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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
Idaho Loses
Health Cup

The beautiful silver cup which
the Idaho school children won from
Iowa last year will return there.
The children in that state have
worked hard and have won 1t back
from the Gem State Crusaders and
vow that the coming year will see
it kept permanently in Iowa:
The Idaho kiddies have accepted
the challenge and the first of
October will see them doing health
chores as never before. The cup
has been journeying over the state
all this year and all who have seen
the trophy want to keep 1t and such
a battle as never has been waged
before will be fought for health
honOrs.
The record this year for Idaho
was a splendid one--one-fifth of the
crusaders finished the fifteen weeks
course in health habits and received
the badge Of knight Bannerette-
an increase Of 5000 over last year.
The Center Valley school at
Samuels in Bonner county won the
national grand banner in Division /.
twenty-five national pennants were
won by Idaho in this second tourna-
ment, making total Of two grand
banners and forty-eight national
pennants during its school year.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
Swiss People Here
Visiting Relatives

Mr.. and SMrs. Samuel Rohrbach,
of Bienne, Switzerland, are here
visiting their daughter Mrs. l.. 3.
Woodruff and attending the fair
which they are enjoying greatly.
Mr.. Rohrbach is foreman in the
Omega Watch factory at Bienne,
and has been with them for forty
five years. They sell watches to F.
C. Christ at Blackfoot, and were
pleased to run across their own
product in Blackfoot.
They came to Salt Lake In
August, visited their three daugh-
ters there until last Monday, when
they came in Mr.. Woodruff's car to
Blackfoot. They enjoyed the drive
up from Salt Lake, and have a
happy faculty of lingering along
when they find something OF more
than passing interest. They act on
the theory that they should take
time to study whatever there is OF
interest, before passing it, for they
might not pass that way again.
At the fair they took keen in
terest in the races, especially those
by the redmen.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
TEACHERS WON'T STAND FOR 1T

On the sixteenth of next month
the teachers institute opens in
Blackfoot, and they will be coming
with the understanding that Black
foot is clean town in every respect.
Our health officer says he hopes that
everybody will make good on that
reputation, and wishes us to ask the
people in the business district to
clean up the margins around their
buildings, including the little strip
between the alley pavements and the
buildings where the street cleaners
do not clean. The street and alley
cleaners probably have orders to
clean the paving only, and that
makes the contrast greater when the
strip by the walls is considered.
Get out with your rake or broom
and take recreation putting 1t In
order, is the request of the health
officer and we guess that everybody
rises to second the motion.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
SIX INJURED in
AUTO ACCIDENT
Ford Turns Over Pin
ming Passengers
Beneath 1t

Tuesday morning while coming to
Blackfoot to attend the fair party
of Aberdeen men and boys met with
quite a serious accident. They were
riding in a Ford and large car
came up behind, crashed into them
and knocked them off the grade. The
car turned upside down, pinning the
passengers under it. The three men
in the big car did not stop to offer
assistance, but drove off at high
speed. They were driving recklessly
and it is thought that they were in
toxicated.
The people from nearby ranch
and passersby helped to get them
out from under the car and they
were brought here to the hospital to
receive medical aid. Those that
were injured were Thomas Nelson,
three sons and his brother J. G. Mel
son and Howard Stone. Thomas
Nelson's arm and shoulder were in
jured and he also suffers internal
injuries. Hugh Nelson has broken
arm and J. G. Nelson's foot was
severely crushed. All were badly
bruised and shaken up.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
Blackfoot Students
Leave for School

Wallace York and Ted Taylor left
Friday for Moscow to attend the
University of Idaho.
Misses Vivienne Mcdonald and
Lorraine Snyder left Saturday for
Provo, Utah, where they will attend
the B. Y. College.
Misses Dora Hilliard and Stella
Boyle left Sunday to attend school
at Albion State Normal.
Darwin Simmons, Harold Meyer,
Port Arthur and Misses Sybil Felt
and Mary Dunn left by rail and Ray
and Louis Stephens left by motor
Saturday morning for Moscow to at
tend the University Of Idaho.
The Misses Mary Mccoy and
Laura Faulconer left Sunday after
noon for Pocatello to attend the
Tech.
Miss veda .Bowker and Messrs.
Lyman Bowker, William Price, and
Paul Carruth left Wednesday night
for Salt Lake City, Utah, where they
will attend the University OF Utah
this winter.
Wayne Thoreson left Sunday for
Corvallis, Ore, to attend the uni
versity there. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Thoreson, his father and mother,
took him as far as Pocatello in their
car.
Sprague Stevens left Thursday
for Ann Arbor, Mich, where he will
study law at the university there
this winter.
Harold and Frank Woodward left
Sunday for Iowa City, Iowa, to at
tend the University Of Iowa. Frank
is in his sophomore year of electrical
engineering and Harold is taking his
junior year in the study of dentistry.
Miss Helen Stultz left Monday
morning for Albion, where she will
attend school this winter.
Pearl Quantrell left Monday for
Pocatello to attend school at the
Tech thsi year.
HERNIA Albertson and Ada Yost
left Sunday for Moscow to attend
school.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
Cowboys of the
Past and Present

Roughie was in town the last of
the week. Roughie of old, more cor
rectly named G.. P. Howell, came,
smiled, visited with his old friends
and left for the hills again. He had
not been in for year and a half,
and only two or three times in sew
.eral years, and he enjoyed his brief
visit of two or three days.
Roughie went to school in Black
foot back in the eighties, but got out
among the cowboys and rode a pony
barebacked, herding the saddle
horses, which is called "wrangling"
the horses, and which gets for per-
son the name of "Wrangler," and
Roughie was proud Of that title. He
had such a tough job, and roughed
it SO we'll that the riders called him
"Roughie" and the name has stuck
for over third of a century.
Roughie was companion OF
Bilious, Hi Cherry, Billy Bowman
Pete Hunt, Scaley, Tex, Bowdy Wat
son, Johnny Hutch (Hutchinson,
John Reed, Jim Bowman, Mike and
Jim Whitworth and the others who
= used to ride into Blackfoot when
the town was in its knee pants, and
get on a tear. II they came from
across Snake river bridge they usee
to run their horses across the bridge
Just to see what the toll collector
would do about it. When they ar
rived in town they came on the run
trying to see who should be the las
ont to get to the hitching posts, ane
the hindmost was supposed to sta.
with the horses to see that all wer'
Continued on page four
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
GOVERNOR ASKS AID
in POTATO MARKET
Early Orders Will Help
To Settle Potato
Difficulties

Governor D. w. Davis has issued
a proclamation asking the people OF
the state and those in other states to
place their orders for their winters
supply of potatoes now in order to
help out the potato growing in
dustry. This is result of sug-
gestion made by the Nampa Cham
ber of Commerce which originated
the movement of "Buy Sack Of
Potatoes"
The following is the governors
proclamation: Whereas, the potato
growers of our state and nation, on
account of unusual overproduction
and unfavorable economic condi-
tions, are being forced to market
their potatoes at ruinously low
prices, many producers being unable
to realize the cost of production;
and
Whereas, the loss or partial loss
of the potato crop in our state and
nation would be calamity, not only
to our potato growers, but to all our
people;
Now, therefore, be it known that
plan has been adopted to increase
the consumption and create mar.
ket for potatoes by suggesting that
every family endeavor to use 9
greater amount of potatoes ano
place orders for their winters sup
ply Immediately"
There is some cash buying of po
tatoes in the southern part Of the
| state which is a little more en-
couraging to the growers. Potatoes
have been selling at SO cents and II
some places an offer of 60 cents hat
to be refused on account Of ca
shortage. Big shrinkage in tn
Minnesota and Dakota output o
potatoes is reported since the gov
ernment estimate two weeks ago OF
account of the very hot weather ant
continued drough. The estimated
shrinkage will total 25,O0O,OO
bushels it is stated.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
NEW GOLD MINING
METHODS TRIED
Successful Laboratory
Tests to be Followed
by Mine Tests

A new test of methods of recover
ing Snake river fine gold is about to
be made at the Welch property five
miles below Blackfoot between the
rivers.
For half century all attempts to
save the -four gold have been made
on the theory Of treating the gravel
and sand. In the present under
taking, it will be shifted to treat
ment of the water, on the theory
that all miners have acknowledged,
that the gold passes off with the
water. Leaf gold can be oiled and
floated off in water, and fine nuggets
can be coated with oil an dfloated
away in the water. In some local
tiles rich in gold, there are sufficient
quantities of oil in the earth to coat
all particles of gold enough to make
them float in a stream, Snake river
floor gold floats in the current, and
to extract it from the water is the
problem to which E. G. Rowdon has
been addressing his ingenuity for
some ten years, and has evolved a
process for treating the Snake river
gravel to get the gold into the
water and then treating the water
to take the gold out of it. His
demonstrations in the lavatory have
received the approval of eminent
mining engineers, and a testing
plant built on commercial scale
has been installed at the Welch
property and is about ready for the
trial run. All the parts of the plant
were approved by. mining engineers
before it was built, and Mr.. Rowdor
has declined some very good offers
for his patent. These he declined
and he and some of his associates
have formed what is called the
Terry Corporation for building ant
testing as stated above.
There is world of gravel al
carrying fine gold in varying
| quantities in the Snake river vale!
and elsewhere, and once this new
process of treating the water i
proved successful, it will open up ;
new era in gold mining.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
BIG 1922 FAIR Is
NOW AT ITS HEIGHT
Many Splendid Exhibits
of Livestock and
Farm Produce

The Southeastern Idaho Fair Is
now at it's height and thousands of
people from distant places are get
ting enjoyment and knowledge
from examining some OF the best
exhibits in livestock and farm pro-
duce that have ever been shown in
this section. The events Of the first
day were started with a short Indian
parade in native and present day
costumes showing the contrast in
the life and dress of the Indian or
yesterday and today. The pupils OF
the Indian school with their band
caused quite sensation with their
perfect marching order in uniform.
This was followed by races, bucking
contests, steer riding, fancy riding
and roping all of which obtained
much applause from the filled
grandstands.
Livestock-Cattle
The people seem to be most in
terested in the livestock exhibits.
Mr.. Potter, who owns the Lomond-
view Dairy farm near Ogden has
splendid herd of Holstein cattle on
exhibit and has CARED away
number of prizes in this as we'll as
other fairs. The HOlstein COW
owned by Ed Moser, of Aberdeen,
Idaho, won the senior and grand
champion and another Of his herd
won the junior champion. Armsby
Bow Goldene won the Junior and
grand champion prize fos the Hol-
stein bull. Mrs. Minnie w. Miller,
who owns the Thousand Springs
farm near Wendell, Idaho, has some
splendid exhibits of Hampshire
sheep, Guernsey cattle and Duroc
Jersey hogs. Her Guernseys took
the two grand champion prizes, two
Junior champions and one senior
champion. The other senior champ
ion was won by the Oliver Bros. OF
Aberdeen. The senior and grand
champion bull for Jerseys was won
by M. Ginger, of Aberdeen, the
senior and grand champion COW by
William Thompson, Of Blackfoot,
and the junior champion by V. C..
White Of Blackfoot.
In the beef cattle division E. M.
Varin, of Victor, Idaho, won the
senior and. grand champion bull
prize and the senior and grand
champion bull prize and the senior
and grand champion for the female
in the Shorthorn breed. G. A. Mi
Master, Of Twin Falls, also had a
splendid exhibit of Shorthorn cattle
and won two junior champion prizes
as we'll as eleven first prizes. Ed
Riggin, of Victor, Iadho and an
extra large showing of Hereford cat
Continued on page 8
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
NATIONAL POTATO
MARKET ANALYzED
Drouth in Middle West
Reduces Crop
Is Million

A new feature enters into the
potato market this week. 1t seems
remote at first thought, but 1t will
probably be felt to some extent. The
German mark has taken another
drop from it's already low price on
exchange, and it resulted in ship
loads of German potatoes being put
right across into the London
markets almost overnight. This
shuts out or make lower market
for potatoes raised in England and
Scotland and prevents the Irish from
shipping to England, and naturally,
1t directs their efforts to finding
markets in America and elsewhere.
Every time the German mark falls
to a lower price 1t gives the German
exporters new temporary advant-
age on exchange. and they seem to
watch for 1t with goods Of various
kinds ready to rush to foreign
markets.
In this country the situation is
practically the same as last week ex-
cepting that the drouth in the north.
ern states of the Mississippi valley
changes the estimate Of potato pro-
duction to twenty-five million
bushels less than the preceding re-
port. Potato growers in south
western Idaho and about twenty
five banks have joined in sending
out circular letter asking growers
everywhere to stop consigning
potato shipments because it destroys
the market and so long as big ship
pers can, get them that way,
neither they nor any competitors
can or will buy potatoes. 1t gives
the consignment dealers the inside
track and they could break anybody
that paid money for potatoes to
ship into the same markets. 1t is
reported that the Boyle Commission
company have contracts with thou
sands of farmers to furnish potatoes
on commission, and expect to hold
them to it. 1t is also reported that
commercial clubs and commercial
bodies are viewing with alarm the
A distress it is likel yto cause and may
press the management to release
them from the contracts. On the
+ other hand 1t is urged that this Is a
free country and that II the potato
growers want to raise crops and
hand them over to spectators to
gamble on without having anything
at stake themselves there is no law
to stop them from doing that kind
of foolishness.
The market at Blackfoot is SO
cents, but nobody buying much. The
outlook at present is rather dark
but potato growers should remember
that when it gets too dark, some.
body generally lights lamp, and il
may be so in this case.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
Seasons Football
Schedule Planned

Principal Oscar Christensen and
Coach Ray Holder of the Blackfoot
high school and Mr.. Sturgil, coach
at the junior high, went to Poca-
tello Saturday and met with repre-
sentatives from other schools and
planned most Of the football
schedule for this season.
Blackfoot now has five games
scheduled. They will play three
games here, game with Aberdeen
on October 6, with Idaho Falls,
October 20 and with McCammon,
October q and will play st.
Anthony October 3 and Pocatello
October II, on their own fields. The
dates of September 20 and October
13 are still open for games.
The winning team from this dis
trict will play the winners of other
districts for the state championship
The Blackfoot boys are working
hard and showing some splendid
work in the field and they expect to
put up a hard fight this year for the
state championship.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
MINERS
WERE FOUND DEAD
Rescue Crews Worked
Three Weeks and
Found Bodies

The great tragedy Of the Argo-
naut mine at Jackson, Calf, south
of San Francisco, is finished.
The fire that broke out in the
mine on August a., burned about
ten days, and went out, smothered
by lack of air and fresh materials.
The forty-seven miners who were
below it, retreated as far back as
they could, built bulkhead and
chinked it with their clothing, and
then waited and died. Death seems
to have come to them within ten or
twelve hours of the time the fire
started. They were overcome slowly
with gas, became stupid, then In
sensible, then died, and when the
rescue crew broke into the chamber
three weeks later, they found only
mildewed Jumps of clay that were
once the bodies of their friends. The
rescue work was carried on vigor-
ously day and night for three weeks
and the history of the efforts made
will be memorable. Every ounce OF
human energy, all of the skill and
knowledge available was brought
nito use to reach the men. Three
weeks and some hours of uninter-
rupted work and the last few feet
of hard rock prevented rescue and
the race was tlost.
The imprisoned men had built
bulkheads, stuffing the cracks with
clothes, shoes, anything to keep out
the foul air and gas. The bulk
head was broken thru and the story
told and word sent to the top fo1
| stretchers, canvas and rubber
| gloves. That was the message thai
told the tale to the crowds which
have lined the mouth of the mine
for days and weeks. In anticipation
of bad news relatives, particularly
women, of the miners were per
suaded to stay away from the mine
mouth during the last few hours.
The men imprisoned in the Argo
naut mine, who were on the nigh
shift, went down to work the even
ing of Sunday, Aug. 27. Shortl.
after midnight, the hour when luncl
is eaten down in the mine, one 0
the miners reported smelling smok
and Clarence Bradshaw, the nigh
shift boss, started up the inclin
shaft with two men in skip to dis
cover it's location.
Il At about the 5000-foot level the
encountered dense smoke and in
tense heat, but they decided to tax
chane and go ahead thru 1t, reach
ing the surface in safety, altho Brad
, shaw was temporarily overcome b
| the smoke.
II A rescue crew was at once forme
/ ia bring the men uot in skips, bu
the heat had increased so much tina
J | it was impossible to get below tn
I 28O0-foot level. Water was pumpe
: down thru pipes and skips file
, with water were lowered down t
t the 28OO-foot level and dumped, bu
l these and other efforts to stop tn
Y fire and penetrate the barrier failet
Q Telephone wires were burned, mai
ing it impossibel to communlca'
Il with the men below.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
Soldiers Bonus
Bill is Vetoed

President Harding vetoed the
soldiers bonus bill for the reason
that no provision was made in the
bill for raising the money with
which to make the payments.
He said that it would require
something like $50 million for the
first three or four years and a total
of probably four billion or more, and
these large drafts should not be
made on the treasury without some
provision being made to raise the
money.
1t is expected that congress will
pass the measure over his veto.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
SWIFT AUTO RUN

D. A. Jenkins and Ray L. Peck
drove up from Salt Lake in Nash
car Tuesday morning to see the
fair. They left Salt Lake at 4
o'clock, ate breakfast at Malad,
rested some and then arrived at
BlackfoOt at $50.
They used the same Nash car that
made the famous runs to Yellow
stone and Boise, and was In good
trim to 60 right back over the route
without any repairs.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
POTATO WAREHOUSE FINISHED

Manager Pendlebury Of the Black
foot Potato Growers association re-
ports that the new warehouse at
Collins will be finished about the
first of next week.
On the completion Of the one at
Wapello year ago, the community
turned out and made great feast,
bringing with them much loaves and
fishes, and they had great time.
The same thing may be done at Col
lins, but no plans have yet been
announced.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
KIwANIs LUNCHEON

The Kiwanis club held their regu-
lar weekly luncheon Thursday after
noon at the Cottage hotel dining
room with President Howard Hen
derson presiding. The regular rou-
tine work was taken up and Victor
Moore, manager Of wholesale jew
elry house in Spokane, Wash, the
guest of DR.. r. o. Young, gave q
short talk on some of the business
problems Of the day. IAN
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
FISHING TRIP

Mr.. and Mrs. George Milten-
berger and son Cecil, F. w. Pelkey
and family and Mrs. w. i. sutton
and daughter Julia spent Sunday at
the Hunter ranch at Willow Creek.
They spent the day fishing and came
home with a good supply OF fish.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21
TO PITTsBURG, KAN.

Mrs. s. E. Parsons and daughter,
Mrs. Tenent left Saturday for her
old home in Pittsburg, Kan. Mrs.
Tenent arrived here recently from
Pittsburgh to accompany her mother
home.
The Washington times., 1922-12-31
BUS LINE MANAGER
ANSWERS RAIL MEN
killeen Disputes Claim Of
Local Traction
Officials.

"The statement by officials Of the
local street railway systems that the
busses operated by the Washington
Rapid Transit Company have made
great inroads upon the revenue of
local street car lines may well be
taken with. grain of SALT says
William +. Killeen, vice president
and general manager of the green
bus line.
This assertion is but another cry
of unfair competition, continues
Mr.. killeen, 'and while we are very
glad 10 admit that we are carrying
thousands of Waskingtonians who
are better served by the motor bus
than by the street car and who are
dema Tding more bus routes, we do
not accept the responsibility for a
very great falling off of street car
earnings.
Just a little analysis of the local
situation as to public carriers will
show that many reasons other than
furnished by traction officials con-
tribute to the lessening of street
car earnings.
During the past eighteen months
at least one hundred and fifty new
taxicabs have been placed in service,
greatly augmenting the very eff
cient cab service furnished by local
companies and making it very much
easier to secure taXicab when taxi
service is desired.
Street car patrons become auto
mobile owners and their patronage is
lost by traction SystemS-the great
number of automobiles parked about
any building operation is decisive
proof that thousands of men who
once rode to and from their days
work over traction lines now own
their own automobiles and their pat
ronage is lost by the street railways.
"The figures showing automobile
registrations for this year, as com
pared to the previous twelve months,
will be available very soon, and ]
would suggest that the officials of
the local traction companies study
them-the great increase in the mum.
ber of privately owned cars may ac-
count for material part of their
fare losses.
THE fact that ,S;ry progressive
American buys an automobile as
soon as possible is established, and
we may safely say that the purchase
of q single automobile means a loss
of at least three street car patrons
traction officials may consider this
fact.
Il am unable tJ account for the
reason for the statement by the
street railways that their losses are
due to motor bus transition to any
alarming degree, unless this state
ment is but the oft.repeated COM
plaint that the service furnished by
the busses of the Washington Rapid
Transit Company, indorsed by the
Washington public. is unfair compc-
tition.'