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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09
FRI PLEADS FOR REDUCTION
IN WESTERN FREIGHT RATES

reduced, not alone so they con mar
ket their products at some profit, out
afford to buy actual necessities which
they are compelled to 60 without be-
cause of high COSTS idaho producers,
he said, were willing to concede dur
ing the war that carriers faced a cri-
sis; today producers of Idaho are
facing a crisis; and he argued the
carriers should meet this emergency
in the same spirit and assist the
producers in carrying their present
burden.
He said Idaho today should be en-
tering upon an era of great develop
ment, new reclamation farm settle
ment, and The like, but such develop
ment can not take place when the es-
tablished farmers are suffering heavy
financial losses and unable to market
their products. Tenant farmers, he
said, are being driven out.
Mr.. Erb did not claim q reduction in
freight rates is panacea for all the
ills in Idaho, but he said rail rates are
abnormally high compared with the
prices of basic products of the state,
and the producer regards these rates
as a thing that stands in the way of
marketing. He said there is some
point in the rate scale TO which reduc-
lions can be made, which not only will
encourage production, but afford the
carriers a revenue as great as they
now derive under the high rates.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09
LOCALS DEFEAT
CULDESAC IN
HOT GAME
High School Boys Win from
Crack Team
% to "a

The local basketshooters of the high
school won for themselves the united
support of the community last Fri
day night by defeating the Culdesac
high school team, team which had
heretofore been undefeated and which
has been considered one of the best
teams in the Inland empire. The score
of the game was % to "a and indicates
that the game was stiffly contested
from beginning to end.
EARLY in the game, Grangeville took
the lead with the score standing 10
to 4. The unexpected fast playing of
the Grangeville team swept the Cul-
desac players off their feet. However,
they recovered from their surprise in
time to stage a semblance of their
old time comeback and the half ended
with the score standing 1915. Both
teams entered the second half of the
game with renewed energy which, car
ried them through until the last few
minutes of play when it was evident
that Culdesae was weakening. Early
in the second half. Grangeville ae-
quired lead of four points and kept
Continued on last page)
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09
RAIL SERVICE
HELD Up FOR
AND DAY
Five Engines Are Caught in
Deep Drifts, but Finally
Manage to Plow Through
Fifteen Passengers Spend
Monday Night in Coaches
at Fem; Heavy Wind Cause

For forty eight hours, from Sunday
night until Tuesday night, Grangeville
was without incoming mail, express
and passenger service, due to snow
blockade, between Grangeville and
trains, a passenger, freight and relief
train.
Stuck in snowbank on the tracks
of the Camas Prairie railroad, a mile
and half east of Fem, Monday night,
n freight train, from Lewiston TO
Grangeville, and the evening passen-
ger train remained in the snow drifts
all Monday night and all day Tuesday.
1t was late Tuesday afternoon when
the trains plowed through the snow
and continued to Grangeville.
RELIEF TRAIN STALLED
Meantime, relief train, with two
engines, sent from Lewiston, stuck in
a snowdrift two miles west of Fem,
Tuesday noon. Tt was late Tuesday
night before this train, carrying
crew of snow shovelers, was dug out
and continual on its journey to Grange
vile.
Deep cuts on the right-of-wag were
filed with snow Monday by high
wind which blew across Camas Prairie
at terrific rate. The wind covered
only strip perhaps two or three miles
wide. Snow rapidly filed the cuts,
AMI efforts of workmen to dig out the
snowbound trains were for hours I'M
availing AS fast as the snow was
dug away, more blew into the cuts.
The snow in places was ten Or twelve
feet deep. On the surface of the prai-
rie, only few inches of snow lay.
SLEEP IN COACHES
When it was learned, Monday night,
by the crew of the PASSENGER train
that the freight was stalled in the
snowdrifts, the coaches were left at
Fem, while the two engines and
crews went went to the scene of the
tieup. The crew hoped to pull the
freight out of the drifts, but was I'M
able to do so. Snow piled in the cut
behind the double-header passenger,
and it also was trapped. The fifteen
passengers on the train slept in the
coaches at Fem.
Late Tuesday, the three stalled
Gated from the drifts, and backed
toward Fem. Inc snow anead was
deep. Dashing at terrific speed, over
the clear track, two of the engines,
on the leader of which was attached
snow pillow, shot toward the snow
drift, hit the drift and plowed
through it. The trains were then madr
up and pulled to Grangeville.
The relief train later was extricated
from the drifts west of Fem.
Tuesdays regular Grangeville-Lew-
iston passenger train was necessarily
cancelled. Service was resumed We'd
nesday.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09

George E. Erb, president of the
public utilities commission of Idaho,
and who recently conducted the
Grangeville Electric Light & Power 90.
hearing in Grangeville testified Friday
before the interstate commerce commls-
sion, at Washington, d. c., as to the
need for railroad rate reduction II Ida.
hos prosperity is to be restored and
unemployment brought to an end. Mr..
Erb was one of the Idaho witnesses
sent to Washington by governors OF
Idaho and six other intermountain
states.
Mr.. Erb declared the prosperity OF
the merchant was dependent upon the
prosperity of the farmers, orchardists,
stockgrowers and lumbermen. The
unemployment problem IN Idaho
would be quicker solved, he said, II
the producer of basic products could
realize a net margin.
He told of the condition of Idaho
banks that are carrying agricultural
loans, and said the farmers are exper-
fencing great difficulty in financing
themselves for the 1922 season. lie
nredicted the results would be greatly
reduced production and greatly redue'
ed freight offered to the railroads
next fall. During the war, Idaho pro
dueers did not complain of the IN
creased freight rates, but in this DAY
they feel rates should be materially
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09
COMMITTEEMAN FOR
COUNTY FARM BUREAU

Reports of election of members of the
executive committee for the Idaho
County Farm bureau at district meet
ings scheduled for last Saturday
throughout Idaho county, have not been
received by Otto Nail, secretary of the
bureau, from every district in the
county. 1t is believed in some of the
districts, meetings were not held.
Cottonwood elected F. S. Winner
committeeman and August Schroeder,
alternate.
Ferdinand chose John Fry committee
man and Edgar Fry, alternate.
j. L. Stwart was named alternate
at Fem. Edward Nelson, vice presi-
dent of the bureau is member of the
executive committee from Fem.
In the Fairview district, Wilbur
Bryant was elected committeeman and
w. G.. Hanson, alternate.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09
WALLACE D. LAUGREY
is DEAD IN LEWISTON

Wallace d. Laughrey, 81 years Did,
a former resident of Grangevlle, died
Monday night in a hospital in Lewis
ton. Mr.. Laughrey was never married.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. W.
A. Cridlebaugh, of Lewiston, and I'M
til year ago resident of Grangevllle,
and Mrs. Lotto Crush, of Oxford, Neb.
Mr.. Laughrey made his home with
the Cridlebaugh family in Grange
vile up to the time the family removed
to L wiston.
Funeral services were held from the
Vassar chapel, Lewiston, Wednesday
afternoon. Burial was at Lewiston,
under auspices of the Masonic lodge.
Mr.. Laughrey held membership IN
the Masonic lodge at Centerville, ). u.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09
FOUR ARRESTED;
CLAIM GRAND
LARCENY
Three Denison Brothers and
John w. Brown Released
on Bond

Louis, Oliver and George Denison,
brothers, and John w. Brown, all
stockmen of the higgins district, were
brought to Grangeville the first of the
week to answer to charges of grand
larceny, fled by II. Stubblefeld,
caretaker of property belonging to the
Bank of Camas Prairie, this city, in
the vicinity of higgins Hot springs,
on Salmon river.
II is alleged that on or about Janu-
airy % they stole two vises, blower,
hay cables, log chain, adj, two sets
of harness, pack outfit, eight horse
collars, harrow and . hammer, of
the combined value of 1928, the pro-
perty of the Bank CT Camas Prairie.
The quartet was arraigned Monday
and preliminary hearing was set for
March 2. They were released on $1,000
bond each.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09
Sheriff Unable
To Keep Judge
From Kissing
BlushingBride

. Sheriff j. G. Eimers, one of the
witnesses to marriage ceremony
in probate court, Saturday, was
unsuccessful in an attempt to pre-
vent Probate Judge j. E. Byron,
who had tied the nuptial knot,
from carrying out his custom of
kissing the bride, Immediately the
ceremony is concluded.
Judge Byron, since becoming
probate judge, has shattered all
precedent in the courthouse, by
kissing the blushing bride, and
there are indeed few brides whom
he overlooks, officials at the court
house say. AS the judge leaned
forward to kiss the bride, the sher
iff, pulled at his coattail, and for
moment forestalled the plan, but
eventually decided further force
would be unavailing, so abandoned
his interference with the court.
The couple married was Miss
Versal Thompson and Donald Mar
tin, both of Whitebird.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09
PURE BRED SWINE
AVERAGE S45 HEAD

Twenty-Five pure bred Poland China
sows. sold at public auction by How
ard Mckinley and John Funke, at toe
Mckinley ranch, near Cottonwood,
last Thursday, brought an average
nrice of more than $40 head. Pres
ent financial conditions considered, tne
breeders were well pleased with the
prices obtained, and were particularly
satisfied to know that the hogs sold
win remain on Camas and Nezperce
nrairies. where. they will improve herds
owned by various farmers. Auction
GERS Harry C. Cranke and " d.
j .hnson cried the sale.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09
To DISTRICT
COURT, RAPE
CHARGE
Kamiah Man Valves Prelimi-
nary Examination-His
Bond $4,000

Arthur NJ. Brown, Al, of Kamiah,
was on Thursday bound over to the
district court by Probate Judge j. j.
BYRON, on a charge of raping his
step-daugh -er, Jennie Strine, Is, ON or
about July 10, 1921.
Brown, when arraigned, waived pre-
liminary examination. Bond was
fixed at $4,000, which he was unable to
furnish, and he was returned to the
county Jail by Sheriff j. G. Eimers.
Brown has been in Jail since Decem-
Der. He had claimed he was ill, and
during most of the time since his in
has remained in bed.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09
MORE THAN TWO
BIRTHS FOR EACH
DEATH LOCALLY

Births in the Grangeville reg
istration district in 1921 totaled
seventy-seven, while in the same
area there were thirty-one
deaths, according to report
compiled by DIR. G. S. Stockton,
county physician, and forwarded
to the state department of F'lb-
tic welfare, at Boise. The re-
port does not cover the entire
county. Physicians in charge of
'egistration of vital statistics IN
other sections of the county send
their reports direct to Boise.
Formerly they were forwarded
20 the county physician.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09
GEORGE D. SMITH is
STRICKEN; NOW BETTER

George d. Smith, county commits
sioner and pioneer of Idaho county;
is slowly recovering from a stroke OF
naralysis. which he suffered last FIT
day night. Mr.. Smith was found IN an
unconscious condition in bed in ms
home in this city, Saturday morning py
Mrs. Smith, who became alarmed wnen
he failed to arise at the customary
bopr He was stricken during the
night. For time, little hope was
held out for his recovery, but during
the last few days his condition mas
been improved.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09
DRAWS 80 DAYS

William Emerson Corrado, an ltal-
ian, on Monday pleaded guilty before
Probate Judge J. f. Byron to theft
of a pair of cowboy boots from note,
room in Whitebird, and was sentenced
to thirty days. imprisonment in the
county Jail.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09
LEWIS COUNTY HIGHWAY

Triangle Construction company, or
Ritzville, Wn, on Saturday was
awaid ed contract for the construction
of five miles lying in the Central high
way district, Lewis county. The bid
was $43,541.97. d. F. Murphy com
pany, of Boise, was second with S45,-
1857.
Nav l will see construction under
way in the Central, district, according
to the terms of the contract, and the
builder is allowed until December l
to complete the job.
Awarding of the two contracts
means by next winter surfaced road
will be available from Lewiston to Cot
tonwood The Culdesac grade, which
will carry the highway from the lower
country to the prairie, is now being
surveyed, and contracts for its con-
struction will soon be let. It is
thought that the grade win be finished
this year, and it is on this assumption
that highway officials hold out pro
mise of the completion of the sur
faced road in 1922.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09
LICENSED To MARRY

A marriage license was issued Wed
nesdav 20 Charles w. Brown and Miss
Cora e. Patyon.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09
PART OF JOB SUBLET

Concrete work, comprising bridges
and culvert ends, has been sublet by
the contractors to George W. Oliver,
of Montana.
Other bidders on the job were G. L.
Stickler, Dayton, Wn., $23,714.24; High
way Construction company, Colfax,
Wn., 24,642.62; Morrison, Knudson
company, Boise, $24,s64.09; Security
Construction company, La Grande,
Ore, $25,999,26; C. f. Davidson,
Roundup, Mont, $26,540.67; E. NJ.
Booth, Lewiston, $26, 577.60.
In addition to the contract in the
Cottonwood Highway district, Mr..
Lingo has contract for matchmaking
Main street in Grangeville from the
of Idaho avenue to the
North and South highway. The work
is to be finished by July /. This part
of his contract with the city of
Grangeville for macadamizing Idaho
avenue from Main street to the Camas
Prairie railroad station, was completed
last fall
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09
LOCAL MEN GET
BIG HIGHWAY
CONTRACT
Lingo & Sorrow Are Awarded
$4,000 Job in Cotton
wood District

o. T. Lingo and Joe Sorrow, both
of Grangeville, in copartnership, were
on Saturday awarded contract for
building 3.3 miles of the North and
South highway, in the Cottonwood dis
trict, for $22,063.46. The award was
made at Lewiston by the Idaho state
department. of public works, commits
sioners of the Cottonwood Highway
district concurring. The project COM
menees one mile north of Cottonwood,
and extends due north. II is known
as Project 30.
Work will commence az soon as
weather permits, and must be fnisn-
ed by July 81, according to terms of
the contract The job includes all
grading, draining and surfacing. There
are two heavy fills and one deep cut
in the vicinity of Stock creek. Forty
men will be shorty put at work, Mr..
Lingo announces. A camp will be estab-
Ished at Stock creek.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-02-09
VAST GRANITE AREA

consists, and more particularly
:. Continued on Page 81
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-17
CUTTINGS FROM BUSH FRUITS
Best Results Are Obtained With Cur.
rants and Gooseberries II Work
IL Done In Fall.

When there's currant bush that
bears desirable fruit 1t is easy to
multiply 1t by cuttings. Even the
gooseberry, at least some varieties, will
occasionally root in this way, but 1t
will be more reliable If multiplied by
layers, which means by laying the
branches down to moist earth with
the tips sticking out to keep the
branches growing till they have struck
root and are ready to be parted from
the parent bush.
Cutting of these fruits are best made
and planted in the fall as soon as the
leaves have dropped. Seven inches
is the usual length, but may be
much shorter, and quite likely to grow.
Stick to the top bud in beds about
three inches apart in rows something
over foot apart and mulch heavily at
once. Let them grow one year In
such beds and then transplant to their
permanent garden rows. For such
cuttings use only wood Of the cur
rent seasons growth and do not ex-
pect them to grow as freely as the
willow or poplar.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-17

ents to her for many years. She owed
her education and her social position
to their tender care. But she was
dazzled by loves first glamor and the
romance of flying away with her lover
appealed to her romantic spirit.
II am ready" she said a little
breathlessly, as she Joined him at the
side of the airplane.
He was suddenly serious and rather
ashamed Of his impetuOus wooing.
did you leave message for them"
he wanted to know.
She nodded. 1.-THE customary note
pinned on my pincushion !"
Their getting away was very pro-
sale. Ronald was for waiting to see
whether there was really going to be
wind squat, for the black clouds
were piling in the northwest.
1--WE will 60 SOUTH" urged Eva, and
we can land on the flying field if nee
essary, and as it was growing late he
followed her suggestion.
They got away fairly well, but the
wind suddenly yeered and the plane
bucked viciOusly.
"Shall we land?" demanded Ronald.
IT am afraid for YOU"
IT am all right" she shouted. i
like this"
They assembled and seemed to strike
a quiet lane Of air and travelled
swiftly.
"Where are we going| screamed
Eva.
"Danver."
"How far?'
"Fifty miles-I know a preacher
there; good friend Of mine."
II had always planned q gorgeous
wedding--with eight bridesmaids and
everything"
"What's thatY' beloved the pros
pective bridegroom.
Eva repeated 1t In . staccato voice.
"No bridesmaids at this affair." he
yelled back.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-17
What the Farmers
Are Doing
Continued from page two

properly control them causes great
deal OF trouble among neighbors
and until such time as he can have
the woven wire fencing he Is not
going to try much with hogs In the
field. Mr.. Johannes had an expert
ence lately that taught him the val
ne of raising pure bred stock as
compared with scrubs or grades. ne
had some heifer calves that he solo
for $38 a piece and that was con-
siderable more than he could have
sold scrubs or grades for. He says
he cannot find anything in the scrub
line that is as profitable as the pure
bred stuff. He has storage room
for about ten carloads of potatoes
and is planning to build enough
more to hold all of his crop II nee
essary.
L. S. Caldwell has twelve acres
of potatoes and storage room for all
of them; he has four acres Of grain
and twenty acres Of hay.
T. s. Caldwell has five acres OF
potatoes and storage room for all OF
them; he has seven acres OF grain
and thirty acres OF hay.
J. H. Weaver has five acres Of
potatoes and no storage room. He
has twenty-six acres of grain ana
fifteen acres of hay. "a
G. q. Ropp lives at Pingree and
works for wages this year.
John Stander and sons live east
of Thomas; they have the original
Stander homestead divided among
them. Mr.. Stander is not raising
any potatoes this year, but he has
four acres Of sugar beets, thirty
acres of grain, two acres Of corn and
some hay. Mr.. Stander is one OF
the men who cut some wood In the
winter time to last until the next
winter. He has ten acres OF pasture
and expresses the hope that the beet
industry will be revived in this coun-
ty, not only for the sake of raising
beets at so much per ton but Tor
the sake Of increasing the fertility
OF the soil and making It possible
to raise more stock on the farms.
He says he thinks it is loss to the
valley to stop the beet industry or
to let It run down. Mr.. Stande'
keeps about twenty-five or thirty
head of cattle on the place and says
that the more he sees Of farming IN
this locality the more he is com
WINGED that the smaller farms IN
tensively cultivated are the best.
Philip Dance raises fourteen acres
of potatoes and has storage Tor
about 1000 sacks; he has forty OF
forty-five acres Of hay and about
sixty-five acres of grain. u
John and Frank Murphey are
raising about five acres of potatoes
and have no storage; they have
thirty-five acres of grain, fifty acres
of hay and some pasture. They
have fine old stone house, shade
trees and they have what they call
a summer house, where they dc
their cooking in hot weather and
that relieves them of the necessity
of getting the main house heated up
with cooking.
Mrs. Katherine Johnson ha
twelve acres of potatoes and no stor.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-17
The Fairest
Wind
8. 1874, BY Mcclure Newspapers Syndicate.
By KATE EDMoNDs.

G. 1871, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
"Do they really forbid onr mar
riage?" demanded Ronald, swelling
his broad chest Indignantly.
Positively" and Eva's charming
face was woeful enough to soften the
heart of the fondest aunt and uncle,
but Eva was very young and Ronald
had yet to prove that he could 40
more than spend the money he had
inherited from a rich father. He was
studying law, and gave promise OF
becoming a brilliant lawyer, but his
love for Eva had interfered with his
studies, and then his hobby for flying
machines had completed his abstrac-
ton. Even now his newest little b.
plane was resting on the green mead
ows Of the Grey estate. =
"What did the Judge sayi" asked
Ronald as he glanced aggressively to-
ward the big house half hidden among
tall naples.
"He said" said Eva very deliberate.
~, "that when you won your first
case we might speak Of being mar.
Red" f
"Won my first case good night"
uttered the affronted young man.
"What did your Aunt Ann sayT
"She asked how old you were."
"What does 1t matterT
Eva shrugged. II told her twenty.
two" - are
"And then she said-1"
IA mere boyr"
BoyY
isn't 1t dreadfulT
Ronald looked refectively across
the waving green toward his biplane.
i've a good idea-I1l run away or
fly away--with you, Eva"
"Dare you do that3"
.Not unless you really want to
come. Eva. It's pretty serious. you
know !" ht1
II know--and I won't be really
happy until we are married and set.
tied in our own home"
His hand caught hers and held It
tightly. They were very young and
they were madly in love; perhaps that
might condone their elopement. Az
Eva few into the house by side en-
trance and emerged few minutes
later with tiny mysterious bundle
hidden under her leather coat, she
was conscience stricken, for the good
Judge and his wife had been as par.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-17

Little Manufacture In Santo Domingo.
The Dominican republic is primarily
and naturally an agricultural country,
and manufacturing is carried on only
on most limited scale; in fact, the
total motive power employed In the
various manufacturing industries in
Hanto Domingo, the capital and largest
Sity Of the republic. is less thar $50
Horsepower. Z