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The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23
Farmers Organize
Local Home Guards
Initial Steps Taken Toward Forma
tion of Community Companies
Sheriff Approves.

The farmers of Twin Falls county
are preparing to organize to protect
the bitches and bridges throughout the
county. number have come to Sher-
iff Kendall about the matter and 1t IS
proposed to hold a meeting at the
sheriff's office in short time and go
over the situation. Sheriff Kendall
saws that he heartily approves of the
idea. He has a fine system of depu-
ties ramifying throughout the county
There are local home guard companies
in the several towns, most OF whom
drill regularly and the formation oil
the farmers into community home
guard military organizations Will
complete the organization of the coun-
ty. Although a body drills in Twin
Falls every evening, the attendance
here is smaller than in other mu-
inequalities. Further steps will be
taken within a few days.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23
RAZOR SLIPS, BUT HE
DIDN'T CUT HIS FACE
(InternatiinaI News Service)

NEW YORK, Aug. 21-The clerk at
one of the big hotels here wondered
what the trouble was when a tall
Scot from Australia, who was stop
ping at the hotel, told him that he
wanted some court plaster because
his razor had slipped and ripped his
skin.
The Scots face was free of blemish.
"Oh," explained the Scot, 81 was
shaving and cut my knee"
81 never knew 1t could be pulled
that high" said the clerk.
You're wong" replied the visitor.
II was invited to Caledonian party,
and, desiring to wear my dress kits,
was shaving my knees, as / always
do when l attend such functions"
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23

The above notice, similar TO the
Butte lynchers notice, pasted on plac-
es of business which had not been ev-
EN- mentioned as being identified with
any sympathy for Germany, or for
any leaning toward syndicalism, Great
ed a great deal of comment this morn
ing and led to complaint to the Of
flee of Sheriff Frank M. Kendall by
Reuben II. Whitaker, proprietor of the
Square Deal second hand store, on
the window of which one of the no
tices had been pasted. Mr. Whitaker
stated to a Times reporter that he did
not believe that the warning was in
tended for him. He said that he had
never expressed any sentiments which
would warrant anyone in assuming
that he was guilty of anything men
toned on the typewritten paper He
said thai he was not a member of the
Sooiailst local and that he felt no
body could charge him with the thing
referred to. He said that at first he
thought that the circular was intend
ed for another place of business, but
later thought it might have been in
tended for some of the men who oc-
cassionally occupied the vacant
benches in front of his place of bust
ness. This impression was strength
ened when he learned that a similar
notice had been pasted on the win
dows of Macauley brothers, who had
not been accused of pro-German SYM
| pathies and who had been especially
active in the Red Cross campaign.
Men stood in front of the Macauley
store, as they sat in front of his store
and some of them might have talked
sedition in both cases. He thought
the warning was meant for such.
Il want to say that if there is sucf
organization as that indicated by the
figures '3-7-77' in existence I do no
know of it," said Sheriff Frank NJ
Kendall today, land if l do find tha
such organization is in existence TO
the purpose of violating law I shall
prosecute its members just as strongl.
as l would the members of the 1. w. w
or of pro-German organization. l an
here to enforce the law. We can TAX
care of the situation in this count
without mob violence, and l propos
to see that there is no mob violenc
used. There is no excuse for that sor
of thing here. We have an excellen
, | organization of deputies and there ar
home guard companies in the towns
while the country is starting to Oh
ganize community home guards. An
effort to violate the law by either
= w. W. or German sympathizers can
: promptly crushed by legal means, an
will be crushed without resort to mo
: violence. / expect to see that the la
is enforced without fear or favor"
In the opinion of the sheriff there
no organization here behind til
: "3-7-77" notice, which is similar to til
; notice pinned on the body of the 1.
: w. lynched at Butte. He eXpresse
! the opinion that it was done either 6
joke, or to create sensation, o
possibly, that it may have been put u
by some individual who was oppose
= to the elements warned and wanted
scare them. He said, however, tn;
he would investigate.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23
RIG sPUD MEETING HELD
BEANS AND CLOVER NEXT

One hundred and forty-0ne potato
prewers met last night In the Parish
hall to prepare for marketing .sspuds.
in accordance with the constitution OF
the new buying and selling associa-
tion. The meeting was very entnus-
iastic. A committee composed OF e.
]. Malone, A. C. rutherford and +. u;
Brown was appointed to take care OF
~sae negotiations The bean men meet
tonight and the clover men tomorrow
night Sugar organizations OF Utan
meet Saturday in the state house al
SaH Lake City and there Is talk OF
sending delegates from the farm ou-
reau auxiliary to attend.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23
Borah Takes Up
Spud Storage Idea
Replies to Telegram of Commercial
Club Promising It's Consideration.
VIII Submit Plans.

In response to a telegram from the
Twin Falls Commercial club urging
consideration of the proposition to
take over the potato crop and store it
at points of consumption, Senator
Borah replied as follows:
August IT, 1917.
Gentlemen:
1 have just received your telegram
with reference to the administration
taking over the potato crop and stor-
ing it at points of consumption. / am
taking the matter up with the food ad-
ministration and submitting the mat
ter to them. 1 shall be glad to inform
you if there is any feasible plan work
ed out by the administration.
Very respectfully,
VIM. E. BORAH.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23
DARING HOLDUP YESTERDAY
ON RAY BEAM WHO LIVES
NEAR MAROA
Hands and Feet Tied
By Criminal
Cries of Boy Bring Neighbors-
Suspect Found in D it C h
Young Man Little The Worse
From Awful Experience.

Found bound by his suspenders in
q nool Of water in field near his home
Yesterday afternoon. Ray Beam, the
seventeen year old brother Of w. j.
Beam of Maroa, was rescued to tell a
story of a desperate holdup, assault
and battery and attempted murder,
which he alleged had been committed
by a man he later claimed to Identity
and who gave the name of James Mil
Ter. The home guard company at
Filler was notified and found Miller in
ditch some distance away.
The Young man said that he was
sitting on a bank to rest when on his
way home from Filler, when the man
whom he asserts was Miller came up
and held him up with a gun, taxing
500 from his pocket. He says that
Miller then committed assault and
battery on him, knocked him down
with the gun, tore off his suspenders
and tied his feet with them. He says
that Miller then took belt from his
own pocket to tie the hands of his VIC
tim after which he threw him into the
water. The boy struggled to get ou'
but was unable TO do so.
James Stees on whose place the
crime was committed, heard cries anc
came to the relief of Bean. The water
was three feet deep at the place bu
was much deeper in the middle o
the pool, which was fifty feet ions
and almost as wide.
An alarm was given and the Filei
Home Guard came out In force
once A search was Instituted and
man answering the description glvei
4 nv Young Beam was found lying in
ditch, a quarter of a mile away, by A
Wood. Rily Conant and Lester Ard
The crime was committed about
o'clock and the man found at 4 O'Clock
There was no gun on his person, Du
one was found hidden in the ditcl
nearby. The sheriff'B office was no
titled and Deputy Sheriffs Lee vii
liams and John M. Beck, went out
once
The gun and the prisoner wer
Nurned over by the members OF TN
company. The boy was asked 10 des
cribe the gun with which he had pee
held up and the description ritted IN
gun found in the ditch.
Sheriff Kendall and Prosecuting AT
torney F. l.. Stephan also visited th
scene. Miller denied all knowledge
the affair He said that he was
German descent, thirty-five years
age. That he was born in Buffal'
Minnesota. where his parents stl
live. He declared that he recentl
worked at Payette from which plao
he went to Boise, Bliss and Goodlni
coming here Sunday in an auto, VIII
a man who picked him up on the roa'
An amount of money exceeding III
sum taken from Bean was found o
the person of Miller but identificatlo
of this has not yet been attempted
Sheriff Kendall says that the a.
tivity, zeal and discipline of the F1i'
home guard is worthy of all prals
and that it due to this that the SUI
pect now in custody was so proper
fakan
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23
COURT CALLS CAFE LIFE
SAFE IF WIFE Is ALONG
international News Service)


NEW YORK, Aug. 21-Surrogate
Cohalan has just ruled man who
spends all his evenings in "White
Light" district restaurants and other
places of joy is fit persons to Drlng
up his own child, provided he takes
his wife on his meanderings ABOUT
Broadway. ,
zone hundred thousand families in
this city are living just that way,
declared the court in denying the con-
NSention of three-year-old Dorothy
Charlotte Kirschner's suit that she
should have the child instead OF the
father, DIR. Bruce w. Kirschner, den
tist. The aunt got the child when
the latter's mother died. Then Dr
Kirschner married again, and he and
the new Mrs. Kirschner admit they
like Broadway very much, but they
also say they want to have the child
in their home
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23
CONSTRUCTION WORK
STOPPED AT PALO ALTO

WASHINGTON, Aug 23-Construc-
ton work ON the national guard camp
at Palo Alto, Cal, was ordered sus-
pended by the war department We'd
nesday as a result of the insistence of
local health authorities that sewers be
installed in the camp
Army officers regard this as an un-
necessary expense for temporary
camp, and it was said the site may
he abandoned If the health authorities
continue to require sewers.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23
Northwest Division
to Charlotte, N. G.
international News Service

IIUINTUdTIOndI -NCWS OCTVlOVJ
WASHINGTON, Aug 23.-
Guardsmen from Ohio. Washing
ton, Wyoming, Oregon and Mon
tana viii form the third division to
be sent to France The north
west contingent will camp at
Charlotte, North Carolina, instead
of Palo Alto. The troops will
form the Forty-first Division un-
der General Liggett.
probably "Ohio" in dispatch should
have been "Idaho.D
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23
WENT 1900 MILES ERE
ACCEPTANCE FOR ARMY
international News Service)

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 23-Albert E.
Glass, twenty-three, of New Kensing-
ton, near here, had to travel 1900
miles and visit eight cities before he
could become a soldier. He was ac-
cepted for the army in Milwaukee af-
ter being rejected in the recruiting
stations in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia,
New York, Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland
and Chicago. The young man spent
two weeks in his travels
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23
METHODISTs CONSIDER
BIG PENSION FUND
Nnternational News Servicel

international News Service)
CHICAGO, Aug. Bishop Charles
Bayard Mitchell presided today at the
opening of a three days convention
of conference and board representa-
tives of the Methodist Episcopal
church which will consider proposed
S5,000,0Oo endowment fund for the
support of retired Methodist minis
terS.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23
DETECTIVES GUARD
AMBASSADOR GERARD
international News service)


CHICAGO, Aug. 23-Detectives are
guarding former Ambassador Gerard
at the Blackstone hotel, following a
flood of threatening letters. Mr.. Ge-
rard says that the letters do not wor-
ry him in the least and will not stop
him from going to Milwaukee today.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23

CHICAGO, Aug. 23-The inflated hog
market collapsed late today, declining
81 under the price of Tuesday. 1t
now runs from SIT to SIS. (The above
report was received since taking the
above local quotation.-Times)
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23
WARNING STIRS
PE0PLEOF THE
CITY this P. M.
NOTICES TO SEVERAL SEDL
TIOUS PASTED ON WIN
DOWs OF STORES
Signed Like the Butte,
Montana, Warning

Sheriff Kendall Says No Organiza-
tion Exists in His Opinion but
Will Prosecute Any Trying Mob
Violence.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23
WARNING!

To All German Sympathizers,
l. W. W., Socialists, Anarchists
generally. We know you all.
We know justwhat you have
said. Better play the disap-
pearing act and save your
worthless hides.
3-7-77.
L. S.-We have also got more
NiggerS than we want
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23

ZURICH, Aug. 29.-That Germany
speaking for herself and her allies will
reply to the note of Pope Benedict XIV
supporting the proposals is practical
ly certain. Whether such endorse
ment will be general in nature, like
former German peace suggestions, or
whether they will be specific is not
known. Chancellor Michaelis is con-
ferring with all the party leaders on
the proposals and regarding domestic
reforms. The German press is none
too sanguine about quick results. 1t
is significant that the Berlin papers
are growing serious regarding the en-
trance of America into the war.
LONDON, Aug. 23.-Lens is still the
chief center of activity today. The
British have made important gains to
the southwest of the city. German
raiders made dashes at two points
and were repulsed. The Socialist
conference at Stockholm, planned for
September 8, has been postponed, it is
thought because of the failure of many
! of the delegates to get passports
PARIS, Aug 23.=French airmen
made another drive today, lombard
ing the stations of Colmaria and
Schelsted behind the French front.
The French have captured S400 pris-
oners before Verdun since August l.
British airmen today attacked the
German submarine base at Zeebrugge
ROME. Aug. 23-The capture of 16,
900 Austrian prisoners since the be-
ginning of the last Italian offensive
was officially announced today. The
Italians gained more ground today or
the Carso plateau.
AMERICAN PORT, Aug. 23.-Th,
German raider Seeadler went dowI
fighting an English warship, accord
ing to report brought here today b.
the of R1itich tna11nn,
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23

AMERICAN PORT, Aug. 23.-The
German raider Seeadler went down
fighting an English warship. accord
ing to a report brought here today by
the crew of British steamer
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23

Let n Classified Ad Tell The
News of Your Business.
Telling Is Selling
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-23
FARM BUREAU REPORTS

Twin Falls Market
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-18
Virginia Products !.
Worth 355 Million
paluc Of States agriculture
Has Nearly Trcbled
Since 1910.

In testimony of the loE. strides Nir-
S'nia has made along agricultural lines
within III" last i"w Years. figures sub.
united yesterday 10y Commissioner al
NcrivulturC GcorS" W. koincr to ,hu
state Board Of Agriculture show that
tho total value 81 hcr farm crops and
1--we stock has nearly tr"hlcd since III.
year 1900. seventeen years ago their
market value WAS Si3l.""o."00. Crops
and liN" stock on Virginia farms las,
year were worth S%a5.Go0. 600
The potato crop shows tho Iouccs,
jump in value. In 1914 this crop WAS
given Il total acreage in Virginia of
ll2."l". with markc; value S5soI oo0
Tw" years later there w~rc I25unn
acres. which produced an output worth
S22'""o."'". Mex, To these. tn" apple
crop shows tho greatest gain. iunpin.:
IN raiu" from $1,000, zoe in 1910 tn $40
""".""n i'll 1916. Tho value Of poultry
and poultry products has risen from
SG."o"."on I" $4,000. 400 during tho las
sixteen Years
Tho state Board uC Ncrirul,urc
which mot here yesterday for tho first
time this year. made M tho budget Tor
l?l'. making all necessary :ppropria
t"nS asked hy Mr.. K"iucr for carry
ing on tho work "f tho department dur
inc tho current year. y" imp"rtant
departures were made from tho plans
Of former years. From this time on
tho monthly huil"ttn ot the department.
which was discontinued for a short
time because Of q lack Of funds vtI,
hc published as usual
Every member "f tho board except
President i. - EEElcston. or the Vir-
Einia Polytechnic Institute. who is ,n
cN "t'icio member. was present YES
,crday Th"s" n; the meeting wcrr \
j. McMath. onlcy: Frank LINDSAY.
Portsmouth: j s. Taylor Reach: Il. NJ
Williams. 'r"w": Hcrkley u. adams.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-18
HENRY LEE stage HELD
IN AKRON FOR MURDER
Itirhmord Nnn thnrGrd with ~hootinG
superintendent Of rlnnt In
Which lie Worked.

llcrry Ice stays, of u? Nicholson
street. Fulton is under grrcst m
Akron. ohio, charged Win shooting to
death John Nichols. az ilardl"y IA.
superintendent Of "a construction com
pany for which stage Worried. and
seriously woumdnG Joseph Miller.
d" believed 10 l." fatally wounded Mrs.
stage is in state of collapse - tn"
result OF tho tragedy. She in the
home 81 Mrs j u. Martin. -" Nichol-
son street. under the care % - phyStojau.
According 20 yesterday. reports
from Akrou. Starr ana hi. super .nteu-
dent had AN argument on Tuesday. tn"
result OF which WAS mat stage. WHO is
a structural steel WorEc.. demanded
his PAY. II appears that Nichols re
fused !" give Stage his pay at tina,
;ine. stating tina; il would to" .;iven
a, the regular payday STAGE IS said
I" have pulled OUT revolver and sAoc
Nichols. When Miller came to tn.
aid "f Nichols. h. IN turn was shot by
stage. Employees who heard th" ehotS
found tn. tw" injured men iy4ag upon
thc oi!ic- floor
stage is better known .n firhrlnnd
a. "turlcy" Stagr lie WORKED at City
i'"int and honeywell and several ,yccl.e
ago went 10 West Virginia. ana thence
I" ohio. Ills wife and ,wo small chill
drcn remained az homo. rcc"ivlnE a
part Of his pay each month Stage has
been ARA .gncd before IudE" Vaughan.
"f Akron. and ordered hold for trial
for murder.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-18
TO LECTURE ON COOKING
"'Ss NhnPiriSh. 81 tniumhi. Inixor
''t'' WIN Give Demonstrations
ut !. W. I. g.

Miss Shapieig ign. o. Columbia Univer-
SHY. noted demonstrates: of r,rc,
cookery. is coming to teach i;icbnord
housewives something Of Tho cr,Iin,rv
arr. Sh" comes Under Tho uusni,,.
OF IN" educational dcpaitineu; uf ,ho
!. W. e. ~. and her lectures viii he
given IN the association buiidinr
MISS Shhpleigh VIII deliver s.yo,
lectures on January 50 ana February
ana :. two III the afternoon. ,hroc
~ the morning and two at niyht :;
Teachers college. Columbia l'uivnr
sity. Miss Shap!eigh is Instructor of
the history Of cookery and .!cfnons,r,
tor OF fancy cookery
The following have been appoin,cJ
c"mm!ttc" To make Miss shan.
lcighs lectures known aud aynil,hIc
To Richmond women: Mrs. Eich,rd
Alvey. Mrs 7. Crawford Kcdd. AIRS
rcnick Shclt"n. Mrs. {. Wir, whiin
Mrs. Howard Bayley. Mrs - II l-rncr
Mrs. Edward Byrd McGcursc Mrs
George Pcndleton Smith. Mrs. nurn,tt
Lewis. Mrs. Thomas t. BRYAN. Mrs
Thomas scott and Misses Keith S,-
Vile. Jessie Hazard, Mary stree, ami
Gertrude Lewis.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-18
GOVERNOR INVITED
StUnrt Asked To Tnkr Part In Common
"rntiNc Event at John Mar
shalt House.

~ member Of the advisory board
OF the Association for the prescrya-
Ton OF Virginia Antiquities Cover
nor stuart has been invited by Mrs.
Henry Taylor. In. chairman Of the
John Marshall House committee. to
take part in welcoming the judiciary
81 the city 10 the hufic, luncheon
which viii be given them at The old
Marshall home on the cvrnin. OF Feb
ru'try - IN COMMUNICATION Of the in
auction Of Marshall into Office in 1851
as 'hift Justice Of tho United States
supreme Court. Secretary Forward re-
piied I" The invitation. which will be
laid before the Governor on his re-
turn I" the city.
rue '"rnmemoraiion "f this occasion
oE the association will become AN an
hn"l event, to Dc cclni,rntcd in SUCH
manner as the committee in ,h,r.,
may decide. Invitations to tn, lunch :
con on February > viii 20 To mo
JUDGES OF courts in this city, 10 mem.
hcrs Of the state Corporation Commits
son ana t" tho judges "C The I.nit.d
states circuit Court of Appeals which
VII convene her" On February 8. The
ADVISORY board Of the lSso,iatinn wi,l
act as hosts ''
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-18
WEDNESDAY CLUB TO GIVE
MIDWiNTER CONCERT
VII Rcndcr linmdrIs "Nc>.inI." at cit,
AUDITORIUM With Philharmonic
Orchestra To- Wight

~ p"r' OF 1t" campaign !" advAnc"
~" cause OF music in Eichmoud. tho
'"h"Sday club viii give Il midv in.
yer concert to-uich, in ;hr city Audi
'or1"m' llandclN Messiah" WIN u"
sung IT had been hoped I" give the
"r"'orio at date nearer Christmas.
hnt II was found to II" IMPOSSIBLE To
make tho desired pr"parations
IN" chorus or tn. club hs4 hc.,, 70
h"arSinG tn" work for SOM. ti,uc ,nd
Is confidently expected that ~ hichl,,
Trcr't"hic performances viii bc given.
pircrtor w. Henry Eakcr win have
charge OF III" work wl,ich viii II.
SNon with tn s>sis'nrr" of ;hc rich
mona philharmonic orchestra. al which
MT, Eaker is also director.
For tho solo parts. the man:,.,.n,c,,
~ the cum mas secured the services Of
,p"r OF me b"St-Known Of Eichmond's
N'hcerS--MrS Frances West Hri,.h.rtI,
Soprano; Mrs Tnomns Whi,tct con.
,raiio; JOSEPH Wnittcmorc. tenor una
Howard u Bryant. baritone
while the concert is fro, ,,,,,
'ance Will he ny ticket only.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-18
Richmond Is Long
on E[bow Room
Latest Census Figures Sho,o
Density Of Only Ten
TO /fcrc.

With - population nf l55,CoO aud an
:'"r".'Ec within the city limits Of it.5s2.
iich'n"nh shows AN average density Of
ton persons I" the acre. according to
figures based ON the latest United
states census estimates AS counparcol
With other American cities of between
100000 ami 100000 population. I;irh-
m"nd is rather thinly settled.
"ii"hm"n'i * TO he congratulated
on its showing as revealed in the
figures. said William T. pahucy.
business manager of tho Chamber "f
commerce. ''rhe population is not con
SrS,"d. AMI neither are there great
The pc"pl" have room /" breathe and
for residences and for business and
manufacturing establishments. Tn"
city - in y healthy condition in regard
!" III" distribution Of its population =
OF all tho cities in tho class in
Guided III the iabula;ion Of tho Cham
h"r of Commerce. Kansas city. NJ" e.
covers the greatest area 37.55S acres.
In that space its PSI. 80. inhabitan. 3
are distributed At the rate Of eight
t" the acre. Al the other extreme in
area is Cambridge. Mass which has
only i.olt acres for its ilo.6S5 inhahi-
tan'S. rat" Of twcnty-Scvcn to tho
acre. Jersey city. y. j.. has the
greatest density. an aNcraG" "f
ihirtN-hNc To the acre. it's "?3. iC3 ina
nabitantS being packed into $50
acres. With Il population "f nearly
twice that Of Richmond. jersey city
has slightly more than half its area.