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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-03-14

Active WORK r. begun on tbs Port
Iend- Reed River wagon rosd.
4 Mohawk Valley, Or. ranchor says
eagisu ~ carrying Of I'll bis young
lombs aRd kf6a-
Aasricane IL Msxico City are plan
ntxg b dsfend themsslves whsn ths
dty 4 attacked By Is approaching
rubeis.
Firs In tbe coal bunksrs Of the liner
Minnesota while lying 1t her wharf IN
Seattle gave The crew hard fight for
two hours.
Tbs separate properties Of the
Standard OIL company are said to have
increased In value $3.50. 900. 900. since
ths diseolntion Of ~ trust
Consianmsntx Of arms and ammunI-
tion are being sent 70 ~ Mexican
ssbsls BY way Of Juarss. and No one
sssms % have authority - stop thsm.
A Wabash fast express jumped ths
track on curve Ia Illinois and rolled
down . s0-foct smbaukment, killing
q least i've psrsons and injuring
about 70.
|. W. W. street. speakers In Jail st
San Diego. Cal. plugged the locks OF
the cellroom doors with b!ts Of tin and
then tried 10 tear down the ooncrsts
walls Of ths buiIdIng.
Ths man who stole The oldest piece
Of hanmersd gold work In sxIstsncs
from the Haskell Museum In Chicago
has besn arrested on the evidences Of
eer-psints left on the glssa case.
The fa9poIs used 1t the Astoria
centennial Ia 1871 hes bsen taken to
BtsIiat Wash. 10 b. placed 10 log
raft and taken 70 San Francisco for
uns a The Panama exposition. II IL
the longest known singIe-stick fagpole
In the world.
A burglar under arrest It Missoula,
Mont. for several large robberIes.
says the police seldom catch . thief |
except BY accident. and that the best |
rrotection against burglar IL = baby |
IN the house. who generally wakes up
and gives tbs alarm.
London suffragists continue 70 riot
end smash Windows
MAnchu troops and loyal police
guard Pskin from mutinesrs.
A parcels post system IL included In
the postofiics appropriation bill.
General 0roseo Il preparing to move
on tho City Of MEXICO with an army Of
5000 men.
After travelling for ten years ~ .
clown In circus. Raleigh T. Wilson.
OF Lincoln. Neb., has resigned 10 take
up the ministry.
The Inland Pet Stock and Poultry
association has established . central
depot In Spokane from which poultry
and eggs will b. delivered direct to
ruuxumera.
Mexican federal soldiers dashed
across the border at Brownsville. Tex
a.. and arrested two rcvolutionists.
escaping with their prisoners into
territory.
The temperature At Billings, Mont,
fell ID degrees In one hour. reaching
rs below zero. Five hours later Il
was IL above. Much suffering and
loss 10 stock Is expected.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-03-14

Raleigh, N. C.-Mrs. P. C. Thrash
has hired her husband from the Bun
combe county officials. paying $500 in
cash for his services for one month.
She gets him for 80 days he had been
sentenced to serve in Jail for violating
the local prohibition law. Thrash,
who is wealthy, will also pay a fine of
$1,000.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-03-14
sENArE RArlFlss rReArles.
sot Flrss Strips Them Of Objection,
abIs Features.

Washington. ID. C.--Stripped Of the
clause which. II was commended. would
invade the constitutional treaty-msk-
ing power Of the senate. and with
many other limitations added. the
genersl arbitration treaties between
the United States and England, pro-
posed by President Taft and Secretary
Knox, A. forerunners Of universal
peace. were ratified by the senate by 4
vote OF rs TO 3.
The senators who voted against the
rstihcations werc Lorimer. MARITIME
and Reed. The latter two are Demo-
Gratis. President Taft. before leaving
for his speaking trip TO Toledo and
Chicago, did not comment upon the
scnste's action.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-03-14

The Guide-There. we've missed: I
kin hear him maxim on through the
bushes.
Young Hopeful-Well, It doesn't
matter; 1t was probably only the
guv'nor. He was somewhere over in
that direction. wasn't he?-Harper's
Weekly
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-03-14

New York--News has been received
here Of the completion of railroad
across the Andes from africa to La
Pas. The line. which is 27b miles
long and cost about SIT. 900, 900.
reaches an elevation Of $4,000 feet.
1t will be opened for traffic on August
s. the anniversary of the independence
Of Bolivia
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-03-14
AErieuIturaI enI Amended

Washington. d. C.-The house Of
representatives has adopted an amend
ment TO the agricultural sppropria-
ton bill prohibiting the forest service
from erecting buildings for ranger
stations on any homestead in the for
est reserve where the homestead was
filed prior to the creation of the re-
aarva
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-03-14

Fashions for the season-zebra
suits are to be very popular with the
guided youth. Well. well. The nat.
urai history says: The external
qualities OF the zebra are those of the
ass. -London View.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-03-14
A Fixture.

Mistress Are you sure your stay
with US. Bridget
Cook ION her hundredth job)-Faith
an ! will Don't yez suppose / know
an aisy mark whin see wan?-Har
per's Bazaar.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-03-14
|pLRQ STATE NEWS

Mes Psrce-At . meeting Of the
Fszmers' Educational and Co-opera-
tive union held here q contract was
let for supplying the 100 members
with grain sacks 1t II estimated
that 500, 900 sacks will be needed.
The union will buy sacks through it,
Seattle representative, C. w. Nelson.
The price paid was not made public.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-03-14

Kellogg The industrial union of
Kellogg has planned to install com
prehensive ore exhibit in the Y. M. C.
A. here, the exhibit to include speci-
mems from every district in the Occur
d'AIenes. Aside from the display in
the Carnegie library In Wallace there
II no appropriate collection Of ore
samples In the district. Oscar H.
Hershey, geoIogist Of the Bunker Hill
> Sullivan, will be placed In charge Of
the work Of arranging the exhibits.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-29
Contest queries.

Contest Queries.
Ylay Contest Editor;
Please let me know through The Star
whether I am allowed to ave more than
me act in my play, as long as 1t does
Tot exceed 1900 words and l don't think
I takes more than twenty five minutes
10 be presented. / would also like to
know whether 7 can send In more than
ane play. r. G..
Both of your questions have already
been answered. In The Star OF Feb
tuary II. In answer to Ethel b.. is
given a lengthy answer to the question
IF more than n act. L would advise
you to get a Star Of this date and read
t. AS to sending in more than ono
play. that question was answered in
rhe Star of February 81 in answer to
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-29

Play Contest Editor:
Enclosed find entry blank and / hope
my play will be a success. / have four
characters. one Of which will take two
parts. Is that all right? A. L.
1t will be all right for the minor
characters to take a double role, but
the characters and costumes should be
sufficiently different to disguise the
duplicity. The fact that one person is
playing two parts should not be APP
parent to the audience, otherwise the
character" of the part Is lost. There
would be an exception to this If the
change of character was a part of the
plot of the play. where q person as
I'M the title or being OF another
person. This liz illustrated in the play.
HE Came from Milwaukee," Mr.. Ber-
nard sun the role Of the Duke OF
Zuracz, although he is really Herman
Won Schnellenvein, q brewer from Mil
waukee. But the change is made with
the knowledge OF the audience and is
part of the plot of the play.
Play Contest Editor:
Do we have to furnish the music for
the opening and closing curtains of the
/ want some music played as the
curtain rises and the same music at the
finish w. w. +.
Unless o want some particular
music it will not be necessary to fur
nish any for this purpose. The or
chestra leader has plenty OF music of
every description which will be appro-
pirate for d curtain raiser and for the
finale. II you want some familiar or
patriotic music played it would be well
to have parts arranged for the or
chestra. II you want music arranged
will furnish you with a list of in
for which parts should be
Music 10 open and close your
need pot be criginai.-P. G. Editor
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-29

world is increased in this wise: The
moment the stork gives warning of an
impending visit a trained nurse is en-
gagged. she is not called upon for
actual service until some time later,
perhaps ten days. Formerly no charge
was made during the interim in which
the nurse waited for the stork. Now.
however, the nurse charges IS a day,
even for waiting time,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-29
oil, Vol! IT EVEN COSTS
MORE TO BE SICK NOW.

NEW YORK, Feb. ga young
woman. in a snowy uniform that
stamped her one of h army Of twenty
thousand trained nurses Ia this city,
handed a folded piece of paper yester-
day to a msa who had been undo the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-29

charged you SO more than formerly.
If you were an alcohol patient the
charge would be $35 a week."
It's a fact. 1t costs more to be sick.
The trained nurses of the greater city,
affiliated with the various nurses reg
~istries, have decided to advance prices
from 10 TO rs per cent The impost Will
be particularly heavy on mothers.
The tariff on ones entrance into the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-29

weather for a week. The man opened
the paper. glanced at 1t and said:
why, you've charged me for a day
too many. You have charged me $2S
for the week, when II should be $25."
"Oh. 10; that's correct" responded
the young woman We've all gotten
together and, a " the increased
cost of living, we've decided to raise
our rates. Yos re lucky that I've only
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-29
RUN ON PERTH AMBOY BANK.

PERTH AMBOY. Feb. ga baselesx
rumor early yesterday caused a run on
the private bank of Morris Rosett, The
bank was amply prepared to meet all
demands. The m was that Rosett
his cashier had left the country.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-29
Scholars Enter
:G STAR Play Contest
Rules Governing The Stars Sl5O Prize
Play-Writing Contest for School Children
THE CONTESTANT

HI Ia H4N
l. Must be a pupil of a public or parochial school in either
Essex, Hudson or Union counties.
z Must be the bona-ide author OF the play.
3. Must accept terms and conditions of the contest
4. Must file name and address with the Play Contest Editor.
Hi MANUSCRIPT
i. Must be typewriter on one side of the page only.
2. Must not be folded.
g.. Should have pages numbered and be well spaced and with wide
margin
L. Must have title page, with name of play, author and school to
s.. Stamps should be inclosed for return of manuscript to writer.
l. Must be original.
2. Must not exceed 1000 words Of dialogue.
3. Must not involve more than four characters.
4. Must not take more than twenty-five minutes for presentation.
April 6, 1912.
6. May be either dramatic, farcical or light comedy.
2 Must have characters. scenes costumes and stage directions
well defined and fully explained.
THE WINNER
l. The successful paylet will be determined by the following
competent judges: William S. Hunt, dramatic editor,
Sunday Call; Harry s: tCyphers, editorial staff of Newark
Gunners Mate" Cinderella" and other offerings.
2. Play will be produced week Of April 20 at Proctors Broad
Street Theatre, Elizabeth, by the Proctor Stock Com
pany, and the following week, May 6.a at Proctors Park
Place Theatre, Newark.
8. Will receive $3.50 in gold and any royalties from the produc.
Play Contest Editor, The Newark Star:
Please enter my name in your playwriting contest. l have
read the rules governing same and desire to compete for the
l agree to be guided by the rules of the contest and to
abide by the decision of an impartial set Of Judges.
Address
City Cor TOWN. "a
School
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-29
Number OF Schools Represented by Pupil Aspirants to Dramatic
Fame Is Large..Queries by the Interested Are Answered.

In accordance with tbs noun ment made a few days ago. The Star
prints today the names of thu thirty w contestants who are taking part
in The Stars Play Writing Contest.
These entrants have flied their n ames in compliance with il rules #
the contest 1t win be noticed that nearly a e many schools as contestants
are represented.
The list follows:
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-29

d. q. d. More than one play may be
submitted.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-29
NAME

NAME
T.. Warren Atkinson
Francis r. Verian
David Kirk
'arroll Connolly
ethel Brundage
larry Siinons
John Z. Thulman
Robert II. t a
Eleanor Colburn
Frederick Saam
Rose Grossbart
William A. Mueller
Nathan Zvaifer
Alex. /. Karrskis
soulS Press
Altha Gray
celia Lehrhoff
elsie Klein
Leo Asch
Donald Hill
Donald G.. Davis
Richard j. Breen
George Faux
edward Taub
Sophie Divork
Ralph Simon
Charles Davenport
Robert Martin
Abraham Lehrhoff
olive c. Dimmick
,arl w. Brenn
Michael Feldman
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-29

Advertise IN ma star for s-aH resulsA
The Bottineau courant., 1912-11-29

Sir Cecil Arthur Spring. Rice, who
has be,m named as <<:the successor to
James Bryce, British ambassador to
the United States, will not take up his
duties until all pending negotiations
have been cleared up. Some time ago
Mr.. Bryce intimated his desire to re-
tire, but has prolonged his stay, in
Washington at the request of the Brit
ish government. MI. Bryce is retiring
in order to devote himself to the COM
pleti0n Of two works on which he has
hong been engaged.
Mr.. Bryce's successor has been Brit
ish minister at Stockholm since 1908.
Sir Cecil is no stranger in Washington,
having served as secretary Of legation
under Lord Pauncefote. He was charge
d'afEaires at Teherai1 IN 1890 and min
iitsr to Persia In 1o0Bse.t Lille Mfr.
Bryce, he is an. Irfshman, coming
from the family of Lord MonteaGle.
he is regarded as an able man, who
has shown great promtbe,, but ii of a
different type Of diplomatist from Mr.
Bryce. He is 6fty-three years old and
was created knight commander of st.
Michael and st. George In 1905.
The Bottineau courant., 1912-11-29
CLEAN, CLEAN, DAIRY UTENSILS.
70 Keep Produets Purs. Ttssy Should
.-.. d Stsrilixod Every rpay.t .s7fs

Ts Keep Products Purs Thsy Should
-a D tstsrilixed Every rpay.s ~
II the dairyman IL, to keep his dairy
utensils absolutely clean he must star;
ilizs them daily. This: is just as neces-
sary in the small dairy as In the large
one. The dairyman who milks only a
few COWS cannot AFFORD an expensive
equipment in his dairy room. Many
who do a profitable but modest bust
ness believe that steriliser is an ex-
pensive luxury. Such Is not the case.
A homemade sterilizer may be made
at cost OF not more than 81 or So.
Go to your local timer or hardware
merchant, show him the accompanying
cut ana tell him to make You q box
three and a half feet square OF gal
vanized iron. twenty eight gauge, lit
tie heavier if he hasn't this. It should
not be Of lighter weight. All Joints
should be riveted and 'soldered closely.
This will make a steam tight box,
with the exception Of the cracks about
the door, and will hold enough steam
pressure for all practical purposes in
sterilizing.
The door should be not quite three
feet square and should be cut to lap
The Bottineau courant., 1912-11-29
Harness Racing Ia Now Zealand.

hsrnsss Racing Ia Now Zealand.
In New Zealand. az in other countries
where harness racing conditions and
progress are declared to be much supe-
rior to those in America. where the
sport originated. the only recognized
speculation Is by the mutuel system.
The new totnlizn tor house at Ricoarton
(Christchurch, is the largest building
Of the kind In New Zealand, being 21O
feet long by IS feet in width and COW
ering three -eighths Of an acre of ground
There are sixty-three selling windows
those for one pound tickets being on
one side and for ten shilling tickets be-
ing on the other side Of tho building.
while there are fifteen pay out win
dows for the inside inclosure and ten
for the outside. The ends. which are
semicircular. contain the tote faces for
showing the total investments on each
horse. provision being made for fields
up to thirty-two.
The Bottineau courant., 1912-11-29
Start Columbia Basketball.

Basketball practice got under way at
Columbia fortnight earlier this year
than usual. Twenty varsity candidates
reported to Harry Fisher. the coach
who spent most OF the time going over
the plan of campaign and drilling the
men in shooting
Three veterans Of last years cham
pionship team reported. Meenan, for
ward; Benson, forward, and Lee, guard
are back with Captain Jaques. who
was unable to play last season because
Of illness. Veeder. the old Princeton
player, who has been in the Columbia
Law school for two seasons, got a place
In the first squad.
The Bottineau courant., 1912-11-29
Pick All Star Ball Tossers.

The baseball team Of American all
star players that will be taken to Aus
tralia for a series Of games has practi-
caIly been selected by Cal Ewing, the
Pacific coast magnate. Out Of fifteen
men who will constitute the team he
has decided on thirteen and is negotiat-
ing with two more. The team is made
up Of Pacific coast players, AZ follows:
Pitchers, Jack Killilay, Cy Parkin. Bon
ner, Charles Baum and Leverenz;
catchers, Jack Bliss and Dutch Auer;
infielders, II. Miller Of Sacramento, Bill
Leard. Hatty McArdle and Jack Wufai;
Outtielders. Howard Mundorff and FL
mer Zacher The pitchers can be used
In other positions If necessary
The Bottineau courant., 1912-11-29
lRRlGATE UNDER GROUND.
system 81 Distributing Watsrl to plan.
Roots Successful In Texas.

.N5 Il ift - ~ = IS. u. 1T
Systsm ef Distributing Watsr Is Plan,
Roots Successful In Texas.
One tof the MOST remarkable out
igrowths OF the era of reclamation In
the west Is test that has been made
near Midland. Tex, Of system of
subirriga tion whereby water Is fed to
the roots Of plants well under the
ground instead of having it percolhte
down to them from the surface. The
success Of such q system would add
millions Of dollars to the yearly profits
Of farms throughout the west 'becad dse
Of the saving of water in places where
it is scarce and, the better results to be
had In the growth OF plants.
Systems of irrigation generally are
based on. q fow Of water in surface
bitches fed from surface canals 1t has
been found. however, that great waste
attends this plan both from seepage
and evaporation. In localities where
water isfscarce these factors are. of the
utmost Importance.
Agricultural experts for years have
been engaged III ali effort to perfect a
system Of subirris satfon. The great dif!
ficulty to be met. however, lay I'd; the
plugging Of the water outlets when
pipes we're laid underground It is
necessary that these outlets shall at al
times be free If the water Is to be dis.
tributed properly. 1t is believed that
this problem has been solved under the
system In operation near Midland
The experiment has been carried on
BY wealthy farmers Of Kansas, who
bought much property in that vicinity.
Their plans we're greeted 'humorUusly,
but they went ahead installing their
lsystefn They laid concrete ,pipss two
feet under the 'surfacs on a large tract.
At short, intervals in these are inserted
plugs having openings the size of a pin
hole. over these hoies are laid caps
which at over the pipe In such fashion
that only u little room II left for the
egress of the water and no room for the
entrance Of dirt or roots. 1t has been
found that the water from these holes
spreads to distance of more than
stxty feet Good CROPS have bteh grown
on the land. and farmers who formerly
scoffed at the idea are now figuring on
installing similar devices.-Nsw York
Times. ..., .....l
The Bottineau courant., 1912-11-29
nonhxADD fsrsR1h1Iz.i.
[From Country Gentleman ]

about an inch over all four sides Of the
opening. Ordinary heavy double strap
hinges may be used, fastened with
either bolts or rivets. A bolt and staple
fastener holds the door shut The
steam may be piped into the top and
one side as shown in the illustration.
A few holes punched In the bottom will
drain of the condensed steam. 1t
should be turned on slowly at first and
then gradually be worked up to full
force with thirty or forty pounds Of
steam in the boiler. A thorough ster.
ilization will be accomplished in from
ten to fifteen minutes. The writer has
used sterilizer similar to this, which
cost $3.50, and found it to be thorough
y emcient. Country Gentleman.
The Bottineau courant., 1912-11-29
HUMOROUS QuPs
Make Good.


Tho world IL often hunbugsed by the guy
who has the guile: ......,... ,...s.
The world la often bunkOed. but ills only
for awhile.
With all vino try to DO things. she Is pa.
tient. az she should: ,......
But, Lordy. how she slams them when
they don't make good!
The hrasxart and the boaster they appar-
emily get on.
Today the world is with them. but to-
morrow they are Eohe. g.. F..
fhe justice of her processes ttrey have not
understood .,...,,...,. -.
She has no use for any imam WHO wont
make good.
The world is often put upon. tho world Is
oft deceived ,,.-.
And many u ,flimsy fable for awhile she
has believed. ...
But finally her common sense deception
has withstood.
No man can fool her always whom he
can't make good.
Do. laddte. tato q lssson now from one
who knows the game.
Twill save you, maybe, noney. and twill
save you surely shame.
Tie world will treat you Sduarely II you
treat her as you, should
But don't forget she'll nall you II you
don't make good.
Judge.
The Bottineau courant., 1912-11-29

o.-wh4t iss ths bsst' method q cur.
lny 2ss5d corn!
AasAJ! H. sAsDtsrd. Dean Atraeal-
tural Department.
,-1ssA~ corn shoaalA BE- husks4 before
frsssing weather occurs in the tAN
and put Into Z Dry place whore the ar
oirsulatss we'll, The sa1s, are placed
or hung 10 thst thSy Do not touch
each other, ct least 20 that they afS
not more than two ears deep in layers
until they are dry After that II they
are kept in q place whore there 10 no
moisture coming from live stock shell
tered below or from bin Of grain.
they should keep satisfactorily until
Il II time 70 plant.
o-What effect does asrating have
upon milkf
Ans-0. L. Martin. Prof. Of Dairy-
ing.
II asrating il done In clean cir 1t
oools the milk and allows the animal
gases to pass OF. but II done In dirty
or dusty surroundings many undssir.
able bacteria enter to cause the milk
to sour and To- develop bad davors.
Q.-should corn be drilled or check
edi
Ans.-R c. Doneghus. Prof Of AZ
ronomy.
Inasmuch % corn IL grown largely
to clean the land and our farming @on
erations are carried on with machin
cry, the only rational way TO plant
corn 10 to check II. On land that ID
quite wssdy It 10 Impossible TO get all
The Bottineau courant., 1912-11-29
1rotter Sold For Fortune,

Airdale, 2:15A, worlds champion
orotting yearling. was sold by his
breeder and owner, ]. L. Tarlton, pro-
prietor of the Allendale farm, near
Lexington. KY. recently to J. Howard
Ford, owner Of Stony Ford farm, for
the record breaking price Of $12,5OO.
Airdale Is full brother to Lord Al
len, winner of the two-year-old Ken
tucky futurity, which colt cost Mr..
Ford $500 in the fall Of 1911, price
said to be the best paid for q yearlins
for over a decade.
The Bottineau courant., 1912-11-29
Germans Buy Wsstvvard.

The schooner yacht Westward, which
made practically a clean sweep in the
European races Of the season Of 1910
= to 80 TO Germany, having been pur
chased Tor q German yachtsman from
Alexander Smith Oochran, its owner
The Westward was designed by Cap
thin Nat Herreshon and aroused ~
much enthusiasm abroad from the day
31t arst appeared In British waters thai
o6ers Tor its purchase wdrt Fof alhno66l
weekly occurrence.