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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-03
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-03
Had Complimentary Calls.

or the visits today Of Senator'S Gull
berson, Of Texas. and Hoke Smith of
Georgia, and Representative Henry
Clayton, chairman of the house judi
ciary committee, the governor said
very little.
They were complimentary calls"
he remarked. I'VE did not discuss
campaign business"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-09

vor. These men have talked to the
farmer face to face, explaining to him
how to make his soil most productive,
how to diversity his crops profitably,
how to prepare his fruit and other
harvests for prospective purchasers,
and how and where to find the most
advantageous markets.
Much Wider Market
The demonstration trains have been
operated under the direction of the
passenger department, but the freight
department effectually SHIPMENTS
the work of its ally. Rates have been
made that take Idaho hay every year
to Spokane, Portland and the Puget
Sound. This year, by reason of fall
ures or partial failures in other states
the Idaho product has found much
wider market. From Bull, Idaho, to
Brunswick, Maine, is far cry but it
has not been too far for the Idaho
hay shipper this year. Oother cars OF
hay have gone to Pennsylvania points
to Virginia, West Virginia, Iowa, ILL
nois and Missouri.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-09

1y, for he knows that his story when
ever told is a source of great en-
couragement of the thousands of
farmers who never had better
chance than he had himself. Palm
was born and brought up on a farm
near Newtown, Ind. He has never
owned a foot of farm land in his life,
and the 360-acre farm on which the
champion ear of corn which won the
Kellogg trophy was grown is rented
farm.
Mr.. Palms real experience as a
farmer began about sixteen years ago.
He had been on the road as a grocery
specially salesman, when he took a
notion that he would rather be an ag-
riculturist, so he took a few short
courses at Purdue university and
rented a portion of the farm he now
occupies. Nine years ago he began
carefully breeding this new variety of
corn. For two years he planted two
rows of Reds Yellow Dent, then two
of Alexander's Gold Standard, detas-
selling the Gold Standard. From the
detasseled rows he picked for seed
only the ears carrying the character
istics he wanted to reproduce, plant
ing and maintaining careful selection,
so that in nine years time he had
developed well-settled type.
The Palm champion ear was the
first winner of the w. X. Kellogg
National Corn Trophy, a handsome
silver and enamel cup made by Tiff
fanny of New York at a cost of $1,000.
Mr.. Kellogg as the originator and
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-09
We Print Butter WRAPPERS
Alma Marker

making of it's product. The Kellogg
trophy was offered to be awarded in
annual competition for the best sim
gle ear of corn until won twice by the
same producer. The fact that the
Kellogg product is made only from
selected white corn, while the win
ming ear was of pronounced yell
low type, was a peculiar feature.
The Kellogg trophy was won in
1910 at Columbus, Ohio, by R. A.
James, of Charleston, ILL.,, with a
magnificent ear of Reds Yellow
Dent, but mot so perfect an ear as
that which originally won the tro-
ply and which has become known
as "the best ear of corn ever grown"
The next award of this trophy will
be made at the next National Corn
exposition, which will be held in Feb
ruary, 1913, at Columbia, s. c. 1t
is planned to make this exposition
much broader in scope than any held
in the past, and consequently a
longer time will be required for pre-
paration. Special buildings are be-
ing erected for the exposition, the
main building to be 4O0x167 feet,
ground measurements. The show will
last ten days. The state of South
Carolina has appropriated $4,000
for the expenses Of the exposition and
the prospect is that Dixie will "do
herself proud" in an effort to make
this exposition the greatest of it's
kind ever held.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-09

Just a countryman-that's ALL
is the way the grower of this re-
markable ear of corn, Mr.. Fred c.
Palm, styles himself. Though he
is admitted to be one of the lead
ing corn experts in the country
one whose services are greatly in
demand as Judge of corn exhibits,
Mr.. Palm asks for no greater honor
a plain Hoosier farmer, and while
he openly processes reasonable
pride in the achievement Of growing
the famous ear of corn which was ad-
judged the most perfect ever grown,
it is without a shadow of ostentation.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-09

In the first place Palm knows
corn. If there we're no more proof
of this fact than the bare story OF
the development and discovery of the
champion ear, it would be enough
And in proof Of this fact, here is the
story as he told it himself:
1T was in November, 1910, and
we were just harvesting our crop.
The weather had been good, but we
were little late with the harvest.
The men were going through the
fields with the wagon in the usual
way gathering the corn, and the har-
vest was promising one.
eve have sort of corn show at
my farm all the time, and there is
always an award for exceptionally
good ears of corn-ears sufficiently
true to type to permit of their being
exhibited. There is small box on
every corn wagon in which the most
perfect ears are thrown. These, when
properly selected, constitute the seed
corn and among these more perfect
ears we occasionally find an ear that
we are willing to exhibit in a con-
test.
"On the day the champion ear
was found, l was at the house and
at dinner time one of the men
brought it in and laid it, with num-
Der of other ears, upon the window
sill in the well room for me to take
an dput away in the seed house.
well I said, do you think
you've got good ear there?'
1T looks to me Ikea good ear
he said. What do you think of it?'
II picked it up and looked it over.
Well said finally, think 1t is
the most perfect ear of corn ever
saw. It's good enough to win the
W. X. Kellogg $1,000 trophy this
year at Omaha
"And l was confident the moment
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-09

The champion ear of corn was not
IAN accident. There can be no greater
lesson in the value of careful study
and painstaking selection of seed and
breeding than the experiences of this
same Palm. The farmer who thinks
he stands a chance co go into the
corn field and by piece of luck pick
out an ear which Nature has fash
toned even more perfectly and with
it wrest the honors from this Indi-
ana man, cannot do better to dis
abuse his mind of this fallacious no.
ton than to read the story of Palm
and his champion ear.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-09
DIE Unique Story o. fits Discovery

l saw it, and looked it over, that !
held the trophy winner in my hand.
So much so that when l left for Oma-
ha to exhibit the ear, took it out
of my grip and showed 1t to the sta
ton agent with the words, That's
the ear I'm going to win the $1,000
trophy WITH"
So there's the story of the cham
pion ear as Palm told it himself.
And on the strength of it who will
say that Fred G. Palm doesn't just
ly merit the title, "The Man Who
Knows Corn?
But that's not all of Palms story.
He tells it willingly, though modest
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-09
IDAHO LEADS IN WHEAT PRO.
DUCTION

A supplement of the Crop Reporter
published at Washington, D. c., for
December, by the Secretary of Agri-
culture, shows that Idaho exceeded
all states in 1911 in the average pro-
duction of wheat per acre; was Sec
ond in the production per acre of
barley, tied with Maine in the pro-
duction per acre of barley, tied with
Maine in the production of potatoes
per acre, and is fourth in the pro-
duction of oats per acre.
The Reporter gives the Idaho av-
erage production per acre as 30.7
bushels, the total acreage being
$4,000 acres, as against b72,0O0 for
1910. The average barley yield for
the state is AZ bushels to the acre,
the total acreage for 1911 being 142,-
900, as against 10000 for 1910.
Idaho's potato acreage is given as
$4,000 acres, as against $4,000 for
1910, with an average of $50 bushels
per acre. The average production of
oats per acre is A bushels, and the
total is given as $4,000 acres for
1911, while the 1910 acreage was
319, 900 acres.
The state excelling Idaho in barley
production is Utah, with an average
yield of 43 bushels as compared to
AZ for Idaho, but Utah had only a.
600 acres, while Idaho's average is
on $4,000 acres.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-09
TOO MUCH POLITICS in BUSINESS
AFFAIRS OF IDAHO
Statesman

Representative Johnston, in his
speech against the Democratic COM
mission tax bill, took Senator Nc
Beth, the Democratic floor leader, to
task for displaying so much political
activity in connection with the meas
ure. The minority spokesman and,
in effect, personal representative of
Governor Hawley, went so far as to
invade the house to secure signatures
to a contract from both Republicans
and Democrats to put through the tax
commission bill. 1t was the desper-
ate political expediency always re-
sorted to when other means fail.
When it is considered in connection
with other events one justifies the
castigation and marvels that a voice
OF protest and condemnation had not
been raised before. Governor Haw-
ley pretended that he would be quite
provoked If any partisanship were
injected; yet his representative. in the
interest of the governors pet meas
ure, enters upon most persistent
and hide-bound partisan policy.
Governor Hawley's sincerity with
relation to his non-partisan consider
alton of the subject was discounted
by those who have watched his oper-
atlons from the day he became a can
didate. He injected the poison of pol
ltics into business affairs the first
thing. There was no great undertak-
ing in this state that did not feel the
narcotic influence once it was thought
1t might be used to bolster up the
cause of Mr.. Hawley and his party.
The Mackay dam fiasco is a notable
instance. If that important project
had not been dragged into politics by
Mr. Hawley and other ambitious and
short-sighted people it would likely
have been financed long ago. On the
other hand 1t has not only continued
to suffer, but other projects, sound as
a dollar, have been injured because
Idaho had acqui ed a reputation for
enmeshing purely business affairs in
politics. Their securities have been
impaired and they have been unable
to expand as they desired; unable to
go as far as 1t had been intended in
the program of further developing
Idaho.
If the progress and the prosperity
OF Idaho is of less moment than per-
sonal politics or party politics, then
by all means let Tic 80 on making
politics the subject for first and, If
necessary, exclusive consideration. II
the development of the state is re-
garded as being of any Importance,
then it is high time that not only
Governor Hawley and Senator Nc
Beth and other Democrats, but that
Republicans of prominence, both in
office and out of office, take little
broader view of these business mat
tiers and lend their aid toward keep.
ing them out of politics instead OIL
pushing them into the much of It.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-09

manufacturer of Toasted Corn Flakes
naturally has a deep interest in the
development of the higher grades Of
corn. for the company of which he
is president, the Kellogg Toasted
Corn Flake Co., requires ten thous-
and bushels Of corn day for the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-09
The Worlds Greateat Ear of Corn

VARETY-Paln Flake Yellow. Named
X Kellogg 81 900 Trophy
HYBRD-The year production.
PARENT PLANTS-Mae, Reds Yellow
Gold Standard.
Observation-Disclosures Circumference, inches
Number Length of kernels 3D. inch Width
kernels Thickness
unorm kernels straight
grain
length being well
grains Weight proportons-com per
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-02-09
Water Right for Sale

Dates back to 1880. Can be trans-
ierred to any canal on Snake river.
BYRD Trego. Blackfoot. Idaho. tt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-28
Ii Sometimes Happens So

From the New York Press.
 A woman who has been schooling her. self to be less forgetful tried the rule of repetition as an aid 10 her ever increasing absentmlndedness. Sometimes her method worked very well. Then again it did not One afternoon recently she went to re- ception. There may have been some n- teresting persons at that reception, but she found bores to the right of her, fad dists to the left of her and common, eV- eryday fools behind her and in front of her She did her best to be amused and to amuse but that reception was a hor- TOT. and when the heat the crowd, the babble and the music became no longer bearable the absent-minded one got up to leave.
 Now. I mustn't forget she told her self, "to make a proper adieu to the host ess, and tell her 1 have had delightful time-delightful time-delghtful time" she repeated 1t with conscientious per- sistence as she sought out the lady of the house.
 Goodbye. dear Mrs. Punile,' she said with an engaging smile and warm hand- shake. 'I have had such perfectly hor- rble time.
 For one annihilating moment there was silence; then all those who were within earshot burst out into a delightful laugh the merriest sort of laugh. The hostess looked pleased and proud. And from that moment forth the absent-minded woman's reputation was established as a wit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-28
final reports is to be held next June or

final reports is to be held next June or July.
 Ii is just fifty years since educational work in the south was begun by people of the north in behalf of negroes, and during that half century $900O0.000 have been contributed to it, A celebration of the anniversary is to take the form of a mass meeting in New York; especially of the educational part of it. The efforts to raise the standard of colleges for nes groes were put upon q working bas;. and convention was called at Atlanta on June 19 next. In the matter of Indian work the United States commissioner of Indian affairs, who was before the coun- ell. reported any number of avenues of usefulness. It was voted to undertake the establishment of a training school for Indians to work ~mong their own people.
 So excellent were felt to be the effects of the dinner held this year, and attended by secretaries of all foreign and home societies, that the home mission people voted to hold their council hereafter dur ing the same week at the foreign confer ence. The unity of missionary effort, quite new between home and foreign. was regarded the great feature of the year. Committees on further study of the rural church, and it's larger service 1 to the community, were named with the Rev pr. W. H. Wilson of the Presby- teran board at it's head
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-28
Relief Nor the Chinese

Bishop Greer of New York heads conl- mittee just naned that will cooperate with similar committee in Shanghai 10 raise money contributions in America for famine and war sufferers in China. Co., operating with lhm not leading in the eff fort are the Protestant foreign mission boards in thea United States and Canada. It is the desire of the latter to make a popular committss and not merely mis- sion board one. Bishop Graves of Shang- hai is at the head of the China commit fee. and he reports 2,500000 persons in an actual starvation condition. America is asked for sl l.000,000 Similar committees are forming in England.
 The American Bible society has re- celved many reports from its agents in China which in general confirm the tele- grams already published in the news papers, but adding some interesting par ticulars The distribution of scriptures, of course, has been seriously interfered with, but in some places the coporteurs have attempted distribution. One of the society's agents fnon-Chinese) visited Hang Yang and found a courteous re- ception in offering the scriptures to sb1- diers on the streets who were thankful to have something to read. He adds that the Red Cross workers are busy burying the dead found in the water around the hospital. mostly soldiers who were put 10 death apparently by tying their hands and thrusting them into the water.
 Two of the Chinese colporteurs were arrested as sellers of foreign books. One of them had his house burned and the other was about to be put to death by beheading. his queue having been bound around his head for the purpose. when a friend intervened and saved his life. From the society's Picking office reports have been sent as to the intensity of faaIinr- and apprehension of violence. It was reported prior to the attempt to as- sassinate H E. Yuan Shi Kai. that two hundred female revolutionaries had gone to Picking and the bombs ingeniously con structed to look like fans. eggs and other articles of common use, were dreaded. police and soldiers keeping close watch | in all directions.
 The American Baptist Foreign Mission society Is leading In efforts to secure re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-28
'WARMaWEATHER
 BRINGS OUT FLOWERS

London, January 27.-(Special) )-Eng- land is "ea5oyjns" remarkable burst oi spring in winter.
 In many parts of the country the burst ing forth of flowers and buds suggest that spring has, begun. In East Kent primroses. yar1d White double arabis were picked. while. sroses, lilac and clematis were throwing out large green shoots
 Deceived by. the prevailing mildness. rocks, int, Northeast Warwckshire have begun tosbuild their nests
 Among other wonders reported from the countryside is the finding of a robin s nest and eggs near Guildford and of blackberry. bushes in flower in Kent
 Wasps have been seen at work near swallowfleld Berkshire, and hive bees seeking for pollen in Hertfordshlre and Devonshire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-28
The Accompaniments

From the Washington Star.
 Apropos of New Yorks fashinable hotel that permits ladies to smoke. Mime. Si- none, the Persian actress. said the other day:
 "Well, why shouldn't ladies smoke There's nothing ungraceful in the habit. On the contrary, to see pretty woman with a cigarette is very charming pie ture.
 Those who object to smoking among women have never, perhaps, seen smok- ing done decorously. Their idea of smoll- ing is that of the old provincial woman.
 "A society girl, calling on this old w.- man in her cottage. took cigarette from her gold case, fitted 1t in a tube of amber and said:
 ?. !. You don't mind if I smoke, do your Y s@-'Why, of course not, deare* Of course | not,'s said the old woman Jeanne.' she added to her servant, go fetch spit toonn"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-28
.LIVt CHURCH NEWS
 OF WHOLE WORLD Is Our Spiritual Tone Get
 ting Lower? DEMANDS FOR BIBLES Relief Committees Working in Amer ica to Raise Funds for Starving Chinese-Plans of Home
 Mission Leaders
DEMANDS FOR BIBLES

The Rev. R. J. Campbell, pastor or citv Temple. London, talked for puhli- cation iust before sailing from New York last Wednesday, after preaching tour in America that included cities from Boston to Los Angeles and covered period of three months. He felt, he said, that the spiritual tone of America is not as high as it is in England. He might be mistaken, but he had talked with many leaders, and tested the religious life of many communities. There are excep- tions to this sweeping statement, and he might find, on a longer stay, that he would change his mind. He praised, however, the great activity in philan- thropy. and the wonderful efficiency of organized effort.
 Mir. Campbell thought he saw mighty cleavage in America between the social movement and the churches and he felt this gulf to be unfortunate. In England most social service leaders are Christian workers also. and most labor leaders in the house of commons are local Meth odist preachers. The churches can hard ly do better service, he thought, than to bridge over this gulf. He saw the same social consciousness here as in England, but thought 1t to be more tied up to off, ficial organization.
 Nine years ago, when last in Ameri- ca, MT. Campbell found much to cEiticize in colleges and universities. This time, to his surprise and delight, he found much to praise. Former President An drew D. White of Cornell told him, he said, that in ten years the universities of our west will be the largest in the world, the best equipped and the most efficient He laid much store by MT. Whites opinion, saying that the latter, once ambassador to Germany and an ed ucator of world prominence, is as familiar with education in Europe as in America
 While in Los Angeles MT. Campbell had an experience that was, to him. the most interesting of any during his present visit He was in that city when the agitation over the McNamara mel dent was at its height Feeling ran high, and there were, and still are, two camps in the community, a labor and an op- position He was asked by both sides to speak on labor problems in England, and their adjustment. He consented pro- vided both sides would meet in one hall, and listen peaceably to one address. Ihe British vice consul presided, and agreed with MT Campbell, on the latters stipu- Iation, that if anything happened he was to be sent back to England wrapped in Union Jacket There was no disturb ance. and Mir Campbell was able to al- lay feeling during his address. He ex- plained that in England most of the labor leaders are active Christian work CTS He thought that fact had much to do with solution of problems. He thought the same influence here would bring the same end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-28
Moving Pictures and the Pope

The ,moving picture people Americans at that, have tried to get their photog- raphers into the Vatican to secure func- tions in which Pope Plus Y takes part, notably the recent public conslstory The pope had the proposition before him just before the date of the consistory and re- ferred il to the Sacred Congregation Of Rites. This congregation decided against it. The same congregation has also con demned the use. in connection with the nope. of the phonograph and gramo- phone. The last pope, Leo KILL once preached q sermon into a phonograph-- and regretted having done so ever after. Since then a phonograph has never been allowed inside the Vatican, and 1t Is known that none will be during the lifetime of Plus x.
 The pope has again consented 10 the having of portraits painted and photo- graphs taken. The Hungarian artist, Count Lippay. has been commissioned by Emperor Francis Joseph i. of Austria to paint two portraits. one for the palace of the Nunciature at Vienna, and the other for that of the archbishop at Budapest. The pope has given four sittings. Count Lippsy is also to paint portraits of cafdi-