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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-14

Deputy Sheriff Heron was here
from Hoise on official business Tues
day.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-14

A Meridian lady complains that the
hens are not laying. Keep before the
hens that You are using for winter
egg production constant supply OF
meat scrap. grit. and crushed oyster
shell, and supply fresh clean water
abundantly.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-14

Another OF the popular Friday night
dances in Meridian is announced for
January 2ist. II will be held ~ the
NJ. w. A. hall and music Will oe fur
nished by the Hoobier- McSaiAeA or
chestra.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-14
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ny Pupils Of
by fupiis OF
MERIDIAN RURAL HIGH school,

MERIDIAN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL
Friday Evening, Jan. ~, 1916.
Methodist Church
Admission 25c. Begins $50
The pupils of the Meridian High
School Will give concert Friday ev-
ening. January l4.lsIs. at the Meth
odist church. The first half OF the
program viii consist OF nine chorus
es. The second part of the program
Will open with ''gerenade" Follow
ing that the Faculty Glee" viii
make It's first appearance in public.
HERNIA Hunt, Pearl Stalker, Don
Mcfarland, and Dean Holt Will APP
pear in the comic quartette "Our
Family Doctor" or THE Rise of a
Butcher Boy. Several selections By
the Girls Glee will conclude the ev-
ening program. Admission 25c
Concert commences at sac.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-14

MIR. and Mrs Homer r. Rawson
arrived home Sunday from a two
months visit at Boston anc other
eastern points. The Rawsons reside
on a ranch southwest OF Meridian.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-14

Grace. the 11-year-old daughter OF
l.. X. Linn. was taken to a Boise hos
pital Monday where she underwent
an operation for peritonitis. The OPP
GRAFTON was performed by Dr.stewart
Of Boise and DIR, Dutton of Meridian
and the patient according to latest
report Is getting along very nicely.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-14

The members of the White Cross
Mothers Circle. district No. 30. Sc
cured the services OF Miss Charlotte
Bergh and her two sisters Jessie and
Fioribel. In an evenings musical en-
tertainment one evening last week,
and 1t was thoroughly enjoyed by all
present.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-14
Meridian News.

Meridian News.
The sales day TO have been held In
Meridian this Saturday has been
postponed until next Saturday. the
a2d.
Ivan S. Rice. who Is now travelling
for Salt Lake drug house. writes
that he viii be IN Meridian this sat
urday.
q. g. Smith, the grain dealer, ds-
sires VS. to state that he Will do cus-
tom grinding at &c hundred
J. NJ. sturgeon asks 10 have his
Times changed from Middleton TO
Star.
Rev. ] VI. Ross Is nov regular
policeman. on the force In Boise.
Harold Hoobler was In Nampa Mon
day to arrange with Prof I. F.stew-
art OF that place TO assume the lead
erahip OF the Meridian band.
T. w. pfost Ii recovering from an
extended illness caused by enlarge
ment OF the liver.
George f. Atwater left Monday for
Twin Falls where he expects to spend
two weeks attending to business mat
ters.
Deputy Sheriff Heron was here
from Hoise on official business Tues
day.
J. n. Frey who resides 3 " miles
southwest OF town Is on the sick list
this week. threatened with an attack
OF pneumonia,
T. G. catlin. at Eagle. has plenty
OF good stove wood. cut in conyen.
lent lengths. which he sells at IS a
cord. The wood is on Eagle Island,
Joe Rowbury. who resides on rural
route No. 2. was In Meridian this
week. He has nearly recovered the
use OF a badiy-sprained leg. which
had caused him much Inconvenience.
The Parent-Teachers Association
will hold cook food sale at Hcyne's
store this Saturday afternoon. Hot
tamales viii be sold later In the ev-
ening.
A book. My Lady OF the south. !"
was picked up on the street. and own
er can have same by calling at Times
office.
MIR. and Mrs Homer r.. Rawson
arrived home Sunday from a two
months visit at Boston anc other
eastern points. The Rawsons reside
on q ranch southwest OF Meridian.
A Meridian lady complains that the
hens are not laying Keep before the
hens that You are using for winter
egg production a constant supply OF
meat scrap. grit. aud crushed oyster
shell. and supply fresh clean water
abundantly.
V. G. Pfafle. J.IJones. y. A. Fen
ton. and II. b. Carpenter were In
Boise Wednesday. TO attend the an
nual business meeting of the stock
holders aud directors Of the Idaho
state Life Insurance company.
Allen Wilcox spent Sunday In Boise
with his wife and little daughter who
have been staying with Mrs. VIII
cox's mother. Mrs. John T. Morrison,
since the death OF MIR. Morrison q
Tew weeks ago.
Another OF the popular Friday night
dances in Meridian Is announced for
January 2lst. II will be held ~ the
NJ. w. A. hall and music viii oe fur
nished by the Hoobler- McMaieA or
chestra.
Prof. A. w. Fuller who has been
IN for several weeks. Is rapidly near
ing recovery and expects to resume
his duties as principal OF the Merid'
ian grade school next week. Prof
Fuller has been staying at the home
OF his sister. Mrs. w r. Downey north
OF Meridian.
In a keenly contested basketball
game In the Meridian gymnasium
the home high school five won Fri
day evening over the ustick team
the points standing 20 to is In favor
OF the former.
1aIs ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-10
STOPS RIOT ALONE
City Plain Ciothesman Brings Peace
to 500 Negroes at Circus.

If there had been any use, James
McGovern, city plain clothesman.
would have put in a riot call at the
circus grounds Wednesday night He
did try. but there wasn't a policeman
within calling distance and, he had to
quell the riot" alone. John Belcher,
a negro, and his wife carried one of
their domestic disturbances to the fair
grounds and fought it out there.
McGovern was loafing around in
places where he thought there might
be trouble. He looked up in time to
see Belcher and his wife clinch. Bel
cher had gone out to the grounds on
the same car with him and McGovern
stopped the fight long enough to talk
with the negro.
if McGovern would not arrest him.
The detective thought the row was
over and walked away. Three minutes
later he saw five hundred people run
ming towards the spot he had left,
most of them negroes. He saw Belch-
er and his wife in the center Of the
crowd firing bottles and tumblers at
each other 1t took him five minutes
10 climb over the people between him
and the combatants. They wouldn't
stop when he did get there. He didn't
dare shoot in the crowd and bottles
and other glassware were falling all
around him. He blew the police whis-
tie but no one answered
Eventually he stopped the figh-, ar
rested Belcher and walked him to Sew
enteenth street before he could find a
telephone. Mrs Relcher had disap-
peared when he went back and Belch-
er gave bond as soon as he reached
the police station.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-10
He FOOLED Them PROTECT RIGHTS
Unflinchingly for Safeguarding
America Says Hughes.
Promises an Impartial, Bust
nesslike Administration.

Grand Forks, N D., Aug. TO-
Speaking to his first farmer audience
as a presidential candidate, Governor
Hughes today urged unity of thought
in America nism and reasonable pre-
paredness with governmental eff
cheney.
"I believe in protection for farmers
just as believe in protection for men
in factories" he declared. America
will not hold her own by declarations.
by high sounding phrases. she will re-
tain her place because she has the
sense of facts to force politics to re-
duce unnecessary talk. the burden of
words to a minimum, to obtain that
which is essential to her security and
progress.
"I stand for the unflinching protec-
ton of American rights. 1 do not be-
lieve we can hold up our heads in self
respect if our words are not meant to
be followed by deeds. / believe that is
the great source of difficulty. Weak
ness breeds insult and insult breeds
war"
The candidate declared he stood for
IAN impartial business-like admins
tration.''
'It was a source of great sat;sfac-
ton" he said, ito be able to respond
to this call which 1 did not expect
free and clean from all incum-
brances.'
Hughes urged a governmental bud
get system of making appropriations
in the interest of efficient adminIstra-
ton
IF you give me the opr ortunity,"
he said, ct shall devote myself to that
ideal of governmental efficiency"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-10
MANY ARE POOR
Little Above Half of Hotels and
Restaurants
Are Pronounced Good by Kan
sas Hotel Inspectors.

Nearly So per cent of the hotels,
restaurants and rooming houses in
Kansas range from fair to poor, ac-
cording to a report filed with Cover
nor Capper this afternoon by L. A.
Cogdon, state hotel inspector. he re-
port is based on apis inspections.
The Congdon report shows that
57.29 per cent of the places inspected
were good, while 7.20 per cent ranged
from good to fair. Ranging from fair
to poor were 1851 per cent of places
inspected. Congdon found the college
rooming houses far better than the
places open to the general public. All
college houses registered good or good
to fair.
During the year Congdon and his
assistants have visited 6S4 towns. in
spected 953 hotels, 842 rooming
houses, 1925 restaurants, So combined
restaurants and rooming houses. 10
apartment houses and 33 combined
restaurants and hotels. A total of
1899 written and nearly 1000 verbal
orders were issued during the year
ending July l.
The report urges a crusade against
worn, broken or unclean silver, dishes
and linens in public eating places.
Public health demands such action,
COngdon declares.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-10
Clerk in Kresge 10-Cent Store
Played Detective.
Caused Arrest of Two Women
for Shoplifting.
"MY MOTHER WAS BLACK
But My Father White" Arrested
Girl Told Police.
The Pair Had Goods From
Three Topeka Stores.

Mrs. r. Reynolds and her 14-year-
old daughter. Mamie Reynolds. were
arrested just before noon today-the
mother charged with shoplifsing. The
arrest was made at the Warren NJ
Crosby store but the two women had
upon their persons articles taken from
three stores. The arrest was directly
due to some detective work done by
one of the girls employed in the
Kresge store.
The girl. whose name is withheld
by the detective who caused the arrest
saw the woman pick up bolt of white
goods in the Kresge store. She fol-
lowed her out of the store to the War
rem NJ. Crosby store She called at
tention to the couple and they were
seen shifting a shirt under a coat
there. An officer passed and he made
the arrests.
When the women were searched. a
suit of underwear from Pelletier's.
two bolts of goods from the Kresge
store and shirt from the Warren NJ
Crosby store were found in their pos
session. They were hidden under a
coat the mother was carrying.
II didn't steal anything said the
woman, when placed under arrest
What about those things you are
carrying? Did they just stick to you ?"
was asked.
II want to pay for them she
said.
At the station the two women were
defiant Police doubt that they gave
the right names. The mother. who
gave her age as 40 years. declared she
had a small baby at home and must
get back to it. offers went to the adj
dress she gave on Liberty street to
find the baby.
The girl arrested was too young to
place in Jail but she was held in the
| waiting room for investigation. She
raved back and forth across the room
alternating between song and scowls
at the officials.
whats your nationality" was
asked of the woman.
MY mother was black" she said.
land I'm white like my father"
Mrs. Reynolds resembles an Indian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-10
Prisoner Hid S45 From Jaii's
Kangaroo Court.
Paid But so Cents and Saved
Himself From Stripes.

There would be weeping and wailing
ard gnashing of teeth in the county
Jail if the prisoners there knew that
since Monday Jack O'Mara has been
confined with them with s45 in real
money concealed upon his person.
O'Mara was loath to disclose the
fact that he had the money when he
was called before the county attorney
today O'Mara was arrested in Kansas
City Sunday night charged with fail
ure to pay a board bill in Topeka
When he was brought back it was to
the county Jail.
O'Mara had been in jails before and
he knew what to do. He left SIS with
the jailer and kept fifty cents. He
him for his Assessment" as soon as
the barred door closed upon him. He
knew that the kangaroo court would
convene and that unless there was
fifty cents forthcoming as his assess
ment he would get 200 stripes across
the back administered by willing
hands. He had the fifty cents and
escaped the stripes.
Today O'Mara was taken to the
courthouse to explain some things
During the conversation he stated that
he was perfectly willing to pay the
landlady who had him arrested and
that he had the money with which
to do it if he got a chance to talk
with her.
Where is the money!" asked w.
E. AtchiSon.
O'Mara countered 81 have the
money" he said, land 1 can pay it,
Half a dozen questions were asked
and he finally agreed to disclose the
money. He took off his shoe and his
sock. He unwrapped a long bandag e
from around an injured ankle. 1t was
a stocking bandage and buried in its
lengths was $45. Arrangements have
been made for O'Mara to pay the $24
board bill and costs and get out of
iai1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-10
Matter OF YEARS
Girl's Age Sent One Youth to
State Reformatory.
Today She Swore to Another
Age Freeing a Boy.

Tillie Patterson whose TESTIMONY
in the district court last spring sent
William Elliot to the state reform
atory for a statutory crime today
saved Earl Burns, young boy, from
Jail sentence.
When size testified in the Elliot
case both she and her mother testified
she was only fifteen years of age
That was in March or April. Today
both she and her mother testified un-
der oath that she is sixteen years of
age and that her last birthday was
the 9Th day of last February.
Because she is past l 6 years of age
the charge against Earl Burns-thaI
of contributing to the delinquency Of
a minor cEild-was dismissed today
on motion of Robert Carver, assistant
county attorney. Last spring a jury,
landed on William Elliot, himself a
boy, because ne had been guilty of
improper conduct with Tillie Patter-
son, ''only fifteen years old" the
fact that she was -only fifteen" was
borne down upor by the prosecution.
The case against Burns, dismissed
today, grew out of a thirty-six hour
joy ride taken by Burns and Tillfe
Patterson and Stewart Olson and
Dorothy Tracey. The Patterson girl
was ward of the juvenile court fol :
lowing the flllOtl case ana Burns W0S
charged with contributing to her de-
linquency. She had denied that there
was improper conduct between herself
and Burns during the long trip 10
Manhattan and back.
There is a case in the court of To-
peka against Olson growing out of the
JOY ride also. He is charged with
statutory crime against Dorothy
Tracey, 16-year-old girl The COM
plant was issued following a story
told to the county attorney by the
Tracey girl. Officials of that office
say she admitted improper conduct
with Olson but declined to say any
thing about Burns and the Patterson
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-10

successfully raised in captivity. Thus
ia high premium from pecuniary
standpoint is being offered to ener-
getic raisers of wild-fowl."
Poultry-raisers in western Europe
are said to have been acquainted
with the possibilities in this direc-
ton for long time and have been
taking advantage of them to a
marked extent. In addition to the
experience of the Europeans, the
Audubon societies have had an ex-
pert examine into the question -
where stock can be secured, what
kind of surroundings are necessary,
the construction of breeding pens,
kind of food for the fowl at various
ages and dangers to be avoided.
The demand for information on
wild-fowl raising has grown so great,
it is reported, that the National As
ISOLATION of Audubon Societies, at
1874 Broadway, New York City, haa
put the results of its. study of the
question into an attractive twenty.
fve-cent book which is said to be in
great demand among farmers and
poultry raisers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-10
Kansas Road Boosters Meet in
Topeka Tomorrow.
Decide on Appropriation This
Year or Wait.
SHOW NECESSARY LEWEES
County Commissioners Are Key
to the Situation.
No Program of Speakers An
nOuneed for Session.

Northeastern Kansas must declde
tomorrow whether to take advantage
Of the federal appropriation this year
or %sait another year before making
an initial step in comprehensive road
building. This decision will be reach
ed at a meeting at > O'Clock Friday
afternoon at the Topeka Commercial
club, of good roads boosters from
Wyandotte, johnson, Leavenworth'
Jefferson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee,
Geary and Riley counties The plan
IS build a hard surface road from Fort
Riley to Fort Leavenworth-
II. $. Putney. president of the asSo-
citation. is in charge OF Inc meethS-
He could. not be found 70 anhouHce d
program However, in his invitations
he stated that speakers would be On
hand to explain the Shackelford good
roads bill recently passed by con-
zress the foundation for tomorrow
meeting.
Concrete Plan Necessary.
Before the government will take a
hand in the good roads business IN
any state or section of state, detl-
mite road plan must be decided upon
and the county commissioners must
put UP a certain amount to be adoeo
TO the government appropriation lon
the building of good road. The
weeks before county boards thruout
Kansas were scheduled to make their
yearly levy, has created no little con-
fusion. FL. e.
II is understood that some county
commissioners have made the nee,
tsssafy levies. Others seeking legai
ztdxice on the bill received the advlce
too4late to take any action on 1t ana
made their customary lev1es Tor
roads and bridges. To make possible
The ACQUISITION of the government APP
l5ropriation should the people desire
The shawnee county commissioners
have consented to draw sufficient
sum from the regular levy to get TIE
government appropriation
whether other county commission
ers in counties along the proposed
Fort Recommendation Riley ROAD
have made a special levy for the pur-
pose of hooking the 1916 federal ap'
prtation will become known at the
rneetine tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-10

Enormous profits in raising wild
waterfowl has resulted in bulletin
by the Audubon societies, giving the
results of exhaustive experiments on
the estate of William Rockefeller, at
Tarrytown, N. Y.
''The people of America are just
beginning to find out how easy,
profitable, and altogether desirable it
is to raise wild ducks" said T. Gil
bert Pearson, secretary of the So
cieties. "Some millions of farmers
regard it as worth while to keep
fiocks of hens, and in the barnyards
of many of them domestic ducks may
be seen waddling about The great
majority have yet to learn, however,
that with little additional trouble
they may easily add to their poultry
such birds as mallards, black ducks,
wood ducks and variety of others.
"Live wood ducks are now bring
Ing from fifteen to twenty dollars a
pair. In some states it is illegal to
sell game birds for food, but in these
states a special provision is made,
permitting the sale of those wild
ducks and other game birds most
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-10
"MAD Love" DID IT
Tkat's Excuse Given for Shooting of
4 Girl by Jealous Sutton.

Morris, ILL.,. Aug. 1O.-"Love mad
was the term which friends of Guy
OfBrien. wealthy young farmer of
HR1mar. who last night is alleged to
have shot and seriously injured Miss
Ada .Torkelson. 81. Newark. when she
STEPPED from buggy to talk to him in
a &oad near Lisbon. placed on his ac-
tidn today They declared O'Brien a
former sutton of Miss Torkelson, was
Jealous and accused her of receiving
attentions from other men.
Miss Torkeison was still in seri-
ot4k condition in a hospital here today,
but hope was expressed that she Will
recover a statewide search for
OSBrien. who fled from the scene of
tie hooting in his racing car, was on
tcazay. Authorities of several north
e,sh counties were on the lockout for
him on trace has been obtained of
hffn up to this afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-10
NEW WAY TO GET IT
Thirsty Topeka Youths IInpersonate
49, Officers In Booze Search.

~ Ray Kramer, aged IS, and Carroll
kagee, age 16, were turned over to the
county by the police department today
on warrant charging them with. i'm
personating police officers Jonas
Barrett, aged Is, was also implicated
in the matter, according to the police,
but his age makes him a ward of the
juvenile court.
The police charge, sworn TO by
Chief Harvey Parsons, is that on Sun
day night the boys armed themselves
with a revolver and about midnight
made a call upon an aged man living
alone on East Second street.
We're officers the boys said, land
we are going thru this house to see if
you have any BOOZE
They made a search of the house
but found no liquor. They took moth
ing else The aged man told Parsons
he believed they were officers when
they showed him the gun and that he
allowed them to go thru the house.
Don't you know" asked Parsons in
disgust, that if officers were coming
to search your house for liquor they
would not stick a gun in your face the
first thing?"
The old man did not know.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-10
DEMOCRATIC MEETING
County Central Committee Will Be
Organized Friday Evening.

The new Shawnee county Demo-
cratic central committee will be or
ganized at meeting to be held Friday
night, at the assembly room of the Ma
tional hotel.
At that meeting, Also arrangements
will be made for the entertainment of
Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary of
agriculture, who will address Shawnee
county Democrats the evening of Au-
gust IA on the Subject of Rural
Credits and the Administration Pol
icy" The Vrooman meeting will be
held at the hall, 119 West Sixth ave-
nue.. All Democrats have been in
vited to attend the committee meeting
and the public is invited to attend the
Vrooman meeting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-10
LADY VOTERS TO
WAGE ADJ WAR
ON DEMOCRATS

Washington. Aug. 10.-Advertising
will be used extensively in an effort to
defeat the Democratic party for its
neglect to adopt the national woman
suffrage amendment, it is announced
at headquarters of the Congressional
union for woman suffrage and the ma
tiona1 Woman's party. The campaign
will be waged particularly in western
states having equal suffrage. In -he
districts of representatives who oppose
votes for women. posters will adver-
tise the Legislators e++'---1A with pleas
to defeat him.