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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-04
Big Farmers Meeting
Held Last Tuesday
Discussed Fertilizers, tomatoes, And Roads.
Committees Appointed To Investigate
Tomato Canning

A big meeting of the farmers was
held in the Court House last Tues
day afternoon. The meeting was
called to order by President +. +.
Mock, of the County Farmers Fed
GRAFTON.
Mr.. Mock, before taking his seat,
read the results of some of the fer
tilizers experiments conducted on the
potato crops by the Virginia EXper-
iment Station and explained to those
present the Importance of a thorough
realization of the value Of high grade
fertilizer on this crop. The subject
was further discussed by other MEM
bers present and many usefub sug-
gestionS were made.
The tomato situation was then
brought before the meeting. After a
discussion on better seed, it was
moved and seconded that a committee
If five be appointed from each local
organization. as well as from each
ection of the county, to meet at an
arly date and determine to what ex-
ent their section was interested in
he tomato crop and also to deter
line the approximate cost Of produc-
lg an acre of tomatoes, this infor-
,ation to be submitted to the COM
littee of growers at the meeting of
Joint committee of the State Agri-
lltural Society with the Tri-State
anners' Association. The local COM
ittees appointed are as follows: st.
artins' Grange-Charles w. Dennis,
7. A. Brevard, VIM. |. Hudson, l..
Jarman, w. A. Holland; Berlin
armers' Exchange. H. Esham,
aniel Holloway, Jesse Taylor, Wal
7. Coe, Ollie Donoway; Newark
armers' Club - Marion Johnson,
Gorge Townsend, Elwood Tull,
.mpson West, VIM. Holloway, Fred
,rker: Snow Hill-Elmer Godfrey,
gia Mariner, George f. Richardson,
II. Brimer, James +. Truitt; Cir
.tree-A. f. Hancock, A. ]. Hud-
n, G. l.. Barnes, Jr., Charles r.
piston, +. T. Warner; Stockton
mer Bromley, King Johnson, Joseph
II, VIM. II. Holland, Marion 1.
mes.
After the tomato question was dis
sed of il was moved and seconded
at a committee of representative
rmers from every section of the
unity be appointed by the president
the Federation to assist the County
gent in developing his program for
coming year and to map out
Dad comprehensive program of
County Federation.
The attention of those present was
en- called to the proposed Road Bill,
'oviding for the management Of the
,unty roads by the State Roads
ommission. After a discussion Of
.'s topic. standing vote was taken,
resulted in a majority vote OPP
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-04
Governor Re-Names
Old Supervisor

Governor Ritchie has reappoint
Messrs. Montgomery Stagg a
Frank p. Bratten members of t
Board of Election Supervisors (
Worcester County, and has nam
Harry p. Dale as the Republic:
member of the Board.
Mr.. Stagg has been member
the Board several years and is !
President. He has fulfilled his duti
with satisfaction to everybody. n
Bratten succeeded Mr.. James .
Crockett last year. Mr.. Crockett /
signed on account of his law practi
requiring all of his time. Mr.. Bra
ten is good business man and
valuable member of the Board. \
Dale was formerly the Republic
member and is we'll acquainted "
the duties Of the Office. If he qus
fies he will succeed Mr.. John II. Trui
the present Republican member
the Board of Election Supervi
who has had many years exper,
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-04
ELECTRIC SHOCK
KILLED L. w. ALLEN
Met Death While Attempting To
Adjust Globe At His Place
OF Business

Seaford, Feb. 2S.-Grasping the
socket of an electric light globe,
which had been giving poor service,
in an effort, it is believed, to put it
right, Leroy W. Allen, 80 years old,
a prominent business man of this
town, was electrocuted last night in
his garage, at the rear of his home,
where he was working on an auto
mobile. Death. il IS believed. was al
most instantaneous. He was stand
ing on the damp ground.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-04
Rev. Frank Mason
Buried Here Sunday

The Rev. Frank Mason, 80, was
buried in the Old School Baptist
Cemetery Sunday morning. He died
February 90 at a sanatorium at AL
buquerque, \. NJ. His body was
brought to Snow Hill for burial. Fun
eral services were held at the Pres
byterian Church, conducted by Elder
Coulter and Rev. w. S. Kreger. Mr..
Mason leaves his wife, Mrs. Mollie G.
Mason; his parents, the Rev. r.
Mason and Mrs. Mason, Florida, n.
Y, and two brothers, Alfred and
James Mason.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-04
Grab Inspector
Visits Ocean Cify

Hearing reports that there were
violations of the crab law in the
Sinepuxent Bay, the Conservation
Commission of Maryland dispatched
Mr. Elmer o. Townsend, of Crisfeld,
Chief Inspector of the Commission,
to Ocean City to make an investiga-
tion.
Mr.. Townsend was in Snow Hill
Tuesday, and stated that he found
10 violations of the law, but equip
ment and other evidence leading to
he belief that there may have been
ONE persons engaged unlawfully in
itching crabs during the closed sea-
n. However, if there have been any
lations of the law, Mr.. Townsend
ewes that the persons thus en-
ID were not willful violators, but
ignorant of the provisions of
", which makes it unlawful to
crabs during the closed season.
section of the law relating TO
lection of the crab industry
below:
n be unlawful for any per-
arsons take catch or gather
crabs in any Of the waters
tie of Maryland between the
of November and the first
lay.
person or persons violating
sions Of this law shall be
'ilty of misdemeanor, and
ction therof shall be fined
{ not les than $1,000, mol
S25.OO, or be confined in
all not more than three
both fixed and i'm
discretion of the
t-. ce or the court try.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-04
SUFFRAGE Is UPHELD
BY SUPREME COURT

Washington, Feb. 27.-The
Woman Suffrage, or 10Th
amendment, was today declared
constitutional by the Supreme
Court.
The Supreme Court dismissed
for want of jurisdiction the suit
brought by Charles S. Fair
child, of New York, who sought
to challenge the constitution
ality of the amendment.
The option of the court was
delivered by Justice Brandeis.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-04
FRANKLIN CITY NJ. p. CHARGE

Services Sunday March 9th, as fol-
lows:
Portersville-Preaching 1890 A.
NJ. Sabbath School 2.30 p. NJ.
Girdletree-Class Meeting 1890 A.
NJ. Sabbeth School 2.i5 p. "
Preaching 800 p. NJ.
Signpost-Sabbath School
NJ. Glass Meeting Ills A.
Gre nbackville-Preachinp
NJ. ath School 2.30 p.
ing p. NJ.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-04

posing the adoption of such manage
ment for the public roads of Worces-
ter County.
Various minor subjects of interest
to agriculture were discussed, after
which the meeting was adjourned TO
be called again at the discretion Of
its president.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10
ORCHARD
GLEANIN0
HOUSES WIN FAVOR
Shelter Affording During unfavorao'e
Weather and Permit lnstalla'
ton Of Machinery.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
The use of packing houses by apple
growers has increased rapidly during
recent years and constitutes a devel'
opment In the right direction. say spe'
cialists Of the bureau Of markets and
crop estimates of the United States
Department of Agriculture. They
have come into use in both large and
small orchards, and many growers
who operate only a few acres Of ap-
pie trees have their packing done in
house or shed. This practice af-
fords the following advantages:
Shelter is afforded in the assem-
bling Of unpacked fruit and the grad
ing and packing can be continued
without interruption in spite of I'M
favorable weather
Equipment, packages, and fruit are
protected from the weather at all
times.
The use of a house encourages the
installation of sizing machinery and
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10
What the Farmers
Are Doing
Continued from page six

potatoes. forty acres of hay and is
prepared to store all Of his potatoes.
q. E. Shown lives south OF Pin
gree and is raising three acres OF
potatoes, fifteen acres of hay; ne
has storage room for his potatoes.
Henry Howell and w. T. Howell
are southeast of Pingree and report
fifteen acres Of potatoes, a hundred
acres Of hay and seventy-five acres
of grain.
/. H. Barlow lives about two and
a half miles south of Pingree and
reports seven acres OF potatoes,
thirty-two acres of grain, about
seven acres of Grimm alfalfa Tor
seed; the grasshoppers did consid-
cradle damage to it and he cut 1T
for hay to save it. He has about
forty acres of hay.
r. p. Fackrell has ten acres OF
potatoes and storage for about 1,OOO
sacks. He has six acres OF corn,
forty acres of hay; he has ten reg
istered Jersey cows and some Poland
China hogs. !
R. P Fackrell lives southeast OF
Pingree and is giving considerable
attention to truck gardening and
melons this year. He has about fiji
teen acres of potatoes and can store
about half of them.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10
xsisS<s rs,z- -4.s. ~ ~
OILED ROADS ARE APPROVED
Operation Must Be Performed lnteIii-
gently or 1t Will Make Con-
ditions Worse.

The American Highway Bulletin.
which approves Of oiled roads, OBJ.
serves that oiling must be performed
intelligently or it will make conditions
worse instead Of better. According to
this authority it is useless to oil dirt
road which is not thoroughly drained
and properly graded. 1t is a waste Of
money to oil a road which does not
have a smooth hard surface free from
dust. If the surface Is uneven, oil
collects in shallow depresslons and
softens the surface so that after the
first heavy rain the travel tends to
make mudholes Il: these places. It
there is dust on tbs road, the oil COM
bines with the dust to form sort OF
mat, which the travel over it quickly
breaks up into large. flakes or scales.
But If the road is in proper condition
to receive the oil and the right kind
of oil is used, the oil percolates into
the pores Of the earth for depth Of
several inches, sealing them with an
asphaltic binding material which
unites the surface into tougher mass
than the original surface. The oil
cannot make the road any harder, for
only stone or gravel wifi accomplish
that, but it will prevent the displace-
ment of the earth particles under amy
loads which an earth road is adapted
to carry. If the oiled surface is inn
covered with thin layer Of
clean, hard sand, the travel will not
disturb the Oil and the travellers Will
suffer less inconvenience.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10
GROVELAND
ss.ss.s.ss..ss.4s..s..ss-ss.s.s'
(Received August s, 1929

(Received August 8, 1929
Miss Effie Damorn of Pocatello
Is visiting Miss Olive Bergeson of
Groveland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hickenlooper
and family, Of Brigham City, are
visiting Mr.. Hickenlooper's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Hickenlooper.
Misses Veda and Cleo Bowker,
who are attending school in Poca-
tello, visited their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John s. Bowker, Sunday.
Mrs. Sarah Nickerson of Irwin,
Idaho, visited her sister-in-law, Mrs.
R. M. Barrus, last week. I
Mrs. Browning of Rigby and Mrs.
R. B. Higgins called on Mrs. R. M.
Barrus Tuesday afternoon.
Saturday afternoon there will be
a double-header ball game here be-
tween the Thomas and Groyeland
Seniors and between the Rose and
Groveland Seniors. The Beehive girls
will serve ice cream during the
games.
Miss Della Osborne of Blackfoot
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. R.
B. Higgins.
Mrs. James G.. Browning and son
OF Rigby visited Mrs Browning's
daughter, Mrs. R. B. Higgins, last
week, returning home Thursday.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10
ROAD /.
BUILDING
SUPERINTENDENT SURFACES
Cureau Of Public Roads Building Ex.
perimental Highway to Deter
mine Cause Of Waves.

(Prepsred by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
What causes "tarred" road to de-
velop that peculiar scrubbing-board
surface is question that has been
worrying the highway engineers quite
as much as the suffering public.
AS often as not the symptoms appear
in q macadam road that has been
treated with asphalt. But the trouble
is largely confined to roads built with
tar or asphalt. Concrete and brick
roads never develop such a surface,
and ordinary dirt roads seldom do.
The bureau of public roads of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture is building at the Arlington
(Va.) experimental farm an expert
mental roadway Is feet wide in an at
tempt to discover the cause Of the
trouble. The road is laid out in the
form Of a circle with a 90-foot radius,
and it's circumference, Sos feet in
length, is to be divided into sections,
CdSu VI WHlCl Will UC Sul 1uCCu Will
a different kind of asphalt or tarred
surface.
The experimental sections will be
built exactly like actual road surfaces
and when completed they will carry
a traffic" as much like actual traffic
as it is possible to devise. The "traf-
fic" will be supplied by driverless
motortruck which will be held to the
circular path by means Of a long arm
extending from the center. The course
Of the truck will be altered from time
to time so that the entire width Of the
roadway will be Travelled.
1t has not been possible to determine
the cause by observation of actual
roads because there are too many un-
known quantities. The defect may be
due to distortion of the earth under
the road surface or to defects in the
surface itself. 1t is probably caused
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10
RIVERTON
Observation-Disclosures.
(Receiyed August 9. 1922

(Received August 8, 1929
Misses Anna and Orissa Hansen,
Andrew Hansen and Lial Kofoed
have returned from visit at Hatch,
ldahoy and report very good time.
A surprise party was given Mon
day for Miss Ella Andersen at her
home in honor Of her birthday. The
guests present were Misses Anna
and Orissa Hansen, Luella Wright,
Viavetta Buckley, Erma and Enema
Hunter and Andrew Hanson and Joe
Clark. Refreshments were served
consisting of lemonade and cake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larsen and family
of Riverside spent Sunday with
friends at Riverton and attended the
Mutual meeting before returning
home.
Miss Alice Hunter is visitor at
Pocatello.,
Miss Ialo Babcock attended the
dance Friday evening and spent Sat-
urday and Sunday with Miss Muriel
Fjelsted.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Christensen
and family of Gibson attended Mu-
tual meeting at Riverton Sunday
evening.
: Miss Mildred Blackburn has been
a visitor at Wapello the last week.
Mrs. Hansen and family visited
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. William
Sorensen at Blackfoot.
Frank Anderson and two daugh-
ters are visitors at Arco.
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SPRINGFIELD
(Received August s, 1929


Mrs. Thorne, wife of Sarg. Donald
Thorne of Weston, Idaho, was Wis
itor at the Parmalee ranch between
trains Thursday.
Quentin, the infant son of Mr..
and Mrs. Dewey Blackburn, was
quite sick Tuesday but is much bet
ter at the present time.
The d. S. club met with Mrs. G.
A. Line Wednesday and, notwith-
standing the heavy shower, dozen
ladies were present A committee
was appointed to organize a Parent
Teachers association. Very choice
refreshments were served and all
departed thanking the hostess for a
very pleasant afternoon. I
Thursday, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Davis went to Pocatello to meet Mrs.
Bostwick and daughter, Dorothy,
from Centralia, Illinois. Mrs. Bost-
wick is sister of Mrs. Davis and
will remain for three months.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Snyder and son
Arthur were visitors at Indian
Springs, Friday afternoon.
Mrs. B. l.. Wiley and . her son,
Jack Wiley, arrived at the home of
H. X. Wiley Thursday at noon and
left Saturday morning for Yellow
stone Park. They have come in their
car from their home at Makauda,
Illinois, via southern Colorado, and
will return by a northern route.
Mrs. B. L. Wiley and Messrs. Jack,
Robert and Hugh Wiley took dinner
with Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Parmalee,
Friday.
H. X. Wiley and sons Robert and
Hugh left Saturday afternoon for a
trip through Stanley Basin and to
spend few days with Mrs. Wiley
in Boise.
A team which Harvey Stone was
working Friday ran away with him,
injuring him so severely that he was
rendered unconscious. DR.. McKen-
non was called and pronounced it
conclusion of the brain. Harvey is
gradually recovering.
Mrs. Joe Maxwell and children
and Mrs. Aetna Box and children
started for Salt Lake Saturday in
Mrs. Maxwell's car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bergman
and son Walter spent the weekend
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. r,
Leach.
Visitors to Blackfoot this week
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Snyder, and H.
K. Wiley. r
Mrs. Walt Bringhurst and chi1.
dren returned Monday from a three
weeks visit in Utah.
Miss Grace Gates has been very
sick at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Ben Bringhurst.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10

Plants affected by Mosaic, Blackleg,
Fusarium Wilt and Rhizoctonia
should be rogued out; also any cali
co vines, sports or multiplyers, sim
gle stalk vines or small vines. Scab,
Rhizoctonia, and Blackleg which
happens to be on the outside of the
tuber, may be controlled by dipping
the seed before planting. The farm
ers are learning how to identify
these diseases in the field, and by
roguing them out will produce a
much higher quality of seed.
Two meetings each day have been
held, one in the forenoon and an
other in the afternoon. The follow
ing are the communities visited,
where they were held and the num-
Der present:
Riverside, F. II. Halverson, so.
Groveland, R. B. Higgins, As.
Sugar, Reay, II.
Riverton, Fjelsted Bros, q.
Englewood, /. L. Turner, 81.
Moreland, H. Mcknight, 49,.
Thomas and Rockford, J. H. Mer-
rill, 26.
Jameston and Stanton, A. D.
Fitch, 16.
East Shelley, Roy Young, 20.
Basalt, Doyle S. Jensen, Is.
Goshen, ]. H. Nelson, 80.
Firth, r. F. Wilkie, 8.
Riverview, Carl Sjoberg, Is.
There has been a total attendance
up to date of 1922. Meetings will be
held at Lavaside, Rose and Black
foot before the end of the week.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10

other labor-saving devices which can.
not be used to advantage in the open.
The efficient organization of labor
is simplified by having all Of the work
done in one place; there Is no neces-
sity for the confusion and loss Of time
that Is caused when the packing equip
ment Is moved frequently.
The tendency among the larger and
more progressive growers in all Sec
tons Is toward the use Of packing
houses equipped with machinery. In
small orchards, when the weather is
favorable, 1t may be advisable to pack
IN the orchard, but IN most instances
the use Of house or shed of some
sort will insure better results.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10
ROSE.

(Received Auous+ O 100

(Received August 8, 1929
Peter Kanse Of Idaho Falls is Wis
lting for few days at the home of
Ira Corey.
Mrs. Harrison Jackson left Wed
nesday to visit with Mr.. Jackson's
aunt, Mrs. A. Miller, at Idaho Falls
Mr.. and Mrs. s. A. Judd and Mr.
and Mrs. J. s. Gardner returned
Monday from Burley, Idaho.
Miss Syble Felt returned Wednes-
day from Utah, where she has been
visiting for two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Peter Christian
sen and Mr.. A. Jensen spent Friday
evening at the Riverview farm.
Alma Zenis and John Norman re-
turned Saturday from trip to VOL
VERNE. ~ -
Albert Gardner and family, Miss
Erma Taylor and J.. v. McKercher
returned from the hills Saturday.
Mr.. Gardner broke a wheel on his
car while driving through the hills
to his sheep.
: Milton and Claud Ashton returned
from Salt Lake CITY.
Miss Erma Taylor took SUNDAY
dlnner with Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert
Taylor. 0-s
:, Walter Jackman, C. A. and U. w.
taylor have returned from trip
through Twin Falls, Hagerman.
Boise, New Plymouth,
HALEY and the Valley Of the Moon.
- MRS. w. D. Stallworthy visited
tuesday at the home of Mrs. James
Duckworth.
MRS. G. A. Taylor spent Monday
at the Sunnydale farm.
/, Mrs. J. G. Parker visited Satur-
Jay at the home Of Flech Taylor in
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Lambert
spent Sunday with Mrs. Lambert's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. G.. john
,ton.
Miss Lavina Plant returned Sun
lay after spending weeks vaca-
ion visiting her uncle, James Plant,
n Boise.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10
VISIT MOUNT PUTNAM

A large party of Blackfoot people
motored to Mount Putnam for a pic
mic and outing Sunday afternoon.
They stopped at the springs on Mt.
Putnam for lunch and then returned
home by way of old Fort Hall.
Those in the party were Mr.. and
Mrs. Cecil Clarke and children, Mr..
and Mrs. E. c. Rowden, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. M. Hartong and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Sarles and children
and Mrs. Sarles' parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Parsons, of Denver, Colo, who
are visiting here on their way to
Yellowstone Park; Mr.. and Mrs. 4.
L. Peck and family, w. C. Holmes
and Isaac Smith.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10
F armers Building
Potato Cellars
%-
Continued from page one

market is not satisfactory here he
will go to Chicago and operate a
sales office to dispose of his own
product.
He has a seed plot of two acres
Of the most perfect seed he could
get, and then he had the seed hand
picked to get them all of the type
he wanted. He has been grading
his fields for several years to get
them so they water perfectly, and
part Of the tract is laid out in rows
half mile. long and he waters the
full length of them from one ditch.
The land is so even that only in a
few places does it get to the top of
a ridge. The rows are as straight
as gun barrals throughout the field,
and it is one of the finest potato
tracts in the county.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10
Gate for Crossings.

A new safety gate for railroad cross
ings is designed which stretches across
the road like the old style gate, but is
flexible and elastic, SO that 1t gives in
stead Of breaks when run into. The
gate will force the vehicle backwards,
away from danger.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10
Treating the Surface of Macadam
Road With Bituminous Material.

IN some way by the wheels of motor
,ehicles-how and why the engineers
have not determined, largely because
they have never possessed all the facts
with regard to surface and subsurface
conditions and character and weight
Of traffic. - -e~,
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Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Barclay and
children have returned from a trip
through Yellowstone park.
Don B. Whelan, field etomologist,
was in town Sunday on business.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10
Dreaming Of Poverty,

To dream that you are very poor,
and in rags, may not be bad sign.
It Is said to indicate that good luck
Ia coming your way and that riches
lie in the future.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10
Series of Potato
Meetings Held

Continued from page one
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-10

Two Varieties Of Hard Luck
There's two kinds Of people always
in hard luck; them th't did It, but
never thought; and them th't thought,
but never did it.-Josh Wise.