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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-12-06
VIOLET FARM RUN By TWO
ENERGETIC ENGLISH WOMEN
They Find Pleasure and Profit on
Their Acre Of 6round-How They
Manage the Business.

Flower growing for women seems a
most appropriate occupation, and
there is money in 1t where there is
ability and application. What can be
done in this line has been demon.
strated by two English women whose
acre violet farm at Henfield, Sussex
county, England, has been supplying
the market with profusion of the
choicest violets for years until they
have become justly famous, and as to
profitmaking, the two ladies who
farm the Henfeld acre will tell you
that no manner of earning living, or
of adding to slender income, Is more
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-12-06

The blue grasses are quite plentiful
throughout the west and furnish
abundant pasturage both in the mead
ows and on the dry foothills and high
mountains. There are many different
kinds. some of which are called red
tops by the different rauchers. The
red-top of which we read in the seed
catalogues, however, is an entirely
different plant and has been In cult
walton in the east for long time. The
western blue grasses are closely re-
lated to tho Kentucky blue grass, for
which that state Is widely known and
the grass that is used universally for
lawns. The slender-leaved blue grass,
Poa tenuifolia, is held by Prof. Ken
needy, of the Nevada station. to be one
of the chief grazing grasses OF the re-
gion and extends from the foothills to
the tops of the mountains. In form
Of growth it may be spoken OF as
bunch grass. 1t grows from SIX
inches to one and half feet high and
Is considered by ranchmen the most
valuable bunch grass on the range.
The Dual Purpose cow-There IL
no one who believes in the impossible.
ity of the dual purpose COW quite SO
strongly as w. D. Hoard, editor OF
Hoards Dairyman. He has always
strongly opposed the idea of trying for
an animal that is good for both beef
and milk, and declares that one sup.
posed to have these half and half"
qualities Is fit for the profits of Meth.
er. His contention that we should raise
beef cows or raise milk cows, but
should not try to raise botk in one, Is
we'll taken.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-12-06
SUGGESTIONS FOR FARMERS.

When you make potato crates, or
buy them, see to 1t that the Stats are
not so far apart that small potatoes
will slip through.
Where there is spot of quack
grass on y'ur farm, cover 1t with
straw and burn it. This will do much
toward killing the roots of the grass.
Portland cement is good for stop
ping leaks in water pipe when the
latter Is under the ground. ST at of
the pressure, pour grout over the leak.
let 1t harden, and all Is well.
If tooth Is out Of rake, or II any
other tool needs mending when it's
work is finished for the season, make
1t a business to replace the missing
part before you put the tool away.
Then 1t will be ready when next you
need It.
A narrow strap tackled to the handle
of the corn knife In the form of q
loop, will relieve the hand greatly
when you are cutting corn. 1t is pref.
ty hard work to grip bare handle all
day. Hurts the wrist and makes II
lame for days and days.
Some things that every farmer
should hav": Old fashioned glue; a
soldering iron and good solder; few
small cans of paint of different colors
a good pair of pinchers; sharp
knife; some sewing thread and
needles, together with bit Of sewing
wax; and last but not least, the dispo'
sition to learn to use these things.
Did you t.v cultivating part of your
corn shallow and part deep? II SO, you
have found out that shallow cultiva.
ton pays host. The big folks of the
experiment stations agree with you in
that. But your Investigations are
worth much, because they are yours;
and what we dig out ouselves we
know and have faith in.--Farm
Journal.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-12-06
THE ASPARAGUS BED
BY Ola Larson, Foreman Central
Experiment Farm, Utah.

The most excellent early vegetable
should be in every garden. One year
old plants should be planted in rows
four or five feet apart and Is to 20
inches apart in the row. Great care
should be taken to get them planted
right, for after bed Is we'll started
and properly taken care of 1t will last
almost indefinitely. In planting small
beds dig holes for each plant 16 or Is
inches square and IS inches deep; put
In about eight inches of well-rotten
compost; then about three or four
inches of soil, leaving the bottom OF
the hole a little higher in the center
than at the edges. After the roots Of
the plant have been trimmed to three
or four inches, place the crown of the
plant on the high place; Spread the
roots all around; then cover with
about three inches of soil. Press the
soil firmly and leave until the plant
has commenced to grow, then fill the
Aole up with soil. Early spring is the
best time for planting. Rows should
be run north and south. A shaded 10
cation is not desirable as the plants
need all the sunshine they can get. In
planting large beds, blowing furrow
Is better than digging holes. In the
fall of the year the tops should be cut
OF and burned, and the bed should
be given heavy covering of well.
rotted manure. This should be dug
into the ground in the spring. taking
care not to disturb the plants Aspa-
ragus may be cut the third season
after planting. After July / cutting
should stop and the beds allowed to
rest until next season. In cutting,
care must be taken not to cut the
young sprouts that are not out Of the
ground. The English method Is to
leave 1t until the sprouts are six or
eight inches out of the ground and
turning green. The French and Ger
man method Is to bank up the beds
about one foot above tho crown Of the
plant, and bleach it. Those who use
this method claim that 1t gives the
asparagus better flavor.
Asparagus will do we'll in almost
any soil. but deep. black soil or sandy
loan Is preferable. Small vegetables
may be grown between the rows the
first two years. A sprinkling Of coarse
salt over the ground once year is
beneficial as asparagus grows wild on
the sea coast.
The new asparagus culture for com.
mercial purposes now existing in Ger
many is entirely different from the
above method. Hundreds of acres are
grown there. The plants are set about
Is inches below the surface Of the
ground and the land il plowed over
them about eight inches deep every
fall and spring.
Asparagus for winter use can be
forced to good advantage In hotbeds
Or under greenhouse benches. Large
clumps of roots can be taken from the
field and transplanted. The crop IL
produced chiefly from the nourishment
which 10 stored in the roots and the
roots are then thrown away after the
season 10 over.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-12-06
WAS NOT TO BE TAX
Coed Wife Remembered instructions
to Be Careful.

There are still a few honest men
left in the world" said J. !. Hill. at a
banquet in New York. 1T Is well to be
cautious, but we sLould not suspect
everybody. If 20 are too suspicious
we make ourselves absurd. worked
In st. Paul in my youth and they still
tell there about an old farmer and his
wife who started for St. Paul on a
visit. Before the couple set off they
were cautioned repeatedly by their
friends to beware of the st. Paul
sharpers. They replied that they
would keep their eyes open. And they
started on their journey with nerv.
GUS determination to look out for
sharpers and confidence men. Well,
one the way the old farmer got of at a
junction to buy some lunch and the
train went OF without him. 1t was
a terrible mishap. The last he saw
Of his wife she was craning out Of the
car window shouting something re-
proachful at him which he could not
hear on account of the noise Of the
train. 1t happened that an express
train came along few minutes later.
The old farmer boarded the express
a-d beat his wife to st. Paul by near
ly an hour. He was waiting for her
at the station when she arrived. He
ran up to her and seized her valise
Well, Jane he said, I'm glad to see
ye again. l thought we was separated
for good But the old lady jerked the
valise from him Indignantly. No. We
don't, Mr.. Sharper, she cried. I left
my husband at the junction. Don't be
comm any OF yer confidence tricks on
me or I'll call a policeman"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-12-06
HOLDING CABBAGE
ROT IN CHECK


Plant the cabbage seed on land
where this disease has never appeared
When the plants are ready to set out
inspect the seed bed very carefully,
and II any cases Of the disease are
found reject ali the plants and get
from some other bed. One cannot af-
ford to run any risk of injecting kas
land by the use Of seedlings from sus-
picious beds. It would be better to
plant some other crop than to take
this risk. A good practice is to strew
the land to be used for seed bed with
straw or dry brush and burn 1t over
before blowing. The seed bed should
be made in a different place each year.
Set the plants on land which has
not been In cabbages or other crucifer-
GUS plants for some time. II 1t is i'm
possible to avoid following cabbages
by cabbages, at least take the precau-
ton to pls'' only on land which has
never suffered from this disease. To
follow any other course is simply to
invite the trouble. The practice Of
planting cabbages after cabbages for
a long series of years also invites 9th
er parasites, and must as rule be
considered very bad economy.
AS a matter Of precaution avoid the
use of stable manures. since these
may possibly serve as means of car.
rying the disease into uninfected
fields, that is, through cabbage refuse
fed to animals or thrown into the barn.
yard or onto manure piles. As far
as possible make use of commercial
fertilizers in place of barnyard ma
nures, both in the seed bed and I'M the
field, at least until it shall have been
shown conclusively that there is no
danger in the manure pile. Too much
stress cannot be laid on the necessity
Of keeping the germs out Of the soil,
and consequently on the avoidance Of
practices, which, II not absolutely
proved to be dangerous. are at least
questionable.
Do not turn animals into diseased
fields and then allow them to wander
over other parts of the farm. Cattle
or other stock should not be allowed
to roam in cabbage fields where this
disease prevails.
Keep up a constant warfare against
insect enemies, especially the cabbage
butterfly and the harlequin bug.
AS a palliative remove badly infect
ed plants from the fields as fast as
they appear. In early stages Of the
disease, |. e., while 1t is still confined
to margins of the leaves and has not
yet entered the head or stump, &c
over the fields Systematically about
once every ten days and break of and
remove all the affected leaves. Dc
not throw this refuse into cultivated
fields or into bitches from which II
can be washed to other fields, or, on
roadways to be tracked about II
should be burned or put into a deep
pit in some fence corner or other out
of-the-way place.
Weeds which harbor the disease
especially the wild mustards, must be
destroyed Systematically.
Store cabbages from diseased fields
only when it is impossible to sell them
In the fall, and in such cases take par
ticular care to reject all heads show
ing any trace of black in the stump
and to keep all parts of the houses be-
low 40 degrees F. If any affected
heads are stored, they should be put
by themselves in the lowest, coolest
part of the house.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-12-06
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Most Popular Girl
IN BIN CHAM COUNTY,

GIRLS. Here is chance of a life time and
something worth going after. The Idaho Republican
is going to make lady present such as has
never been heard of before in Bingham County
The lady receiving the highest number of votes, will
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subscription will be given to the one naming the
winning contestant.
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by two or more subscribers of the Republican.
and Candidates must reside in Bingham Coun-
ty but have the right of receiving votes from any
other County.
grid. Candidates will not be permitted to trans
fer votes to another after receiving them for them
selves.
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Der of any employees family will be eligible as
candidate.
5th Two judges agreeable to the candidates
shall be selected to officially announce the winner
at the close of the contest, February 29th, 1905
9th Voting will commence on December 1st,
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will be dated and must be voted before the expira-
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Republican must be neatly trimmed and all coupons
whether single or special must bear the name of the
one voted for.
7th The Republican reserves the right to re-
ject any Objectionable candidate
8th Votes will be counted and standing given
weekly.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-27
NO FASHION IN DOGS.

R. F. Mayhew in "Dogdoms Four Hun
 dred,'" In the March Everybodys.
 There Is no such thing as fashion in dogs. despite the frequent "spread heads: "The latest fashion in canines," "The new fashionable breed" etc. These are printed either because they are catchy or striking, or else-and this is generally the case-the 'head' fits story inspired by some thrifty soul, anxious to boom a breed that dog lovers won't cot ton to.
 If there were such thing as fashion in dogs, in the sense of 8 shift of liking from season to season. one would natural guide and leader. But while every mem Der probably takes "one more" peep at the mirror to see that the latest creation in headgear is properly tip-tilted, and to be sure that the frills and furbelows and pleats and tucks hang to a dot, no Worth or Louise can dictate to her in her doggy propensities In these she Is fancy free: and what is more once a woman makes her choice in dogdom, she never swerves. Whimsicalties she has not so far as dogs are concerned, and let those who question it delve Into the rec ords kept by the English or American kennel clubs. Dogs do not leap into fash ions circles because they match the fam fly livery or blend with the latest shades decreed by milliners. They become artis- tocrats and dandes because they jump bang into the hearts of princesses as well as CinderellaS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-27
RUNNING WILD.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Miss Mabel" began the young man, whose chin wabbled a little in spite of him. 'I hardly know how to say it, but I feel as if the time had come-or per haps I should have said that am im- pelled to-there is moment in every mans career, you know, when he is no longer-I dare say you have not been ex- pectng anything of the kind, but the fact is-and l am in a position now that warrants me in offering-whch is the reason why I have hesitated till now because there are so many things to be in short, the difficulties in the way have been-'
 "NIr. Packard" interrupted the young woman, with a smile of encouragement, twill you please try to run your trains of thought on the block system?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-27
RADCLIFFE GIRLS WANT A SONG
From the Boston Post.

GIOHl llle bOSlOn 1OSl.
 Realizing that the fair sex has no share in the sentiment of associations that in- spired the composition of "Fair Harvard - Radcliffe students, goaded to unusual eff fort by the persuasive arguments of the different college glee clubs, have decided to compose college song that shall be all their very own"
 A song that must possess "soul, senti- ment and passion" one that will go down to the ages, a harmonious composition in which the virtues of Fair Ratcliffe' can be sung at all times and in all places that is what Radcliffe wants. The com petition is open to the whole student body.
 Radcliffe does not want anything very strenuous. Nothing on the plan of up the Street." for Radcliffe students do not believe in the yelling, vigorous, "pierce the line flercely'' compositions that characters ize the poetic efforts of the football com posew. Instead of that, they want a song that shall let the uninitiated know just how near Radcliffe stands to Longfelow's house and the venerated Washington elm Something that will gently hint of the ultra exclusiveness of Radcliffe surround ings, and the halo of intellect that sur rounds the institution.
 No wonder that the midnight lamp burns constantly, that fair brows, swathed in cool, damp towels, are nightly bent in deep thought over the orderly desks while enthusiastic poetesses seek for ap- proprate rhymes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-27
Stolen Fran a Suh.Treasury

In bills of denominations of 5000, 5000 and $10000 the sum of $173,000 was stolen from the sub-treasury at Chicago on either Saturday, the 18th. or else on Monday, the 18th. The loss was not discovered until Tuesday, the 18th.
 Strictly speaking, that sum of money has disappeared from Uncle Sans sub-treasury in Chicago, despite all the safeguards that attend one of those in stitutions The loss was reported on Tuesday by the man in the teller's cage and he says he knows the money is missing, but he does not know who took it. The teller was not, however, the only man who had access to the cage. Twenty or thirty other clerks had daily access to it. The blame rests, after a fashion, upon all of them. The United States detectives are working night and day on the case.
 The bills in question have disap- peared, and this seems to be all that had been discovered in relation to the matter up to yesterday. Today may bring new developments, and then again it may not. George Fitzgerald who was in charge of the teller's cage, does not seem to be under suspicion, and yet all the detectives say the guilty man is among the employees, all Of whom are in their respective places in the sub treasury office. Not only government but private detectives are at work on the case. and the belief is that some clue will be discovered, all though a full week has elapsed since the money disappeared as if by magic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-27
l must be found
Will Live for Art Alone

Sarah Bernhardt was born in Paris in 1S44, and her Jewish parents placed her in a convent school at Versailles. She preferred the theatre, however. to a convent, and at the age of IA years she entered the Paris Conservatoire as a pupil. She took prizes there both in tragedy and comedy.
 She returns to the Conservatoire in her 63rd year, crowned with all the laurels that an actress could win. She returns as professor of drama art, and in announcing that she will hereafter travel less, she says: "The professor ship is gratifying to me. My theory of teaching is simple. My main effort will be to develop the pupils person ality-not to create apes but artists y
 This genius of the French stage has written plays, has carved statues and has painted pictures that have been placed in the Paris Salon-all this in addition to the production of great French plays and Shakspearean char acters on the stage. She is still strong physically and alert mentally, and no doubt the Conservatoire will become the chief scene of her latest labors.
 Tn 1882 she married a Greek actor from whom she was soon divorced, and she has since remained single. Alto- gether her life has been devoted to the highest in art, and altogether that life has been one of the most successful in the history of the stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-27
MARCH OF THE DRAMA.

From the Chicago Post.
 The mayor of the Eskimo village viewe with interest the strange cavalcade whic drew into town. Three dogs, a monke an, several people composed the pr cession.
 How is pole-seeking this yearo" ask the mayor, when the visitors halted.
 "2ole-seeking? haughtily replied leader of the parade, deftly extracting battered B-flat cornet from his furs. "s we are not explorers. We are the Or Combined and Unparalleled Uncle To C.. .sn company, and we will give l formanee in the big iglook tonight, ceded by band concert, which will absolutely free. rendering all the D, lar airs of classic and modern mu
 However. the scene representing l crossing the ice did not go with the l; enee as we'll that night as it did in Wind, Ind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-27
Alabama At the ExpOsition

The House, looking at the subject from a business viewpoint, readily passed a bill providing for an exhibit of the products of this state at the Jamestown exposition. The bill appro priates for that purpose $25,000, and a commission of five is to be appointed by the governor to conduct the busi- ness. The chairman of the commission is to receive a salary of 5000. Doubt less the senate will approve the bill, sented at the great exposition of the present year.
 As the exposition is to be opened in the last days of April the commission should get down to hard work at once, and no one should be placed on the commission who is not willing to give all his time until the opening of the exposition to the task in hand. Five hustlers are needed as commissioners if fine exhibit is to be gotten to- gether by the time the exposition is to be opened.
 The commission should get in com munication with the guardians of Vul- can, our own Commercial club. The two should cooperate, for the big Iron Man should be set up by the sea or at least on Hampton Roads, which pull sates with the sea. Vulcan will enjoy the tonic that goes with the sea. Let VI get sniffs of it, and he will be himself again.
 Vulcan on the shore and a fine col lection from our products and resources will put Alabama forward, and the state will never regret the money she spends. The house acted wisely in passing the bill providing for a state display at Jamestown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-27
AT THE CHURCH CATE,

,y William Makepeace Thackeray. Although I enter not, Yet round about the spot Ofttimes I hover; And near the sacred gate. With longing eyes 1 walt,
 Expectant of her. The minister bell tolls out Above the city's rout
 And noise and humming; They've hushd the minister bell; The organ gins to swell:
 She's coming, she's coming, My lady comes at last Timid and stepping fast
 And hastening hither, With modest eyes downcast; She eomes-she's here--she's pass d.
 May heaven go with her. Kneel undisturb'd. fair saint Pour out your praise or plaint
 Weekly and duly, I will not enter there To sully your pure prayer
 With thoughts unruly. But suffer me to pace Round the forbidden place,
 Lingering minute, Like outcast spirits who wait And see through heavens gate
 Angels within 1t.