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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-01
Attends Session Of
Academy of SCieaCe

Prof. l.. B. McMullen, head Of the
science. department, returned on Sat
urday evening from Grand Forks,
where he attended the fifth annual
meeting Of the North Dakota Academy
of Science on Friday evening and Sat
|urday. Mr.. McMullen reports very
profitable session Of the Academy Of
Science and mentioned several schol.
arly papers read at the meetings.
Among these was that of Prof. A. H.
Taylor, head Of the physics department
at the university, on Weather and
Wireless" in which he showed that
from the experience of the Grand
Forks station, clear night following
a cloudy day was the most satisfactory
time for sending wireless messages.
Mr.. McMullen sent his first wireless
message while at Grand Forks, and on
the next morning the Fargo Forum
contained the following account:
"A message was sent by wire.
less this morning from Prof. L.
B. McMullen Of the Valley City
Normal school to S. S. Lyons, a
popular banker Of this city, from
the state university at Grand
Forks, The message read as fol-
lows: Through the kindness Of
the state university am sending
this dispatch. Signed ~ Prof. L.
b. McMullen.
The message was received by
Harold c. Reinecke. who has
powerful wireless station"
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
A GENEROUS RIVAL.

Editor Tanner of the Filler jour
nal expresses the following kindly
feeling over the crash and failure OF
the daily paper at Twin Falls, paper
that was expected to absorb a lot OF
Mr.. Tanners business, as the towns
are close together:
THE Daily News at Twin Falls
has succumed and gone down to de-
feat. 1t couldn't have been other
wise. The writer of this has been in
the newspaper game since 1872 He
has been connected with metropolitan
dailies in different cities and has an
inkling of what it takes, what 1T
means, and something about the
whole lineup. There never was Il
chance for a daily at Twin Falls. We
wish there had been. Messers. Mel
vim and Milligan are fine men and
worthy of success. Once or twice a
week is about as often as this new
country can stand. We are sorry
for those who went into the deal as
it must have been expensive. The
former owners of the News will prob
ably take back the weekly and con-
tinue it's publication"
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
DRASTIC INSURANCE. LAW.

The suggestion made by the Amer
lean Falls Press that the legislature
be suspended for 25 years, seems JUS
tilted when it is observed how they
fxed the insurance agencies. They
enacted a law providing that any
representative of foreign insurance
company coming into Idaho must pro-
cure a license before he shall be per-
mitted to transact any business OF
any kind directly or indirectly and
hedges him about SO that he could
not even inspect building or take
photograph of it or look through 1t
for the purpose of making a report
upon it's condition, without first Sc
curing the license or be subject to
fine and Imprisonment.
If given company hadn't dollar
of risk in the state and sent man In
to look at the town and view their
water systems and give them inform
alton about the prospects for devel-
oping their business if they conclud-
ed to enter the state, and he did this
without first taking a out license, he
might be fined and imprisoned. If he
is in the state to do any act or to say
any words pertaining to insurance
even though it does not pertain to re-
ceiving dollar or assuming any risk,
he is liable. ~
The wisdom of the legislature in
thus putting up the bars to keep busi-
ness out of the state is just as in
sane as it would be to enact law to
collect an observers license from ev-
cry tourist who crosses the state line
going to Yellowstone park.
They should protect the insured
by compelling the companies as they
do, to be properly rated before they
can get license and collect people s
money for risks, but these extremes
are prohibitions and not protection.
The insurance commissioner who
was here prosecuting the Sutherland
case last Saturday is quoted as say
ing in court that all he wanted wa:
to secure conviction-to have the rec
ord show guilt and a fine imposed
he did not care how little the fine wal
it was the acknowledgment he was af
ter, which he would probably be able
to use to strengthen his grip for thia
extreme position in other cases.
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
ASYLUM BOARD MEETING.

At the quarterly meeting of the
board of trustees for the asylum the
usual routine was gone oyer and
things found to be in good condition.
Some improvements are being made
about the place, widening the big
sun porches at the rear of the wards
to treble their capacity being one of
them.
The cottage at the rear of the main
building has been coated over with
cement and the surface blocked off
so it loses it's appearance as a rough
lava building.
Gates have been restored at the
front of the grounds and fine large
cement posts with some new steel
fencing, put up since the July meet
ing. Cement walks have been ex-
tended to the old building. and some
improvements are being made in it.
Collapsible racks have been built
in the apple cellar so the fruit can be
stored few inches deep in cases that
stand in tiers and ventilate freely be-
sides being accessible without moving
anything. A large amount of the
wind falls have been made into cider
and 46 barrels of this are fermentin2
in the cellar, making about $500 gal
Ions.
The men have been harvesting
a bounteous crop of yellow carrots
and stock carrots the past week, the
latter averaging about three to foul
| inches in diameter and a foot long
They are white and are considered
very fine stock food.
A pipe line is being installed tc
connect the barn with the irrigating
ditch for the purpose of washing the
barn floors and conveying the liqui,
| fertilizer into the fields.
The milch COWS ore no Longer
housed in the big cement barn, it be
ing considered too dark and gloml
and the floors too hard and cold fol
the health and comfort of the cows
| They are put in stalls for milking
and then turned out again. The
COW stalls were built on. the shadI
side of the barn, and it is though
that the sunny side would have beer
better for the cows.
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
THE NAMPA BANK FAILURE
Stockholders and DepositOrs Finally
Agree on SmallwOod as Receiver

A receiver has been appointed for
the Bank of Nampa, owned by DR..
Givens and his two sons and others
The reports of the condition of the af-
fairs of the bank are not any better
than at first, and some features are a
disappointment. The state had mon
ey loaned or deposited with them,
for which the state held security
bonds. A few months ago one of the
surety companies withdrew ON ac-
count of the condition of the bank,
and three individuals executed bonds
in its place, amounting to some $780,
900. Now it develops that one of
these surities was owing the bank
$4,000, and is about bankrupt IN
other accounts. The other two sur
tiles M;ere also borrowing heavily
from the bank at the time of giving
the surety bonds, and are still owing
it. Under these circumstances it does
not appear that the state will be able
to realize very readily If at all from
them.
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
ON PUBLIC UTILITIES.

Representative Peter G. Johnston
was at home Tuesday, having been
out looking after his sheep in Fra-
mont county for some time. When
asked if he were satisfied with the
results secured thus far from the pub
lie utilities commission, he said he
was glad the commission is working
sanely and not dong anything radical.
That he had confidence in the ability
and integrity of the commission, and
he thought they had done much good
in matters pertaining to the moving
of crops this year, and some credit
was due them in averting the car
shortage.
In regard to the increased expense
to the state government, resulting
from their orders in matters of trans
portation and the increase nthe pow
er bills reported from every side, he
was not prepared to discuss the stu
alton, and he thought it rather early
to be forming conclusions.
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
JULIUS WOULD HAVE US WET
Thinks BlackfOOt Will Never Amount
to Much Without Saloons

julius Rosenburg of Salt Lake City
a former resident of Idaho, took a
trip to Mackay Thursday, and as he
looked about town little between
trains he said the town seemed to be
doing very well but that it will never
amount to much until we have sal
oons. That there were no fine build
ings going up, and they never do in
dry town. Our reply that skyscrap-
ers are built only in cities and not in
country towns did not meet with his
approval; he said he liked to see
buildings going up that cost million
or million and half, and he says
he is not in the brewery business now
either.
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
80 .- =, IT, .. 49,
The kiok Of the Cook.


During one of his first tours In the
limited States Paderewski enjoyed
dinner which was equal to anything
he could have expected In one Of the
best Partisan restaurants. He was so
surprised and pleased that he sent MS
thanks and compliments to the cher.
A few years later, happening to be In
the same city. he again went to that
restaurant. The meal he got was still
far above the average, but was not SO
good as before. However. on the occa-
sion of a third visit he again tried the
same place. The food was uninterest-
ing from the beginning Of the meal to
the end.
He asked the head waiter whether
the former chef had left He had not
left, the waiter informed him. and, ON
being pressed for an explanation OF the
change In the quality Of the meals ne
said:
IF you had to play, night after
night, before an audience of barbarians
who did not appreciate the best things
In your performance, would you con-
tinue year after year to play as well
as you do now?"-Henry 7. Fink's
"Food and Flavor"
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
Different Names For Waves.

They have curiously different names
for waves about the coast Of Great
Britain. The Peterhead folk call the
large breakers that fall with a crash
on the beach by the grim name OF
"Norrawa Norway carpenters" On
the low Lincolnshire coast, as on the
southwestern Atlantic fronting shore
of these islands, the grandly long un-
broken waves are known as rollers
Among east Anglians a heavy SURF.
tumbling in with an offshore wind or
in a calm, is called by the expressive
name of "slog," while well marked
swell. rolling in independently of any
blowing, is called a "home." 'There Is
no wind" a Suffolk fisherman will say
"but nasty home on the beach" suf-
folk men also speak Of the bark" OK
the surf, and sea covered with foam
ia spoken Of as feather white" The
foam itself is known as spoon drift
So. In the vernacular. we have 1t "The
sea was all a feather white with spoon
drift"
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
COMMISSION SUCCEEDING BADLY

The public utilities commission was
created ostensibly in the interest of
the dear peopul" and to prevent
their being plundered by the soulless
corporations, but the. arguments of
those favoring the commission do not
seem to hold at this time. The state
government finds itself confronted
with an enormous expense bill for
railroad fares for it's officials and en-
ployes who formerly rode on passes,
and the roads are infinitely the gain
ers. If the power bills generally
have increased at strides similar to
those we have learned about, it would
have been better to expend about a
hundred thousand year to get the
corporations to fix their own rates
according to their generosity, than
to stand the expense of the commits
sion and have the rates raised besides
Our observations of commissions
and corporations leads to the belief
that corporations have commissions
beaten a city block for good senes in
their particular line, and for gener-
osity in general.
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
The CHEEKY Dandelion.

OF all the merry, happy go lucky
flowers the yellow dandelion takes the
prize. 1t is "bon camarade' with the
rich and the poor. Its saucy, impudent
little face greets you from the center
of your choicest flower bed, and 1t
smiles cheerily up at you from the
dusty highway. In the crowded alley,
reeking with filth, it bravely opens Its
yellow petals. Anywhere and every
where that bit of earth can accumu'
late there appears the little dandelion
A veritable street gamin, how 1t lives
and how it thrives is mystery much
like its human brothers. Close to the
pavements, under the horses feet,
snuggled In areaways, laughing from
the gutter, the cheerful little rascal
wins your love in spite of yourself.
And out in the country what glorious
times they all have together, starring
the grass with golden stars. the joy Of
the children and the curse Of the gar
dener!-Suburban Life.
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17

for September had in most cases gone
up very materially. A canvass of the
situation shows increases running as
high as $50 per cent increase, and
we have found but one whose bill was
reduced, and that was a small motor
the reduction under the new schedule
being only 25 cents for the month.
The explanation given for the raise
is that the scale was authorized by
the public utilities commission, and,
like the doctors medicine, THE drec-
tions say take it.. ;"
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
Wildcats.

There is a noticeable difference In
color and markings between the wild
cats of North and South America. Both
animals are of about the same size, but
the South American cat is covered with
round black spots much like those Of
the leopard, but smaller in size. These
spots contrast strongly with the sur
rounding fur, which is Of a grayish
white color, very different from the
reddish color of the North American
wildcat. The fur of the South Ameri-
can wildcat is not so thick as that Of
his North American cousin, but the
skins are said to dress we'll and make
good robes and rugs.-Fur News.
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17

WASHINGTON Oct. 4-Postmaster
General Burleson is preparing to in
stitute a rigid investigation of the
statements of circulation filed in the
post office department by the news
papers of the country under the Law
requiring such statements twice a
year.
The department holds that circu-
lation as defined by the law means
the net paid circulation of the news
papers. Complaints have been reach,
ing the department that many papers
have based their circulation reports
on distribution other than that which
is paid and investigations and prose
cutions of all such offenses is planned.
The plans of the department are
being supported by the leading news
papers of the country on the ground
that the law will be valuless unless
the utmost exactness in circulation
statements is enforced.
The investigation will be conduct
ed through the postal inspectors
throuvhout the country and COM
plete reports on all statements will be
gathered within a short time. The
first investigation will be directed
against newspapers concerning which
complaints have been filed, but a gen.
eral Investigation of all statements
on file is expected to be made. Where
it is established that the law has been
deliberately evaded, vigorous prose-
cutions will follow to serve as a
warning that both the letter and the
spirit of the law must be met.
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17

the demands of working men with
whom they had been having trouble
that one of their vessels would be
burned. A letter to this effect was
received by the company before the
vessel left port. and there was vio-
lent explosion in the hold where the
fire started. 1t is said to have cut
off 1.-The escape of about 80 or 80
passenger who are thought to have
been killed by the explosion or burn
ed alive.
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
FORMER EDITOR HERE

A. e. Haines, formerly the editor
and ptoprdetor of the McCammon
Banner, visited Blackfoot last Satur-
day. Mr.. Haines had the misfortune
to be burned out on the 18th of May
while he and his wife were at the
bedside of their son in a Salt Lake
hospital Their home and printing
house were in the same building, and
they lost every thing.
With characteristic grit he rebuilt,
and thought he would save the busi-
ness for himself when he discovered
that somebody else had contracted
and proprietor of the McCammon
his troubles.
"Misfortunes never come singly, ;
and Mr.. Haines went down in failure,
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
BIG STEAMER BURNS
Goes Down About 500 Miles North
east of Where Titanic Sank.

Last Thursday and Friday an ocean
steamer, The Volturno, burned at sea
in the track of international travel,
about 500 miles northeast of where
the Titanic went down. The fire was
discovered at 6 so Thursday morning
and it spread very rapidly for a while
but was then held in check by the fire
fighters, until they abandoned the
vessel on Friday morning.
The vessel carried 651 passengers
and 131 were lost There were
enough life boats to carry everybody
on board but the sea was so rough
it was impossible to launch them.
Several attempts wereamade, and the
first two boats that were filled with
about 55 people each, were smashed
against the side of the vessel by the
rolling of the vessel while the boats
were being lowered, and the people
were all dropped into the sea and
drowned. Two more boats that were
launched, disappeared so suddenly
they are thought to have foundered in
the rough sea.
Calls were sent out by wireless as
soon as the fire was found to be dan
gerous, and the vessels gathered in
from hundreds of miles around, but
they could do nothing when they ar
rived. The one that was of the great
est service was an oil tanker, and it
poured it's cargo of oil upon the sea
near the plunging liner, and the wav-
es fiattened out SO much that the YES
sells ceased rolling in short time and
people were transferred to the life
boats at the rate of about $50 an hour
until everybody was safe on the other
vessel.
The Volturno when abandoned was
still burning and some parts of 1t
had caved in and dropped people into
the flames. Much of the decks were
SO hot that peoples shoes we're bak-
cd with the heat but in their anguish
and the desperate scramble for ex-
istence they hardly noticed these
things. Some nearly went mad in
that 26 hours of waiting and fighting.
Some fought each other and tore off
most of their clothes, some fought
the fire, some tried to keep peace and
provide food and water and comfort,
some jumped into the sea and were
drowned and some were picked up
by other vessels. About dozen ves-
sells bound for as many parts of the
world, took people from the Volturno.
and now they are scattered in various
countries.
The latest dispatches indicate that
the fire in the Volturno was started
by explosion of bomb placed in the
hold before it left the port. This is
supported by suggestions made to the
company that II they did not yield to
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
FLAG RAILS
ING AT FORT HALL

Last Tuesday the Rodman- Wanna.
maker party from the east, visited Ft
Hall and raised the flag over the trad.
ing post. They also delivered mes.
sage from President Wilson, given
them in his own voice by means of
phonograph.
A large gathering of Indians and
white people graced the occasion and
barbecue and show or parade by
the Indians followed.
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
FAVOR ABANDONMENT.

It is less than six months since the
public utilities commission got start
ed to work in the state, yet there is
quite a sentiment in. favor of its
abandonment Why not suspend the
legislature for period of twenty or
twenty-five years and thus eliminate
the risk of having something else
equally as bad foistered upon us?--
American Falls Press.
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
BIG BEET CROP MOVING.


Field Superintendent Geo. H. Smith
of the sugar company reports that the
beets are being harvested and deliv-
cred to the factory ct the rate Of
about 1900 to 1900 tons day. The
ground is in fine condition, there hav-
ing been none too much rain and har-
vesting is easier than usual. The dirt
shakes off the beets much more read
lily and they reach the factory looking
as If they had been washed.
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
REDUCTION IN EXPRESS RATES.
Reductions of From 10 to 1926 Per
Cent Became Effective ON We'd
nesday,-Save 500, 100000.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Oct 10
Sweeping reductions in express rates
over the entire country became eff
fective today upon an order of the
Interstate Commerce commission.
The reduction ranged from about IL
to nearly 1875 per cent in ONE in
stances and will mean saving of
$4,000, 900 annually to the people.
The new rates are to be tried
out" two years. They may then be-
come permanent if the commission
finds they are not too great handi-
cap upon the express companies in
their competition with the parcel
post. The reductions today is the
end of a long fight by the express
companies, aided, it has been charg-
ed, by railroads. For over year
they have been held up pending fur
ther investigation by the commission,
Rates on packages weighing fifty
pounds or less have been practically
all reduced. One hundred-pound rates
for instance have been left intact in
most cases. In comparison with par
eel post rates all packages weighing
over four pounds will go cheaper than
by parcel post when travelling 500 tc
TO 5000 miles. Under and aver these
conditions the rates are practically
parallel. The commission contends
that additional business will be avail.
able sufficiently to offset any losses
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17

hut he went to Pocatello and took
employment with the Daily Tribune
ard is s.arting again at the bottom Of
the ladder. There is another famil-
lar adage, "A man in trouble finds out
who his friends are" and a better in
depreciation of 1t is, "***he finds out
who his friends are not"
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
Spinach That Crows Six Feet HIGH.

The numerous varieties of spinach
now grown are very interesting. These
is the Orache or mountain spinach.
which grows six feet high and has
very ornamental foliage. New Zealand
spinach Is very useful kind Sown
in spring. It yields succulent leaves
straight on until October. Perpetual
spinach or spinach beet planted In
summer goes on far into the winter
London Mail
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
Reduced TO Science.

Amateur Landlady - How do you
manage to keep your boarders with
such poor accommodation and so lit
tie to eat? Mrs. Slimdiet confidential
iy)-I let them run a week or two be-
hind with their bills. and they never
catch up Yonkers Statesman.
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
Bananas and Bread and Butter.

A commission house in Vienna which
makes speciality Of West Indian prod
ucts says in one of its advertisements:
Educate your children to eat bananas
Let them take bananas to school, and II
they eat them at recess time they will
not only be refreshed, but their capac-
ity for study will be improved. There
can be no more wholesome food for the
school child than bananas with bread
and butter"
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
WILL HAVE TO BE TRUTHFUL.

The new federal law requiring pub
fishers of newspapers to tell all about
their business and especially their
debts, and requiring dailies to give
full information as to their paid cir
culation, is creating both consterna-
tion and merriment in newspaper Of
fees; CONSERVATION among those who
object to letting the public know just
how they carry on their business, and
merriment for those who are always
willing to take the public into conf
dence. Twice year, October 1st
and April first they are required to
publish a sworn statement of these
matters, and then stand ready to be
prosecuted the other six months, if
they do not get it about right.
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17

It is one of the common remarks
that all the beets looks like big ones,
and there are scarcely any little ones
in sight. Mr.. Smith says they are
not so rich in sugar this year as usu-
al.
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
The Main Point.

Helter-Holmes gets gigantic sal
ary from that mining corporation.
Skelter-Abe to locate gold mines, is
he? Helter-Not much Able to locate
stock purchasers. Life.
The Idaho Republican., 1913-10-17
Fathers Position.

"Why don't you want me to marry
your daughterT
"You have no money"
"But have brains"
Maybe so, but you don't prove 1t
by wanting to get married, young
man. Washington Herald.