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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23
FAILURE OF PRESiDEN-
TIAL PRIMARY

Judged by the interest it ex-
cited among the voters, the Min
nesota presidential preference
law il a failure. Judged by its
practical workings, it completely
fails to fulfill the purpose for
which it was passed.
Setting of the primary for the
same day as that of local spring
elections resulted in d larger vote
in St. Paul and in the country
than would otherwise have been
possible. Yet thousands who
went to the polls did not partici-
pate in the primary. But in Min
neapolis, where it had no cleo
ton to bring the voters out, the
primary was neglected by four
out Of every five republicans. and
each vote cost the City more
than a dollar.
If the primary had offered a
practical way for the Republicans
of Minnesota to have an intelli-
gent voice in the deliberations Of
the Chicago Convention, it would
have been welcomed. But Re
puhlicans found themselves muz-
zled as to expressing any choice
for President. They practically
had TO vote for Cummins. if they
voted at all. And there was no
way to send an uninstructed
delegation to Chicago to act for
the best interests of the Party
and the Country.
Under these circumstances
many Republicans preferred tc
express their disapproval Of the
law by staying away from the
polls. The delegation chosen by
this clumsy machinery is about
what was to be expected i
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23
BANK STATEMENT
Bank No. 9e2

Statement Of the condition Of FIRST STATE
BANK Of AsKov at close Of business on March
7. 1915. Date Of call by superintendent March
7, 1915. Date Of report by bank. March ID, 1916.
pEsgrTrnryYG
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23

Arrange date of your sale at
the First State Bank, of Askov,
or at the American office.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23
BANK STATEMENT

bNGNN . n 7 TsLFt a
Bank No. 1883
Statement of the condition of Markvilte State
Bank. Markvile. Mimi, at close Of business on
March 7. 1915, Date Of call by Superinten-
dent. March !. 1915. Date Of report by bank,
March Il. 1915.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23

Entered az second class matter September II,
1914 at The po~stofFice at A8kov. Minnesota, under
the act Of March 3, 1879.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-04-20
YOUR BOY.

This is a good time to think of
your boy. If you do not look after
him in the right way, someone will
do it in the wrong way. Begin now!
Teach your boy to follow in the
footsteps of his father, to respect
the law, to obey his parents. to re-
gard the rights of all men, to honor
virtue, to respect womanhood, and
to depend upon no one but himself
for his advancement.
Teach him that the Golden Rule of
life will be found in the Ten Com
mandments. They are short. They
have survived the ages. They stand
today unchanged and unchallenged.
They comprise the first great writ
ten law given by God to man. Before
these few commandments all man
made laws fade into insignificance.
Teach them to your boy. There is
danger ahead if you do not.
The universal drift of mankind is
toward decadence. Heredity pays its
premium and also exacts its discount.
The son of a good father and an af-
fectionate mother, brought up in an
atmosphere of parental regard. never
will disgrace the family.
The boys of today are to be the
men of tomorrow. The destines of
the American people are to be in the
hands of their sons. If the boys are
taught respect for the law, both hui
man and divine, obedience to author
ity, manly independence and the fear
of God, this great nation will be
noble monument to mans capacity
for self government and self-control
at a time when all the world is
seething cauldron of unrest, unrea-
son and disbelief.
Teach your boy to rule, but first
to rule himself.-Leslie's
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-04-20
WHITLEY BOTTOM.
records.

Mr.. C. E. Stewart attended the SO
cialistic speech at Payette Monday
evening.
Dwight Chapman is suffering q
good deal with one of his eyes IL
which he got piece of hay.
Mrs. H. R. Frost and children WISH
ed the Chapman home Sunday.
Mr.. ]. w. Russell and Mr.. Chas
Stevens brot several head of cattle
to the C. E. Stewart pasture Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adams have moved
from Nyssa to their homestead here.
Mrs. Fern White spent the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sutton, at Dead OK Flat.
Rev. Kanaar preached Sunday
afternoon in the school house.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. ]. Meeker visited
the A. B. Kane home in Ontario, Sun
day.
. The men folks began work on the
ditch Monday.
Mrs. L. ]. Meeker visited Mrs. Tay-
lor and Mrs. Beehler Wednesday.
Little Minnie Sellers went East
with her father this week.
Mrs. j. w. Beor and Mrs. Chas.
Lockner were business visitors here
Monday.
Rosa Mcconnell, Catherine Smith
and Rev. Kanaar were Sunday dinner
guests at the Edison home.
At the school election Monday, MT.
Clyde Hurd was reelected clerk OF
the board.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-04-20
THE FARMER AND MAIL ORDERS.

Apparently the great bulk of the
business of the mail order houses
comes from the farming communities
I People who live within ten minutes
walk of good retail stores do not u.s.
ually send money away long distances
and buy things without seeing them.
When a family is located some
miles out from trading center, the
destinations of the catalogue becomes
too great. No half-tone cut ever
showed the defects of second grade
goods The farmer and his wife think
they can send their money order
away for a hundred or thousand
miles, and no one will ever know
the difference
No one does know it but the post
master or the expressman. But
though the results are concealed they
are none the less real. stream of
trade is drawn out of the district
where it naturally belongs. The net
result is to help destroy the best
market for the farmers goods.
The best prices are obtained for
farm products when they are sold
near at hand. The farmer who de-
ponds on selling his grains or his
fruits to distant jobbers and specu-
lators has to put up with many dis
and a good deal of
Low prices are the rule.
If there is some chance to dispose
Of goods near home he becomes in
dependent of middlemen and jobbers.
For that reason it is for the in
crest of the farmers to see the popu
alton centers near their homes grow
ng and prospecting. If the farmers
would all quit sending money away
o distant states, and would buy
rom dealers near home, their home
would see a big access
# business. 1t would have more
torres, more merchants, more clerks,
more people to feed. 1t would buy
nore farm products and pay good
rices for them-more than distant .
urchasers would pay.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-04-20

land car for which he has takeI
the agency.
Mrs. Hopple, who spent the win
ter with Mrs. Groat in Emmett, visit
ed the j. W. MCGEE home Wednes
day and Thursday enroute to hel
home in Oklahoma.
Mrs. Birdsall of Holden, Mo, ar
rived the first of the week to spend
the summer with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. N. Hill.
Miss Edith Bloomstrom, enroute
from Boise to Cambridge, visited
friends from Tuesday to Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Linck, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hill and younger children, visited
the A. S. Hammock home at New
Plymouth Sunday.
Mrs. ]. M. Royston received word
of the birth of a new grandson at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Hart at Twin Falls, April 9Th.
Mr. Fred Harper was visitor at
Emmett Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. J. H. Altiver and Mrs. Grace
Vail of Caldwell visited the L. Flock
home last week. Mr.. and Mrs. Flock
look them home Sunday in their
auto.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Reed spent the
weekend at Emmett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Galen Bollinger are
he happy parents of a baby boy,
BORN Saturday, April Is.
Mrs. R. S. Hutch visited her sis
er near Parma, returning home Sat
Irday.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-04-20
Announcements

A big game Friday afternoon at 4
O'Clock between Fruitland High
School baseball team and Baker
City High School team. A good
crowd should be out to see the
game.
Saturday, April 10Th, the Lutheran
church in Payette will hold a dis
trict mission at II O'Clock. Rev. Han
sen of Salt Lake, Rev. Corney of Ida
no Falls, and Rev. o. E. Olson OF
Boise, will be in attendance.
The w. C. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. R. G. Wilson, Thursday, April
81, at 2:3C O'Clock. Important plans
and work to be considered.
Friday evening, May II, silver
medal contest will be held. TWO
classes from the 7th and 8th grades
will each contest. Remember the date.
Easter programs will be given in
he Brethren church Sunday eve
hing at 1880 O'Clock and in the Bap-
list church at 8 O'Clock.
At the Methodist church in the
morning, "An Easter Message. Re
.eption of members by certificate and
probation and infant baptism. Eve
ling, an Easter song service. Spe-
;ial music Victor and Columbia
ecords.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-04-20

VIM. Stirm and daughter, Rather
inc, were Payette visitors last week.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-04-20
Little Willow Notes

Mrs. Mary Dorset of Weatherby
Ore, is visiting at the home of hel
brothers, W. A. and Nell Drinkwine.
Mrs. Tom Windle and Miss Ida
Woosley visited at the R. Y. Cur
rim home last week. Miss Woosley
will spend the summer at her cou-
lsin's home.
Andrew Solosabal was passenger
out on the stage Monday morning.
| The many valley friends were
panied to know of the serious illness
of NJ. F. Albert and all hope he may
have a full and speedy recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. D. Mcintyre were
Payette visitors Saturday.
Jewel Roe, who has been at the
home of his brother for the past
month, went down to Payette We'd
nesday.
Melt Mccullough of Paddock Val
ley, was down recently and reports
farming now in progress in the in
terror valleys.
Paul Quickert was a passenger
down to Payette by stage, Saturday.
Several loads of wool have re-
Gently gone down to Payette from
the shearing plant at the Solosabal
ranch. A good many bands of sheep
will be sheared at that plant this
spring.
J. P. Rose Of New Meadows, was
calling on friends in the valley last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mounie Olsen visited
at the Chas. Skippen home last Sun
lay afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Currin and Miss
Thornton were visiting at the home
If Mr.. and Mrs. B. D. Mcintyre one
lay this week.
James McGrevey has taken his
veil drilling machine to the Pence
Bros. ranch and will drill a well
or them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Bolton and
Harold Salisbury were Sunday visitors
n town.
VIM. Stir1n and daughter, Rather
ne, were Payette visitors last week.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-04-20
Local Neus

| hAu4lldAu IllSH OCuOOl ISdH HOu
another victory last Thursday when
they defeated Payette, 26 to Z.
The finest and largest concert ever
given in Fruitland was rendered Fri
day evening by the Commercial Club
Glee Clubs of Fruitland and Payette,
under the musical director, Prof. T.
r. Nelson The Methodist church
was packed with an appreciative audi
ence. Every number was exceptional
credit to the director. How do you
hoe your row." was perhaps one of
the cutest numbers as it was sung
by four little fellows dressed as
ranchers with hoes. Miss Johnson's
Swedish dialect readings greatly
pleased all. Those who missed hear
ing the concert Friday evening, will
have another chance April 9th, at
the M. E. Church, Payette.
Among those who attended 1.-The
Birth of Nation" in Boise the past
week were: Messrs. and Mesdames
Stetler, Madsen. Robinson, Kennedy,
Nelson, b. R. Russell, Gus. Davis;
Misses Rupp, Schmid, Harris, Robin
son, Marion and Mabel Robinson, sgd
ney Robinson, Howard Smith, Walter
Schmid, Grant Gardner and Eliza
Thomas. Some going by auto, some
by train.
Word received from Ralph Mackin-
son says he will be ready to take
up his work for the Canyon-Malheur
Cow testing Association, May LIST.
Sunday evening a Payette auto
coming up behind Messrs. Late Roys-
ton and Chas. Henggler, ran into
their buggy, smashing it badly and
throwing the men out. Mr.. Heng-
gler's wrist was badly sprained and
he was otherwise bruised. LATE was
fortunate in not being hurt. Remem-
Der the rules of the road.
The University Glee Club accom-
panied by a Payette delegation, gave
several musical selections and read
ings in our school Thursday morning.
Our High School quartet gave
selection for the visitors. A number
from here attended the concert they
gave at Payette that evening.
Rev. w. H. Bowler, Secretary OF
Utah-Idaho Association of the Bap-
fists met with the Baptist people
Wednesday evening. The church Of
ficers gave their yearly reports and
other business was taken up. A re-
oeption was given Rev. Bowler by
the church.
The Y. P. B. of the w. c. T. U.
met with their leader, Mrs. Mary
Burnett, Thursday evening. The few
who attended enjoyed the social hour
and lovely refreshments served by
Mrs. Burnett. Our Young Peoples
Branch have a big part to take In
the campaign for dry ioaho py
amendment law and can help WIN
votes by their songs, contests and
rallies.
Mrs. A. H. Mcconnell entertained
at dinner Thursday evening in honor
of Bethel Colwell and Frank hnni-
sons birthdays. The guests were'
Messrs. and Mesdames w. A. Col
well, Arthur Colwen, Kinnison, Bethel
Colwell, Frank and Carl Kinnlson.
The girls of the Sth grade sur
prised Marion Stetler Wednesday
noon with a big spread in honor OF
her 14th birthday. In the evening
Mrs Madsen entertained the Stet-
Ter family and Miss Rupp at din
ner After dinner an auto ride ana
Miss Marion decided she had had
one of the happiest birthdays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Patheal ceie-
bratsd their 5tk wedding anniversary
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-04-20
FRUITLAND DEPARTMENT
By Mrs. K. G.. Wilson

Sunday, by entertaining their near
relatives at dinner.
The Barraca class of the Baptist
Sunday school entertained the Phi
lathea class, Saturday evening at
the VIM. Homan home. Ice cream and
cake were served.
The Brethren people are papering
their church this week.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-04-20
VIOLIN LESSONS.

Frederick F. Brown will give vio-
lin instruction on Tuesday and Fri
day afternoons and ON any evenings
at residence Ala. Third Ave. North.
Lessons may be arranged for by
calling at TO, Coughanour Block.
Terms are so cents for haH-hour les
sons. 15-tf.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-04-20

FOR SALE: Silver Mine Seed
Corn.-Aubrey Gladish, one and .
half mile southwest OF Fruitland,
phone 1879, or Payette P. o. 15-tS.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-04-20

1 would exchange a team of work
horses for good mich cows.-G. w.
Lattig. 14-t3.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-04-20

FOR SALE: Good Hsney double
seated carriage. Set OF double driy-
ing harness. Outfit cost $16S. VIII
sell At = haryain.-J, q, Tuznee. lt-tf.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-04-20

FOR SALE: Concrete building
blocks. See MeCammon. South Ninth
Street. ~
The Meeker herald., 1916-08-26

No candidate is receiving more fav-
orable mention in the state papers
than Charley Leckenby, of our neigh
boring county of Routt, who is one
of the Democratic primary candidates
for state auditor. Besides being a
mighty good fellow and we'll qualified
to fill the place, Charley has hosts Of
friends all over the state, and we
hope to see him get the primary NOM
ination and election.
The Meeker herald., 1916-08-26

1t seems to be foregone con-
clusion that President Wilson can
not do anything that will please the
Republicans. A very short time ago
they were denouncing him because
he didn't have big army on the
Mexican border to trounce upon
Villa, Carrapza, ct al, on the slight
est prOvocation. The president got
the big army there, alright. Now the
Reps are finding fault with him
because he doesn't turn in and lick
the "Greasers," or, call the army
home, and leave the border 80 Villa
could make another raid.
The Meeker herald., 1916-08-26
Achievements Of the Viii
son Administration

There has been a practical agree
ment among the leaders OF both sides
to reach adjournment on or about
Saturday, the 10th of August. Presi-
dent Wilson, meanwhile, is in pos
ition to shape events that may have
an important bearing upon the cleo
ton in November. No President, all
things considered, has ever been more
effective than Mr.. Wilson In secur-
ing the consent of Congress to such
measures rs he has deemed right. AS
the work OF his first two years reced-
es into perspective, it reveals i'm
mence achievements through sheer
concentrated purpose and masterful-
ness. There is plenty of room for
criticism, and the Republicans will
have ample fighting ground. Butthe
Democrats and Wilson supporters on
their part have the decided advan-
tage in going before tho country on
the record of their legislative achieve
ments. The country in 1908 gave the
Republicans mandate to reform the
tariff. The result was shocking fall
ure. The Democrats in their turn re-
ceived II like mandate In 1912, and
the result is at least regarded as bet
ter from the standpoint of the aver
age citizen. The Republicans talked
much about reforming the banking
and currency system. and had every
opportunity, but left the work undone.
The Democrats accomplished the
thing forthwith. The Federal Trade
Commission, to deal with industrial
monopoly and like problems, has not
been fully tested, but it promises to
be a useful agency and 1t would seem
only fair to say that the Democratic
record in dealing with so-called big
business is less capricious and arb
itrary than was that of the immedi-
ately previous Republican regime.
Normal issues hare been greatly
confused by the extraordinary foreign
situations of the past two years. DOM
este programs have been to some ex-
tent forgotten in the face of hazard
Gus diplomacy and agitation over
military and naval preparedness. Yet
the treatment of domestic issues will
havean important bearing opon the
votes Of large groups and classes Of
men In November. This being clear-
Iy perceived, and Congress with good
working Democratic aiorities 6sing
still Ii season, President Wilson nat
urally desires to make the record of
the current year an impressive one.
Accordingly, he made one Of his in
formal visits to the Presidents room
in the Senate wing of the capitol OH
July Is, and expressed his desires in
clear terms to the leaders. The other
House had just passed workmeh's
compensation bill to be applied to fed
eral employees, and had previously
passed, by large majority. child
labor bill modelled on the lines and
principles of the famous old Beve-
ridge bill. Mr.. Wilson demanded
that the Senate include both of these
measures in its immediate program.
This Is politics in a high and bril-
liant sense of the word. 1t was an
nounced everywhere rs Mr.. Wilson's
bid for the Progressive vote, but no.
body can justly criticize that method
of seeking support.-From THE Pro-
gress of the World" in the American
Review of Review for August, 1915
The Meeker herald., 1916-08-26

Having been deserted by the Pro-
gressives", Colonel Roosevelt was
Immediately Joined by those sympa-
thetic souls, Penrose, Root, Crane
and Smoot. The Colonel never lacks
friends.
The Meeker herald., 1916-08-26

A Big Animal picture and good
comedy at the Princess Saturday
night. Bring the Little Folks. as
The Meeker herald., 1916-08-26

Furnished rooms for rent. Rates
reasonable. Good location. Apply
to Mrs. Fisk. a28-s2
The Meeker herald., 1916-08-26

The Princess Theater have been
having crowded houses lately and
have been showing some fine pictures.
The Meeker herald., 1916-08-26

Sub scribe for The Herald.
The Meeker herald., 1916-08-26

A EIGH BOR.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-23
CALLS MISS
RANKIN SENSIBLE
First Congresswoman 'Au.
thority on Labor Conditions
Relatives Pass City.

"The women of the country may
be justly proud of their first repre-
sentative in congress" said d. r.
Beck of Missoula, Mont, yesterday.
And he ought to know, for he knows
Miss Rankin well. His son married
her sister.
"See is not red haired, no Stree
but she is chuck full Of good common
sense, and the women of Evansville
or any place need not hesitate about
asking Miss Rankin to do things for
them.
Mr.. Beck, who with his brother, j..
A. Beck and wife and Mrs. c. D..
Leggett of Fairfield, Iowa, passed
through the city yesterday enroute to
Florida, was loud in his praise of
Miss Rankin. He says Miss Rankin
is onto all the ropes of congress,
having lobbied there during the last
two sessions. She is we educated,
and with her study and investigation
of working conditions, especially
among women and children in all
parts of this country and New Zea-
land, is in a position to do construct
i've work along these lines. Her
brother, Wellington Rankin, an attor.
ney of Helena, ran for congress two
years ago, but was defeated.
Miss Rankin is from one OF the besi
families in Montana. Her father is
dead. Besides her brother, she has
four sisters, one of whom teaches in
the state university. Miss Rankin is
about 35 years old. Mr.. Beck called
her "a home body" She loves hel
domestic things, and is a good cook
and seamstress. She was elected or
the republican ticket.
The tourists who motored from
Iowa left yesterday at noon over tht
Dixie Bee Line for Hopkinsville.- =
Evansville Courier.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-23
100 YEARS old.

With the remarkable record of hav-
ing established over hundred and
twenty thousand Sunday Schools
throughout the country, with a half
million teachers and five million
scholars, the American Sunday School
Union is now preparing to celebrate
its one. hundredth anniversary. The
Society has issued an interesting
pamphlet cancerning its history and
work and also a leaflet entitled Sun
day School Pioneering in Rural
America. The latter relates some
of the amazing experiences OF the So
.ciety's missionaries in the wild and
undeveloped sections of the country.
BIh of these pamphlets will De gladly
mailed upon request to all who are
Interested in knowing more about
this unique organization which stands
alone and unequalled in community
development work in rural Ameria.
The headquarters of the Society are
! at 1916 Chestnut street, Philadelphia,
pa
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-23
Woman's Home Companion.

This Christmas number of Wom-
ans Home Companion is filled with
good things. 1t is almost a fiction
stories by such well-known authors
as Eleanor Hallowell Abbott who
begins the first part of a two-part
novel; Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,
Elsie Singmaster, Margaret Widdem-
mer and Mary Heaton Worse.
The special articles are interesting,
especially the one by Arnold Bennett
called 'Who is the Rich MANI"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-23

Optimistic Thought
No omen can be bad to those whoss
aesigns are good.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-23
ROOF OF CABIN
Is DESTROYED
Early Morning Blaze Dam.
ages House on North
Liberty Street.

The root OF a cabil on the corner
of Fourth anI Liberty streets belong
ing to Carrie Brent, col, was burned
off about o'clock Tuesday morning.
A new sewing machine and some
other articles were also destroyed. #
is not known how the fire originated.
The loss, it is understood, is covered
by insurance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-23
Sold at $l.85.

Mr.. A. M. Henry was one of the
few planters of Christian county who
had held on to his wheat crop until
last week when he sold at $l85 a
bushel. But little ifany wheat is still
in the hands of the farmers. j. j.
CARROT still has big crop on hand
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-23
SWEET POTATOES

State: Estimate this year, 100000
bushels; production last year, final
estimate, l,050,O00 bushels.
United States: Estimate this year,
67, 100000 bushels; production last
year, final estimate, "a, 295, 900 bush
els.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1916-11-23
OATS
TOBACCO

State: Estimate this year, 436, 900,
600 lbs; production last year, final
estimate, 356, 400, 100 lbs.
United States: Estimate this year,
1,1l5,000 pounds; production last
year, final estimate, l,06O, 5S7 0OO
pounds.