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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-08

Superintendent Herwig of the anti
saloon league in Idaho, has issued a
call for an anti-saloon congress, to
be held at Boise in May, which will
determine the plans of the next years
reform campaign in Idaho, and will
also be the occasion for a gathering
of dry" workers from Washington
and Oregon cities. A vigorous CAM
paign Is to be pushed in Idaho during
the summer and fall by the opponents
of the saloon, with view to getting
favorable action from the next legis-
lature. In Washington the trustees OF
the anti-saloon movement met in Sc
attic last week, and voted to conduct
a campaign for county unit amend
ment to the local option law. They
will also ask for law making manu-
facture as we'll as the sale of liquor
illegal in dry" communities.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-08
RUPERT TOWNSHIP SALE
April 9Th <

Excursion via Oregon short Line.
Tickets on sale from points between
Pocatello and Bull. April-617 and 8.
From all other stations April 9Th,
and 7th. limit April 18th, see agents
for further particulars. 40-2
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-08
If you don't know HARDSHIP
ExTRACTS-oet acquainted.
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST

Seattle, April 5-The bill now in
congress providing for the issue OF
thirty million dollars in certificates
to raise funds for completing the pro-
jects of the Reclamation Service
which are now held up for want of
money, Is being watched with close
attention by the people of Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, because much
Of the money, if Congress consents
to raise it, will be spent in those
three states. The bill has already
passed the Senate and is in the hands
of the lower house, which will prob
ably act upon it within the month.
During the past two or three years
the Reclamation Service has planned
and begun some of the largest irriga-
ton projects yet undertaken in the
west, and in almost every case has
been prevented from completing them
by lack of funds. For example. the
irrigated area of Klickitat and Yaki-
ma counties in Eastern Washington
will be doubled If the projects al
ready under way are completed. Sim
liar conditions exist i'm all the north
western states. The delegations in
congress from these states are all
devoting much energy toward get
ting the $30,000,0O0 bill through
congress. The wealth of the three
states will be increased by much more
than the amount expended if the
bill passes, while other parts of the
west will receive similar help. -
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-08

me money raised for roads by
bonds should be kept intact until it
has been ascertained exactly what
type of road it is best to build. These
facts can be secured through the aid
of the national government. The Of
flee of public roads stands ready to
give gratuitous advice and supply
skilled highway engineers who are
amply qualified to tell what type of
road would best meet requirements
and to demonstrate those suggestions
by supervising the building OF
stretches of model highways, after
which local officials may take pat
tern. When county officials learn to
appreciate the fact that road build
ing is an art, they will rely more and
more upon expert advice and scienti-
fic demonstration, and when they
have learned what class of roads is
desirable they will construct them
and then guard them.
The Nation Should Help
II am an earnest believer in fed
eral and state aid and cooperation
in building good roads, and l believe
that the time is at hand when the |
will hit upon some plan |
1t may cooperate with the
state, and the state with the county
in the work
'It has been argued that it is un-
constitutional. Why should 1t be
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-08

The Woman Suffrage campaign in
Washington moves ON apace. In the
fourth ward of Olympia a canvass
showed 241 voters favoring equal
suffrage, 81 opposed and 81 doubt
full.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-08

hdIu8SlyS brand Of the choosing io sing
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Better Methods Needed.

Many dairy farmers are prosperous
and have established the fact that
the dairy industry can be made to
yield good profits. while others, who
seem to have the same opportunities,
fail to find the profitable side. On
a large proportion of dairy farms
many of the fundamental principles
which should be observed in produc-
ing pure milk are almost entirely
overlooked. This is usually due to
lack of appreciation of their import
ance more than to Intentional neglect.
In most cases bad conditions are
promptly improved when their dan
gers are known. Special knowledge
is as necessary in conducting a dairy
as in other farming occupations.
When one understands something of
the science affecting dairying, the
terious. and the work connected with
the dairy, instead of being unprofit-
able, uncertain and monotonous, as
some consider it, may become profit
able, interesting and instructive.
The value of milk when it is de-
livered to the factory depends largely
upon the care it has received previous
to delivery, and its condition as well
as its fat content should influence the
price paid for it, Every dairyman
knows that the handling of milk the
first few hours after it has come from
the COW has great influence on its
quality and the commercial value of
the products made from it. The care
of milk seems a simple matter, but
better methods in our dairies are of
the greatest Importance to the success
and reputation of American dairying.
1t is in the interest of every patron
of creamery or cheese factory that
the milk used shall be the best and
purest that can be produced.
Anyone who delivers badly contain
mated milk to a creamery is standing
in his own light. His milk may spoil
the entire production of the day, and
thus decrease the returns to every
patron. Butter and cheese makers
should absolutely refuse to accept
milk that is tainted or unfit for use;
they must do this in justice to them
selves and to patrons who deliver
good milk. The attempt has some
times been made to estimate the
losses caused by taints or changes in
the milk due to neglect. The express
sion pure milk" should not be taken
to mean simply milk having a normal
chemical composition, but milk free
from all unnecessary contamination;
the word pure" should be under
stood in its broadest sense.-Weekly
Witness.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Wasted Charity.

Robert Loveman, the noted Geor.
sia poet, said, in the course of an ad.
dress on charity in Dalton:
All classes, naturally, are not
worthy cases. 1t was but the other
month Dalton philanthropist, visit
ing destitute family, had his heart
strings torn with pity. And drawing
out his wallet. he said:
Here, Calhoun, take this dollar
and go and buy a chicken for the
Christmas dinner
Calhoun, the young son of the
house, accepted the banknote CRATE.
fully, and the poor widow. with tears
In her eyes, bowed the philanthropist
out.
But the garden walk wound nv
an open window, and as the departine
philanthropist passed the window he
heard the mother say shrilly to he,
son:
You, Cal. you ist' gimme dat dol.
lar an go git dat Christmas chicken
in de natcherl way '''-Minneanoli.
Journal.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Nasal Certificate Required.

A mare is never satisfied by either
sight or whinny that her colt is really
her own until she has a certified nasal
certificate to the fact. A blind horse,
recently living. would not allow the
approach of any stranger without
showing signs of anger not safely to
be disregarded. The distinction is
evidently made by his sense of smell.
and at a considerable distance. Blind
horses, as a rule, will gallop wildly
about a pasture without striking the
surrounding fence. The sense of
smell informs them of its proximity.
Others will, when loosened from the
stable. go directly to the gate or bars
opened to their accustomed feeding
grounds, and when desiring to re-
turn, after hours of careless wander
ing. will distinguish one outlet, aud
patiently await its opening. The
odor of that particular part of the
fence is their pilot to it.-American
Cultiyator.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
ELECTRICITY IN AGRICULTURE.
Experiments With Plants Growing il
Charged Atmosphere.

Researches and experiments on the
employment of electricity in order to
hasten the growth of plants were re-
Gently commenced on the German
Emperor's properties at Dahlen, near
Berlin.
These experiments which were di.
rected by DR.. Hoechtermann, showed
that the growth of the plants, bulbs
and cereals may be advanced BY
charging the air above and around
them with electricity. An attempl
is being made at present to ascer,
tain the difference of growth %
plants when the air about themfS
charged with electricity and of platS
growing in normal conditions.
A simple and cheap method iof
charging the air with the NECESSARY
electricity is also being sought. Ins
system presents, however, defective
side. The apparatus in which ths
current is produced is very danger
Gus, and if any part is broken it can
be repaired only by specialists Dr|
Hoechtermann is trying to construct
a simpler apparatus with which any
peasant might charge the atmosphefe|
over his fields with electricity without
risk and at a very low cost.-Frol
Vulgarisation Scientifique.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
IDA LEWIS, HEROINE.
A Woman Lighthouse Keeper Who Has
Saved TWenty:three Lives

An interesting sketch of unfalter-
ing devotion and heroism is con-
tributed to the American Magazine by
Herbert Ladd Walford. 1t has to
deal with the life and work of Ida
Lewis, who has been the keeper of
the Lime Rock Light on Rhode ISL
and's coast for fifty-three years. Mr..
Walford writes of her as follows:
I'm lonely lighthouse on a jut-
ting ledge of lime rock on Rhode ISL
and's coast, Ida Lewis is rounding out
fifty-three years of Government SER
vice. The nations veteran keeper,
she guards the entrance to Nara
gansett Bay. Hale in her sixty-fve
years of strenuous activity, she is still
untiring. dauntless and brave. In the
face of gale and storm she has
snatched from the tumbling waters
off her steady beacon twenty-three
human lives. Five of these lives she
saved last summer. She is a PEN
sioner of the Carnegie Hero Fund
holds the Government First Glass
4hSdol iOA ahd thC <AAlSAlS
Cross of Honor.
Ida VALLEY Zoradia Lewis was
made assistant keeper of Lime Rock
Light by Congress in 1879 and sue
ceeded her mother in 1887 as keeper
Her father was also keeper at his
death in 1872. Known the country
over for her life-saving, she is a
unique character. Her island home
is full of mementos of her valor, and
is the Mecca of tourists all the year.
Modest and CHEEKY, she talks little of
her deeds, but can show a hatful of
medals from the greatest of the land
The Benevolent Life Saving Associa-
ton of New York and the Humane
Society of Massachusetts, have both
honored her.
"The United States awarded her a
grand medal in gold for saving two
mer off the light in a terrible storm
on February 4, 1881. Speaking of
her greatest rescue she said. / re-
The citizen., 1910-04-01
%ls22
HottinC of Tomatoes.

There has been a great deal of COM
plant about tomatoes rotting this
year. 1t is a dry, black rot that at
tacks the blossom end about the time
or Just before the tomato begins to
get ripe. Some people think it is
caused by too much dampuess when
the tomatoes are close to the ground;
or by the vines being too thick. Ny
experience is that it is dry wca 5her
and hot sunshine that causes them to
rot, instead of the wet weather.
When | trimmed my tomatoes to a
single stem and tied them up to
stakes, they rotted great deal worse
than they did when | let the vines
run and fall down to shade the to-
matoes. If you have noticed, those
that come up volunteer" around the
fence where they are shaded from
the sun are generally the first ones
TO get ripe and rot the least. So you
see it is not because they are shaded
that they rot.
What caused the tomatoes to rot
so bad last year, l think, was on ac-
count of the hot sun and dry weather
when they first began to ripen and
before the vines had got thick enough
TO shade them. AS soon as the rains
came and the vines got rank enough
to shade the tomatoes and keep them
damp, they quit rotting.
Nature knows what is best and
mas given the tomato vine to cover
her fruit from the burning sun. When
we try to improve on nature by cut
ting away part of the vine to let in
the sunshine. we ruin the fruit if the
weather is hot and dry. And the
vines that are not trimmed will bear
fruit of better flavor, the tomatoes
not being so strong and sour as they
are when the sun shines directly on
them.
This is my experience and we never
fail to have plenty of tomatoes even
when our neighbors have none.-L
o. H., in the Indiana Farmer
The citizen., 1910-04-01
1t PAYS to Rush Pigs,

There are times in the early life OF
well-bred hog when he will give
you 100 pounds of gain for 800
pounds of feed; there are other times
later in life when he will charge you
500 pounds of feed for 100 pounds of
gain. The profits on feeding are
greater therefore in early life.
Profits indeed may fail altogether if
the hogs are not developed rapidly to
market size and sold before they have
passed the stage where gains in
weight can be made economically.
The number of pounds of feed re-
quired to make one pound of pork
varies from less than three pounds Of
feed to considerably over five pounds,
according to how heavy the hog is,
when its weight ranges between fif-
teen and $50 pounds. Henry COM
piled the figures on more than five
hundred tests tlat included over
twenty-five hundred hogs and repre-
sented the tests of many stations and
that extended through a good number
of years, and found that the average
is that:
A fifteen to fifty pound hog needs
293 pounds of feed for 100 of gain.
A fifty to 100 pound hog needs 400
pounds of feed for 100 of gain.
A 100 to $50 pound hog needs 437
pounds of feed for 100 of gain.
A $50 to 200 pound hog needs 4S2
pounds of feed for 100 Of gain.
A 200 to $50 pound hog needs 49S
pounds of feed for 100 gain
a $50 to 300 pound hog needs 535
pounds of feed for 100 of gain.
If man will use any of the good
breeds of hogs-and no one breed
possesses all the good qualities-and
will use enough good pasture ard
crops that they can harvest them
selves, the feed needed to make
200-pound hog ought not to cost over
So or Sc; and other weights will
make gain at a cost proportionate
with the figures Just quoted. This is
on the supposition that well-bred
hogs are used and that the manage
ment is good all the time.
These figures carry their own
moral; and if a man will not work
with the laws of Nature, they will
work against him.-The Progressive
Farmer.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
As 70 Fertilizers.

Suppose we have commercial fer
tilizer that we know is good in wheat
Should we. for that reason, risk its
being good in corn, and use the same
fertilizer for both wheat and corn. as
well as oats. tomatoes. potatoes, etc? ?
Can the same fertilizer be well adapt
ed to various crops? J. OIL
Answer: The soil ingredients, nj
trogen, potash and phosphorus are re-
quired for all the farm and garden
crops, but some crops require larger
proportion of these elements than
others. A complete fertilizer will
help all crops, but in some cases it
would be wasteful to use them all in
full proportion. Here is where the
farmer must use study and skill if he
would economize. He must know
how much of the different soil ele-
full yield. For example, it is found
that thirty-six bushels of shelled corn
takes about thirty-six pounds of nj
trogen, fourteen pounds of phos-
phoric acid and eight pounds of pot
ash from the soil, valued at about
$3.50. This must all be supplied to
make the soil as fertile as it was be-
fore. A ton of wheat, 33 1-3 bushels,
takes forty-seven pounds of nitrogen,
eighteen pounds of phosphoric acid
and twelve pounds of potash, worth
$3.50 A ton of potatoes takes only
about four pounds of nitrogen, a little
over one pound of phosphoric acid
and six of potash. If you are plant
ing potatoes then you will need less
than third as much nitrogen as you
would for wheat, and not more than
half as much as for corn, and so OF
the other elements. We recommend
you to study the subject thoroughly
10 some good books on soil compost |
The citizen., 1910-04-01

them all the fun of speeding for lit.
tie while. This vehicle was invented
by an Ohio woman, and its motive
power is spring. The wagon is a
strongly built affair with two seats
and steering apparatus to be oper.
ated from the front seat. Underneath
the body is strong spring, which is
wound from the back by means of a
multiple gear. After the spring has
been wound tight the boys get aboard
and release the brake which keeps the
wheels still. Instantly the vehicle
shoots forward at an exhilarating
speed and runs for several hundred
yards before it slows down to a stop.
The brake, before mentioned, en-
ables the occupants of the wagon to
stop it in short space If there is any
danger of running down a poor old
apple woman or butting trolley car
off the track.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
The Alaska Wheat Fake.

The alaska wheat" fake, whlcl
has been pretty thoroughly diposs'
in the West, is now attracting after
tion in the East. Commenting y
the result of some experiments mauI
by New Jersey farmer with tl1
cereal gold brick" the Bos'u1
Transcript remarks: "If the wns'l
OF Alaska can reclothe our old ~
still responsive acres with harVes1
of the golden grain, it will be an N
legation of no mean magnitude u
be added to what we already owe ",
for past and potential yields oil vi
and copper, lumber and coal. NJ
fortunately for the responsive
which are awaiting the comiRWI
Alaska wheat, that famous cereai y
been repeatedly exposed as iras
Its latest previous appearance IN
limelight was in Idaho, and the Sa'y
day Evening Post, by giving it III
OF praise, brought to it the atten's
OF scientists and agricultural exps.
with the result that the Governm
issued fraud order which pronlD'
the Idaho promoters circulatlng
literature regarding it.-Poi"'
Oregonian.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Why She Couldn't Accept.

Telephone operators who plug
wrong numbers or get the wires
crossed sometimes are responsible for
very embarrassing situations, as was
exemplified by a broker in this city
yesterday morning.
The broker called up his home
number and said to the person on the
other end of the wire:
"Hullo. dear, is that you?"
Eyes replied a sweet-toned voice.
"Well. I've been thinking about
you all morning. want you to come
downtown and meet me for lunch and
wen go to a show this afternoon.
"Well, that would be very nice" "
replied the person on the other end,
"and l should dearly love to do so,
but my husband is home, and I'm
afraid he'd object. Don't you think
you've got the wrong number? ?"--
Philadelphia Times.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Hammer Holds Nails.

Who has not pounded his thumb in
place of nail while trying to ham,
mer the latter into some place difficult
to reach or some corner where it was
hard to get both hand and hammer?
a North Dakota man has gotten
around this difficulty with an inge-
nious invention of an attachment for
the heads of hammers which holds
the nail just beneath the head and
drives it into place without difficulty.
The attachment consists of a loop
of metal and slight groove and re-
cess under the hammer head. The
nail fits in this, and all that need be
done is to give one blow as if the nail
were held in position with the fingers.
This blow will suffice to fix the nail
in place, and the hammer can then be
withdrawn, the loop in the head being
large enough to permit of the passage
The citizen., 1910-04-01

member one twilight in 1869. ]
heard the cries of two men during
an awful storm. I put for them in
my boat. Through the mist and
spray | could see them clinging to
their frail boat. l managed to pull
them in, but they were nearly gone
when | made the shore. Yes, they
both lived. This is home to me and
| hope the good Lord will take me
away when | have to leave it. The
light is my child and l know it needs
me even If | Sleep She has never
mad vacation yet nor asked for one.
Her greatest precepts are work and
thrift"
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Scalded Oats.

When oats are scalded at night and
allowed to remain until morning they
make an agreeable change of food
from the regular diet. Twice a week
is sufficient to feed such food. Oats
make better food in summer than
corn, as they are not so heating in
their effects; but some object to oats
on account of the small proportion of
grain compared with the husks. The
scalding of oats softens the hard,
woody husks and renders them nutri-
tious.-Weekly Witness.
The citizen., 1910-04-01

implement, as shown in the illustra-
ton, closely resembles an orthodox
plane, but instead of having blade
underneath it has a smooth base COW
cred with layer of sandpaper, which
polishes off rough surfaces with great
rapidity and absolute uniformity. 1t
also has the advantage of doing the
work without polishing the skin off
the knuckles of the person using it.
The two knobs seen in the cut I'M
screw and the Dashboard, which fits in
grooves in the body of the plane and
slides backward and forward when
released, can be taken out and COW
cred with fresh piece of sandpaper
when the old piece is worn down
Thus recovered the base is put back
the knobs screwed up tight again to
hold it firmly, and the carpenter
scrapes away with ease and rapidity
Boston Post.
The citizen., 1910-04-01

to animals, but men may pass through
it without difficulty. The accompany
ing drawing will give clear idea of
the plan. The sketch is made to rep
resent very small gate, but to an
swer all purposes the wing panels and
length.
The citizen., 1910-04-01

The total length of the new NE y.
haitian bridge, connecting the y :
oughs of Manhattan and BrooA's,
is 6S55 feet. The total cost o. !.
bridge, including real estate, IS ~
$4,000. The weight of the capis'
$500 tons.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Somewhat Suspicious.

"Why do you refuse me an inter-
view, Mr. Gotrox? only wanted to
ask you how you earned your first
thousand dollars"
Excuse me, young man, l thought
you wanted to know how got that
last million. Philadelphia Bulletin.
tin.
The citizen., 1910-04-01

Canada has 100000 Indians among
her population of 100000 The
government has isolated them, as
wards of the nation, in reserves,
which are scattered all over the Do
minion.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
9 be zdaf 1T'TIXS

tion or fertilizers. They will be worth
many times their cost to you.-Indi-
ana Farmer.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
SandpaDer Plane.

Another invention of interest to
carpenters, joiners and men of kin
dred trades is the sandpaper plane
designed by a Louisiana man. This
The citizen., 1910-04-01

Boys over fourteen years OF are
ana girls over twelve may marry in
Scotland without the consent of ma
rents or guardians.
The citizen., 1910-04-01
Wagon Winds Up.

If children cannot have automo-
biles of their own to run, they can at
least have a wagon that will run sew
eral blocks on its own power and give