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The Topeka state journal., 1921-06-08

Miss Lucille Heyn. Miss Ruth Marsh.
Miss Lucille Smith, Miss Marian Moore,
Miss Isabel Whiteemb, Miss Ann
Weightman. Miss Forestine Blank and
MISS Frances aaussr9an !. !: z
The marriage of Miss Cleo Nc
Spadden, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John H. McSpadden, 1927 West F'if-
teenth street, and Mr.. Lionel F. Whit
ney took place Tuesday evening at
$3.50 o'clock at the home of the
brides parents.
Miss Isla Romig sang "At Dawn"
preceding the ceremony, with Miss
Lois Gish at the piano. The house
garden flowers, pink roses, daisies,
and snap dragons. Miss McSpadden
and Mr.. Whitney took their places
before an altar of ferns, palms, and
pink gladiolas arranged in the living
room, where the Rev. John McAfee
of the Westminster Presbyterian
church read the marriage service.
There were no attendants. The bride
were an afternoon dress of white
crepe meteor and carried a shower
bouquet of pink roses and sweet peas.
Only the relatives and a few intimate
friends were present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney have gone
to Colorado on their wedding trip
and on their return, in several weeks,
will be at home in Topeka
The bride has been with the Hodge
studio for number of years. Mr..
Whitney is the son of Mr. W. w.
Whitney and one of the department
managers Of the Warren M. Crosby
store.
Mrs. r. S. Magee and Mrs. A. L..
Rodgers gave a breakfast Tuesday
morning at the home of the latter in
| Quincy street for Mrs. George Reed,
Jr., and Elliott Humphrey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed, Jr., and daugh-
| ter Miss Lorraine Reed, will leave to
Mrs Humphrey and daughters, Miss
NeVa and Miss Nina Humphrey. and
| son, Mr.. Norman Humphrey. will go
to New Hampshire to reside.
The guests included Mrs. Humphrey,
Mrs. Reed, Mrs. w. r.. johnson, Mrs.
]. B. Larimer, Mrs. w, R. Smith, Mrs.
D. G. Kline, Mrs. J. A. Nichols, Mrs.
]. A. Mcclure. Mrs. E. c. Burge, Mrs.
Barton Phelps, Mrs. f. L. Campbell,
Mrs. R. L. Thomas, Mrs. R. A. Rut-
ledge, Mrs. John A. worIey, Mrs. Otis
Ifungate, Mrs. S. j. Crurnbine, Mrs.
| c. F. Menninger, Mrs. Walter Wilson,
Mrs. L. B. Meyers, Miss Neva
Humphrey. Miss Nina Humphrey Miss
Eleanor Campbell and Miss Lorraine
Reed.
n -A0tASiACOta was GkN Gil IAilo NUN OJ
Miss Dorothy Foster assisted by Miss
Tlieo Cobb cemp1ime to former
Kappa Kappa Chi house girls and
their housemother, Mrs. Louisa Van
Laer. The luncheon was held at Miss
Fosters home in West Fifteenth
street.
Covers were laid for: Mrs Louis
Smith of Chapman, Mrs. Van Laer,
Mrs. Roscoe Graves, Mrs. George
Avery Washburn, Miss Alice Gordon of
Mankato, Miss Alma Calvert, Miss
Narrah Jones, Miss Marguerite Calvert
of Museetah. Miss Errna Erickson of
Tulsa and Miss Mildred Cough1in of
Washington, D. c..
= % y
Mrs. r. P. March of Montreal, Can
ada, who is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. W. w. KitehelI. and Mrs. Gill
The Topeka state journal., 1921-06-08
S9eER
BY FRANCES JONES

Mrs. Pope w. Allen was hostess this
noon at a luncheon given at her home,
800 Fillmore street, for Mrs. Wilbur
n. Mason, who will leave next week
for Pittsburg to make her home.
There were places for Mrs. Mason,
Mrs. G. A. Wolfe, Mrs. D. P. Paxton,
Mrs. w. A. McCarter, Mrs. j. NJ
The Topeka state journal., 1921-06-08
kinkel. Mrs. W. H. Rutter and ars.

Miss Gladys Scott gave a bridge
party this afternoon at her home in
Potwin Place, complimentary to Miss
Lenore Collins, who will leave next
week to spend the summer in Meyers
dale, Pa.
The guests other than the guest of
honor included: Mrs. Edwin Kistler,
Mrs. Frank Burrow. Mrs John NJ.
Long, Miss Georgia Neese, Miss Polly
McVey, Miss Peggy Joss, Miss Orpha
Bauehman, Miss Marian Williams,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-09-26
Ten Students From
Bingham County are
Enrolled at u. of |.

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, Moscow
-Tsn students from Bingham
county are enrolled this year at the
University of Idaho, four of whom
are in the freshman class. -Four,
also are from Blackfoot.
Using figures from the opening
registration days of this last and last
for comparison, the university has
seen growth of 20 per cent. Last
year, following the opening enroll
ment, there were 603 registered.
This year the number was $50. This
year there were 421 new students,
last year there were BAL.
The Bingham county students are
Howard L. Neider, Harold G. York,
Sprague Stevens and Florence Dore
of Blackfoot; Walter Toevs, John l..
Toevs and Sdwin N. Poulson of Aber-
deem; Benjamin F. Young, Shelley;
A. N. Pithinhsrud, Firth; Lyle Col
born, Sterling.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-09-26
Community PRIZE
WON BY ABERDEEN
New Sweden Canning
Club Gives Demon
stration at Fair

Aberdeen won the first community
prize and it was taken to Boise to
the state fair as a part of the Bing-
ham county exhibit. In the Bonne-
vile exhibit, New Sweden won the
high -honors and it went to the state
fair as part of the Bonneville exhibit.
Bonneville county expended about
$4,000 assembling their exhibit and
handling it at Blackfoot. Other
communities that won honors in the
community contests were Groveland
Englewood and Shelley.
Everybody was justly proud of
the Aberdeen exhibit and those from
Bonneville county, New Sweden with
it's canning club exhibit and demon
strations by the girls, and all the
other unique and beautiful sectional
exhibits. ]. C. Quinn was there from
Basalt with his usual array of per-
feet vegetables, constituting a
demonstration farm in itself without
costing the public the maintenance
charges that attach to demonstration
farms.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-09-26
SPECTATORS RUSH
BIG MELON TABLE
Slicers Fail to Appear
and Near Riot
Z. ...... !. is Result 49,

The directors of the fair bought
two carloads of melons this year to
slice for guests at the fair, and put
Editor Trego in charge of distribu-
ton. He planned to have fifty silcers
and fifty servers and pass them from
the tables to the crowd in an orderly
manner. The slicers failed to con-
meet and the servers were jammed
into the crowd till they all looked
alike. Men were asked to come for
ward with pocket knives and cut up
the melons as best they could, and 1t
became a riot Of melons.
Some Of the people reasoned that
It was better to take. "a melon away
to some peaceful place and serve 1t
to the family and this led to the sup
position that the melons were there
for everybody to carry off that
wanted any. Some of the riotous
folks helped this idea along by pick
ing them up and giving them to all
their friends and some Of the funny
fellows went to selling them in the
jam for ridiculously low prices, and
thought 1t good sport. The superin-
Continued on page four
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-09-26
Derby Trophy Won
By Horse From
the First District

The commissioners derby which
was held at the fair caused consider
able excitement as every district was
confident of winning and 1t was i'm
possible to pick the winner In the
inter-district contests which were
held the first three days.
On the last day the winners from
each district were lined up for the
finals. The colors of their district
were worn by the jockey and the
race was off. Johnny Jones, the
horse owned by Renest Gissler Of the
first district was first and Trixie
owned by Andrew Nelson from the
third district was second. The time
of the race being So seconds.
Following the winning of the
derby Commissioner Nels Miller OF
Shelley was introduced and the cup
was presented to him, he in turn pre-
sented the cup to Ernest Gissler.
The derby is to be staged annually
at every fair and many are lining up
their horses for next year. 1t Is ex-
pected that this event will be a big
feature in fairs to come.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-09-26
GREATEST EXHIBITION OF SWINE in
NORTHWEST IS Held AT LOCAL FAIR
Boxing Matches at
Fairgrounds Please
Fight Fans Tuesday

There was something doing at the
fair grounds every evening and on
Tuesday the opening day there was
a big boxing tournament staged by
the fair association under the direc-
tion of the Pocatello Athletic club.
This was Pocatello day and num-
ber of boxing fans from that city
came up to attend the fair and the
bouts afterwards.
Tuffy O'Dowd and Ted Courtney
were the curtain raisers for four
round match. This was their second
meeting and they were both deter
mined to do their best and they did.
But they were so evenly matched
that the referee called the bout a
draw.
The second preliminary was be-
tween Young Britton and Harris
Ayers, a local boy. This one was
decidedly different than the first and
the result of the bout was that Ayers
was knocked out in the fourth round.
The semi-finals was fought by AL
Nelson and Lloyd Davies. The referee
called this bout draw, but the
sentiment of the fans is that Nelson
won.
In the finals two good boxers had
been matched to meet for a twelve
round contest; being Ray Rose of
Boise and Joe Lynch of San Fran
cisco. This was a good bout and the
decision given by the Judges was
that Rose won on points. The state
law does not allow the referee to
render decision in the main event
and they are settled by the Judges
by the state boxing COM
mission.
Tuesday was very cold and this
fact cut down the attendance at the
boxing, but those that witnessed the
event state that 1t was as good an en-
as any other evening.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-09-26
CLOSED FAIR IS
GREATEST SUCCESS
Attendance Greater and
Show Larger Than
Ever Before

The fair just closed was the great
est success of any that has ever been
put on in eastern Idaho, and yet It
will leave perhaps larger deficit
than has been made at any other
time.
The reason for this is that while
the attendance was greatest, the
show was biggest and most expen-
sive. The management cut out some
things that were expensive and not
much in demand, but put..On other
things that were appTnoiated ana
which cost large blocks of money. !,
Il There was the melon bust that
cost $3.50; the fireworks that cost
5000 at the factory and practically
another hundred for freight and the
cost of staging them; there was $100
day for the airplane and another
block for balloon ascensions. There
were two bands and an endless array
of wild west performances, with new
and novel features brought in. There
was a program of boxing matches
that was thought to be in much de-
mand, but which proved to be of lit
tie interest to the general public,
and the accident of the lights going
out of commission for an hour prac-
tically killed the chances of putting
it on successfully, and the fair asso-
citation lost about $500 dollars and
learned that the public here do not
banker very much for boxing
matches.
The list of things exhibited this
year was more than double the
amount ever exhibited before and the
total of premiums earned by exhibi-
tors and paid by the fair stand in the
relation of $1,000 worth last year
and $4,000 worth this year, making
an added obligation of $4,000 to be
paid out of the big gate receipts this
time.
All good fairs are conducted in a
way to pay operating expenses and
the premiums must be paid out or
appropriations made from the public
treasury or some other source. Any
arrangement that departs much
from this rule kills the fair. Our
fair this year did better than that
it pays operating expenses and part
of the premiums.
There were long rows Of conces-
sions this year that paid in money
for their privileges, but the takers
among them, the gambling devices,
were not we'll patronized and will
probably not come again. This will
be no loss to the county. The big
race programs and wild west parts
distributed the money among the
home people, as did the payment OF
premiums on the thousands of ex-
hibits, and takes but little money
out of the county.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-09-26
County Breed
ers Make Fine Show
ing Against Other
Entries
MANY BIG WINNERS
F Purchasers Brought in
Contact With Breed.
ers at Stock Show

The exhibit of hogs at the Black
foot fair was far beyond anything
we had in former years and men who
are in the habit Of attending the
state fairs declared that it was as
good as anything that had been ex-
hibited in the northwest. They
brought fine values to the fair and
our young farmers had a demon
stration of what can be done with
pure bred stock, both in pork pro-
duction and for sale for breeding
purposes. A single hog of scrub stock
may bring $40 when q year old or a
single hog of pure bred stock will
bring from 800 to $500 for breed
ing purposes, and for pork produc-
ton will bring more than the scrub
because it weighs more at a given
age.
The management Of the fair con-
fered a favor on local stockmen and
farmers by bringing to them the pure
bred stock so they could buy If they
chose. They conferred favor on the
breeders by bringing to them the
possible purchases Of their animals
at profitable prices. The men who
bought the pure bred stock or ar
ranged for future delivery got them
at prices tar below what they could
have gone out and hunted them up
for ,and they have the protection OF
getting animals of proven worth and
pedigree. The prize winners brought
cash returns to their owners in
premium checks that 60 far toward
paying the expense of shipping In
and exhibiting the stock. They were
treated we'll by the fair association
and went away satisfied and intend
ing to return next year and to induce
others to come if they could. This
fact indicates that the exhibit next
year will be still greater.
Twin Falls Exhibit
Breeders of hogs in Twin Falls
county grouped their stock in the
same section of the swine exhibit
and made a fine showing for their
country.
Rambou's Duroc Jerseys, twenty
in number, from Buhl, were at the
west end of the section. N. B.
Harris had five fine animals and l..
s. OFT had twelve.
A. l.. Wilson of Nampa had six
teen Poland Chinas and won every
first and second prize on that type
of stock, displaying twelve blue rib
bons, ten red ones, four champion
ships and two grand championships.
He had Poland China boar eleven
old that weighed 45O
pounds, and the stock judge pro-
Continued on page four
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-09-26
Preparations Being
n Made for Teachers
Big Institute Week

! Preparations are now being made
for the teachers institute which will
be held here October II to 81 in
elusive. Many speakers Of national
repute will be here to attend the
meeting when $50 teachers from this
institute district will be here for the
week.
Among those now expected are
Abbie Louise Day of Chicago, who
will be in charge of the primary de-
partment, ]. w. Searson of Manhat-
ten, Kan. will be in charge of the
grammar section. There is another
speaker to- be procured for institute,
but as yet there has been no definite
arrangements made.
The state department will be
represented by Miss Ethel E. Red
field, state superintendent Of schools,
DR.. E. A. Bryan, commissioner Of
education and Professor Meek, form
erly of Boise, is also on the list for
the superintendents and principals
division.
There will be meeting of the
general committee held at the Eccles
hotel Wednesday noon and further
arrangements will be made.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-09-26
VISITING FARMERS
ENTERTAINED HERE
Many Express Satisfac-
ton Regarding Farm
Bureau and Fair

The Bingham county farm bureau
arranged to entertain eighty visiting
farmers at 6 o'clock dinner on Fri
day evening at the tabernacle social
hall, among whom were the presi-
dents of farm bureaus and county
agents from other counties. There
was not a full attendance of those
expected, but in the addresses follow
ing the meal many expressions OF
satisfaction were given concerning
the work of the farm bureau and
the fair just closed.
/ G.. B. Schweiger, president OF the
Fremont county farm bureau made
an interesting address regarding the
of the Southeastern
idaho fair by making it center for
all southeastern Idaho, taking the
best exhibits from the local fairs tc
it, as they do to the state fair which
Ia tod.t6sxrAy from us to be well
patronized BY us.
Peter G.. Johnston talked on the
subject of state appropriation for the
fair and said he was not in favor OF
the state supporting district fairs un-
less they gave support to all OF them.
He had opposed appropriations for
Boise and Lewiston unless they IN
cluded the Southeastern Idaho fair
and at the last session Of the leg1sla-
'ture a measure was introduced and
passed the house appropriating $25,-
900 for the Boise fair, 100000 for
Lewiston and $4,000 for Blackfoot,
but it was defeated in the senate. He
believes the proper way to support
such fairs is for each district to fur
nish the money, and If eastern Idaho
wants a fair the eastern counties
should patronize it and support 1t.
Mrs. Byrd Trego talked Of the pro-
posed county farm bureau building
to b. erected in the triangle at the
front of the fair grounds, and said
one of the questions that has not
been settled Is whether or not there
shall be section Of the building for
the use of the women and their work
for housekeeping and the making OF
better homes.
John Storms of Idaho Falls ex-
planned how their local Of the farm
bureau uses the school house for
their meetings and the men have one
half of the house and the women the
other. They have eighty members
who act as a unit in business and IN
agitating for road improvement and
other things. He said they had tried
for five years to get certain bad
section of road improved, and had no
success until they organized and pre-
sented their petition as a unit, and
then got it right away. He said they
had done some purchasing Of sup
plies as unit, giving the local deal
ers the business so long as they made
competitive prices or something close
to what others charged, and they had
found it very satisfactory to the
members.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-09-26
MRS. FLoDQUIsT GOES EAST

Mrs. Flodquist, wife of the doctor,
left Friday night for Davenport,
Iowa to join her husband for a trip
thru the east before coming home.
He has been at the chiropractic in
stitute at Davenport for three
months and DR.. Brown, Mrs. Flod-
quist and Mrs. Brown have been con-
ductnig the work at the sanitarium
at Blackfoot.
The work of the institute at
Davenport is nearly finished and
they will be home some time next
month. In the meantime DR.. and
Mrs. Brown are carrying on the work
here. ,.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-09-26
Livestock Exhibits Gath
cred From Every Sec
ton of Southeast
ern Idaho
RIDERS WIN
Cowboy, Relay and
Chariot Races Fur
nish Excitement

The Southeastern Idaho Falr
closed Friday night, after the most
successful and largest fair staged In
its nineteen years of existence. The
fair was a big success from start to
finish. There was the most complete
line of exhibits ever shown IN this
state, and the beauty of the grounds
greatly added to the effect.
1t would be impossible to pick the
best part of the fair or the day on
which the best program was staged
The parade which started In the
morning and was the first event was
the best put on here at any fair. The
livestock parade which followed at
the fair grounds was feature which
drew a lot Of attention. There was
livestock exhibited from practically
every section in southeastern Idaho
and many people after watching this
parade were fully convinced that
"Better bulls, buck and boars build
better bank balances" Besides that
they could see what other men have
done along this line and they are
now determined to do likewise.
There were more entries for the
stampede than at any other time IN
the history Of the fair. There were
more bucking horses gathered for
the riders who would try to- settle the
long dispute that there never was a
horse that couldn't be rode, and 1t
seemed as tho the horses were there
believing that there never was a
rider that couldn't be thrown.
Bob" the bucking bull came to
the fair determined to maintain his
record that he had never been rid
den. Bob, however, was destined to
meet with defeat for on the second
day he was ridden for longer than
fifteen seconds, the best previous
record being eleven seconds. Fifteen
seconds was the time set by the
judges before any prize would be
given.
s Chariot Races
The chariots which were brought
here by Charles Wort of Jackson
Hole were big feature in the race
program each day. The first day
only two horses in team were run
because part of the equipment was
lost on the way. The second and
third day there were two four-horse
teams entered and on the last day
there was a matched race for a side
bet between the two fastest horses
of the Wort team and two horse
team owned by Willie George of
Gibson. These teams ran for side
bet and the team belonging to Willie
George were the winners.
There was much merriment
caused by the calfroping contest not
only for the spectators, but for the
cowboys as we'll. 1t was very much
Continued on page four
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-09-26
DEATH OF LEONARD O'NEAL

Leonard O'Neal departed this life
at Blackfoot on Friday, Sept. %,
after long illness. He had been
suffering from an incurable malady
for about three years and the end
had been expected for some time. He
leaves wife and three childrn. The
funeral was conducted from the
house on Sunday afternoon under
the auspices of the Modern Wood
men.
Mr.. O'Neal was for many years
engaged in the mercantile business
at Blackfoot and was the manager OF
the Kinney Mercantile company un-
til he sold out and went to Chicago
some four or five years ago. Later
he returned to Idaho and engaged in
selling nursery goods and in a bat
terry business in Pocatello.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-09-26
War Mothers Elect
Officers and Make
Plans for New Year

The annual business meeting and
election of officers of the Blackfoot
chapter of war mothers was held
Thursday at the home Of Mrs. Frank
DeKay. Plans for the new year were
perfected and it was decided to adopt
the Catechism of the Constitution OF
the United States as course of
study during the winter. Plans for
the observance of Armistice Day
were also discussed. The following
officers were elected: Cora B. Nc
Donald, county war mother; Mrs.
Alice Yancey, vice county war
mother; Mrs. Forest Bales, secre-
tary; Mrs. George Reay, censor; Mrs.
Martha LaRocque, treasurer; Mrs. N.
J. Thorstenberg, auditor; Mrs.
Josephine Fresh.
Mrs. Frank DeKay the state war
mother leaves Sunday for Sacre-
mento, Cal. as delegate to attend
the National War Mothers conven-
tion, which convenes in that city
September 81 to October 2 inclusive.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-09-26
E. w. ROWLEs INJURED

E. w. Rowles and others Of Idaho
Falls, who came down to attend the
fair and pitch horse shoes in the con-
test, had an auto accident while on
their way home.
Mr.. Rowles was driving and over
took a couple of cars on the paving
above Shelley. They were going
very slowly and Mr.. Rowles ran
around them and Immediately came
upon a wagon and hayrack and some
loose stock and in his attempt to
stop before colliding with them he
skidded his car and went into the
ditch. He sustained some injuries
about the abdomen and one Of the
other men received some injury to
his arm.