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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13

She was dear, old fashioned,
modest simple, maiden lady. So that
when she announced the fact that she
thought Of paying chiropodist visit
her great friend was duly astonished.
Il didn't know you suffered from
corns,s remarked the latter, when tine
news was first broken to her.
Il don't" replied the old lady mild.
iy, albeit Rrmly; neither am af
ficted with bunions, chilblains, nor
any other pains In the feet"
Her friend gazed at her with grow.
ing CONSERVATION.
Then, my DEAR" she demonstrated
gently, what on earth do you want
to visit a chiropodist for?"
The little old lady's cheeks blusbed
delicate pink as she leaned forward
laid one mittened hand on her interro
gators arm and whispered:
It's this way, my dear. / do SC
want to be able to boast that at least
once In nay life had a man at my
feet!"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
Horticultural
0CIzN5 S
COMBAT DISEASE AND PESTS
Spraying Is Necessary to Profitable
Growth Of Either Fruit or Gar
den Truck Crops.
fBy u. d. lsTEYENs.l

10Y T. d. I'll GIIO.J
The loss incurred from plant dis
eases is often underestimated by the
farmer; passes unrecognized. or is
regarded as natural and inevitable.
AS matter OF fact plant diseases are
exceedingly destructive, and the differ
ence between profit and loss ON a
given crop is often traceabIe to the
way in which the plant diseases are
handled. In general, plant diseases
may be described as including all rots,
molds. blights, mildews, rusts, smuts
and spots of various kinds. Many of
these depreciate the value of the yield
or cause its loss during storage Leaf
spots, blights, ETC., reduce the amount
of green matter of the leaf, and there
by reduce the starch-making power of
the leaf. The purpose of the leaf is
to produce starch. to nourish the wood
twigs and fruit of following months
and years. If the green portion of
the leaf and its starch-producing pow
er be destroyed future yields must suf-
fer accordingly.
There are several hundred serious
and injurious plant diseases. OF these
many can be prevented by proper
treatment, although, of course. there
are many others for which no salts
factory treatment is known.
Wherever fruit or truck crops are
raised commercially we how find that
spraying forms part of the care of the
crop just as much as does tillage,
pruning and fertilizing. Spraying is
a necessity to the profitable growth Of
these plants. Many people object to
the idea of spraying, saying that their
grandfathers could raise abundant
good fruit without spraying. This may
be true, but we of today cannot do 1t.
Diseases have increased in number.
Many have been imported into this
country from foreign countries Dis
eases which prevailed in only one or
a few states now spread over the
whole United States. Diseases which
were formerly trifiing in injury have
increased to be very injurious, SO that
the crop producer of today must face
the fact that to raise profitable crops
he must take steps to prevent plant
| diseases. In many instances an out
lay of few cents gives return of
several dollars. Orchards entirely
useless are frequently made product
| i've by proper treatment. Every far
mer should gain knowledge concern
| ing the chief diseases of his crops, and
should equip himself to fight them
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
ANCIENT sTAY-BUsKs

The illustration shows four eight
zenith century, English busks. The
Dusk or bone" as it was sometimes
called, was inserted in the front of
the stays and appears to have been
visible throughout it's length, being
held in position by the laces. Objects
of this kind are not only of interest
on account of their rarity. but be-
cause they illustrate indigenous of
folk art. They are not made by skill
ed craftsmen nor produced in fac
tories in standardized sizes and pat
terms by the aid of machinery, but
fabricated by ordinary, untutored men
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
MILLIONS OF TELEPHONES

There are said to be 100000 tele-
phone stations in the United States,
and the amount of wire made use of
totals 12,O0O.000 miles. Some idea
of what this total means may be grasp
ed when we calculate that this length
OF wire could be wrapped around the
earth 500 times, and that it would
make so separate lines from the earth
to the moon, but there would not be
half enough wire to reach from the
earth to our nearest planetary neigh
Dor, Venus.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
MAKING LlME-SULPHUR WASH
Liquid for Dormant Spray May Be
Made by Diluting Gallon of
Poison With Water.

(By F. L. WAsHBURN. Entomologist,
University Farm. St. Paul. Mimi
A concentrated lime-sulphur wash
for use as dormant spray may be
made by diluting one gallon of con-
centrated lime-sulphur with ten gal.
Ions OF water. The concentrated lime
sulphur is put on the market by many
insecticide firms. or may be made at
home in accordance with the follow
ing formula: Sulphur, 80 pounds;
best stone lime, 40 pounds water, so
gallons. Further information on the
preparation and use of the lime sui
phur wash may be found in bulletin
121 Of the Agricultural Experiment
station, University Farm. St. Paul.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
Juvenile Altruisn,.

Little Paul came in to ask his
mother if Alfred and he might each
have a cooky. His mother purposely
gave him two of different sizes In.
terested as to which Paul would give
his guest, she stepped to the door just
III time to see Paul give the smaller
cake to his playmate
why. Paul" she called, don't you
know that you should have kept that
one yourself?"
Yes. | know" was the nonchalant
reply, But, you see, was afraid
that if l gave Alfred the biggest one
he might get sick!''
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
SUGAR AND THE TEETH

There is prevalent notion that II
children are allowed to eat sugar they
will have bad teeth as consequence,
says Health. There is no foundation
whatever for such a notion. The ne
groes of the West Indies are Excess
sive consumers of sweets. They eat
an enormous amount of sugar cane,
molasses and raw sugar. Yet these
people have particularly fine teeth.
Whatever other injuries sugar may
be capable of doing to the human
system, it is very certain that it does
not do any injury to the teeth.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
EARLY DAYS OF ANTHRACITE

Anthracite as a fuel was once
much doubted novelty. William Endi-
colt. well-known and highly respect
ed citizen Of Boston, now eighty-seyen
years old. lately read a paper OF rem
iniscence In which he told this story:
Somewhere in the early '30s ru-
mors had reached Beverly that In
Pennsylvania or elsewhere anthracite
coal was coming into use as fuel. In
order to make trial of it five or six
gentlemen Joined together and sent to
Boston for a CARLOAD, there being no
railway.
From my fathers quota remember
lump of about the size of a peck
measure which he placed in the open
fireplace and heaped about 1t an as
sortment of pine and hard woods.
These burned very well, but had no
effect upon the coal, even with re-
peated trials. Considerable fuel was
burned upon that occasion, but 1t was
not coal
Some little time later, when a CRATE
had been installed in the fireplace and
good fire was burning in it, an old
gentleman came In to view the novel
spectacle. After looking at 1t intently
for a few minutes he remarked, that
1T looked expensive" and retired
from the scene. Little did he think
that his sage conclusion would be
quoted after the lapse sof three-quar.
tiers OF a century and then, perchance
put in type and possibly read a cen.
fury or two later-The Outlook
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
DIG UP CANNON BALL

An iron cannon ball was unearthed
by the greenkeepers on golf course
at Perth, few days ago. The men
were engaged on some excavations on
the course when they found the ball
about six feet below the surface of
the ground The missile, which meas
ured IS inches in circumference, was
deeply embedded in the trap rock,
and had suffered little from oxidation,
being secure from the disintegrating
effect of the atmosphere
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
LAKE OF PURE SODA

A lake of pure soda. Lake Magadi
in East Africa, was recently visited
by an Italian scientist. The lake at
a distance appears to be of water. Its
surface is solid and dazzlingly white.
The lake comprises thirty square
miles, and at present a considerable
Quantity of soda is daily taken from
it. while railway is under construc-
ton from the lake to the Uganda rail-
way. When the railway is completed
it is expected that Lake Magadi will
supply soda to the world
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
Common Pruning Fault.

cay and disease. The cause of many
a dead or sickly tree could be traced
to just such a beginning. B repre-
sents cut made in the right way.
The stub is short. wound small, and it
will soon heal over. The cut at C is
too close and leaves too large a
wound Any wound more than an
inch in diameter should be covered
with an ordinary lead paint to pro-
tect the exposed surface until the
new growth can callous over it.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
SOLVING ! ProbIenn in Arithmetie.

Little Marion was busy with her
home work" After great many
perplexed frowns and much nibbling
at her pencil she looked up and said:
THE only answer that can get to
this example is five and three-fourths
horses. Do you 'spose that is right,
mammal"
We'll, don't know" answered her
mother, cautiously. 1T sounds rather
queer"
A long pause; then the small arith-
metician's face lit up with smile.
"Oh, / know" she cried. .'Ill reduce
the three-fourths horses to colts"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
just a Bit Mixed.

London is laughing over a story
which has recently come out concern
ing Lloyd George. 1t appears that
shortly after the death of King Ed
ward an Englishman travelling in
Wales got into talk with an elderly
Welshman and happened to be the
first to tell him of the kings demise.
And who might be king now?" ask
ed the Welshman.
why. George is king now"
"Georgei" he exclaimed in surprise
We'll, how he has got on, to be sure
and me TO remember him as little
lawyer in Cricciethi"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
DoCToRING WOUNDS IN TREES
Any Cut of More Than an Inch Should
Be Covered With Paint to Pro-
tect Surface.

It does not take the experienced
orchardist long to detect faulty prun-
ing in an orchard. even If done years
before. Tree butchery" he calls it. A
common fault is shown in the illus
tration. says the Farmers Mail and
Breeze. The cut made at A leaves a
stub thai is too long 1t cannot heal
over as the bark will die around it,
leaving the heart wood exposed to de-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
signature ssa6l 60 Of 2/HAzzzx
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Economy.

F. Irving Fletcher, the advertising
expert, gave at a Woolworth building
dinner in New York good definition
of economy.
Economy" Mr. Fletcher said, is
a way of spending money without get
ting any fun out of it."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
COUGHS UP PROOF OF GUILT

Arrested on a charge of stealing
s37 in hotel. William Frazer of
Yonkers. N. Y, confirmed the sus-
picions of the police by choking and
dnally coughing up two bank notes.
When arraigned before Judge Beall.
Frazer said he mistook the bills for
chewing tobacco. He was found gull
ly of larceny.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13

during moments of leisure mainly as
gifts to their womankind. They are
almost as primitive in conception and
execution as paddle wrought by a
native of the South Seas. When a
young man set about making a stay
Dusk for his sweetheart he fell back
upon the traditional elements of or
nament, it is true, but he strove be-
sides to combine these elements into
such original forms as his fancy die
tated.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
TALKING Shop.

Enthusiastic interest in ones occu-
patton is always an advantage, but, on
the other hand, it is not well for
woman in business to talk of her work
at all times and places. Naturally,
the thing that we do constantly is our
most absorbing interest, but we must
remember that other people have
other things to talk about.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
Carefully Selected.

by the way, Cleyerly," asked the
publisher, where did you get these
photographs of strong-minded, deter
mined looking women with which you
illustrate your article on Why Men
Don't Marry
oh" replied the author, they're
wives of the men l know
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
Real DIAGNOSIS.

Poor Maude says her heart is
broken
she's mistaken. It's only her head
that's cracked"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13

The girl who has two or three broth
ers at home finds no chance to devel-
op coneeit.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma~
ZION ,allays pair. cures wind collie Csc bottleAa
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
Fruit for Home Use.

When fruit is cheap and plentiful
in the market its value for home uss
Is not by any means lessened
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
His Trade.

That man yonder leads a double
life"
You don't say sol"
yes. He sells duplicating ma
chimes"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-13
EXPERIENCE
OF MOTHERHOOD
Advice to Expectant Mothers

The experience of Motherhood is try
ing one to most women and marks dis
tinctly an epoch in their lives. Not one
woman in hundred is prepared or un-
derstands how to properly care for her.
self. OF course nearly every woman
nowadays has medical treatment at such
times, but many approach the expert
ence with an organism untitled for the
trial of strength, and when it is over
her system has received shock from
which it is hard to recover. Following
right upon this comes the nervous strain
of caring for the child, and distinct
change in the mother results.
There is nothing more charming than
ahappy and healthy mother of children,
and indeed childbirth under the right
conditions need be no hazard to health or
beauty. The unexplainable thing is
that, with all the evidence of shattered
nerves and broken health resulting from
an unprepared condition, and with am
pie time in which to prepare, women
will persist in going blindly to the trial.
Every woman at this time should rely
upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, most valuable tonic and
invigorator of the female organism.
In many homes Go NSsSSS
once childless there nv .aA%M&SNSM
are now children be- (V 1 E@ NY
cause of the fact 1 y3 %R 1T
that Lydia E. Pink IA ~
hams Vegetable Al V & *
Compound m ak e M assssTSAS> I'M
women normal, ShE&G~[NSSSdNI
healthy and strong. SSSS ~ 80 So 80
III you want special advice write to
Lydia L. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confl-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Yeur letter viii
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held I'm strict confidence
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-01-16

salary per teacher Of S47O.
California leads with an average
animal wage for pedagogues Of
1918.
The percentage of illiterates in
Nevada is not high despite the
handicaps imposed under our school
system, but CT of all residents
over 10 years of age being unable
to read and write. In South
Carolina the per centage of litter
ates reaches he appalling figure of
25.7 of all residents over the age
of 10 years.
Nevada is one Of the few states
of the union that has 10 law
governing the construction Of
public school buildings. And the
lawn king body has never
attempted to provide any sort
of medical inspection of Schools
generally recognised as Of the Ut
most Importance in securing school
efficiency.
1t would surely seem as though
the state Legislature has numerous
tasks cut out for 1t during the
approaching session in the study of
the pubic school situation and the
passage of remedial laws. 1t
should be Remembered that the state
is composed Of isolated COM
munities, far from being homo
geneous. and that steps forward
are made with difficulty. But
co-incdently. it must be remember
ed that Nevada has duty to dis
charge to its youth, which should
be discharged without stint Of ex.
nenditure or lacEof thoroughncss of
method. -Fallon Stndard.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-01-16
MAY She SWEETLY SLEEP

The funeral Of Mrs. II. }. Jones
took place from the Episcopal
church at 2:3O this afternoon.
The services were CONDUCTED hy
Rev. E. Fl. Price assisted by the
choir. The services were inl-
pressive and there was an air Of
sadness prevailing among the large
number of friends and Deighbors
in attendance.
Wheni the services closed the
mortal part of this loving mother
was taken TO the Knights Of
Pythias cemetery and hidden from
sight in the presence of "a large
numbers of those who had known
her from childhood.
May she sWeetly sleep and ma y
the memory Of her love and dcvo-
ton live long in the hearts of those
who mourn.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-01-16
NOTICE
3IDS FOR COUNTY PRINTING

Sealed proposals endorsed
Proposals for Bids for County
Printing" said printing to incl ade
all printing paid for out of the
county funds, such as publishing
bills allowed by this board, all
notices required. County blanks,
stationery. blank books, etc, for
use by the County Officers, to in
clude all printing and blank books
required by this hoard or in which
this County may be interested,
said printing to he done fcom the
date of awarding the contract up
to and including the 3lst day of
December, 1914.
Said sealed proposals will be re-
ceived at the office of the County
Clerk up to 2 o'clock p. m.
Tuesday, the 4th day of February,
1913, when they will be opened
and read publicly.
The board hereby reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
Attest: Fred c. Weight
Clerk of the Board
Of County Commissioners
of the County of Elko
State of Nevada.
Dated Jan. II. 1913.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-01-16
MISS GWENDOLYN DAVIS

A telegram this forenoon brought
the sad news that Miss Gwendolyn
Davis. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred DAYS, passed away "Wednesday
night at Lanes hospital in San
Francisco. The telegram was from
Mr.. Davis and contained a brief
announcement of her death and
that the interment would be
temporarily in San Francisco.
The death Of this esti mable
young woman has thrown heavy
cloud of sorrow on the hearts of
her legion Of friends in Elko. But
how much deeper and heavier must
the burden be for her parents and
brothers?
We have not the data for her
early hitorry but she lived in Elko
several years. She attended the
county high school and was one of
its graduates. She was then in the
bloom Of pei feet health. A few
years ago she was attacked 10y
t u b erculu sis and every
thing her parents could do was
done to stay its ravagcs. About a
year ago, she was taken to Colfax
California and place in charge of a
specialist. For a time she improv.
ed and hope ran high that she could
ultimately recover. But those
hopes were rutnlessly shattered
and today her pure spirit rests in
the arms of her Maker.
Words fail to express the
sympathy we feel for the stricken
family. Human sympathy may
dJspel he clouds for a moment, hui
God alone can heal their broken
hearts May He, who notes the
fall Of sparrow, comfort and
console them in their beraavemnt.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-01-16
FACTS ABOUT OUR
SCHOOL system

At various times in the past
when indictments were made
against Nevada's public school
system, various ones particularly
those who feed at the silver lined
public school crib of the state,
have come frantically to their
rescue and with much noise and
ado but little logic. attempted to
disprove the charge. This paper
has been much interested in the
subject, which has gone undiscuss-
cd because of lack of Information.
Lately. however many silen,
facts nave come into oar possession
through the kindness of Leon P.
Ayres, Director of the Russell Sage
Foundation Division of Educati IN .
who mas comJiled a comparative
study of the public school systems
Of the United States.
Tn" data at hand is Interesting
in that it disproves the statements
of the partIsans Of our schools
as they are today. These persons
have contended that our system is
fla"lcss, bat the actual facts are
largely at variance with their
reasoning. For instance, study
of the figures submitted in the
pamphlet show that the amount
expended upon public schools of
the various states per one hundred
dollars Of all wealth varies from
nineteen cents in New Mexico to
seventy.five cents in Oklahoma and
thatNcvada but No. Five from
the bottom of the list with twenty
three cents, expended annually on
the valuation cited.
The number of children out of
schools runs 7.3 per cent in Yer
mont ito d4.7 in Louisiana, the
latter being the only state to
exceed Nevada in the delinquency,
which approxirnatps o9.5 per cent.
in school revenue Nevada stands
at the bottom of the list.
On the other hand Nevada leads
all the other states in the daily
cost Of its public schools per child,
being 80 cents as compared
with to 30 cents in Arizona, our
nearest competitor IN this RESI- ect.
We spend rs per year per child of
school age under our imperfect
system being exceeded by only four
states. On the other hand the aver
atn wage Of teachers is not high in
Nevada, which stands 21st on the
list with an average annual
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-01-16
Russian VegetaH'e Salad.

Cook some carrots aud turnips IN
polling salt water, adding little but.
ter when nearly done. Have one or
two beets bCicd until tender. then
peeled. With vegetable scoop cut
the vegetables in,o round. olive.
shaped and sized b. ls--about a Gun.
full Of each. Have also the same
amount of asparagus points and string
beans. Cut into small pieces two dozen
stoned olives and tablespoonful each
OF capers and minced pickle Add to
the vegetables, together with tea.
spoonful each of chiyes. tarragon and
chervll. Toss lightly together. heap in
a salad bowl and cover with mayon.
naise. Garnish with olives, pickles and
hard. boiled eggs.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-01-16
|. 0. 0. f. INSTALLATION

The annual installation of othc, rs
of Elko lodge Of Odd Fellows
occurred last night. The reports
of the officers showed the lodge in
a furnishing condition. The
officers for the year are:
N. G.. c. w. Williams; V. c.,
Henry Bolts; Sec. Fl. u. Castle,
Treas. f r. Kpyser; W.. D. Har-
rison; Con-. R. w. HessoD, r. S. S,
SaJacobs; l.. s. s., I. }. Critchley;
r. S. N G, II. Bruce; l.. s N G,
&. w. Pratt; r. S. V. G.. Lee
Scranton.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-01-16
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual meeting of Stock.
holders Of the LamUille Creamery
Corp. will be held at the Office of the
corporation at Lamoille, on Satur
day the twenty fifth day Of Jan
uary, 1913, at the hour of 2 o clocK
D. m. for the purpose Of elerting a
board of Directors to serve for
the ensuing year ana for the trans
action Of such other business as
may properly he brought before
the meeting.
II. TroGSt
Secty.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-01-16
Clever Idea of Thieves

An up-to-date method of robbing no.
tells is exposed in the German papers.
Two young men of excellent appear.
ance are moving about Germany, stay.
Ing at the best hotels in the leading
holiday resorts. After dinner one OF
them amuses the hotel guests with
songs, pianoforte solos and anecdotes,
thus keeping the majority of them in
the drawing room, while his compan-
lon ransacks the private rooms for
money and valuables.