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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-08-21

HIGHWAY DISTRICT CARRIES.

The vote on the proposed forma-
ton Of the Jerome Highway District
on last Saturday resulted in de-
cisive majority for one measure.
There were l55 votes cast in favor
of the district and AZ against. While
the vote was a very light one. it in
dicates about the per cent of the
voters Of the district who are in
favor Of this plan of handling the
good roads question.
There was very little open oppo-
sition TO the measure manifested
though many who felt that they did
not fully understand the question
refrained from voting Now that
the district has been established by
a vote Of the people the details may
be worked out later on. The first
thing will be the appointment Of 4
commission by Governor Haines
and this will probably not be don,
until after Il conference with repre-
sentative citizens of the district
which will recommend the men tt
be appointed.
1t is not likely that much worl
will be accomplished this year a
the season is getting late, but tn
establishing of the district will pre-
vent the further voting Of none.
out of the district for the repair O
roads in other sections Of the county
The question Of voting bonds is an
other matter that will probabl
come up for discussion anothe
spring, and in the meantime Tn
voters of the district should tax
occasion to look into the working
Of the highway district plan and b
prepared to vote intelligently on til
bond question when it is submitted
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-08-21

There seems to be a general sentl-
ment throughout the country that
hay will command a good price this
year, and those in position to
best Judge of the conditions are ad-
vising the farmers to hold their hay
for the present at least. One enter
prising firm at Rupert advises hold
ing out for $1,000 per ton. The
demand for our alfalfa has COM
menced, and a gentleman was here
the first of the week attempting to
contract a supply from our farmers.
How well he succeeded we are not
advised, but it is pretty well
assured fact that this early demand
for our hay means better price
later on. The second crop has
about all been harvested, and the
quality is of the very best, rs fortu-
nately there was no rain to inter
fere with the gathering Of the crop
The third cutting is coming along
nicely. and there is every indication
that it will equal the second cutting
The increased price of hay vii
naturally mean an increased pric'
for grain of all kinds, and as tn
farmers of the tract are blessed witt
bountiful yields this year, the out
look is very bright for them.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-08-21

ment on foot to hand the project
back to the federal government for
the purpose of having it worked out
hy the reclamation service, the pro-
position is somewhat in doubt. 1t
would be a great irrigation scheme,
but its delay for several years will
work no hardship to the state, nor
to this immediate community.
If the project is handed back to
the federal government the Carey
act segregation will be cancelled and
the contract with the state set aside
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-08-21
NOT so BAD.

Several Of the papers in this sec
ton last week copied with flaring
headlines an item from the States
man to the effect that the valuation
OF Minidoka county as shown by the
assessor was less than 81 800, 900
and that the Short Line would have
to make up the deficiency. After
an analysis Of the case it would ap-
pear that these same papers would
have an opportunity to correct their
statements.
There seems to be misunder-
standing about this case say the
Shoshone Journal, and the news
papers that have published reports
| from the Statesman were entirely
erroneous. The United States gov
ernment through their District At
torney, G. II. Lingenfeter, brought
an action for injunction TO prohibit
the county officials from assessing
and taxing the lands upon the Min
idoka project upon which final proof
had been made and certificate there
for issued. The land that was
assessed, was land that could be
assigned and transferred, and five
payments had been made thereon
which constitutes one-fourth of tho
payments to be made by the settlers
The case was defended by Harlan
ID. Hest, assisted by T. G. Coffin
an attache Of the Attorney General :
office. The holding Of the cour
r was that the assessor was instructed
2 by the commissions 10 assess the en-
2 tire land. The contention of tn
: defendant was that they were no
E assessing the entire land, but onl
t. the equities of the settlers in and I
. the land. The court further he'll
that the assessor had failed to sepa
rate the legal from the illegal paI
- of the assessment. lmmedlatel
= after the decision in the case, til
Board of Equalization of Minidok
p county re-assessed the same as hay
y ing escaped assessment, and i'll the
h records made plain the separatio
> of the legal from the illegal part {
e the assessment, showing that onl
u the equity of the settler was assessed
y consequently il is plainly seen thu
the reports that the property is M
assessable are erroneous.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-08-21
DEAD SOIL SPOTS.

On land devoid of sufficient or
ganic matter or sand, there some
times occur spots that are appar-
emily dead or unresponsive to water
and plant life to any marked de-
gree. Lack of plant growth is
sometimes attributed to want OF
water, and oftentimes such may be
the case. but the spots in question
are of different nature from the
surrounding soil, usually very com
pact and almost impervious Il
water, indicating too large per
centage of clay. Experiment ha'
shown that these spots can readil.
be brought to a high state of fertil
ity by the proper Incorporation o
manure. Such a condition coulC
not easily be remedied if it were
case of alkali, which answers tn
question several times asked ,whethe
or not this be case of alkali.
H. P. Fishburn,
Assistant Chemist.
Idaho Experiment Station.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-08-21

A new ruling has been made by
the Interior department whereby a
desert land entryman in making
annual proof is not entitled to take
credit for Improvements placed
upon the land by former entry
man. Heretofore holders OF desert
claims that came TO them by pur-
chase have been permitted to in
clude in their afiidavits all improve
ments made by former entrants
The present decision changes al
that and no entrant may hereafter
take advantage of any improvements
except those he has made himself
no matter what their value may be
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-08-21
RICHES IN HOGS.
Farmers of this Section Should Profit
by the Experience of Others.

Up in the Parma country the set
tiers a few years ago were expert
encing the same conditions that
confront the settlers on this tract
today, viz, the lack Of markets and
high transportation charges. About
the only market for their hay was
found among the sheep men, who
were in a position to dictate the
price to the producer, with the re-
suit that the farmer was realizing
from 80 90 to $500 per ton for this
product.
Hog raising has solved the pro-
blem there, and a report from there
states that during the past year
over 800, 900 has been paid to the
farmers of that section for hogs
alone and this will be more than
doubled the coming year.
Fortunately for the farmers on
this tract they early realized the
necessity of raising stock if they ex-
pected to realize any returns from
their products, and the results of
this have been manifested to some
extent the present year, as several
car loads of hogs have been shipped
from the tract which have brought
good returns to the raisers. True
the dairy COW has found most con-
spicuous place on the tract, and
while as a rule good returns have
been experienced from this sourc,
there is probably no branch o.
stock raising that will yield quicker
returns than the raising of hogs.
The same arguments presented
by the farmers of the Parma section
are alike applicable to this section
The kind of crops grown here, eli
matte conditions and exemption
from diseases that rob the hoI
raiser of the central states of mucl
of his profit, all tend to make thi
part of Idaho ideal for the pork pro
ducing industry. Brood sows an,
pigs are pastured on alfalfa; marke
stock is fattened on chopped grain
wheat and barley chiefly, and ship
ped when they reach a weight c
from 200 to 25O pounds, at the ag
of from seven to nine months. PraC
r tically all of the hogs are shippe
to the Portland market where the
: command top prices, an average {
t s cents per pound during the pa:
, year, or about $1,000 a car.
! 1t does not need the experienC
+ of the denonstrator at the exper
mental stations to convince tt
0 farmer that there is money in hog
y The figures speak for themselve
d If you have not already got fe
;. brood sows on your place, get son
at once, and within the course Of
few months you will be in pos
e ton to be Independent of the hs
3 and grain buyer, as you can the
" dictate the price of these commod
ties. There are any amount
farmers on the tract who will Il
- you that their hogs have broug
them better returns than anythil
"" "" they have raised.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-08-21
ANOTHER SHIP GOES DOWN.

A dispatch from Juneau, Alaska,
says that twenty-five or more pas
sengers and seven members OF the
crew of the Pacific Coast Steamship
company's iron steamship State OF
California perished at $50 O'Clock
Sunday morning in Gambler bay,
30 miles south Of juneau, when the
vessel struck an uncharted rock and
sank in three minutes with many
passengers imprisoned i'll their state
rooms.
The boat left Seattle "Wednesday
heavily laden with passengers and
cargo, and besides the loss of lif'
the cargo will be total loss as the
ship sank in very deep water. The
dispatch further states that thu
State Of California was going at ful
speed when she struck the reef anc
= great portion of the ships bottom
was torn off, letting in a great flooc
of water which quickly engulfed thu
boat. Most of the passengers an'
members of the crew who perisheC
were in their staterooms and ther
was not time to get them out beior
the boat went down. The GREY
numbered So men.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-08-21
LABOR DAY PROCLAMATION.

Governor Haines has issued the
following proclamation regarding
the observance of Labor Day, which
falls on the first Monday in Septem-
Der.
In accordance with established
custom, | have the honor to invite
public attention to the fact that
under the laws of our State the first
Monday in September has been de-
signated and set apart as public
holiday to be known as Labor Day
This is day in whose fitting OBJ
servance and celebration all our cit
liens, without regard to class ol
walk in life, should heartily join
All our progress and prosperity, al
our growth and development depenC
primarily upon labor, and it is ;
duty, as it should be a pleasure, fo
us all to pay fitting tribute to th'
dignity of honest toll. 1t is, there
fore, my earnest request that oi
Monday, the first day of September
1918, all work and business shall, 81
far as possible, be laid aside and tn
day be given unreservedly to tn
purpose for which it has been Sc
apart by law.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-08-21
DON'T BURN YOUR SPOILED HAY

The heavy rains that occurred
just after stacking the first cutting
of hay has resulted in the destruc-
ton of some of this crop, as many,
not anticipating such a downpour,
had left their stacks partially COM
pleted, awaiting the second cutting
to finish them.
Every acre of this spoiled hay
then that is applied to the land will
permit the raising of three 30-bushel
wheat crops, or five 40 bushel oat
crops or three 600-bushel apple
crops, without any depreciation in
the fertility of the soil" is the
astounding statement made by Pro-
fessor H. D. Scudder, agronomist
of the Oregon Agricultural College
in discussing the farmers most
pressing problem of the best dispo-
sition to make of spoiled hay. Pro-
fessor Scudder continues the discus
sion as follows:
A ton of clover hay contains 10
pounds of nitrogen, five pounds Of
phosphorus and 80 pounds of potas-
sium. If this amount of plant food
was to he purchased on the market
as fertilizer, it would cost not less
than $3.50 and probably closer to
S1O.50 depending upon the form of
fertilizer. Since a good average
!. field of vetch and clover would yield
for the first cutting this year about
three tons per acre, the actual fer
tility value at the lowest market
price for these three plant foods
alone, contained in the spoiled hay
on the average acre of clover land is
s21.50 Clover hay that has be-
come spoiled for feed has lost little
or none of these fertility elements
and hence every ton of it that can
be returned to the land is worth not
less than $40 to sl5 and every acre
, with three tons of this spoiled hay
carries a value of $50 to s45 if pro-
o perly utilized.
THE folly of letting this hay Ii,
or burning it up can be seen at /.
;, glance. 1t should be hauled to tn,
barnyard and thrown in deep pile
6 Just as is the manure. In othe
!, words, il should be composted, o
=. allowed to rot. If it inclines t,
:. firefang it should be wet down
. little. When the fall rain comes i
will rot down and be ready to sprea,
on the land in the following winter
In many cases this hay can b
hauled off the meadow and sprea
at once on the stubble field or pas
ture that is to be plowed this fall
Before plowing it should be thol
oughly disked so that it will /
Is schopped up and mixed with tn
OF surface soil.
be Every ton of it contains {
N much plant food as is taken ava
from the barn in 80 bushels I
ne wheat, or 66 bushels of oats, or 20
n bushels of potatoes, or 600 bushe
to of apples, or in one ton of fat hog
r. or four tons of milk, or 10 tons {
os butter"
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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-08-21

Secretary of the Interior Frank
lin X. Lane is this week inspecting
the various government reclamation
projects throughout Idaho. 1t is
anticipated that the visit of the
Secretary to the state at this time
will result in great benefit to the
settlers, as there are various ques-
tions pending before the department
to which Mr.. Lane will give his
personal attention while here,
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-08-21

The people of Shoshone have be-
come disgusted with the water serv-
ice as rendered the municipality by
the present water company and n
movement has been started for the
creation of municipal water plant
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-31
BIDS FOR WOOD.

Notice is hereby given that at its
next regular meeting, February 4th,
1918, at the Office of the clerk. Ed
ward s. VanDyke, at seven thirty
O'Clock p. M, the board of education
of School District No, Z of Josephine
county, Oregon, will receive and con-
slider sealed bids for the purchase OF
two hundred and forty cords of two
foot wood all of said wood to be cut
from the body Of sound growing tim
ber, free from rot, dote or punk, half
hardwood and half soft wood, mixed
pine and fir. All of said wood to be
delivered to the various school houses
Of the district at the option of the
board between the first day Of June
and the first day of August, 1918.
Each bid must be accompanied by a
certified check OF ten per cent of the
amount bid and bids may be for a
whole or part of all wood advertised.
The board reserves the right to re-
iect any and all bids.
January IA, 1913.
EDWARD s. VANDYKE,
Clerk
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-31
TURKISH EMPIRE is
SWAYlNG TO ITS FALL

LONDON, Jan. Turkey, If
she persists in refusal of our just de
mands for cession of the territory
our swords have conquered, as well
as of Adrianople and the Aegean
islands, may find her Europeon from
tier, not at Rodosto and Midia, but
at the Bosphorus and the Dardan-
eles."
This was the declaration here to-
day of a diplomat prominent in the
councils of the Balkan allies when
asked what the effect of the Turkish
refusal to yield more than half of
Adrianople to her foes would be.
The allies" this official contin-
ued, have won practically all of Tur-
key-in- Europe. Adrianople must
fall within few days before our
combined assaults. The internecne
strife raging among the Turks be-
hind the lines of Tchatalja must show
plainly to Shafket Pasha and his as
sistants in Constantinople that resls-
tance there would be hopeless. II
the war really re-opens and there is
the gravest probability that it will
there can hardly be a doubt i'm the
mind of any impartial observer that
the totterng Turkish empire in
Europe must finally be extinguish-
ed"
Diplomats here today generally
agree with the freely expressed opin-
ions of the Balkan ENJOYS that hos
tilities before Tchatalja will be
commenced in earnest at once. The,
declare that the evident disruption
of the Turkish forces there will give
the Bulgarians an opportunity foi
immediate and probably successful
attack and military observers gener.
ally look for determined advance
by the allied troops upon Constant
inople.
The Balkan ENJOYS, while contn.
uing their preparations for depar.
ture from London, affect to believe
Turkey is still talking for effect, anc
that further concessions are likely
The Turkish ENJOYS will remain lerC
for a time to receive any further
communications from their govern
ment It is believed from the ac.
tions OF the Balkan ENJOYS rather
than from their spoken admissions
that they do not really expect 10 win
their point by diplomacy but that
they are convinced that only bullet
and bayonet will finally convince tho
Turk that his day as a power IN
Europe is past
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-31
Another Suspect Captured

c. w. Archer was captured in this
city Tuesday night on information
from Roseburg to the effect that he
and another young man had broken
into rooming house and stolen a
sum of money. Archer rode the
blind on the Shasta Limited from
..oseburg but his companion was
captured soon after the robbery.
They are both supposed to be desert
ers from the U, S. army. Officer
Chambers is here to take Archer to
Roseburg.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-31
Grants Pass Man in Hotel Fire

Mrs. o. S. Goodnow has received a
letter from her son, o. c. Goodnow
formerly of this city, in which he
gives a description of his narrow es-
cape from the fire that destroyed
the Brennan hotel at San Francisco
recently. The young man was clerk
at the hotel, and was awakened just
in time to escape with his life, but
he lost all of his clothing and other
property. Another son, j. o. Good
now, living in Portland has lately
lost three fingers from one Of his
hands while employed in a Portland
establishment as a machinist
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-31
COUNTRYMAN INDICTED
ON SERIOUS CHARGE

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.-Fam-
ed throughout California for the i'm
portant part he played in the state
convention at Santa Cruz that made
and un-made governors, Robert s.
Countryman, attorney, today stands
indicted here on a criminal assault
charge. The complainant is Miss
Hannah Helkkinen, aged %, a 40
nestle.
"The story this woman tells" said
Countryman today, does not contain
on iota of truth. She worked at my
home FOR O week I can not see why
! man Of family should be subjected
70 such scandal"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-31

CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. So
The Turkish note replying to the de-
mands Of the Balkan allies which was
withdrawn from the Austrian ambas-
sador after its first presentation to-
day, was returned to him with GER
tain unmportant alterations after
Ionly brief delay. The Turkish lead
ers stated that the alterations made
in the document We're merely cler-
ical mistakes which had been made
in translating the note into French
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-31
Traveller Goes to Hospital

Frank E. Smith of Hannibal, Mo.
a passenger on train No. 10 from
Portland to Los Angeles, was taken
off the train at Grants Pass Wednes-
day and taken to the South Pacific
hospital on account of sudden illness
w. f. Ramsey of Pearson, Ind, fell
low traveller, is with him and will
spend few days here.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-31
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PORTLAND. Jan. Reversal
of the time-worn story of the dar-
keys love for chicken and propensity
to secure it by fair means or foul,
was shown when Bert Weeks. white,
was arrested charged with stealing
FIVE chickens from Nimrod Jackson,
negro.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-31
TARIFF REVISION CONSIDERED.

WASHINGTON. Jan. % Consid-
Grafton of sundry schedules for tariff
revision occupied the attention Of the
house ways and means committee to-
day. Scores of manufacturers APP
peared before the committee
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-31
7. p. Cramer Wins Prize

L. y. trainer Wins PriZe-
T. p Cramer is the. owner of a
handsome porcelain drinking fount
which he won at Portland as the
prize for the second best paper de-
livered before the hardware mems
convention, in session last week. Mr.
Cramer gave a talk on Keeping
Down Expenses, which made a hit
with the convention. Mr.. Cramer
and L. L. Jewell of this city, were
the only hardware men Of southern
Oregon attending this important
gathering.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-31
G.. w. Duffy of Portland registered
Thursday at the Josephine.
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the
books of account of the Southern
Oregon Supply Company, The Coron-
Booth Hardware Company and c. r,
Dixon & Company, have been placed
with Colvig & Williams, of Grants
Pass. Oregon, for attention.
Dated January 2, 1918. 38-4t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-31
no IMMEDIATE
SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE

NEW YORK, Jan. 90 Hope OF
an immediate settlement Of the gar.
ment workers strike was abandoned
today when some Of the manufactF
ers refused to abide by the torn
agreed upon boy representatives %.
the employers and employees. The
agreement provided that the strikers
were 10 return TO work immedlately
wi'h increased wages pending arbi
trafion OF their differences.
Several minor disturbances were
reported today
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-31
Old Time Resident Here

James p. Brown, an od-time
Grants Pass resident, is in the city
renewing old acquaintances and try
ing to realize the truth Of the Won
derful development here since his
time q years ago. Mr. Brown is
now a resident Of Hillsboro, H., and
is on a trip West to attend to his
business interests here, and in south
ern California He is visiting his
aunt. Mrs. Jennie Judson
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-31

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3O.-Locked
in his private office, Happy Hogan is
denying himself to friends today.
I"I've been asked nine thousand
times already where the Vernon club
will be located this year" he ex-
planned Ten thousand and I'll
quit my Job"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-31

progress among the Turks at Tchat-
ALA was obtained today in dispatches
from ConstanZa They say that many
officers and men have been killed
and that more than 200 have been
wounded
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-31
Traveller Dies of Brights Disease


Frank E. Smith, the traveller who
was taken from the passenger train
here Wednesday suffering with
Brights disease, died at the South
Pacific hospital Wednesday night,
and the remains will be shipped to
Elyria, Ohio, for interment The de-
ceased was about "a years of age, a
member of the I. o. o. F order, and
the members of the lodge here rem
dered all possible assistance to the
sick man and later in preparing for
the shipment of the body. Mr. Smith
was enroute to Hannibal, Mo, and
w. F. Ramsey, a fellow traveller
stopped here and was with his friend
in his last hours.