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The Montpelier Examiner —m vz WMUr «< H. V. WBJOH BATH or «OBKBffnONi UM tut On* T *mr in Adrnnce. Bis Month* la Advaaeo_ Throa Month* la Advnao*. ADVMBTianra maraa on aftucatiqn Entered at the poetoffloe at Montpelier. UNFAVORABLE PUBLICITY Rumors have gone out of Bear Lake county to the effect that "ev erything in the way of crops in the have been killed by frost. county Such wild rumors are groundless and that class of propoganda does not help any community. place it is not a fact, and no respon sible person would utter the remark. As far as the frost of July 2nd is con cerned. while it did considerable damage to growing crops it did not result in total loss, nor anywhere The fact is that Bear Lake In the first near It. county was not hit as hard by that particular cold snap that other sec tions were. Even over in Utah from Provo north < the frost Btruck as hard as it did in this section. It is very easy to spread a false re port, but it is hard to overcome the bad effects that result in unfounded rumors. HANDICAPPING OUR OUR SHIPS Commenting on some of the prob lems which confront the develop ment of an American Merchant Mar ine, A. F. Haines Vice-President and General Manager of the Pacific Steamship Company, says: "Consider for a moment the handi cap of an American steamqr versus a foreign steamer in the matter of capital charges. A 10,000 ton Amer ican steamer at $200 per ton equals $2,000,000. Take the same 10,000 ton steamer under tbe British or other flags at the price obtainable today. now $50 per ton equals $500, 000, a difference in valuation be tween the American and foreign steamer of $1,500,000. Insurance at 5 per cent, depreciation at 6 per cent and interest at 5 per cent totals 15 per cent on $1,500,000, or $225, 000 per annum, which is our handi cap on each 10,000-ton steamer un der tbe American flag. "Shipping board vessels at $200 per ton when the market is $50 per ton is analogous'to the farmers who were holding their wheat for a $3 price while the market was falling to $1.60. They did not sell their wheat for $3 and the Shipping Board will not sell the ships for $200. They are offering at about $180 per ton with few takers." Is it any wonder that shipping board vessels lie idle by the hund reds through Inability of Americans to operate them? TAX DODGING ENCOURAGED It is unfortunate that in order to pass what is often a merttortouoB piece of legislation an entirely unfair and unnecessary clause will be Insert ed which is a direct handicapp to ex lsting business. The Federal Farm Loan Act of fers a perfect Illustration of such legislation. The theory of the Act was good— namely to furnish encouragement and assistance for farm development But the bonds sold under the Act to supply the money for loaning were made entirely tax exempt. No kind of taxes whatsoever can be charged Vou'll Save Money by; S Remodeling Now You who have been waiting for lower prices before You laid that hardwood floor, renewed the old walls and ceilings, re-roofed the house or bam, or built the garage this message is directed to you. Do you know that lumber and building material prices are down forty per cent? Do you know that you can repair or remodel cheaper than at any time in the past five years? Every day you delay roofing the bam and the home makes your property more liable to damage from storm. Every day you put off making inside repairs the trouble increases and the total expense becomes greater, You owe it to yourself to investigate thoroughly. Call and see us, or a letter or phone call will bring us to you at once. BEGIN GETTING THE BENEFIT NOW Montpelier Coal ÔC ESI Lumber Co PHONE 7 ini ,Av mSESt Our Bank IN Dont R>ol it Away AND MAKE LIFE ONE Eternal Hard Pull & That small change that melts away in your pocket every day would soon make a nice little sum if put in onr bank. Why not cut loose from your extravagances and bank your money? Do you know that you will do more work and better work when you do, and yon will earn more money. Our bank is a safe place to put your money. J3ank of /BbontpeUer. I the owner of the bonds. This feature of the Act should be I remedied as it is unfair to all other lines of industry which must com pete in the open market for money and whose secureties are subject to every known form of taxation. If the Federal Farm Loan Bonds were taxed the same as other bonds it would not Interfere with the work ings of the Act and the farmers would still secure money under the favorable term of the. Act. Taxation of these bonds would, however, prevent hundreds of mil lions of dollars being withdrawn from the tax rolls by wealthy tax dodgers who thus leave the balance of the public to make up in taxation what they should be paying. BUILDING ON INCREASE One of the most encouraging fea tures of the business outlook is the resumption of building activity. Statistics from the country at large show more buildiqg in progress than for years. Contracts awarded in 26 north eastern states for April totaled more than a quarter of a billion dollars, the largest on record for an April, and an increase of 34 per cent over Mjarch. In some serions the in crease reached 71 per cent and all sections report gains over previous months. Residential construction leads other building as the nation is short over 1,600,000* homes as a result of retarded construction during the war. Slightly lower wage Beales and cheaper lumber have acted as a stimulant to building, but there must be still further readjustment in prices before there will be a real building boom. Building, in addition to affording employment to thousands of men In the building and allied trades, stlm ulates many other industries, makes business for railroads and augments the purchasing power of the country and demand for commodities. * I COMMUNITY HUT BEING BUILT FOR "IDAHO CARAVAN' I Emigrants From New York Will Ar rive Early in September; Clear ing Land Worst Problem; to Plant Fall Crop. Plans for a community building, and for clearing off and plowing t^e tracts of land for the members of tbe "Idaho Caravan" which leaves New York this month, bound for the Buhl district in Idaho, are now under way, is the report of Frank W. Brown sec retary to Governor Davis, who re turned Monday morning from a trip into the district. "The settlers face their worst problem In the clearing df the land " said Mr. Brown Monday. Under present plans, however, with the ad vice of W. D. Scott, who Is heading the expedition, this work will be done and the settlers, who will ar rive between September 5 and 10, will be able to put in a fall crop." Already Shipping Furniture Pieces of furniture are now being shipped by the settlers, to be put in the community house which will be built on the site of the new town, ac cording to Mr. Brown. Beside a storehouse, the hall will serve as a gathering place for the newcomers. A Twin Falls lumber company is put ting tip the structure. A five-acre garden is being plant ed on the ranch of E. T| Meredith, Mr. Brown said, and the vegetables from the tract will be given to the settlers upon their arrival, for con sumption through the winter. The setlers have secured tractB of land under the Roseworth irrigation project under the Carey act. The district has a segregation of 8000 acres. At present water is available for the entire tract according to in formation from the office of the state department of reclamation although there are only about 12 users. GUY FLENNER IS SUCCESSOR TO MAJOR REED Guy Flenner of Boise was decided upon today as managing director of the Idaho Reclamation association by the board of directors at the spe cial session called by President How ard. Action taken at this afternoon's meeting provided for the apportion ment of the sum of $2000 to be used in conducting an intensive financial drive to raise the budget for the year's work of the association. Mr. Flenner as was appointed out at the meeting will conduct a statewide drive during the first thirty days to educate the people into the import ance of reclamation designed to fi cilitate the raising of the funds. The directors in attendance were W. H. Howard of Pocatello, president DANCE! AT THE PAVILION Thursday Night , July 21 MONTPELIER ENLARGED ORCHESTRA TICKETS SO CENTS BIG IRRIGATION WORK PLANNED Kemmerer, Wyo.—A gigantic ir rigation project originating on Salt river, in Lincoln county and designed to water many thousands of Idaho's fertile but at present arid acres add costing in the neighborhood of a half million dollars, is being whipped into shape by a corps of engineers headed by Francis V. Riley, county engineer of Idaho Falls, Idaho and H. E. Rob inson of Kemmerer. Owing to the fact that the im mense storage reservoir, will im pound 10,000 acre-feet of Wyoming water for use on 33 000 acres of Ida ho lands, there was when the plan was first suggested, some opposition on the part of settlers In the Star valley and also at the office of the governor and state engineer at Chey enne. The capitalists who pre be hind the project, however, submitted data showing that the waters which it is proposed to use were wholly wasted at present and that there would be no dimnution in Irrigation water for all arable land in the val ley, and that the construction of stor age reservoirs would really add to the certainty of ranchers getting their quota at any time in the year. The state authorities were assured that ranches which will be covered by back water in the artificial lakes created by the huge dams will be bought and roads moved to points above the water line and placed in first-class condition, so the property owners in Star valley, after being convinced of the benerits to the val ley have almost entirely withdrawn their objections. The proposed "dam will be sixty five feet high at the crest line and fifty feet at the spillway level; 900 feet thick at the base and 100 feet at the top. The hydraulic sluicing pro cess will be used in the construction of the dam, and the hills attacked by "gênants" and the earth conveyed by flumes and deposited at the dam site. There will be a core twenty four feet in thickness in the middle of the dam from bedrock to the crest line of the fill. Outflow will be controlled by a circular tower of solid masonry plac ed back of the dam and will be as high as a four-story building, with an inside diameter of twenty-four feet. From this tower water will flow into Snake river through a con crete conduit and will be controlled by a series of twenty four gates, each at different water levels. All ma chinery will be electrically operated by a 300—horsepower plant. Those in charge of the project have made all preparations to begin work as soon as the approval of the state engineer of Wyoming can be obtain ed and this will be shortly after the middle of July, for word was receiv ed here today by Engineer H. E. Rob inson that State Engineer Frank C. Emerson would arrive next week for a personal Inspection of the entire project, at which time all matters pertaining to the relocation of public roads and bridges affected by the res ervoir and other important details will be given official consideration. —Salt Lake Tribune, Teamwork. The nut at the top should know his men all dawn the line. Meeting them Inspires them and Inspires him. They do their work foe the knowledge that they are under the close observation of their superior, and be doee bla work better for familiarising himself with details, and keeping In tonch With all the latest requirements.—Washington Star. ofbune. the association; W. H. Gibson of Mountain Home; I. F. Rockwell, of Bellevue; C. B. Ross of Pocatello; E. M, Wetzel of DuboiB; John E. Plnock, Madison, C. E. Oles, Idaho Falls; -F. F. Johnson, Boise and Ar thur Behymer of Minidoka. Upon motion of Mr. Plnock It was voted that today's session take place of the scheduled August meet and that the director's adjourn to the president's call. A committee of three was named to confer with Mr. Flenner regarding the proposition and to se cure his acceptance.—Poctaello Tri Toilet Articles for the Dressing Table Talcum Powders, Face Powders, Toilet Waters and Ordants We have the greatest variety of perfumes, Toilet Waters an complexion powders ever gathered together in this town. Every one has a preference for some special brand. We are here to please and that's why we have all GOOD BRANDS. Call and see for yourself. Phone if you can't come WE DELIVER The Burgoyne Pharmacy Free Delivery Prescription Druggists PHONE 57 NEW STATE LEADER OF COUNTY AGENTS University of Idaho, Moscow.—Ap pointment of W. B. Kjosness, of Mos cow, as state leader of county agents succeeding Fred L. Williams, resign ed, was announced today by Dean E. J. Eddings of the agricultural college of the university. The ap pointment is already effective and Mr. Kjosness will leave for southern Idaho in a few days to take up his new duties. In the near future he will move his family to Boise, where the offices of the university exten son division are situated and where he will have his headquarters. Mr. Kjosness has been for the last three years a resident of Moscow, serving as assistant state leader, in charge of county agent work in north Idaho. The new county agent leader is a graduate of the University of Idaho, having received the degree of bach elor of science in agriculture here in 1913. Following a successful experience as a teacher of agriculture in the high school at Prescott, Wash., Mr. Kjosness became, in 1915, county agent of Power county, Idaho sub sequently being promoted to the as sistant state leadership. "Mr. Kjosness has been very suc cesful in county agent work in north ern Idaho," said Dean Iddings, "and now is advancing to the more im portant position of responsibility for county agent work all over the state." Ancient Crane. The oldest crane In the world ts lo cated In Trier, oo the River Mosel, In France. A preserved record- shows It was built In 1413. It Is still In use. Neither le Satisfied. Tell a woman she- looks like some other woman and the chances are yon •nnke two women mad, the one yon nay It to and the one you say It about. —Boston Transcript, The FAIR STORE Sam L. Lewis II II I We axe m a ki ng unusual preparations, re arranging our stock, and making SPE CIAL REDUCTIONS for quick selling to enable you to buy early all your needs for HOT WEATHER We are offering our MILLINERY LADIES TAILORED SUITS AND COATS, MEN'S AND BOYS CLOTHING AND FURNISHINGS At Reduced Prices Our stock of HIGH GRADE SHOES is also included in this REDUCTION Sale. Big reductions on all DRY GOODS in cluding SILKS AND VOILES. Our excellent line of RUGS will be offer ed at bargains, and cut prices will prevail in the GROCERY department. COME EARLY AND OBTAIN SOME OF THESE WONDERFUL OFFERINGS. % ii THE FAIR STORE Famous for Low Prices. Sam L. Lewis, Prop. Capacity for Service. Capacity for service creates oppor tunities and multiplies offers of posi tions. If out of a Job, Increase your capacity for service Instead of hunt ing a Job, and then the Joh will hunt you. This Is true In both the mate rial and spiritual realm.—The Chris tian Index. % Want Column WANTED—Capable reliable man to sell our well known line of» gro ceries to family trade in Mont pelier, Paris and intervening ter ritory. Excellent opportunity for man desiring permanent and pro fitable employment, and a money maker to a hustler. Must have means of delivery. Address Grand Union Tea Company, Poca tello, Idaho. jy-16-22 FOR SALE—Purebred Duroc Jersey, pigs, unrelated pairs and trios, special price, also bred sows and gilts. A. Boehme, Geneva, Idaho Jy8-15-p Phone 3-R-5. FOUND.—A new wool men's sweater and valuables. Identify and pay costs. James Jensen,. City. FOR SALE—100 feet of 1-inch rope and a Jackson hay fork. Byron jyl-tf Nelson, Montpelier. WANTED—A cow and calf in ex change for dental work. See Dr. Beckstrom, Montpelier. J10-tf -Two New Home Elec FOR SALE trie Sewing Machines. Will sell at cost for cash. Idaho Electric Co. * WANTED—Men or women to take orders among friends and neigh bors for the genuine guaranteed hosiery, full line for men, women and children. Eliminates darning. We pay 76c. an hour spare time, or $36.00 a week for full time. Ex perience unnecessary. Write Inter national Stocking Mills, Norris ml3-jyl5 town. Pa.