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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11

The rabbits have destroyed 12-
acre fled OF wheat for George Nc
Arthur, and have done many dollars
damage for other farmers, besides
destroying orchards worth hundreds
u dollars every winter
1t is being proposed that the
townspcople Join hands with The far
meis this fall and winter and hold
some big rabbit drives, to extermi-
nate or at least d 5 ourage the rab-
bits that have b1en coming in here
ia such Numbers. While there are
not yet nea1ly so many as there are
along the Snake river, where they
are a yeritable plague, still they
have done so much harm that they
can even now be considered as a
serious menace to crops Of every
kind. The rabbit drives could be
Instituted and kert up through the
winter, until the whole tract was al
mosE free from the pest.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11
Good School Year In Prospect
Opens With Larger Attendance Than Ever Before--All
Interested In New Domestic Science and Manual
Training Department---New Teachers

to learn some OF the departmental
work IN either kitchen or shop.
Miss Helen Denecke is N charge
OF the primary room, with % pupils
alreaoy enrolled Miss Williams,
lately from Indiana, hes the second
room, with about the same numoer
OF pupils, and George Macarthur
has the grammar grade. Professor
Gorow will have a good part Of the
nigh school grades, though some OF
this will be taken by the othsr teacE
ers. The tea hing force never made
a finer showing in the same length
of time; and the experience OF the
teachers leacs to the belief that
this year viii be the most success
in the history of the town.
The manual training benches, IL
in number, are being set up this
week and the carpenter too put
in or6c eor use. This class of worl
is gil e all pupils beginning with
the grade and on upward. Ele
r sE drawing will be given to
n unger pupils, so that some
Of handiwolk will be offered
L .ractically every pupil in the
school.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11

School opened Monday with the
largest attendance in tie h sto.y of
the kich1ield district. There are
SO already registered ard num-
Der OF Others Will be n next week,
making the enrolment probably 1uil
100 Dy the last Of next week. This
is asmany as had ever before been
enrolled 1or the whole year.
One of the most encouraging
things about the sehocl, as indi~a at
ing the confidence of the people in
its work, is the fact chat the entire
eighth grade of last year viii con-
tinue this year, instead of some of
the boys dropping out to begin work
for themselves.
Miss Alice Piercy of Boise was Sc
cured at the last moment to take
charge of the domestic science and
manual training departments. She
was in ST. Margaret's Episcopal
school in Boise last year, and is
originally from a southern college.
She win be about the most popular
instructor in the whole 1hcol, be-
cause OF her kind Of work; almost
every pupil has been pleading, or
demanding, or crying for chance
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11

The chairman and clerk will immedi-
ately enter into a contract with the
Morrison-Knudsen company for the
construction of the walks. and it is ex-
pected that work viii commence imme-
diately, and be completed within thirty
days.
The board considers itself very for
tunate in being able to contract the
work at the price named. The specif-
cations call for first class job in eg-
cry respect.
There is to be little more than 5000
feet Of the new walk, all of it 5 feet
wide except that in the block with tho
hotel, which is 10 feet wide. It goes
on the west side Of Main street. as far
north as the McMahon corner, and west
on Bannock street and also on the street
to the school house.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11

When the city has been made clean.
1t should be kept SO Too few realize
the value of keeping lawns and yards
free from rubbish 1t is worth while
for more than one reason-for in
stance, for the sake of health. for the
sake of pleasanter conditions for the
citizens themselves, and for the sake
of the impression it makes on stran-
gers 1t is worth much from the
standpoint of local pride to have the
reputation of being clean city. 1t
is worth dollars and cents also, for
the better town looks. the more sale
able property in it is. It is a notice
able fact that all through the country
not only the cities. but The villages,
have come to realize that work alonz
this line is worth doing
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11
Cheap New Concrete Walks
Price Far Lower Than for Walks Laid Four Years Age
and Bond Guarantees that They VIII Be Good---
May Be Completed Within Thirty Days

At a special meeting of the Village
Trustees, held on the evnning of Sep
tember 10Th, the bids for the construc-
ton Of the cement sidewalks in Local
Improvement District No. l, were
opened, and the bid OF Morrison-Knud-
sen Co. of Boise was accepted by the
BOARD.
Theirs we're three bids received, as
ollows:
Chas. Helmer, Twin Falls; 5-foot
walk, soc per lineal foot; 10-foot walk,
81 so; curb blocks, Ace per cubic foot.
Long & Blodgett, Gooding: 5-foot
walk, soc per lineal foot; lO.foot walk,
$1.57; curbing, Soc per cubic foot; grad
ing, 60c a yard.
Observation-Disclosures Company, Boise,
5-fcot walk, 74c per lineal foot; lO-foot
walk, 81 45; curb, AZ lie per cubic foot.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11

Sergt Mike Drew was at one time
quartermaster sergeant in the Phil
ppines He believed he had work
ing knowledge of the language of the
Stands, which the soldiers call "Bam-
boo Spanish "
One day a party of tourists were
.rying to get two Filipinos to under
stand that they wanted some trunks
aiken down to the station The tour
SITS did everything they knew to get
his instruction into the heads of the
brown brothers, but it was useless.
Sergeant Drew then offered his serv-
ices.
Say, you," he said turning to the
natives, when the whistle blows on
he railroad train, too hoo, you get
your bull cart, moo moo, and take
.hese trunks down to the station be-
ore the engine starts, ding ding. Sab
,y?"
Yo no savez, the natives replied.
WHAT roared Sergeant Drew.
Don't you understand your own Ian
suage?"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11
Drama In 1872.

Mr. Langrishe, the true dramatic
pioneer of the plains and mountains,
is to be here with us in the winter,
and right welcome he will be- Lately
in Helena, Mont. the best citizens Of
that city gave him glorious bene-
fit, which was $1,000 house. To-
ward the close of the performance,
Colonel Voolfolk on behalf of the
people, presented him with a $500
brick Of native gold, as mark Of
their pure friendship, and his own
intrinsic character at the same time.
Rocky Mountain Herald. reprinted
from edition of forty years ago.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11

Richield had little unusual exeits
ment, Wednesday, when Bill Mitzen-
berg, employed on ranch near town,
set fire to the village jail in which lie
was confined. He had been drinking
heavily, and Marshal Poteet started to
take him to the jail On the way he
put up fight, but the marshal laid him
out. tied him, and finally hauled him to
the lookup He had been left in the
cell only q few minutes, when he set
fire to the bedding, and he came near
cremating before he could be let out
He paid $25 and costs in the justice
court the next morning.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11
PEARSON GOING AWAY.
rakes Charge OF Farm Work On
Inuian cove Project.

lakes Charge OF Farm Work On
Inuian cove A~roject.
j. 6. FeaIsOn was down to In
olan coNe sunday, on the Snake
f4yer, pe4ow namm-t and spent
cne aay looking over the tract. He
cuIed from The Saimon Falls plant
Career, manaser OF the reclamation
% eJeet, 10 go tlere and take charge
u tne agricultural and horticu tural
development fer the company, at a
,iattel iAg sa-a4y. and he will go
Immediately after the close of the
1ri-County fair at Jerome.
Tie Indian Cove lands are to be
wa1eIcd BY a pumping plant, which
is now n and in opeAtion. Water
is de.i, eled into cana-s on three
levels, the highest being 25 feet
above the river Electricity is Sc
curetd f.cm the Salmon Falls plant
en- the line running to Boise. The
land is rolling, but is believed to
be about the very best there is in
idaho forhigh class fruits and other
valuable crops. and some one will
have a chance to make a great rep
utation in deyeloIdng the resources
of the tract. There viii be several
thousa nd acres under the pumping
project, enc of the biggest and most
promising CT all the new ones that
are being developed a-ong the Snake
river.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11
NEW PASTOR.
Rev. Leitch Comes to the Rich
field Church.

field Churcn.
Rev James Leitch, the new pastor
of the Richfield Methodist church, ar
rived in Richfield Thursday, to take up
his new pastorate. Mrs. Letch is with
him, and their household goods came SO
they could move into their new home
the same day.
Services are to be held at the church
on Sunday, at the regular hours, and
the new pastor extends cordial inyi-
tation to all to attend.
Rev. Leitch has been four and one
half years in Idaho, two years Of the
time in Kimberley and the rest in
American Falls. He has the reputa-
ton of being an excellent speaker and
an especially successful church worker
and pastor. They have family OF
three sons, all grown; one Of them is N
the war department at Washington
The new pastor and his wife promise to
be fine additions to the community lie.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11
A VALUABLE DOG
Rabbit Humd 4 Has Killed zoo Rab-
bits This Season.

bits This Season.
U. G. Baker has a dog that ought
-c De a mouel Tor al the dogs in
enls pat on Idaho. 1t isn't par
oieulArly f~ney deg part Scc1oh CO.
ne ana part just dogi-but it has
sized up the fruit growing SITUATION
"A a wonderfully acurate manner, an
is combining bus n IS with pleas-re
in a mcst atiiying way The dog
having killed more than two hund-
rcd of them this season, ovt on the
Baker ranch west of town When
one considers the harm ohat rabbits
do to an orchard here. and how they
have actually ruined large fields of
Grain and alfalfa even here on the
Richfield tract, one can believe thai
a real rabbit deg is a treasure.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11
After The Battle.

The Comedian-"From the sounds
in your dressing room I judge that
you girls had hair-pulling time
The Rough Soubrette-"No me. I
poked her in the eye. 1t wouldn't t
hurt none to pull the hair she wears
New York Globe.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11
SQUIRRELS.
Park Enlivencd BY Two Lively
Missouri Immigrants.

4 ca - A1NA1 ~1@N0 10y VIZ ~ Wy
Missouri Immigrants.
Last spring J. G. Pearson received
a pair OF fine squirre.s sent as a
present from friends back in Mis-
souri,. The squirrels have been run
ming out in the park, and enjoying
themselves apparently as much as
if they we're in their native hickory
nut trees back in Missouri They
have taken some liberties wish the
town, however, outside OF the park,
and in scramb jqg up over the roof
and porch of one OF the houses
they frightened the lady OF the
house, who had never seen squir-
rels, into BELIEF that they might
be some dangerous wild animal. A
neighbor was sailed in with shot
gun, but ne was fortunately ae-
quainted with the oircumst tancss,
and he spared the attractive little
creatures. 1t is to- be hoped that
they can be kept in the park and
that the trees will furnish them a
permanent home
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11
Mary Broken Up.

Mary dropped her eyes on the floor
as Henry burst into the room. Her
face heightened rapidly, and she final
ly pierced him with glance. AS his
laugh rose and fell, she dropped her
Jaw and her voice broke.-Judge.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11
FINE EXCURSION.
Low Rates and Good Service to
County Fair at jerome.


1t is unofficially announced that
the o. S. L. is preparing to give a
rate Of one fare to the Tri-County
lair at jerome, The first week in
October. The tain would be run
from here to Bliss, and then back
ON the Bliss cutoff to Jerome, so
there " woald be no change Of cars.
announcement has not been made
by The railroad company, but it is
believed that theplan will be CARR ed
out shis way, and everybody who cal
possibly 90 so should be getting
ready to take in the fair. The fair
promises to be away the biggest
thing Of the kind in the history of
Scnthern Idaho.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11
(Copyrsght.)
Your Hands Experienced?

A wide girdle at the waist is the
latest fad, so that the top of the skirt
will coincide with the bottom, and only
sn experienced hand will be able to
tell which is the belt line and which
is the hem.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11
Dustinu It OF.
Socialist.

"Bah!" exclaimed The Socialist
Money is filthy lucre' We'll, I've
done the best could today" replied
the man who dabbles in stocks I've
cleaned up a thousand dollars. =
Lippincott's Magazine.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11
La Periodical Fashion.

The late John M. Palmer was ono
of the wits of public life When he
retired from the senate he was not
discouraged, but said I come into
fashion about every ten years in ILL
nois."
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11

Enormous Water Power Available.
Experts have estimated the water
power available in the streams of the
United States all the way from 81
C40,OO0 to 56,146,0G0 horse power.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11
A New ExcIrse

Sunday School Teacher-And why
did the fact that Samson had his hair
cut bring about his downfall, Johnny!
Johnny-tHe had to wait for his turn
at de shop an missed de battle.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11
!deal Teacher.

Blessed is the teacher who is not
wasteful of words, who is not waste
full Of time, who is not wasteful OF
opportunities, but who is wasteful of
smiles.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11

Crawford "Are those dollar
Watches any good?" Crabshaw-
They're all right, except when you're
broke. Judge.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11

Have Long ard Short Lives.
The average life of an ele 9hant is
one century, while a rabbit liy IS seven
years and cow fifteen.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11

Very few men will venture to tell
you what to do for sick horse, 6ut
anybody will tell you what TO do Tor
yourself.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11

Prosperity is not without many
Tears and distastes, and adversely not
without comforts and hopes-Bacon.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11

q beg your pardon" sang cut tho
convict as the governor passed his
cell.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11

Sources of Wealth in Askansae.
Arkansas produces coal, sill er.
gaIena. slate. oil stones and clay Of
every description
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11
stronq Yeast Gern,a,.

The germs which make brewers
yeast are stronger alcohol producers
than any other yeast.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-11
Sure 10 Know II.

Rlggs-So foolish Of Jiggs tc spend
all his inheritance having himself tat
tooed.
Sniggs-Yes. Why did hel
Riggs-Said he wasn't going to be
one of those fellows who could be
skinned out of his legacy without
knowing it.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-01
An English Scholar.

An achievement in editorship and bib- liogra phy of which even the most in- dustrious of German scholars might be proud is to be placed to the credit of Dr. Edward Arber, whose death by ac- cident few weeks ago makes Englfsh h scholarship the poorer by one or Its most learned and productive represent tatires Edward Arber was born in Lon don. Dec. 4, 1856, served as a clerk in the Admiralty from 1854 to 1872.held a Iectureship on English at University College under Professor Henry Morley from 1878 to 1881 and from 1881 to 1894 was professor or Englsh at Mason College, Birmingham. Since 1894 he has lived in London emiritus professor, being also a fellow of Kings College, London. He has also been English ex- aminer at London University and at Victoria University, Manchester. But lies in his series of English Reprints 1S6S- -'80), whereby he has enabled the general public to gain easy access to an accurate text of early English auth ors that were formerly accessible only in rare and expensive editions; his English Scholars Library in six teen volumes his " English Garner, :" in eight volumes; British Anthologies" in ten volumes and a series begun i've years ago and entitled Christian Library. He also, unaided, edited two monumental English bibliographies, "A Transcript of the Registers of the Stationere' Company, 1553- -1640, and s'The Term Catalogues 166S-l109, with a Number for Easter Term, 1711 !" edi- ted from the quarterly booksellers lists. IT. all these, and in other productions not mentioned here, pr. Arber showed full measure that peculiar variety of the scholars taste and that dogged perse- yerance to which our reference 1ibrar- ies owe not merely a debt too vast for measurement, but as one might say, their very existence.-The Dial
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-01
HAD LONG THOUGHT
 OF ENTERING PRIESTHOOD
Michael J. Byrne Now a Sub Deacon
 at Academy in Loretta, Pa,

It seldom happens that an actor gives up the stage for the priesthood, but Michael J. Byrne. one of the cele- brated Byrne Brothers, of Eight Bells fame, will be ordained a priest in June at St. Francis academy Loretta Pa. which is near Altoona, Pa. MT. Byrne is now a Sub-deacon. It has been kept a secret by the actors family for near iy four years, but became known in this city Thursday, and was con firmed by Dr. John F. Byrne, a son of the actor, who lives with his wife on Franklin street, near Park avenue
 Michael Byrne was an actor and also the manager of the Byrne Brothers. He has three children-Miss Bessie Byrne, trained nurse. who resides in New York city; James Byrne, an actor and pr. John F. Byrne of Baltimore. :
 About five years ago Michael Byrne's wife died. At that time his home was in Norwich. For a little over a year after his wifes death he continued on the stage, and then disappeared. His family knew where he was, but his friends did not From time to time Mir Byrne would be seen in New York, where he went to visit his daughter. He did not visit his old theatrical friends, but kept to himself al much as possible. His visits were but of few days duration. Then he would disap-
 again. When friends met him on the street and inquired about what he was doing he would evade their ques- tions.
 Last summer he came to Baltimore to visit his son, who is a graduate of the University of Maryland. While in Baltimore he visited but few of his old friends and kept away from the thea ters. He called on John T. Ford at Ford's grand opera house. MT Ford asked him about himself but outside of telling him that he had retired from the theatrical business he was very careful not to discuss his plans. From Baltimore he went back to St. Fran ces' academy, where he now is.
 Mir. Byrne has always been a devout Catholic. The death of his wife was a great blow to him. His children were all grown and he decided to dedicate his life to religious work At first he thought that he would enter a monas- tery, but he thought that by entering the priesthood he could do more good.
 MT. Bvrne is 54 years old. His chi1- in June. Then Rev. Father Byrne. as he will be known, will be given parish in the diocese of Atlanta
 MT. Byrne will celebrate his first mass at his old home. Norwich. The Byrne Brothers in Eight Bells played at the old Holiday street theater when it was under the management of John W. Albaugh. They all appeared at Ford's grand opera house and the Academy of Music. There are only two of the brothers ROW living
 Mir Byrne was a personal friend of William J. Riley. advertising represent ative of the Auditorium theater of this city, and never failed to visit him when he came to Baltimore.-Ba1ti- more American.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-01
A kansss HeavYwsiaht,

The HoltoR Recorder has no sporting g editor nor sporting department, but it gladly gives a little space to d former Jackson county citizen who stands a chance to become the heavyweight champion of the world. He is listed as one or a half dozen white hopes" His name IS Jess Willard. who was reared in Adrian township in Jackson county. Jack OConnor writes from Chicago that Willard has been in the game a Httle over year and has developed into wonderful glove artist. Willard IS described by Chicago paper as six feet six inches tall. weight 22O pounds stripped, good head, great reach, fine Jab, fierce uppercut The sporting fra ternity or Jackson county will watch Jess's career with considerable interest -kAnsas City Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-01

CT of the majority of the house. and chairman of the ways and means com mittee the highest honor which the house can confer outside the speaker ship. He was the biggest committee man the country ever saw, for no man had such power and influence, and was so completely the master of com mittee work as was William Mckin- ley.
 Believed in Home Industries. | William Mckinley today would prob ably modify the tariff but from his standpoint and under the conditions no man could have handled the tariff question more ably than did he. His 1 principle was America for Americans and he worked to develop the manu- factories of this country to supply every demand of the people. Why send 10 England or France or Germany, he said, for things which can be manu- factured just as cheaply and well by our own people? He was a high pro IecI1omSt and was not ashamed to state his stand at any time. He loved the country and wished to raise it to the highest commercial importance. The only difference between the land of Virginia at $1o an acre and land ln Pennsylvania at s49 he said was development and 1t was ever his plir- pose to make. the soil pay; to develop 1t along the lines that Providence had made possible.
 The richest fourteen years of his life
 
 his term in the White House he often expressed desire to be back once more in the house. That is the req son that he was more in accord with congress than any other president which the country has had.
 Not One Great Strategic Blunder.
 Some people believed that Mckinley was not big enough for the presi- dency and that he was not capable of meeting. the great problems of the nation, but he never during his admin istration committed a single great strategic blunder. Let us devoutly thank God for the contribution to this country in intellect. morals and personality in the last martyred pres ident, William Mckinley.
 Interesting and entertaining re- marks were heard from L. 0. Smith and Gen. w. A. Aiken. Bullard's or chestra furnished pleasing musical programme and at the close refresh ments of sandwiches, doughnuts, cheese, fruit and coffee. prepared by the ladies of the Relief corps, were served. and a general social time was enjoyed.