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The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
Too many men are expecting to
catch ride on the road to success
Albany Journal.

According to the preliminary report
of the census bureau, just published,
the colored population of the country
has been making a good record of
progress, measured by the returns of
the decade with which development 1t
deals. They have increased in num-
ber, though at much lower rate than
the native whites, and far below the
record of the foreign born whites.
In the ten year period the total value
of the farm property operated by Ne
groes has more than doubled and now
exceeds very considerably $1,000,000,-
900. But perhaps the most encourag-
ing gain of all Is the advance that has
been made in education. In 1910
more than 81 per cent of the blacks
were reported as illiterate. That has
now been reduced to a little over 80
per cent. If the 1920 census shows
as well for them, the white people
may find themselves left behind, at
least in elementary education.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

II permanent results are to be Sc
cured, the Negro who actually culti-
Yates the land must be reached and
trained into growing good producing
crop. How can this be done? My an
swer would be, by putting a Negro
farm demonstration agent into every
county of the South where there is any
considerable number of Negro farm
ers. This Negro demonstration agent
should be a man of good common
sense. He should be a man who
knows the characteristics of the col
ored people, who knows how to reach
them in and through their societies,
their churches and their various or
CARNATIONS of one kind and another.
He should be man required to travel
from one farm to another throughout
the country training the Negro farmer
how to produce a food crop. Wherever
these demonstration agents have. al
ready been at work in the South they
have done work which has been most
helpful and commendable.
II this important work is to be done,
no time should be lost in selecting
these demonstration agents. The cost
should not be large, Either through
county appropriations or from some
part of the state funds appropriated
for agricultural purposes, portion of
the money for the salary perhaps could
be provided. Appropriations are also
being made by the United States gov
ernment to encourage and promote
various kinds of agricultural work.
Some part of this money, l feel sure,
might be secured from the Smith
Lever fund, or from the United States
demonstration fund administered
through DR.. Bradford Knapp. While
am not in position to suggest just
where the money may be secured, l
think if an earnest effort is made some
portion of it can be secured from some
of the funds or agencies here men
tioned-Booker T. Washington.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
BANDITS SLAIN BY POSSE.
Mexicans Rebel at Smallpox Quaran.
tine and Raid Town Near
Santa Fe.

Santa Fe, n. MA raid upon the
Dwyer Mercantile Company store and
postoffice, at Dwyer, Grant county, by
Mexicans of the vicinity, who had re-
belled at a strict smallpox quarantine,
and an ensuing fight with posses from
Silver City and Deming under Sher-
offs McGrath and stephens, gave rise
to reports from Silver City that an in
vading band from Old Mexico had at
tackled Dwyer.
Several ringleaders have been ar
rested by the posse and others are be-
ing pursued. A posse headed by Dep
uty Sheriff Justin of Dwyer fought
pitched battle with the looters seven
teen miles south of Dwyer; Justin and
and a posse man named Tidwell being
wounded and several MeXicans killed.
The robbers still at large, it is be-
lieved, will be apprehended soon and
brought to the Grant county Jail in
Silver City.
The looters are said to have OBJ
tanned quantity of arms and ammuni-
ton and considerable sum of money.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20

The Oldest Negro publishing house
in the country is operated by the AT
rican Episcopal church at 361 Pine
street, Philadelphia. Here all the
hymn books, church diciplines and
other church literature are published.
Here, since 1852, the Christian Re-
corder, the Oldest Negro newspaper in
existence, has been published. Here,
since 1882, the Oldest Negro magazine.
the A. M. E. Review, also has been
published. Here many of the books
written by Negroes have been printed.
The largest and without doubt best
equipped Negro publishing house is
also operated by this church. 1t is
the Sunday School Union at Nashville,
which supplies nearly 100000 Negro
children with their Sunday school lit
erature, taking nearly so persons to
do the work. This literature is writ
ten, printed and distributed by Ne
groes. Connected with this depart
ment is a Sunday school journal
called The Young Allenite. a young
peoples journal called the Allen En-
deavorer and a weekly paper, the
Southern Christian Recorder.
The church started 100 years ago,
with less than 400 members; it now
has three-quarters of million; and
raises annually about 34,000,000. It's
property is worth $12,O00,O00. 1t has
over 5000 churches and $500 preach
ers. Its general financial scheme is
based upon tax of 81 for each men,
ber. This goes to pay the salaries of
bishops, general officers, pensions of
widows, retired bishops, orphans. su-
perannuated preachers, etc. other de-
partments are church extension, young
peoples, the Western Christian Re-
corder
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
AMERICAN PROTEST RESULTS IN
PLEDGE THAT SHIPS ARE
SAFE IN w. WATERS.
TURKS SINK FOUR SHIPS
GERMAN SUBMARINES TORPEDO
TWO MORE MERcHANTMEN;
SLAVS CLAIM VICTORY.
Western Newspaper Union News Service


Washington, March 1S.-Six diplo-
matte notes We're made public by the
state Department, constituting the
entire correspondence of the last few
weeks between the United States and
Germany, and between the United
States and Great Britain and France
relative to the abandonment of sub
marine attacks on merchant ships, the
shipment of conditional contraband
and toodstuffs to civilians in a bellig.
erent country, the use OF neutral flags
by belligerent merchantmen, the re.
moval of mines, and the proclamation
of virtual blockade by the allies
against Germany
Sir Edward Grey's reply on the pro
hibition imposed upon foodstuffs des.
tined for Germany, in which for the
first time Great Britain definitely an.
nounces her intention to establish
blockade have again brought diplo
matte questions to the front, and the
situation holds grave possibilities.
The communications revealed that
the United States government, real
izing the difficulties of maintain
ing an effective blockade by a
close guard of an enemy coast on
account of the newly-developed actiy
ity of submarines, asked that "a radi
us of activity" be defined Great Brit
ain and France replied with the an
nouncement that the operations OF
blockade would not be conducted out
side of European waters including the
Mediterranean
The definition of radius of activ,
ity" for the allied fleet in European
waters, including the Mediterranean
is the first intimation of the geograph'
ical limits of the blockade. It's limits
were not given more exactly, the allies
claim, because Germany was equally
indefinite in proclaiming all the waters
surrounding Great Britain and Ireland
war zone"
Spring Campaign Opens.
London, March 1S.-A casualty list
issued by the admiralty discloses that
in the fighting in the Dardanelles Sat
urday night the light cruiser Amethyst
which. according to an Athens dis
pdlCn, maQe udSn through Jne SlTdli
as far as Niagara, had twenty-three
men killed and nineteen men severely
and eighteen men slightly wounded
The battleship Ocean had two men
killed and the battleship Prince
George two men wounded, while two
trawlers between them had three men
killed and two wounded.
The British also met with a reverse
in an attempt to clear the Dardanelles
of mines, according to Turkish re
port. They lost three mine-clearine
ships and one sailing vessel.
From one end of the long battle
front in Belgium and France to the
other, Belgians, French, British and
Germans are fighting bitterly foI
strategic points, preparatory to the
great effort which is bound to come
when the roads are dry. The muni
tions have been brought up and the
men are ready.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20

On the night of Lincolns birthday,
February IL. at the annual meeting of
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, in Ethi-
cal culture hall, New York city, Gov
ernor Whitman of New York state
made an address and awarded the
Spingarn medal This medal, which is
of gold, valued at 500, is offered an
nually by DR.. j. E. Spingarn, chair
man of the board of directors of the
National association, to the man or
woman of African descent and of
American citizenship who shall have
made the highest achievement during
the preceding year in any field of ele-
vated or honorable human endeavor,
whether that field be intellectual, spir-
ltual, physical. scientific. commercial,
educational or any other.
The medal is awarded for the first
time this year and the committee max
ing the decision consists of Bishop
John Hurst chairman; ex-President
Taft, John Hope, president of More
house college; DIR. James H. billiard,
director of the Jeanes and Slater
funds. and Oswold Garrison Willard,
president of the New York Evening
post company.
In addition to Governor Whitman
there were other distinguished speak
ers at the meeting on February IL:
Moorfield Storey. the well-known at
torney of Boston and president of the
National association Prof. William
Pickens of Wiley university; Mira
Ali Kuli Kahn, representative of Per-
sia TO the United States, and Lincoln
Bates, Jr.. who told of racial prog
ress in South America. Mr.. Willard
presided.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
Inxestlaate Juvenile Court EmbroaIio

Denver. : Sweeping Investigations
into the maze of charges and counter
charges that for years have centerec
around the Denver Juvenile Court will
be set on foot within the next few
days by the grand jury, according tc
the statement of District Attorney
John A. Rush. In this investigation
an attempt will be made, says Rush,
to get at the real facts of a situation
which has year after year torn the
city into factions and been the source
of endless pickering and political
scandals.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20

To rationalize education throughout
the country has been and is the pur-
pose of those making for the nations
progress. AS the great majority of
men are engaged today in constructive
work-that industrial, technical, COM
mercial and institutions of training
for that are growing in number every
where the note of progress is decided
The naturalization of the educational
system for the Negro should find CO.
operative action now among intelli-
gent people of both races.
Just as the Boston School of Tech
nology initiated in the country the
practical form of education for which
the nations inventive and construc-
tive forces made demand; just as
the tidal wave bringing industrial
training to the South came to save a
social inertia, as well as cne educa-
tional Hampton institute, Virginia.
has come as the prophet of that spirit
of educational light which the Negro
race may look to as their star of hope
and guide to progress.
Hampton institute trains men and
women to lead the men and women
of their race in avenues of useful
ness. 1t inculcates the building up of
the racial standards which home the
basic principles, and the watchword
responsibility-the responsibility not
only of individual development. but of
the races development.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20

Charley Why. wealthy Chinese of
Stockton. Cal, enjoyed the most ex-
pensive turtle dinner on record when
he dined off the only one of eleven tur-
ties which survived trip from China.
He had ordered them specially from
the only place where they may be OBJ
tanned, and had to wait nearly year
before his order was filled.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20

Ammonia bombs are being used in
some of the national forests in Ameri-
ca to extinguish forest fires, especially
in connection with brush fires, where
the fire fighters cannot get near enough
to the burning area to beat out the
flames.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
St. patrick,s' Day soo-Mile Race.

Venice, Cal.-Twenty racing cars
started on 300-mile contest, ninety
seven times around the new Ocean
Shore speedway. The race is officially
known as the st. Patrick's Day grand
priX.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20

Consul Felix s. s. Johnson of Kings.
ton, Canada, writes that as result of
suggestions contained in a report on
American wall papers in Canada new
trade openings have been made. The
consul reports that an American manu-
cacturer who sent salesman to the
province is meeting with marked sue
cess
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20

In commemoration of the memory
of Frederick A. Douglass and John NJ.
Langston, large number of Negro
residents of Washington attended the
meeting of the Bethel Literary and
Historical association of Metropolitan
A. M. E. church.
The eulogy OF both of these former
representatives of the colored race was
given by J. G. Napier of Nashville,
Tenn, son-inlaW of the latter, and an
address dealing with the achievements
and character of both was given by
John C. Dancy, former recorder of
deeds. Mrs. Lettie Langston Napier
also talked of her fathers life.
Others who spoke were Rev. C. H.
Stephens. L. c. Gregory, F. d. Lee,
James III. Marshall and Messrs. Smith
and Maxfield. Frank Williams recited
an original poem entitled Fifty Years
of Freedom" Music was furnished by
the e. Azalia Hackley chorus, James A
Wright director, and Mrs. Martha Lig-
gons, accompanist,
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
Fire Destroys $500, coo at Champaign

Champaign, Ill.-Fire which for
time threatened the entire business
district of Champaign was brought un-
der control after the flames had de-
stroyed property estimated at $4,000
in value.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20

The department of agriculture esti-
mates that disease and exposure
caused loss in meat animals in this
country amounting to $150,000.000.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20

Bryan in Chicago "Dry" Campaign.
Chicago.-Secretary of State w. ].
Bryan is coming to Chicago to partict
pate in the opening of the dry" Chi
cago campaign next fall.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20
RepresentatIve Rowland Freed on Bail

Denver.-W. w. Howland, expelled
from the lower house of the Legisla.
ture by unanimous vote, gave bono
Tuesday in the sum of $4,000 and was
released from the county jail.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20

Belgium's national wealth a year
ago was estimated to be So, 1000, ,000, 900.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20

ohio's minimum legal salary for
school teachers is $40 month.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20

Seems to me-" remarked the Man
on the Car. "there are times when we
ought to stop praying for more bless
ings and ask for an extra consign-
ment of gratitude Toledo Blade.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20

British Columbians are making gas
from coal mine refuse.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-03-20

Bubbling fountains for horses are
used in Tampa, Fla.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-08-05
Mrs. P. W. Mitchell Hostess.

Last Friday afternoon Mrs. P. w.
Mitchell most royalty entertained a
number of her friends in her lovely
home on Mitchell hill, tastily dec
GRATED in sweet peas and other flowers
Of the season. Many of the ladies
worked at embroidery and others
enjoyed the card table, while con-
tinuous chatter and conversation fur
nished buzz and music the entire
afternoon.
The hostess, assisted by Mrs. J.
L. Kelly and Miss Ora Sorenson,
served delicious refreshments.
Those present were: Mesdames.
DR.. Lucy Harbach and Belle Stanton
of DesMoines, Ia, Mesdames H. G.
Anderson, ]. W.. Anderson, t. H.
Fertig, S D. Stoufer, Ernst Wienss,
S. L. Shoemaker, J. L. Kelley,
Susie Turney, F. J. Stevens, J. B.
Caldwell, w. P. Conger, J. P. Jones,
Chancey Wallace, A. E. Wade, and
Misses Florence Jones, of Mantou
Colo, Lucy Rawls, of Mobile, Ala ,
Alice Fertig.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-08-05

the saving of the nearby frame
structures on three sides almost i'm
possible. However, aside from a
severe scorching and the breaking
of numerous windows no further
damage was done.
At l 80 a. m City Marshal John
son passed the buildings on his way
home and apparently all was then
we'll therein. A few moments before
8 100 o'clock nearby sleepers were
aroused by the light made by flames
bursting from the upper part of the
building, and at 800 o'clock the
big fire alarm bell called the fire.
fighters and most of the populace
from their sound early morning
slumbers. The first arrivals hurried
out the hose carts and hook the lad
der rig, but at station No. Q, which
is just across the street from the
Ramey yards, great difficulty was
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-08-05
R. ]. MCCONNELL
IS AUTO VICTIM.
Well Known Melrose Citizen Crushed
To Death When Car Turns Turtle
On Russell Grade.

R. J.. Mcconnell, we'll known
rancher of near Melrose lived but
few moments after Ford car, in which
he was the sole passenger, with Fred
Rhodes of Ruebens driving, turned
turtle on the Russell Ridge grade at
LAS yesterday afternoon and caught
him beneath it with the seat back
across his chest. Mr.. Rhodes was
also injured but not seriously.
Mr.. Rhodes, who is an insurance
agent at Reubens, started to Orofino to
see his wife, who is an inmate in the
hospital there, and Mr.. Mcconnell,
his friend, who happened to be in Reu-
bens, accompanied him. They were
making the trip around by the Russell
grade and had just passed the we'll
known difficult S turn in the grade,
where the road is exceedingly steep,
when the cogs in the differential gear
Of the car gave way, throwing all the
break mechanism, except the emer-
gency, out ofcommission. Mr.. Rhodes
then steered the car for the bauk on
the high side of the grade, but its
momentum was such that it ran up
distance and turned over backward,
falling on both occupants. Rhodes,
who was caught only by the legs, sue
ceeded in extricating himself and then
lifted the machine SO as to release Nc
Connell, whom he succeeded in get
ting to his feet. The latter stepped to
the side of the road and sat down,
stating that he was badly hurt.
Rhodes hurried down to house 200
yards distant and called up DR.. Lyle
at Peck. On returning he found his
friend had expired. DR.. Lyle reached
the scene of the accident in short
time in car and took the injured man
and his dead friend to the latter's home
at Melrose.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-08-05
Get Dodge Car Agency.

C. J. Miller had the good fortune
Tuesday to secure the agency for
the Dodge automobile in this part of
the country, having closed con-
tract to that effect with the general
northwestern agency, the Franklin
Motor Car Co. at Walla Walla.
The Dodge, you know, is the $4,000
car that sells for $880-yes, $3.50
at Nezperce, Chicago or Walla
Walla-and it is little wonder that
this auto is so popular. Orders are
away ahead of the factories output,
and Mr.. Miller has several now,
ready for the goods as soon as they
can be delivered.
Probably the Dodge is the most
talked about car among the good
ones in the country; behind that
superior appearance it has as it glides
quietly along the road is group of
machinery equipment that makes
'em all sit up and take notice.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-08-05

experienced on account of the intense
heat from the fire, and several of
the crew here sustained severely
scorched hands and faces in the
effort to run out the hose cart and
ladder truck. The lines of hose
we're run out and connected with
water plugs in very few minutes
and two streams were then kept play
ing where they did the most good until
the flames had finished their work of
destruction on the yard and build
ings. Fortunately, too, no breeze at
all was stirring at the time of the
fire. A strong wind in the right di-
rection would have made serious
spreading of the conhagration i'm
possible.
This is the fourth destructive fire
sustained by Mr.. w. ]. Ramey,
president and principal stockholder
of the company, and it falls very
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-08-05

Following is the program for reci-
tai to be given by four pupils of Miss
Edith Wright at the Christian Church
on Monday evening, Aug. 9th at 8:15.
The public is cordially invited to attend.
/. Fra Diavolo, Edna Cargill
2. Menuetto op. 2 No. /, Beethoven
On the Wings, Mendelsohn, List
Blanche Rowe
8. Rockin' in de Wind, Neidlinge
Marvel Ramey
4. Bagatelle in Eb, Beethoven
Virla Wallace
5. Andante, Allegro, Adagio, Kuss-
ner Edna Cargill
E. Concert Polonaise, Bohm
Virla Wallace
Z. Good Night, Little Girl, Macy
Marvel Ramey
8. Polacca Brilliante, Bohm
Blanche Rowe
9. Kamennoi, Ostrow-Reubensteip
Virla Wallace, Blanche Rowe
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-08-05

The buildings and yards of the
Ramey Lumber Company at this
place were completely destroyed by
a fire which was first discovered ABOUT
500 O'Clock yesterday (Wednes-
day. morning, entailing a loss to the
company of $4,000 and robbing
Nezperce of one of its most import
ant and imposing business establish
ments.
The fire, of unknown origin, which
apparently started in the Sec
ond story of the large transfer barn
of the establishment, was held with
in the confines of the lumber yard
only by the most strenuous efforts of
Nezperce's valient fire fighting brig
ade, for the main part of the struc-
ture was bursting forth in fame when
first discovered and the immense
quantity of highly combus'ible ma
terial the fire had to fed upon made
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-08-05

Merchants that give So trade
tickets away at the Artic Theatre:
D. P. Donovan, hardware.
Johnson Mercantile Co.
Western Hardware & Implement
Co.
Nesler & Sparks.
John Medved, City Meat Market.
Belts Restaurant.
Dad Miner, the photographer.
S. D. Stoufer, jewcler and op-
tician.
Anderson Pharmacy.
Cold Storage Market.
Nezperce Trading Co.
Farmer & Turner.
Carlson, the tailor.
Mrs. W. B. Johnson, the milliner.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-08-05

Turner Brothers, extensively en-
gagged in ranching operations south
east of this city, will begin threshing
their crop next Monday.
Erlan Olson will put his thresing
outfit in the harvest work south of
this city next Monday.
Kennedy brothers arted on their
barley crop with their new Idaho
Harvester little combine that
puts the grain in the sacks at ST per
acre-and the machine showed up
very satisfactorily, the gasoline en-
gine proving great improvement
over horses for the traction po ser.
D. E Bell, the we'll known advo-
cate of small grain farming who is
extensively engaged therein east of
this city, started his big caterpillar
combine harvester on his fall barley
crop Tuesday morning. He reports
that this grain is not holding out
quite SO we'll as earlier Investigations
indicated it would.
J. E. Heston threshing outfit start
ed on the John Manthey crop south
of town this morning, and will con-
tinue the seasons run from that
point.
Most all of the machines will be
running next week.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-08-05
Masons.

Grand Master Andrew Christensen
of the Idaho Masonic lodge will ar
rive in Nezperce tomorrow and meet
with the local brethren at their hall
in the Fraternal Temple, tomorrow
(Friday) evening.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-08-05
Will Give Lawn Social.

The Ladies Aid met at the home of
Mrs. Wright Wednesday, August 4,
with goodly number in attendance.
A ten cent lunch was served by the
hostess assisted by Mesdames Rowe
and Schnell. The ladies decided to
have lawn social August 81 to which
everyone is invited.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-08-05
Christian Science Services.

The Christian Science Society of
Nezperce holds services at the Pres
byterian church, Sunday at II a. m.
Subject, Esprit" !"
The public is invited to attend
these services.
Sunday School at 12:15 p. M, for
all pupils under 90 years of age.