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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-28
Farm Notes

Wayne DinsmCre. secretary OF the
Percheron society OF America, deliy-
cred mastery address on the sub
jet Better Horses for Illinois be
fore the 18Th annual meeting OF the
Illinois Farmers institute. Of which
the following is a summary.
The total value of horses on farms
in Illinois IS s163 .&63.4o0. This vaIua-
tion is greater imam the combined
valuation Of all the cattle. swine
sheep. goats. poultry and bees On
farms or ro1 ca farms. in the state
oc illinois. If We take into consid-
Grafton tie value OF those not on
farms. horses exceed all other classes
Of live stock combined by more than
sci 100000.
There is not single state in the
union IN which horses are beirg pro
duced On one-half of the farms Iowa
.snEs highest in this particular. and
Illinois s,--h. and though Illinois
takes high rank in total numbers au.f
valuation &C horses, being OutraHked
10y fht 'hf SiGtS Ia LiIc uI!Oh, iowa
the number of farms on which horses
are being produced is extremely low.
Draft horses are in strong demand
at good prices. The market for car
riage horses and roGdsters has been
virtually destroyed by the automobile.
Enclassified horses are TOO abundant.
The supply is far in excess of the
demand and prices not satisfactory. BY
process OF elimination, therefore. we
fad that there are but two classes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-28

AT Spring Kill. a few hours ride dis
tAnt from Franklin. FORESTS force
Joined him there the third week in
February. increasing his command To
10000 men With these ne prepared
10 make a bold dash into Nashville
Swamp Barriers at vicksburg.
This time fifty years ago the first
stage Of the siege of VickShurE was
taking shape The season was rainy.
and the vital problem for Genera.
Grant. freshly assigned 10 fun com.
maud 100 that region. wa> 10 secure a
footing Oh dry ground for his army
within striking disunce Of his adver-
sary.
NicksburC stands ON high ground
east OF the Mississippi. But the high
land is isolated Oh the north and east
Grant was on the west side, where The
land in the rainy season is barely
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-28

above water 80 limited WAS tie dry
ground near NickShur- that one corps
Of the army was ruramprd around
Lake Providence. seventy miles NJ
stream
\orlu and mort beast Of NickShur@
the land j. rut up 10y bayou> which
are riiIrd from the Mississippi waters
when these are NJ nuud aS 10 the
winter of iNf2-3 When Hooded the
bayous aud the channels lradlnE into
and from them are or uHvigablp depth.
but the courses were tOrtuou> and
grown mp with trees from zen 20 thirty
wears old
10 march an attacking army across
this stretch ~ swamp land was impOs-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-28

By Captain GEO. l.. KILr1LiS Late U.s-V.
A 7 this time City years ago the
~ hostile activities on land we're
~ confined almost exclusively to
Confederate initiative The
Federal Army of ihe Potomac was he
ing prepared FOR an early spring cam
paign by its new commander. General
Joseph Hooker. II was separated from
its antagonist. the army led by General
Il. +. Lee, by the i;appahannock river.
Lee was waiting IN his camps on the
south bank FOR his foe 10 cross over
and open the attack. Hooker would
be compelled TO do this. however haz-
ardous, in order to carry ont the pro
gram which the Lincoln government
had adopted
Hooker's predecessor. General A z.
Burnside. had made n disastrous fail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-28
The War Fifty Years Ago

Midwnter Lull In Active Campaigning
Active on Land In the East and in the WestA Dead
lock the Rappahannock River In Vrginia--The
Armies of Hooker and Lee Watch Each Other From
Opposite Banks---Grant Begins Regular Operations
Against Vicksbure---Admira Porter's Fleet of Fed
eral Ships the Observation-Disclosures In the Way
of an Attack by Land Troops OF WarShips.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-28

727 horses. valued at SIP per head.
If we can, by patient work. so raise
the standard Of horses in The state.
that they viii sell foc $500 per head,
which is less than is now being real
lied for good drat; mares. the increase
in the valuation Of horses in the state
will oe SIS pes head, and the finan-
cial benefit L. the formers OF Illinois
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-28
Porter'S Vigilance.

The Federal army was kept NJ dis
lance from NIrkShur= by impaSSaoIe
swamp .dnG~. bat Inp navy always hal
lear runrSp un The Mississippi. al
most up 20 The u'uEZIeS ut tHr Confed-
crate guns TH,.., ems ou land We're
TOO much for rh"St. ahnJrd snip How
ever. there va- advantage IN being
able 10 yrj ye>Sr! safely past them
now AND then.
r1Trr'~ headquarters We're on the
wo"deu steamer R.ack Hawk. a rn"my
and powerful packet IN" WAS without
armpr of any kind Al thar time tncre
were irou~'adS nt heavy arnlor and OF
light aruIp" in the hcpt. bur they wer"
uuwirdy and SLOW and great reiianre
WAS place! upon Stout UuHien ships
because II their superior speed. The
wooden queen II he West. under Colo
ne. Ellrt. ran past the guns on The
blnT early in the monfh and on the
I"th the ironclad ludiaHoia foluwpd.
The object ~ these exploits was 70
get control 81 Red river. down which
supplies were transported 10 the Con
felrrate forces NJ NickSbrrG and Port
Hudson. Ellei lost his ship on Red riv-
or IN Feb. IA. and on the @lst the In
dianola WIS stationed WI its mouth on
bockadiug duty.
There was naval fighting ahead on
these 'No NickSburg problems. the con-
troll OF Red river and the opening nf
the Yazoo rOute. Meanwhile POrtpr's
mortar boats stationed In the river kept
up a steady fire upon the Viclsburg de
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-28

Able. and TO navigate the waters with
warships and transports was out of
the question until the channels should
be opened up.
Experiments With Canals.
In the previous summer. when Far
raCuts warshipS were repulsed by the
Confederate guns on the bluffs at
Nicksburg. General Thomas Williams
began the construction OF a canal
across q peninsula opposite the town.
The distance across is a mile. and it
was thought that a channel could be
opened which would enable the FEEDER
a. ships 20 pass up and down the Mis-
sisSippi without running the gantlet
Of Confederate IRE. Grants troops be-
gan to revive this project. which had
been abandoned on account OF low
water
Another canal project was afoot at
Lake Providence. also on the west
side. TIE lake had formerly been the
bed Of the river and was one mile
distant from the new channel 1t was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-28

proposed TO cut a canal across the in
terveninS ground and open up Wa
terwsy through a system Of rivers ana
bayOuS extending hundreds Of miles
south to Red river. This would enable
the army under Grant to unite with
the army in General y. r. Ranks de-
partment which was preparing 10 at
tack Port Hudson.
Some Of the connecting bayous
which would have 10 be cleared Of Oh
structions were at the time merely
wooded Swamps. Grant declared that
he hadn't much faith in this route. but
let the work of opening m waterway
60 on becnuSe employment WIS better
than idlpnesS 70 keep the troops in
trim Resides. this work WIS cover
for other ODara lions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-28
Naval Plans Afoot.

Farther m the river. on II" east SIDE.
was AN abandoned and ol'SrrIrled pass
from the Mississippi. through Moon
lake into me Coldwater and other nari-
gable rivers ruutrihUtary "a the NaZoo
The Yazno aows into the Mississippi
close To NickShrrS Early in February
Colonel j. r. Wilson. an engineer "n
Grants STAFF. cut through The ievee
separating the river waters from the
lake The waters rushed through on a
fall Of nine feet and opened cha
POO feet wide
After some days the lake was filed.
and Rear Admiral u. IL Porter detail
ed TWO ironclHdS with several light
draft gunboatS from the upper M!ssiS-
Sippi fleet. Ia explore the new water
route. II naviEable il might enable
Grant 10 transport m arInr To high.
dry ground east OF NickSbur-. lie
could then attack the fortress from the
rear But the Confederate~ weT" wise.
TOO. and viyilant They mad already put
ohStruytiDu> IN The way t,E telling trees
s5ou- the banks ~ The pass, to the Cod
water \ Federal army contingent
was called Oh To- assist the navy IN
clearing the channel. This work was
but barely begun the third week in
February.
Meanwhile the ConledP-aIe>. looking
far ahead. had begun the construction
OF fort ~ The junction of the falla
hntchie ana lazoo. 100 miles or more
MORT heJ>t ~ Nir.>hEr= in!~ WAS he
liz armed and gar-i>pupd 20 repel For
ter'S ship, While they we're still struc'
Cling through the chanuei distractions
ffty miles AWAY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-28
Lee Not Alarmed

II was evident that General Lee had
no fear that Hooker would spriug an
attack and rout his army. for he de-
tached two Of his best divisions for
service In southeastern Virginia He
also sent with them as commander one
II his two ablcSt marshalS. General
James Longstreet
Longstreet took with him to suffolk
$4,000 men This depletion Of force
left Lee with GNOOO to cope with the
10000 which Hooker Could bring into
battle Lees viG.laut cavalry. the
troopers led 10y Jeb Stuart and Fitz
hugh Lee. kept an uuceasiug watch at
all the fords and practicable crossings
Of the river 10 see to II that Hooker
should not effect surprise with his
odds OF . 10 J.
Hooker rcUrGauized his cavalry 10
February and formed 1t into q corps
under the leadership OF General George
Stonemau An occasional Skirmlsh
along the river broke the mouotony or
life In winter quarters. hut there were
no saber battles Ia Virginia the third
week in February. 1863
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-28

ure In trying 70 pass his army on the
road 10 Richmond beyond the Kappa
haunock in the face Of Lees army.
Nevertheless the powers la Washing
ton insisted upon repetition OF the
attempt
When appointing Hooker to succeed
Burnside President Lincoln had Gnu
toned him against raShucSS. The new
Incumbent proposed to avoid that by
maneuvering 80 as to cross the river
beyond the view ~ Lees army.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-04-24
GRANGEVILLE HIGH AT THE
LEWISTON MEET TODAY.

The Grangeville high school has
been able, in part through the gen
eroslty of some of our foremost
business men, to send a full team
of nine men to the Lewiston Track
and Field meet today Miss Laura
Lannlngham is also our represent
ative in the declamatory contest
held in connection with the meet.
She will recite 1.-The Baseball
Girl Supt. d. +. II. Rice, Fac
ulty Athletic Director Brown and
a good crowd of rooters from the
high school and city will join the
team tomorrow at Lewiston, which
is composed of John Long,
Ernest De Haven, Grin Riebold,
Pittman Atwood, Homer Melon
aid, Mae Leonard, Samuel Ken
nedy, Roger Hill, Arthur Horning
and Under Coach Edgar Brandon.
The high school boys have been
practicing faithfully for over a
month in mud and rain. Some ex-
cellent material has been develop
ed and it is hoped and expected
that Grangeville will carry off a
few of the medals offered. The
team shows it's greatest strength
in the long runs and the discus
throwing. Grangeville will com
pete in the following events: so
yard dash, 100 yard dash, 22O
yard dash, 440 yard run, half mile
run, mile run, 100 yard hurdle,
relay, pole vault, discus throw
shot put, hammer throw, broad
jump, high jump, declamatory con
test.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-04-24
BARTON COMMANDANT
SOLDIERS HOME

The board of directors of the
state soldiers home, composed of
Gov. Haines, Secretary of State
Clifford and Attorney General Pet
erson, met at Boise last Friday
and elected Robert H. Barton, of
Moscow, commandant of the home,
DR.. Pittinger, physician, and Il. G.
Burnett, adjutant and pharma-
cist, the new officers to take
charge June 1st. The salaries are
commandant, 800, physician, $50,
adjutant $75 and matron $40.
Under the Hawley administration
the commandant and matron s sal
aries were jointly pushed up to
5000. They have been cut to $40
by the present administration, and
Judge White. the retiring COM
mandant, will be required to re-
fund the amount he has drawn
per month in excess of 800 since
January LIST.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-04-24
UNDESIRABLE VISITORS.

IL. jess, the German rancher liv-
ing five miles southwest from Wi
mona, was in the city Monday, and
while here came to the Globe of
flee to have inserted a notice Of
fering reward of $50 for the
Identification or apprehension of
parties who have been stealing
from him and damaging his prop
erty.
Mr.. jess states that on last Sat
urda night between 10 and II
O'Clock, two parties were seen by
him passing his place, and the
next morning he found that his
engine house, about 40 rods from
his residence, where his gasolene
engine is located with which is
pumped water from spring to
supply domestic needs, was fore
IDLY entered by prying the lock
loose with an iron bar Examjn-
alton showed that an attempt had
been made to start the engine, but
not knowing how to operate 1t
the effort was abandoned, but a
number of wrenches and other val
liable tools were taken. The noe
turnal visitors also visited the
chlken house and stole dozen
or more hens. and in their depart
ure tore down a long stretch of
fencing Last year the gasolene
engine located at the same place
was practically destroyed and a
binder was ruined, no doubt by
the same visitors.
Others of his neighbors have
suffered like damages. A meet
ing Of number Of the substan
tial citizens was held Sunday and
steps will be taken to put a STOP
to this character of work in that
section of the country.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-04-24
BOY SCOUTS.

Twenty boys of Grangeville
completed the tenderfoot examin-
alton and the oath admitting them
to membership in the Boy Scouts
of America was administered by
Scout Master W. Z. .Jinnett, on
Tuesday evening of this week.
Eight others are enrolled and will
be sworn in at an early date.
Three patrols of troop No. l are
now organized, the Buffalo pa
troll of which Gilbert Foster is
leader and Mae leonard assistant
leader; Wolf patrol of which Ern-
est Richards was elected leader
and Dick Feaster assistant leader;
the Owl patrol with Vernon Brock
as leader and Gaylord Eimers as
sistant leader. Permanent organ
ization of the troop was effected
with Mac Leonard secretary, and
Harry Meader treasurer. Satur-
day, May 2, was fixed as the day
for the first hike. Scouts will
spend the day in the woods and
will do some practical work afield.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-04-24
HORSE SHOW AND BORDER
DAYS.

The people of Grangeville are
always doing something to keep
the county seat town IN the pub
lie eye and mind. Their Border
Days celebration promises to
line up with the Pendleton Round
Up and this year it will be a
hummer,
And now the Grangeville live
wires are working on a horse
show which will be held May 81
and have raised $500 to be given
in cash prizes. The list contains
about thirty prizes ranging from
$40 to $25 for all kinds of horses.
A horse parade is planned which
will be worth going miles to see.
There will be no charge for enter
ing horses in the show and ar
rangements will be made to pro
perly care for all stock brought
in for exhibition.-Kooskia Noun.
taineer.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-04-24
ANALYZE CLAY BEDS FREE.

The department of chemistry
of the state university at Moscow,
will make a free analysis of the
clay beds of northern Idaho in the
near future for the purpose Of
arriving at a conclusion as to the
value of the same in manufactur-
ing wares of commercial value.
Such anlytical tests usually cost
from $50 to 800, and those hav-
ing beds of clay should take ad-
vantage of this free test. Grange
vile has several extensive banks
of clay which are believed to be
of superior quality, among those
most prominent are the Kauff-
man Bros, and Holz & Son, north
east of town. The conditions un-
der which the free tests are to be
made are as follows:
l. The sample must be repre-
sentative of the whole bed, the
more intimately it is mixed the
better.
2. The sample must be pack
ed in a tight, strong, clean wood
en- box to be heavy enough to ar
rive in Moscow without breaking
and exposing contents to contain
ination.
g. The sample and box should
weigh about 100 pounds.
1. The department of chemistr
will pay freight charges.
These samples are not wanted
Immediately. but should be ship
ped so as to arrive in Moscow
about the first of September next
and the analysis will be complet
ed not later than June !, 1914. |
is desired to find out as early a
possible how many samples viii
he submitted and for that reasol
it is being urged now that thos
who desire this analysis mad
should correspond with f. /
Smith, at the University of Idaho
chemistry department, Moscow.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-04-24

and secretary as the only attache,
Major Reed. the executive com
missioner and chairman of the
board, is the only one of the three
commissioners who draws a salary
and he gets only 500 per month,
but all have their expenses de
frayed, and are required to give
vouchers for all money expended.
Beach and Dewey, however, are
both well coupled up financially
and feel that the honor is suffic-
lent compensation The commls-
sion handles a 100000 approp-
ration.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-04-24

Quantities and Mr.. Higps WAS
equal to all demands. The manner
IN winch he delivered most of his
comedy c lines brought many laughs
from the audience
|Jordan,'' who posed as a de-.
IecIlVe' n Was lmperSonated by Mark
hoolnson. Employing the vernacu.
Ia lar OIL the profession, the part was
the heavy of the piece. Its
renditlon was ably done by Mr..
Robinson who is not new to local
talent plays.
Considerable color was added
TO the production, by Ed Abra-
hamson's laughable Jube, a ne
gro miner. 1t was Mr.. Abraham
sons first appearance on the far
side OF the footlights. He was some
debutante; also some actor. Mr.
Dockstader has nothing on Mr..
Abrahamson. Basil Harris as
Wln-kye,' Chinaman. brought
In a bunch OF laughs with his HIGH
~ typical exotic utterances and
antics. He too made his debut
IN Nevada" and like Mr.. Abra-
manson must be credited with a
flying start towards fame and for
tune.
There were three ladies in the
cast and the female roles were all
cleverly portrayed. AS Mother
Merton, ,, the mother to all the
boys IN the mining camp, Miss
Minnie Eimers appeared to advan-
tage and carried the part excel
lently. She was exceptionally
good in the last act of the play.
Miss Lamona Richmond was
cast as Agnes Fairlee,' an emo
tlonal lead which gave this tai
ented young lady a wide range to
display her enviable attainments
in theatrical pursuits. She was
capable and pleasing in the full
est sense of the term. Her delin-
cation of the part was equal to
the best work usually seen in
road companies and to the par
ticularly important detail OF
expression in word and action did
she pay special attention.
Winsome and pretty Lydia Par.
ker as Moselle," a waif, had
what was easily one of the most
important characters in the play
and her Interpretation did it full
justice. Rich in natural pulchri
tude, Miss Parker was most hap
PLY east, for the role called fol-
childlike simplicity and sweet
ness which she sustained ad
mirably.
Fuller's orchestra, composed OF
Frank Fuller. violin; John Moar
clarinet H. V. Riggs, cello anc
cornet and James Wood, piano
added much to the pleasure o.
the evening with a number o.
well chosen and excellently play
ed selections. The play, which wa
produced for the benefit of th'
local baseball team, increased th'
total sum in the Golfers of tina
organization some $73, the gros
receipt for the evening, totallln9
$3.50.
With the abundance of loca
talent at hand, Grangeyille shoul'
have more home talent produc
tions-once a month would no
be over doing it-and they woul'
receive the hearty support o
the community as they alway
have in the past.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-04-24
SUNDAY GAME,
THREE AND--
The kooskia "Swatters," and
Grangeville "Dobe Trot-
ters" go ten Heats.

The Kooskia spheric artists,
with "Slats" Taylor in the box,
led the Grangevillians a merry ten
innings chase last Sunday at the
local ball park the game, which
was most interesting from the
very start, continued so to the
close of the ten innings. which
ended in a 3 to tie. thinner
man cooperated with Taylor in
the team work for Kooskia, and
held up his end of the singletree
in good shape.
Karr tilted 'em from the box
for Grangeville, and Moan, the
new catcher for the county seat,
put up the prettiest play at catch
ing that has shown up on the loc-
al grounds in many day. his
throwing was his weak point.
For stick work, Harris, Newton
and Tigglebeck, of the home team,
shone like stars, the former coun-
tering on the ball every time up,
while Tiggle sailed one high over
the east fence and walked home
run.
In the last half of the tenth,
when Tigglebeck, the strong-arm,
came to bat with the score stand
ing three to three, "Slats," the
foxy old general, decided to walk
him, by throwing them as wide as
a hay barn. At the third pass,
Tiggle got restive, and unlimber-
ing his India-rubber bat, slid over
to the west few chains and swat
ted it. There arose the only point
of discussion in the entire game
the visitors claiming the batter
crossed the plate, and his jumps,
Pap Jarvis, whose squareness no.
body ever questions, declaring he
did not see it.. There is little
doubt but Tiggle had his long
range sights up when he went af-
ter the ball, and the only ques-
ton was the right to make the
lmpire rule on "A play he did not
see; which Manager Warner OBJ
jected to having done. However,
he disagreement was all settled
by calling it "A tie game, and every
body was happy and pleased with
the great exhibition of ball.
Sites to Come Sunday.
If weather conditions will per-
nit, the frisky bunch from Sites
will try and take a fall out of the
county seaters on next Sunday. 1t
nothing arises to block the ar
rangement effort will be made to
get the Fem boys to come over
for a game about the Both.
L. H. Fox, one of the best stick
ers and all round players in the
banana belt, came up from Lew
iston Monday night, and will take
a hand with Grangeville this sea-
son in the effort to land the pen
nant. 1t is reported that Eli In
gram is likely to return home in
the very near future and take an
interest in the seasons games.
Cottonwood Tanned Nez Perce.
The game played last Sunday
between Cottonwood and "a pick.
up team from Nez Perez, at the
former place, terminated in &
score of 8 to | in favor of the Cot
tonwood boys.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-04-24
PANAMA COMMISSION AT IT.

R. G. Beach of Lewiston. E.
II. Dewey of Nampa and Major
Fred R. Reed of Wendell, the Pan
anna Pacific commissioners for
Idaho, held their first meeting in
the office of Gov. Haines, in Boise
last week, and agreed upon the
adoption of an economical pro-
gram, and consequently will start
out with a $75 joint stenographer
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-04-24

a knowing editor gives the fol
lowing conjugation by western
school mann of the verb "to kiss:
Buss, to kiss; rebus. TO kiss
again; pluribus, to kiss without
regard to numbers; syllabus, to
kiss the hands instead of the lips; /;
blunderbus. to kiss the wrong per-
son; erbus. to kiss in the dark :;
omnibus. to kiss everyone in the
room. "
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-04-24
IDAHO'S MARVELLOUS
GROWTH.

Over 200 new towns, several
new railroads and new counties,
and the latest census, are features
of new map just issued in Mar
ch 1913, and for sale for 81 post
paid by the Idaho Republican,
Blackfoot. We have one and it
seems complete and correct.