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Clearwater Repe blican
OFFICIAL PAPER OF CLEARWATER COUNTY
VOLUME IX NUMBER 2
OROFINO, CLEARWATER COUNTY, IDAHO
FRIDAY, APRIL 9. 1920.
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Plan to Build an ;
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AND CLARK HIGHWAY
BETWEEN OROFINO, GREER
_TO COST $90.000.00
important road meeting in re
the construction of Clear
and Lewis county's
the Lewis and Clark
Orofino to Greer,
An
gard to
a ter county's
portion of
highway, from
held in the Orofino Club rooms
was
Wednesdey night and was attended
-ome fifty farmers and business
of the community
interested in the
by
who are
nien
greatly
Ii was
that
project. !
brought out at the meeting
the state has allotted $10,000
to Lewis county for road construe
and if the county makes a
tion
similar allowance of 10,000 a fund
of $20,000 will be available for the
construction of
the great river highway and
its construction, for Clear- i
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the Orofino-Greer
lin.Vj in
assure
water
the -täte $12.500; the federal gov
Clearwater
county will allot $ 25 . 000 :,
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$22,500;
the
eminent
KighVay District $5.000 and
Pierce
the
$5,000. !
show that
Highway District
Engineering estimates
the link can be built for the $90.
000 thus provided.
The $12.500 allotted by the state |
and the $22.500 allotted by the |
federal government to Clearwater ,
county for this purpose, also the
$10.000 allotted by the state lo 'i
Lewis county for the same purpose,!
will be w ithdraw n May 1st unless
put to this use before that time.
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By a resolution of the Clearwater
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county commissioners, under date,
, ,r u HA.u «or nnn
of March 24th, the $25,000 which
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the county would furnish by a two
and a half mill levy Is already as
sured. The commissioners of the
Pierce and Clearwater districts have
also pledged the necessary $5,000
needed from each district, thus i
making $70,000 which is assured
for the construction of the county's
portion of the link.
The main purpose of Wednesday
night's meeting was to bring influ
ence to bear upon the commission
ers of Nez Perce county to duplil
cate the $10,000 allotted by the
state for this purpose, which is the
only money needed to construct the
highway which is not already as
sured. A committee consisting of
W. B. Kinne. H. L. Walrath and B.
R. Schmid, was appointed to go to
Kamiah and endeavor to secure a
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committee of interested -parties from
that place to present the matter be
fore the Lewis county commission
Nezperce
A like committee con- i
ers at their meeting in
Monday,
listing
Kauffman and Matt Erb .will rep
resent Orofino at the commissioners
of Frank Jones, Joseph
meeting.
What the position of the Lewis
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MEMBER
FEDERAL RESERVE
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"Sowing" Dollars
for a Thrift Crop
§ OWING the aejsd is only one step in the
production of a crop. If the harvest is to be
undant, favorable conditions must ^e main
tained. To the business man, this means
favorable credit conditions.
The Federal Reserve System is the great
stabilizer of commercial credit conditions to
day. It insures an ample supply of such credit
at all times.
BANKfOF OROFINO
OROFINO, IDAHO
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; regard to the matter is not known.
but it is expected and hoped that
lil wil1 be favorable. As the Lewis
countv portion of the Lewls and
Clark link Is situated in a far cor
ner and will seem of small benefit
to that county, a strong plea will
be entered to show a vast benefit
which will accrue to residents and
property owners of that county in
a general way.
Two miles of the road out of
Greer would be located in Lewis
county. At Greer it would connect
with the Greer-Bungalow project
which is now under construction.
The Lewis and Clark link is on the
com mission? i s
will be in
south side of the Clearwater river,
but there is a bridge at Greer and
The road here will al
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one here.
with these roads and serving as a :
link In the great water grade river
so connect with the Elk River State
highway.
Connecting as it will
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one of the i
most important pieces of highway h
construction in the state.
1 road, it is considered
ROBERT M0LL0Y POSTMASTER
The Clearwater Republican is
particularly pleased to announce
the appointment of Robert N. Mol
loy, as Postmaster, at Orofino. Bob
is an exemplary young man and
I eminently qualified for the position.
! He is unusually competent honest
I and accomodating and his appoint
ment should give general satisfac
tion to the patrons of the Orofino
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PO«toffice and the public generaHy.
TllP MIovItlk is Robert Molloy s
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I 22. Joined army at Portland, Ore.,
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September 6th, 1917, Sent to Madi
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«OB Barracks. N. Y. September 20.
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1917. and assigned to the 304th
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Supply Company, where trained for
over two months.
November
Sent overseas
25th, 1917, landing at
St. Naziere and then to Brest,
1 France, where was assigned to duty
in the Transportation Branch of the
Depot Quartermaster as Assistant
Chief Clerk, and also assigned to 1
Returned to U. S.
convoy duty.
July 25th. 1919. and sent to Fort ]
for discharge, 1
Rank: Ser
Russell, Wyoming,
August 4th. 1919.
géant 1st Class.
WILL SERVE DINNER
Members of the Ladles Aid will
serve a dinner April 21, 1920. at
Serving
the Methodist Chuich.
will commence at 6 p. m.
LEGION WILL MEET
Clearwater Post, American Legion,
special
M. Fairly,
Post Commander. J.
has issued a call for a
i meeting of the Legion to be held
next Tuesday night at his offices
in the Burns Block, when matters
of importance will be taken up.
All members are urgently requested
'to be present.
What Nonpartisan League
Has Done to North Dakota
(Continued from last week.)
I they
In addition to the$642 he paid
$238 hail tax.
losses,
cheap insurance and is quite will- I P
Ing to bear It for the possible pro-l the
tection. Many farmers not so well i ou
fixed financially as Mr. Hunt do
object to the hail
They
tain areas and that they are not
in the path of usual hail danger.
By specifically asking for oxemp
He had no hail
but considers the hail tax
hail
however.
tax.
assert that hail hits in cer
tion such farmers may be relieved
of paying a hail premium of about I
twenty-five cents an acre, but must nI
stand the flat tax of three cents an i
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acre laid on participants and non
participants alike.
One of these exempted farmers |
quo ted as having said:
"It is only $4.80 that I am forced |
to pay into the hail fund, but that
s j UK t $4.80 more than.I want to
contribute for something that I
cannot get anything out of."
The press of the state is full ol as
specific instances of tax increases:
the opposition press challenging, as- Its
serting; the leagua prêtes explaining
or denying. As the time comes for
penalties on the 1919 tax, many are up
getting their tax statements and
the chorus of complaint increases, ta
I was told that a sort of mouth-to
mouth propaganda was being passed
over the state not to pay taxes un
til the last day of October and thus
kill off state ownership for lack
of funds. To do so would add a
seven per cent penalty to taxes, but
would doubtless put the league gov
ernment on starvation rations.
One of the points which the
league opponents harp on most is
that the state is running further
er
our
by
and further behind with its obliga
tions. The educational institutions
of the state will have a six-months
deficit, it is said,
against the state totalled $390,619.
43. As a sample of how expense
are
State Auditor Kositsky recently
asserted that the unpaid daims
of
had mounted he points out that
the state capitol pay roll In 1917
was in round figures $26,000 a
month, while in 1919 it had leaped
to $73.000 a month. This year will
show a still larger total, which he
calls "the cost of Townleyism."
League papers and speakers tear
into with zest and enthusiasm, so
North Dakota is the vortex of a
wordy tornado,
sample from the Fargo Forum:
"J. B. Sayler, of Bismark, who
owns and farms 400 acres in Em
mons county, received his tax state
ment the other day. Last year Mr.
Sayler's taxes for all purposes were
$74.16. This year they are $226.02
The latter item includes $62.75 for
hail insurance Mr. Sayler surfered
considerable hail loss last summer.
His loss was adjusted and the state
auditor has mailed him a warrant.
He took the warrant over to the
Bank of North Dakota and he was
advised there was nothing doing.
Local banks have Informed him
that they cannot afford to take up
the warrants. Mr. Sayler Is one of
13,500 to whom the state owes
$3,500,000 for hail indemnity who
are similarly situated."
There ts more of this tenor, and
Here rs a mild
then the following sarcastic con
clusion: Mr. Sayler has farmed all
his life. He came to North Dakota
from northern Indiana. He sees
prospects of a remurkabie Influx of
thrifty middle western farmers as
u result of the 150 per cent In
crease In taxes, exclusive of the cost
of state hall Insurance."
Here is something a little more
In the North Dakota language, at
tributed to J. P. Runck, Oasselton,
North Dakota, in stopping his sub
scription to a league newspaper:
•"You and your tribe of Bolshe
viks and I. W. W.'s at Bismark
have raised my taxes so that I can
not afford to pay five dollars a
year for the kind of slop you are
dishing up for news.
"I have farmed successfully for
years in North Dakota and do not
see why I should be dictated to by
a lot of foreigners, nontaxpayers
and I. W. W's."
The league answer Is that tax In
creases are due to the decreased
purchasing power of the dollar.
Minnesota and Wisconsin state taxes
have been Increased even more. It
Is quite likely that Minnesota and
Wisconsin, being rich states, are
careless about expenses and do not
find taxes as much of a burden aa
einet
they are in North Dakota, where
rainfall is less, grasshoppers more.
oor cro P years has left portions ot
the state with its P° ckets lllrned
ou *'
credit U * hter and where a
I the
held
and
and
the
ance
°9th
done
es
which
for state 1
South Dakota, which is more
comparable with North Dakota and
which was quietly putting state
hail Insurance and state real-estate
loans into effect while «ownley was
getting out the band for industrial
democracy in North Dakota, has
increased its state tax only twenty
nI *e per cent, as against North Da
kota's 113 per cent.
"Or Increase is largely due to
additional appropriations
betterment or country ! polls
schools and appropriations for the |
land-settlement hoard." re
highways,
soldier
marks Governor Norbeek.
On the matter of highways the
league has little to be proud or. i
Minnesota, which the league uses
as a haven of refuge in tax corn
parisons, is vastly more liberal with t) on
Its roads. Also Minnesota's In
crease in total taxes is unusually
large because the state Is catching
up on deferred educational obliga
Gons, I am told, while North Dako
ta I s evidently running behind on
of
the
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ion.
hers.
"Minnesota's total taxes, state
local and school, will be
about twenty-five per cent higher
than last year," a state commission
er said. "Despite the big increase
our state taxes are still low.
There is so much conflicting tes
timony that 1 cannot vouch for
this, but it seems to be borne out
by the comparison of taxes
upon
only nn
tre
' n I over
Grand Forks county. North Dakota hall
and Polk county, Minnesota, which
Anti-league newspapers pre-1 n i
are on opposite sides of the Red
River.
sent the figures, and conclude that !
the average owner of 160 acres on ; j,
the North Dakota side will pay!
$22.22 state taxes, w hile the owner I
of a quarter section on the Minne- j
sota side will get off with only
$15.62.
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Big Biz Profits.
League leaders und editors may
squirm all they please, but they
will not be able to get away from a
certain statement put out by their 1 orc
own tax commissioner, showing
that, whereas farm property of the i
state paid only 66.04 per cent of
the taxes of the state in 1918. in
1919 under single tax it pays 74,- j at
264 per cent. And this increase In
spite of the 1919 exemption of
farm Improvements and a partial
exemption of farm personal proper
ty. On the land alone the jump is
even more—from 54.89 per cent to
70.36 per cent. At the sanie time
the railroads of the state, which
are part of the hated Big Biz, get |
off with a decreased percentage of i
taxes.
What has happened is that the
'league has been assessing Big Biz
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out of all proportion to other prop- i
erty, and when everything Is put i
On tha equal footing of actual
value, farms suffer by comparison, j to
Also the exemption which the Lea -1
gue gave city residents on their
homes—presumably to catch city !
votes—puts a new burden on farm
ers, for what Is taken off of city
homes must be put on other prop
erty. League leaders held out the
hope that the added burden would
be put on corporations, but results
have squashed that theory.
The state auditor, comparing the
1918 tax valuations with the 1919
valuations, achieves these rather
startling figures: farm lands in
crease 408 per cent, railways and
other public utilities only 254 per
cent and city real estate only 275 ;
per cent. j
If the North Dakota experiment
does nothing more than warn
farmer of all states against single
tax, it will have accomplished a
useful purpose. The farmers of i
various states have sensed and sur
mised this sort of a result, but the
North Dakota experiment proves it.
And there is no telling when other ]
states may want to lay hands on
such proof, for there is an organ- (
ized and financed movement in the
country to put single tax across. !
It is not likely that It will be tried '
again soon in Missouri, where it !
was snowed under and probably
Iowa will be considered a poor •
field for the movement, but there :
are various agricultural states
(Continued on page 4)
BOND ELECTION CARRIES
The bond election calling for the
issuance of $100.000 in the Grange-j
mont Highway district held yester
day carried by an even margin of
votes, the final count standing 58 |
to 29. Ttie returns in Pine Grange I
precinct were 26 for and
against and In Whiskey Creek pre- 1
einet 32 for and 17 against. Tn
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the last election for this purpose
held on March 6th this year. 2 4
and 19 votes were cast in favor,
and 9 and 17 votes against In two
precincts respectively. This was
the third election held for the issu
ance of $11)0.000 bonds, the fitsl m
election occurring on November
°9th 1919
Considerable electioneering was
done on the part of parties inter
es ted within the district and by on
Orofino business men. the result of heW
which is said to have carried the
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bonds. Teams and cars were also I c
1 furnished free to take voters to the !
! polls who
| otlierwise.
have gone I or
the progressive farmers |
over the success ol
would
Much enthusiasm Is ex- :
not
i
t) on f or their products to market,
pressed by
of the district
the election, which will eventually 1 L.
increase the land values of the
Grangemont country ns well as to
' cheapen the means of transporta
the
The Hallowell Concert Company,
which appeared here last Saturday and
night under the auspices of Clear-1
water Post No. 53.
ion. met with effusive
CONCERT COMPANY PLEASES
American Leg-1
applause I
upon the rendition of each number | nor
nn tj,e program, whether tn solo or
unison
introduction to the best of Orofno I for
The company will need no I
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music lovers w hen they appear here
again in the future The Rex Thea- and
tre was well filled by a satisfied
audience. Following the orchestra
program the evening was given
I over to a dance in the Odd Fellow's
where a record number en- as
hall
of
n i 8 h e( j ruustc for the dancers, also.i
joyed the floor until after one o'
clock. The Hallowell orchestra fur
! ^vhich t* said to be the best ever
; j, ad here
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nights left to hear]
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CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Just a few
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the evangelist at the Christian
church. Do not miss a single ser- j
1 vice. Meetings will close on Sun
I day night with a great service,
will be In
Sermon sub
] Sunday A great day. Blbte school
m. with special exercises I
| by the children. Yon
1 the program and the study of the
lesson. Attend. 11 a. m.. preaching.
a
Special musical program
rendered. Members of the Orofino
1 orc i, es t ra will assist,
jects follow:
Friday "What Is a Man For?"
Saturday—''Seeking a Homestead."
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j at jq a
will enjoy
Endeavor,
of
is
to
Sermon subject: "Storehouses Open
ed."
6:45, Christian
Evangelistic Service. ;
"The End of the I
7:45 p. m.
Sermon subject:
Make your plans to at- f
| every service from this to the !'
of i end
Voyage."
awaits
A cordial welcome
This ts the church where all j
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j are al ways welcome.
W. W. Crabb. Pastor.
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"23 1-2 Hours Leave"—Biggest
and best comedy evei made, coming
j to the Rex soon.
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Teach Your Children to Save '
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Your children will learn
more of the value of money;
through having a bank ac
count than by any other)
means.
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It encourages them to see'
the amount increase, and at
com
5 per cent Interest
pounded
doesn't take long to
large sums.
semi-annually, it
save
IP
Why not start an account
for them now—the ultimate,
benefits will be inestimable.
One dollar Is sufficient to
open a Term Savings Ac
count.
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Get one of these miniature Liberty
Bells to drop your pin money in at
home—it counts fast towards suc
cess.
FIDELITY STATE BANK
OROFINO, IDAHO
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Member American and Idaho Bankers Association.
GEO. H. WATERMAN. PRESIDENT
DR. J. M. FAIRLY, VICE PRESIDENT
BENJ. R. SCHMID. CASHIER
E. J. PHILLIPS. ASST. CASHIER
RCpUbÜCäflS ElCCt
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State Delegates
INDORSE PRESENT ADMINISTRA
TION IN STATE, ALSO A. H.
CONNOR FOR U. S. SENATOR
The meeting of the Clearwater
County Republican Central Co;u
m m.ee for the purpose of tilling
vacancies on the committee nd for
electing delegates to the state con
vention to be held in Cœur l'Alem*
on «6th of this month, was
heW , n the offlce of attwn , y F . E.
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Smith, chairman, lasv Satin lay al
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ternoon.
All members were present.
"F. E.
or represented by proxy.
and Andrew Bloom of Elk
River, were elected ns delegates to
attend the state convention and K.
Smith.
L. Wnlrath and Samson Snyder
were chosen as alternates.
The following resolution was
passed and adopted >.s repr. sen ting
the sense of the meeting:
"Resolved that we heartily in
dorse the cabinet form of jovern
nient under Governor D. W. Davis,
and the able administration of the
present republican state govern
ment,
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"That we heartily indorse Gover
nor Davis for a second term,
for several
'That inasmuch as the northern
part of the state is and has been
years pasr without a
representative in the U. S. Senate,
and as the record of Hon. A. H.
Connor as a legislator and as a
soldier, as well as his resld. nee in
Northern Idaho, especially co amend
him for office, we recommend him
as candidate for U. R. senator.
"That we indorse the candidacy
of Judge Robert N. Dunn for Jus
tice of the Supreme court."
THE OID MAIDS CONVENTION
I The Old Maids*
Conv. ntion,
held in the Rex Theatre last night
under the auspices of the Rebekah
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Lodge, for the benerit of th Odd
j Fellows home now under cor truc
tion In South Idaho, was at?nded
by the largest crowd ever assembled
In the building. It proved f o h
the best scream ever heard and the
most brilliant show of dry goods
and pink calves ever witnessed
here, especially when the mouse in
vaded the threshold of the old
maids hangout. A report of the
I committee on Investigation of avail
able bachelors was read by the
chairman in which all local men
were severely panned,
the aid of love powders, exlllrs.
electric transformers and testimon
Even with
; ials. together with the suggestive
I costumes, the old maids were com
f pelled to scratch the susceptible and
!' indifferent men of the community
from the eligible list of matrlmon
j tal prospects, resolving with drawn
j out sighs, to relegate themselves to
the scrap heap of single blessedness.
1 Many local men only regret that
.
they were unable to be present and
receive the glad news of their salva
tion at first hand.
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