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Bonn ers Ferry Herald
NUMBER 3S
-NINTH YEAR.
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BONNERS KERRY, IDAHO, MARCH 23 1920
OFFICIAL PAPER OF BOUNDARY COUNTY
WANT better
SCHOOL LAWS
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COOTÏ SCHOOL TRUSTEE* PAS
K ,0irm*> « MEETING OF
AFTERN00N
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„ u Campbell Elected Chairman and
, Secretary
(larh Collins, Secretary
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Tt, e second annual meeting of the
school trustees of Boundary county
held in the auditorium of the.
«•hool Saturday afternoon and
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Agent Oman and Supt.
Kerr afteî r whkh 'the SuatMs n fomS
lengthy discussion:
Moved that the trustees of the
school districts of Boundary county,
assembled at Bonners Kerry, Idaho,.
"®Warch 20th, 1920, effect a per-1
iüment organization. Motion second
ed and carried.
Moved that the name of the organ
iwtion shall be, "The Bohndary
County School Trustees Association."
Motion seconded and carried.
Moved that the object of the as
sociation shall be the betterment of
tho conditions of the rural schools
of every district in the county. Mo
tion seconded and canned.
Moved that the county superintend
cut appoint a chairman and secre-1
tary-treasurer. Motion seconded and
carried.
County Superintendent Flood ap
pointed 0. H. Campbell chairman and
Clark Collins, secretary-treasurer.
The following changes in the pres
ent schools laws were discussed and
resolutions adopted that the changes
be referred to the next session of the
state legislature:
That no person shall be allowed to
vote at any school meeting who is
not a qualified voter at any general
election and also a taxpayer.
That any person who is a qualified
elector at any general election and a
resident of the district may vote at
any school election at which there is
no question of the expenditure of
any funds.
That no person shall vote at any
school election involving the expen
diture of any funds who is not a
qualified elector at any general elec
tion, a taxpayer and a resident of
the district in which the election oc
That the Countv Unit plan
adopted on assessed valuation, where
by the levy be made on the combined
assessed valuation of all the districts
in the county and the apportionments
made on the basis of the require
ments of the districts as shown by
the annual budgets of the districts,
Thereby making the district with a
large assessed valuation and small
financial requirements assist the dis
trict with a small assessed valuation
and financial requirements beyond
their means.
That the association favors the
recommendations of the state super
intendent as to the curtailment
achool holidays.
At the evening session the audi
We was treated to a vocal solo by
Jms Vina O'Callaghan, accompanied
by Miss Laurel Gleed. The address
jjf the evening was given by Dr. S.
i Faucett on the topic. "Rural
Health Versus City Health." From
surveys that have' been made and
25 "is own experiences in army
Ä Dr Faucett was able to
enow that the average citv child has
'ewer physical defects and better
Pbfral health than the average rural
.This is due to the regular!
Ä al inspection of school children
CIty schools. Defects or in
Kctions are discovered in the earlv
Evav »hu j 66 , clinic8 are maintained,
thelwl d w > th cr rich or poor has
benefit of the best service tint
S4cal science can afford. Moreover
disposal of
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}0RM PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
vas
high
M
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matters of
and a P ure water supply are
thc *«* -
it film of views
T. g JU'Ü w . as then shown by
of schools ' Tv? e city . superintendent
*- iranl;- evening closed with
»ent« M? n various depart
W? 6 h,frh schoo] ■ The visit
t 7 ere , Very niwh im -
offûJiîi l ^ucational advan
tiTyouS 1 ^ by th e high school to
> Un? People of this county.
Mrs Kri * l ' Hpnl * e Dlcs Suddenly
M herwi Ij ' Tleu'fte died suddenly
® or nlne t ° n the Northside Sunday
The " fo, î r »'clock, of goitre.
1)1 SDokarr,' a ï burial will take place
'tiipeq to ^ b0dy havin S been
ThVd?n„„ Spo J kane yesterday.
1177 b M,; v S , ed was born November 4,
' Wns She ls survived by
lather -, I*_ d ', J Tenry Henige and her
She camf S . dent of Lenore, Idaho.
Months -wn to , * bis dty about six
10 Mr. Henige WÄ8 recent ly married
**trict D tho P I 8 h° r t residence in this
Cere frienrt deeea8 ed made many sin
These all mourn her
'Ptpathv f dth 4 , an( l loin in extending
lny to the bereaved husband.
sanitation,
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Mrs.
f
arrtvt^Z 8 ' N - M - Woolwine and
he , re yesterday from Eu
bitno hnfre a ^. d wil1 make their future
Position - ' }} r ' Woolwine having a
»id ^ 88 oiler at the sawmill. Mr.
ieilt8 of ,H Voowine ar e former resl
We. T ^ his city and own property
»rieto made the trip from Eu
^railon o POint by au to. continuing
—- on account of the bad roads.
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ORGANIZE THE
»WIT growers
Meeting To Be Held at the Courthouse
Next Monday Afternoon
Commissioner Miles Cannon of the
department of agriculture will be in
j Bonners Ferry next Monday and a
Sil fruitgrowers wi n ho
».held at the courthouse at 1:30 p Ï
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The main purpose of the organizing
, a f / UIt grower's association will be
to enforce spraying laws and to stand
behind Deputy Inspector Ferbrache in
I* 1 ' 8 e ** orts to have all orchards given
(proper attention. Prominent fruit
1 " en ? f the county feel that if some or
LrrUhin n f P ( f' ectfi(i 4t will work a
to keep their trees Tre^ of disease?" 8
The laws of the state of Idaho
?mre several sprayings each vear and
! lf the owners will not sprav then it is
{J® the ills P^tor to cut down
1 , ^ w |'° are interested in fruit
the n meeting! ,n,y *" '°
( week at the International hotel ban
qu et hall, E. R. Henderson being!
i chosen the chairman of the club and
I Mrs. S. 1'. Faucett, the secretary and
j treasurer,
Chairman Henderson was em
powered to name the members of the
executive, membership, publicity, ex- 1
tension and finance committees and
the next meeting of the club will be
, held at his call.
! The organization meeting was at
tended by nearly fifty people who'
became charter members of the club,
It is believed that the club will goon
number several hundred members as
many voters of this county have ex
pressed a desire to further the in
terests of General Wood in his can
didacy for the republican nomination
for president,
( A. Klockmann, president and gen
eral manager of the Idaho-Continent
al Mining Company, of Klockmann.
Idaho, was host to the gathering
Friday night and after the" serving
of a well prepared dinner by W. W.
1 Ferbrache, Mr. Klockmann told of
how he' became interested in the can- j
didacy of General Wood and that he •
was not attempting or trying to take |
an active part in politics. He said ;
his sole interest was in trying to j
be,help nominate a man for president
whose past record would prove him
capable of directing the affairs of,
the nation for the best interests of I
every citizen.
^ George R. Barker, editor of the j
Pend d'Oreille Review, of Sandpoint, I
and former secretary of state of Ida- !
ho, who is the executive secretary
of the state Wood club organization,
was present and was called upon to
tell of the achievements of Gen. Wood
and his administrative ability in the
conduct of affairs in districts over
which he had had charge. Mr. Barker
of,Cuba, in the Phillipines and in vari
( ous parts of the United States. The
speaker told of the fact that Gen.
Woods had been a close, personal
friend of Roosevelt and of other
prominent Americans and gave ex
tracts of their tributes to Gen. Wood
:iI1 d his ability. Mr. Barker stated
that in Idaho it was the plan and j
purpose of the Wood clubs to sup
P 01 ^ W. E. Borah for president ;
£ he desired such support, but
>f he did not, then to swing Ida-,'-'
bo's support to Gen.* Wood for the
! presidential nomination.
Senator W. S. Walker was also
cdled on for a few remarks and told
of having followed the career of Gen
Woods and of being firmly convinced
he was the man best suited, of
a11 candidates, for the republican
nomination. Senator Walker predict
that there would be no question
°t the election of Gen. Wood should
he get the republican nomination.
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LEONARD WOOD
CLUB FORMED
A Boundary County Wood Club
organized on Friday evening of last
was
told of the record of Gen. Wood in
Open Dressmaking Parlors.
The Misses Conrad and Johnson, of
Kalispell, Mont., arrived here last
Tuesday and entered into an arrange
ment with J. W. Reid, proprietor of
Reid's Department Store, to establish
dressmaking parlors in connection
with the store.
The Misses Conrad and Johnson
have had many years experience
the dressmaking business and they
come here very highly recommended
and are assured that their services
will be greatly appreciated in this
county. They will open the room
in Reid's store which was formerly
used for a rest room. This room will
be remodeled and additional light
provided. ,
In securing the services of the
Misses Conrad and Johnson, Mr. Rei'i
feels that he is supplying a long-left
need in the community and that he is
continuing his previous endeavors to
the efficiency of his store
in all de
increase
in giving the best service
partments to his patrons.
Organize Maccabee Lodge
Next Wednesday night, March 24.
a tent of the Knights of The Mac
cabees will be instituted in the Odd
Fellows hall. A list of over 20 nan es
lhas been secured by E. L '
state commander of Idaho and Jta*
ern Washington. He wdl finish -
work in this city with the closing of
the charter list on March " ls T
Maccabees who hold their member
ship in other jurisdictions are învi^d
(to he present at theorgamzationof
'Bonners Ferry tent of the Maccabees.
opretta.
q jj ara g an> "Miss Blossom,'- daughter of a Samari.
K intara, student and lover of O Hara San.
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Kanaya, father of O Hara San. .
Prince Nashimoto Fushimi, aged suitor of O Hara San
o Toku San, chief of Mardel in Kanaya's household.
go-between.
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LEONARD WOOD'S 14 POINTS
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AMERICAN—100 PER CENT.
Devoted his whole life to the service of his country',
and knows intimately every section of the United
States and its possessions.
EQUIPPED FOR NATION'S HIGHEST OFFICE
Mentally, morally, physically fit.
unbiased, he insures
A MAN OF DEEDS, NOT WORDS
Cuba, the Philippines, the Plattsburgh Camps, and
the whole ot his national preparedness campaign
are inperishable achievements.
STATESMAN.
The rehabitation of Cuba, the building of a modern
independent republic from the ruins of a four
hundred-year old Spanish Crown Colony, constiutes
one of the greatest feats of statesmanship in mod
ern times.
DIPLOMAT
Courageous and
a square deal for all.
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In his mission of civilization, he won the coopera
tion of Cubans and Filipinos, strangers in race,
language and religion.
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR
He found Cuba bankrupt, raised over sixty millions
of dollars, made enduring public improvements and
left the country debt free.
AUTHORITY ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Foresaw and foretold the European war through
his extensive knowledge of foreign relations,
dieted its menace to the United States,
his program of military preparedness in 1909 and
continued it until victory was achieved.
JUDGE OF MEN
Selected Reed to wipe out yellow fever; Olcott,
Dodge, and Van Horn to construct and develop
Cuba's railways; and Hanna and Frye to create
the island's modern school system.
PEACEMAKER
Pacified the unruly More province in the Philip
pines, stampetl out piracy, slave trading, and in
ternal warfare, leaving the province law-abiding
and prosperous.
ORGANIZER AND BUILDER
The Cuban schools, hospitals, harbors, lighthouses,
railroads, highways, and telegraph system, and the
Philippine fortifications are monument sto his
labors.
PROVED LEADER
Has had wider and more diverse executive and ad
ministrative experience than any other man men
tioned for the presidency.
CHAMPION OF LAW AND ORDER
Stands for equal justice for public, employe, and
employer. Restored order in Omaha; prevented dis
order in steel and coal strikes.
STANDS ON HIS OWN MERITS
Roosevelt said of Wood:
tonishing, and it has been due purely to his
striking qualifications and striking achievements."
HE DID NOT KEEP US OUT OF WAR
BUT PAVED THE WAY TO VICTORY
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STUDENTS OF THE LOCAL SCHOOLS
TO GIVE OPERETTA APRIL 13
"O Hara San," a Japanese opretta in two acts is to be given under the
direction of Miss Laurel Gleed, head of the Music and Art department of
the local schools. The high school chorus has been rehearsing the opretta
for several weeks and Miss Gleed has announced the final date for April 13,
All of the principal parts have been assigned and local music lovers will
be assured of some real talent in the high school opretta. '
The students are now rehearsing four times a week and every success
possible is assured them.
Following is the cast, members of the chorus and a synopsis of the
Perry Howe
Wilbur Tanner
Curtis Wallace
Al ice McFarland
.Helen Fry
.James Egan
Accompanist.Miss Elms
Maids, Students, Dentists, Couriers, Geisho Girls and Servants compose full
chorus.
MEMBERS OF CHORUS
Lahoma Aldridge, Helen Bond, Esther Biggar, Reva Bixler, Alice
Branom, Mary Burke, Vera Crissey, Beulah Douglas, Ethel Danquist, Helen
Fry, Edith Ferbrache, Emma Gines, Daisy Harworth, Matilda Herman,
Gertrude Jacoby, Helen Kostlivy, Eva Mae Little, Martha Mewes, Mary
McCormick, Lina Ripatti, Mildred Reid, Fonda Washburn, Phoebe Welch,
Francis Gray, Mildred Crocker, Ellice Dayton, Hazel Biggar, Alice McFar
land, Hazel Jones, Perry Howe, Wilbur Tanner, Claude Fry, Alan Shultis,
Ambrose Boileau, James Egan, Joseph Burke, Joseph Welch, Howard Done
hoo, Curtis Wallace, Homer Welch, Wilfred Andrews.
SYNOPSIS.
A Japanese youth, a student of noble lineage, passes by the beautiful
garden of Kanaya's. Its beauty surprises him but the flower that captivates
him is the beautiful daughter of Kanaya, O Hara San. They fall in love
and O Kashi Kintara seeks Kanaya for O Hara San's hand in marriage.
Kanaya gives his consent only upon the condition that they be married
in a year's time.
O Kashi Kintara leaves his sweetheart to finish his studies in America
and promises her he will return before the year is up. In the meantime
Prince Nashimoto Tushimi relentlessly pursues O Hara San for her hand
The prince, who is wealthy, cannot change the affections of
in marriage.
the beautiful O Hara San. She remains faithful to her student lover who
Her father however, promises the prince that, if O Kashi
in far away.
Kintara does not return in a year's time O Hara San will become his bride.
Time flys and the last day of the year comes, O Kashi Kintara has not
returned and O Hara San tearfully makes preparation for her marriage
to the prince. The wedding feast is set and the ceremony about to take
place when Tokiaki, the go-between, arrives breathlessly, announcing the
arrival of his master, O Kashi Kutara. With the arrival of his master all
ends happily with O Kiski Kutara and O Hara San united.
Lyceum Lecturer Coming Tuesday
Arthur Walwyn Evans will give a
lecture on the evening of March 30th
at the K. P. hall, under the auspices
of the Bonners Ferry Lyceum course.
This entertainment will conclude the
series for the 1919-20 series.
Mr. Evans comes here recommended
as being one of the best lecturers on
the Ellison-White circuit this season
and his entertainment is spoken ot
very highly In all towns where he has
spoken.
tickets should make it a point to he
on hand to hear this noted pecturer
next Tuesday night.
Those who have not season
Need ISO Dimes This Week
The "America's Gift To France"
drive started yesterday in all parts of
(the United States for the purpose of
'raising money with which to erect a
monument on the Marne River in
France to mark the farthest point of
advance made by the German army in
the World War.
The quota for Boundary countv is
$15.00.
of the quota it was thought best to
limit contributions to ten cents,
means if the quota is reached that 150
people will donate ten cents each.
It can been seen that it is hardly
worth while to make a special can
Surely
there are 150 people in the county who
will give ten cents each towards this
drive without being asked,
are one of them sent your contribution
to C. W. King, county chairman, right
now, before you forget it.
On account of the smallness
This
vas to raise this money.
If you
Several have already given towards
this drive, one contribution coming
from California.
Mrs. Caroline W. Flood has named'the
April 23 as the date to be observed
by the schools of the county as Arbor
Day and Bird Day. She recommends
that the entire week be observed
as clean-up week, culminating on Fri
day in the planting of trees and
Arbor Day and Bird Day.
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! SECOND OF 1919-20 TERM WILL BE
! Friday afternoon of this week will
■be Patron's Day at the Bonners Fer-1
ry schools, the second one of the
'term, and all patrons and everyone
'interested in school work in any part
(of the county, are invited to attend,
i The first Patron's Day was held
last fall and now that several months
have intervened, there will be an
opportunity for those who attended
last fall to note the improvement and
advancement of the students in the,
various grades and departments.
! The trustees and faculty of the
Bonners Ferry schools feel that these
Patron's Days not only create more:
interest in the public schools on the
part of the older folks but that they
encourage the pupils to greater and
increased efforts.
j Following is the program which will
be rendered Friday:
shrubs and appropriate exercises.
PATRON'S DAY
ON FRIDAY
OF GREAT INTEREST TO ALL
PATRONS
PRIZES FOR BEST BIRD HOUSE
! All Citizens Are Invited To Come and
Note Progress
1:10-2:30—Regular work in the grade
I building. Inspection of exhibits
1 and Art display in the grade build
mg.
2:30-3:00—Military drill by high
school boys; calesthenics drill by
high school girls; physical culture
\ <j r jH by grade boys.
3:00-4:00_Educational film and bi
optical views in high school audi
torium.
building. Home economics and man
ual training exhibits, high school
building. Bird house contest in
high school building. Light re
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fieshments, domestic science room.
, One of the events of this Patron's
Day will be the exhibition of bird
bouses and the awarding of prizes,
Three judges will be appointed and
the following prizes, arranged
by A. J. Kent, will be given:
First prize .S3.0t»
Second prize j. 2 00
Third prize L5oi^
Fourth prize . 1.00
Fifth prize .75
Plans are now being made to form
,
A day r
be set apart in the near future known
as the Bird day. At this time es
says will be written relative to the
bird problem of thi, county, «11«»,
sions given and the organization per
fected. Song birds are destroyed
in North Idaho by cats, hawks, eng
ish sparrows and boys who stone
Wric o* *•
s or ob their nests. Statistics
show that a house cat will catch on
the average 50 song birds a year,
In the east birds average a pair to
the «J but 1» the „i„ regions o( the
west they average a pair to every
two acres. In this county of ours
w'hich is a natural paradise for birds
we have perhaps two pair to the
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acre but this number can be in
To
4:00-5:00—Inspection of high school
j
a bird protective association in the
grade and high school.
creased ten fold if the boys and girls
will band together for the protection
of the robin, the meadow lark, gross
beak, oriole, chicade, house wren, blue
bird, humming bird and other beauti
ful birds found in this county,
promote the bird protective associa
tion and to create interest on the
part of the pupils in our own school
and any others who are willing to
join the association, this contest has
been arranged. 'Twenty-seven bird
houses have been constructed and
will compete fer the prizes. Every
citizen in this community should be
present on Patron's day and see the
bird houses.
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INTER! HURt'H WORLD MOVEMENT
PLANS TO RAISE HUGE SUM
IN NEXT FIVE YEARS
TO HOLD COUNTY CONFERENCE
Organizing Now for Drives That Will
Start Soon
The pastors and leading laymen
of Boundary county will Hike up the
local Protestant church activities in
relation to the Interchurch World
Movement when the county confer
ence meets April 7 at the Presbyter
ian church at Sandpoint, Idaho. At
conference, an outgrowth of the
Inland Empire pastors' conference,
P ,a ns and organization will be made
for financing and improving the local
churches and to rehabitate the
Christian forces for their part in the
Kreat program to raise $1,330,000,
Ameriea, in the next five
000
I years for extension of ehui'ch activi
ties throughout the world. Thirty
denominations arc cooperating nation
ally in the Interchurch World Move
men. The total budget these denom
inations expect to pledge in 1920
is $336,777,572, of which $17. r .,448,349
is to be paid in this year.
A team of speakers from the In
(land Empire headquarters of the In
ferchurch will visit the county meet
ing to explain the united financial
campaign which will be held from
April 25 to May 2.
Pastors who attended the confer
ence of Inland Empire ministers at
Spokane, March 10-12 will explain
the other aspects of the world move
ment, in which the cooepirating
churches are concentrating their ef
forts to revive the roral church by
paying pastors more and equipping
the local churches to meet more
thoroughly the needs of their com
munities.
To carry out this program in its
many details there will be set up a
county Interchurch organization. This
will be headed by a county advisory
committee, composed of the pastor,
a man and woman worker from each
church in the county, and chosen rep
resentatives of the forward move
ments of each denomination. An
executive committee of 15 or more
wil1 be chosen by the advisory corn
. mitten. This
equally divided as to pastors, laymen
and laywomen, and it will include
the offices of the county committee
and the general denominational rep
resentatives.
1 Similar conferences and interchurch
organizations are being conducted in
virtually every one of ho f )00 c< un
tics in the United States.
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committee will be
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FARMERS PLAN
SEASON'S WORK
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The Farm Bureau Committee, Bon
ners Ferry community, held a meet
; ing at the court house Thursday af
ternoon, March 18, to talk over the
program of w'ork and plan for defi
nite things to accomplish along pro
ject lines for the season. Five of
the nine committeemen attended, Geo.
ln ™£' chairman, and in charge of
organization, presiding,
| W. L. Kinnear, committeeman on
rodent control work urged strong
j community effort in order to get re
(suits. It was arranged to start the
j work as soon as squirrels appear,
for,with at least three field demonstra
,jtions on sqirrel poisoning and to plan
a t least two gopher poisoning demon
1 Orations. The places and elates will
d a " c , e e ?Jr ,r throuerh the press
! T. J. Jones, committeeman on fruit
culture, reviewed the work
( Pushed by pruning demonstrations,
and the campaign for spraying. He
emphasized the fact that It is abso
will;lately necessary to produce first
j quality, clean fruit to meet open
competition. A first class product
I™ 11 , find the best market and sell
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expressed in favor of a county fair
this fall for the display of fnnts.
agricultural products, poultry, and
byestock. TTie chairman was insruct
0(1 T? make this as a recommendation
to the executive committee for their
consideration. The special adaptabil
'ty of this valley for growing pears
wa . s emphasized and the consensus of
'ÜÄSi
be emphasized,
Geo. Kindschuh, land-clearing
raittee, showed that the car order for
P° wd ? r . b a y developed increased in
terest m clearing work. Theret hss
been a considerable over-subscription
for powder with a possibility for
needing another car.
The subject of poultry having been
brought up in the discussion, it was
decided to make it one of the pro
jects of the community program and
O. E. Phillips was selected leader.
Mr. Oman, county agent, is ready
at any time to render assistance in
selecting breeding flocks or in mak
ing recommendations as to feeding
and care. Early hatching is neces
sary to insure'winter laying. Heavy
breeds should be hatched in March
and April and the leghorn through
April. Properly selected eggs have
much to do with egg production. In
this connection Mr. Oman announced
that Pren _ Moore, poultry expert in
the extension division, expects to be
•in Boundary county June 7 to 9.
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