The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-09-03
lATAH COUNTY
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Clipped From The Columns
Of Neighboring Papers.

among the farmers anu especially
the gardeners of the Potlatch can
yon. They have become, very num-
erous in the past few years along
the creek and their destructive
habits are the cause of much COM
plant. One man says that he is
satisfied that these birds destroyed
no less than $500 worth of melons
alone on his place last year besides
damaging to a great extent other
of his garden products. They are
also destroyers of grain and it is
reported shocks of wheat in places
infested by these game birds look
as If they had been run through a
separator. The threshing OF the
grain by the pheasants is done with
their wings, it is said, and the heads
OF wheat are almost as thoroughly
robbed of the kernels as it the grain
had been put through threshing
machine. Where the birds are in
large numbers the damage is very
extensive and some Of the gardeners
and farmers are beginning to look
upon the China pheasant as a pest
of the worst sort, so much so that
some of them declare that unless
the candidates for legislature at
the coming election pledge them
selves to enact a law providing a
means whereby the producers may
be protected against the ravages OF
these birds they will be defeated it
their vote can do 1T.
Deary Press: e. E. DesVoigne,
for the past several months en-
ployed as manager of Chas. Lacy's
store at Avon, has purchased the
confectionery business of H. M. Call
of this place, taking possession
tuesday of this week. Mr.. and Mrs.
DesVoigne are energetic people and
it will be their purpose to keep the
establishment up to its present
standard of service to the public.
The Press extends them hearty
welcome to our thriving metropolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Call will shortly re-
move to their new home in Spokane,
where they will take we'll earned
rest before again embarking in
business. They started their busi-
ness here in the year 1907, with a
capital of $65.00, having come from
the farm to conduct a refreshment
stand at the towns first 4th of July
celebration. They never returned
to the farm, but continued in busl-
ness, which has grown in volume
until it now amounts to several
thousand dollars annually. The
sale Of his business was negotiated
by the Latah Realty Co., and in
cludes the store building and lot.
Mr.. Calls home was recently pur-
chased by Oakley Hall Of Bovill.
The total amount received by Mr..
Call for all his interests was SIS, 100.
Troy News: You know some
people are very timid about the
things they are raising on their
ranches. so N. R. Shepherd kept il
still about the big rye he raised On
his ranch north OF town this sum
mer until this week when he
brought in a sample of the gralr
and it measured seven foot ir
height, and from this field he cut
two and one-half tons to the acre
and now he has just finished cutting
the second crop and in it he got con
siderable alfalfa, which was sowr
with rye.
Genesee News: The big rock crush
er that was erected on the Mervyl
place some time ago to furnish
crushed rock for the state highway
is being moved to the Platt ranch
where rock will be taken out fo
surfacing the road.
When the crusher was located OF
the Meavyn ranch it was though
plenty Of rock could be found. 4
drill hole had been sunk and rocI
found, but upon further investlga
tion it was found that the layer o
rock was only some tour or five fee
thick and that it was useless to be
gin operations there so arrange
ments have been made with Plat
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