUST
be under cultivation and the watel
right put to beneficial use within ;
stated period or the right to the Us,
of water reverts back to the state
A copy of this law will be found il
another column. At the end of ;
five year period from the time wat
er was available ON the tract, tn
State Engineer will make an inspec
/ ton of the tract as to the amOun
of land under cultivation and t,
which water is being put to beneti
. cial use and upon the result of hi
p report the water will be adjudicate'
accordingly and your rights to wa
ter will only extend to the amOun
{ under cultivation, and your sag
brush property will forever thereat
! ter remain in the brush, total 10,
e to you.
Personally We have no pecuniar
I interest in this matter, as we hay
neither teams nor implements to q
n this clearing, and our prime mo:i'
n is to warn the holder of this land
4 to the result that is bound to folio
e his neglect in this matter. A lii
= to the State Land Board will bril
# you the same information that '
n have given you above, regardless
= what information you may recel
from outside parties.
There never will be a time wh'
the land can be cleared cheaper tn;
~ at present, and the delay on
o means that as time elapse there W
IT be a great demand for this clearll
le when fabulous prices will he eXa'
ed. Think it over and il we can
of any assistance to you, write
and we will cheerfully give you Al
information we have at hand.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-01-25

According to statements made ny
the Root and Shoe Manufacturers,
we may expect an advance Of from
five to seven per cent in the price
of shoes in the near future.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-01-25
GOING A LITTLE TOO FAR

1t is announced with considerable
pride that Idaho is the only north
western state where consumers are
given full weight in butter. While
the manufacturers in other states |
are giving their consumers less than
Is ounces, the butter they manufac-
ture for Idaho must contain full |
weight.
This condition is due to the pure
food law of the state and as a result
the pure food department of Idaho
will not tolerate the sale of short
weights regardless of the plea of
shrinkage.
In order to enforce this ruling it
has been necessary to vigorously
prosecute cases in the court and the
manufacturers have been forced to
pay the fines assessed upon the re-
tail dealers who disposed of their
short weight butter.
The department recently confis-
Gated half ton of butter shipped
in from Iowa and Nebraska be-
cause it was found to be short weight.
Nine dealers in Lewiston were ar
rested for selling it and We're con
victed and fined S25 and costs.
While it is generally conceded
that Idaho has some excellent laws
relative to food, horticulture and
other inspections, one sometimes
wonders if deputy inspectors do not
} draw the lines little too closely at
times, and a. a result what might
: otherwise be considered as an excel
lent law, would become obonxious
= to many.
An instance along this line is re-
ported to us from Wendell, where a
deputy inspector stepped into a gro
Gerry store last week and weighing Il
few pounds of dairy butter on the
y shelf, found four of the packages Ia
t contain less than / of an ounce less
q than pound. The butter had been
e brought in a day or two previous
l. and when weighed found TO contain
" full l6 ounces, but laying on tn,
e shelf for a day or two it lad evident
q ly shrunk less than an ounce. o.
e course under the law the inspector
u was empowered to assess fine on
e the dealer which he proceeded to q,
to the tune of about 81 90 per lb
II which of course the dealer paid, bu
II assessed the amount up against tn
y farmer who brought it in.
No. 1t would seem that from a mora
l. standpoint this close construction q
De the law was somewhat severe, and
Is if strictly followed out would worl
hardship on the dealer and farm
er as we'll. Those of our farmer
X who could, have bought one or tw
es or perhaps more COWS with the ot
er ject in view of selling little butte
'l- to realize a small cash income, bu
's. if this strict Interpretation of tn
rh law is to be followed, the retail dea
es er is going to refuse to handle til
ge butter and the farmer will therefor
he be deprived of market. On gel
he eral principals we believe the law
he good one, but some little discr
nd ton should he shown by the inspe
an tors, otherwise the law will becon
les so obnoxious that there will he
ng general demand for its repeal.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-01-25

Use of Western Feeds, 10y j.
T. Caine of the Utah Agricultural
College, is the subject of the lecture
on our inside pages this week.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-25
Ship Sinking
Unable to Aid

NEW YORK. April 25.-oficers If
the Norwegian steamship Romsdel.
which is in dry dock here today after
a trip made perilous by field ice. be-
lieve that they witnessed the sinking
of freight ship of 5000 tons in lati-
tude 45.5, longitude s..10 400 miles
north of the Titanic's grave on March
2e. The identity of the sunken, ship is
not known.
The Romsders attention was attract
ed to the distressed ship soon after
nightfall, when the vessel began send
ing up rockets, showing that help was
wanted. Captain Hoil ordered that the
Romsdel be headed for the scene and
his ship was run into the ice field with
as much speed as possible, but had not
gone far before she had six or seven
holes in her hull, which allowed much
water to enter the hold. All hands
were ordered to the pumps, and the
nineteen men of the crew were able to
keep the water from gaining until tenn
porary repairs were made.
Meanwhile the rockets continued to
ascend from the ship in distress, but
the Romsdel was helpless. for she, too.
was fast in the ice. About midnight
the rockets from the other vessel
stopped, and soon afterward, her lights
were seen to disappear beneath the
waves. When daylight broke those on
board the Romsdel were unable to find
any trace of the sursken vessel.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-25
BUTTER GOES
OUT OF SIGHT

This city is experiencing a serious
butter famine. The price of butter has
been increasing steadily since Monday,
and last night. when the New York
market closed, every tub of the re-
served stock had been sold. The mer-
chants of this city. who depend upon
the New York market. were cut off en-
tirely and the matter has assumed seri-
Gus proportions.
The effect of the market has not yet
been fe.r' by the consumer. but the
price is liable to soar skyward unless
an immediate shipment is received.
The retail price of butter today is
40 cents. and the price will advance
daily.
, The cause of the unusual shortage
in the butter supply is said to be a
delay in shipment by the Western mer-
chants.
Arthur ]. GUIDE. of the firm of Guide
Bros. stated today that the reserve
stock had been totally exhausted, and
until the grass butter was received
the price would remain around the 40
cent mark.
The grass butter Is not expected be-
fore the middle of May. but when 1t is
ready it will come in great quantities
and the price will be greatly reduced.
M. ]. Harpman, of the Phoenix Cheese
Company. stated that If the shortage
is due to delayed shipments their ar
rival later. together with the regular
daily shipments. will cause an exces-
sive SUPPLY ard the price will lower
within weeks time.
But If the supply of grass hntter must
be awaited the prices will not lower
before the middle of May.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-25
TRY BOATS
ON OLYMPIC

SOUTHAMPTON. England, April %
"A deputation Of the firemen and OIL
ers. 300 Of whom struck work and left
the White Star liner Olympic fve MIN
utes before she was due to sail for New
York Yesterday. has proceeded on board
the steamer in order to test the coilap-
sible boats.
The inefficiency of these craft was
the reason given by the men for strik-
ing. but at the urgent request of the
officials of the line and of the repre-
sentatives of the Board of Trade they
have consented to be witnesses of a
thorough trial of the seaworthiness of
the beats, and If their report should
be satisfactory all hands will rejoin
the ship.
The Olympic is meanwhile lying of
Ryde. Isle of Wight. the officers having
succeeded in securing only fifth OF
the necessary firemen to work the
ship.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-25
British Folly Is
to Blame Kaiser

BERLIN, April 25.-According to a
report current in court circles today.
Emperor William made the following
comment on the Titanic disaster at a
military luncheon of officers:
This is another monumental ex-
ample of British incompetency. The
British nation is living on its past in
stead of keeping pace with the general
efficiency of the twentieth century.
This British blunder goes along
with the antiquated methods Of the
nation, and the result was to be ex-
pected sooner or later.
"It is to be hoped that the Titanic
disaster will teach them the necessity
for that application of science to the
practical affairs of everyday life
which is such conspicuous feature OF
German methods.
There is no doubt about the bravery
of the British crew and the British
men. as well as the Americans. on
board the ship. But British bulldog
pluck is a poor compensation for loss
caused by British stupidity"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-25
ROD
BARES BRAIN

With the back of his head open, leav-
Ing his brain visible to the naked eye.
Richard Bryant. 45 years old, discussed
with the doctors at the City Hospital
the extent of his injuries and the
chances for recovery. After giving a
well connected account of how he was
injured. Bryant lapsed into uncon-
sciousness and is now said to be in a
precarious condition. He is not ex-
pected to live.
Bryant, who Is carpenter and lives
at 3o1 Jelliff avenue with his wife and
daughter. was employed on the new
Ordway building at the northeast cor
ner of Beaver and Market streets.
Shortly before noon today he was at
work on the doors of the elevator
shaft on the first floor, and had been
there but short time when he was
precipitated into the basement, drop
of fifteen feet, by being struck on tho
head by a heavy iron rod which had
been dropped from the top of the shaft.
ten stories higher The bar tore open
the back of Bryant's head so that his
brain was visible even while he lay
at the bottom of the shaft awaiting
the arrival of the ambulance from the
City Hospital
Fellow workmen were attarcted to the
basement by the crash of the iron bar
striking the concrete flooring. Here
they found Bryant, who. while he
seemed able to comprehend all that was
going on about him. could not speak.
He was rushed with all haste to the
hospital, where an operation was imme-
diately performed. in the hope that his
life would be saved. There was no
change in his condition this afternoon.
Mrs Bryant is almost Frustrated
with grief She declared that her hus-
band had gone to work on the Ordway
building yesterday at noon. having left
a position in Morristown so that he
could be near his family. His 15-year-
old daughter, the only child. is an at
tendant at a local business college.
Today's accident was the first serious
mishap that has occurred on the build
ing since 1t was started. nearly year
ago. Those in charge of the work were
not inclined to discuss the affair. Just
who was responsible for the fall of the
iron rod is not known as yet Follow
ing the accident the other carpenters
refused to work in the shaft.