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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15
Living The Simple Life

If you know how to do it you can
beat the high cost of>living at its
own game. Gene Chinaman is so
old that he has passed his time for
dying and is apparently good for
several centuries more of activity.
outstanding this fact, he is
making a living from the sale of
garden truck grown on a couple of
lots in the lower end of town. 1t is
true that he has few hogs and a
small flock of chickens, but he ex-
presses it when he says Feed, heap
too high" He doesn't make much
profit on the hogs and chickens.
He has one room shack in which
he keeps his chicken feed, hog feed
and all of his worldly possessions.
His housekeeping wouldn't pass IN
spection by domestic science class
but as he seems to be satisfied with
conditions as they are, it is his on
affair, as he seldom entertains
guests.
How much money he actually
makes IS mystery as he keeps his
business secrets to himself and has
managed to keep his rating out of
Bradstreet. However, as he is about
the only individual IN this part of
the country that doesn't drive car
the suppositlon is he is compare
lively wealthy.
I Genes credit is good any place in
town, because he has lived here fol
ten years or more and never beat &
hill. He pays as he goes. Maybe
it is his paying cash that helps him
to get along on what would look
like pure case of starvation to q
common mortal. But then, he mis-
ses the pleasure Of going around a
the end of the month with his checl
! book to paw $125 worth of bills will
only $97.50 in the bank.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15
Sell Government Sugar

The United States sugar equaliza-
tion board has been authorized to
sell the entire surplus stock of
granualted sugar held by the war
department at a price which viii
insure the full recovery of the orig
lnal cost of the commodity. This
authorization was made with the
expressed stipulation that none Of
this supply of sugar shall be sold
for export but that all must be
made available for domestic con-
sumption, for which purpose the
war department is receiving $40
cents per pound, which is the cost
price. The needs of western COM
munities will be arranged for at the
boards Office at Room 624 Otis
Building. Chicago, Ill. The sale of
Sc, ,00O,0 pounds has been author
lzed.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15
Had Pocket Picked

"Sleuth" Peterson, of the sheriff's
force, had his pocket picked and his
fine gold watch taken Tuesday
morning. Mr.. Peterson was in the
First National Bank getting a check
cashed when Prosecuting Attorney
Nlsbet entered the bank. Mr..
Peterson remarked 81 will have to
watch my money while Mr.. Nisbet
is around" and he watched it so in
tently that he did not know that
Mr.. Nisbet had taken his watch
from his pocket until Mr.. Hawley
handed it to him as he started to
leave the bank. Mr.. Peterson has
been advised to have his official star
rivited on his clothing so that it
will not be stolen from hinl.-Star-
Mirror.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15
Dollar Planting Time

Do you know that this is mighty
good time to put away dollars-dol-
lars that are to be called for by you
at some future time.
From Washington, D. C. there
comes an estimate to the effect that
a dollar now is worth only Csc of
what it was back in the halcyon
days of 1914. And back in 1914 a
dollar was worth only about half as
much as it was in 1899. Looks like
those dollars Of ours have been
shrinking. AS a matter of fact
dollars come and go in purchasing
power.
Right now anybody and every
body knows that the times are up
set; these are abnormal times. And
everybody knows that they cannot
remain so indefinitely. One of
these days there is going to be
change. That change will greatly
affect the buying power of dollar.
Prices are going to come If down
there is anything in the law of aver
ages and that same old law of aver
ages has held good from the begin
nlng OF times. y
They will be getting back to
something like normal level one
of these days and when they do,
what will your War Savings Stamps
be worth then? That is something
to be thinking about these summer
evenings.
For all this means that your dol
lars, that you are putting into War
Savings Stamps today, are going to
be a whole lot more useful to you
some time in the future than they
are right now, for the simple rea-
son that they will buy a whole lot
more of any commodity that you
may name.
There never was better time to
take few dollars in loose change
that may be laying around and salt
them away. That means that they
should be put away in War Savings
Stamps. 1t is the best place in the
world for a few dollars or a few
hundred dollars or a thousand dol
lars of this 1919 money.
Five years from now when your
Savings Certificates mature, the
$3.50 which you would pay this
month for your $500 Savings certiti
cate would be worth not only the
$1OO, but the additional amount
represented by the greater buying
power of that $1O0 when we are
more nearly back to the normal pre-
war conditions.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15
Modern Gypsies

Travelling in four automobiles IN
stead of the traditional wagons
drawn by horses, a tribe of thirty
Gypises appeared in Grangeville
Wednesday morning and, until
their activities were interrupted by
Sheriff Eller, proceeded to steal
from homes and stores in the city.
At noon they were ordered by the
sheriff to depart, after the officer
had recovered from the gypsies $40
in cash they stole from Mrs. Julia
Simpkins, proprietor of rooming
house in Grangeville..
The sheriff's attention was first
called to the band of nomads in a
message Sunday from the sheriff of
Nez Perce county, at Lewiston, ask
ing the cooperation of Sheriff Eller
in experimenting the gypsies, one of
whom had stolen S21 in cash from
a man IN Lewiston. The caravan
was headed toward Grangeville,
Sheriff EIler was advised.
Sunday evening the gypsies were
located in camp on Stock creek, be-
tween Cottonwood and Ferdinand.
Sheriff Eller and Deputy Robin
son, in company with Deputy Sher-
iff Daggett of Lewiston, who iourn-
eyed by train to Ferdinand, appear
ed at the camp and demanded re-
turn of the money. The gypsles at
first denied having stolen the $21
from the man in Lewiston, but fin
ally admitted that one of the tribe,
a women, named Rosie, had stolen
the money. The officers agreed, if
the gypsies returned the S2l, and
in addition paid expenses incurred
bv the officers in experimenting the
tribe, no formal complaint WOULD
be made. The gypsies settled by
paying S52, which included Sls
automobile hire for the Idaho
county sheriff and costs of the trir
from Lewiston by the deputy from
Nez Perce county. - Grangevillt
Free Press.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15
1000 on Joint Excursion

Nearly 1000, persons participated
in the JOINT farm bureau excursion
of Madison and Fremont counties,
August s.. Tours of the two count
les were conducted separately in
the afternoon and then all assem-
bled at the Industrial school at St.
Anthony for lunch, at which the
school was host, and for an after
noon program. Music was furnish
ed by the boys band of the school.
Dry farming practice, especially as
followed on the Webster farm, was
one of the chief topics of interest.
1t was shown that where summer
following was not properly done,
this dry season, there was no crop,
but that where it as properly done
there is a crop of 13 or l4Ebushels
to the acre.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15
Death of John Piper

Last Saturday afternoon tele-
gram was received from south
Idaho by the Farmers Bank here,
asking for information in regard to
John Piper, who was killed that
day. No particulars were given as
to how he met his death.
John Piper was we'll known here,
having farmed on the Potlatch
ridge for number of years. His
father, j. w. Piper is one of the
pioneer residents of the Leland
community. His brother, Joe
Piper, who is farming near Leland,
left for the scene of the accident
the first of the week. He could
learn nothing very definite about
the details of his brothers death
but found that he had been killed
by locomotive at Kimimia, a
small town located in Lincoln county
in the southern part of the state.
No one but railroad men witnessed
the accident and they would not
commit themselves.
All that is known definitely is
/. that the locomotive struck him,
hurting him about fifty feet and
killing him instantly. Travelling
checks to the amount of approx
mately 5000 were found upon his
person, as we'll as trunk check
showing St. Louis as the destina-
tion. No railroad ticket was found
but after telegraphing it was learn
ed that ticket corresponding with
the check had been sold to St.
Louis.
John Piper left here last spring
with one of the Draper boys, in.
tending to go to Canada. At the
time he left here he expected to dc
considerable travelling as he hac
put his business affairs in shape sc
that he could be gone for some
time.
He was 81 years of age at the
time of his death and had followed
the occupation of farming greater
part of his life.
The funeral services was conduct
ed at the grave Thursday morning
by Rev. j. C. Gregory.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15
Sold 80 Acre Farm

Another real estate deal was clos
ed last Saturday when Mrs. W. w.
Wilcox sold her farm of eighty
acres to Mr.. Procunier, who arriv-
ed here last week from Canada.
As usual the deal was made through
the local real estate dealer, G. F.
Walker.
The livestock and farm imple-
ments were included in the pur-
chase price,. (which was $4,000. The
wheat crop, however. was reserved.
A new house and barn made this
one of the best improved small farms
on American ridge. Every foot of
the land was under cultivation. II
will make a very desirable and
profitable home. The Procnnier
family will have possession the first
of September.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15
Among The Farm Bureaus

Farm bureau membership in Idaho
has grown from 5000 to $4,000 in
the last three years. The 1920
membership campaign is expected
to bring the roll up to 10000.
There are 600 communities oragniz-
ed, in 38 farm bureaus. with 21OO
community committeeman. In 1917
there were 5000 members with 300
communities oragnized, IN I6 farm
bureaus, with 600 committeeman.
In 1918 there were 5000 members,
with 500 communities organized, IN
32 farm bureaus, with 1900 COM
munlty committeeman.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15
Injured in Runaway

Tom Cain, who has been working
for Jim Cain on American ridge,
was injured last Sunday afternoon
in a runaway. The accident hap
pened on the place Jim Cain is
farming. Tom Cain was in the
buggy when the team became fright
ened and ran away. The buggy
was overturned throwing the driver
out and bruising him considerably.
At first it was thought he had not
received serious injury but about
ten O'Clock Sunday night he became
worse and DR.. Rothwell was called
to attend to his injuries. He is now
getting along nicely. No bones
were broken. The buggy was al
most complete wreck.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15
Need More Forage Crops

The cut-over lands of Idaho are
deficient in forage crops suitable
for hay and forage. After the land
is partly cleared, red clover, red top
grass and timothy produce fair
yields of hay but will not furnish
grazing the entire season. AS soon
as the land has been entirely clear
ed and has produced crop OF oats.
it is IN condition for seeding to
some grass or legume crop for hay
or pasture.
OF all the forage crops tried un-
der these conditions, sweet clover is
the most promising. 1t is a bien-
nial legume, that is, living for two
years as does red clover. The plants
grow to a heightsof about two feet
the first season and do not produce
seed. The second year they reach
height of four to seven feet if not
pastured or cut tor hay.
More failures in starting grass in
the cut-over lands is due to seed
ing with nurse crop than from any
other cause. The nurse crop re-
quires large amount of moisture
and when harvested for hay or
grain causes the Young grass or
clover plants to be scalded by the
sudden heat and shortage of mois-
ture.
In seeding sweet clover, the grain
stubble may be disked or plowed in
the early fall and left rough over
winter. 1t should be worked down
early in the spring and narrowed
until the young weeds are killed
Then the clover seed, which has
been inoculated with the proper
kind of bacteria, may be drilled OF
broadcasted. From ten to twenty
pounds OF seed is required to the
acre as some of the seed may be
hard and not germinate readily
After seeding the ground should be
narrowed and then rolled.
Most of the cut-over soils are sc
light that they need to be thoroly
packed in order that the seed ger
inmate evenly. If the season is al
all favorable affair cutting of hay
will be produced the first season
The second year, the sweet, Glover
may be pastnred as heavily as de
sired.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15
Corn on The Cob

With keen delight my senses
throb, there's good and ample rea-
son; the well-known corn upon the
cob again has come in season. The
inner man is full of cheer, my JOY
| cannot utter, and henceforth daily
will | smear my cheeks and chops
with butter.
Let gourmets rave of classy cooks,
with French dishes dublin; just let
me get my eager hooks on corn up
on the nubbin. Just lead me to a
waiting plate of steamlng coblets
yellow, and watch me start to de-
vastate and get quite corned and
mellow.
Don't talk of squads or terrapins,
you'll rose my scorn to fury, but
let me prop between my fins the
pride of old Missouri; the fodder fit
for man and beast, in golden butter
soaking, the cob of which from West
to East the Reubens use for smok-
ing.
Old Nero never ate such grub
when he and Rome were slipping
with nectar oozing from the nub
and on his necktie dripping. With
eager palate all a-glow | grasp a
luscious earful, and hold it like a
piccolo and make some music cheer
full.
All. tempting stalk of golden
maize, with well-known proteins
laden; we husked you in the Older
days, then grabbed and kissed q
maiden. The vision fills my heart
with cheer, what though Pm stout
and wheezy. What though you skiC
from ear to ear and make my visage
greasy. Hail, corn on cob, thou
morsel sweet, thou peer of Ceres
graces, it takes a lot of nerve to eat
you out in public places. .-Ex.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15
Uniontown Won The Game

Last Sunday afternoon Kendrick
lost the ball game to Uniontown by
a score of 10 to 3. 1t was fairly
good game although too one-sided
to create very much excitement.
Uniontown is by far the best team
that Kendrick has played this year.
They are quiet, gentlemanly
bunch and play ball all the time.
Their battery, composed of Kuhl
and Moss, did exceptionally good
work. Moss is considered one of
the best pitchers in this part of the
country.
Seven costly errors on the part Of
the Kendrick team during the game
were the cause of most of the ten
scores secured by Uniontown. Den
sow pitched very good game but
lacked support at critical stages of
the game. 1t was a deserved de-
feat as the local team has failed to
practice for two weeks.
Joe Hampton of Juilaetta umpir-
ed the game and gave general salts.
faction to both teams.
A return game is scheduled to be
played at Uniontown, August "a.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15
Musical Recital Last Night

Mrs. J. G. Gregory and Miss Doris
Gregory presented their pupils in a
recital last night at the high school
auditorium. An attentive audience
of friends enjoyed the evening and
were pleased to note the splendid
progress made by the pupils who
took part in the program. Follow
ing is a synopsis of the program:
Orchestra "Tig Tag'Waltz' Hazel
Artilee Hollida, Lucille Baker, Vio-
lins, Doris Gregory, Cello.
Piano solo Bina Raby
Violin solo Bridal Chorus"
NorIa Callison.
Mandolin solo "Caventina" Raft
Josephine Chandler.
Violin Duet. Lion du Bal" Glllet
Lucille Baker, Artilee Hollida.
Piano solo Ernestlne Callison.
Violin solo "Air de Ballet" Ellerton
Artilee Hollida.
Mandolin Quartet "Roses in the
World for Us All"
Beulah Long, Edith Dammareli,
Lucille Baker, Josephine Chandler.
Violin "Valsette" Eilerton.
Lucille Baker.
Mandolin solo Remember Me"
Anna May Anderson
Piano solo Monastery Bells
Lefebure Wetz. Lucille Baker.
Orchestra white Lily Waltz
Hazel.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15
Hates To Be Left Out

Last Monday the Star Mirror pub
lished the following editorial:
The Troy News and the Kendrick
Gazette are still saying unklnd
things about each other because
of a baseball game between teams of
the two towns. Both papers devote
the first column of the first page to
discussing baseball matters, while
such minor news as the big crops
and the road building programs and
the league of nations and the
strikes and food cost reduction are
relegated to more obscure places,
if mentioned at all. 1t begins to
look like the question "who won
the ball game" will go down IN
history unanswered with those
other great national and interna-
tional questions, "Who struck Billy
Patterson" and "How old was
ANN"
The trouble with Moscow is that
she is little bit jealous because
he didn't get in on the little
friendly row between her two
neighboring towns. Moscow doesn't
like to be left out of anything. The
Gazette hasn't had anything in the
first column, first page, about that
awful ball game for over a,week
We have quit talking back to the
Troy News because in time we
might be tempted to say something
real mean. We are going to treat
any further mention of the exceed
lngly painful subject with stony
silence. A continuation of the
"feud" might in time drag Moscow
into the fray and we fear that town
could not survive such an encount-
er. 1t is safer to talk politics and
to begin picking a winner for the
senatorial race in Idaho which is
scheduled to start somtime IN the
very great distant future.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15
The Little Things Count

If you are going to wear we'll in
small town it is necessary for
you to watch your STEP. You
can get along most any old way in
large city because your daily life
is not public affair-there are too
many there just like you to make
your affairs of any particular in
terest to your neighbors or to those
with whom you come in contact. It
is not uncommon to notice the an
noyance on the countenance of a
city dweller when he comes to the
small town to live and has to under
go the more or less personal ques-
tions that are asked in regard to his
affairs. These questions, he later
finds out, are not asked so much out
OF spirit Of curiosity; they are
prompted more from a form of
habit, acquired from close and con-
stant association with neighbors
and friends. 1t is simply a friendly
interest that should be met with a
like response from the newcomer If
he wishes to make friends of his
daily associates. Walt Mason says
it is the little things that go to
make a man popular or the reverse
! in his home town. The following
paragraphs written by him, give
good illustration of how little the
things may be that will cause
trouble in the small town:
To be popular in Emporia. must
be eternally vigilant about the lit
tie things. If let the dandeIions
grow on my lawn the seed will
blow over to adjacent lawns and
take root, and cause a lot of
trouble; and my neighbors won't be
imprest when | tell them | have
been invited by the Board of Trade
of Akron. Ohio, to spend week
there as the guest of the city.
If | burn cheap coal in my furn-
ace. turning from my chimney
great volumes of black, greasy
smoke, so that when the women
hang out their washing a number
of beautiful gowns are ruined, it
won't do me any good to visit those
: women and tell them with pardon
able pride that new five-cent cigar
has been named after me. and that
my portrait, Autographed in colors
is on each box.
. If you would know the truth
about a great or famous man, don't
S consult the biographical works;
f. drop into his hometown, and ask
r the business men on the main
:, street. The outside world knows of
!, the big things he has done; his
e hometown knows the little things,
S and the little things count.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15

An agent for the Ellison-White
Chautauqua Association spent sew
eral days in town last week and the
first of this week, endeavoring to
get the names of number of busi-
ness men on contract for chau-
tauqua here next season. His
efforts proved futile, however. as
Kendrick is going to try to pull
through at least one year without
a chauta auqua.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-08-15

Laurel Boyd Of Lewiston arrived
in Kendrick Wednesday for a visit
with friends.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-26

of the war, of France and of all Eu-
rope. All we want is home and Am
erica.
An officer on board one Of the trans
ports, speaking of the Oregon boys,
remarked that they were among the
pluckiest lads in the entire army. 1t
was wonderful what they have gone
through and yet laugh il off.
In this connection II is to be noted
that in behalf of a large contingent Of
other Oregon boys now being held up
at one of the eastern camps, Congress-
man w. G. Hawley has recently wired
the secretary Of war as follows:
Some 500 troops Of the SD infant.
ry, llth division, now held at East
Potomac park, are young men, resi-
dents of Oregon. Many Of them are
from farms. l find great demand for
their assistance here on the farms.
The others who came from the towns
have jobs awaiting them in practical
ly every instance. ] most earnestly
uBge that these men be discharged
from the army, that they may return
to the useful and necessary occupation
Of farming and other work while the
of employment is open TO
hem. VIII you please advise me when
hese men will be dscharged2"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-26
By Fred s. Ferguson.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent.)
Paris, March e6-A treaty embracing
all the enemy countries, instead Of a
preliminary pact with Germany, is now
being planned in an effort to speed up
the peace settlement, it was learned
from an authoritative source today.
The best guess as to when such a
tleaty would be ready for submission
to the enemy powers by calling m .nuir
delegates is May l.
This plan completely upsets the pro-
gram, along which the peace conference
has been working for the past month
Ii is not yet certain that the new
scheme will be carried out but some of
tht delegates point out that various
questions are so inter.related that time
will be saved in the long run ny t,Ang
all the treaties together.
Further Advantage.
A further advantage to be obtained
through joint treaty is that it would
make Germany responsible for all, her
allies by binding her up in pact in
which they were parties. This was the
only immediate explanation for the
radical change in the trend Of the con-
ference work. 1t has been srateu on nsi
sides for some time past that speed
is of the utmost Importance and II Is
understood that the Hungary ntmrlon