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Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26

Since early in 1919 there has been
a steady increase each month in the
federal aid business in the bureau of
public roads of the United States de.
partment of agriculture States in
all sections of the country are fill
ing their projects and receiving allot.
ments. The road building era is in
full swing, and ii would seem that
the end is not yet. All indications
point to greater records in the
months Immediately to come
Based on complete reports from A
OF the states cash expenditures on
the rural roads and bridges of the
United States for the calendar year
1918 amounted to S2S6,09S,l93 To
this should be added the value of
statute and convict labor, which can
not be fixed with any great degree
of accuracy. but probably amounted
to no less than $l4 1900 900, this MAX
ing the grand total expenditures for
the year 100000, 900. This total is
made up of the actual expenditures
for such items as labor, materials,
supervision and administration di-
rectly connected with the construc-
tion. Improvement and upkeep Of
public roads and bridges outside the
limits of incorporated towns and
cities, and does not include any item
for sinking fund payments or re-
demption and interest on road and
bridge bonds.
The year 1918 offered an unprece-
denied condition in practically all
lines of highway work. There was
not only a tremendous increase and
expansion in the amount OF heavy
truck traffic on public roads and an
unprecedented shortage in regard to
road materials, labor, and ready
funds, but also decided increase In
maintenance work, which was, how
ever. partially offset by a decrease
in the amount of new construction.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26
MARKET REPORT
Chicago.

Cnlca9o.
Corn-No. 2 mixed, s1.456l.461s
No. elbow, s1.45& @147l2. Oats
No. white, 6712 669c; No. 3 white.
65@6712c. Rye-No. 2, s1.43. Barley.
I.1SQ 1872. Timothy, nominal. Glover
nominal. Pork, nominal. Lard, $24$.95.
Ribs, 5000.
Butter, unchanged. Eggs, unchanged
Receipts 1896 cases.
Hogs Strong with yesterdays av.
erage. Heavy. $16.25@17.65; medium,
Sl6.5Ud Is: light, S16.75@1S: light
light, sl641 heavy packing sows,
smooth, $15.25@16; packing sows,
rough, $145o@15,25; pigs, s15.25@
1915.
Cattle-Weak. Beef steers, medium
and heavy weight choice and prime,
$1550@17.5O; medium to good, $11@
1850; common, $S.25@10.75; light
weight, good and choice, $14@1765;
common and medium, $S@1375;
butcher cattle, heifers, $6.50@14;
cows, $6.25@13.50; Gamers and cut
tiers, $5.35@6.25; veal calves, $20.25@
2150. Feed steers, $7@12.25; stock.
er steers, $6.25@1O; western range
beef steers, $S@15; cows and heifers,
$625@13.
Sheep-Lower. Lambs, $12.5O@15;
culls and common, $7.50@1225. Ewes,
medium, good and choice. $6.5O@750;
culls and common, $2@6.25; breeding,
$650@12.5O.
New York.
Spot coffee, steadier. Rio Is, 100
16Ac; Santos As, 25@26c.
Portland.
Butter-Steady. Cubes, SO score,
Gle; 80 score, 60c; 81 score. soc; 80
score, 5Sc; parchment wrapped box
lote, Csc; cartons, &c; half boxes, "a
cent more; less than half boxes, 1c
more. Butterfat, 65@66c, +. o. b. sta
ton.
Cattle-Steady. Steers, best, $1050
OILS; good to choice, $9.50@10.25;
medium to good, $4,000; fair to
good, $7.50@S.25; common to fair, S.
OF; good to choice cows and heifers,
$7.75@S.50; medium to good, $6.5O@
$50; Gamers, $3@4.5O; bulls, $507;
calves, $S@14.
Hogs-Firm. Prime mixed, $40
1850; medium, $16.50@17; rough
heavy, $16@17; pigs, $16@17.
Sheep-Firmer. East Oregon lambs,
$12.50@13; valley, $11@12; fair to
medium, $9.5O@1O.5O; yearlings, $40
$50; wethers, $7@7.50; ewes, $50
7.50.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26
FINANCIAL NOTES.

The Standpoint Idaho, city council
has accepted the offer of Keller
Brothers of Portland for the pur-
chase of 100000 worth of city re-
funding bonds at par plus bonus of
$S5.
A lone bandit, wearing no mask,
but with big gun in either hand,
held up the cashier and bookkeeper
at the Buffalo State bank at Lewis
town, Mont, September II, getting
away with all the cash back of the
counter, estimated at something over
$500.
Marks dropped 20 points on the
Cologne bourse September II, reach
ing what is said to be the lowest
point in Germany's history. The Eng
fish pound equaled 121 marks; 100
French francs equaled 342 marks;
100 Dutch guilden equaled 1860
marks.
Custom receipts for the last fiscal
year were $1S4.457 1853, an increase Of
nearly $5,000,000 over the previous
year. Income and profits taxes paid
into the treasury during the year
were $3,01S,7S3,6S7, an increase of
$500. 000, 900. Ordinary receipts showed
a similar increase. Receipts from
all Victory loans, from war savings
and thrift stamps, postal savings and
other bonds aggregated more than
$29, 900, 100000 but more than half of
this was offset by bonds and certifi-
Gates taken up.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26
SONG OF THE BOY SCOUTS.

Did you call, O fair Columbia.
Did you call us in your need?
Far and wide the summons sounded
We are here your wish to heed
Use us. gentle mother. use us,
In the way that You think best:
Nothing makes our hearts feel lighter
Than to serve at your behest.
Fathers brothers. uncles grandsires
Paid in fun their debt TO you:
Tell us. loving mother. tell us.
What Is there a boy can do?
He can't go to fight your battles
Der the wide seas whitening foam
But he'll grow and he a soldier
And protect you here at home.
You still need the heart that's loyal
You still need the helping hand.
Here we come. n million brothers,
All united in one band
We can guard the precious banner
That our brothers died to save,
And a sons unselflsh devotion
We can give as heroes gave
Josephine NJ. Fahricant, in New York
Herald
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26

causing 10 per cent slump from
last years production. Local quo
tations are unchanged at 2 1908
cents. Sweets from California are
lower at SOS IL cents.
Onions Markets generally are
firm under unfavorable crop news.
The bureau of crop estimates fore
casts a probable commercial produc
ton Of 81 $50 cars as against 26,792
cars last year and PATS cars in
1917. Local prices unchanged at
$3.50; green, 80 cents dozen.
Other vegetables seasonable and
unchanged.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Wheat-Market is generally weak
with several bearish features which
contribute to this condition. The
most important is the almost entire
absence of an export demand, which
results from the condition of foreign
exchange, the shortage of transpor-
tation facilities, the decline induced
by the attack on the high cost of
living. which is producing some eff
feet on most commodities, and the
price. Millers are apparently not
anxious to pay present high prices
for milling wheat and are holding
off. They also do not seem to be
disposed to pay the higher price
fixed by the government for low
grade wheat Consequently the
wheat market is rather dull. For
the entire country wheat receipts
from the farms continue materially
larger than for same period last year.
Total stocks of wheat reported on
hand September 5 were 239,SS3, 900
bushels as compared with 176,222,000
on the same date last year. Based
on 63 per cent norman condition
at time of harvest. Washington's es-
timated spring wheat production
amounts to 23,343,000 bushels. Added
to the preliminary estimated winter
wheat crop of 23,0SS,000 bushels, the
total wheat crop is probably in the
neighborhood of 46,431000 bushels,
as reported by julius H. Jacobson
of the United States bureau of crop
estimates. This compares with
total state crop last year of 26,429,-
900 bushels. Prices are $209, 50,
$2.02 and $1.9S for the four varieties,
with bulk 4 IL cents less; these fig
ures showing some readjustments,
mostly upward, from opening prices
due to competitive conditions.
Flour-The grain corporations fig
ures show production from June
q to September of 22,254,000 bush.
els as compared wit h19,2 900 bush
els in the same period last year. An
effort is being made to hold flour
prices down, but premiums being
paid for milling wheat indicate the
market Is at least firm. Prices are
$11 and $11.S0 for first and seconds
and $11.20 for hard wheat varieties.
Feed-There have been no changes
following last weeks slump in oats
and corn.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26

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others if they will give it fair trial"
Mrs. LIZZIE COURTNEY, 108 9Th Ave,
West, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Why will women drag along from day
to day, year in and year out, suffering
such misery as did Mrs. Courtney, when
such letters as this are continually being
published. Every woman who suffers
from displacements, irregularities, in
flammation, liberation, backache, ner-
vousness, or who is passing through the
Change of Life should give this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, trial. For
special advice write Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass. The result
OF its long experience is at your service.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26
SUMMARY Of THE
WORLDS EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS OF BOTH hEMI
SPHERES BOILED DOWN TO
LAST ANALYSIS,
ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING
Brief Notes Covering Happenings In
This Country and Abroad That
Are of Legitimate Interest
to All the People.

Grand jury investigation OF the
big five" packers, Swift & Co., Ar.
mour & Co., Wilson & Co., Morris &
Co. and the Cudahy Packing Co., to
determine whether these companies
have violated the Sherman antitrust
act, was begun at Chicago Septem-
Der IL, with J. M. Chaplin. head of
the auditing department of Swift &
Co., as the first witness.
The losses by fire in the United
States and Canada during the month
Of June, as compiled from the rec
ords of The Journal OF Commerce,
reached a total of $20,475,750, as com
pared with $24,98O, 800 for the same
month last year, and $15,513,27O in
June, 1917. The losses for the first
half of this year total $131,O16,s75,
as against $144,082,635 for the same
months last year. The June losses
this year are fairly well distributed
throughout the country, but it is no.
ticeable that number Of large Ca.
madam risks appear in the record.
The United States department of
agriculture will participate in the ma
tional dairy show at Chicago October
6 to IL, not only to honor the dairy
cow, but also to further the princi-
pies and practices of good dairying
and to transmit to the thousands of
dairymen and farmers expected to
assemble there the most recent re-
suits OF COW handling, milk produc-
ing and dairy management investiga-
lions of the dairy division of the. bu-
reau of animal industry. Other
branches of the department also will
show their work for the dairy in
duStry
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26
MARKET AT SPOKANE.

Bradstreet's weekly index number
september 49, based on the prices
per pound of 81 articles used for
food, is $4S6, compared with $4.95
last week, and $464 for the week
ended September IL, 1918. This
weeks number reflects a decrease of
Is per cent from last week and of
S.3 per cent from July 81, the highest
point reached, but shows a gain of
AZ per cent over the like week last
year. 1t is also the lowest number
registered since April 3 this year.
Provisions.
Butter-Seasonable strength CON
tinues the feature and local quota
tions are up cents more to s. cents
for creamery, 81 cents for butterfat
with country butter unchanged at
A cents to the producer, but prac,
tically none offering
Cheese-Local full creams un-
changed at the decline noted last
week. There are no changes in
other items. The market should grad
ually firm up in sympathy with but
ter advances.
Eggs-Seasonably Short receipts
and poor quality caused another ad
vance, of 81, on local ranch to SIS
to the producer and $16.50@17,
wholesale. Eastern fresh are up to
SIG and local storage unchanged at
$3.50.
Poultry-There is a general read
justment under heavier local receipts
Hens, springers, roosters and geese
/ TO
l cent Ducks and turkeys nominal
and unchanged.
Fresh Meats-Receipts at the union
stockyards for the week ended Sep
TENDER II were 1865 cattle. 1879
calves, 926 hogs and 3425 sheep. a
considerable part or the latter item
being for reshipment. Changes in
the livestock list as compared with
week ago are of only minor i'm
portance, lower hog descriptions be-
ing slightly lower, the hog top re-
naming at $3.50, and lower cattle
and sheep being slightly higher. In
the dressed list the only change is
a decline on lamb.
Lard and Cured Depressing
influences have continued. Follow
ing the slump in lard noted last
week, hams are off 2 cents to 40@31
cents. Bacon, however, is firm to
slightly higher under local scarcity
Hides and Wool-The only change
in hides Is reactive advance of s
cents, to 40 cents, on kips. Wool Is
unchanged.
Fruits and Vegetables.
There is a continued good season
able supply and active demand, in
general with prices consequently
very steady.
Apples-Generally future apples
are selling fairly we'll with prices
steady but apparently slightly weak
err on eastern barreIed stock, but
firm on western boxed. This states
condition is now estimated at IS per
cent of normal, which forecasts
total production of 1851 900 bushels.
Locally, early varieties offer I'M
changed at $1.25@2 a box.
Peaches-Markets generally are
steady. This states crop is consid.
erably better than last year. Locally
the movement Is holding up we'll,
though doubtless past the peak and
prices are unchanged at 75c@$1.
Other Fruits California canta-
loupes are now practically out
Huckleberries are in, offering at
1907 1-2 cents. Concord grapes
are down to 45 cents. Other fruits
in seasonable supply and demand
without material change in prices.
Potatoes-Markets generally are
reported easy and slightly lower with
liberal receipts and moderate de-
mand In this section drought is
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26
BEER sMuGGLERs ARRESTED
Make Effort to Stop Sale OF Liquor
in Chicago.

Chicago. Federal Judge Lands
started the first Wholesale drive
against the saloons of Chicago Mon
day when he held 10 men to the
grand jury on bonds of $4,000 each
in the beer smuggling cases which
arose from the transportation of beer
across the Wisconsin and Illinois line.
The drive Was the first sweeping eff.
fort to stop the sale OF liquor in
Chicago since the supposed closing
Of saloons July l.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26
SCOUTS WEIGH FLIES KILLED.

Rules regarding the swat the fly"
campaign which boy scouts and girls
of school age are conducting in Joplin,
Mo-, have been issued by !. Sias
Gravelle, scout executive. Hereafter
flies are to be taken to the office of
Lieut.. II. $. Sayers ut the chamber Of
commerce and weighed, the amount be-
ing accredited for one of the prizes
offered
During the school week. count was
kept of the flies Swatted. but no check
ing up of the victims made.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26

Tacoma, Wash.-A sliding scale for
automobile speeders has been work
ed out in police court here. 1t will
now cost speeder 81 mile for
every mile beyond the legal 20, but
a 40mile gait will cost $l0C and driv-
ing an automobile while intoxicated
will bring a fine Of $500 and Il Jail
sentence. Plenty of speed officers viii
be sent out to enforce the law.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26

The Standard Asphalt Co. was
awarded contracts for street improve
ments in Toppenish, Wash, amount
ing to $s4,33S.
The Grand Forks Contracting Co.,
which has the contract for construct
ing concrete sidewalks in Trail, B. c.,
will soon complete the work at a cost
Of nearly $4,000.
Fairfield, which is the first district
in Spokane county to get federal aid
for teachers under the new Smith
Hughes act, has notified County Su-
perintendent F. V. Yeager that it has
prepared plans for $4,000 school
building.
Contract has been let for the con-
struction of the Snake river bridge
between Burbank and Pasco, Wash
J. r. Woods of Seattle obtained the
contract for $211,120 and work is to
start within 80 days. The bridge is
to be completed by Sept. i, 1920. Walla
Walla and Franklin counties bonded
themselves for $4,000 each to build
the bridge.
The Washington state highway
commission has let contract for
grading IL miles of the Inland EN-
pire highway between Ellensburg and
Roza to Rajotte, robert and Winters,
for $198,583. Grading contracts ag-
gregating 100000 have been let on
cific highways to West Side con-
tractors.
The Colyille Valley Coal Co, oper-
ating near Valley, Wash, will have
it's new equipment in service the lat
ter part of this week or early next
week, according to Joseph Riders.
dorf manager. The new equipment
consists of boiler, pump, compressor
capable Of driving 300 more drills)
and dam. The company has start
ed three entries.
Contrary to expectations that labor
unrest, strike troubles, high price
agitation and all the other troubles
that beset the building trade in Aug
ust would cause setback to activ-
ity in the direction of new construc-
ton, the total expenditure permitted
for at lat cities for that month was
$15O,5S3,S23, which dwarfs the rec
ord July expenditure of $135,74S,439
and marks a gain of 249 per cent
over August a year ago, and Is three
and a half times larger than a year
ago Permits, it might be noted, to.
tailed 34959, smaller total, by the
way, than was noted in July, but a
gain OF 81 per cent over August u
year ago. The big expansion is In
the middle states group and Is due
mainly to immense expenditures per-
mitted for at New York.
The first step toward reclamation
of the famous Bruneau project and
toward development of the power and
irrigation resources of the Snake
river In Idaho on scale that will
be the greatest In irrigation history,
was taken September II when the
Twin-Falls- Brueau Land and Water
Co. applied to the state land board
to have 554, 900 acres of the project
segregated as the first unit in the
development scheme. The lands lie
within Owyhee and Twin Falls coun-
ties and the cost of the first unit is
estimated at 100000 The board au-
thorized this action at Boise Septem-
Der II. A $2O,000,000 dam and reser-
voir at American Falls is perhaps
the largest single outstanding fea
ture of the plan This dam will sup
ply enough water for 100000 acres
The Holly-Mar Co. has started in
business at Centralia, handling hard
ware, sporting goods and automobile
accessories.
For that matter, the whole shoe
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26
IN MISERY YEARS
Mrs. Courtney Tells How She
Was Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Oskaloosa, Iowa =" For years was
simply in misery from a weakness and

awful palHS-aNU
nothing seemed to
do me any good. A
friend advised me
to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's V ege-
table Compound. l
did so and got re-
lief right away. /
can certainly re-
commend this valu-
able medicine to
other women who
suffer, for it has
dopa c,,ch mad
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26
Cotton and Silks in China.

According to information furnished
by the British cansul at Marking,
China, and quoted in the Indian
Trade Journal for May 16, 1919,
cotton cultivation is being extended
in northern kianpei. province OF
Szechwan, and experiments are be-
ing made in Haichow, province Of
kiangso, partly with American seeds
From the amount being invested at
the present time in the cotton spin
ming industry, $100O,O00 in one es-
tabishment in Pootung and 100000
in another in Changchow, with fur
Their investments contemplated, the
consul stated that the growing Of
cotton is destined to become an i'm
portant industry in China.
Special attention is also being
given to sericulture in Chinkiang,
Yangchow and Haichow, cities in
Kiangsu province, in which there is
rich waste land suited to the grow.
ing Of mulberries.
Marking university is conducting
experiments to improve the breed Of
the silkworm, and in order to ex-
pand or introduce the industry
throughout the province, each dis.
trict has been ordered to start II
training establishment. A serious
obstacle to the growth of the indus
try, however, is the arbitrary limita-
ton OF the number of associations of
buyers in each district, which pre-
vents the silkworm breeders from
disposing of their cocoons to the
best advantage and thus tends to re,
strict supplies.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26
California Forest Fire

San Jose, GAIA serious forest fire,
famed by north wind, is working its
way into the heart of the California
redwood park, Santa Cruz county.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26

The l.. A. McLain Hardware Co.
has succeeded M. B. Peterson in the
hardware business at Tenino. Auto
mobile accessories have been added.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26

The Holly-Mar Co. has started in
business at Centralia, handling hard
ware, sporting goods and automobile
accessories.
For that matter, the whole shoe
and leather business is a skin game.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-26

WASHINGTON PIONEERS DIE.
Ritzville.-The funeral of Mrs. Mary
Buehler was held here Saturday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-24

i'm and straight Usually finished imply with belt SASH and pockets
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-24
Materials
Hints
of
Fall fashions

Charmeuse and tricotinc are
popular for drcsses-duvetyn,
chameleon cord and a new
fabric called peachbloom-
every bit as soft and vclvcty as
itsnamewould used
in coats and suits. For prac-
teal purposes, of course, silves-
tone and velour have no rivals.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-24
Some of the salient points-
In coats & wraps

the cape idea still leads. The
adaptability Of capcs and cape
wraps to many occasions PROS
ably accounts for their popular
ity. At any rate they are pres
ent in even greater and more
fascinating variety than ever
before. Fur enhances the luxu-
rious effect of most of them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-24
Colors

the warm tones. faison, POM
peiian. beaver and madura.
are in favor, with navy as
the old {" standby" and the
lighter shades of blue next
in the scale of popularity.
DragonAy blue is a new
shade that bids fair to win
great popularity.
Skirts-a trihe longer for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-24
Nippon tea cups and saucers
Cut glass

Fruit Bowls with a separate stand.
Formerly $3.50. are special at 1896
each.
Jelly dishes with floral design and
mitre cut. Formerly $3.50. are now
$2.97 each.
Oval orange bowls with a combination
floral and mitre cutting. Were $4.49.
are now special at $3.74.
There are only so Of these extra large
orange bowls with floral design. and
mitrc cutting. Formerly $3.50. are now
$7.24.
rs beautifully cut salad bowls with a
floral design and mitrc cutting. Were
formerly $3.50. Now special at 1924.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-24
Fringe

So universal a trimming that
no mention of fashionable de-
tails is complete without it.
1t appears in varying widths
on garments widely diversified
in use. Goats. capcs. frocks
and suits. alike. are impartial
in their use of this graceful
trimming.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-24
Women's suits


is achieved by a suit of
brown velour. The Eton
top of the coat shows a
belt of tan velour en-
broidercd in brown. The
skirt of the coat reaches
just to the hips, and has a
cluster of tucks at the
bottom. This tuck trim
ming is repeated on the
tunic Of the skirt. Seal
collar. $165.W