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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30
Supreme Court Decision.

The state supreme court Saturday
denied the application of Evan Evans,
chairman, and members of the state
board of education for a writ of man
date directed against the state audi
tor and state treasurer to amend and
correct their books to carry Separate
account of the earnings of endowment
funds of state educational institutions,
so that they may be drawn upon for
use and benefit of these institutions,
thereby preventing the earnings of the
endowment funds from comingling
with the general fund.
State Auditor Van Dusen refused to
draw warrants upon these separate
funds as directed by the state board
of education.
This is a general allegation" said
Justice Morgan in stating the decision.
Justice Bulge took no part.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30
horticulture!
1fCzAW5 s
BEST SOIL FOR STRAWBERRY
Slight Deficiency of Moisture Supply
Seriously Affects Size and Quail
ity of Berries

(From the United States Department OF
Agriculture)
Growers of the Progressive and
Americas varieties of everbearing
strawberries agree that a more fertile
soil is required for them than for the
ordinary sorts. The berries Of both
of these varieties are rather small, and
fertile soil is needed to increase their
size. Another reason for their need
of a fertile soil is that all the ever
bearers require a larger supply of
moisture than do the sorts which pro-
duce only plants after the early-sum-
mer crop of fruit. A slight deficiency
In the moisture supply seriously af-
fects the size and quality Of the ber-
ries, but does not noticeably affect
plants producing runners only. A soil
classed as very fertile contains large
amount of humus, and one important
effect of q large humus supply Is to
increase the moisture-holding capacity
of the soil. Any soil, therefore, con-
tanning large amounts of humus, or to
which humus has been added by turn
ing under green-manure crops or by
the application of stable manure, will
be better able to supply sufficient mois-
ture, and one especially well supplied
with humus should be selected.
The Superb and other varieties hav-
ing similar characteristics, however,
should be grown on soil which is
rather low in nitrogen. In soils that
are too rich, varieties Of the Superb
type bear a good crop In the early
summer and then make rank growth
of leaves and runners throughout the
rest of the growing season, just as dc
the ordinary early-summer sorts. I'm
der such conditions little fruit will be
| secured In the summer and autumn.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30
Implements in War Time.

Going beneath wartime slogans,
such as Food will win the war;"
Fats will win the war;" and the like,
Kimball's Dairy Farmer declares that
all of them come to this:
Power will win the war. Man
power by the million on the battle
lines, and mechanical power to take
the place of human strength and horse
power, give the formula for the utter
crushing of the central governments.
when the war has ended history
will record, as it has always recorded,
that, in spite of difficulties, the farm
err accomplished all that was asked
of him.
"The reaping machine won the Civil
war for the north. In the future it will
be said that the tractor, the gasoline
engine, the automobile, the truck, the
cream separator, the manure spreader
modern barn equipment, the binder
the drill-labor-saving machinery, in
fact-did their share to defeat au
tocracy."
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30
TO ERADICATE INSECT PESTS
Thrifty Trees Are Much Less Subject
to Attack Than Those In Weak
ened Condition.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture
Unthrifty trees and vines and other
plants are thought to be more sub
ject to the attack of certain insects
than plants In healthy condition.
Weakened trees are frequently killed
by wood-boring insects which do not
attack trees growing vigorously. Such
trees sometimes can be saved by
prompt stimulation with a heterogeneous
fertilizer, as nitrate of soda, stable
manure, etc. This treatment, In con-
nection with severe pruning and ade-
quate cultivation, especially In the
case of stone fruits, often will result
In their marked Improvement.
Many fruit-insect pests which pass
part of their life in the soil, such as
the plum curcullo, cankerworms,
grape rootworm, ETC., can be materi-
ally reduced in numbers by thorough
cultivation, as is necessary in best or
chard practice. When these insects
are In the pupa stage In the soil they
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30
SUMMARY Of THE
WORLDS EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS OF BOTH HEMl'
SPHERES BOILED DOWN TO
LAST ANALYSIS.
ARRANGED FORQUlCK READING
Brief Notes Covering Happenings In
This Country and Abroad That
Are Of Legitimate Interest
to all the People.

Six airplanes dropped bombs on Con
stantinople recently.
American loans to foreign countries
now exceed $4,000, 100000.
An $4,000, 100000 army bill for 1919
20 is forecasted by Representative
Kahn of California.
The family of Nicholas Romanoff,
the former Russian emperor, is safe in
a Siberian monastery at Abalak.
Cabel orders from the Y. M. c. A.
Headquarters in France call for 1000
fountain pens to be shipped immedi-
ately.
over Ill cases and 33 suspected
cases of Asiatic cholera have been Of
ficially reported in ePtrograd this
week.
The municipality of Paris will Off
cially receive Herbert c. Hoover, the
American food administrator on Au-
gust 2.
In their offensive operations last
week the allied troops captured from
10000 to 10000 prisoners and several
hundred cannon.
The majority of the Americans Ia
ken prisoner by the Germans are quar-
tered in the Rhine cities of Darmstadt,
Karlsruhe and Giessen.
American engineers have been or
dered to proceed from Nagasaki to
Vladivostok to effect repairs to the
Chinese Eastern railway.
Compulsory insurance among the
shipyard workers was condemned re-
Gently by the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor in a
resolution.
At Duluth, Mimi, five hundred la
borers employed on the Allouez ore
docks of the Great Northern railroad
walked out Saturday. They want
more money.
The Ecorse plant in Michigan Sat
urday launched a 3500-tOn cargo car
rier that had been only Ia days in the
building. This is said to be new
record for this class of boat
The war department announces ina
the army still is in need of chaplalns
and it called for volunteers to take g
five weeks course of training at the
school for chaplains at Camp Zachary
Taylor, Kentucky.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30
HUN SUPPLY BASE
THEY LOSE FOREVER
ALLIED FORCES CROSS OURcQ
AND PENETRATE TOWN OF
FERE-EN-TARDENO
TANKS WORRY KAISER SLAVES
Airmen Flying Over Retresting Hordes
Drop Bombs-Pocket Is Growing
5maIIer-Now Thought Retreat
Will Continue-Not Rout.

The Franco-American troops, con-
tinuing their pressure on the Germans
in retreat from the Marine, have reach
ed and crossed the Ourcq river and
penetrated the town of Fere-en-Tarde-
nois, one of the great German supply
bases for the enemy troops inside the
Soissons-Rheims salient.
Violent Attacks by French.
Meantime on the center of the al
lied right wing, southwest of Rheims,
violent attacks by the French have
forced the enemy to give further
ground and enabled the French to cap
ture several towns of strategic value
and to draw off their front appreci-
ably nearer the high road which runs
northeastward from Dormans to
Rheims.
On the extreme wings of the grad
ually decreasing pocket-near scissors
and Rheims-the enemy, heavily re-
enforced, is holding tenaciously to his
ground, realizing that successes there
would result in a general crumbling
of his plans of defense and the locking
up of his entire armies inside the big
bag. In addition to the large number
of troops for reinforcement that have
been thrown on these two sectors the
German long range guns from the re-
gion north of Scissors and north and
northeast of Rheims are keeping both
wings of the salient under a heavy en-
filading fire.
Under the battering tactics of the
Americans and Frenchmen the Ger
man line on the south has been
driven back more than IL miles from
the point south of Chateau Thierry,
where the allied troops locked the
door to Paris against the enemy July
Is and themselves became the aggres-
sors in what has turned out to be one
of the greatest battles of the war.
Presages General Crossing.
The crossing of the Ourcq, even if
only by advanced elements of the
allied forces, presages a general
crossing later on. The French Off
| Cldl lluo Lar Jul luB Tic
battle have been remarkably conser-
vative in their estimates of the gains
that daily have been made, and it is in
dicated in unofficial dispatches that
allied troops are considerably in ad-
vance of the line as. announced Off
cially.
Where the Germans are in retreat
from the south the cavalry has been
brought into the fighting and numer-
GUS tanks and machine guns in proflt-
sion are everywhere marrying the en-
envy, whose losses are heavy. Mean
time airplanes are flying over the re-
treating Hun hordes, dropping bombs,
while the big allied guns from the
sides of the salient are keeping up
their intensive firing from all angles
into the densely congested area.
Retreat Not Yet Rout.
The retreat of the enemy has by
no means become rout.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30
CUTTING LIMBS FROM TREES
Work Should Be Done Close to and
Parallel With Parent Branch
Paint the Wound.

When limb is cut from tree the
parent branch or trunk tries to cover
the wound with a callus tissue. For
this reason all limbs and branches
should be cut off quite close to and
parallel with the parent branch I'm
medlately after removing a limb, and
until nature does her part, keep this
exposed surface painted with thick
linseed oil paint. If this is not done,
or If stub Of the branch is left, de-
cay will start In and gradually work
down into the tree, finally destroy
ing Ii.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30
DE PALMA WINS CHICAGO RACES
Establishes Two Worlds Records
Drives 20 Miles at Rate of
1851 Miles an Hour.

Chicago.-Ralph de Palma was the
principal performer in the program of
sprint automobile events held Sunday
on the Chicago speedway. In addition
to winning three of the four races
which we're decided before a heavy
rain stopped the meet the Brooklyn
driver established two new worlds
records in competition. He drove to
victory in the ten-mile race in 5:24 40,
lowering the former mark, 5:33: OIL held
by Dario Resta, and averaged 1924
miles an hour. In the 20-mile dash
De Palma easily won. his time being
1875 rs.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30

are very susceptible to injury. and
thorough cultivation causes many of
them to succumb.
In the course of thinning fruit, in
order to insure larger size and better
quality, much can be done to reduce
the numbers of certain insect pests, as
the codling moth and curculio, If the
infested fruit be searched for and re-
moved from the trees and promptly
destroyed by feeding hogs, or other
wise. Special care should also be
given to thinning to remove as far as
possible fruits showing blemishes of
various kinds. as from injury by
aphids, plant bugs, ETC., thus giving
the sound fruit a better chance.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30
GRAIN AND MILLING NEWS.

The Farmers Grain & Elevator Co.
is erecting a 50,000-bushel elevator at
Evan, Wash. 1t will contain so grain
bins.
The Caldwell Flour Mill Co. con-
templates erecting a 5O,000-bushel ele-
vator costing $4,000 at Meridian,
Idaho.
The Tri-State Terminal Warehouse
Co. has compelled 5O,OO0-bushel ele-
vator, costing $4,000 at Culdesac,
Idaho.
1t is estimated that the country be-
tween Waller and Conrad, Mont, will
harvest 100000 bushels of wheat.
The crop is largely spring seeding
and irrigated.
The Oneida Farmers union of Ma
lad City, Idaho, announces it will
build two flour mills at once one at
that town, 200 barrels, costing $685.
900, and the other at Holbrook, Idaho,
costing $4,000.
The Montana Equity Elevator Co.
has been organized for the purpose of
handling comparatively as much grain
as possible through the centralized
body. 1t is said the company has pur-
chased three of the best elevators in
the Gallatin valley, located at Boze-
man, Belgrade and Three Forks, the
Bozeman house having $4,000 bushels
capacity and that at Belgrade 1884,
900 bushels. The company is also
making overtures to owners of houses
at Harrison, Willow Creek and Ans
terdam, and it is reported that new
elevators will be built this season at
Salesville and Manhattan.
Grain Corporation to Buy Wheat.
The United States food administra-
ton, through the grain corporation,
is prepared to buy all the 1918 wheat
crop, according to a statement issued
| from Hoover's office. The admins
tration has also taken the necessary
steps to prevent profiteering in -four
and many millers making in excess OF
| the 25 cents barrel can release them
selves by selling sufficient flour at a
nominal price to offset the difference
1t has also been ruled that they can
not charge income or excess profits tax
to expense account. The lower house
of congress sustained the veto of the
president on the $2.40 wheat rider
in the agricultural appropriation bill
by a substantial vote. The bulletin
of the administration, concerning
wheat purchases, says:
Producers or dealers have the right
to bill cars of wheat direct to the
grain corporation at any of the prin
cipal primary markets at which il
maintains purchasing agencies. Wher
the wheat is unloaded in the eleva
tor and weight and grade returns are
made to the foodadministration graiI
corporation remittance will be made
on the basis of weight and grades 81
reported, and on the basis of the gov
eminent price, less per cent, admin
istration charge for the service.
The basic price wheats are No.
Northern spring, hard winter, red win
ter, durum and hard white. The No.
: dark hard winter, dark Northern
spring and amber durum are at 2-cen
premium, while the No. 1 yellow har'
winter, red spring, red walla, red du
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30
NOTED PERSONS DIE

New York.-Alexander w. (Sandy)
Dingwall widely known theatrical
man.
Havana.-Dr. Rafael Blanco Vel,
Chilean minister to Cuba. He was II
years old.
New Haven, Conn.-Dr John DUR
Irving, professor of economic geology
at Yale, and an authority on ore de-
posits.
Babylon, N. Y.-Ciustav Kobbe, wide
ly known author and critic of music
and the drama, killed when a naval
seaplane, swooping down to the sur
face of Great South bay, struck small
boat in which Mn Kobbe was sitting.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Frank G. Bennett and Lewis j. Ben
nett. sons of Mrs. Mary +. Bennett, at
Athol, are enlisted in the navy.
w. S. Shearer. prominent orchardist
and farmer of the Lewiston and Tam
many districts, states that the recent
rains saved the bean crop. Mr. Shear
err has TAI acres in beans in the Tam
many region.
A deal was completed recently
whereby w. M. Evans acquired posses
sion of the Peter II. Peters farm,
southeast of Kendrick, containing 202
acres. The place is moderately well
improved and has lilo acres in cult
walton. The consideration was $11, $50.
The recent heavy rain did much
good through the northern part of the
state, not only in extinguishing the
forest fires in the timber districts, but
also in increasing the potato and wild
hay crops. 1t was also of considerable
benefit to the late grain, which had
been suffering considerably from the
dry weather.
Forty young men of the 1918 regis
tration were called at Grangeville for
examination recently and of that num-
Der only three failed to meet the ar
my's physical requirements. 1t is ex-
pected that the August draft calls will
deplete the ranks of class 1 men in
Idaho county and unless a reclassifi-
cation is ordered men in class ex-
pect~to be called in October or No
yember
The state board of land commission
ers has decided to make an investiga.
ton into the recent state land sale al
Rexburg. The certificates and the
money paid on the lands are being
held pending this probe. 1t is alleged
that, as a result of the collision be
tween the bidders, competition at this
sale was largely eliminated, and the
state may have lost $4,000. The
board will determine on August
whether the sale should be approved.
Pursuant to the call of the women's
committee of the national defens,
council for nurses and candidates TO
training schools to take the place o
the nurses already serving in civilian
hospitals, enrolments were carried OF
at Lewiston August IL. Candidates
must be between teh ages of 10 an,
35. The accepted candidates will b,
asked to bear their travelling expenses
to the school. They are furnishe,
board room and laundry, and in mos
of the schools a small sum of none
is paid each student nurse.
T. S. Ward, of the Alexander con
pany, who was at Eweetwater inves
tigating the burning of the grain ware
house there Recently, states that tn
bags and grain were not fully cover
ed by insurance and that a loss @
approximately $4,000 has been su:
tanned. The warehouse company be
longed to the Alexander company, an
contained their entire bag supply 70
Sweetwater amounting to 10000 bag
The Pacific Grain company also ha
bags in the warehouse to the amour
of 10000. In addition to the bags,
carload of barley and 400 sacks of ne'
wheat were burned. The view is hel
that the fire was the work of an il
cendiary.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30
Picnic at a."

Fully 1000 persons attended the
farmers day picnic at the University
of Idaho Saturday. At one time 1913
automobiles and 30 buggies and car
riages were counted on the univer-
sity grounds and there were hundreds
who came by train or left their con-
veyances down town. The visitors
were shown the agricultural college
farm. grounds. barns, garden and ex-
perimental plats.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30
MARKET AT SPOKANE.

The general situation is character
lied by the necessity of increased
adaptation each week to big war re-
quirements. Nevertheless the national
economy seems to be on sound basis
and, in the aggregate, a high degree
of commercial activity and prosperity
prevails. Various branches of bust
ness are passing quietly under govern
ment control and the price-fxing and
commodity-controlling area is being
constantly enlarged. There is a rapid
development of American shipping and
greater production in war industries
with a shortage of workers.
The outlook for crops is, in general,
highly reassuring. The nations wheat
yield promises to be very good and
the corn crop the largest in 8 years
Wheat in the Inland Empire is show
ing up somewhat better than pessi
mistic predictions of few weeks ago
but the crop is short, probably about
the same as last year.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30
Excursion Steamer Sunk.

Chicago.-More than 100 persons
were saved from death Sunday when
small excursion steamer, the Mary
Ann, struck a pier and Immediately
sank in Is feet of water. A panic fol
lowed the crash and several persons
were injured, but not seriously. 1t is
believed that all aboard the boat have
been accounted for.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30
DEMPSEY Knocks Out Fulton.

Harrison Park, n. Jack Dempsey
of Salt Lake City knocked out Fred
Fulton, claimant of the heavyweight
championship, with a right hook to
the Jaw in the first round here Sat
urday night.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30
Huns Seeing Things"

A Hamburg special says: more than
20 large submarines are now operat-
ing off the American coast. The num-
Der of submarines in the Atlantic has
been increased by 80 per cent in the
last seven months"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-30

and comparatively high prices due to
untoward weather conditions in some
items.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Apples-The movement of new crop
continues light and quotations are un-
changed at $2G2.50. The eastern bar
relied crop promises to be heavier than
last year, but the western boxed pro-
duction will probably show a slump
of about Is per cent Offerings are
increasing at Chicago, with opening
prices steady.
Melons-Cantaloup are unchanged
at S4d5 and watermelons at 315c.
A firm tendency in watermelons is
expected from the fact that the north
ern California crop is short and local
production is of course negligible.
Other Fruits-Apricots were short
this year and season is drawing to a
close with prices higher. Currants,
red raspberries, blackberries, black
caps and peaches are advanced. Lem
ons, grapefruit and plums have de-
clined. There is a wider range on
Valencies and cherries are nearly
gone.
Potatoes-Supplies are very scarce
and prices are up soc to $4.25. Old
spuds are gone. A few new potatoes
are coming from Kennewick and Yak
imas expect to be on the market in
about 10 days. But for the present we
are still obliged to draw principally
on California, which is endeavoring
to supply an exceptional demand from
various sources and is practically
wiped out. Advances here have sim
ply followed the California market
There are no offerings of locals yet
they are believed to be short, though
rains of this week may have helped
some.
Other egetables-Carrots and Cali
fornia onions are higher. Tomatoes
more plentiful and declined. Other
vegetables fairly seasonable and un
changed.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Wheat-The market is now on the
new crop basis, opening at Spokane
and inland points at S2.O9 for hare
white, $z.07 for soft white, S205 fol
white club and $500 for red Walla
which figures are from - to lac above
INC ClOolu6 OAO NAOP pAASOo- iie'A 'Soe
ing is under full sway all over thu
Inland Empire section. Reports in
dictate smaller crop than in forme
years, though it may not, in the aggre
gate, fall below 1917, and the qualit,
is somewhat better than last year
with prices higher as noted. For tn
nation as a whole, there has been n,
change in the previous estimate o
about S9O,0OO,O00 bushels-a good cror
New wheat is already moving to tide
water, with the mills the principa
buyers as yet.
Flour-Patents are nominally III
changed at $40, but prices on neN
wheat basis will be announced as 500
as mills generally resume grinding.
is believed substitute regulations Wi
remain in force.
Feed-The market continues i
rather a waiting attitude, especial
on millfeed, supplies of which ar
practically non-existent. Prices ar
without material change, with oats an
barley firm to strong under advers
crop conditions.