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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
ROUND MILLION FOR
THE HIGHWAYS
IN GEM STATE
MEASURE PASSES LOWER HOUSE
CARRYING BIG GOOD ROAD
APPROPRIATION.
$375,OOO TONORTH& &SOUTH
With Federal and County Aid the Sum
of $2,75O,000 Will be Available for
Road Building Next Two Years.

The million dollar good road bond
issue bill that originated in the house
of representatives, was passed by that
body Saturday afternoon and sent to
the senate. If approved by the upper
house and signed by the governor,
Idaho will be placed in position to
do greater internal road development
within the next two years than at any
other time in its history. The measure
is looked upon as one of the mosty if
not the most important piece of legisla.
tion that is pending before the present
legislature.
The house, during the morning and
early afternoon sessions, passed seven
other measures, two of which originated
in the senate.
Under the highway bond issue bill
the money is apportioned as follows:
Panhandle, $4,000; Bonner and Boun-
dary counties, 100000; North Pacific
highway, $4,000; north and south high
way, 1915, 900; idaho Montana highway
$120,000; Idaho-Pacific highway, $780,
600; Yellowstone highway, $65,000;
Idaho Utah highway, $4,000. There is
also 500, 900 provided for reimbursing
counties and 100000 that is not ap.
| portloned.
To these several funds the counties
add the following: Panhandle, $4,000;
Bonner and Boundary counties, $4,000
North Pacific, 100000; north and
south, 100000; Idaho Montana, $1s5,
900; Idaho Pacific, $4,000; Yellow
stone, 100000; Idaho Utah, 100000
making a total of $1,250,OO0, SO that
the state and county grant total fol
highways during the next two years is
$2,25o, 900.
Added to this there is $335,OO0 post
road and $135,000 forest service money
The combined federal, state ant
county money that will be made avail
able for good road purposes in Idah,
during the next two years is therefor.
So, 100000.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
LOOKS LIKE NEW DIsTkICT.
Creation of New Judicial District Now
Up to the Governor.

The tenth judicial district bill, Great.
ing a new district out of Nez Perce,
Idaho and Lewis counties was passed
by the senate last Saturday and having
passed the lower house some time ago
all that is now needed to make it law
and in force is the signature of the
governor. 1t is said by those who are
in position to be eonversant with condi'
tions. that Governor Alexander is
pretty apt to sign the same. just who
the new judge will be is a matter OF
speculation, there being three active
candidates, Wallace N. Scales, Frank
Fogg of Grangeville and Charles Nc
Donald of Lewiston. Uuon the signing
of the bill it is probable the governor
will name the judge.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
COURT TERM DRAWING TO CLOSE

District Court is nearing a close. the
term probably ending Saturday a mum.
Der OF cases have been disposed of since
our last publication day as follows:
F. G.. Painter, as administrator vs
j. w. Hockersmith, ct al. Suit on
note. Judgment entered for plaintiff
as prayed for and judgment against
Western Union Life Insurance Co.
Herbert Cook VS.. s. B. Wood. Suit
for injunction. Now on trial.
Levi A. Castle VS.. F. c. Remington.
ct al. Suit to quiet title. Decree as
prayed for.
Grangeville Savings & Trust Co.. ct al
VS.. Mike Correll, ct al. Foreclosure of
mortgage. Decree awarded.
>. II. Forsmann VS.. s. E. Trautman.
Suit for damages. Continued.
Cottonwood Highway District VS.. ].
b. Goeckner. Condemnation suit. Con-
tinued by agreement.
w. A. Grunewald VS.. Bank of Sites.
Suit for personal property, appealed
justice court. Defendant awarded DOS.
session of both animals in controversy
Ida May Butzien VS.. VIM. Butzien,
Suit for divorce. Divorce granted and
custody of minor children awarded
plaintiff.
B. Anderson VS.. A. Anderson. Suit
for divorce. Divorce granted, children
awarded plaintiff and certain property
set aside as his separate property.
Caddie l.. Randall VS.. Leonard c.
Randell. Suit for divorce. Divorce
granted and certain property set aside
to each of the parties in accordance
with written stipulation.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
HOME TALENT SHOW BIG SUCCESS

The entertainment and dance given
by the Sunnyside Social Club at the
Sunnyside school house last Friday
night, was one of the most enjoyable
affairs of that live community. The
school house was packed with people
and the crowd regretfully left for home
at two o-thirty in the morning. The play
given, "The Old Maids Convention, -
was first class and sparked with wit
and humor Following the play Ralph
Telcher as jokesmith, entertained the
people for a half hour. After this the
baskets were sold and then followed
dancing. Something like $75 was taken
in and after deducting the expenses OF
five dollars, the sum of seventy dollars
was left to assist in the payment of the
building of a cistern at the school, the
object of the entertainment.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
Ex-Gov. JOHN NJ HAINEs DYING
Legislature Adjourns In Sympathy
With His Condition.

Boise, Idaho, Feb 26.-John NJ.
Haines, ex-governor of this state, is
at death S door tonight and all hope
for his recovery has been given up. He
is suffering from complication of
diseases brought on by pneumonia, and
with a weak heart.
Mr.. Haines is member of the real
estate firm of W. E. Pierce & Co. and
is one of the pioneers of Boise and
Idaho. He first came into public
prominence when he was elected mayor
of Boise. Later he entered the guber-
material race as the republican candi-
date and was elected, serving for two
years. He was defeated for reelection
two years ago by the present chief
executive, Governor Moses Alexander.
Both branches of the legislature
took eognizance of what appears to be
his fatal illness today and authorized
committees to draft resolution ex-
pressing hopes for his recaver.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
G.. H. s. BAND.

One of the most commendable
features of the entertainment given at
the high school last week was the excel
lent music furnished throughout the
program by the high school band. The
music was greatly appreciated by the
audience and judging from a musical
STANDPOINT the present band is to be
classed as among the best that have
ever represented the. high school. A
great amount of credit is due Miss
Florence Erbs, who as director and band
leader has been responsible for the
superiority of the present band over
.nose Of the past few years. The band
ing
NJ! !G;ornets-Lois Brammer, Gay Eimers,
EI, wizard Heath, Ralph Kennedy and Neil
Enrsklne; Altos-Earl Manning and
Mack Gregg; Baritone-Robt. Burlin-
gMahe; Trombones-Norville johnson,
nomer Wm Campbell Willard Rush and
""alaee Oriddlebaugh; Clarinet-Paul
HtW; HHtswSod; Drums-Dugald Holsclaw and
Charles Hurley.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
LAST NUMBER OF LECTURE
COURSE.

The Fairchild Ladies' Quartet, the
last number of the lecture course, will
be given at the Odd Fellows hall, Mon
day night. This is a company of
talented young ladies and comes
highly recommended. The lovers of
music and high class entertainment will
find in this company talent of the ex-
ceptional kind. The program will con
sist of vocal and instrumental numbers.
Reserved seats ON sale at Glanville 3.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
ROAD BILL PASSED.

Word was received by this
office from Boise stating the road
bill carrying with it a million
dollars and of this sum $4,000
to go to the North and South
Highway construction, has passed
both houses and is now up to the
Governor who no doubt will sign
the same. This means we are
now in fair way to see the start
on the North and South road and
can rest assured it will be rapidly
rushed to completion.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
TOOK OVER PIANO STOCK.

stoai '' Maugg took over the piano
tb;s A OF the Kohler e. Chase agency
samo week and has now removed the
he v,;n 70 ms undertaking parlors where
f;,st i, Piaee it on sale. The stock is a
moi las: lass one in every particular, there
amon Deing stencilled or cheap piano
he I nr;T mem. He made such terms that
for la III pe able to make prices very low
'"ese very high class instruments.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
PALACE OF SWEETS MOVED.

The Palace of Sweets moved this
week from the original location in the
Parker block to the room formerly
occupied by the McGhie Trading Com
pany where modern place has been
fixed up and one that will compare
favorably with any in towns of similar
size in the Northwest. Forty people
can be served at one time besides the
fountain trade.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-01
WREN N-gkoWN.

WREN-gkowN.
onS SiaTk arr! ); Wren of Creigmyle, Alberta,
mO ,u MISS Pearl Brown of Kooskia were
atriea iaat e., at the home of Rev. H. J. Wood
ss f;ss. thursday evening, and left the
Cns Ss Oh this week for their home in
0@naua. Mr.. Wren is a native of
Wff.SGn' Of ion and for several years resident
Ca snis county, but is now rull-f -fledged
tho;an thiaulan citizen. The best wishes of
hr;1 tntif friends attend both him and his
''iue on their northern Journey.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-01

George Wilkins returned Friday night
from the Lewiston section where he
spent several days of last week in a
business way.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-01

was = Wasen, who ranches near Fem,
calIsd town Monday and while here
his az the Free Press office and had
MS name added to the list,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-01

H.. j. Barth, of Cottonwood, was in
town last Friday on business connected
with the district court.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-01

Mrs. VIVA. Yates was Lewiston pas
senger Friday night,
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31
GERMAN HAD
GREAT SEASON
Professional Trap shooter
Made Brilliant Record
During Past Year.

One Of our very best and biggest
trapshooters is Lester German. I,cS-
ter. be it known. halls from Aber-
deem. Nd, is a professional, and tips
the beam at about 30 pounds.
Before taking to trs pshuoting as n
business German was baseball
pitcher and twice twirled Memphis
into southern League pennants be-
fore the New York Giants pluckcd
him.
It was while with the GiantS-some
twenty years ago-that Lester left the
national pastime fiat on its back and
took to the trapgun. He has been even
more successful breaking targets than
he was hurling the baseball And II
you care to look up his baseball rec
ord you will admit that is saying a
great deal.
German has Travelled the Eastern
States year in and year out. shooting
at from 5000 to 1O.OOO targets yearly.
under all sorts OF conditions, and has
always averaged better than % per
cent BY reason Of his ability to
smash the targets he is better known
as Long Run" German. His best
feat was his run of S7e at the Westv
Hogans' shoot three years ago. In
this shoot. too. he broke 499N500 and
647 out of 650-all records
His shooting in 1917 has been up TO
his general <,-maybe a shade
better. He had Al runs over 50
straight, Of which number ~ were
better than IS straight, IL better than
100. 4 better than $50. and one better
than 1I5. His high run WAS lSo. Eight
Of these runs were unfinished.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31
ROSS, HOCKEY
STAR, WILL RETIRE

Montreal. Dec. SO.-Every sport has
its particular hero.
In hockey Arthur Ross, Of the
Montreal WandeRsrs. generally is
considered the greatest player Of
his day. Art Ross day has extend
ed over period OF many years
Recently word was received that
the great star was talking Of re-
tirlnE. II he does he will be show
ing better sense than did many
another veteran-by quitting the
game which has made himafamous
before he draws the inevitable
pink slip in his envelope. This
season he will manage the Wan
dcTers from the bench.
When Art Ross quits hockey the
winter game will lose THE great
est player 1t ever produced" That
battered title has been tossed about
a bit, conferred on first one and
then another. but when they have
all been ratified through the sitter
Ross stands out as the brainest,
most consistently brilliant player.
over a long period Of years. that
the game has ever known.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31
CRIMSON CREW
TO SAVE FUEL
Rowing Squads Abandon
Boathouse and Will
Train in Machines.

Cambridge. Mass, Dec. Solar
ward will not reopen the Newell
Boat House until spring, and can
didates for the freshman and in
formal crews, who are to report
for practice after the Christmas
holidays. will have to be content to
take instruction in the Locker
Building, there to remain until
spring makes the Charles naviga-
BILE.
This move is made from q sense
of patriotism and to save fuel To
keep the room, where the tank and
rowing machines are. warm an out
lay of q half ton of coal a day was
necessary. The machines are to be
dismantled. transported and set up
in the Locker Building. Coach
Haines will be IN charge of rowing.
and he will have the assistance of
Ed Brown and Jack Manning.
There is practically no chance
that a good upper-class crew can
be formed at Harvard this spring,
but the material for the freshman
eights looks promising. Powell NJ.
Cabot, Denison Hull and Chase
Mellen, three of the most promis-
ing Of the informal squad, left the
college this week for Yaphank. N.
Y, where they are to enter the
third Federal camp.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31
LEADERS In SPORTS
ARE ALL OPTIMISTIC

Optimism is the keynote struck by
leading men in the various branches
OF sport in discussing the outlook Of
1918,
1t Is satisfying. to say the least
that men who have made a particu-
lar study Of their own sports and the
conditions which confront them should
be practically as one in urging and
recommending that everything pos
sible be done to stimulate a wide and
general participation on track, field
and water
These expressions carry the more
weight in coming from such men as
John X. Tener. president Of the Ma
tional League; Julian S. Myrick, pres
ident OF the United States National
Lawn Tennis Association: Charles A.
Dean. president Of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union; Walter Camp, one of the
leaders in football; F. X. Sturgis, act
ing chairman OF the Jockey Club;
Howard +. Whitney. secretary of the
United States Golf Association, and
Charles Halsted Mapes. chairman of
the board of stewards of the Inter-
collegiate Rowing Association.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31
EXCITING SPORT FOR
NTERNED SOLDIERS

II you were an interned soldier IN
Switzerland. with nothing 70 DO but
watch the papers and see how your
comrades were getting on at the front
you had left not SO long. ago. what
would be the first thing you would
seek to relieve the monotony and
make you forget your own helpless
nessf q
Excitement, o. course!
And that's the reason why French,
Italian and German interned soldiers
have invented a brand new game on
the ice fields Of the Switzerland win
ter resorts.
They have combined the Scandi-
navian sport Of skiing with ice racing
and by attaching light harness to
the saddle Of the swift racing horses
are drawn along over the snow at
high speed.
Skiing itself Is no mollycoddle sport.
but tho way they practice 1t in the
Swiss Alps gives the expatriates all
the excitement they desire.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31
Won Belt After
Losing Bout to Well

New York. dec. 3O.-In his first ef-
fort to defeat Matt Wells for the
lightweight championship of Eng
land. Freddy Welsh was defeated in
1916. But in the following year Freddy
got another chance to try his luck
for the crown against Wells again and
he was successful So he became
the proud titleholder OF his class in
Johnny Bulls domain.
This goes to show how the brightest
boxer will improve over another and
win. IL he has the heart and clever
ness to go after his conqueror in a
gallant. fearless manner, and does not
believe in the foolish idea of one
ringster having the high sign" over
another. It is my judgment that no
man has tho high sign" on a dead
game fighter. who is out to win by
force and might.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31
MADE HIMSELF
GOOD mailman
Marin Plestina's Faithful
Training Placed Him
Among Topnotchers.

The story of Marin Plestina, a Slav
wrestler, of Chicago, is the story of
a man who found himself after many
trials and tribulations. 1t is a real
story of what sincere and painstaking
training will do.
When Plestina was around Chicago
several years ago he was nothing but
a fat, chubby kid. with a decidedly
red face that looked as IL IL might
burst at any moment under the strain,
OF one severe hold upon any portion
OF his anatomy. He could wrestle a
little, but he could not stay. He was
much too fat.
Weighing about 245 pounds and
sporting what Kid Mccoy calls a
'Budweiser tumor'' at the waistline,
Plestina was not an easy mark for
any Of them. But he had little en-
durance. Then he fell in with NAH
mout and that famous old Bulgarian
unburdened. himself of a few words
of wisdom for Plestina's benefit.
Plestina went out to Omaha and
placed himself in the hands of
Farmer" Burns. The latter II a
great taskmastar as a trainer, He
knows instantly when a man cheats
t+A WOAhs cO
cheat He had to train or be fired
out by Burns. In a year-it took
much time to remove the "tunor"
already mentioned-Plestina was a
vastly different man. He was q we'll
conditioned athlete.
Today Plestina weighs "a pounds,
every ounce of it is worth something
to him in an athletic way. The loss
OF more than thirty pounds Of fat
was Just what he needed. His friends
think he is a real champion ana
think he would have proved It re-
Gently In Omaha in his match with
Joe Stecher, but . Nebraska referee
spoiled 1t all.
Because Plestina wouldn't give
Stecher a hold, or something Of that
sort. the referee declared Stecher the
winner. 1t was q raw deal, one Of
the very rawest in a game noted for
such things. Plestina was standing
on his feet at the time and not even
one Of his shoulders had scraped the
mat
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31
C0RBETT TAUGHT JEFF.
Big Boilermaker Was Jim. Spar
ring Partner.


New York, Dec. 30-when Jim
Corbett was the brilliant, scientific
world heavyweight champion, he
never dreamed that the big, slow,
numbering husky boilermaker, Jim
Jeffries, would eventually develop
into q famous fighter and become
q great world beater.
In 1897 when Corbett was train
ing for his battle with Bob Fitz-
simmons at Carson City, New, he
took Jefr into his camp as one of
his sparring partners. and used him
TO great extent as a mere punch
ing bag in his daily work outs.
Previous to this Jeff had never
boxed such a skilled ringster as
Corbett. 1t is true, he had defeat
ed three third raters by his crude
slugging. but he knew very little
about the fine points of the game.
Corbett little thought when he
was bombarding Jeff to his hearts
content. and incidentally teaching
him . lot about the manly art, that
the young, powerful boilermaker
would In q couple OF years become
his master and knock him out, not
once. but twice, in his terrific, gruel-
ling style.
Neither did he imagine that JEFF
would fatten Fitz. after the latter
defeated him (Corbett) by his IA
nous solar pleAus punch. But such
ere fortunes of even fstic war
riors- Great champions have fire.
quently met defeat from the hands
of pupils who they have thought
were only third raters. Novices
have beaten their former masters,
not only in the ring. but In some
great war battles in the history of
the world.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31
jim DUE FOR NO-HIT
GAME AGAIN In 1921

Every year a president is inaugu-
rated Jim Vaughn kicks in with a
no-hit ball game. and il Jim isn't
driving truck or following a piow
in 1874 he will be due again.
Jim started on his no-hit career
May %. 1909, pitching for Macon
against Columbia and winning his
game to o. Only one man got on,
Jim issuing a pass.
-Four years later Jim again broke
into the no-hit column June %, 1913,
when he pitched for Kansas City.
banking Toledo to O.
But Jim's greatest no-hit game and
the hardest game he ever lost was
pitched against Cincinnati last May
>, when he pitched against Fred
Toney. For nine innings Cincinnati
did not get a hit, but neither did
Chicago. but Jim allowed a pair of
hits in the tenth and Toney breezed
through with a 1-to-0 victory.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31
CAMOUFLAGE NO
new WRINKLE
Baseball Magnates Feel at
Home, as They Have
Used 1t Many Years.

New York, Dec. 8.-Camoudase n
not a new wrinkle in baseball.
Ihe merry msgnstes have been us-
ing IL Tor a number Of years and
they are past masters in its use. -
Ihe most resent example Of DE
use or camoufiage by the noguls Was
the Alexander Killifer deal -,
when President Weeghnan. Of the
Cubs, announced the purchase Of ths
star Philly battery. he intinnated fhaf
the deal involved close to so. .Ooo IN
cold cash. in addition to two Cub
players. The hungry reporters grab
bed the bait and spread Il across
seven columns i'm papers throughput
the country as the biggest deal ever
thought of.
Later It developed that the actual
cash consideration did not amount 70
more than S0.1O0.
Why do the magnstes camounage
the facts in a big deal? The answer
is comparatively simple.
In the first place, the players m
volted rarely know the inside Of ths
deals by which they are bought or
traded And when a big deal Is made
the magnate boosts the cash consfd-
Grafton In the belief that 81 will ulaks
the player he has purchased a nnoch
bigger drawing card.
Should Cub fans say:
"Wecghman paid SS6.CsO for AIer-
ander." the Great Alex would natur-
ally be a bigger attraction at the
gate than II Cub fans knew that he
cost but $4,000 or SJlIp. Many a
fan would pay for q chance 70 ret
a good look at an SSO.OJ0 hall player.
The merry mags do not csmounaes
the prices they pay for players WITH
any thought OF doins harm. They
naturally want the deals they make
to LOOK as big as possible and they
figure the publicity worth the trouble
of camoufiaging to the extent OF S4.-
900 or 5000
Harry FTazee, who. H. q theatrical
man. Is well aware OF the value Of
publicity. probably camoUfia ged 70 the
extent Of 5000 when he closed the
deal with Connie Mack for the last
three stars of the old Athletic ma
chine. II Mack got more than so.
co. in that deal he I,ut something
over. in the opinion oi a majority OF
baseball men.
But the old camou1ace looks good
to the maEs. They like Il. and they
arc going TO stick to a.