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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-03-10
Irrigation District Formed

Residents of the Dalton Gardens
district north of Coeur d'Alene
held a session all day March S, at
the Dalton school house to decide
whether an irrigation district
should be formed, including lands
in the Dalton Gardens. The cleo
tion was held under the direction
of the county auditor, d. E. Dan
by. The judges were Harry
Nycum, Daniel Baily and George
Wilson.
The 40 votes cast were unani-
nous for the new corporation.
This will change the organization
from a private to state corpora
ton, to be formulated under the
state laws.
c. r. Bailey, John Lynn and
Harry Nycum were elected direc.
tors for one, two and three year
terms, which is to be decided later
by lot as to which is to hold the
respective terms.
The new district will embrace
Io4o acres of orchard land. 1t ha:
double system-domestic and fol
irrigation. Water is piped under
pressure to each tract, besides tht
bitches, which carry the othel
water. The pumping station II
located on the shore of Hayder
lake.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-03-10
HARRISON

Under auspices OF the Parent
Teacher association of Harrison, Drs.
Mccormack and E.keubary lectured
on health of children March at the
Presbyterian church. DR.. Mccormack
is president OF the Spokane medical
association and child specialist.
DR.. Eikenbary is closely connected
with the schools of Spokane.
The rebuilt shingle mill OF James
Brown will be ready for opera tions 10
a few days. The Russell and Pugh
mill has started saving 1000, 900 feet
of logs held In boom al the mill
through the winter
A large cougar, which for several
months had eluded the pursuit of
local hunters, was shot March by
Edward Tuttle. Judge M. w. Frost
and E. E. Goodwin aided by Frost's
hound, treed the cougar several weeks
ago, but were forced by darkness to
abandon the hunt.
William Sutt erland, who was COM
mitted to the asylum at Orotino, Is
well known here as an old Time
miner aud prospector of the Occur
d'Alenes. He was one of the locators
of the Interstate Callahan. Several
years ago Sutherland achieved
notoriety by opening a barrel OF
whisky on the streets OF Wallace,
furnishing several dozen tin cups,
and inviting the crowd to "go to it,"
The Harrison high school presented
the comedy "Lost, Chaperone. last
Friday evening
Ninety-six pupils of the grade
school were neither absent nor tard,
during February.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-03-10
ITEMS OF COUNTY TOWNS
What NeighbOTins People Are
Doing.
FROM THE EXCHANGE TABLE
Brevities of Kootenai County Com
munities.
POST FALLS

The Pleasant View farmers havt
a phone line that cost them $25 pei
phone to install.
In the interest of child welfare q
meeting of parents vas held at the
gym Sunday afternoon.
Burt Fuller has purchased an i'm
proved 10 acre tract in East Green.
acres for $1,000.
The planer shed at the sawmill Ii
to be torn down TO make room for a
monster lumber shed that will hold
three million feet of finished lumber.
A new engine is soon to be installed
in the planning mill.
The Occur d'Aiene high school
team defeated the Rathdrum team on
the Post Falls floor March by q
score of 81 to "a.
Tuesday Of last week, says the Ad-
vance, there was deposited In the
Valley State bank, by a customer,
one hundred dollars 10 pennies. The
pennies were first rendered to J.W
Settle in real estate deal, but ht
preferred check, hence the deposit
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-03-10
Congress
Backs Wilson
Tables Resolutions to Warn Citizens to
Keep off Armed Merchant Ships.

The United States senate on
March 8, tabled the Gore resolu-
ton to warn American passengers
TO refrain from travelling on armed
merchant ships of the European
nations now at war. The vote
was 68 to ~
On the 9TH, the house of repre-
sentatives, took the same action
by tabling, 276 to 143, similar
resolution by McLenore.
The action by congress was in
compliance with a demand from
President Wilson that it stand be-
hind him in his negotiations with
Germany in which he insists upon
Germany regulating the use of her
submarines SO that American citi.
zens may freely and safely exercise
their alleged right under interna-
tional law to travel on the high
seas wherever they desire to go.
The tabling of the resolutions is
considered victory for the presi-
dent over those who advocate that
trouble should be avoided by taxi
ing action. similar to that taken by
Sweden, to keep citizens off the
armed merchant and ammunition
ships of the belligerent nations.
Germany has not yet given a
reply to the American demands
satisfactory to President Wilson,
and the outcome of further nego-
tiations and of the development of
the German submarine order to
sink armed merchant ships of the
entente allies without warning, is
awaited with considerable interest.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-03-10
CGUR D'ALENE

Petition was made March 9 for
letters of administration In the estate
OF M. d. Wright. Marie Wright,
John Jay Wright and S. E Beggs are
named as administrators. Eight
heirs are named. The total amount
OF the estate is given as $4,000
John 2. Gray is acting as counselor.
A decree of divorce was granted by
Judge R. N, Dunn of the district
court to Jesse Ramage from Bessie l..
Ramage on the grounds OF desertlon
The plaintiff owns restaurant AT
Harrison, which property is given
him, while real estate in Washington
is given the defendant. The custody
of the two minor children Is given
Mr.. Ramage.
A marriage license was issued Mar
2 to A. L. Smith, 28, Post Falls, and
Ethel Hendeman. 20, Post Falls.
A suit was filed In the district
court by B. M. Ross against Charles
Siese and Minnie Siese and William
f. Fehrenkand and Jane Fehrenkand, i,
TO foreclose on note OF $3.50.
Henry Boyington has instituted
suit for divorce against Anna Boying-
ton. The couple married at Rath -
drum October l5, 1901. There are
no children, Desertlou is alleged.
Judge james +. Ailshie, attorney
for Mrs. Kerl, received copy of the
opinion as rendered by Judge Ed. l..
Bryan Of Canyon county, who presided
over the trial for the divorce AZ
brought by Thomas T. Kerl against
Isabel Lederiegh Kerl, aud which was
held here IN the district court behind
closed doors. Judge Ailshie received
$4,000 fees.
Elma Marie Amell, eight years old,
daughter OF Mr.. aud Mrs. Mark
Amell, residing at Post Falls, died
Sunday morning at the Occur d..
Alene hospital, from pernicious
anemIa. The funeral was held at
Post Falls, Tuesday.
CONTINUED ON PAGE Two.)
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-03-10
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO. J
GET ADVANCE In WAGES
Thousands of Railroad Section
Men Are Benefited.

Fully 2400 men employed on section
gangs and extra gangs on the
divisions OF the various railroads
operating in this region will have
their wages advanced from is TO l6I
cents an hour this month, according
to announcements OF the roads March
4.
1t Is understood that this increase
10 pay will prevail over the entire
systems and thus will be of direct ad-
vantage to thousands of employees,
says the Spokesman Review.
The Great Northern will pay It's
regular section men III cents an hour,
and the Northern Pacific like
amount to men on steel gangs.
The advance is partially due to In
creased business which all of the rail-
roads have been receiving for several
months and partially to the shortage
OF labor, as many of the former sec.
tion men and extra gang men have
left for the war.
The increase affects about l4o men
now employed on the Inland.
On the Idaho division of the North
ern Pacific more than 400 men arc
affected by the increase and on ths
Spokane and Marcus divisions Of iht
Great Northern fully 500, and $50 or
the Idaho and Columbia divisions Of
the Milwaukee and $50 90 the O.-W
II. s. N.
Reports Saturday night were thai
the S. p. & s. had announced tb,
same rate.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-03-10
Idaho State News Items.

Drifting snow stalled train on the
railroad between Vollmer and Ferdi-
nand Tuesdly.
Instructions have been issued to
Superintendent Theodore Sharp of
the Nez Perce Indian agency from
Washington to pay no moneys to
Indians who are not legally married.
The fish and game department an
nounces that during the month of
April all streams, and lakes not
classed as navigable will be closed to
trout fishing in order to permit
spawning.
The Kellogg debaters defeated the
Wallace team at kellogg, March B.
The question argued was, Resolved
That the government should own and
operate the telegraph lines"
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-03-10
SPIRIT LAKE

The interest Ia our school still
keeps up. The room with the highest
record for the month ending Feb, 25.
was Miss Marsh's. 97.75 per cent
Herald.
Rehearsals for the big Minstrel
show to be gwen on the 17th for the
benefit of the baseball club have been
held in the Assembly ball.
The l. g. W. N. passenger coaches
are undergoing general overhanlinI
and will be painted the regular Mil
waukee color. These will also. be
lettered Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul" The coaches will be takel
from time to time, as they can be re-
leased The engines. box cars and
fat cars will also be re lettered and
new numbers applied. Six extra m o
have been added to the shop force TO
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-03-10
homen,ade Gas.

Spanish peasants living In the cork
oak region use homemade gas obtained
from cork refuse. AS described by one
authority, the process consists In ill.
ing several large teakettles with the
waste bark and placing each in turn
over the fire during the evening. burn
ing the volatile gas as it escapes from
the spouts. The carbonized residue
forms the fine black brown pigment
known to commerce as Spanish
brown"
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-03-10

Twenty-four inches OF snow had
fallen in Eugene, Ore, Mar. 4. In
the mountains the snow IL reported
from four to eight feet deep. All
logging operations have ceased and
sawmills closed down. Other bdsi :
ness is practically at a standstill.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-03-10
Much Lumber
Being Shipped
Prices Coming Up.---Shortage of Cars
Complained of---Wheat Moving East

Reviewing the improved lumber
Conditions in the northwest, Spo-
kane writers have gathered from
reliable sources the information
that shipments of lumber original
ing in this section CT the Inland
Empire region for eastern points
amount to about 235 cars daily.
Lumbermen report their business
The best in eight years and prices
are better than they have been for
The last FIVE years. Orders are
said to be plentiful, but trouble
has been experienced in getting
Sufficient cars. The lumber is
being shipped chiefly to Chicago,
Pittsburg, the far east, North Da-
kota, South Dakota, Minnesota
and Nebraska.
The Washington, Idaho & Mon
lama line is furnishing the Inland
with about 80 acres of lumber daily
to be shipped east over the 500
line from the Potlatch Lumber
company, according to these Spo-
kane advices, and eight to 10 cars
daily to go over the Northern Pac-
ific and the Great Northern. The
Great Northern is handling from
rs to 90 cars east daily from the
Spokane and the Marcus divisions.
The Northern Pacific is handling
40 cars east daily from the Idaho
division and about $50 cars from
Coast points. The heavy Coast
shipments are partially due to con-
gested conditions during high
water and snow.
The O.-W. R. & N. is handling
FIVE cars daily from the Rose Lake
Lumber company, Rose Lake,
Idaho, and the Grant Lumber
company at Harrison, Idaho, and
one a day from the Springston
Lumber company near Harrison.
The Milwaukee is shipping
about so to 70 cars of lumber from
points on the Idaho division, en-
route to eastern markets, daily.
All railroads report that they
have experienced shortage in
cars, but that the conditions are
being relieved. There is still some
shortage of 500 line cars.
Wheat is being shipped east at
the rate of us cars daily, while
about 80 cars are being shipped to
Coast points, says the Spokesman
Review. The wheat is mostly for
Chicago and St. Louis. The
wheat being shipped east is on old
sales and, it is reported, some of
the eastern contracts have been
Cancelled because the sellers were
not able to secure cars to make the
shipments within the life of the
contracts.
The wheat market in the east
has recently dropped 80 cents a
bushel, says one authority, while
western markets have only de-
creased from IS to 16 cents.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-03-10

help with the work, which began this
week,
The Box factory has installed a
press for printing boxes.
Art Hamer is confined to the hos
pital with crushed foot.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-03-10
Their Work.

what a noisy clatter children do
keep up at the table!'
'They certainly do put the din In
dinner."-Baltimore American.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-17
CONFIDENCE in
MAJORITY RULE

It gives one a comfortable, citizen
like satisfaction to witness party diff
ferences clear away after election.
If our democracy is but an expert
ment it Is a promising one, if for no
further reason than that the people
join in supporting the man the ma
jority places in charge of national
affairs. 1t is as tho the bitter pre-
election blast of fierce contradiction
and abuse, in period of month or
two, sums up and gets off of the pub
lie chest all disappointments and diff
ferences of opinion as to post NOR
TENS"
After all, choosing an executive for
four years in advance is matter of
meeting imaginary issues, and the
main thing is to hang together ma
tionally, no matter who signs the
notes to Germany or Mexico. So we
have a leader the load is on his
shoulders and we can go on making
our fortunes or misfortunes.
The man who doesn't take the re-
suit of election like game sport
is either one who bet more money
than he could afford and lost, or one
who isn't in line with the principal
distinction of American citizenship
that is, a graceful submission to the
will of the most.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-17
STAKE CONFERENCE

The regular quarterly conference
of the Blackfoot stake will be held
in Blackfoot on Saturday and Sun
day, November Is and 10, 1916.
Saturday sessions will be held as
follows: General conference at 10
a. m. in the First Ward Meeting
house. Stake priesthood meeting in
the same place at 2 p. m. This meet
ing will be addressed by the visiting
brethren and it is hoped that there
will be full attendance of the
priesthood of the stake.
Commencing at 2 p. m. and in
the north rooms Of the First Ward
meetinb house there will be meet
ing under the direction of the Y. L..
M. l. A. Commencing at the same
hour and in the Second Ward melting
house separate meetings will be held
ciety and the Primary association.
1t is sincerely hoped that there will
be full attendance of the sisters at
all these meetings.
Sunday sessions will be held as
follows: General conference at 1890
a. m. and 2 p. m. while in the even
ing and commencing at 7.30 p. m.
there will be meeting under the di-
rection of the conjoint M. l. A., all
these meetings being held in the
First Ward meeting house.
Arrangements have been made,
also, so that if necessary, overflow
meetings may be held on Sunday in
the Second Ward meeting house so
there will be room for all who may
come. 1t is sincerely hoped that there
will be a rousing attendance Of the
members Of the church at every ses-
sion and the general public are COR
daily invited.
JAMES DUCKWORTH,
HEBER G. G. RICH,
NOFEAR DAVIS,
1872 Stake Presidency.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-17
NO ELECTION FRAUDS HERE

Reports of alleged election frauds
in number of counties of Idaho
have been circulated by the press
this week, charging that many illegal
votes were cast, and indicating that
those who did not register, but swore
in their votes were not legal voters.
Investigation of these matters at
Blackfoot does not reveal anything
of the kind here. A good many peo-
pie swore in their votes, but most of
them are old residents and the sons
and daughters of older residents, and
also the very busy people. 1t seems
that most of the newcomers realized
that they had to register, and attend
ed to it, but the others probably
neglected to do it in time.
1t was reported that Blackfoot
man went to the construction camp
at the Snake river railroad bridge
west Of town and found a large
number of transients and voted them
at Groveland. Investigation of the
Groveland lists does not show such
vote, and only four swore in their
votes, these four being well-known
residents who were plainly entitled
to vote.
Considerable has been said about
the greatly increased vote in Idaho,
and some have tried to account for
it on grounds Of it being transients
not entitled to vote. We believe a
large number of this increased vote
is to be accounted for on the theory
that for several years people have
been Indifferent about voting at all
and many have stayed away from the
polls. The breaking up of political
rings in some localities has increased
the public interest in voting, the fact
that this IS presidential year has
brought in many, and the great agi-
tation of the 1915 campaign brought
nearly everybody to the determine
ton to take hand in the voting. All
these causes have served to bring
out the voters, and this combined
with the new people in the state,
has swelled the numbers far in ex-
cess of what they have been.
We hope the corrupt practices in
elections that we have read about in
other states have not reached Idaho,
and that they never will.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-17
HELPFUL WINDOWS

Whatever you want to buy, you
can pretty surely find it in some dis
play window and look it over. 1t
is helpful plan of suggestion for
this season of dilemmas and guess
work. What shall we buy Uncle
George? Can't think of thing he
would care for. Don't know of a
thing he needs. Next to the war and
the election Christmas gifts are about
the most puzzling proposition we
have to contend with from one years
end to the next. Thanks to the
changing window displays many a
nappy idea gets into the inner shrine
of ones Christmas intentions.
Baby is receiving lot of atten-
ton already in the merchants show
windows. Hayes Gift Shop has the
frills that make him acceptable in the
eyes of the most critical bachelor
guest; the Palace drug store has
baby's little white brush and comb
sets, manicuring sets, and such
things, very neatly shown; and
Christ, the jeweler, also displays a
lot of pretty, white toilet articles,
mirrors, brushes and combs.
The Golden Rule store shows the
most in the least space, as before,
and it must be said that the endless
array of usables and decorations,
table linens and shoes are placed
with skillful hand so as not to
fight and clash with one another.
Brown-Eldredge company have two
large windows, showing parlors Cor
is one a bed room } furnished out
in the finest of furniture. There's a
good deal in having artistic furni-
ture, for, as rule, one is so much
about the house that an ugly piece
of furniture gets uglier and finally
attacks the nerves.
Rowles-Mack windows are the last
word in neatness and efficient dis
play of mems apparel. The hats and
coats look so nice that we forget,
for moment, how our own looks
enter into the matter, and see our
selves as we see the beautiful clothes.
If it weren't for that happy trick
of the eyes thered be many modest
one of us going around in over-alls
and all-overs.
Brown-Hart has a foot-ease
window, and also the usual attractive
women's, window, with everything in
it, so that a woman can spend all
the leisure she can command just
taking the measure of what's for
sale. The foot-ease matter is i'm
portant. No one can be entirely hap
py without easy feet. And corns are
so common; they make wretches of
us ALL
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-17
WILL YOU
DO IT?

Now that the election is over and
people have exercised their energies
combating those who differed with
them, and all problems entering into
the political equation have been
thrown into the arena and weighed,
it is for us to accept the results as
they are and 60 to work with a will
to fill our respective parts in citizen
ship.
This paper was active in campaign
matters and purposely. Now it will
be as active and earnest in sustaining
the new officials whether we aided
in or opposed their election. Two
years from now we hope we shall
be able to endorse their work and
say of 1t that 1t was well done and
with only the normal amount of err
rors made without intention.
There has been too much Of fac
tional fights in this county. We tried
for several years to avoid it but
found it impossible. Then we went
in for the merriest fight we could
get, and merry it has been. We want
ed to quit long ago, but the job was
not finished. We hope it Is finished
now, and we shall assume that 1t
is. We would rather work for the
upbuilding of the town and county
than to be fighting individuals or
factions. and to that end we shall
direct the energies of The Republi-
can. We may be drawn into fights
in the future, we suppose we shall
it would seem too good to be true to
expect or hope to escape them, but
we shall postpone the day as long as
seems consistent with duty We shall
now address our energies to serving
the whole public, both those we have
agreed with and those we have diff
fered with, spreading, where we can,
the advantages of combined mutual
effort on the theory that 1 plus
makes 2;but l plus I in cooperation
are equal to the square of 2 which
is 4.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-17
NOT A BAD
SPORT

The week before the election we
announced that it was up to the wo-
men of this county to determine
whether or not Mr.. Dickinson should
be returned to the legislature, and
we promised to report upon it after
the voting. The tabulated, report
published in this issue shows that
he was beaten by large majority,
and that Mr.. Johnston whom he es-
pecially wanted to defeat, was elect
ed with a slight reproof. Some were
elected with majorities that spelled
reproof and some with margins that
signified rebuke, and now it doesn't
matter so much that man is re-
proved or rebuked or defeated; the
important thing is How did he fight,
and how does he take the result?"
We are informed that Mr.. Dickin-
son takes his defeat like good sport
and that he does not charge that he
was betrayed or traded off or double
crossed or anything of the kind.
When a man laughs about his defeat
and says he didn't get votes enough,
and then goes on about his business,
we have to hand it to him for being
good sport any way.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-17
HONORS FOR
DUBOIS
Contributed


When the smoke of battle has
cleared away, when the prejudice and
bitterness of heated political cam
paign have burned out and left us
in a state of mind that permits sane
thoughts without malice or venom,
candor compels us to give modicum
of praise and word of appreciation
to our worthy townsman, Ex-senator
Fred T. Dubois.
Few in our community appreciate
the high regard in which this man
stands in national politics. The man
ager of Champ Clark four years ago,
he almost made president out of a
western man. Only political blund-
er by the Tammany leaders prevent
ed. w. j. Bryan was given credit, at
the time, for the nomination of Will
son but it was not so much the work
of Bryan as the lack of political
Judgment of Tammany that made
Wilson. This fall Mr.. Dubois was
literally forced into the campaign by
the Wilson forces to take charges OF
the western states. After making a
fight for Clark that fairly nonplused
the eastern democratic king-pins they
were unanimous for Dubois as west
ern manager. 1t was Dubois who
said to the national committee, IF
YOU want to elect Wilson, spend your
money in the west; it was Dubois
who said, ''He kept us out OF war,
he gave you two dollar wheat, he
made ten dollar beef, pork and NUT
ton. He is progressive; and these
ora tho things that won for WILSON,.
No shrewder analysist of political sit.
uations has invaded the realm OF
western polotics than Fred 7. Dubois.