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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-08-05
, Bridge Soon Completed

I. H. Sturdevant, who has the
contract of building the bridge "a
cross Scar Greek, stated this week
that if everything went well the
bridge would be completed by the
latter part of next week. 1t is As
foot steel structure, the steel from
the old bridge which was washed
out last spring, being used in the
construction of the new bridge.
Concrete abuttments llA and l2a
feet high, resting on bedrock and
having 8 foot wings, are being put
in.
The new strip Of road with is be-
ing built under the direction of M.
o. Raby, and leads from the bridge
to the Little Bear ridge grade, is a
great improvement. 1t is entirely
out of the creek bottom and will
be IN no danger from high water.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-08-05
Federal Aid Projects

No effort has been made to en-
courage the construction of any par
ticular type of road in the Federal
aid projects administered by the
Bureau of Roads CT the United
States Department of Agriculture
The legal requirements that the
roads shall be substantial in
character has not been interpreted
to mean that only the most ex-
pensive types of roads should be
built. 1t has been recognized that
the heavy and expensive construc-
tion which is necessary in New
York, Massachusetts, and Pennsyl-
vania is not suitable or warranted
for the less exacting traffic of Neva-
da, Idaho and the Dakotas.
There is a suitable type of road
tor every type of traffic. Granite
blocks are best around wnarves and
freight depots; country thorough
fares need to be better than rural
side roads, lightly travelled. A
number Of other considerations have
influenced the choice. of type in
manv cases. 1t is frequently found
that suitable local materials may
cost less than better materials i'm
ported from distance; approval
of the use of local materials is no,
infrequently given for the purpose
OF encouraging local production
In parts of the far West the entire
absence of water along right OF
way, and the expense OF keeping ar
adequate supply. often make i,
necessary to approve the building
of a type of construction that car
be built without using quantities
of water.
The initial decision as to the type
of particular road is made bv the
State highway department. Tht
Bureau OF Public Roads makes al
independent study of the conditions
The most suitable type of road il
the judgement OF the engineers O.
the State department and of th'
Bureau of Public Roads is tinall,
decided upon. The earth, sand-cal,
and gravel roads which make up 81
per cent of the mllage have cos
only about one-fourth of the Fed
eraI-aid funds used, while the high
er types, including cement, ,concre te
brick and bltuminous concrete hav
called for 60 per cent of the none,
to bulld "a per cent of the mileage.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-08-05
Received appointments

Miss Skattaboe. county superin-
tendent of schools received the ap-
70 'tionments for the school districts S
on Wednesday, says the Star Mirror.
This is the July rendering and the
total amounts to $45, ,U49.07. OF this
amount $40, ,666.1 10 is from the state
and is derived from various revenue
producing funds and the common
school funds of the state The
difference, S34 ,382.SS comes from
the general school tax levy, fines
and licenses. The principal appor-
tionmentS ale as follows:
jndenen6ert School Dist M .
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-08-05
Grand Theater Fire

A fire star ted just inside one of
the big front windows OF the Grand
Theater last Saturday morning and
caused considerable uneasiness for
few minutes. The flames were
discovered before they had made
much headway and several buckets
of water proved sufficient to ex-
tlnguish them. In the meanwhile
the hose cart was rushed to the scene
and was ready for action within
three minutes after the alarm haC
been gwen. The origin of the fire
is unknown. The only damage
done was the broken glass in the
front window.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-08-05
SEED EXPERTS
INSPECT WHEAT
Certify Grain in Fields for
Seed Purposes

Professor K. X. Bennett, head OF
the farm crops department OF the
University of Idaho, and County
Agent O. S. Fletcher nave complet-
ed the inspection of fail sown wheat
in Latah County for certitication
as seed. Sixty fields of gram on
forty-hve farms were inspected. OF
these. fOrty-two passed the stand
ing grain inspection. AS soon as
these fields are threshed, threshed
grain samples will be inspected.
For wheat to be certified as seed in
Idaho 1t must be at least ninety-nlne
and one-half per cent pure.
Thirteen hundred and thlrtv-one
acres of wheat passed the first in
spection. 1t is conservatively es-
timated that the total yield from
the field inspected to date will be at
least 46,030 bushels. All of the
wheat which. passed inspection, ex-
cepting three fields, was of the
Jenkins Club variety. Other var
leties which passed the preliminary
| inspection were ten acres of Copper,
eighteen acres of Washington Hy-
brid No. 1873, and seven acres of
kanred.
With the exception of torty-six
acres. all of the Jenkins Club wheat
which has passed the first inspection
was sown with the increase of a
small lot of seed which was hand
picked in 1917 by Frank Benscoter,
of kendrick, Latah County. At
that time Mr.. Benscoter decided
that he had been growing mixed
wheat long enough and that he
wanted to grow pure jenkins Club.
He had a field of jenkins that was
mixed with several others varieties.
When the wheat was ready to cut IN
! 911, Mr. Benscoter went into the
field and selected enough typical,
we'll shaped Jenkins Club heads to
thresh out a little more than a
bushel of seed. This wheat was
threshed and planted on about
one acres of ground that had been in
garden and on which no wheat had
been sown for several years. In
1918 enough wheat was harvested
from this plot to plant thirty five
acres, and in the fall of 1919 several
hundred acres were planted with
wheat grown on the thirty-tive acre
{ field. In 1920 B. F. Sheehan, Idaho
Pure Seed Commissioner, certified
several of these fields tor seed
This certified seed was widely dis
: trlbuted thru the efforts of Latah
County Agent O. S. Fletcher, Geo
Sievers, county leader of the wheat
improvement project, and other
= committeeman of the farm bureau
In addition to the wheat which was
planted in Latah County from this
seed, one car load was sold to farm
;. ers of Umatilla County, Oregon
one car load went TO Nez Perc,
County, Idaho; and small lots wen
: to each of a number nt othe
: counties in the Northwest. 1t i
: reasonable to expect that at leas
75,U00 bushels of pure Jenkins CluI
seed will be produced In 1921 as
direct result uf the field selection o
: one bushel OF pure seed in 1917 b!
:, Mr.. Benscoter.
AS soon as threshed samples from
the various fields have passed fina
inspection. the names of the owner
: and the amounts of seed produces
:. will be published.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-08-05
THREE DROWN
IN THE PoTlATCH
Fatal Accident Occurred S
Miles From Kendrick

One of the most disastrous ac-
cldents that has ever happened in
this community occurred five miles
above Kendrick, Sunday afternoon
when three young people were
drowned in the PotIatch. The vic
TINS OF the drowning were Miss
Bertha McAlllster Of Crescent,
Robert Ferguson, Jr. and Erwin
Paulson, both Of Troy. Miss Viola
McAllister narrowly escaped death
in her heroic efforts tC save her sis
ter and the two young men.
The two young men from Troy
had been visiting at the McAl Ulster
home Sunday. Early in the after
noon they drove to the Potlatch in
company with Miss Viola and
Bertha McAll,ster, for a swim. The
younger sister, Bertha. was the only
member of the party who could
not swim.
The story as told by Miss Viola
McAlIister is in substance as fol-
lows: Bertha on account of her in
ability to swim was staying IN the
swallow water across the stream
from her sister. 1t is believed that
she slipped on one of the large rocks
in the bottom of the creek and fell
into the" deep water. The other
three members of the party rushed
to her aid but the drowning girl
and the two young men were carried
under the water to their death.
Miss Viola McAllister was dragged
under the water twice in her efforts
to save her companions. 1t was
with difficulty that she reached the
bank of the stream after her vain
attempt to save the others. She
then ran barefooted over a mile to
the A. &. Wilson home for aid.
From there telephone messages
were sent to Kendrick for assistance
and party Of men left immediate
ly in cars to help recover the bodies.
After repeated attempts Vance Pen
lund OF Juliaetta finally succeeded
in locating the bodies and recovered
them in about twelve feet of water
The bodies of the young men were
taken to kendrick and from there
to Troy, while the BODY of Bertha
McAlIister was taken to the nome
near Crescent.
Robert Ferguson was the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ferguson, Sr.
who live on farm near Troy
Erwin Paulson is survived by {
widowed another living on a farm
in the vicinity of Troy.
Bertha Loretta McAlIllster, wa
born near Southwlck. Idaho. Angus
5, 1903. She was the second daugh
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. s. A. McAllis
, ter. Practically all of her life wa
spent in the Southwick community
; receiving her education from earl.
childhood in the Southwlck schools
r She had planned. to complete he
: last year of high school at KendrlcI
next year. where her sister, Viola
has been engaged to teach.
! All her life she had been an &C
tive Sunday School ana churc
{ worker and her useful, active lit
t combined with her happy disposltio
had made tor her host of lovin
friends, who were grlevously shock
ed and saddened because of her ur
timely death.
The funeral service was conduct
1 ed at the Methc dist church at South
wick by Rev. John Galloway an
d Rev. Pearson, assisted by DR.. Baker
Loving hands laid the body in il
last resting place in the Southwic
{ cemetery.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-08-05

JStIpOl IlEL- ANO.
S2,247 90
Moscow Independent School Dist.
9,544 2S
kendrick School Dist. 2,07S.l1
Troy School DIST. 2,062. %
Jullaetta School Dist. .1.517 ga
Deary School Dist. 721.75
PotIatch School Dist. 2,529. .9S
Bovill School Dist. l,17S.84
There are a number of the school
districts which receive apportIon-
ments from the fund. This SEMI
annual distribution IS of the utmost
Importance to the trustees of each
district. A number of improve
ments are taking place IN the sew
eral districts, and this is the time
for general cleanup and paintup.
Generally speaking the majority of
the school districts in Latah county
are IN good shape.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-08-05

j. E.. Nessly, editor of the Star
Mirror for the past 81 years, left
last Friday for BOISE where he has
accepted position as manager of
the Boise office of the Idaho Farmer
Mr.. Nessly is one of the veteran
newspaper men of the Inalnd En-
pire having worked for many years
on the Spokesman-Revie
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-08-05

and H. Tudor. A. K. Bonnett was
the bugler. The members compos-
ed the firing squad. Seldom was
there a more Impressive service
over a hero lald to rest. May he
rest in peace.
Evening star., 1921-04-19
1000 EXTRA POLICEMEN
ASKED IN N. Y. DRY FIGHT
Prohibition Laws Still Lack Proper
Enforcement Despite 1900 Ar
rests Already Made.

NEW YORK. April 19-Police Com
missioner Enright has taken steps to
procure 1000 more policemen to make
the city dry under the new state prohi-
bition laws.
He declared this addition to the force
was necessary despite the fact it has
Dcen officially estimated that more than
loo arrests made in Greater New York
within the last few days will "los the
courts for two years and the city's
ilquor-testing laboratory for seven.
Not only did the commissioner ask the
board of estimate for sufficient funds to
hire new policemen. but he also request
ed the board to augment by 500, 900 the
department contingent fund to cover ex-
penses for the remainder of the year in
obtaining evidence for the dry law en-
forcement.
The matter was laid over for one
week.
Acting District Attorney Joab H. Ban
ton declared that the liquor law viola
ton cases were swamping his force.
sixteen additional indictments have
been returned by the grand jury, making
a total of eighty three
Evening star., 1921-04-19
BACK GARY IN ANY
LABOR CONFLICTS
Stockholders Approve Open
Shop and Uphold Refusing
Terms of Mon-EmployeS.
by tho Associated Press.

NEW YORK, April 19.-Stockhoid-
ers of the United states Steel Cor
porai,u.: at their annual meeting here
unanimously pledged their support 10
Elbert II. Gary and his associates IN
the management of the corporation
in any future conflicts with labor
unions.
I'VE are prepared" said resolu-
tion adopted by the stockholders. TO
accept. regardless of the sacrifices
necessary thereto, whatever losses
may be sustained in maintaining the
right of each American citizen to en-
ter into his individual contract. should
such be his desire. without hindrance
from any other human being.
While the labor question was dis
CuSSed at length no mention was made
of the new campaign to unioniZe the
steel industry set by organized labor
forces to begin June 10.
Officials and directors of the cor
poration were praised in the stock
holders resolution for having 'hap-
PLY met with tact and discretion the
great steel strike of 1919.
Great Good to Humanity.
We believe that in refusing to ac-
cept the terms dictated by non-em-
ployes of the country. said the
resolution. "the officials and directors
of the United States Steel Corporation
hdve performed service of inest
mable value. not alone TO the sharehold-
ers of the company. nCr alone to the
general citizenship of the United
States. but TO every inhabitant of the
civilized globe as well. through de-
Tending the widest individual liberty
and maintaining that right and jus
tice are not the property of any priv
ileged class. but the common heritage
of all.
I'VE have no quarrel with union labor
properly functionins in accordance with
the principles of justice. liberty and
law. We believe it is not within the
province of any men. however. to forbid
and interfere with the rights and desire
OF the companyS employees to labor and
right to labor denies to them their
freedom, imposes a condition of servi-
tude. and is, in effect, the embodiment
Of the right to enslave.''
Mr.. Gary's address in which he urged
publicity, regulation and reasonab BILE
agencies. as a possible "solution of, or
antdote to the labor union problems"
was applauded by the stockholders.
Wage reductions have not been con-
Gary said. adding that he thought
''when the high cost of living has been
materially reduced. it will only be
question of time when there will be
some readjustment of wages"
A proposal that the surplus of the
corporation be limited to the S523. 100000
now at hand, because this accumula-
ton invited monopolistic attacks and
confiscatory taxation was defeated.
Eve want to keep the corpora ton in
position said Mr.. Gary, where no
harm can come to it no matter what
ever happens This is a bad time to re-
duce our surplus
He said that the corporation could
not sell it's $1,000 900 worth of govern
ment securities now without suffering a
loss. and urged that they be held until
I'VE get as much as they cost US, or
possibly little more"
Evening star., 1921-04-19
COTTON GROWERS MEET.
Draft Tentative Sales Plan Aiming
at Uniformity.

OKLAHOMA CITY. April 19-Rep-
resentatives of six other cotton pro-
ducing states, meeting here withsthe
executive committee of the Oklahoma
Cotton Growers Association in ex-
ecutive session., drafted a tentative
sales plan to create. delegates said
uniformity of sales in all states SELL
ing by the cooperative method. The
final form of the plan. as proposed by
the delegates from Arkansas. Texas
North Carolina. Georgia. Arizona and
Mississippi, with the Oklahoma rules
as pattern. probably will be finished
today, c. L. Stealer. secretary of the
Oklahoma. said. The foundation has
been laid. the secretary said, for a
national overhead sales agency, with
compulsory pools for members nf the
various state organizations them-
selves bound to the national plan.
A member may sell his cotton, ac-
cording to plans already approved. by
producing bona fide offer from any
firm. and by withdrawing from the
said.
Evening star., 1921-04-19

Style 2-Cushions for Bar
Harbor chairs, covered with
heavy etonne. Reversible,
tufted style: size 17xl6 inches,
with boxed corners. Desira bic
able also for wicker or Office
chairs. All filed with soft cotton.
Evening star., 1921-04-19
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON. April 19.-Without funds
in a foreign land, Marie Scott. Of Seat
tie. Wash, who had ambitions to be-
come a great singer, lost hope, long
ed for home and came by the first
aValiable means as a stowaway. This
was the story told by the young wom-
an of twenty-five who had secreted
herself on the United States Mail
Steamship Company's liner Princess
.Matolka at Naples. and who surren-
dered to immigration authorities on
arrival. She was one of sixteen stow
Aways in striking contrast with the
rest. young woman of apparent re-
Evening star., 1921-04-19

Style 1-Round Pillows, size
so inches in circumference. with
~ to II inch fat inset top
and bottom. with gathered bor-
ders. Top finished with fancy
braid. Covers are very attrac-
tive crctonnes.
Evening star., 1921-04-19
MUSIC STUDENT, PENlNILESS, SHIPS
FOR HOME IN u. S. AS STOWAWAY

finement in group of fifteen male
nondescripts.
Immi grafton officials arranged a
hearing at which her claim to resi-
dence at Seattle and the circum-
stances of her voyage We're to be in
vestigated to determine her right to
land.
The young woman said she went to
Italy as student of music, suffered
depletion of her funds and rather
than cable home again for moro
money boarded the first steamship
sailing for the United States. She
said she merely mingled with the
steerage passengers at first, but tried
to hide from the oScers when tickets
were checked up. only to be caught
with LothinG to show for her pas
sage.
Evening star., 1921-04-19
GOLD FROM FOREIGN CENTERs

NEW YORK, April 19.-Gold bars
and coin with an estimated value of
S2,750.0 900 We're received by banks here
yesterday from various foreign CEN
ters with an additional $500, 900 re-
ported in transit. Announcement of
further German gold imports from
swedish sources is expected in the
financial district this week
Evening star., 1921-04-19
WOMAN TAKES NEW OFFICE,

PITTSBURGH. April 19.-The first
woman to hold an official position in
Pittsburgh. Mrs. Margaret s. GRAY.
took up her duties today as vice
president to the bureau of recreation
with supervision over all play
grounds. She was appointed yester-
day by Mayor +. " Babcock
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-06-24
GETS MEDAL FOR BRAVE ACT.

The Court of Honor of the National
council recently awarded bronze
medal to Harry G. Harper, charter
member of Salt Lake Troop No. 81,
for his courage and prompt action In
saving the life of n five-year-old child
who was in danger of being dashed
to death over an embankment in an
automobile. The child was alone in his
fathers car and accidentally released
the brakes, setting the machine NOV
ing backward toward the embankment.
The child's screams attracted the at
tention of young Harper, who ran out
from his own yard, jumped on the
running board Of the car and succeeded
In stopping 1t, just as 1t balanced itself
on two wheels on the edge. A mo-
ments delay and both the child and
the scout would probably have been
crushed under the car. Harper Is an
Eagle scout and distinguished himself
during the war, for his achievements
in selling Liberty bonds and War Saw
ings stamps. He was awarded medals
for both these services and possesses
the ace medal with five silver bars and
the Liberty loan medal with bars Of
honor for each campaign.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-06-24
PRESERVE EGGS IN SOLUTION
Limo Water Is Satisfactory and
Very Cheap.

Sodium silicate, or water-glass, 10
the most convenient preservative in
which to store eggs for winter use, but
where lime is easily procurable, lime
water Is very satisfactory and much
cheaper than water-glass. Lime water
is apt to roughen the shells Of the
eggs slightly, making the eggs some
what less attractive in appearance
than wa.er-glass. Directions for using
this lime water are given by the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture.
To preserve with lime, dissolve two
pounds Of unslaked lime in a small
quantity OF water, and dilute with five
gallons of water that has previously
been boiled and cooled. Allow the
mixture to stand until the lime settles.
then skim of, and use the clear liquid.
Put clean, fresh, unwashed eggs In a
clean earthenware crock or Jar and
pour the clear lime water into the yes.
sci until the eggs are covered. At least
two inches Of the solution should cover
the top layer Of eggs, Keep the re-
ceptacle tightly covered to prevent
evaporation and also to keep oil for
eign material out of the solution.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-06-24

animals that are normal when young
but later become runty from a lack Of
such proper feed and care which
usually occurs about weaving time.
After enimals become runty or their
growth retarded, undoubtedly 1t will
take more feed to overcome this con-
dition and grow them out.
Cause Of Runts.
"When pigs become runty," the Ten
nessee farmer adds, they never be-
come normal. / have estimated 1t re-
quires at least 25 per cent more feed
to put them In marketable condition
than 1t does normal hogs. My expe-
rience with purebred dairy cattle is
that fully 90 per cent of runts among
cattle are caused by improper feeding
and care. If the stock raisers Of this
country were educated In the proper
feeding and care of live stock until
they reached normal growth, the runts
In live stock In the United States
would be almost eliminated"
This statement not only further en-
phasizes the fact that 1t does not,
broadly speaking, take more feed to
prevent runt animals but does require
considerably more feed to develop
them once they become runty. Also
that 1t rarely is advisable to feed out
a pronounced runt. The only practi-
cal thing to do, therefore, is to pre-
vent runting by providing the neces-
sary feed, care, and management at
the most critical periods Of their
growth and development. These pc
riods with most animals are when
very young and at weaving time.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-06-24
Bad FEEDING is
CAUSE OF RUNTS
NEGLECTED AT WEAVING TIME
Many Understood Pigs Often
Grow and Develop Into
Useful Porkers.
After Growth Of Animals Has Been
Retarded It Takes Considerable
-, More Feed to Overcome Con-
dition and Grow Out.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
my nine years experience in stock
raising has been almost entirely with
purebred cattle and hogs, and while
some runts appear at birth they are
not nearly so numerous as the runts
caused by neglect and improper feed
Ing and housing" This Is the opinion
of Tennessee farmer in a letter. to
the United States Department Of Agri-
culture.
Many Small Animals Develop.
Specialists of the department
emphasize the fact that many animals
that are understood or small at birth
often grow and develop into useful,
profitable animals II little special
attention is given them soon after
birth. Thin is especially true with
pigs. Unless the small pig Of the lit
ter Is thus provided for when quite
young, very often 1t Is not worth feed
ing to maturity. II the proper kind
or amounts of feed are not given when
very young, II required to compete
with stronger or older animals for
what they do get, born runts or those
that are understood will become more
pronounced runts as they grow older.
In this respect they resemble closely