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THE BINGHAM COUNTY NEWSO fficial Paper of B ingham County

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY

PRICE—$2.00 PER YEAR BLACKF00T, BINGHAM, COUNTY, IDAHO. FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1921 VOL. XV. NO. 39

T E S T SPRAY FOR W EEVIL CONTROL

Eight Farmers Experiment With Four Acre Plats—Says Potato

» Worm Scare Need Not Cause Alarm , . .... - .

County A gent E. W. S tephens re ­ports that) the farm bu reau has th is year been m aking some sp ray ing te s ts on th e weevil con tro l in th e pro­duc tio n of Grimm a lfa lfa seed.

E ig h t farm ers have each p lanted tw o p la ts of Grimm a lfa lfa , each p la t con ta in ing two acres. B oth p la ts are being sprayed now and la te r on one of the p la ts w ill ibe sprayed again. A t h a rvesting tim e th e tw o p la ts will be harvested separate ly , and th re sh ­ed separate ly , and th u s each m an’s experience can be recorded as to the adv isab ility of sp ray ing once o r .wice, and by considering the to ta l experience of the e igh t fa rm ers the b u reau w ill be able to reach a re lia ­ble conclusion as to w hich m thod is

'b e s t. The names of the e ig h t farm ­e rs who are m aking th e te st are p rin ted below:

Reuben K lunch, I. N. Noyer, R alph Davis, H. K. W iley, Geo. A. Line, A. J . Snyder, Mr. C hristianson , of near Springfield , G. W. T hurston .

W eevil is reported as show ing up in the v ic in ity of P ingree, S te rling and Springfield, and the seed grow ­ers of these localities have .purchased e ig h t sp ray ing m achines.

Mr. Stephens also reports th a t a po ta to worm scare has become pre ­v a len t in some pa rts of th e county, b u t in regard to th is he beleves there is no cause for alarm , as th e potato m aggot is alw ays p resen t in the soil, and if conditions are favorable they w ill a lw ays s ta r t w ork. L ast S a tu r­day Claude W akeland of the S tate D epartm ent, made investigations in th e county, and reports th a t the ro t­tin g of the potatoes is not so m uch due to the w ork of the m aggots as it is due to la te p lan tin g and to the soil having too m uch m oisture in it, w hich m ade it very favorable for the m aggots to work. Some of the fa rm ­e rs plowed up th e ir potato fields, w hich he believes was unw ise, as since the w arm w eather has set in, po tatoes are show ing a h ealthy grow th , and th e re is no cause for a la rm in th is respect.

SEN . GODDING IS

Reaches Agreement With J. F. Mor­gan Whereby Latter Promises to Finance Western Stockmen

W ashington , Ju n e 11.— As a re ­su lt of an agreem ent reached F riday a t a conference betw een Senator S tanfield of Oregon and Senator Gooding of Idaho, w ith J . P. Mor­gan, New York financier, Secretary M ellon and the governors of the re ­gional reserve banks a t New York and K ansas City, the live stock men of the W est a re to be financed w ith ­out governm ent aid. Mr. M organ said th a t he would prom ise th a t New York bank ing in te re s ts would sup ­ply a t least fif ty per cent of a $50,- 000,000 pool for adding w estern live stock men, if the balance were ra is ­ed in o th e r p a rts of th e country.

It was suggested a t the conference th a t Senator S tanfield should go to Chicago and a rran g e an o th e r con­ference w ith the governor of the Chicago federal reserve bank a t w hich the movem ent should be s ta r t ­ed for ra is ing th e balance of th e pool. He probably w ill go to Chi­cago Tuesday.

Senator S tanfield in troduced some tim e ago an am endm ent to the fed­eral reserve act w hich would have made it possible for the governm ent, th rough the federal reserve banks, to finance w estern live stock ra isers th rough the live stock banks and cattle loan com panies. This am ­endm ent had the approval of the secretary of th e Treasury and comp­tro ller of currency, b u t it was sug ­gested th a t he w ithhold the request for leg islative action on his am end­m ent u n til such a conference as th a t held F riday could be a rranged . The unders tan d in g reached today causes i t to be believed th a t the finance re ­sources needed by the live stock men of the west can be had th ro u g h p ri­vate sources en tire ly .

Stefansson at ChautauquaFamous Explorer Comes on Second Night With His

Remarkable Story of the Polar Regions

, j & Illiteracy in Idaho is Now Only 1.5 Per Cent.» and Has Decreased in Last Decade.

The cardinal lecture event o f the week for all Chautnuquans comes on the second night when Elllson-W hlte presents Vllh.jalmur Stefansson, the famous Arctic explorer and discoverer of the “blonde Eskimo,” for the first time on the C hautauqua platform .

R ear Admiral Robert E. Peary, discoverer of the North Pole, said of him : “Stefansson has taken the white men's brains Into the Polar regions,and has evolved a way to m ake him self absolutely self-sustaining. IIe could have lived in the Arctic fifteen and a half years, ju s t as easily as five and a half years. By combining great na tu ra l physical ability with hard, practical common sense; he has accomplished w hat ho has accomplished, and made an absolute record.”

Stefansson’s lecture has thrilled audiences everywhere. He has a re ­m arkable story to tell and unusual ability in presenting Us fascinating de­tails graphically.

LIBRARY NOTES

Among th e new books added to th e fic tion shelf recen tly you w ill find the “ Seventh A ngel” by Alex­an d er Black, a s to ry of the post-w ar confusion of m ind and ideals th a t is re a c tin g so d irec tly upon society. The “ Dude W ran g le r,” a very hum orous w estern sto ry by C aroline Loqkhart, and D orothy C anfield 's “ The B rim ­m in g Cup,” a g racious wholesome s to ry of the victory of love over pas­sion , of courage over fear, of patience and tenderness over c ru e lty and syn- icism .

L ast week th e lib rary received a fine set of h istories, “ N ations of the W orld ,” a g ift from Dr. F lodquist. T hese books w ill in te re s t not only th e s tu d en t a f te r a good reference w ork , but the reader who likes a sm oothly flow ing well w ritten n a r ­ra tive .

D uring C hau tauqua week, begin ­n in g w ith W ednesday th e lib rary hours w ill be 10 a. m. to 2 p. in.; and 4 :30 to 7.15 p. m. and on Sunday 4 :3 0 to 7:00.

UNDERWENT OPERATION.

Mrs. Berkley W alker, w ife of the News publisher, underw ent an oper­a tion last S atu rday m orn ing a t the G eneral hospital In Pocatello. At th e tim e of w ritin g on T hursday m orning, she is im proving rap id ly and is expected home today. Dr. H. C. Irw in perform ed the operation , assisted by Dr. Wooley.

As soon as Mrs. W alker re tu rn s home and is sufficiently well, she will resum e her du ties as society edi­to r for th is new spaper.

LOST BOTH GAMES

T he base ball game played Sundaiy a t B lackfoot betw een the team s of B lackfoot and Idaho Fa lls was d is ­astrous to th e home team , score 7-0 in favor of Idaho Falls, and the game played W ednesday at R igby betw een the Rigby and Blackfoot team s was won by Rigby, score 9-10. In th e la tte r game it was necessary to play ten inn ings to decide the game.

Blackfoot is s till in th e lead for th e cham pionship of the Idaho Inde­pendent League, a lthough bu t a sm all frac tion of a game.

Mrs. Vidella LeSiur and Mrs. T. E. LeSiur were in tow n from Fort Hall Tuesday.

MARRIED AT POCATELLO

(F rom Salt Lake T ribune)One of the notable w eddings of

the season in w hich two prom inent fam ilies of sou thern Idaho were un ­ited, took place th is m orn ing in St. Joseph’s cathed ral in Pocatello, When Miss E lizabe th M ary Dubois, eldest d au g h te r of form er Senator and Mrs. F red T. Dubois of Blaok- foot, and Jo h n Arnold Cannon, son of Mrs. E lizabeth Cannon of Poca­tello, were u n ited in m arriage by Bishop Gorm an of Boise, assisted by the Rev. F a th e r V anderdonct.

P receding the cerem ony a musical program was given by Mrs. O. B. Steeley, persid ing a t the organ. Solos were rendered d u rin g the nup tia l mass by Mrs. W. H. W rig h t and Drew W. Standrod, J r .

The a lta r and chancel ra il were banked w ith palm s and ferns and the a isle s tan d ard s were crowned w ith Oregon g rape vines, ferns and peonies in shades of pink.

The bridal a tte n d an ts were Mrs. M ark B. Touhy of Blackfoot, m atron of honor, dressed in pale pink o rg an ­die, w ith pink organd ie h a t; Miss M argaret Dubois, s iste r of the bride, in grey crepe de chine, em broidered in pink rosebuds, an o rgandie ha t in grey and a corsage hoquet of o rchids; Miss Helen M cDougall of Pocatello, bridesm aid, wore orchid colored o r ­gandie w ith o rgandie h a t; Miss E d­ith C raw shaw of Pocatello was in pale green organd ie w ith pale green hat. Each a tte n d a n t carried baskets of Shasta daisies and ferns. L ittle Miss P a ttie C urran , as flow er girl, was gowned in pale p ink organdie, and Jack and B illy C lute, tw ins, dressed in w h ite sailo r suits, were ribbon bearers. The bridegroom was a ttended by his bro ther, Charles Cannon of Pocatello, as best m an. Thom as O 'Brien, John Foley and John G allagher of Pocatello and M er­rill of B lackfoot were ushers. The bride, to the s tra in s of the Lohengrin w edding m arch, en tered the church on the arm of her fa ther, who recen t­ly re tu rned from W ashington , D. C. The bridal gown was the one worn bv the b ride’s m other a t her wed­d ing and was a Ju lie tte mode of ivory duchesse satin , w ith court tra in and trim m ings of w hite lace and pearls. A cap and veil of Brussels lace extended over the tra in . The bride carried a show er boquet of lil- lies of the valley, w hite roses and gvpsophila.

Mrs. Fred T. Dubois, mobher of the bride, was gowned in grey em broid ­ered Canton crepe and wore a French blue fea th e r ha t. Mrs. E lizabeth Cannon, m other of the bridegroom , wore a taupe em broidered Canton crepe gown w ith h a t to m atch. The bride and groom left im m ediately on a short w edding trip and will be at home in Pocatello a P e r Ju ly 1.

The bride a ttended school a t B lack-

Q O O O O O Q O O O O O O O Oo oo RIVERSIDE NEWS. O O oQ O Q G O G O Q G O Q O Q O Q

Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Babcock of Moore, Idaho, w ere v is itin g Mrs. E liza W ilson a few days la st week, th en w ent to Salt Lake C ity to a t ­tend the M utual Im provem ent Con­ference.

Mrs. E d ith M itchell Sm ith, who lost her husband a year ago a t M arysville, Idaho, by a bree fa lling on him, has purchased ten acres of ground w ith a home on i t from E d ­w ard Gooch. Mrs. Sm ith expects to m ake th is h e r perm anen t home. She has a fam ily of e ig h t ch ildren , the la st being born since her husband’s death.

Wm. W illiam s, who took h is w ife to Salt Lake C ity to undergo a n op­era tion , w rites th a t the doctor says th a t she may possibly get a long w ith ­ou t the operation .

Home m issionaries a t Sunday ser­vices w ere Joseph Fyans, Jess L ind-

1 say and E dw ard Benson from M ore­land.

The Senior base b a ll boys w en t to P ingree S a tu rday and played a good game w ith P ingree-R ich team , re ­su ltin g in a score of 12 to 10 in fa ­vor of R iverside.

The Ju n io rs suffered an o th e r de­feat wit.h the M oreland team .

The Senior boys gave ano th e r dance F riday n ig h t w ith B a rre r’s o r ­chestra in a tten d an ce and a large crowd was present, B lackfoot being well represented . R efreshm ents were served and all seemed to enjoy the repast.

Law rence B itton le ft Sunday m orning on th e tra in for Arco, to w ork for Dave C ham berlain.

o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o» THOMAS NEWS O© ©O Q O O G O O Q Q O Q O O G O

KU KLUX KLAN TO ORGANIZE HERE

Southern Order of Reconstruction Period is Being Resurrected and Extended.

WOODMAN PICNIC

E laborate a rrangem en ts are being made for a W oodman picnic in the W olverine canyon next Sunday, Ju n e 19th. F our camps wil p a rtic i­pate fn th is picnic, B lackfoot, Poca­tello, Shelley and Idaho Falls. It is expected th a t there will be a very large crowd out, and there is no doubt bu t th a t a ll w ill have a very p leasan t o u tin g in the woods.

foot, also St. M argarets in Boise, Miss M aderia’s school In W ashing­ton. D. C., the V isita tion convent in G eorgetown, D. C., and is a g rad u ­a te of th e N ational K indergarten school in Chicago, la te r tak in g post g rad u a te w ork in the U niversity of W isconsin, a t M adison. She also ta u g h t in the Pocatello public school the past year.

Mr. Cannon is a g rad u a te of Col­um bia. He served in the early part of the w ar as an av ia to r and la te r was radio in s tru c to r in th e U niver­s ity of Idaho a t Moscow. He is now conne ted w ith a la rge m ercan tile com pany in Pocatello. Upon th e ir re tu rn from th e ir w edding trip re ­ceptions w ill be given in th e ir honor in Pocatello and by the S enator and Mrs Dubois in B lackfoot.

W ren Oseberg and R obert Mc.Mur- die re tu rn ed recently from W illow Creek w here they have taken th e ir stock for th e sum m er. Mr. Oseberg has a hom estead a t th is place an d in ­tends to build a house and move his fam ily here in th e near fu tu re .

The been th in n in g is abou t com­pleted in our v ic in ity and the men folks are beg inn ing to get th e ir back s tra ig h t and look qu ite norm al again.

Miss M illie H ennefer re tu rn ed re ­cently from B asalt a fte r spending a few days w ith friends of th a t place.

Mrs. A r th u r Van Orden is recov­erin g from h e r long illness an d is able to be abou t the house again .

Miss Jen n ie M cBride is assis ting Mrs. W. H. Thom as a t th is time.

The R ussell M errick and Jam es Pa lm er fam ilies spent Sunday, Ju n e 5 fish ing a t Springfield.

Miss R ita F ackre ll of P ingree vis­ited re la tives and friends of th is place recently .

The Jones boys left recently for Malad, Idaho. They w ill re tu rn w ith th e ir car th a t they failed to b ring to Thom as w hen com ing last Spring.

Messrs M arshall and Van Seeter of B lackfoot were speakers a t sacra- ! mont m eeting Sunday. Mr. Van j Seeter conducted the sing ing in the j absence of o u r choir leader, V ictor] L indquist.

Miss Ina Fackrell re tu rned home j Monday evening from Pingree a f te r ] spending several days a t th a t place.

ira W ilde and B arton Itowder of Blackfoot spent the evening w ith V ictor Peterson.

The river is th e most popular spot in ou r v ic in ity a t the p resent time. Seems to be plenty of fish ing bu t not much fish.

Jan e M cM urdie re tu rned to Rose Sunday evening a f te r spending the day w ith her paren ts here.

Mrs. Lewis Fackrell v isited w ith tier sister, Mrs. Leo M urdock, Mon- j day afternoon.

Our base ball team are p rac tis in g j fa ith fu lly every few days g e ttin g in trim for the fourth of Ju ly .

Wren Osberg and son, V irle. and ' G rant McBrde left la st week for the 1 Willow Creek country.

The w ard Relief Society teachers made th e ir m onthly call F riday af- '

j ternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Lon H ennefer of Rich, called a t the home of th e ir par-

jen ts M onday evening.Miss Isabelle Jackson re tu rned

home recen tly from Blackfoot w here j she lias been w orking for some tim e. !

Miss M arguerite H ow ard of B lack- ] foo-, is v is itin g old tim e friends here !

.an d th in n in g beets for past tim e. jMr. and Mrs. E arl W alker are now ]

at th e ir home a t Rockford a f te r] spending a few day w ith th e ir p a r­ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Goodwin.

Idaho : Illiteracy.W ashington , D. C., Ju n e 10, 1921.

— A ccording to the census of 1920 there a re 4,924 illi te ra te persons 10 years of age and over in the s ta te of Idaho, “ illi te ra te ” m eaning unable to w rite. Of th is num ber 914 are na ­tive w hites and 2,501 are foreign born. In tlie to ta l population 10 years of age and over the percentage of illite racy is 1.5, w hich shows a d im inu tion since 1910, when it was

Dy counties the percentage of i l ­lite racy ranges all th e way from 5.8 in C learw ater County to 0.2 in J e r ­ome and Teton Counties.

Age in Idaho.A ccording tio the census 35.3 per

cent, or b,ore th a n one-tlilrd . of the people ni t io s ta te of Idaho are e ith e r in fan ts or ch ildren under 15 years of age; 8.9 per cent are youths o r m aid­ens 15 to 19 years old; 37.4 per cent, nearly tw o-fifths, are men and wo­men in the .prime of life, being from 20 to 44 years old ; while 18.3 per cent, being 45 years of age and over, are well a long in middle life if tiliey have not reached old age.

T he urban population as compared w ith th e ru ral shows some ra th e r s trik in g differences in age, the per­centage 20 to 44 years of age being 40.6 for th e u rban population us compared w ith 36.2 for the ru ra l, w hile the percentage under 15 year of age is 30.4 In th e u rban popula­tion as ag a in st 37.2 in the ru ral. These differences may ind ica te la rg e r fam ilies of ch ild ren in the (country th an in the city, b u t probably ind i­cate also the fact th a t coun try ch il­dren, us they grow up have a ten dency to flock to the cities thereby increasing the active ad u lt popula­tion of the c ities a t the expense of the ru ra l d istric ts .

A little over one-half of the popu­lation, 54.2 per cent, are old enough to vode, being 21 or over; and in th is class the men ou tnum ber the women in the ra tio of 131 to 100. The males of m ilitary o r fighting age, 18 to 44, constitu te 40.9 per cent of th e male population and 22.2 per c en t of tlie to ta i population.

Boise, Idaho: Illiteracy.The census bureau reports th a t In

the population of Boise, Idaho, as enum erated in Jan u a ry . 1920, there were 286 persons 10 years of age or over who w ere illi te ra te In the sense of being unable to w rite. Of th is num ber 176 were foreign-born w hites and only 25 were native w hites. The percentage of illia te ra ry in the to ta l population of 10 .years of age and .over is 1.6 w hich shows a decrease since 1910 when It was 4.1. For the native w hite the percentage is 0.2, and for the foreign-born w hite, 9.4.

Pocatello, Idaho; Illiteracy.The census bureau reim rts th a t In

the population of Pocatello, Idaho, as enum erated in Jan u a ry , 1920, t hero were 4 83 persons 10 years of age o r over who were illi te ra te In tlie sense of being unable to w rite. Of th is num ber 402 were foroign- born w hites and only 27 were native w hites. The percentage of illiteracy in the to ta l population 10 years of age and over is 4.1 w hich shows an increase since 1910 when it was 0.4. For the native w h i'e tlie percentage is 0.3, and for the foreign-born white, 20.6.

Idaho : School Attendance.According to the census of 1920

there are 68,198 children 7 to 13 years of age in the s ta te of Idaho and of th is num ber 65,102 ' or 95.5 p e ri cent were reported as a tten d in g ] school. In 1910 the percentage a t- ' tend ing ' school was 87.4 th u s ind l- | ea ting a g ra tify in g im provem ent as regards school a ttendance between 1910 and 1920. Of tlie ch ildren 14, and 15 years of age in 1920, 91.6 ; per cent wen* a tten d in g school and ] of those 16 and 17 years of age 62.3 i per cent.

The percentage of ch ild ren a tte n d ­ing schools was p rac tically rhe same ; in the c ities as in the con try d i s - 1 tric ts , the percentage for ch ildren in the u rban population 7 to 13 years of age being 95.4 and in the ru ra l , population, 95.5. “ U rban” accord- j ing to the census definition inc ludes! all tow ns o r o i'ies of 2,500 popula- ; tion o r more.

A ccording to Inform ation received today from Colonel W illiam J. Sim ­mons, of A tlan ta , Ga., Im perial W iz­ard of the K nigh ts of the Ku K lux K lan, the work of o rgan iz ing th e K lan in th is s ta te has been put u n ­der way and represen ta tives of the o rgan iza tion are in Blackfoot now, o r will be here shortly , to assist in estab lish ing a branch of the o rder.

The work of o rgan iz ing the K lan in (his te rrito ry w ill be conducted from the cen tra l office, or headqttar-- tera, w hich have been established in Denver, the te rri to ry to be known as the N orthw estern Domain, inc lud ­ing the following s ta tes : Colorado, Utah, W yoming, M ontana and Idaho.

The Ku K lux K lan is now being organized in p rac tically every s ta te in tlie Union. It is said a num ber of well known citizens of B lackfoot have in te rested them selves in the o r­gan ization and th a t th e K lan rep re ­sentative , in response to th e ir re ­imest, has come here to assist them in p u ttin g rhe o rgan iza tion under way.

A ccording to the Im perial W izard the m odern K n ig h ts of the Ku K lux K lan was organized in A tlan ta ou T hanksg iv ing n igh t, 1915, w ith th i r ­ty-four members. Since several of fliese ‘ch a rte r m embers belonged to the o rig inal K lan of the R econstruc­tion period it was held to bo leg iti­m ate he ir of he o rig in a l K lan and in its c h a r te r from the S ta te of Georgia and the Superior Court of th a t s ta te i t was g ran ted all th e rig h ts of the o rig in a l order w ith ex­clusive use of its signs, symbols, re­galia , etc.

"T he m odern K n igh ts o f the Ku Klux K lan ," says Col. Simmons, “ is a legally charte red p a trio tic and f ra ­te rna l o rgan iza tion . It is non-sec­tional, non-partisan , non-sectarian and non-political. I t s tan d s uncom ­prom isingly for Im perial enforce­m ent of all law s and s tands ready a t any and all tim es to assist If call­ed upon In a id ing properly consti­tu ted au th o rities in suppressing o u t­breaks ag a in st law and order. It is t»he du ty of a ll K lansm en a t all tim es to lend th e ir m oral and physical su p ­port to all m ovements tend ing to the be tte rm en t of the Interest, of the com m unity, the s ta to and the nation. The Ku Klux K lan s tands for th e separa tion of church and state, lim i­ta tio n of Im m igration, freedom of speech and press, prevention in so fa r as is possible of causes th a t lead to lynching , control of the w hite race in all governm ental affairs, bu t w ithou t in ju s tlv e to any race o r creed.

“ Its purpose is to Inculcate th e sacred principles and noble ideals of ch ivalry , developm ent of ch arac te r, protection of the home and the chas­tity of wom anhood, exem plification of a pure pa trio tism and p reserva­tion of A m erican ideals and in s ti tu ­tions. Being s tric tly an A m erican In s titu tio n only one hundred per cent A m erican citizen are eligible for m em bership. They m ust be w hite , native-born adhere to the tene ts of tlie C hristian religion and owe no alleg iance of any degree or n a tu re to any foreign governm ent, political or relig ious in s titu tio n , sect o r peo­ple.”

Lutheran Church— Blackfoot

Mrs. B. Y. Nelson has a guest Miss F ranc is Bagley, of Arco.

Sunday school a t 10 a. m.Services next Sunday in the even­

ing a t 8:15.A m idsum m er picnic w ill he held

a t F ir th , Ju n e 24th. All members and friends are invited to come.

THREE GRADUATESFROM BLACKFOOT

The tw enty-six th year of the Al­bion S tate N orm al school closed T hursday afternoon, Ju n e 2nd. There were th ir ty -th ree g raduates from a general life diplom a course, three prim ary special and th ree m anual a r ts and one dom estic a rts and sci­ence.

Blackfoot can be proud to have th ree g raduates of Blackfoot h igh school g rad u a tin g from 'h e best nor­mal school in the s ta te of Idaho. It is s itua ted tw enty-six miles sou th of Burley on the highw ay leading to Salt Lake City and o th e r im portan t w estern towns. Its clim ate is mild, w hich makes i t p leasant to a tten d sum m er school there. Its h ills and m ountains fu rn ish beauty spots for hikes and parties for the week end.

If more people would visit Albion they would change th e ir view in re ­gard to the norm al and its advan ­tages.

Blackfoot g raduates are: Caroline Lowe, general life, teacher in Ju n io r H igh; Mrs. Affie Krandsen. teacher, general life. P rim ary Special, who

.h as an appoin tm ent in the H aw aiian I Islands; G lendora *Ma Icom, general jlife . prim ary special, teacher in the Bla'-kfoot city school for the com ing

l year.