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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-03

Yellowstone park and Boise, and is
where the road to Lost river and the
Taber country connects with the
road up and down the valley, be-
tween American Falls and Blackfoot.
He deals in oil and gas, has a
first class turning lathe with power,
has battery service, and his ma
chine shop in the second story en-
ables him to make and produce many
pieces for which there is immediate
demand. Farmers who have ma
chinery for which they are unable
to get duplicate parts at all, find
that Shelman can turn them out.
The man with good out-of date
mower sometimes finds that by ex-
epnding a few dollars at the local
garage he can complete 1t again and
have corking good machine. Peo-
pie who have been in the habit Of
rushing away to one of the larger
towns to get work done in ma
chine shop, are coming to realize
that they can get it done near home,
and that by patronizing the home
shop they enable Shelman to i'm
prove his equipment so he can make
them still further independent. In
other words, whatever Shelman
makes in his business he puts back
into the business for the better SER
vice of his community, and thinking
men see the advantage of turning
as much that way as they can in
the natural management OF business.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-03

The total net revenue of the county
from property taxes was $199,886.-
"a, and the total net debt of the
county was $66,335.64. All fees COL
lected by county officers are turned
into the treasury and the officers re-
ceive salaries for their services. The
fees collected by officers for the ifs
cal year ending March 81, 1916,
amounted to $10,400.14. The
revenue from auto licenses for the
year was $7,481. The number of
cars licensed during the first six
months of the calendar year, 1917,
was TIA.
When people ask about the re-
sources of the county and what parts
have the most resources or greatest
wealth they receive a variety of
answers according to the ideas and
views of the person speaking. The
telephone company have long rated
the various towns according to their
paying ability for telephone. service,
and that has been used as an index
of financial conditions. The Idaho
Republican has an index of the pay
ing ability and the measure of
promptness in attending to little
business matters as shown by the
way people of the different communi-
ties keep their subscriptions to the
newspaper paid up.
Patrons are supposed to call at the
printing office and pay up when it
suits them, or mail their payments
once year, and those who neglect
to attend to this are dropped and
collection made as soon as can be
done conveniently. Most people like
to ray for their paper in advance,
and at the end of August each year
the percentage of arrears is greater
than at any other time of the year.
At Thanksgiving it is greatly improv-
ed, and at the first of January it is
at it's best. Comparisons will be
made and published at each Of these
dates this year, and it makes an in
teresting comparison of the relative
wealth and paying qualities of the
different communities of the county.
Our bookkeeper went over the &C
counts of subscription by communi-
ties the last week in August, and
the following table shows that Ster-
ling R. F. D. No. 1, heads the list
because it's citizens have the highest
record, being paid in advance an
average of 25 cents each. Spring
field comes second and Pingree third.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-03
j. Il. GRAHAM

Merchant Likes the Sheepmen. Adj
vises Hay Men to Rush the Merg-
err. Prizes the Big Desert for its
Nearness. Compares Experiment
Station to Religion, and Arrays it
With Gratitude and Green Pas
lures.
j. E. Graham, manager OF the
Idaho Hardware company, when ask
ed what the greatest commercial as
set of the Aberdeen country was,
said that aside from agriculture on
which the whole commercial struc-
ture rested, he considered sheep
raising the greatest general asset for
everybody.
The flock masters buy the farmers
hay and thus afford a market for
something they could ill afford to
bale and ship or to quit raising.
Raising alfalfa is part Of the pro-
cess of enriching the soil and getting
it in condition for raising sugar beets
and other staple crops. The sheep
men feed it on the farms and help
the process of fertilization. They
give employment to local men in
winter, at Landing time and thru
the shearing season and buy heavily
of the local merchants. Hauling sup
plies to and from the shearing camps
in the desert is quite an industry,
the shipment of wool and sheep
brings heavy remittances thru the
local bank, and the whole community
from the greatest to the least is
benefited by the sheep industry.
Nor is the community the only
beneficiary Aberdeen forms con-
Meeting link between transportation
facilities, with banks, telephones and
te1egraphs and all the things and
service of civilization, and the still
ness of the desert where sheep do
so we'll during the spring and early
summer. 1t is only step from the
winter feeding grounds of the irri-
gated farms to the great expanse
where a million sheep can subsist
on the rich bunch grass that begins
it's growth under the snow. A flock
may breakfast on alfalfa on the set
Element and have it's evening meal
of bunch grass nipped from natures
communities may have the hay, but
NOT De Ill Luo euS0 VI IIlo spring
range. They may have good winter
resorts but be too far away to be
reached in a day when the storms
of winter approach. Flocks stay out
on our plains in the fall and keep
fat on wild grass till we'll into the
winter sometimes, and in rare in
stances nearly all winter, and thus
get the benefit of free feed to the
last day before winter destroys it
by showing it under. Aberdeen has
this great geographical advantage
and, will plan it's roads and trails
with view of fostering the sheep
industry.
The sheep man is a very desirable
type of man to deal with. There
is nothing small about him; he
thinks in large figures; he buys and
sells in large volume; he benefits
everybody he deals with and he pro-
duces something useful from the ele-
ments. He is one of the mainsprings
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-03

Farmer and Shipper Talks for Hay,
Beets, Grain and Summer-fallOw-
ing.
E. l.. Davis, the manager of the
Midland Elevator company of Alb
erdeen, came here from Chicago in
1909. and during his eight years of
residence at Aberdeen has been
engaged in farming enterprises
all the time, tho for the past
six years he has given his per-
sonal effort to the management of
the business of handling the product
of the wheat farms.
Mr.. Davis has been a close student
of conditions from both the agricul-
tural and the office side of the ques-
ton, and gives it as his belief that
wheat holds the laurels as the lead
ing staple crop from the dry farms,
altho rye and barley test well, and
much other produce is raised tho not
in quantities to give them leading
places. In the irrigated belt, hay
stands first in importance for the
whole period because it was the first
crop that could be used both to pro-
duce wealth and to build up the soil
and make it capable of producing
the other crops in quantities the
most profitable. Sugar beets prob
ably surpass hay now, but the alfalfa
that was raised on the land made
the beet crop possible, and without
the alfalfa beets would fail.
Potatoes have had their place in
the improvement of the soil, but
when the large acreage of potatoes
was raised, the prices did not make
for profits so the lowly spud has
not actually helped much until the
last few crops. Garden peas raised
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-03
Bingham County, Its Size, Population and Chief
Industries Wealth Of Communities Com
pared and Tabulations Made
for Future.

THE IDAHO REPUB1GAM UNDERTAKES THRU THESE COLUMNS
BNGHAM COUNTY IT SERVES NO GLASS OR INTEREST AS
THE GOOD IT MAY DO THOSE WHO WANT THE INFORMATION
PERsONAI sPECTION or TtE LANDS AND oTEP PEsonRcEs
AND ITS AUTHOR is AS ANXIOUS TO PROTECT THE
FROM MISREPRESENTATION AS READER THE
FACTS. IF THIS SERIES HELPS FARMERS BETTER
FARMING HELPS THE MERCHANT TO AVOID MISTAKES AND
LOSSES HoMEsEEKER INVESTOR TO FIND
WHAT HE WANTS AND TO AVOID MISTAKES IN LOCATING IT
WILL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ITS MISSION
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-03

TEOIh DEy rdFI1cF W SdplJdllSU anu
Hotel Proprietor. Recommends
Raising Seed Peas and Hay Seed.
E. I. Leisy, the proprietor of the
Hotel Bingham, came to Aberdeen
in 1905, and has been farming most
of the time. He came from Nebras-
ka and took Carey tract with a
water right; but owing to an error
in the survey the canal was not high
enough to water it. He operated it
as dry farm with fair success and
got start in the world.
Mr.. Leisy finally bought an inter-
est in the Aberdeen Hardware COM
pany and worked there as salesman
for two years. 1t was during this
time that he became interested in
the hotel business and purchased the
property.
Mr.. Leisy does not think dry farm
wheat an attractive crop, but wants
to see people try raising seed peas
and Grimm alfalfa seed. He does
not think dairying profitable and
says that most Of those who have
tried 1t have changed their plans
The Hotel Bingham is fine two
story structure built of brick and
cement, and has large lobby and
writing room, giving to its guests
the most space for writing and visit
ing of any hotel in the county. 1t
has electric lights, steam heat and
a number of bath rooms. The din
ing room is large and cheerful, and
all the rooms are either outside
rooms or court rooms. 1t stands in
the center Of its grounds, and with
its large varandas and lobby, its
guests can be assured of comfort
in any kind of weather
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-03

in the fields for seed are an import
ant consideration and should be-
studied closely because of their great
possibilities.
Reviewing the past, Mr.. Davis re-
marked that good many people
tried hogs and potatoes in 1913 and
have since gone out of the hog bust
ness. He has great hopes from rats
ing Grimm alfalfa seed, and believes
that dry farming will succeed thru
deep blowing and summerfallowing
Flowing in the fall, keeping the
ground cultivated thru the summer
and sow early in, the fall, year
after blowing. Spring blowing is|
not desirable for sowing the folloW~|
ing autumn. #
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-03
e. T. SHELMAN

Garage at the Crossing of Important
ROadways That Once Were the
Trails of Abrorigines. Community
Helping to Develop Machine Shop.
e. T. Shelman has a garage at
Springfield, which is at the cross
ing of the state roads connecting
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-03
j. w. CREDIBLE

Small Capital and Small EXPENSE
Floats Business Giving Good
Service. M
]. w. Criddle established gem
eral merchandise store at Spring.
field in July, 1916, and has been
studying how to make a small capt
tai carry the kind of stock that peo-S
pie need, and how to keep down un-l
necessary expenses while keeping UNI
good service.
Mr.. Criddle has a small expense
bill for clerk hire, and none of the
expenses that 60 with keeping up
city or town. He built his own
store on his own ground, lives next
door, has the least number of drays
and automobiles that small bust
ness can operate with, and furnishes0
as many of the public with goods asl
he can. He is not one of those mer-S
chants who justifies high prices OIL
goods by reciting the list of his ext
penses, for he hasn't either one.
People who buy of him find that
they like to go again. "
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-09-03
;+u Are in Are paid in
w arrears advance
Community
f.. /. LEISY

From Dry Farmer to Capitalist and
Hotel Proprietor. Recommends
Raising Seed Peas and Hay Seed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18
NINTH INNING
PENN MAY PLAY BROWN
IN STRAW HAT GAME

Manager Fergie Mohr has announced that
in all probability either Brown or DART
mouth will he the rival of Old Penn in the
annual STRAW Hat Day" baseball game TO
no played on Franklin Field on sMay o.
Harvard originally was dated for the game
but since the crimson has called OF all its
athletics on account of the war the hed
and Blue management has had TO look e'se-
where for an opponent
rhe Red and Blue squad left at O'Clock
this afternoon for the return game with
HoIv Cross at Worcester, Mass, tomor
rnw The New Englanders defeated the
ouakers in the opening game OF the season
AT Franklin Field by to .. II Us pronapIe
a.. a. ,ha Penn tutor will pitch Steve Crom-
we,i agansr Jesse Burketts combination.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18

cOors. Ad VOL intends 20 enlist on a sub
marine chaser to get back al the Germans
for C-boating his crew last season. and
Fritz Dray1on, who has acted. and very
succeSsfully too, as drillmaster Of tho oars
men, will 20 ~ an officers camp at platts-
burg
Juniors the Better
Ever since the season first opened there
has been some doubt in the mind of Coach
Wright as - which of his two first crews
was the better. but Yesterday the question
was settled for all time. The eight which
rowed as the Varsity combination in the
early part of the year was denoted to the
Juniors before the Yale race and the Ju-
niors were named the Varsity eight
The Junir shell. which is stroked by
Fritz Drayton. is the veteran Combinat ion,
and Yesterday. when they were told that
the crews were entering what probably
would be their last brush against each
other. the Juniors became determined 70
- Coach Wright that he misjudgcd
b cir ability when he denoted them. They
left the Varsity So-calcd eight lengths be-
course The course is mite and fve-siX-
gated the distance in minutes and - sec.
onds. fast time when it is considered that
the race was against "A head-on wind.
The hoathouse will remain open for the
men who are TO continue rowing, according
to Coach Wright, but the crew training
table will close tomorrow. and from that
time. on the oarsmen will not keep in strict
training.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18
SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS
By LOUIS H. JAFFE

WHEN Eddie Morgan weighed in at the
~ Olympia Club rew months ago at 1913
R0unos Tor match with Johnny Mayo. the
~ser Britisher surprised the spectators
uls low avoirdupois. Eddie had been
e'lng opponents who tipped the scale
'una the lSO-pound mark and, until his
E7 ~F matches, usually won by his supe-
5HS. clsverness. Morgan has been in strict
'nig recently and keeping himself in
Ssnape. Today the Engiishman doesn't
se more than 124 pounds. and his man.
4 3.V sheynold o. -Gilkes. has issued def
"A en Williams, of Baltimore, at t20
'onqa This is the weight at which VIII
~ lost his title and has been boxing
tS~ Nnce. Morgan believes he would be
r.sns enough at t2O to win from the
~ and Sir Edward is prepared at any
VA e 10 meet Williams here Gilkes
ko.s.ys ne Is negotiating with Baltimore
/ ~ Tor Morgan-Williams set-to for
'aspuled ifteen-round match.
81. hMurpsg gS, psns e. sniis. In tn. csysSy
Is q ifrsinns 50 dissntIy That hat 4 y
viii ssssn Saart wh,ls the prs:se SsaSis 9s ssd
ago.. Jimmy Is ready to meet the best
ah{ LsoSasnn oSualnS Fred Welsh: Charley ts White
.m y scheduled for the wind-up at the
>>s Club tomorrow uisht sxainst Jimmy
T;-B wins Johnny Moloney boxed a
uNsil and not Benny McNeil the Eng-
* hanayunk last weeh
4. Cress ana Tommy Sheridan. both
lsssn sSrAE s S;,., 4 E:%Ssns
Feqmap ~ ~ NHstcau horher
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18
BOSTON. April IS.

~ heayv rain settled down over the city
~. ,,orning and by If o'clock the down.
80 was such as to make 1t impossible
- The philles and the Braves to play
w, game this afternoon and the game
~. called of shortly after noon. Manager
ssss,sns however Is content. as his men
ssys 4 hard double bill tomorrow. which
IA holiday here
n. Moran has lost no time IN sending
4. oflcal protest against the Braves being
sr.rded Yesterdays game. He claims that
snder Rule 56, Section I. in The baseball
Ia l'mpre Kitty Bransfield had no
s,sh, IN call Jimmy Lavender out for walk
~ ont of the baseline yesterday when the
~, wns being secuted by the Braves away
n behind Grst base and when there was
~ chance for any play to be made TO get
~. philadelphia pitcher Moran believes
S,ahsaeld's ruling deprived the Phillies Of
4 least one run. or enough to win the game
n The regular nine innings; but II is not on
tkis point that he made his protest, for at
MD time he told Plate Umpire Hank O'Day
4 I. should take the matter up with President
Ssner of the National League, II the Braves
Won.
ss'The Philadelphia manager says;
&alt's simply question Of rule and should
A. straightened out for all time. | think
mai Bransfield acted too quickly, and that,
although he realized he had made mis-
Axe. he was unwilling to change his de-
6sion, L fail to see why President Tener
should not order the game to be played
over
President Percy Haughton, of the Braves,
hys: ..H'.
$50 far as can see. the umpire made a
mistake Surely Lavender did not run out
n The base tine to avoid being touched by
ne ball in ths hands Of player. always
have understood that the three-toot base
line rule has apply only to such cases. The
Braves deserved the game on its merits of
play. but would protest # ! were in Mo-
/ nn's position"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TALENT u
NOW VERY SCARCE IN COLLEGES
George Ssler With Browns, Only "Rah Rahl'
Boy to Make Good in Big Circuit in the
Last Two Seasons

last season. For years Matty made BUCK.
nell famous in the big leagues.
Weldon Wyckoff, formerly of the Ath.s
letcs and now with the Boston Red Sox
also pitcher, is making rather a poor
iop OF hlling the shoe Matty wore Is
Bucknell's ambassador to the big ,easues :.
Next to Ma'hewson the greatest colIee6
r,Ghthahder was the Indian. Charles Albert
SENDER whom Connie Mack called the
greatest worlds series pitcher in baseball
history Bender, who attended Dickinson
after leaving Carlisle Indian School was
released Internationally by the philIies last
year
Benders former famous collegtan pitch-
ing teammates. Eddie Plank. of Gettysburg.
aud Jack Coombs, of Colby, still are in
active service as big leaguers, but another
season or two may finish the pitching
careers Of these two stars, and what col.
lege pitchers are in sight TO take their
places?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18
PENN CREW MAY ROW THE SYRACUSE
EIGHT ON THE HESCHUYLKILLJU JUNE9

THE 'ancel'atou Of the athletic dates Of
L the L. : Naval Academy by orders from
the Washington department has left Pouu-
sylvania without a scheduled crew race.
but rowing will not come 20 standSull
at the University, If the plans Of 'nach
Joe Wright are carried out.
The Red and Blue tutor told his oarSjneu
Yesterday when he announced that there
would he no race with the Middtes this
Saturday that he expected all his men 10
report TO him daily with the exception of
the seniors, who. Of course, will not bc
back for the 1913 season. From now on
all the blades who are contemplating an
other year at the Quaker university will
take their usual workout.
No College Events
1t is very likely that Il race will be ar
ranged for the Penn crews. Manager Erie
hofer has stated that it is probable that
there may be an intercollegiate event staged
on the Schuylkiil 0n June in connection
with the Schuylliii. Navy Regatta. Syra-
cuse according to the present plans to-
gether with any other college crew which
is rowing then. viii be invited TO compete
together with Pennsylvania
Only three Of the members of the crew
squad will he lost through graduation ana
Yesterday they took their rowing togS from
the boathouse and announced that they were
through They are captain Ad VOL, who
has been rowing at No. in the varsity
shell: Fritz DraytOu, the stroke ol 'he
juniors and Lou Borie. No I in the JUNIOR
craft. Two of these soon VIII JON 'he
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18
THREE HOME RUNS
FOR PENN CHARTER
Quakers Beat Haddon
Heights, a to West Phil
lies Use Squeeze Play

Tenn Charters home-run nitters, Lester
Stley and Marshall pierso,, were going at
top speed yesterday, and the Quakers wal
loped the Haddon Heights High School nine
in a well contested game. t. l. Sitley
played the best game Of his career. the
first Penn Charter player TO bat, he sent
the ball over the hill for home run.
In the third inning Sltley landed for
another home run, and IN The next Inning
Marshall pierso connected with The ball
for home run. the third in the game.
Penn Charters fourth run came when
Greenlee singled and scored on MitchelIs
hit Lewis's pitching was one Of the features
nf tho game.
Haddon Heights go, It's run when Pun
stall reached first base On an error by BIZ
Fleming and was brought home by Dolds
single. The Penn Charter School cam
plays Germantown academy at the German
town field at Tabor next Friday afternoon
Squeeze Play Wins for W. p. II. :.
The squeeze play won The interscholas-
tie League game FOR the West Philadelphia
High School against central High yester-
day when Mearkle bunted and Hahn. rum
ming for Shcnemau. slid ac"oss the plate
in the ninth timing for a 30 victory
Much of the credit is due 20 Dickson who
singled At an opportunc time and scored
Rhoades.
Catholic High defeated tranhford High
in a league game yesterday. 70 s. The
Purple and Gold youngsters won this game
in the first inning when ,hv scored seven
runs and put the contest on ice, Cohen
was pitching for Frankford High and he
lasted Just one inning. Five errors. three
walks and hit gave Catholic High the
seven runs.
South Philadelphia gave Germantown
High a severe waloping in the game some
where in South Philadelphia Spcctato
who followed the teams TO The field know
} that he contest was played and that
Southern won 81 - in seven innings
Goldberg excclled for South Philadelphia
| The team certainly enjoyed the batting
! rallies and the chase around the circuit OF
| bases kulp pitched the first inning and
! then Buchanan was substituted for Ger
mantown. lie lasted up to the end of the
sixth. when Burnett had n chance TO twir
! for one inning. Green did the mound duty
in the seventh.
Opening Tennis Matches
| Central High opened the lnteTscholasti,
| Tennis League season with victory ovel
| Germantown Academy, four matches TO one
| r. j. Steckcr lost his match with Rodne,
! Beck but Captain A. Mitchell Harris. q
| Amsterdam, :. tinlein, II. Stecker and II
Longwel scored points FOR the Crimson
and Gold
Germantown High defeated West Phila
delphia 8 to o. Fisher, Buckley. Morgan
Tatnall. Marshall and Void representet
| Germantown. Penn Charter defeated North
east High, to in the league match a
Queen Lane Phngst Myers, Bright Pen
mock. Brigham and Simpson played 70
the Quakers.