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VOLUME 30.
KENDRICK. LATAH COUNTY. IDAHO. FRIDAY. APRIL 16. 1920
NUMBER 16
Over The County
Troy News: Chas. Yocltey, on
Driscoll Ridge, this week sold a
full blood Holstein cow, three years ;
old, for $2W). Prior to this sale
he has sold several grades for $100
each. This man is doing the proper
act. Raising first class stock the
ones that bring the big fat price ;
and they are costing him no more to |
feed them than if they were scrubs, j
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Genesee News: The concluding
number of the Midlapd Lyceum |
course was given at the opera house
„st Monda, evenin* and a, I »ho at- i
tended are loud in their praise of
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the splendid entertainment P«to ,[
by the Fighting Canadians, a
male quartet.
Not only were their songs well
to-tne-minute and most of them en
tirely new to this section ot the
country.
The quratet was the one redeem
ing feature of the entire course.
The Ellison-White Lyceum course
will be given here the coming win
ter and it is expected that the en
tertainment will be fully up to the
splendid programs given on their
chautauqua circuits.
Star-Mirror: The planting of a
record breaking acreage of peas in
Latah county is assured this year.
Many farmers are planning to plant
double the acreage of former years
and it is believed there will be less
land summer fallowed than at any
time during the past dozen years.
It has been demonstrated that peas
pav as well as wheat and leaves the
ground in better condition for a
rendered but their jokes were up-.
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grain crop than summer fallowing j
does. An instance of profit in pea ;
growing is given by G. B. Lyon, |
living a few miles east of town,
who states that he has just complet
ed hand picking seed for 75 acres of
Blue Prussian peas to be planted
this Mr. Lyon said:
year..
"I began raising peas three years
ago. In 1918 I had 65 acres and I
sold the peas for $67.70 per acre. I
planted the land to wheat and got
55 bushels ot Jenkins club wheat
the next year. Last year I planted
135 acres of peas and the price be
ing much lower, I only got $46 per
acre for the crop, but that left a
good profit. 1 sowed the 135 acres
to fall wheat and it looks fine and
promises a good yield. I plan to
sow 75 acres to peas this spring and
put the land in wheat next fall.
If the peas only paid expenses of
planting and harvesting I would
plant peas on land 1 intended to put
into wheat in the fall, for it has
been demonstrated that land that
has produced a crop of peas yields
a better crop of wheat than does
summer fallowed land. Farmers
should not get discouraged if thev
do not get a good first crop of peas,
but should keep on. Each year will
produce a better crop of peas and a
better crop of grain the next year.
Deary Press: A representative of
one of the Spokane paper housçs,
in Deary this week, stated that the
entire output of pulp timber sup
plied by the Potlatch Lumber Co.
to the Inland Paper Co. of Spokane,
will be devoted entirely to the
manufacture of print paper. So,
when you read your daily or weekly
at some later date you may be read
ing it off that white fir tree that
used to stand down in ihe holler.
The Spokane concern uses several
thousand cords of pulp timber an
nually and at the present time, ac
cording to our informant, is mak
ing nothing but news print.
Paper prices continue to soar sky
ward and salesmen making this
point each month hold out no hope
of relief. News print was quoted
us todav at $11.36 per hundred
pounds, as against $3.25 when we
established this paper in August,
1916. The finer grades of paper
used in job printing have made an
even greater rise in many cases.
into
ing
has
At
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Mr. and Mrs. Leo Raaberg are
now located in the house formerly.
occupied by the W. W. Wilcox fam
ily. They moved their household
goods up from Clarkston the first of
the week. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox
and Mrs. Mina Davidson and family
moved to Clarkston to make their
home.
To Ex-Service Men
Post Commander E. T. Long re
[quested the Gazette to publish the
following information for the
benefit of the Ex-Service men in
this community. The information
was clipped from "The Pacific
Legion."
"With preferential rights to ex
service men, the opening to home
stead entry of 36d,000 acres of land
m Western Oregon, formerly em
braced the Oregon and CaHforn-!
raj]road has been announc _
.
T™"a wore! Before
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pawning your croix de guerre, tin
,[ w J st]ck> jron crQgs and
tailor . made Q D > g> Wsten to what
James O. Convill, civil engineer
and member of Portland, Oregon,
f The Ameriean Ugion> has t0 !
regarding Uncle Sam's magna
minity to the war veterans.
"Congress has not done a damned
thing for the ex-service man in giv
ing him so-called preferential :
rights in settlement on the Oregon
and California land grants, and
Congress knows it!" We quote
the gentleman literally. "Mighty
few acres in the grants are worth a
whoop and the squatters have the
pick of those that are valuable. It
» an outrage to permit the average
service man to put any money into ;
these lands. And it will cost
money, too. There are few men
who could successfully take up a
claim with less than $200 cash to
draw on, or $1000 as the minimum.
"The real preferential rights goes
to the squatter. The land is not a
gift to the ex-service man by any
j means. He is obliged to put up
; 50 cents an acre, or $80 on a quarter
| see tion, pay a $15 filing fee, and
jotter items totalling about $105.
Then after seven months on the
I
land, he must put up $2 an acre
more.
"Too many men are likely to go
into this proposition without know
ing what they are up against.
Some of that land would not sup
port a buzzard."
As a result of the representation
of.Convill and others Portland post
has gone on record discouraging
veterans from taking up claims un
less well-healed, experienced, and
prepared to take a chance.
School Election Monday
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Next Monday is senool election. p
At this time a competent board of
trustees should be elected so that
the Kendrick school will continue
to nourish. There will be difficult
problems for the board to solve as j
teachers' salaries are annually in
creasing and all other expenses of '
the school are enlarging. A. Wil- !
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mot was a member o, the board un
til he established his residence in I
Juliaetta. Since that time there
have been but two members on the
board, G. S Porter and Harry Stan [
ton. Mr. Porter expects to leave
next month - , so Mr. Stanton is the
sole remaining member of the old
board eligible to serve another
year. Mr. Stanton has expressed
his intention to resign but as he has
been a very satisactory member and
is a particularly efficient clerk of
the board, he surely ought to be
retained another year. His term
does not expire this year. The
choosing of two conservative men
on the board with him who will
look alter the finances of the school
as well as the man, other
is the important issue that will be
before the voters next Monday. t
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Fighting Canadians
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A good sized crowd attended the
program Wednesday evening given
by the Fighting Canadians, a male
quartet from the Midland Lyceum
bureau. Everyone was well pleas
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ed with the varied program and
j spoke very highly of the entertain
Prof. White deserves the
ment.
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credit of getting the quartet here.
of
as he took the responsibility and
did all of the publicity work. A
smail amount above expenses was
realized and this money was turned
into the school fund to help pay for
the moving picture machine.
Kendrick to Hard Surface Main Street
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Unanimous Verdict to Macadamize Mam Street Prehmin
ary Estimates Being Prepared by Engineer
surroundin 2 ter , ritor - v , f f .
quet was excellent and up to the
usual standard which kas been set
* the
booster club had been brought up to
Last Monday evening at 6:30, a 1
crowd numbering fifty Kendrick .
boosters gathered at the Hotel
Kendrick to enjoy a banquet and |
talk over anything that might come
up for the welfare of the town and
The ban
hotei manage
ment
After the members of Kendrick's
the proper pitch of perfect good
nature by having their gastronomic
proclivities satisfied, Charles Mc
Kee ^ er - ^airman ot the club, pre
Slded ove / the meting After d.s
P osin S of a number of minor mat
ters - P avin * was br ° u S ht "J»-™«
18 a time ' wor L n sub J ect a " d d,dn '
cr / ate more than tb ^ usual amonu *
of enthusiasm until figures quoted
b * a clvl1 engineer, who happened
to be ^ * he . t, ® n *"
such a favorable light that interest
developed into enthusiasm Ln
2 ,neer Rebeck of the North
wesb ; rn Enigneering and Construc
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verd * ct to e et preliminary estimates
°* the^cost^of _ ma ^ ada ^ 1Z1 ^ an _ d
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mate estimates of the cost of paving
with concrete and macadam. The
difference in price was so strongly
in favor of the macadam that it was
practically a unanimous opinion
that macadam was the logical sur
face to be used.
I After discusisng the subject from
all angles it was the unanimous
also figures on concrete paving.
The Club asked that the Village
Board hire a civil engineer and
get these estimates at the earliest
possible opportunity, after which
another meeting is to be called to
News Items of Local Interest
Roy Plummer, who is working at I
Culdesac, spent the week end at his |
home here.
^Deputy Sheriff L. G. Peterson was
in Kendrick last Friday to attend
the meeting of the Presbyterian
church members, held in the even
ing. In a conversation with Mr.
p e t erson the writer discovered that
he was a member of almost every
lodge or secret prder m existence,
Just how he keeps from mixing the
*Tdt SS!, , "f.T ï S .ter , " PS Æ
j ng js a ij st 0 f t he lodges of which
he is a member: Eastern Star, Re
' bekahs, Pythian Sisters, Elks,
! "««ns. Oddfellows, Woodmen of
the World, Modern Woodmen,
Knights of Pythias, Scottish Rite,
I Shrine. D. O. K. K., I. O. O. F. Kn
campment. Can you beat it.
Mrs . Carl Hartung of Cameron
[ went to Clarkston last Saturday to
spend a few days visiting relatives,
D r _ ^oser went to Moscow Satur
day afternoon and in the evening
S.
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was initiated into the Eiks Lodge,
with a class of 21 other candidates.
Herbert Wolff of Potlatch ridge
went to Lewiston last Saturday to
spend the week end.
YJohn Waide went to Nez Perce
and other neighboring points Mon
day to spend the week looking after
business matters of his company.
M. B. Lewis and son, Guy, went
to Coeur d' Alene the first of the
details.,S*
]j ng there.
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William Stevens and son moved to
Spokane the first of the week where
they will make their home.
Miss Nona Walker of Peck, sister
of N. E. and G. F. Walker, arrived
°h the morning train Tuesday to
vis,t here.
John Oakes and James DeFord
left Wednesday morning for Cur
lew, Wash., where they have* em
p lo ^ ment ,n a box factory,
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Rev. Hood went to Walla Walla
the first of the week to attend a
me nroi ui me wee«, w
meeting of the p resbyter y
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A Miss Phyllis Cain returned trom
Lewiston Thursday. She has a bad
ly sprained knee and will remain.
at her home on American ridge un
[til she has recovered from it. _
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take final action. ' to
The proposal is to form an im- p
provement district of the entire
town and make every piece of
property pay its pro rata of the ex- ;
pense incurred. To form this dis- \
trict it is necessary to secure the 1
names of seventy percent of the
resident property owners of the
town un a petition. This petition
is put into the hands of the Village
Board who then proceed to form the
district. A preliminary survey is
made. The next step is to adver
tise for bids and if a suitable bid is
received, a contract let for the
work. This has been found to be
the most satisfactory way of getting
results in municipal improvements.
The meeting adjourned with
everyone present in the best of
spirits, as all felt that something
definite had been accomplished.
After the meeting the Village
Board met in a short session and
turned over the matter of securing
preliminary estimates to the North
western Engineering and Construc
tion Co. Mr. Tigglebeck began
work immediately Tuesday morn
ing and promises to have the estim
ates ready not later than Monday.
As soon as this estimate is in, an
other meeting is to be called and
final action taken.
The plans as outlined at the meet
ing include the surfacing of Main
Street from one end of town to the
other and all important side streets
that are used for heavy traffic.
This is the greatest step forward
that Kendrick,jias ever undertaken.
It will be a wonderful improvement
to the town and will eventually re
sult in an increased interest in road
construction throughout the Pot
latch country.
M. Bleck returned to Spokane
Friday after noon to pac^k up his
household goods preparatory to
moving here. He purchased the G
S. Porter residence and he and his
wife will make their home here.;
He strongly condemned the appear
ance of Main Street and said it was
the biggest draw-back the town
had. However, he will no doubt be
very much pleased to learn that
the street is going to be hard sur
faced this summer.
Y The shortage of feed is a really
serious matter in this community.
Last week there were farmers in
the vicinity of town who had no
more than enough hay to last one
day longer, and there wasn't a bale
to be had at any of the warehouses.
Shipments are coming in every few
days but the hay is taken in a very
short time. The extremely long
winter has caused the unusual
shortage of feed.
Charles
He
is
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Waston !
wrote to have the Gazette mailed to | t
themat Dioxnville Oregon They
wish to keep in touch with their
friends and old neighbors in this,
community.
The newly elected officers of the
Presbyterian church will be install
ed at the morning service next Sun
day.
Jesse Collins of Lewiston was in
Kendrick last week on business.
A number of the young ladi°s of
the town have made elaborate
baskets to take to the dance to
night. From all indications there
will be a good crowd as the base -1
ball dances, as a rule, are well at
tended here.
George ana Henry Meyer went to
Spokane Thursday afternoon where
they have employment.
O. C. Aiken wss in town Wednes
day, hobbling around on crutches.
He had his foot quite seriously in
jured last week in a gasoline wood |
saw.
The Commercial Hotel office re- '
ceived a coat of kalsomine this
wees. The front of the building
coat of paint. Considerable un
; provement j s guing on in town
j these days,
' Dr. J. T. Moser went to Lewiston
I Thursday afternoon on business.
was also improved greatly with a j
Clean Up Your Town
A town looks like its citizens. Is
there anything wrong with your
town? Are the back lots filled with
rubbish? Are the basements full
of trash? Is there rubbish leading
it
a
to exits that people would have to
p ass over ? jj- there are any of these
conditions existing, then there is
[something the matter 'with your
; town
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If your tongue were coated, your
back ached and you had chills, you
would go to a doctor. You would
go because you were sick.
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Your town is sick. It gets clog
ged up liKe your system, and is com
ing to the only doctor it can come
to. It is coming to you.
People judge a town by its looks,
If there have been tires in your
town from moss on the roof, from
defective flues or from rubbish in,
the basement, it is too bad.
Property that could have been
taxed and thus help to reduce your
Durden is beyond the power of taxa
tion.
Food that could have been eaten
is destroyed.
Gold with all its alchemy cannot
substitute; it has purchasing power, !
not food value. 1
Clean up vour town.
It will mean dollars and cents to
you.
It may mean the saving of a life, j
Your own home may be destroyed
by the careless act of a neighbor.
His home is in the same danger as
yours.
Sunlight, fresh air and cleanli
ness never start spontaneous com
bustion; lack of ventilation and
accumulation of filth and dirt will.
This is your town.
You live in it.
make it.
Remove those unsightly and dan
gerous piles of rubbish.
Clean up and fix up.
This is your home town. '
It is what you
Bakery Assured
Alfred Crow began work on im
proving the room next to the mil
linery store, the first of the week.
He is going to put it in first class
shape, inside and out. J. W. Roush
is doing the carpenter work.
Mr. Crow ordered the fixtures and
electrical equipment last week
and hopes soon to be ready for busi
ness. In connection with the bak
ery he will also have an up-to-date
confectionery.
Rev. R. M. Hood Moderator
At the meeting of the Walla Walla
Presbytery this week, Rev. Robert
M. Hood, pastor of the Presbyterian
church of Kendrick, was elected
moderator. This is a signal honor
for a man as young as Rev. Hood
and his friends here will be delight
ed to hear of it.
In a card from Rev. Hood he stat
! ed that a part of the program at
| t be Presbytery meeting was a mem
, f t he*late Dr. G. W. fl.
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1920 Family Budget
First comes the rent—32 per cent;
Your groceries are 20;
Your clothing bill is small, but still
It's 6 per cent—that's plenty.
of Insurance 4, cigars 2 more,
Amusêmenls come to 7 ;
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^ tire, 15; 12, gasoline;
-1 That's 98—Great Heaven
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It cost you 2 to have the flu.
And that all went for dope; .
You owe the nurse, and what is worse I
The Doctor, too, lives in hope.
The butcher looks upon his hooks
And forthwith mails a dun;
The drygoods man yuur bill doth
scan,
And so on, one by one.
re- ' VnnP waffP c c n pnt
tour wagesspe
the last red cent,
In debt and there you are.
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a j Man toils and slaves but never saves;
He just must keep a car.—Ex.
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Mrs. Chas. Johnson and Mrs. C. G.
Cludray of Leland were Moscow j
visitors last Friday. I
Attorney Gives Opinion
There was some contention whether
it was lawful for a road overseer in
a highway district to hire one of his
relatives to do work upon the high
ways. The following eommuinca
tion from Attorney A. H. Oversmith
gives an opinion upon the subject:
April 13, 1920.
jCommissioners Kendrick
Highway District,
Kendrick, Idaho,
Gentlemen:
Is it lawful for a person employed
as overseer of roads by a Highway
District to employ his son or other
relatives to perform labor upon the
Highways within the district?
The above question is in substance
one which your Board has asked
me to give an opinion upon. I un
derstand that you are having diffi
culty in getting certain highways
taken care of on account of the in
ability of your various highway dis
trict overseers to take care of the
roads, and jf the above question can
be answered in the affirmative that
a portion ot vour problems will be
solved.
In 1913 the Legislature of the
! State of Idaho, passed what is called
1 the "Nepotism Law" which nad for
its object the prohibition of the
employment of relatives by certain
officials. That law was before the
j Supreme Court of the State of Idaho
in April 1915, in the case of Barton,
plaintiff, vs. Alexander et al, de
fendants, reported in 27 Idaho, page
286. The Supreme Court in that
case says as folio ws:
"The act having especially enum
erated only one subdivision, to wit,
ja road district, that is not a muni
cipal subdivision, all other sub
divisions of the state which are not
municipal subdivisions are
EXCLUDED, hence it does not
apply to school districts, irrigation
districts, drainage districts or im
provement districts, since they are
not municipal subdivisions of the
state. This court held in Fenton v.
Board of Commissioners, 20 Ida. 392,
119 Pac. 41, that a school district is
not a municipal corporation within
the meaning of sec. 6 , art. 7, of the
constitution. Said act is only in
tended to apply to municipal sub
divisions [of the state and road dis
tricts."
The road districts referred to in
both the act of"the Legislature and
in the opinion of the Supreme Court
embraces merely such road districts
as are designated by the County
Commissioners. Highway districts
such as you have, and Good Road
Districts, are very similar in the
methods of their organization and
in the methods of their government*
to irrigation districts and drainage
districts. Highway Districts and
Good Road Districts are probably
included in what the Supreme
Court desigantes as "Improvement
Districts", I am therefore of the
opinion that the Nepotism act does
not apply to highway districts.
Yobrs very truly,
A. H. Oversmith.
Death of Oleff S. Widvey
Oleff S. Widvey was born at Stav
anger, Norway, June 24, 1849 and
died April 9, 1920 at the home of
; his daughter. Mrs. L. E. Stalnaker,
! Soutnwick, Idaho. Mr. Widvey is
i mourned by two sons and two
daughters whose names are: Henry
A. and John L. Widvey; Mrs. Myrtle
j L. Stalnaker and Mrs. Rose M. Bur
ton, his wife having preceded him
j in death 29 years.
In his early life, Mr. Widvey was
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I a sailor but after lhe death of . b,s
wife he became a minister of the
gospel. He was an honest, earnest
man and very patient during the
orief illness preceding his death.
"He who walks in righteousness,
All nis actions just and clear,
He whose words the truth express,
Spoken from a heart sincere.'
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Bob Shumaker of Pullman under-
went an operation for appendicitis
at a Pullman hospital Monday
afternoon. His friends in this
j community will be glad to learn
I that he is getting along nicely.