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The Kendrick gazette., 1914-01-16
American Ridge

L R. Carlton, who has been con-
fined to the house for the greater
part of the winter is able to be
around and is improving very fast.
Miss Carrie Deabold, sales lady
and milliner for the Kendrick Store
Company is at home spending few
weeks with her mother and taking
her winter vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin, of Wood
burn, Iowo, arrived on this ridge
Monday and will visit Mrs. Martins
sister for some time.
Laf Keene and wife are visiting
in Washington D. c. this week the
quest of President Wilson.
Frank May is confined to his room
on account of illness.
Mrs. R. F. Bigham is spending the
week with Mrs. Roseberry near
Kendrick.
Willie Watts who has been visiting
his mother at Juliaetta has returned
to the ridge.
E. E. Jacobus and wife were
shopping in Kendrick Monday.
Well Mr.. Editor this ridge can
beat the world for parties when they
try. Last Saturday evening the
young men had what they called a
stag party at Jonas Johnson's. They
all report big feed and a jolly
good time.
Or Tuesday evening about fifty
young people gathered again at the
home ST Mr.. Johnson and spent a
very pleasant evening. This time the
girls were not left out.
On Wednesday evening about
fourty young people gathered at the
home of Claus Eichner and enjoyed
a musical entertainment.
Mrs. L. M. Wilcox. of lower
American ridge. is spending the
; week at the home of E. G. Hobbs
and ]. I. Mitcham.
Mrs. Dick and son Sid who have
been visiting friends at Troy return
ed home.
The Kendrick gazette., 1914-01-16

Julius Giese, of Fix ridge was a
business visitor in this city Monday
and was seen taking out one of those
power washing machines from the
Lincoln McCrea.
Ralph Knepper departed for Butte,
Montana, Monday where he expects
to spend the winter.
Roy Southwick. of Southwick.
shipped a car of fat cattle to the
Spokane market Tuesday evening.
Will Stump and wife. of South
wick, were passengers to Spokane
Wednesday morning.
Royal Mail Steamer Cobequid
with $50 men strikes rock in a storm
off the coast of Nova Scotia. Th'
great ship was on its first voyage
The Kendrick gazette., 1914-01-16
DON'T FORGET THIS

The Tax Payers of Kendrick must
remember that next Friday evening
January 23rd, is the date set for the
mass meeting in this city to discuss
tax money proposition. The talk on
the streets does not cut mucn figure
in this matter, be present at this
meeting and make your thoughts
known and they will have their effect
one way or another. The PROPOSE
ton of using the surplus money for
street improvement is being very
much talked of by the heaviest tax
payers and the streets and roads are
that which are most essential. The
roads leading into town are surely
in need of work. The road off of
Little Bear, Big Bear and the road
down the Potlatch is far from being
what they should be. If the farmer
is expected to bring his products to
town and then come here to do his
trading he is entitled to good road
to drive over. The farmer and the
auto driver will then enjoy the same
good road.
The streets of Kendrick are surely
in need of some kind of treat
ment and the rock crusher ano the
hill near by could make a materia
difference in the road question il
this vicinity in a very short time
The town that keeps pace with
the times and builds permanent i'm
provements is the one that in tim'
makes the best place. Come out tt
the meeting and let your wishes b.
known.
The Kendrick gazette., 1914-01-16
ANOTHER GAME WON

The Basket Ball game, last Friday
evening, betwee Lapwai and Ken
drick teams was the best game pulled
off this season, in Kendrick. The
first half of the game was captured
by the visitors they holding one
point above the local team while in
the last half the Kendrick boys
played the faster game winning with
score of 10 to II.
From the time the ball was first
tossed at center until time out was
called the game was fast and clean.
The visitors have team that any
town might be proud of but they
were just not quite fast enough.
The Kendrick gazette., 1914-01-16
TALK FOR
ROCHDALE COMPANY

The Kendrick Rochdale Company
held their semi-annual meeting of
the company in this city last Thurs
day. A large per cent of the mem
bers were present and several mat
tiers of importance was brought be-
fore the meeting among which was
the matter of building an elevator at
this place, 1t was very favorably
commented on by most of those pre-
sent and while nothing definite was
decided, it might be looked for be-
fore long. The company figures
that it will be great saving to the
farmers of this section on the ac-
count of not having to use sacks
which cost so much money to the
producer.
The Kendrick gazette., 1914-01-16

Chas. Dale and Clyde Daugherty
of near Leland went to Spokane
Monday for a short stay. They told
us to watch police court news in the
Review.
This week Harness maker Walker
hurt his hand while at work and it
was very carefully dressed by Dr.
Moskop. The patient is recovering
very slowly.
The reporter was informed that
big Turkey dinner was rendered at
the home of A. ]. Perters on lower
Potlatch last Sunday in honor of Jim
Daugherty. Everyone report a big
time and plenty to eat.
Travelling salesman Jerry Cavan-
augh. reports that he had a big
Penuckle game scheduled with one
G. P. Barnum, but some way the
fellow got cold feet and had business
out of town so there was nothing to
do but 60 himself.
Listen-If the reporter of the
Gazette printed all the news that was
handed in this week the readers of
this paper would have to be buying
a lot in the cemetary. So to save
you the expence we refrain from
telling it all.
G. G. Oldfield, of Spokane, is a
visitor in this city this week looking
up location for Jewelry business.
He is very much impressed with the
town and surroundings and stated
that he thought he would locate
here as far as he knew at present
The Kendrick gazette., 1914-01-16
Texas Ridge Items

jim Butler made business trip
to Boville Tuesday.
A large party of young people
were entertained at Pete Olsons
Saturday evening.
E. G. Ogden and family spent
Sunday at Elmer Prices.
Mrs. Tout is spending few days
at the home of Tom La Bolles.
Mrs. w. T. Ferguson who was
reported i'll last week is much i'm
proved at the present.
DR.. Hoyt made several profession
al calls on the ridge Monday.
Albert and Bernice Pierce were
Pullman visitors Saturday.
The sick folks at Tom Pierces are
somewhat improved.
Mrs. V. A. Randall went to Collins
last week. to relieve her daughter
Hortense, who has had charge oi
the Robinson bakery at that place
Miss Hortense returning home for a
few days rest.
The annual Telephone meeting oi
the Ivy Mutual Telephone Company
was held at the Elmwood schoo
house Saturday p. m. The usua
routine of business was transacted
and the following officers wer.
elected. Henry Morris president
D. B. Ousterhout vice president
John Gustafson secretary ane
treasurer. ]. B. Bailey director. 4
favorable vote was then taken il
favor of incorporation.
The Kendrick gazette., 1914-01-16
TOMS NEW JOB

Tom Daugherty and Louis Peich,
of the lower Potlatch are in Lewiston
this week attending the meeting of
the county commissioners. We could
not find out what Tom went for but
the Lewiston Tribune Tuesday NOR
ming says he was appointed Road
overseer for his district. Now you will
see the roads on Speary grade put
in shape for auto driving.
The Kendrick gazette., 1914-01-16

Sam Bigham, of American ridge,
and Mr.. Arnot, of near Troy, de-
parted for Hot Springs, Arkansas
Sunday. From that place they will
60 to Florida and bask in tine sun
shine of that tropical region.
F. D. L.ackey, of lower Big Bear
ridge, was a passenger to Lewiston
Sunday evening,
Chas. Lackey who has been rural
mail carrier at Viola, Idaho, after
spending a week with home folks
went to Meake, Oregon the first of
the week in company with Pat Patty,
where they will visit for short time.
c. F. Byrne is businiss visitor in
Lewiston this week.
The Lincoln-McCrea is remod-
cling the interior of their store this
week, marked changes in the
repairing department.
The city street commissioners was
at work this week cleaning up rub
bish in the streets and alleys. This
is one of the most essential things of
a town-Cleanliness.
Guy Lewis was business visitor
in Moscow this week.
Herman Koepp, of near Leland,
was business visitor in Lewiston
this week.
Norris Walker, city treasurer, was
business visitor in the county seat,
Tuesday.
John Fisher and family, who have
been living on the Potlatch for ths
past year left for Oklahoma Monday
The Kendrick gazette., 1914-01-16

Mrs. Sam Callison received the
sad news of the death of her aged
father this week. His death occur
ed at Lowdie, California on Friday,
January 9th. Mr.. Rush was past
eighty years of age.
The Kendrick gazette., 1914-01-16
THE NEW SYSTEM

A meeting of the taxpayers of
school district number "A was called
at theirs school house on Burnt Ridge
on the evening of the fifth of January
by nctices sent out from the Asses
sor's office. for the purpose of dis
cussing the valuations of the various
classes of property real and personel
and making the assessment of such
property for the ensuing year, 1914.
This meeting, the first of its kind
in our county and the method of
procedure to the property holders
and to myself to a certain extent
being new was sussess beyond my
expectations, as every real and per-
sonal resident property holder in
the district was present, showing
great interest and expressing them
selves very favorably for this method
of the assessment of property. The
evening session was spent in the
discussion of and the fixing of
values for the district and a COM
parison of the values of other parts
of the county together with the
consideration of parts of the revenue
law and other matters pertaining to
the taxation of property. The next
day l assessed the entire district with
the help of one clerk in about five
hours. Each man gave in his prop
erty in the presence of the taxpayers
of the districts so that when we
were through every body knew what
everybody else was assessed and
had had voice in the fixing of the
; value on each others properey there
; by equalizing everything as we went
and this is the only way of equalizing
the assessment for the idea of the
commissioners equalizing the prop
erty of the entire county is a farce
for they have neither the time to do
t so under the present law nor can it
, be done without going out to see
. the property or getting the concen-
) sus of opinion of the property hold
, ers in the district where the proper
. ty is located. We can curtail at
5 least fourth of the expense of as
5 sessing the county and have the
t work in better shape for the offices
when it is completed in the field.
r We also plat and classify the land
, and fix the location and value of
, Improvements upon sectional plats
p which become permanent record
e for the office and can be perfected
v from year to year and will cut down
f the expense and the work in taking
1 the assessment the following year,
. thus making each year count fol
r something and aiding for the work
o for the future. A system judicially
carried out is half of the work.
Il A meeting of this kind will be
e held in each school district in tn.
e county and l wish that every tax
payer would make a complete lis
v of all property which he owns ant
f. have what he considers fair valu'
,e fixed and these values will be actet
al npon by the property holders in tn
IN district and if too high will be Gu
. down and if too low will be con
u sidered and dealt with as all othe
J. property of its class in the district
,e Your cooperation and presence i
TO these meetings is what we need t
,e secure an equitable, fair and equa
lied assessment of the county.
Sincerely
TheO z Mart;pcop
The Kendrick gazette., 1914-01-16
ROAD OvERSEERS AP.
POINTED FOR COUNTY

Lewiston Jan. 13-The first work
received the attention of the board
of county commissioners when they
convened yesterday in regular quar-
terly session was that dealing with
the appointment of road overseers
in the various districts for the ensu-
ing year. There are IS road over
seers and 2o were appointed yester-
day, the remainder of the appoint
ments to be made before the present
session ends. In the case of the
appointment for district No. II at
Myrtle two petitions were receiv-
ed, one favorable to John Rugaber
the other supporting R. E. Hawkes.
for the place. The appointment
went to Rugaber.
The following is the complete list
of appointments made yesterday:
No 2-Martin Boyer, Waha.
No 3-Peter ]. Konen, Union
town.
No At. H. Daugerty, Juliaetta.
No 5-J. R. King, Southwick.
No 6-Louis Oldag, Cameron.
No III. w. Nelson, Lewiston.
No 8-W. H. Gage, Genessee.
No &C. H. Dale, Leland.
No 1O-L. L. Detrick, Lewiston
No 14-W. G. Law
No 15-A. Bobitt.
No 16-Joe Frost, Lenore.
No 17-John Rugaber, Myrtle.
No 18-A. Tumelson, Peck.
No 19-James Crow, Culdesac.
No 2O-E. S. Kissinger. Snow
No 21-W. M. Crow, Culdesac.
No 22-George Watson, Melrose
No 24-Floyd Pea, Summit.
No 27-Fred Rietze, Juliaetta.
No 28-J. T. Rhodes, Chesley.
No 2o-B. F. Clancy. Clifford.
No 3O-T. w. Carrick, Waha.
No 33-A. c. Williams, Waha.
No 34-D. S. Hickman, Waha.
No 35-F. N. Fels, Culdesac.
Sheriff Lydon's quarterly repor
was examined yesterday and ap
proved. It'showed receipts on boare
of prisoners to be as follows: Fed
eral prisoners, $o71,75; Latah pri
soners $2l5; Clearwater County pri
soners, $29.75. Fee earnings bro
the total receipts up to $1225.11, O.
civil cases. During the quarter E
prisoners were handled, during tn
same period Al we're released. No,
there are Is u prisoners and
county prisoners in the Jail.
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Dog Swims Six Miles.

7. NJ. Bullen, of Newport, Del, has
a bird dog that beats homing pigeons,
cats or anything else for turning up. "
When he started from here In his mo
torboat for Fenton's Beach, N. j.,
where he has summer cottage, he
found his dog, Speckle Flirt, had fol-
lowed him for miles from Newport to
the wharf. He drove her back, as he
supposed.
Two hours afterward when he was
sitting on his porch he saw a wet and
folorn object crawling UP to him. Tie
was amazed to find it was his dog.
The animal swan diagonally across
the Delaware river, distance of six
miles, to reach her master. She must
have kept the motorboat in view all
the way, for it was her first visit to
the beach.
Mr.. Bullen now says there il not
enough money In the mint to buy
that dog. He also says she can 20
with him in the motorboat whenever
she pleases.-From New York Herald.
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Governor AmmOns' Poetical Cruise
ON the River OF Doubt.

Governor AmmOlS' POefIcaI Cruise
on the River of Doubt.
Gov. Elias III. Ammons has written
the following poem a. his cOntribu-
ton to the literature on Roosevelt:
Teddy's River Of Doubt.
He SCOTS at the college professor;
Declares that his strengths on the
wane;
Denounces the grape juice of Bryan;
Insists it's not even sane;
He dreams all his friends back In
office,
And all his enemies out,
AS he dimes on a morsel OF monkey,
And sails up the River of Doubt.
He revises the Ten Commandments,
And brings them all quite up to
date;
Bewails the mistake of old Moses,
And signs at poor Lincoln's slow
gait;
While Washington's laundering tao
tics
Produce a. most terrible pout,
AS he swallows wee bit of monkey
And sails up the River of Doubt.
In dreams he enraptured the people,
And all of creation subdued;
Tc the furthermost side or this
planet
There's against him not even a
feuG
While the worlds population will
honor,
And angels will bow round about,
As he dimes on a diet of monkey
And sails up the River of Doubt.
III ever the Colonel awakens
From delight OF hi beautiful
dream;
If ever in strenuous fashion
His pledges he tries to redeem,
Perhaps he'll discover his error;
And surely, he'll not take the
govt,
If he sticks to a diet of monkey
And sails up the River of Doubt.
Denver Dispatch to New York
World
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Every time man runs down" the
community in which he lives he dis
counts hi own reputation; for the
inference to be drawn from hi dis
paraging remarks is that he, himself,
has not the energy, the stamina or
the qualifications necessary to make
him successful in another community
which he deems better than his own.
1t il always the leaner, the hanger-on,
The public pensioner, the idler, the
unresourceful man who has the
perennial complaint to hand out
about his town. He is self-condemn-
ed; he has furnished the best proof
that he is not success and that he
has not within him any Of the requis-
ties leading to success in any sur
roundaings in which h. may b.
placed Chronicle.
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WILL SUPPLY DRY TERRITORY
Liquor Running Companies Formed in
West Virginia.

Wheeling, W. Va, July 3.-The
mystery of the incorporation of two
express companies by local liquor peo-
pie and others several weeks ago, the
plans of which the incOrporators re-
fused to divulge, was solved today
when they began active preparations
to operate.
Their purpose is to beat prohibit
ton, which became effective in this
State Wednesday, by operating be-
tween wet" towns in Ohio and this
city.
The prohibition laws permit the
shipping Of intoxicants into the State,
provided the consignee signs person
ally for the shipment. The Anti
Saloon League, however, is making an
effort to defeat the purposes Of these
two companies.
The effect of prohibition the first
two days has been to cause unusual
quiet. The first drunk in two days
was arrested here this afternoon, a
record for more than year. Saloons
are being remodeled for other bust
nPSSeS.
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Sweet Potatoes For Bedding.

III raise and sell quite uuantitv NJ,
sweet potatoes for seed. Shonid n
grow large ones or small ones VI!
bedding? Some people want ~.
ones and some small ones. One ns u
told me that the small potatoes wonIs
make strings. l usually have botS
large and small ones to suit all Su.
for my own benefit | would like !
know what size you would prefer9p "
Instead Of selecting the small NV,
toes from the general crop the nrsc
tice of the large growers is "a rais.
small ones especially for beddina
This is done by making cuttings Il
late July or early August about
yard long These are coiled aroma
the hand and the whole coil plantaS
in the hill with only the tip SHOWING
outside. These cuttings will mate
small potatoes from every Joint anS
these keep more easily than the M
tatoes from the early plants. Tber
are sold here for bedding under H.
name of slips. These will make moro
plants to the square yard of bed than
any you can use, and will make a.
fine potatoes as any.-The ProgressiTs
Farmer.
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which our politicians have aggra-
waited rather than softened- The
worldwide trade reaction IL proved
by the accumulation or the idle funds
I'm all the principal money markets Of
the world, where there has been the
same lack of confidence as in the
United States. 1t remains to be seen
how far cheap money, good crops and
Western optimism will counterfeit
idle mills and Eastern pessimists. All
indications point To a coming turn for
the better. This market has been
thoroughly liquidated, and fair Re-
covery Is justified by the more favor
able tenor of recent events; not to
speak of the ample discounting of un-
favorable events which has already
taken place"
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INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION WORLD
WIDE.

Henry Clews & Co., Republican
Bankers of New York, in their mar
ket letter Of last week say:
THE happenings OF the week have
upon thu whole been of favorable
character. The most encouraging
development was the July crop re
port of the Department of Agricul-
tUre This indicates crop of fully
$50, 100000 bushels of wheat, against
$50, 100000 bushels a year ago; a
crop of 2,S6S, 900 900 bushels Of corn,
a. against 100000 bushels a
year 40; crop of oats Of 100000
900 bushels compared with l,1 2,OOO,-
900 bushels a year ago The esti-
mated farm value of the wheat crop
is placed at s700,000,000; corn over
$4,000, 100000, and oats over $780,
900, 900 These amounts, of course,
represent only a portion of the total
agricultural products Of the country,
which this year are expected to
reach a value OF fully $4,000 900 900
The creation of 90 large an
amount OF new wealth must inevitably
have a stimulating effect upon the
general business. This fact is par
ticularly realized in the Western or
agricultural States, where the feeling
il universally optimistic. Western
railroads are busily preparing to
handle the vast traffic which this will
create; and there is already pleas
ing diminution In the number Of idle
cars, which decreased more than
10000 during June.
THE main reason for stock market
inertia has been lack Of confidence,
and this lack of confidence must be
primarily attributed to the industrial
and financial reaction which started
with the Balkan War and has spread
over the entire world. This il the
prime cause of present conditions
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SURE TO GET MIXED, ANYWAY
HOteIkeeper'S Reasoning Settled all
Argument About Clean Plate For
the Drummer.

The drummer from New York was
making his first trip through Maine
and had travelled up into the Aroos-
took region, where the towns are
snail and far apart and the chief
products potatoes and Christmas
trees.
Here he stopped over night in a
hamlet that possessed merely very
primitive inn. At dinner there was
no soup, but he was served with fish.
Then instead Of his plate being
changed the waitress came with a
platter OF meat and placed generous
helping carefully on one side of the
fish bones The drummer did not balk
at that, for he was very hungry and
ready to pass over almost anything
for the sake of a good meal, and he
thought it might be the regular Maine
style.
Presently, however, the girl brought
in another platter full of pieces Of pie
and one OF these she slid Off On the
same plate. Then the traveller thought
it time to call halt, for he had not
yet become used to pie with fish
favor
The serving maid was bit uncer-
tain whether he could have the clean
plate he requested and called the
landlord in, to whom the guest *
planned hi trouble. The host listened
attentively, but when the drummer
finished he withered that modest New
Yorker with look of scorn and de-
manded:
What do you want of all them diff
ferent plates, anyway? Have you got
partitions on your insides?"
And the drummer, realizing that the
hotel was charging him only $3.50 a
day, which had been exacted in ad-
vance, meekly subsidized and ate his
pie humbly.