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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07

trich village is laid out in the re-
claimed desert lands, the main and
side streets being all named and
numbered Most of the propagation
is done by incubation. When Matched
they are almost as large as full grown
chickens. and at six months they are
six feet high. When the ostriches are
about four years old they are mated;
and, II left to themselves. the hen
bird will deposit eggs at the rate of
one a day for month in succession
in a nest followed out of the sand
The ostrich hen sits on the eggs by
day and the male bird at night.
One of the most pleasing natural
curiosities of Arizona is the pool of
water known as MonteZuma's we'll,
1t is situated Is miles northeast of
the old abandoned military post of
Camp Verde. The well is $50 feet in
diameter and the clear, pure water Is
about sixty feet below the surface OF
the surrounding country. The pool has
uniform depth of 80 feet Of water
except in one place. apparently about
six feet square, where the sounding
line went down 500 feet without
touching bottom. The sides of the
well are honeycombed with caves and
tunnels. permitting sightseers to de
sc end to the waters edge.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07
Paw Girls to Paw Over Waste Baskets

UNIQUE among government Jobs"
~ is that of the two women who sit
side by side down in the basement of
the treasury department and spend
the entire day going through the con-
tents of the department waste bas-
kets They are searching for stray
bonds, checks and bills that may
through some mishap have fallen
into the baskets. The positions of the
two women are more important than
their place on the treasury rolls would
Indicate, for some time back one of
them fished up a $4,000 United
States coupon bond. The two women
have been doing this work for years
Not a scrap of paper is permitted
TO be carried out of the treasury de-
partment until 1t has passed the cen
Dorship of the official examiners of
The waste baskets. There is a rule
In the service also that no envelope,
letter or slip of paper shall be thrown
nto basket until 1t has been torn
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07

THE so-called "list of immortals" OF
] the United States biological sur
vega roster kept by that bureau of
all hunting fatalities in this country
already this year has had added to it
At names. From this information the
bureau hopes after few years to
be able to deduce general principles
which will he Of value in framing
"life-saving" federal and state game
laws.
Zone fact which we have learned
during the three years we have kept
this record" said DR.. T. s. Palmer,
chief of the bureau, lis that there are
practically no deer hunting accidents
in states which prohibit the shooting
Of does. This is because in those
states the hunter hesitates moment
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07
Storing Cabbaaes.

Many farmers are under the impress
sion that cabbages will keep better If
stored with the root attached. F. H.
Gibbs, the understanding expert.
in a talk at the Minnesota state fair.
declared this to be a mistake; the
roots simply make additional weight
to handle. and taking up great deal
of room unnecessarily. The proper
method when storing is to cut OF the
roots smoothly. as when preparing the
cabbage for the table. and pack in
regular cabbage crates or lay on
shelves. not more than two heads
deep.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07
Winter Keeping Of Vegetables.

The matter of keeping Irish pota-
toes, cabbage. onions. beets, ETC.. all
winter for family use depends on
climatic conditions. Irish potatoes, as
also beets. should be guarded against
freezing. Beets and carrots can stand
little Of it. but are better off when
kept from It.
Cabbage stored in the cellar should
be wrapped separately in double
thicknesses of newspaper. folding
and tying it around the stem. Hang
each head upside down on the side
of the wall or from the beams over
head. Cabbages can stand some freez.
ing and thawing. Onions to keep well
must be put in cool, dry. airy place.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07
DEVICE FOR SHOCKING CORN
an Iron Rod Can q Converted
Into Useful Implement.

When corn is to be shocked In the
field, 1t should be thoroughly ripe be-
fore being cut, as too early cutting
affects both the yield and the quality
Of the grain.
The shuck on the ears should be
turning yellow, If not already dry: the
latter Is preferable. even II the lower
blades are overripe.
A frame should be provided for
shocking the corn, which may be con.
structed as follows: Nail two pieces
of one-by-six-inch material five feet
long to one end of two-by-three-inch
scantling ten feet long. Bore an inch
hole three or four feet from the end
of the scantling to which the legs
have been nailed. and insert an iron
rod or somethingssinilar. Let the free
end of the sca6tling rest on the
ground; the other end is. of course
supported by the one-by-six piece
With the iron rod thrust through the
hole, the device is ready for use.
The corn is placed in the four right
angles formed By the scantlsngs and
the iron rod. four or five or six bum
dies being placed in each of these
corners with the butts set well out at
the bottom Care should be taken to
avoid setting the bundles too straight
and to see that the corn is evenly
distributed throughout the shock.
A little negligence right here will
keep one busy resetting the shock.
The other extreme is to be guarded
! against also, as the contents Of The
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07

Paint the silO.
Ia the seed corn safe?


Is the seed corn safe?
Let the wind or gasoline pump the
water.
With NO cellar available. roots may
be stored in pits.
City, people, not REINFORCED from
the farms, would soon run out.
When alfalfa is used properly In
the rotation it is beneficial to the soil
According to those who have used
them, the machine husker is a sue
cess.
Alfalfa from northern grown seed
is hardy. yet it needs winter protec.
ton.
See that the winter grain is not
pastured too close. Winter killing Is
the result
Alfalfa will produce more digest.
ible nutrients per acre than any other
agricultural crop.
1t is cheaper to keep three or four
cats around the premises than 800 OF
400 rats and mice.
The best method of storing roots
for winter use is in a cellar to which
daily access may be had.
The United States hay crop thin
year is only "a per cent as big as the
average for FIVE years past.
The United States has only three
quarters as large a potato crop this
year as last, and only about four
flfths as large as 1t has averaged foI
the past dve-ysara
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07

shock will damage more or less un.
less the work Is done so as to turn
off the water.
Too much care cannot be exercised
in shocking the corn; little slovenly
work in this operation will ruin the
product, even if all the other con
ditions for a good article are met.
Failure at this point more than
anything else, is responsible for the
prejudice against this method Of
handling the corn crop. If the stalks
are wet and moldy, the resulting pro
duct will Be disappointing. regardless
of the care which has been exercised
in the previous and subsequent hand.
ling of the crop.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07
Outside Packing Case.

SO you can remove 1t and put on ex-
ira rims to raise or tier up to any
desired hight. Cover the bottom with
tar paper. which will retain heat and
also keep out ants.
Make an inside bottom to fit the
inside hive, and long enough to pro-
ject through the entrance in outside
rim and leave an alighting board two
or three inches wide across the front.
Make a bridge the width of your
packing space to put over the pas.
sage to outside entrance. and keep
out chaff, etc.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07
The Hive Bottom.

five different styles Of chat or double
walled hives, the result of several
years experimenting, and the hive IL
Illustrated here is the one like best
of any, as it not only winters we'll,
but it admits of all kinds of manipu-
lation and tying up, as well as single
walled hives.
These hives are made as follows:
Bottom board at least four inches
larger each way than the hive design.
ed to be packed in it, 1t would be
better six or even eight inches If you
can stand the extra lifting on the
covers, which must be larger in pro
portion.
Nail the four sides to lap over the
Z bottom, coming down flush with the
under side and thus keeping any wa
ter from soaking in onto the bottom
Make them high enough so that wher
your inside hive is placed therein, the
outside rim will be three or foul
inches above the inside hive.
Cover should be six inches deep a
outside and deep enough in center
to make slant enough to shed water
One of the secrets Of successful out
door wintering is an abundance o
packing. Make cover just large
enough to telescope over top Of out
side rim, which should have pieces
nailed on one inch below top to built
It up.
If you tier up much in the sum
mer, don't hinge cover, but leave l
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07
lohnny's Triumph.

A teacher In one OF our public
schools, after laboriously and exhaust.
lively explaining to her pupils the
meaning of the word "income"-told
little Johnny to go to the blackboard.
write a sentence containing the new
word. and read it aloud to the school.
And Johnny. his freckled face fairly
raliant with the pride of his newly.
acquired knowledge. marched to the
board, and after considerable tongue
chewing evolved:
I'm come a cat!"-Mack's Monthly.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07

or otherwise mutilated. This disfig-
urement is sign to the examiners
that the paper was intentionally
thrown into the baskets. Consequent
ly sharp lookout is maintained by
the two women examiners for un-
marked envelopes and official looking
papers.
1t sometimes happens that gust
of wind will carry bond or check
from an officials desk and whisk 1t
into his scrap basket. 1t is almost
as safe there as II it reposed under
lock and key. for the chances are .
hundred to one in favor q the -,
aminers rescuing L.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07
Gathering Fuel,

If one can possibly get the time he
will do we'll to pick up lot of fuel
in the wood lot that cannot be had
after snowfall. It pays to gather up
this wood in more ways than one.
It saves the wood. makes the forest
look more tidy and pleasing to the
owners eye.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07
PasturIna Winter Wheat.

Pa6tuTln0 winter Wneat.
Wheat which was planted early and
Is now up and making a good growth
may be pastured when the ground is
dry or frozen, without materially at
fecting next seasons crop yield. Keep
the stock off when the ground is
muddy.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07
A Goal for the Farmer,

Every farmer should work out and
adopt a permanent system OF agricui-
ture under which he can increase and
maintain the fertility of his land, en-
ioy a good living, rise in social value,
and WELD a good influence in his
community.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07
Blanchino Celery,

In order to have white stalks of eel
cry, it is we'll to blanch it by banking
with earth or placing boards about it.
leaving just few inches Of the stalk
above ground. This is done gradually
in warm weather; tile boards are more
satisfactory. as the celery does not
decay as readily under them.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07
CHAFF HIVES FOR WINTERING
No Better Place for Caring for the
Bees Than Out of Doors Dur
ing Severe Cold Weather.

l know of no better method of win
tering bees than to winter them out
of doors providing you have the right
kind of hive, and pack them prop
erly and in season, says writer in
the Orange Judd and Farmer. / have
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07
Telephone Wire.

The telephone wire is one of the
strongest ties that binds people to the
farm. It is the nerve which keeps
farm folk in touch with their friends
and neighbors and in touch with the
outside world.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07
Dressing for Corn.

OTSBS01V 1VT OOTE"
Corn treated with dressing of
plaster and ashes will soon show by
the strong growth and the dark color
Of the leaf the effect Of the dressing.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-07

ONE three hundred and
eighty miles west of Albu-
querque, N. M, on the main
line of the railroad is stu
ated the little CITY of Will
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-10
HUMANITY ON WHEELS.
Red Cross First Aid Car Now on tne
Road-Startling Statistics

In these strenuous days no one can
afford to sit back and wait lor puSi-
ness to come To him. lie must go ""e
and hustle for it, This is II" less true
in humanitarian work than III COM
mercial ventures.
The American Red Cross has always
been distinguished by it's enterprise III
making its efforts to aid humanity
of maximrm value. As another cyl
dence of this activity this ASSOCIATION
ba. lately established a first aid to the
injured DEPARTMENT through winch II
hopcs to carry instruction IN TINS IN
portant subject to all parts Oh wv
country. In furtherance OF TINS OBJECT
II has now in operation fifSt A"'
Car, This car was donated bS tle
Pullman Company and has been luiiA
eo,,iured by the Red Cross with al
sorts Of first aid material. 1t is IN dl-
rnct charge of Or NJ Whitfield GiaS-
gov. of birmingham, Alabama, VINO
was erpployed for this special work
bv the First Aid Department OF INC
Rcd Cross. The car was out-htted at
tie Pullman shops in Buffalo ana IS
now on the road in Illinois. Its work
evidently appeals to the various fali-
way officials as the railways are haul
ing il free of charge.
The car will proceed from place to
place stopping at railway, manuiac-
turing and mining ccnters where the
best opportunities present themselves
for organizing first aid classes. just
as has been done by the Red Cross IN
the mining field an attempt VIII DC
made to interest employers. employees
ard local physicians alike so that hrst
aid to the injured instruction Will nave
general support and countenancc alter
the car has visited place. Though
the Red Cross car is primarily de-
signed for instruction purposes 1T VIII
also always be available when needed
for rescue work and care of injured
in case of disaster as it is fully equip
ped for this purpose.
IT is, perhaps, not generally realizeS
how large percentage of deaths are
now due to accident. In fact, in GER
tain industries deaths from disease are
absolutely insignificant in numbers as
compared with those from accident.
For example. in the registration area
which now includes about So per cent.
of the population of the United States,
the 1909 census statistics charge to ac-
cident 67.9 per cent. of all deaths
among steam railway employees be-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-10
SPORTING NOTES.

Football coaching at PcnnsylS ln1a
Is not very remuneratIve. 50 il Is
said. and Andy Smith may not renew
his contract With the eeuakers, be-
cause lie can get tigscr money else
where.
1t was a good move on to- part OF
the New England y. y. \. |. II issue
notices to basketball teams to get reg
l.tered. Pres NJ. +. Winston has APP
pointed a committee t. investigate all
The quIntets III Massachusetts dad tAe
committee will act in CONJUNCTION with
tie president and secretary sun
committees will be appointed tor va
rlous sections under its jurisdiction.
If Harry Gissing Mel Sheppard AMI
Ane1 K,viat ever meet in i Speclal
six-furlong race I'll tit, the event W"uie
be- worth COINS miles To see. All thts'
champions nave ben showing Won
lerful lorna Al this distance espe,
ciolly kiviat and Gissing, Sheppaf2
as vet. has not struck his gait, oWlnt
10 recert illness. but the lrish-Aner'
can crack is gradually rounding ihte
shape.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-10
New York Produce Market.

New York. Jan =
FLOuR-Firmcr with Il fair selling
trade. spring patents 5lea'an; winter
straights 425iti3j Kansas straights 46ot
L.. receipts 2l,4so: shipments li,9"o
WllEAT-Spot firm: No. red ltNa cie-
Vatpr and lois t o ailoat; No. l north
eru Duluth l24s t b afloat, receipts 10,
81. no shipments.
CORN-Spot firm; new No. = 49, T !
afoat receipts io3, 800. shipments i6,l97.
OATS-Spot firm: standard white 81
No. > 10; No. 3 81. No. So; receipts ", log
PORK-Firm; mess 22.25ft22.5o
BEEF-Quiet.
ENRD-Firm: middle west 10Wdll: re-
fined firm: continent 1l.io; compound firm.
SUGAR--Raw easy. muScoVado ~ test
Sl1. centrifugal % test 36I, molasseS y
test 2g2 refined quiet.
BTTfER-Weak; receipts 552a: cream
erv specials 20; extras III: third to first
2109tl: held creamery third to special y
G2S4 state dairy common to finest 19H2i;
process second To special 19a2t. imitation
creamery first 22Gl23; factory held 10; do
current make 26d2t.
t,GGS-EaSy; receipts 500: state Pa
and nearby hennery white fancy iiNI IL
do gathered white ,3llti3: do. henncrH
brown fancy 30: do. gathered brown ga
gathered extra first ;6Gt37: do. first 34d25
do seconds 300S3: fresh gathered dirtics
No ~ do No . 23m2i: refrigerator tirsI
in local storage 24lt25: do, second 236
do. special mark fancy 253.
POTATOES-Firma Bermuda per bbl.
as: Maine per bag lieGtl6I: state 130U2
Long Island 15oA2: Jersey 1876. inferior
all sections I5di25; Jersey sweets per Dbl
150Tt25n
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-10

hiRhly satisfactory despite the interrup-
tiplS occaSloned to business in general
hy the Christmas and New Year HOLIDAYS
openings of heavyweight SuitimgS and
dfcss goods are to be made soon, and rs
1t Is understood that prices of these are
70 snow quite as material Il reduction
hNefeoatihSs Il big business IS confidently
expected inquiries lately for these
goods nave been numerous enough to
make the mill agents feel certain that
tiiS attractive prices that will b, NAMED
VIII induce large purchases.
Iheie Is little news from the foreign
markets. The leading grades OF wool an.
quoted in Boston ass follows:
Ohio and Pennsylvania-XN and above
3lh32c fine unwashed 22I Re fine unmer-
| charitable 25r96e unwashed half-biood
conbing 299t3pc, CLOTHING oiii25c three
eishths blood comhing s@I5or. clothing -
zoe. quarter-blood comhing .7i9i 2Sc. hn..
washed delaine 3@N54c, unwashed 274D
Michigan and New York-Fine I'M
washed sla2@c. unwashed half-blood
eon9lhg 2Sa3yc. clothing 3ia2jc. three
| -4@25c. quarter-blood combiug .s1sG157r
| 36i4c.
Kentucky. Indiana and Missouri-J.n-
washed quarter-blood combing 26G,47c.
three-eighths blood combing 2Sn29c.
TeXas-Twelve months 2tGta2e, eight
months 1920. fall 17mlSc.
California-Huuboldt and Mendocue
Haze choice northern ia &c. average
| northern lSli9c, middle counties l7nlSc,
southern 16nl7c. fall 15Gil6c
| Oregon Eastern staple No l. 1SfI 11f.
| Ne. lSn4oc, clothing l6fti7c. valley No. 1
| 2lM22c, No. . 2Sn2ic. No. 8 1910, 2oc
| Territory-ldaho, fine 1sm19c, heavy fine
| l6Mlic. fine medium 19n20c medium 2aGr
| DC, low medium 22n23c Wyoming fine
| IA l9c. heavy fine l6n17c, fine medium
| lyn20c, medium 22M23c, low medium 22ao
| 'ts.tt
| me l6nl1c, fine medium 19da0c. medium
| "a DC. low medium 22m23c Dakota, fine
oa2lc. medium 22M23c, low medium 22ft
| Montana Choice fine 19n2oc. average,
| me ltGlSc, choice fine medium 2pa BE
| average hne medium l9u20c fine staple
"a &c, choice medium 25ag6c. average
medium 22asSc. low medium 23M94c.
| Colorado, New Mexico etc.-Colorado
flne 11@ISc, fine medium 1Sal9c medium
2la22c; New sMexico. improved 16nlSc.
choice 2lm22c Georgia 24@25c.
Pulled wool. secured basis-Extra G0F6
t3c. fine \ 53at5Gc, A super 50ep5Sc. b super
| 49ni7c low super 406I43c c super .5GD
&c. gray woods, 35Ql3Sc: combing. fine 57dI
JSc. medium 53d55c, coarse 47m50c
| forelgn-Australian Cos, combng AIDE
laide 40ftilc CAS- combing Victoria goa zoe.
5ts Victoria super warp 39d4Oc, SIS to 7os
| Geelong 41142c, Victoria 70s clothing AZ.
| n45c sydney los to sos clothing 42m43c,
| half-blood 40d4lc. thrce-eighths blood 70
| piood &}ft3Jc: MonteVideo cross hreds, fine
asn4oc. low 3i@S7c: Buenos Ayres Lincoln
| 3lM32c quarter-blood 33434e, high quar-
| ter-blood 3id35c.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-10

land Tor a conference with Louis
Winans.
Direct Hal, 2.04i4, the unbeatcn, had
more money-winning PAGERS out last
year than any other sire.
James Gatcomb VIII spend the bal
ance of the winter III Macon. not Xix
irS the conditions at Columbia, s. c.
Walter Cox thinks that john Coax
ley picked up first-class trotter
wnen he bought Check Hook, aim.
Fereno. 2.O5H. ~ one of the many
mares that Walnut Hall farm will
breed 10 san Francisco, @.o7},. this
spring.
AS soon as the frost is out of the
GROUND this spring work viii be COM
merced on the half-milc track at
keduviic.
Gers las beer mile faster than
2.l2 with Arthur Parkor's trotter
the Hu&ueuCt. brother to The Abbot
ana Tie Able
About 1900 horses, worth something
like $4,000 <Were taken from the
United States to Canada last year,
chiefly II the great wheat growing
provinces of Alberta and Saskatche-
wan.
Tie Vienna Trgtting Club gave the
sum % 0fG,0e0 crowns in 1910 for
prizes tSi92, 5000. In ali We're given
= 4G%,o11 crowns fer trotting races IN
Austria Hungary last season. which
were distributed on SO tracks with
1863 race days.
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RACE TRACK NOTES,

John Splan is spending a few days
in New England.
Senator Bailey is to temporarily re-
tire as a breeder.
Billy Andrews will have Soprar
again this year.
Cleveland announces renewal OF
the Tavern steak
General Watts, 2.o6%, will not b.
trained this year.
The. runners have about ruined the
sport IL; California
Lon Mcdonald has shipped his stable
from Indianapolis to Memphis.
William II. Minton will represent
Readville at the stewards meeting.
John A. rIeKerron. 2.o4la. has been
leased hy Danforth farm, Washington,
Ill.
DR.. Frank j. Rabbit has been re-
elected president of the Lynn Driv-
ing Club.
AL Pennock is on his way to, Eng
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SPORTING.
soxiNG BOUTS THIS WEEK.

Tuesday-Armory A. A, Boston, Sam
Lsngford VS.. Joe Jeanette, Il rounds;
Kid Curtis VS. Billy Dinkle, rounds
Teddy Murphy VS.. Chicken Roskin.
rounds; Ken Salisbury VS.. Frank Moran,
6 rounds Winnipeg, Man. Jack Dillon
VS.. Ed McGoarty. Y rounds Utica, Ralph
an. 10 rounds. Harrison, N. J.. *. o.
Brown VS.. Unknown, s rounds. st. Jo-
seph. Mo-. Tom Mcfarland vs.. Jake Ba-
roda, Is rounds. Browns GYM" New
York. all star show. Albany. Jim How
ard VS.. Dick Kennedy. 10 rounds
Observation-Disclosures, Mass, Fighting
Dick Nelson vs.. Jim Moriarty. u rounds
Mt. Vernon. N. Y, Biz Mackay VS.. Willie
Houck, 10 rounds. Pittsburg, Billy Berger
VS.. Frank KLAUS, rounds.
Thursday-Cleveland, Johnny Kilbane
VS.. E. Smith. 10 rounds. Lawrence,
Mass. Kid MERCER vs.. Young Reagan, Il
rounds. National Sporting Club. New
York. Abe Attell VS.. Patsy Kline. 10
rounds. Milwaukee, Wis, Fred Andrews
vs. Frank Conley, 10 rounds.
STANDARDIZATION A. A, amateur spar
ring meet: Baltimore. Nd. Terry Nc
tional A. c., Philadelphia, all star show.