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THE NEZPERCE HERALD
Subscription, $2.00
U 22, No. 45
NEZPERCE, IDAHO, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1920
Leading Paper Lewis Countv
Circulation, 1,400
TROOPS
REENTER GERMANY.
Demand That Trea
0 f Versailles Be
Observed.
jbench
Adds F° rce to
ty
April 5 .— The French
«•ill occupy Frankfort
Some
ear y i,inputs have already started.
d Ä «S» Frank
J? aîd Darmstadt at 5 o'clock
Ï iv morning, encountering
T lesistenee from German gov
„rnnent forces in those two cities.
e The attitude of the French gov
in the present German
<3 is defined and explained in
C note'issued tonight. After re
iterating that the government has
hostile designs toward Ger
many on the contrary decking
of normal rela
Mayence
no
a
no
resumption
ys with that country and ex
tlressing realization ot the diffi
ffi situation of the German gov
ernment, it declares the Germans
have given way to pressure from
militarists, not fearing to in
fringe the imperative and most
solemn stipulations of the Ver
sailles treaty.
Paris, April 5. . .
erecy is being maintained ra of
ficial circles concerning the na
ture of "military precautions
which Premier Millerand instruc
ted Marshal Foch to take in the
• Rhine occupation zone. A rumor
was current in Paris this afternoo^
that General De Goutte 's army
began moving from Mayence and
Weisbaden upon Frankfort this
morning, but the war office re
fused either to confirm or deny
the report.
ill officers and soldiers on
Baxter holiday leaves have been
ordered to join their units jmjned
France has four classes of in en
—those of from 1916 to 1919 in
clusive-still under
about 700,000 men. _ -
class has been recalled and no ef
fort made to increase the effec
tives besides the cancellaton of all
leaves. . -
The British government will -'Io
dine to cooperate in the occupa
tion of Frankfort, Darmstadt and
the
The utmost se
arms, or
No other
other German cities, according to
the London correspondent of the
Petit Parisien, but will, he says,
favorably follow the action of
France, realizing the importance
of the situation.
sm-m8uGmpo fo,pumeaaugan
The situation creating an offen
sive of the Germans in the Ruhr,
obliges the French government to
consider military measures the ex
pedition of which cannot he de
ferred; the object of-these meas
ures is to bring Germany to re
spect of the treaty and they are
exclusively of a coercive and pre
cautionary character.
Dr. Goeppert, president of the
German peace commission, called
on Premier Millerand this evening
with the object of trying once
more to reassure Kim a's; to the
character of the German opera
tions in the Ruhr, which it is said
in German circles, will be finished
within a week, and seek to per
suade the premier to forego the
application of the guarantee mea
sures. Dr. Goeppert, it is under
stood, made no impression on M.
Millerand.
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London, April 6.—No cabinet
council was possible today on the
French occupation of the Rhine
towns as Premier Lloyd George
is in
Wale^, Spencer
Churchill, secretary of war, is in
France, and the other ministers
have dispersed for the Easter holi
day.
Nor is it possible to obtain any
official pronouncement condern
j mg the view of the British gov
ernment. It is generally assumed
j ?y the British Press that France
is acting alone in the matter and
mat the British government does
n °t approve of her action, and the
Newspapers are asking why
prance is'acting alone and why,
ii loree is need, it is not allied
force.
There is no disposition in the
Press here to deny that Germany
aas violated the treaty or to mini
mize the possibility that the Ger
ma junkers entertain the de
, ^gas attributed
>*** Eut the newspapers fear
t) at molated action may increase
e difficulties of the position.
Tj,.; t cc ? r ^ng to the Standard, the
j e( d States government strong
+; Protested against French
R^as, farther, left the
sin lSa grwarnment under no illu
a concerning its views.
to them by
ac
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MOHLER ITEMS.
John Biggart returned Sunday
to resume his old job of carrying
mail from Harris to Holder.
The services at the Holder
church Sunday were well attend
ed. A delightful program was
given by the children, and this
was followed by an Easter sermon
by Rev. Ellis; after which a big
dinner was served by the ladie's of
the Community. The service
concluded with a few song selec-,
tions and all adjourned feeling
well pleased with opr Kasfep ob
servance.
Mabel Broker spent the week
end with friends in Nezperce last
week, returning home Sunday.
She was accompanied home by
Pearl Brannan and Estel Center,
was
who attended the services at the
Mohler church. The former has
been spending the past two weeks
in Nezperce with her 'Waters, Mes
dames J, P, Sorenson, S. E. Mik.
kelson and Dixie Davis,
Miss Brannan has been employ
ed in the Mohler grocery store
this season.
The eighth grade examinations
will be given at the Mohler school
house April 7, 6 and 9 for this and
all the surrounding schools, Mr's,
Bert Balstin will conduct them.
T. A. Brapngn has purchased a
Laboratory model Edison talking
machine from J. R. Hughes pf
Nezperce.
Miss Edith Smith spent the
week-end with her parents in Nez
peree, returning home Monday
morning.
Several of the young people of
Mohler attended the Leap Tear
dance at Nezperce last Saturday
night and report a very good time.
Although Easter was a gloomy
day most of the ladies of Mohler
wore their Eäst-er bonnets. Even
if you didn't have yours for Eas
ter, call at the Mohler Mercantile
and get it before they are all gone.
Better late than never. Cor.
Leap Year Dance Big Success.
That the ladies of this commun
ity can do things a little bit bet
ter was once more demonstrated
when some
last
30 of our fairer citizens presided
as hostesses at what was unani
mously proclaimed to be the most
successful hall this community
•has enjoyed during the current
(season. The affair- took place
the Fraternal Hall and the mu
furnished by Johnson s
The floor was filled
at
sic was
orchestra, 1 , , . , .
at every dance and the entertain
ers saw to it that none of their
mere men guests were left to lan
guish as wall flowers while the
dance went on. , ,
A liberally supplied punch bowl
furnished refreshment during the
program in the hall and neai i s
conclusion, the guests were escort
ed to Mack's Cafe and there given
a cenerous treat of the moi e sub
stantial requirments of the inner
Some day the gentlemen may
summon sufficient courage and
cleverness to almost equal
with a return hop, but they vi
find surpassing it a task beyond
them. _____
Library Notes.
We wish to call the attention
of our patrons to the rules pasted
on the inside of each book. When
a hook is kept out over time, you
not only pile up fines foi }
self, but you are depriving some
one of the chance to read the boo
have out
you
Misses
Fern Roupe and Geneva
have presented the library
interesting volumes
extend
Poteet
with two very
of fiction, for which we
. Do you know that the Eb ra rj
has maintained an average one
hundred patrons a week? WH
natron takes from two to
four hooks at a time f°r :members
of his family the real benefit of
a town library appears.
Our citizens have been y
„encrons, indeed, but still we have
^enough fiction to supig
demand. A benefit for the hbiary
would be of real worth. Who wiii
volunteer to engineer an ente
tainment? The Ubranan x? ready
assist m any way possime.
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to
Community Church Sunday, April
11 .
srÆ'tw.
Man a Spirit
ual Being.
Lewis County in Wheat Growers'
Organization.
1 lie Northern Idaho committee
ot the Idaho Wheat /Growers As
sociation, consisting of H. J. Her
man of Genesee, Ralph R. Flu
harty of Culdesae, U. R. Warna
eutt of Ilo, B. G. Pry of Ferdi
nand, J. C. Thompson of Moscow,
N. II. Jacobs of Nezperce, and
(mo. W. Stevens of Grangevilie,
has_ organized and issued the fol
lowing statement:
" We are solidly behind the As
sociation and intend to see it per
fected. We believe the time has
come when every energy and the
production of farms should be
pooled in order to safeguard the
markets so gs fo guarantee or
maintain the cost of production
plus a reasonable profit to the
farmers of this country. Wo be
lieve that we should have a water
tight organization that neither (he
farmers through their indiffer
ence, nor the speculator, through
hfs aggression or unfair methods,
can break up and we desire to say
that we believe that we have the
plan through thp Id,aho-Washing
ton Wheat Growers Association
that will do this and more.
"The Association is not going
to hurt or hinder any farmer's
local elevator or warehouse com
pany, but will rather dovetail
with them, and we want to urge
upon every farmer to join the As
sociation, and do it now, Your
association will have to make its
market and warehouse connec
tion's and employ its sales manag
er, and we have no time to lose.
Some have criticized the contracts
under which the wheat is to be
pooled. The committee believes
the contracts which we are put
ting out to be the safest and fair
est that copld L?e put out at this
time.
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County Spelling Contest Results.
Following are the general re
sults of the spelling contest held
in the schools of this county on
March 19th:
The highest average made by
any school was that of the Wood
lawn school, with 90. Margaret
Shaunnessy, teacher.
The highest average by any
town school was that oflio, with
79.
The highest average made by
any grade in a town school was
that of the 4th grade at Kamiah.
Fiances MeDorman, teacher.
The highest average in the Nez
perce schools was in the 5th
grade, with 87. Miss Dorothy
Cole, teacher.
In the county there were 140
pupils who received a grade of
90 or more, and these were dis
among ! the sieveral
trihulled
schools as follows:
Kamiah 40, Nezperce 34, Ilo 22,
Winchester 14, Reubens 12, Voll
mer 3, Dist. 36 3, dist. 8 3, dist.
21 3, dist. 29 2, districts 10, 22,
24 and 26, 1.
Local Delegates to Lewiston Con
ference.
The following have been ap
from the
pointed delegates _
churches of this community to the
World Church Movement eonfer
for the Lewiston district, to
be held in that city to-morrow
(Friday) ; B. 3 Fite, Mr and
Mrs. A. R. Fike, Mrs. Frank Bill
ups Mrs. C. F. Thomas and Vern
Swartz, of the Brethren church;
R H Y. Moser and W. R. Emer
son, of the Christian church; Rev.
Mark Pike, Mrs. C W. Yales,
Mrs F J. Stevens and Roy w al
ence
ters, of the
J. W. Hender'son will go as t ie
representative of the Mohler
church.
Foresters Have Good Time.
The Catholic Order of Foresters
of this place, their families and
invited friends enjoyed a fine pro
gram given by the pupils of the
St. Anthony parochial school at
the Fraternal hall last night. This
succeeded by
entertainment was
a season of dancing and the even
ing's festivities were concluded
with a very excellent spread of
the prairie s choicest viands bj
ladies of the Catholic church.
taken up and
the
A collection was
funds thus raised are to he ad
the national fund wmeh
' ' for the
the
ded to
the Foresters are raising
relief of suffering humanity m
Europe.
Those wanting school commenç
aient invitations should order
to have them in time.
now, so as
Mr aiïd Mrs. S. E. Mikkelson
Vollmer visitors Tuesday.
were
How Taxless Regime Struck Tax
payers of Lewis County.
Commenting on the annual fi
nancial statement of this county
recently issued by County Audi
tor E. L. Schnell, the New Free
dom of Boise said in last week's
issue :
The table reproduced is taken
from the official report of Audi
tor E. L. Schnell of Lewis County.
The law does not compel the mak
ing of such comparisons, hut they
are highly useful ami should be
made in all counties.
It will be seen that although
Haines when a Republican candi
date against Hawley, the Demo
cratic governor, promised a tax
reduction, the total state taxes
paid in Lewis county increased
suddenly over twenty-two per
cent as soon as he got control with
a republican legislature. There
was a tremendous slump under
Alexander the first year and a
still greater reduction the next.
During Alexander's second term,
the expense growing out of state
activities during the war result
ed in an increase, though the to
tal amount paid during the last
year of the war did not equal the
amount collected during the first
years of the Haines Republican
administration. Under Davis the
total amount collected for the
general fund was almost twice a's
great as under the last year of the
Alexander administration in time
of war, while the total amount of
all state taxes increased from
$22,870.03 to $65,081.92, the in
crease over the eight year aver
age was for the first Davis year
nearly 852 per cent.
A comparison of the totals for
all county and school taxes has
been invited by Attorney General
Black in his defense of the admin
istration. In the table from Lewis
county it will be seen that while
the state taxes were going up over
251 per cent, county taxes increas
ed by 28.21 per cent; the county
roads increasing 44.5 per cent and
the current expense fund 18.61
per cent. Schools increased but
52.3 per cent in the meantime.
Amount of taxes paid to the
state of Idaho by Lewis county
for various years.
1911
1912
20,495.78
20,963.32
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
21,411.00
17,720.84
15,746.60
13,283.57
17,648.68
22,870.03
65,981.92
W
1919
Average for all years .... 24,013.53
Average for first eight
. 18,767.48
years .
Increase in 1919 over
eight year average .... 47,214.44
Per cent of increase in
1919 over the eight
year average.251.576%
Resume county taxes for nine
years ;
Average for all year's .... 71,346.64
Average for first eight
69,178.03
years .
Increase in 1919 over
eight year average .... 19,517.54
Per cent of increase in
1919 over eight year
28.21%
average
George Nickel Passes Away.
Mrs. W. R. Emerson was noti
fied by phone yesterday morning
that her cousin, George Nickel, of
Clarkston, had died Tuesday
night, following an operation in
Lewiston for appendicitis.
Mrs. Emerson will attend the
funeral which will be held from
the family residence in Clarks
ton Friday.
The deceased was a highly es
teemed pioneer resident of the
Dublin community in this county
until three years ago, when he
moved to Clarkston. He was 38
years of age, and ife survived by
his wife and four children. These
have the sympathy of many prai
rie friends in their sad loss.
Temple Buys Nezperce Garage.
Wade Temple, foreman of the
Nezperce Garage and Machine
Works during the past season,
last week bought that institution
from B. J. Fike and will conduct
it hereafter. The building, a con
•ete structure built for the busi
nes's and one of the best in the
Empire, was leaded by Mr. Tem
ple and the extensive equipment
he has will be added to as condi
tions demand.
The new owner is an experienc
ed and competent mechanic and
makes a specialty of auto work
in all lines. Mr. Fike will devote
attention to real estate and
other lines.
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his
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MORROWTOWN NEWS
A. D. Norton had his leg crush
ed between two logs last Friday.
Ed. Jobe returned home from
the Salmon river where be has
been working.
Easter services were held at the
Westlake church Sunday.
Franklin Colbert, who had his
arm broken sometime ago, was
able to start work at the Morrow
school Monday.
The prolonged winter has caus
ed many of our farmers to spend
their time and money hauling
hay. The price is $40 a ton at Ilo.
The dance at Westlake Satur
day night was attended by forty
couples.
J. M. Cooper and family spent
Easter with Fred Bickwell and
family.
Sidney Ilutley, brother of Mrs.
Paul Bevard, has returned from
Toppenish, Wash., where he has
been for some time.
Mrs. Joseph Scherer has mov
ed back to the home ranch from
the Jensen place.
Nezperce Camp W. O. W. Boom
ing.
The local camp of Woodmen of
the World has ,a big time coming
up next Wednesday night, April
14, when a class of 30 candidates
will be initiated and the occasion
will he duly celebrated with an
appropriate program and some
thing good in the way of refresh
ments, and on this occasion every
member of the camp is expected
to he present; otherwise he will
miss a record event in its history.
The addition of these 30 men
to the membership will bring the
total enrollment up to 152; mak
ing it the largest lodge in Nez
perce and second to the largest on
both prairies, with a good out
look of soon taking first place in
this upper country in point of
numbers.
Farm Agent for Idaho County.
Ralph Pavey, of Eagle, Idaho,
was on Monday elected county ag
ricultural agent by the Idaho
County Farm Bureau, at a meet
ing of executives of the bureau
in Grangevilie.
Mr. Pavey, who is a graduate of
a college in Ohio, and later was
in post-graduate work at Oregon
Agricultural college, Corvallis,
has for some time been a teacher
in the high school at Eagle. Prior
to going to Eagle, he was manager
of a large stock ranch near Burns,
Ore.
Mr. Pavey and family are ex
Grangeville in
pected to arrive in
about two weeks, when he will as
Grange ville
sume his new duties.
Free Press.
Ex-Sheriff Paige at Elk River.
In a letter requesting the ad
dress of his paper changed to Elk
River, Idaho, M. II. Paige says :
"I am now moving my family to
Elk River, where I have been the
past two months and like the
place very well. I am in the re
pair shops of the lumber mills
In the three shops they
here.
take care of sixteen donkey, five
slide and two seaf engines, and it
keeps five of us busy keeping
Our work is
them m repair,
eight hours per day, from 7 to 4
o'clock and wages are very good,
common labor getting $5 per day.
Other Nezpercers working here
Henry Sather, Frank Carrico
and George Kenshu. The latter is
are
chief engineer at the power house
and the others have good po n-j
lions. Henry sends regards to his,
old home friends.''
Ready for Business.
We have taken charge of the
old Price Bros, garage and have
it fully equipped and ready for
service in auto repairing, car and
battery storage, and are prepared
to supply all kinds of auto
series.
We know how, and will be
pleased to demonstarte our ser
vice to you at any time.
Your for business,
Price's Garage.
acces
A Good Investment.
Anybody can make money hut
only the one that invests it right
saves it. Invest in Nezperce Roch
dale Bonds. Get 8 per cent and
N. L.
45w4
grow.
see your money
Agrell, Agent.
ball
Boost for the Nezperce
team and it will boost our town,
NEWS STORIES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Items of Interest Gleaned From
The Daily Life of Home
Folks In Town and
County.
Pasture—Excellent pasture for
horses. W. J. Ramey, Gilbert.
Idaho. 45w2
A daughter was born on March
31st to Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Lang
er of northeast of this city.
Hiram Prcsnall, Ed. IIoss, Toll
Grant were over from Ilo today
attending to business interests.
Save your earnings by invest
ing in Nezperce Rochdale bonds
bearing 8 per cent interest. N. L.
Agrell, Agent.
The regular quarter'/ meeting
of the Lewis county commission
er's wil convene in this city next
45w4
Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Koepl are
the proud parents of a big boy
baby, who arrived at their home
east of this city on the 6th instant.
Senator and Mrs. C. W. Booth,
who have been sojourning in Cal
ifornia for the winter, will arrive
home the latter part of this week.
A marriage license was issued
from the county recorder's office
on the 2nd instant to Clifford E.
Stevens, the Ilo merchant, and
Miss Mabel Graham, of Winches
ter.
There will be work in the first
degree at the regular meeting of
the Odd Fellows lodge tomorrow
(Friday) night, and all members
of the order are asked to be pres
ent.
A number of schools in the
county have already engaged
teachers for the coming year, but
no contract has yet been reported
showing a salary undir $125 per
month.
hi commenting on the report of
the recent Lewis county teachers'
convention, Miss Retta Martin,
ex-County Superintendent, stated
that she was highly gratified at
the fine showing the teachers
were making here, and she wished
to compliment the salary commit
tee on its excellent work, which
was certainly gaining renown for
this county in all directions.
County's Big Lumber Plant
panding.
Beginning with next Monday
the Craig Mountain Lumber com
pany will add a night crew to the
mill I force, which will practically
double the production of the big
plant. Employment for about 50
additional men will be provided
and will bring the total payroll
up to about 400 men. The pro
duction of the Winchester mill
will be about 40,000,000 feet, says
a special in yesterday's Lewiston
Tribune.
The company has recently com
pleted the construction of a mod
ern 20-room hotel for the exclus
ive use of the unmarried employ
es. The camps are provided with
good sleeping quarters, comfort
able dining halls and provision*!
for shower baths.
During the past few months
there has been extensive building
of cottages to provide homes for
the families of mill employes and
the prospects are very favorable
for much building here during the
coming summer.
The Craig Mountain Lumber
company has recently made exten
sive purchases of timber lands
and at the present time has more
than 16,000 acres of the bdst tim
ber on the mountain. The com
pany has also taken up the matter
of marketing the logged-off lands
on a ,
plan, so that ne wfamilies will be
brought in to make their homes
the land after the timber has
been removed and Winchester
will enjoy a steady growth in bus
heeause of the settling up
of the surrounding country.
The continuous operation of the
milling plant is assured for many
years and the development of the
logged-off lands will have created
business to make Winchester a
very important trade center long
before the milling operations are
terminated.
most reasonable payment
on
: 11 i'ss
;
Notice, War Mothers.
A special meeting will be held
on Saturday, April 10. Please at
tend as we have some business
that demands immediate attention
and can't be taken care of by just
few. In this we must have the
voice of all. The meeing will be
held at the Legion club room at
2 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. C. W. Yates, Chmn.
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