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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20

The correspondent of the Bonnels
Ferry Herald was in one of the
elevators in the House of Represen-
tatives office building a few DAYS
since, and as the car started up
wards the affairs of the great home
newspaper filled his mind. Some
one was saying: This is indesd a
fine building-I never have been
in it before" Attracted by the
question and a friendly tap ! look
ed straight into the eyes of Andrew
Carnegie, and forgetting to ask him
for a library for Boomers Ferry !
read in the face and voice of the
canny old Scotchman, who for the
moment was offguard. story which
columns of best human interest
description could not accurately
relate. This little withered old
nan, who has spent his millions
for Libraries, charity, philantrol nv
and the advancement of the affairs
of the void, is not the active, ener-
getic man commonly pictured In
the daily press. AT the steel inves
tigat,on little matters involving
only a million or two were quite
forgotten, and time and again the
king of steel turned 10 his attorneys
to refresh his memory. Occasion
ally there was sharp litile ally,
sparkling with humor, thoroughly
characteristic. and from these
phases of the life of Clrnegie, rath-
err than from his usual manner, is
the popular impression formed
Carnegie at close range impresses
one most with being very old,
almost fseble-he has couute-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20

But when workmen, organized
and unorganized, unite against
their employers for better working
con ditions more light, safer machin
cry, higher wages, or for any pur
pose in which their interests az
workers are identical; and when
the employ ers Of labor, organized
and unorganized, unite to further
their common interests as Employ
ers and resist these demands, then
we have class war.
Some people object to the use of
the word class but we canno;
change the condition by giving it
another name. 9th RS object to
the word war" but when we con.
template the real facts-that thou
sands are killed by preventable &C.
cidents, thousands by preventable
disease (snd of these latter the
me- jority are women and children ;
that millions in property are dis
troyed. millions of workdays wasted
in idleness and in useless labor-if
we don't'call this war, what shall
we call il?
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
Cures IN Every Case"

MIR. Jas. McCaferv. Mgr. Of the
Schlitz Hotel, Omaha, Neb, rec
ommends Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound, because it, cures in
every case. 81 have used it my
self and have recommended it
to many others who have since
told me of its great curative power
in diseases'of the throat and lungs"
For all coughs and colds it i
speedily effective,-C. d. Simonds.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20

The writer makes no claim to being
a crop forecaster and particularly OF
the long distance kind. but is inclined
to think that with all kinds of fruits
in such prodigal abundance this sea-
son it is more than likely that a good
many vines. bushes and trees will take
more or less of a layoff next year
For this reason it would not be bad
idea for the provident housewife to
such fruits as are still available. in
GLIDING grapes. peaches. pears. etc. 1t
is not likely that in another decade
will fruits of all kinds be hs plentiful
and cheap as they have been this sea-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
Zenith

The improved Rotary Sewing
Machine, with Automatic Tensions
The Moores' Furniture Co. wishes
every body to call and see this new
improvement.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20

nance that fairly shines with bene-
Violence; and next to the great
pleasure he finds in his giving fol-
lows the joy of applause that har
been heaped upon him by reason
OF the distribution OF his millions.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
Foleys Honey and Tar Comdound

Is reliable family medicine.
Give it To \ our children. and take
it Yourself when you feel cold
coming on. 1t checks and cures
coughs and colds and Group and
prevents bronchitis and pneumania.
&C. ID. Simonds.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20

A horse requires less water when
his ration consists largely of concen-
trated feeds than when much coarse
folder is consumed. Less yet. Of
course, is needed II he is given green
succulent feeds. He wants from TWEEN
ty-1ve TO ninety pounds OF water a
day, depending upcn the anouxt 81
work be has 70 da.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
The Danger Of La Grippe

Is its fatal tendency to pneumonia.
To cure your la grippe coughs take
Foley's Honey ard Tar Compound.
r. E. Fisher, Washington, Kas.,
says. Il was troubled with severe
attack of la grippe that threatened
pneumonia. a friend advised Fo
ley's Honey and Tar Compound
and / got relief after taking the
first few doses. / took three bottles
and my la grippe was cured" Get
the genuine, in the yellow pack
age.-C. d. Simonds.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20

Hols elm riesian cattle are ia
vorites with the dairy farmers of
New York. At the recent state fair
an expert declared that the exhibit
was one OF the best he had ever
seen. the cattle being superior In
quality and typical OF their breed.
The Holstein bull shown herewith
was a prize winner in the aged
class. He is descended from the ia
nous De Kol line
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20

A leading citizen of Oklahoma known
as Alfalfa Bill'' McMurray is think
ing OF running for senator against one
OF the present incumbents. If he
works this alfalfa racket even moder-
ately he ought to win out.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20

Peach seeds should be planted as
soon as the pulp is removed and be-
fore the pit has a chance TO dry out.
rhsy should BE- planted in rich, mel-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20

Buy your shoes of Moore Bros.
and get the best-The house of the
Florsheim and Walk-Over shoe.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20

low soil and where it is desired the
little tree shall stand in the nursery
1lot.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20

At Bushs'-The leading gro-ery.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20

While the fact is seldom mentioned
the object OF the reclamation service
is not only to put water on land bar
rem and unproductive through lack of
rainfall. but to remove the surplus
moisture by drainage from soils al
most equally unproductive. 1t has
been estimated by experts In charge
of the government reclamation service
that whereas there are &C. 100000 acres
Of arid land still to be watered there
are $4,000, 900 acres Of swamp and
overflow land which can be drained
and made productive by putting the
reverse principle into operation.
Some idea OF the magnitude of the
irrigation work which has been I'M
dertaken by the national government
is gained from recent reports, which
show that from the passage in 1902
OF the law authorizing these irrigation
enterprises up to the present there
has been expended $70,000,00 while
S4S,O00.OO0 will be available for use
during the next four years. AS soon
as the tracts on which this money isk
to be expended are put under ditch
and sold the money received will be
returned to the fund. to be used In
similar manner for the development
of other enterprises.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20

1lot.
1t viii be a consoling thought for
many farmer the coming months to
know that his horses will do just as
we'll on nice bright corn fodder as on
hay. Some grain should be fed with
it,.as with hay. depending upon wheth-
err the animals are loafng or working.
Notwithstanding the fact that so
much is written and spoken about
this back to the land" movement,
over 100000 Of the more than co.
00O.OO0 people who live in this country
reside in towns Of $500 or over. and
the proportion of town jewellers seems
to be on the increase rather than de-
crease.
A lot OF farmers. who have all the
way from 81 900 to $1,000 Of stock
and farm machinery to dispose of at
an auction sale. often make the seri-
Gus mistake of underadvertising the
affair. forgetting that If a dollar OF
two put into an extra 200 or 300 bills
brings even one live bidder to the sale
the additional amount spent for pub
licity comes back with compound In
terest. Going short on advertising Is
like skimping the seed for fertile soil.
rather remarkable instance Of rap
i'd tree growth has been noted in the
case. or some soft maple trees TO be
found in northern Fremont county.
Just east of the Missouri river. In
southern Iowa. From seeds that were
planted in 1854 trees have grown to an
exceptional size. One measures seven
teen feet six inches in circumference.
another sixteen feet six inches. while
a number measure from ten to sixteen
feet in circumference. Such growth
can only be explained on most favora-
BILE soil and climatic conditions.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
All For Sl5O

% Bars Sunny Monday Soap. 81 25 |
8 Fairy .25 |
! large Pkg Gold dust. ...... % |
l Cash receipt. ...... O6
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

OF this forty Immediately rented 1t to
the seller for s12 per acre for this
season.
The next 10 years IS expected to see
a still more marked interest by Rock
Islanders in suburban real estate.
Highways are being improved to give
better facilities for automobile travel
to and from the city and events are in
the making which will spell more ex-
tensive rail communication to the
south and west.
BIG PROJECT AFOOT.
Indicative Of the tendency Of the
times was a well directed effort made
within a year to interest capital with
a view OF building a highway down the
river, the intention of the promoters
being to reclaim some thousands Of
acres Of land on the Mississippi and
Rock river bottoms and realize profit
by selling 1t in an improved state. The
enterprise was well backed and fail
ed mainly because many land owners
in the district held their options at
what was deemed a prohibitive figure.
1t is only a question of a few years,
however, when Rock Islands demand
for room for growth and for garden,
dairy and farm produce will result in
the making of just such an improve,
ment and the land lying within six or
eight miles along the river will become
the most productive and valuable of
any near the city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

rocks. Rocks are composed OF silica,
alumina, lime, iron, magnesia, CODA,
potash, PHOSPHORUS and sulphur. In
those substances We have the basic
elements of fertility. To make them
available plant food compounds, we
must have nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen
and carbon dioxide. Oxygen exists in
the air in abundance. Hydrogen COM
poses two-thirds of the volume OF wa
ter. Three-fourths of the atmosphere
is composed of nitrogen, and carbon
dioxide is the result of decomposition
of vegetable and animal matter. The
whole layout is fine, and it is UP to the
farmer to convert them into useful
plant food.
Can it be done? Certainly It can, and
that, too, by any intelligent farmer if
he will use his good judgment and ap-
ply means and methods that are at his
disposal. Natures generosity is of lit
tie use, however. if man neglects his
part. The factory needs steel. How
is it secured? Iron ore is buried Geep
in the mountain, coal is hidden bel:w
the surface, limerick forms portion
of the crust of the globe. When
brought together in the right proper
ton in the blast furnace, iron is re-
duced to an available form for another
process, and so on until the product is
completed. Without mans interven-
| ton the component elements that are
finally resolved into a cambria needle
would sleep on until the last day of
eternity. Thus it is with the story of
the fertility of the soil.
The story of the many complex
changes and combinations that take
place between the elements and sub
stances is too confusing for the busy
farmer to master. He is interested in
what to do and how to bring about
the right results.
Most soil contains an abundance OF
potassium, but it may be locked UP in
particles CT granite, feldspar, alumina
or clay, but it is made available by the
application of powdered lime rock tc
the soil
Phosphorus may exist in abundance
but it is not in the right form to use
until it is transformed into phosphoriC
acid by the action of acids resulting
from the decaying of manures or or
ganic materials of some kind.
Elements may exist in abundance
but are not made into compounds tt
be used by plants until the various
elements are brought together by stir
ring and tilling the soil, thereby chang
ing the position of the soil particles
and the chemicals.
Converting and rectifying soil bac
terra may be absent or dormant 70
lack of oxygen or because of an act
soil. Lime neutralizes acid soil, ant
, tile and tillage ventilates it. If nitro
gen is lacking, it can be supplied b,
planting clover, alfalfa, cow peas or so,
, beans.
Water'is an essential factor in form
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27
CITY FARMER is
DOING Good WORK
FOR The COUNTRY.
Rock Islanders Owning Land
Usually Spend Money to
Improve It.
USE ADVANCED METHODS
Neiehbors Get Benefit of Experience
and Better Mutual Understand
ing Results.
USE ADVANCED METHODS

Rock Island has a number Of "city
faTmers," or citizens who, having
been successful in other lines of en-
deavor, have turned TO agriculture for
various reasons. Their holdings OF
land in this country are considerable
and the effect OF their efforts has been
mutually beneficial TO residents of
city and country.
For the most part these city farm
ere" have gone back TO the soil not
for diversion, but because they
have faith in the future Of
the community from an agricul-
tural standpoint. They have in
vested in land because they are con-
fdent that they will not only find a
safe place to use their surplus funds,
hut because they feel that future
growth OF the city is bound to result
in big increases in the value of all
real estate near IT, Having bought
land they are trying TO make it pay
an income on the investment and the
majority Of them are succeeding.
SHOWS NEIGHBORs THE WAY.
As a rule the city farmer" is less
conservative than the farmer who
never followed other vOcations. He is
ready to make Improvements and to
adopt advanced methods because he
sees in them ultimate benefit to his
own purse. In doing so he shows the
way for his neighbors and the result
is a raising Of the general standard
o. agriculture.
In Rock Island county during the
last decade the back to the soil''
movement has made unusual Roadway.
Thousands Of acres of land near Rock
Island have during that period been
acquired by residents OF the cities. A
Number OF Rock Islanders have built
summer homes on their country es.
tates and spend a great deal of time
in the country, winter and summer
The result OF this personal contact
has been a better mutual understand
iii between the farmer and the
tOwnsmau-a gradual abandoning Of
the prejudlces that have prevailed
II. here as In other communities.
II has been but a few years since
the average city dweller would be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

lest If he were dropped ten miles
frCm home in the country. 1t is diff
ferent now. The automobile has been
one Of the chief agents to bring about
the change. Country tours by auto
have made most Rock Islanders as
familiar with country roads for miles
around as they are with the streets of
their own city. Ten years ago an
automobile could not have driven FIVE
rifles on any well travelled country
read without causing one or more
runaways. Now country horses rub
noses, so to speak. with the automo-
bile or the farm. The farmer thinks
nothing of driving 20 or 80 miles to
the city to shop, visit, attend the the
atre or pursue other forms of business
or pleasure, while the city man can
live in a summer home a dozen miles
away in the country and regularly at
tend to his business. And so the city
man and the country man are finding
each other out, to their mutual ad-
vantage.
HELPING THE FARMER
Rock Islands city farmers" are
helping to bring better farming meth
eds into vogue in the nearby country.
They are buying fine stock and i'm
proved seed for their farms and eH
perimenting to find the products
which are best adapted to given kinds
o: soil. The farmer reciprocates by
coming from longer distances than
formerly and transacting a larger
share of his business in Rock Island
than he did a decade ago.
Interurban connection is helping
nightly in the development of the
lower end of the county. Hundreds
Of people travel to and from the city
daily over the Rock Island Southern
and more and more freight is being
shipped over the line. Villages that
the road touches have experienced
something of the nature of boom and
land values for miles on each side Of
the right of way have jumped rap
idly. On a farm ten miles from the
city through which the road passes
40 acres changed hands last fall al
/ $500 per acre, the price being the
highest paid up to that time fol
strictly farm land. The new owner
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27
age and crop rotation.
Rothamstead found the following:
Pounds.

Pounds. |
The surface three feet contains. 1888
The second three feet contains. 4,365
The third three feet contains. e. 1859
The distribution of other plant food
corresponds very closely to nitrogen
and Can be made available by adopt
ing the same means as previously stat
ed. 1t must be remembered, however,
that barnyard manure is indispensable
If we expect to secure the best either
from the surface or the subsois. 1t
must also be remembered that a plant
root excretes a substance poisonous to
a succeeding crop or its own kind, but
beneficial to another.
The Illinois experimental station
gives the following results from rota-
ton:
Present yield
Rotation. Corn, acre.
corn, 2S years 20 bushels
Corn, oats, rs years ....... SO bushels
Corn, oats, clover % years. sc bushels
Corn, oats, Is yrs, clover 10. IA bushels
The Missouri experimental station
I
Present yield
Rotation. Corn, acre
Corn, II years ...........11.Sb bushels
Corn, wheat, clover, II yrs 50.7 bushels
! Corn, oats, wheat, clover,
timothy. II years ...... 54.2 bushels
Corn, wheat, clover Una
nured), II yrs. .........77.6 bushels
Plant food in soluble state forms
an envelope around each particle Of
soil, and is taken up by root hairs and
carried into the plant. Carbon dioxide
from the air is breathed Ato the plant
through air valves in the leaves. The
oxygen is separated from the carbon
and passes out as free oxygen and the
, carbon unites with clemens that have
come from the soil to form starch,
sugar, etc.
SEED SELECTION.
We now come to the question OF
seed. 1t is very important, in view OF
the phenomena of plant life, that the
seed must throw out holding roots and
stem above ground far enough to
secure carbon dioxide from the air be-
fore plant food in the soil can be util
lied, hence the great necessity OF
planting seed that possess a strong vi
tally. If seed has been heated in the
stack or bin, cut green, or has been
subjected to inclement conditions. il
will be weak and anaemic and the
stunted early growth will be reflected
through the entire life of the plant.
1t has been repeatedly demonstrated
that plump, healthy grain will YIELD
from 25 to 80 per cent more than seed
ungraded Corn intended for seed
should be picked when ripe, thorough
ly dried and stored in well ventilated
J seed house. If corn absorbs moisture
freezes and thaws, its terminating
strength is greatly weakened.
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secure this information by studying
and experimenting.
% He should know the require
ments of plants.
(2) He should know the quantity Of
each element or substance necessary
to secure the best results.
81 He should know how to till his
land and manage the operations of the
farm so as to utilize and make avail
able what nature has provided in a
crude form.
Soil is composed of disintegrated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

ing plant food compounds and its pres
ence depends upon the methods used
by the farmer. In short, a sweet soil
well stocked with air, water and ma
nure, we'll titled, will rarely fail to
produce abundant crops.
ROTATION.
well arranged system of rotation
Of crops is a splendid means of keep
ing the soil rich in plant food and in
a most excellent physical condition.
We know that if land is cropped year
after year with the same kind of crop
that each succeeding year the crop is
less. We also know that if crops are
rotated, that a greater yield is made.
The farmer naturally inquiries why
there is such a variation between con-
tinuous cropping and the results of
system of rotation. While the same
chemical elements enter into all farm
crops, they differ greatly in the guam
titles the various ones require. For
instance, a grain crop requires less pot
ash than clover, potatoes or root crops:
oats take more potash from the soil
than wheat or corn; likewise, clover
requires more phosphorus than grain
crops. The requirements of wheat, for
| instance, are the saline each year. Each
crop calls for just so much nitrogen,
| PHOSPHORUS and potash. The roots
of each crop penetrate the earth to a
certain depth, taking plant food in the
ratio and from the same strata of soil
each year.
Glover has different habits. The roots
penetrate deep and their requirements
are different from wheat Glover, like
other legumes, consumes nitrogen. but
gathers it from the air and deposits il
in the soil, leaving the SOL richer in
that plant food element than it was be
fore the crop was planted. The deer
roots decay, forming humus several
feet deep and make available plan
food beyond the reach of many grair
plants. The decaying roots place the
sell in excellent physical condition an(
hidden plant food is brought to the
surface seed bed by the capillary water
and is used by succeeding crops.
1t is erroneous to believe that all The
plant food exists in what we term the
seed bed" that is, the first six o.
eight inches of soil. Fertility extend!
, many feet down and it can be utilize,
by resorting to a common sense rota
ton and thorough tillage
The amount of nitrogen per acre il
; Manitoba soils, which are exceptional
ly rich in nitrogen, but indicate thu
relative amounts that exist per acre il
the various strata, is given as follows
Pounds
| First foot ............ 1880
: Second foot 54S
? Third foot 248
? Fourth foot 1,62
A total of 1875 pounds, all of which
: can he made available by DrODer til
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27
ROCKWELL ICE & COAL COMPANY

r. n. ROCKWELL, Pres.
Tel. w. sci. 1232oth St., Rock island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27
SOILS AND FARMING IN
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY

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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-08

The democrats in congress are go
ing to kill the appropriation for the
presidents economy commission; also.
they are going to do away with the
appropriation for the executives
travelling expenses; likewise, they are
going to cut out some other appro-
priations in which Mr. Taft is par
tcularly interested. Now. this may all
be very commendable, and it may not
be. The question is whether it is
true economy or only the veneered
kind. And in this connection it is
in place to state that recently the
house democrats voted down reso-
luton reducing their own travelling
expenses from 20 cents 10 10 cents
a mile Consistency, thy name is not
democracy.