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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-11
Yankee Girl Wins as Farmer.

A Young woman in MaSSa chusettS,
who was not worried by any surplus
of this worlds goods. resolved to be
come farmer. To begin with she
took a three years course IN the state
Agricultural College.
She had no money after completing
the term, and her health was not OF
the best She had been advised TO
engage in some sort OF work that
would keep her out of doors, and she
rented an abandoned farm, borrow
ing the money to pay the flrst INSTALL
ment Of the rent.
Last year she worked only i've
acres of the tract She put these five
acres in garden truck and she cleared
$3.50 on the enterprise.
She figures that She will clear as
much as 5000 on the acre for this
years farming operations and she has
purchased three horses and 200 hens
She is doing fairly good business
IN selling eggs.
So far tomatoes have been her
most profitable crop. but she has al
so made a good deal Of money grow
ing peas and corn
During the vegetable Sc son she
makes frequent trips to Worcester
where she sells her products She
hires boys for 10 cents per hour to
help in the truck patch. She keeps
an account Of all receipts and expens-
es and at the end Of the year she will
know exactly where she stands finan-
cially.
Her experience illustrates what
might be done with thousands Of the
abandoned farms which are scattered
over some of the Eastern States.
Farming is not easy work It lS
a mans job and it is not ito be rec
commended for a woman as N0ca-
ton. To make any rGnSldera bic
money out of q years farming re-
cuires hard work. good judgment and
close economy.
The Massachusetts, woman has
prospered because she attended to
business and because she learned
something about scientific farming
when she was a the agricultural col
lege She * living on a farm. not so
much from choice as from necessity.
II is no snap. but she has done very
well ana is proud Of the accomplish
ment
The country is full of husky young
mon and lots of them are doing no
Iartic,1ar good for themselves or for
their felloWmen. Some Of THESE
Young men could profitably get busy
With q fe,< acres of abandoned farm.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-11
Poultry Notes.


More harm results TO flockS hur-
ing the summer months than at any
other time owing to the neglect or
her owners not Keeping tn" house
and bodies Of the birds clean.
Let the fowls have as wide range
as possible. but if they must J." con
fined give them plenty OF shade ana
dig up the ground frequently
y plat Of ground 50 feet square
divided int two lots viii be ample
accommodation for - fowl Confina
them in one lot for A week at a time.
f.aarwhiia spading UP the other.
Supply the With fresh leaves end
grass clean drinking water and the
right kind of feed
But this work must he done every
dax not tNp or three times during
the summer il requires onfy a few
moments daily. but If II il neglected
.otf cannot hone for the best results
and what = the use Of wasting any
time with fowls unless you ara de-
siraaS Of getting every cent out @f
them that il possible
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-11
RALEIGH, N. c., JULY II, 1911


hands for about S115 Mexican 6
American currencyD Consul GeneI
$. s. knabenshue.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-11

IT YOU are trying to raise the third
crop Of corn on the same ground in
succession and your yield is diSaP-
pointine this fall it may prompt YOU
TO study rotation.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-11

Keep the hoe sharp and the rows
will not SEEN So long.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-03-09

When a-great builder. decides to
erect an edi6ce that shall endure for
ages, he gets the most lasting ma
terial, granite or marble, he uses the
most skilled workmanship thathe can
employ and the most beautiful plans
of architecture that are known to
make his great building not only a
lasting and mercyful structure, but
one that has an ideal beauty of it's
own, and leaves it to posterity as a
monument of his skill and greatness
as builder. And so he who would
leave a character and name reveared
among men must use in the construc-
ton thereof the best and most last
ing material for it's component parts,
the most skilled workmanship in it's
building and polishing and welding
together. and the highest and most
beautiful ideals in it's form.
Of such character was Abra-
ham Lincoln's. The material was
honesty and when we say honesty
we mean the granite kind, not the
kind mixed with a little soap stone
and sand, but honesty that shone
|
and dazzled with cleanness and
brightness, and courage to do the
right as God gave him light to see
the right, and an earnestness of pur-
pose that never yielded until success
was achieved, those were the mater
Eials out Of which that great character
of Lincoln's was built, and then
moulded together with love of fcoun-
try, of home, of family Of fellowman
the great plain people, and then
beautified by patience, long suffering,
meekness, charity for all and malice
toward none," and you have the
great character of Lincoln. built for
the eternal admiration and rever-
ance of men.
We cannot compare him with 9TH
ers for he stands alone. To what
niche has the impartial verdict of
forty-fve years assigned Abraham
Lincoln? The only just scale by
which to measure anv man is the
scale of achievement; and in Lin
coins case some of the tools most
essential to success had to be pro-
vided by himself. And the first
count in our measurement of him is
that with sublime reliance on God
and the everlasting principles of
RIGHT. he conducted an immense ma
tion through the most tremendous
civil war ever waged and never COM
mitted a single serious mistake!
Norswas there anything said or done
by him during his administration for
which the nation has had to offer
apology or explanation. S m e
writer's believe, and with very good
grounds too, that he was endowed
with Divine Inspiration. We must
realize that the great work of his
was done by a man called to the
head of an administration that had
no predecessor, to the management
OF Government that had never been
distracted by civil war. It's navy
scattered, its treasure bankrupted,
it's foreign relations disturbed by a
traditional and almost universal hos
tilities to Republican institutions,
and while, too, he was threatened by
adverse public Judgment in that part
OF the country on which his hopes
must rest exclusively. We must al
so realize that Lincoln had had lit
tie or no experience on the states
manship side of his political career;
that as an attorney he had dealt only
with local and municipal laws; that
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-03-09
SALTWATER, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY

with maritime and internati jur-
isprudence; and yet consider with
what masterful forcehe rebuked tim
id and untrustworthy friends who
wanted to abandon the contest and
consent to the independence of the
succeeded states that time might aid
to recover what fooIishness and COM
promise had lost. With what seren-
ity of manner he stood firm against
the storm of public opinion in the
Trent" affair to save a war with
England. How he quietly and firm
ly put aside Mr.. Stewards s suggestion
that war be declared against France
and Spain to quiet our owndomestic
difficulties. which even then were
by contending armies;
and because these governments had
recognized the belligerancy of
the South; just a simple sentence.
one war at time," did it. And
with what calmness he laid aside
Mr.. Greely's letter of despair and
of July 29th 1861 and pro-
ceeded in his program of military
operations from every base line of
the armies of the Republic. With
what skill and statesmanlike foresight
he corrected Mr.. Stewards letter to
Mr.. Adams, our minister at the court
of England, in his Adams diplomatic
instructions. just few corrections
of words that changed its meaning.
And consider finally with what firm
ness and wisdom he annulled the
proclamations of Fremont and Hunt
er and reserved to himself the ex-
elusive right and power to deal with
slavery in the rebellious states. For
he saw, and that almost alone, that
public opinion was not ready for it,
and that it could not be enforced
when the Constitution could not be
enforced. But the moment military
success and military necessity war
ranted, he proclaimed the emancipa-
ton Of the slaves and it stood and
forever will stand as long as the
present CONSTITUTION endures.
In what other time, to what other
ruler have questions Of such i'm -rt-
ance been presented and under cir
cumstanc ces so difficult? And to what
other ruler can we assign the ability
to have met and have managed sue
cessfully all the difficult questions of
civil war. No claim can be made
that he had had any military expert
ence. or that he had any technical
knowledge Of the military art, but
it may be said with truth that his
correspondence with the generals of
the army and memoranda touching
military matters and operations in
dicate the presence of a military
quality or faculty which in active
service might have developed into
talent and genius.
Hence il is no wonder that writer's
and many of them, credit him with
Divine Inspiration. But l prefer to
look at his wonderful gifts IN anoth-
er light than that of Divine Inspira-
ton, to reckon his wisdom from the
standpoint of what a man can ac-
complish who has the qualities and
habits that Lincoln had. For to us,
to all Americans both old and young,
comes an inspiration that we too
may succeed and conquer, if we view
him as a man without Divine In
spiration. For not all could hope
to be Divinely inspired, but the
great lesson to be learned from his
life is the fact that success will al
ways come to those who follow his
early and later career. By this do
not mean that we should all have
f-JgbnT
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-03-09
--J $1.OOa Year
ieHMe 6 Months Fifty Cts.

-, . 81. IERMs .
Signs Between
Strange, s of the myriads who
Before us passd the door Of darkness through,
Not one returns to tell us of the Road
Which TO we emusttra too.
s@ ssn' stss @y ses s thar hsssss aters The agss sDs
And by any by my Soul to
And answered I Myself am Heav'n and He'll"
Happy the of his glory just
little point muckakers begin to lick their
Congress has passed the Appalachian vast
national will Tennessee Near
" forty Mark Twain Age" which the
exciting efforts similar bill passed. leading part
the park fancy of Marks fertile
Did know that dog cant but
the pug can't Strange isn't it?
Wherever the bones of brave men lie
The ruddy warmth the English against the sk
Wherever Cumbs course began
h ow ones the earth have known they stood the rights
And which are gone
And proud the flags ride side by side centus
So who shall tear at the lions hair who pluck the feather
When the of might firm for the right flags
fly together
The Alliance Of Too Nations
Billings Men will believe their pashuns
they will their generally wrong
Many who tackles the in pay envelope
gets it-but not in the envelope
Did notice that the paers its walls with
Don't Watch the Clock the biggest you
not at your bench when the morning whistle
Give the summer where the lizards run
The scorchn field and plain.
Where the darky sleeps in the Drilling sun,
And the white for rain.
Summertime, where the south wind blows
Over the valleys Deep
Waves daisy rumples a
And sings soul to
Judge it whisky trouble
Did whky los of men
that have. Ten days."
Here making the the press as
ing pretty good
Where your seeing no more" asked the
back Yale He could away
him deadfuy though knowing yoost you
My broder he ban in vail times Thanksgiving
1t Ella Wheeler Wilcox who sad
Who talks Of evil ccnjures shape
The formless thing and gives it life shape
This is the law; then let
That does not breathe of everlasting hope.
When love, health, happiness and plenty hear
Their repeated day by
They wing their way like answering fairies
Then nestle down within ourh to stay.
Berry Professor Webb says his only trouble
ne finds with it that everytme he his all mud
Mary Annos
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-10-13
AGENTS MUST CEASE GRATING
State Land Board Frowns on Actions
of Carey Act Agents

Carey act agents who have been
working in collision with newspaper
agents to secure a division of the
enteryman's fee of $3.50 for the pub
LEGATION of the regulation notice will
cut out the practice forthwith or be
dismissed from the service. This was
the conclusion reached by the state
land board at its meeting yesterday.
This live wire was injected into
the meeting by Attorney General Nc
Dougall, who said that a certain
newspaper man had complained to
him that the publication notices that
should of right come to his paper
were taken elsewhere because the
publisher of another paper agreed
to run them for $500, leaving the
Carey act agent a margin of $3.50
on each notice. Neither the name
of the publisher nor the name Of the
agent was made public at the meet
ing, but the impression seemed to
prevail that the custom was not con-
fined to one agent or one section Of
the state.
Register Jenness read the rule
showing that the entryman had the
right to place the publication notice
where he pleased. Few of them do,
however, but pay their $3.50 to the
Carey act land agent and let him
place it in his favorite paper, giving
him the power, If he Is so inclined,
to enter into collision with some pub
Usher for a division Of the fee.
1t was also complained that the
Carey act agents were charging the
entrymen $500 apiece for taking
tt cir acknowledgements to papers in
connection with their entries. This,
the board holds, is wrong, that 1t Is
a part of the agents duty to take
these acknowledgements without
charge. Commissioner Shawhan
was instructed to notify all agents
to take these acknowledgements in
the future without charge to the en-
tryman and to abstain from dividing
fees with newspaper men.
Governor Hawley and secretary OF
state Clifford said they were ready to
vote to remove any agent who would
ignore these instructions.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-10-13

The State of Idaho Sents Greeting,
To Aaron x. Wilson, defendant.
action, having filed complaint in
said action, at Blackfoot, in the office
of the Clerk of the Probate Court Of the
County of Bingham, and State Of Idaho
demanding judgment against you for
the sum of $107.56, together with in
terest upon promissory note made,
executed and delivered to the First IVA
tional Bank Of Blackfoot, on February
%, 1910, for the sum of $4,000 and in
terest thereon at the rate of 10 per cent
per annum from date, which note has
been assigned and delivered to the
plaintiff herein, and also upon an &C
count for goods. wares and merchandise
Boyle G. Company of Blackfoot, Idaho,
between April Z, 1909 and April Z. 1911
for the sum of 756, which has also been
sold and delivered to the plaintiff, and
for the sum Of $4,000, attorneys fees
and for cost Of suit.
less you appear and answer said COM
plant on the 1st day of December,
1911 at 10 o'clock a. M, plaintiff will
take judgment against you for the sum
demanded in said complaint, to-Wit:
One Hundred Seven and 56I100 Dollars,
ney's fees and for costs of suit.
To the sheriff or any constable of
said county, greeting: Make legal SER
vice and due return hereof.
Given under my hand and the seal
of said Court, this 8th day of Septem-
Der, 1911.
]. H. ANDERSON,
(SeaD Probate Judge and
ex-officio Clerk.
lANSBROUGH & GAGON,
Residence and P. o. Address
Blackfoot, Idaho.
Attorneys for plaintiff. 1876
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-10-13
Give Your Soil More Organic Matter

A homesteader In north Idaho re-
Gently wrote us that his garden truck
had failed to make satisfactory
growth on newly cleared and broken
land. Assuming a sufficient rainfall
to promote a thrifty growth, his soil
is evidently lacking in available nitro
gen compounds. His case Is typical
of many others. The soil demands
more organic matter, the material
from which available nitrogen is NAH
ufactured. This is the time of year
to collect every available pound Of
manure and return it to the soil. A
heavy application of manure thor
oughly plowed under this fall will do
a great deal to improve the appear
ance of the crop next summer, !
would suggest leaving the ground
rough until next spring so that the
greatest amount possible of rain and
snow will be caught and held. Guilt
vate deep and thoroughly in the early
spring, then follow by more shallow
cultivation as the season advances.
The idea Is to thoroughly open up
the soil for the penetration of air and
water. This will bring about the ra-
pid decomposition of the organic mat
ter with resultant available nitrogen
compounds. At the same time the
under surface must be settled back
firmly into place to insure good
seedbed and so that the rise of capil-
larry water to the plant roots will not
be intel fered with as the dry wea-
Their advances. The shallow surface
cultivation provides mulch which
will prevent excessive loss of soil
moisture by surface evaporation.
Manure, even though it be bought for
nominal sum, will prove to be in
most instances the cheapest fertilizer
because the best. Use more of it,
especially on the run down" portion
of the fields.
J. s. JONES,
Chemist, University Experiment
Station.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-10-13
HONEY SNAKE CLIMBS TREE
Pennsylvania State BIOLOGIST Believes
Story Of Sweet-TOOthed Reptile
Cases on Record

Harrisburg, Pa.-Prof. HI. A. Sur
face, state economic zoologist, is
much interested in story that reach
ed him from Kennerdell, Venango
county, to the effect that three men
in cutting down a bee tree discover
ed in opening 1t that big black
snake had invaded the bees nest and
had devoured almost all the honey.
The bee hole was 40 feet from the
ground, and the men averred that
the snake, attracted by the honey,
had climbed the tree, had its feast,
and when discovered by the bees they
set upon him to drive him away and
literally covered the snake when
found.
Professor Surface was asked If it
were possible for a black snake to
climb tree to that height and IL 1t
was ever known to eat honey.
Eyes" said Professor Surface, II
can fully believe that story, for be-
lieve that 1t is possible that black
snake can climb tree. Further
more. II there was bees nest in
that tree the snake could get into the
bee hole and eat the honey. I don't
believe, however, that it would eat
all the honey, for 1t would be cum
ming enough to know that by doing
so 1t would drive the bees away. AS
to this particular snake being COW
cred with bees, I think they were
wreaking their vengeance on it by
trying to sting it to death, which is
really difficult, for black snakes
hide is pretty tough. l have known
of snakes that got into beehives and
were stung to death.
GAS to the snakes eating honey
have known that, too. The snake
finds the unsealed honey and sips it
out of the comb. There are a good
many records OF snakes being found
in beehives; but this is the first in
stance of one being found hunting
honey in bee tree. We know that
black snakes climb trees, and it is
possible that this one got in the tree,
and when the bees found 1t they
;urned on the intruder. have my
self seen bees turn on mice when they
ntruded in the hives, and sting them
% death, and have seen the remains
If small snakes in beehives. OF
course, the snake does not bite into
he comb, but sips the honey with its
ongue, and in that way cleans out
he cells"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-10-13
NOTICE OF BOND SALE

Notice Is hereby given in pursuance
Of an order of the Board of Trustees
of Independent School District No. y,
Bingham County, State Of Idaho. made
TENDER, 1911, that the said Board Of
School Trustees will sell Twenty cou-
pom bonds of said school district in the
denominations of One Thousand Dollars
$4,000 each, the said issue aggregating
Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000),
coed per centum per annum, interest
payable semi-annually on the LIST day
Of January and the LIST day Of July Of
each year at the office OF the Treasurer
of said school district at the City of
,Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho, or
at the office of the Chase National Bank
Of New York City, New York. The said
bonds being dated July list, 1911, and
being payable and redeemable in twen-
ty years from the date thereof the
Board Of School Trustees reserving the
option for the district of redeeming
said bonds, or any of them, at any time
after ten years from said July /, 1911.
Said bonds being also payable and re-
deemable at the office of the Treasurer
of said school district and at the Chase,
National Bank Of New York City, New
York, as aforesaid, in the order IN
which they are issued and numbered
and shall be known as Series Of 1911-A.
Said bonds are issued for the purpose
of providing a High School building In
the City Of Blackfoot in said school
district, and for the purpose of pur-
chasing grounds therefor, and for the
of said building, with the
necessary furniture, apparatus and fix
lures for said district.
Said sale will take place on the l6th
day of October, 1911, at the office of
said Board of Trustees, in the City
in the City Building of the said
City of .Blackfoot, at the hour of
8 o'clock p. M. of said day, at which
time and place sealed bids will be re-
ceived by the said Board of Trustees,
and all bidders are requested to sub
NIT their bids in writing, stating plain
ly the best terms and the lowest rate
of interest at which he or they will
purchase said bonds. No bid will be
considered for less than the par value
of said bonds, and the said Board of
Trustees reserves the right to reject
any bid and to sell said bonds at pri-
vate sale If it is deemed for the best
interests of the district.
Bids may be addressed to r. L. Ar
cher, Clerk of the School Board of In
dependent School District No. 8, Black
foot, Idaho, and marked Bids for
School Bonds"
Given under my hand and seal this
18th day of September, 1911.
(SeaD r. L. ARCHER,
Clerk of the Board of Trustees of
Independent School District No.
8, Bingham County, State of Ida
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-10-13
High Heels and HObble Skirts

That high heels and hobble skirts
are responsible for large proportion
of the injuries sustained by women
while getting on and off trains is the
conclusion reached by the claim de-
partment of the Pennsylvania rail-
road after an investigation covering
three months in which IS cases were
recorded. The railroad, however, can
do nothing to prevent such accidents,
because women of all times have fol-
lowed styles that are dangerous to
life and limb" While 1t is perhaps
not pertinent or becoming to offer
criticism of present day styles of dress
it is easy to see that those specified
above do not tend to minimize the
risks of accident. However, so long
as she is not herself victim, woman
will continue to ignore risks in salts
flying her fancies.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-10-13
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT

New Lava Side Ditch Company. Lo-
cation of principal place of business,
Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho.
Notice is hereby given that at spec
ial meeting of the Board of Directors
held on Tuesday, this 3rd day of Octo-
Der, 1911, an assessment No. 80, Of 10
cents per share was levied on the capt.
tai stock of the above named company,
payable to Jos. G.. Wareing.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment may remain unpaid on Saturday,
the 18th day of November. 1911, will be
delinquent and advertised for sale at
public auction, and unless payment is
made before, enough Of each parcel of
stock will be sold to pay said assess
ment with the cost of advertising and
expense of sale.
Secretary Of New Lava Side Ditch
Company, Blackfoot, Idaho, October 4,
1911 1914