JANUARY 4. 1923
SUDDEN DEATH OF PROMINENT
IDAHO CITIZEN
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W. Y. Perkins Succumbs After II?ness
cf Only Twenty Four Hour) ('
Has be.'n Prominent Citizen for r
More Thc-n Thirty Five Years. a
W. Y. Perklni /a resident of Camas a'
Prairie for the past thirty five years o
at>d one of the foremost- Citizens dur- n
injL: ail of that time, died at his horse >
at Soldier, at an early hot* Tuesday a:
morning, after an illness of twenty h
four hour.-. Death was caused-by kit" w
ney affection. superinduced by ad- V
v a need age and a debilitated eondi- h.
tion. He had been faili' g for some v,
time, but not even t . - mcmbcis of it
his own family fully realized hpv.frail
he had become, as his indomi- w
table spirit and wonderful vitality
kept him continually active. It is sup- C
posed that exertion in shoveling snow ti
Sunday may probably have brought tv
about conditions which hastened the
end. c?
The funeral took place from the 1!
family home December. 14th and was si
attended by a jargc concourse of old' w
friends and neighbors. Members of f<
the Masonic lodge from Hailoy, where $
he was a member, came on the noon ai
train to join with the local members oi
in the ledge ceremonial. Rev. H. K. is
Yodra, chaplain of the Haiky lodge
conducted the exercises and beauti , f<
ful ritual of the order v.as no?vr more}
impressively rendered. Floral offer- ('
ings of rare beauty testified the es- vd
v .teem-in which Ih edeprrvted was ho hi
by his lodge brother?. The hymns ren- ( tide
red were "Rock of Ag< >" and ui
"N't an v My Clod To Thee." The rservice
at-the cemctt n was the ritual m
ot the order, conducted by W. H. <>i
Leek.
William Young Perkins wa? born Cc
ifi Grayson" county, Virginia. March rl
8 1850. He was a lad during the stirring
scenes of the great civil con ni
fiict. and although far too young was V"
enlisted i ntho ranks of the army 01 tl
Virginia at the close of the war. Ilis
youthful'heart was thrilled with thciui
martial strains with which his carsj a
had so long been familiar, a.?d he ^
sought as best he could to defend his u"
native state against what he consider- <-i
ed an invasion of the enemy. At that
eariy age he was doing a man', part **
and he never ceased until th?- final P
summons come. >'
Following the war Mr. Perkins, u
S still a youth in his teens, went to "
Texas and roue ihe range as a cowboy.
Later he was enrolled in the >'
ranks of the Texas Hanger. the m ?-t , j'
\ intrepid fighters, the west lias pro 1
ditced. in this service he took part "
in the war with the Comanche In '
dians in 18t?0. Two years later "ho
traveled by horseback to Q jforniu, I 1,1
taking the northern route ami ere - >
ing Camas Prairie in 1X71, before '
then* was a settler here. The beauty ?
of the surroundings and the agricul- 0
turn I possibilities must have made a '
deep impression on his mind, because t?
it was to this fertile spot that he '?*
moved his famiiy, sixteen years later '
ami established a perm orient home. a
^ After a short stay in California, v
\ he returned to his native state and
\ there met and wooed the woman who '
was to be his life long companion. ?
Miss Magpie Carson was the lady who s
in 1874, plighted troth with W. Y. :1
Perkins and who has kept the faith f
through all these years and who is
today left lonely after almost a haif t
century of companionship. a
To this union six sons were born, a
rive of whom survive. They are, Oscar y
M. and Dean I,, of Fairfield, Charies 1
H. of the U. S. Army at Honolulu, v
Proctor K. of Hailey and William 1
Clough of Pocatello. All were present
at this time of grcif to comfort
and console their mother except
^ Charles, and a cablegram received
V this afternoon announced that he had i
^IIL'U ?l cuntraua^ v.i iwu.|.v
news of his father's death. r
home was first established in s
South Carolina and later in Ken- i
tucky, where Mr. Perkins engaged ir.
business. In 1S87 the family came t
to Camas Prairie, which has been the \
family home to this day. For a number
of years after coming: to this j
new section Mr. Perkins followed <
ranching: and mining:, and then acquired
the Hour mill at Soldier, which j
he operated with the aid of his sons. ;
i Oscar in particular being* an expert
V miller. Following* the founding: ot che 4
|f tr n of Fairfield, the mill was moved
bete and still is turning* out a anion- |
did brand of flour. , I
V When the branch of the Dragon
v Short Line Railroad was projected !
into Camas Prairie, he organized the
Fairfield fowr.site Company and has
always bce?i its president. Among
the last activities of his life was
making* plans for a biggr.-r and b.-tteri
ter Fairfield 'and on Saturday, two]
bj. days before his death, ho diso.;ssedj|
Wfcr with this writer his plans for -he |
k A erection of a new building " hich '
\r should house the post office on the
\ ? ground floor and. the Masonic Hal"!
\j above. He said ,4I will have a room j
1 in flip huildmtr for mv own oiTicc as ;
long as I live."
He was active in every line of public
welfare and took a keen interest
in politics. Twice he was elected
to represnt the cour.ty in the le .
lature, first, in territorial days, w'nei.
it was Alturas county and embraced
what is now Elmore. Gooding, Lincoln,
Jerome, Minadoka, Butte, Blain
V and Camas counties. This was in 1880
yy and he also represented Blain county
t.y in the Fourth state Legislature in
k-N 1897.
He was a delegate in every Re3
. publican State Convention for more
? than thirty years, the last being the
Wallace convention in August. His
political activities lasted until the
end and he was the canidate of his
pa^rty for office of State Senator at
the recent election, coming within
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PROSPERITY
We can build it.
Right now when the western Xor*
arV'r.i farmer realises the' heit
pro^r.'Crous is the film- to LuiJd ft
pro^r.eiltj that will Em lasting*. \V
had wei . i- ity i ha\
!re&dy f >"u:;<J thai it ws 1 ;:i ?1 U|
n shifting sand. The farmer kno\%
>v what he varty 17e wanes t
uiid up .# type owagrkultaK and
tarkefclng organhn.i i rti that v.ill sc
r.i through years of depression an
ill makt hira . teadily prosperou
r a'; want prosperity and we no1
aw a good chance t?> win it becau?
? have learned that to have a lasi
:g prosperity we must establish
n ?n something solid, something the
ill :ast.
The farmers of \Y< torn Xort
nroiina are not prosperous and whe
iken as a whole have never see
rosperity. The average productic
?r crop worker for the 15 wester
aunties of. this state during the yea
920 was $356. This is altogether to
nail a production for prosperity an
e must increase it. It is well possibl
>r each crop worker to produce ove
2.000, as they do in California, low
rid several of the other states. Th
nly way we can make this chang
by building up a marketing o:
Eluization that will always be hungi
produce to se'!.
J u< ui' 'iu i % H i II
aro7.5nu ca.i produce for more tha
u-y ever have if they are sure the
r t 'l it and if they produce th .
dug.- for which our mountains ar
Wanted. William Harper Dean, in
cent artick in the Country Gentle
i. says that, after considering th
ppoTunities all over the Unite
tates, if he were to plant an orchar
> day he would plar.t it in the We si
r:t part of North Carolina.
If we are to have prosperity, w
iust build the foundation for pro:
erity. It will take years to buil
:?f:o foundations. It will take ycoi
f hard work to. build up an efheier
larkctti.g organization hut we at
1 ready started and building we
? we grow. It will tak<* years t
nild up the production end. It tak?
ight to ten years to get an orchar
ito bearing. Tcr. years of fight in
10 insects and the pests ami the
ro?ivrity will follow. Jt will i lls
i.ms of pu**p?e-o and chctl prosper''*
ill he us. It will take us ui
Lwnrcs. Then* is niauy a farm,
morgs.c us whi started eight or tc
:*.iv age. to improve his land a?i
uil.I up his soil. He .started with thi
nd and a row, perhaps, ami now hi
-.! < p > ?1 and a herd of dairy cow
l take hard work, curly and la!
o;:rs, hut ihs rjsuit is sure if ye
?ive a definite plan and stick to i
Prosperity is based on the soil.
i gets thinner we all grow poo
r If the soil grows richer and dec
r we all grow better oT. The fir
hing we must work toward is be
CI Mill, s* nil iimi. uirnuia-t,v 111 kiii
v can have our rathe rs as to vvh
;i)l be our special line. One man ct
im ;?> have a dairy herd, and sta
dth a cow or two?*He will find h*.?
elf with a nice herd ten year.-, fro
o\v if he sticks to it. Another m:
an start with a few hens or even
citing of eggs and find himself wi
i paying poultry plant ten yea
roni now.
\V? have the resources, the so
he timber, the rainfall, the climat
nd best of all the resourcefulne
ml the grit. It will take hard wor
ire will have to take advantage
mproved methods of farming and \
nil have to stick to the marketii
urogram bat we car. change the pr
PROBABLY SO
An old "Grad" of the sixties w!
mppened lo see a crowd of new st
lents disporting themselves in a ma
?er which appeared to htm to be u
eemingly, was hoard to philosophi
is follows:
"When I sec a youth with his par
urncd up and his beautiful socks
iew,
And over one eye perched a liti
*OQ!id hat, with a ribbon of mau
?r blue,
And fourteen rings and the scv
runs that he got at. his dear pre
school.
Why it strikes a cord and I s
'Oh Lord, was I ever that big a tot
When I see a youth with his glo\
turned down and a cigarette in i
face.
And a loud checked coat and
horse cloth vest and a half inch
lace, J
And a bunch of hair that hit
his cars, and a line of senseless dr
Then I paw the sward as I
"Oh, Lord! Was 1 ever that hi"
fool?"
seven votes of winning and this
?: county that on state and natio;
issues is overt?helming opposed
his party.
Mr. Perkins was a life long mc
bcr of the Masonic lodge and t<
absorbing interest in the work t
great pleasure in assisting young it
who were entering. The writer
culls seeing h*?Vi in Hailey during
coldest weather last winter, hav
made the trio in a sled through
.3sw.?. n./v?- in
4VVJ' PIIU" 111 UIVICl l.u *11
work that was being confereJ
some of the Fairfield members,
was a charter member of the C
Fellows lodge in Fairfield.
For more than the alloted span
pursued an active, energetic life,
was bom a leader and was in
forefront of life's battle until
end. He had faults and made 1
takes, because he was human,
he bore himself nobly through n 1
and useful life and the world is 1
I ter r.r.d hanpier for his having li
?Camas County Courier.
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"h'\ItfTiHfti Vii i i "i i
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.LIVES FOUR YEARS LASHED !
TO POSTS OK FILTHY BED
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h Chicago Dispatch,?After living
is ror four years stretched on a bed
>r j his hands and f? t lashed to the four
e -j-t, becgsc of his mothers IgSr
p that he. v.outil be taker from her.
j- James Kozeny. oO year old, was rt :s
[ leased freai his toriur? PMdp a: d
. ; livin - she! o: . ntechcd phy:
aiiy and tueut ally, to - he Psychore
: at bk 1 pital
d Police found Kozeny :?i a cold,
s. dark and filthy room, aft? r they had
w d altered down the front door and
e harfjed with Mrs. Kozeny. The crazed
t- mother tough', like a tigress, until
it oho was felled by a blow.
i.t When the prisoner's bonds were
cut. h' lay motionless. Four years of
h inaction had rendered him helpless
i! and, according t:> I>r. A. S. Ilcrshn
; field . of the city health department,
n! had ieft him a mental ami physical
n | nonnetity.
u The story and a half Kozeny coto;
tage had been the scene of uncarmd
happenings, neighbors who reported
? the case to I>r. Hcrshfield testified.
irj Ever since the mother barricaded
a the dde and back doors, nailed fast
e j the shutters and drew down tblind
c I the house has been a place of mys:'-j
tery. from which came we ii and uny
j earthly shrieks at nightfall ti da. '
I Mrs. E'4? **y e nud to have had
h | :? delusion, four years ago. that her
n j SOU was to be taken* away from her
y | and put into an insane asylum, acI
to Dr. il- ! !: W, ai;.l V.i,
v ] c- ivcd the idea of lashing the sua
aj i.i v!k bed and ?*?:; :r?r a?> ti.e hoi sc.
-j "You cari't take him av a\sh<
i" screamed, when the police tried to
?l push her into ifca house. "1 don't i
d caiv if you kill nv>. You ain't have
- ivy hoy. He's everything I ve got.'*
She was knovkud (lovn and left!
? ulcus in t.h" house while they car-!
ried the son away to the hospital. 1
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it COST CF PRODUCTION - FACTOR
v
li Farmers during the past two year.
0 have been work king under a heavy
*s handican and it has only been exd
ceptional farmers vhe have been able
g to allow a profit. Prices hove been
n o far our" of line and so much dole
needed on the price received that one
y is liable to over-emphns i*/e the imn
port-nice <>f price in dctormiivn:r i
r profit.
n For sfert periods, p cites or: :k?
id doubt <.f more importance tha l cost
in of production in dc termini tig profits.
1 Kor long periods. huvvcwr, this is
s. not the case, in the long run prices
le ,vi!' always trad to be such that the
m maj< : ; of farmers are able to make
i. .it least a small profit in their ?>perlf
ation;- and it is ill" farmer who kcepr
he ? t ? f production down who v ill
come out o.i ton in the4 end.
sC Labor is a big factor n the prot
auction of most agricultural products
id and is an item that should nlwa.ts be
at earfefuHy scrutinized, say specialists
ui of the Extension Service, University
rt j of Tennessee. This applies to both
n- j man labor and horse labor. In case
m of horse labor, probably one of the
m greatest sources of wast and m?
creased costs is to have the horses
remain '.oie during a sarge pair 01
rs the year.
Size is another factor that must be
il. taken into oriftsideration. It is diflie.
cillt to produce cheaply on a very
ss small farm. The farm, should be
k, large enough in or^er that labor and
of machinery can be economically emre
ployed, but not so large that there
is needless wastoin going and coming
o- from the fields. Sine of business is
not dctremincd by area alone but also
by the intensity with which the land
is cultivated. The size of business
ho that any farmer should undertake
\i- witi depeitd largely on the ability and
n- recourc?*s of the farmer, but it will
n- be difficult for even the most able
ze farmer to make a good income on a
very .mall farm.?"Farming."
its
on duction per crop worker from S356
per year to $2,000 per year and that
Lie will spell prosperity for western
ve North Craolina.?Farm Federation
News.
en ?
: NEW YEAR'S EVE
>i"
OS
"s Customs and Their Origin: Hap,
penings of Long Ago.
lev. All Peoples Have Ways of Amusing
oil Themselves on Special Occasions
iy:j and at Fixed Seasons.
A N OY.D philosopher, who wn*
? j A\ none the less a philosopher fm
in i A.his constant r.nd close observarial
< tion of men. remarked that we ?*:n
to J best Judge men's temperament ami
ideals by watching tlieui at thelt
?m- j work and nt their piny. A keen oh
>ok | server would have very little difficult5
inti! In judging Americans by their work
ten j One such has aptly called this counfr>
rp. i ne i.uu'i 01 uitr out'iuun^ uuc.
the Even our sports partake so much 01
ing this strcnuodty that the medical pro
the fes-sion is beginning to warn us ol
the overindulgence in the more violent
on forms of athletics.
He 1 But all peoples have ways of amns
)dd log themselves on special occasion.'
and at fixed seasons after n mannei
he so wolI established ihat It has cosn
He to he regarded a kind of ritual, says
the the New York nerald. This has conn
the' down to us from the ages when oui
njs. forebears fir^i pushed their way on
but the dry tablelands of civilization
ong Even the mighty power of the cbnrche
has not been able to brush aside sonn
ved hroctlces that have their roots dee]
. In paganism.
t
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I DEMOCRAT
Old Custom? That Continue.
Probably after Halloween and '
Christmas there is no festival of the
year so irtrt shout with long-istablished
' Usioh?s as New Year's day.
Amor; g the he<c known of these ar?
the auguries dravn from what was
called the "Candlemas hull/" In Scotland
and other northern eni-tunes the
erm (' indie.uas. gi?*en to this >?-ason
of the year. :s r<? have had
its origin In religious ?>feiiPni"s' per
fornn y candle light. TXh ? . adles
used \.-re very large aud highly ornamented
and were brought in at the
liildni. lit hour to the assembled guests
who. iree the falling of dusk, had
been 4irinking fmiv of the wassail
howl. Then. in procession, they
march* d out into the night, and to
their i-naginatien.s the passing ?lotids
jisstut . ; the shape of ?i bull. From
the rise and fall and general motions
of the so clouds the seer foretold goo?|
or bed weather. Sometimes, tot*,
align* *s for the future were gathered
from the state ot the atmosphere on
New Year's Eve. and also from the
force "till character of the wind.
In she imagination of most prim!
tlve peoples. especially those ?f the
North, who were forced to battle
against the elements of nature for
life and sustenance. the eves 4?f great
fp;i st < worn "oi^MJorwT oe^
when the spirits of good nnd evil wore
in ?1. :'i|ly convict. T.hp mouu't.: of
i aid night on Now Year's Kve v.-!- always
considered a time of <j : I activity
for the spirits of evil. hi nrde**
to ov. rebme them liollor as ' : . .n>
powerful influence; had to bo invoiced.
The '-vi! spirits, or genii. as
gathered from the Icelandic ami An
irlo-S foil; lore. nu": even from
word-- in their dialect, could he overcome
by an appeal to the pood genii,
the liognmen, or htllmen.
Probably Imported from Italy was
the superstition that on Now Year's
Eve the "evil eye" was all the more
malignant. Then. too. there was a
widespread practice of the "setting of
mete or drynkc by nights on the
hen one tc. fede AUhohle or (Inblyn."
In some of tli" dialogues of the famous
medieval morality play. "Hives
and Pauper,** we find mention of this
i and many other New Year's customs
j intended to counteract the activities
j </f the forces of evil.
Christmas Cheer Continued.
Perhaps what contributed most to
; this general f"ar of sinister influence--.
was th- deep drinking among the peoj
pie. which continued almost uninter!
rtipt'Hllj rr-un Christ ma- until Nov.*
Yeor's day. ITp t?< the Ninth century.
ox' ? pr in the Syrian and <'optic
' churches. New Year's was not celebrated
as a speelnl feas^ day. but was
looked upon as merely the octavo of
j Christ mas. Therefore the Christmas
i cheer was continued throughout the
entire octave without abatement. It
tlickered tip for the last time on New
Year's day. as is clear from the one
hundred and ninety-eighth sermon of
August inc. bishop of Hippo.
In England oi? Now Year's Eve tb?
young women woiu about carrying
tbe "wassail bowl'* and singing from
door to door certain verses?a custom
which had much in common with the
hogmanay practice in Scotland. Hot
pint, the strange Urew which tn that
country was curried about in the
streets at midnight, was composed of
ale, spirits, sugar, nutmeg or eiiizsa!
mon. It was a powerful potion, the
effects of which were almost Immediately
evident Ritson In a collection
of ancient songs gives us a few sung
to the quafilngs of this "prince of
lienors, old or new." One such is:
j iTS^nenianJsn!^^
?|
B^lf if I
I L
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Tire Pris
SlQO
I have just r
r fc^j dollars worth
. se a ivmv t! iDt'C
[ jH plete line to be
It will be Ic
? save the recenl
i| You can alv
. 0>* *rUC^ at
!i w. f
> pi B<
wm&?m?2mm?mm
A JoJfiT was**! !>owi, i
A wps??I ??t KOC-0 ale,
Wei! faxi- the butler's soul
That ?fettetn th>r. to .-tie:
Out jelly WWWCl!
Votwithstandinp flit r : -o-dtlon
which it has met since the y>-.-?v ISM 2.
when rnaay abuses were n:svov??r*Mi
ir. the practice. the ctis&au ?>f hurryiftg
first acm&i the threshold --t" hi;? j
sw?'?--t heart has been ?< ;*
man;. :i hid hi An^lo-Sux'-n
roue tries. The j-UPp iady JNjevcd
attentively from the time the roivluipl.!
hells ?-f. <=<! to rinp to <?atvh ti e 'irst
footf;ilJ ?? ; the floor.
The welfare of the fboilly. ,* a.Tcr.l*i:Iy
r?* fnlter porti -v it. wa< supposed
to opoii the ffik$<'*ter
of t! first corner after tie* uiidnlpht
hour had sounded. Ureal care was
taken to exeludt al! ini[ r ?j < : p. >iv?
especially as r 1: < tflid&uht intruder
enjoyed the privilege a: hai>rir*ina a
"hearty kis^*' on the 11S>? of tie expectant
l.isste
Bestowing Gift*
The custom of best--* dn: irlfts has
become s inextricably linked with the
Vew Years eeteh rations in I'aris tJ .-.t
New Year's day is ..till called tin* Jour
dTistreimes. This custom s??ems. to
have had its rh*- in the ciindrn t of tl???
..1 h-s of tin* 1o*o MI'WK* .1 who
w<t?? lit :ln* h'lhit of bestowing
VI -n their sovereign. Naturally the
ruler, not wishing to remain under ol?lir;
to rheij'. ivturmd the gift in
:t .:-m fa-liso?i. In Kngiomi, 3io\vi
ever, ; -chilly In the time of f>"oen
We Are
j S11 pei
We are required tc
\ ear to the Banking L
poration Commissioi
very exhaustive and
i on regarding our f
v ill enable the super
t< . nrru whether our
ried on with proper
1 ;.v ciTi'.iu: ted to cv
We a.e also jubjt
the bank examiner or
out giving any notice
I he examiner goes o
bocks and securities i
ph ase of our operati
We have r.lwavs >
supervision and shah
The People
Trust C
m Dipped (
es Are Advan
jj/ 2f pm
n basd at am
eceived voday over one th
(wholesale cost) cf FIRE
, which makes the lar gesl
: found in this section of t
* your interest Lu buy ti?
t advances in prices,
rays depend on finding iir
place, regardless of size.
IALPH WIN!
>0^tNOT|g|^R0L
p'tr Thre*
Elizabeth, this custom became so bardensntfte
that It occasioned gene**?
protest among the noble*'. **fiood
Quwa was aot si or,* to fn'Ihnu
Jnst what i|iu?l ' t gifts she expected,
or rather exacted. She i?.-r it !..
!.r.oivn what enttsliaierices would
foikrir withholding of (be jewels' m
and the) silks which she looked for at
the hands of her subjects. She wa#
so xdgtmrdijJ hi her ?mn cif's that we
'iii1 ajeVrstnnd How tee custom fel!
>n;<> iliius^ or-.ri in rue tlm nt H
IV was abandoned.
The givhtc of gifts was very |
common among the people. On CnQEt*
mas. and often ?>n St. Stephens day.
einpluvers. jsiretits an ! masters pre
-. Tiled "! '-*:: as }?o\ev ?,,.> ?]*
pendents. It was a form of Christ-.
ia 1 rit> . (??? N> V
however. ifts were exchanged he-'
twe i friends and ".ctlBaintnr es as ??
*?f it ?"I will. This u> oni. per-'
; ; - igin in II;- '< . w h;<h ,
\va> taken aft&ird every voe&el that:
sailed etit j .-i-t during r! ...ffivr
of '*!*r:1?;:ms an*! winch w; t:r,t to]
. -i until the return ??f -h?? ves-!
sel. c?Titributlons were to he drontu d
into tl.is l?ox. larpp or small. according
: ?? iho day had I on prop it v is <?r oth-;
fT^iyc. T??- person to whom the ron-1
fonts of t 1 * * box wore giver. * :,?? sop-I
i,-, Timvi- a mass Mib! for ibe
1:1. . inor*- who bnri ?a:i<b? the
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