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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-12-08

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DR.. D. S. Brogunier returned from
Portland Monday morning.
The Horticulture club will meet on
Monday with Mrs. S. M. Henderson.
& Mrs. Nora HenneberEy left Wednes-
day night for San Diego, CAL, where
she will spend the winter.
Mrs. William Hansen left Monday
for Helena where she will spend a
few weeks visiting relatives.
Miss Hazel Hume had for week end
guests Miss Beatrice Newman and
Miss Emma Weber of Prosser.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. McAulay and
small son Verne left Friday for Yaki-
ma where they will spend the winter.
R. @. Macmahon is quite ill at his
home. He is suffering from blood
poisoning the result of an liberated
tooth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Coult have NOV
ed from the Garden Tracts to the Ches..
ter Cheek house south of the grade
school.
The Inquiry club met Wednesday
evening with F. D. Pyle. L. E john
SON read paper on Reconstruction in
Business.
Mrs. ]. Mcintyre and two children
of Pasco were week end visitors at
the home Of Mrs. McIntyre's sister,
Mrs. A. F. Brown.
Miss Helena Niemeyer of Elkader,
Iowa, arrived Wednesday night and
will make an extended visit with her
sister, Mrs. X. C. Clifford, before go
ing to California to visit friends.
The Civic club met Tuesday with
Mrs. r. E. Pratt. The topic for the
afternoon was The Independent Voter
and Party Loyalty. The progpdm was
arranged by Mrs. A. Beavers. The
next meeting will be held at the home
Of Mrs. F. r. Jeffrey.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-12-08
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Hudnall. Following the business ses-
sion of the club public meeting was
held to consider building an addition
to the club house. The community
needs having outgrown the present
building. An addition 40xe0 has been
needed. To finance this, what is thot
to be good working plan, will be for
Highlanders and others so inclined
to make loans in varying amounts
from $40 up, to the Improvement club
for at least half of the proposed ST.
500 expense, these loans to be re-
paid as rapidly as money can be
raised. The remainder of the cost
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-12-08

Mrs. E. M. Sly returned Tuesday
noon from ten days visit in Spokane.
Miss Elizabeth Peters returned to
Whitman College today after two
day visit at her home.
The Bridge club will meet with Mrs.
Charles Kasper on Wednesday Decem-
Der Ia.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Carpenter were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.
Tracy Sunday evening.
The Congregational Ladies' Aid will
meet Thursday, December 18th, with
Mrs. C. F. Winkenwerder.
Miss Francis Staley of Walla Walla
spent Thanksgiving with her grand
mother, Mrs. M. E. Staley.
The w. C. 7. U. will hold their reg
ular monthly meeting Tuesday, De-
cember 13, with Mrs. F. A. Dunlap of
the Garden Tracts.
Mrs. William Perrier and small
daughter Nadine are visiting Pasco
friends this week. Her sister, Miss
Margaret Harrison has just returned
from visit to the coast. 81
Mrs. j. B. Slaugenhaupt is enjoying
visit from her sister, Mrs. L. Mohn-
ney who arrived Sunday from her
home near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Mohney will make an extended
visit here.
The Shakespeare club met Wednes-
day afternoon with Mrs. R. E. Pratt.
Study of Corilanus has been concluded
and the club will take up the study
of the play "Much Ado About Moth
ing at the next meeting.
Mrs. McKain, local Librarian makes
another request that all who have
library books out return them without
delay. It is imperative that the books
be returned so they may be reclassi-
fled and recatalogued.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. S. Callahan, form
er Kennewick residents, were in the
city this week, the guests Of their
daughter, Mrs. Lester Holloway. They
were enroute from Methow Valley,
where they visited relatives to- their
home in Portland.
This evening at the Baptist church
pageant will be put on representing
the work of the Baptist Women's
Foreign Missionary society for the
past so years.
Miss Gertrude Stoneman received
message from Santa Ana, California
yesterday telling of the death of her
father. Miss Stoneman left at once
for her home in Spokane.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Spofford re-
turned Monday from few days Wis
it in Spokane, bring with them a little
adopted daughter. The baby girl who
is four weeks old, is named Gloria 10y.
A town basketball team has been or
ganized under the Captaincy of Bill
Byrd and are holding regular prac-
tice. The new team expects to go in
to action Saturday night of next week
gainst the High school quintet.
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Mrs. Chaplin, ST., has installed q
phone, No. 2744. :.
F. r. Hembree left on Monday for
Oklahoma with apples.
Mrs. F. ]. Kadow visited relatives
in Spokane last week. z a. : !,
c G. and Miss Belle Robertson were
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-28
The Commission Of
Commerce Fail to
Reduce Rail Rates

WASHINGTON interstate
commerce commission refused We'd
nesday to order a reduction in rail-
road rates from points of origin east
of the Rocky Mountains to points in
intermountain territory. Complaints
of business organizations and others
were dismissed, the commission hold
ing that existing tariffs, which are
on a parity with those to Pacific
coast points, were not unduly pre-
judicial.
The complainants had contended
for graded reduction based on the
rates to the Pacific coast fixed so
steam carriers could compete with
water commerce passing thru the
Panama canal.
The case was one Of general in
terest, as any change would affect
eastern manufacturers and business
organizations of the Pacific coast,
while numerous eastern shippers and
manufacturers interviewed to oppose
a part of the proposed changes which
tended to increase rates from the
east to the Pacific coast.
The commission declared its de-
csiion was not solution, but de-
clared discussion Should be helped in
paving the way for final settle.
ment. Salt Lake Tribune.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-28
GREAT BRITAIN
REDUCING DEBT
Interest to Be Paid on
Loan to Exceed
$160,0O0,000

LONDON.-Great Britain is plan
ming to pay this year interest on
loans from the United States amount
ing to more than $3.50, 900. This
announcement was made in the
house of commons Monday afternoon
by Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chamberlain when he introduced the
new budget.
During the fiscal year Great Britain
reduced her Indebtedness to America
by $30O,000,000. England still owes
foreign countries, chiefly America
$4,646,000,000 calculating the ex-
change at 81 to the pound.
Taking the gloomy view Of the
country's financial prospects for the
coming year, the government has re-
Trained from litigating the crush
ing direct taxation. BY drastic cuts
in national expenditures the chancel-
lor has brought the estimated budget
figure down to 974,000,00O pounds.
Great Britain's deadweight debt is
now 7,573,000,0O0 pounds. An in
teresting experiment in after-the-war
financing which the government is
attempting is the immediate floation
OF a conversion loan at three and one
half per cent in order to reduce the
dangerously heavy floating debt. The
offer applies to all per cent war
bonds maturing between now and
1926. This indicates the view Of
British financial experts that the
state no longer needs to offer high
yields on national securities,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-28
AMERICAN LEGION
FINDS WORK FOR
THE UNEMPLOYED
Legion to Organize
Interstate Bureau
!, Of Employ
ment

A letter was received the first of
the week by County Clerk F. M.
Fisher from the American Legion
post in Portland, Ore. The letter
stated that in the month of February
the legion post had appointed COM
mittee which they called the Unem-
ployment committee.
The duties of this committee was
to alleviate the unemployment Of ap-
proximately 1000 bread winners in
that city. This body did not start
the usual municipal wood pile or
similar source, of labor. But thru
the proper distribution of the exist
ing employment the committee made
it possible for the bread winners to
keep the wolf from the door.
AS they progressed in their work
they found that their problem was
not entirely local, but that it also
took in the state. Later they found
that it included California, Washing
ton and Idaho proving to be Pacific
coast problem. Now the committee
is asking representatives from the
various counties of each state to send
them their ideas and to cooperate
with them in this work.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-28
new PROVISIONS
in CONTRACTS
Will Be Required to Set
Aside ! Per Cent
of Salary

Contracts between the state of
Idaho and the teachers, in both inde-
pendent and common school districts
will carry provision, whereby each
teacher is required to set aside one
half Of 1 per cent of her yearly sal
ary for teachers retiring fund.-" 1t
was announced Monday by DR.. E. A.
Bryan, state commissioner Of educa-
tion. The form Of contract was be-
ing prepared Monday.
The provision for the fund is being
inserted in the contract in accordance
with an act of the 1921 session of the
legislature. Governor Davis was un-
decided at first whether to sign the
measure or not on account of pro-
tests. He later discovered, however,
that the protest was coming from the
transient teachers and the support
coming from the teachers who made
their homes in Idaho, and decided
Immediately that If the home teach
ers wanted the fund the others must
have it.
There are some new provisions in
the form of contract which the state
board is preparing. Under the old
system only the common school dis
tricts were affected by the contract
Of the state board. Independent dis
tricts operated under a form ap-
proved by the local board. The new
revised code of school laws as en-
acted by the 1921 session of the Leg
islature gives the power Of drafting
the form of contract for all schools
to the state board of education.
Also, under the new form Of con-
tract the district entering into the
agreement may withdraw at any
time. In other words the teacher
can be dismissed before his or her
contract expires, for sufficient rea-
sons. AS before, the new agreement
provides that Jumping" of a con-
tract by q teacher is sufficient ground
for the revocation Of certificate.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-28
BINGHAM COUNTY
POTATO GROWERS
GREATLY ALARMED
Say Steps Must Be-
Taken at Once
to Overcome
Disease

Many of the leading potato grow
ers in Bingham county have become
greatly alarmed this spring due to
the scarcity of good seed and the pre-
valence of disease in all the potatoes.
The main growers are fearful that,
unless radical steps are taken to
overcome disease and to improve the
seed stock in the county, that Bing-
ham county will either be quaran-
tined or that 1t will be necessary to
quit raising potatoes for a while in
order to rotate crops and get clean
seed started. This condition was
true Of Greeley, Colo. and 1t was only
thru concerted effort on the part
Of all growers in that section Of
Colorado that they were able to get
back into the industry again after
the disease menace struck them.
Bingham county has now an en-
viable reputation as potato produc-
ing county, especially for Idaho
Rurals and IL the potato growers will
but use care in the selection of seed,
cutting of potatoes for seed and
throwing out all that show disease,
the treating Of their potatoes before
planting and the practice of crop ro-
tation, so that the same ground Is
not used more than one year for
growing potatoes, the industry can
be maintained and improved to q
great extent. But on the other hand
II the hap-hazard methods of seed
selection, seed treatment, absence of
crop rotation and fertilization, that
are practiced today continue the po-
tato industry in Bingham county is
in grave danger.
The industry can be made profit
able or broken down by the methods
that are practiced in the future.
In order to get this before the
potato growers of the county in a
manner which will help overcome
this condition and induce the farmer
to start seed plot Of his own and
exercise great care in the selection
Of available seed this spring the farm
bureau will hold series of meetings
over the county and a potato expert
will address these various meetings
on the control of the disease and the
necessity for much care in the selec-
tion and treating of their seed stock.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-28
FATS AND Sims
WILL MEET ON
1. DIAMOND SUNDAY
Tate Taylor with
Bacon Stephens
Will Act as
Captains

Sunday Blackfoot will be given
rare treat In as much as the fats and
the slims win meet In mighty con-
fiict for the beneflt Of the regular
baseball team.
The lineup is az follows: Wilbur
slim" Cooper, formerly Of the Pitts
burg Pirates, and Harold Sedgewick,
will pitch for the lanky boys. D. w.
Clevenger, cleaner, at the Toggery
will catch. Bill Parkinson, COM
mander of the American Legion will
play first base and E. E. Massie will
participate as short STOP. Albert
Bellamy will hold down the third
sack while Lev Ash, Otto Mas, Cecil
Clark, Norvil Kinds and Foster, of
the Idaho Power company will fill the
outfield and substitute. Tate Taylor
will hold down the position Of cap
tain and will be ably assisted by
Skinny Smith, who will pose as
mascot.
The fats will be headed by Cap
tain Louis Bacon" Stephens and
first baseman Jim Martin will ably
hold the first sack. Cecil Lint will
frolic around the short stops lot and
Charlie Hilliard will gallop around
second. doc" Patrie will repose on
the third corner. He with Charlie
Hilliard represent the only surviving
members of Blackfoot's first pro-
fessional team. A. r. Thompson, sur
veyor on the O. s. l.. will pitch and
he will attempt to run line over
home plate. L. B. Dustin, Eat"
Sollender, Ira Taylor, w. O. Smith,
Bob Robbins, the barber, "Doc''
Hampton and Howard Henderson
will gamble on the green in the out
field. Ernest Anderson will ef-
ficiently execute the duties of mascot.
Henry Giles and Jim Ryan will fill
the positions of umpires. Both these
men have been notorious for similar
work in various outlaw leagues.
Lev Ash donates box Of cigars to
the winning team, Taylor and Sol
londer will donate shaves to the one
making the most runs on either side
The Toggery donates pair Of silk
hose to the one making the most hits.
Everyone is expected to be there
to give the regulars boost. So all
be there as no excuse will be ac-
cepted. Everyone pays admission OF
80 cents.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-28
Keep off Pavement
During the Period
Of Construction

Keep off of the unfinished pave
ment during construction. Every
wheel mark and every footprint car
rying dirt to the new surface helps
to make flaws and defects in the ap-
plication of the next coat. Bitulithic
paving has to be kept clean and dry
while 1t is being made, or It does not
bind together perfectly and free from
seams. The bitumen is put on hot,
and 1t Yields to the coat below it,
but II there Is dirt between the coats
the weld is less perfect.
Tell the youngsters that If they
must get on the unfinished paving
to play and to explore it, to clear
their feet first, and then clean them
after they get of Of 1t before enter
ing the house or there will be some
thing like tar on your floors and rugs.
Drivers are urged to observe the de-
tour signs and not streak the unfin-
ished job with mud and dirt. The
weight of the car on the job does not
hurt It, but the streak of dirt pre-
vents union of the coats. It is to be
our paving and we want 1t as per-
feet as possible, and without causing
the contractors to do extra work
washing it while it is in process. You
are asked to keep off Of the fresh
cement work too. We are going to
have some nice curbing IL it Is not
disturbed while drying.
Contractors say the Blackfoot peo-
pie are a good bunch to.work for
they can leave tools and materials
lying around about as they please
and everything will be there when
they return. Let's keep up our good
reputation by giving every protection
we can to the folks who improve the
streets. sls.,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-28
COURT NEWS

Saturday night Sheriff Simmons
accompanied by police officers, Will
Clark and Ernest Gillespie, raided
the residence of Mrs. Maud Crumr
Dodge. They arrested the following
people for disturbing the peace: Mrs
Crump, Mrs. Minnie Watson, P. E.
Farnworth and Robert Swanson. The
officers found a pint of moonshine in
the house. t5
P. E. Farnworth was fined 500
and he will work this out on the
street.
Mrs. Crump, Mrs. Watson and
Robert Swanson were given a hear
ing Monday and they entered a plea
of not guilty and the trial was set for
Monday, May 2.
E. T. and A. l.. Shelman were each
fined $40 and costs for disturbing the
peace In Sterling.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-28
| Good Results Are
Expected From the
Dry Farm Region

Joe Tilden was In from Tilden flats
north OF Taber and reported that
during the spring run-o6 Of snow
waters on the desert, many rivers
poured into Tilden fatst II irrigSAed
tt ten TO- fifteen fest deep besides
accommodating about 1000 = acres OF
water from one to three feet deep
that stood for some time before sink
ing. ..,3 ~
Mr.. Tilden says the most Of the
settlers have gone from the dry
farms and those that remain have the
best crop prospects they ever had. He
Is not putting In any on his place,
having planned to run q dry herd and
use his ranch as d watering place. He
says the grass will be the best ever,
this year. ks
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-28
ALFALFA GROWERS
HAVE ORGANIZED
To Be Known as Grimm
Alfalfa Growers
Association
BY B. F.. SHEEHAN, State Seed
Commissioner

Commissioner
Ten years ago the Springfield
Sterling and Aberdeen sections OF
Bingham county, Idaho, were moth
| ing other than a portion of typical
western, 'undeveloped sagebrush GOV.
cred country. 1t was the home of the
jackrabbit and the ground squirrel.
Today this same section is the home
of some of Idaho's most progressive
farmers. 1t is also the seat of pro-
duction of over SO per cent Of the
true-to-name Grimm alfalfa seed
placed ON the market. And today
these growers are linked into what
gives promise of being one of the
most successful cooperative market
ing organizations in the west.
The farmers have not been catis-
fed with the production of a we'll
standardized product, but have gone
ahead and organized what is to be
known as the Bingham County
Grimm Alfalfa Growers association -
a purely cooperative non-stocK non
profit, marketing association.
With tile ever increasing demand
for seed of Grimm alfalfa In the
eastern and middle western states
there has been a like demand for a
certified and guaranteed Grimm pro-
duct. Too often one hears the state
ment there is more Grimm alfalfa
sold than produced" To protect their
industry the Grimm growers of biug-
ham county are going forward with
an organization whose membership
will have to account for the exact
source of their original seed, agree
to grow only Grimm alfalf seed (no
common allowed) conform to set
purity requirements, and agrec to al
low the association to inspect their
fields during the growing season,
supervise threshing and market their
seel for period of five years.
Proper marketing has been the big
handicap of these western growers.
The past season some Of the growers
received 20 cents for their seed.
Others obtained as much as 80, 40
and SO cents for the same grade of
seed. Also the spread in price be-
tween that received by the grower
and which the consumer paid has run
as high as 40 and SO cents pound.
The growers contend that this has
been too great spread.
1t is the contention of the directors
that the association will not only en-
able te producer and consumer to re-
ceiye greater portion of the middle
mans profit, but will enable their as
sociation to place seed on the mar
ket that is guaranteed as to quality,
variety and origin.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-28
Dorsey Stephens
Manages Cleaning
Establishment

The City Cleaning company. which
has been operated by Lowell Hol.
brook for some time was sold Tues
day and Dorsey Stephens has taken
over the management.
!. Mr.. Stephens IL having the estab-
lishment thereby remodeled and has
employed q ladies' tailor and expert
.seamstress from Salt Lake, which
viii enable MIN to take care Of ali
altering that the public may have.
He has had considerable exper-
ience in cleaning and pressing. hav-
ing been employed by the Regal
Cleaners in this city for some time.
Mr.. Stephens will carry a promin-
ent line Of ladies' tailoring, also one
Of mems. And he 10 now in business
to meet your needs.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-28
RoADWORK GIVEN

Center street leads westward
from the Macakay tracks, and the
street was in bad condition. Some OF
the folks in that section got out and
donated roadwork to put it in fine
condition, and you are invited to
drive over 1t and see how it looks and
how it seems to ride over road
made good by donations.
Some people say ut can't be did,
when speaking of people taking an
interest in road making, but it is be-
ing done right along with good re-
suits and no loafing.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-28
CAPTURED

Monday Sheriff A, H. Simmons ac-
companied by Joe Chacon, federal
prohibition officer from Pocatello,
and e. L. Mastin, constable Of Firth,
raided the residence of William
Johns. There the officers found a
still and about one-half gallon of
moonshine.
Mr. Johns was released under $500
bonds for appearance before the dis
trict court in May.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-28
IDAHO LEADING
POTATO STATE
Truck Gardening in
Idaho is Valuable
Asset

Idaho takes first rank as potato
producing state, according to the
figures released recently by the
agricultural department of the cen
sus bureau.
The state is the greatest potato
producer in the west. The value of
the crop in 1919 was $13,500, 900,
more than 100000 bushels being
produced on 43,196 acres.
Utah does not begin to rank up
with Idaho as a potato producer, as
the crop in that state was valued at
$3,494,607, grown on 1901 acres,
with total Of 1,64S,400 bushels.
The famous Greely district and the
whole state of Colorado produced
8,874,000 bushels from 77,340 acres,
valued at $19,525, 900.
Idaho produced some tomatoes,
too, that year tno not generally con-
sidered state where that product
abounds. There were 208 acres of
tomatoes produced in Idaho in 1919
worth $38,585. When it comes to
watermelon, Idaho raises few, tho
the number of acres planted to that
crop and the value was not given in
the report.
Celery Pays Well
Idaho ranks well up with Michigan
and the big producers on celery and
with only forty-six acres planted, the
growers realized $41,039. 1t would
look as tho more people in Idaho
would plant celery.
Truck gardening in Idaho is
valuable asset. The state had 2097
acres in truck gardening, with total
value of products at $400,808. OF
this amount the state had in 1856
acres of cabbage worth to the grower
Register.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-28
CENSUS CORRECTION

In a recent issue of The Idaho Re-
publican we stated that the popula-
ton Of Blackfoot was 5000, which Is
an error. The present population
totals 5000.