The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-04-14

The Y. M. C. A. health farm just out
side the city limits of Denver, for the
care of consumptive patients coming
under the care of the Y. M. G. A., is to
be closed, for a time at least owing to
lack of funds.
A report from London states that
Major General W. Mussenden, one of
the heroes of "The Light Brigade, /"
who rode down the valley of Death"
with his troop on October 21st, 1854,
recently answered the final roll call.
The story of his life in army service is
a thrilling tale throughout.
woman's Automobile club, the first
of it's kind in this country, has been
organized in Philadelphia. Each ac-
tive member is required to own and
run her own automobile. The old Ben
edict Arnold house, in which the orr
ginal decorations and furniture have
been nearly all restored, is the home
of the club.
Colonel Roosevelt's endurance test
on horseback has proved too much for
many of the army officers, some of
whom have been exhausted by the long
ride. Miss May Howard, one of Wash
ington's society leaders, also great
lover of horses, is the first woman to
complete the test, covering the dis
lance of SO miles in 151a hours-a
marvel to many of the officers.
sA-A L $50 4. %N
many American universities and coll
leges to send delegates to the Centen-
NAL celebration to be held in Berlin
on October 10, IL and IL of this year
This event will gather to Berlin one of
the largest and most distinguished
companies of the forld's educators and
scientists ever seen. Theodore Roose-
welt is to make one of the principal adj
dresses Oother prominent Americans
have also invited.
DR.. James R. Cummings, director of
the Pasteur institute of the University
of Michigan, has announced the dis
covery of new method for the treat
ment of hydrophobia. This new treat
ment, DR.. Cummings states, will elm
mate many of the dangers attending
former methods, and shorten the time
of treatment by one week. DR.. Cum
mings uses virus prepared from the
spinal tissues of rabid animal. This
is injected into the patient and has
been used with marked success in sew
eral cases recently.
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Greece is rejoicing over the pro-
posed extension of the Larissa rail-
a ~
up direct communication between vi
emma, Budapest, Saraievo, the Piraews
and Athens, and would also form the
shortest route between Central Europe
and Egypt and India. The Greeks
hope that with good will of Turkey
and the powers, in a year and half di-
rect sleeping car service will be es-
tablished between Paris, Berlin, Wen
ma and Athens just in time for the
crowds to come to witness the Ofym-
pic games.
A report from London states that a
peculiar problem confronts the. North
ampton Borough Education commifte
1t has been discovered that st. Georges
schools, which cost about $4,000 and
were opened less than two years ago
are built on ground formerly used as
market garden, and horse radish
which was not killed, has grown again
to such an extent as to cause the as
phalt in the playground to crack and il
is feared that the horse radish is also
growing underneath the corridors in
side the schools. How to successfully
kill the horse radish is serious prob
lem.
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Hamlin Garland, the Chicago novel
list, has recently finished a book that Is
creating quite bit of comment. The
book is entitled, "Cavanaugh, Forest
Ranger and is dedicated to the for
est ranger, whose lonely vigil on the
heights safeguards the public heritage
The author has madeS use of the ma
terial furnished by the Pinchot-Bal,
linger controversy and the govern
ment's struggle to conserve the great
natural wealth of the west The hero
Cavanaugh, is a man of. Clifford Pin.
chot's stamp The book also attempts
to show the transformation of the west
in the past few years, and how the
cowboy has given way to the chauf;
feur." E
NEWS COD1GS HUH SbGIfliIf " lllC tS1'
feet that the kaiser intends to violate
all precedents and entertain Colone
Theodore Roosevelt as though he Were
a member of reigning house instead
of merely an eminent private citizen
It is said that probably there is not an
other commoner in the world today
whom the German monarch would
treat on the basis of personal friend
I-l.. 1T, s,,t -,
ex-P President Roosevelt ALpndon re.
port says: 1.-THE kaiser would be will
ing almost to give his right hand If ht
could take the trip which Mr. Roose
welt has just taken, and he%Wants tt
hear all the details of that tdarvelous
hunts5at first hand"
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The recent visit of former Vice Pres
ident Fairbanks in Rome, involved
quite . serious dAelama. Mr.. Fair
banks requested an Audience. with the
pope, whd, on learning that Mr.fFair
banks.-Wa to deliver. an address be