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The pioneer express., 1911-10-27
ABUNDANT IN MEADOW
Water HemIock Is Perennial of
Many Names.
Grows Each Year From Three to Ten
FIeshy, Taperins Roots From
Three to Five Inches Long
Stem Is Rather Stout.

{By L. VAN Es Veterinarian, North Da.
kota Agricultural College.),
This plant is also commonly called
cowbane. spotted cowbane. spotted
beaver poison. spotted parsely. chill.
dren's bane and musquash root. It is
a smooth perennial growing each year
from three to ten fshy, tapering roots
from three to five inches long and
about one-half inch in diameter.
Among these are mixed some slender
The pioneer express., 1911-10-27
h spanisIna Ane IS Month.

Kansas City. No: The age limi,
ander which no child should be spank.
cd is one and one.half years; accordine
to Judge Porterheid Ia the juvenile
court. Paul Wilson and his wife we're
/ In court charged mn ! spanklne m
womsn' child. which Il iu5t lnsasst thS
limit
u I ever hear Of either At ycu ycu
spanking that child ssain. q any Oh.
sr person spankine ! child under oias oials
and os,e-A -AaR yoars, m pnt syoa p
them Jai T. Judle 81 u
The pioneer express., 1911-10-27

cording to the expert knowledge of the
culttvator. suitability Of the land and
weather conditions. Flax in the north
Of Ireland is sown in April, flowers in
the end Of July and ripens into seed. In
August 1t is ready. for pulling; it is
pulled from the ground, not cutas 9TH
er crops are because the marketable
hber springs from the root. "Lint-pull-
Ing" is hard work. All available men,
women and children in the neighbor.
hood are enlisted in the service. It is
more festive gathering than the gath
ering OF a crop: but the work is done.
The pioneer express., 1911-10-27

supply can be got from river or burn
to turn the huge wheel, often higher
than the edifice itself. which with a
few hands does the necessary work.
They are picturesque and although at.
tempt after attempt has been made
modern science has not yet succeeded
In deyising any Improvement in this
medieval method Of scutching flax In
these mills it is pummelled and broken
by all kinds Of pounding and scratch
ing machinery, and emerges shorn OF
Its gummy matter and inside core, a
marketable product
The pioneer express., 1911-10-27

Sheep-farming has been practiced
since the earliest times. and is one of
the most profitable branches Of the
live stock industry.
The pioneer express., 1911-10-27

And No strong-Arm Squad.
The Greeks were piling into tho
Wooden Horse outside the walls of
Troy.
I'VE might be called the first car
rowdies," they cried facetiously.-
Puck.
The pioneer express., 1911-10-27


.
Pure water Il essential.
Mules are easily raised.
Weeds and strawberries are incom-
patibles.
Starter for butter may be propa-
gated from day to day.
Do not be stingy in the use of
clean straw for bedding.
The sheep Is more at home on the
open prairie than among the fences.
Remove the seeds from the pump
,kins before feeding them to the cat.
tie.
Where butter has not the natural
yellow color. It is well to use colorine
matter
The best time to cut the tails as
we'll as castrate is when the lamb is
week old.
Gull out the hens carefully. and do
not keep more than you have room
and feed for.
Sheep return to the soil 80 per cent
of fertility Of food eaten. Sheep ma.
nure is valuable.
A great deal more money is usually
spent in wintering farm work horses
than Is necessary.
Whole grain makes best feed for
sheep. Cleanliness. pure water and
salt are necessity.
Ii the pig is stinted in its food at
any stage Of its life. it can never be.
come perfect pork-producer.
As new oats come in, give the cows
some of them each morning and even.
ing cut green as soiling crop.
1t pays to maintain q heavy aow of
milk. even II expensive feeds must be
given the COWS at certain seasons.
Stock beets planted on rich soil In
drills and we'll cultivated often Yield
from twenty to forty tons per acre.
Use clover and alfalfa hay, supple
mented with roots OF. ensiiage for
succulenoe. II you want an excellent
ration.
Corn that yields we'll In one locality
will often make an entire failure In
another locality where conditions are
different y
/ Probably the poultry plant on the
\ average farm ts usually the poorest
equipped and poorest planned depart
uent on it.
Remember when you plow ia the
I, orchard that the roots are very near
the surface. Three inches is plenty
deep enough.
Many an animal sold for high price
because of its pedigree. should 70 to
the butchers pen instead of at the
head of a herd.
II ewes udder is hard or show ten.
dency to garget, use unsaited lard.
give It vigorous rubbing and give ami.
NAL good dose of salts.
The nature and conditions of the
soil In which tomatoes are grown has
much to do with the size of the crop
and health Of the plants.
A patch of rye sown now viii ha
found of great help to the ewes n
the spring. and especially so il rails.
ing lambs for the market.
In feeding oat straw and corn sto-
yer in the morning your sheep will
take more exercise looking for more
food to satisfy It's appetite.
Everything about the poultry quar-.
ters should be got-at-able. with no al
agree. cracks or crannies, and with as
little furniture as may be ia the poul-
try houses.
Young colts that are put in the stan
and given all the hay they will eat
soon become pot-bellied. their hair
grows longer and harsher and some |
OF I stands the wrong way.
Usually Il is not advisable to pas.
ture new seeding. but often weeds can
be destroyed 81 giving sheep the run
Of the fields for j few days without
at~.@s Az.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-11-21
'Ej 4 / /;

YlPII1 1KNSNN i N II Ladies and Misses fancy
md fLn,n
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-11-21

Christmas
Will be here almost be-
fore you realize it. If
you have not yet your
Holiday presents it is
time the matter had
your consideration. We
are promising better
value for your money
than you have ever
noe< 4o1yn
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-11-21

yoke lined, regular L
special .. :. 100000.
ure, all shades Ladies, black kersey Ions
new 80 special - -
7.50 3.90 Ladies and Misses long
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-11-21

Regular 35c value at.....-.....................
Regular 65 to 75c values at.
Regular LOO values at .,-...-..,............ :.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-05-18
RANIKABoo ELECTION.
Court Decides Against Proceedings
In Water Masters Election.

An interesting case came up in
Shoshone last week, which will be
important for the people here. The
Idaho Irrigation Co., in seeking to
stop unnecessary waste of water in
the Big Wood river. bought up lot
of old water rights, some good. some
not so good, and prepared to deliy-
where the distribution could be
er water through its canal system,
made with far less waste than by
The compeny went to vote these
wate,. rights, the decreed rights. in
the election for a water master on
the Big Wood district BY force,
some of the anti-company prevent
ed their voting, and put in man
of the old regime. The court has
just declared the election null and
void, and the company will have its
rights in a new election
This community is interested, in
that left to their own devices, the
older water claimants might have
made good their war against the
later claimants. and even the great
storage system that supplies this
tract might not have been sufficient
tl, Il & & c Il {. &
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-05-18
Full and Heaped Up
Giant Reservoir 2 Feet Above Normal
Storage Level--FloOd of Surplus
Water Going to Waste

dens and the small fruit farms. 1t
would mean between 1000 and 1000
farms, with that many families, and
with towns and railroads and mills
and factories all over the country
working to care for what they pro-
duce and Bringing them things for
their other needs. What a hive of
industry, what mine of wealth, to
be developed through the medium
of that great dam and the smiling
lake, One could draw many a pic
ture Of a roseate future to be de-
veloped in that happy land; town,
and maybe a college or two. and
good roads, and homes with electri-
city and telephone. and comfort and
prosperity of every kind the air fra
grant with the breath of orchards,
the landscape green or gold with the
growing or the ripened crops---oh, it
is a beautiful, wonderful picture
that one must believe lies over the
hill where the water goes out in
to the canals.
There will be enough flood water
in the river for some weeks. so that
the canals can be supplied from the
overflow from the dam, without taxi
ing any from storage, There is all the
water now in the canals that anyone
can want Out on the North Good
ing tract. they have been having 80
mush that they have been calling
quits; they can't absorb it all. In
all of the canals, there is more than
the greediest water hog could use.
And there will be plenty all year.
There is promise of a wonderful
crop all over the tract this year, and
prosperity should be the rule all
over this section Land prices are
going up. the new railroad promises
to build at once. and if there is any
thing the fates haven't done right
It has not yet been called to mind.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-05-18

to convention time next year. The
state would gain an executive head
with whom friendship that never
forgets is cardinal virtue; with
ocial excrescence; gold lace and Of
social excrescence; and one who is
interested in the affairs of the state
as he is in his own. Under the
direct primary law. the people have
the chance of their lives to initiate
movement for that sort Of an ex-
ecutive---and the indications are thai
they are going to do it.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-05-18
Approving the Plans
Chief Engineer, Construction Engineer
and Contractor Going Over Line
Getting Ready to Dig Dirt

Chief Engineer Carl Stradley; o.
S. Oborn, assistant engineer, who is
xpeected to be resident engineer In
charge of construction; and w H.
Watts, president of the Utah Con-
struction Company, which will do
the construction work, started out
from Richfield Thursday morning,
for an automobile inspection trip of
the new Central Idaho railroad as
far as it is deemed necessary for
them to go at present They We're
to go well up on the Prairie, though
possibly not clear to High Prairie,
the present objective point.
The gentlemen were willing to be
quoted as saying that Richfield is
to be the general supply depot and
the headquarters of the working or
ganization. How oon the actual con-
struction will begin, is not announc-
ed Securing the right of way Is
an essential, and the sooner the set
tiers will sign up, the sooner real
work will begin.
The working plans for building
the road have not been made public;
though it Is announced as a general
policy that work will be pushed as
rapidly as possible The construc-
tion company1is big enough to put
men to work&on every part of the
line, at once. so that the whole line
can be graded simultaneously, and
be ready for track laying at an ear
date. While the officials have at
no time authorized such statement
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-05-18
THEY'RE AFTER HIM.
Unusual Condition of Governors OF

flee Hunting the Man.
Judge Ailshie, of the supreme
court, was a passenger on Thurs
days train, on his way up to HALEY
to address the high school gradu-
ating class He had conditionally &C
cepted an invition to come to Rich
field for the school closing, but 1t
was impossible to do so owing TO
the setting Of some important cases
in the supreme court at the time
the Richfield school closed. Judge
Ailshie Is one of the most pleasing
spakeers in the state, and the peo-
pie of HALEY are to be congratu-
lated on securing him. There are
great many people who believe he
is the bes tcandidate in the state
for governor next year. and it is not
impossible that the demand will be
strong enough, from good men in
all parties, to take him away from
the bench and put him in the execu-
tive chamber. There is no other
man In the state whom the office
of governor has persistently sought,
or promises to seek, and the nov
city of such situation where there
are so many who are waiting for
the office to come within hailing
distance of them appeals strongly
time time announced or indicated ais nef.
ition, but no man could well resist
the constant and genuine enthusiasm
that has SO far marked the mention
of his name,i If it should continue up
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-05-18

The big reservoir is full.
Not only full, but more than full;
heaped up and running over.
There is now two feet of water
running over the spillway at the
big dam, showing that the great
lake is that much higher than the
normal dry-weather storage capacity
The spillway is 400 feet long, and
the water could go over it IA feet
deep; and the crest would then be
5 feet below the top of the main
dam. The whole spillway, and the
S00-foot levee adjoining it, would be
an outlet carrying water feet
deep, before a drop could reach the
top of the main dam. Safe? Yes.
Some small photos taken of the
dam and reservoir, and brought in
here for inspection, show an impos
ing sight The lake stretches for
ten miles up toward the snow-cap-
dam itself is inconspicuous, because
1t merely seem a part of the rugged
canyon wall To the west of the
dam, the surplus waters of the Big
Wood river flow over the spillway,
140 feet over theprecipitous lava
wall, making a cataract only less
wonderful than the Great Shoshone
Falls of the Snake. AS high as
5000 cubic feet a second will prob
ably be going over hiatt spillway in
the June floods.
And---and--and that's about all
you can see looking that direction.
But looking with the eye of the
oul, If not of the body, off across
the hill to where the 100000 acres
of the Idaho Irrigation project lie, |
one can see more happy homes than
one could count. Forty acres of ir- |
rigated land. in good cultivation, is
too large fol- the average farm, TAX
ing in the fruit orchards, the gar
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-05-18

Board of County Commissioners
signed by the requined number of
land holders and STANG teh extent
of the proposed district. On. such.
filing, the clerk shall cause to be
published a notice of an election to
be held in such proposed district for
the purpose of determining whether
or not the same shall be organized
under the provisions of this act.
After publication of such notice for
three consecutive weeks, an election
Is called to vote on hte adoption of
the proposed highway district No
registration is required to vote at
such election. f majority Of the
votes cast are in favor of the organ
ization of the district, the County
Board shall declare such territory
duly organized as a highway dis
trict. highway commissioners is
then appointed by the Governor to
hold office for term of four years
after which the highway commission.
ers shall be elected by the voters OF
the district for terms of four years.
This commission shall have gen
eral supervision over all the high
ways In the district with power to
construct, maintain and improve
same and shall manage and conduct
the business and affairs Of the dis
trict. The commissioners serve with
te amount of their actual and nee
essary expenses incurred in te per-
formance of their official duties.
Continued on page 20
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-05-18

| it Is believed that if no serious de-
lay is occasioned by the right-of-
way agitation, the road win be in
operation this wear.
1t is understood that the grades,
the curves and everything about
the line will be such as to class it
with the best of the main transcon
tinental lines. The construction on
this side of the Boise river divide
will be comparatively easy On the
other side, however, while an easy
grade is possible, the cost will be
heavy There will be tunnels and
fills and bridges and other items to-
make a million dollars look like pin
money. 1t is not announced that
the Boise end of the line is to be
built at once
With bountiful crop in pros
pect, with the cash market of big
construction outfit right at hand,
and withland values going up daily,
this section of Idaho has no great
crouch at what the fates have CIV
en-. And it isn't as long delayed as
have been with their good fortune.
Richfield is in line to gain a lot
of business that has heretofore gone
to HALEY While the towns of the
Prairie will care for all the business
up beyond the Malad, there will be
lot that has heretofore gone into
Blaine county that must come here
instead. instead The trade outlook
for Richfield is very promising in
deed for the coming years.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-05-18
WORTH A MILLION.
Rains This Week Worth That Much
to Southern Idaho.

to Southern Idaho.
There never was a finer or more
successful rain in this part of the
state than that which fell Monday
1t was a steady down-pour all day
and night; none of your violent,
undertaking storms. but gentle
"sizzle-sozzle" rain just like the one
the deacon ordered in his prayer.
It is estimated to be worth mil
lion dollars at the lowest possible
calculation to South Idaho; and
nowhere was it more welcome than
right here on the Richfield tract.
1t saves the first irrigation, and In
addition to watering the fields it
has watered the range and the pas
lures so as to provide for abundant
feed
Irrigation is the greatest thing
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-05-18
PROUD OF HIS APPLES.
Goodipg Man Has so Acres, That
Will Soon Bear Fruit.

1. c, Brubacher, of Gooding, had
business in Richfield Thursday. He
is manager of an S0-acre orchard at
Gooding, of which he is part owner,
and he is very sanguine of success
in the apple business. The trees
were set out two years ago. Some
damage has been done by rabbits,
despite the rabbit-proof fencing and
the vigorous measures taken to keep
them away; and Mr.. Brubacher con-
siders the rabbit the worst enemy
young orchard can have. Some OF
the little trees were this year full
of bloom, and it is expected that by
next season there will be some fruit.
The apples are of the Jonathan and
Rome Beauty varieties, with a few
peaches as filters.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-05-18
The New Highway District Law
County Surveyor Smith Explains Its Workings In Letter
to The Gooding Leader---Chance to Have Good
Roads at the Cost of Poor Ones.

A law for the betterment Of our
public highway system was enacted
by the last legislature which will
make tpossible to secure good
roads at small immediate cost but
unless the idea is given some public
ity, it will be buried in the records
and the people will lose the benefit
of good piece of ! egislation. A
synopsis of the new plan is as fol-
lows.
''Sec. 1. Tho improvement Of
highways is hereby declared to be
the established and permanent policy
of the State of Idaho; and. the duty
is hereby imposed upon the High
way Boards provided for by this act,
of improving and maintaining the
public hibhways within their dis
tricts and of securing as rapidly as
the public revenues will permit per-
manent good roads Of hard surface
and proper graded and available
for convenient travel thereon thru
out the year. "
Sec. 2. Whenever fifty or more
of the holdres of title or evidence
of title TO lands wholly within the
limits of single county and aggre-
eating not less than 10000 ocres Of
continguous territory, desire to pro-
vide for the organization of the
same as a highway district they may
propose the organization or high
way district under this act"
FIR the ocreation of such a High
way district, it is necessary to file
a petition with the Clerk of the
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-05-18

out of doors. It's just like making
new world, to be able to turn on
water gate and supply the thirsty
fields when the skies are brassy and
the air seems afire with the summer
heat. But when these rains come
in their season, and the man with
the shovel can sit back in the dry
and watch Nature doing all the
work, that, too, is pretty fine. 1t
is mighty good thing that Idaho
has both these water systems---they
supplement each other and make
this the greatest of all the states.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-05-18

Rev. Williams starts for Boise,
Friday evening, for business visit
of few days He has made par
tial arrangements for services to be
held in the church here on Sunday,
but no definite announcement can
be made until Saturday when card
will be posted in the post office.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-05-18
Messrs. Harmerson and Van q

Messrs Harmerson and Van Cos
sett sang sacred duet at the Meth
odist church Sunday night that was
one of the finest musical numbers
presented in town in long. long
time. The gentlemen sing well to-
gether. and it would be a real treat
to hear them often.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-05-18
Notice Of Church Meeting .

Notice is hereby given that the MEM
5so-s Of the the n n Church of ShcekeHe5
Idaho, will meet at their church
Tuesday, June 9Th, 1911, at 8 p. m,
consider the question of morttNx
their property. BOARD OF TRu4x
BY c. F. Borden. Cho5l
The new era., 1911-02-09
CT Monarch and snuffing out the lives
of more than a dozen persons.
Another GIFT For colorado.

Denver-Formal acceptance by
Colorado OF the Fort Lewis Indian
school property has been filed with
the secretary of the interior by Sena-
tor Guggenheim.
Colorado can also have the Teller
institute and grant at Grand junction,
# accepted at once, but will lose it if
an effort is made to extend the time
for its acceptance.
Senator Guggenheim filed with the
secretary of the interior the formal
acceptance by the governor of Colo
RADIO of the grant to the state of the
Fort Lewis Indian school lands and
property, also a certified copy of the
act passed by the Colorado Legisla-
ture appropriating funds. for main
tenance of school at Fort Lewis.
An official Interpretation of the
Grand Junction Indian school land
grant, made by Secretary Ballinger
End received by Representative Tay-
lor, settles the question as to the
liability of the state in accepting these
lands, and Mr.. Taylor believes the in
leTpTeldllOu Will Teoull III iiuIuSuldlo
acceptance by the legislature. Rep
resentative Taylor submitted the
statute to the secretary several days
ago, asking for ap official construc-
ton. In his reply the secretary of
the interior says
II will say that the orly obligation
which the act seems to impose upon
the state in accepting the grant is
that Indian pupils shall be admitted
to the schools free of charge for tut
ton, and on term of equality with
white pupils.
1.-THE provision respecting the ap-
preparation for maintenance of the
school and pay of the superintendent
provides that such appropriation shall
not be available after the school has
been turned over to the state, and it
is not believed that in accepting the
grant the state assumes an obligation
TO clothe and support the Indian pupils
who may thereafter attend the in
stitution."
Ex-senator Teller has Joined with
Representative Taylor in a telegram
to Governor Shafroth, assuring him
that any attempt to have the grant ex-
tended is absolutely out of the ques-
ton, and would be sure to cause Colo
RADIO to lose these lands.