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The Holt County sentinel., 1915-08-20
Mrs. Marsare, Conrad ~as called

children, by the illness OF her mother,
Mrs. Neva Nicholson.
Harold Hall, Of Tarkio, did not
attend divine worship IN his home
town, Sunday last: lie Is forgiven; he
Was the guest OF Miss Emma Bragg.
and TO say good bye. on the eve Of her
departure for the West
We will positively guarantee our
fy spray to keep the flies from your
Horses and Cows, and do 81. ~e c aim
for It, or II don't cost you ohe cent
No red tape 70 this guarantee.
FRANK FOSTER.
Paul Miller and wife, and their
bunch Of sprishtly children, came up
from ST Joseph, and took In tie
ChsutauluA for few days, and en-.
| tertained Grandpa and Grandma
Jas. r. Brown, and aunt, Mrs. Jesse
Quick.
DIR. Hogan Is responsible for the
statement that Linville johnson, Of
Forbes, Is one OF the proudest men In
oil Holt county, Just now. A daush.
ter ~N presented to him By Mrs.
johnson, on Thursday, Of last week,
August 18th.
James T Elder. Of Forbes town.
ship, left this week for . visit With
his son, James Elder, it,, and family,
Of Darlington, Gentry County, this
state, and With his daughter, Mrs.
Roy Thornton and husband, Of His.
watha, Kansas.
Frank Kreek. wife and little
daughter, Frances, OF Kansas City,
were here for . few days, last week,
the guests OF many relatives and
| friends, and also attending The Chau.
tauqua. This wAs Franks first visit
back to the old home In four years.
The grandchildren OF A. A.
Wright and wife, Of this city, Pauline
and June, daughters OF A. c. Lemon
and wife, " Fairview district, are
mourning the death OF their old fami.
ly driving horse, which occurred We'd.
nesday, August u, from indigestion.
"A f. bay, wife and daughter,
Miss Reva, OF Bloomfield, Iowa,
stopped over for q few days here,
for . visit with her sister, Mrs. u. J
French, and family. They are en-
route home from the Panama Exposi.
ton. They also visited relatives In
Idaho and Oregon.
Mrs. Fred Morgan, . sister.in.law
Of Judge Il. r. Morgan, died 1t her
home In Blackwell, Oklahoma, Sun.
day. August 10. Mrs. Morgan will be
remembered by many people, In and
around Maitland, having, With Ter
husband, lived near Maitland, for
some time. . few years ago.
Guy L. Cummins and wife left
Monday Of this week, for . few weeks
vacation In Colorado, where they will
Join his father and mother and sister
aud brotlerin.law, Rev. A. ID. Seelig
and wife. They will visit different
points OF interest, but will make
Colorado Springs headquarters
Miss Eva Bridge, OF st, Louis, .
former Oregon school girl, Is here on
. visit with her uncle, Henry Peret +,
and cousin, John II. Peret. Size Was
. popular one OF her set IL her school
days, but she has been gone fer many
years, She Is the daughter Of Colum.
| hns Hyidye n faynpF "a YDpntaF NJ our
The Holt County sentinel., 1915-08-20
PROGRAM
CIRCUIT COURT ROOM. OREGON. MO.
Teachers Meeting

Thursday Morning, August 26th.
llD Enrolment.
II ~ State Course OF study.
IorpNori Introduction Alienation.
Eva limitations and Written Reviews
finai ExaminatiIn S.
l21nlOo Noon inermissijn.
loo Roll Call aid Opening Exercises
las state Course OF Study.
school Library and Supplementary Reading.
Records.
Reports Monthly I? Parents
County Superinte ndent.
Quarterly to County Superintendent.
Term TO District Clerk.
2p State Course OF Study
Use OF the Dictionary and the Dictionary Habit
Language. Grammar. Arithemetic.
Geography. biography and History Stories.
Nature Study. Physiology Agriculture Music.
Drawing. Handwork. The sand Table.
25 Drawing and Construction Work Miss Eta Greene
800 Course OF Study-Cass u
Work to be done In lglj.l96 Material
Number OF Glasses. Correlation.
3.S Course Of Study-Class C.
Work to be done In l9l5.lss. Material.
Number OF Classes Correlation
$40 Course OF Study-Class b.
Work to he done In l9ljlal6. Material.
Number OF Classes. Correlation
t:l0 Course OF Study-Class A.
Work TO be done In iai5l9ls. Material.
Number OF Glasses. supplementary Reading
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-11

She has given four public recitals,
the first of which she rendered at the
age of 6 years. She plays an entire
program. nearly all the numbers be-
ing of classical nature, without
notes. She has studied the Bach in
ventions, and she plays with readiness
and SuranesS music by 1iStz, Haydn,
Handel, Bach ard Greig, and many
other first-rats composers She could
read music before she was 4 years
old. She has a faultless ear and rec
ognizes instantly a change in key and
can name the notes struck on any in
strument. She picked up a good deal
of musical information before she be-
gan to study by hearing the lessons in
her mothers studio. She played dur
ing the last year the music for Van
Buren, school, where she was a sixth
grade pupil
The program last night was varied
and had many elements of interest A
group of small numbers by Nevin, en-
titled "A Day in Venice" was execut-
ed with taste and a fine sense of
rhythm. Miss Eleanor plays with &C
curacy and she is developing strength
and elasticity of touch. She has
strong musical sense and a tendency
toward hard and persistent effort that
promises a brilliant future.
The longest number IF her program
was "A Theme With Variations in c.
by Haydn; Grieg's Norwegian
Dance" a much liked selection, and
Schubert's Moment Musical" wero
favorites with the audience that hea rd
the program. The waltz number that
closed the program was particularly
we'll dore and decidedly pleasing.
The ushers were Miss Dorothy Rich
ards and Miss Isabelle Wilson. The
program was as follows:
Theme with Variations in c. Haydn
Etude in B Minor. Reinhold
A Day in Venice. Nevin
(a) Dawn.
OBJ Gondolieri.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-11

Among the popular college girls OF
Topeka are Miss Lois Lindsay, the
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. w. S. Lind
say and Miss Helen Crawford, the
daughter of Mrs. Katheryn Crawford
Miss Lindsay has returned from
California within the past few weeks,
after taking a kindergarten course I'M
der the direction of Madame Monies
sori, the famous innovator in chho
education, and the originator of new
system of child training. Miss Lind
say finished the Topeka high school'
graduating in the midwinter. she
finished out that year at the Univer-
sity of Illinois, at Champaign. Later
she attended Wells College, in New
York, and for a year she was a stu
dent in Washburn, where she was
popular member of the Beta sorority
In the University of Illinois. she was
Pi Beta Phi sorority girl. Last year
Miss Lindsay was in Emporia, taking
work at the State Nor.
NAL school, which has department
for instruction in the Montessorl
method. During the past summer she
has been in California studying with
Madame Montessori, herself. observ-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-11

ing her methods when she conducted
free kindergarten in which her
pupils could see the practical work
ing out of her theories. Miss Lindsay
returned to Topeka with a diploma
from the famous teacher, who has
been declared the greatest woman
educator of the world.
Miss Crawford spent most of the
summer in California, and she will
remain during the school year, to
finish her college course at the Uni
versity of California, at Berkeley. She
was a student in fashionable school,
Sweet Brier college, of Sweet Brier,
Virginia, for some time, and last year
she was junior in Washburn college.
She has been an active member of
the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, and
is identified with a society set of the
young people of the First Families -
Some of her friends are among the
young matrons, and others of her set
are the debutantes and other college
girls. She will enter the senior class
at Berkeley at the opening of that
institution this fall.
Both Miss Crawford and Miss Lind
say are young women of attractive
appearance and personal charm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-11

j. u
An addition of importance to the
welfare workers of the city comes in
the person of Miss Claire Armstrong,
who has arrived to take charge of two
somewhat new departments OF work
of the local Y. w. c. A.
MY business here" Miss Armstrong
says, lis to conduct the department for
girls and the employment department.
The employment bureau has been car
ried on at the association by the sec
retaries of the various other depart
ments, as they could spare the time
from their regular work. The need
for such department separate from
the other work is now apparent. Girls
and women may apply to me for work
of any sort, nursing, domestic work,
sewing, office work, etc. have per-
SOnal interview with the applicants
and learn as much as I can of their
ability and try to form a just opinion
as to what place they would fit. I
also talk with the people who ask for
help, and try to form a correct esti-
mate of what is expected of an appli-
cent for work. Every time / get
entire set of names, and make any ad-
justments that 1 think best.
81 also plan to keep in touch with
the girls after positions have been
found for them, and it is my wish to
interest all of them in some branch
of association work, club or class We
will help high school girls trying to
work their way through school 1t is
my plan and purpose to come into per-
sonal contact with the people of my
department. Even if I am able to
reach fewer women, that personal
touch is worth more to those that I
can reach. In the week that 1 have
been here, there have been more calls
for service in my department than the
past records show. That is proof to
me that the department is needed.
THE other work which 1 am here
to direct is that for young girls--girIs
from twelve to eighteen years of age.
We have found that it is easier to in
terest women when they are young
than when they reach maturer years.
We are organizing these very young
women into clubs. We have quite
number of young women who are en-
ployed, many of them at small wages
much less, in fact, than the older
women make. These girls come down
to the association Thursday evenings
for their club meetings, coming di-
rectly from their places of employ
ment. They take supper together and
nave their social hour and meeting
afterwards. They are furnished a
supper for ten cents each. We are
hoping to interest and benefit more
people and more different sets of peo-
pie than ever before"
Miss Armstrong; home is in Kane,
"a. She received her college educa-
ton at Goucher college, Baltimore,
Mo, and her special Y. w. c. A. train
ing at the National Training school il
New York. She was secretary of the
Girls club of Kane, an organization
with Its aims similar to her girls de-
partment here. for two years. and she
was engaged in welfare work in SIAM
ford. N. Y, just previous to her coming
to Topeka. Miss Dice, the general
secretary of the Topeka Y. W. c. A,
was Goucher college woman, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-11
The Mills Stores Co.

Our customers will be interested in KNOWING that
Mr.. w. L. Trump leaves today for New York
where he will meet Miss Glen Davis who will
assist him in purchasing large, new stocks of fall
merchandise for this store. Miss Davis will omen
her Dressmaking Department, as usual, on her re-
turn. The date of opening will be announced later
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-11
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Mr. and Mrs A o. weIlman of
1908 West Tenth avenue announce the
marriage of their daughter Miss
Myrta Gauveneur Wellman to Mr.
Carl William Brown of Silverton, Ore
The marriage took place in Portland
Ore, September 2. Mr.. and Mrs.
Brown will make their home in Sill
verton.
While the bride has not lived in To-
peka for about six years, having been
in the west during that time, she is
remembered here by good many
friends, and the family has a wide
acquaintance. Mr. Wellman is assist
ant treasurer of the Santa F'e Railway
company, and Mrs. Wellman is
prominent club woman of Topeka,
having been connected with the Fed
Grafton in an official capacity, and she
has many friends both within and out
side of club circles.
= =
Eleanor Allen, a little girl 10
years of age, gave a piano recital Fri
day night in the First United Presby-
terrain audience room. Eleanor gives
recital every year, spending her
spare time during the vacation months
preparing her program. This she
does in addition to her regular prac-
tice and lessons She studies with her
mother, Mrs. George V. Allen, who is
a teacher of piano. DR.. and Mrs.
Allen and their little girl came to To-
peka from Omaha few years ago
The little girl has studied only with
her mother, except for a few months,
when she worked under a prominent
pianist of Omaha.
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bers of the club are: Mrs Kurtz
Kellam, Mrs. Frank Griggs, Mrs. War
rick Updegraff, Mrs. George Staebler,
Mrs Henri Strawn and Mrs. Miller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-11

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-11

The music department of the Tope-
ka Federation of Women, under the
leadership of Mrs. Carey j. Wilson,
has prepared some of its plans for the
Se5 son.
The free concerts of last year will
be continued through the coming club
year This season the concerts will
be held in the high school auditori-
UNI, instead of the city auditorium.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-03-11

found that the long keepers are grown
in southern Idaho, and l have shipped
from here to Europe when the pruneS
were III transit "a days and arrived ii
London in splendid shape after which
the fruit was divided up and 100
crates offered each day so the last lot
were in the warehouse 10 days and
this car was reported as being in per-
feet shape. My returns were further
evidence of this, being an average Of
S2.64 per crate, or S2640 for the car
Have had a great many shipments out
for four weeks and fruit carried up
well.
Now this statement does not apply
to all prunes grown in the northwest,
as | have had experiences with prunes
from districts outside of southern Ida
no that were far from satisfactory
as to the keeping quality.
Hoping that this answers your
questions, the reply being only my
own personal experiences, as well as
personal observations.
q + STNSET
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-03-11
A Skunk Farm.
on the bill tod

Few people realize that a skunk
farm is being operated within the
corporate limits of Nampa, but such
is the case. The skunks are being
grown for their furs. The manager
is very careful with them, as their
feelings are easily hurt. When they
are crossed they sometimes exude a
perfume that spreads out and hovers
over the neighborhood like summer
cloud. The papa skunk is an ugly,
ungainly creature with long fur that
makes him look like he was wearing
a last years suit that did not fit, but
the kittens are quite pretty, and play
full. Few care to cultivate them, how
ever, for fear of riling them up and
thereby starting something they
couldn't stop with a sledge hammer.
The manager has not sought any
publicity, but from what the neigh
bors say he does not need any, as the
less attention given his crop the bet
ter.-Nampa Record.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-03-11
Fire DESTROYS Dwelling

The dwelling house of Mrs. Nancy
Smith, an aged lady living south OF
town, was completely destroyed by fire
at about o'clock Saturday morning
The fire was caused by Mrs. Smith
dropping lighted lamp. Only few
articles of furniture were saved. The
loss is covered by insurance. Mrs.
Smith is making her home at the C.
NJ. Parks residence for the present.
She has a son at Pocatello, who has
been notified of his mothers loss.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-03-11
VALLEY LANDS TO Be
DRAINED
Work to Start This Summer
District Comprises 10000
Acres

After delay of nearly two years,
the organization of a drainage dis
trict, having for it's object the recla-
nation of approximately 10000 acres
Of water-logged land in the valley
between Letha and BramwelI and
Falks, is an assured fact.
The petition of some 40 land owners
in the proposed district, which was
presented to Judge Bryan a year ago
last September, has been granted,
after test of the state drainage law
in the supreme court. The bound
aries of the district, however, were
amended by Judge Bryan, to exclude
about 1000 acres below Falk until it
could be shown that this land would
be benefited by the project.
At an enthusiastic meeting held
Tuesday evening in the Little Rock
nall, near Falk, C. G. Pickett, c. L.
Burt and Mr.. Nusbaum were selected
as the choise of the district for the
district for commissioners and Judge
Bryan will be asked to appoint them
as members of the board.
Upon their appointment, this board
will at once hire an engineer and
classify every 40-acre tract in the dis
trict and make an assessment of the
benefits against each tract. Their re-
port will be submitted to Judge Bryan
and after hearing has been given
anyone who desires to protest against
the assessment, and the tax equalized,
the district will be ready to let con-
tracts and commence work. 1t is con-
fidently expected that construction
work viii be commenced by the middle
of the summer.
The tentative district includes all
the lands in the valley south of the
hills to the slough from a mile south
of Letha to a short distance on the
other side of Falk. The Bramwell
country is included.
The district was surveyed two years
ago by W. G. Sloane, government
drainage expert, who spent a year
making a careful study of conditions
of the soil. His conclusions were that
the entire area of swamp and alkah
infested land in the valley, now al
most barren waste, can be complete
ly reclaimed and made wonderfully
productive by drainage, and that on
account of the sandy composition of
the soil the alkali can easily be eradi-
Gated. His estimate of the cost of the
drainage project is from SO to S12
per acre.
The district hopes to be able to be
ready to start construction work so
that the electric dredges, now com
pleting project on Deer Flat, may
he brought here. These machines work
day and night and make short work
Of job. The cost of moving dirt
On the Deer Flat project averages 9
rents yard.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-03-11
EMMETT FRUIT SECTION
PRAISED
Is Most Favorably Located Dis.
trict in Northwest as to
FrOStS

Last fall A. A Richards wrote let
ters to several prominent fruit dealers
who were familiar with conditions in
the Emmett country and who had
bought and sold Emmett fruit for
many years, making inquiries as to
their opinion of the Emmett country
as fruit raising section.
Three questions were asked, as fol-
lows:
First-How the Emmett section
compares with other sections of the
Northwest as to possible damage by
frost?
Second What per cent of fruit is
marketed green as compared to
dried?
Third-What the keeping quality
of an Italian prune is-that is, how
long will they hold up?
Among the replies received in sn-
swer to the above inquiries was one
from the Earl Fruit Co., of Chicago,
and one from Chas. ]. Sinsel of
Boise. Their comments, which are
given below, are very complimentary:
Dear Sir:-Your of the 18th at
hand in which you ask for informa-
ton regarding the Emmett section as
compared with other sections in Ida
no as to damage from frost, for the
of Idaho prunes compared
to dry and how long the green pro-
duct is held before marketing in COM
parton with other perishable fruits.
The Emmett section, l consider the
more free from frost damage of any
section in the southern part of Ida
no. This season is the best illustra-
ton. When other fruit sections have
only about sixty per cent of crop
the Emmett section has full crop
of all varieties of fruit includ-
ing peaches, apricots and cherries
which are much more susceptible to
frost damage than the Italian prunes.
The percentage Of the Idaho prunes
sold green compared to dry is fully
ninety per cent green and ten per
,ent dry. The reason the bulk of the
Idaho prune crop is sold as what is
Known as the green state is on ac-
,ount of the superior keeping quail
les which these Idaho prunes have.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-03-11
RELIC OF EARLY MIN
ING DAYS
Record of the DeadwOOd Mining
District from 1863 to
1903

Forest Supervisor G. B. Mains ha
come into possession of an interest
ing and valuable history of the min
ing operations in Deadwood, being
the record book and minutes of al
organization of miners in the Dead
wood Basin, known as Deadwood Dis
trict No. l.
The constitution and laws for the
government of the Camp were adopted
August 16, 1867, and were signed by
Nathan Smith, chairman; Hercules
Taylor, secretary, and w. E. Hiland
w. Bartee, R. Robertson, w. W.
Hooton, James DeGrouchy, F. A.
Westervests, Joe Deffenbaugh, W.
Siebricht, John Voth, Henry Bushman,
Robart Crossan, A. W. Smith and F.
C. Bunker.
The remainder of the records con-
sists of filings of water rights and
mining claims from August %, 1867,
to August IA, 1908.
Deadwood is the largest tributary
of the South Fork of the Payette
river, which it enters % miles above
Garden valley. This mining camp
was located about 80 miles up the
Deadwood river at what is known as
Deadwood Basin. This country is
reached only by pack trail. All sup
plies and machinery were packed in
from Garden Valley on horses, mules
or burros.
This camp had a population of 500
or 600 people for several years and
several hundred thousand dollars
worth of placer gold was taken from
the gravels of hummer and Wilson
creeks.
Of the several hundred original To-
Gators, only two remain, Joseph
Goecke and George Wise. These
partners own and still operate a.
quartz claim on Wilson creek Both
are, naturally, getting well along in
years. 1t is through the kindness OF
these gentlemen that Mr.. Mains OBJ
tanned the records. He will forward
them to the State Historical Society
for preservation as part of the states
early history.
Among the locators of claims ap-
pears the name of one of Emmett's
well known citizens, Ransom Bigelow,
who on May Is, 1884, filed bar claim
Situated on the west side of hummer
creek and below the old town of Dead
wood"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-03-11
Great Treat in Store

The Crescent Improvement Ciut
has made arrangements for the. ap
pearance of Mrs. G. w. Seller, an ac
complished reader of Boise, at the
Presbyterian church March IS. Mrs
Seller will present MADAME Butter.
fly" in which she has made quite a
hit, giving the play before the
Shriners recently. The price of ad-
mission will be: Adults, 80 cents;
High school pupils 35 cents; children
under II, 25 cents.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-03-11
C. J. SINSEL
Real. Estate Sales

w. E. Buck, who arrived a few
days ago from Kansas, has bought
the former w. f. Bell 40 acres, north
Of the Whiteside place on the bench,
from the Bank of Emmett, paying
$4,000. Possession was given at once,
and Mr.. Buck is already getting mat
erial on ground for new buildings. In
P. S. Burdell and Kirk Landers he
found old Kansas neighbors, and is
making his home with the former un-
til he can erect a dwelling.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-03-11
Bill Not Signed Yet.

The Index expected to be able to
announce today that Governor Alex
ander had signed the Gem county bill
but up to the time of going to press
(5:30 o'clock he had not done so. On
Monday he stated that he would act
on the bill today.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-03-11

J. w. Jones, well known to Emmett
people through his connection with
the Idaho exhibit at the Panama ex-
position, has moved to Emmett to
remain. He last week bought 20 acres
on the east slope from Mr.. McKinzie
of Boise. This tract joins the place
which Mr.. Jones and A. NJ. Rogers
own. Mr.. Jones is corn enthusiast
TIE Emmett country is fortunate in
securing him as resident.