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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02
DISASTROUS FIRE
TUESDAY NIGHT
ERTEL & TORRANCE WAREHOUSE
TOTALLY DESTROYED AND SEW
ERAL THOUSAND BUSHELS OF
WHEAT WENT UP IN SMOKE.
Only Feasible Solution as to Cause
OF Fire is That 1t Resulted From
Fires Started During the Day to
Burn Trash.

1 About midnight Tuesday night 1t
twas discovered that the Ertel & Tor
rance grain warehouse was on fire.
Immediately the alarm was given and
many of the townspeople were reused
from their peaceful slumbers to go
out and give all the aid possible in
saving property and to prevent a gen.
eral destruction thoroughout the
warehouse district. In The latter case
success attended the diligent efforts
put forth, but in the matter of saving
o1se and it's contents practi-
cally nothing could be done as the
fire had gained too great headway be-
fore it was. discovered.
Tt is hard TO account for the origin
of the fire During the day some
fires had been started in the neighbor-
hood for the purpose OF burning trash
along the railroad tracks, but 1t seems
that the building started to burn OF
the opposite side from the tracks aat
the only way the trash fires can be
connected with the other is upon the
theory that a spark or cinder blew
over or around the building an6
smouldered for some time before
breaking into flame.
The building was pretty well in
sured and it is believed that the great
er portion of the grain stored Their
was fully covered by insurance, 81
the loss will not be great except il
the cases of individuals who ha'
grain stored and did not have it in
sured.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02
NEWSPAPER MAN ANNOUNCES
George r.. Barker of Sand Point is out
for State Office

To the electors of Idaho;
l desire to announce my candidacy
for secretary of state upon the Repub-
can ticket subject to the primary cleo
ton of September l, 1914.
If nominated and elected to this
office of honor l promise to the pee =
pie of my state an administration
of integrity. subscribe to the belief
that public office is a trust as inviolate
as a contract and that to cheat the
state either by the crime of omission
or commission is as dishonest as a
theft from my neighbor's pocket. Poll
tical and personal honesty are, OF
should be, synonymous.
| have lived in Idaho the past II
years all of which time have spent as
a resident of Standpoint. AS editor
and proprietor of the Pend d'Orellle
Review l believe my record Will Deai
out the statement that | have fough'
for clean government and strict ac-
counting to the people from their pub
lie servants. / would expect TO p'
measured and to come up to th'
measure have required from NJ
public servants of my state and count!
believe in the principles OF tn'
Republican party; that it was founded
upon the corner stone of equal rignts
that its principle of protection L
best adapted to the commercial growu
of our country; that the American fla
was never lowered while 1t controls
the destinies of this nation. believ
in it's stability. in it's responsiveness
to a true opinion.
II nominated and elected secretar
of state 1 will devote my whole TINE
attention and energies to the stri'
performance of the duties OF the oiiic
with fear only for its oath and ooilgs
tons and with favor only for thos
who seek at the hands OF the state a
instrument for the ubuilding and we
B being OF it's citizens.
GEO. R. BARKER.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02
LAND FOR INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

A bill has been introduced by Sena-
tor Brady in the Uited States Senate
which, if passed, will give to the State
of Idaho the unappropriated school
and agency lands on the former Lem
hi Indian Reservation, which consists
of 4S4 acres and the buildings thereon.
The land is to be used for Industrial
school, educational and agricultural
purposes
Under the act of Congress approved
July 10, 1912, the State of Idaho was
given a preference right for one year
from the approval of the act to pur-
chase this land, but the Legislature
failed to take advantage of the option
and it subsequently expired.
Senator Brady, seeing a good oppor-
tunity to add to the assets of the state
framed a bill that will transfer the
absolute title. 1t is reported that the
land in question is some Of the richest
and most fertile soil in the northeast
ern part of the state.
In speaking of his bill Senator Brady
today said: I'VE need the land for oul
state Industrial school, so that we car
enlarge this institution and segregat'
the inmates. l feel that there coul'
be an improvement over conditions ex
iting at the present time if the stat
acquired this strip of land and con
structed another building and separ
ated the students so that those untor
tunates who have committed no othe
crime than having no one to care fo
them will not have to mingle with tn
delinouents who have been place.
there solely for correction.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02
FIGHTING HOG CHOLERA
Through Efforts OF Senator James II.
Brady Congress Appropriates
S50O,000.0O.

The department of agriculture is
soon to send experts from the buerau
of animal industry to aid the farmers
of Idaho in eradicating hog cholera,
which is proving disastrous in several
counties. About a month ago con-
gress appropriated 100000 to enable
the department of agriculture to con-
tinue its fight against hog cholera, and
Senator Brady of Idaho, a member of
the committee on agriculture, was in
strumental in obtaining early and fav-
orable action on this bill by the SEN
ate.
Senator Brady has been appealed to
by many Idaho farmers to get govern
ment aid in fighting this dread dis
ease, and since the appropriation be-
came available he has been in con-
slant communication with the secre-
tary of agriculture, and now is assur-
ed that a large portion of the s500,000
will be expended for the benefit OF
Idaho farmers. The department is
now buying up quantities of hos
cholera serum and in a short time will
send several representatives to Idaho
to demonstrate to farmers how this
serum should be used.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02
THREE TONS COFFEE

During the year nineteen hundred
and thirteen our grocery department
sold almost three and one half tons
of coffee Practically every pound
seven thousand in all, was Chase and
Sanborn's. Our coffee trade was in
creased over the preceding year by
almost fifteen hundred pounds; GER
tainly all the recommendation we need
offer for the famous Chase and San
born brand.-Sheep Store News.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02
TAYLOR TO ACT AS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
GOVERNOR HAINES CALLS ON
LIEUTENANT TO HOLD DOWN
THE BIG JOB DURING HIS ABB
SENCE.
The Governor VIII Attend Irrigation
Conference at Denver and VIII Aisa
Be Present at Dedication of Idaho
State Building at San Francisco.

Idaho's lieutenant governor, Her
man H. Taylor will be governor OF
this state the week OF April ). He
has been asked to come to Boise from
his home at Sand.'cint and "ssuhe the
duties of governor while Governor
Haines is in Denver attending the
irrigation conference called by Secre-
tary Franklin X. Lane. Lieutenant
Governor Taylor will come to Boise
This is the second time since the pres
ent governor has held Office that he
has sat in the governors chair. Short
ly after the adjournment of the legis-
lature he was acting governor for two
weeks while Governor Haines was in
California
Governor Haines has also asked
Lieutenant Governor Taylor to attend
the dedication of the daho building at
the Panama-Pacifc exposition, the
first of all state buildings to be COM
pleted, and to deliver the main ad-
dress on behalf of the state during
the ceremonies. 1t is probable that
large party of state officials and men
and women prominent in public life
in this state will accompany Governor
Haines to San Francisco to attend the
dedication exercises. The exposition
officials plan to make the services OF
unusual Importance and Idaho will
receive not a little attention because
Of the fact it has been the first state
to complete its building Of all the
states that will be represented
Governor Haines has named Mrs.
Fred Pittenger of Boise, president of
the State Federation of Wowen's
clubs; Mrs. NJ. ]. Sweeley Of Twin
Falls, vice resident Of the second dis
trict federation, and Mrs H. c.
Shaver, an active club woman OF
Occur d'Alene, as the three delegates
to represent the club women at the
dedication exercises.
Tentatively, it is understood, the
governors party will be made up OF
the governor and his staff, other state
officials, representatives of the wom-
! ems clubs of the state, members OF
the Idaho Panama commission and a
number of leading public men of the
state. Definite plans have not been
completed. The dedication may take
place in May.-Capital News.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02
NEWS FROM NEELEY
AND SURROUNDING

IS. c. Sheppard, Correspondent
Borrowed from Sheep Store News)
Jack Myers of Little Greek re-
turned home recently from Wisconsin
where he has been on a three months
visit Mr. Myer reports that there
is no place like Idaho for poor man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Jones are the
proud parents of a fine girl which ar
rived March End. 1t is their first and
they have named it Minnie, but just
how they intend to spell the name ]
am not able to say-whether 1t is
Minnie" or Many"
Mr.. willard Ollie has been down
in Arizona for a month. He expect
ed to spend the summer down there
but soon took the Idaho fever and had
to return.
Mr. and Mrs. Mosie Farman OF Crys-
Ytal, Idaho, was visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. P. P. Ollie recently.
Little Teddy Hall. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. ID. Hall, has been quite sick
for some time. but is getting along
first rate now.
OF all the Foxy Grandpas" you
ever have seen, Mr.. Bill Rose is the
limit They tell a yarn on him that
as he was going over to see his new
grandchild, the little daughter OF Mrs.
B. c. Jones, he met one of Kessler's
oxen in the road and as they are not
used to giving the road, insisted on
bill moving to one side, but Bill was
feeling too foxie for that He
used to feeling too foxie for that He
landed him over the nose with a buck
ct and says. "get out Of Grandpa
way"
Well, the smallpox is visiting again
in Neeley after being absent for ten
years. Gilbert Hunt has had 1t, but Is
about able TO be out again Ine
3 school has been closed, so we hope
2 there won't be any more cases break
o out.
2 Mr.. Harve Ollie of st. Anthony was
. visiting with friends and relatives ID
n Neeley recently.
A Mrs. Mollie Thornton presented her
husband with fine girl re" uAy
ago Both interested parties are get
ting along nicely.
> George Jones has peen down estao-
4 Fishing a residence on his nomesteao
near Fall Creek
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02

and adds to his store of dollars that
gives him a low interest, and even
if his acre has a higher value in dol
lars the interest rate is not SO great
counted on the ledger balance.
After marketing all the world will
take of his potatoes in bulk his at
tention is turned to the use of the
surplus, and there is just where he
has we smart Yankees beat to fin
ish. The culls and surplus are the
by-product from which it is his spe-
cial work to get the most returns.
AS feed in the raw they are worth
generally more than 40 cents per LOG
pounds. Cooked they are worth about
AZ cents. Making Them into alcohol
for mechanical purposes, they are
worth more than 81 cents per lOC
pounds and the slops still worth more
than 25 cents per 100 pounds of po-
tatoes, and this is total of Sc cents
per 100 pounds. The culls, therefore
are a marketable proposition.
Now this alcohol proposition beats
John ID. Rockefeller in this way: 4
serves the Dutchman's motor in liet
of gasoline 1t is cleaner and com
pels a low net price on the gasoline il
the German market. This is plain, II
it not? Well, let US get at it diff
/ ferently and see. One hundred pounds
Of potatoes makes more than l l.
gallons of 80 per cent alcohol. Tw'
and one-half gallons OF this grade o
alcohol will plow an acre OF averag
ground. The average crop Of pota
toes of Germany makes $50 gallon
of 80 per cent alcohol per acre an
his average crop wil1 pIow sixty acres
His better crop will plow 120 acre
OF land. and we don't usually rails
enough feed on an acre to do tbs
with our best teams from the fee
from one acre.
There has been raised in Idaho a
acre Of potatoes that would make 81
gallons Of alcohol and that would
sufficient to plow 225 acres OF Idat
land. Now there is an approxima
value of a possible Idaho potato cr'
when the market price is less tn;
56 cents per 100 pounds. Co
enoughl
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02
THINGS DOING AT ROCKLAND
Dry Farm, 100 Acres Sold for s4yS0o
-Th0s. Barnard Purchaser.

In he conversation with a Rockland
man today the Press man got a line
on few of the things that are going
on in our sister town. In the first
place he learned that the M. l. A. con-
test which occurred in the l.. ID. s.
church OF that place last Sunday was
big success Miss Grace Reed, of
this city, was the winner In the re-told
story contest, and the mixed chorus
of this place made very creditable
impression. The ladies chorus. of
Rockland, will attend the final Stake
meet at Pocatello. Neeley ward was
not represented in the contest because
of the prevalence of smallpox in that
neighborhood.
The school in what is known as the
Garn district is closed on account OF
smallpox.
A real estate deal was consumateh
recently by which Thomas Barnard
became the owner of the Ambrus
Moore dry farm, located on East Fork
the consideration being $4,000.
E. Perry has purchased the Mid
Cook blacksmith shop for a considera-
ton of 5000 VIM. Marshall and his
assistants will run the place.
Jesse Fifield has rented the barn o.
Elmer Perry for the purpose of con
Quoting a feed stable.
Commissioner Andrew May lost {
valuable mare a few days ago
The new residence Of Bert Womacl
is nearing completion. This will be |
valuable addition to the town.
Ralph Bros. brought in two fin
Percheron grade stations a few week
ago from Logan, Utah.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02
CONFIRMATION SERVICE

There will be confirmation services
at the German Evangelical Lutheran
church at Pleasant Valley Sunday
April 5th, commencing at 10 a. m.
Those to be confirmed are: John Neu'
Reinhold Schweikert, John Wolter'
George Mueller, Ed Mehlhaff, Ferdin-
and Hockbaum, Fred Hockoaum'
Jacob Goehring, Henry Schild, John
Mehlhaff, Otto Mueller, Katie Hoch-
baum Hnda Winter and Margaret
Rast. All are cordially invited
GEO. L. SPRATTLER, Pastor
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02
new STORE TO
OPEN SATURDAY
GOLDEN RULE MERCANTILE COM
PANY LATEST ACQUISITION TO
COMMERCIAL LIFE OF AMERI-
CAN FALLS
Manager Hood of Golden Rule Enter
prise In This Immediate Vicinity
Talks OF the Methods Which Are
Employed By This Great Syndicate.

I Announcement is made in this is
Isue that the Golden Rule store will be
opened for business In the new Fack-
ler building Saturday, April T. This
store will be under the management
of Miss O'Keefe.@
Jom Hood. who is at the head of
this chain of stores, with headquarters
at Pocatello, while in town Wednes-
day, gave us an outline of the methods
employed by the Golden Rule syndi
cate and spoke OF his stores as fol-
klows
Cash Basis Great Factor.
"The fact that we do business on a
strictly cash basis is the most vital
: factor of our success. We pay cash
for our merchandise when we buy it
and we get cash for our merchandise
when we sell it. There are no charge
accounts in any of the stores. The
average cost of doing business
throughout the chain during 1913
ranged between 10 and 121e per cent
I'VE give no cash rebates or dis
counts, but we do put a price on the
merchandise that makes it worth
while for a man to come to us. First
of all we aim to give the customer
who comes to our stores something
equal in quality to the goods they
could buy in some competing store
but we aim to and do give them lower
figures than our competitors can.
"Our quantity buying enables us tC
do this for we are entitled to and ge
jobbers prices. The prices at which
we sell enables us to turn our stocks
from five to six times year
/, 1--WE cater to the masses and we d.
, it in a simple way. We sell good mer
: chandise at a low price. We hav'
very few bargain sales for the reasol
, that we can have none. We buy of
, ten and sell on so close a margin o
profit at the beginning of a seasol
that there is no leftover merchandis
o on our shelves when the season come
o to a close.
o THE fact that we nave no cnarg
accounts enables us to know jus
where we stand at any time with
minimum amount of clerical work /
v any store.
? 1.-The stores are all situated in town
n and cities ranging in population froI
o 1900 to $4,000. Each store manage
4 is more than an employe. He has
: salary for managing the store in hi
Q charge and is also a stockholder l
i that particular store.
: 1--WE have a buying office in Me-
= York city in charge of two director
r of the company who are experience
r in the buying of merchandise and VIII
% buy in advance OF the season niue
a in the same way as the jcbbers do.
"Our stores are all located in tn
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02
POTATO CULTURE
MADE A SCIENCE
OUR GERMAN COUSINS ALLOW NO
WASTE, AND THE CULLS WHICH
WE LET ROT HE CONVERTS IN
TO ALCOHOL.
Alcohol Used in Lieu of Gasoline and
and From One Acre of Potatoes Suf-
ficient Motive Power Can be Secured
TO PlOw 100 Acres.

Uncle Sam is having scouts go
ing over the world to see what
he can find that is worth a
dollar. Among other places he sent
few specially adapted men to Ger
many to find out what Germans know
about potatoes. That they know how
TO grow them shows up in two great
big. hard facts. They grow them cheap
enough to be able TO sell at a profit
in the United States, and they do it
by growing more than twice as much
in pounds or bushels per acre as we
in the United States grow. Then, af
ter they are harvested. they make
better use of the surplus than is done
in the United States observes a writ
er in the Wendell Irrigationist.
The German takes special care that
ne has good sound, healthy tubers
for seed. Then in the cutting of the
seed he takes care to have at least
one good eye in every piece. AS to
how small he cuts the pieces depends
on the price of the seed. He begins
the economy at the beginning He
does not hesitate in the expense of
getting plenty of fertilizer in the
ground, nor in getting the soil in the
best possible condition. for that is
his best investment and a German
never hesitates to put money in the
bank that will pay interest and the
bank Of good earth is regarded as the
safest Of all banks. Next the plant
ling is done with especial care to see
that every hill is in the proper place
and every piece so covered that it if
sure to grow. He counts the missing
hill as a loss in the start that canno
, be made up. The cultivation is of th'
= best and positively no robbing wee'
: is allowed in the field. At the har
l vest every tuber is saved because
= is regarded as money made.
( Now comes his best work, and tha
! is the marketing The potatoes ar
) carefully assorted so as 10 make thu
5 best appearance in the market Ever
size is a strong point and he will un
3 derstand that a small potato look
t smaller alongside of big one. Then
a too, in the measure the little one
q slip in the openings between the bil
ones and don't nil up the measure
s Again he has his selling force so or
q ganized that he knows the deman'
T and supply of every market in tn
a world His own German shippers vii
$ carry his product to every port i
n the world And the revenue from tn
freighting comes TO his own German
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02
WORKING FOR SETTLERS

Mrs. Kip Calkins Miles of st. Joe,
Idaho, is in Washington to urge be-
fore the secretary OF the interior the
favorable consideration of matters af-
fecting various Marble creek settlers
whose entries are in conflict with GER
tain railroad selections.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02
A GOOD BILL

Senator Myers of Montana his in
troduced a bill permitting newspapers
to xchange advertising at regular
rates for transportation by interstate
carriers at the regular published rate.
The bill also rovides that in time of
calamity or public necessity the rail-
roads may carry passengers free.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02
HAVE YOUR SEEDS TESTED

1t will not only be profitable out
an interesting experiment, to nave
your seeds tested before planting IL
you have small grains, garden seeus'
etc, that you wish to have tested leaVe
them with Professor Waliise OF Tue
local school.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-02

west and northwest because they were
started there and have made good.
The chain OF stores IS operated over
Idaho. Washington, Oregon, Montana
Wyoming. Utah. Nevada, Arizona,
California and Colorado"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-04-27
FLORIDA WILL
Be REPRESENTED
ADJOURNMENT
GOLFERS FROM THIS STATE, ONE
FROM PENSACOLA, WILL TAKE
PART IN THE GREAT GOLFING
MATCHES.

New York, April 26.-The handicap
list for this year, issued yesterday by
the United States Coli Assn, con-
tains the names only of those players
who are eligible for competition in the
national championship tournament
with handicaps of five strokes or bet
ter i'll accordance with the new rule
adopted at the annual meeting last
January, limiting the eligible to five
strokes instead of six. The number on
the list is 227.
Jerome T. Travers, the national
champion and Francis Ouimet, nation
al open champion, are on scratch.
Charles Evans, IT., who reached the
semi-final stage in last year, stands
alone with a handicap or one J. G.
Anderson. the runner-U" last year to-
champion, and Warren K. Wood. the
Western champion. are rated a two
strokes each. In all. there are 81 with
four strokes or better ana 16o with
five strokes each.
Among abe Southern golfers in the
list and their handicaps are the fol-
lowing: Four strikes:
A. c. Timer, Florida; G. G. Jackson
Vile, Fla; w. F. Anderson, Florida. G.
G., Jacksonville, Fla. Ellis knowles,
Pensacola, G. c., Florida: E. F. May
berry, Charleston. s. G, South Caro-
lima; W. B. Rowan, Atlantic Athletic
Club, Georgia.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-04-27
BIG DRY KILN
At BAY CITY
IS DESTROYED
PLANT OF THE BAY CITY LUM-
Der COMPANY AND 10000 FEET
OF LUMBER ALL GO UP IN
SMOKE.

The Apa1achicola Times In its last
issue prints the following:
Wednesday, at the noon hour,
telephone message was received in the
city announcing that property was
burning at Bay City. \ huge column
of black smoke could be seen from the
city. and while bells were not rung
or whistles blown, the alarm soon
spread. MIR. Charles Marks took his
auto to the engine house and assist
ed by Col. j. P. Hickey and others. a
hose reel with several hundred feet
of hose was soon hitched TO the au-
tomobile and a race Tor Bay City
was begun. Soon other vehicles from
the city were enrOute. Arriving up
on the scene of the tonflagration it
was seen that the large. double kiln
of the Bay City Company was burn
ing fierCely. together with the con-
tents-15O.00O feet of pine lumber
Mr. Murphy. manager of the Bay
City Company, stated to the Times
representative that there were Co.
600 feet of lumber on the loading
platform and 900 feet in the
double kiln: also TWENTY lumber bug
gies and so dry kiln trucks entailing
loss of $4,000. There was $4,000
insurance carried on the dry kiln, and
the lumber and other stuff burned
ply stated that a 1875 he passed the
dry kiln and saw nothing to indi-
cate trouble. He passed into the
office and was there at
Il O'Clock when the alarm of fire was
given. When the alarm was given
the mill employees responded prompt
ly and soon they had six streams of
hard work could not save the proper