The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-07-20
HAVE A BEAR BY THE TAIL

HAVE A BEAR BY THE TAIL
When r. M. Morris sprung TIE
~condensary proposition on h cham
Der Of commerce no one thought the
movement would get farther than a
little furry of agitation for a while
n then the thing would die much
as other things die that are started,
and many participated in the activi-
ties not because they had any hope of
it's materializing but they lust did it
to be a good fellow. They did not
wish to be a kill joy" But the
thing too such a hold upon the
that they had really started some
thing and they experienced feelings
similar to the hunter who had the
bear by the tail and dared lot let
loose.
The interest in the matter has de-
veloped to such proportions now that
the Palouse men have no intention
of letting loose. They understand
perfectly that if they do not handle
the bear, the bear will handle them
and whenever a body Of men get to
pulling together there is hardly a
thing under the sun that is 1mpos-
sible. The publicity campaign among
the farmers is practically finished
and now to tackle the real bear ard
get a company interested to such an
extent that it will locate here. Al
ready correspondence is started with
a number of reliable companies which
no doubt will end satisfactorily.
Moscow business men and farmers
are deeply interested in the success
of Palouse's project. The chamber
of has given the movement
it's endorsement, and a committee has
been appointed to interest farmers to
the extent that they will agree to
ship milk to the condensary. The
bulk of the milk supply would be
secured in Latah county.
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There has beer considerable talk
about building operations being cur
tailed because of the high cost of ma
terials and labor. 1t is evident hat
such talk is not based upon facts.
The department of labor has just is
sued a report showing that in some
there was in June an actual
extension in building activities.
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The big milling and grain buying
do not depend IN the news
papers for their information regard
the wheat crop, as ar occasional
farmer will assert. They investigate
crop conditions pretty thoroughly
through agencies of their own, and
nearer having the correct fig
Tres on production than either the
newspaper or the farmer. There /
ore, a newspaper story about a !
crop has nothing whatever to I
10 with the price that the farmer I
n the community will receive. AS :
rule the crop production is por- ;
rayed in the local newspaper as near ;
DIRECTLY as possible, allowing a little )
omething for the booster spirit, may :
e, although in the Palouse country :
/ is unnecessary to go beyond the z
ctual truth to make a good crop G
tory. This year, for instance, there =
every reason to believe hat the Z
alouse country will harvest a bumper y
The farmer will receive for =
lat crop just as much as he would y
the Palouse yield was SO per cent Z
{ normal, which it is evident is go .
e to be little enough, the market q
ot being controlled by the crop con =
ltion in any one section. 1t is true =
at there is considerable smut in q
le Palouse country wheat this year, Z
Id some crops will be cut down 2
aterially, but the average yield, if Z
,~pearances count for anything, will .
one of the biggest in the history y
the country. =
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Lindsey Bierer, seven-month-old y
,nnsylvanian, had his appendix re- q
oved by the doctors and three days e
was enjoying normal good Il
a1th. Thirty-five or 40 years ago
at would have been h last of Y
ndsey. He would have died of good, .
congestion of the bow 8
!. Today many a vigorous man s
es his life to the family doctor and
looking three ways before he ~
'sses Q atrcot-Ealzirna Republic. e.