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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-10
chouans Band of Peasants.

Chouans was the name given to
bands Of Brittany peasants who es-
poused the royal cause during the
French revolution and organized al
reactl0nary movement In 1902. Their
first leader, Jean Cottereau, was
killed In 1894. Later the Instruction,
under Coudal and Charette, assumed
vast proportions, and for a time I'M
periled the safety Of the French re-
public. 1t was, however, stamped ont
by La Hoche and Its leaders forced
to lay down their arms. Another at
tempt at insurrection was made in
1899, but this also was mercilessly
crushed. Chouanerie again made Its
appearance In 1S14-1S15, and was
finally wiped out In 1880, through the
efforts Of Theirs.
The word "chouans" Is said to be
corruption Of chat-haunt (screech owl)
and to have been given, either be-
cause of the nocturnal habits of the
band or because Of some special call
of recognition in use among them.
Others trace the origin of the word
to Cottereau, the first leader.-Adven-
ture Magazine
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-10
Woman Wins ST, 500, 1000
for Uncle's Secret

New York.-Mrs Beatrice Provist
Trenkham of $50 West End avenue, a
granddaughter of the late Mrs. Roxy
NJ. Smith, widow of William Van Rens
selaer Smith, has won her fight
against her uncle, William e. Smith,
for one-half the 100000 estate of
her grandmother, according to papers
filed In the Surrogates' court.
The surrogate signed a decree ap.
proving the accounts of Mr.. Smith and
the Guaranty Trust company as trus
tees of n 100000 trust which they es-
tablished under the terms of Mrs
Smiths will last year Mrs. Trenk-
ham never accepted the income from
the trust, but contended that her
uncle agreed to give her one-half of
the estate he would inherit If she
would keep the knowledge of his mar
rage to Miss Clair Staley from his
mother.
The trustees, according to their re
port, set up the 100000 trust fund
February 81, 1929, and periodically
they sent installments of income to
Mrs. Trenkham. Each Of these she
refused, until last February, 1t ap-
pears, Mrs. Trenkham and her uncle
reached an agreement where he gave
his niece one-half his interest in the
residuary estate and power of attor-
ney irrevocably to care for the prop
erty.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-10
Boy Snatches Explosive;
Saves 6 in Death Blast

Bend, Ore.-While the lives Of six
men hung in the balance nineteen
year-old Charles Branch risked his
life to save theirs, snatching box of
burning fuse and high explosives from
under the seat of the automobile
truck in which his companions were
riding.
A moment later he was hurled into
the air by the explosion suffering ter,
rible injuries, but his companions es-
capped, two with minor hurts, the 9th
ers unscathed.
Despite the fact that his flesh was
pierced in innumerable places by the
twisted bits Of copper wire and that
one eye was virtually torn from Its
socket, the youth may recover, physi-
clans said
How the fuse became ignited is IN
certain. Branch saw the spark pro-
crossing toward the explosives. With
opportunity to jump and save himself,
he ignored the easy way out. He
called to the driver to stop the truck,
reached under the seat, grasped the
box of explosives and jumped to the
ground, his body interposed between
the explosives and his companions.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-10
Blight of uraa in MONGOLIA,

Mongols travel, not along the sta
ton road, but directly from one herd
Of horses to another, where fresh
horses are caught and saddled, and
new owners substituted for those of
the last herd. This is called the right
of urga. Any traveller having the
right of urga can catch horses him
self, says the Detroit News.
1t was from this custom, according
to one explanation, that the town of
Urga, in Mongolia abode of the living
Buddha, took its name among outsid-
ers. BY the Mongols themselves It is
always referred to as Tia Kure, THE
Great Monastery" The reason the
Buriats and Russians, who were the
first to trade into this region, called
1t Urga was because 1t was the princi-
pal destination of all the trading ex-
peditions which crossed the plains by
this old method or right of travel.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-10
Animals Cheap in
London Auction Mart

London. of the oldest institu-
lions In London is an auction mart
where wild beasts, monkeys, reptiles
and other animals and birds are sold
for absurdly low prices.
FUll-grown Rocky mountain or Him
alayan eagles can be bought for So
each There are many bargains in
monkeys, too, lively young mandrllls
bringing only So and little sooty
Mangebys ST. Pure white Rhesus mon.
keys are in favor among society won.
en- and sell for $50. The animals are
taken from their cages and held up on
the auctioneer's rostrum, where they
timidly survey the noisy throngs bid
ding for their possession.
At recent sale of animals which
belonged TO n disbanded American cir.
Gus, a six-foot Florida alligator
brought only SO. Two retlculated
pythons, measuring 10 feet each, sold
for $40 and $50, respectively, and a
15-foot Indian python realized $35. An
S-foot anaconda was bought for sS25.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-10
Hen Mistakes Cobra
for Worm in India

Elmer, N IA Jersey harnyard hen
discovered that worms grow to ire.
mendous size In India, and as a result
Of its pecking cobra, Rev. Raymond
HAT, missionary, has one less in his
flock of ten fowls that he took from
Elmer to India last fall.
In letter Just received by the home
folks, the Jersey missionary says that
II cost him 500 to take his feathered
flock from America to India. After he
let the chickens out to forage at the
edge Of jungle, a hen made great
ado when she spled cobra She ran
up to take a peck at the big worm, was
bitten by the reptile and died almost
Instantly
The missionary is planning to cross
the American hens with the India
breed, which are not so strong on lay
ing, but are faster on their legs to
avoid jungle enemies.
A tiger killed COW within 80 yards
Of the dooryard, the missionary also
writes, He relates also that one of the
native men met another tiger on a
mountain path. Being without weapons
of any kind, the native quickly pulled
out his match box, set fire to his tur-
ban and waved it between him and the
tiger. The beast and the native both
fled in opposite directions
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-10
MANY MINDS ON TYPEWRITER
Idea Engaged Attention of Thinkers
and Inventors as Far Back as
the Year 1866.

With the typewriter, as with most
other inveatlons, there is dispute as
10 who yeas really first, writes James
H. Collins in "The Business Woman"
The idea OF machine that would
write had been in the air 100 years or
more when Christopher Latham Sholes
began turning 1t over In his inventive
mind some time in 1886. Others had
built machines that would write. i.
Patents were taken out for writing
machines in England as early as l714,
and in America in 1929; but none of
these machines was ever brought to
the point where they were manufac-
tured I'D sold to the public.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-10
VIRTUES ASCRlBED TO HAZEL
superstltions Concerning Its Twlcs
Have Been Firmly Hsd for
Many Centuries,

The old Druid priests who were the
spiritual guides of our race for many
centuries gave superstltious value
to certain trees. We are still Influenced
by them when we wreathe holly and
hang mistletoe at Christmas. Prac-
tically all trees have superstltions as
ISOLATED with them. The bay tree, for
instance, must have put fear into the
hearts Of our forbears, for they be
lieved that its whitening was a sure
passage of death to whoever owned
the land on which It grew. The hazel,
however, had no such gloomy beliefs
attached to 1t. A twig cut from hazel
tree, and SET up over the front door,
was regarded as an infallible charm
against lightning. In remote rural dis
tricts the practice Is still followed.
The planting of young hazel tree so
close that its branches touched the
house wall, was regarded as har-
blnger Of children to a childless couple.
Sheep, too, were believed to be more
prolific, and the mortality among
lambs much less, If hazel hedge sur
rounded the pasture and the protecting
hurdles We're of hazel. Many water
OWNERS use hazel twig, and decoc-
ton made from stewing the bark of the
hazel was regarded MS u sure cure for
whooping cough. Cupid used the
hazel, too. A thin branch, twisted in
a circle and flung over the head of
coy damsel made her, willy-nilly, Ice
the youth who had thrown it.-Mon-
treal Family Herald.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-10

Sholes was the first man to bring a
writing machine to the point where a
manufacturer could take 1t up and
1873 Is regarded as the birth year Of
the typewriter, because some time in
April Of that year contract was made
with Il. Remington & Sons, at Ilion,
N, V, to take over his patents. Both
the contract and the exact date have
been lost; but they marked the begin
ming of an industry which has meant
so much to women economically, and
in other ways.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-10
Declares Science VIII
Add 20 Years to Life

Atlantic City, N. J.-Death under
seventy-flve years of age of diabetes,
Brights disease, cardo-vascular all
ments and, perhaps, cancer soon will
be a crime, according to DR.. Claude A.
Burnett of Rochester, president of the
American Institute of Homeopathy, at
the Institutes annual convention.
Modern scientific methods will add
20 years to mans average span of life
within the next half-century, he de-
clared, asserting that presentday re
search soon would make 1t as great a
crime to die young of one Of the now
supposedly fatal ailments as 1t now is
to die of typhoid fever.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-10
America Wins One More
Little Citizen on Boat

Detroit, Mich,--A strange bird, with
splndly legs and long bill, tluttered
among the gulls on the Detroit river
the other day.
The excursion steamer Columbia,
running between Detroit and Bob-Lo,
resort, was pushing slowly back to
Detroit. The strange bird, with the
spndly legs, lowered close by.
Mrs. Isabella Stachura, Detroit, a
passenger on the Columbia, became Ill,
There was whispering among the wom-
an passengers and canvass of those
on board was begun to find doctor,
The strange bird, with the splndly
legs, came nearer
There was no doctor on board, but
trained nurse volunteered assistance.
Word of a great impending event
spread among passengers, who were
about evenly divided between Cana
dams and Americans. There were
many excited conjectures as to whether
America or Canada was to have an
other little citizen.
AT 80 O'Clock the bird swooped low
over the boat, then wheeled and flew
away.
A great cheer arose from the Ameri-
can passengers. The boat was in Unit
ed States waters.
The stork-or was 1t an American
eagle?-disappeared high In the sky.
AS the boat locked 1t wEs announced
that Mrs. Stachura's eight-pound
daughter was to be named Columbia
after the boat, and after the country
of her birth
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-10
Man and Bear Climb
High When They Meet

George irwin, a farmer living
near Bellefonte, Pa, had n bad
scare the other dry. SO did n big
bear that George found sitting
in his wood.lot.
When George saw the bear, he
climbed the highest tree In sight.
So did the bear. George yelled
for help, The bear "whoofed."
A crowd OF men arrived. Three
dogs set up yelplng at n safe
distance.
When the bear saw them he
threw caution TO the winds. He
scrambled to earth, brayely
rushed past the barking animals,
and made OFF into the mountains
with never n backward glance,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-10
Hunts Panther With Sponge

Nanaimo, B. G-Jim Craig Of
Craig's Crossing, who had shot 100
panthers, brought here the carcass of
one that he killed with chloroform.
The animal had famed Cralg's son,
Duncan Craig, and had scratched
Oraig's arm. With a lethal rag on
the end of a pole, he put the animal
to sleep. Then he lassoed It and
dragged 1t from tree.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-10
ro start whaIIna In Ross Sea.

Seattle, wash.--Three steel whalers
are being sent to Ross sea, where
ROAD Amundsen, discoverer of the
South pole, noted the presence of
whales in large numbers. In Ross
sea they are to meet 12,OO0ton
steamer from Norway, which will be
floating plant for the utilization of
whales.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-10
Texas elrI Wed over Phone.

Fort Worth, Tex. - Miss Helen
Leona Satterwhite sitting at the tele-
phone office in Fort Worth, was we'd
ded to Horace Keller critically III in
the naval hospital at Bremerton
Wash, by ong-dlstanca ceremony.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-10
Wife Kills Man Who
Balks at Buying Her

Johnstown, Pa,-Mr. and Mrs.
John Boblch are being held for
the murder OF Jack Danas, alias
Jack Daniel, OF Akron, o., near
this city, The woman declares
she shot Danas because he had
been abusing her husband, who
had offered to sell his wife to
Danas for $40, The Akron man
refused to pay, according TO the
confession.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-10

Municipal Louis
business and professional who against deficit
The
Forest park Thus far the theater has paid Its
sed for itself place the Heaters
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-02-23
NEWSPAPER 1923 YEARS OLD.

1t was our pleasure Wednesday af-
ternoon to examine a copy Of the
"Ulster County Gazette" which is the
property of J. A. Farrer Of this city.
This copy was printed on Saturday,
January 4, 1900, and was published
at Kingston, Ulster County, New
York, by Samuel Freer and Son.
1t contains the death of George
Washington which occurred on De-
cember 14th, 1893 act 63. There is
an account of the entombing Of his
body, as we'll as the formation and
order of the funeral procession. The
Congress Of the United States have a
resolution on the death of Washing
ton and is answered by President
Adams.
The paper, although 1923 years old,
is in excellent shape, almost every
word being readable. The two inside
pages are printed with the column
rules upside down, giving the paper
that mourning appearance so common
in those days when death came to one
so prominent as George Washington.
The advertisements are very inter-
esting, one of which we reprint as
follows: For Sale-The one half of a
Saw Mill with a convenient place of
building, lying in the town of Ror-
chester. By the mill is an inexhaust-
ible quantity of pinewood-and also
a Stout, Healthy, Active, Negro
Wench, any person inclined to pur-
chase may know the particulars by
apply to John Schoomaker, Jun. at
Rochester, November 18, 1799."
An account Of the battle Of Zurich |
IS contained In this paper.
In the account Of the death of |
the date Is followed by |
he letters "aet 63," which 1t is sup
,osed was the age of Washington, al
Tough history tells us he died before
lie reached his 68th birthday.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-02-23
METHODIST CHURCH.

The excellent music afforded the
church by the able choir of ladies is
drawing card that enhances the
Sunday services weekly. Last Sun
day the rendition of Rock of Ages"
was truly superb. The vital message
Of the morning was heard by tense
audience on the importance of know
ing the Captain of the boat on which
the voyage is being made to eternity.
Next Sunday morning the same sort
Of present-day message will be given.
The monthly meeting of the Kan
doc class was held Monday evening,
Mr.. Bloom presiding in the absence of
the president, Mr.. Yost. The session
was full of life and lunch; the pro-
gram was varied and made up Of Bible
researching and gleeful games.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-02-23
Bingham County Will Have
Six and Half Miles P Pavement

Bingham County is to have six and
one-half miles of pavement this spring
is the announcement made the first
Of the week. The announcement
comes from both the County Com
missioners Of Bingham County as well
as from w. Hall, Commissioner Of
Highways and Public Works.
The paving will begin at Gibson
where the Fort Hall pavement ends
and will come to the Blackfoot river,
or the boundary line of the reserva-
tion, and will include the straighten-
ing out of the present road over rhe
Blackfoot river, together with new
concrete bridge across same.
The strip of road from the city
limits to the bridge as well as the
Kimball hill piece of roads are to be
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-02-23

Wednesday evening the triangular
debate will take pace between the
Pocatello, Blackfoot and Shelley high
schools. The question concerns the
cancellation Of the war debts of the
allies by the United States govern-
ment. The Blackfoot negative team
which consists Of Eleanor Roberts,
Helen Steffens and Neil Fresh, will
meet the Pocatello affirmative team at
that place. Our affirmative team Is
composed Of Nancy Resce, Marjorie
Albertson and Ray Kinney, and will
meet the Shelley negative theam here
the same evening. The Pocatello
negative team will meet the Shelley
affirmative team at Shelley. The
winner of this league will debate
against the winning team in the Twin
Falls District.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-02-23

Monday afternoon the Current Ev-
ent Club held it's regular meeting al
the Commercial Club rooms and the
following program was given: Roll
Call, Current Event Song, "The Gyp-
sy Trail" Club Chorus; reading, Mrs.
J. H. Andersen; paper on New Ideas
in Education" Mrs. Geo. F. Hans
brough; violin solo, Simple Avu,"
Norman Beck, accompanied by Will
ford Beck; song by the High School
Girls Glee Club, under the direction
Of Miss Crawford.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-02-23
INCOME TAX FACTS. NO. 8.

The revenue act Of 1921 provides
that an income tax return shall be
filed by every person, married or sin.
gle, whose gross income for the yeaI
1922 was $4,000 or more. Broadly
speaking, gross income includes al
income received by the taxpayer dur
ing the year from salary or wages, or
from business, trade, profession or
vocation" dealing in property or the
transaction Of any business carried
on for profit. Net income, upon which
the tax is assessed, is gross income
less certain specified deductions for
business expenses, losses, bad debts,
taxes, contributions, etc.
Among the most important items In
the returns Of many taxpayers are
the deductions for business expenses.
In the case of storekeeper, they in
clude reasonable allowance for sal
aries paid employees, amounts spent
for advertising, premiums for insur-
ance against fire or other business
losses, the cost of water, light, heat
and fuel used in his place of busi-
ness, drayage and freight bills.
A professional man, doctor or law
yer, may claim as deductions the cost
of supplies used in the practice Of
HIS profession, expenses paid in the
operation and repair Of an automo-
bile used in making professional
calls, dues to professional societies,
subscriptions to professional journals,
office rent, and the cost Of fuel, light
heat and water used In his office, and
the hire of assistants.
The farmer may deduct all amounts
paid in the production, harvesting and
Of crops, including labor,
cost Of seed and fertilizer purchased,
cost Of minor repairs to farm build
ngs (other than the dwelling, which
Is personal expense) and cost Of small
:ools used up in the course Of year
,r two. Rent paid for farm also
8 an allowable deduction.
Deduction of personal or living ex-
,enses such as rent paid for a dwell
ng, hire of domestic servants, edu-
,ation of children, ETC., is expressly
lisallowed by the revenue act
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-02-23

Tuesday morning Mr.. Kenneth c.
Rhodes died following a nervous
breakdown about two weeks ago. The
deceased has been resident of Black
foot for the past twenty years, hav-
ing moved here from Rock Port, Miss
ouri. He has been engaged In the
barber business and leaves a wide
circle Of friends to sympathize with
the bereaved ones. He rs survived by
his wife, two children, Ruth and Ken
meth, his mother, two brothers and
four sisters of Nebraska. The de-
ceased was forty years Of age. Fu-
neral serices will be held Wednes-
day afternoon from the residence.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-02-23

let on bids in March. This section OF
the Yellowstone Highway is about five
miles and will be graveled the same
as the 13 miles that is being worked
on now and was let on bids last fall.
The preliminary survey started on
Wednesday.
When completed the four projects
under construction and survey and
known as Federal Aid Projects No. 81
A, B, c, and D, will complete the yell
lowstone highway through this coun-
ty making about 13 miles of paving
and Is miles Of crushed gravel road
that will be unsurpassed in the entire
state. 1t is estimated the total cost
will be in the neighborhood Of $780,
100000 when completed.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-02-23
FARM BUREAU NEWS.

County Agent Thomas went to Po-
catello on Tuesday to confer with a
man who is installing cheese factor
les in this section of the state. The
Farm Bureau office has been making
a survey Of the number of COWS in
the county, in order to ascertain whe-
ther we had enough cows for fac
tory. Up to date we have 1900 COWS
listed, and we have good reason to
believe that majority of these dairy
men would give their support to a
cheese factory.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-02-23
CLUB WILL
MEET FRIDAY NIGHT

Friday, February 23rd, an open
meeting of the Commercial Club will
be held at the club rooms for the
purpose of discussing the feasibility
Oh getting a cheese factory in this
community. A speaker will be pro-
cured for the occasion, chosen from
the prominent dairymen of the state,
according to an announcement made
by 0. r.. Mas, president of the Com
mercial Club.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-02-23

ing Scene in Corsica.
The play was wonderful success,
both financially and otherwise, md
should put the Elk's Charity Fund in
excellent shape, and will allow the
local lodge, which is comprised Of
the very best Boosters that can be
found In Blackfoot, in condition for
charity work that is needy In the city
from time to time.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-02-23
CHANGE IN SUGAR
BEET CONTRACT

At a meeting held at Idaho Falls
February IL, with Mark Austin, of the
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, and the
Sugar Beet committee of the Idaho
Farm Bureau, more favorable con-
tract was agreed upon. The contract
now provides $3.50 minimum and
1852 division, instead of 461s-53h as
provided in the former contract. This
I new division is given on condition
that we raise at Blackfoot $4,000 tons,
Shelley 10000 tons, Idaho Falls, co.
900 tons and Sugar City $4,000, or a
total of 100000 tons for this district.
A five year average Of this district
is 225,000 tons, SO we are asked to
guarantee only So per cent of FIVE
year average
This change of division from 46k-
531a to 1852 will net us 81 cents on
six dollar sugar and 16 per cent beet,
or about $4,000 increase to this lis
trict.
This will mean that the farmers of
this district receive s1,540, 100000 In
beet checks and approximately $780,
900 paid out in pay roll checks at the
four factories.
Then, we must consider the great |
benefit coming from the by-products
of pulp and syrup to this valley.
We hope that all the business men
and farmers Of this valley will CO.
operate with us In securing the nee
,ssary tonnage to secure the benefits
# this contract.
IDAHO FARM BUREAU SUGAR
BEET COMMITTEE, Il
]. e. Jensen, Chairman, /
J. H. Hale, Secretary.
We are in the market for first class