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The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04

cultural lands, grazing lands, miscel-
laneous land (agric), livestock,
waste lands, farm implements, ditch
es, equities in state lands, IA instru-
ments and tools, 1-3 household goods,
jewelry, etc., farm machinery, har-
nesses, robes and saddles, IA machine
furniture and fixtures.
2. LAUNDERING and Mining. Timber
land, cut-over land, timber separate
from land, lumber, logs and wood,
concentrators, smelters and quartz
mills, net profits of mines, IL instru-
ments and tools, 1-2 machine furnf-
ture and fixtures.
3. Urban Property: Business and
residence lots and improvements, mer-
chandise, Libraries, 2-3 household
goods, jewelry, ETC., IA istruments
and tools, bank stock, IA machine
furniture and fixtures. -.
4. Public Utilities: Railroads, tel
ephone and telegraph companies, e,-
ectric power and transmission COM
panies, private and sleeping car COM
panies, express companies.
5. Other: Other Real Property,
sugar factories, flour and grist mills,
condensaries, steamers and boats, nor
otherwise specified. miscellaneous.
The distribution of instruments
and TOOLS" household goods" ina
chine furniture and fixtures" among
the several classifications is arbitrary
but since these items are not large
and since the distribution is made
with an eye to actualities in the stu
alton, the percentage of error is Il.
worst a small one.
Regrouped on the above basis which
takes into consideration the econom-
ic activities of the state, we find that
for the purpose of the general prop
erty tax the various classes appear in
the amounts and proportions indicat-
ed.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04
CENTERVILLE

Wednesday, Mesdames Stella Stone,
and Bessie Dearborn visited with Mrs.
Peter Anderson of McDonaldville.
Miss Violet Raymond and Mr.. Ru-
dolph A. Tressel, both Of Centerville,
were united in marriage Wednesday,
April 25. The marriage took place in
Idaho Falls at the Court house. The
young couple will make their home
in Boise.
A few neighbors gathered together
at the Brigham Farnworth home On
Thursday evening and journeyed to
the Joe Tressel home and chivarried
the newlyweds. After treat of nuts,
candy and cigars and a few hours en- :
gagged in games and social chat, ev-
eryone left for their homes. We all
join in wishing them success and
happiness in thei rnew career.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo Farnsworth
spent Thursday visiting Mrs. Farms
worth's folks in Moreland.
Mr.. and Mrs Bert Stinnett visited
at the c. E. Haynes home Thursday.
Mr. Yorke Of West Moreland was an
over night guest at the C. E. Haynes
home Thursday.
Mrs. Augustine visited with Mrs.
Dearborn Friday afternoon,
Lee Roy Of Blackfoot was a week
end guest at the ]. w. Fay home.
Mrs. Handy and children of Black
foot were week end guests at the c.
I. Stone home.
A large number of Centerville peo-
pie attended church in Moreland on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. c. 1. Stone visited IN
Blackfoot with relatives Friday.
Miss Geraldine Dearborn went to
Riverside Friday, she being in the
girls base ball team of Moreland.
Fay and June Brown visited with
their grandmother, Mrs. j. w. Fay ON
Saturday. 81
Mrs. W. A. Brown called at the Or
son Manwarring home in Groveland
Saturday.
Mrs. E. S. Dearborn visited in More.
land Monday with friends.
Spring work is now on in full blass
on all the canals and laterals.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo Farnworth ana
Mrs. Gastin Garlic of Salt Lake VISIT
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04

Perhaps the most striking thing
about this table is the fact that the
general property tax constitutes, prac-
tically 81 percent of the total as ag-
ainst 3S percent in 1917. This is quite
in contrast, Of course, with the situa-
ton in the states as a whole, where,
as indicated above, this particular
source had decreased from SO percent
in 1917 to only 35 percent in 1921. +,
Since the general property tax is SO
in Idaho and appears to be
of increasing consequence as source
of state and local revenue, let us ex-
anime briefly the classes on which
this tax is levied. The Sixteenth b.
ennial report of the State Auditor,
(pages 108, 100 and 112-115) classifies
the property, real and personal in this
state. We may properly group the
minute subdivisions employed there
under five heads as follows
1. Farming and Livestock: Agri-
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04

equalled in value by urban property
and public utilities combined (44.3
percent). A word should be said
about lumber and mining. 1t must be
remembered that the general property
tax imposes a severer burden on tho
net profit Of mines, as such, than I,
does on a house and lot in town, let
us say. That is the net profit or
mines being computed in dollars and
cents is a definitely ascertainabie
amount. 1t can't be pared down in
house and lot may be and usually is
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the d.
rectors of the Elmwood Ditch Com
pany levied assessment No. 2 Of s1.2s
per share on the stock of said Cam
pany April 18th, 1928. Said assess
ment becomes delinquent June 18th,
1923, and if not paid on or before tina,
time will be advertised and sold.
due and payable to H. W. Vanderwooo,
Secretary and Treasurer.
M-4-11-18-25 il
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04

tutes a third of state expenditures;
in other states 35 percent. One reason
for this is, of course, the fact thar
there is no duplication in the degree
granting institutions Of higher learn
ing. The other items in the table arc
less important.
Again we ask, where does the money
come from? The following table
shows the principal sources state
revenue for all the states in the I'm
ion in 1921 and the percentage of the
total represented by each particular
source. The percentages or each
source are also given for 1917.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04

Thursday afternoon Mrs. Frank
Payne was hostess to the members OF
the Kia Ora Kensington. The subject
for study during the afternoon was
Booth Harrington, and Mrs. o. r.
Thurman gave review of his work
1.-THE Magnificent Ambersons," which
was followed by a round table dis
cussion. During the meeting it was
decided that the subject for study for
the next year will be "The WORLDS
Greatest Events" Following the busr-
ness meeting a social time was en-
joyed after which delicious refresh
ments were served, the hostess being
assisted by Mrs. Walker Davis ana
Miss Phronie Payne.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04
THOMAS

Sharp Parkin who has been in the
l.. D. S. hospital at Salt Lake City for
several months returned home the
latter part Of last week.
While starting fire in the heating
stove Tuesday afternoon, Lucille Pal
mer, the little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Palmer had the misfor-
tune of getting badly burned. The
flames caught her clothes, burning
her badly from her knees to her
waist DR.. Beck was called. After
being cared for she was taken to the
home Of her grandmother in Black
foot Mrs. H. Palmer. She is now re-
ported to be doing nicely.
The Misses Swan, Hall and Sutton,
spent the week end at the home of
Mrs. V. Holston at Pingree.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Sproul are the
proud and happy parents Of fine ba-
by girl born the first part of last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Broadhead enter
tanned the following people at their
home Wednesday evening: Mrs. OLAF
Larsen, Mrs Grace Holster, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. G. Christensen, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fl. G. Christensen and the Misses Car
rie Sutton, Marie Swan and Ora Hall.
Mrs William Thomas and Mrs. Ear,
Carter were visitors at the Wilson
school Monday.
Next Friday night, May 4th, the
Senior Mutual girls will give dance
1T the Thomas hall The ladies pay
or the tickets and it will also be Ia
lies choice at the dance.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04
IDAHO BAPTIST CONVENTION
OPENS NEXT TUESDAY

The fifteenth annual session of the
Idaho Baptist convention will be held
in the First Baptist church next week
commencing Tuesday, May and ends
Thursday evening. Addresses will be
York City; DR. C. r. Manley, Nellore,
India; Mrs. G.. r. Manley, Nellore, In
dia; and Rev. Clifford Cress, Execu-
tive Secretary of the Montana Baptist
Convention. The Annual sermon will
be given by Rev. w. H. Tolliver, Phi.
D., Twin Falls.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04

1t will be observed that while IN
1917 the general property tax COM
posed 53.1 percent of the total reve-
nue. of. all the states, in 1921 It had
fallen to 35 percent. Special property
taxes show a marked increase in i'm
portance during that interval And
the same is true of subventions and
grants-in-aid, etc. This last item
covers the extensive federal aid pro-
jets in the field Of public health, ROAD
construction, agricultural extension
and the like.
The next table shows in percent
ages the relative Importance Of each
of the several sources of revenue SO
far as Idaho is concerned. Again the
years 1917 and 1921 are used for pur-
moses of cOmDa risOn
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04

A two pound electric fan has been
developed for use in closed automo-
biles. 1t can be attached to the cell
ing or side of the car by adjusting
bracket and will blow in any direc-
ton desired. It will also find a place
in small-cabin boats or other close
quarters where low voltage fan can
be used, the motor being operated
from storage battery.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04

The ladies of the Current Event
club are to be congratulated upon the
success Of the sale Of tags on librarp
day which was last Saturday. Mr.. W.
w. Beck, who is the president Of the
organization announces that although
the money has not yet been turned IN
from one or two sources that the am
cunt will be about $4,000.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04

The farmer who for financial or
other reasons does not wish to install
an elaborate water system and who
has electric service on his farm will
be interested in an electric pump
jack, which will convert the ordinary
farm pump into an electric pump. A
push button switch starts and stops
the pump.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04
n Moreland Monday evening.

ed in Moreland Monday evening.
Mrs. j. w. Fay visited with Mrs. W.
A. Brown Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Tressel visited
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. E.
Haynes Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. M. T. Fay of Long Beach, CAL,
arrived in Blackfoot Tuesday to spend
a few days at the j. W. Fay home.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04

assessed at anywhere from 2-5 to 3-5
of it's true value.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04
1922 Valuations RegrOuped

1t will be observed that agriculture
represents less than half Of the total
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04

THE solution is not simple and n
will not be brought about by paying
large sums every two years TO pur
some one in or some one out of oS-
! flee, as the case may be. In my op-
inion it must be brought about by ed-
ucation, supplemented by system or
analysis and CONTROL
That pretty much takes care of the
general problem. About all we can do
is to paw over the details.
In the first place let US get a pic
ture of the actual situation. The fol-
lowing table gives. the distribution or
state and local taxes in Idaho for the
year 1927
Summary of State Taxation, 1921
State purposes ,933, 592.22
County purposes 1880, 202 .36
Current exp $2,308,4 10.14
Rds. & Brdg IL, 2O8, 463.36
Schools Gem 2,662,332.68
Miscel1. '............ 900 1868
City and village s,61S,77s.75
Schools Qndep. Rur.
H and Common 6,025 1891 .04
Highway and road
Districts 1,398,835.9S
Drainage and Irrig.
Districts 119,493.19
Grand Total ...........$21 ,176, POI "a
Now, this is a tremendous amour.
of money to raise by taxation out OF
the 41,000 people living within rhe
confines Of Idaho, but it will be OBJ
served that, as pointed out so often
during the past year the actual state
burden is relatively slight being less
than one-seventh of the total. The
county and local burden is over
the biggest item. In the
ast number Of the Bulletin we called |
attention to the difference in cost be-
,ween the County Of Milwaukee wis
,onsin) and the A counties of Idaho
n administering merely one phase Of
county activity,-the collection ana
Of public monies. Take an
,ther illustration: In 1921 we spent
or county salaries and wages alone,
i ,409,157. Consider just one county,
southern county. The people or
his county, according to the last
ensus number 7,548, the county con- s
aims TAO square miles, with one in b
city (the county seat) ssnd S
wo villages. The total assessed val I
alton Of this county in 1921 WEB {
3, 1900 Of which $3,0S1, 900, or near
7 .one-third, was represented by pub a
C utilities. The total tax levy for e
II purposes was $421,OOO or As per- t
emit on the property of the county. a
the total levy only 10 percent was il
by state taxes. t
The per capita cost of county gov a
'nment in Idaho is higher than in s
ny state in the Vast except Nevada. il
'e do not pretend to know much
,out the merits Of rural school con- il
but we are convinced or O
e desirability of movement look O
6 toward county consolidation. a
Although state levies do not con- Il
itute major share of the total, tt e
, none the less, important to know {
hat is done with the money. The Il
flowing table groups governmental S
'st payments of all the states and OF n
aho and indicates the percent that Iu
ch item bears to the total
vsu !, anfnI
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-05-04

We are devoting two numbers to
taxation is because of the apparent
general interest in the subject Our
readers will remember that we con-
fined the discussion in the last issue
to federal taxation This time we are
considering state taxation and expen
ditures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-19
MOTHERS
 INFAMOUS I| @< MEN
MOTHER OF SALMON P. CHASE

MOTHER OF SALMON F. CHASE
 A determination to give her chill dren the education she believed they should have was probably the strong est factor in the life of Jane Ralston Chase, and in consequence. of her son, Salmon P. Chase, who grew up to be- come powerful political figure and member of the justly famous Lin- ccln cabinet
 Of Scotch descent, with the racial tendency to worship education, Jane Chase found herself an impecunious widow with 10 children, when the future cabinet member was only g years old. She was grief stricke ken and worried, but she remained un- afraid, her determination unshaken. She was a wise and shrewd woman, and she realized what so many wom- en placed in similar positions, fail to realize-that, no matter how she felt or how hard she worked, she must not take it out" on her chil- dren if she wanted them to keep on caring for her. So she was always pleasant, even If it cost her a great effort. She was a friend to her el'f- in attitude as well as in deed. and there was always a great affection between her and them.
 Great hopes were hers for them all, but particularly for Salmon, who showed from the first that his was an unusual mentality. Together they struggled through the early years of his life, working and saving, until, young man, he was able triumph antly to enter Dartmouth college. He always said in later years that it was ms mothers untiring effort and great understanding that made his career an actuality for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-19
SOME GLIPMPSES INTO
 NEW YORK SHOPS

The shops are featuring the new shade of orchid and it's popularity is assured even now This shade of orchid has pinkish hue and has been named mountain haze. Then there is a deeper tone, and this is sponsored by-Paris, known as CO., rinthe. Both shades are being wide ly explointed in dress and access sories, ranging from sports wear to evening dress.
 Hat trimming is now case of as you like it. There Is a bewildering Is no rule and no set fashion. Some times trimmings are at the front, quite as often they are at the back, and either side of the hat may be chosen as the vantage point. Trim mings may be at the base or at the top of the crown, oftimes they are fastened on top of the brim and again they peep out from under the brim, and all are equally fashionable.
 In glancing over the displays of new umbrellas it is apparent that the leather carrying thongs or side | bracelet" Some of the high class novelties have no carrying loop at all. One of the newest models has ring attached which slips over the tips to prevent their catching in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-19
By DOROTHY DIX
all the wrongs that women com

Of all the wrongs that women com m,t this is their greatest crime:
 They could save the heartbreaking misery of unhappy marriages. They could make practically every mar riage q happy marriage, and they do not do it.
 This is the black sin for which they arc going to have to answer on the judgment day. And what are they going to plead in their own de- fense when the tears of multitudes of women, and the blasted lives of men; when the bleak hearthstones of homes where tho fire has gone out upon the altar; when hosts of half orphaned children who have known no home, and who are bitter and dis illusioned before their time, rise up to confront them, and say: This is your work. You could have saved all of this misery if you had not been too lazy and too selfish, and too cow ardly to do it."
 All of the other suffering and sor- row in the world Is as nothing com pared to the suffering and sorrow caused by unhappy marriages. Pow erty, toll, baked ambition, lack of success, the lack of appreciation of ones fellow creatures. are but pin- bricks of misfortune to the man and woman who know that there is one faithful soul to whom they can al- ways turn, and find love, and under standing, and sympathy, and whose homes are an enchanted land of peace ito which they pass, and shut the turbulent world away from them.
 And, on the other hand. so far as hf-fn npi h a tc concerned, fame, and wealth, and public adulation are a mockery to every man and woman chained to q wife or husband possessed of devils, whose homes are places of strife and discord and torment.
 Every human being knows this, and every thinking person realizes that 1t is the mothers who are re- sponsible for the unhappiness of most marriages. Perhaps the reason that so many men and women dislike their mother-in-l Jaw is because they see in her the villain who has wrought their ruin. She did not do 1t Intentionally, but the results are just the same as they would have been if she had been a malevolent creature who had matched a deep. dark pilot to bring down black misfortune on the head of some innocent child she had never seen.
 Mother began her nefarious work when her subject was in the cradle. She took her lovely little biue-e eyed girl baby and petted her, and spoiled her, and indulgel her every whim. She taught her 1 nat she could get aynthing she wanted by crying for it. She cultivated selfishness in her until she considered no one but herself She inculcated in her the belief that she was to get everything she could out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-19
Your Home and You
By HELEN KENDALL
THE SENSE OF HURRY


 I've got so much to do I don't know where to beginl,'
 Doesn't that sound familiar, you distracted homekeepers who have to get the children off to school, help care for sick neighbor. get three meals day, do some necessary shopping and get the house ready for your session of the bridge club? Don't you often clap both hands to your head and feel that you simply don't know which way to turn?
 Then let me tell you an experience of my own, which shows, l think, that this very sense of hurry and furry is the only thing that stands in the way of our doing all that we have to do, quietly, .serenely. ef- ficently. Our confusion of thought keeps our bodies as well as our minds going round in circles. Get rid of that, and everything gets it. self done in order and on time.
 On one occasion l had to do some eight or ten important things prior to leaving the city hastily, in an emergency. There was not time to do them all; l tried to decide which were the most essential. l was hot anu pItdiIlltSS anu DdHllHs. | Sttiiieu to get in my own way. l began one thing and dropped it to try to ac- complish something else. Finally saw that I wasn't getting anything done.
 I suddenly relaxed, became calm, and said to myself: Now I'm going to do these things one at a time, just as they come along, and do as many of them as I can. The others will just have to go-and 1 don't suppose the world will come to an end" began swiftly--on one thing then another; then another. And to my utter astonishment, I finished every single task, and made my train with ten or twelve minutes to spare!
 When your little world whirls about you, each task demanding inn mediate attention, stop short. Go quietly and-get drink of water anything to steady you moment. Then do, one at time. the absolute ly necessary things. forgetting the others temporarily. When your mind Is freed of hurry and worry, your hands work twice as swiftly and well. These are the whirlpools of a homemaker's life and unless you fix your eyes on the next thing to be done, you will be dragged in to the pool of nervous exhaustion. Keep going, but don't hurry!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-19
THE SEWING BASKET
BLOUSE OF PRINTED SILK.

IL takes the minimum amount Of goods, this blouse of printed silk. IL IS one of the best looking things of the season. It makes over your character from something which might have bordered upon the com monplace to something which is en- tirely distinctive in itself. It forms an excellent spot of waistcoat under your spring coat. It makes a cos tune with your suit skirt. In fact the advantages of this blouse of printed silk are so numerous that they cannot be calculated too closely or valued too highly. It pays to ex- pend great deal of money upon one Of them, for you are bound to gain from it so great an amount of satisfaction in relation to the modern styles that all the effort will be worth while.
 There are many printed silks upon the market. They are done in the brightest and the most retiring Of colors. There Is something that is surely suited to the demands of every individual taste. There Is something that will harmonize with your new suit beyond the shadow of a doubt And, if you are not lucky enough to find this just at first. why then you must be patient and tramp from store to store, for you arc sure to find 1t at one counter or another--just the thing of which you have been searching so violently,
 Black and white prints are lovely with black suits. Red and blue prints arc lovely with dark blue suits Green and yellow prints are beauti- full with dark green or light green suits, and so on it goes through all tho combinations of color which IL Is possible to accomplish,
 The point is to make blouse of this character in the most simple Of fashions with a straight up ano down look and pleasant arraage- ment of the full sleeves or some s!eevsl that are set in and attunsd to sxt the design of the rest of the biouA But the great idea is that tho HOuse shall be a printed thing with nothing to interrupt it's sWI colon and no trimming ta mar the effect of its own individual self