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Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
BIackbirds Valuable.

One spring while blowing for pota-
toes | was followed around the lot by
flock Of blackbirds, and out of GU
riosity | watched them to see what
they were after and found that they
were gathering up every grub in sight,
and there were lots of them, writes
correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker. A neighbours boy came over
where l was at work, and on seeing
the birds started to drive them off.
l stopped him and showed him what
they were doing. He thought that it
would pay me to feed the birds so as
to keep them on the job. There were
enough grubs in sight to have spoiled
good lot Of potatoes. Yesterday
august 29) l pulled up a hill and
found a grub and where he had eaten
out one-quarter of the inside of po-.
tato.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
Share and Share Alike.

The Russian revolution was not
without its lighter side. as the follow
ing account of what happened In Pc
trograd will show:
A woman communist was holding
forth, asserting that all were equal
and all wealth should be divided
equally. On this man in her audi
ence produced coins amounting to
about a dollar and one-half from his
pocket. II agree with you" he re-
marked. you have convinced me-"
Turning to bystander he asked him
TO change one of the pieces for him.
He obtained two notes.
Facing the lady orator he said
"This IS all the money I possess.
will halve. it with you" and he held
out the seventy-five cents. She had to
take it, and was about to commence
her ,oration again when her question
er continued: "No. no. How much
have YOU in your purse? We must
now divide that, since we are to share
equally In our wealth." Reluctantly
she produced her purse 1t was open
ed and found to contain twenty dol
lars. The man pocketed ten DOL If
this, thanked her for her int
lecture and withdrew.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
SEEMS TO DEMAND SOLUTION
Mystery Surrounding Green Bottle
Found in Cornerstone of Building
Puzzles Antiquarians.

Springfield antiquarians are as in.
terested as the weather win permit
over the discovery in the cornerstone
OF one of the armory buildings of ''an
ancient green bottle" to quote from
the printed description of the find. II
is said that it closely resembles an
oldtime rum bottle, except that its
surface is covered with what are al
legged to be Masonic characters, says
the Hartford Courant. Fragments Of
"a cork were found, but the bottle con-
tanned no fluid, not even an odor.
That the bottle was empty, when
found affords no ground for surprise.
but that its surface is completely COW
cred by Masonic characters may give
rise to much speculation. Had it been
covered or partially covered with
characters which indicated that 1t once
contained distilled liquor from the
West Indies there would have been.
little cause for speculation, inasmuch
as such bottles and such spirits were
common a hundred years ago when
the cornerstone was supposed to have
been put In place.
That the bottle was put in place
while empty suggests thrifty dispo-
sition on the part of the builders.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
APES SUFFER IN CAPTIVITY
Gorillas, Taken From Their Native
Haunts, Speedily Die From Pure
Lack of Companionship.

ANY sympathy that soft-hearted
person has for captive gorillas is not
misplaced" says Miss Ellen Velvin in
From Jungle to Zoo"
"Many gorillas have been captives,
but in spite of the greatest care few
have lived more than a comparatively
short time. There seems to be no par
ticular ailment from which they suf-
fer-nothing except intense home or
heart sickness. They grieve them
selves to death.
"All the anthropoid or manlike
apes, such as gorillas, orang-outangs
and chimpanzees, are extremely SEN
sitive to surroundings and environ
ments. In order to keep these big
apes In good health it is absolutely
necessary TO give them plenty Of COM
pany, either of their own kind or Of
men-anything, in fact, to relieve the
tedium of captivity, which they un-
'doubtedly feel. When a chimpanzee
gets new companion he goes into
the widest state of excitement; he
thumps the floor and walls, scampers
round his cage, and screams with de-
light"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
The "Wind-Month."

November was styled by the ancient
SaXons as wind-month, from the gales
which are so prevalent at this season
of the year, and which made them
beach their boats and cease almost en-
tirely from. maritime operations, It
bore also the name of the bloody
month. from the circumstance of its
being customary to slaughter great
numbers Of cattle, to be sailed for the
winter November Is the eleventh
month of the year. although its name
would indicate that it was the ninth
month. This is accounted for by the
change from the old calendar, which
began in March and not in January.
as our present calendar does.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
SOCIETY HAD HIGH IDEALS
Order of Fools, Founded in 1881, Was
Not by Any Means What Its
Name Would Indicate.

! On November u, 1881, the ascot
l alton known as The Order of Fools
was said to have been founded by
Adolphus, count of Cleves, under the
! title, "DOrder Want Geeken Gesells-
| chap" Though bearing a designation
savoring too strongly of contempt, the
members of this order were composed
highest rank and renown, who in this
way formed themselves into a body for
humane and charitable purposes. They
were in no way connected with the
Feast of Fools and similar absurdi-
ties of medieval times. They were not
dissimilar to the Odd Fellows, For
esters and other similar organizations
of the present day, which include with
in their sphere of operations, benevo-
lent and useful as well as convivial
and social objects.
The insignia borne by the knights
of this order consisted of a Jester or
fool, embroidered on the left side of
their nantes and depicted dressed in
red and silver vest, with a cap and
bells on his head, yellow stockings,
cup filled with fruits in his right. hand,
and in his left, a gold key, as a symbol
of the affection which ought to exist
among the members of the society
They met once year at Cleves on
the first Sunday after Michaelmas day
(St..Martin's day., when a grand court
and all matters relating to the well
fare and conduct of the order were
discussed.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
Friendship.

There must be in friendship some
thing to distinguish it from a compan-
ion and Il countryman, from a school
fellow or gossip, from sweetheart
or fellow traveller. Friendship may
look in at any one of these doors, but
It stays not anywhere till it comes to
be the best thing in the world and
when we consider that one man is not
better than another, neither toward
God nor toward man, but by doing
better and Drawer things we shall also
see that which is most benefcent is
also most excellent; and therefore
those friendships must needs be most
perfect where the friends can be most
useful.-Jeremy Taylor.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
BuRIALs AT CROSS ROADS
Events That Led to the Interment Of
the Suicide With the Executed
Criminal.

In pre-Christian days. suicides were
| terribly frequent, and 1t was general
| ~ agreed that Il man might escape
the burden of life in this manner,
! without discrediting his memory
Christianity with its higher code of
morals, taught the wickedness and
| cowardice of self-murder, in the
strongest terms. When consecrated
churchyards We're set apart as the
resting place of the Christian dead, 1t
was felt that those who died in dead
~ sin. in fragrant rebellion against
their Maker, had cut themselves off
from the faith. and had no right to
await the resurrection with faithful
Christians. They were believed to
have put themselves outside of so
ciety. and to have forfeited their right
TO share its burial privileges. In those
early days. before churches could be
built 1t was the rule ITO preach and
conduct divine services at the cross
roads. Wooden and afterwards stone
crosses We're erected TO mark the stu
alton where services would be held
Some o. these have been preserved to
this day, being memorials erected TO
the dead. or dedications of thanksgiv-
ing. Since suicides might not be bur-
led in the churchyard or other conse-
Grated ground, pity suggested that the |
next most holy spot was the ground |
near the old cross, where service had |
once been held, or was then held. They |
buried the poor suicides there. be-
cause they We're unwilling to relin-
.quish hope for them. Afterward, for
the sake of greater publicity, the glib
bet and the gallows were set up at
the crossroads, and criminals were
buried beneath them after their exc
cution. The law decreed that suicides
should lie with these criminals, In or
der to mark the detestation in which
the crime of self-murder was held.
And so what was once a signal of
Christian hope and charity, became a
legal indignity imposed upon the dead
bodies to mark an immensely serious
breach of the law of the country.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
The Indians Calendar.

The following account of how the
Indians used to keep track of the sea-
sons is told by veteran chief in Can
ada. The names corresponding with
the names of the months were:
April-F'rog moon.
May-Sproutlng of green leaves and
grass.
June-Egg (duckl moon.
July-Moulting (duck's) moon.
August-Flying (duck's) moon.
eptember-Running of the deer.
October-Fall moon.
November-Misty moon.
December-Clear, frosty moon.
January-Wolf moon.
February-Eagle moon.
March-Goose moon.
Upon being asked how they kept
record of the days in each month, the
chief replied that they always counted
30 to each month, and that 1t was an
Indians duty to keep record of them
by each morning taking n stick from
the days-to-come bundle and adding it
to the days-past bundle. Those sticks
were carefully scraped twigs of the
pussy" willows, which by their sill
very catkins show the first sign Of the
spring season.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
Latest Infant Prodigy.

The latest "infant phenomenon"
halls from Philadelphia. Her name is
Edith Gutenberg. At the age Of
eight months Edith from the con-
fines of her cradle, mimicked the call
Of the quail with such conviction that
the bird would answer back. At the
age of two she could distinguish all
the colors of the spectrum. One month
later she was discovered in the act of
huInming Schubert's "Serenade." and
at three and one-half years she could
recognize 100 popular airs. Three
months later Edith's favcrite compos-
ers were Tschaikowsky, Wagner, Leon
cavello, Handel. Rubinstein. List, Sui
Ivan, Puccini and Beethoven. Edith
could pronounce all these names with
out slip.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
Two Canine Heroes.

Two French war dogs, which we'll
names and numbers posted up at all
the French army kennels for deed
Of valor. The story is that Mt the time
of the German offensive, the dogs
keeper stayed in the rear to the very
last moment. waiting for his dogs to
When they did come, the only way left
to escape capture WAS by swimming
the Marine. and the man could not
swim, so he coupled the dogs together,
and clinging on to their iron chain
was dragged across the river by Them
the three escaping unhurt in spite of
a rain of bullets from German rifles
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 1919

The Fruitland Banner takes crack
at the county commissioners in its last
issue for letting the county printing
to the Enterprise, saying Talk about
real sports, when it comes to spend
ing the county's money, the new board
Of county commissioners are it," You
are right Bro. Cloud, the county COM
nnssioners are "it" and they expect
to be ''it' while they are in office.
lhey were elected to office and took
their scat without any strings at
tachcd. They have a perfect right to
let the bid for county printing, or any
ether bid where the public will re-
ccive the most benefit for the money
expended. The lowest bid is not al
ways the best bid; neither does the
law require them TO let any bid to the
lowest bidder. We believe the COM
nissioners in letting the county print
ing, considered the number of people
who would have the opportunity of
reading the same.
Wo were the ''real sports" VIXEN Bro.
Cloud made howl, and accepted
sI25 90 rcr month after receiving the
appointment to the office of county
clerk when it wac the express under
standing by the voters of Payette
county at the time the county was
created, that the salary for that office
would be $4,000. It makes some
who's OK is being gorcd
What does the Banner want, the
world with hog-tight fence around
it?
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
IMPROVING ON OLD MOTIONS
Ones Accustomed Ways of Doing
Things Need Not Be Accepted as
Necessarily the Best.

The idea that a wooden leg or a
false hand can be clapped onto a
wounded man and the case dismissed
with a blessing is a thing OF the dis
tant past. wooden hand is good for
very little except to look respectable
in the street. The thing for which
the doctors are striving is to give
back to the injured man not a hand
but the work of hand.
And this opens possibilities. The
work of hand may be done In an ex-
traordinary number of ways. Some
times it is managed by steel rod
with tools clamped to it; sometimes
by strong iron claw. Some Of the
most eager. thinkers are asking:
IF we are tc, differ from Nature
at all why not differ altogether? Why
not replace one arm by two steel rods
or even three, so long as they can be
useful?"
Men learn that the old motions by
which they have been accustomed to
get things done are not necessarily the
only ones. A farmer with one arm
can use shovel; he simply has an
implement with longer handle, which
goes through a strap at his waist.
Then the one arm does nothing but
press down on the handle and the
shovelful of earth is lifted just as well
as by the old method.
If the man wants more power he
can use his knee. Large objects can
be moved by one arm and the hip. A
necktie can be tied by one hand and
the chin. The hand can be washed
by the foot
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
Windsor Castle.

Windsor castle. is near the town of
Windsor, in Berkshire, England, %
miles from London. Windsor is one
of the most ancient towns in England,
dating from the early middle ages.
The castle was erected by William the
Conqueror. 1t was originally the site
of Roman settlement and has figured
In English history in many pictur-
esque and tragic ways. Many of the
kings of England are buried beneath
the royal chapel at Windsor, including
King Edward VII, who, was buried
there in May, 1910. The castle, sur.
rounded by spacious and magnificent
grounds, has been the chief residence
of English sovereigns for many cen
turtles. fftfa
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06

, heard of a dinner by the Daughteds
of Zion ON Saturday. He settled
down in his chair, for the first time
in his stray-dog life a recognized
member of the community, with a
recognized place in THE world. Then
he learned over to the comrade who
had brought him.
For de LLold's sake, man. he
demanded, why didn't noboy
start dis war before" -Good House
keeping.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
PROGRAM

\ The following Program has beer
arranged for meeting to be held
by 1.-The Farmers COOPERATIVE
Creamery Co., at the Emma The
alter on February Z and s, 1919
FRIDAY, FEB. 7, 1919
1000 a. m. Moving Pictures
Cement Silos.
10:30 a. m. Address of Welcome
BY Business Man,
Response--By a Farmer.
II 100 IN. Cooperative Bull AS
sociations, BY Prof. Fits,
1900 a, m. Lunch.
| p. m. Movie Pictures, Modern
Dairying
Creamery Report, by J. R.
Brown.
Auditors Report, by Clarence
VanDusen.
Election of 2 New Directors.
COOPERATIVE Farming, Frank
r. Ballard
SATURDAY, FEB. 9Th.
1000 a. m. Moving Pictures on
Wooden Silos.
1000 a. m. Dairy Equipment by
f. r. Cammock.
I1:15 a. ma. Good Cream by Prof. /
1900 Lunch.
!. p. m. Moving Pictures on
Cheese.
\ COOPERATIVE Creamery by Prof.
Frevert.
World wide Cooperative
Movement, by Mr., sGlover
Hoards Dairyman.
Old aad New Business,
discussion Lead by Direc-
tors of Creamery.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
Pleasant Valley

Mrs. Lula Bena and daughter were
shopping in Payette Saturday evening
Bessie Stottler was i'm the valley
Saturday visiting with Osee Jackson.
Ardua and EAna Fee spent Sun
day at the home of Inez Root Of the
Cove.
George Scott and family autoed to
to Payette last Saturday.
john Fee and wife were called to
Midvale last week on account of Mrs
Fees father being i'll.
S. A. Bena returned to her home
stead yesterday after visiting with
her niecs In Weiser.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
Beet SUGAR csment.

An interesting by-product Of beet
sugar is cement The scum which col.
lects In boiling 10000 tons OF sugar
beets contains about 5000 tons Of car
bonate or lime. wnen this calcium
carbonate Is mixed with clay and
burned, a very good cement is OBJ
tanned.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06
ADVICE TO OTHERS.

NEVER attend nominating con
venticn. You might get a man OF
woman that you liked on the ticket
and thus be in a position where
You couldn't howl much.
Never take part in an election You
viii feel freer to howl If you haven't
voted for any of the officers.
Never take any office if you are
in business. You might lose two bits,
and besides that after you had serve
term you would never glst the sam
enjoyment again out Of bowling.
Newer attend a meeting of the
council or ask any town officer what
was done at any meeting. There are
plenty of men on the streets who car
tell you all about it and in a way
that Will put rep in your howl.
II you wan an office and can't get
1t. how: Peorse -yiil know tanh that
you would have Done better than the
ether fellow IL doing
II you can't find anything in par
ticular to howl about, just howl on
general principles. 1t will mako you
feel superior and show other folks
that you are superior
A Big Oversight They told ms dow
South about negro who was drafte,
big corn-field darby who had drifte
along through life till then nobody
bothering much about him The draft
took him, rather frightened and pro
testing, and found himself in the arr
After the first daze of it wore off
he discovered that he was being take
an interest I'm for the first time in
his lie. hey took him over to one
OF the Community Service Colored
Clubs in his time. There was al
piano there, there We're pool tablsl
and games, not to speak of a tenn
perenca bar. There was going to be
. colored dance that night, and n~
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06

No previous year in history had SO
many events Of vital, universal i'm
portance crowded into it as 1918.
and none has brought before the
world SO many momentous problems
as 1913. If the statesmen and treaty
makers are as successful in solving
these pprcblems rs Gen. Foch, with
tne armies under his command, was
In shaping the GROWING event
OF 1918, the new year will stand out
In the pages CT history about as pro-
minentyl as its predecessor.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06

Uncle Sam is not the heartless
individual he is sometimes made on
70 be. Now that he has control
the railroads he has granted to clar
gymen the old time privilege of rid
ing at half fare. AS a general thing
editors are classed along with preach.
ers, but as yet the former com across
with THE hard cash or walk.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-02-06

Entered rs second-class matter Aug
asst u. lYo7. at tho postoifiee ar Pay
stfs. Idaho under the Act OF Congress
" March 3. sRf9
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-08-27
.1919P0UL TRY SHOW
AT COUNTY FAIR
$500. 90 in Premiums To Be Paid
for Bird Exhibit. This
=zs.s.. -z~.. Year. .

~. The poultry exhibits at the County
Fair this year Will constitute a distinct
show in itself, under the auspices of
the Kandiyohi County Poultry Associa-
ton, of which D. T. Carlson. is secre-
tary. It has been decided by the Off
GERS in charge that to be Of the greatest
benefit to the people of the county,
the show should be held at time and
place when all would have chance to
see it, and that this time and place
is the county fair. While the birds may
not be in their very best condition at
that season.. still it will be as fair to
one exhibitor as another.
+ This year the exhibit will be held in
large building, the upper floor of the
building being erected by the county for
storing the trucks and road machinery
which will be some advantage over the
customary tent.
The legislature made a special appro-
,prtation Of $500 for premiums for the
Kandiyohi County Poultry Show, ano
this enables the Kandiyohi County Poul-
try Association to offer very liberal priz-
es. Besides premiums for birds, there
will be variety sweepstakes prize of
$40 and grand sweepstakes prize OF
$40. To be eligible to sweepstakes
prizes the exhibitor must be member
| Of the County poultry association, the
annual dues Of which is one dollar.
Watch out for the 1919 Poultry Show,
| and all owners Of pure bred poultry
| should bring in their best specimens.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-08-27
AUCTION SALE

Having sold my farm will sell at
public auction at the farm in Section
80, East Lake Lillian, 10 miles north
Of Bird Island, miles south and "a
miles west of Thorpe, and " miles
south and l mile east of Lars Erirk.
sons store, on
Thursday, September 4th, 1919.
at l o'clock pm, the following de-
scribed property:
1 bay mare, IL years old; l dark
bay mare, II years old; l bay mare.
4 years old; l bay mare, years old;
1 black horse coming 3 years.
Cattle:
good mich COWS, some fresh;
some young cattle l and years old;
SO full-bred Barred Plymouth Rock
hens.
Machinery:
1 wide tire wagon with box; | mar.
row tire wagon with hay rack; l
John Deere corn planter with 80 rods
wire; l Mccormick corn binder; Z
1T. Mccormick grain binders with fax
attachment; 16x14 John Deere disc;
l one row John Deere corn cultivator;
l one row Moline corn cultivator: l
loft. Osburn hay rake. l 16-inch
Bradley sulky plow with breaking at
tachment; l 14-inch John Deere gang
plow; l pair bob sleighs; l manure
spreader; l Indiana road grader;
Hera tanning mill; 1600.lb. Victor
scale; l 18-inch Lakeside lawn now
er; l cream separator; 1 roll SIT
stock fencing; 2 sets of work harness;
new kerosene stove, burners.
TERMS:-All sums under $1,000,
cash; on larger sums time will be
given to November l, 1920 on banka-
BILE notes at eight per cent interest.
No property to be removed until set
tied for
Lunch free.
ERlcK e. NoRDlN, Owner.
Col. C. H. Nelson, Auctioneer.
H. W. Mielke, clerk.