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Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-15

Ano,hr Pueblo Store "whiz Bang
Booster party was given at the Y. W.
C. A. rooms on seventh street last
night
At s o'clock course dinner was
served to the employers and the Sc
employees During the dinner hour.
humorous reoitstions and Jokes start
cd the evening out with \ swing. after
which tho following program was
given:
tkclele solo ......... Frances Maddox
Reading ......, Miss Buchanan
Selection ........ Ladies' quartet
Three Minute Talks Training,
Miss White: Honesty" Mr.. Kelly.
Enthusiasm Miss Mcdonald; (;
"Promptness and Penmanship," Mr..
Day: Yourself" Mr.. Solmonson: /:
"Enmity." Mr. Weesner: Buying and
selling thru attractive displays" Mr..
Paxton: Loyalty" MIR. Jones: "op-
portunity." Mr.. Thomson.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-15
CRIFFIIH'S WAY DOWN EASTIS
REALLY A WONDERFUL PICTURE

way Down East" was played to
. splendid audience at the City Audi
torium last night. but II should have
been presented TO a bigger audience
in fact every scat in tho house should
have been filled and standing room
only should have been the sign at
the door, because the picture is wor-
thy OF everything that can he said in
its praise II is really a marvellous
picture. much OF It in color. and all
who have an opportunity to soc 1t to-
day at the matinee at the City Audi
torium should do so. Those who can :
not see Way Down East" this aftor-
noon at the Auditorium will have an
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-15

opportunity 10 see It tonight at the
Steel Works " and the people of
picture should fill the steel Works
W. thcater to its utmost capacity to-
night
Saturday afternoon and Saturday
evening this great picture will return
to the City Auditorium, and those
who have not boon able to see it
should sec 1t then.
There will bs special children, ,
matinee at the City Auditorium today
and Saturday at popular prices Sec
advertisement on thcatcr page for
arucularA
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-15

Yards and yards Of iemon color
Cd moirs silk ribbon and quantities
of black chantilly lace 20 TO make
CD this dainty dance froek which 10
cool enough for the hottest spring
or summer evening.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-15
Soldier Returns Wounded
To Find Wife Remarked

Grand Island. Ncb., April ii-Roy
Yates Of EnaSas ity. overseas soldier
of the A. r r. who lost an arm in
Franco and has recently been released
from an eastern hospital came to
Grand Island yesterday In search Of
his wifc only To and she had rcmar-
ried on receiving reports that he hs d
been killed. Her second husband Guy
McCracken also a Kansas City man.
but who with his wife has been living
with a relative on n farm IN this coun-
~ said Yates had claim to the twice
married woman.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-15
Shortening Of Workday
Subject Of Resolution

New York. April 1%.--Dcpreciation OF
efforts to curtaii production by ''un-
duly shortening working hours or un-
der this Euise to secure increased
wages" was contained in n resolution
and pulp association.
we irrevocably record uur belief
that todavs need ia not more ray but
more work" the resolution said.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-15

APPROVES ROAD CONTRIBUTION
Denver. April 1t-Plans for the con-
struction of five and six-tenths miles
of graded road between Placersville
and Leadville in San Miguel county
We're approved today by, ]. s. Bright
district engineer of the bureau of pub
lie roads.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-15
Crowds Welcome
Cardinal Dougherty

Philadelphia. Pa. April 14-Den-
mis- Cardinal pouEherty. wearing the
full robes of his officc-tho red
gown Of csrdinslstc and the red hat
bestowed on him by Pope Benedict.
returned home tonight. Scores of
thousands welcomed him with a DEM
onstration unparalleled in the church
history of the city.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-15

partment with the big diricible
''ZR-2" which is now nearing com
pletion in England and which is ex-
pectcd TO arrive in the United States
early in July. The flights will be
largely experimental to determine the
feasibility of the use of the rigid
airships for commercial purposes. an
announcement tonight by the depart
ment said.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-15
SNOW TO NORTH

At o:lS O'Clock it was reported as
showing in Colorado Springs and at
Leadvills.
From the Springs. a depth of about
~ irchcs was said to be on tho streets.
having started to fall about nine O'Clock
last night No wind was reported. but
tho snow continued to come down.
At Leadville. the report was that
the white covered the ground TO the
depth OF about ; inches.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-15
PUEBLO STORE BOOSTER PARTY
ATTY. v. c. A. HELD LAST NIGHT

These subjects. with tho initial lot
ters. composed the words. The
Pueblo"
Dancing followed tho dinner and
talks.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-15
LONG flight planned
1ARu0u1 THE COUNTRY

Warrington. D. C.. April 14.-Lons
distance flights which will cover prac-
tically every section of tho country
are being planned by the navy de-
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-15

A fad OF the moment among yound
women in New York is having minute
portraits of special friends painted in
fast colors on tho finger nails.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-06-30
FIRTH
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Many of the Firth people have &C.
cepted the hospitality Of Shelley the
past week and greatly enjoyed the
chautauqua programs.
The w. c. T. U. held a meeting
Tuesday and voted to take up the
work of child welfare in the form OF
Mothers club work. Any one in the
community interested in this work
is asked to communicate with Mrs.
Arthur Peterson, chairman of that
department.
We are glad to learn that Mr..
Hurdle, who has done such efficient
work in the Shelley schools the past
year has been engaged as principal
Of the Firth grade schools.
The little two year old daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Mastin died
with the whooping cough complica.
tions last week. The funeral was
held at the Lutheran church. The
family have the sympathy Of the
community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McCurdy are
grieved to learn Of the death of their
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-06-30

hotter. The soil is very fertile an6
produces big crops in good seasons
but an immense part of Australia is
subject to drouths.
Most all of the old farmers are
we'll to do, because there are many
more good seasons than there are
bad ones.
Very little has yet been done in
the developing Of irrigation. There
are not many big rivers in Australia,
but great amount of irrigation can
be done and it may be done some
time, but the people know very little
about irrigation and many Of the
farmers are opposed to it.
Vast amounts of wheat, cattle.
sheep and wool are grown in Aus
tralia. Occasionally the heavy
losses, but when the rainy years
come around, the country RECEIVERS
like magic.
You may know that large amounts
OF frozen beef, mutton, butter, cheese
and wool are exported to Europe
from here. Quite lot of frozen
poultry and bacon are also sent there.
No buildings of any sort are required
to shelter animals. In fact many of
the people consider winter the finest
part Of the year.
Dairying is getting to be great
industry. There are numerous
creameries. Butter fat is about IS
cents a pound at present. As this is
a newly settled district there are no
condensaries or cheese factories near
us and do not know what prices
these places are paying. We have
1000 acres rented from the govern
ment at cents per acre for twenty
eight years. We had to fence it and
make some improvements on 1t. It
Is open forest land, but the timber in
this and the land is we'll erased,
Last year was somewhat dry, but this
year we are having abundance of
rain and our stock has lots of grass.
Some years the grass is green here
eleven months in the year. We did
not come here to farm, we came here
to raise stock. We have a fine gar
den, carrots, onions, sweet corn,
melons, pumpkins, peas, turnips,
potatoes and peanuts. We will plant
some sweet potatoes as soon as we
can get them. We had cabbages and
some time ago, but we
have none at present. Australia is
the finest fruit country in the world.
Oranges, lemons, lines, shaddocks,
grapes, peaches, apricots, plums,
prunes, ounces, figs, passion fruit,
guavas, loquats, Strawberries, apples
and pears can be grown anyplace,
also olives and almonds. have not
mentioned all Of the fruits because
cannot think Of them all at once,
but most all Of these mentioned / |
had growing in Victoria.
Roses and many flowers bloom
nearly the whole year. Many Of the
lowers that are annual in the States |
live and bloom for several years here. |
Many fruits and flowers and beauti-
[ul shrubs have been brought from
Egypt, Southern Europe, Palestine
Ind tropical America and planted |
here. where they will flourish very
veil. Palms will grow any where in
Australia. Nevertheless many OF
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-06-30

| farmers have not fruit tree, a rose
bush nor an ornamental tree on their
place. There are many beautiful
native trees here, but I need not
write about them at present.
There are great many birds;
parrots, cockatoos and the magpies
are beautiful singers. In the line of
game, we have kangaroos, walIabys
and wild turkeys. The Emu is bird
as tall as man. 1t is bigger than
an ostrich. 1t cannot fly, but it can
out run most dogs and horses.
There are no taxes of any kind
on live stock and land is only taxed
on the unimproved value. Farmers
here do ont pay more than one-tenth
what they have to pay in the States
in taxes. Land can be rented from
the government for cents per acre,
but this part of Queensland is SUBJ
ject to drouths and l would not
recommend it. Numbers of people
had become rich here and when there
Is sufficient rain the grass is splen-
did. If every year were like this one
everyone would get rich, because the
soil Is god and it only needs moisture
to grow almost anything that the
heart of man could desire.
We had two inches of rain last
night and it is still raining today. AS
said we are going to sell out here
as soon as we can without any loss
and move 1900 miles. We will have
to sell our favorite saddle horses,
dogs and our pet cows as we cannot
very we'll take them with us.
The Atherton tableland, where we
are going is in the tropics, we'll up
towards the equator and the climate
there is like a continual spring.
There are hardly be said to be any
seasons there. My son Charlie went
up there and bought large farm
about q week ago. This farm is
about four miles from the land of
Ravensho. 1t is well improved and
has a fine running creek on two sides
OF 1t. 1t cost about 500 per acre.
There is garden with about eight
acres OF oranges, lemons, passion
fruit, bananas, pineapples, apples,
peaches, paw paws, custard apples,
mangoes and great many other
tropical fruits growing on It. Tea,
coffee, sugar cane and walnuts are
grown here to some extent. A large
amount of sugar cane Is grown this
year. The can is yielding about
forty tons an acre and is worth
$3.50 ton at the sugar mill. Lots
Of corn is grown and Yields about
three tons to the acre. Alfalfa |
grows very we'll, but clover is liked |
by the dairy men, because alfalfa |
bloats the cows. Hogs are largely |
grown and are raised on skfmmed |
milk, sweet potatoes, pumpkins and |
hen finished on corn. At the bacon
factories near Brisbane the price for
dressed hogs is rs cents per pound
Ind they dress them at the factory.
There is from four to i've feet Of
ain there In the year and It is very
veil distributed SO drouths are un-
Known. Farmers who have lived
here for thirty years say they have
lever seen q drouth. Charlie says
he grass is seven feet high all over
he place where the cattle have not
'een on It. The grass IL hne and
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-06-30
STERLING

| Mrs. Jane Nelson, Mrs. D.. o,
Searle, Lillian White and Alton
Nugent spent Friday afternoon in
Aberdeen shopping.
Robert Hougland returned from
Seattle, Wash. this week.
Rosa Blair arrived here Friday
from Salt Lake City to spend a few
days with her little son.
Messrs. Alvie and Charlie Nugent
returned from Antario, Ore, where
they have been for several weeks
working.
Clyde Cough and Ryanny Winkler
spent Sunday visiting with their
folks. They are working near
Everette Parsons arrived here Fri.
day from Blackfoot.
Mrs. Olmstead and daughtef
Artude of Omaha, Nebr. are the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Sprasue
this week.
Lyle Colburn returned recently
from Moscow, where he has spent
the winter attending school. 4
Mrs. Pete Parsons and Tony Par
sons were Blackfoot visitors thisl
week. They returned Wednesday,
with 0. A. Bellville Of that city. who
VIII visit here with relatives for q
short time.
w. F. Mcbride of Montella. New
was the guest of Mrs. Barbara Par
sons recently.
Miss Fay Cole, Ed Summercorn I
Julia and Lillian Summercorn were
Aberdeen visitors Saturday. >T~
The ball game Saturday afternoon
between our junior boys and Rich :
was attended by good crowd. The
Rich team won with the tally Of az
TO SO. Attic the Rich team consisted .
OF seniors instead of juniors our hova
showed them that they could NAV
hard enough to make the seniors
play their best. :, A0
Mrs. Austin Shaw and her two
day. $3.50 S 80
Mr.. and Mrs. o. e. Nilsson ann,
MRS. Edwin L. Nilsson were Black-
foot visitors Monday Of this week
A. J. Satterfleld left for PocatelIo
this week.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-06-30
sugar is II cents pound at present
and was seven a while ago.

sugar is IL cents pound at present
and was seven while ago.
My son William is with me here
I have told you that Charlie is de.
tanned on the tableland with those
cows on his hands. Some of us will
60 up to him in short time.
For information about a passage
to Australia write to the Oceanic
Steamship company at San Francisco
and have them quote you the fare to
Sydney or Brisbane. It would cost
you $50 to reach Atherton from
Brisbane.
l understand that land on the
Anterior tableland can be bought at
from SIS to 500 an acre. Accord
ing to location and improvements.
Charles said land was offered there
for almost no money down, but the
place he bought required $4,000
down. understand that good milk
ers get SIS week and board at
Anterior.
You will understand that it will
cost you a lot of money to come to
nuoSA oAAU oAu 6CI q oIdIIs ulS pdII
of Queensland do not recommend,
still we will do well enough in it..
There are so many favorable condi-
lions at Atherton that II you could
get there and had good health and a
will to work failure would be almost
impossible.
Charles address will be Raven
shoe. North Queensland, Australia,
and you can write to him If you want
any more information about the
tableland.
It was strange that the Barney's
letter did not reach me. just wrote
to Mr.. Barney once.
Anything on the farm brings a
pretty fair price here. Now I have
written you pretty long letter.
When you have read it you will
know something about Australia. :
Sincerely yours,
GEORGE FERGENSON.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-06-30
Interesting Letter from
Australia Tells of
Crops and Climate

Mr.. Harkins of Pingree received
an interesting letter recently from
George Ferguson, former resident
of Mackay, and we are publishing it
by permission, thinking it will be in
'teresting to many of our readers. 1t
begins with a few personal refer
ences, but we leave them in because
it helps to show the distance to
Australia:
Blue Creek Grange, Injune, Via
Roma, Queensland, Australia
October 20, 1920
A. c. Harkins,
Arco, Idaho.
Dear Sir:
I received your letter of August 7
several weeks ago. would have
answered it sooner, but was wait
ing to give you some more informa-
ton about Australia than I had in
my possession when your letter ar
rived.
was very glad to hear some news
about Mr.. and Mrs. Barney. They
have had heavy load to carry thru
this world and they met all demands
made of them with more courage and
self denial than / have ever known
any other persons to possess in all
my life.
Since we came to Australia wrote
one letter to Mr.. Barney, but was
not sure of his address SO we never
knew whether or not the letter
reached him, and we never knew
anything definite about them until ]
received your letter. Your letter was
addressed to Victoria, but we left
Victoria about two years ago and
moved 1900 miles to our present ad-
dress.
We are going to stay here only
long enough to sell our cattle and
horses and improvements without
any loss. We have a lot of three
year old steers that will be first class
beef in few months and will then,
we hope, bring a good price and we
have men waiting to take our land
and they have agreed to pay us for
all our work we have done here.
Tell Mrs. Barney that Mrs. Ferguson
died on the nineteenth of January
last. She was seventy-five years old.
She was able to walk around the day
before her death. We miss her very
much. She had been an invalid for
many years and it is a wonder that
she lived so long.
Australia has wonderful climate,
snow is unknwn, but over it there
are slight white frosts in winter. |
The summers are warm, but I never |
have found the heat oppressive. You
probably understand that south of
the equator the seasons are opposite |
of what they are north Of the eQua- |
tor. December is the middle Of sum-
mer and, June is the middle OF
winter. The wheat harvest is in
and December when the
days are always getting longer and
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-06-30

grandson Ray Parkette at the Shell
ley hospital Tuesday night.
H. J. Slayton attended the VIM
chester convention at Pocatello We'd
nesday. -
A daughter was born to Rev. and
Mrs. Peterson Wednesday morning.
Miss Velma Andrus returned last
week from the Sacred Heart
Academy.
Mrs. Boiling is reported very i'll.
DR.. and Mrs. iced have left Firth
for Boise.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-06-30

very palatable and not course and
strong. Our farm is 5000 feet above
the sea and that gives it delightful
climate. Down on the sea coast the
climate is hot and disagreeable to
people who cannot stand hot
weather. The man that Charlie
bought the farm from wanted to
leave his place because he was sick
SO he went right away to town and
left Charlie on the place with forty
milk cows on his hands. Charlie
bought seventy-five head of cattle
and the work horses and lot of
other stuff along with the place. The
cows are milking shornhorn and are
very fine ones. Some of them cost
the farmer $3.50 each. The cream
check for last month was 5000. II
l had known about the tableland I
would have gone up there when
came to Australia, but Australia is
bigger than the United States and it
has taken quite a while to find the
best places in it. l do not suppose
than any hay is ever cut on the table
land because there is green grass the
whole year around and no frost or
very hot weather. The wonderous
beauty of many tropical plants has
to be seen to be fully realized.
Charlie was up at the tableland
several months ago but he could not
find place for sale that would suit
us, but on the second trip he sue
ceeded. We will know more about
the tableland after he has been there
a while.
I am tired moving around the
world, hope I can live there con-
tented for the few remaining years
of my life.
/ will now answer your questions.
Land can be leased from the gov
eminent on a perpetual lease Of
cents per acre. Land used to be sold
around here for $3.50 an acre on
twenty years time. That is IL cents
an acre per year for twenty years
without interest. Partly improved
land can be bought for So to 81 an
acre on almost any sort Of terms. A
man should not have less than 1000
acres and as have told you all of
this part Of Queensland is subject to
drouths. Wages for farm hands is
about $3.50 per day and board, but
there are few people employed here
because most of the settlers are just
beginning and are poor. Eggs are
SO cents dozen, butter 60 cents a
pound, wool 80 cents and beef steak
16 cents. There are not many gas
engines used here.
To reach Australia you would have
to take steamer from San Francisco
to Sydney, Australia or If possible to
the capital Of Queensland. |
Two lines of steamers run. The
oceanic line is American and we
on 1t and liked it. When |
| came the third class fare was $50.
| do not know what 1t is now, but |
guess it is q good deal more. The
lime on the sea is twenty-one days.
It would pay . person to ship stock
here. Good cows are worth about |
$50 here and work horses from $50
% $100. Clothing Is no higher than
q the States and Is expected to come
Town soon. Living is cheaper and
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-06-30
MODERN VALUES

MODERN VALUES y
Behold," exclaimed the heather
sage, ,9.
with an expression solemn,
IN, coiored comic gets . page,
Where world-news gets q column, !"
Washington Star. |,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-06-30

In doing your Fourth Of July shopping, observe that
Seeger-Bundle company making the reductions of
prices that usually come after the Fourth but making
them before the Fourth you get the goods and
have money left for the celebration We are selling at
half price, fine lot Of ladies' SUITS silk dresses lingerie
waists white footwear and one lot of children novelties
Come in and see these beauties.
Phillips County herald., 1921-11-04
UNcovERs CITY OF $500 3. c.
Pennsylvania Scientist Reports on Ex.
eavations at eeth-shan,
Palestine.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the an
cient city OF Beth-Shnn In Northern
Palestine. dating back ms far as $500
Il. c., have been uncovered by DR.
Clarence $. Fishers research party.
according to letter received from him
by the University museum here.
Already several important dis
coveries have been made dating back
to the time when the SemI,cs are
supposed To have entered Palestine
about 2,50o Il. g., and II Is believed
that remains Of nm even earlier period
viii be located.
University museum authorities here
believe Doctor Fishers excavations
promise TO throw much Hight ON Bib.
Heal times and perhaps even on the
life OF n thousand years before
Abraham.
Phillips County herald., 1921-11-04
Venango Locals

Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Powell, whose
home Is In Los Angeles. California.
spent this last summer and part of
the fall in New York. They have
just returned to California. Mr..
Powell stopped on his way at venan.
go to look after his farm interests
here.
There was meeting OF the school
board last Tuesday esening. at which
the new building was declared as
having passed the final inspection by
the architect, upon which the build.
Ing was accepted by tae school board.
Mr. Wilson. the architect. pronounced
the building a number cue job and
better than the average.
The school board has purchased a
Delco lighting plant for the new
building and same will be installed
as soon as the plant arrives. There
also was purchased a moving picture
machine for the auditorium.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. A. Dudden and
Charles Novak attenced lodge at
Grant on Monday evening.
Mr.. ID. o. Stockton and Mr.. b. F.
Hastings from Grant were transact.
ing business In town Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Skrivan were visit.
Ing relatives at Grainton. Sunday.
Mrs. 4. II. DeBeer returned from
her two weeks visit ut Hastings with
relatives and friends. last week.
Mrs. Vandiver. who has been nurs.
ing a case ut Ogallala last week. re-
turned to town Saturday.
MIR. and Mrs. William Dickens are
the proud parents Of baby boy,
who was born to them last Saturday.
Congratulations.
Mrs. II. W. Everts. who was call
ed to Kimball on account OF the Ill
ness OF her mother, returned Tues
dny and reports that her mother Is
getting along nicely.
Mr.. Dan Mara spent SUNDAY with
MIR and Mrs. Ward Hougas.
Mr.. X. c. Hansen. who has been al
Loycland. Colorado, returned to town
last Saturday.
Miss Tilla Mauser is taking shor,
vacation. which she Is gong TO spend
ut Denver visiting with relatives
and friends. She left for Denver on
Monday.
DR.. Levin is making alterations OF
the drug store building, making nd
ditlonal room 80 that besides his
drug store stock he could also house