The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-10-27
FARMERS TOORDER
CAR EXPLOSIVES
SECOND CARLOAD OF PICRIC
ACID MAY BE OBTAINED
THROUGH COUNTY AGENT.

A second carload of picric acid can
be secured for the farmers of Latah
county, according to information re-
ceived by Dean E. j. Iddings of the
University of Idaho college of agri-
culture and announced Thursday by
O. S. Fletcher, county agent of La
tab county Through the Latah coun-
ty farm bureau, orders for a carload
are being gotten together. Men have
been named in their respective com
munfties to take orders of farmers
for the valuable explosive.
All orders must be placed with COM
mitteemen by November 5 and in turn
the orders will, be mailed to County
Agent Fletcher who will mail out the
county order on November 10. The
work is being speeded up as the gov
ernment is distributing the picric acid
to the farmers who get in their orders
first.
Following is a pamphlet issued
from the county agents office:
Dean E. J. Iddings, Of the college
of agriculture, has recently received
information that it is very likely that
the state, of Idaho will be able to
secure several more carloads of pic
ric acid. There is little doubt that
that a second carload of this valuable
explosive can be secured for Latah
County farmers. On account of this,
we have decided to get together or
ders for a carload with the advance
payment of Sc. for each 100 pounds
wanted The order will be forwarded
to the authorities at Washington, D.
c., as soon as it is made up. IT for
any reason the explosive can not be
secured, the advance payment will be
returned to those ordering picric acid.
'"The carload will be shipped in on
the W. l. & M. and will be stopped
at Potlatch, Harvard, and Deary, if
possible. If this arrangement can
not be made, it will be shipped to the
station at which the largest shipment
Is to be unloaded and what is not un-
loaded there will have to be re-billed
by local freight. The first carload
came from Sparta, Wisconsin, and
the freight WIS $3.50 for each case of
100 pounds of picric acid. We hope
to get the second carload from the
SINE place, but if the supply at Spar
ia is exhausted we will have to get
this car from Fort Wingate, New
Mesxico. If the explosive comes from
Fort Wingate, the freight will be
$3.50 per case. Thus the total cost
will be either SIP per case of 100
pounds or $3.50 depending upon the
source from which the carload is
This is provided it is not
necessary to re-bill any by local
freight
"In order to expedite the taking of i
orders, | have asked the following
parties to take orders in their re-
spective communities Deep Creek,
D. F. Hellmer and John Bysegger;
Crane Creek, w. A. Fiscus; Flannf- +
gan Creek, H. Hugo; Rock Creek, a
Aca A. Smith; Princeton, L. A. Shell n
don and L. L. Young; Harvard A. P. /
Hamburg, and p S. Smith; Avon, B. a
W. Dennis; Deary, VIM. Smith, J. B. D
Kitch, and the Latah County State +
Bank; Troy, Austin Nelnam and H. L. d
Cartwright All who want to order n
acid should give their order to the n
committeeman nearest to them if con- 4
7enient Those who can not see a y
committeeman may send their order "
ind check for advance payment to h
ne at Moscow All checks sent to me q
Ihould be made payable to the First h
National Bank of Moscow, and be h.
marked sPicric Acid in the lower left q
land corner. n
3sThose who purchased picric acid f.
n the first car1od order and who have ct
ried it report excellent results. Many f
f them have already stated that they m
vant to get more Of the explosive II II
second car is ordered. When we =,
vere taking orders for the first car ~
Dad many farmers did not order at n,
II, or ordered less than they really =,
eeded, because they were reluctant ct
. take chance on an explosive that 40
ad not been tried in this section. w
'icric acid is past the experimental W.
tage in Latah county and farmers
cunt it good explosive for blast nc
lg stumps." 90
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