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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-06
Illustration of Open Pit Phosphate Nine
FARMERS WILL WELCOME
SUCCESSFUL PHOSPHATE MILL
New Industry Will be Founded in the Rocky Noun
tain Country, and the Phosphate Will be Big
Asset to Farmers for Fertizing Purposes.

AT Border, Wyo., in the valley of
Bear River and only mile from the
Idaho line, is the new phosphote mill
of the United States Phosphate Com
pany. The mill, which has a capacity
for grinding fifty tons of phosphate
rock a day, is practically completed
and will be ready to run in about ten
days.
The company has been in the phos-
phate field there for some time and
has large area of phosphate bearing
land. 1t has been shipping the crude
rock, just as it comes from the mine,
to Los Angeles for three or four years,
but found that in order to put the pro-
duct in the market properly mill
was necessary, and it was decided to
build the present comparatively small
one, which will take care of the trade
for time and blaze the way, as it
were, for it is the first of its kind in
the Rocky Mountain region. Eventual
ly, it is confidently expected, much
larger mill will be required.
AT present the demand for the pre-
California, although there is now a
small Utah demand from fruit grow
ers and the more progressive farm
ers, who are awakening to its great
value as fertilizer, and the business
should develop into a very large one.
In the older orchard and farming
country of the Eastern and Central
states the question of soil fertilization
has become vital one and soil experts
there agree that the natural phos-
phate, containing, as it does in the
properties of this company, one part
of phosphoric acid to three parts OF
lime, is the thing almost universally
needed to restore impoverished soils
On this subject the agricultural exper-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-06

iment station of the University of IL
lmois says:
"To increase or maintain the nitro
gen and organic matter of the soil is
the greatest practical problem in
American agriculture. In an hours
time one can spread enough limestone
or phosphate on an acre of land to pro-
vide for large crops of wheat, corn,
oats and clover for ten or twenty
years, while to supply the nitrogen
for the same length of time would re-
quire from twenty to forty tons of
clover, or from 80 to 160 tons of farm
manure, to be added to the same acre
of land, even though one of the four
crops harvested secured its nitrogen
from the air.
Attention was called to the fact
that 100000 pounds of the average
crust of the earth contains 10000
pounds of potassium, but compared
with this we find only 1000 pounds of
phosphorus. Likewise, the plowed soil
of an acre of average Illinois land con-
tains about $4,000 pounds of potas-
SUM, but less than 1000 pounds of
phosphorus. When grain is sold from
the farm, about equal amounts of
phosphorus and potassium are carried
away, while in Independent systems of
live stock farming much more phos-
phorus than potassium leaves the
farm"
1t will be noted that the natural
phosphate is composed of the two ele-
ments upon which stress is placed
phosphorus and lime. The rock is
mined by tunneling and is prepared
for the market by this mill by being
ground os extremely fine that 80 per
cent of it will go through 100-mesh
screen and so per cent of it through a
200-mesh screen. The prepared phos-
phate will be sold at So ton in bags
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-06
Miss Katherine Davis, Correction
Commissioner of New York, Puts
Heart in Her Job.

New York, Feb. 20.-Intense inter-
est in political circles, as we'll as on
the outside, is focused in the admins
tration of Miss Katherine Bement Da-
Wis, commissioner of correction of
Greater New York.
That Mayor Mitchell catapulted
himself into the suffrage camp with
the appointment of Miss Davis is ad-
mitted. Also that he exercised un-
usual common sense, divorced from
politics, is a so agreed to, and the re-
suits so far bear well.
Not only has the lady an interior
and exterior idea of the workings of
her field of endeavor, but she knows.
This thing has been life work for
her, not as female of the species,
but from the "gray matter" point,
which indigenous in both sexes.
One of the first "cracks at routine
gingham gowns for the women, and
plain gray uniforms, instead of
stripes, for the men prisoners on
Blackwelps Island.
All this was the result of her first
visit to the island.
She saw the women working in suits
of coarse, striped cloth.
"Need they wear such stuff" she
observed. 81 think we might give them
gingham. 1t is no more expensive
and wears as well. 1t can be had in
any variety of colors and patterns. Let
them have gingham, and the bore pat
terms and colors the better. A little
cheerfu,ness in dress helps a woman.
"The skirts are not hobbled," she
went on, looking at some of the
spreading garments. ~ should not
want them tight, certainly not slit, but
see no reason why they should not
be more in accord with the prevailing
mode. Besides, the narrower the skirt
the more cloth you save" She and
the whole party laughed. She talked
to doctors, nurses and men and women
prisoners. A doctor spoke of their in
ability to make blood tests for disease.
"Go ahead and make them," said
Miss Davis. 81 see no reason why they
should not be made. 1t is on a par
with the physical examination of pris-
oners."
The doctor explained that prisoners
objected on the ground it was an inva-
sion of their personal rights.
"Let them object" she replied
"You 60 ahead"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-06
Favors Farm Colony Idea for Prisoners
Katherine Davis's Work

In regard to stripes for male pris-
oners, she said the only advantage she
could see was that in case of escape
they might be more readily identified,
and she didn't think that justified the
degradation. When told there was a
large amount of material on hand she
said she would look into the advisa-
bility of having it dyed.
81 do not believe YOU can hep peo-
pie by humiliating them and dressing
them in uniform" she said.
Miss Davis believes prisoners now
given short sentences should be
paroled and those who deserve correc-
tive measures should get terms long
enough to accomplish something
toward making them better and more
useful citizens. She said:
GAS far as the senitation and the
dietetics of the workhouse are con-
cerned, the conditions are much better
than had thought they would be-"
Favors Farm Colony Idea for
Prisoners.
Miss Davis said that the idea of the
commitment system of the courts could
be improved. She said that she found
that the average commitment of men
is about forty davs. Then there are
terms of only few days. She said
that she did not think that this system
acted as corrective.
~ have strong belief that better
system would be farm colony where
men are put to work on the farm and
taught to be self-supporting, so that
they became useful to society and re-
form their habits. In those places they
may learn to earn money and their
sentences need not be so short. They
cannot learn much in few days stay
in the workhouse. 1t does not have
much of corrective tendency"
Commissioner Davis said that she
would do all she could to push along
the work of the farm school for boys
in Orange county, for which the last
administration acquired 600 acres OF
land. She said that the school and the
land would be able to accommodate
800 boys from the reformatory or
Hart's Island. Speaking of the condi
tion of the women in the workhouse
the commissioner said that she woulC
like to arrange that the women have
their quarters as far removed from the
men as possible.
Miss Davis found that the fnoc
served to the inmates in the inst'tn
tions on the island was good, whole
some and substantial.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-07-02
lH Richfeld in
II Paragraphs

A two to-one bet that it rains on tn
Fourth of July Baptist picnic weather
Dave Engle this week purchased sey
eral fine registered Jerseys and herr
of Duroc hogs, from c. c. Housh, OF
the old DR. Davies farm.
FOUND-2 folding tables, box dish
es and ice cream packer Owner ma!
have same by calling at the Recorder
office and paying for this ad.
Most of the printing fraternity Of
the county are out OF the Big Wood fol
fishing trip this week. Messrs. Mel
vim and Milligan of Shoshone, and Minis
of Jerome, are the trio who will estab-
lish a new record.
w. S. Parkhurst returned Wednesday
from Boise, where he went to look or
at the state platform conventions. R.
E. Mickewait and r. G. Phelps, repre-
senting the progressive and the demo-
cratic organizations, were one day later.
The town will be more deserted on
July Fourth, than ever before in its
history. A number of the people, in
GLIDING the band, will go down to Sho-
shone to attend the big celebration;
many others will go out to the Big
Wood River picnic; yet others will visit
the fishing streams in small, select par
ties; and there will hardly be enough
people left in Richfield to guard the
town.
]. U. Mcpherson, of Boise, is in Rich
field this week, having come up from
Jerome, Wednesday night, with Mr..
Rays. He has given up his place as
manager for The Southern Idaho Pro-
ducers' Association, he having had es-
pecial charge of the potato marketing
of the association. They did great
deal of good for the growers last season.
and have laid the foundation for real
prosperity for the farmers in having
started the co operative spirit amoung
them. Mr. Mcpherson has with him his
nItle son, o years OF age.
IL is understood that the working crew
will soon be on hand for business, for
the finishing up of the state road be-
tween here and Picabo--the TwinFalls-
Shoshone Richfeld HALEY Sawtooth
road. There is about 8 miles of road
above Pagari, to Pcabo, that is pass
able, but it needs a lot of Strengthening
and few rocks blasted out to make it
easy and safe When that is done, the
road from Twin Falls clear up to the
Sawtooth range will be one of the fin
est highways in the whole west. Twen
ty-two miles of the distance is through
the Richfeld good roads district.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-07-02
CHANGE OF NAME.
Social Science Circle Is Now The
Wowan's Club.

The Social Science Circle met We'd
nesday afternoon at the Rest Room, for
the regular monthly business session.
A good number of members attended.
One of the things attended to was an
amendment changing the name to The
Woman's Club of Richfield. The old
name has stood for almost two years,
but was not thought to be quite de-
scriptive enough.
A resolution was passed, commencing
Marshal Poteet for the excellent care
he has given the town park, and his in
terest in keeping the streets and the
town in general cleaned up and signify
and safe.
Arrangements were made for the
coming year, and the program commit
tee will soon have the work ready for
approval. 1t will be a miscellaneous
and social program, not wing any
rigid line of literary or other study.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-07-02
Serial No. Ol5367.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

United States Land Office, Haley,
Idaho, May 81, 1914.
Notice is hereby given that the North
ern Pacific Railway Company, whose
post office address is st. Paul, Minneso-
ia, has this 21st day of May, 1914 filed
in this Office its application to select
under the provisions of an act of Con-
gress, approved July l, 1898 go Stat
a97, 620). NW1-4 of NW1-4, Sec. II
Twp. rs. R 18 E. B. NJ, 40 acres.
Any and all persons claiming adverse
ly the lands described, or desiring to
object because of the Mineral character
of the land, or any other reason, to the
disposal to applicant, should file their
affidavits of protest in this office, on or
before the goth day of July, 1914.
P. F. HORNE,
Register
June
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-07-02

Remember the picnic out at the
Big Wood River, Saturday. Teams
will be provided for those who dc
not have vehicles of their own.
Meet at the church not minute
later than 8 o'clock.
w. P. Burke, manager of the
company farm, shipped out two
cars of fat stock to the Portland
market, last week-one car each
Of steers and hogs They still have
car Of steers, to ship little later
r. +. Alickelwait and K. G..
Phelps left Monday afternoon, for
Boise, to attend the state platform
conventions of the progressive and
democratic parties respectively. w.
S. Parkhurst left two days earlier
not as delegate, but as an attend
ant at the progressive convention
Frank Reeves and family came
up from Bull, Sunday, for brief
visit with B. w. Reeves and fam
lily. All the Reeveses drove out to
the Big Wood for a fishing trip,
Monday, and report fine catch
and delightful outing. The Wis
itors went home on the noon train,
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rays returned
Saturday night from Boise, in
their Overland car. They went
over there a week before, Mr.. Rays
having a lot of business before
the state land board. Some i'm
portant announcements are expect
ed in the near future as a result of
this debate with the land board.
Miss Ava Mcmahon returned
Saturday morning from William
cite University, at Salem, Oregon,
where she has just finished three
years of work in the musical CON
servatory. She has made Idaho
famous in the capital city Of Ore
gon, with her wonderful voice and |
her willingness to assist i'll any
kind Of public or private musical
events that will give pleasure or
profit to others. She will be at
nome at least for the summer. Mrs.
McMahon went down to Shoshone
to meet her.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-07-02
BOWER GETTING BETTER
County Treasure Now up and at
His Work.

County Treasurer V. V. Bower,
who was shot by half-crazed ne
gro two weeks ago, is reported as
recovering rapidly, SO that he is
now able to be out for a short time
now and then. He was at his office
yesterday, for a few minutes.
James May, who was also badly
beaten by the same negro assail-
ant, is recovering, and was to go
back to his duties as village mar
shall, on Wednesday of this week,
The negro is in Jail, waiting for
The warden of the penitentiary to
take him to Boise the first of the
week to begin his two sentences Of
twelve to fourteen years each,
that were imposed by Judge Walt
ers Thursday Both charges were
for attempting to commit murder
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-07-02

june IL
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-07-02
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Robert J. Cowan deceased.
Notice is herby given by the under
signed Administrative of the estate OF
Robert j. Cowan deceased, to the cred
itors of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers, with
in ten months after the first publication
of this notice, to the said Administra-
trix at Richfield, County of Lincoln,
State of Idaho
Date May 30. 1914.
HATTIE E. COWAN
Administrative of the Estate of
Robert j. Cowan deceased.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-07-02


py. eight months old. Please return tc
James H. Lanes ranch. Reward.
1t is understood that the railroad
bridge crew that has been at work down
around Nyssa, will soon come here to
Richfeld to go out on the Hill City line
for lot of bridge work.
H. M. Moore left last week for Iowa
City, to be gone for some time looking
after some important business matters
for his mothers esate She may come
out TO Idaho to make her home with
him, when he returns.
The regular meeting of the Ladies
Aid will be held at the home of Mrs.
Brush, Wednesday afternoon, July 9Th,
with Mrs Brush as hostess, assisted by
Mrs. Clark Sewing and business ses-
sion will begin at 2:3O, followed by a
ten-eent tea to which every one is in
vited.
A. l.. Fletcher received letter from
his wife and family, this week, that
couIden't well come any farther and
still be from the United States. 1t was
mailed from Lubec, Maine, where the
family are visiting Lubec is clear over
at the east line of Maine, where good
jumper could jump across into New
Brunswick on the east.
Sam Burley, well known in Richfield
from the time the Hill City branch line
was built out Of here, is visiting in
town over the Fourth. He came up
from Nyssa, Oregon, where he has been
working steadily with the railroad. He
says that Nyssa is one of the hottest
countries on earth--that it is hotter
there at midnight than it is here at
noon.
The North End Improvement Club
met for business meeting at the home
of Mrs. j. F. Engle on Friday of last
week The members voted to federate
and thus enjoy the privileges of other
federated clubs. After the business
was finished. Miss Hopkins gave read
ing which was much appreciated. The
hostess served substantial refreshments.
The next meeting will be at the home
of Mrs. C. w. Fagin on July 10.
The Recorder acknowledges the re-
ceipt of fine mail order pound of but
ter from the Isabella Ranch, north of
town, of which Mr.. +. II. Allen is the
manager Mr. Allen has brought in a
lot of corrugated paper packing cases
for pound butter prints, and is ready to
mail out the Isabella Ranch product in
the best approved way, fresh from the
farm to the consumer. He is also using
the same kind of cases for eggs; the
paper packing boxes are light, but they
will hold the weight Of a man without
cracking an egg. 1t is fine, sugges-
tive way for the progressive rancher to
market his stuff
A fine outdoor program was given by
the band, last Friday night, on the
church and parsonage lawn. The friends
of the band had gathered together for
a good time, and the ladies served ice
cream and cake to everybody. while the
band furnished music all through the
evening. 1t was in the nature of re-
ception for Rev. Leitch. the band lead s
Err The affair was largely attended,
and was much enjoyed The weather I
was just little bit cool for sitting out |
ioors on the lawn, and good many t
spent part of the evening down in the t
'hurch basement, where there was a a
ire. Almost everybody visited the
.eitch home, too, where Mr.. Leitch has c
been making some excellent changes t
md improvements. The house is now a
n fine condition for comfort and con a
n
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-07-02

1. o. o. F. LODGE No. 1856
Meets every Saturday night at
Masonic Hall
Owen Youngkin. N. G. R. E. Mills
Vice Grand, Geo. T. Gorow, Secretary.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-07-02
superIatlve causlo

For sale-Two fine registered Poland
China boars. and years old.
B. Church, Richfeld.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-07-02
Ice, Half Cent a Pound
Ice, delivered at your home, half cent
/ pound Wood River Dairy.

House for sale. Fay terms. Inquire
at Recorder Office.
Superlative Caution.
Some men are SO careful that 1t Is
comparatively safe even to go out in
canoes with them
The Chitina leader., 1914-03-24

WASH INGTON, March 23.-Brit-
ish Consul Percival has made an
official report on the killing of the
British citizen Benton in Mexico.
The report states that mo shots
were fired" The inference is that
he was stabbed.
NEW YORK, March ga cable
gram received from Col. Roosevelt s
party states that they have lost their
entire outfit in Brazilian river, the
name of which is not given. This
will cause much inconvenience TO
the colonel and may result in a
change of his plans.
The Chitina leader., 1914-03-24
OF unusual interest and particular

OF unusual interest and particular
significance is the decision rendered
yesterday in the federal court that
has reference to several of the min
ing cases from the new Shushanna
placer district. Both sides were
represented by able counsel, the
plaintiffs having T. j. Donohoe, c.
M. Fraser, o. A. Tucker and Frank
Foster, and the defendants being
represented by Maurice D. Leehey
of Seattle, and ]. ]. Finnigan. The
particular case at issue was that OF
c. H. Likaits VS.. William A. john
son, and Judge Brown delivered the
following opinion:
In view of the principles and auth
critics above cited, | am of the
opinion that fair and reasonable
construction of this act is that for
feiture of a placer mining claim is
not worked by the failure to record
the power of attorney before the
first step is taken in making the
location of such claim, and especially
is this true in case where the at
torney has been duly authorized
thereto by a power of attorney
executed and acknowledged before
such initial step is taken.
again repeat that the evident
purpose and intent of this act was to
limit the number OF claims that
might be located, and not to provide
for forfeiture for failure to record
the notice of location (for no such
requirement is provided by the act)
and the only purpose of any recorda-
ton being to give notice, 1 do not
believe it to be the intent of the act
to work a forfeiture for failure to
record the power of attorney, where
it is recorded prior to the attaching
of the rights of others.
On account of the views herein
expressed as to the construction and
effect to be given to said act of
August LIST, 1912 it will not be neces-
sary to inquire into what was the
legal effect. if any, of the recording
of the power of attorney executed
by Johnson to James on May 2Sth,
1913, and on June 23rd, 1913 re-
corded in the Forty Mile Precinct in
the Fourth Judicial division of
Alaska.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse,
but this recording at Forty Mile, to-
gether with the other facts set out
in the agreed statement, under the
peculiar conditions existing in the
and inaccessible interior
regions of Alaska, all point to the
good faith of defendant and an
honest effort to comply with the law.
AS to the rights of the interyenors
in the two lode locations claimed by
them, there seems to be no question
but what, upon the agreed statement
Of facts, they were the prior locators
Of, made valid lode locations of the
same and are entitled to the 500
feet of the lower or southerly end of
said Bonanza No. l Above placer
claim.
| am compelled therefore to hold
hat plaintiff take nothing by this
action and his complaint be dis
missed; that the intervenors are en-
titled to the possession of the said
.wo lode claims designated as the
Bonanza and Eldorado quartz mining
claims, including the lower or south |
erly 500 feet of the said placer claim |
No. l Above Discovery on Bonanza
Creek; that the def nuant is entitled
% the remainder of said placer claim. |
Findings and decree may be
entered accordingly.
FRED NJ. BROWN, Judge.
Dated at Cordova Alaska, March
Is, 1914
The Chitina leader., 1914-03-24
YERMO, Chihuahua, March

YERMO, Chihuahua, March 21.--
General Villas army is on the out
skirts of Torreon and guns have
been placed preparatory to an at
tack on the city. Villa is very much
encouraged over the situation and
states that he expects to capture the
federal stronghold within a week
He has 10000 men supporting him
and there is sure to be a battle
royal.
The Chitina leader., 1914-03-24

LONDON, March 21.-Two COM
panies of the Dorcashil regiment,
stationed at Belfast, mutined this
morning. A sergeant declared, I'VE
will have no home rule here"
DUBLIN, March 21.-This after
noon the dispatch of troops to Ulster
had to be Cancelled, owing to the
resignation of the officers of the
18th Lancers, fourth hussars.
The Chitina leader., 1914-03-24

Valdez proper and Valdez Reser-
walton have decided to get together
and become one strong town. An
election was held ON Saturday to
decide the matter. 1t was thought
that the question of taxation might
induce the voters of the Reservation
to decline to become part of an
incorporated town. But this did
not prove correct, as only is votes
were cast against the proposition,
while over 100 were cast in favor.
Edgar E. Raine, special agent of
the internal revenue department for
Alaska, took the train this morning
for an official trip to Fairbanks and
Nome.
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