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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

If the true reason could be got at
the difference between the milk pro-
duction of COW in different seasons,
barring that due to the process Of ma
turing. it would quite likely be found
TO be the kind of pasture she had.
fact not fully realized perhaps at the
time From the financial standpoint
abundant pasturage. for which one
PAYS So or 50 for the season. is a de-
cidedly better proposition than that
which may be had for Sc. but which
does not furnish a sufficient amount Of
nutrition above that actually required
10 keep the physical organism of the
cow going Unless the feed in pas
ture IS exceptionally heavy it ought
not to carry more than two cows for
every three acres on this account
pasturage that is nominally cheap may
be very expensive.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

On motion the rest of the ticket
was adopted by unanimous vote of
the convention. On the vote on
McClear and Seawell, McClear was
chosen by a vote of AZ to II and
later declared elected unanimously.
By the same vote, resulting the
same way, Moore was the choice
of the convention for mine inspec
tor and was declared elected unani-
m ously.
On motion the ii ket as adopted
was declared to be the choice of the
entire convention.
1t was decided after some discus
sion that each county represented
in the conven tion should choose its
own state central committeeman
and the committeeman selected
should fill the vacancies from names
recommended to them from the par
ty organizations in the counties not
presented; also that the state CEN
trail committee could fill all vacan-
cies occurring on the ticket before
election.
The matter of a party emblem for
the coming campaign was taken up
a nd discussed fully, but the sug-
gestion of Delegate Lampson OF
Boise was finally adopted unani-
mously. The party will head its
ticket with a rer reduction of the
private coat of arms of I homas JEFF
ferson on the rim of which is in
scribed: Rebellion to tyrants is
obedience to God. -
On motion of ]. d. Flenner, the
chairman was empowered to, at his
/ leisure, name three persons to draft
an address or open letter to the
public for publication, explaining
the reasons for the action in hold
ing a seperate convention today.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

Insanity. or lack of mental balance.
takes a queer turn with some individ-
uals An instance that comes to mind
Is that of central Iowa farmer of
whom we heard the other day whose
ldiosyncrasy crops out in an unwilling
ness TO sell any OF the hay or grain
which he grows in large quantities on
his farm of a thousand or more acres.
lie builds comfortable houses for his
many tenants. most of whom are, as "a
result Of 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.
rribs full Of widowed corn and other
things TO correspond \ few hogs and
cattle are raised and sold. but not
enough so that the owner could be
called n stock raiser The man I'm
question is known all over his county
as the farmer who never sells his stun.
While queer, he is perfectly harmless.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

Doubtless n good many readers of
these notes will some time this spring
be under necessity of grading mp about
their premises and getting lawn
started. and i'm the doing of this it is
well to remember two or three simple
things One is that so far as may be
possible the soil used for n top dress
ing should not only be fine and rich.
hut should be as free as possible from
weed seeds When the soil has been
graded up as one desires II should be
roated or rolled until il is firm and
solid. This will give the lawn grass
which is sown Il suitable seed bed and
will keep the plot from being easily
marred should any person or stray ami
NAL tread on IT, White clover and blue
grass make an excellent lawn I'm most
sections and should he sown at the rate
Of three parts of blue grass To one OF
clover. Frequent watering in case Of
an insufficient rainfall will he all that
is needed to give n good stand Of grass.
The new grass should not be moved
until II has made good growth and
developed n fairly strong root Oats
are sometimes sown with the grass
seed as a sort Of nurse crop. but this is
not necessary If care is exercised In the
particulars mentioned
II is we'll fer the owner of the milk
cow or cows TO remember that. While
the grass for the first few weeks may
lie sweet aud succulent and much en-
joyed by the stock. yet it possesses
very little substance and low per
cent of nutritive elements and hence
should be REINFORCED 10y generous al
lowance of grain and as much clover
hay at night as will be eaten Care I'm
this regard Will keep up the flow OF
milk and means "A largely increased sea-
sons production.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

HE GRANDVlEW IRRIGATION
Snake River altitude under their canal
sructed
the climatic
ceiling country Idaho The
much longer in the fall season of the
Late occasionally blossoms elsewhere in the
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

The highest dam In the world was
lately begun near Cody, Wyo.. when
the first STOVE was laid on solid rock
slxty-fve feet below the bed of the
river in the foundation of the big Sho-
shone river dam, which is being built
under the government reclamation serv-
ice. Exclusive of the foundation. the
dam will be 3l5 feet high. overlapping
any structure of its kind in the world.
and will form a reservoir for a water
supply which will make possible the
conversion of 12O.OO0.OOO acres of land
which produces now naught but sage
brush. greasewood and cactus into pro-
ductiye orchards. gardens and grain
fields
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

they regular
develop
Idaho
Peaches Punes Pums, English Wanu Shell Almonds
all
grown very all yields
timothy
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

One OF the results of the prevalence
of the rabbit pest in Australia has
been the building Of a rabbit proof
fence across the continent. a distance
of 2.026 miles. The cost of this bunny
barricade, which was recently COM
pleted, was close to $l,250,000. 1t is
furnished at intervals of five miles
with systems OF traps. in which hun
dreds OF rabbits are captured and de-
stroyed daily. On the eastern side OF
the fence rabbits are said TO be tenn
Ing and vegetation almost completely
destroyed, while on the west side the
rodents have not as yet put in an APP
pearance.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

Those who during the past six or
seven wet years have located on farms
west of meridian 99-and it makes lit
tie difference whether the latitude be
North Dakota or Texas would do well
to post up on the Campbell system OF
dry farming or any other plan where
by the moisture in the subsoll may be
drawn on to the best advantage and
made available for the growing crops.
1t has been desperately dry in the sec
lions referred to, and II is more than
likely to be just as dry again.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

A bulletin issued by the bureau OF
statistics of the federal department of
agriculture gives the estimated losses
Of the different kinds of farm animals
for The year ended April !. 1908. as
follows: Horses. per cent loss from dis
ease IL. number 1900; cattle. from
exposure and disease 81 per cent.
2.2t3O00; sheep. from exposure and
disease 40 per cent. 2.4TS000: swine.
from disease 80 per cent. 100000. In
the case OF both cattle and sheep the
losses from exposure for the year just
closed are considerably less than for
the preceding year and still smaller IN
comparison with the figures given for
the ten year average loss from this
cause
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

possible termination, an even stand
and uniform maturing of the grain
crop. The old method of broadcast
seeding was all right in it's time per-
haps on cheap land. but present day
conditions require the adoption of a
more careful and economical method
OF seeding
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

a machine that is coming into quite
general use this season in many por-
TONS of the west is the disk drill,
which. as its name indicates, performs
the work Of the ordinary seed drill and
90 less extent the work of the disk
In operation ms fast as the grain passes
through the drills TO the ground 1t is
covered With fresh earth by 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
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

If you drink, DIR nix Falstaff. At
Ell Elmore and Opera Bars.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

If the men folks were compelled to
do the work about the house for a few
weeks, there would be a whole lot of
homes where there would be imme-
diate plans set afoot for better sink
conveniences, something more ade-
quate in the way of supply of soft
water than a twelve inch board and a
barrel and the location of the pile of
wood for the cook stove under cover
and in closer proximity to the kitchen
door These alterations and improve
ments would simply he in keeping with
the use of the hayfork. the manure
spreader and the dozen and one devices
that are employed on almost every
farm for the simplifying of the out
door work
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

One section of 200 acres near the
town of Sanford. Fla. has given n
gross return of $2500O0. or $3.50 per
acre. when devoted to the growing of
celery. This was in portion of the
state formerly devoted to orange grow
ing. but the killing freeze of some two
years ago. which wiped out almost
every orange grove in the state made
the raising of some other crop neces-
sary.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06
OF INTEREST
TO FARMERS

Northern experiment stations WOULD
perform real service for the northern
)rchardist if they would discover some
orchard cover crop that could be used
instead of clover, the price Of which
his year has been almost prohibitive
and the getting Of stand Of which is
not an easy matter
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

AS showing that the sale OF some OF
the common products is often governed
a good deal by within and caprice it is
interesting To note that in the matter
OF eggs those colored brown bring or
3 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.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

There are some people today who
take considerable stock i'm the alterna-
ton of series or 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 a series OF seven In which
there was abundant moisture. while
the present is the FIRST OF series OF
seven dry years. IL will be interesting
to keep track OF things the coming
season and TO note whether this
prophecy comes true.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

Where IN abundance Of clean straw
or even light manure is available a
GOOD layer OF it scattered among the
raspberry bushes is Il first rate thing.
This covering not only keeps down
rank growth of weeds. but serves as
mulch to hold the moisture when the
Try weather comes on.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

The experience of good many farm
ers in the north part of the corn belt
last wear points quite conclusively TO
the fact that the rather small and early
maturing variety of native corn Is IA
better agricultural asset than the big
shoe peg kernel variety that gets pinch
ed 10y the frost at both ends of the
season and sours on the cob after it is
put I'm the crib
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-06

The old Indian sign that corn should
not be planted until the leaf of the
bur oak is as large as Il squirrels ear
is based on II pretty sound meteOrolog-
ical philosophy in that it takes real
warm weather. something more than
is indicated 10y the first robins song or
croak of frog. To start buds on the deep
rnn1al oak
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-26
THE REVISION COMMITTEE.

LEGISLATORS are already beginning to
insist that there are two sides TO the
question OF the advisability Of establish
Ing n committee for the revision OF bills
before the Same are presented to the
LEGISLATURE. The fundamental idea UNI
DERIVING the existence Of such n body Is
correct. The measure Is put into proper
shane. instead Of being introduced In
raw condition with many incongruities
in It's makeup and provisions. In many
instances measures are practically du-
pl,cated. and much time ia saved through
the services Of a committee on revision
Of bills
On the other hand the committee on
revision Is held responsible to no small
degree for the hood OF bills which has
been pouring into the Legislature at the
last moment Legislators say that II is
practical ,mpossibility for any one
committee to take all the bills introduced
and whip the same into proper shape
without inevitably holding back some
| measures that might be promptly dis
posed Of, were they placed before tho
lawmakers at a time In the session when
comparatively little is being accom-
plished.
| II Is not impossible that revision OF
the revision committee itself may be
deemed wise in future years. II IL abso-
lutely necessary for all bills to pass
through tho hands Of the committee on
revision in order to have the same ir
good shape. A host OF men can formu'
late measures themselves. or have Il
done in their behalf by some lawyer o,
other properly qualified person. instead
of relying on the revision committee &c
eliminate crudities.
We have not gone into this subject
thoroughly or comprehensvely, but 4
seems to us there Is a grain OF truth ir
the Idea that n committee on revision
NAV act as a brake on the wheels o
legislative progress. when so many bills
are presented to II as to prevent pronlp
transmission Of the same TO the law
makers for consideration. and We pre-
sent the thought for what it is wort!
as a suggestion for tho consideration o
legislators in general,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-26
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS,

One Of the important planks OF the
national republican platform called
for the establishing Of postal savings
banks by our general government, and
according to advices from Washing
ton It Is believed Congress will pass
a law providing for the same during
the coming short ress!on. As usual
thing the appropriation bills occupy
most OF tho time during tho closing
session OF q Congress, and this Is ono
of the reasons why tho republicans
pledged themelves to take up the mat
ter OF tariff revision IN an extra ses-
sion Immediately following the close
Of the old administration. 1t is be-
lieved, however. Congress will find
time to attend to some other meas
ures. including one providing for a
postal savings bank system.
For nearly forty years, the people
of this country have been discussing
the question OF establishing postal
savings banks and It will DO a re-
markable accomplishment II the short
session Of the Goth Congress provides
for system over which there has
been 30 much controversy and &c
which, there has been so much opposi'
way to postal savings banks was like
ly to prove long md rough one. But
the public demand for such . system
following upon the depression OF {
lyear ago. has been 30 great that TIT
situation has changed radically.
In the first place, public sentimen
on the subject led the Republican par
ty at the Chicago convention to do
clare for a postal savings system. II
tho second place. large share OF tn
opposition that used to prevail Il
banking .circles to postal saving
, banks has been removed. Intelligen
, bankers for the most part have bee
led to see that tho postal savings ban
will re-enforce the banking system G
, the United States instead Of injurin
tho banking business. Moreover. tn
agitation OF tho plan favored by M
a Bryan for government guarantee {
r deposits has undoubtedly tended
h lessen tho objections hitherto made
Z, postal savings banks and TO caui
-,
9 | osition as n safety valve.
g Postmaster-General Meyer will be G
a titled to a large measure OF credit
n the postal savings bank system 10 i
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-26
DEAR DEER LEGISLATION.

The Barton Monitor in discussing
deer legislation comments as follows:
Better make tho deer law so that
anyone can get one deer. buck or doc.
Nearly as many does have been found
dead as there have been bucks report
ca killed. Then the hunter that got a
doe would go home satisfied instead
Of keeping out to get a buck"
Tho subject of deer legislation has
occupied more time in tho Legislature
than any other topic. and 1t has al
ready become an expensive luxury. II
any vermonter. In the Legislature OF
out OF II. has n comprehensive and ade-
quate idea Of the present status OF
acts passed and prospective, he has
been an assiduous reader Of the Off
cial records.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-26
A VERITABLE SLAUGHTER.
(From the Bratteboro Phoenix)

The deer hunting season proved a
Veritabe slaughter. over ECO bucks
apparently having been slain In six days.
Last year in round numbers 100 were
Killed. In the previous year 700 and In
some recent years less than 400 deer slain
have been reported. The lateness OF the
season. with the trees bare, gave the
hunters an opportunity to find deer
which has never been presented In Octo-
Der The mating season Is now 'on" so
that the deer were moving about con-
stantly and were not so easily frightened
as under ordinary conditions. and IN
some parts of the State the hills were
white with snow, SO that the deer could
be tracked easily. Last year the biggest
deer killed was shot In Windham coun-
~ by Mr.. Blood OF Houghtonville. but
this year Peter Tatro. Jr,. OF Waterbury
has the heavy weight trophy. a buck
Weighing 430 pounds, One newspaper
states that 70 deer were killed in Water
bury alone, but presumably this Is an
error. Forty-four bucks and four does
were shot In the little town of Mendon
east of Rutland. and Middlesex, Chester
and several other towns report upwards
OF 20 bucks slain.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-26

hardship on students who would natu-
rally attend existing normal schools.
Those who are compelled TO leave
their nomos and board In the school
town would find expense but slightly
Increased by the greater distance to
travel, and 1t is not reasonable to ask
the state TO maintain a normal school
for the strictly local pupils Of any ono
town.
Another feature OF the situation Is
we'll emphasized by the bellows Fails
Times as follows:
Vermont already has three normal
schools This Is misfortune. mill
stone about the neck OF educational
progress. ono high grade. centrally
| located normal school Is all that YER
mont can support In the manner II
ought TO be supported. SO long as
money md energy nre scattered among
three struggling institutions Vermont
will continue TO fall back in tho cdu-
ctaional procession. One school big
enough and with money enough to sup
n,v the public schools OF the State
with large percentage OF teachers,
real teachers trained as they ought to
be. not mere girls with little more than
q grammar school education, Is what
ia sadly needed. II starting a central
school now will be a means TO such an
end. let us not delay the starting.
Vermont has made splendid pro-
rress during tho past two years in the
l,doption OF new methods and systems
land a central normal school seems &c
be the one thing needful at the pre-
lsent time to put the State IN position
10 DO the most effective educationa
work all along the line.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-26
WATER POWER HELPS
BUILD RAILROAD
Electricity Gene rated from Mountniy
Streams Bores Tunnel Through
MOuntnins.-WilI Also Drive
Trains Through Tunnels

Never before In the history OF railrood,
was great building project carried out
so quietly az the Pacific coast extenalou
or the st. Paul road. In this great under.
taking, which means so much to the Pa
ellie northwest, more than 800 900 GO Is
being expended with as little fuss as nm
ordinary business enterprise would make
IN expanding a few thousand dollars. The
ST. Paul road is not coming into n coun.
try that needs the aid of the promoter ~
the land agent. In timber alone there e
almost competency for the now line. foi
the st. Paul management has been given
assurance that not fewer than 5000 car.
LOADS VIII be given It the frs, year after
the work has been npleted
One Of the wonderful facts regarding
the construction Of this new transconti-
mental line. which will stretch from chi
caEo ana the Twin cities by the way Of
Hutte' Montana, TO Seattle. and Tacoma
washington, I" tho thoroughness with
which 1t IS being constructed II Ia no.
generally known. for example. that owe,
tho NOD miles of mountain stretches cleo.
tricity Is TO be used as the motive mower.
and the engines will be cotton electr,c
motors. Down the Sides Of the pIt.o,
Root mountains are pouring n surcIen,
number % streams to furnish abundant
power for all of the electric motors ,,l,,cr
the st. Paul will need to handle It's ,-ein,
over tho mountain division. Those
stream7 are 70 be harnessed at the cos,
of millions, Tho holiness Of corceptl,r
and the unohtrusive way in which TIE
work is being executed challenge adnoiro.
ton Through the fastnesses Of the Rite,
Zoo range n tunnel $40 feet long Ie
bring constructed by electrical power art
through It will he operated trains haulaJ
ny motors. One end Of this tunnel Wit
opon In the state ~ Montana and the
"'her VIII lana tho traveller In Idaho. and
us grade will not exceed ~ Of nor cen.
In general the work on the west end ~
inc ROAD between Butte and Seattle :,
nearly finished m some Of tho divisions
out the long tunnels and the heavy ellis
Will 'HkH some time TO complete Rails mr.,
no" Iaid IN i've different sections but th.
track is not continuous for more than ~
'''IeS' On IN" ScattleTa coma line the
rack mas been finished from Rlack Rive,
Junction 10 summer Wash. east NJ Scat.
tie IN" road Is completed for a distance Of
seventv-fve miles. and work over ~.
Snoqualnoie Pass ~ tho Cascades "a 10.
ing rapidly pushed. on ono Division .bor,
" '"'' 3'N'N lIi9 10 NJ made 0f ar
aVerag" denth ~ seventy foot and III.
road between Black river aud the tiInro'
VIII cost 1rohah bly, So 0N1 n mile
through IN" 81. Paul Pace IN the p,.,a.
Root mounta MS, work is further alone.
the grading "a completed and the hr,dra.
are built. In Seattle the terminal vvo-u
Is scarcely begun. IN view NJ tho fac.
however. that the greater part Of the ex.
tension has been done during tina =,
financial depression. the work +, rene-,,
is marvel in the annals OF railway con.
structlon. Exchange