KENDRICK
The Hub of the
Potlatch
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THE POTLATCH
Home of the
White Navy Bean
Volume 22.
Kendrick, Latah County, Idaho, Friday February 7, 1913.
Number 5.
MONEY IN SEEDS-EAST
ERN DEALERS BUY CROP
Will Cultivate 100 Acres This Season
to Supply Contracts Already
Secured.
An industry that bodes well for
the future of the Potlatch section has
been receiving slight attention from
the farmers of this district for sev
eral years, but it remained for W.
W. Tracy, Jr., to bring the industry
to successful fruition on a scale large
enough to remove all question as to
the success of this new enterprise—
the production of vegetable and
flower seeds.
Mr. Tracy has been in the seed
business all his life and after investi
gating the soil ingredients and cli
matic conditions of different parts of
the northwest he decided that Big
Bear ridge, about five miles from
Kendrick, affords a most promising
field for his business. The two
years he has already devoted to the
carrying out of his work here have
had the effect of removing all doubt
as to the soundness of his conclu
sions.
Chief among the vegetable crops
that will ingage Mr. Tracy's atten
tion the coming season will be beets,
parsnips, turnips and onions, and he
will have about 20 acres devo'.ed to
the growth of miscellaneous flower
seeds. About 100 acres of all vari
ties of vegetables and flower seeds
will be handled by Mr. Tracy the
coming season. Mr. Tracy's crops
are chiefly grown under contract
with eastern seed firms. When in
WILD ANIMALS REPORT
ED TO BE STARVING
It is reported that wild animals of
the forest are coming to the clearing
in search of food since the snow has
become so deep. A wild cat is re
ported to be hovering around the
chicken house of Dick Worsley of
Cedar creek. The animal has killed
several of the birds and cne morn
ing this week Dick came in contact
with the fellow and both were glad
to go their way. Five dead deer
were found in one bunch by a near
Band is Progressing
The Kendrick band is surely mak
ing great progress in the music
world. There will be no worry on ;
the minds of the Fourth of July
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committee this year as to where thev
will get their music for the celebra
tion which is sure to be held here.
Conference Held
Rev. Andrew Warner of Walla
Walla held the regular quarterly
conference at the Methodist church
in this city Tuesday forenoon. Sev
eral delegates from out of town
points were present and a good
meeting is reported.
Falls From Roof
J. A. Brookins, of Linden, while
shoveling snow off the roof of his
store building one day last week,
slipped and fell to the ground, bruis
ing him considerable and now rheu
matism bas settled in his body and
he is in a serious condition.
The Women of Woodcraft will en
tertain the members and their fam
lies of the Woodman of the World
next Wednesday evening at the Fra
temal Temple. All members are
requested to be present. i
terviewed by a Gazette reporter he
said:
"The seeds grown in this section
have proven to be of exceedingly
high vitality, being far superior in
this respect to seeds usually obtained
by eastern seedsmen from European
sources.
"It requires special machinery for
harvesting and cleaning vegetable
and flower seeds, the major portion
of such machinery being imported
direct from Germany where seed |
growing has reached the highest
stage of development."
Mr. Tracy employs from six to 18
people for different periods of each :
season. The harvesting of the seeds
ranges from June 15 to October 15. ;
The yield of the different varie
ties of seeds ranges from 400 to 1200
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pounds per acre, and the prices ob
tained range from 6 to 70 cents the
pound, all kinds of garden and
flower seeds now commanding
higher prices throughout the world
than ever before, as will be evi
denced by a glance at seed cata
logues.
Mr. Tracy's knowledge of seeds,
gained from wide experience, has
enlisted the highest confidence of
many of the large seed firms of the
eastern part of the United States,
and this enables him to obtain very
satisfactory prices for his entire out
put each season.
by rancher, who stated that the ap
pearance of the animals indicated
tbat tbey bad
died of starvation.
Another case reported is one that
sounds, well, we will believe any
thing. A coyote was found in a
snow drift this week where he had
bommitted suicide. The animal had
jumped from a little raise in the at
ground into a snow drift and buried
his head and part of the body. Re
ports from different sections of the
country say that quail are starving.
High School Debate
at
A debate was given at the school
house for the public Friday evening
; by the High school. The question Js
debated was "Resolved, that the
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rhillippines should be given
independence." Stuart Compton
and Lucile Grinolds debated on the
affirmative and Johanna Hooker and
Lee Craig on the negative. The de
bate was won by the negative.
Fair Meeting
A meeting of all Fair and other
industrial organizations in the Inland
Empire is hereby called to convene
at Lewiston, Idaho, Saturday, Feb.
15, at n a m ( f or the purpose of
considering 1913 dates, policies and
attractions. A cordial invitation is
extended to all interested to attend
this meeting.—John E. Nickerson,
Secretary,
Immigrant Social
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Presbyterian church will give an
Immigrant Social in the Fraternal
Temple, February 14th. Come
i dressed as an immigrant.
Correspondence
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Big Bear Ridge the
John Elliott was a ridge visitor
this week.
The evening of the 14th a 10c ! for
Valentine party will be given at the ' n
home of Mrs. D. J. Ingles. A short l y
program will be given and a Valen- j
tine box will be a principal feature
of the evening. Lunch will also be j
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Lydia Blenden spent Sunday with
Miss Whitcomb.
servec j
Joe Huffman is on the sick hst
again>
Powell McGraw says their cistern i
caved in and after putting in a week
fixing it up it caved in the second
time.
Word reached here that Mrs.
Sibert, wife of Rev. Sibert, was
| taken to a hospital in Spokane Sat
urday to be operated on for cancer
of the stomach.
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: Little Bear Ridge
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bovencamp
; and f arn ;iy and Mrs. John Benjamin
and f am ;iy were visiting at W. C.
Snndav
K-ouenoum s sunaay.
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Arhe Allen from Lmden was V1S '
iting at the home of B. N. Emmett's
Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Ole Olson of Kendrick has
been visiting with Mrs. W. C. Kol
lenbum the past week.
N e l s Moody was visiting at Mr.
Erickson - s i ast wee k.
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Lynn Bailey was visiting at B.
Emmett s Sunday,
A farewell party was given Mon
day night in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Kollenburn and family, who
will leave the ridge Thursday. A
delicious luncheon was served at
midnight.
A small crowd from here attended
the social at the school house on
the upper end of the ridge last Sat
urday night. They report a good
time.
Mr. and Mrs. Erickson were vis
iting at L. A. Campbell's Sunday.
Edna Harris and May Boven
camp of Yellow Rose school each
received 100 in a spelling test of 50
a
words Friday,
Mr. and Mrs. Harris were visiting
at A. Arnot's Sunday.
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Texas Ridge
Miss Grace Drury spent Sunday
at home.
Mrs. Hyltanus has been seriously
ill this week.
Miss Russell of Moscow is spend
ing a few days with her sister who
Js teaching on the d dge.
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The infant child of Preston
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born 15 slowly imprOVing '
^rs. Peterson of
visiting with her parents,
Mrs. C. E. Anderson.
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Mr. and
Jim Miller and family were visit
ing Sunday at W. T. Fergersons.
Mrs. Elsie Clawson of Potlatch is
visiting at the home of Geo. Drury. 1
Charley Dahlgreen has gone to
He Didn't See It
From the condition of the weather
Sunday and Monday it was a very
evident fact that Mr. Ground Hog
did not see his shadow. One citizen
of this town is reported as going up
on the side of the hill where the sun
always hits and sitting there all day
to see the gentleman come forth to
hunt for his shadow. He was re
ported as remarking in the evening
that the fellow came out of his hole
but went back with a broad smile
on his face, as much as saying the
farmers are going to get an early
spring.
the Big Potlatch ridge to work for
By raes -
Miss Anna Osborn left Monday
for Montana where she will be united
' n marriage to Clyde Smith, former
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Pine Creek Bench
Mrs. R. E. Metcalf visited with
Mrs. D. J. Ingle Thursday.
Miss Hope Beekley spent Satur
day and Sunday the guest of Mrs.
John Sanberge.
R. E. Metcalf attended the public
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sale Thursday at the upper e „ d of
Big Bear ridge.
Martin Shey and family were din
ner guests of Mrs. R. E. Metcalf
Sunday.
American Ridge
Chas. Brocke of Spokane arrived
on the ridge last Saturday to
his parents.
visit
Mr. Dowdy of Moscow has pur
chased the old Russell place and is
moving on the same this week.
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Elmer Rogers has moved onto the
Wallace Benscotter P lace now owned
by L. Keene.
R. p Bigham and family visited
last Sunday with R. H. Roseberry
and family in Kendrick.
Mrs. Robert Bigham went to Mos
cow Wednesday.
R. W. Bigham is hauling some
wood to Kendrick.
1 less a charge is made.
If a postoffice inspector was to
make a trip of inspection over route
1, and see the condition of the roads
and mail boxes and see the carrier
wallowing through snow from 3 to 5
feet deep in getting into and out
from the boxes, sometimes being
required to get off his horse to get
to a box, we believe that he would
recommend that the route be dis
continued. It is the duty of the
road supervisor to keep the public
road open. It is also the duty of
each person who has a box to keep
a good road into and out from his
box to the main road, and in case
they fail to do so the carrier may
take their mail back to the office
and leave it there until they do make
a good road. While on this subject
we want to call attention to one
more fact. Boxes are required to
be not less than 4 1-2 feet from the
ground and placed on an arm so
that the carrier can drive right under
the box. We venture to say that
there are not 6 boxes on the entire
route that meets the requirements of
the postoffice department. We
have written this article with the
hope that it will do some good and
Rambler is personally responsible
for the same. Some of these days
the department will call on our car
rier for a complete report of his
route and then some on this ridge
will wake up and realize what a great
blessing the rural route and the poor
despised carrier is to you, and we
believe we know what is coming un
Rambler.
Silent Sale System
The Lincoln-McCrea people have ;
this week started a new feature
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tbeir store - They are now runnin B
a silent auction sale. It will be to
the interest of the people to visit 1
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this establishment and indulge in
this sale. You will be able to buy
some excellent articles at your own
price. Go in and see what is the
best you can do.
W. Wenzlaff and family have mov
ed into the house recently vacated
by Walter McCrea.
FEED IS SCARCE AND
STOCK IS BEING MOVED
Supply in South Fork Country Exhaust
ed-Prairie Ranchers Well Sup
plied With Hay.
Large numbers of cattle and
horses have been brought to the
prairie country near Grangeville for
feed because of the shortage of hay
in the South Fork country, but as
far as known there has been no suf
fering among the stock in that part
of the country. The prolonged
snowstrom has necessitated feeding
in all sections and the usual supply
kept on hand by the stockmen of
the South Fork country was insuffi
cient to last the herds during the
storm. The movement of the stock
to tie prairie section was commenc
ed about ten days ago and all farm
ers who have straw stacks or hay
are finding a good market for their
TROY I. O. O. F. TEAM
VISIT LOCAL ORDER
Last Saturday evening was a very
enjoyable one at the Fraternal temple
The Odd Fellows' team of Troy vis
ited the local lodge and administered
the first degree of the order to a
new candidate and it was executed
in first class manner. The Troy
team is well drilled in their work.
After the lodge closed the guests
were invited into the banquet room
where several of the lady Rebekahs
had spread one of the finest reeds
that had been placed on a table in
some time. The one thing that was
J. W, Davis
Wednesday.
went to Moscow
in
Moscow this week.
Thos. Riley went to Moscow Sun
day for a few days.
Mrs. Fruchtel was a visitor in
C. G. and W. B. Compton went
to Moscow Wednesday morning.
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Hugh Jennings and family went
to Juliaetta Monday for a short stay.
A. W. Bramer returned Monday
to his home in Geyser, Montana. j
Don't forget the Athletic club will
hold it regular exhibition Friday
The dance Tuesday evening was !
well attended and especially by the
young people of Juliaetta.
Mrs. Bert Crow returned to her
evening, Feb. 7.
Mrs. J. A. Stout of Lewiston,
spent a few days this week visiting
her son C. S. Stout and family.
The beautiful evenings the past
two weeks for sleighing has now be
gun to show on the driving teams.
home in Moscow Monday after
short visit with her sister, Miss Louis
Martin.
Amos Specker departed Monday
for Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, where he
expects to remain for some time.
Mrs. S. E. Crow departed for
California Monday where she will
; v ; s i t her children for some time
O. H. Torgerson of Park, Idaho
was a visitor in this city the first of
the week and also visited in Lewis
1 ton a day.
W. B. Compton of Dent, Idaho,
visited a couple of days this week
I with his brother, C. G. Compton, of
this place.
County Attorney Nesbett of Mos
cow was a business visitor in this
city Saturday and
drove to Juliaetta.
from here he
product.
The stock of the Salmon river
country is either kept at the ranches
along the river or taken to the Snake
river, where large quantities of hay
are put up for the winter feeding.
It is not believed that any of the
stock has suffered up to the present
time, but the feed supply in all sec
tions must be nearly depleted and
sufiering will follow unless a break
in the weather is experienced at an
early date. The herds that are with
in driving distance of the prairie
country, however, can be cared for,
as the low market price of hay and
barley last fall left large quantities
on the farmers' hands.
in prominence was a whole pig in
the center of the table that had been
roasted at the Hardison Hotel. The
visitors and home people tried to
see if they couldn't eat a whole hog
in one evening and from the-number
that didn't eat any breakfast the
next morning it was evident who
had too much pig. After those
present had partaken of all the good
things to eat they returned to the
lodge room where the remainder of
the evening was soent in music,
recitation* and card playing.
Farmers in from the ridges Mon
day forenoon reported eight inches
o£ snow added t0 what they already
,had.
Revs - Pinkham and Craig are
holding meetings at the Fairfield
school house on the Big Potlatch
r | dge
I The school play last Friday even
ing was very wdl attended . The
pup ;i s g av e a ver\ pleasant evenings
entertainment,
j Several of the young people of
this place attended the dance in
Juliaetta last Friday evening and
they as a whole express themselves
as being very royally entertained.
The Misses Mellisons came down
from Moscow where they have been
attending the University. - They ex
pect to return to their home in
Everett, Wash.
! Barber Stout has been renevating
his sho P and fixin 2 U P in first
class condition. He says he believes
in having a nice cozy place for his
cus t omers to wait for him to hollow
"next."
Byrne's mercantile store has un
dergone some marked changes dur
ing the past week. The manage
ment is getting things in shape for
the coming spring business.
Joday Long says he has become
an expert in the art of making head
cheese. If you don't believe it come
down and sample them.
Commissioner Woody went to
Moscow Wednesday to attend a
meeting of the board. Several
items of importance will be taken up
this session.
The stores of this little town are
now receiving large shipments of
goods for spring trade. It is to be
remembered that you can always
get anything in merchandise here at
i any time.