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Into Kendrick
KENDRICK GAZETTE
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VOLUME 31.
KENDRICK. LATAH COUNTY. IDAHO. FRIDAY, APRIL 29,1921
NUMBER 17
The Changing Road
American Highway Educaional
Bureau: In the human ant-beds
called towns, cities, counties and
states, people ate swarming
their highways and tugging at their j
loads in fretful humor. I
Something has gone wrong. Con
sumers have been robbed, pro
deucers impoverished and foodstuffs
wasted, until the people have be
come exasperated.
An economic coupling pin is miss
ing somewhere. That "pin" is the
public highway. How it came to
be missing as an effective unit in
transportation, matters not so much
here as what is being done to place
it where it belongs.
It is enough to say that nobody in
particular is to blame, that indus
trially the country has grown like a
pup—first one member and then an
other* out of proportion to other
members of its body— and that in a
perfectly natural way the demand
lor the more flexible and depend- j
able forms of transportation have
out grown existing facilities for
satisfying those demands.
Realizing this fact, the people de- 1
termined to find why their transpor-j
tation needs had become so acute. 1
One of the first things they dis
covered was a most glaring eco
nomic error. |
Here is what they found:
By turning over to private enter
prise the developement of rail trans- !
portation as the sole means of con
veying the people and their pro" 1
ducts from one point to another, the :
demand for dividends on stock, in
terest on bonds, salaries for an army |
of toll takers in the guise of'rail-1
way employees has made the cost of
transportation excessive. Both pro
ducer and consumer are suffering to
the limit of their power to bear, i
The producer barely receives a re
turn of his cost to produce, and the
consumer pays far more than the
product should be worth.
Aroused to these evils, one remedy
after another was applied by the
people. At first they tried "doctor
ing" their transportation ills with
railway commissions to regulate
rates. Then followed farm market
ing plans and farm credit laws.
Despite all effort the ills remain
ed. Public needs continued to leap
ahead of the facilities for economic
distribution, and as these increased,
parasitic middlemen multiplied in
numbers.
Highway improvement was not
keeping pace with highway use.
Upon further examination the
people found another glaring error.
Failure to surface the road and
put it in condition for continuous
operation of improved vehicles had
already caused losses, amounting to
millions of dollars annually, through
laborious and restricted movement.
They found also that by construct
ing an even and lasting surface on
the road the saving thus gained in
vehicle operation could be applied
to repaying the cost of construc
tion. By this very simple pro
cedure the public road would be
changed into a paying instead of a
losing property.
With the foregoing facts clear,
the next logical step was road im
provement. With ruts out of the
way, and with miry soil replaced
by a rigid surface laid upon a sound
subgrade, the problem, it
thought, would soon be solved.
All of this looked very simple.
And yet, it was found that the prob
lem itself was more than two mil
lion miies long, that practically
every foot of the way would have to
be reconstructed in one form or an
other to meet public needs.
So, the Federal Aid Law was pas
was
sed to provide capital for compre
hensive construction. States which
had no highway departments quick
ly set up governmental machinery
to meet Federal requirements.
Other strengthened their existing
departments, and i
road movement was
Nation-wide
launched. In
the face of all this planning and
activity the bald facts now appear
that actual construction is lagging!
far behind the blue print. Engin
eers are being hampered in their
work by petty political influences
*
Elections Results
The village election Tuesday,
while not entirely devoid of in
terest, was a quiet, peaceable
over'affair. Several contesting eandid
ates cropped up at the last minute
to add a little zest to the election,
but as only five could be elected,
the five highest were counted win
An unusually large number regis
tered, their fceing 92 names on the
registration book. Eighty-eight
votes were cast, only five who were
registered not voting.
The five men elected are good sub
stantial citizens of the town. They
are entering upon the duties of
village trustee with no hope of re
ward and little expectation of re
ceiving appreciation lor their
efforts. The public can do no less
than back them up in their work
for the welfare of the town.
I 1 ollowing is a list of candidates
elected and the number of votes
each received: William Rogers, 80;
Hugh Stanton, 75; N. E. Walker,
68; E. T. Long, 51; T. H. Sturde
vant, 41. The next two highest
candidates were M. 0. Raby, 38;
Charles Riggle, 30.
N. E. Walker is entering upon his
fourth term as councilman, the two
P»st terms having served as mayor,
During his administration there has
been a great dèal of public improve
nient work done and the public
money has been expended wisely
and economically. No better man
than Mr. Walker could be found to
act as chairman of the village
board.
—--,—
Extends Territory
The Lewistun National Farm Loan
i Association has. just been granted
an amendment of charter. Its ter
ritory before comprised Nez Perce
countv, but has now been extended
to include also that portion of Latah
lying south of the township line
between townships 38 and 39, north
of the Boise base line, state of
Idaho. This comprises atout five
townships, and includes the towns
of Kendrick, Juliaetta and Genesee,
also the villages of Linden and
Crescent. This is a prosperous
farming region.—Lewiston Tribune.
Dance Tonight
Tonight (Friday) is the baseball
benefit dance and basket social at
the Fraternal Temple. The success
of the social will depend entirely
upon the interest taken on the part
of the young ladies of the com
munity in preparing baskets. Last
year a like event was given for the
baseball boys and the ladies respond
ed enthusiastically. It the same
spirit exists tonight the affair will
be a great success.
It might be well to keep in mind
the fact that any basket that is sold
for $15 or over will make some
money for the lady who prepared
it. Halt of'the amount received
will be refunded to the lady who
brought the basket.
The University of Idaho Jazz Bo
Hounds will play for the dance.
Everyone is'supposed to be there to
help with the festivities.
Wm. Meyer returned from his
homestead in Three Bear country,
Thursday, and will open his black
smith shop for the summer. His
son, Frank, accompanied him and
will help him get the shop in shape
for business, after which he will
return to the homestead.
and misunderstandings on the part
of the people themselves as to the
real character and supreme împort
ance of the work undertaken.
These misunderstandings have
been aggravated by political petti
foggers who are crowding around
the job. as usual, with all sorts ot
advice on how and when to do the
j work, and where,
! As a result of this babble more
than one patient and capabple en
; gineer is in a mood to throw down
his tools and quit. All of which
j tends toward further confusion and
! delay, and delay leads direct to con
' tinued loss.
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Wherever in the Near East there are destitute Armenians, Syrians,
Greeks, Jews, Assyrians, or others, needy and oppressed, regardless of race
or creed, there Near East Relief follows. From Constantinople to Bagdad,
from Fort Said to Baku, even into Persia, the protecting arms of Near East
Relief have reached until today its work is far more extensive outside the
country of Armenia than within.
May Form Highway District
Notice has been published that
an election for the purpose of form
ing a highway district comprising
the territory in the Juliaetta and
LinviI le communities, will be held
on Satuiday, May 7. Ihe proposed
district embodies all of the territrry
left in the south western corner of
the county, by the Troy and Kend
rick districts. That the new dis
trict, if formed, will prove advan
tageous to Juliaetta is easily seen.
It is practically the only way that a
good highway down the Potlatch
can be built to the cotinty line. If
Juliaetta secures this district it
will mean that practically the en
tire county is under the highway
district plan.
X
McCrerys Entertain
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron McCrery en
tertained the Circle Card Club at
their home Tuesday evening. The
usual game of progressive "500"
was played and a very close contest
it proved to be, as Mrs. MacPhecson
and Mr. Hanson tied for first prize
and Mrs. Boyd and Ed Long ran ai
even race for the consolation prize
By cutting the cards Mrs. MacPher
son and Ed Long won.
Members of the Club present were:*
Messrs, and Mesdames Rogers, Kite,
Ed Long, Boyd, Leith, MacPherson
and McCrery. Guests of the Club
were Mr. and Mrs. Theo Hanson and
Miss Rita Leith.
Refreshments were served consist
ing of sandwiches, pickles, ice
cream, cake and coffee.
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Last week we tailed to report the
X Leland Items
latest arrivals in our town. A son
was born to Prof, and Mrs. Segs
worth and an eleven and one half
pound boy to Mr. and Mrs. Harrison
Daugherty.
The Ladies Missionery Society
will meet Thursday, May 5th with
Mrs. J. M. Woodward.
K Mrs. Koepp is staying with Mrs.
irrison Daugherty and caring for
that new Grandson ot ners.
>CMiss Carrie Lebaron is spending
the week end with Mrs. Jesse Hoff
man.
'/The school trustes now have the
plans of our new school house which
is to be built this summer. If
built according to the plans will be
one of which any community may
be proud.
The school is preparing a pro
gram tor the close which will be
May 13th. There is quite a class to
graduate from the eighth grade
this year.
b^Claude Craig is building a nice
big wood house with
foundation and floor.
». Mrs. Julia Fleshrnan visited Mrs
'Joe Piper, Wednesday.
Mrs. Clyde McGhee js visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
Smith, for a few days.
The Missionary ladies have added
to the appearance of the parsonage
by having the rooms repapered.
concrete
Uniontown Citizen Suicides
Nick Kauffman, a pioneer of
Uniontown, committed suicide at
12:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
by shooting himself through the
head with a revolver. Death was
instantaneous. The act was com
mitted at the Palm Pool Hall,
which was owned by Mr. Kauffman
It is believed that the suicide was
due to temporary insanity, caused,
by worry over business matters, i
The unfortunate man leaves a wife
and four children.
X
Adolph Wegner Here
Adolpb Wegner arrived Wednes
day on the night train from Pres
cott, Arizona, where he has spent
nearly two years on account of ill
health. His many friends here will
be delighted tc learn that he is
looking fine and that his physician
stated he could go back to work
whenever he wanted to. However,
he is going to plav safe and will not
try to do very muen before next
fall. He is now with his parents in
Kendrick.
On his way here from Prescott
he stopped off at Los Angeles for
several weeks.
South wick News
H. D. Hayward and family took
dinner at the Marion Wright home,
Sunday.
Miss Carrie Alber spent Sunday
with Miss Alice Baker.
Walter Bateman has retruned
from Spokane hospital and is now
under the care of Dr. Horswell.
Surprise parties seems to be very
popular this week, Ella and Alma
Holmes were visited Tuesday night,
Hersey Bungers, Friday night and
Ralph Wright's, Monday night.
The party at Ralph Wright's being
a farewell party as the family are
moving to American ridge for the
season. At least two more parties
are being planned for this week.
George Christensen has moved
his family out to the farm to get
ready for the spring work.
Those on the sick list this week
are: Mrs. M. J. Whitinger, Mrs. P.
W. Thornton and the small son of
Dari Wright.
Mrs. H. D. Hayward gave a very
interesting discourse at the M. É.
Church after Sunday school. Subject
"The Two Resurrections."
Prof. Jones ot Southwick schools
took dinner with the family of
Chas. Hayward, Saturday.
Dr. and Mrs. Dean
tained Mr. and Mrs.
at dinner last Sunday.
Baker enter
W 1 11 Wright
-^ The Red Cross Pharmacy sold the
|sbda fountain this week to a party
in Walla Walla at a good price.
Mr. Newton is glad to get rid of it
as it required more time than he
could afford to devote to it . The
sale will leave the soda fountain
business entirely to Perryman's con
fectionery. One fountain in town
ought to do a splendid business.
Juliaetta 7, Kendrick 1
The first baseball game of the sea
son for the Kendrick team was play
ed at Juliaetta last Sunday and lost
by a score of 7 to I. It was a good,
clean game and the one-sided score
was due to errors on tne part of the j
Kendrick team. The local team has
had very little practice this season
and Sunday was the first time the
entire team had been together. A -
r ..
i Fatten Sheep Economically
week from Sunday, May 8, a return
game will be played with Juliaetta
on the local diamond and the score
will likely be transposed with the
long end in favor of Kendrick.
Five hits were mrfde by both
teams, McCall for Kendrick secur
ing a dandy three-bagger and Pick
ens of Juliaetta also a three base
hit.
Juliaetta made but one error and
Kendrick had eight. The errors
were plainly due to a lack of prac
tice. I
McCrery started the game pitch
ing for Kendrick and did good
work but was taken out in the last
of the second inning and put on
second as the change strengthened
the infield. Glen Fleshrnan finish
ed the game in the pitcher's box
and held Juliaetta down to three
hits in the seven innings. Scott
Ross pitched a good, steady game
for Juliaetta.
Joe Hampton of Juliaetta and
Fred Bolon of Kendrick umpired
the game and their decisions were
very fair and pfoved satisfactory to
the crowd.
That sheep can be most economic
ally fattened on a feeding ration
of long hay, silage and barley or
long hay and barley, is the result of
an extensive feeding experiment
just completed at the Caldwell sub
tation of the university experiment
station, E. J. Iddings, dean ot the
college of agriculture announced in
Wednesday's Star-Mirror. The ex
periment was Conducted under con
ditions prevailing during the win
ter of 1920-21.
Seven groups were used, each
composed of frqjn 65 to 67 lambs.
The various feed combinations used,
and the cost of 100 pounds of in
creased weight for each feed were
as follows: Long hav, silage and
barley, $7.25; lung hay and barley*
$75.1; cut hay, silage and barley,
$10.23; cut hay and barley, $10.37;
alfalfa meal, syrup and barley,
$16.10. These costs were computed
on the following prices; alfalfa hay
selling at $8; alfalfa cut hay, $10.50;
alfalfa meal, $19.00; alfalfa meal
and syrup, $26.00; silage $6.00 and
barley at $1.66 per hundred weight.
Lambs used weighed in at the be
ginning of the experiment at from
68.27 to 71.40 pounds and gained
from 22.11 to 30.52 pounds each.
"An outstanding feature of the
experiment is that where corn sil
age was introduced as a feed there
was a distinct result in cheaper
fattening," said Dean Iddings. "It
must be rememberad that when alf
alfa is selling a*' a low price, cut
hay is relatively more expensive
than when hay is high, as the cut
ting cost remains approximately
the same. Further, because of rain
part of the time during the experi
ment, the feeding of cut and ground
hay was attended with difficulties
wnere there was not good shelter
for feeding.
The experiment was planned by
Prof. C. W. Hickman, head of the
university department of animal
husbandry department E. F. Rine
hart, field animal husbandman of
the extension division A. W. John
son, sub-station animal husband
man, conducted the feeding
it
Committee Meeting Monday
The committee in charge ot the
Fourth of Julv celebration will
meet Monday night to lay plans for
the big time to be held here July 4.
The committee is composed of ten
and all are expected to be present
as it will be an important meeting.
Over The County
Troy News: The First Bank of
Troy held their directors meeting,
Tuesday, April 19th. Clyde John
son, president of the Scandanavian
American Bank of Spokane was
elected director to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of his father O.
A. Johnson U. Larson chairman of
the Board of Directors of the above
mentioned bank of Spokane also
vice-president of the local bank was
present at the meeting.
Genesee News: The first baseball
game of the season is scheduled for
Sunday, May 1, when Pullman meets
Genesee on the local diamond. The
Genesee boys are trying out and
warming up and a good game is
promised on the opening date. The
committee in charge of baseball
affairs are leaving nothing undone
that will contriute to a winning
team for Genesee this year. The
schedule for the season has been al
most made up and will be announc
ed soon.
Deary Press: The Bovill baseball
team had its first practice last Sun
day when they lined up against the
Bovill Gophers. A good number of
the followers of the national game
turned out to see the match, wnich
was won by the regular nine, 12 to
6. Manager Chambers is in touch
with James Mclsaac, the popular
Gonzaga star, and expects to land
him when school is out. James
played second base for Bovill last
year. The first outside game will
be played at Kendrick May 1.
Star-Mirror: George M. Crow,
who was sentenced to serve four
months in the countv jail by Judge
Neison, of the probate court, has
been pardoned. A telegram an
nouncing his pardon and ordering
his immediate release was received
by the sheriff's office Saturday even
ing, and he was released from jail
where he had served about two and
a half months of his sentence.
Crow was charged with threatening
the life of his wife, while intoxicat
ed. He is well known in and a
round Moscow where he had lived
for many years. Investigation ot
his case brought the decision that
the sentence was too severe but the
only legal way in which he could be
released was by action of the gov
ernor or board of pardons.
Crescent News
Mr. Bolon and son sheared Mul
key's sheep Monday and will shear
several other flocks on the ndge this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Long visited at
Clinton Wright's Sunday.
There will be a picnic and ball
game at Jim Garner's, Sunday,
May 1.
"Bring the whoop and bring the
ball,
Come with happy faces all.
Let us make a merry ring
Let us talk and laugh and sing.
Quickly, quickly come away
If it is a pleasant day."
There will be a dance at Bud
Harris' Friday, April 29th.
Sunday, Gold Hill and Cedar
Ridge organized a ball team and
played Southwick's second team.
Southick won by a score of 11 to 9.
Our team will play Southwick oo
the Southwick diamond, Sunday,
May 8th.
Teakean and Cavendish
The dance at Freemont Creek was
well attended, and an enjoyable
tme was had by everyone.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Petersen and
family, Miss Myrtle Kelley and
Miss Cecile Garrison were visiting
at the B. S. Adams home, Sunday.
Claud Hoffman made a business
trip to Orofino, Saturday.
The school election was held at
the Teakean school house the 18th of
this month. Two directors were
elected in place of Ray Garrison and
C. Clainan. The two directors be
ing elected were J. C. Petersen and
A. H. Frazier.
Mr. A. R. Counter from Oregon
was out here visiting the last tew
days.
E. W. Lutz was in Lewiston Tues-—"
day on business.

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