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VOLUME 29.
KENDRICK. LATAH COUNTY. IDAHO. FRIDAY. MARCH 14. 1919
NUMBER 11
Capitol Correspondence
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The House put itself on record a
Tew days ago in reference to the
League of Nations by declaring,
among other things, that it was
"'obscure, vague and ambiguous."
Among the headlines of a morning
paper we find "League of nations
constitutions condemned without
qualification and attitude of chief
executive bitterly censured." This
memorial to Congress was intro
duced by three two-by-four little
fellows who, before the last elec
tion, had never been heard of out
side their own school district. Yet
they talk for the? people of the state.
Of course such action will have no
effect one way or the other but it is
humiliating to the people whom
these boys represent, but the great
state of Idaho will soon outlive such
childish ebulitions.
But there are many other things
happening in the Capitol City far
more interesting than the vaude
ville of the youthful solons in the
state house. Foremost among the
Boise enterprises at this time is the
prospective building of new quarters
for the Y. M. C. A. at a cost ot
$165,000.00. The whole town was
organized on a princely scale and
the work to be put through in seven
days. The slogan was "All or noth
ing". Three strenuous days have
already passed. In campaigns of a
similar nature the first 'few days
give by far the greater results
The'first day of this campaign start
ed off with three subscriptions
totalling $20,000.00. Everyone was
jubilant. Three days have passed
and all subscriptions total $57,000.
00. While this is a little more than
one third yet for each of the re
maining days far, more must be col
lected than the average for the first
three days.
If failure results it would not be
discreditable to the city for be it
said that Boise has been "bled
white" within the last year. The
Y. M. C. A. has been very unfortun
ate in its campaign thus far. On an
Inter Urban car, a few days ago, a
recently returned soldier declared
that he was afraid that he "would
be run out of town" wfienhe crit
icised the work of the "Y" over
seas. Returned soldiers are and
have been, offering criticisms to
such an extent that the campaign
workers have undertaken to refute
these criticisms and have devoted
whole pages in the daily press to
this end. This has opened up the
whole matter and is a very serious
mistake while an effort is on to
raise $165,000.00. Of course all
know that the "Y" did a great work
overseas because all helped to raise
many millions to finance the prqject
and at this time, at least, it would
be far better to admit the mistakes
made as pointed out by the soldiers
rather then attempt to refute them.
Labor organizations are on the
boom in this city. A fine three story
building has been leased for a term
of .years in which will meet for
business purposes Thirty Unions
with more to folios^. Labor is or
ganizing more and more for effec
tive co-operation but the farmer
has nothing to fall back upon but
the non-partisan league which has
grown ineffective and will continue
to grow more so as long as such dis
reputable characters head the or
ganization. The farmers more than
ever need an effective organization.
They have the neucleus now. Dis
card the present leadership and
place real. Idaho farmers at the
head. Now'that ther Primary law
has been practically abrogated and
the state convention is assured, let
the farmers be satisfied, for the
present, with being a minority
party. Let them hold a state con
vention after the two old parties
have held theirs and pick a ticket of
the best men nominated by the re
publican and democratic parties.
This will give the farmers standing
and influence for the present. Then
they will soon come into their own.
The future will surely take care pf
itself. Of course we do not expect
the farmers to act on the above sug
gestion. Men rarely take advice
especially if that advice is good.
We realize that our letters thus
Orphie Hupp Champion
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The Star-Mirror contained the fol
lowing article concerning the Hupp
boys:
Mrs. h lorancé Hupp of S. Har
rison street has received word that
her son, Harry, of the 63rd coast
artillery, arrived a week ago, from
France, where he has been since
last June. He is now at Camp
Mills, New York and is expected
home next week.
Another son, Orphie L. Hupp is
in the aviation branch where he en
listed in July, 1917. He attended
the ground school at Austin, lexas,
and is now at the aerial gunnery ;
school at San Diego, Rockwell!
Field.
Mr. Hupp has quite a reputation
as a wrestler among his fellow
aviators. The "Rockwell Field !
Weekly" gives him a full figure
picture entitled the "Wrestling
Champion of Rockwell Field," He
not only won the championship
with his own weight, but bested his
opponent
an odd wrestling!
match. The Y. M. C. A. notes gitfes
the wrestling match as follows:
"Bailey tipped the beam at 195 and !
his opponent weighed in at 156. !
However, Hupp demonstrated that
weight was not all in wrestling^
when he outgeneraled his opponent
at all angles. Hupp was in better
condition and used his head in the
pinches, while Bailey was unable
to figure him out.
Hupp took the first round after 14
mintftes of fast struggling with a
head and arm scissors and a stiff
arm. Bailey won the second with
an arm scissors and straight arm
after six minutes. Hupp won the
deciding round by baffling Bailey
yvith an arm scissors and hammer
lock. This round took 40 minutes
and three seconds after Hupp grad
ually wore Bailey out in a weaken
ing state after getting out of -many
impossible holes. It was the first
match held under the professional
rules."
Orphie Hupp was born and rear
ed on Little Bear ridge near Kend
rick and his mother now' makes her
home in Moscow. We are proud of
our rugged, manly boys and pf their
prowess in clean athletics.
St. Patrick s Celebration
A rale Irish sprid for 35 cents, at a
the Grand Thater Monday, begin
nin' at 6 o'clock in the evenin'.
Some of the finest biddies ot the
land will be afther sarvin' ye with ;
their delicacies. Irish songs and-|
the fiddle while ye fade the baste! !
Everything Irish will be tnar but |
the shillalah. Come and git an
Irish welcome in keepin' with St.
Patrick's day.
At 8 o'clock his Riverince Char-;
les Hodshire of Clarkston will spake ;
to yez.—To be given by the M. E.
Church.
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Miss Leatha Fowler and Mr. Elbert
Kuykendall 'completely surprised J
their friends in the community
F owler-Kuykendall
when they slipped away to Asotin
and were tjyietly married bv Judge
Läufer, Monday noon. March 10.
They returned to Kendrick Tuesday
afternoon.
Both young people are very
popular here and a large crowdj
gathered Tuesday night to do honor I
to the occasion, and they were
rovally treated by the happy couple.
Miss Fowler has lived in Kend
rick since childhood and has a host
of friends here. Her husband is a
fine fellow and one of the pros
perous young farmers of Potlatch
ridge. The happy couple are now
I at bome on the Kuykendall farm
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far have been stale and unprofit
able. They would doubtless have
been, better if we had not occupied
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the gallery so often. We would
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have more respect for the laws en -
acted if we had not been in such
close proximity with their source.
But we have some hopes that our
readers, if we have had any, will
not be overjoyed that this is the end.
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Ferdinand Zoyer
Ferdinand Zoyer, a former resid
ent of Kendrick, died at his home
in Spokane, S526 Thor Street. He
was 68 years old at the time of his
death and leaves his wife, Mrs.
Magdalena Zoyer, a daughter,
Josephine, and three sons, Christian
and John who'are also living in
Spokane and Frank, who is with
the 55th Infantry in France.
Mr. Zoyer was a member of the
Lutheran church. The funeral was
held Thursday afternoon from the
chapel of the Turnbull company.
The Zoyer family moved to Spok
ane from Kendrick about a year
ago. They lived a number of years
here .and in Juliaetta and their
many friends in the community
will be saddened to learn of the
bereavement which has befallen
them.
Cameron Items
Mr and Mrs Herman W iikens
are expected home this week from
a £ W0 we eks visit at Walla Walla
About a11 of our men and bo » s
spent Tuesday and Wednesday at the
; Tractor school at Kendrick,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wegner Sr. are
! visiting their two daughters and
| other relatives at Arlington, Minn,
They write the thermometer regist
Iered 18 below there last week.
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One family in the district is
quarantined for Scarlet Fever. We
hope it will prove to be light
cases.
The Misses Amanda Meyer and
Martha Silflow visited at Lewiston
last week,
! Miss Emilie Hartung is now stay
ing at home and Miss Hannah Har
J tung is with her aunt at Sandpoint.
Birthday parties are the main
social events of the month. A few
friends gathered at the Mielke
home March 3rd to congratulate
Grandma Mielke on her 92nd birth
day.
On March 4th Herman Meyer was
I tbe b,rthda y * U( f at , a ^ * iven
^ b,s s ' s ^ at th * Me f r ho ™ e -
Mar l ch J 7 th u saw 1 Grandma
P ass the 77th mdestone: and on , the
same e '' en " a * tbe ^ n « er set en J°y*
a ed a s P lendld birthday party at the
Blum home given in honor of Miss
Laura Blum who is "just seven
teen."
i Why no! We need no permanent
highway! Our roads are so splen
; did that while travelling them we
feel certain we'll reach China ere
: we reach home; but Gustav Blum is
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.. trying to tramp them solid with his
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fine black coach team,
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; Mrs. Luther Hampton and children
our returned the first of the week form
j few days' visit with friends at
Lewiston.
Hand-picked Field Peas
son,
G. P. Lyon, on the Arnold Lyon Mrs.
ranch, three miles east of town, has
just finished the work of handpick- j honor
ing his peas for seed. He handpick-!
ed 135 sacks ot Blue Prussian peas ' in
and says he will guarantee 2500 other
Blue Prussian peas for every pea of licious
any other variety found in the en- pop
tire lot. He did the work himself!; served.
and it took the greater part of
three months. He is certain that e
the work has been well done and c j ass
that he has as nearly pure seed as i are
it is possible to get. As a result he
expects to get a high price for his and
peas next fall. He expects to plant mac
the entire 135 sacks, which will seed ; gj
135 acres, it requiring one sack to
an acre.
Last year Mr. Lyon had 60 acres
of peas and got an average of 64
sacks to the acre. He sold these for
$10.40 per sack to Washburn and
Wilson and they went to fill the
government contract of 400 tons
sold by this firm. This means that
the
home,
hours
pose
the
Those
he got $67.50 per acre for his crop
of peas, despite the fact that the
season was very dry and the crop
was verv light. He expects to do
twice that well this year.
From the 135 sacks of pure Blue
Prussian peas Mr. Lyon got enough
of other varieties to fatten two
ber
way
hogs and he has 14 sacks left, which 1
shows how badly peas become mix
ed' if the seed is not handpicked.
Mr. Lyon is a nephew of Arnold
Lyon, well known pioneer farmer
and head of the Farmers' Union
and the Latah county farm bureau.
—Star-Mirror.
Roy
Leland News
son
Mrs. Leonard Davis lost a valu
able saddle animal a few days ago.
A call for the'eitizens of Potlatch
ridge to meet enmasse to consider
the highway proposition was re
sponded to by a full house on Mon
day when a general mis (?) under
standing was the result, each local
ity lending argument for his inter
est.'
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They who have indulgence in the the
light fantastic were delighted to 1
the limit on Friday night at the
ÏÏhtful 11 o^sion wt r %unc7io y ned e j
Tne Kendrick Orchestra furnished
the music to the satisfaction of all«
On Saturday evening a number of
friends and neighbors of our genial ed.
townsman, Arthur Locke, gathered
surprise, thereat in remem
brance of their third wedding an
niversary. A very delightful even- ;
ing was spent.
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Leonard Davis has bought the
Leland property of Henry Peters. fo|
The wife of William Behrens pre- .for
sented hinn with a fine boy on Mon- to
day, March 10th.
A number of the young friends of
Raleigh Smith were guests at
home in honor of his 8th birthday.
Mrs. Pansy Whitinger visited at to
the home of her father, Sam Craig,.
last week.
Tractor School Success
The tractor and gas engine school j
given by the Kendrick Hardware
Company, Tuesday and Wednesday,
was well attended by the farmers ;
from the various ridges tributary to
Kendrick and the attention given
the lectures and demonstration in
dicated a keen interest in the sub
jects discussed.
One of the featrues of the school
was the picture show, given at one
o'clock each day. The movies gave
a practical comparison of the farm
ing methods used a few years ago
and the more efficient methods as
used today. The pictures were
both interesting and instructive.
In the afternoon lectures were given ;
by expert tractor and gas engine
men. These embodied, explicit in
structions in the operation, repair
ing and care of tractors and gas en
gines. They covered a wide field
and demonstrated the advantages
of power farming as well as gave (
I instructions that would assist in
solving many^ ot the problems that
are involved in the use of power
machines for the beginner.
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School Notes
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Last Friday evening, Mrs. David
son, at the home of her mother,
Mrs. W. W. Wilcox, entertained a
number of the high school girls in
j honor of her daughter, Anna May !
Anderson. The evening was spent '
' in playing various games and in i
other forms of amusements. Be-!
licious refreshments, consisting of
pop corn, ice cream and cake were ;
served. !
Tuesday evening the pupils of the '
e jghth grade met and elected their !
c j ass officers. The officers elected
i are as f 0 llows: Gifford Torgerson,
president; Fern Florance, treasurer
and f,uci le Baker, secretary. They
mac | e pl an s for a class party to be
; gj ven SO on.
gj ven SO on.
Mr. and Mrs. White entertained
the American history class at their
home, Friday evening, between the
hours of 3:30 and 11:30. The pur
pose was to study the Civil War and
the present day war with its results.
Those who were present enjoyed
themselves immensely. Light re
freshments were served and it is
yumored that a game of "rook" fol
lowed the serious business of the
meeting. The party ended in a rub
ber hunt, since in some mysterious
way everyone's rubbers had disap
peared.
The following children
were
1 neither tardy nor absent last month,
1st grade: Eleanor Herres and
Roy McKethan.
2nd grade: Bobbie Dammarell,
Hugh McDowell and Madeline
Hampton.
3rd grade: Margaret McDowell,
Clarice Leith, Wallace Bramer, Wil
son Rogers.
4th grade: Edgar Dammarell,
Harry Flaig, Lawerence Baker, Lu
cile Moser, Arabelle Hollada.
5th grade: Pearl Départie, Pansy
Riley, Edith Ivy, Archie Waltz,
Fred VanWert.
6th grade: Alice Frevtag, Violet
Riley, Elvira Atchison, Shirley
; White.
Wednesday afternoon the pupils
j and teachers were invited by the
Kendrick Hardware Company to see
the films made by the International
1 Harvester Co The reels were
, 4o - clock an d were thor
j ough.y enjoyed. The teachers and
pupils feel very grateful for the op
portunity offered them to see up-to
date farming methods demonstrat
ed.
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Nominated For Councilmen
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At the vil latte caucus held at the
Town Hall last Tuesday night the
fo| , owing
were nominated to run
.for village trustees at the election
to be he , d Apri j 22: John Waide,
Edgar Long, Norris Walker, A.
Wilmot, and Theo Hanson.
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Mrs. Charles Robertson returned
to her home in Troy, Thursday after
visiting a short time with Mrs.!
Harry Stanton.
From C. C. Morey
j Dear Folks at home:
How aie you all? I have just
finished a short term of school —
; what do you think of that? I
thought I was too old to go to
school.
We couldn't get any shells for our
trench mortar so maybe we will get
to go back next week. Hope we do
as our former place was nicer than
this and the people there treated us
like we were part of the family.
I wish you could visit the town of
Veanden, as it is the nicest place I
have yet seen. It is in a valley
with steep hills all around. The
hills are covered with rock and the
; forests planted by the people. The
roads are fine and twist and turn
like the Kendrick grades and all the
way up the road is graveled and is
as smooth as a floor. No loose rock
in the road and it is wide enough
for two teams to pass anywhere,
( The town is only two kilos from
Gemany.
We had a show Friday evening
given by the Y. M. C. A. and Satur
day one given by a bunch of sol
diers. They were both good.
1 have only received five letters
I over here, the last ones about three
months ago.
It looks like winter here. The
ground is frozen and it is snowing.
We have about one inch of snow and
we played fox and goose for three
a
! da y S '
' We s j gnec | t he payrdll Monday and
i expect to get our pay soon. W«
sure neec | as söme have been
broke f or a m0 nth.
; j n tbe evenings we sit around in
! the cafes, write letters, drink beer,
' or go to the "Y" and get cocoa,
! Sometimes we sit around the stove
and pick cooties—there's always
be
re
is
something to do. We made a stove
out of an old powder can.
I guess. 1 will get to see most of
Europe before I get home.
Gee, things are awful high here.
We get three cookies for q mark,
which is twenty-five 'cents, and
three pieces o + hard candy for a
mark. Toilet soap is three marks a
bar from the Luxemburgers but we
get a bar from the "Y" for one-half
franc.
Will close for this time. C. C.
Morey, H. Q. Co., 130 Inf., 33 Div.,
A. P. O. 750, A. E. F., France.
No Public Meeting in Troy
As a precaution against a renewal
! of the flu epidemic in Troy, it was
decided by the town authorities
i Wednesday evening to close all
churches, theatres and pool halls
and to stop all public gatherings,
! parties, etc.,.for a while at least.
There is no flu in Troy, but in Mos
cow the epidemic has broken out
again and a ban has been put on all
public gathering places there.
Church notices received by The
News for this week's issue are be
the
see
ing omitted on account of the ac
tion of the council. As quickly m
the situation clears up in outside
places and no danger is apparent
here the churches, theatres and pool
halls will be permitted to open
again.—Troy News.
Eight Independent Districts
The petition for a highway dis
trict filed Wednesday with the
county commissioners, asking that a
highway district be formed of Har
and >ard. Princeton ind adjoining ter
op- ritory, makes the eighth indepena
district t6^ be formed in L*atah
county. The county is now prac
tically all in either good roads or
j highway districts, with the excep
tion of the canyon land adjacent to
Kendrick and Juliaetta.
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after
Mrs.!
Messinger-F amell
The marriage of Miss Lena Mes
singer and Mr. Robbin Farnell took
place last Sunday at 2 o'clock, at
the home of the groom's mother,
Mrs. Robert Hall, on Fix ridge.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. John Carlton. Miss Messinger
is teaching school on Fix ridge and
also taught one year on Big Bear
ridge.