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The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-12-23
WEATHER REPORT

oREGoN-Tonight and Friday
rain In west; rain OF snow In east.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-25

pNyNI 7 CAD AND SAMSON SITS.
NlVSLl l., .- Matinee Dsiiy
." Added Edgar's Hamlet"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-25

Dinner Plates, l5e each.
Tea Plates, lie each.
Dessert Plates, 7c each.
Covered Vegetable Dishes, 60,
each.
Open Vegetable Dishes, IS,
each.
From one OF Americas lars
have slight imperfections, but not
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-25

Fouiard voiles. Plain voiles. Ginghams. Organ
dies.
Plenty of blue-and.white. Plenty OF white. But
plenty too, of black-and-white, Copeuhagen-a and
white, bue-and-buf, rose-and-white, orchid-and-
white, slblue allwhite, maze pink, rose, eantelope
yellow and the good bluesl
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
Mice in Orchards.

During the latter part of last year
many of the prune trees in the Hayes
and Westlake orchards have been
"sick," and the cause of the illness has
baffled the owners. So far as the
Westlake orchards are concerned, the
mystery has been solved by the new
superintendent. Mice has caused the
mischief, and vigorous campaign of
determination of the rodents has been
conducted the last few months with
success. 1t is believed the trouble is
the same in the Hayes orchard. In
the Westlake orchard, it was found
that the land was literally alive with
mice. Between the trees clover had
been growing, and in the roots mice
had nested and reared their young.
The clover has been plowed under and
of mice have been killed,
and the trees are recovering and get
ting back to a normal state.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
1s Cars Net $4,000

DR.. N. B. Barnes furnishes a splen-
did illustration of what can be done
with an Idaho orchard when it is prop
erly cared for and managed. He has
fine 20-acre tract on the east slope,
Is acres being in orchard, which net
ted him $4,000 strong. Five acres are
in Elberta peaches. He shipped $500
baskets at $1.85 per basket, f. o. b.,
Emmett, or a total of $4625, or over
5000 per acre Thirteen acres are in
apples-Ionathans Rome Beauties,
Grimes Golden and Winesaps.
Due to proper pruning and thinning,
his Jonathans, Rome Beauties and
Grimes Golden were rs per cent ex-
ira fancies, for which he was paid
sos per ton. His Wiinesaps were s5
per cent extra fancies, and for these
the price is $75 per ton. These are
big prices and brought to the doctor
a handsome return.
j. R. Field has about Is acres of
fancy cherries. It is understood they
brought him a return of $1,000 per
acre.
: B. P, Baker has IL acres in cherries,
peaches pears and prunss, and it ID !
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08

on the first offnse. Practically every
offender arrested and fined has beer
Tor the first offense-at least, the
first provable offense- In your parti-
cular case the officer making the
charge states that your behavior was
commendable. The judge sitting on
this case states that you pleaded
guilty and that consequently no evi-
dence came before him showing that
you claimed any excuse or right to
especial treatment. Hence he merely
performed his duty, when he gave
you the minimum fine the law requires
Your case is just one case of some
score Of similar ones. The fact that
it has been given such undue promin-
ence we conceive to be without voli-
tion on your paEA We regret that
your neighbors should conceive that
one case such as this evidences un-
just discrimination on our part against
your section of the county. The clos
ing remarks in the unsigned letter of
transmittal we hardly consider as
authoritatively representing the opin-
ion Of your community. Trusting
that this clarifies the situation, we
beg to remain.
Very truly yours.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08

reported his gross return was $4,000.
c. d. Bucknum has nine acres of Ell
berta peaches and his return was
$500 above picking and packing
charges.
Anthony Peterson has 10 acres of
prunes, five wears old, that brought
him return Of 5000.
Apples yielded their owners a net
return of $3.50 per acre; peaches, $3.50
per acre; apricots, 5000 per acre;
cherries up to $1,000 per acre.
Emmett itself experienced splen-
did growth during the year. Many
handsome homes were built, and build
ing operations are continuing in spite
of the winter season. And still there
is great demand here for places to
live. There are a number of houses
lin which two and three families are
living. Present indications are that
equally prosperous conditions will pre-
vail in 1920.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
HAYES ORCHARD INTO
CITY
Plans for Improvement of Park
Submitted to Council
Dancing at Caldwell

The passage of an ordinance Tues
day by the city council and its publi-
cation in today's Index completes the
transfer of the last tract of the Hayes
prune orchard from county to city
jurisdiction. By the sale Of the
orchard north of Main street to the
city for park purposes and the sale Of
a block to the school district as a site
for the new High school building, only
one city block remained in possession
of E. X. Hayes, and this was taken
into the city limits by the action Of
the council. 1t has been suggested
that the county would act wisely by
purchasing this block as site for a
court house in the future. If the
county does not purchase this tract,
Mr.. Hayes will sell it out for residence
lots.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
GAS CAUSED TOMS
DOWNFALL
Boss Cat Met His Waterloo When He
Attacked Striped Feline.

! Tom is the name of big black cal
that for several years has enjoyed the
distinction of being the big boss o1
the feline race in his neighborhood
His proud record went a-glimmering
a few days ago. The story of his
downfall is a sad one.
To be exact, last Thursday night
was the time when Tom came to grief
and he is now a much sadder and
wiser cat. During his daily stroll that
evening he met up with cat having
2 long bushy tail and a black stripe
down its back. It was a new one to
Tom, but he concluded that the strang-
er needed licking anyway, and Tom
waded in. He fought well in his old
fashioned way, but modern warfare,
with its camouflaged batteries and
poison gases, was new to Tom and he
was forced back on his base of sup
plies, where it required three hours
of scrubbing and liberal applications
Of altar of roses before he was pre-
sentable for polite company.
Hereafter Tom will take aerial OBJ
of the enemy before order
ing a frontal attack.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
$780, 600 Fruit Crop.

The second big contribution to EN-
mett's prosperity in 1919 was the fruit
growing and shipping industry, anc
the record-breaking prices the grow
ers obtained for their fruit, which
brought in a total cash return of up
wards of 100000 a good percentage
of which was paid out in the shape OF
wages to the small army of workers
required to get the fruit on board the
cars ready for shipment to outside
markets.
There are three big fruit packing,
storage and shipping plants in En-
nett, as follows: Emmett Fruit
Growers Union, Guy Dayton, mana
ger. This plant at the close of the
1919 season had shipped 80 cars of
apples, Al cars of peaches and four
cars of prunes. In addition, Mr.. Day.
ton superintended the picking, pack
ing and shipping of IA cars of prunes
out of Parma, nine cars of apples out
of Caldwell and SO cars of apples at
New Plymouth.
The Emmett Fruit Growers as
sociation, R. B.. Shaw, manager, had
shipped 81 cars of apples, Is cars of
prunes, SO cars of peaches, eight cars
of cherries.
The Earl Fruit Co., r. B. Hirleman,
shipped out 16 cars of ap-
pies, nine cars of peaches and several
cars of prunes.
1t is probably safe to say that the
average return for the fruit shipped
from here in 1919 was: Apples, ~
ears, S1700 per car, $4,000 Peaches,
l19 cars, $1,000 per car, $4,000.
Prunes, 10 cars, $500 per car, s24,70O
Cherries, eight carloads, $4,000 per
ar, $4,000. Apricots, five cars,
1920 per car, $4,000.
The foregoing were shipped through |
he three packing houses. In addi-
ion, many thousands of dollars worth
# fruit was sold locally, and to out
ide buyers, who hauled it out in
rucks, autos and wagons.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
Former Emmett Boy KILLED.

Crawford Wood, a young man whc
in 1907-08 made his home with ]. w
Tyler while attending the Lincoln
school, was killed at Wamsuetter
Wyo, last week by being struck by
a train, according to message receiv.
ed by Mr.. Tyler. The young mans
home was at Sauery, Wyo. During
the war he enlisted in Wyoming re-
giment and saw active service abroad
He had recently returned from over
seas and was on his way home. At
Wamsuetter he and pal got off the
train and both were instantly killed
when passing train struck them. Mr..
Wood was % years old. While here,
he worked for James Little in the
summer
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
BasketbaIl-Emmett at Caldwell

The opening games in the schedule
of the Southwestern Idaho High
School league will be played Friday
night, with Emmett at Caldwell and
Meridian at Boise. The Emmett quin-
tet have worked hard under Coach
Gray and are in fine trim for the
battle. This promises to be one of
the hardest games of the season. If
you can go over, do so. The boys
need you to help them "bring home
the bacon" Many of the Emmett
teachers will go to Caldwell tomor-
row morning to visit the schools and
will remain for the game. The first
home game will be played January
16, with Payette High.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
PAST YEAR PROSPEROUS
FOR EMMETT
Review of Years Achievements
Given in New Years Edi-
tion of Boise Paper.

The Reconstruction Edition of tn,
Capital News, issued Sunday, a mos
comprehensive review of the growth
and achievements of the state during
1919, contained the following article
on Emmett:
The year just brought to close
was by all odds the most prosperous
in the history of Emmett, the rapidly
growing county seat of Gem county
Practically every merchant in Emmett
reports the biggest years business
ever known in this community. The
big growth in business here is reflect
ed in the great increase in the total
resources of the two splendid banks.
The large contributors to Emmett's S
prosperity in 1919 are: First, the
great sawmill plant here Of the Boise
Payette Lumber Co., which up to the
time in December, when the annual
repairs were started, gave employ
ment at good wages to over $50 en-
ployes. Most of these men are being
kept on the company's payroll
throughout the winter. 1t is gener-
ally known here that the orders for
lumber are so great as to have prac-
tically swamped the shipping depart
ment which continues to work day and
night in an effort to catch up with
the tremendous demand.
1t is understood the great plant will
be operating again full blast as soon
as the annual repairs to the big mill
are completed and as soon as the ice
in the big log pond melts sufficiently
to permit the floating of logs.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Applicant for Citizenship Declares
Belief in Both Evils.

Declaring his belief in anarchy and
polygamy, Tom Karpick, Russian, in
the employ of the Boise Payette Lum-
Der Co., last week declared his inten-
ton to make application to become a
citizen of the United States, before
County Clerk Church.
Asked if he. knew what an anarchist
is, he replied in the affirmative.
"Are you an anarchist"
"Yes."
ado you believe in polygamy?"
"You betchal"
Comment is unnecessary.
Thirty applications for citizenship
were filed in the county clerks office
last year.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
Wins Prize.

Frank Chaplin returned Saturday
from Salt Lake City, where he had
been attending a convention of agents
and officials of the Mutual Life In
surance Co. of New York. Mr.. Chaplin
made an enviable record in writing in
surance last year and was awarded a
prize much sought after, trip to
New York City next fall, with all ex-
penses paid.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
Park Improvement

The committee on park improve
ment, consisting of Councilmen Miles,
Emard and Peterson, presented q
tentative plan for the consideration
of the council 1t Provides for the
removal of the prune trees from
about two-thirds of the tract, the
1eveling of the ground, the planting
of shade trees in groups, and the di-
vision of the land into Fairgrounds,
picnic grounds and a tourists park,
the construction of graveled paths
and driveways and the planting of
-shrubbery and flowers.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
sheeIrock Hill impossible.

Shellrock Hill is proving to be 9
barrier to all autos running between
Emmett and the upper country. The
other day Conda Wilson left for the
Ola country on a stock buying trip.
He went as far as Shellrock Hill and
after one look at the ice on the road,
decided it was no place for him in an
auto. So he telephoned to Montour
for a car to meet him and made the
descent on foot. All others travelling
in either direction are doing the same,
as it is too dangerous to attempt with
a car.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
Candy Factory.

The Palm Bakery is manufactur-
ing candy, and an excellent quality is
being turned out under the direction
OF F. P. Lilies, who is an expert can
dy maker. This embryo industry
should be encouraged by the liberal
Of Emmett people. The
candy is pure and manufactured un-
der sanitary conditions and has the
added advantage Of being fresh. Pat
ronize home industries.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
How They Dance at Caldwell

The council has in mind the enact
ment of laws to govern dancing. Ir
order to learn what other towns had
done in this matter, letters were writ
ten to clerks of neighboring towns
asking for copies of any dance ordin-
ances they may have. Caldwell's
clerk, w. S. Maxey, is of a poetic
nature, and twangs the Tyre as fol-
lows:
In reply to your favor of the 3rd
inst, will state that the city of Cald-
well has no ordinance on dancing.
They dance all night till broad day
light,
And go home with the girls in the
morning.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
Protest from Sweet

In the enforcement of the anti
-cutout ordinance, ]. E. Knowlton OF
Sweet was among the many arrested
for driving with their cutouts wide
open. He pleaded guilty and was
given the minimum fine. A protest
against such action was received by
the council. The protest is signed by
20 prominent residents of the Sweet
neighborhood, and is as follows:
November 25, 1919
To the City Council, Emmett, Idaho.
We, the undersigned citizens of Up
per Gem County, hereby respectfully
protest to your honorable body the
present practice of your local officers
in the arrests being made of citizens
of our good county for innocent viola
ton of certain traffic regulations
which you have seen fit to place on
motor travel in your good city. The
ordinance regarding signaling, cut
outs and other matters pertaining to
good and proper driving we recognize
as being good, tho it is only fair to
assume that these matters will be
handled with good judgment and that
arbitrarily arrested and fined on first
innocent offense when other parties
are given one or more chances to get
used to your restrictions. In the case
of our good citizen, ]. E. Knowlton, I
we earnestly request that any fine (
which he may have paid be returned to I
him, this being the first offense and
that some care and good Judgment be
used in administering your traffic re-
Rulations.
The following reply to the protest
was forwarded to Mr.. Knowlton:
Dear Sir: There seems to be more
or less misunderstanding about the
enforcement of our traffic regulations
in your case and in Others, and con-
sequent bitter feeling. We are recent
ly in receipt Of an unsigned communi-
cation on Talley Bros.letterhead trans ,
mitting Herewith protest and re-
quest signed by number of purport-
ed car owners of Upper Gem County.
1t is neither the province nor the in
clination of this council to review and .
revise the action of its police court. u
Yet, we have made an exception in o
this case, because there is so mani
festly misunderstanding IN the mat b
ter that can be readily cleared up. Our
traffic regulations are identical with
those of every city and village in the
United States. They are familiar to Il
every auto owner and driver. Hence Il
I~ok .o,~;Jo~nl -
o release offenders with . warning ce
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
All Ready at Cabarton.

Last fall the company completed
the building of its extensive system
of logging tracks in the vast timber
belt in towns IN Long Valley, south OF
Cascade. 1t now has established at
Cabarton, nine miles south of Cascade,
its, shops, round house, and logging
headquarters. AID Uncle Sam has es-
tablished poa office at Cabarton.
Hence, the coAzAny is now in posi-
tion to openEe with full regularity
its big log tr1iAs between Cabarton
and Emmett aAA THUS furnish con-
staHt and adequate supply of logs to
keep the big mill here in full opera
tion throughout the year. 1t is this
knowledge that serves to stabilize
every line of business in Emmett
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
Shipping Sheen.

The Clinton Sheep company are
marketing the sheep that have been
on full feed this winter A train load
will go out today from Letha to Chica-
go, and other shipments will follow
regularly until all fit for market have
been disposed of.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08

A permit to construct gasoline
pump in front of the Wilton building
on Washington avenue was granted
to Larkin & Lyon. The city attorney
was instructed to draw an ordinance
making it obligatory for every school
child to be vaccinated for smallpox.
This action is taken at the request of
the state and county health officers.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
Sells Bench Land.

S. o. Zachman this week sold 40
acres of his bench ranch, north of
town, to Ellis Walters. Mr.. Walters
will build modern residence thereon
and will make his home there.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
shearinx Rate Agreed upon

At conference of officials of the
Idaho Sheep Growers Association and
Idaho Sheep Shearers union, an agree
ment as to prices for shearing the
coming season was fixed at 17h cents
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
Map of City.

A committee composed Of Council
men Miles, Emard and Haylor was ap-
pointed to have q map Of the city
made, to be drawn on large scale.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08

Mrs. Josephine Ireton, widow of the
late John H. Ireton, died Monday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. C.
Mills of Garden Valley aged II years.
She, too, was one of the pioneers Of
the state, and as the head of the
household on the Marsh & Ireton
ranch, at Montour, made that stopping
place for travellers noted far and wide
for its cheer and homelikeness for a
quarter of century or more. She is
survived by her daughter and one
son, Arthur. The funeral was held
today in Boise and the body was buri-
ed there.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-01-08
ANSWERLAST
CALL
Mrs. Sweet and Mrs. Ireton,
Early Settlers of Squaw
Creek, Pass Away.

The entire Squaw creek country
mourns the death of two of its earliest
settlers, Mrs. E. Sweet and Mrs. John
H. Ireton, who passed away during
the past week. Their grief is shared
by very many residents of Gem, Boise
and Ada counties. Their demise oc-
cured within "a hours of each other.
Mrs. Isabelle Sweet died at her
home in Sweet Sunday morning, after
a sickness of two weeks, although she
had been in feeble health for several
months, She and her husband recent
ly returned from trip through Kan
sas, Nebraska and Ohio. The strenu-
BUSINESS Of the journey, which was
completed in about month, prob
ably hastened her death, which was
caused by disease Of the stomach, and
from which she had been long suf-
ferer.
Mrs. Sweet had been a resident of
the Sweet section "a years, coming to
Idaho from Chester, Ill.,, where she
was born December IL, 1852. She
was married to E. Sweet in Caldwell
in 1887. Settling in the lower Squaw
creek valley, she did her full share of
the arduous work that fell to the lot
of the pioneer. To the early settlers,
as well as to those who came later,
she was kind friend and neighbor,
and her death is sincerely mourned by
those who knew her.
She is survived by a husband and
one son; also three sisters, Mrs. M.
]. Clarkson of Sweet, Mrs. Maggie
Brown of Ogden, Utah, and Mrs.
Frank Gray of Boise. The funeral
was held from the home on Tuesday,
Rev. Joyce Kendall conducting the
services, and was largely attended.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-29


reaching millions
wire and railway service in widespread dis
Egn Ill.,
Of
that the death list Georgia and Alabama
distinct driving
Lake Michigan
in India and Michigan
A o. follows:
killed hundreds
half million dollars
F1 HEsh injured
ertyd estimated at A,0O000o
Grange high thirty and heavy
Point Ga Five
WAYNE, killed,
Aabama-Five killed
and Ohio-Slxteen reported killed
ous
East roy WisOne killed
and OhioA number reported killed
enyeight dead hundreds OF injured and
property million dollars left in the wake OF tornado
suburbs were the which destroyed hundreds Of build
traffic tepgraphC and
dying the shore OF Lake Michigan
O Chicago
f the tornado Merose Park
than 100 injured at the former
loss there estimated at
s400o00o. .., ,.,.u y c,,,,o ,-onar ,r,,
injured while at Dunning northW
than hundred injured and
made homeless
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-29

>l.W YORK. March HS.--Thc national
civic federation "H Which Judge Alton
4 Parker - president. having a mem
b,rsh!p Of mcu and women prominent IN
all forms or public and political cndea-
yor in a statement tonight came out
strongly in opposition in recognition OF
Suvic, government Of Russia Ihe
statement. signed by moro than 900 per
sons whose names a." nationally kho"h'
VIII br sent to President Wilson.
II declares that the people or the
United states cannot consent to admit
into the family Of nations or IN any
other way couutenanc" this government
Of violence and terror. There must be
no cnmprnuisc between American demo-
cracy and Russian BolSheVism.
The Declaration -
Tho declaration follows in part:
,'N.c believe that recognition or Soviet
Russia would bC n reputation or all
that our national life has represented
for a hundred and fifty years. and OF
all the spiritual ideals for which mod
rrn civilization has striNcn for 1000
years.
aiming ~ destroy the bulwarks or
morality and social order Soviet tenets
have attempted to intcrdict the teach
ings Of religion, diStranChised the cier-
gy. and made marriage mere civil con-
tract which may b" broken by either
rarty. It's system and franchise destroy
rcpr,scntd'iyc government. which since
tho magma C@arla. the world has come
10 regard as the first essential political
factor Of the modern state. Its program
breaks every law Of economies and in
practice destroys production.
The fundamental principle and pur-
pose Of tho RolShcvist propaganda
abroad IS world revolution whether that
propaganda ~ carried on by official So
Wet representatives. by political parties
which belong TO their communist inter
national or by independent organizations
that support SOvctism because OF It's
temporary ability to maintain its power
BolshcvlSm by all Of its decrees. publ
cations and acknowledged acts has DEM
onstrsted that It is destructive move
mcnt. depending for It's success in Rus-
Sia upon terrorism and q minority dicta-
tcrship, ard in foreign countries, upon
support and sympathy detained through