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, 1923-12-26

fact, IL looks as if almost
anything may happen-excepting al
ways the usual and expected.
But the fame of 1924 is secure, ever
II nothing out of the ordinary does
happen. 1t will so down to history as
the first yea since 1852 in which prac-
tically ull of the civilized world kept
the same time.
In short, 1924 sees abandonment of
the Julian calendar by the Eastern
Orthodox Christians and their adnI-
ton of the GregOrinn calendar. This
means that the whole civilized world,
with the exception of about eight mil
lion Uniates. is marching in step be-
hind old Father Time with his hour
glass and scythe.
How long this synchronism. coinci.
dence. simultaneousness. concurrence.
isochronism. Or whatever you prefer to
call II. may last nobody cnn tell.
There are half q dozen movements I'M
der way to tinker further with the
Gregorian calendar. Some one of
them is likely to produce an improved
calendar. Then part of the world will
adopt the improved calendar and tile
rest of the world will struggle along
behind as usual.
Yes; D takes quite a fall out OF
Caius lulu Caesar. though 1t has taken
nearly W thousand years to bring 1t
about. II was just about two thou
sand years & that the zero of .Veni.
vidi. vici." "Et tn Brute and .'Omnia
Gallia" became seriously annoyed over
the fact TINT the calenda. of Imperial
Rome and her worldwide dominions
was just ninety days ahead of the sun.
Joshua commanded the sun to stand
still. n II obeyed him. but Caesar
was altogether too clever to think he
could make II hustle. So he simply
gave out the word for the world 10
use the same date for ninety days and
let the sun catch up. Which the
world did and the sun did. Then
Caesar, to keep the sun right on It's
Job. proclaimed leap year and Febru.
nry % every once In -four years.
The old Roman calendar which
Caesar doctored up had 800 DAYS md
was supposed TO have bein established
by Romulus. the legendary founder and
first king Of Rome. And Cnesnr made
the mistake of not doing the Job him.
self. Instead. he turned II over to
Sosigenes Of Alexandria. n Greek rs
and mathematician. And
S%osigenes slightly bungled the lob. for
the sun and his calendar didn't exactly
jibe, and by 1852 the sun was ten days
ahead.
II was In that year that Ugo Buon.
, 1923-12-26
NEW YEARS v

My desk I have laid bare.
A full twoive-month has past
Since all tho litter thore
Was rummaged over last.
Some Blllets-dous from Kate,
Anc some from Jane. are here.
toss them In tho CRATE
Farewell. farewell. Old Yeari
And here's a siikcn glove.
And here's a faded rose.
The token of some love
That pleased me. I suppose.
, 1923-12-26
Five Dead In Fire

Houston. Texas.-Firemen working
through the ruins of The Capital hotel.
destroyed by fire discovered two more
bodies, bringing the total known dead
up to five.
, 1923-12-26
Dollar Sets Record

Paris. - Dollar exchange recently
reached the highest figure on recoid
here. The dollar was officially quotel
Mt 10 francs ~ confines. The previous
record was 10 francs % centlmes, on
November 10. last.
, 1923-12-26
OIL Barge Hits Steamer

Senttle.-An unidentified oil barge
collidcd with the steamer Astoria NJ
Smiths cove, according to n report
received In shipping circles here.
, 1923-12-26
By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

OU do not have TO be the
seventh son of u seventh
son to venture the mod
est prophecy that the year
A. d. 1924 Is quite likely
to be u rather stirring
and important year. In
, 1923-12-26

A ton of water contains 224 gallons.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-11-09

Good Gull apples have been obtain
able on the prairie lately at 25c to
35c per box.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-11-09
STANDARD TOO HIGH
Means Wants New Law to Re-
li6Ye Fruit Men.

Boise, Idaho. = Many fruit
growers are being faced with the
problem of losing their entire crops
this year because state standardi-
cation laws are too strict, Mark A.
Means, commissioner of agricul-
ture, said Monday.
Several cases have come to the
commissioners attention, and he
predicts that the Objectionable law
will be amended in the 1925
session of the Legislature. He will
attend mass meetings during the
winter in the fruit growing sections
of the state, to get the opinion of a
majority of the growers on the
subject.
In the commissioners opinion, It
is not right to tell grower that
because his fruit has a blemish or
infection greater than the law
allows, be cannot ship his fruit out
of the state when the product
would be perfectly all right for
cooking or canning. "Particularly
do | think this is true" he said,
"when the man has taken precau-
tion TO spray his fruit thoroughly
and then it is infected by cause
out of his control.
ri believe this state has made a
mistake in the past by not going in
for quantity production. We
should produce for all the markets
of the country instead of only for
the fancy trade. | do not mean
that we should try to produce in
ferior stuff, but there will always
be some of it, and i think it should
be permitted to 60 to the markets
of the country and be sold to the
people who want a product which
meets their pocketbook."
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-11-09
DAY
PROCLAMATION

Governor Q c. Moore has proclaim
cd Monday, November II, an Idaho
holiday, for observance of Armistice
day, Nov. IL, which falls on Sunday
this year. His proclamation follows:
November IL throughout the
world is now considered the day for
celebrating the close of the last great
war-which for time threatened to
punge civilization into archaic chaos
and utter ruin. The obs eryance Of
this day also brings to our minds the
sacrifices made for the preservation of
all we hold dear by the heroic men Of
America, many of whom gave the
las. full measure of devotion.
1T is in keeping with the spirit OF
loyal citizens in treasuriDg the mem
cries of the immortal deeds Of our
patriots to set aside one day IN order
TO impress our minds with the great
accomplishments of all who labored
to bring the recent conflict to
successful conclusion. This day
should be one of rejoicing for victory:
prayer for the boys who did not come
bick and thanks to Almighty God for
his many blessings.
''Sinee November II falls this year
On Sunday and since the national
American Legion has set Monday,
November IL. as the day for observ
ing Armistice day, deem it meet to
follow that example.
Now, therefore, [, c. c. Moore,
by virtue Of the authority vested in
Inc as governor. do hereby proclaim
November IL, 1923, a holiday in the
state OF Idaho, and do earnestly
recommend that all people by public
manifestation and gatherings do
unite 10 celebrating the finish Of the
last sangulne conflict and 10 paying
tribute to the defenders of the nation.
10 witness whereof, 1 have hereun-
to set my hand and caused to be
affixed the great seal Of the state OF
Idaho, at Boise, the capital, this
thirteenth day OF October, 10 the year
OF our Lord. one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-three
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-11-09
GAME WARDENS BUSY
Thomas Points to Increase In
Fines In September.

Boise, Idaho. Receipts OF the
Idaho fish and game department
from fines for the month of Sep
tember amounted to 1865, accord
ing to State Warden Dick Thomas.
This is an increase over the
receipts of September last year OF
SIo3.I5. This indicates, accord
ing to Mr.. Thomas, that the deputy
game wardens of the state, though
fewer in number, are exertlng
greater vigilance in their work and
that the actual protection OF fish
and game is the chief aim of the
entire force.
During September forty-two
arrests were made by the wardens
and the greater number of these
were for out of-season offenses
and for fishing without license.
Eight were arrested for hunting
out of season and nine for lacking
license to fish. Five were
arrested for shooting ducks before
sunrise and four for fishing within
900 feet of dam. There were four
offenders for fishing in closed
stream and two arrested for the
illegal possession of fish. Six
people contributed $3.50 for having
fish less than six inches long, and
one each were fined for seining,
snagging fish and fishing from
horseback.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-11-09
Idaho State News Items.

A great many Pine Creeb mines are
reopening.
Emmett shipped 1000 pounds OF
soft shelled almonds this year.
Idaho has the largest apple crop 70
its history this year.
= One hundred thirty convicts are
employed in the state prison shirt
factory at Boise.
Hunter mine near Mulam is pre-
pairing to resume production and will
employ l55 men.
Hepburn park, one OF the beauty
spots Of north Idaho> containing
$4,000 acres, is to be improved md
made into summer resort.
Arthur Ball Of Anmop, raised Is
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-11-09

tons OF beets to the acre yielding 5000
per acre. This was the twentieth
consecutive year that beets bad been
grown on this same land.
Three deaths resulted from diph-
liberia epidemic at Mackay, in south
ern Idaho, before the state medical
director wGs called on and checked
the scourge with serum.
Fred NJ. Seward was the last man
to be hanged at the Idaho peniten-
tiary. He paid the death penalty
May I, 1909, just about four months
after being received from Latah
county. He was found guilty of
numbering his sweetheart.
Entering a written plea Of guilty to
two counts 10 an Indictment charging
non payment Of income tax on a
motion picture theatre at st
Anthony, H. b Paul, now In Peoria,
ILL.,, was 1ned $3.50 on each count by
Judge f. S Dietrich at Pocatello.
Gasoline pumps generally over
Idaho are measuring from one 5alf
pint to one quart short, according TO
Joel Brown, state director Of weights
and measures. Mr.. Brown has just
returned from an Inspection trip over
southeastern Idaho.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-11-09
SPIRIT LAKE

The Altar society gave a bazaar
and dance to which over 100 tickets
were sold.
Jack Cowie received two broken
ribs in recent accident, the injury
combining him to his bed.
The high school gave Halloween
masquerade party.
T. J. Coleman. chief of police,
advertised stray black horse for sale
last Saturday.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-11-09

A New York despatch contains the
information that statement by the
New York Tribune shows that
between $500. 900, 900 and $3.50, 900,
600 has been lost by American
investors through the collapse of the
German mark. English investors
lost about $500, 600, 900, and other
countries a like amount, Germany
being the gamer to the extent of
about 81, 900, 900, 600.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-11-09
toward a new school house.

Ray Dryden's IL acre orchard pro-
duced 1921 boxes Of apples this year.
The East Greenacres Irrigation
district has completed laying nearly a
mile of concrete just below Rath
drum. The bottom and two sides are
concreted, and this stretch is across
the most serious leak in the system.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-11-09
The Miraculous Christmas Gift.

It's is very nice thing 10 make
gift that will please all the members
OF the family. A box Of candy viii
do that or crate uf fruit. But
usually some one 10 that family gets
the lions share. That is not possible
when the gift is subscription to The
Youths Companion. 1t Is like that
fabulous pitcher OF milk OF the
Greeks: though everyone drank deep
the pitcher remained full. Everyone
has lions share 10 the good things
iof The Companion; everyone skins
his own cream. Yet there is the very
choicest cream left for the next
conner. What better Christmas
present can you make than perioui-
cal with such fabulous powers Of
dividing it's pleasure among dozen
aod ret Keeping it all intact.
The SO issues Of 1924 Will be crowd
ed With serial stories, short stories,
editorials, poetry. facts aud fun.
Subscribe now and receive:
I. The Youths Companion-52 issues
10 1924.
2. All the remainlng issues OF 1929.
3. The Companion Home Calendar for
1924.
All for 81 so.
1. Orinclude McCalrs Magazine. the
monthly authority on fashions.
Both publications, 0nly $500.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION.
Commonwealth Ave. 81 ST. Paul ST.,
Boston, Mass.
.Ne1U subscriptions received at
this office.
IL.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-11-09
CEUR D'ALENE

The cannery is having difficulty
getting 500 tons Of Gull or orchard
run apples at Sc to 50 SO per ton de-
livered to complete its orders.
Helen Bloomster, age 10, died at
her home at Dalton Gardens Nov.
after taking capsule OF strychnine.'
She bad been in i'll health. The
coroner pronounced the case one Of
suicide.
The celebration Of Armistice day
has been changed to Monday, Nov.
~, to conform with the governors
proclamation.
The Hayden Lake apple growers
put on "Wagener Day" sale to raise
money to complete their packing
plant.
Jonas Olsen, 10, recently Of Post
Falls, died at the Occur d'Alene
Homes TO which he retired three
months ago. .
Miles F. Egbers was appointed ad
mlnisLrator Of the estate of John F..
Tolford in probate court Monday
morniDg.
Andrew Berg, farmer near Post
Falls, has filed petition in bankruptcy,
and the matter was referred TO James
L. McClear, referee in bankruptcy.
In his schedules, Berg shows liabli-
ties of 1854 and assets of about
$3.50.
G. G. Walk filed a complaint in the
district court Monday against Chris
Kettleson, allepiog $556 due him On
account, when Kettleson took over
the Walk sawmill at Hauser lake,
which they bad operated as partner
ship prior to that.
Roy Howard was arrested at Post
Falls Sunday by Deputy SherlH Ed
Fitzgerald on bench warrant issued
by. the district court. 1t is alleged
Howard jumped a $500 bond put up
several years ago on a liquor violation
charge.
w. W. Wech was fined $25 and
costs in probate court on drunken
ness charges. Fred Elkhorn was flned
$50 for driving motor vehicle while
under the influence Of Intoxicating
liuuor. Peter Larsen was fined SIS
10 police court on charge of drunk
enness.
William Howell was arrested last
Saturday at Rathdrum by Deputy
Sheriff Julius Johnson, charged with
selling Intoxicating liquor. He was
given hearing "Wednesday before U
S. Commissioner L. M. Larson, and
was bound over to the federal court.
Bond was placed at $3.50 which was
furnished.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-11-09
NOVEMBER
BY A. d. BURKETr

November-month of the falling leaf,
Month whose emblem is pail and sheaf;
Over the grave of the flowers is spread
Coverlet rich as on Croesus bed
Made of pieces of rainbow scraps;
And over them winds play softly, taps.
Month for picking the winter apples,
While requiem sounds through the forest
chapels
Month when the children all come home
From distant places whittier they roam.
Month Of the tears of autumn rain,
When the year looking backward, looks in
vain.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-11-09
NEW MOTOR Law
Registration Begins Dec. IT,
License Schedule.

Boise, Idaho.-Issuance Of 1924
Idaho automobile and truck regis
tration plates will begin December
lit was announced by F. A. Jeter,
secretary OF state.
1.-The law says all motor vehiclts
must be registered before January
=" said Mr.. jeter.
Passenger cars, trucks and trail
ers will be registered on a new
basis next year and the fees are
different, in accordance with the
provisions Of law passed by the
1923 legislature. The 1924 plates
have black letters and figures on
lemon colored background. The
first SO, 900 will be for passenger
vehicles and the state has an
option on an additional 10, 600
plates for this class. Truck regis
tration plates will be designated
with a 1T" in addition 10 the
number. Trailers weighing more
than 400 pounds must be register
ed and these plates will be marked
with IT r."
Following is list of fees for
various weights of passenger
carrying vehicles:
1000 pounds or less ----- SIS. 90
1000 to 5000 pounds ------- 20. 90
5000 to 1000 pounds 5000
1000 to 1900 pounds - 1000
1900 to 5000 pounds------- $500
5000 to 6ooo pounds ----- $500
All over 5000 pounds - 90.
Truck license fees are based on
the manufacturers rated capacity
of the car, and vary from $22. so
for a truck OF one ton or less TO
$IIo for a truck whose capacity
does not exceed five tons. These
fees are for vehicles equipped with
pneumatic tires.
For trucks equipped with two or
more solid rubber tires the fees
vary from $50 for ton or less
capacity truck to $40 for ono
whose capacity does not exceed
FIVE tons.
Trucks of more than two tors
capacity may not operate on steel
or other hard tires, and the fee for
two ton truck so equipped is
$Ioo.
Trailers equipped with pneu-
matte tires are licensed at rates
varying from SIS for one ton or
less to SIS for FIVE tons capacity.
There is an increased rate If the
trailer has two or more solid
rubber tires. The limitation on
trucks equipped with steel or
other hard tires applies to trailcrs.
Idaho's two cent tax on gasoline
has netted the highway fund S274r-
425 in the six months period ended
October I, Mr.. Jeter said.
This is an average Of more than
$40, 900 month, SO that in twp
years, officials estimate, the state
will receive approximately 81 ooo,-
900 from this source for highway
work. Officials believe that the
average monthly income will not
be reduced thru the winter. They
say that the number of cars "put
up for the winter in the rural
parts of the state will be compen-
satcd for by the increased use OF
cars in cities during bad weather.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-11-09

The consumption Of butter 10 the
United States has increased lo0, ,0oo.-
900 pounds In IL months.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-11-09

School children 10 various parts OF
the county are gathering old clothes
for the Near East relief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-31

Mrs. Herbert FIedderjohn. 1888 ". Thirty
Second St.: John E Stephenson, 1850 Gull
ford Ave; Mrs. Fount Smith. q n. oxtorG
Ave: Miss Ruby Lee 4026 Graceland A.
George Woods, the Public Library, N
Scott and Mrs. Anders. library story telle
Miss Frances Cole. zee Highland Ave. Mr.
Horace Mitchell 2048 N. New Jersey ST
the Furnace Ice Cream Company: Mrs,
Frederick NJ Ayree. 1904 N. Delaware ST.
Through the Church Federation of
indianapolis, arrangements were made
during the period of the mission work
for Sunday school services, one In
July and four in August.
The services were under the aus
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-31
ANII-KLAN FIGHT
in NEW JERSEY
LASTSALL NIGHT
Crowd Storms Meeting Place
Police Use Tear Bombs
and Fire Hose,

BIZ United Press
PERTH AMBOY. N. J.. Aug. 81
The last of a large crowd of Ku-Klux
K1ansmen who were attacked while
in session in hall here last night
escaped from the building at o'clock
this morning when police were able
to spirit them away in patrol wag-
ons
The fighting continued during the
entire night. Several men were in
jured in the battle. Three were ar
rested for carrying concealed wea-
pons. Scores were beaten up.
Reserves Called
Members of the Ku-Klux Khan gath
cred in the hall for a meeting early
last evening. A few minutes later
a mob began assembling outside the
building. Leaders harangued the
crowd, urging it to storm the hall
and seize the Klansmen. Police re.
serves were called. They formed a
Gordon and tried to dispense the
throng.
Night sticks. tear gas bombs. fire
men shooting high pressure streams
water into the mob did not stop
< In its attempt to get into the hall
where the 200 Klansmen, clad in full
regalia, were holding their meeting.
Tear Bombs Used
The all-night seige ended at a.
m. when the attacking forces thinned
out. and. with the aid of policemen,
firemen and State constabulary, the
Kansmen were removed in safety
During the rloting policemen fired
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-31

Santa usually doesn't leave his
North Pole headquarters in the sum-
mer time, but scores of persons living
in Indianapolis and Indiana as we'll
as other States, in contributing toys
to the children in the Summer Mis-
sion conducted at Fairview Park have
played Santa's part well to make the
path easier for these Riddles, report
today showed.
The camp, under the auspices OF
the Family Welfare Society and the
Marion County tuberculosis Associa
ton has just closed after a success
full season.
Mrs. Vivian H. Greene. director oil
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-31

into the air and felled mob leaders
with night sticks. The line frequently
retreated to care for the injured and
then came back in full force.
Tear bombs halted the onslaught
foI a time, but as soon as the supply
of gas bombs was exhausted the
crowd drove onward again. Firemen's
hose was chopped with axes and
hatchets. Automobiles in which
Klansmen tried to flee were seized
and tipped over. Bricks were the
chief ammunition of the attacking
squad.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-31
Santa's Role Is Played
Well for Riddles Camp

the children's bureau of the Family
Society, said that the announcements
in The Times asking for toys, books
and games for the children at the Sum
mer Mission brought plentiful sup
ply.
Among those who gave services or
materials were:
Mrs Edward Franklin White, 1922 E
Michigan ST. Judge Delbcrt o Wilmeth
Miss Florence whitman. $40 N Tibbs Ave.
Mrs. Glenn Kerr, Dayton Ohio: Service Club
Mrs Beach of the Spink-Arms Book Shop
the Irvington Methodist Church, Mrs. Al
fred Henry 494e N. Illinois ST.. Mrs. Davic
Kahn. 1904 N. Pennsylvania St, Apt. 4
Mrs. Mrs. D. s. Barnaby, eli ". Berkeley I'd.
Indiana News Company. ITO N Senate Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-31

ices of the Indianapolis District Ep-
orth League, Miss Wilma Kelley
st vice president. Leagues par
cipating: Irvington Epworth League,
arfield Epworth League, Edwin Ray
:pworth League, Capitol Avenue Ep-
crth League and the East Tenth Ep-
orth League.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-31
Clothing Stolen; SI66 Loss

Henry Padgett, 1926 N. Illinois St.
reported clothing valued at $3.50 sto-
len from his room. Miller Gamble,
another roomer, told the same officers
that a suit valued at $50 and two
rair of trousers was taken from him.
Mrs. Clara Navin, who owns the
house. says she saw a man leaVlne
tho house with a suit case.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-31

Coroner Paul F. Robinson is in
vestigating the accident which caused
Rommell's death. A piece Of concrete
fell on his head at the municipal sew
age disposal plant, where he was
superintendent of construction.
Mrs. Rommell is visiting in the
West. Parents and two brothers re-
side in Wilmington, Del.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-31
BODY AWAITS RELATIVES

Construction Superintendent Dies
After Accident.
Disposition of the body of William
G.. RommeIl, AZ, Of 553 N. Dearborn
ST., who died in city hospital Thurs
day, today awaited word from rela-
lives