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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23

from a visit with friends and rela
tives In San Francisco and othe
coast points.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McCurdy re
turned from Omaha, Nebr last week
Mrs. John Bellamy returned thi,
week from Twin Falls, where sh,
has been visiting her son, Alber
Bellamy.
All lines of insurance written and
given my personal attention. J. H
Early. adv 18ti
Mrs. Ernest Jackson and sons are
visiting Mrs. Jackson's brother, AL
bert Bellamy at Twin Falls this week
Harry Heisler, who is working at
Henry, was in town this week visit
ing with his wife.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23
HEGSTEAD-JOHNSON

Miss Christine Hegstead Of Mos
cow, Idaho, and Reuben Johnson OF
Blackfoot were united in marriage at
Pocatello on Saturday, August IL.
The bride is a stranger here and
the groom has been in charge of the
state farm at Blackfoot for the past
two years. They are living tempo
rarily at the ColOra apartments, and
will live at the farmers cottage
north of the superintendent resi-
dence at the state farm after about
the fifteenth of September.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23
DR.. E. c. Bernhisel
DENTIST
Office Phone So Res. 4S5
R1ackfoot Idaho
Res. 4S5
Office Phone SO
Blackfoot, Idaho

! Mrs. o. R. Mass returned Saturday
| from Butte, where she had been
visiting her people.
| Mrs. Franklin Martin and daugh-
| ter returned to their home at Boise
Monday.
Parker's Magic Discovery given in
drinking water rids fowls of lice and
mites. Ask your dealer, he has it.
adv. 31-32-33-34p
Superintendent r. A. Pearce, of
the Montana division of the Short
Line visited at Blackfoot on We'd
nesday afternoon, and said that
President Carl r. Gray of the Union
Pacific is now taking a rest at his
summer home in Maine and when he
returns next month it is expected
that the colonization plans will be
developed and they hope to turn
some good farmers this way.
The Misses Lucille Packer and
Florence O'Neil of Idaho Falls spent
few days this week visiting Miss
Gertrude Rohrbough.
All lines of insurance written and
given my personal attention. ]. H.
Early. adv Is tt
DR.. A. H. Mines of Downey, Idaho
was in town Monday renewing his
acquaintance with old friends. He
is veterinarian and lived at Black
foot for good many years.
The Methodist conference will
open this year at Baker, Ore, on
September 5.
Judge R. w. Adair went to Arco
Wednesday to hold court.
WANTED-Clean cotton rags cents
pound. Idaho Republican.
Mrs. Margaret Ward and daughter
Marjorie are back from trip thru
the park.
Miss Dorothy Birmingham has re-
turned from three month vacation
with her sister, Mrs. Milford Bing
ham in Ogden, Utah.
The pearly gates are just around
the corner. You may save too early
opening of them for you II you have
your brakes refined. Highway
Garage. adv. 1896
Miss Grace Anderson of Pocatello
visited the weekend with Miss
Lillian Christensen
The death of Marie Cooper. the
two-year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Cooper, occurred at
Wapello on Sunday, Aug. 10. Funeral
services were held on Tuesday after
noon, and burial made at the Grove
City cemetery.
DR.. Hoge and family are spending
the week at Bear Lake.
The finest candies to be had-Lig-
sett's and Mcdonald 's-Palace Drug.
adv
o. H. Reddish and wife are back
rom visit at Boise.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Johnson have!
gone to Oroville, Calf, for the open
ng of the new Golden Rule store
here on Saturday.
Mrs. James Ryan visited Professor
Vincent and family last week at ST.
Anthony.
Complete assortment of maya
ines. The Rexall Store. adv.
Mrs. Percy Jones is back from
wo weeks visit with her sister, Miss
cora Southworth at Portland. Mrs.
ones stopped at Baker, Ore, on her
vay home to visit with Mr.. and Mrs
!. B. Brokaw.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23

An oyster can lay 60,000O00 eggs.
-Four generations, but for the work Of
enemies, would produce pile Of shells
sufficient to outweigh our globe. Even
In the case Of such slow breeding
animal as the elephant, pair Of
which will have single young one
about once In ten years, the figures are
amazing. In $50 years, Darwin calcu-
lated, the descendants of one pair Of
elephants might number 100000.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23
Flower Petals Form Dove.

There is a peculiar flower growing
In Central America which bears in the
center of the petals snow-white I'M
age Of a dove. The Spaniards, upon
discovering this peculiar blossom,
called 1t the Holy Ghost flower, and
soon created a tradition according to
which it came down from heaven.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23
Mo- poubt About tho Empha.Is.

Reporter-"What shall ! say about
old Brown, the candidate you sent me
to interview? He kicked me down the
stairs" Editor-"Oh, just say that he
declined with much emphasis to ex-
press any opinion whatever. "-Toronto
Telegram.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23

and Mrs. Wallace Hale and DR.. and
Mrs. Joseph Hughes of Spanish Fork
visited the first of the week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Barclay at Black.
foot and left for the Utah-Idaho
convention of Kiwanis clubs at Twin
Falls which opened Thursday.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Four lots,
with a Groom house, barn, coal
house, chicken coop and chicken run,
at $40 North Shilling. Priced very
reasonable and will sell on easy pay
ments; will take a light car as part
payment. Ira Lee, Three-A Garage.
adv. 31tf
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23

FOR SALE-Thirty inches Of water
in Peoples Canal at $40 an inch
Phone Sc, Roger Miller.
adv. 32-33-34p
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23

FOR SALE CHEAP-One No. 15 De-
Laval separator as good as new.
r. D. Siesser, Taber, dIaho.
adv. 31-32-33-34-35c
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23
CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISING
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Cheap used Ford in
good condition, self starter. Mrs.
Hazel Osborne, Riverside. adv 1890
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23

FOR SALE+1922 Ford coupe. Call
VIM. Carder, Eccles Hotel. adv34p
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23

FOR SALE+One three ton White
truck in good shape, all complete.
Phone 1921, B. H. Dolbeer, Idaho
Falls. adv. 34p
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23

FOR RENT-George Scrivner's 40
acres irrigated land, two miles
from Blackfoot on west side of river.
See Hamilton Wright. adv. 33tf1
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23

FOR SALE -CHEAP-A Gearhart
knitting machine. No. 1876 North
Ash St., Blackfoot. adv. ZAP
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McCurdy
spent few days last week fishing in
tho Mo oEou oAnnfru
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23

DOG FOUND-Someb who lost a
hunting dog, white with black
marks, should ring c C. Sjostrom,
Blackfoot, phone 415J1. adv. "a
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-23

LOST-Tail light and license plate,
No. 22830. Leave at this office or
notify D. G, Johnson and receive pay.
adv. 33-34p
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-12-21

%! Florists, milliners, and incubator
| men have to keep close track of Easter
year by year, as do those merchants
whose trade is affected by the 40 days
Of Lent. And ii makes a difference
to countless thousands on what day OF
the week the Fourth of July falls
Then the League of Nations has ap-
pointed special committee Of in
qu'ry to consider questions of reform
relating to the calendar. Willis II.
Booth. secretary of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, has accepted
an invitation to serve on this commit
tee. This committee will have as
chairman a noted French astronomer
and other members will be appointed
by the Archbishop Of Canterbury. the
Holy See and the Ecumenical Patri-
arch
What reforms will be recommended
by this committee can only be guessed.
1t is known. however, that for both
commercial and ecclesiastical reasons
the suggestion has been made that
Easter be made fixed Instead Of a
iuoNuDle noIluhy.
This committee will also, 1t is re-
ported. consider radical plan of re-
form which is understood to have been
devised In the United States. This
plan divides the year into thirteen
months of four weeks each, with one
extra Saturday or Sunday added at the
md of the year. This would cause
fixed holidays to fall on the same day
of the week year after year.
Julius Caesar, dead and turned to
clay, may be stopping hole to keep
the wind away. Pope Gregory XIII
ago. Besides the world has changed
somewhat since their day. There will
be no reform of the Gregorian calendar
by decree. The change. if there is one,
must come about through public
opinion.
Tinkerlpg with the calendar has been
well-known and justly popular sport
ever since the dawn Of civilization.
The savage. when he saw the days
lengthen and the sun grow warmer
after hard winter knew that the re-
current miracle Of the spring was at
hand He rejoiced-ani let 1t go at
that.
But in Egypt. when civilization
dawned so many years ago that to fix
the date is largely guesswork, the cal
endar soon took promipent place in
the business of getting daily bread.
Egypt was peculiarly interested In the
bread question because in ancient times
1t fed the world and for that reason
was Mistress of the World. Every
hour of every day had to be utilized
in the growing of crops on the fertile
lands irrigated by the annual inunda-
tion of the Nile. Therefore the spring
time planting had to he on schedule
time. So the wise men of the day irst
planted pole and measured the length
of its shadow when the sun crossed
the meridian. And out Of those first
poles grew the building of the pyra-
mids. each an Improvement over the
last in accuracy as sun dial-k 600
years ago.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-12-21
Forqes Ahead in Automobile Taxes.

The auto license department of the
Secretary of State has collected more
license and gas taxes in the first five
months of the fiscal year begun on
July first last than was collected dur
ing the entire twelve months previous.
according to a statement by Secretary
of State W n Everett.
Since the influx of license and gas
taxes began last July there has been
very little let-up said the Secretary
and a large force has been employed
in handling this matter alone. Five
and a quarter millions have been col
lescted since July first as compared
with four and a quarter millions dur
ing the entire twelve months period
preceding that date.
Mr. Everett had estimated that
seven millions would be paid into the
State Treasury as a result of the ii
cense and gas taxes and in his state
ment he re-asserted his belief that
this mark would be reached.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-12-21
MRS. VANDERBILT TO
HEAD NEXT FAIR
OPPOSITION TO THE LADY OF
sILTMoRE's POLICIES UN-
AvAllING.
CARR WANTED A PLATFORM
Governor Morrison Leads the Wander
biIt Forces at Agricultural Society
Meet.

Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt was reelected
president of the state afr for a fourth
term at the annual meeting of the
North Carolina Agricultural society.
Her election was without opposition,
but there developed disturbing ele-
ments that threatened for a time to
make the journey of the presidential
bark rough one.
Word had gone out that Mrs. Van
derbilt would be seriously opposed by
a faction of the society which pro-
posed nominating Captain W. NJ.
Saunders, of Smithfield. 1t developed
as the clouds grew lower over the
meeting. however, that the opposition
wasn't to Mrs. Vanderbilt but to poll
cies which were threatened. And, fin
ally, it turned out that even the poll
cies, matters at issue" as they were
called, were concurrend in by the op-
posing factions and that the real diff
ficulty precipitating the excitement
was the manner of settling these
matters at issue" in connection with
the presidential election.
ters at issue" which proved to be a
resolution putting the society on
record as opposed to the removal of
the fair ground or the opening OF a
street through the property, had been
agreed upon by those certered on the
reelection of Mrs Vanderbilt and by
those determined upon the tissue"
IL
ficers came up, those determined upon
the issue demanded the adoption of
the resolution before the election and
the commitment OF the president to
them.
I'VE must build platform and put
Julian S. Carr, leader of the "insur-
gents.' who demanded the introduc-
ton OF the resolution first.
I'VE don't need a platform to run
the fair on and I am satisfied the per
son we are going to nominate is CO.
ing to run the fair in good faith and
with respect to the society'e wishes it
she is elected" replied Governor Nor
rison. leader of the Vanderbilt forces.
who gained the floor to call General
Carr out Of order.
THAT gentleman ought to be the
last to talk about electing officers
before adopting a platform" CALI d
out Gen. Carr, pointing to the COVER
nor and referring to his experience in
political conventions. call for d
vote, and if there are more hand
clappers than julie Carr men, then I'm
licked"
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-12-21

calculated that the earth revolves
about the sun in 26 seconds less than
the meGsIr, in the Gregorian calendar.
This would put the calendar out OF
step with the sun one day in every
three thousand years. 81 the congress
insists that there must ne no February
20 when the year 200O comes around.
Archbishop Vasilios. metropolitan OF
Methymaia, who recently called on
President Coolidge, is a Greek church,
man type.
Everybody out of step except IA
ther," say the Ruthenian Catholics.
known in Europe as the Uniates. 1t
appears that these people of the Rus
sian Ukraine and adjacent Ruthenia
do not love their neighbors and do not
take kindly to their religions so they
object to celebrating the feast days OF
their church Simultaneous! with these
same neighbors. There are some eight
millions Of these Uniates. 1t Is esti-
mated, including half million in the
United States.
With the omission of February %
In the wear 1000. the Gregorian cal
endar may keep good time. for all the
average man knows-or indeed any,
body but the astronomers and nth
degree mathematicIans. But the aver
age man knows that the calendar could
be made more convenient. There's
Easter. for example, coming around
any time between March % and April
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-12-21

until 100. Popular opinion in Eng
land prevented its adoption there until
1852, by act Of English parliament.
The American colonies, of course, set
their calendars ahead at the same time.
All of the original thirteen had been
established. This was eight years before
the conquest OF Canada by the British
was already in the air and George
Washington had been commanded by
Governor Dinwidde of Virginia to go
to the Ohio valley and order out the
French pioneers. George was only
twenty years Of age, so he promptly
changed his birthday from February
IL to February %. This afterdatlng
of ones birth was, however, forbidden
in England by law prescribing that
all births and deaths pr.or to Septem-
her 2. 1852, should be dated accord
ing to the Julian calendar. But the
practical effect was-anl is-that for
nearly fortnight there is hiatus in
history.
Between George Washington's time
and the World war only two countries
of Importance adopted the reformed
calendar. Japan and China, the latter
changing over from its lunar calendar
Of 354 Gays in 1911. upon the organiza-
tion Of the republic. Incidentally. the
Gregorian year of 1924 corresponds
with the year 1854 of the Japanese era
and with the year 1921 OF the Chinese
era. Turkey adopted the New Style"
in 1917 The Soviet government in
Russia soon followed and Rumania
made the change in 1919.
But the Balkans have proved hard
nut to crack. 1t took gathering of
the Eastern Orthodox Christians from
all over eastern Europe last spring in
Pan Orthodox congress to bring
about the change. These Eastern
Orthodox Christians form what is often
called the Greek church. They them
selves use the name Holy Oriental
Orthodox Catholic Apostolic church" :"
Its members number about 10000. 600
They do not acknowledge the su-
premacy of the pope. The split be-
tween the Latin and Greek churches
occurred at the division of the Roman
empire.
And even then the Eastern Orthodox
Christians accepted the Gregorian cal
endar with reservations" Professor
Trpkovic. a Serbian astronomer. has
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-12-21
Farmers Make Hioh Averale.

Twenty per cent of the farmers OF
the state this season averaged one
bale to the planted acre of cotton ac-
cording to a statement issued here
by Frank Parker, agricultural stats
tician for the state In comm enting
on this report Mr. Parker said that 1t
was a remarkable record and one
which had been possible only because
of unusually favorable conditions and
care.
The cotton crop in North Carolina
as of December first was more than
nearly completely ginned than in any
previous season. accord ng to the re
port. 1t also was the cleanest picked
and graded in the history of the state.
and second, if not the best, in yield
per acre.
This season. according to Mr., Par
ker, was the first time that the crop
on this date had been practically en-
tirely picked With the value of the
lint and seed placed at SITS 900, 900
the crop for the first time took sec
ond rank among the cotton states in
crop value. Texas, an empire in it
self, being the only state to lead North
Carolina.
Mr.. Parker attributed the success
this season to unusually favorable
weather conditions and the fact that
the weevil was ineffective in most
sections. The fact that the earliest
large setting of boil took place in
1928 also aided. The cotton leaf
worms, which usually may hurt the
crop, arrived in September. but the
crop was in good condition so that
when the worms stripped the plants
of foliage the only affect it had was
to acuse the bolls to grow the larger
and the faster. The usage OF fertiliz-
ers was approximately 462 pounds to
the acre cultivated. In the northern
belt the acreage devoted to cotton
was increased over last year.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-12-21
Governor Pardons Man.

The first full pardon grated by Gov.
ernor Morrison recently went to
Buck Griffin, of Davie county who was
convicted in March, 1921, Of burning
a tobacco barn and sentenced to not
less than seven years and six months
in the State Prison.
The prosecuting witness whose
barn was burned. according to the
statement in the Governors reasons
for the pardon. has become doubtful
of the prisoners guilt. ]. ]. Hays.
solicitor, and Judge P. A McElroy,
who tried the case. recommended the
pardon.
At the same time, Goevrnor Morri.
son commuted to fine the prison
sentence imposed on William U. Has.
ty, of Randolph county, convicted in
April, 1923 Hasty was sentenced to
twelve months on the roads of Cabar-
rus county for assault Because of
serious impairment of the prisoners
health, Judge j. L. Webb and Solicitor
z. V. Long join in the recommends
tion for clemency.
Under terms of the Governors COM
mutation, the prisoner must pay TIN:
prosecuting witness assaulted $500.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-12-21
Five Hundred Find Jobs.

Five hundred and thirteen men and
women found Jobs through the State
employment service during the past
week according to the weekly state
ment issued by NJ L. Shipma1. direc-
tor Registrations numbered 625. re-
quests for help 653 and 579 were re-
fererd to jobs. Wilmington continues
to lead the State in reported place
ments with total of 1853. Other Of
fices report: Asheville. 81; Charlotte,
101; Greensboro. 37s Raleigh, 81; and
Winston-Salem, 68.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-12-21
o3 Whiskey Plants Seized.

Salisbury (SpeciaD - Ninety-three
moonshine whiskey manufacturing
plants were captured and 2.5O3 gallons
of whiskey poured out during the
month of November by Federal pro-
hibition agents operating in North
Carolina. according to A. B. Coltrane.
state enforcement officer with head.
quarters here.
In addition to the stills and whiskey
107,345 gallons of malt liquors, $3.50
gallons of wine and esS gallons Of
mash were destroyed during the
month.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-12-21

fact, II looks as II almost
anything may happen-excepting al
ways the usual and expected.
But the fame of 1924 is secure, even
If nothing out of the ordinary does
the first year since 1882 in which prac-
tically all of the civilized world kept
the same time.
In short. 1924 sees abandonment of
the Julian calendar by the Eastern
Orthodox Christians and their adop-
tion of the Gregorian calendar. This
means that the whole civilized world,
with the exception of about eight mil
lion Cnlates, is marching in step be-
hind old Father Time with his hour
glass and scythe.
How long this Synchronism, coinci-
denoe. simutaneousness, concurrence,
isuchronism. or whatever you prefer 10
call it. may last nobody can tell.
There are half dozen movements un-
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 the
rest of the world will straggle along
behind as usual
Yes; 1924 takes quite q fall out of
Caius Julius Caesar, though it has taken
nearly two thousand years to bring 1t
about. 1t was just about two thou
sand years ago that the hero OF "Veni,
yi y,in al
Gallia" became seriously annoyed over
the fact that the calendar of Imperial
Rome and her worldwide dominions
was just ninety days ahead of the sun.
Joshua commanded the sun to stand
still, and 1t obeyed him, but Caesar
was altogether too clever to think he
could make 1t hustle. So he simply
gave out the word for the world to
use the same date for nirety days and
let the sun catch up. Which the
world did and the sun did. Then
Caesar, to keep the sun right on Its
job, proclaimed leap year and Febru-
ary 90 every once in four years.
The old Roman calendar which
Caesar doctored up had 365 days and
was supposed to have betn established
by Romulus, the legendary founder and
first king of Rome. Ami Caesar made
the mistake of not doing the job him
self. Instead, he turned 1t over to
Sosgenes of Alexandria, q Greek, as
tronomer and mathematician. And
Sosigenes slightly bungled the job, for
the sun and his calendar didn't exactly
jibe, and by 1882 the sun was ten days
ahead.
1t was In that year that Ugo Buon-
compagno, known to fame as Pope
Gregory NH. took the Julian calen-
dar In hand for another doctoring.
And Pope Gregory did not do. the Job
himself. either, He set to work Luigi
Lilo Ghiraldi, an astronomer and phy-
siclan of Naples. He got sun and cal
endar working together, or nearly so.
He died and another mathematician
one Clavus. worked out the necessary
calculations for the verification. The
calculations were published in 1903 in
volume Of 500 pages, authorized by
Pope Gregory. And that is the Gre
gorian calendar in use today.
The Gregorian calendar, however
was not adopted by all the world all
at once. October became October
Is in Spain. Portugal, and France
The Roman Catholic states of Ger
many adopted 1t the next year, but in
navian countries II was not accepted
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-12-21

cession into the parlor and unto the
wonderful tree. First. little Sarah,
with the early and aided steps of her
one year and the big eyes Of her first
Christmas tree. Then demure Helen,
blowing her own horn for once then
big Sarah and all the uncies, aunts
and cousins. then father and mother,
and then the minister, playing his new
march upon his new organ.
When they were all seated In the
happy circle they asked for the words
Il that new tune and here they are:
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-12-21
New corporation. Issued.

Plaza Theater Inc, Asheville, gen
eral brokerage business; authorized
capital $4,000. with $4,000 subscribed
by L. B. Jackson. R. P. Jackson aud
Charles G. Lee, Asheville.
Prather-Smith Company, Mount
Airy: to deal in automobiles aud
motor vehicle equipment; authorized
capital stock $4,000; with $1,000 sub
scribed by ]. D Smith. J. w, Prather
and ]. D. Smith, Jr, Mount Airy.
Allred-Loy. Hardware Compay. Brr.
liz gton; hardware business: authorix.
- rapital $4,000