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The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-04-06

FARM FOR RENT.
40-acre farm for rent, ~ miles
Northwest Of Moreland. Phone o04.
JESSIE LLOYD.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-04-06

Read the Advertisements.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-04-06
By FLORENCE MALLORY

Deputy
DONALD r. GOOD
Attorney for Plaintiff
Residence and P. o. Address
Blackfoot, Idaho M-30-A-6-13-20-27
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-04-06
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Fisher Commission Company
Blackroot, Idaho
M-30-A-6-13-20
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-04-06

II. M. HOLDEN,
Attorney for Plaintiffs. Residence
and post office address: Idaho Falls,
Bonneville County, Idaho. "a to 20 Ct
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

was to be on the job right then but
they were going to give him a week
or ten days to show up. Mr.. Burnett
gave his permanent address as Ouray,
Colorado and returned to Ouray, walk
ing most OF the way and again enter
ed into the mines, being employed
some three miles distant from the
Ouray postoffice. Each night he
walked to Ouray and kept close
track of the mail, and as luck would
have it, he received letter from the
school board at Rico notifying him
that his application was accepted.
After the short term of school was
completed, he ran across a real estate
tgent from Ogden who had maps and
literature describing that city as one
of the most promising metropolises of
the West. Burnett was one of party
which was made up who went to
Ogden looking over conditions. While
his savings were limited, yet he put
on bold front and made the journey
to Ogden. After due investigation of
the propositions advertised, he found
they We're just as represented but
soon returned to western Colorado,
locating at Delta in 1881. The late
Judge King, being one of the head Of
ficers in the Delta Town Company
persuaded him to buy four lots across
on the corner west from the present
Court House, now owned by Mrs. Hes
ter. Judge Burnett has been from
that day to this a land owner in and
near Delta and has been identified
closely with the political and business
life of the community. He has raised
fine family of children and his
daughter Alice now claims the distinc-
tion of being the youngest County
Superintendent in the history of the
county.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
BURNETT TELLS OF
EARLY DAYS HERE

W. H. Burnett is one of those
whose name frequently found it's way
into the columns of the old Delta
"Chief" during it's early days.
Judge Burnett has occupied posi-
tions in the county during the past
thirty years, ranging from constable
to county Judge.
After his graduation from law
school in 1890 he left his parents in
Iowa, and emulating the example Of
Horace Greeley, came west and loca-
ted in Kit Carson county. This was
entirely too lonesome, however, and
the young lawyer came on to Denver,
took in such sights as were available
in the capital city at that time, and
Here he took inventory of his effects
and discovered that he was entirely
broke"
Shortly after he returned to Kit
Carson county, but not being satisfied
with conditions there, he made for
the western slope of Colorado. He put
in some time at mining camps in the
San Juan district and at Montrose
worked a while for William Sampson.
After he had secured a position with
Mr.. Sampson he was told that he
wouldn't last long there, but he made
up his mind that he would stay with
Sampson. 1t seems that Sampson
had record of letting them move
along pretty rapidly, and in a conver-
wit fria nrodirfa n
that he wouldn't last longer than a
week But the judge shook his head
at the suggestion and was confident
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
CLIMATE FINE FOR
BROOM CORN CROP

A number of ranchers have been
experimenting with broom corn Gull
ture in this part of the state and
have found that it can be very prof
itably grown. Broom corn is grown
only for the brush which is used in
the manufacture of brooms and
brushes. The crop can be grown in
almost every state, but the best quail
ity is produced where dry, sunny
weather at harvest time prevails, so
that the brush will retain its natural
green color.
Broom corn requires practically the
same cultural treatment as sorghum
or other corn. 1t makes its best
growth on rich, friable soil. The
crop should be given a treatment
which has proven best for corn on
any soils in any given locality.
E. Ely has experimental more eN-
tensively with this product than any
other man within our observation.
and finds the climate especially ad-
apted to it's successful culture.
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

Junction. the time being equally divid-
as / did from Ouray, then lively
mining town and famous, not only for
that. but also noted for saloons and
dry throats enough to keep the saloon
business in flourishing condition.
The miners and Otto Mears employees
would come into town every Saturday
night and between that time and Mon
day morning would be too drunk,
some of them to get back to work
ing their way uphill south OF the city.
without assistance. l have seen
string of men with Joined hands max
pulling up after them a few fellows
not able to make the grade without
help. The knowledge of this by per
sonal observation. and two tragedies
in addition that were enacted while
was there. rendered what came into
my experience in coming to Delta of
a very ordinary kind.
One of the events referred to above
was the hanging of man and his
wife for maltreating young girl liv-
ing with them to such an extent that 1t
was mainly responsible for her death.
The fact that they buried the girl
without anything like public service
awakened a suspicion so strong that
the result OF which convinced the peo-
pie that the man and his wife were
guilty of homicidal treatment and
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

building, and having but two rooms.
Prof Philip Condit and Miss Miller
presided over the destinies of the
small flock of pioneer-ettes, and
taught the young ideas how to shoot.
Mr. Lewis says that man named
Boot had turned out 500 head of long
horn Texas steers and many mornings
the beasts would fill the road and
rush at the children, driving them
back home again. The steers watered
from slough near the place now oc-
cupied by Bob Butler.
There have been many changes"
Mr.. Lewis said. when we came here
there were but a few stores and
houses and they would give any man
lot who would clear the brush and
erect any kind of house upon it."
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
S. A. LEWIS WAS A
YOUNG PIONEER

One of the youngest oldtimers in
this section is S. A. Lewis, who came
here with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. S. Lewis from Georgia at the age
of five years, reaching here in 1885.
Though very young at that time,
Mr.. Lewis still recalls number of ex-
periences, prominent among which
are his early school days.
The Lewis family lived up the Gun
nison valley on the ranch which is
still Mr.. Lewis home. The children
walked to Delta to school, being the
same location as the present Central
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

were. in consequence, arrested and
put in custody for trial. But indigna-
tion ran so high and strong that a
group of people banded together and
made their way by night to the place
of confinement and succeeded in se-
late hours of the night and l well re-
member the excitement that it occas-
ioned. especially by the unearthly
screaming of the woman, but guards
men in the city kept all non-partici-
pants from coming outside Of their
dwellings, In the morning their dead
bodies were found suspended by ropes
within the city limits.
The other event was the swift re-
tribution meted out to a man by the
name of Jeffries who was in the habit
of getting drunk and enacting the ty-
rant in his home. At this time he
took their baby. or little child. threat
ening that he was going to put 1t in
the stove, lifting the covers in the ap-
parent attempt to do so. On the
mothers interference he caught her
by the hair, threw her to the floor.
asd then dragged her out doors. The
brutal act soon became known and he.
learning of the fury of the people,
packed up and started to leave the
town. threatening II any one pursued
him he would shoot them on sight.
One man of the city with undaunted
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

pie of Delta, i can refer to it as one
of the bright spots in my experience
and history. l can only recall two in
ordinary. One was when l was visit
ing brother McMurray at his drug store
his usual place of business. 1t was in
the evening and man came in, often
called Arkansas Neall, who had little
use for the Bible or the church and
after introduction, he made bold to
let me know that he had good reasons
to discount both. He proved himself
something of a masterworkman at his
business of belittling the Bible and
the church. / could write up in full
our interchange of views, which might
not permit Suffice it to say, we
stayed by it until O'Clock a. nj. The
next day | met him on the street and
he gave me credit for a stronger de-
fense of my faith than he expected,
and added, Il spent the portion of the
night left with a brother infidel and
told him if he wanted to run into his
match to go down town and hunt up
that red headed Methodist preacher
This man was apparently strong in
the belief that the God of the Bible
and the Christian Church was simply
a myth. insisted that he should give
me his best argument against the ex-
istence OF an intelligent over-ruling
power. He hesitated while and then
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

said. Il do not know where to begin
nor how" and persisted that l should
first offer my best proof in favor of a
first great cause of all existence. /
conceded to his request and at the
close he had nothing to offer in reply.
This in detail might interest some but
1t does not appear to me advisable
here.
The other thing out of the ordinary
that I will mention is the occasion of
my preaching on the subject, Il am
Jew" founded on the text: They that
are Christ's are Abraham seed
according to promise. At the close Of
my discourse as stepped down from
the platform. was met by woman
of a resolute kind and apparently in
telligent. who in good round English
reacted with Il am not a Jew" In
two weeks l again occupied the same
pulpit and took for my subject II am
a Jew" made this time special
effort to reinforce the first trial in at
tempt to prove the claim. At the
close of my argument, this woman
came forward again and met me at
the platform with Il am a Jew"
w. o. Stephens, Judge King and I.
NJ. McMurray and few others, whose
names l cannot recall. were always
loyal supporters and at their homes l
felt myself welcome guest
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23

hills and worked around mines under
ground and on top of the ground, and
becoming disgusted with mining, he
came to the conclusion that he would
rather teach school than follow any
other vocation he knew of. There
was no law business-it was before
the days of irrigation and water liti-
gation-and he had no library.
He heard of a school down at Rico
and after some little time he landed
at that place. 1t was then a thriving
mining camp and when he arrived he
learned that the School Board had
engaged a professor from Ohio, but
they took his name. This Ohio man
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
Fourth Section 1922 Review and 4Oh Anniversary Edition

courage was deputized to go after him.
He did and got his game only short
distance from the city. He brought in
corpse.
All of this and much more that
came under my eye and in my exper-
ience while in Ouray, prepared me for
contact with civil conditions such as
found in Delta, to feel myself re-
lieved of abnormal conditions. Only
few things occurred in the short
time l preached in Delta of an unusual
kind. In my brief stay with the peo-
The Delta independent., 1923-02-23
A. D. FAIRBANKS
WAS FIRST MINIS
TER IN COUNTY
By A. d. FAIRBANKS

when / came to Delta in it's early
days, it was by the appointment of
the Methodist Conference of Colorado
1 was given charge of three preaching
points, Montrose, Delta and Grand
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-04-17
PROGRESSIVE CHAIR
MAN FOR BORAH FOR PRESIDENT

Boise-Claiming that Henry Ford of
Dearborn, Mich, is practically elimin-
ated from the list of possible presi-
Dental nominations i'll 1924, J. A. Fl.
Hopkins, chairman of the committee
of IS, functioning as the liberal party,
with headquarters in New York, has
written to Frank e. JOhnesSe, state
chairman of the progressive party
here, as follows: 1.-THE track is now
clear for you to get out ringing
call for Borah at your meeting on
April II, and to go before the Ameri-
can Economic league conference at
Omaha on May %, and demand en-
Endorsement of Borah's
Now, Mr.. Johnesse, don't
make any mistake about this. | know
what / am talking about and it is
highly important for you to take this
stand and push it through with
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-04-17
GOLF ENTHUSIASTS
TO ORGANIZE CLUB
PLANS FOR PERMANENT CLUB TO
BE MADE AT MEETING WE'D
NESDAY NIGHT.

Moscow golf enthusiasts will or
ganize a permanent golf club at a
meeting of the men and women in
terested in the great Scottish pastime
at the chamber of commerce rooms,
Wednesday evening at 7:30. All peO-
pie interested in golf have been asked
to attend.
Plans for the development of the
game in Moscow will be discussed
and permanent organization will
be perfected. Considerable interest
has been shown in the game this
spring by Moscow people, members of
the University of Idaho faculty, and
university students.
Course at Fairgrounds
Moscow had a golf club several
years ago and an attractive nine hole
course on the G. P. Mix ranch, but
the World war caused the abandon
ment of the club A temporary
course will be fixed up at the Latah
county Fairgrounds until more COM
plete course can be determined up
on, according to present plans.
Golf is a game that has it's appeal
to people of all ages. Women take
great deal Of interest and there
are a number Of Moscow women who
organization of club in Moscow.
Moscow golfers, in order to play a
complete course, have to go to Lew
iston at the present time. The fair
grounds has been used this spring by
a number of players but complete
course has not as yet been fixed up.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-04-17
LARGE ATTENDANCE EXPECTED
AT ENDEAVOR MEETING

Those in charge of arrangements
for the meeting of Christian Endeav-
orers of the Latah-Whitman union in
this city Wednesday evening to hear
c. c. Hamilton, national field secre-
tary of the united societies of the
Christian Endeavor, report that the
attendance promises to be large. A
banquet will be held in annex of
the First Christian church at $50,
followed by a short program, after
which an address will be delivered by
Dr. Hamilton, in the church audi
torium. A general invitation is ex-
tended to the public to attend.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-04-17
FOR GRINS SEE REID'S
COMEDY THIRTY DAYS

Built for laughing purposes only
is +" Thirty Days." Wallace Reid's lat
est Paramount starring vehicle, which
will be the feature de luxe at the
Kenworthy theatre next Thursday and
Friday. 1t is melodramatic farce
comedy packed with laughable mo-
ments
Mr.. Reid has the role of a wealthy
young man whose sole activities are
charity work with his fiancee, and
mild f1irtations with other girls. 1t
is while engaged in work of charity
that he innocently offends vicious
Italian who swears to kill him. How
the Italian tries to fulfill his vow
and how Wally prevents him from
doing so by going to JAIL form the
basis Of many screamingly funny
situations. Here are several of them:
The plight of John Cadwalader
Floyd, the character played by Reid,
as a man whom all the girls are
crazy about; the melodramatic but
comic fight of John with Polenta
when the latter finds John apparent
Iy kissing his wife; Johns scheme
to get away from the murderous Po-
lenta by getting sent to Jail for 80
days; scenes in the prison; John
and two crook bedmates; the arrival
in jail of Polenta whom John hopes
to escape; Johns discovery that the
warden is crook and his change
from lowly inmate to the warden's
pet; Johns plight when his fiancee
visits the Jail with a group of prison
reformers and Johns clever ruse to
put himself straight with her; Po-
enta's discharge from jail and Johns |
desperate efforts to prevent being
oardoned, resulting in his being
licked bodily out Of Jail; scene where
lohn fights and rolls up in a rug
he prowler he thinks is Po1enta, only I
o find the would be murderer be-
lind him. Wanda Hawley heads the 4
dmirably selected cast
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-04-17
UNIVERSITY DEBATERS
NAMED FOR TRIANGULAR

Allegra Eckles of Portland, Frank
Wyman of Boise, Robert Reed of
Coeur d'Alene, and Phil Buck of Filler
have been selected members of the
University of Idaho varsity debating
teams for the triangular forensic
wrangle with the University of Mon
tana and the University of Utah Fri
day night. Miss Eckles and MIR. Wy
man make up the affirmative team
that meets the Utah negative in the
university auditorium Friday night.
Phil Buck and Robert Reed are
members of the affirmative team that
will meet the Montana negative de-
baters at Missoula, Mont The
question for the debate is Resolved,
that the United States should adopt
a cabinet parliamentary form of
government"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-04-17
.HAMER INSTALLS Big
ice CREAM MACHINE

Howard Hamer, proprietor of The
Bon Ton, confectionery and ice cream
and lunch establishment, on Third
street, has just installed large ice
cream freezer, and will in the future
serve his customers with pure
cream product. made in his own es
tablishment The freezer is what is
known as vertical tub freezer, OPP
Grated by electricity, and with ca
pacity of $50 gallons per day. The
freezer weighs one ton, and was in
stalled at cost of $3.50.
Mr.. Hamer states that in the future
everything turned out by his estab-
lishment in the ice cream line will
be manufactured by him. A delivery
service will be maintained, for the
of customers wishing the
products of the Bon Ton delivered to
their homes.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-04-17
LUTHERANS To
HOLD MEET HERE
SWEDISH CONFERENCE SELECTS
MOSCOW FOR 32ND ANNUAL
CONVENTION.

The thirty-second annual cOnven-
ton of the Columbia Conference of
the Swedish Lutheran church, will be
held in Moscow, with the Luther
an church, next year, meeting here
the latter part of April or early in
May At the convention which closed
in Spokane, Sunday evening, this city
was selected as the next meeting
place
Rev. A. Andre, pastor of the local
church, who returned from the con-
vention Monday evening, reports a
large attendance and an interesting
four days session, with more than one
hundred delegates present, repre-
senting the SO churches in the con-
ference.
Rev. Andre was one of the princi-
pal speakers at the conference, de-
Iivering an address on the subject,
+" According to What Marked Lines
Are We Developing% This was fol-
lowed by general discussion, on the
part of the ministers present.
Rev. Andre was elected a member
of the general board of the confer
ence, and Mrs Frank Oberg of this
city was reelected treasurer of the
Women's Missionary society, which
held its annual convention at the
same time. Mrs Oberg has been
of the organization for a
number of years.
The delegates from the Moscow
church were Rev. Andre, Mr. and Mrs
Frank Oberg, Mrs. Victor Ramstedt,
and A. E. Carlander.
The conference has adopted Eng
Iish as it's official language.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-04-17
FORMER SECRETARY
VISITS UNIVERSITY
ROBERT 0. JONES is MOSCOW
VISITOR-MAKES MOTORISTS
CARRY IDAHO COLORS.

Alumni of the University of Ida
no are gratified by the capital ad-
ditions at the university provided by
the last session of the Legislature"
said Robert o. Jones of Seattle,
graduate of the University of Idaho
in 1909, who was in Moscow yeSter-
day. Mr.. Jones, secretary of state
for two terms, is now executive secre-
tary of the Public Health League of
Washington, with headquarters at
Seattle.
He is now making a tour of Wash
ington speaking before the county
medical societies, and in the interest
of the Public Health League work.
University Singled Out
The university was one of the few
state institutions west of the Mississ-
ippi river that the legislature has
made building outlays for" continued
Mr.. Jones, who has been a powerful
factor in the development of the uni
versity.
There are some SO former Ida
hoans located in Seattle, all Of whom
are getting along nicely. The ath-
letic development of the university
is attracting favorable attention
Idaho is known on the coast for her
fine college spirit"
His Last Official Act
The last official act of Mr. Jones
as secretary of state has caused 55,-
900 Idahoans to carry the colors of
the University of Idaho. Mr.. Jones in
automobile license plates for
the state ordered the plates made In
the coIors silver and gold. An OBJ
lection was made that the numbers
could not be easily seen to which
Mr.. Jones replied;
4" Hire Idaho students as officials
and they will see the numbers night
or day and at any distance"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-04-17
IDAHO GRAD Selected
FOR IMPORTANT WORK

Robert w. Eldredge of Moscow
son of Dean and Mrs j. G. Eldredge
has been named laboratory assistant
: in the Sterling chemistry laboratory
of the department of chemistry, Yale
university Mr.. Eldredge, who grad
uated this past semester with high
est honors, will accept the position
and will probably take up the new
work next fall. In addition to his
duties at Yale, Mr. Eldridge will take
graduate work in chemistry.
The Sterling laboratory is the best
equipped collegiate chemistry lab
oratory in the United States. The
new Sterling building was opened up
for use the first of this month.
Mr.. Eldredge has received his de-
gree of bachelor of science in chem
fstry. He has made straight "a"
average for four college years and
last year he was made member Of
the Alpha society, honorary scholas-
tic organization Eldredge is a mem
Der of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-04-17
NELL SHIPMAN FEELS GRUB
STAKE" HER MOST VITAL FILM

Nell Shipman feels that " The Grub
Stake her new picture in which she
stars at the Liberty theatre next
Thursday and Friday will outlive all
else that she has done. While no one
will ever quite forget Nell Shipman
as The Girl from Gods Country"
the versatile actress-author has rea-
son to believe that the character of
Faith Diggs in The Grub-Stake is
just a bit different and more life-like.
Miss Shipman occupies a unique
place in the world of motion pic
lures for not only does the star in
films of a kind peculiar to herself,
but she writes the stories and CO.
directs them with Bert Van Tuyle.
And she declares that in writing The
Grub-Stake . the character of faith
created itself The author had no
more control over the emotional and.
impressionable girl than she had over
the lives of strangers. Faith simply
came into the story, says Miss Ship
man, and moved through it at will.
living her life more vividly and Wit
ally than do many flesh and blood
people.
This is largely becausesfai is real,
explains the author-a girl whose
soul is filled with the gentle purity
of a mother, the unclaimed power OF
the wild creature, the fiery passion OF
starved love. All too seldom can a.
shadow being. of the screen claim so
much that reaches to the hearts of an
audience.