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DEMOCRATS FROWN
ON SOLID SHOT"
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the only fair way TO make a party
selection would be to vote for the
required number of candidates.
Resolution Is Adopted.
y resolution embodying the anti
solid shot sentiment, offered by Mr..
Saunders. was adopted by the vote
OF 10 To /.
r. Lee Peters, former president OF
Common Council for many years.
was elected to hll vacancy in the
Madison Ward. delegation, his name
being placed before the body by
George NJ. Cease. Mr. Peters is II
member Of the City School Board.
Ice o. Miller. member OF the com
mittce from clay Ward who is Il
prominent candidate, for Common
Council rendered his resignation
Mr.. Miller is connected with "A lead
ing advocated for the lower branch
Of Council by many active workers
in Clay Ward. He aspirea TO nll
one OF the two vacancies in Common
Council from that ward.
The committee authorized Chair
man Jorn NJ. Purcell TO make ar
engagements for receiving the returns
at the city Auditorium Immediately
after the primary next Tuesday
night
The Electoral Board will meet to-
morrow night TO complete plans for
Tie election.
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MEASURES AMEND
JEFFERSONIAN LAW
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the common law requisites for
curtesy. 1t may be said that. unlik Q
dover. one OF such requisites for
curtesy Is that there hurst have been
Issue born alive of the marriage:
otherwise the husband has no rights
in his wife's real estate after her
death. unless. OF course. he derives
rights through the Hwifc's will. But.
in order to equalize things, curtcsy
being contingent upon the birth of
issue and dover not. curtcsy, under
the law now In force. Is a life es-
tate I'm the whole of tho wifc's real
". while dover is simply life cs-
tate in one-third of the husbands
realty.
The bin seeks to give the hus-
band the same rights in his wifes
realty as she. under House blu 10.
has in hts. and under the same cor
responding conditions. and expressly
provides that II shall not he re-
Tuisite TO curtesy that the wife
shall have had n child born alive
during overture
Section 1854 or the Code is our
famous statute of descents /, was
the work of Thomas jefferson and
was originally enacted in 1855. Since
that time IL has been modified in
only a few respects. House bill IS
amends section 1894 very material
~. Under the section now i'm force.
II tho decedent leaves no children
nor the descendants OF any, his real
estate of inheritance as to which
he dies intestate desccnds to his
rather and IL there be no father.
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SENATE UNANINIITY
SHOWN IN DEBATE
ON NAVAL TREATY

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titude were denied by Senator KEEL
loGG. Republican. Minnesota, who
said Mr.. Harding had been anxious
for an international meeting of
minds. although he Nigh, have with
held approval from some Of the spe-
cihc proposals ia that direction con-
sidercd in Congress The discussion
finally resolved itself into n league
of nations, argument in which Sena-
tor Williams. Democrat, Mississippi.
predicted that tho league would re-
main a political issue until the
United states had become member
OF It,
Making his only observation dur
ing the debate, Senator Borah, au-
thor of the conference resolution.
asked how il could remain poiiti-
cal issue with one party going in
the front door and the other going
in the back door"
In the course OF his address Sena-
tor Lodge replied in detail to
charges recently made by Senator
Reed. Democrat, Missouri, that the
treaty would not in fact establish Il
5-5-3 naval ratio between the United
States, Great Britain and Japan. such
n conclusion. Mr.. Lodge declared. was
based entirely on INSTRUMENTATION.
Senator Reed. the only Senator VINO
has made a general attack on the
naval treaty, is absent from Wash
ington and is not expected to return
in time for tomorrows ratification
vote.
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9HARDING INSISTS RUDGET
~. !. MUST HAVE FAIR TRIAL
Return of House 10 Pork
Barrel" Plan Meets Elk.
ecutivc Disapproval.
tBy United News.l

wASHIN GTON. March 2s.-Prcsi-
dept lIardins is determined that tho
Budget Bureau shall be given Il
thorough trial
He will resist attempts by Con-
gress to mlllfy the work OF the
bureau, through Ignoring its recon-
mendat tons with regard 10 appro-
priations. The bureau will not have
an opportunity to demonstrate Us
usefulness, tho President believes.
Unless its counsel is needed
The attitude NJ the President was
disclosed In connection with the ac-
ton OF the House I'm voting 10 in
crease the appropriations FOR rivers
and harbors slj,00O,o0o above the
amount recommended by the budget.
Action OF the House marked Il re-
turn to the pork barrel" practices
OF -prc-war years, al a t;me wncn
the government through the Budget
Bureau j. seeking to impose utmost
economy.
The President also is making an
effort to bring about The executive
reorganization which has been at
tempted for a year. and which was n
part of the general program for moro
efficiency in government.
iie conferred today with Waiter
T.. Brown. of Toledo, who prepared
a plan for the retlirnment OF the
departments. IN an effort TO modify
the plan to meet the objections
rnSsed by Cabine; officers. Brown
acted as the representative Of the
President on the Congressional Joint
Commission ON Executive Rcorgan-
izaton.
The President has been cndcavor-
ing Tor some time to harmonizc tho
views Of his Cabinet officers, soma,
OF whom are concerned at the pros
nective changes. Once agreement is
reIcned. legislation would be sought
fr6ni Congress.
Most trouble has been caused by
The suggested transfer of tn. For
estry Bureau from the Department OF
Agriculture to the Department Of
The Interior
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LLOYD GEORGE AND CHURCHILL.
COMPOSE DIFFERENCES
IRv Assncialeh prnvs

tBy Associated Pressl
LONDON. March 2s.-Thc differ
ences between Premier Lloyd George
and Winston Spencer Churchill. Sec
rotary for the Colonies. respecting
the recognition politically Of the
Bolshevist government, are reported
TO have been composed at n con-
ference between them last night and
at the Cabinet council today. Th-
resolution which the Premier vii.
move In the HoIs. OF Commons n-yt
Monday regarding Genoa has be IN
agreed upon and Will he announce
tomorrow.
The Cabinet is said 10 be united
upon the p1licv which Lloyd George
Will outline In his speech. Follow
ing the Cabinet tounci thu pron,jor
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ADVANCE IN V. II. & p.
STOCK GIVES RISE TO
REORG ANIMATION TALK

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close Tor transfer OF stock on Friday
afternoon
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then II desccnds in equal parts TO
his mother. brothers and sisters.
Tho residue OF this section carries
out the same Idea OF giving prefer
ence TO the ascending male line.
House bill rs seeks to remove
throughout this preference. Hence.
II the deccdent leaves no child. nor
the descendant OF any child. his real
estate VIII go. not to his father
alone. but to his father and mother
equally. If both are living, or to
the survivor IL one be dead.
Status OF Survivor
But. in addition to tho elimina-
ton OF this preference. tho bill
raises the standing OF a surviving
Husband or wife as heir of the 9TH
er. Under existing law. neither is
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more statistics ready for tomorrow s
negotiations. When their case was
presented later, the operators said
they would submit data in support
OF their claim that miners wages
should be reduced in proportion to
reduction in other industries OF the
nation.
Our figures show that. despite the
lowered costs OF food, clothing and
such necessities, there has been an
increase of % per cent In the an
thracite district In rents. light. medi-
cal charges, car fares and amuse-
ments," declared Phillip Murray.
vice-prcsident of the United Mine
Workers international.
Rents have gone up so per cent
since 1920, both in houses owned by
the coal companies and in those
owned privately" he continued.
Taxes have been boosted Sc per cent
in the last two years. and other cX-
penses of living have been on the
upgrade instead Of a decreasing"
S. w. Warmer. vice president of the
ehigh Coal and Navigation COM
panv. and leader of the operators
delegation at the wage conference,
expressed satisfaction with the prog
ress of the negotiations.
I'VE are making real progress" he
said. The operators will have moth
ing to say about the percentage OF
decrease which they hold just, until
the miners have presented each of
their nineteen demands in detail"
Mr. Warmer took occasion to re-
futc statements attributed to Samuel
Gompcrs. president of the American
Federation OF Labor. at Washington.
To the effect that in 96 per cent OF the
anthracite industry. ownership Of the
mines railroads and distributing
agencies was so closely linked as TO
constitute an arbitrary control OF
markets and prices.
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Movement Not Extensive


close for transfer OF stock on Friday
afternoon.
Movement Not Extensive
Virginia Railway and Power stock
has been moving recently in small
blocks, according to several brokers.
Tho movement il not extensiv e
enough 10 warrant. in their opinion,
he advance in the price Stock
holders. in several cases, have re-
Forted receiving letters asking them
30 sell, hut all decline to state the
source .: tho -cIucst.
Thomas ;. Whcelwright, presiden,
"f tho Virginia Hallway and Power
Company. last night said that as
iar rs he knew, there Is no fouu-
, dahom for the report mat new in
Z ierestS are seeking to get control
of the company. Coleman Workman,
! one Of the directors and repre-
sentative OF group OF local stock
holders, stated, in this connection
that ne had no knowledge 81 any inn
! pending charge in ownership or ans
"ppnEen: reason for an advance in
the stock
Inquiries III regard to tho stock
- - ~''4' . f'.'t'fA from New ORR
brokers recently, d member OF a
. AnAncia! concern here stated YES.
terNay. lie said that he was. him.
I seE-n stockho!der. but had not beer
apffoachcd wiki an oncr for hi.
, stock, which is on the market at his
prize,
-Ensicr Money May lie Answer.
!. VT. Wortham pointed out that tn,
. general upward trend OF the stock
Z market together with easier money
q may be an answer 10 the activity II
J V. II. & y He sa!4. ina, tIle at,on.
I ton of the ruo!... 5. now conferred
= on the TRANSFORMATION problem and
with thc councnmanlc election near
there iaay be an optimistic feclins
that "a more favorable attitude TO
ward the company viii Toe assume,
.S1'by the city fathers This was tn,
viewpoint Of other prominent bust
.e.ness men.
The Nirginia Railway ana Powc
Company has 81 capitalization q
S2Loouuoo # which $4,000 Goa is pr,
tered. and Sl2.oor.C06 common stock
The common STOCK has not paid dIyi
dcnds for number of Years. and tn
preferred cash dividends have bee,
passed recently. Revenues have de
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met at luncheon his Liberal col
leagues In the government. includ-
Ing the whips and undersecretaries.
and outlined to them his present in
tentions.
Afterwards Lloyd George hal mn
audier &C OF King George. glvin,; the
moha' cE his customary review on
recent political developments. To-
night the Premier left for Chequers
Court. where he will spend the re-
mainder Of the week
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SEEKS TO DISCUSS
LAND ARMAMENTS

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gates with the need for discussion
Of this phase of European activity.
ana thus create an atmosphere ia
vorahlc to actual disarmament
throughout Europe. perhaps paving
the way by an exchange OF mutual
guarantees.
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With some. exceptions. personal es-
tate is distributed in tho same way
as real estate Code. section 5273).
Tho bills signed by the Governor
yesterday will not become effective
until ninety days after March 90.
tho date of the final adjournment OF
the General Assembly.
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the heir OF the other unless no other
heir In the world exists. but. under
tho new bill. IL there be no chill
drcn. no father or mother. no broth
err or sister. or no descendant OF any
such. then the whole OF the estate
goes TO the surviving husband or
wife.
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NONUNlON MINERS
IN BOTH FIELDS TO
JOIN COAL. STRIKE

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ton ShhnoEin,. scranton. pottsville,
shenandoah and Wilkes Barre.
~ the Close OF the session. the
miners announced they would have
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1922-03-31

around the piano after dinner for a
sing or bit of jazz; but scramble into
boomers and race to the gym to pop
flies and catch for an embryo twirler.
The squad is as follows:
Ruth Chandler, Walla Walla; Elsie
Doerner, Grants Pass, Ore; Nell Coo
gan, Edith Helleisen and Bernice Nc
Dermid, Yakima; Dorothy Dearle, Ev-
erett; Frances Helmer, Rosalia; Beata
Just, Ritzville; Katherine Mcpherson
Seattle; Gertrude Tannard, Puyallup,
Sue Anderson, Mildred Barlow and
Mary Robertson Tacoma; Maude Dix
on and Aileen Sprague, Pullman; Pearl
Dowd, Washtucna; Leona Gardner
Fairfield, Idaho; Winnifred Hunting
ton, Kennewick; Mary Keith and Anne
Rohwer, Spokane; Kathryn Malonie
Parkwater, and Stella Winters, Ilwaco
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1922-03-31
How do you do!

How do you do!
am introducing myself as a book
lover, and hope l shall find you are
one also, or at least that you will be-
come one in the course of our weekly
book chats.
What books or writer's are you,
personally, most interested in? Is
there new book you have heard of,
about which you are curious? And
do you want to know, through this
book chat, whether the author of pigs
lis Pigs" is married; If the Rome
where Harold Bell Wright was born is
in Italy or New York state; and what
else the author of "Rebecca Of Sunny
brook Farm" has written?
! want to make this column enter
flaming and interesting, as well as give
you information about the new books
you have not yet had a chance to read,
and authors you have not been intro
duced to before.
So If you have questions to ask, Just
send me a card or a note. in care of
the editor of the paper. He will see
that | get it, and as soon as I can I
will answer in the column. Sometimes
there may be delay, for maybe you
Will ask me something do not know,
and will have to find out That may
AXE quite little time-long enough,
perhaps, for me to write letter and
wait for an answer. But eventually
you will hear from me.
wonder how early other people
pave begun to collect q library OF
BOOKS OF their own that they espe
iaily like. | began when l was six,
Win the first book I can remember
.hyone giving me, and for six years
nat book was my special delight.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1922-03-31
Bv William o. Rambo.

w;thin very recent years the
~ GOV was classed as a caprice of
sl.s I've and was, withal. an extremely
n s.'s,ve animal, appearing only occa'
eiu sa,1v among its wild red brothers,
sioA black sheep. Sometimes one
az ., apnear mysteriously in flock
~ white ones.
o. "ar, time immemorial 1t has been
tranner,s fondest dream to get
an n.;rser Reynard," knowing that its
-. r. taken in its prime condition,
pe' Ia bring him more money than all
w. rest of his catch put together. Few
wv NE in the cities had ever known
w. such an animal existed; fewer
'. IL, had seen the matchless fur of the
s s.,u.r fox Its fur, owing to it's great
saautv and extreme scarcity, for gen.
sa,;ons went almost exclusively to
~ arand courts of nobility, to mingle
mar with the rarest gems and
snost products of the weayers' art.
DIT through all those years &c, m
. new industry was lurking un-
eaen and unknown IN the Iur OF thls
sooutiful animal, waiting for men Of
courage to venture in a novel enter
lice that has saved the world the
ramnant of this precious furred little
nomad. and through forced evolution
sas been raised from freak that it
was to a distinct and perfect species.
Il was given to a few Canadian
farmers of Prince Edward Island to
hegin the process of evolution which
makes this bastard type Of fox into a
nll.aedged member of animal society.
Long years of experiment were spent
hafore the great objective was real
;,ed Then came marvellous and swift
a.velopment in a new industry, that
hos Maid thousand fold for the early
disappointments.
AS time went on there seemed to
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1922-03-31

beginners OF today have government
bulletins and also the knowledge of
experienced and successful ranches to
draw from. 1t is a business espe-
clally adapted to women as shown in
the case OF Mrs. Eva Gordon, who
started in 1915 with four pairs Of sill
yer foxes and who has sold up to 1920
over $l60,000.00 worth of foxes and
pelts. The work being light, the gov
eminent is including it as one of their
vocational subjects for the crippled
soldiers. The writer personally has
been giving instruction to one.
Fox pens or yards are SO x rs IT. x
. 1t. high; wire netting extending into
the ground about three feet to keep
them from digging out; also extend
ing inward at the top about IS inches
to keep them from climbing over. A
wooden kennel 2 2 with a wood
en- chute 10 inches and feet long
leads out from each Foxes are fed
very cheaply. They will eat anything
dog or cat eats, such as horse meat
'SSA, oo5 bioNuIi, VI coi ulllh, USH anu
scraps.
The mating season is in February
and puppying season in April, with
one litter year Each litter has
fom two to eight, with an average OF
four or five. The pelt prices have q
wide range, according to the quality
of the individual skin, ranging from
$3.50 to $1,000 each, and few ever
higher Foxes breed when year ole
and continue about ten years.
/ The first successful fox ranch in thu
northwest was established by tn,
writer several years ago and the in
dustry is rapidly expanding. The eli
mate OF the northwest is especial,
adapted to this industry The write
believes that in a few years it will
take its place as one of the largest ant
most profitable OF the livestock enter
prises.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1922-03-31

read it thirteen times straight through
before l was that many years old
Then the house caught fire one night
when father was sound asleep and no
one else at home. My precious book
was burned, and mourned for it until
finally my mother bought me another
copy for birthday gift l browsed in
day, during the war, l saw in the pa
pers an appeal for books for the hos
pital ships. Those were the days when
people who could not be soldiers hunt
ed out their most precious possessions
and sent them to the camps, hospitals
and trenches. So sent my dear book.
Now am watching the publishers an
nouncements to see when a new edi-
ton appears, perhaps with the wonder
full Maxfield Parrish pictures to Illus
trate it. For shall not be really sat
isfied with my library of a thousand
books until that particular one is in it.
Can you guess what book it is? I'll
give you this hint: it is a boys book
of adventure! When l get new copy
I'll tell you.
During the war many of US were toe
busy to read deeply on the questions
OF the day. Many, also, were where
authoritative information could not be
secured AS result there is still a
wide public which is quite uniformed
as to just why we went to war with
Germany. Some say, Because the
sinking of the Lusitania made US
mad!" Others think, Because the
Huns were such beasts to the Bel
gians"; and still others, Because Ger
many plotted with Mexico to joiI
Japan in a war against u.s." However
true these things, they were not the
reasons for the break in diplomatic re
lations. The various points of inter
national law on which Americas Case
Against Germany"s rests are clearly
and cleyerly presented in a book un
der that title by Lindsay Rogers, pro
lessor of political science in the Uni
versity Of Virginia. The destruction
VI uoutIdi chlPPiu6, SoiAouo uAoASo"Ae
OF the nature of their nationality. pas
sengers, and cargo: destruction OF YES
sells carrying women and children with
the loss Of many lives: and the fina
announcement of an unrestricted cam
paign OF frightfulness; these things
are all covered by international laws
which were first covertly, then openl,
fouted. Some of you may say: Blu
the war is over now: why read about
1t any longer? Let's forget I'll" Be
cause that is exactly what German,
most desires the world to believe. ans
because Of her entirely unrepentan
attitude. expressed In the sermons o
her ministers. lectures Of her profes
sors, and literary publications TO
home consumption (see "Hurrah ant
Hallelujah" by DIR. ]. P. Bangf) there
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1922-03-31

be bought close to pelt value. Today
they are reasonable enough to enable
an individual to engage in fox ranch
ing with good prospect that within
year he can liquidate his investment
by the sale of pelts and live foxes and
still have a growing business.
The experimental stage of the in
dustry has long since passed. The
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1922-03-31

Secretary Chairman of the Wenat-
chez Commercial club received word
March 19 from C. w. Medium, assist
ant general passenger agent of the
Great Northern railway at Seattle.
stating that round-trip excursion rates
of one and one-half fare from all
points on the Great Northern railway
in the states of Idaho, Washington and
Oregon had been granted by the Great
Northern railway for the Wenatchee
Blossom festival to be held May 5-6.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1922-03-31

At a sale of Berkshire hogs at Pros
ser, Wash, held March 8th, many of
the animals went to buyers of the
wheat section of central Oregon. An
enthusiastic meeting of the Washing
ton Berkshire association held at the
same time, a futurity for the state fair
next fall was assured.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1922-03-31
ANOTHER BABE RUTH;
ALSO MARY AND MAUDE

Another Babe Ruth only she is
Ruth Chandler of Walla Walla in the
freshman class at the State College of
Washington. She is the only Ruth in
her class baseball squad, bulletined by
practice Wednesdays at 4:30 and
Thursdays at the cruel hour of 6 AS
p. m, not a. m. No joining the group
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1922-03-31

A controlling interest in the Mon
tesano National bank was purchased
last week by D. T. Coleman of Kent
and Charles Leonard Of Thomas,
Wash. The bank plans also to erect
some time this year modern banking
structure in Montesano, probably on
the site of it's present quarters.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1922-03-31

The Taranki Holstein company Of
Prosser, Wash, has recently received
by express from John B. Irwin of Min
neapolis, Mimi, Sir Ormsby Henger-
weld Aakkanamer, a seven months old
registered bull.