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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-01-13
PUYYEARR ADMITS
JUDGMENT Of
s|8,633
Case Involves Payment of
Note Assigned by Spo-
kane Company

Judgment for $1S,633.01, against
Percy Puyear, of Grangeville, and in
favor of the State Finance company,
was rendered last Friday in the dis
trict court, at Lewiston. Puyear ap-
peared before Judge Scales and, with
out counsel, confessed judgment
The case involved payment of a
promissiory note in the amount of
$2O,S00, given by the defendent to the
Spokane & Eastern Trust company
on May 10, 1920, and the note was
secured by a chattel mortgage on per-
sonal property held by Puyear, who
has for many years been a prominent
farmer in Idaho county. The note
was afterward assigned by the Spo
kane & Eastern Trust company to
the State Finance company.
In the complaint it is alleged that
there were made payments at times on
the note, these totalling $4,OS4.O9,
leaving a balance unpaid of $780,
1851, and action was brought to re-
cover that amount together with In
terest. The chattel mortgage covered
considerable property in Idaho county
as well as what is known as the
Broder farm, near Toppenish, Wn.,
including, among other things, 100
head of steers, sixteen yearlings, four
ty-four cows and 100 tons of hay" 1t
was contended by the plaintiff that a
portion of the mortgaged chattels were
removed from the county and state
and sold to strangers, contrary to law
and the terms of the mortgage.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-01-13

Anti-alien legislation crowded into
Pc Idaho legislative halls Saturday
pa overshadowed all other proposed
'gislation. In the senate, there APP
Pared an anti-alien land ownership
'll which it is conceded strikes direct
at the Japanese. while in the house
'iere was intro duced n bill proposing
make illegal marriages between eau
,'Slans and Mongolians. Judging from
Pc temper of both houses, the bills
re- likely to reach Governor Davis.
Inc antialien bill was introduced
Y Senator Thompson of Minidoka
Vunty 1t provides that any person
neither citizen or alien, may take hold
nu dispose of property, real or per-
Dnal, providing, however, that a citi-
en- OF any foreign nation, the laws of
men do not permit an American
''lzen to own land therein, cannot
WIN or lease lands in the state of
laho. Another brief provision is,
mat no resident alien of nation
V laws of which do not permit any
'nerlcan citizen to own land, shall
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-01-13
YOUTH IN COURT FOR
STAYING OUT NIGHTS

Neil Derring, IS years old, was ia
ken before Probate Judge Byron,
Tuesday, on complaint of Police Officer
Crea, who declared the boy had per-
sistently appeared in the streets after
the ringing Of the evening curfew bell.
Judge Byron placed he lad under
probation, ordered that he attend pub
lie school, and present his school re-
port card regularly TO the court for in
spec ton.
O ficer Crea, after the hearing, de-
clared his determination that boys
keep off the streets after the curfew
rings He asserted he will take other
youthful offenders before the court,
should the occasion require
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-01-13
OFFICERSCHOSEN
FOREARM BUREAU.
Annual Meeting of Organi-
cation Is Held in
Cottonwood

Officers of the Idaho county farm
bureau for the year 1921 were elected
at the annual mectin~ of the bureau
in Cottonwood, last Saturday.
The officers are:
President-Edwin Nelson, Fem.
Vice President - Wilbur Bryant,
Grangeville.
Secretary Observation-Disclosures McKin-
ley, Cottonwood.
Members executive cOmmittee-.Joe
Sattler, Greencreek; George Bentz,
Whitebird; r. Schroeder, Keuterville,
and Edgar Fry, Ferdinand.
Luncheon was served at noon at Ho-
tel Cottonwood, after which the meet
ing adjourned to the Odd Fellows hall,
where the business session took place.
Twenty were present.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-01-13
MAIL SERVICE UP
SNAKE ALL WINTER

Residents of Idaho county in ter
ritory reached by boat up Snake river
from Lewiston, win receive regular
mail service all winter. In the past,
the river las not been considered navi-
gable during January and February,
because Of ice. Owing to the mild
weather prevailing this winter, the
postoffioe department has decided to
continue with the mail route up the
river from Lewiston, and weekly ser
vice will be maintained.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-01-13
FIX SALARIES
FOR DEPUTIES
ANDEXTRA AID
Board of Commissioners Or
ganizes for Term with the
Election of Clark Chairman
Money Appropriated for Road
and Trail Work; Kid Smith
Chosen Courthouse Janitor

Newy-elected officials of Idaho
county were sworn into Office Monday
before the board of county commits
sioners and Immediately assumed the
duties of their offices.
The new officials are:
Dale Clark, commissioner, reelected
Mr.. Clark was chosen chairman Of the
board
Edward S. Vincent, commissioner, re-
elected
George d. Smith, commissioners cho-
sen as successor to late John ID. Long.
j. G. Eimers, sheriff, succeeding w.
H. Eler
John Byron, probate judge, sue
ceeding Wilbur l.. Campbell.
Leonard Case, school superintendent,
succeeding Miss Margaret Sweet.
Mrs. Otie l.. Cone, treasurer, tax col
lector and public administrator, re-
elected.
Calvin Hazelbaker, assessor, reflect
ed.
A. j. Maugg, coroner, reelected.
DOES NOT QUALIFY
w. c. McNutt, elected surveyor, did
not qualify.
The board authorized Sheriff Eimers
to Lppoint two deputies one at a sal
airy of 1925 a month and one at $40
Chester Arnold was appointed senior
deputy and II. Rothwell junior deputy.
Mrs Otie L. Cone, treasurer, was
authorized to employ one deputy at
salary of $112.5O a month. w. n.
Knox was reappointed to the place.
Calvin Hazelbaker, assessor is al
lowed one regular deputy, at $1l2.50
month. Mrs Nellie White will re-
tain the position.
Extra help in the county offices is to
be paid $3.50 day for DAYS actually
employed.
KID SMITH JANITOR
Ira (Kid) Smith was appointed jan
itor at the courthouse at a salary of
SIS a month,
The board appropriated money to aid
the forest service in construction Of
roads and trails as follows: Grange
ville-Adams road, $500; South Fork
trail, 5000; Snake River trail, 5000;
Berg Point trail, on Salmon river,
$500.
The board has been busy through
out the week examining and allowing
claims and in transaction of other
routine business.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-01-13
TERMS OF COURT FOR
YEAR ARE ANNOUNCED

Judge Wallace N. Scales, of the
Tenth Judicial district, has fixed terms
of court for the year 1921 as follows;
At Grangeville, Idaho county, April
II and September 26.
At Nezperce, Lewis county, February
and September 8.
At Lewiston, Nez Perez county,
February 2S, May 81 and November Z.
In Idaho county, naturalization mat
tiers will be heard on April 90 and
October l.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-01-13
FORMER GRANGEv|LLE MAN SK|PS;
ALLEGED SHORTAGE NEAR $4,000

A. l.. Chance, former manager of
the Madison Lumber company yard
here, has disappeared from Ontario,
Ore, where he was manager Of yard
for the Boise-Payette Lumber company
Investigation of the books of the COM
pany rcvels an alleged shortage in ae-
counts Of between $4,000 and $780,
600.
II Is said that Chance INDUCED in
riotous living for some time. He
erected $1,000 house during the year
and furnished it very deliberately
One Of the methods which is al
legged to have been used by Chance
in securing the money was to col
lect for lumber and coal and then
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-01-13

not credit the collection on the books
Of the company One such account
is said to be in the furnishing Of ma
terial to highway district in Nal
heur county on which he is alleged to
have secured $500. Chance and his
family are reported to have gone to
Canada.
Chance left the employ Of the Madi-
son Lumber company in Grangeville,
it is said, after a shortage in his ac-
counts of approximately $500 was dis
covered. Rather than turn him over to
the company by which he was bonded,
the Madison company, it is declared,
permitted Chance to repay the money
from his monthly salary, received from
the Boise Payette company.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-01-13
NEED NOT FILE
MINE NOTICES
WITH RECORDER

The law extending time for
doing annual assessment work
ON mining claims does not re-
quire claim owners to file no
tice of intention to hold their
claims with the county recorder.
The law simply allows six months
more time in which the work
may be done for the year 1920
The rights of claim owners who
have not performed their asses
sment work are secure for an
other six months, and the only
requirement is that the work be
done on or before the LIST day
of July 1921.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-01-13
$4,000 TAXES IN
IDAHO COUNTY ARE
NOW DELINQUENT

Slightly in excess of $4,000
in taxes in Idaho county are
delinquent, Mrs. Otie L. Cone,
county treasurer, has discovered
after checking up records in
her office, after payment Of the
first half of the 1920 taxes.
Last day for payment was De-
cemLer "a. The amount Of de-
linquent taxes is approximately
three times as great as a year
ago. The delinquency carries a
6 percent penalty, besides ] per
cent a month interest until the
taxes. are paid.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-01-13
CARL MEYERS WEBS
LEWISTON GIRL

Miss Anita de Courcey, of Lewiston,
and Carl Meyer, of Fem, were mar
ried last Sunday in Lewiston. The
ceremony was perforShed by the Rev.
Mr.. Summerville, of the Episcopal
church. The bridegroom is a well
known young rancher residing near
Fem.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-01-13
MISS IRIS SEAX AND
GLENN MANRING WE'D

Miss Iris Seay and Glenn Manring,
both of Grangeville, were married
Tuesday afternoon by the Rev II. S.
Randall. The ceremony took place in
the parsonage. The newlymarried
couple, well known in this vicinity,
will reside on a ranch near Grange
vile.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-01-13
T,JJNCHEONS RESUME

Weekly luncheons of the Commercial
club were resumed this week, with a
meeting Wednesday noon at the I'M
perial hotel Twenty four were pres
ent.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-01-13
ASST Of REAL
Of
DEAD.
Is. Sarah Amelia Aram Sue
|cumbs to Paralysis at Age
|of SS; Came Here in 1864
Etive in Caring for Sick
lin Days Before Doctors;
Nursed Wounded in 1877

AIRS. Sarah Amelia Aram, pioneer
Sident Of Camas Prairie, died Tues
& afternoon at $3.50 in the home of
4 daughter, Mrs. Clara Fitzgerald,
q this city, after an illness of two
Births duration.
Death was caused by paralysis. Mrs.
ban was more than SO years old.
Funeral srvics were held Thursday
ternoon at 1870 from the home, the
n. H. S. Randall officiating. Burial
Il in Prairie View cemetery.
Sarah Amelia Barr was born on
lg. 4, 1882, at Warsaw, Wyoming
nnty, N. Y. When years old, she
bowed with her parents to Brex-
De-, o., where she lived until her
n-riage, on May IS, 1853, to John
BIN.
WEST VIA PANAMA
in 1854, the young couple left
30 for San Jose, Cal. Mrs. Aram and
/ baby of months made the trip
lm New York by boat to Panama,
>ssed the isthmus by rail, and
en proceeded by the water route
sSan Francisco, where she joined
husband, who had made the trip
ross the plains.
They lived in San Jose until 1858,
len they removed to Portland, Ore,
|ere they resided until April, 1864,
len they came to Camas Prairie.
The only white families on the
lirie at the time of the arrival of
/. and Mrs. Aram were those of l..
Brown, Aurora Shumway and
th Jones sr.
Death of Mrs. Aram marks the pas
* of the last of the early pioneers
Idaho county. Her husband pre-
led her in death nineteen years ago
/ September
Mrs. Aram was the mother of six
ldren. The eldest, Libby, died at
age of years. and her eldest
!, John Thomas, was drowned when
years old. The surviving children
Mrs. II. G. johnson, Spokane, Wn.;
s. Della Forbes, Portland, Ore;
mes H. Aram, Joseph, Ida, and Mrs.
ira Fitzgerald, Grangeville, with
ON the m ther has made her home
the last nineteen years.
OFTEN FRIEND IN NEED
Mrs. Aram is gratefully remembered
many of the early. residents of
mas Prairie. For several years
re were neither doctors nor nurses
this section of the country, and Mrs.
am S ready sympathy and her ma
al ability as nurse made her
almost constant demand among the
Icken. 1t is said that no night was
dark or stormy to keep her from
,all to a sickbed.
The was active during the Indian
of 1877 in relieving suffering of
unfortunate wounded.
jp to the time she was stricken with |
alysis, Mrs. Aram, despite her
anced years, enjoyed health.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-02
MORE OF BERCDOlL

NO MAN IN bis senses would think for a
~ minute Of taking the word of Grover
Hcrgdoll in preference to that Of any Officer
III the American army or any private. for
that matter. The slackcr's charge that he
might have bought his way out Of military
prison by paving 100000 in bribcs may
tb"rofor" be- discounted until it is proved by
sumo or" else.
What or, never been explained, however.
!, hoT happened that two sergeants with
good rrc"rds and long experience in tue
-"rvin" were sent to Philadelphia as military
guards with instructions to take their orders
from B"rg1oll's lawyer. The condition that
made the sIackcr's escape possible would not
hay" hcon possible unless usual military
rocIIa'lou, hnd been completely ignored in
this instance.
W',.,. ordcr. loft NJ Gihboncv as thc
r>a' lard Of rho prisoner who later BAN
ho"ioI him: B7 whose authority was
EorCdoH secretly turned loose 10 hunt his
pot o. gold: Iutil these oG,stions arc an.
>r"cr"d Secretary Baker will not be justified
n "3 i0% tho incident closed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-02
MURDER: WHOLESALE

TT IS not too much to expect that the mur.
L der trial in which eleven coal miners arc
involved at Williamson. W. Va. and which
is having most difficult start because of
condition almost unparalleled in criminal
records, will invite the concentrated attCn.
tion OF the whole country when finally il
gets under way.
Behind the trial and the crimes with which
It is concerned Is II civil populs ton In a state
OF insurgency against mine owners and the
law that they have invoked for the protcc-
tion Of their property and their technical
rights. II is complicated by feuds that have
been gathering force and bitterness for
months IT is because o great part of the
public in tho Mingo- Williamson Matewan
soft. coal areas has made common cause
with the accused miners that n jury to Off
ciate at the trial has been so difficult 70
obtain.
Naturally. II is interesting to survey the
causes Of the tumult aud the various com
pCations that have grown and are growing
ont Of II. The trouble began carly last sum.
m"r Uhrn agents of tho American Fedora
tion "f Labor entered the Wcst Virginia
hitUminuus fields TO organiHc the miners
Most of The miners joined unions. Those
who did 80 were immediately cvctcd from
III" company houscs'' rented dwellings
which wcrc tho only shelters available tn the
men md thoir families. They formed camp
colonies and struck, and thereupon one of
the big strike breaking organizations sent its
forces TO Mingo with many men "sworu in
as mine guards There was friction which
gradually induced violence. Eleven miners
were shot and about seven OF the detectives
lost their lives IN riots. Hatfield. victim
whose name appears oftenest in tho reports
of the trial proceedings, was assnssiuatcd
because il wn- alleged by the miners that he
gave Information ITO the enemy
Consumers Who have been paying from
$40 to SIS ton for hituminnuS coal will
h" Interested I" know that the mines iu the
Mingo region have been closed since last
summer. Something much like civil war has
ragged for months in the soft coal districts
Of West Virginia. The public, not the
courts, will have to decide in the end whore
the blame lies
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-02
SPEEDING THE BRIDGE BILL

MAYOR MOORE takes a sound position
Nl in urging thn, ,hc DolaWar, bridge
Legislation rrUdirC in 'ongvc,, b" mad, con
formabI" Nlth -" ."ur"al hrid-' Hr:. \
bill So frame Would 'ra"c opcu thr nn'irr
OF tolls and other dlall~. the rnulr r,I of
which should property be- left tr III" ,prriaI
commission
The Edge act. which has area'., rassod
the Senate, is simply an enabling measure.
The Darrow measure, representing Penn
Nlyana interests. empowers tho state 10
levy tolls, but its language can hardly be
interpreted as making such tax mandatory.
Nevertheless, chronic obstructionists have
iamented the tolls clause and have cv-
aggerated its meaning. 10 avoid the col
lection Of such argument material. however
specious 1t is advisable that tho act " hon
passed should merely rNprcse the sanction
ot Congre>s in n mater involving intcr~ratc
conmPrcc.
There arc rndI"ati"uS that ncithcr the
Hous" nor the Scnat" T., in nul way disposed
70 oppose the bridge Members Of tho inter
state and foreign commcrc" rommittroS Wore
sympathPtic auditors Of the Mayor yostcr
day when be emphasized the need of the
bridge and tho obvious and growing in
adequacy Of the ferries a. - traffic link be-
tween two great Commouwoallh~. His pic
tIre Of the case was p plain statement of
conditions hicb nre n"rhuir in tho cNtrrmc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-02
THE DUTY OF PENN TRUSTEES

TT rs sincerely {" DO horcd the report on
L the policy oC IN" University of Pcursyl-
vania, whatever mhy to its contents, j. cold
10 the practice Of nrorrastiOatiov.
More than a year has been devoted hv n
special committee t" the preparation "f an
analysis Of present conditions a0d means Of
remedy The board nf trustees has discussed
the findings, but without rearhiug a final
decision. Caution is often good thing but
thcrC are times when spccifr declaration Of
purpose is needed for progress
Tho faculty. favoring the incorporation
NJ the institution in a nov state plan Of
higher education. is IN couHci with the
alumni organization. which urgos tho in.
suVuratjon Of financial driyo and believes
that private aid is tho nos' SuitahI" for 20
lief provided the growth Of tho University
bo restricted.
So long as tn" tru>c"", may action fac.
tioual differences arc like! !@to increase. \
clear statement of polio. will do much -
clear the air and Connoe" disputes.
Loyalty to the Tuver,tv +, certain 20
inspire active support of genera autnovi-
fRtivc program, oven though this omhrarcs
compromises whirh lb'orcDru,I, may ~. DO
wholly satisfying to thc extremists IN eiibor
the teaching staff or ho eo"ioty "' graduates
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-02
MR.. WILSON'S BOOK

CINCE the Peace Conference cpdcd Ircsi
~ dent Wilson has been the most urdcntly
criticized man in tho world The pncifists
blamed him for going into the war The
jingoos blamed him because he didn't 60 in
as far as they would have lihed-as far as
Berlin. for example. Tho intpllectuas have
been loudly vocal with violent dstrnst he
cause the bright visions of the early days
Of Versailles wcro not realized. and the rank
aud file have borrowed tho mood of an
tagoniSm.
Ia almost every book written about tho
conference autobiogruphcr~ have managed
in tho last chapter to Shift tho blame for
present "onfusions to the President. SO
have many journalists in America and
abroad
But Mr.. Wilson. because Of his office. has
been compelled to silence and has been help
less 10 defend himself against any sort Of
open attack. People who, irrespective of
party opinion or personal feeling. like 70 sec
fair play. will be glad TO hear. therefore.
that III" President Is assembling data for
what will in all probability ho the most I'M
portaut history Of the Nersnillcs conference
and tn" events thar led IN To it,
som" Of the most m"lnPntUuS arguments
brought up in tho conference were known
only 10 the T%g Four--to Wilson. Loyd
George. Clemtnccau and Orandu.' Ouly
those men ku"N why certain majO DECISIONS
WcrN made and only thoy are qualified tn tell
why come seemingly unwiSc aud ncXpliCablG
things were dolc Neither the British prc-
nl"r r"r 'l"mCu""au has writtcD Il book
since that time. Orlando has had number
Of sHc""sSors and b" is not qualiicd to tell
much Of III" later days Of the conference
Mr.. Wilson book should give the world its
first "I"Hr WOW into the holy of holoS where
its fat" vas d',jdrd for the next hundred
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-02

blame for whatever wrongs there may be.
Indeed, he might do we'll to ponder the reply
of Gilbert Chestcrton TO the woman. in the
Bellevue Stratford ballroom who asked him
what is the weakest point in modern civiisa-
ton. Tho brilliant British journalist said
he thought II would be best for each Of US
TO regard himself as the weakest point,
meaning thereby that II the individual was
all right the civilization would be all right.
So long, however, as individuals like Dcbs
and Berger insist on talking and acting in
way to inctc others 20 disobcdieuCc Of
the laws they must expect 70 come in con
6ict with tho laws made to protect the rights
Of the majority. That is, they must be held
responsible for the abGse of their liberties.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-02

Asiatics seem thus far unwilling or unable
TO follow.
The Uuitcd States will Chccrfully stop
building warships when the other uations
agree to do the same thing. Meanwhile, any
plan that would confuse aud seriously in
tcrrupt building programs now under way
and set us back six months or n year in
race which Others arc running with all their
might would be most undesirable.
Americans want to stop tho competition.
Other nations know that we want 10 stop it.
They know that we will stop il they agree to
stop. We have said so. If they will not
join in a unified movement for gradual re-
duction Of naval armamcnts tho deduction
must be plain to every onc. They do not
want 10.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-02
Repeats Arc InadNisablc

'It seems to me that repeats arc pariru-
larly inudvisablc--iu fact almost impossible
IN music Of great emotional clopucnrc.
Imagine an eloquent orator in the u,r Of
making the revelation Of II great idea to hi,
listeners Would il not have II chilling cnrr,
il he suddenly stnpprd just brfor" arriving
at the oupr"m" moment of his discourse aud
repeated that part ot it which had Ird up rn
tho climax: Of course, this j. only m,
personal opinion.
I'm preparing the series Of sonala, which
! have recently completed in Philadclnhin
aud am now giving in New York, not ONLY
devoted much time and thought TO the study
Of the works themselves, but read everything
| could lay my hands on concerning Bee
thuvCn. 1t was my good tortun" even 10 pro
cure som" rar" books now ont Of print and
rrtirnl reviews of performances Of his works
in his own time.
''rhc result Of this research work i. rnpt
I realize that musical history is very murh
like politirai history il l. rpil of diyorsitin,
Of opinion. apparently even diyrrsilicS of
facts, and absolutely r"ntrudirlVry u>scr'
tiOns In tact, in it's own rphrrc it made me
constantly think Of the world uphcaval We
have just been through. | did not find any.
whore any Indication of n positive, unswery-
lug line to be- followed as an infullible guide