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The Daily Star-Mirror VOLUME XI. X UMBER 101 THE DAILY STAR-MIRROR, MOSCOW, IDAHO, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 25, 1922 CERTIFIED SEED SPUDS FROM EAST WASHBURN & WILSON CO. PRE DICT BIO ACREAGE IN THE PA. LOUSE—SEED DEMAND GROWS T „_, . , , J secure certified seed po tatoes with which to supply the de mand next season in an ever-increas ing territory, and also for the purpose of making it possible for the Palouse farmer to grow potatoes which will pass muster for seed, and afford a larger yield to the acre, the Washburn & Wilson Seed company of this city, will ship in a large quantity of certi fied seed potatoes between now and planting time. The company, through has eastern representatives, bought a carload of certified Early Ohio seed potatoes, grown at Crooks ton, Minnesota. A part of the car will be used in supplying the com pany's contract growers and a quan tity of the seed will be available fer ( local growers. lust It has been practically impossible 1 to get certified seed in the Inland Empire, outside of truck districts, I and as a consequence the farmers have been planting seed which has not | been free from disease and have thus secured low yields. The territory which is looking to ; the Moscow company for first-class i seed is rapidly increasing and by an- | other year the demand will call f or j many carload shipments. To supply this demand it is necessary to have a , large acreage planted this season. The , Irrigated sections, in order to get ; away from the fungus diseases which have fixed themselves upon the soil, must have seed grown in a northern latitude and, so far as possible, in high altitude. With the increase the acreage under irrigation, a strong demand for certified seed grown in thls territory is assured. F. L. Ken nard of the Washburn & Wilson com pany, states that norami seed pota to requirement of the Yakima valley is at least 1000 cars. In the past it has been necessary to go further east than the Palouse country to secure certified seed and the cost has been almost prohibitive for the irrigated districts. Potatoes can be grown from certi fied seed in the Palouse country and „ supplied to the Yakima valley grower at a price that he can afford to pay,, wh.le the gro.wer here will reap a good margin of profi . Seed free from disease wxH produce practically double the crop which the farmer nas been able to produce from interior seed, Mi\ Kennard states. Land which would otherwise be summerfallowed can be planted to potatoes and will thus afford a source of substantial revenue and be a factor in the gen eral prosperity of the community. Potatoes eligible for certification, as the local grown potatots from certi fied seed will be, ean be sold at a price above the ordinary commercial price. Chicago, Ill.—(A. P.)—If striking packing house workers are forced to accept the wages which they declaie, is in reality fixed by the packers. Entertains Missionary Workers. The Washington-Jefferson division of the Woman's Home Missionary so ciety of the' Methodist church met| with Mrs. P. C. Oleson. at her home on Seventh street. Tuesday and en joyed a very pleasant and busy after The time was spent working! on quilts and in social chat', gracious luncheon. Allen. Colby, Finley Hamah. Mills and Mack were guests of the division for the afternoon. noon. The hostess served a delicious Mesdames Storm. Drury, Means Gorilla Warfare. fare in the plants. Dennis Lane, sec-! i retary of the Meat Cutters union. de . „ Arguments of attorneys before Judge E. C. Steele of the Latah conn ty district court will be heard Thurs day morning at 9 o,clock in the case of the First National bank oi Moscow versus the Latah county commission era. The case is the appeal of the bank from the order of the county commissioners in fixing the assess ment on the bank J s capital stock. Evidence was introduced Tuesday fer both sides, C. .7. Orland is attor ney for the First National bank and John Nisbet and A. H. Oversniith are attorneys for the defendant commis sioners. The bank contends that the commissioners in their order have not taken into proper consideration the amount of reduction from the assess ment of bank stock, allowed by law. on the bank's realty holdings. .The commissioners in their defense claim that the assessment of the First Nat ional bank stock is equitable, in ac cordance with other property of the county, and in accordance with the law. dared today. EVIDENCE SUBMITTED IN FIRST NATIONAL CASE Those present at Tuesday's hearing of the case included Henry Martinson and J. E. Narby of Genesee, Ben John, son of Blaine, Prank Gustafson, Ar thur Snow, J. S. Heckathorn, C. L. Jain, E. J. Oemmlll, Claude Renfrew. H. B, Mickey, and Homer E. Estes, all of Moscow; É. W. Porter of Juliaetta, and Columbus Clark, chairman of the board of county commissioners. WOULD RETURN CONTROL STATE RATES TO R. R. COMMISSIONS Washington—(A. P.)—A recommen- 1 dation for the repeal of the guaranty j clause of the transportation act, was voted twelve to five and for a return to the state railroad commissions of the control of state rates, was voted 11 to six, by the sub-committee oh i railway transportation of the general transportation committee of the nat ional agricultural conference today. Recommendation for the construc tion ot - the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway was voted by the water ways sub-committee. VANDALS READY TO MEET COUGARS COACH M'MILLAN GETTING MEN IN SHAPE F OK FKDAY N10HÏ GAME HERE 1 n preparation for one of the hard est games of the season Coach David McMillan has had his men working hard every afternoon this week for the foming basketball game with Coach "Doc" Bohler's Washington Slate col lege Cougars Friday night at the uni versity gymnasium. Friday night's affray will be Idaho's first clash of «to season with Washington State and « le S ame is also the first conference § ame °t' the season to be played on the Idaho floor this year, Coach Bolder, with good material, . s turned out one of the best teams lu the history of the Pullman msti tution and despite the almost phe nominal success of the Vandals so season l l°°k t°J a close contest. Cougars Beat California Washington State's breaking even A Asa preliminary contest tne flesh men teams of the two colleges will meet - , . i wRh the much feared University ot California five on their two game ser ; les ^ as raised the stock of the Con 1 S ars and places them in the lime light as conference championship con. tenders. The game will be mterest j ing from a basketball standpoint and also from the fact that the game will he a Washington State md Idaho tangle, ; By a comparison of scores the ida ho Vandals look the best as winners „ more har d headed followers , are not so confident over . an [(]aPo victory . Idaho undergradu t however, as a general rule he that the Cougars will get a treunci here Friday night, 6 , i Club Initiation Between halves the members of the T" club, made up of wearers of the official athletic insignia of the uni versity, will put on an initiation stunt, in which the "one-ringers" or most recent additions to the club,'will be officially welcomed into the club. "I Reservations are being made for 300 Washington State students who will come over for the game. With the snow on the ground the inajoritv of the visiting Pullman undergraduates will make the trip in sleighs. On the following night, Saturday, with Idaho and W. S. C. playing a second game at Pullman, approximately the same number of Idaho students will go to Pullman. Plans are now being xnade for large sleigh-riding parties. J I Washington—-(A. P.) - Assurance j : that permanen t tariff bill will be j reported t°^e^early In. Jeb-| ' nt Session was given repub-j it'fPJ leaders in tl { e hoU fe by senate PERMANENT TARIFF BILL; SOLDIERS BONUS, SOON republican leaders today a e nce. It was agreed at the confer cui,c. ^ cMriior«' harm« : ence that the proposed soldiers bonus bill should originate in the house. House leaders said that the measure , ? , „Y,, in twn •would probably be reported in two weeks. i Moving pictures showing tractor j 6 „„-n power far g . , t Th ■ | University Co , day evening starting a . * mg to announcement made W dn - day by Prof. R. B. Gray, head ot the agricultural engineering department of the university. The p ^ , plement the regular short course an U regular course offered in tractois and gas engines at the university. The films show tractor farming and the application of gas anr e ectiu power in relation to fanning. All peo-, pie interested in the use of tractors and power on the farm are invited Admission is free. [ LEAGUE WOULD AID IRELAND i TO GAIN FULL INDEPENDENCE MOVING PICTURES SHOW TRACTORS USE ON FARMS] Paris —(A. P.)—The International Irish league, organized here today by a world congress of the Irish race, decided that the principal object of the league must be to help Ireland to gain full independence. DISABLED VETERANS OF WAR WILL FIGHT FOR RELIEF TA. P.)—The Associa Washington tion of the Disabled Veterans of the World War announced today that they will hold a conference in this city February 1 to 3, in an attempt to car rv the fight for adequate government relief up to the doors of the United States Veterans Bureau. ][ Deaf, Dumb and Blind PÇ !;'?] N i «jl •s 5] —I ■w-V'; iftvi t : Ü ■ ' ' Vv m ■T ■ ■ r/0|1 m -■ £ wm % dy I iif. I (W kJ Ses ë I ! ■' « ft/ m & 'Mu 0 m _ S'--;.' BUILD PULLMAN TO MOSCOW ROAD BOOSTERS DECLARE INTENTION FOR NEXT SUMMER—FORESTRY MAX TELLS OF FIRE LOSS. A survey of the most feasible route between Pc' »man and Moscow will be This was the state 0 Present a t the annual banquet and that a most interesting session was held. He told something of the work which has been accomplished through the efforts of the Pullman organization during the past year, which included the build ing of a swimming pool and fostering a number of other local propositions, Next year, through the efforts of the chamber of commerce, Pullman ex pecfs to htiild one Ofthè finest Legion homes in the west. The average at tendance at the weekly luncheon this year was 75. President Hagen was one of the speakers at the banquet. Dean F. G. Miller of the school of forestry at the Univeristy of Idaho, introduced J. A. Larson of Missoula, made from the Washington college town to the Idaho state line as soon as the snow leaves and it is hoped to have the highway under construction next summer, ment made to President C. A. Hagen and Secretary B. C. Rowe of the Mos cow chamber of commerce, at Pull man Tuesday evening, where the two officials of the Moscow organization attended annual banquet of the Pull man chamber. Mr. Rowe made the report at the luncheon Wednesday, and stated that there were Montana, forest examiner and direct or the Priest River forestry experi station, who is here for the week, de Hvering a series of lectures before th class In forstry. Mr. Larson is well versed ill forestry lore and told of the work of the forestry depart ment and referred to fire as the great e-st enemy of the standing forests, He explained the effect of climatic conditions on the fire situation, the loss from forest fires being much smaller east of the Rockies than in the district west, because of the fact that, while the precipitation is much greater in the west, it occurs during the winter mouths, for the most part, the summer season being dry, while east of the Rockies there is consider lahle rainfall during the summer. He mentioned the high freight rate for lumber and said that the transporta «on of lumber and wood products fenerally costs the United States » ^ÄldTeX if Spokane Meet Riston Butterfield, who represent t he Moscow Chamber of Commerce at t' 1 an nna! banquet of the Spokane chamber, reported a most interesting session, with a number of good talks, entertainment program a " n . wun an entertainment program ^Ich was appreciated by all He also spoke of the convention of the North ^ egt Hardware & Tmplemenf Dealers association, which he attend ed in Spokane, and said the dealers throughout the Inland Empire arc in a most optimistic frame of mind, be lievin S that there will be a steady em provement in conditions. Prices, he said, will be down about 35 per cent this spring, from the price a year ago and tFe on i v thing standing in the of a fnrt her drop, is the high ra t es Lqu Barrett of the gpokane Seed companv was a guest of the chamber f commerc . e aild told something of the work of the agricul t u ral section f the Spokane chamber of commerce, jn wh j ch ke ig active . President Hagan announced that thg meeting of the chamber of coni merce noxt W ednesdav will be an cs pclally jmp0 rtant one'and asked that jtliere he a large attendance. Matters 0 f vital importance will he up for consideration, Lieutenant Dunlap Goes East Lieutenant H. V.'Dunlap left Tues day evening for Washington, D. C., to attend a conference of the national officers of the D. A. V. of W. W. with Colonel Forbes and his staff and the committee of congress, relative to the claims of disabled veterans. Mr. Dun lap expects to return home about February 10. FUNERAL OF POPE AT THREE O'CLOCK THURSDAY Rome— TA. P.)—The funeral of the late Pope Benedict will be held at 3 o'clock p, m. Thursday, it was an nounced at the Vatican today. ELDRIDGE SPEAKS OF OLD YALE WAYS UNIVERSITY DEAN BRINGS PRAC TICAL SUGGESTIONS TO IDAHO STUDENTS t Interesting and amusing, instruct ive, and full of benefit in the P ra c ticability of the suggestions for the betterment of undergraduate activities at the University of Idaho, Dr. J. G. Eldridge's address at the university assembly Wednesday morning was well received. His subject was "Some Ways of Old Aale. Dr. ,J. G. Eld ridge is dean of the university faculty and head of the department, of mod ern languages. Dean Eldndge for the past 20 yeais has been a member of the university faculty, coming to Moscow following graduation from Yale to take the chair of modern languages. His in dividual efforts have aided materially j n the growth and development of the university, the development of the modern language department, and in putting the records of the university 0 n a sound systematic basis through his work as registrar. Dean C. X. Little of the college of engineering, a i so a Yale man, was in charge of the assembly and introduced Dean Eldridge as the assembly speaker, « 'Fresh' From Vale" "When I came to Idaho I was 'fresh' from Yale in both senses of the word," said Dean Eldridge. "It it nat ural for a college man or woman to talk of their alma mater regardless of its relative importance but Yale be longs to an important group of uni Yale is well known because versities. of its age, peculiar charm and import ance. As X spent nine years at Yale and have visited there eight times, i something about the character your alma can evalu know of this great institution. "You cannot evaluate mater any more than you ate your mother in dollars and cents, Your alma mater is something more 1 am talk than its component parts, ing about a great personality, which has wielded its influence on thous ands of lives.'' Tells of Traditions Dean Eldridge then told of his un dergraduate days at Yale, the class reunions and traditions of the cam pus, and of how there has been one official "Yale yell", since 1806. In speaking of athletics at Yale he said that a "high standard of ethics has always been closely associated with the high standard of scholarship with the athletes." "A great perecentage of Yale men work wav tion and these men are not discrimi nated against socially," he continued, "True there are rich boys with too much spending money but all rich boys are not fools and spenders. College Solidarity "Yale has a tradition of college soli darity. A man is known for his abil-1 ity and his attainments and not what particular fraternal group he may happen to belong to. As a result in student elections at Yale the most capable man is usually the winner. "But the most unique thing about Yale is Yale class spirit. Yale has always been signalled out for its won derfiil class spirit and out of this class consciousness very largely has grown Yale spirit." LOWER WAGE SCALE ON SHIPPING BOARD VESSELS Washington— TA. P.)—Reduction in the wage scales of officers and men on shipping board vessels, amounting to more than 16 per cent, will become effective February 6, it was announced today by the board. The new scale will run until the 30th of next June. The heads of the unions affected are said by the shipping board officials to have assented to the new scale. ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMERICA ' INSTALL AT POTLATCH Potlatch—Banner Camp No. 4543 Royal Neighbors of America has in stalled the following officers for 1922: Oracle. Rose Arnold; vice oracle, Rosie Cunningham, chancel lor. Christine Doyle: recorder. Louise McKarcher; receiver, Matilda Peter Cornelia Swedland; year, Carolina son; marshall, manager for one Woods; inner sentinel, Fannie Comp ton : outer sentinel. Nettie Baker. TVA NT CHINA'S CONSENT TO ERECTION WIRELESS STATIONS Washington—(A. P.)—Consent of j the Chinese government to the e^ec I tion of wireless stations in China, will he required under a resolution presented by the Far Eastern com ! mittee of the Washington conference today by Elihu Hoot, of the American delegation. After some discussion the resolution was deferred to the draft I ing committee, with a view, j derstood. of consolidating it with oth j er agreements thus far reached i wireless in the Far East. it is un on INTRODUCTION OF CATTLE PROPOSED . . A cominittee consisting of Herman Wilson, chairman, Arnold Lyon, Rob ert Wood. J. E. W ilson and E. J. Idd ings met at the Washburn and Wilson Seed company Wednesday afternoon,, to consider the calling of a meeting to discuss ways and means for intro ducing dairy cows tributary to Mos cow. Preliminary to this meeting of the committee a meeting was held consisting of farmers, creamery men, bankers and representatives of the college of agriculture who discussed the entire situation and decided that it was advisable to appoint a coin mittee to consider different ways anc U finding out whether the were wanted by the farmers and COMMITTEE CALLS MEETING EUR JAN CAR V 2b OT ALL INTEREST ED IN HAIRY COWS. means of cows , .... co devise ways and means of bringing them in. Call Rig Meeting The committee unanimously de | c ided that it was advisable to hold a meeting of fanners and business men i to consider the whole question and j suc h a meeting Is called, therefore, for Saturday afternoon, January „S atj j the Washburn and Wilson Seed house ton the corner of Main and A stieets. (This meeting is for the purpose of i considering all phases of the ques j tion and to decide something definite regarding future action. « was agreed by the committee that Herman Wilson should call the meeting to order and state briefly the interest that has been manifested by the farmers in securing dairy cattle, and the discussion that had so far taken place in regard to ways and means of introducing these cattle. Methods of Finance At the meeting there will he a full explanation of the plans of the War Finance Corporation which has been ... formed to furnish money for the as | slstance of live stock production and, together with an explanation of the necessary procedure in obtaining this money. There will be a statement,j regarding the assistance that will be rendered this movement by the banks of Moscow all of which have indicated their interest and desire to help, is intended to be a This meeting business meeting for parties who are directly interested and it is hoped to accomplish something definite in the way of plans for securing dairy cattle ; in ease enough interest is found to j warrant the securing of one or more carloads of cows. The meeting will All in he called at 2:90 p. m. sharp. terested parties are cordially invited to attend . ALLEGED BOOTLEGGERS GO TO DISTRICT COURT Henry Vanderwalker and AI Miller named as defendants Friday in complaints filed Wednesday by Prose. cüting Attorney John Nisbet charging them ' individually with the manufac | ture of intoxicating liquor. This ac-1 were by Chief of Police Grant Robbins and j Deputy Sheriff Charles Summertielcl after a 40-gallon still, 16 gallons oi | moonshine, and seven barrels of mash had been uncovered at the Miller home on South Washington street. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were arrested Tuesday but no charge will be filed | against Mrs. Miller. Both Vander : walker and Miller waived their pre | liminary hearings before Judge ; rian Nelson In the probate court and | Judge Nelson bound both men over to | answer in the district court. | Judge Nelson fixed the bonds of ! each man at $1000 and Vanderwalker upon furnishing his personal bone! with approved securities was released «t-from custody. Miller was unable t; ! furnish bond and is confined in the ! county jail. ! AGRICULTURAL BLOC LEADERS WOULD PUSH COOP. MEASURE - Ad Washinton—(A. P.J—Leaders in the senate agricultural bloc have agre îd, Is announced today, to press the Cap per cooperative marketing bill for ac tion immediately upon disposal of the debt funding bill now under consider ation by the senate. The measure auth orizes the formation of associations, in which no member holds over one vote, and in which no dividend in ex cess of eight per cent shall be paid. MOSCOW MAN BUTS WASHINGTON WHEAT LAND - W. S. Ward of this city has just : closed a deal for the purchase of a | sec tion of fine wheat land near Pome ! roy, in Garfield county. Washington, The land is located within easy access of the railroad. The consideration is not made public. Mr. Ward and his family, who have lived In Moscow some 13 years, will move to the farm in a short time. FAMOUS EXPERT JOHN MILLS, LEADING ELECTRIC« MAKES ADDRESS AL ENGINEER, ADDRESSES J NGIAEERING STUDE N TS. John Mills, one of America's lead ing electrical engineers,'the author of several technical books dealing with the development of the present system of radio and telphonic com munication addressed the students and faculty of the college of engi neering ul the University ot Idaho, Wednesday afternoon, Room 217. Ad ministration building. His subject was "The Vacuum Tube and Its Application.'' Radio Telephone Expert Mr. Mills had the distinction of be ing the first person whose voice was carried through the ether across land (and sea from Washington to Honolulu when radio telephony reached an ad vanced stage in 1915. He is assistant personnel manager of the engineering department of the Western Electric company, the research branch of the Bel j sys t, eul _ At the present time he j s visiting the leading technical so cieties and educational institutions of the country giving a course of lec tares under the auspices of the Ameri can institute of Electrical Engineers, Before the local sections of the in stitute, Mr. Mills talks on "The Hu nlall Voice and Its Electrical Trans mission." The lecture is illustrated j, y demonstration experiments, by lantern slides, and by moving pic tures and describes recent studies of the voice and of its action on the ] uimau ear which have been made by the research of the Western Electric company and of the American T , hmip and Telee-ranh comnanv 1 Writes on Electricity Luncheons are being arranged at j severa i cities where Mr j give a more informal talk dealing with the subject of his last hook, | .. W ithin the Atom." which tells the 1 niodern views as to the stuff and mo | tive powe r of our universe. gjgtant personnel manager of the en— , denartment of the Western Electr o company he described the by which his concern re | . .. ... it3 jdehlv-trained technical staff | Ir ' Millg w , lg , )0rn and educated In CI '. ca graduating in 190T from the 1 university of Chicago He studied as a duate student as Chicago at the University of Nebraska and later at Massachusetts* Institute of Tech Mills will As as nology. He was an instructor In physics and electrical engi neerin g for some years at the Western Resèrve universitv of Cleveland, and at Colo ; rado col i ege Ke is the a „thor of severa j poo^g, including a college text 0]) physics which was written 0 j llt]v with Professor R. A. Millikan, . ;) tex j. on radio ( ommunication which wag tt -idelv used during the T ar. and more recently a popular description of modern ideas as to matter and energy, a book dealing with the ultra microscopic electron. Transcontinental System Engineer In 1911 Mr. Mills gave up teaching to enter the engineering department of the Bell system. He was one of the engineers under Colonel J. .T. Carty who developed the transconti nental telephone system between New York and San Francisco, which was opened for service in 1914. Also, as an engineer under Colonel Carty and later under Dr. F. B. Jewett of the Western Electric company. Mr. Mills Nvas concerned with the 1915 demon stration 'of radio telephony between Washington. D. C. and points like Paris and Honolulu. ' ( FRANCE SCENTS ATTEMPT TO REVISE PEACE TREATY . I'ans 'A. l.j—-1 he French govei li ment, because of information received from Berlin, is much perturbed by what it considers the possibility ot an agreement between the German and Russian soviet government with a a consideration of a . view to torcing revision ot the peace treaties at the coming Genoa conference, it is iiuli cated at the foreign office toc.iv. Washington—(A. nations, by revising the treaty of Ver sallies and reducing armies, even to a reasonable extent, not only could j meet the interest payments on their debt to the United States, but could I retire part of the principal as well, Senator Borah, repulican, of Idaho, declared today in the senate in ^ dis I mission of the debt refunding bill. BORAH TELLS EUROPE HOW TO REDUCE DEBT P.)—The allied Plan for Endeavor Convention. B. A. Williams, of Garfield, was in Moscow Wednesday in conference with the Christian Endeavor leaders, in the interest of the district conven tion which is to be held in Moscow February 4 and 5. Mr. Williams Is president of the Whitman and Latah county district of Christian Endeav ors. All the Endeavorers are looking forward with enthusiasm to the meet Gordon Hart, president, and. mg. Paul Brown, national secretary, will be present. A. B. Hepnm. Financier Dies. New York— (A. P.)—A Barton Hep burn, financier, author, and econom ist, did here this morning. He was struck by a bus last Friday and suf fered a compound fracture of tha right leg. ,