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The Idaho Republican., 1915-10-15
CHURCH ORGANIST
OONFESSEs TO CRIME

Bloomfield, N. enlarged with
misusing the mails and confessing
that she alone was responsible, Miss
Loretta Henderson, stenographer in
the Edition plant in Orange, has clear
ed up the poison pen" mystery that
for the last six months has caused
q turmoil in the Watsessing district
of Bloomfield, particularly in the
Watsessing Methodist church, of
which she is the organist. The
epistles, numbering nearly 100, are
all in the possession of the potal
authorities.
It was through the vigil of Inspec-
tor Opdyke of Elizabeth and Post
master Higgins that the poison pen
author finally confessed to Opdyke
and he paroled the young woman in
the custody of her parents until the
post office department is ready for
her appearance in the federal courts.
OluC0 Luc CUutCbolOu VI hloo LULU
erson she has been under the care of
a physician. Miss Henderson not
only sent the epistles to her intended
husband, Raymond Ellor, in which
she urged him not to marry that
girl" but also to his parents, men,
bers of the Watsessing church, and
also to Rev. B. M. Mccoy, the pastor
of the Watsessing church. She warn
ed the latter against marrying Miss
Henderson to Mr.. Ellor" and even
made threats against herself in the
letters If she did not stop going with
Ellor.
Church Nearly Disrupted
The letters caused such excitement
in the little village that the church
members began to suspect that the
writer was some relative of Ellor
and for time accusations flew thick
and fast, nearly disrupting the
church, some of the members going
elsewhere.
One young woman of respectable
parents and related to Raymond El-
The Idaho Republican., 1915-10-15

lor was charged with the writing Of
the poison pen" letters. While she
denied it, her father was so enraged
that he declared If she were guilty
she should be punished and If not
he would see that she obtains justice.
This he is now going to do with suits
for defamation of character against
certain members of the church.
On one occasion Miss Henderson,
instead of writing letter, sent a
box of candy to Pastor Mccoy, in
which was a note asking him ito send
che box of sweets to Miss Henderson
to ease her mind" This box was
sent to Postmaster Higgins, who
locked it up in his safe as further
evidence against the poison pen"
writer. The contents of the box, in
view of the fact that some Of the
candies looked as though they had
been tampered with, were examined
| by chemist ana 1OunQ 10 De pure.
Indictment Expected
When asked why she did such
work, Miss Henderson is said to have
declared she did not know and that
when she felt inclined to write let
ter she did it.
Nothing has so stirred up old Wat
sessing in years as the "poison pen"
mystery. and the fact that it has been
cleared up has caused much relief.
The epistles, since they first began to
arrive last February, have caused
many arrangements among all
classes, but the solution may bring
the church members and others to-
gether again.
That the young woman will be in
dicted by the United States grand
jury is not doubted. That Miss Hen
derson was able to conceal her iden-
tity so long is what is puzzling all
concerned.-Exchange.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-10-15
THE BRANCH EXPERIMENT
STATIONS IN IDAHO

II has been found impossible to
serve satisfactory the varied agri-
cultural interests of the state by ex-
pertinent and research conducted at
the central experiment station alone.
For the last six or seven years, there
fore, work conducted on the branch
experiment station farms has been
considered one of the most import
ant phases of experiment station
work in Idaho.
At Aberdeen a farm of 80 acres
has been used as branch station
since 1912. In cooperation with the
Bureau of Plan Industry of the U. s.
Department of Agriculture, expert
ments have been conducted there for
the benefit of both dry and irrigation
farmers in the upper Snake river val
ley. Experiments in the production
of alfalfa seed, variety tests with
wheat, oats. barley and peas and cul-
tural tests with the small grains,
grasses and root crops have been
leading lines of work on this farm.
A great deal of valuable Information
has been secured. Eventually, OF
course, it will appear in print and be
a available 'fi foir general distribution
Any farmer in Idaho who feels the
need Of information ON questions re-
lating to dry farm methods will do
The Idaho Republican., 1915-10-15

White Stone Lithia Water.
Kalamazoo Celery and Sarsaparilla
Compound.
Quality Damiana Compound.
Dennis Eucalyptus Ointment.
Cassidy's Ak, the Great Blood
Purifier.
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil.
Ballard's Horehound Syrup Com
pound.
DR.. Shoop's Night Cure.
DR.. Shoop's Cough Remedy.
DR.. Shoop's Restorative.
Rheumacide.
Rice's Mothers Joy Salve.
Milan.
Old Jim Fields Phosphate Dill and
Gin.
Stuart's Buchu, and Juniper Com
pound.
Ozomulsion.
Jones Break Up.
Carswell's Liver Aid.
DR.. Shoop's Twenty Minute Group
Remedy.
Rogers Consumption Cure and
Cough Lozenges.
Rogers Inhalant.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-10-15
THREE THOUSAND CARS NEED
ED TO CARE FOR BEETS

Three thousand cars will be re-
Quired to handle the sugar beet crops
at the factories located at Blackfoot,
Idaho Falls and Sugar City, each of
these establishments requiring ap-
proximately 1000 cars.
The movement of the sugar beets
to the factories is now in full swing
and five regular crews Of trainmen
are assigned to this work The crop
this year is generally good and, from
the railroad point of view, is above
former years. The Oregon Short Line
is unusually well equipped this sea-
son for the handling of the traffic
and no delays are experienced in
keeping the factories fully supplied
with the beets.
The grain and stock movements
continue to be heavy, according to A.
F. Brewer, superintendent of the
Utah Montana division of the Oregon
Short Line.
"The farmers" he said, ARE be-
ginning to move their products and
we are handling large quantities of
grain and especially stock. This con-
iition will continue for some time,
but We are handling all the traffic
nicely. We have not yet reached our
capacity, although the business at
present is big, SO that everything Ia
running smoothly" Pocatello
Chronicle.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-10-15
ADVERTISED LETTERS

List of letter uncalled for in the
post office at Blackfoot, Idaho, for
the week ending October IL, 1915.
Persons calling for these letters will
please say, Advertised October IL,
Atham, T. G.
Astle, Jim (3)
Bates, Asmer
Bingham, Mrs. E. M.
Buys, Eugene
Carmen, Mrs. Are
Curtis, F. w.
Degelman, Henry
Ellison, Donald
Ellison, Don
Hanson, Mrs.
Howard, Dora
Hansen, Heber
Johnson, Wolford
Johnson, Maggie Nell
Kearney, Mary
Keith, Julia
McPhail, M.
Murdock, Fred
McHan, V. F.
Peterson, Mahailia
Roy, Fred w.
Richardson, Stanley
Roland, John D.
Sherwood, Wilbur (2)
SchurtZ, r. G.
Swanson, Mrs. Ida
Smith, Philip s.
Tuasure, Ligha
Trout, Billy
Warthing, Mrs. Ruth
Postage due on each of the above
one cent. All of the above letters
remaining uncalled for two weeks
from date of this list will be sent to
the dead letter office.
GREGORY JONES,
Postmaster.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-10-15
Graham MIlffizls

/ cup graham -four; I cup pastry
-four: 3 LeveI teaspoonfuls K c Baking
Powder; 1 to 2 leveltablespoontuls sugar;
l ateaspoonf4l salt; egg: II cups nnsE or
wateY; to 8 tablespoonful melted gut
ter; miS and bake as One-Egg MIts'ss.
Graham batter should always be quite soft
to insure light and moist mullins.
To get 88 other recipes as good as these,
send US the certificate packed in every rs:
cent can of K Baking Powder, and we will
send you ''The Cooks Book" by Mrs.
Janet Mckenzie Hill. Handsomely illus
trated. Jsafes Mfg. Co., Chicago.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-10-15
Postmaster

we'll to get into communication with
the superintendent of this farm, Mr..
b. C.9Aicher, who will gladly answer
all inquiries he can from the fund
of information already secured by
practical experiment.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-10-15
MINISTER'S IN TROUBLE


DR.. Newell Dwight Hills, for ten
years pastor of the Plymouth church
in Brooklyn, has been speculating in
timber lands in the northwest and
three weeks ago stated from his pull
pit that his desire for wealth hal
brought him to the verge Of ruin.
He said he considered that he had
committed a great sin in entering
into commercial speculation, and that
the Lord had visited this punishment
upon him, and he was not worthy of
being His servant.
It appears that he had induced two
Of his nephews to make investments
in timber lands in Washington or
Oregon, and they had all become en-
barrassed by it. The nephews were
unable to keep up their payments,
and DR.. Hills endorsed notes with
them for ten or twelve thousand dol
lars. Last summer when he was on
the chautauqua circuit here the Port
land banker was pressing DR.. Hills
for payment of the notes. When he
was at Portland, suit was brought
against him and he wired to Brook
Ilyn for money and settled the claims.
He made the statement that his
nephews had not treated him right
in leaving the notes for him to pay.
and the nephews demanded that he
make public retraction of the state
ment. He declined to do so, ami
they sued him for libel in the sum
of $4,000.
Some of the wealthy men of Ply
mouth church have investigated the
matter and are standing by their pas
tor with financial aid.
A Different Case
st. Louis Lucille Covington is the
former manager of the lecture tours
of Rev. John Wesley Hill, who has
sued him for 100000 for breach of
promise to marry. She says he per-
suaded her to leave her employment
in Chicago and take charge of his
business on promise to marry her.
She is now in the west. DR.. Hill was
married at the time he employed Miss
Covington.
Was At Least Flirting
Effngham, Kansas-Two fiancees
and the pastorate of the Efinghan
Christian church were too much fol
Rev. r. L. Morrow, and he has re
signed after having been told by tn,
church trustees never to be seen il
Effingham again.
Two months ago the minister be
: came engaged to Miss Ethel Bohan
non, daughter of the late T. ]. Bo
hannon, who has $4,000 in he
, name. Miss Bohannon went to Elk
!. celsior Springs with her father short
Ily before his death late in August
and Marrow followed His attention
| were observed by friend of th'
preachers other fiance, Miss Ann
Schultz of Des Moines, Iowa, witt
notified her.
, Miss Schulz appeared in the Efting
} ham church building last Monda,
: with rs love letters written by tn
pastor. She said she did not wisl
to marry him, but desired to expos
, him. A committee was appointed t.
investigate and the committee tool
Morrow to Des Moines. The De
Moines fiance showed letters from
Marrow in which he denied paying at
tentions to Miss Bohannon, ASSERTING
that Miss Schultz was his only love.
AS result of the investigation tn
church trustees asked Morrow to re
sign.
The Idaho Republican., 1915-10-15
Mullins

Rv Mrs. Janet Mckenzie Hill, Editor o.
the Boston Cooking School Magazine.
When mullins are on the breakfast table,
nobody cares for meat or eggs and they
would be served more often If this meal
were not prepared SO hurriedly that there
is no time to make them. If X G, the
double-raise baking powder is used, the
batter NAV be stirred up the night before,
put in the pan ready for baking and nom
ing to do in the morning but bake them.
Ore-Ess Muffins
scups flour; Q slightly rounded tea
spoonfuls X C Baking Powder; yea,
spoonful salt; ] cup sugar; / cup n'ettSd !1,
butter or lard; I egg; 1 cup aoater orn'a"s.
Sift dry ingredients together three times;
Add to this the unbeaten egg. melted
shortening and water or milk. Then beat ,
all together until perfectly smooth. oi
muffin or gem pans and have oven slow
unit! the mullins come to the top of the pan,
then increase the heat to bake ssssESSSA
and brown the mullins. This Ss:SssI1assSs s:Ssss sassSs
recipe makes IL large mullins. vMMX
RaiSins or currants may be INV
added if desired. 1Ia4125y
afgss!Ela l!I|||l
| tEn
| .. 70 eesz->
The Idaho Republican., 1915-10-15

iOiiCi dhu SuAO VI InC uiSCnoCo WAASH
It was claimed to cure. hTe court
imposed fine of $75.
Remarkable Claims for DIR. III. A. Ing
hams Vegetable Expectorant
Nervine Pain Extractor
A plea of guilty was entered by H.
A. Ingham & company, of Vergennes,
Vermont, to the charge that state
ments and claims as to curative
powers of a product called "Dr. H. A.
Ingham's Vegetable Expectorant Ner-
vine Pain Extractor" we're false and
fraudulent. An analysis of sample
of the product by the bureau of
chemistry showed the same to contain
alcohol, SO per cent; opium alkaloids,
camphor, capsicum and vegetable ex-
tractive matter. The government.
therefore, alleged that the medicine
did not contain ingredients or medi-
cal agents effective, as the labels or
circulars asserted, to subdue raging
fever, or to cure typhoid fever, lung
fever, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever,
cholera, dysentery, sunstroke, diph-
liberia, bleeding at the lungs, .nerv-
our exhaustion or piles, or to prevent
fits Of apoplexy and epilepsy when
coming on, or to heal without in
fiamation or suffering all wounds.
sprains or burns, or to break up a
felon, or to cure congestion Of the
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-12-23
COPYRIGHT, 1918,
BY HARPER 4 BROTHERS.
WI.
Intensive Corn Cultivation.

ZOE knew the time for action
had arrived. He hitched q
horse to the single wagon and
" drove to town. Mr.. SOmerville
was moi at the store. but Joe did not
wait for him.
Give me two lOO-pound sacks of fer
tiliZer and two 1OO-pOund sacks Of nj
trate Of soda" he ordered.
Paying with a check-$3 for the fer
tilizer and 81 for the nitrate-he start
ed for home as soon as the stuff was
loaded into the wagon.
Opening a sark Of fertilizer in the
field, he filled a bucket with the vel
lowish, pOwdery stuff-a combination
Of cOttOnseed meal. acid phosphate.
phosphOric acid. kainite and other in,
gradients. For a distance of about
fourteen inches around each hill of
corn, he sprinkled a generous quantity
two good handfuls.
Finishing the first row. with his hoe
he chopped the fertilizer lightly into
the soil. then pulled all that dirt and
ward the cornstalks. where it lay, a
light, porous mound. easy for the root
lets to penetrate. and charged with all
the elements necessary to make the
corn do its level best.
He was four days doing it, and when
he finished the last row in the prize
acre he examined the root stems Of the
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-12-23
CHAPTER viii.
The Committee Gathers Corn.

IL ct. Is the committee came out
to measure Joe's corn. The
three gentlemen took Il stand
" ard bushel measure and u
standard scale. filled the measure by
pulling the corn from the stalks them
selves, then weighed it and made their
calculations.
Joe had made 1888 bushels of corn on
an acre at Il cost of $3.50!
The committee took his record sheet.
where he had faithfully put down CIV
erything he had done in connection
with the crop. how much he had spent.
how many times and the dates OF
working. how mEcl, and what fertilizer
and when and how applied. verified his
calculations. certified their findings.
signed 1t with Joe H,h furv srdcd it tn
the county superintendent Vt educa
ton.
Joe now began 10 gather his corn
The stalks he had marked for seed he
got first: beautiful. perfect ears they
were. Leaving II thin Shuck upon these
ears. he put them In sacks and sus-
pended them from. !, hook IN the cell
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-12-23

After the hats had been got Nj.
Somerville and Tom Weston and Joe
walked owe to the Office of the county
superintendent Of education and found
that official In.
"Look here. professor. When are
you began Mr.. Somerville.
"Just got the last report In this morn
ing. l tell you it was a job getting re-
turns from the fifty-eight boys In this
county,"
"Well. got any news for us7"
Yes. l have. Mr.. Joe Weston, I
want to congratulate you now. l win
announce in the paper tomorrow that
you have won the first prize for this
county"
"Wh-who was next?" gasped Joe.
oscar Henderson, but he did not
come within ninety bushels of you.
Really you have done remarkably well.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-12-23


life giving element does not fall upon
the silk Of he ears there will be no
corn except imperfect, dwarfed grains
Of no vitality. After the beautiful silk
has performed its life work it turns
brown and blackens and finally dries
up completely.
One more application of nitrate three
weeks later in order to give the plant
abundant strength to mature the grain
and Joe's work with the corn was end
ed. Time and nature alone could do
the rest.
Full of the idea of breeding a better
variety. Joe provided himself with
some strips of white cotton cloth about
a foot long and an inch or two wide.
Then row by row he Systematically ex-
amined the cOrnstalks. hill by hill. In
the first row he found ten stalks with
ing unusually imperfect. About the
two largest and best stalks with the
largest and best third ear in that row
he tied the white string to mark for
seed.
In next to the last row, to his great
Joy, he found an enormous sturdy stalk
with three perfect ears on it, and be-
low the third ear a faint, rudimentary
fourth ear just a suspicion Of an ear
1t was the only stalk Of it's kind in the
whole acre.
This stalk. he decided, was to be the
parent Of a variety that the next year
would show three good ears and q
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-12-23

she put on 'Gets-It,' the corr was
sure to 60" Mary, like thousands OF
others, used to be a heroine, suffering
martyrdom, using painful bandages.
Irritating ~salves, sticky tape, toe
harnesses, blood-bringing razors n
it. Use "Gets.It," Applied in 2 seconds.
Easy. simple, new way-just painless COM
mon sense!-- Millions are doing, 1t.
Never fails. You can wear smaller shoes
now. You don't have tt limp around
any more, or walk on the side Of you,
shoes to try to get away from your cornsi
You know for sure before you use
'Gets.It"tha the corn or callus IS going
away. For corns. calluses. warts and
.Gets-1t" il sold by all druggists.
renee q 10, Chicago.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-01
ANOTHER BIG CROWD
 ON NORTHWESTERN.

The steamer Northwestern sailed last night with the following passeng- CTS for Seward:
 B. Gilman, John Bruce, A. Knight, E. Sunny, G. Hartley, J. Mulroy, Ray Larson, Mrs. E. Hickman, Mrs. P. Davidson, Elizabeth Cody, D. Cong don, Mrs. D. Congdon, Robert Cong dor, J. McPhail, L. Butterworth, Mrs. F. Butterworth, w. Schmuch, H.. Wingert, F. Dobois, Frank Smith, B.. Jones, w. Baird, Mrs. A. Roseness, Mrs. Fred Miller, G. Johnson and wife, w. Rich, Francis Westover, Fred Chapman, Frank Hughes, k. Stepp, J.. Mantell, Roy Williamson, F. Simpson, c. Hanson, Dick Boyer, James Cum ningham, Elizabeth Loed, Mrs. John Noon, F. Fiske, F. Bliss, Blair Mur- ray, c. Heren, H. Leonard, Mrs. Della Adams, Art Friedman, Victor Larson, J. Walsh, George Blackfeld and sixty eight steerage.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-01
THE MEN WHO WILL
 BE IN CHARGE ON R. K.
MearS Gives Out List of the Fore men and Engineers in First
 Work.

The following appointments in the railroad force are announced for the information of all concerned by Lieut.. Mears:
 R. F.. Remore, carpenter foreman, will have charge of all carpenter work at Ship creek.
 Dave McEachern, pile driver fore man, will have cahrge of all pile driv- CT and dock work in that vicinity.
 c. G. Jones, foreman, will have charge of all grading track laying and clearing gangs.
 K. K. Kuney, locating engineer, will take charge of locating party No. 1 and will make final location in that district from Eagle River to Mata- nuska coal fields.
 c. R. Breck, jr., locating engineer, will take charge of locating party No. 8, and will make preliminary and final location in the Broad Pass District.
 F. Mears, Commissioner.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-01
HALF OF COLON
 IS WIPED OUT
GREAT GALE FANS FIRE WHICH RACES, DESTROYS AND
 KILLS.

COLON, May Half of this city was totally destroyed by fire yester- day. The people were killed, scores were injured and fifty two are miss ing. The fire began from some cause not known when tremendous gale was blowing. The flames were driv- en through the city like forest fire and block followed block until dyna- mite was brought into requisition and used to blow up great gaps in the lines of buildings. Twenty-Five busi- ness blocks are amongst those that have been reduced to ashes and the loss in property is far into the millions
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-01
CHIEF CLERK OF K. K.
 COMMISSION IS HERE.
Maintains the Same Golden Silence For Which Commission
 Is Noted.

R. D. Chase, chief clerk of the AL aska government railroad engineering commission, is now in Seward, hav- ing arrived on the Alameda last night. He will remain here for few days. Mir. Chase, like Commissioner Mears, smiles when you ask him a question about the intention of the engineers, but he only smiles. He doesn't even smile loud enough to call it a laugh.
 "There is rumor that Chairman Edes will make Seward his head quarters. Is that SO" Mir. Chase was asked.
 "I heard that rumor myself" quoth MT. Chase with that eternal smile.
 He may leave on the Watson for Ship creek. Why he stopped here only providence knows.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-01
WOMEN MEET IN
 PEACE CONFERENC CE.
Gathering Almost Breaks Up In a Scrap Because of Some
 Speeches.

THE HAGUE, May 1.-The wo- mems International Peace conference is in session but stormy meeting re- suted today when some of the dele gates made speeches which were ob- jected to by some of the others. One important action was taken and that was the expression of the opinion that the conference should suggest that in each cabinet of Europe in future a new minister should be nam ed as Minister of Peace. By such means the women believe the govern ments would always have at least one man whose business it would be to get more careful considerations of dis putes.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-01
JUNEAU FEARS
 BOOZE DOOMED
JENNINGS SAYS NO VOTE WILL COUNT AS A
 DRY VOTE.

JUNEAU, April SO.-That the First division of the territory of AL aSka will soon be dry is the general belief created here by the announce ment just made by Judge Jennings that in the census now being taken on the liquor license question all those who decline to vote will be regaded as voting against the liquor business. This means that if number of those voting wet is not greater than the number of all the other adults in the district licenses will be refused. Jen- nings has just appointed two men to act as census takers for Juneau and Douglas and the districts for two miles around. The vote, or election, will be on May 24th. The saloon in- terests here declare that the decision of the judge to count no votes as dry votes is arbitrary. They hold that the wet and dry question should be decid- ed by the majority of votes actually cast at the election and not by the census taken in the manner fixed by the district judge.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-01
GREAT CROWD
 AT SHIP CREEK
FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY TENTS AND MILE OF
 TRACK LAID.

A canvas city of over 450 tents now stands at Ship cerek where the first mile of rails has already been laid by Lieutenant MearS of the engineering commission. In addition to the tents there are some seventy log and frame buildings. Included in the business houses are six restaurants, billiard hall, two laundries, three barber shops and one jewelry store. Lieutenant Mears immediately on arrival started to lay the track for work trains and one mile of them has been placed in position. Miss Babe White who was born in this division drove the first spike on the railroad and had the spike presented to her by Mir. MearS as a souvenir of the memorable oc- casion. The track is laid from the beach. The machinery arrived on the Latouche for dredging and pile work. The dock will be built immediately and the mouth of the river will be dredged. It is the intention later to build a concrete canal.