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BLACKFOOT
County Seat,
Best County
in the State.
BINGHAM COUNTY NEWS
OFFICIAL
Paper of
Bingham
County.
PRICE—$2.00 PER YEAR
BLACKFOOT. BINGHAM, COUNTY, IDAHO. FF, 'DAY, MARCH 24, 1922
VOL. XIV. NO. 27
DEBTS FIDE
HELD MEETING IN COURT ROOMS
LAST SATURDAY AF
TERNOON.
STATE TIKES ARE DISCUSSED
EX-INTERNAL REVENUE COL
LECTOR, WILLIAMS, MAIN
SPEAKER.
The meeting was called to order
and presided over by Charles Harris,
who opened the meeting with a few
remarks from which we quote the
following:
"It seems that the people are in
terested i'n taxation hut are not
willing to come out and listen to the i
reason taxes are high and whether
there is any remedy for reducing
them."
"It is immaterial as to which par.
ty a man belongs, he should hear all .
sides of the tax question."
"25 to 40 per cent of the taxes
are delinquent on the books which j
means that 25 to 40 per cent of the ,
people cannot meet their bills—35
per cent are delinquent this year,
or $300,000.00 worth of taxes were
on the delinquent list when the last
day to pay wa s past."
"It costs a resident of Blackfoot
from $20 to $50 a month to live in
their own home. Building has prac
tically ceased, because It doesn't
pay."
"No man working for wages can
afford to pay $35 to $40 a month
rent."
"Taxes have got to come down in
Idaho."
Mr. Harris then Introduced Mr.
Williams, who said:
"Taxes in the state have become
almost Impossible to bear."
"John D. Robinson tells you they
are not high because 0 |f the state,
It is your own County and City."
"The present indebtedness is cost
tog the state $10,000 a day, or $400
an hour."
"In 1917 Bingham County paid
the state $26,391.87 and in 1921
69,104.93."
The platform that Mr. Williams
stated was his own and not the
Democrat party, hut which he wish
ed to see indorsed by them consisted
of the following:
"Demand revision of the Cabinet
Form of Government;
"Demand revision of the State
Constajbulatory;
"Fix a reasonable limit on the
bonded indebtedness by the smaller
units of government;
"Non-partisan election of Judges;
"Re-enact the direct primary law;
"State Guarantee Bank Law;
"Re-affirm the referendum and re
call;
"Economical State Highway;
"Financial aid to farmer and
terminable elevators."
In closing Mr. Williams said: "if
there should be a third party in the
field t!iis year the Republican ma
chine will put it in."
After the meeting a Democratic
Club wa s organized.
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Horace Hale has just returned
from the Northern State Mission, af
ter spending two years in the field.
His many ifriends are glad to see
"him hack.
After being quite sick with the
flu, John Dean is improving fast.
The flu has been quite prevalent
here, (but there are few cases now.
Mrs. Flora A. Havens has return
ed to Groveland from Lewisville,
where she attended the funeral of
her grandson, Clarence E. Havens.
Ed Johnson and family have been
very sick with the flu. They are
able to be out now.
The 17th of March, the anniver
sary* of the organization of the Re
lief Society, wa s observed. A fine
program was rendered, followed by
refreshments and a dance.
The snow is fast disappearing and
it (begins to seem like spring, which
we will gladly welcome, alfter a
very severe, cold winter.
Elijah Bingham, Orlie Yancey,
Ed Johnson. George Bailey, Horace
Hale, Mr. Buchanan and Fred Ham
mond, were Blackfoot visitors, Sat
urday.
The Sacrament meeting convened
Sunday at 2 o'clock. Singing, "The
Happy Day Has Rolled On;" Invo
cation, John Dean; Singing, "Come
Thou O King of Kings;" the speak
ers were Horace Hale who gave a
report of hi s work in the mission
field, Wallace Packham, Lyman
Bowker, Ed Johnson and Joseph
Merrill of Thomas', Singing Anthem,
"Open Ye Pearly Gates; - ' Benedic
tion. Wallace Lindsay.
Sanntel Chapman's baby is sick
with pneumonia.
Frank Chapman is quite sick at
Jonathan Hale's, with rheumatism.
The Parents'-Teachers' party is
postponed until next month.
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Warren P. Lindsay returned from
Utah the first of the week.
Mrs. John Beuse has returned
from her first trip to Utah.
On March 12th, a fine iboy camé
to share the home of Mr. and Mrs.
A1 Benson. Mother and baby are
doing fine.
David Wheeler and son made a
business trip to Blackfoot last Tues
day, to have their stock inspected.
They are preparing to move to Mon
tana.
Thq sdhool faculty presented the
play "The Wrong Mr. Wright," on
March 10th. They showed to a full
house.
Mrs. Mary Hatch was called to
Idaho Fallg, to the bed side of her
daughter-in-law. who is very sick.
Harrison McKnight went to Fort j
Hall last Thursday ob business.
Mr. Gerdes, of Coolev. Ftah, has
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been visiting relatives and friend
here.
Mr. Parkinson, of Blackfoot, was
here the first of the week.
Mrs. Mary Hatch returned from ]
Idaho Falls Friday, and report s Mrs.
Elias Hatch some better.
Thomas Richardson and daugh
ter, Lulu, returned home to Hamer
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs- Godfrey and fam
ily are moving to Brigham City,
Utah, to care for their daughter's
children. Tihe daughter died re
cently.
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The Ladies' Aid met at the home
of Mrs. A. L. Peterson Thursday
afternoon. After the members ar
rived they adjourned to the ichurch
and listened to am interesting lec
ture on "The Importance of Sunday
School," by Rev. C. A. Glad, of Salt
Lake, after which refreshments were
served iby Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. E.
Manion.
Intermountain District meeting of
the Lutheran church was held, the
past week at Firth. The visiting
pastors were, Rev. A. E. Olsom, Og
den; Rev. W. F. Peterson, Idaho
Fails; Rev. C. A. Glad, Salt Lake;
and Rev. G. A. Herbert, Boise.
Mrs. W. Reumke is visiting her
friends at Lima.
Mrs. Mable Moore returned) (from
Lima last week.
Leo Gushwa and Grady Evans
were business visitors in Idaho Falls
on Monday.
A few friends of Mrs. M. H. Shir
ley surprised her on her birthday,
March 16.
Misses Millie Kirkpatrick and
Lenmie Miller were visitors at the
Firth home Sunday.
1 Mrs. Frank Just, of Blacklfoot,
j visited at the Boling home Sunday.
Dean Jones had the misfortune to
! sprain his ankle quite severely on
I Monflay afternoon while
1 basket ball.
Orion Andrus lias been ill the ;
; past week with a touch of pneu- ;
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Ars. P- d. Andersen visited with
1 Mrs. M. H. Shirley Thursday and
attended the Ladies' Aid that after
noon.
Mrs. T. E. Short and Mrs. George
Warren and daughters, of Blackfoot,
visited at the Petersen home Thurs
day.
THIS IS THE MONTH—
To. bid old winter goodbye.
To plant sweet peas on the 17th.
To start again the season's rou
tine.
To plant peas, lettuce, beets and
parsnips.
To guard new chicks from get
I ting killed.
To spray curremts, gooseberries
and raspberries with copper-sulphur
, solution.
I To welcome the newcomers. This
i month and next sees the greatest
I additions to flocks and herds.
I To figure up your income tax.
But the government doesn't pay you
Ilf it was all outgo instead.
I To test seed corn—and It pays
' just as well to test oats, clover and
other important crop seeds.
I To make a tfnal survey of spring's
! needs. The advertising columns of
I this paper can be made a real help.
1 To sow clover seed. The freezing
and thawing will cover it perfectly.
A bushel to six or eight acres is
right.
To set out strawberry plants just
a 3 early as the frost goes out of the
ground. They will get a good start
before dry weather.
To go over the apairy and exam
line each hive for honey stores and
missing queens. Also to clean out
dead bees, and put all In shape for
I the nectar flow.—Farm Life.
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Friday night the play, "All a
Mistake", wa g put on in the Ward
Hall to an appreciative audience.,j
The characters were all worthy of
commendation on tlieir performance,
Thursday might, March 23rd, the
Home Dramatic Club will stage the
play at Thomas.
Ezra D. Wilson of Pocatello was
here Sunday looking over his old
homestead and planning to rent it
the coming season.
Mr. and Mrs. Hewett Jex of Iowa
are visiting with Mr. and Mils. John
Lee. Mr. Jex is operating Mr. Lee's
dry farm in Iowa
R F Dickson spent Sunday in Po
catello
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Bitton and
Miss Erma Wilson motored up from
Pocatello Sunday and visited a few
hours with relatives and friends.
Lot P. Adams went to Richmond,
Utah last Saturday to attend the
funeral of one of his Uncle's who
died in Park City.
Monday might, Mr. Thomas of the
Farm Bureau brought three boy s out
from High School to get milk samp
les to test. They took sample^ of
milk from cows belonging to F. T.
Halverson, Jed Taylor, William Bit
ton, Paul Greer, D. E. Greer, Irving
Greer, John W. Bitton and John Eit
ton Jr. The boys were to test the
milk the following morning at high
school and make a report to the own.
ers of the cows. They will try amd
take a test of these cows each month.,
Lawrence Halverson went to Po
catello Sunday to spend two or
three day g with relatives and friend s
John Bitton Jr. went to work on
Tuesday for Brown-Hart Co. of
Blaickfoot, taking the place oif Mr.
Dolman who t s going to Boston on a
vacation for about thirty days.
The relief society gave a nice pro
gramme last Friday afternoon in
commemoration of the organization
of their society which took place
on that day of the month
Thursday night March 16 a pnr
ent and teachers social was held in
school gymasium
programme
and luncheon, also some ball games
played by the public.
LUTHERAN CHURCH
(Firth)
Remember the Sunday School, it
meets at 10 a. m.
There will he no services in the
morning but in the evening at 8
o'clock We hope to have a good at
tendance from now on as we did
last Sunday. Come and hear the
Word of Life.
The District meeting in both
Blackfoot and Firth was a success.
The true gospel of repentance was
the keynote at all the services. This
is not the popular message of today
but it is the most needed message.
The world is crying out, "What
Must I Do to be Saved?", and the
Christian church must come with
the only true answer; "Believe in
Hhe Lord Jesus Christ and thou
shaft Ibe saved." But before there
can be any real ifaith in Jesus
Christ there must be repentance.
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POU LTRY PARAGRAPHS.
fowls
Never feed your
grain of any kind.
The busy lion is the one that lays
the most eggs.
The .'cod is of as much importance
P; the breed.
With proper care and food come
plenty of eggs. Remember, that
"anything worth doing at all is
worth doing well."
Variety in rations i, s one of the
most important things connected
with good feeding. Sometimes even
a faulty ration will give fair re
sults because of the variety that
enters into it.
Don't expect the fowls to find
grit ifor themselves. No matter
how much range they may have it
is best to keep grit, charcoaj, oys
ter shells, etc., constantly before
them.
Apoplexy and egg-lbound are al
most always the results of excessive
fatness among the hens.
Don't feed any more mash at one
time than the fowls will eat up per
fectly clean. To allow more is not
dnly wasteful, but promotes unsan
itary conditions.
Generally two-year-old hens and
cock 8 make the best breeders. Or,
pullets should be mated to well sea
soned cock birds and young cock
erels fihould be mated to weil ma
tured hens. Always balance youth
on the one side with wejl seasoned
stoick on the other side.
Don't feed dry grains alone to
your hens unless you want them to
become too fat, and always make
them scratch for all grain feed by
throwing it in a deep litter.
Over-crowding causes many los
ses and disappointments with poul
try. If you have room for only
fifty fowls you will make more mon
ey from that small flock thain from
twice as many fowls crowded into
the same space. Weed out every
thing but tihe best. This policy not
only prevents over-crowding but nl
so mises the excellence of (he en
tire flock.
In selecting males for breeding,
never give the preference to size
alone, as size may he due to fat and
idleness. Tt is better to select a
male that is active and of medium
size. Observation will enable you
to make a selection without diffi
culty, but many persons are so par
tial to large males that they often
sacrifice other interests that would
prove more valuable in the end.—
Farm Life.
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ALL-STATE HOOP TEAM PICKED.
Three players from the Cu'desac
team, one from Moscow and one
from Weston comprise Uie all-state
high school basketball team, select
ed from the four team s entered in
the fifth annual inters-holas'lc tour
nament at the University of Idaho,
March 10 and 11. Weston won the
tournament but placed only one
man on the honorary quintet. The
first team selections are: Captain
Miles, Culdesac, and Nedros, Mos
cow, forwards; Rihorman, Culdesac,
center; Gassman, Weston, and
Greene, Culdesac, guards.
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r»f Lovell Wynm.
Monday to visit
Indies where lie
In the Marine
Curly Arnoldson
ing arrived here
with Thorny Xilsbon. Mr. Arnold
son lias just returned from San Do
niingo of the East
lias been enrolled
Corps.
Mr. and Mrs. J, W. Sprague re
turned home Monday after a pleas,
ant stay In Caldwell with relatives.
Messrs, Marlon Smith and Roy
Mitchell returned from Shelley, on
Friday of last week.
John Smith was a Salt Lake vis
itor, recently on business.
Park Nilsson went to tihe desert
the latter part of the week and got
a coyote. Harley Ward accompan
ied him.
Herman Teichen made a trip to
Aberdeen on Tuesday.
Mrs. George McLean left here
Monday for Salt Rake City.
Harvey Ri'ce was an Aberdeen vis
itor on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bowman are
the proud parents of a happy baby
hoy.
The stork visited the home of Mr
and Mrs. Jasper Tfggart last Satur
day leaving a baby boy. Mother
a'nd baby doing nicely.
Walter Loeber and family left
recently for California.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stro
cliine recently a baby boy.
R. A. Ward was a Blacklfoot vis
itor Tuesday.
F. Flemister am family left here
Tuesday for Spokane Wash.
Messrs Carl Arnoldus, Otto and
Tom Nilsson spent! Tuesday in Ab
erdeen.
Martha VanOrden spent the week
end with lier parents.
Martin Driscoll Senior spent the
week end in Pocatello.
Mrs.
Da
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arrived
Sa
tur
day from Rich.
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on her
ranch soull
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the
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week
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the las
of
the
week.
Mrs.
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week-end i
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Mr.
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Mrs.
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Lovett
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ed home to Tayloy tlie first of the
week.
The little child cf Mrs. Virgil Mc
Bride has been very sick, but is bet
ter now.
Frank Decker has rented his farm
to Mr. Knutson an 1 he and his wife
have moved to Wm. Christensen's.
U. S. GOVERNMENT MAKES
URGENT CALI FOR AUDITORS
The recent examination for tibia
to pn
for
position failed to provide a sufficient
number of eligible* and it is nec
essary to hold the examination again
on May 3, to fill vacancies in the
position of auditor in the Income
Tax Unit, Bureai^ of Internal Re
venue, throughout the United States,
at entrance salaries ranging from
$1800 to $3000 a year, inclusive.
Qualified person* are urgently re
quested to take [his examination.
For further information and appli
cation blank, aprjly to the Local
Secretary, Board of Civil Service
Examiners, at any first or sedond
j class postoffice, or to the Secretary,
11th U. S. Civil Service District, 303
EiPostofTice Building, Seattle, Wash
ington, in time tc arrange for the
1 examination of the applicant.
I C. W PAINE,
District Secretary.
E TALENT
PLAV NETS $200
MONEY GOES TOWARD REBUILD
ING THE FIRST WARD
CHURCH.
"II PAYS TO ADVERTISE"
WAS UNDER THE ABLE DI
RECTION OF MRS. J. T.
CARRUTH.
The production of the farce, "It
pays to Advertise," given under the
auspices of (he M. 1. A. of tlie First
V* urd church on Monday evening at
the Orpheum theatre was a pro
nounced artistic and financial suc
cess. There was a large and enthu
siastic attendance and about $200
.was cleared which will go towards
the fund for re-building the church
building destroyed by lire in Jan
uary. The production was directed
by Mrs. J. T. Carruth, and the prin
cipal parts were taken by Miss Jen
nie Sessions, Miss Vivian McDonald,
Miss Nora Jones.. Stanley Webb,
Earl Miller, Paul Carruth, Stanley
Parkinson, Glenn Hammond. Music
was furnished by the M. I. A. or
chestra and between acts Mrs. Proc
tor gave two solo dances and Maude
Turman, accompanied by Miss Mart»
Millick at tihe piano sang tow soloa.
J. A. Cutler was stage manager, and
W. E. Bills and Mrs. E. L Egll wer»
buislneBg managers
The Campfire girls held their
mother's meeting at the home of
their guardian, Mrs. E. W. Whit
comb on Tuesday evening and It
proved to be a very successful and
enjoyable aflfnir. The program was
arranged and carried out by the
girls, and they also prepared and
served the idellcious refreshment».
Mrs. E. VV. Whitcomb gave the wel
come, and the rest of the evening
was given over to the girls each one
taking part in the program. A pa
per on the history of the Campfire
was read by Dora Simons, and Eliz
abeth Cherry: song by all the girls
a piano solo was played by Lorraine
Seeger: a reading by Leona Bynlng
tun; a piano duet by Rosemary Co
wen and Louise Massey: a vocal
solo was sung by Maxine Fisher; a
recitation by Katherine Snodgrass;
vocal trio by Claris O'Neal, Lucille
DeHart and Leona Bynington: this
wa s followed by a paper on "Cheer
fulness", by Gladys Robbinis; a pi
ano solo by Sylvia Murphy; reading
by Opal Clark. Grn're Wagner and
Louise Spaulding gave a demonstra
tion in handging. The girls and
their guardian were much compli
mented on the success of the affair.
About fiftenn mothers and several
visitors wore present.
LUTHERAN CHURCH
( Blackfoot)
„ Sunday School at 1n a. ni.
Services in 'lie morning at 11 a.
m. It is the 4th Sunday in Lent
and th text I i ' 6 1-15. Com»
to the service, and Sun da v School.
BLACKFOOT MAN DIES IN WYO.
James Peacock, who «?. for
many year 8 a resident of Blackfoot,
died last Friday eveiing at the
home of his niece, Mrs. M. JO. Jacob
son, in Casper, Wyoming Death
followed a severe at lack of pneu
monia.
Funeral services were held at tlie
Catholic church Tuesday morning,
and burial took place in the Grove
City cemetery.
Notice to the Public
An item recently appeared In one
of the local 'newspapers announcing
the organization of a club among the
High School boys called the "KV'
and that quarters had been secured
in the American Legion Hall.
The Board of Education, in order
to place this matter before the peo
ple wish to state that this Club la
not under its control and is in no
way connected with the Blackfoot
High School. It was organized with
out the permission of the Board and
furthermore the Board does not now
sanction an organization of this
kind. As the article in the newspa
per would lead to believe that It was
connected with the High School the
Board of Education feel It (necessary
to make this public statement In or
der that the parents of members of
this club may know that It is entire,
ly foreign to the school.
By Order of the Board,
NOFEAR DAVIS
CHAIRMAN
Correct Attest:
LEON J CHAPMAN,
Secretary.