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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
SURE DEATH TO ALL INSECTS
Homemade. Torch Shown In iliustsn--
ton Should Find Place Ton Every g
Farm--Used for Many Things.

The homemade torch herewith nlug--
trated, or one similar In construction
should find a place on every farm
says the Homestead. Such torches
are for sale in hardware stores. but
the prices asked for them seem RatAer
high, and then they are mostly used
by painters and the average farmer
seldom If ever gets sight Of one OF
them. To make the torch shown In
the cut, secure any stout can that
will hold pint or more, preferably
an old oil can with q handle, drill q.
hole in the center and place short
piece Of one-fourth-inch iron pipe In
the hole as shown. It should extend
to within half an inch Of the bottom
of the can and project above the top
about three or four inches. Place a,
cap on the top and drill several very
small holes in same. There should be-
about five holes, with one In the top
Of the can. Make the holes one-thirty--
second or one-sixteenth Of an inch in
diameter. Fill the pipe with candle.
wicking and fasten tightly In place.
It should be soldered. Fill can about
four-f1fths full of gasoline and light
same by heating the top Of can and
pipe with small blaze. If the wealth
err is not too cold this can be done"
with matches. The heat forms a gas
in the can which forces itself up
through the wicking, and when lighted
makes a strong light and very hot.
blaze. This can be used for many
things on the farm. For instance. no
better device has been invented for
cleaning old paint from any surface.
such as buggies, wagons, or the walls
Of the house. 1t is sure death to all
insect life in the poultry house. Co.
over all cracks with the blaze and
eggs and nits will be killed as welt
as the insects. 1t makes good light;
and will Withstand strong breeze. A.
tap or nut that cannot be otherwise
removed will at once come off on be-
ing heated with the torch. In short,
anything that requires small and
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
GOOD FOOD FOR POULTRY
There Should be Variety and While
Some Grains Arc Favored Others
Are Not-Grit Needed.

Poultry food should be palatable.
Some grains are the favorite food of
chickens, while others are not. Rye
may be fed, but it Is not generally
liked by poultry. and should never be
made the principal feed. 1t may be
used in a mixture with other grains,
and will be eaten by the flock. Rel
lsh is one of the factors of proper
feeding.
Food should be varied. The best
commercial poultry-foods on the mar
ket are combinations of the common
farm grains. There are varying
amounts of each, according to nutri-
tive value and cheapness-wheat.
oats, corn, barley, rye, millet-seed.
caneseed. field peas. buckwheat, sun
flowerseeds, and grass-seeds. With
these are combined grit, shells and
charcoal. These foods produce good
results, mainly because Of the variety
With a little instruction, one could
make such combination, for the
flock, of grains on the farm.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
POUITPYNOTES:
(NNaIsa 81 s9aooo J

Mongrel fowls should not be kept.
for egg production because the eggs
will be uniform neither In color nor
size.
Where there is no other chance for
early green picking a patch of oats
sown now will answer the purpose
we'll.
1t Is better to go slow and heat ups
the eggs In an incubator in "a hours,
than to get in hurry and do it in twcs
hours.
February Matched chickens are apt
to mott in the fall, and will not be.
worth anything for egg production i'm
winter.
Any sharp stones will answer for.
grit, II they are smaller than a grain
OF corn. and larger than a grain Of
wheat.
A good, well-balanced, laying ration-
Two parts bran. one part corn meal
one part alfalfa meal, ard one part
beef scrap.
Ducks that are Matched in an incu-,
bator can be cared for the same as
those Matched by hens or ducks in the
natural way.
Goose eggs will hatch in an incubat-
or out not so we'll as fowls eggs I'M
less the incubator is especially buiIt
for that purpose.
Inc Leghorns, Minorcas or any or
the breeds OF the Mediterranean clas=
are non-s1tters and are bred for the
purpose OF laying.
one fatal mistake made at the emo
OF the hatch is to keep the door of the
incubator open too long after the eggs
have begun to pip.
The poultry business requires study
and constant attention, the same a.s
any other business. First efforts aru
] rarely ever successful
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22

Red Cross was established in Amer.
lea in 1881 and Miss Barton was its
president from that date until 1904.
Before that time she had made q
name for herself by her services on
battlefields beginning in the civil war
and extending through the Franco
Prussian war. Congress recognized
her good offices in the first case by
an appropriation of $500 to be dis
bursed by her in searching for miss
ing men after the various battles of
the war.
Miss Barton's work became more
extended with the organization of the
American Red Cross and covered the
new field Of catastrophes in time OF
peace. She distributed relief to the
sufferers from the Jamestown flood
and went to Russia in 1892 to carry
food to the famine sufferers there. In
the following year she was minister
ing to the destitute survivors of the
tidal wave which struck South Caro-
lima and Florida. In 1896 she was
aiding the Armenian families deci-
mated by the Turks, and yet when
yellow fever appeared among the
American troops in Cuba, following
the battles around Santiago, 1t was
Clara Barton who, at the request OF
President Mckinley, organized field
hospitals and personally spent hel
time on the battle lines. Her last
work of national prominence was II
connection with the great Galveston
flood relief in 1900.
In 1904 the Red Cross was reOrgan
lied. President (then secretary Tai
being chosen it's president, and Mis-
Barton, then far advanced in age
and somewhat broken in health from
exposure and hardships, retired from
| active connection with the organiza
ton.
Miss Barton will be buried wher
she was born. In the slopes OF tn
little cemetery in Oxford, Mass, wit
father and mother, brothers and sic
tiers, she will be laid hard by wher
her cradle was rocked.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
ISSUES WARNING TO MEXICO
Government In Strong Statement De.
mands That American Life and
Property be Protected.

ashington--Warning was issued on
Sunday by the United States Is the
Mexican government, as well as to the
General Pascual Orozco, chief Of the
revolutionary forces, that 1T expects
and must demand that American life
and property within the republic Of
Mexico be justly and adequately pro-
tected, and that this government must
hold Mexico and the Mexican people
responsible for all wanton or illegal
acts sacrificing or endangering Amer
lean life or damaging American prop.
erty or interests"
The attitude of the United States az
eral officials is that any interference
with American citizens will be deep.
ly resented by the American govern
ment and people and must be fully an.
swered for to the American people,"
Acting Secretary Wilson of the state
department, who issued special in
structions to Ambassador Wilson at
MEXICO City and Marian Letcher, Am.
erican consul at Chihuahua, author
lied the statement that Intervention
was not contemplated by the United
States.
Ambassador Wilson was ordered to
communicate at once the view of the
United States to the Mexican minis
ter for foreign affairs, and copy Of
his instructions likewise was sent tc
Marion Letcher, American consul al
Chihuahua, with special representa-
tions addressed to General Orozco.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Coop for Little Chicks.

and vermin proof. The apertures for
ventilation are SO arranged that YER
min cannot crawl up the sides
and enter them, and the openings
through which the mother hen and
the little chicks pass in and out
are in a slidable section, so that
the egress Of both, or of the hen
only, can be cut off at will.
Even when closed, however, the ven
tilation is such that the air is always
pure. Another advantage Of this coop
is that the top, bottom and sides are
detachable. and the whole affair can
be knocked down in an instant.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
STEAMER TITANIC
STRIKES ICEBERG
THREE THOUSAND PASSENGERS
HAVE NARROW ESCAPE FROM
WATERY GRAVE,
Liner Titanic colIides With Iceberg
on Board Were Doomed to Death
MANY Prominent People on
Inflated Ship.

Cape Race, NewfOundland.-The
largest steamer afloat, the White Star
liner Titanic, collided with an iceberg
Sunday night, and it is possible that
the 5000 passengers may never reach
shore, although the ship is proceed,
ing slowly under its own steam, after
all hope has been abandoned.
The message that the ship had been
injured was sent by wireless and was
answered by other vessels, which i'm
mediately put on all speed in an eff.
fort to reach the stricken vessel in
time to save the passengers.
Different reports have come in, one
being that the women were placed in
the boats and the men Lett on the in
jured vessel.
The latest report, however, is that
the vessel is proceeding under her
own steam, and that she will undoubt.
eddy reach the shore in safety.
The weather was calm and clear, the
Titanic's wireless operator reported,
and gave the position of the vessel
41:46 north latitude and SOFA west
longitude.
The Marconi station at Cape Race
notified the Allan liner Virginian, the
captain of which Immediately advised
that he was proceeding for the scene
of the disaster.
The steamship Baltic also reported
herself as about 20 miles east of the
Titanic and making all possible speed
toawrd her.
Teh last signals from the Titanic
were heard by the Virginian at 1927
a. m. The wireless operator on the
Virginian says these signals were
blurred and ended abruptly.
The Titanic left Southampton April
10 on her maiden voyage for New
York.
The Titanic carried about 1900 pas
sengers, of whom $50 were in the first
| cabin.
There were many prominent people
on board the Inflated ship, including
Mr.. and Mrs I.sidore Straus, Major
Archibald Butt, w. T. Stead, the Lon
| don correspondent of the Interna'
tional News Service, who is scheduled
to speak at the peace celebration in
Carnegie hall on April 81; Robert W.
Daniel, the Philadelphia banker; Col.
onel and Mrs. John Jacob Aston,
Countess Rothes, Mrs. ]. Stuart White,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry B. Harris, j. b.
Widener, A. G.. Vanderbilt, F. D. Mil
lett, the artist and president of the
Consolidated American academy al
Rome; c. M Hays, president OF the
Grand Trunk railway; Mr. and Mrs
G. D. Widener, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Widener and Benjamin Guggenheim.
The Titanic is 1872 feet 6 inches
long, has a beam of 80 feet inches
displaces $4,000 tons and is of $4,000
tons net register. She can carry 5000
passengers. 600 in the saloon, 500 IL
the second cabin and 1900 in thu
steerage, while she has crew OF $50
She is commanded by Captain Tee
Smith, formerly commander of thu
Olympic, her sister ship, which II
now at Southampton.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
vENTILAToR FOR HEN HOUSE
Many Buildings Provo Quite Unsatls-
factory Because They Arc Not
Properly Ventilated.

Poultry houses are often unsatis-
factory solely because they are badly
ventilated. OF course 1t is out of the
question always to tear them down
and build anew or to install the King
system Of ventilation, so some form of
ventilator may be the best device to
adopt. In the illustration Is shown a
force draft ventilator built like re-
volving stovepipe chimney top, says
the Orange Judd farmer. The wing
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Cotton Mills May Not Resume.

Lowell, Mass.-AlthOugh many Of
the $4,000 mill workers here believe
that the cotton mills of this city.
which were closed several weeks ago
when a strike for higher wages was
instituted, will be opened and a 10
per cent advance be put into effect at
that time, the mill agents continue to
maintain silence.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Conference to Discuss Strike.

New York;. c. StIart, chairman
of the General Managers association
of fifty eastern roads, issued cali
Saturday for a meeting of the confer
ence committee to be held here April
II to discuss the recent strike vote Of
the engineers and determine whether
the railroads should make counter
proposition TO their demands for In
creased pay.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Banker Suicides.

Fresno, Cal-D. S. Snodgrass, pres.
ident of the First National bank OF
Selma, California, and also president
of the First National bank of Fowler,
California, shot and killed himself
because of ill health.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Novice in Runaway Balloon.

Cassonay, Switzerland.-The Swiss
Aero clubs balloon St. Gothard is
somewhere above the clouds with a
passenger aboard who is totally ignor-
amt of handling the air craft. The
pilot and two of the three passengers
were thrown out.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Good Egg Food.

Dry bran is good egg food and
should be kept before the hens prac-
tically all the time. Keep it in dry
place and give it to the hens in mar
row trough Slated over the top sos
they can pick it out. but not tramp
in and spOilt it.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Tingey is Recovering.

Los Angeles.-C. s. Tingey. secre-
tary of state of Utah, who has been
IN southern California, is recovering
rapidly from a serious operation at
the Good Samaritan hospital
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Injured When Floor Collapsed.

Peoria, Ill.-Twenty-five male and
female students of Bradley polytechnic
institute were injured Saturday when
the second floor of the big Woolner
distillery, which they were inspecting,
gave away under the weight of soy
enty-five member OF the party.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Killed by Accident.

Strassberg, Sask.-Joseph Hamil is
lead at his home here as the result OF
me accidental discharge of shotgun
when wind blew shut the door of
Earn as he was entering, the charge
striking him in the abdomen.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
RICH FARMING LAND INUNDATED
Levee Gives Way and Two Hundred
Square Miles In Arkansas and
Louisiana Under Water.


Greenville, Miss.-The Mississippi
river levee at Panther Forest, nine
teen miles above Greenville, on the
Arkansas shore, gave way late Friday
and the water is finding it's way over
200 square miles of rich farming lands
and several prosperous towns. Sixty
townships in Chicot, East Ashley,
Drew and Desha counties in Arkansas
and East Carroll parish, Louisiana, will
be inundated. Lake Village, with a
population Of 1900, is the most import
ant town in the waters path. So far
as known there has been no loss OF
life.
Chicot county, which practically will
be covered. has population of $4,000.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Bomb Exploded in Taxi.

Paris.-A bomb exploded inside a
axi-auto in the Rue de Lyon. The
last shook the neighborhood. smash
ne windows and wrecking the motor
AR. The chauffeur and several redes-
rians were injured.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Feed for Hens.

Glover leaves and heads break OF in.
handling clover hay. These should be,
saved and fed to the hens. They may
be fed dry or placed in pail and
steamed by pouring on boiling water
and covering tightly.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
viii Take Body to Chicago.

North Yakima, Wash.-The body of
w. Cameron Long, which was found
on Friday in a bend of the Yakima
river. will be removed to Chicago at
once, according to instructions from
his father, T. X. Long.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
COOP FOR YOUNG CHICKENS
illinois Man Arranses Device Of GAL
vanIxed Iron, Which 10 Rain, Rat
and vermln Proof.

A coop that provides q safe and
sanitary home for young chickens has
been invented by an Illinois man. 1t
Ii made of galvanized iron, with .
circular body and q peaked roof. with
over-hanging caves. It is rain, rat
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
A Handy Torch.

safe heat can be heated or burned
with this torch. Any timer will make
the torch for Is cents if you cannot
make one yourself. It is perfectly
safe and cannot explode.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Carrying Chip on Shoulder,

Phoenix Ariz.-Members OF the
lower house served notice Saturday
upon the senate that the original
house recall bill would be adopted by
the senate or no recall measure at all
would get through this session.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Ely,s First Mine Nabob Gone.

Oroville, Cal-Thomas Rockhill.
who after years of prospecting,
achieved a fortune in Nevada, died
here Sunday. He made the first big
strike at Ely. Mr.. ROckhill at one
time served as a state senator.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
ROOSEVELT WINS PENNSYLVANIA
Former President Gets Four-fifths Of
the Delegates to the National
Republican Convention.

Philadelphia.-The primary election
in Pennsylvania resulted in land
slide for Theodore Roosevelt.
OF the sixty-four delegates elected
in the thirtytwo districts. fully fifty
are pledged to vote for Roosevelt.
Added to this is the probability that
the Republican state convention.
which will choose twelve delegates
at large to the national convention,
will be controlled by the ant-Taft
element, insuring at least sixty-two
delegates for Roosevelt from this
state.
With the exception OF one or two
districts in the state, Woodrow
Wilson will have solid delegation
from Pennsylvania to the Democratic
national convention.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22

with the arrow on top turns the top
20 the opening. q. always faces the
wind. Some Of the wind passes
through this opening and out of the
top at b. 1t thus creates a draft up
the hue, G, and thus ventilates the
poultry house below. The principle
Ia the same as that used in the atom
lSer.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Prisoners Peculiar Request.

San Rafael, Cal.-When Edward
Delhante was sentenced to death Sat
urday he asked to be allowed to en-
terrain the court and spectators with
some coon congs. Delhantie is a giant
negro
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Cashier Robbed of $3.50.

Chicago.-Albert Kehoe, 20 years
old, cashier for the NJ. j. Neahr COM
pany, paper bag manufacturers, was
robbed on Armour avenue of a satchel
plOyerS.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
LIE PASSED IN THE HOUSE.

Graham Of Illinois Takes Onense at
Remarks or Leader Mann.
Washington.-The lie was passed
upon the floor OF the house on Sat
urday and bitter debate was pre-.
cipitated between the minority lead
or, Mr.. Mann, and Representative
Graham of Illinois, chairman Of the
interior department expenditures
committee, over the case of Mrs.
Helen Pierce Gray, said to be lob
byist on Indian affairs.
Mr.. Mann said in lieu of an ex.
plantation an investigation should be
made of the case.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Driven Insane by grief.

New York.-Clara Conner, former
ly of Indianapolis, the demented wo-
man who was found raving by the
side of the body of Louis Parma, pro-
lessor of music, will be taken to an
asylum.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Progressive Chinese.

Coneratulates Progressive Chinese.
Washington.-Acting on the recon-
mendation of the committee on for
eign relations, the senate on Saturday
adopted the house resolution congrat-
ulating the people of China on their
assumption of power.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22
Mexican Rebels Torture Women

Mexico City.-Passengers who were
ON the train between Silao and Marfi.
which was attacked by bandits Thurs
day when the conductor, T. G. Kane.
an American, was killed, report that
a Canadian and his wife were robbed
of 400 pesos. The woman was beat
en- on the soles of the feet to force
her to give up some jewels that were
hidden in her clothing.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-04-22

Candy, Ore. In a fire which de-
stroyed the City hotel here, E. Rosen-
Grams, aged 80, a yer thy farmer. was
overcome by IKE and burned to
death. A dozGn other guests escaped.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-05
NincrSSucCccdinQ ;
Against Big Odds
-(By Max S. H-ayes.)

Despite the tremendous odds of be-
ing compelled to face hostile state and
local government officials, a small
army of imported thugs, the unlimited
amounts of money controlled by the
coal barons and the cold weather that
is making their tents and shackss un-
comfortable the striking miners in the
Kanawha coal district, in West Vir-
ginia, have broken the stonewall line
of the operators. Two COMPARES are
reported to have made their peace with
THE uion and several others are ex-
pected to do SO in the nea rfuture So
far as the United Mine Workers are
concerned, both President White and
Vice President Hayes declared to the
editor of this paper that they never
would back down from their demands
for the right Of the mine workers in
West Virginia to organize, that the
fight in that state would be continued
until that fundamental right is CON
ceded and that the United Mine
Workers are in position to support
the West Virginia strikers morally. and
financially for an indefinite period. At
the forthcoming session of the West
Virginia legislature a determined effort
will be made by the miners and other
labor organizations, as Well as numer-
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-12-05
T he Money GU estiion
By DR.. Karl F. M. Sandberg i
Author of "THE MONEY TRUST"

poset hat interferes with it's use as
such a medium. The rigth to charge
interest changes it into profit maker
and causes it to be boarded instead of
used. Loaning on interest means en-
s1avement, means that he does this
work for the lender without getting
any pay for it, When we consider the
fact that the interest bearing loans of
he U. S. amount to at least so billion
dollars and the interest on them prob
ably to not less than three billions a
year it will give them some idea about
the amount of work that is being done
without being paid for
Money represents labor performed
and the interest on it new Value Great
ed by labor. The only one that can
produce this interest value IS the pro-
duetlve worker, and he has to work
more than two hours every worl.ing
lay without pay to cerate the new
wealth needed to make this up.
The Ioanlng of money for use and
especially the loaning of money on
interest must be prohibited by law
Law makes all money and law can
also regulate it's use and punish it's
misuse.