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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14

Early this spring and -.
vest there were reports Of before hs,.
conditions" said Mr. Of bad en-.
! Immediately wrote t SSaifi nth s sss
various farm organizatierdn heads q
Was WAS more important for tI,.. that i
hibit under adverse cond;.' 'nen to en-
any other time. 'ions than !,
Replies, in many casos
led by entries, indicate acconpap.
agricultural department l. mat on
perior to other years ~ 70 be s
department" Inc farmer,
Mr.; Griffith stated that
all plans for the fair iu, practically a
pleted. Inland Empire towns 0e en- con.
are responding splendidIy he said
f Tor inland Empire day 70 plans
september 2, at the fair IL ruesday
president is especially M The fab
splendid lists of entries b papua Of tie
IN the running, harness asI recerd
horse races. The bahr snd relay
has already been assnrsd ueparmeat
with the entry of 500 bah,o !, Success
contest for the grand chamnih Tie
oI tne oo Inland Empire. Tp ,Un BABY
only 400 babies were show last yee
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
Hou u. S. and Britain
Fixed Boundary Line

The famous slogan, "Fifty-four forty
or fightl" was first written by Enoch
w. Eastman, delegate to a Demo-
cratic county convention in Iowa. He
wrote some resolutions about local pol
itics, and then added: 'In the matter
of the northwestern boundary we are
for 'Fifty-four forty or fight" A state
convention later adopted the same res
olution. 1t was taken up by the Demo
cratic press and speakers and spread
like wildf1re. In the guesses made by
the public as to who was the author Of
the watchword, many prominent Dem
ocrats were named, but most of them
centered on Lewis Cass of Michigan.
Caught up as party cry and with
the "reoccupation" of the whole of
Oregon inserted side by side with the
annexation of Texas as plank Of the
Democratic platform on which James
K. Polk was nominated for the presi-
dency, the country, during the cam
paign Of 1874 rang with the defiant
slogan.
James Buchanan, secretary Of state,
offered the old line Of the forty-ninth
parallel between British and American
west Of the Rockies, an Of
fer that was rejected by Great Britain.
Polk withdrew Buchanan's offer and
reasserted his determination to stand
out for the whole Of Oregon.
And before the summer of 1915 ar
rived Great Britain had accepted the
forty-nlnth parallel as the demarcation
line between her Far West possessions
and those Of the United States, on the
precise terms which the United States
had from the first been willing to ac-
,ept. Polk had been 'bluffing. DE
roit News.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
"Don Quixote"

Shakespeare himself has written
nothing so full of the diverse stuff or
experience, so quietly and steadily H.
Eliminated by gentle wisdom, so open
eyed In discerning the strength of the
world; and Shakespeare himself Is not
more courageous in championing the
rights of the gallant heart. How is
1t that at every step of our journey
we come to like the Don better, until
in the end we can hardly put a limit
to our love and reverence for him?
is 1t possible that the criticism Is
double-edged, and that what. we are
celebrating with our laughter is the
failure of the world?-Sir Walter
in "Some Authors"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
Have You This Habit?
By Margaret Morrison
TIMOTHY RUGGLES

IF A stranger wanted to know the
l. pools where the trout were in the
spring. or his wife the hidden slopes
where the first arbutus grew under the
leaves, they asked Tim Ruggles. To
Tim at fifteen. every square foot of
his granfather's broken-down farm was
familiar and dear When his grand
father died and the farm was sold. 1t
was to the boy as If the end Of the
world had come. He did not at all
understand. Then he heard someone
explaining the old mans bankruptcy
by his never having been "ablc to look
ahead"
From that moment. f1fteen-year-old
Tim began to take count Of stock AL
though he felt as If he could not live
away from the farm, he suddenly
realized that the village offered him
no future. He contemplated the few
dollars that were his inheritance, and
took a temporary job at the country
store. After six months he made up
his budget: so much for railroad fare,
so much for living while on the hunt
for employment, so much for margin.
Then he said good-by to his river and
his woods for many years.
In the big city wholesale house he
deliberately set himself to work. For
year he ran errands. He was prompt
and reliable In all his work, and
through contacts and reading he stud
led up both fundamentals and fine
points of the jobbing business.
When vacancy occurred in the
sales department, he applied for 1t and
proved himself worthy of trial. Then
he made good In 1t. So, as he worked
at the present, his eye was always on
the future. He had acquired the habit
of Hooking ahead" And as he looked
ahead, he went ahead.
Eventually he married. When his
Son was seven years old. he heard
that his grandfather's old farm was
again on the market. He and his |
wife and the boy made an excursion
over one Sunday to go to see 1t. 1t
was the first time he had been back
since he himself had been boy. They
=
hunted In the gnarled orchard for the
little red apple tree that bore such
sweet fruit. They climbed the high
hill from which glimpse of the sea
vas to be caught. They even discov-
cred up in the garnet a dried bunch of
herbs that through all vicissitudes had
lung undisturbed upon the rafters.
"How l wish we could afford to buy
y" sighed Tim Ruggles' wife, looking
It their son.
"We have bought it," said Tim. II
new you'd want 1t when you saw 1t.
We been saving up for this day ever
ince / was fifteen-ever since began
o look ahead"
HAVE YOU THIS HABIT?
20 by Metro olitan Newspaper SeryiceN
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
MIGRANTS

The birds set forth on their migrant
flight.
A living cloud on the darkened night
So swift their pace as they fastened on
The world rolled under their echelon.
They steered with never a guiding line
But found their way by chart divine,
A wondrous map that their fathers
knew
When earth was young and the first
birds flew.
lighthouse stood on their pathway
clear,
A man-made warning OF danger near;
The rays with a binding brilliance
shone
For perils never a bird had known
They breasted the storm and sea in
vain
To dash their wings on the lighthouse
pane.
Poor feathered fools-they were not to
blame;
The migrant angels have done the
same.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
Ant Empires

Some surprising facts have been
gathered with respect to the mound
making ants Of the Alleghenies. Nc.
Cook has measured some mounds more
than thirty feet in circumference, al
though rarely more than three feet In
height. But around these there are
many new mounds in course of con-
struction, only few inches in height.
They are found in groups, of which
one contains LOO mounds within a
space of fifty acres. Their total popu-
;ation is enormous, and each group of
mounds appears to constitute a COM
munity-an insect kingdom or empire.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
Effect Of Insurapc,

1.-The effect of insurono
II mas oeen said to be its fundo ,,ussa
oDJect-is to distribute the I oau
as wide an area as possible ' J over
words, the loss is spread - Olher
country, the disaster to '' CT As
divldual is shared by mon an ~
disaster to a community is Shc lle
other communities; great 'I oa. By
phies are thereby lessenod 'a'as'fe
may be repaired. In assimilot duu l
insurance through a tax "a nroa., o
charge) the companies have h pas'nla a
to be the mere machinerv br r'n ssla
the inevitable losses by fro "nlea
triputed so as to fall as liehsr
possible on the public at larsa.P Y
body of the insured. not tbo e" ue
les, paying the tax 1.-THE cost, ,'I ~
efficiency, therefore, and solr ausll
Oh great concern. Indeed, it NAV y
enough to say, without stating ca'
effects of insurance, that lar9o ' s.e
or the country's wealth. subiact' - - pat
certainty of loss through fire l. g M !.
tected by insurance" ~V
(Supreme Court of the United
States,-Prevailing opinion ~
Judge McKenna, in German A,H
ance Co. VS.. Lewis, Superiptaud
ent OF Insurance of the State .,
Kansas, April 20, 1914
Continued next week.
oldest Established Fire Insursur
Agency in Idaho.
Forty Five Years Experience
A. f. PARKER
Grangeville, Idah
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
SPOKANE NEWS

Spokane, Wash. August 13. - Re-
ports of backward crop conditions
throughout the Inland Empire are
not to be reflected in agricultural
exhibits at the Spokane Interstate
Fair & Livestock show, September 1
to q, Thomas s. Griffith, fair asso-
citation president, announced at fair
headquarters this week Mr.. Griffith
bases his judgment on the fact that
entries are being received in large
numbers daily at the fair office.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
Alaskan Dish.

Cut two pounds of round steak into
eight pieces for serving. Dice one-half
pound of salt pork. Cook the pork,
one cupful of minced celery and one
large onion in the pork fat Fry the
steak until brown on both sides, add
to the rest of the ingredients, blend
two tablespoonfuls of fat with the
same of flour, pour over the meat and
simmer all together for thirty minutes.
Just before serving add one cupful of
cooked spaghetti and one pint of
stewed tomatoes, Serve on hot platter.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
Planned Oysters.

Scald one cupful Of oysters. When
the edges curl, remove them from the
liquor Take one tablespoonful of but
ter creamed with two of flour, add one
cupful of milk and cook until thick.
Add one-half cupful each of broken nut
meats and chopped celery. Season to
taste and add the oysters. Remove the
tops from rolls, scoop out the soft part,
toast the tops and shells and fill with
the oysters. The shells may be well
buttered with soft butter before filling,
adding TO the daintiness of the dish.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
RECEIVE EIGHTH
GRADE DIPLOMAS

The following pupils graduated
with honOrs from the eighth grade in
the different school districts of Idaho
county:
District No. 2.-Grangeville.
Harold Gordon.
Ray BriscOe.
Ethel Broughman.
George Broughman.
Alice Byron.
Helen Carlton.
Ida Chandler.
Theo. DeFord.
Lucille Frizzell.
Estaline Geary.
Kenneth Harris.
John Hauntz.
Ethel Henderson.
George Hogan.
Forest Howell
Cornell Korthius.
Jake Korthius.
Zelda Lingo.
Marion Mallick
Mark Manring.
Geneva Martin
Madeline Martin.
Ralph Miller
Dorothy Odem.
Frank POllan.
Frieda Ring
Mildred Snyder.
Tom Smith.
John Eteinhouse.
Edith Wilkin.
Gladys Wilson.
Walter Wilson. ~
Garrett Workman.
Eva Wiley.
Everett Zumwalt.
Cecil Foust
Velma Chase.
District No. 3.
Edith Glenn. II
District No. z.
Sarah Soderburg.
District No. S-Cottonwood.
Marguerite Johnson.
Roland Buettner.
Wallace Pierce.
Ruth ROmig.
Valetha South.
Tavern Jessup.
Viola Gentry.
Merle Mcpherson /
Fern Farthing.
Mary Agnew. l
Isma Nau.
Florence RuhOff.
Edna Schroeder. /
Theresa Bierlein.
Leonard Fuchs.
Earl Mcdonald. L
district No. 10
Pauline Epengler. L
Paul Rhodes
istrict No. 11-Grangeville. L
Herbert Herman.
Walter Leischner.
Elvin Herman.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
MothoryCoaoKBook

Smile, and while you smile another
smiles;
And by and by there's miles of smiles.
And LIES worth while because you
SMILE"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
MAIN DISHES

A GOOD. substantial dish which is
Anot hard to get ready for a good
sized family is
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
GET GOOD YIELD
MANY Combine Machines Used
and Farmers Cooperate in
All Threshing Opera
lions

The wheat crop ON the Camas
prairie will average about 20 to 22
bushels to the acre, about 80 percent
of bumper crop, and about 20 per-
cent of last years yield, according to
statement by Frank Thompson, of
the Lewiston Mercantile company,
who returned Wednesday from an
automobile trip through that section
of the country.
Going as far as Whitebird, Mr.
Thompson had splendid opportun-
ity to view harvest operations in that
section. Ideal harvest weather is be-
ing experienced and about half the
wheat is cut and in the shocks. There
is considerable threshing being done
around Whitebird and Grangeville.
About go combines are in use in
the Camas prairie country. With the
advent of the combine, the supply of
men needed for the harvest season is
greatly reduced, proportionately re-
ducing the farmers expense. On
12-foot combine, two men can handle
the work, and four men can operate
an 1S-foot machine. In several in
stances the farmers are working to-
gether on their harvests. In this
way the cost of harvesting a field of
grain is cut to fraction of what it |
has been in former years.-Tribune. |
1t is said that doctors at last are !
beginning to take their own medi- |
cine But bOOtleggers, never.
A merchant died the other day
from shock. Too many customers had
their purchases charged.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
Baked Lima Beans and Tomatoes

Soak a pound OF beans overnight,
parboil for five minutes or longer to
soften, rinse and cook until tender.
Add one teaspoonful of salt to each
quart of water used. Season a pint
of tomatoes with salt and pepper and
onion juice. Add 1t to the drained beans
Put into a beanpot with two thick
slices of bacon or salt pork and bake
until the bacon is crisp and brown.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14

Ruth PidgeOn.
Helen Schmidt
District No. 21-Fenn.
Jack Hurley.
District No. 22-Westlake.
Ruby Hill.
Mildred Decker.
Cecil Daley.
Georgia Warren.
District No. 26-Grangeville.
Norma Bentley.
Vera Richardson.
District No. Clearwater.
Mildred Gibler.
Ralph Gunter
Dorothy Lynn.
District No. 2S-Elk City.
Margaret Harsh.
George Fish.
District No. 29-Tahoe.
Mabel Lyons.
District No. 30-Keuterville.
Anna Enneking
Lille Hatke.
District No. 35-Harrisburg.
Edith Young.
Vernon HollingswOrth.
District No. 36-Kooskia.
Margaret Crook.
Ellen Decker.
Frank Hort.
Jack Jefferson.
Ruby Thenon.
Claude Trenary.
Theodore Oetkins.
Everett Montgomery.
Ruby Breeze.
Archie Pell.
District No. 37-Harpster.
Dorsey Frye.
District No. 39-Greencreek.
Rosalie Stolz
Arnold Wassmuth.
District No. 40-Woodland.
Ralph Johnson.
Bertha Carpenter.
District No. 41-Ferdinand.
Alice Meakin.
District No. 42-Kamiah.
Alice Wolf.
District No. 43-Winona.
Oma Turner.
Mary Martzen.
Belva McKinnon.
District No. 46-Ferdinand.
Ward Hasse
Wayne Peters.
Mary Schreer.
District No. 4S-BOles.
Eunice Kelley.
District No. 47-Winona.
Delbert Norris.
District No. 40.
Vernon Higgins.
District No. 53-Kamiah.
Elmer Dinwiddie.
District No. 54-Grangeville.
Yernal Wilson.
Ada Collins.
Elsie May Collins.
Earl Knight.
District No. 55-Stites.
Hetty Carr.
Olsen George.
Violet Hartman.
Ralph Thompson.
Archie Packer.
Glenn Hall.
Ruby Willard
Doris Lohrey.
district No. 61-Kamiah.
Mabel Westman.
Hazel Westman.
Esther Westman.
Gretta Young.
district No. 65-COttonwood.
Imelda Winner.
district No. 66-Clearwater.
Leva McHone.
district No. 63-Kooskia.
Jane Spencer.
district No. 75-Stites.
Florence Pratt.
district No. -Grangeville.
Matilda Mattson.
district No. 7S-Warren.
Raymond Flynn.
Francis Roden.
district No. S0-Kamiah.
Winston Brugh.
istrict No. S1-Whitebird.
Alma PedigO.
istrict No. S6-Kooskia.
Iowa Harvey.
Rheta Howe.
Rhetta Wilson.
Muriel Kinnick.
Brook Monroe.
Leonard Wilson.
Raymond Flynn, of Warren, re-
ived the highest average in the
unity while Florence Pratt, of Sites
ceived the second highest average. s
A reckless auto driver usually gets
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
TWICE THE NILES
HALF THE COST

We made certain before advertised.
Over 100 big San Francisco business
houses are using out patented gas
saver, speed increaser on cars and
trucks. One writes: Have tested
your device for 46 days-saved IL
times its cost in gas alone Let us
tell you what the others say. Thous-
ands in successful sHse.z Can be in
stalled by any one. No holes to drill.
Learn about this lows priced money
saver.
Write for FREE 60-day Trial
Be sure to mention make and year
of car
SPHINX PRODUCTS CORP.
512 Yanq@Ness Avenue
San francisco. California
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
PROOF.

That fellow wouldn't lend money
to his best friend. He refused to
buy one Of Uncle Sans Liberty
Bonds"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14

1t is said that doctors at last are
beginning to take their own medi.
cine. But bootleggers, never.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14

A reckless auto driver usually gets
bumper crop of pedestrians
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
Frieassee Of Tongues.

Sleeps tongues or small calves
tongues may be used. Take four, cover
with boiling water and simmer until
tender. adding few cloves and a
small onion; season with salt when
nearly done. Remove, cool, skin and
cut lengthwise; season well. The next
day, roll the tongues in flour and fry
in butter and chopped onion until
brown. Serve with brown sauce sea-
soned with dash of lemon Juice.
Serve with hot boiled rice.
N1.a MlAx~s.Q
90. 1894. Western Newspaper Union,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-14

A merchant died the other day
from shock. Too many customers had
their purchases charged.
, 1924-01-24
PROTESTANT GROWTH.

The Evangelical Union Of Porto Rico
has Just celebrated at Ponce the twenty
fifth anniversary of the opening of the
protestant work on the island. The cele-
bration took the form of special meet
ings and a pageant depicting the pro
gress made during the past quarter bf
a century. For this occasion the follow
ing figures were gathered representing
the present status OF the evangelical
work in Porto Rico:
Ministers 167, Unordained workers ll5,
Preaching points 488, Organized churches
1879. Active members 12,377. Sunday
schools 373, Sunday School members
"a, TT, Societies 129, Y. p. s. members
$50, Church buildings 179, Other bulld-
ings IA.
Money collected during 1923 $50, POI.
Value Of property owned by different
Missions 81, 1913, 500,
These figures are based on the infor-
nation supplied by the Churches in the
Evangelical Union and do not include
the statistics of the Episcopal, Lutheran
and Christian Alliance Churches.
The estimate accepted by the workers
on the field is that the protestant con
stituency Of Porto Rico is twenty Ter
cent Of the population Porto Rico Pro
gress, 18th jim
, 1924-01-24

United States Navy is to be concentrated
in the Vi-uues Area MOI so much tor this
years war game but as part OF a plan
to test this Area as. a rlaCe OF defense
for the entire eastern coast OF the Uni
ted States, the Caribbean and as far
South as the Canal. Properly speaking
the Viequps Area i~ucluues the waters
between Porto Rico and the Virgin is
lands, with CuIebra proper as the center
Of base.
There are naval authorities who see
possibilities for using this Area as a ma
val concentration point for a naval force
that would have almost complete com
mand of the entire eastern coast OF the
Unitpa States as well as the eastern end
of the Canal Zone. So far their ideas
have been developed chiefly on paper but
the actual operations Of the next few
Months should go a long way toward
proving or UiSpr0ving the actual value OF
the Area as a naval base.
Al the presant time the United States
has a naval bss Sc at Guantanamo, Cu0a.
Whether this is adequate or whether 1t
is a proper place for further development
are questions to be determined 10 part
at least by this Winters m~aneuvers.
Should Yiauues be determined upon as
the logical concentration point for the
naval defense IF the lpng stretch OF
coast line from the Canal northward it
will be of particular significance for Por'
to Rico ard the Virgin Islands ard over
a period Of years would mean the devel-
opment Of one Of the largest naval bases
10 TIE w0rld.-Ibjd.
, 1924-01-24
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX S7ATION.

London, Jan. 1st.-PasseAQers who
left last night on long distance jour
news were warned by the railway uttici-
ais that they might not reach their desti-
nations and most of the companies IS
sued posters announcing a curtalIment
of the services and that goods and mer-
cbaadize could only be handled at the
senders risk. Among the first effects
of the strike in London was the stop
page of the usual midnight trains to
Scotland, North Wales and other points
and consequent inability to despatch
early editions Of the London morning
Dapars by rail. The newspapers man
ayers had made the best preparations
possible beforehand to meet this contln-
genecy and the streets arJund L1ndOn'5
newspaper row were lined with fleets
of motors of all kinds hired to carry
papers into the country districts.
London, Jan. 2lst. -Wo that the Fran.
CO, Belgian Railway ad ninisJration had
issued orders prohibiting traffic between
the British and other Allied ines in the
Rhineland, was received here with
establishment. The action is said to be
tantamount 10 a blockade Of the Cologne
area and there is resent'uI comment IN
some quarters. which says that if the
order is made effective a very serious
, 1924-01-24
vIEQUEs AREA AS A NAVAL BASE.

The Marines have taken Culebra.
That is the FIRST step to the Winter Ma
val maneuyer which for the first time
in many years, if not in our history, this
wear are ceutering around CuIebra with
what the Navy calls the Vieques Area
AS a concentration place.
That so many ships and men will be
50 close to us and that many Of them
viii visit he cry and island IS 9th IN
teresting and Important. but of much
greater Sierifcince is the fact that the