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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16
BAN OFF LEWIS COUNTY vEoE-
TABLE SHIPMENTS.

The following letter from the State
Department of Agriculture is self ex.
planatory;
Boise, Idaho, Aug. IL.
The Herald,
Nezperce, Idaho.
Gentlemen; We Just received notice
this morning from the agricultural
and horticultural department of Mon
tana that they had released Nezperce,
Latah, Lewis, Clearwater and Idaho
counties from the alfalfa weevil quar-
antine so that all local shipments OF
fruits, vegetables, etc, from those
counties. will not need an alfalfa wee.
vii quarantine certificate, as has been
the rule heretofore.
With kind regards, remain
Yours very truly,
M. A. Means,
Commissioner of Agriculture
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16
cLAUD GROSS LOSES THREsHEP
BY FIRE.

Claud Gross, one of the hest knovn
ranchers of the Mohler section. was
IN town Tuesday making arrange
ments to get threshing machine to
replace the one he had just lost by
IRE on the previous day, while oper-
atlng in grain field near Culdesac.
The following news regarding this and
another grain fire which occurred on
the same day in that locality was sent
out from Culdesac:
Two grain fires visited the Culdesac
section late Monday afternoon the
first at O'Clock mile west of Cul-
desac on the Halfmoon ranch, where
the J. G. Gross threshing machine was
destroyed by fire, and the other at
O'Clock at the J. E. Gibbs ranch a
mile north of Culdesac, this consuming
20 acres of standing grain and Is
acres of combined stubble. Quick
work in moving the combine from the
field saved the machine and horses,
and fast work in pulling the separator
away from the sack pile in the Gross
fire saved the large sack pile from
burning.
The fire at the William Halfmoon
ranch is thought to have been started
by a small smut explosion caused by
hot box. The machine and stack was
completely burned as was a load Of
bundles which was unloading at the
machine when the fire started The
fire here was confined to a small
area about the burning machine and
stack. The fact that the wind favored
and that the engineer ran forward and
backed away with the separator,
saved the threshed grain from catch
ing fire. About 80 men from Culdesac
rushed down in cars to help with the
fire, but everything was in control
when they arrived.
The fire on the J. E. Gibbs ranch |
was very stubborn and only the fact
that about so people, both from Gull
desac and the neighborhood came to
fight, saved the entire section from |
devastating fire. The flames ragged |
for an hour and half, and only when !
back firing methods we're resorted to,
with the use of teams and plows, was
their progress finally checked.
The Gibbs grain was very heavy
and down in many places, and the fire
lashed through with terrific speed.
The heat became so intense that it
was almost impossible to fight it. AT
ter burning 25 acres of the standing
wheat and Is acres of the cut-over
wheat, the fire was brought under
control.
Mr. Gross, it is understood, carried
insurance on his separator and Mr..
Gibbs carried some insurance on his
field.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16
SCHOOL ELECTION SEPT.

According to the notice appearing
in The Herald, the annual school elec-
ton for this district will be held on
Tuesday, Sept. 4, when two trustees
will be chosen to succeed A. A. Hunter
and S. L. Shoemaker, whose terms ex-
pire.
During the time that these two gen
tlemen have been ON the board the
task of running our public school and
keeping it up to standard-it has long
enjoyed the distinction of being on
the accredited list-has been real
one, but they, with their co-workers,
have been equal to the occasion, and
Just now have this popular institution
of learning in a promising attitude
for the coming season Is work. Mr.
Hunter. as clerk of the board, and
Mr. Shoemaker, as treasurer, have the
records all kept right up to date in
fine order, and through close attention
TO the details of the school s operation
in season and out, they have become
too valuable to the continued success
of that institution to not stand draft
for another term. Such an honor is
really due them, and there is scarce
" any doubt that the community will
readily bestow it.
The election will be held as usual
at the school house from Loo to 500
o clock p. M, and Mrs. Jas. Smith and
Mrs. L. L. Crocker have been selected
as Judges and Mrs. W. P. Conger as
clerk of the same.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16
DAMAGE BY TIGHTENING QUICK.
LY REPAIRED.

Tightening struck the Grangeville
Electric Light & Power company 3
lines in lawyers canyon, 10 miles
from Nezperce, Friday afternoon, de-
molishing eleven poles and 220O feet
of line. The company steam plant
at Orofino and the 10 Lo dam at
Greer furnished power for the entire
system, with the exception of Cotton.
wood and Grangeville, while the lines
were being repaired. The forces Of
the entire district were called to the
scene to replace the destroyed poles
and line Service was reinstated Sun.
day evening.-Tribune, orofino.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16
THE LOCAL MARKET PRICES

The Nezperce Rochdale Co. and q
A. johnson each shipped a car of hogs
from this point Tuesday to the Spo'
kane market. The price paid for this
consignment was $s.O5 per hundred
weight.
Today's local quotations on wheat
are, red varieties, 20 cents; white, IS
cents; with the market strengthening.
The cream station at this point is
paying Al u cents for butter fat.
Ranch butter is bringing 35 cents
and eggs 90 cents.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16
COOK HOUSE SUPPLIES CHEAP.
ER HERE.

The arguments used by outside ped
dlers of groceries and supplies for COOS
houses and thresher crews are heini.
set at naught by the local stores
which are furnishing these supplies
more satisfactorily in every way and
at lower cost than the peddlers. A
comparison of lists and purchases has
proven this. Furthermore, your local
dealer is here all the time to make
good any defect
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16

General Manager J. f. Simpson of
the Grangeville Electric Light & Pow.
er Co. is in Nezperce today looking
after improvements to be made on
the reservoir of the city water supply,
which is owned and operated by that
company. The improvements include
a roof and dividing wall The form
er is to be put on as soon as possible
and the latter viii be built in after
the heavy harvest demand for water
is over. I
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16
COMMUNITY CHURCH.

The sermon topic for Sunday morn
ing will be, ''Ye are the Light of the
Werld.', The union service viii be
held in the evening in the Church Of
the Brethern. The Ladies Aid meets
next Wednesday at the country home
of Mrs. Farris. Autos leave town ut
ten. These meetings are social af-
fairs. The men enjoy them as much
as do the women
J. A. Hoffman, Pastor.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16

ing were State Senator Charles Myers
OF Davenport, State Representative
Alemgard of Pullman, State Repre-.
sentative Dungen of Ephrata. State
senator II. D. Mcmillan of Ephrata.
=. H. Spence, state marketing agent
OF oregon; Dean E. c. johnson of
y Washington State college, Roscoe
smith OF Ephrata and c. P. Mix of
Moscow, Idaho.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16
Commissioner of Agriculturs.

The ladies of the Christian church
spent busy afternoon on Wednesday,
August Is, after which sherbert, cake
and coffee were served. There being
so much work to do it was decided
to meet every week for the next
month in order that IL may be com.
pleted. They win meet in the annex
on Wednesday afternoon of next week.
Come as early as possible A 25 cent
lunch will be served. You are invited
TO come.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16
mAHo COUNTY THREsHrNa l
CENTS.

Charge for threshing was fixed al
16 cents bushel where the thresher-
man furnishes all help and board, and
"a cents a bushel, where the farmer
furnishes board, at meeting OF
tbresbermen and farmers, in Cotton
wood, Saturday. Labor schedule
adopted is box drivers and pltcners'
"A. man. wagon and team, $3.50 to
Az: separator tenders, 81 and So; en-
o;neers. SO to SO; sack sewers, So to
81. water haulers with team, So to %
Free Press, Grangeville-
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16

Mrs. S. l.. Shoemaker and children
returned Tuesday from visit with
relatives in Spokane They were met
in Lewiston by Mr.. Shoemaker with
his car.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16

Owing to the absence of its leader,
Jas. Sutherlin, who is with the Dokkie
band in Portland this week, the Amer
ican Legion Band will not give its
usual Saturday night street concert
this week.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16

George Mucken, pioneer farmer #
this section who now resides at Mt.
Angel, Ore, came in the first of the
week to look after interests here and
visit with relatives and old friends.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16

Carlson s fall line-suits, overcoats,
hats caps, shoes and furnishings-is
all in ready for yonr selections.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16

Everybody wants service. Are YOU
doing what you can to keep the best
of service possible in your home townf
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16

II is the way you support home in
stitutions that makes your citizenship
count in any community. IL
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16

Mrs p Fl. Brookbank, of lewiston
is the guest this week of Mrs y w.
Buckley in this city.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16

Make your fall suit and ovrcoat Sc
lections at Carlson 3. He is ready
with the newest and best.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16

State Sanitary Inspector Wilson
was in town yesterday on official
business.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-16

wANTED-At once. fresh cow.
Frank Cargill' .~@
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-13
TAXATION AND COAL STORAGE

Congressman Appleby scores heavily in the joint resolution
that he introduced in the House yesterday requesting the several
states to exempt from taxation all fuel held in storage. There is
no doubt that this is one of the main reasons for the coal shortage
every winter in recent years.
Not so many years ago there were stored at South Amboy and
sRunyon and at this city and South Plainfeld thousands of tons of
coal every summer ready for the demand that was sure to come
during the winter. Great mountains of anthracite covering whole
fields were TO be seen, not to mention the coal in the bins and in
cars. No one ever heard of a coal shortage in those days.
Then suddenly the local assessors decided that these coal piles
|fupdished a lucrative source of revenue for the municipalities in
which they were located. They pounced upon these great coal
storage grounds and levied heavy taxes on the stock. The coal
companies protested claiming that the coal had already been taxed
and that it was actually in transit even though stored temporarily
until it could be moved on to the place of ultimate destination.
The matter was carried to the courts and the decision was in
favor of the municipalities. 1t was hailed as a great victory for the
people, but as matters turned out the people were merely biting off
their noses to spite their faces. The coal companies would not
stand for such double taxation and therefore the great stock
wards in this vicinity were abandoned and dismantled. There is
no way to compel the coal companies to store coal, especially when
they are going to be assessed heavily for all that they bring above
ground when there is no immediate market for 1t.
Now such places as South Amboy and SayreviLe, where the
6rst attempt was made to turn these coal piles into gold mines,
find themselves no better off than they were before as there are no
great piles of coal to tax, and the people are brought face to
face with a coal shortage every winter largely because there has
been no coal stored during the summer.
Congressman Appleby would remedy this by having the re-
gpective states exempt from taxation the storage of coal, when it
lis held temporarily in one place until it can be moved on to It's real
destination. The states would lose nothing by taking such action
for unless there is such exemption the coal companies surely will
not store coal as they used to. On the other hand, the people gen.
srally would be greatly benefited by having this enormous stock of
coal to draw on when the pinch comes during the winter months.
Congress ought, by all means, to pass MI. Appleby's resolution and
the states should lose no time in granting the exemption. Such
action would go a long way toward relieving coal famines in the
future.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-13
DREAD OF MAGIC

The safest place in the world to hide your money from
thieves, outside a bank, is in a coffin. Who says soi Chris
TOPPER Beck. And who's Beckf An expect on the psychology
Of underworld uperstitions.
Beck says he doubts if there's a thief on earth who would
py open a coffin encountered during a pilaging raid. And
it's a certainty that no professional burglar would go near it.
Burglars also avoid houses where they know q death has
recently taken place. Like the rest of us, only more so, they
recoil from death and all things connected with it.
Ed Howe, the Kansas country philosopher, once said that
while all people talk too much he notices that every one grows
strangely quiet as soon as the conversation drifts around to
death.
A check-up of police records in important cities shows
that very few professional CRIMINALS "work" on the 18th day
of the month. There is reason to believe that the Ii" super
stition started in the underworld.
Crooks are the most superstitious people on earth. They
are saturated with queer beliefs in luck, omens and the like.
Few house-breakers have the courage to rob a house wher"
they find a black eat lurking around the premises. Even
more dreaded is a blind dog.
Most crooks have an unlucky number which they fear. US
ually it is the number Of the policeman who arrested them the
first time.
Suppose a crook enters your home In the dead OF nlgnt.
If he finds a clock stopped, he scarcely notices it. But II the
clock stops while the burglar is at work, he'll break into a cold
sweat and flee into the night. This peculiar superstition PROB
ably dates back to some tragedy that overlook a famous crook
while on a "jOb."
Minor thieves-especially pickpockets-consader 1t the
worst Of luck to steal a knife or rob a one-armed man. ana
nearly all crooks carry a mascot, the luckiest OF which Is
supposed to be q ring made from a horseshoe nail.
And SO on, until a book could be written on the suo!ec..
Such a book should have a good sale. Professional crlml-
nails are a separate breed of animal, as different from tne
law-abiding as day is from night. About the only thing tney
have in common with the rest of us is in an uneasy fear OF the
mysterious unknown. Hence their susceptibility to superscs
ton.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-13
HOT SHOT FROM JUDGE sILzER

Goyernor-elect Silzer handles the Cumberland county Board
of F~reeholders without gloves in his letter replying to their request
that he retain the present State Highway Commission in office. He
does not mince words in telling the Cumberland county officials
what he thinks of the whole highway problem. That he intends to
do something to remedy the situation is evident.
Judge Silzer is right. The public have lost confidence in the
present State Highway Commission. They are ready for a new deal
and they look to the new administrator to clean house. From all
indications, the new governor will not dsappont them.
1t is rather significant that all the boards of freeholders In the
state should be so anxious to retain the present highway board in
office. There has been pretty close cooperation between them and
there may be a reason for the freeholders desiring to see the
present board continued. But the incoming governor is no I'M
sophisticated schoolboy. He has been in the political game a long
time and knows a thing or two. 1t is apparent that he is going to
be Independent enough, too, to draw his own conclusions. More
power to him.
And the slam that Judge Silzer gives the boards of freeholders
in general in his letter to the Cumberland county board will strike
a responsive chord among the people. eff boards of freeholders
generally were more responsive to the will Of the people, he
says, esmore careful Of the expenditure of public moneys and more
open and public in their actions, a large part of our tax problem
would be eliminated and the taxpayers money would be saved"
Coming from such a source this certainly goes straight home.
Judge Silzer probably had in mind the star chamber sessions and
the cut and dried procedures of the Board Of ~Freeholders of his
home county when he wrote that, but he knows from his experience
in other counties as a judge on the circuit court bench, that free
holders elsewhere are little different. Truly, there is room for a
big reform in the handling of county affairs and it is up to the
~freeholders to clean house as well as for the governor to do so in
relation to the State Highway Commission.
Such a letter as the governor-elect has sent to the Cumber-I
land county ~freeholders ought to have a wholesome effect. 1t isl
noticed that the incoming administration is not to be trHed with
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-13
Logically Strongest Candidate

Jus; as it is the logic of the sit
uation that the Marion editor
should go before the country next
year as a presidential candidate so
logically he is the strongest OF most
formidable candidate for the Re-
publican nomination. His very posi-
ton makes him that. His is the
party leadership, no matter who
may inspire to it. His is the pres
tige of the high Office that in the
minds of many exalts whoever oc-
cupies it. His is the power that
wins support from those who court
or fear it. His has been the dis
pensing of the patronage that build
up the party and personal political
machinery that reaches into every
state and every district. Party
precedents would indicate his re-
nomination, for Republican Pres
idents almost without exception
have been renominated. Hayes wa
not nor was Arthur, a vice presl-
dent who succeeded to the presi-
dency
But while the odds are largely
and perhaps overwhelmingly in IA
yor of his denomination, Mr.. Hard
ing's closest friends would not a
It is a cinch hat he will be the
Republican standard bearer in
1924. This is an era of unrest and
uncertainty when ~precedents may
be shattered. There is Something
in the air" which the politicians
cannot fathom.
AS President, Mr.. Harding has
made friends, and he has made
enemies, and the man in the White
House always makes critics. He
has not been conservative enough
to satisfy all the reactionaries, and
he has not been sufficiently pro.
gressive to please all the radicals
His handling of the patronage
problem has left many practical
party leaders disgruntled and dis
couraged. He dealt with two great
labor controversies in q fashion
that did not endear him either to
labor or capital. His foreign policy
is praised by some and is anathe-
ma to others. BY not having nm
dertaken to make congress eat out
OF his hand, or lie down, roll over
and play dead at his command, he
mas made some critics. He would
nave made others had he ATTEMPTED
that very thing.
Not even his dearest enemy would
say that Mr.. Harding has made a
complete mess Of things, that the
country is going to the bowwows
under his administration, or that he
has as yet steered his party on the
rocks. On the other hand, the
friends who are fondest of him
would not contend that he has
proved to be the greatest President
since Lincoln or that the world
could not wag along without him
where he Is.
However, common fairness die
tates that 1t be said that he has
a record of positive accomplish
ments the recital of which MAJ be
left to his supporters when cam
patgn time rolls around, that he has
met difficult problems and situations
with intelligence, tact and an earn
est purpose to do what is right aud
best, and that through it all he has
kept his health, his equanimit ana
his n of humor. 1t is no digpar-
agement of the claims of others 10
say that as things stand Mr.. Hard
ing is very much a presidential
possibility for 1924.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-13

A. The acreage of Texas II 110A
173,440; that of England and Wales
1897, 479.
@. Was Trenton. N. j., ever con.
sidered for the seat Of the federa
s. NJ.
A. At n time it was proposed
that n should meet alternate
ly in Trenton and Annapolis. On
November /, 1884, congress met in
Trenton and an ordinance was
passed to lay out a federal city upon
either bank of the river and to pro.
vide suitable buildings at a cost OF
not over 100000. Congress ad-
journed to New York. where it met
the following January. and a the
autumn of 1885 the south defeated
the appropriation measure and thus
the plan died to make Trenton the
capital of the United States.
@. What was the date on which
roads?-S. X. p.
A. On December 26. 1917, Presi-
dent Wilson issued a proclamation,
1nder the powers granted him by
congress on August 20, 1915. taking
over for federal control all the large
railroads and many of the smaller
lines. Congress passed the federal
control act in March following.
@. What Is the shortest state con-
stitution Tx. K. K.
A. The original constitution adopt
ed in 1776 by New Hampshire is
probably the shortest document of
its kind. as it contained only 500
words in addition TO the preamble.
@. Does an American woman who
marries a Frenchman lose her citi-
zenshlp?-E. j.. w.
A. Congress passed a bill Septem-
Der %. 1922. providing that an
American woman who marries a
foreigner shall not lose her United
States citizenship.
@. Are there many seven-masted
schooners? What are the names OF
the masts? -S. C.
A. The Shipping Board says tina
as far as they know the "ThomaG
W. Lawson was the only even
masted schooner ever built. TIL
masts are as follows: Foremas;.
mainmast. mizzenmast, jigger,
spanker. driver and pusher.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-13

@. What is the average speed OF
airplane propellers ?-J. M. G..
A. 1t is customary to u airplane
nropellers at speeds varying from
400 to 1900 revolutions per min
ute. Higher and lower speeds rave
been used. but between the limits
mentioned, the greatest efficiency
may be expected.
@. How does the safety match dif-
fer from the ordinary match 9--H
f. F.
A. The composition Of the head
of an ordinary match consists OF
phosphorus and nitre, or phosphorus
sulphur and chlorate of potash,
mixed with melted gum or glue, n
colored with vermillion, lumber,
SCOT, or other coloring material. The
safety match differs from the or
binary match in having the phos-
phorus omitted from the compost
ton applied to the match stick and
combined, instead with sand to form
a friction surface or the match box,
where the matches, which usually
have chlorate Of potash in their
heads, are rubbed in order to be
lighted.
@. How much Of a navy did this
country have during the Revolu-
tionary war?-K. r. L.
A. In 1875 the navy had thirty
one cruisers mounting $50 guns and
no less than 1876 p%rivateers mount
ing 1850 guns had been fitted out.
The government wal vessels In serv-
ice during the Revolution numbered
sixty-four, carrying a total Of 1.242
guns.
O. How does the size OF Texas
compare with England and Wales?
r.