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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-03-05
PIONEERS Of COUNTY
HOLD ANNUAL MEETING
SESSION REMINISCENCE SONG
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ELECTED


vfding a museum for their reception.
He encouraged the pioneers with the
hope that such a place will be pro-
vided in the not distant future. Men
ton was made by various members
of relics of great historical value
which might be obtained for the AS
ISOLATION. among which was an oil
portrait of Capt. Woodbury. j. Doane.
recently discovered in an old house.
The officers elected for the ensuing
years are: T. Ives Dodge. president;
Scott Shaser, first vice-president;
Mrs. Ellen Phillips. second vice.
president: Fred W. Stocking. secre-
tary-treasurer; Mrs. Lavina Hart
suck. chaplain; George n. Talcott, NJ.
ID. Abbott, and p NJ. Troy, trustees.
Miss Mary O'Neil, Mrs. Mitchell
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-03-05
Rochester and
Vicinity

! School elections will be held in all
school districts on Saturday, March s.
The school is the most important
of all our American institutions and
commends itself to every public spir-
tied citizen. The character and use
fulness of the coming citizen will be
determined largely by the institu-
tons of learning in the land. Grade
of schools and school attendance is
therefore considered pretty good
barometer of the intellectual stand
ing of any nation A good education
is the best heritage of the rising gen
Grafton.
If these principles are considered
correct. we would be justified in OK
pecting every voter to show up at
the polls on the day of school cleo
ton. But, alas. such is not the case.
On the contrary. we have observed in
different parts of the country that
that the average citizen takes very
little interest in school elections.
This is not to our credit and it is not
good for us and the community IN
which we reside. A wide awake in
terest in school affairs on the part of
the residents in the community can
not fail to have stimulating effect
on both teachers and students. Or
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-03-05

The eleventh annual session of the
Thurston County Pioneer and Histo-
rical Association was one of the most
largely attended Of any of the meet
ings of that organization, in recent
times. About ninety-fve or one
hundred were present, most of them
members of the association.
The morning session and the splen-
did dinner served were reported in
Tuesdays edition of the Washington
Standard. The afternoon session was
filled with very Interesting reminis-
cences from many Of the pioneers
present. and talks were made by sew
eral of them. George Talcott. one of
the trustees of the association. spoke
on the necessity of getting together
all the relics of early days. and pro-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-03-05

ty OF deer in all directions, but
my father vas cripple and could
not hunt; besides we had no gun
except an old fintlock musket
that was more notable for its
ugly disposition to kick" unmer-
clfuily than for anything else. |
ind people nowadays that remind
me of that musket. | trust thar
there will not be any OF that
class at the meeting. They are
an uncomfortable lot, and ought
to be given wide berth
Sincerely.
GEORGE II. HINES.
Following are the names of the
members present at the annual meet
ing:
Mrs. l.. NJ. Webster, Mrs. 7. Ives
Dodge, Mrs. A. A. Phillips. Jennie
McConogher. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Engley.
Mrs. r. j. Van Epps, Mrs. Con CALI
CHER. Mrs. Mary A. Simmons. Mrs.
James Draham. Jane Hilyer. Sarah
Bray, Mrs. Samantha Newsum. Mrs.
A. B. Cowles, Mrs. Julia Fry, J. G.
Conine. Mrs. Mitchell Harris. William
PackwoOd Honorary, Mrs. A. B.
Woodward. J. NJ. Tadlock. Mrs. J. d.
Biles, Mrs. Mary Glidden. Mrs. Ivey
e. Day, NJ. d. Abbott, Mrs. NJ. D. Abb
bolt, Mrs. Minnie Newsum Aspinwall
Mrs. A. +. Bigelow. George w. Biles
George +. Blankenship. Georgiana NJ
Blankenship. Mrs. NJ. A. Coons
Walter Crosby. Mrs Walter Crosby
A. ]. Davis, T. Ives Dodge, Louise S
Dofflemeyer. Clara White Dunbar
Emma Josephine Eastman. E. H
Elder. w. w. Fleetwood, Wash. Fra
sier Mitchell Harris, Mary A. Jordon
ney, c. B. Mann, Mrs. C. e. Mann. w
J. Milroy, Val A. Milroy, Janet S
Moore, Ada Sprague NOVEL;. Heller
McMicken. Fannie Steele O'Brien
Mary A. O'Neil, Winfield Scott Sha
ser, Mrs. NJ. Shaser. Mrs. Carrie E
Shaser, Daniel F. Shaser. Minerva J
Shaw. Sophia Sternberg, Fred w
Stocking, G.. r. Talcott. George n
Talcott, p. NJ. Troy. Mrs. l.. B. Troy
Mrs. Ellen d. Weir. Henrietta l.
Whitney. Mrs. A. D. Wright. Mrs. r
Zandell.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-03-05

Mr.. Feist, of the Feist & Bachrach
company, was in the city Thursday
on business. He has recently re-
turned from trip to New York,
where he was looking after business
conditions buying new goods. etc.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-03-05

Harris. and Mrs. NJ. Shaw were named
as memorial committee; Mrs. J. w.
NOVEL;, p. NJ. Troy and T. Ives
Dodge the committee on revision OF
the constitution; Mr.. Shaser. Mrs.
NOVEL; and NJ. d. Abbott a commit
tee on arrangements for a joint picnic
between this association and that of
Pierce county, to be held next July.
The secretary was instructed to ex-
tend an invitation to the Pierce coun-
ty organization to meet with this
county
A very enjoyable program OF song
and story of the old times was
finished the afternoon meeting. Miss
Janet Moorehead is in charge
/ The oldest pioneer present was
Mrs. Margaret Scherer, aged IS, who
crossed the plains and arrived here
! in 1910, just 80 years ago. A num-
Der of people from out of the county
were also present, some of whom
used to live here, and whose parents
were old settlers in this county,
among them two sons and daughters
of William Packwood, who settled at
Nisqually very early in the history of
the county. 1t was stated that the
first religious services in this county
were held at his home at Nisqually.
Rufus Packwood, William PackwoOd
and Mrs. McElfresh, the children
mentioned. We're voted into the asso-
citation as honorary members.
George II. Hines, former pio-
neer of this county, could not be pres
ent. but the following letter to Miss
Mary O'Neil was read at the meeting:
My Dear Miss O'Neil:
feel greatly disappointed at
my inability to attend the annual
meeting of Thur ston County Pho
neers. next Tuesday. | thought
l had matters that might inter-
fere with my going to Olympia.
pretty we'll side-tracked. but yes
terday calls for service on my
part requiring immediate atten-
ton made it impossible for me to
carry out my tentative plan.
Please convey to the meeting
my best wishes, for all that may
assemble. with the hope that the
"reminiscences that may be re-
called may be instructive as we'll
as entertaining.
Permit me to say, just here.
that according to my recollection.
the winter we have been passing
through is almost If not quite
the perfect counterpart OF the
winter of 1853-54-a snappy De-
cember, beginning about the 10Th,
with considerable snow. lasting
into January, followed by real
dry February. with numerous
frosty mornings. There was ice
in the lakes in the country over
four inches thick. mad one of my
jobs was to go to the lake on my
fathers place-nOw owned by
David Fleetwood few hundred
yards from our log cabin-almost
barefooted. and cut the ice in
order that two horses and COW
could get water. This had to be
done many mornings, until it
really became quite montonous
to me. Our bill of fare that win
ter was very simple most OF the
time. Flour from South America
| (Chile) was only SIS barrel.
and coarse brown sugar from the
| Sandwich Islands, 20 cents
pound. Boiled wheat was our
chief article of diet, three times
day. Naturally, an occasional
change was cordially welcomed.
A neighbours boy, James Baker by
name, would bring us q venison
ham or a shoulder every little
while for which we all felt like
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-03-05

have We the right to expect that the
teachers shall be filed with glowing
enthusiasm while other people ex-
hibit marked Indifference?
Let us determine that the turnout
in the spring election of 1920 shall
be little above the average. There
must be a large number Of people in
every school district who consider
themselves 100 per cent Americans"
Is it possible that any citizen of this
high type can neglect his duty on
any election day? We think not.
Community church service at
Rochester next Sunday. March Z, at
II a. m. Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Next meeting of the Good Roads
Association will be held Monday
March 8.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-03-05

On account of the sudden illness of
Miss Marie Morri5ey, who is now in
California. her concert at the High
School Auditorium on Wednesday
evening. March II, has been post
poned until a later date
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-03-05

Steamed or boiled pudding or any
kind that requires long slow cooking
and any steamed bread like Boston
baked bread are we'll adapted to
cooking in the fireless cooker
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-03-05
HE TOLD WORKERS
OF FARMERS STAND

Farmers will never go on
strike" was statement which
brought delegates to the National
Farmer-Labor Cooperative Con-
gress to their feet in Chicago. IL
was George Hampton OF Washing-
ton. managing director of the.
Farmers National Council. talk.
ing, and his talk had much to do
with the steps taken toward uni
form action by all cooperative
agencies In the U. S.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-17
LEAGUE OF NATIONS DEMANDS
SURRENDER OF THE KAISER

Dutch government
ed officially during
Paul Des Chanel New French President
P.-Paul
Leon Burgeos
"Ark' Reached HangO Finland
HANGO, Finland(By
depod the United
will
officials
Ask Safe
HELINGSFORS(By
soviet
Goldman their Dn
received Finnish
appears
BOlsheviH Forces
WARSAW.-(By A. P)Bohevik
official statements general
Admiral JelicO Ordered 10 Hurry Home.
urgent call to England cancelled
the minister
Austrian Fleet
GENEvABy A. PA telegram
that the Austrian fleet seriously
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-17
SAMUEL LANcDON
FARM CHANGES OWNERS
ALBERT LANGDON AND HARRY
WHITTIER BUY INTEREST
OF OTHER HEIRS

AL. LangdOn returned last night
from Nampa and Payette where he
went to close dea1 with his brothers,
Samuel and George, for their interest
in their father'SFold home place, eight
miles east Of Moscow, which has been
in the family for about 35 years This
land was s<sbought by the late Samuel
LangdQd 35 years ago, for 81 800, he
paying $1,000 for 160 acres and $500
for the other 100 acres.
Upon the death of Samuel Langdon,
Sr., one of Latah county's best known
pioneers, the land became the proper
ty of the three sons, who have owned
it until now. AL. has been making
his home on. the land for the past
several years. The other two broth
ers, Samuel; Jr., and George, live at
Payette and Nampa, respectively and
Harry Whittier and Al. Langdon have
just closed deal whereby they be-
come owners Of the interest Of the
two brothers in the farm which is one
of the good farms of that section.
Mr.. Langdon says Nampa is boom
ing and has been for the past year.
There is not vacant house in town
and it is almost impossible to get
a room at the hotel. The great
Dewey hotel, one of the largest in
Idaho, is turning people away every
night and plans the addition of 80
more rooms this year. He says the
weather is cold and from La Grande,
south, the ground is frozen hard and
real winter weather prevails.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-17
UNITED STATES
LEGALLY DRY TODAY
CONSTITUTIONAL BITION
WENT INTO EFFECT AT MID
NIGHT FRIDAY

Ending fight that began 278 years
ago, the prohibitionists actually Won
their fight at midnight last night when
the United States became "dry" be-
cause of the adoption of the 18th
amendment to the constitution. The
new prohibition law, which becomes
national by adoption of this amend
ment to the constitution, is now in full
effect. It's most important provisions
follow:
Declare unlawful the manufacture
or sale of any beverage containing one
half of one per cent or more of all
cOhOl.
Declare unlawful the manufacture
in violation of law to be common npis
ances, abatable as such.
Search and seizure of private
dwelling unless used for the unlawful
sale of intox1cants or in pArt as
places of business.
Liquor seized to be destroyed, We
hicles and other property to fbe sold
and proceeds paid into United States
treasury
Advertising of liquor by any method
prohibited.
CA LII uuldCtuIC dI uOuC LII
personal use of notwithstanding cid
.ers and fruit juices. While mon in
toxicating" is construed by law to
mean one7half of one per cent lor more
of alcohol
Permit manufacture of alcoholic Ii
QuOrs for sacramental and medicinal
uses, under restrictions. !.
Permit manufacture of alcohol for
industrial and scientific uses.
Permit possession of liquor in home
if purchased before prohibition Abe-
came effective.
Physicians prohibited from pre-
scribing alcoholic liquor for patient
unless in good faith they believe it
will afford relief from ailment Not
more than one pint can be prescribed
in any month for one person.
Complete records of sales, including
names of persons obtaining liquors,
required of manufacturers and drug
gists.
Various penalties for violation fixed,
the most severe being $4,000 fine and
two years imprisonment.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-17
EM. C. A. FUNDS
FOR EX-sERv|cE men
ARRANGEMENTS MADE TO AS.
S1ST THEM IN SECURING
BETTER Quotations

The National War Work Council OF
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion has placed at the disposal of the
Interstate Committee of Oregon an0
Idaho limited sum of money to be
used for educational work for ex-
service men. This it a part. of a ma
,tional program providing free scholar
ships in Y. M. C. A. and other ac-
credited schools; limited fund for
college and university scholarships
also plan of home study courses on
a broad range of practical and voca-
tional subjects; lecture bureau <serv-
ice and Americanization work for non
English speaking people. The allot-
Nment of funds has been made by
counties according to population.
Definite county and district com
mittees are being formed and will
soon be working In the meantime,
all interested ex-service men may ap-
ply for Information to the local as
sociation albany Of the following
cities: ASTORIA Baker, Bend. Corval-
lis, 60. A. G. ass'n.l, Eugene, La
Grande, Marshfield, >Pendleton, Eco.
ass'n.), Portland, Salefn, Oregon:
Boise, Kellogg, Moscow (U. -of~Idaho
ass'n.), Payette, Pocatello, Rose Lake,
Idaho, or address the interstate edu-
catlonal secretary, room COG Y. M.
e. A. building, Portland, Oregon.
The Y. M. C. A. schools cooperate
with the state of Oregon in providing
financial assistance for ex-service
men while they are in school
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-17
Prohibition Enforcement Machinery Ready
SUGAR PROFITEERS
WILL BE PROSECUTED

Observation-Disclosures charging
profiteering in sugar were returned
IN the federal district court here
against several officials of three
wholesale grocery concerns. The true
bills were part of batch of 2Q4er
more voted by the grand Jury, but
the others were not presented today.
Those indicted are gsfe proprietors
of the mutual grocery company, Off
GERS of the See Moon company, and
the executive heads of the Surkin &
Portnoy compdny.
Z The MutY6l Grocery Company Off
GERS are charged with having con
spired tg exact IL cents a pound for
granulated sugar, the highest lawful
price being liz cents. The other two
concerns are charged with conspiring
to fexact excessive prices, the com
p]Aint being that the See-Moon com
Pany bought sugar at 1O15 cents and
turned it over to the Surkin & Port
now company, which sold it to retail
ers at 81 Y cents.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-17
BURTON |. FRENCH
FOR H0MESTEADERS
MOSCOW'S CONGRESSMAN WORK.
ING FOR FOREST PRESERVA-
TION IN IDAHO

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Congress-
man Burton L. French has introduced
bill upon request of the Benewah
County Farm Bureau, providing that
the forest service may exchange lands
within forest areas in the Clearwater
st. Joe and Occur d'Alene national
forests, that are chiefly valuable for
agricultural purposes, for land held
in the reserves by settlers, that are
chiefly valuable for timber. Mr..
French points out that many years
ago under the timber and stone act
and to some extent under the home
stead and preemption law, timber
lands were acquired that it would be
well to surrender to the government
providing the owners could acquire
agricultural lands within forest
areas.
For several years Congressman
French has been pressing upon the
forest service the advisability of per-
mitting as free homestead entry as
possible within forest reserve areas.
Mr.. French is now pressing the matter
especially, upon the department in
view of the terrific fires of last sea-
son and is urging that settlers scatter
ed throughout all forest areas on
tracts of land available for home
stead entry would be the greatest pro-
lection possible against forest fires.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-17
AUREl|A RE|NHARDT
FOR PEACE TREATY
LODGE RESERVATIONS LOSING
IN COUNT OF COLLEGE VOTE
TAKEN TUESDAY

SAN FRANCISCO-Dr. Aurelia
Reinhardt, president of Mills college
( will leave tomorrow for Washington
with petitions bearing 10000 names
asking the senate to ratify the peace
treaty without reservations, it was an
nounced today by the women's league
for the peace treaty, under whose
auspices the petitions were circulated.
Wilson Plan Gaining.
NEW YORK Advocates of rati-
fication of the peace treaty by COM
promise headed the poll in the com
plete returns made public here tonight
of the intercollegiate referendum.
They led by small margin voters who
favored ratification without reserva-
tion or amendment
According to the revised figures the
referendum was voted upon in 40
colleges and universities and 139, ,788
votes were cast with. the following re-
suit:
Compromise between the Lodge and
democratic RESERVATIONS, 1868.
Ratification without reservations,
48,232.
Ratification with the Lodge reser-,
vations, 27, 970
Opposition to the treaty in any form
1898.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-17
SUICIDES BODY
| TO GRANGEV|LLE
NO DOUBT LEFT THAT JOHN H.
BROWN INTENDED TO DE-
STROY HIMSELF

GRANGEVILLE, Ida.-The remains
Of John H. Brown, who ended his life
Thursday morning by leaping from
the passenger train while crossing
the Lawyers canyon bridge, where
brought to Grangeville last evening
and will be taken to Harpster for in
terment. August Brown, father of the
young man, and A. E. Lovelace, father
of Mrs. Brown, to whom the young
man was welded three hours before
his DEATH went to lilo today to bring
the remains to GrangeviIle
The most searching inquiry by
friends has failed to throw any light
on the mysterious tragedy 1t is gen.
orally conceded, however, that Brown
was the victim of mental alteration
and was not responsible for his act
He had been about Grangeville for
two days before his marriage and his
friends here had noted that his con-
duct was not natural The people with
whom he boarded in Winchester have
reported that he had been changed for
the past two weeks 1t was thought
that he was not well and his peculiar
conduct was not given special atten-
ton but is now regarded as indicative
of mental change that was taking
place and which doubtless prompted
his rash act Thursday.
Mrs. Brown is prostrated at the
nome OF her parents here. 1t was
learned yesterday that Browns con-
versation with his wife before he left
her side to go to the rear of the train
and leap from the bridge, leaves no
doubt but that his death resulted from
suicidal intent. At the time Mrs.
Brown did not interpret the meaning
of his words. He had ridden with his
bride from Grangeville to a point be-
yond Cottonwood and during the en-
tire morning appeared in the best of
spirits. He had talked with her about
his work and before leaving her side
had folded his overcoat and laid it in
the seat and then handed her his
pocketbook with the remark that it
was not much but was all that he had
and that he would not be with her
long. At the time she thought he re-
ferred to his temporary absence in
the smoking car.
The funeral arrangements have not
been made further than that the re-
mains will be laid to rest in the Harp
ster cemetery near the home where,
he grew into manhood
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-17
IDAHO HAY STILL
IN FARMERS HANDS
REPORT OF CROP SERVICE EX.
PERT SHOWS 70 PER CENT
STILL ON THE FARMS

| A special hay report issued by Jul
| ius H. Jacobson of the Idaho Crop Re
porting service, indicates that 70 per
cent of Idahos 1919 hay crop is still
on the farms. However, 40 per cent
has been bought up by dealers and
spectators, leaving the growers in
control of the remaining 80 per cent,
some of which will be sold and the
rest retained to carry the farmers
through to the next crop harvest.
A large number of replies were re-
ceived from correspondents Of the crop
REPORTING section from those districts
which had surplus earlier in the sea-
son. The present survey indicates
that Adams, Butte, Fremont, Madison,
Teton, Clark, Blaine and Bannock will
not have enough hay to last through
the season. All other counties in east
ern, southern and western parts Of the
state have a sufficient supply to carry
them through the, winter.
The price per ton in the stack varies
from SIT in western counties to S25
in southeastern counties, with an
average for the counties covered by
this report of S21 Baled hay varies
in price from $24 per ton in western
counties to $31 per ton in eastern
counties, with an average of S27 per
ton.
There is 21 per cent less stock on
feed at present than the usual num-
Der, which is due to the high priced
feed and the shortage in some
counties.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-17
FOUR NAzARENE
CHURCHES IN LATAH
REV. w. L. GOSS POINTS OUT
ERRORS IN REPORT OF I'M
MIGRATION AGENT

The following statement of the
number of Nazarene churches in
Latah, county, Idaho, was handed in
by Rev. L. w. Goss, pastor of the
Nazarene church here. His statement
follows:
Forasmuch as others have taken
IN hand to set forth in order a declar-
alton of things as they truly exist
among US, it seemed good to me also,
having had understanding of all
things from the very first, to write
unto thee in order, that thou mightest
know the certainty of those things
pertaining to the number of churches
in the state of Idaho.
In the report of churches given
some weeks ago there was reported
one Nazarene church in Latah coun-
ty. There are four church buildings,
two IN the Potlatch country, one at
Troy, one at Pine Grove and an or
ganlzation but no church property in
Moscow
In the southern part of the state we
nave church property at Boise, Cald-
well, Claytonia, Emmet, Eagle, Meri-
dian, and Nampa that we know of,
where we have organized classes, of
which we have no statistics pertaining
to church buildings. At Nampa is To-
cased the Northwestern Nazarene Col
lege, with an enrolment of 435 stu
dents, scholars being enrolled from
~ states and several foreign coun-
tries This school is only five years
OF age but it is growing and gives
great promise of becoming an educa-
tional center for the great northwest
country. We just lately closed a
victory campaign for 100000. 1t is
college without any debt, the money
being raised to build additional build
ings