WEATHER AND CROP CON
DITIONS FOR THE WEEK
Boise, Idaho, June 22.—In a few
sections the week was quite warm
but over the greater portion of the
State temperatures ranged consider
ably below normal. Frost occurred
in several localities, but no damage
resulted. Light showers fell in some
districts but in the main the rainfall
was ;oo light to do much good. Cool
drying winds prevailed much of the
time and rapidly depleted the soil
moisture. There was considerable
cloudiness 'but the amount of sun
shine was for the most part adequate.
Although growing conditions were
possibly not entirely favorable yet
all . rops con'inued to make satis
factory progress. Wheat is in all
stages of growth but is everywhere
reported in excellent condition. In
the earliest districts the crop is rip
ening and harvesting has begun, in
the beet fields conditions are promis
ing. Thinning has been completed
in a,11 but the latest districts and
cultivation is the order of the day.
Potatoes are doing well. Corn is do
ing nicely but really needs warmer
weather, especially warmer nights,
to put it at its best. Early cherries
are being harvested. |The crop is
light, having been severely damaged
by frosts in late April, but the qual
ity of the fruit is fine. Pastures,
ranges and meadows continue in ex
cellent condition. Range feed is
abundant, and all stock are thriving.
Apples and prunes are growing fast.
Aphides are in evidence in some or
chards and there is a rather heavy
drop of prunes in others, but the
prospects are good for an abundance
of fruit.
Cloudy weather and frequent light
showers retarded haying to some ex
tent in t/he Boise-Payette valley.
There was not enough rain to dam
age hay but there was enough to
make curing slow. In most sections
the weather was entirely favorable
for all out door work and farm work
made rapid progress.
Hate Off to Lightning.
in Quito every one uncovers to
sh of lightning.
MID-SUMMER CLEARANCE
OF:
Art Needle Goods
In keeping with our usual custom of making room for
new goods at the end of each season we will put es
pecially attractive reductions on all Art Needle Goods
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These inhlude Night Gowns, Teddy Bears, Corset Covers, In
fants' Dresses, Children's Dresses, etc., all stamped and with
enough Embroidery thread to complete the piece.
All Open Stock Goods at 1-3 off
1 hese are Table Runners, Dresser Scarfs, Pillow Tops, Lunch |
Cloths, etc. All stamped and with full directions for embroidering.
Ail Finished Pieces at I -2 Price
These include Lunch Cloths, Towels, Table Runners, Aprons,
etc, all done in beautifully executed hand work.
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Now is the time for you to get your Art Needle Work
at Extremely Low Prices
Kinney Mercantile Company
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Hlackfoot
"Always Reliable"
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HARVEST HELP ABUNDANT.
Advices received by the Depart
ment of Agriculture from its-agents
in the field indicate that there will
be no general shortage of labor for
the wheat harvest, and that in some
areas there will be a decided sur
plus.
In Kansas, where the harvest be
gins about June 15 in the southern
tier of counties, the supply of labor
is already in excess of the demand.
In that State wages jor shockers do
not run over $3 a day with 'board
and lodging.
In Texas, where harvest is already
in progress, there seems to be labor
enough to meet all demands, with
the possible exception of the "Pan
handle" district. In Texas harvest
wages run from $2 to $2.50 a day.
In the northern wheat states the
situation has not yet developed suf
ficiently to make possible reliable es
timates as to demands for outside
labor, but it seems probable that the
labor market, will be comparatively
easy in most localities, with the pre
vailing wage not over $3 a day.
INFLUENCE OF THE BIG CITY
Probably the wittiest stammerer
(and all stammerers are philosophi
cal) ever known was William Trav
ers, once of Baltimore, later of New
York. After he had moved from the
oyster metropolis to the burg that
overflows Manhattan, a Baltimore
friend met him and conversed with
him a moment.
"Bill," said the Baltimore friend,
"you stutter worse than you did in
Baltimore!"
"B-b-b-b-bigger t-town," explain
ed Bill.
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Sick Room Hint.
When patient's mouth becomes dry
and parched during the night, a piece
of orange held in the mouth from
time to time will quench thirst. The
orange should be cut into small pieces
and put within easy reach of the in
valid. It will be easier to handle
than a glass of water and Is more re
freshing.
GERMANS WILL FILM
GEORGE WASHINGTON
A glance at the titles of current
and forthcoming German films would
lead a foreigner to think he was
viewing American, French and Eng
lish made subjects, according to Carl
Laemmle, president of Universal, who
has recently returned from a trip
through Europe. German producers
have deliberately chosen topics of irw
terest to countries other than their
own and selected such subjects as
George Washington, Life of Nelson,
Italy in tlie Middle Ages, French
Revolution and Ann Boleyn.
Whether this filming of foreign
subjects indicates an attempt to ob
tain a foothold in the world market
now controlled by the United States,
Mr. Laemmle could not say. The
motion picture industry is regarded
more seriously in Germany than in
any other country in the world, not
! only by the people who attend the
theatres, he said, but also 'by the gov
ernment itself. For nearly three
years an effective embargo on for
eign films has so encouraged the
home industry in Germany that at
present, but two per cent of the pic
tures exhibited there are made in
other countries.
NEW 0. S. L. TIME
CARD
Effective June 12,
1921.
Northbound :
Train No.
31
To Butte ................
8:00 a.m.
33
To Victor ................
8:25 a.m.
41
To Ashton ............
2:37 p.m.
29
To Butte ................
8:40 p.m.
45
Yellowstone Special
1:40 a.m.
Southbound
46
Yellowstone Special
12:40 a.m.
3 2
From Butte ............
2:05 a.m.
42
From Ashton ........
10:00 a.m.
30
From Butte ............
3.45 p.m.
34
From, Victor ........
8:05 p.m.
125
Mackay Branch
Departs ................
8:30 a.m.
126
Arrives ................
■3:25 p.m.
Aberdeen Branch
307
Departs ................
8:'30 a.m.
308
Arrivep ................
2:1(5 p.m.
Trains No. 45 and 46, Yellowstone
Special, do not become effective
until June 20th.
Get Ready For The
FOURTH OF JULY
By Having Us Clean and Press That Suit of Clothes
An old suit looks good when cleaned and pressed. If you have some
grease spots from the car, they gather dust. We will take them out
before they get any worse. Dust that settles on the collar stays and
makes a streak, because there is always a little oil from one's neck
and hair that gets pn the collar. We take it all out and make it like
new. Then the linen collar does not get dirty from the cloth collar.
Be Sure to Bring Them in Early Enough to Get Your Work in
Plenty of Time for the Fourth.
GEM STATE LAUNDRY
North Broadway Phone 123
ORDINANCE NO. 255
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
BLACKFOOT PROHIBITING THE
KEEPING, CURING OR STORING
OF HIDES, PELTS, OFFAL OR
WASTE OF ANY DEAD ANIMAL
WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIM
ITS OF SAID CITY, DECLARING
THE SAME TO BE A NUISANCE,
PROVIDING THE 'METHOD OF
ABATING SAME, PRESCRIBING
A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLA
TION HEREOF, AND DECLAR
ING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor
and City Council of the City of
Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho.
Section 1. It shall be unlawful
for any person, persons, firm or cor
ixjration bo cure, keep, store or suf
fer the keeping, curing, keeping or
storing within the corporate limits
of the Citiy of Blackfoot, either with
in or without any building therein,
any hide, pelt or hides or pelts, of
fal or waste of any dead animal.
Section 2. The curing, keeping or
storing of any hides, pelts, offal or
waste of any dead animail within the
corporate limits of the City of Black
foot is hereby declared to be injur
ious to the health and public welfare
of the citizens of the City of Black
foot, and is hereby declared to be a
nuisance.
Section 3. The Mayor is hereby
authorized to direct the City Attor
ney to commence and prosecute suit
in the name of the City of Blackfoot,
for the abatement of any nuisance
defined by this ordinance when in
his judgment such nuisance is being
maintained within the corporate
limits of said City of Blackfoot.
Section 4. Any person, persons, or
corporation guilty of violation of
Section one of this ordinance shaill
be fined in any sum not exceeding
one hundred dollars.
Section 5. All ordinances or parts
of ordinances in canfi'iöt herewiüh
are hereby repealed.
Section 6. An emergency is here
by declared to exist therefor, and
this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage,
approval and due publication.
Passed and approved this 7th day
of June, 1921.
E. T. PECK, Mayor.
ATTEST. J. J. QÜILLAN, City Clerk.
CALL FOR BIDS
Bids will be received for the re
shingling of tlie entire roof of Cen
tral school building by the Board of
Trustees of Independent School Dis
trict No. 8, Blackfoot, Idaho. Speci
fications will be furnished on appli
caton by Ernest Pearson, chairman
building committee. Ail bids to be
submitted not later than 11 o'clock
a. m., June 3Otfh, 1921. All bids to
be filed with the Clerk of said Board.
T. J. JOHNSON,
Glerk Board of Trustees, Ind. School
Dist. No. 8. it
Woman's Final Test.
Women seem to get along Id
straight business lines about as well
as men, and all that remains before
throwing the cloak of absolute equal
ity about their shoulders Is to see
whether they can make as much out
of a bankruptcy ns a man can.—Kan
sas City Star.
Cold Causes Stale Bread.
Prof. J. R. Katz of Amsterdam, has
found that low température makes
bread stale. At 1W degrees F., tt was
fresh after 48 hours, hut when tlie
temperature was re ime I to 122 de
grees the bread began rn grow stale.
Darkness
and Dawn
By HAZEL SMITH
(©, 1921, Western Newspaper Union.)
It was merely a business coinci
dence that James A. Holton, lawyer,
had offices in the same skyscraper
where James B. Holton, also lawyer,
had an office. The comparison, how
ever, was grotesque. "Judge" Holton
occupied a suite on the second floor,
about as elaborate as the upholsterer's
art could make It "Jim" Holton, as
his friends familiarly called him, had
a little ten-by-twelve room at the top
story. It contained a worn rug, a
small desk, two chairs and a book
case holding only the most necessary
law books required In the profession.
At these, his sole possessions, Jim
was staring gloomily. It was the
darkest hour in his life, and the late
afternoon shadows formed a fitting
frame for his environment The agent
for the building surveyed Jim rather
pityingly.
"Sorry, Mr. Holton," he said, "but
It's the rule. There's two months'
rent overdue. I'll Just have the stuff
here stored with good care. Soon as
you get on your feet again you can
pay up and get It back."
"No," said Jim defiantly; "sell It.
I'm through."
"Don't say that," spoke the agent
"Don't give up the ship—always dark
est before the dfwn, you know."
"I'll be on hand when you call on
me," he added as he left.
Holton pulled open a drawer. As If
a devil had stung him, his hand shot
out eagerly at the little sliver-mount
ed weapon it contained.
"The quick way," he said hoarsely.
There was a click. Then with a shud
der he flung the weapon back Into the
drawer, crashed It shut, and his face
fell across his arms. Some power
drove his lips to the low sobbing ut
terance of a prayer, learned at his
mother's knee.
"Is tills Mr. Ilolton?" asked a timid,
almost frightened voice.
"I—that is—" the girl was pale and
her hand was trembling as she ten
dered a large envelope. There was
no doubt thnt she had seen the
■ capon and heard the prayer. She
was confused in delivering a mes*
'v.-'P. "My aunt, Mrs. Helen Hurley,
asked me to give you this. It is—•
■ »•nothing about—about another law
yer, and—you are to write aunt or
see lier."
Than she was gone. Jim sank to
a chair. His heart had leaped up
at such loveliness. But—not for him !
He, penniless, a failure! He opened
the envelope, supposing it to be some
papers in one of the few law cases
lie had assisted in. Around a file of
documents two fifty-dollar bills were
folded. Next to them was a note. It
read :
"I am the attorney at Sackvllle of
Mrs. Hurley. She will come to you to
assist her in getting possession of
soma important papers, will give you
a retainer fee, and If we win the
case at this end there will be a con
tingent fee for you."
"Why." exclaimed Jim glancing at
the envelope, "this is for the Holton
downstairs. All that money!"
An hour later Jim was ushered
into a suite of rooms In an apart
ment house three miles away. An
old lady and a young one arose to
un- " him.
"Mr. Holton—you ure prompt," said
'' older Indy, holding his card In
. r hand. The younger one, his office
4' ir. !o ked at hint with interest.
"Ur. Holton, yes," said Jim with a
■ tel smile, "but not the Mr. Ilolton
.or wh m the-e doeum-'r.ts were in
'•■!." And t'-en Jim told of the
. . tnd hi nd
étf'tFu r lady - the envelope. --
"Aunty," almost whispered the
young lady, "may I speak to you for
a moment?"
Jim sat fidgeting in his seat- It
was the young lady who finally re
turned, alone. She brought back the
packet.
"You will trust me, a stranger—"
began Jim, choking up.
"Yes," she replied, "because—be
cause I know you need a client, and
because that dreadful temptation, your
mother's prayer, have told me to be—
be your friend. Have I said too
much ?"
It was a simple case. A miserly old
fellow In the city had some papers.
Here agalD the star of hope and
fortune arose for Jim. The old fellow
happened to be a client of a friend
of Jim, a struggling young lawyer like
himself. One week later, at no ex
pense whatever, Jim brought the
coveted documents to Mrs. Hurley.
In the meantime, through the Hur
leys, he was Introduced to some Influ
ential people. Two new clients came
to him, and things began to look up
for loyal, patient Jim.
The day he got back Into his old
office he called on Heten. He told
her the whole history of that dismal
afternoon when they had first met.
"And, oh, how sorry I felt for you,"
confessed Helen, "for I guessed that
you were In deep trouble. Thut dread
ful moment when—but that will al
ways be our secret. The sweet moth
er's prayer drove all the fear and
temptation away."
"And you appeared, an angel on
the threshold," said Jim. "Yes, that
will be our secret, hut there is anoth
er one. If I only dared to tell It—"
Helen swayed nearer to him. Her
eyes told him he might speak, her Ups
Invited the lover's kiss, and Jim knew
that the full glorious dawn had come
at last !
CURE FOR EGG-EATING HABIT
Owner Should Make Good Use of Ax
on Hen That Has Acquired De
praved Appetite.
The hen that eats her own eggs and
those of other hens has formed a habit
that cannot be broken. Out off her
head with an ax. A depraved appe
tite may be acquired by seeing some
other hen eat an egg, as one hog learns
from another to eat chickens. A lack
of food or of grit, especially of meat
scrap, may be a contributing factor.
PROPER SHELTER FOR SHEEP
Animals Do Not Require Expensive
Buildings.but Must Have Protec
tion In Wet Seasons.
Sheep do not require expensive
buildings, but should have some pro
tection from wet weather. A shed
open to the south with a well-drained
yard is excellent quarters in which to
house sheep.
Dangerous Liquids.
Gasoline, ether and benzine could
not be kept on shelves In a cabinet In
the house, the national board of fire
underwriters says in a recent article.
It Is exceedingly dangerous, as either
gasoline or beuzlne gives off at ordi
nary temperature inflammable vapor.
Through these vapors, a light at a
distancé may ignite the liquid. If
there is a small leak In the container
In which any of the liquids are kept
sufficient vapor may form to cause a
violent explosion. With ether the dan
ger Is even greater than with gaso
line or benzine.
Saving That Stamp.
To remove a stamp from an en
velope, cut a blotter to the size of the
stamp, soak it in cold water and lay
it over the stamp. Remove blotter In
a few minutes and the stamp will
come off.