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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-09-17

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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13
Has Successful
Fire Season

PatrollinR l.25O. 600 acres of Il m
Der land at a cost of nut a cent and
quarter for each acre OF the 58I,
597 revenue acres assessed by the
association the Occur d'Aiene Tim
her Protective association IN 1918
passed the most successful uampaign
10 It's eight years existence with a
timter fire loss of less than $500.
lhe annual report of the assooia
,ion. which has just been published
by Secretary f. j Davies, manager
Of the Edward Rutledee Timber COM
pang. shows facts and figures better
ing even the remarkable ure season
record Il made In 1912.
The association which was the pion
eer cooperative FIRE lighting orgauiza-
tlon in either Idaho or Washington,
haA paying membership of early
600. QUO acres, but including the
land patrolled in oo.operation with
The United States forestry service
aud the timber lands belonging TO
uou members which has TO be patrol
ed to make the holdings Of the as
sooiatiou safe, the association covers
each season more than 1850. 600
acres Of timber laud in the Occur d.
Alene district of Idaho.
Aside from the Northern Pacific
railway. Idaho is the largest single
land holder 10 the association with
97.4lO acesr. The MilwaukeeLuad
company has 90. $50 acres under
the patrol of the Rssociation, the Ed.
Eard Rutledge Timber company 90,
$50 the Blackwell Lumber company
4s.6iO, the Occur d'Aleue Lumber
company 3s $40. the Cameron Lum-
Der company 33. $50, and the bRlano'
Is assessed in smaller acreages dowr
to the 800 acre holdings of settlers.
While the FIRE loss of 1919 wal
less than for 1912 and the cost Of OF
Grafton was approximately 30 pei
cent less. the number of hres, -,
was far In exuess Of the NUN ber for
1912. seven. According to the re-
port Of chief fire warden W. j. Ross
ihe "a fires we're caused by eight
different agencies. Logging opera
tions caused four, breaking oat o.
old lres dve settlers clearing lanc
three osrelessness of campers three,
railway locomotive one. burning
building one. lightning two and IN
krown causes five.
Daring the year Elk miles Of neV
telephone communication WAS bull
making total OF 50 miles Of telep
hume lines in operation by the assucil
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13
Dies From
Appendicitis

O. W. Lillard, a young man II
years OF age, whose home was at Elk
River died at the st Marles hospital
Friday evening
lie bad been Ia the hospital about
ten days aud was suffering from a
very severe attack Of RpPsndicltis
when he arrived. He was Ia az sx-
tremely bad condition aud when an
operation was performed the doctor 8
found that the appendix was rup-
tured and that blood poisoning had
set in, and It wss to this cause that
bis death WAS finally due.
The funeral services we're held
Sunday morning at Mulcahy's under
taking parlors, Rev. R Tweed. pastor
Of the Presy teriau church. prsnchlng
the funeral sermon. the intsrrment
being Ia Woo6lawn cemetery.
The services we're held at half pa.t
eight 10 order to afford the relatives
au opportunit7 to retcrn to mix
River on the morning train.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13

was destroyed by an explosion o.
dynamite some time before Sommer-
vile enrolled Al the college aud re-
lated hiH strange story. has grad
ually died out fer lack Of tangible
evidence and the college officials are
entirely at sea as to the personality
of the man.
"SommerviIle steadfastly main
talns that ne is not Colby, and
packages addressed to W. Sommer-
willie Colby have been refused by
him with the statement that they do
not belong to him.
''Sommerville Is an average student
little Glow ia some subjeois, per
haps, hui showing a disposition for
hard work and an inclination to get
everything he can out Of his books.
"Durlng the holiday vacation he
was employed at difereus work
about the campus and WAS said by
foremen to be the best man on the
Ioo
Sommerville seems anxious to clear
up the my ystery and expresses disap
pointmeut that past events are mt
recurring to his mind az fast as he
had hoped they WOULD.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13
Farmers Union
IS Growing

The farmers Uuion which was or
ganized here last summer is prov
ing a great success. When grst
organized the mem bership was eon.
fiued principally to the rsuchers re-
siding down the river aud the meet
ings we're held at Clarence Buffers
re idenoe at Buffers Bay. that os-
ing the most centrally located, to ae-
comodate those belonging.
q. NJ Lisk. the secretary OF the
Union reports a large number Of new
applications for mem bership. Theas
are coming from tho farmers Ia the
st Maries valley and along the st
Joe above the city and he believes
that it will be necessary to. change Q
the meeting plaos, 70 t1lIs city.
DarneIl and bhambers have offered
the union nae bee of their office, free
of charge. ia (Which to hold their
meetings.
The UnioAs opmbines the social
feature with Athe business, and the
wives of the members- have been la
the habit of attending with their
husba Ids aad some of the members
have Ruggested that II the meetings
we're held In the real estate ofiios,
the social feature would have to be
out out 70 lack OF room, and this is a
part which they do not like 60 dis-
penee with.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13

night at the G. A. r. hall he deliver
ed an address.
In bis opening address to the com
mittee State Chairman Gipson scored
the republican national committee
for it's recent action In refusin. TO
cali national convention and that
party's Leaders for attempting to de-
cry national calamity beoause 4 dem
ocratlc administration
Referring to Senator Borah's ac-
tion and prominence at the confer
ence, he said:
cit g. IN a bun,h like that. that
Borah is traiD.4g. Further comment
is unnecessary aud superfluous.
The committee enthusiastically ad
opted the following resolutions;
''The future welfare of the people
Of Idaho, the growth aud develop
meut Of the state free from the blight
ing influence Of conhscatiou of the
profits of all industry, through high
taxation caused by reckless and ex.
travagant expenditures. and the main
tenanoe at public expense of useless
and needless appointments because
Of service TO the party IN power rat
her than because of public need. and
the protection of the citizens Of the
state. demand more than ever before
the maintenance. existence aud sue
cess Of the progressive party. There
fore, be 1t
''Resolved. That the pr aggressive
party of the state Of Idaho nominate
In the primaries aud submit to the
voters of the state ct the mex. cleo
tion a full ticket from United States
senator to justice of the peace and
constable IN every preclnct, aud be
1t further
Resolved. That we Individually
and collectively pledge our earnest
and devoted support to such ticket.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13
Let Contract For
Fish Hatchery

Occur d'Alene Jan lO-At a meet
Ing held this afternoon of the trus-
tees of the state FISH hatchery to be
located on lake Occur d'Alene at the
CONSUME WAompauy.s pumping sta
tion IND pas city, contracts we're
awarded for the construction of the
building aud the fish boxes
e Taylor's bid Of sI3ss the
lowest proposal for construction Of
the building, and contract was
awarded to him Contract for con-
struction of the fish hoxes was award
ed to the Woodworker. the lowest
bidder on this detail, at s27O. 80
Other BIDS we're as follows
Building Chris Olsen s1765; O..
NJ. Butcher, sls94; Il. S. Johnson,
sl75l.45; Tbeo Anderson, sl744
Peter Van Lsken. sls75; Tress aud
May. $3.50.
Fish boxes Stevens Lumber com
pany s29s.
Work on the bull Sing to be begun
next week as early as material can
be placed on the ground. and will be
rushed as rapidly as weather condi-
tions will permit. The fish boxes
will be Installed as the building
work progresses. It - purposed to
have the plant In on early
enough to supply Dish fryW earliest
planting this year.
The hatchery will sdpply the
lakes aud rivers of -Kootenai and
Shoshone counties. and be maintained
by the state from the funds Of tbs
state game department Funds for
the construction work we're raised by
various gun clubs in the two counties
While the building will not be al
elaborate In outside aud interior de-
tall rs the original plans called fol
on the basis of a larger initial sxpeu-
diture than Is now decided. the capq
city and Efficiency of the plant is moi
reduced In any detail. The capa
city in the neighborhood of 8, 600,
600 fry annually.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13
Refuse State
Highway Aid
EXPENSE TOO HEAVY ON THE COUNTY
Commissioners Not In Favor OF $4,000 Special
Road Bond issue

The county is not likely TO get tn e
sl2. coo, appropriated by the state
highway commission to be used on
that portion of the state highway
ylnp IN this county.
Under the provisions of the law
the county must put up two dollars
to the states one for'every dollar ap.
prnpriated by the state. This would
mean that the county would have to
raise twenty four thousand dollars
aud every cent of this money must
be on hand ready to use before the
states twelve thousand dollars would
be turned over.
The county commissioners de- not
think that the county can afford Go
raise twenty four thousand dollars
nuder the present conditions of the
county finances.
The money would have to be rslsed
by bonding the county and they do
not believe that a bono issue would
carry at this time so the commits
sloneIs will probably turn down the
slates proposition.
&. N Downie, chairman Of the
board Of county commissioners speak
Ing OF the matter said;
"We are Ia no condition financial
ly to meet this demand. The people
will not want to vote bonds TO give
money for the state highway commits
sion to spend aud We surely haven Z
the money In the treasury. Il looks
to me as If we would be compelled
to let the matter hold over for some
time yet Furthermore, I am Of q e
opinion that Kootenai county can
just as proiitably build hs own roads
Uuder the contract which we must
make with the state In order TO Sc
cure the apportlonment. the s2l, 600
must be deposited before they Will
even advertise for bids And then the
money is spent entirely by men out
side OF the county. I believe that we
can make these Improvements q little
slower and IN the long run be ahead
Of what we would he with bond
issue at this time for the state road"
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13
Local Option
Election Ordered
WILL BE HELD ON MARCH ELEVENTH
County commissioners Hold That The Petition Is
Regular And Sufficient

The question of local option will
be voted on March llth
This question WAS decided by the
board Of county commissioners Mon
day at which time they held that the
petition filed by the "Drgs'' was
sufficient and ordered an election to
be held
Attorney James Hawkins appeared
before the board He stated that he
represented certain tax payers aud
fled an affadavit which contained
the names of signers alleged to be
unqualified voters It WAS his con
tentlon that only voters who actual
ly voted In the last general election
are qualified to sign the petition
He alleged that there was 2.O41
names on the petition of persons
who we're not qualified to sign the
petition aud argued that the petition
should be thrown out on those
grounds
Attorney q L Heitman of Spirit
Lake represented the "Dry" forces
aud opposed the arguments of Attor
ney Hawkins. arguing that a person
who would be qualified to vote at the
special election WIS eligible TO sign
the petition, and the commissioners
In their decision upheld his conten
tiou
The petition as presented contains
8 folios and the complete list Of
names represents 1872 signatures
The law requi'es that a special
election may be called by 40 per cent
of the qualified voters, the number
upon which this ratio is based being
the total votes cast for secretary OF
state at the last general ele' tion
This number is found to be 6747
After the decision WIS announced
Attorney Hawkins stated he was not
prepared to say what action would
be taken. II any. to contest the ao-
tion of the bnard
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13
Mayor Refuses
To Sign Warrant

No decision in regard to reorgani-
zation was reached by the band boys
at their meeting At their last meet
ing the city council voted to pay
1929 to take up the note which the
Kootsnai Bank had against the band
for the balance on their uniforms
but when the treasurer OF the band
went to get the money he found that
Mayor Muloahy had refused to sign
the wsrrsnt
WhN the treasurer reported these
facts Ne meeting it put the boys
up In the air, aud killed for the pre-
sent at least all Ideas of reorgan
izing
With this debt, which bad been
hanging over them removed, 1t had
been the puip pose of the boys to raise
the necessary money among them
selves to have a director and to go
ahead aud reorganize the band
With the necessity confronting
them Of raising the money to pay
this note, none of them felt like 60
ing down deeper In their pockets for
money to pay the director and so the
reorganization scheme fell through
temporarily at least
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13
Free Treat For
School Children

The RECORD has made an ar
raugemeut with the Grand theatre by
which it will give the pupils OF the
City schools the opportunity OF see
ing the largest Indian PythUn 10 cap
tivity. aud hearing Mrs Harry Poison
give ner Interesting aud educational
lecture on the snbjsct, absolutely
FREE.
Ia this. and also Fridays Issue of
the RECORD will be found a coupon
which will admit any pupil Of the
schools to the Saturday afternooa
matinee at the Grand theatre FREk
OF CHARGE.
This snake Is % feet long aHd
weighs 215 pounds. ls perfectly tame
aud harmless and plays With Ara
Poison q little hoy. This IL no NOV
ing picture show. but q real live
snake aud all that you have to do so
ses 1t FREE OF CHARGE and 60
have an opportunity to listen to the
lecture Is to out the coupon oat OF
the RECORD and pr sent Il at the
Saturday matinee at the Grand.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13
Growers ASSOCia-
ton A Success

Ros Weston Of the Kootenai Ooun-
ty Growers Assooiation came up from
O-eur d'Alene Sunday evening and
has been spending a couple of days
In this city lntervie sing toe grncers
The association is composed Of
seventy five OF eighty farmers resid-
ing 10 the vicinity Of Occur d'Alene
They have a general mansger iu
that city who handles all of their
producers dealing directly With the
merchants aud shipping their pro-
ducts from q warehouse in that city
The farmers there have found this a
more satisfactory way of disposiuR OF
their products than for each indivi-
dual to try aud sell his own
The association charges COM
mlssiuu on all goods handled sufli
eieut to pay the expenses OF doing
the business
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13
Improve Cold
Storage Plant

Tue st Maries Gold Storage com
pany has been making some extensive
repairs and impro ements at their
ice house.
The building itself has been thor
oughly overhauled aud the damage
done to 1t by the hlghwater last
spring has been repaired
New. hosting machinery inUlud
ing an up to date steam oonveyor has
been Installed. making IL one OF thf
most complete cold storage plants "a
be found.
So far, the weatbe- -- not been
cold enough to supply them with ice,
and they have put up none as yet.
It Is very seldom, however, that
they harvest their crop Of Ice before
February so they are not worry ms
any as yet.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13
Enthusiastic
Meeting
FIX MEMBERSHIP FEE
Start Campaign For Aa Increase Of

The meeting of the st Maries
Poultry Association held saturday
evening at DarkneIl and Chambers
resi- estate office was very we'll at
tel 6d, all of the members belonging
to t1s association being present.
Former secretary William ID. Kee-
ton made a detailed report of the
show held in December showing the
collections aud expenditures. The
association was at considerable ex.
pense, which with the other expenses
left a small dedcit.
The winners of cash premiums,
residing at Santa. Feruwood, ST..
Mares. and Vicinity all voluntarily
lRn2ated their each premiums to the
ation which vers' nearly covered
t6sa sacit.
The price of membership in the as
90 iiafion Was Fixed at one dollar
and "a committee composed of William
Noyan, r. B. Hall. aud Abe Noyan
was appointed to solicit new members
aud strong effort will be made ca
secure new members, with
the purpose of making the assoois-
tion one of the strongest anywhere in
this vicinity.
1, was decided 20 hold the next
poultry show at tha same time as the
Farmers Movable School which Is tC
be held here this co ming season,
The date of the schoni has not yeI
Fixed. Chambers is in correspondence
with Prof. Oliu and endeavoring tC
get the date fixed as soon as pos
sible, 60 that the Poultry AssoCia
tion as we'll as the farmers, gener
ally, can make their plans according
ly.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13
PrOgreSSiVCS
Plan Campaign

The progressive party Of this state
one year old today through ite state
central committee enthusiastically
declared to nominate at the coming
primaries aud submit to the voters
Of the state at the next general cleo
tion a full ticket from United States
senator to Justice of the peace and
constable The party will make Is
Hght for loser taxes aud In a declsra
tion Of issues to be adopted will
specify where the cutting will be
d0ue, II Its candidates are seated, IN
both state and county government.
Practically every county in the
state was represented at the comm
ittee conference and with the exsep-
tion OF southeastern counties, reports
made by committeeman show that
the party Is gaining strength and
prospects are that It will carry many
OF then.
State Senator Luck OF Boise equity
the republican solou who recently
severed his connections with that par
ty. was present q. the conference aud
was received with open arms.
g. II. Martin, the party candidate
for governor at the lass election. was
also present. at olpsie0 rally to-
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13
Identity Is
Not Established

The mystery rs to the whereabouts
Of William Sommervllle Colby. the
Benwah homesteader, who disappear
ed at the time Of The blowing up Of
his cabin last summer seems @as far
from explanation as It ever Was
Il was thought at one time that his
identity with tnat of William Som.
merville. the lost Identify student
of Pullman college had been estab-
llshsd but from the following article
from Pullman It would seem that the
officials of the college had come to
the belief that they we're not the
same.
''Maay Inquiries concerning VIII
liam Sommergille. the lost identity
subject at the Washington State col
eRe, have come to the college officials
from all parts OF the United States.
since the story vas published, but
thus far all efforts to connect him
with the Derson mentioned ia the
letters have failed and ths mystery
concerning his past lite remains as
deep as ever. Tue suspicion th he
might be the william Sommerville
Colby, whose cabin near st Mariea
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13
Files Foreclosures

Ths Kootenai County Stats Bank
HIed two aotione In the district court
Saturday. They we're both fore
closure suits
The frst was against Arthur r.
swiaber aud was to recover a balance
on a promissory note amounting 60
five huadred and se Teuly nge dollars
TIE second was aso on promis-
sorry note. Ora N Williams is the
defendant and the amount Involved
ls four hundred dollars and interest
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13
MCGiIVery
Found Guilty
EMBEZLEMENT CHARGE
Motion Made To Arrest judgement
For insufficient Complaint

The trial of William McGilvery
for embezzlement by the sale Of q
horse belonging TO e ballet was held
Friday afternoon before Judge Kee
ton ana jury aud resulted IN YER
dict of guilty against McGilvery
When the defendant came up Mon
day for. sentence his attorney Hled a
motion for an arrest Of judgement On
the ground that the complaint did
not state facts sufficient to constitute
cause of action under the laws Of
Idaho.
He presented a number of autho-
rifles to sustain his position and the
justice reserved bis decision until
Wednesday at ten O'Clock In order
to have time to consult with County
Attorney Wernette.
The defendant WAS continued under
the same bonds to he present at that
time for the justices decision.
The faols of the case as they came
out at the trial were that about the
9th of December Hallet and his son
Who we're going through TO Montana
with three horses In their possession
became stranded in this city and
tried to sell the horses
lie met McGilvery who tried to buy
the horses but could not rRise the
! r,ouau rIa than rr,rreod thof hn
take the horses to pasture 1T the
Stricker ranch where be lived until
they oould be sold As the horses
were eating their heads off at Bah.
bite barn and he had no money {,
pay for their keep, Haliet consented
TO this
About the 3lst OF the montl
Hsllet sold two of the horses to G
Jones aud McGilvery sold the tbir,
one to Herman Saxt0n, a neighbo
Of his MeGilvery represented th
horse as his own property and saxtol
paid him fifty dollars In cash for II
MoGilyery paid nine doiliars, taa
Wss owing Babbitl for keeping th
1 horses and the balance Of the fft.
do lars be put ih his own pocket.
nailet demanded the money an.
when McGilvery refused to turn !
over be had him arrested for sm
bezzlement.
McGilvery claimed to have bough
the horse from Hallet.
The jury before which the case va
tried was out for some time beior
reaching a verdict aud in the en-,
only five Of the six jury men signed
It. All Of the iurSmen considered
HIM guilty aud the one who reIuser
to sign the verdict stated that II wa
because Of sympathy for McGiiveryh .
wife aud two little children VIII
we're present at the trial.
lie stated that although be telelve
the man guilty he could not vnte {
send Dim TO jail aud leave the woma
with two small children and u
means Of support.
Hogan Of Occur d'Aiene acte
as states attorney ia the absence q
County Attorney n ID Wernette, VII
could NOT be present.
Attorney A. L. Morgan Of this oit
defended McGilvery.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13
Another Doctor
Locates Here

Mr. W 3 Paul. au osteopaihlc ply
slcian has decided to locate 10 this
city. lie has rented the two rooms
over the Lumbermen's Stnie bank
formerly occupied by the Valentine
CLARK oompany, aud has fitted them
up for offices.
He Is a graduate Of the kirksville.
Missouri. medical college one Of the
best 10 the country aud has been
pfacticing for the past three years
at West Plains No.
lie has a pleasing appearance aud
comes here we'll recommended and We
do not hesitate TO bespeak for him
a kindly welcome from our people.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-13

tiou In its district. As usual, pat
rolling b gan In May with a skeleton
patrol. increasing until Ia the dry
sepsou 26 men we're Oh outy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-10

The landing Of British troops in Bel
ehm and northern France probably
means that the French general stali
feels itself unable to risk depicting It's
northern army of many units to assiss
the Belgian defense
England was not expected to be IN
a position TO send men 10 the conti-
nent for several weeks. The hurry Of
the British war office doubtless is iE
response to adgices from Brussels and
Paris that the altered strategy Of the
war can best be served by Belgians
aud British riaying the German flank
along the Meuse, while the French
troops stand ready 70 receive the kli-
sers advance IL IT suddenly changes
from Belgium to Luxembourg