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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-03-27

$25-First prize for best matched and
groomed team of any class. Donated
by Imperial Hotel. Claude Holden will
shoe same free.
$15-Second prize for best matched
and groomed team Of any class. Donat-
ed by Miller Hardwre Implement Co.
$25-First prize for best general pur-
pose team suitable for farming. Donat-
ed by A. & F. Co.
$15-Second prize in same class.
Donated by P. F. Courtney.
$25-First prize for best four horse
team. Donated by B. L. Crosby Co.
$15-Second prize for same class.
Donated by Rothlisburg and Lamm.
$2O-Fisrt prize for best brood mare
for general purpose.
$12-Second prize for same class.
Donated by Grangeville Dray Co.
$2O-First prize for best heavy draft
brood mare. Donated by First Nation
al Bank. y
$l2-Second prize for same class.
Donated by Gibson and Hickerson.
$l5-First prize for best lady rider
ir saddle. Donated by Savings & Trust
Co. M
$s-Second prize in same class. Do
mated by Right Drug Co. and Lyric
Theater. af
$15-First prize for best saddle horse.
Donated by DR.. Blunt q Co.
| $8-Second prize in same class.Do-
mated by Sassenberry and Pulse.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-03-27
ASSESSORS BUSY
FULL FORCE IN IDAHO COUNTY
FIELD SOON.
ASSESS AT CASH VALUE
Also Make the Levy on Full Cash value.
Some Other Radical Changes in
New Revenue Law.

BY next week Assessor Rothwell will
have full force of deputies in the
field and the work Of assessing Idaho
county will be pushed to rapid close.
Property will be assessed at its cash
value this year and the levy also made
ON n cash value basis. There will be no
exemptions for improvements allowed
and there are also several other radical
changes in the revenue laws of the
state. Heretofore where ones taxes
was over $40 he was allowed to pay the
same in two payments, the law has been
somewhat changed in that respect, you
may, il you wish, pay in semi annual
payments but you must pay four per
cent penalty on the deferred sum.
The attention of the property holders
is called to the changes and new fea-
lures in the revenue laws passed in 1913
which require that all furniture, tools,
implements, household goods, pianos,
private Libraries, etc, be listed at their
true value.
On property of this charter not ex-
ceeding $1,000 in value, the board Of
county commissioners will allow an ex-
emption of $40O, providing that each
person claiming exemption shall, on or
before the fourth Monday of June Of
each year, or on the day Of assessment,
file with the assessor sworn claims for
such exemption upon blanks to be fur
nished by the assessor upon demand
setting forth all the facts in the matter
and the grounds for exemption and des-
cription of all property effected.
! The property of widows and old sol
of $1,000 in value will be granted by the
county commissioners, providing the
applicant files the proper affidavit and
does not own property in excess Of
$4,000 in value.
The law provides that where persons
refuse to list their property, the as
SCISSOR shall make an arbitrary assess
ment, and, il persons wilfully concead
transfer, remove or fail to list their
property, in order to evade taxation, it
must be assessed at three times its
value for every year in which taxes
were so evaded.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-03-27
The. city commissioners TODAY

The. city commissioners today ap.
propriated $4,000 for the relief of the
sufferers. Investigation by officials
confirm the report that damages to
property will reach 100000. The
storm area was six blocks wide, in
which nearly every house was razed or
damaged. The bodies of many victims
were found hundreds of yards form
where the wind struck.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-03-27
HOME TALENT NEXT WEEK.
High School Thespians win Appear ON
Thursday Night.

On next Thursday night one Of the
best plays ever presented by the pupils
of the Grangeville High School will be
staged at the Opera House The re-
hersals have now proceeded far enough
to predict with certainty the quality of
the acting which will be done. Every
character will be played remarkably
well for high school students. The play
abounds in so many ludricous situations,
that there is no opportunity for the plot
to drag, nor for the audience to grow
weary, despite the fact that the play
is nearly three hours in length.
The play "The Private Secretary" !"
is an English comedy. Douglas Cater
mole, young English gentleman Of
rather quite habits has run up few
debts, and his uncle Mr.. Cattermole,
disliking the quiet kind of young men,
refuses to help him until he has sold
his wild oats. Thereupon the sOlici
tation of his friend Harry Douglas i'm
personates Mr.. Spalding, the newly en-
ployed private secretary of Harry's un-
Gle, Mr.. Marsland. The private secre'
tary is GU his way to assume his duties
when he is intercepted by Douglas and
Harry, the former assuming the charac
ter of the real private secretary. To
gether they 60 on to the country seat Of
Harry's Uncle. Both young men are
having good time when their way is
made difficult by the arrival of Gibson,
fake Enplish gentlemen, who tries to
collect bin which the young men wish
to keep from the knowledge of Mars
land. Further complications arise thru
the appearance of the real private secre-
tary. Douglas 8 and Harry's predica-
ment leads to many cOmical situations
Further comedy is occasioned by the
gruff old uncle OF Douglas who mis-
takes the real secretary, Spalding, for
his own nephew. The old maid, the
chaperone Of the girls, Edith and Eva,
furnishes amusement thru her spirtua-
listic craze. The girls are quickly made
love to by Douglas and Harry. the play
ending with the usual happy ending of
courtship.
The following is a caste of the cha
| racters:
Mr.. Marsland-Sam Kennedy.
Harry Marsland (his nephew) Floyd
Gilbert.
Mr.. Gattermole--William Williams.
Douglas Cattermole (his nephew)-
Chas. BranscOmbe.
Rev. Robert Spalding-Ori Riebold
Mr.. Sydney Gibson (Taylor Of Bone
St. Roger Hill.
John Ga servant) t)-Clayton eager.
| Knox Ga writ server) L. Clayton
eager.
Edith Marsland daughter to Mr.
Marsland) Laura Lanningham.
Eva Webster (her friend and com
panion Sylvia Parker.
Mrs. Stead Douglas landlady
l-Letitia Frizell.
Miss Ashford-Laura Smith.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-03-27
Eight Killed at Council Bluffs.

Council Bluffs, Ia, March 24.-Eight
persons were killed and ut least IL in
iured in the cyclone which struck tho
outskirts of this city last night.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-03-27
Commercial Club Election.

The annual election of officers Of the
commercial club will be held at the
MONDAY luncheon next Wednesday. At
that time there will be elected presi-
dent, first and second vice-presidents
and q governing board.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-03-27
Missouri Town Also Hit.

Des Moines, Ia, March 24.-Tele.
graphic dispatches state that Flag
Springs, Mo-, was swept by the storm.
Five bodies have been recovered. Nu-
merous buildings were razed.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-03-27
CONTESTASUCCESS
TWENTY-FIVE PUPILS CONTEST
FOR SPELLING PRIZES.
MISS HusSNAN FIRST Prize
Whitebird Lad Second and oliver Dis
trict and Cottonwood Tie
for Third Place.

The spelling contest of the schools
OF Idaho county, held at the court house
Saturday night, proved most interest
ing as we'll as profitable event, clearly
demonstrating that Idaho county has
many bright and efficient boys and
girls in her schools.
The interest taken must have been
encouraging to those who arranged
the contest and although the weather
was inclement and the roads all but I'M
passable twenty-five pupils participated,
one young man travelling thirty five
miles on horeback in order to be here.
The test consisted of the pronouncing
OF 100 words by Prof. Staley Of the
Grangeville schools and this with
written contest of forty words, was the
test used One young lady, Miss
Elizabeth Hussman of Keuterville, did
not miss a one and several others almost
established the same record. The
greatest number missed was less than a
half dozen and we believe, under test
less public and free from excitement
| that is always more or less evident in
contests of this kind, majority of
those participating would have made a
perfect record.
The first prize, $25, was won by Miss
Elizabeth Hussman of Keuterville who
is without "A doubt one of the best spell
ers in the county The young lady
seemed confident during the entire
evening and Simon of Cottonwood was
a great favorite and for while it was
felt that he would equal the record of
the Hussman girl but his chance was
lost when he missed the two words
'omelet - and "mythology''. Her.
bert Brown, contestant from White
bird, made a good record, missing but
one word, that of sustenance''. He
was given the second prize, $40. Nora
Brown of the Oliver district proved
most excellent and tied with the Simon
boy for third place so she was also
i given IA like amount as the Cottonwood
lad, So.
At the conclusion of the contest
superintendent Glanville announced he
had prepared gift for all who had
participated and distributed box of
candy to each pupil. The contest
brought out an interesting crowd of
several hundred who were agreeably
pleased with the excellent knowledge
of orthography shown by the school
boys and girls.
The following is the list of contes
tants:
Elizabeth Hussman, Keuterville, lst
prize $25.
Herbert Brown, Whitebird, end prize
$40.
Harold Simon, Cottonwood, 3rd prize
$5.
Nora Brown, Oliver, 3rd prize IS
!, Bertha Thatcher, Denver.
Gladys Brammer, Star.
Harry Long, Star.
Maude Sloan, Fairview.
Annie Hafteson, Fairview.
!, Sylvia Lord, Delaney.
Vivien Jones, Whitebird.
Guy Behean, Whitebird.
Fannie Rink, Cottonwood.
George Anderson, Tahoe.
Leila O'Bannon, Clearwater.
i Marie Barnum Clearwater.
: Elva Rideout, Clearwater.
v Melvina Tautfest, Pine Grove.
n Lloyd Kerr, Ferdinand.
Ruth Byers, Mt. Idaho.
n Everett Shaney, Grangeville.
a James Yates, Grangeville.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-03-27
Two villages Wrecked.

Terre Haute, Ind, March "a
Twenty persons were killed, $50 in
jured and 800 homes were wrecked by
the cyclone, which swept the southern
part of Terre Haute last night.
The villages of Perth and Prairieton
were destroyed. The casualties arc
unknown.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-03-27
Drive Cordwood Down South Fork.

OTIV6 OUIUWOOU OUWU 6UuCU 1Vkk.
Two numbered cords Of cord wood
that have been cut in the timber two
miles above Harpster by Sam Riggs
have been sold to Lewiston parties and
will be driven to Sites, the nearest
railway shipping point, down the South
Fork. A boom win be constructed at
Sites at once and 100 cords Of the wood
will be in the river shortly.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-03-27
AND
FLOOD SWEEP
THE COUNTRY

anu the houses on the other side were
soon in flames.
In the middle of the street were q
few frame houses that hand been wash
ed from their foundations. These were
swlrlcd about for time and as if to
aid in the passing Of the section by fire
they were east into the path of the
flames.
Persons hurried from their own roof
tops where they had been driven by the
flood, to the rooftops of adjoining
houses.
The worst of the flooded districts
include all of North and West Dayton,
all the down town sections, the south
side as far as Oakland and all the resi-
dence suburb of Glendale. The district
has. normal population of $4,000.
Rescuers and those at the hospitals
said an estimate of 5000 dead might
be accurate as an estimate of 100.
At the edges of the inundated dis
tricts the water ran from 8 to 10 feet
deep. Judging by this that would be
20 to 30 feet downtown. While those
marooned in the offices and hotels are
in no immediate danger of drowning
there is no food or drinking water for
them. Those in the residences, how
ever, are in constant danger, both by
flood and fire. First the Trailer build
ing We're swept into the stream, many
showing faces of women and children
peering from the windows. These were
followed by the more substantial brick
buildings until it became evident that
no houses in the flood zone was safe.
The houses as rule were wahed but a
few blocks before disentegrating.
The body of one grey-haired woman
floated down the stream only few feet
from the watchers at South Park street.
The body caught on guard rope, but
was swept clear and was gone before
it could be recovered.
The flood came soon after daylight
this morning after the residents had
spent the night in terror.
The main levee of the Big Miami
broke at Webster street about o. CLOCK
An hour later the water was through
in dozen places and wall of water
10 feet high swept through the main
/ ohn hn Of <he
Big Miami and the Mad river, and
where the water of saltwater river
poured into the Miami the flood reached
its height and rolled into the business
! section, wall 20 feet high.
The Dayton News soon was under q
feet of water, the flood rose to the sec
ond floor of the Algonquin hotel and al
along Main street occupants were dri
ven to third floors. What happened tt
them since no one on the outside cal
tell
House looting began early in thu
night and while the local militia is OF
duty they are incapable of handling thu
situation.
Incidents without numbers are mar
rated of persons in the flooded districts
waving handerchiefs and otherwise sig
mailing for aid, being swept away be
fore the eyes of the watchers on tn
edge of the water. Mainy of the res
cue boats were swept by the curren
! against what had been fire plugs, tree
and houses. They were crushed. Hov
many died in this way no one knows to
night. Canoes and row boats share'
the same fate. What life exists in tn
} district that the water covered is II
constant danger and helpless till tn
flood subsidies.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-03-27
TELEGRAPH Service Resumed

Omaha, March, 24.1At s:45 this
the United Press had the only
wire out of Omaha.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-03-27

Only eating house in the city with
all white help, Ark Cafe. 44-2
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-03-27

Omaha, March, 24.-With 90 kOnwn
dead, Mayor Dahlman, at ] O'Clock de-
clared that the estimated number dead
in Omaha and its immediate vicinity is
200. Ninety-six bodies were recovered
in Omaho, Ralston, and Council Bluffs,
and there is little doubt that more will
be found before night. One hundred
sixty-nine buildings were razed, includ-
ing $50 houses, IL churches and .
schools. More than $50 houses were
damaged The property damaged in
Council Bluffs will total quarter of
million dollars.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-03-27

Omaha, Neb., March, "a. Two hun
dred are known to be dead, with $lO,-
1000 property loss in Omaha alone,
according to declaration at IL O'Clock
today by Mayor Dahlman, Governor
Morehead and Police Commissioner ny.
der This estimate was made after the
three officials toured the deyasted Sec
tions of the city in automobiles this
morning. 1t is admitted that these
figures may be increased by later in
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-06
SEABOARD AIR LINE

The limited leaves Jacksonville at
11:30 a. m. and arrives in Tampa at 6
p. N. 1t leaves Tampa at l p. m. and
arrives in Jacksonville at 1880 p. 10. It
stops only at Turkey Creek, Plant City,
Dade City, Wildwood, Ocala, Starke
and Waldo
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-06
CALKINS MAY Run
AGAINST CLARK

The Jacksonville Metropolis OF
Friday says: State Senator James E.
Calkins, of Nassau county, who is in
the city from Fernandina today, is
among the possible candidates for
Congress from the second district,
represented by Frank Clark. He has
been urged by number of friends to
make the race, but has reached no
definite conclusion.
Senator Calkins belongs to the
progressive clan of democracy, but is
not one of the erratic type, although
staunch advocate of the initiative
and referendum and other reform
measures. He has just completed
his four-year term as senator from
Nassau, and in case he does not
tackle Mr.. Clark he may be a candi-
date to succeed himself.
Senator Calkins is held in high es-
TEEN as a lawyer and legislator
throughout the state.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-06
ROGERS STEWART

An announcement has been receiv-
ed of the marriage of Miss Clarice
Agnes Stewart and Mr.. John c. Rog-
ers last Sunday, at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mat
thew Stewart, at Titusyille.
The bride and groom are at home
at Eustis, Fla. Mr. Rogers was for
a long time located at Inverness, do
ing carpenter and paperhaning work,
and is a young man who made many
friends while here, and the bride,
Miss Agnes Stewart, on two different
Occasions was cOmpositor on the
chronicle. She is a most attractive
and loveable young lady, and her
many friends, here, Dunnellon and
.Ocala, will wish for her unlimited
appiness.-Inverness Chronicle.
Mrs. Rogers lived in Ocala for
some winters, and the Star takes
pleasure in endorsing the nice things
Major Butler says about her.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-06

that il feeds upon. Many men and
women are immune from it. Our
physicians combat it with efficaciOus
remedies, in spite Of which it takes
"a life once in a while. If they let it
run unchecked, it is likely that in
the course of a few centuries more
the entire race will be impervious to
it.
All men gain wisdom by exper-
ience-in some things. If a man
goes on the water in sailboat, and
fails to duck when the vessel goes
about, and is knocked overheard by
the boom-if he is not drowned, he
keeps out-of the way ever after when
the sail swings over. If the same
man gets drunk, if he has dreams in
an opium joint, bets his money on
the wrong card or the wrong horse,
about half the time, or a little more,
he gets in the way of the boom on
the next occasion, and the next one,
and the next one, and so on.
In truth, and no one can deny it
after we have eliminated from So
ciety every evil that we possibly can,
we will yet have in plenty trial and
temptation that no human agency
can remove And we shall combat
it the more successfully if we bring
to the contest brains and eyes and
muscles that are not clouded and
dimmed and softened by vice. Clean
minds in clean bodies can do the best
work and have the most joy in liV-
ing, and humanity will be a fool and
a traitor to itself if it ever gives up
the struggle of trying to obtain them.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-06
IIPROVENEENTa
OF MOSQUITO INLET

In a communication sent to Con-
gress Friday, the chief of army en-
gineers Overruled Major J. r. Stat
terly's recommendation that Mosqui-
to Inlet, near New Smyrna, he sur
veyed as preliminary to improve
ment as part of preliminary to i'm
ment as part of system of inter
coastal waterway along the East
Coast Of Florida
Major Slattery, however, disap-
proved of the improvement merely
as an outlet for New Smyrna com
merce, reporting the tonnage as moi
sufficient to warrant regular steamer
service which could compete with
the Florida East Coast Railway.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-06
Ii. II. SANDERS

Benjamin R. Sanders, Dunnellon.
died suddenly Saturday night, and
was buried there Sunday at 1 p. m.
Deceased was a brother of Mrs. T. P.
Lloyd, of this place.
Mr.. Sanders was formerly a rail
road man, but being in bad health OF
late was compelled to abandon that
work. He was stricken with heart
failure Saturday, and soon succum-
.ed.-Inverness Chronicle.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-06

The one crop that never fails is
the wild oats crop.-Pensacola News.
And no one ever needs to ask,
'tOh, what shall the harvest be?"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-06
MUCH PROSPERITY AT
ORANGE LAKE AND MINTOSH

Mr.. David BURY Of Orange Lake
ios the contracting firm of BURY
Bros. was in town Friday and sub
IscriGed for the Star. Mr.. BURY said
he and his brother have just com
pleted a big and up-to-date packing
house for Mr.. S. H. GaitskiIl of Nc
IntOsh, located a quarter of a mile
Isouth of the depot in that town The
packing house is covered with gal
yanized iron, the sides are of the
lsame material and is we'll nigh fire
proof 1t is Ga by so feet and will
have every facility for caring for the
big orange crop of Mr.. Gaitskill Mr.
BURY says the orange crop of that
section is fine. The older groves
have about the. same fruit as last
year, but the younger groves much
more. The fruit is of fine quality
and promises to be early.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-06
TEMPTATION AS i
CHARACTER TEST

OF late days, a certain school Of
philosophers has sought to impress
upon the suffering public the doc
trine that temptation is necessary
and good as a means of teaching
men to resist evil and form charac-
ter.
The idea is not new. Search in
the ashes of the dead past and you
will find it among the sayings of a
school, of which little remains but
the names of it's members, and they
never quoted with honor. and from
time to time you find it in the writ
ings of erotic authors whose idea of
genius was to stir up stink.
In other words, the saloon, the
Ted-light resort, the gambling hell
and the opium joint are class rooms
in the school in which all manly men
must receive part of their education,
and they are not full grown until
they have graduated
The Star begs to dissent. 1t does
not see the need of temptation in
any shape. 1t does not believe it is
any part of the plan of nature or
divinity, but does believe the nearer
we come to eliminating it from our
daily lives the stronger and wiser
the race will be.
The Great Teacher taught his dis
Ciples to pray, Lead us not into
temptation, but deliver US from
evil" It's true the world has not
widely and deeply learned the prayer,
but few there be who do not hear it
with reverence. In all ages since,
and in some before, brave and self
denying men have tried to remove
evil from the pathways Of other men
And in all days since the human
brain began to work, or even instinct
began to feel, the mothers of men
have sought to shield them from
harm-from the cradle to the grave.
If the theory of necessary tempta-
Eion is correct, the Great Teacher,
the philanthropists and our mothers
were not wise nor kind. They were
g only sentimental fools
Fire makes iron into steel. Trial
develops character. But the slime of
1.-The sWamps soon eats holes in the
metal, and vice scars the human
soul.
There is about as much sense in
saying that civilization needs it's
moral plague spots as there is in say
ing that it needs its pest holes and
swamps. If we continue to expose
our young people to necessary
evils" some of them will survive, so
siekened with debauchery that good
ness will be more attra ctive to them
than it can be to those who never
knew anything else. The question is,
is this benefit to civilization worth
the cost that must first be paid in
ruined lives.
If we abandon the high lands and
go to live in the swamps, the race
Will in time become immune to ma
laria. In the swamps of the Afri-
can rivers lives a race of humans
who fear not the fever. Their an
cestors were there, as sleek and fat
and cOntented, as immune to fever
and to every noble sentiment, when
HippOcrates first tried to heal men,
and Scion tried to give laws, as their
descendants are today. Doubtless
they are happier and more prosper
Ons in their british way than the
civilized man who tries to help his
fellow men.
There is a loathsome disease call
ed smallpox, which first broke out in
Europe a thousand years ago. II
has swept the white race time and
again till it would seem that it haC
exhausted the material in the system