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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25
Leap Year sall.

The ladies have decided t0givt
their Leap Year Ball, which was
recently postponed, on next
Thursday evening. The invl-
tations which were sent ont will
apply ON that date. The bali
will be an elaborate affair, and
the fortunate holder OF an invi-
tation should not full 10 attend.
In order to make the ball Il source
of unalloyed enjoyment, the
Young ladies have agreed not to
propose oil that occasion, So tile
men will be saie in attending
Another concession OF the ladies
that MAY ,uothe some wounded
spirit. Is, that If You appear III 4
|cl,twlialiilnef coat anu silA tile
you Will be tt'euted the slilip It's i
you were decsiitly dressed. Tie
ladies will do all III their power
to sliow the male invlteps tn,
best time OF their lives. II yur
have i'm invitation, don't INSIST
We are going ourseli We hae
two Invitations. ulte from on
wife, and one from somebody
else. (N.B. Keep Tits last in
formation to yourself. Edo
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25
farmers Co. Operative Ditch.

The annual meeting q Tue
stockholders OF the Farmers to-
Operative ditch was held Mon
day. The meeting passed Oh
very quietly, the reports OF the
directors and the financial condi-
ton Of the company being emil
nently satisfactory. However
the stockholders must have held
some kind of a grndge against
the board, us they reelected the
whole huucl,--.j. W Watkins, H.
NJ. Smith, NJ. J. Devers, W. b.
Mitchell, ID. o. Castater, II. 1.
Mclaughlin and A. j. Snyder
The TURNER'S Cooperative
ditch is in better shape thisil any
other ditch in this section, prov
ing conclusively that the co-opp-
rative plan when handled bv men
OF intelligence and business sa-
gacity is all right. The ditch
was purchased by the farmers a
few years ago, and the property
mortaged to pay the debt The
last payment has been made, anu
there is no encumbrnnce on th'
property. They have made ex-
tensive impro' enients. aud have
/ had an expensive lawsuit To car
nv through the courts, all q
which is paid for. They have MI
so purchased Il tract of lanu sur
rounding their hendgnte anc
dam which gives them the ston'
necessary for maintaining the dam
On this they owe a small nmoun'
vet, which In the only indebted
ness OF tllpconpndy. And they
have an all-ground ditch from
the he,ilgate down to Snake riv
err, worth ut least 100000
That's one reason why Our far
mers all wear the smile that won
conlp off.
There will probably he nc
change In the Organization OF thu
board--J. W. Watkins, president
VI. j. Devers, vice president; "
| B. Mitchell, secretaryt X. "
Smith, treasurer. 1t IS also un
derstood that A. Albertson, vat
ernaster and j. G. 0lennon, as
sistaut, will also be retained.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25

There have been no new eases
OF smallpox this week, and the
old ones are doing finely all the
patients being able to he ZIP. A
strict quarantine is being mam-
taiued, and it is believed that
there will be no further spread OF
the disease. Louis Lent has
been appointed Quarantine OIL
cei'j and Is Keeping cai'efuI watch
over his prisoners. The disclose
appears to Its i'll a very mild
form.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25
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On Matters That Interest Yol.

Your local paper Is q necessity
TO you, financially and socially.
But a NEWSPAPER OF GEN
ERAL CIRCULATION, contain
ing the latest news Of the world
Is equally necessary to you. Tht
up TO date man" will provid,
himself with these two essential
features of progress.
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mining, literaturs, al we'll as ths
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CONSECUTIVE fNsERTiUNs Fo'
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25

Tie question is raised by an
exchange a. TO why government
deposits in national banks
should NOT draw at lcast small
rate of interest. Such nm In
quiry at sucl, n time Ii nothing
less thsn q mean and underhnnd
attack on the political prospects
pf the Secretary Of the Treasury.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25

fore that time, or the subscribers
name removed from our list.
Statements Of account will be
sent out daring thevoming week.
and we have no doubt that we
will receive ready responses from
cur subscribers.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25

There seems to be a disposition
developing among certain demo.
cratic papers to nuke flooding s
efforts t0convicr the murderers
IL Steunenberg an issue OF the
campaign. cut 1T out, boys.
Don't monkey with that bomb;
IT'S loaded. Victory lies within
our grasp, bus we don't want to
spike our guns before the fight
begins.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25
ch,., Standard Rob 's.

Single and double plush ny
robes. 4 good assortment y,
hand at Sears, noe -.
,r,ces less the freisnf'
Don't bu, till you see them
W. B. Hoxie, Harness and SAD :,
dies N.yssa, Vres0"
phone.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25

President Roosevelt says that
Secretary Tiff will win the repub-
llean nomination in the first bal
lot. Would it not he safer to
say thnt he il sure Of the Federal
brigade?
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25

President Roosevelt is trying
to keep the Republican party
cIs,se 10 the people, we are in
formed 1t has always been kept
cls,se enough TO touch them"
whenever NIX cssnry.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25

Admiral lIrownson must feel
pretty bad to lind that his resig-
hutton wns childish, disloyal
md rcprrllensible,' = when he only
meant 1t TO be accommodating.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25

A stffs cite; 6hs yoi eafi des
pend upon. Hickory Bark
Cough Remedy. A sure cure,
and it's ptirel Use it for all lung
trouble. coughs, cclds, hoarse-
ness and sore throat. For sale
by City Drug Store and first-elass
dealers everywhere.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25


Tho grandtnothers Of the old
Dutch Dunkurd families OF West
ern Pennsylvania have mad,
and used Hickory Bark Cough
Remedy and reared their families
on it for a hundred years. Now
you can buy it of your dealers
Ask for it, and use it, because it
is is pure; because it will stop
YOUR cough; because it is til,
best cough remedy made today
Try it. For sale by City Drug
Store and all dealers everywhere.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25

When you havs anything TO
sell that requires the services Of
an auctioneer call ON, or write,
]. A. Baker, Caldwell.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25

Wanted:-ilorses to feed dur
ng the winter-$1 so per month.
John Rasmussen:
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25

into deep water without know
ing how to swim. They issued
an order lust Friday that no pu-
piI would be allowed to enter
school Monday following without
showing a pI'ysician's certificate
OF vaccination. Tie order was
predicnted on the smallpox scare.
Just how our two physicians were
going to vaeciuate carefully.
dress the wounds and write the
certificates for 900 or 400 child
rem between Friday and Monday
and attend to q or 15smallpox
patients, besides the numerous
cnses OF grippe and other diseas-
es, we don't know, and the school
board didn't tell us. They also
neglected to tell us whether
they thought IL advisable
for a child to be vaccinated by a
physician who had come direct
from the Bedside OF n smallpox
patient, even though he Ind tn
ken every precaution to eliminate
the germs from his person aud
clothing, medicine case, etc.
Another thing they failed TO tell
us, is where We are going to get
the money to pay this extra tax
Most OF as know that a physi-
ieian doesn't work Tor his own
health, although our local pllysi-
clans haveneverf failed 10 respond
to any coll. whether the money
/
was forthcoming or not. And
again, II "a pupil is compelled to
show a certificate ofvaccinution
why shouldn't the teacher. One
of our teachers says that she
was vaccinated 20 years ago,
and exhibited u scar ON her arm,
10 the physician to prove it,
This was declared satisfactory by
the board. Another, 40 we nrt
Informed, says that she was vac
cinuted three Years ngu, but
won't show her arm to any old
physician, so there. This ~ nlse
satisfactory. One Of the teachers
has been vuccinated since ths
scare started. Vaccination pro
duces "a disease. not contagious
| but sometimes Iatal. II doesn't
prevent smollpox--it only rem
| ders 1t less virulent. 1t doesn''
prevent contaglon-it simply de
! .reases fatalities. A bath twic,
Ia week Is better. Smallpox Is ,
relic of the dirt and filth of TIN
Isl,rk ages, and Ia kept alive b,
the dirt aud Attn of today
; Cleanliness aud riGht living vii
) eventually eradicate 1t. VIII,
: not order lie teachers and pupil
/ 60 take "A bath twice a week an
= produce d certificate to that ef
= ie9t7 1t would help some; and l
I the meantime the only prever
ton OF the spread OF the diseas
y Is through disinfectiun and qual
E lnntine--not vaccination.
= Another vicious and altogethe
I senreless rule adopted by tn
principal Ia that pupils who at
!. kept out OF school l,y uforesal
: sen-vlr-s order Of the board, rha
I not be allowed the benefit uf I'll
school books at hume durih
tllelf> enforced absence irui
ISchgul. Why not huve tie book
vnecinhted and let tlien' gof
q thnt we're done Would the h,,,il
t be any more likely tn spread ii
l. idisense THAN The children wlin, ii
. ter vaccination, are ullun esl
!. circulate freely ON lie street
h and among all sorts aud rcrisl
ie tiuhs OF people. titiy of whom n
d liable to cary the dlsease pHfiI
is nrotind With then,7
~ Truly. the wisdom oittie scilo
- = board and the principal there
r. passeth understanding.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25

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was procured Tor him from Boise
th's week.
Lost:-A Scotch Collie dog
yellow with white markings.
Strnyed from upper Roswell
oench' return 10 '"''ha Ne'
camille Cos. store Tor reward
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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25

IL. THE SUNDAY ALONE
III ~orss ans PEI lips each Insertion ts;,x.
ADDRESS
THE sroKEsxsN-Rkyrrv.
Spokane. wash.
i. ",..s your adv. plainly. snsio.,s. ae
Es.rsiohs r ,l money order for namb npan
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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25

BUSINESS Briefs
If you need d pair OF spectacles
see Mcintosh. the Druggist
We have buggies fright prices
to everybody.
Gem Mercantile Go
Parma, Idaho
GOOD goods at right prices "l'
'''7 ''''''' Gem Mercantile Go.
Fresl, Bread, s cents per LOAF;
6 Tor 25 cents at
ST. JOINS.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25

SECOND AND UhOVE sTS. PARMA.
SERVf0ES-suhdas evening services Pr
n; Christian Ehdenvor, I p. rhsi suhdaf
school, $50 p. M; Prayer Meeting, Wednesday
80. All are CORDIALLY invited.
REV 8. t.ht pKsi
PASTOR
Connecticut western news., 1908-05-21

Blunt. or stinking smut, has caused 2 considerable loss to the wheat growers of certain sections of Nebraska during the past year. Not only the varieties of spring wheat. but the Turkish Red. supposed to be smut resistant, have been affected. In some cases the loss seems to have been only slight. while in others a loss of 15 cents per bushei in the sale price of the cereal has beeu reported, with no account made of the added loss from a reduction in yield. The plan recommended for keeping the smut in check is a treatment of the wheat to be used for seed with forma- lin solution in the same manner that it Is used for oats or potatoes.
Connecticut western news., 1908-05-21
SPRAYING FRUIT CROPS.

A cooperative spraying experiment will be carried on in the writer's or chard this year in connection with the horticultural department of the state experiment station. The results of the spraying which has been done in the orchard during the past two years have been 50 pronounced that the subject of its being worth while Is no longer open to debate. The writer would place the value of the spraying last year nt close to $500. while the spraying materials and operations did not cost over $140. With both gardener and horticulturist nice margin of profit can often be SC cured above ruling market prices by raising that which is of extra quality. This is what spraying does for the ap- pie or other fruit crop. Indeed. in many markets fruit that has not been sprayed is classed as cull stuff and is not wanted at any price. Last years experience seems to point out one or two things that may be worth men tioning. One is that two thorough treatments before the blossom clusters open are advisable, serving to hold the oppiS sNab HI NhCNh III NSlN She1AiN1 manner. Another is that special pains should be taken to make the treatment which is given just after the blossoms fall as thorough as possible. It is at this time if at all that the poison con tained In the spraying solution Is de- posted in the little calyx cup or blos- som end of the apple, where 1t is esti- mated that 80 per cent of the eggs of the codling moth are laid. The burning of the foliage which was noticed to some extent last season seems to have been due to the fact that there is too much of the arsenate in the solution or that the mixture was not kept stirred as thoroughly as it ought to have been while the spraying was being done. These are two additional points that will be watched somewhat more close ly this year.
Connecticut western news., 1908-05-21

uals. An instance that comes to mind Is that of central Iowa farmer of whom we heard the other day whose crops out in an unwilling ness to sell any of the hay or grain which he grows in large quantities on his farm of thousand or more acres. He builds comfortable houses for his many tenants. most of whom are, as a result of a queer preference on their landlords part. childless and middle aged. but all over his place are to be found rotting stacks of hay and grain
 cribs full of mildewed corn and other things to correspond. A few hogs and cattle are raised and sold. but not enough so that the owner could be called stock raiser. The man in question Is known all over his county as ihe farmer who never sells his stuff.
 While queer. be is perfectly harmless.
Connecticut western news., 1908-05-21
THE BEST BREED.

The question is often asked, (Which Is the best breed of fowls?" and quite as often an attempt is made to give a definite answer and name the "best'' breed. However, If any individual in- stance of success with poultry were to be Investigated the fact would quite likely be developed that 1t was the kind of man and the care he gave his flock rather than the variety of fowls kept that should really be credited with the success achieved. A first class man can make good money out of scrubs, while scrub poulryman would have hard scratching to succeed with the best breed of fowls on earth. The best combination is a careful man and good attention coupled with one of the commonly accepted good" breeds. If good layers are wanted the Leghorns, Orpingtons and Rhode Is- land Reds cannot be excelled; if a gen eral purpose fowl Is desired the Plym- outh Rock and Wyandotte are all right, while if heavier and more easily con- fined breed is wanted the Brahmas or Cochins will fill the bill.
Connecticut western news., 1908-05-21
Deeds, Dot WcrdS
Connecticut People Have Absolute Proof of
 Deeds at Home.

It's not words, but deeds that prov@ true merit.
 The deeds of Doan's Kidney Pills,
 For Connecticut kidney sufferers,
 Have made their local reputation.
 Proof lies in the testimony of people, who have been cured to stay cured.
 William Reeves of 22 East St., Ansonia. Conn.,, says: "A few years ago gave a statement for publication regarding what, Doan's s Kidney Pills had done for me-. and the statement still holds good, ass IT have had no occation during the years, which have passed to change my opinion regarding your valuable remedy Stitches of pain in my back had bothered me 70 that l could not do any work, and when lay down 1t was almost impossible for me to get up. There was also soreness of the limbs. sides and back and across the region of the kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills, purchased at drug store, curetr me of all these troubles"
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co.,. Buffalo, New York. sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name--Doan's- sand take no other.
Connecticut western news., 1908-05-21
The Little Store Filled With.
 Big Values

Our expenses are small, consee quently we are enabled to sell goods at decided reductions.
 Just now we have some attractive showings in Dry Goods, Mems, Boys and Children's Clothing Hats and Caps. Every Garment Brand New.
 A portion of my stock of five and ten cent goods is still here I want to close them out. You may have them at almost your own price. All desirable goods too. -
Connecticut western news., 1908-05-21
A PROFITABLE TIMBER LOT.


 In these days, when so much is being said and written about the wisdom Of the federal governments policy of for. est preservation and when farmers in the agricultural states are being urged to set out timber lots, one of the first questions that come to the mind of one who is debating the wisdom of the proposal. Is, Does 1t pay?" With a view to citing a case which may In the figures on the returns from an acre and a quarter wood lot belonging to d friend living near by. The tract in question is a piece of native timber. in which the oaks--white, black and jack -predominate. The lot In question has lately been cleared, and our friend tells us that In addition to having got twen- ty cords of firewood from this lot dur ing the past seventeen years the clear ing of the piece has yielded total of thirty cords of wood. worth So per cord. or $1S0; eighty-one oak posts, worth on an average l5 cents. amounting 10 $121.20. and seven saw logs which. 1t Is estimated. will yield TOO feet of plank. worth S35. making the total re- ceipts from the acre $336.5o. Deduct ing from this IF cents for making the posts. S1 a cord for cutting the wood. $1S.50 for clearing the land and $5 for saving the plank, there is left net return from the acre of $265.60. While the showing here given may be better than the average. 1t indicates what may be done with a natural wood lot when rightly managed.
 When the trees in the wood lot have attained a size where their develop ment is very slow and are at point where the process of decline and de- cay has already or will soon set in. they may very properly be termed ripe and should be removed so as to make room and give light and air for smaller trees that may be growing up around them The wood lot should be inspected every year with the above thought In mind.
Connecticut western news., 1908-05-21

As showing that the sale of some of the common products is often governed a good deal by whim and caprice. 1t is interesting to note that in the matter of eggs those colored brown bring 2 or 8 cents more per dozen on the Boston market than do the white, while on the New York market the reverse is the case. In London the preference Is strongly for the brown colored, with the result that white eggs shipped to this market are stained a brownish tint by immersion in a coffee solution.
Connecticut western news., 1908-05-21

; There are some people today who take considerabl ble stock in the alterna- tion of series of seven wet and seven dry years, as finds illustration in the seven fat and seven lean years cited in Joseph's interpretation of Pharaoh's dream. In the opinion of the folk referred to. last year was the last of series of seven in which there was abundant moisture, while the present is the first of series of seven dry years. It will be Interesting to keep track of things the coming season and to note whether this prophecy comes true.
Connecticut western news., 1908-05-21

It is well for the owner of the milk COW or cows to remember that, while the grass for the first few weeks may be sweet and succulent and much en- joyed by the stock, yet 1t possesses very little substance and low per cent of nutritive elements and hence should be re-enforced by a generous al- lowance of grain and as much clover hay at night as will be eaten. Care in this regard will keep up the flow of milk and means a largely increased sea sons production.
Connecticut western news., 1908-05-21

Everything in the line of necessities for living comes high in Europe. The only commodity that is really cheap there Is the price of labor.
Connecticut western news., 1908-05-21

A machine that is coming into quite general use this season in many DOT tions of the west is the disk drill. which. as Its name indicates, performs the work of the ordinary seed drill and to less extent the work of the disk. In operation as fast as the grain passes through the drills to the ground 1t Is covered with fresh earth by a core spending disk. The chief merit in the implement lies In the fact that the seed is placed In the ground at a uni form depth and Is covered at once with moist earth, which insures the best possible germination, an even stand and a uniform maturing of the grain crop. The old method of broadcast seeding was all right in its time per haps on cheap land, but present day conditions require the adoption of a moro careful and economical method of seeding.
Connecticut western news., 1908-05-21

Those who during the past six or
 '.2n wet years have located on farms est of meridian 99-and 1t makes lit- ,le difference whether the latitude be North Dakota or Texas-would do we'll to post up on the Campbell system of dry farming or any other plan where by the moisture in the subsoil may be drawn on to the best advantage and made available for the growing crops. It has been desperately dry in the sec tions referred to. and 1t is more than likely to be just as dry again.