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The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-01
REBEkAH'S DANCE A SUCCESS.

The masked ball given by the Re
bekah's Wednesday night at the Sch
madekas hall, drew a large attend
ance, and was one of the most pleas
ant social affairs given here in a
long time. The costumes were of
the very best and ELECTED much fav-
orable comment. Hub Wood and
Miss Warner, dressed in the style
of the Martha and George Washing
ton days, won first prize as the best
costumed couple, while Mrs. Parish,
as Red Ridinghood, and Joe Pfeufer,
as Teddy R., carried off first for
the best single costumed lady and
gentleman. Supper was served caf-
etera style.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-01
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH
THESE EDITORS?

Paul G. Blake, the new editor of
the llo Register, took unto himself
on Christmas day a better half in
the person of Miss Myrtle Wood, a
teacher in the Nezperce schools for
the past two years. The marriage
took place at the Ramey ranch near
winchester, where house party was
On. Look out for a raise in the sub
scription price, ye Iloans.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-01
COUNTY ROADS
MEETING 2lST
Commercial Club Give Ban.
quet to Good Roads
Commissioners.

The announcement will be received
with pleasure that the good roads
committee appointed last July at the
big meeting held here has fixed a
meeting for the discussion of the
important subject of good roads the
county over, and that a comprehen-
Sive program has been laid out for
the occasion, among other TOPICS in
troduced being that OF the north and
south road through the state. This
Is to be a general meeting, and every
person in the county who is inter
ested in seeing the roads through
out the county made what they
should be, should be present at this
meeting and lend their influence to
bring about concerted action to this
end.
The Grangeville commercial club
will entertain the highway delegates
at a banquet given the evening of
the meeting at the Imperial Hotel.
The commercial club has taken an
active part in this good roads work,
government expert for lectures and
demonstrations for the county, and
1t is willing and anxious to continue
its efforts to assist in making the
movement extend to every section
of the county and thus relieve the
people of this great drawback to pro-
gress-bad roads. Following is the
call made by the county committee:
Call for Good Roads Meeting.
At a good roads meeting held in
Grangeville during July, the subject
of a county organization comprising
the commissioners of all the High
way districts in the county of Idaho
was discussed at some length; the
result that a committee was appoint
ed to take charge of the matter and
to work toward that end. The ccm-
mittee consisting of w. B. Hussman
of Keuterville, James Surridge of
Harpster and j. A. Powell of Grange
vile, met in Grangeville Satur-
day, December 27, 1913, and select
ed Wednesday, January 81 1914, at
10. a. m. for a general meeting to be
held at Grangeville at the court
house, at which time it is sought to
ton.
AS success at the present day Is
only assured by cooperation and be-
lieving that good roads is the most
important subject before the people
of Idaho county today and as there
Is no matter more directly under
control of the people than road con-
struction, and the people are all in
terested In getting the best con-
struction for their money, and hav-
ing elected their district commission
ers, for this purpose, we believe that
something can be learned that will
be a benefit to all, along this line,
We; the appointed committee, issue
this call.
HG lOllOWluS ouDJCCIo dLAoh6 JILL
ers will be discussed:
Purpose of Organization.
Cooperation of Highway Districts.
Bonding Highway Districts.
Bookkeeping Methods for Highway
Districts.
Collecting Road Poll Taxes.
Methods of Road Construction.
Getting Results.
Construction of Dobe Roads.
Use of the Road Roller.
Indian Lands Should be Taxed fol
Road Purposes.
Construction of Side-Hill Roads.
North and South State Road.
Respectfully,
JOHN A. POWELL,
JAMES SURRIDGE,
w. B. HUSSMAN,
Committee
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-01
AN INTERESTING CALIFORNIA
LETTER.

friendly business letter to Charlie f.
Brown, who is now in Sawtelle, Cal
ffornia, with Mrs. Brown for the
winter and in reply received the fol
lowing interesting communication
which was prefaced with some very
complimentary remarks on Mr.. Park.
or as business man and booster for
Camas Prairie. The letter says:
Talk about loafers. we have got
a few down this way, some as a
matter of choice, and others that
can't get employment. Charitable
organizations in the city of Los
Angeles are wanting an appropria-
tion of five million dollars to feed
through the winter an army of un-
employed estimated at thirty thous-
and. Holdups, robberies, murder
and arson are an every day occur
ance. Most of them have to steal
or starve.
This is a good place to spend the
winter, spend money and have a
good time, but, as a place to call
home Grangeville sounds good to me.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eames like the eli
mate here fine, but have not been
successful in getting employment as
yet,
Il have heard that one could not
live on climate, but, tell you Park
er, some of them here come as near
to 1t, as any place l have ever liv-
ed In. There are more men and
women on the ragged edge of des-
pair than in any city west of the
Rocky Mountains.
Your old friend Rufe Castle cross
ed the river sometime ago. l run
onto Curtin, Wilson and Lamb every
few days. Lamb has improved so
he is quite active on his feet again.
and bids fair to round out the cen
tury yet
Mrs. Brown and | are feeling bet
ter since coming here and my rheum-
atism is gradually, though slow.
ly leaving.
We are cooking on a gas stove
and have an Oil heater for the par.
lor, California style, and there is
about as much heat to it as a corn
cob pipe.
! we come as near freezing here as
We did at Grangeville. The nights
are chilly and sometimes cold. There
are not so many tourists here this
winter as usual. l notice the cars
going to the beach empty or partly
so, day in and day out, and many
of the Monte Carlo resorts at the
beach are closing up owing to lack
of patronage.
II was glad to hear the weather
mad been SO kind to you northern
people and that the school building
was SO near completed. In fact your
letter looked good to me all the way
through. Now, Parker, don't bother
to answer this unless something il
the rent or sale line comes up
though pleased to hear from vol
any time when at leisure | viii
sure remember you to all Idaho peo
pie l meet, l am yours truly
C.. +. BROWN.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-01
CUTTING AFFRAY AT WHITEBIRD

Word came Tuesday of a cutting
affray which took place in White
bird on that day, in which James
Powell, an aged man, Is reported to
have used a knife freely ON Len
Richardson, the wound requiring six
stitches at the hands of the local
surgeon.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-10
:, oRIDA CROPS RUINED

ocala, Fla, April 10.-Hail and WIND
storms. accompanied By sharp fall
in temperature, last night did many
thousands Of dollars damages to We.
getables and citrus rruit crops
throughout central Florida. Orange
groves and melon and tomato
fields suffered severely. Southern
Florida however, where the bulk Of
the peninsula citrus fruits are pro.
duced, experienced only a cool rain.
Frost in the state was confined to
the northwestern section, where crops
were not sufficiently matured to suf
fer materially. The heaviest loss was
il this section, which was swept by
storm Of cyclonic proportions. Hous
" we're unroofed, windows broken and
Several large orange groves destroyed
/ sEhe melon crop in this and adjacent
counties, the. center Of the melon belt
Of Florida, is believed to be almost 8
total loss.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-10

last summer, although others com
planned as usual
Even the fall picking and preserv
ing, which usually draws them ike a
Iodestone, did not bring them our
Father claims the glory because he
gave them no place TO ray their eggs
at the barnyard. The boys declare
they are entitled to the reward be.
cause they kept the yard clean AMI
lime wen sprinkied. The girls say it
is due to their efforts In keeping the
house clean and dark and cool, while
/ insist it was due to the absence of
the mulberries and the use Of the for
maldehyde,
Formaldehyde is deadly poisol OF
course, and great care should be ta-
ken in the use of it, Where there
are children, its use should be ex-
planned and the bottle kept out Of
reach Of curious fingers.
Another result Of our swat the fly"
campaign was that we had no Illness
in the house all summer, aside from
the episode Of the sprained ankle.
Uusually there are sore throats and
fevers and headaches galore, but with
the improved sanitary conditions we
never had better health or enjoyed
summer more.
But / wonder If there was anything
to that mulberry tree that drew flies.
Have any Of the other readers had any
experiences with it?
MRS. FLY sWATTER
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-10
HEARING DEFERRED

Washington, April TO- Hearings be
fore the senate canals committee on
the repeal of the Panama tolls ex-
emption were postponed today until
probably Monday
At that time several senators who
have proposed substitutes for the
Sims bill will urge their plans, and e.
t. Chamberlain, commissioner Of nal
yigation, and Judge Thomas Burkes-a
member Of the Seattle chamber Of
commerce also may appear.
The committees decision to post
pone hearings arose from the fact
that representatives Of Pacific coast
commercial bodies who wish to pre-
sent arguments cannot arrive for sew.
eral days,
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-10
WOMEN NOT ANXIOUS

Dallas, Tex, April 1O.-Texas suf-
fragists will not ask a place on the
democratic ticket in the July phi
maries for the woman suffrage ques-
tion, according to a decision reached
yesterday by the Equal Suffrage AS
sociation of Texas in convention here.
1t was decided that campaign OF
education was needed before urging
submission Of state constitutional
amendment to give the women of this
state the ballot
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-10
MICHIGAN MINERS MAY
CALL off THE STRIKE
REFERENDUM VOTE is BEING
TAKEN BY THE COPPER
DieGERs, UNION

Calumet, Mich. April Copper
country locals Otsthe western Fedora
ton Of Miners today decided to take
a referendum vote ON the question Of
calling off the strike, which has been
waged here since July %, 1913. The
vote will be taken next Sunday and
its result announced on the following
day.
The action Of the locals resulted
from reports of the district officers
which were submitted to five meet
lngs held in various parts Of the strike
district. 1t was said that the district
officers informed the men that nc
more concessions could be expected
from the mining companies. It was
also stated that the union rank and
file was told that the companies have
inaugurated a substantial eighthour
day and have arranged to hear griev-
ances once each week.
Recognition Of the union, they said,
was steadfastly refused. 1t was re-
ported that some Of the union mem
bers criticised the officers for not
proposing the referendum a month
ago when there was a better cnance
of their obtaining work.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-10
KANSAS cITY i've srook

Kansas City, April 1O.-Hogs, re-
ceipts $500. Market strong. Bulk
So. 55@S. IS; heavy $8 8.65@8.7O; pack
ers and butchers SO 55@S. So; lights
sS. 45@S. so; pigs $7.75@S.1O.
Cattle, receipts 500. Market strong.
Prime feed steers $S 6O@9. 25; dress
ed beef steers $7.5O@S 30; western
steers $6.S5@S60; southern steers
Sc. .5O@S. 10; COWS $4 45O@7.75; heif-
ers a@9; stockers and feeders $3.50
t@S. is; bulls IS 5O@7; calves $6. 500
10. so.
Sheep, receipts 1000. Market 10
cents higher. Lambs $7.5O@s. Is;
yearlings Sc 25@7.15; wethers $5. 50
@6. rs; ewesss5. 25@6.4O.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-10
POLO TEAM PRACTICES

New York, April 1O--The first.
practice game Of the season yesterday
at Lakewood, N. j.. for candidates for
the American team that will defend
the international polo cup againAt, the
English chaileAgers showed both play
ers and ponies in excellent condition
Harry Payne Whitney, captain Of the
famous big -Four, the team that
brought the cup from England to
America in 1909 and successfully de-
tended it in 1911 and 1918, was on
the field TO, coach and referee. J. M.
Waterbury, the selected captain for
the American team this year, and
Devoreaux Milburn played in the
match.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-10
4Has NY Approval Meyer

/ Denver, Colo, April 10.-"The ac
tion of the Michigan locals of the
Western Federation Of Miners to take
a referenum vote en- the question OF
ending the strike meets with the en-
tire approval of the federation Off
GERS" declared Charles H. Meyer to-
day. He continued:
The members of the local decided
to call the strike sy a referendum
vote. The officers and general fed
Grafton merely went to their assist
ance and have done the best they
could in its conduct If the men wish
to end the strike, accepting the eight
hour day and wage increase. two Of
their chief demands, and waving the
question Of recognition, their decision
win have the approval Of the general
officers.
"If however, they vote to continue
the strike. the general federation will
continue to support them"
Mr.. Meyer state that the operators
had advertised minimum wage Of
$500 day. He emphasized the fact
the members Of the locals had called
the strike and had full power to pass
ION the question Of whether 1t should
be continued or ended.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-10
HOUSE WHERE NO
FLIES WERE
SEEN
MRS. r. sWATTER TELLS HOW
sHE 5ANlsHED EVERY IN
SECT FROM HER HOME
Baby Bye, here's a fly,

Let us swat HIM, you and I.
We have been out in the yard all
morning cleaning up and among the
llast things we did was to dig up the
shoots from a pesky mulberry tree we
had chopped down last summer, but
which is industriously sending up
shoots this spring, as flourishing as
can be.
want to tell other women, who live
in the country and are tormented with
flies in the summer, about our fly
campaign last year and OF the joyful
freedom from the tormentors we had
all season. o
They used to tell Us, long time
ago, if it wasn't for the flies we would
be swept off the face of the earth from
lpestilences and other dark diseases
from the garbage which the busy little
fly is supposed to eat up We never
stopped to think Of the undesirability
of the fly coming into the house to
wash his hands and feet and face
over the custard pie, after a hearty
meal from the manure pile. 9
used to admire hHm ror being such
clean little beast, always washing
himself, until it struck me that he
was cleaning himself right into my
dinner When l was young we had to
run out just before meal time and
cut leafy branch to wave over the
table while the rest of the folks were
eating and shoe whole battalions from
the cream pitcher and preserve dish
They thought | was terrible stylish
when / was married and insisted on
having window and door screens OF
brilliant pink mosquito netting tackled
on.
But even with the mosquito bar
and later the wire screening. the flies
would get too sociable Seemed to. me
sometimes they just watched for q
chance when people opened the doors
and when they found it they yelled
to the rest, Come on, fellers, here's
a place, and in they'd rusA in
swarms
My husband use to think was toe
particular until he'dsgo to other peo
pies houses and seq how the flies liv.
ed on intimate terms with the family,
and remembered that he could lie
down in our sitting room any after
noon and sleep for Is minutes without
ching disturbed by the sticky claws
of investigating flies.
Summer before last I fought them
unayailingly all summer. Towards
the end of the season I began to
strongly suspect a big mulberry tree
that stood at the end OF the walk.
The falling fruit lay mashed on the
ground as it ripened and the flies
buzzed about it by the thousands. We
did not care especially for mulber-
ries. The tree was there when we
bought the place and we liked the
shade, but the fruit was nuisance.
Some one told us once mulberries
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-10
FROM MISSING SHIP

st. John, N. F., April 1O-Seal pelts
thought to have come from the miss
ing sealing steamer Southern Gross
were sighted today 70 miles south Of
st. Mary's bay, by the steamer Kyle,
which has been searching the coast
for a week. This is the first definite
cIew to the fate of the vessel, which
was last reported off the southern
coast on March 81.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-10
kNAuER KILLS SELF

New York; April 10.-Edward J
Knauer, prominent attorney, once
associated in practice with President
Chester A. Arthur, committed suicide
today at his office in Long Island City
by shooting. "A letter addressed to his
wife said that financial troubles and
falling health had made his life no
longer worth living. He was So years
old.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-10

were fine to fatten ducks on, but we
haven't got around to raising ducks
yet and we did want to get rid Of
the flies.
So down the tree came, shade and
all and our supply of flies was less
ened by several thousand
/ decided to have an organized cam
paign against the flies last season af-
ter the mulberry tree had vanished.
/ registered every member Of the fam
lily in the work. Father promised to
keep the barns clean and the refuse
piled up we'll away from the house.
Thus there was no manure heaps for
the fly eggs to be laid in. The boys
agreed to keep the yard clean and the
slop pals emptied frequently. They
scalded the pals. which are of gal
yanIzed iron, every day. Plenty OF
lime was kept in the outhouses.
The remainder of the battle vas IN
The house. made discovery last
summer 1 want tp pass on. One OF
the girls was laid up for week with
sprained ankle and her room was hard
to yentilate. To keep it fresh and
wholesome / sprinkled it daily with a
solution of my own invention. ] made
II of three parts of water and one
mart ormaidehyde-wha the druggist
called a "a per cent solution To
fhis added teaspoonful of lilac tot
LET water, giving it a refreshing odor'
I sprinKIed it about the room through
q small quill inserted In the cork OF
pint bottle. The mixture leaves no
spots on furniture or clothing and 1t
gives the room a fresh odor and is q
disinfeetant as well.
we noticed the flies avoided that
room. Daily we had to shoe them
from the other rooms with towels and
papers, but never a fly flew into the
room where the formaldehyde had
been sprinkled.
So / recklessly invested in a quar-
ter's worth of it and bottle OF the IL
lac toilet water. The fiercely warm
summer days arrived, when the flies
usually delight in crawling languidly
over everything or buzz maddeningly
in your ear just out Of reach, and ]
used the formaldehyde solution freely
The girls took charge of the dining
room. the bedrooms and the parlor
and after the morning dusting and set
ting to rights they sprinkled the
floors and drew the blinds, keeplns
out the fierce glare Of the sun.
Everybody who came to the house
remarked on the absence of flies, al
though the neighborhood swarmed
with them. To insure protection, faith
eli bought four fly traps and kept them
about the yard, batting them with a
little sour milk and molasses. The
children counted seven thousand flies
they caught in the four traps in cne
day.
Ordinarily these 1000 flies would
have been in the kitchen, wiping of
the garms from the garbage and the
barn into our food.
don't believe we had two dozen
flies in our house all summer long
The children were careful about
opening and closing uoors, but the
flies did not gather on the back porch
as usual and await the grand opening
of the doors.
We haven't been able to figure out
yet whether their absence was due to
the cutting down Of the mulberry tree
the care of the barnyard and the out
houses. the traps, or the use Of the
formaldehyde solution. Certain it is,
however, that we had but few flies
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-10
TELEPHONES
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1914.
WATTS THE MATTER

The Rev. v. B. Watts told the Nev
Mexico Seventh Day Adventist con
ference at Keene, Tex, some interest
lug things about New Mexico. Amous
Gther things he informed the assembl
ed convention that New Mexico be
tween the Rio Grande and the Recos
river consists chiefly of prairie dos
Gowns, with occasionally a loping
coyote or an clipping iackrabbit fur
nishing a fleeting touch of life to the
sireary waste, He implied strongly
that there was little real civilization
In the state saYe in the Pecos region;
"A statement which while immensely
fiattering to the Pecos country we be-
aieve hardly does exact justice to the
remainder OF the state. Mexicans and
Indians compose the bulk of the pop-
ulation, he intimated, and other SINH
Gar handicaps have made difficult the
work Of spreading the Seventh Day
gospel through the desert.
For a conference president the
Reverend v. p. hardly seems to know
Watts Wat 1t is true there are prairie
dogs, coyotes and tackrabbits between
the Rio Grande and the Pecos; but
there are other things. There are some
small settlements. not altogether in
Aiabited by prairie dogs, known as
Mountainair, Estancia i WILLARD 4 Bnl4 /
eino, Moriarity, Mcintosh, Lucia, TuIa-
xcsa, Vaughn, Torrance, Alamogordo.
Cafrizozo Corona, Cloudcroft, Pro
Ereso oh, quite a number of towns
ana s5llages, not to mention three or
foar whole counties containing noun
tain ranges, national forests, summer
resorts, United States sanitaFiums,
cattle ranches. trout streams, rail
roads. fertile farms, pumping plants.
pleasant homes and prosperity. The
governor lives in Carrizozo and we
are reliably Informed that he resents
the imputation that he comes from q
prairie dog town.
" II really strange that the presi-
dent Of denominational conference
should have overiooke0 all these
things which the map Of New Mexico,
everywhere easily available, shows
E0nclusively lie between the Rio
gsrande and the Pecos district It is
perhaps unfortunate that he should
have given such wrong impression
of the country at a conference pre-
sumahIy attended by hundreds Of men
and reports Of which are being sent
out BY conference representatives and
news channels al over the country.
There Is nothiag diacouraging Ia the
ayaugelistic prospect between the Rlo
ssrande and the peeos. There ii on
Ahe contrary, a wide and fertile and
znyiting and prolific field for useful
ness There are tens Of thousands Of
citizens n that little neck Of the
Woods who might be converted 70 the
Adventist faith III the ataeHee Of
aAs governor We may even dare 2
zate tha maybe he might be convert
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-10
e,JsTAvE IS BETTER

Stockholm, sweden, April 1O.-King
Gustave's condition was satisfactory
today, according to the surgeons who
operated yesterday for the relief Of
liberation Of the stomach. Their bull
letin this morning SAID
"His majesty passed a quiet night,
sleeping three hours. He suffered
some pain, however which did not in
terfere with the cicattization Of the
wound. The king was able to take
water and tea without any i'll effects.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-10

William 3. Kelley, the new postmas-
ter Of the city Of Brooklyn. is a pio.
'neer member Of the National Associa-
ton Of Letter Carriers, He Joined
the association in 1898 and after serv-
ing as president Of the Brooklyn 10
cal was elected president Of the ma
tionaI organization in 1907. He has
been at the head Of the national body
ever since.