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Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08

for aphis when perhaps only dozen
trees have been attacked. He sprays
for anthracnose late in the spring when
he should have done it in the fall. This
man is not an unusual man. He is a
typical example Of large number Of
fruit-growers.
Many believe that because certain
mixtures are good separately they are
even better when combined. Investi
cation shows that most Of this is fool
ish; that it is wasteful; that the mix
lures are often absolutely worthless;
and that certain elements which are
splendid when separate are practically
worthless when combined, | have
known entire crops to be sacrificed
because man has decided that the
addition Of certain amount Of I've
would be beneficial to his spray.
ga large percentage of growers on
the Pacific coast this year made some
costly experiments in substituting new
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08
Automobile is Aid to Farmer
Agricultural Uses for Motor Cars Are Many and Varied with
Possibilities Undreamed of Until Recently

hills which could be climbed with a
horse and wagon and requires but the
simplest attention, it seems to be pretty
well adapted to the uses of the farm,
and this interesting comparison fol
lows:
"The expense of upkeep in some
ears has been reduced until today a
man can operate car, spending less
for oil and gasoline than the cost OF
feeding horse. The car is matter
of expense only when in actual opera
ton, and while in operation its road
capacity is at least four times that OF
horse driven vehicle. As for repairs
if the car is given reasonable care and
attention, they should be little in ex-
cess of the cost Of shoeing and repairs
on harness, etc. In point of operating
knowledge, even where this is not sim.
pie enough, the farmer has great adj
vantage, as he is Of necessity more OF
mechanic than the city man.
Unquestionably, the invention means
vast increase in the marketing ia
cilities of the farmer, and he must de-
rive advantages also from the use OF
the automobile in getting about. Go
ing to town used to be great event
when a journey out and back Of five
miles had to be taken at jog trot
But with automobiles and trolley cars
it is very small matter.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08

"HE extensive use of automobiles
as pleasure vehicles has gone
= far beyond the expectations of
the optimists of 10 or IL years
ago who looked for the greatest devel
opments in the building Of delivery
wagons and wagons for the hauling of
farm produce. This extraordinary ex-
pansion in one direction has been of
such absorbing interest that the steady
gains of the automobile for utilitarian
purposes has not attracted as much at
tention as it should. The predictions
are being fulfilled, not only as they re-
late to the employment Of the machines
by business houses in the cities, but to
their employment by farmers also. We
have before us copy of "The Pacific
Rural Press with a large illustration
across the front page of ian automo-
bile as milk and cream carrier from
farm to creamery" The machine has
seats for two persons, and at the rear
is platform on which are set six cans
of milk. The accompanying article, in
discussing the merits Of the automo-
bile and the horse from the farmer s
point of view, says that when tbs con
sidered that the utility automobile
possesses such power equipment that
it can travel the worst roads at any
season Of the year, can negotiate any
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08
TOMATO JELLY.

Cover half box of gelatine with a
cup of cold water and soak for an hour
Drain from can Of tomatoes all the
juice, season this with teaspoonful OF
onion juice, two teaspoonfuls of sugar
or more if the tomatoes are very acid
bay leaf and pepper and salt te
taste. Bring all to a boil and simmer
for ten minutes, then add the soaked
gelatine, and when this is dissolved
take the mixture from the fire and
strain through flannel jelly bag
Pour into a mold wet with cold water
Set in a cold place to form and serve
with lettuce and mayOnnaise.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08

Grating room. Bones have been actu.
ally nailed to bones, in instances when
there was no other method possible.
Clubfoot and humpbaek, two distress
ing dcformities, are now being RENE
died. The former is due to lack Of
development of certain bones in the
foot and the other to tubercular con
dition of the spine. Both are now be-
ing treated with success. Bone trans
planting has been reduced to science,
as has the grating of bone. The max
ing of new nose is just an every day
matter for the modern surgeon.
DR.. Alexis Carrel, recently awarded
unusual honor for his remarkable work,
has done something in transplanting
organs. He is somewhat of a pioneer in
this, but the time may come when one
can acquire new stomach, or some
such important part of ones physical
machinery Who can tell?
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08
To be Better
Surgeon Aids
Continued from page one

there is no scar, not even bump, per-
haps. Yet, there may be caused a
pressure that is porverting the child,
that is making bad boy, morose, dis
obedient, vicious, of the lad who should
DO cheerful willing to do what is OK
pected of him, anxious to "amount to
something as the homely phrase for
measurable success has it.
This is where the surgeon and his
knife become part of the equation. A
simple operation, dangerless, removes
the source of trouble. The boy be-
comes as nature intended him to be.
Yet, few years ago, science did not
know this and the baby that bumped
its little head had the finest oppor-
tunity to grow up as criminal, or, at
least, detriment to society The sur
geon's knife is better as corrective
than the rod of punishment.
Then, there is the child that cannot
learn, that is always behind normal
youngsters of its age. Science now
says that stupidity is to be cured by
surgery, too. The child that is stupid,
that is vacant eyed and seemingly pur,
poseless, is, nine times out Of ten, at
flicted with adenoids. Enlarged ton
sils or adenoid growths in the upper
part Of the throat are responsible for
thousands upon thousands of cases OF
mental inefficiency. To take out the
adenoids is not very serious matter
yet the results are wonderful. Opera
tions for the removal Of such growths
are being performed in great numbers
every day now. The surgeons knife
helps the child to become intelligent
to learn, to be bright and normal.
Also, modern surgery has come tc
the aid Of the crippled and MANNED
The surgeons kit now includes many
Of the tools of the cabinetmaker, the
saw, the chisel, the brace-and-bit. II
some instances, hammer and nail'
have been brought into use in the op
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08

the grower should acquaint himself
with their purposes before he decides
that one is superior to all others on all
occasions. We waste great deal Of
spray, too, using many gallons more
than is necessary.
"While the orchard is still young y
barrel pump will often give excellent
service and save the outlay of $500 or
$500 necessary if really good outfit
is purchased. But when the orchard
comes into fruiting it is absolutely
necessary to have better sprayers. Small
growers should combine and buy an
outfit comparatively. / am satisfied,
too, that in a great many cases we are
making mistake in demanding so
high pressure and having to use such
powerful, heavy and expensive outfits.
There are many diseases and insects
that can be controlled nicely with less
pressure and less expensive outfits if
appropriate nozzles are used.'
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08
THE KAIsER's SON.

A diplomat at dinner in Washing
ton, says the Star, discussed the Crown
Prince of Germany.
He gives his poor father a lot Of
trouble the diplomat said, with a
frown. "The Reichstag incident, where
he showed open disapproval of the
kaiser's peace policy, is only one Of
many similar incidents that the public
hears nothing about.
GA friend of mine, one winter night,
was skating with the crown prince at
st. Moritz, in the Swiss Engadine. The
sky glanced and glittered splendidly
with its host of stars, and my friend,
pointing to "a star Of marvellous bril-
lance, said:
"'I wonder what star that ISL
Doubtless, said the crown prince,
with a sneering laugh, it is some new
decoration my father has seen fit to
honor the Ruler of the heavens. -
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08
CLAM CHoWDER.

Chop half-pound of pork very fine,
put it into the bottom of a pot and fry
crisp. Add a sliced onion and, when
this is fried, put into the pot six pota-
toes, peeled and cut into dice, can
of tomatoes and spice bag containing
a half-dozen each of whole allspice and
whole cloves. Add quart Of cold
water and dash Of paprika and cook
for three and a half hours. Now add
so clans, cook for half-hour more and
serve with pilot biscuit.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08

two teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
salt and nutmeg to taste. Mix as soft
as can be handled, adding flour until
of this consistency. Take a small guam
tity at time, and press on the pastry
board with the hands and crease with
the back of a knife. Lay in a pan,
patting flat as you do so, sprinkle
lightly with sugar and bake. When
done, these cakes should not be over
an inch thick. DO not use until the
day after they are made.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08
Spring Spraying
Highly Important

poisons in fighting eodling moth. We
should not be SO conservative that We
are not willing to try new mixtures,
but they should be tried on a very
small scale and we should run them
through at least two seasons before
drawing our conclusions.
"At all times the spraying work is
so slovenly and careless that it is prac-
tically ineffective. This simply means
that the mixture, the time of the men,
and the money expended have been
wasted. Again, great deal of spray
is wasted by not using the right noz-
zles. There are great many on the
market and each has its special use-
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08
EGG CHOCOLATE.

Into half.cup of cold water and a
half-cup of milk, mixed, beat two tea.
spoonfuls of chocolate. To do this turn
all into a bowl and whip very light.
Put into a saucepan, bring to a hard
boil, beat again hard, sweeten to taste,
and pour, beating steadily, upon one
egg, whipped light Serve at once.
Flavor with vanilla if liked. )
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08
Continued from page one)

which his trees are exposed. There are
thousands of cases where the spraying
is done at the wrong time with tho
wrong mixture and the man does not
know what he is trying to control.
Many man sprays against every
pest he has ever heard of. He has
been told that it is impossible to grow
good fruit without careful spraying, and
he gives his orchard seven or eight
'soakings' during the season, and in
so doing probably throws away much
of his money. He sprays for San Jose
scale when there is not a scale in his
orchard. He sprays the entire orchard
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08
RATS in the Cellar
MICE in the Pantry
REACHES in the Kitchen

Nothing is more disagreeable than .
home infested with vermin. Destroy
them with Stearns' Electric Rat and
Roach Paste, the standard extermi.
nator for more than thirty years.
1t kills off rats, mice or cockroaches
in single night. Does not blow away
like powders; ready for use; nothing
to mix. This exterminator IL sold
under an absolute guarantee Of money
back II it fails.
Sold by druggists and general stores
everywhere or sent by Express Prepaid
on receipt Of price. Be sure to get the
genuine: Csc and 800. StAarn.' Eloc-
trio Paste Co.. Chicago. III
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08
RAISIN PIE.

Put over the. fire in saucepan a
cup of water, cup of seeded raislns,
cup of sugar and pinch of grated
nutmeg. Thicker this mixture, after
boiling for few minutes, with little
cornstarch or flour, and bake with a
top-crust, cutting Sits in this to let
out the steam.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08
CAKE FILLING.

Crate one large, peeled apple, add a
cup of powdered sugar, the beaten
whites of two eggs and beat for as long
as you can to make it very light.
Twenty minutes is not too long. Spread
on cake layers.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08

Knicker--A judge has ruled that
woman shouldn t spend more on clothes
than on rent.
Mrs. Knicker-Well, then, we shall
have to pay bigger rent.--New York
Sun.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08
Turn Your Ideas Into Money

INVENTORS, PATENTEES- We list and
l sell patents. state rights: also have
several openings for good inventions.
Agents tor Little Wonder Vacuum Cleaner.
PACIFIC COAST PATENT SALES AGENCY
lS3 Morrison ST., Psrtlh,l. Orsgsa
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08
RECIPES FOR The HOUSEWIFE
FRUIT SALAD.

nEEL and separate into lobes four
- oranges and cut each lobe in
u half. Blanch cup Of English
walnut meats; take the seeds
from three dozen Malaga grapes. Mix
these ingredients together, set in the
ice for an hour or until very cold, put
into salad bowl lined with crisp let
tuce leaves, cover with mayonnaise
dressing and serve.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08
VINEGAR PIE.

Beat two eggs light, add to them
two cupfuls of sugar mixed well with
two heaping tablespoonful of flour.
Whip with an egg beater until these
ingredients are light, then add two
cups of water, two tablespoonful Of
vinegar and little grated nutmeg.
Beat hard and pour into pie-plate
lined with good pastry. Set in the
oven and bake. Cover when done with
light meringue, return to the oven
long enough to brown lightly.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08

HARD GINGERBREAD.
One cup of molasses, one cup Of
sugar, one cup of buttermilk, one cup
of dripping, one tablespoonful Of soda,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-04
THE need FOR
NARROW ROADS
twenty-five Feet Ideal Width
For Country Highways.
Save TIME AND MONEY.

Would Mean the Abolition Of Weeds
One Of Farmsrs' Greatest Road Nui.
saness-United States Might Learn q
Lesson From France.
There is rarely any necessity for al.
lowing a greater breadth than twenty,
i've feet for the entire strip occupied
BY any county road. bitches included
In the residence districts of many OF
u great cities. where from fifty to a
hundred feet were formerly given up
to a broad. unsightly expanse Of pave
ment apart from the sidewalks. the
pavements that covered much Of the
width have been torn up and replaced
by grass. leaving a roadway for vehi,
cles often only twenty feet wide. Why
should not a width which answers all
purposes in the city answer also In the
country?
We read much about the good roads
Of France. claimed to be the finest in
the world. Yet Americans touring
that country in automobiles are aston.
ished to And that they are usually, in
GLIDING bitches. only twenty-five feet
wide-often only twenty feet-the ad-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-04
MISSION OF THE SCHOOL OF
TODAY. f

We are beginning to under
stand that the responsibility Of
the school relates not merely'toa
girls general cultivation nor her
preparation for livelihood, but It
ID also concerned with her train
ing for what ~ may call her
major vocation. the rearing Of
children and the maintenance Of
the home. While she may not
b privileged to preside over Z
"home Of her own" she may,
nevertheless, be called upon to
influence the nurture and educa-
don Of children and to be related
to the home in which she re-
sides. She must not, therefore.
be considered simply as the girl
to be educated or the worker to
be trained. but as the homo
maker, to be SO taught az to In
1uence in the most wholesome
fashion the coming generations
AtSAhis p0int'the state will even
tually recognize a minimum re-
quirement. II the girl has been
50 taught that she is likely to
be competent to assume the. re,
probabilities Of wifehood and
motherhood and the various MT
nor cares involved in home max
ing, she may safely be dismissed
from school after she has fulfill
ed the minimum intellectual ~
quireEnent-Sarah L0uise Ar
mold sa.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-04
4 PET Des csmstery.

Dead dogs fare better than many
men In one town In England, where
there 10 an exclusive cemetery for. rich
women's pets. Expensive dogs must
have SNOWY graves, and the owner Of 4
toy spaniel, blue blooded PomeFanian
or a French poodle doesn't think any.
thing Of paying 500 for q burial plot
in the 1rst stop on the way to the
canine Valhalla. Pink headstones are
stuck up over the last resting place Of
the a~ristocrattc dogg1es, and the cpl
taphs r ~ ap~preciat1ve. 40 II they
yer on tombstones over the graves Of
the best French chefs.-New York
Press.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-04

oEB OF ooL0RADoS CONVICT MADE ROADS.
withstanding the claims made to this
effect. For the most part the prisoners
are employed on piecework. and there
II no chance for al individual to ma
ter all the details Of any trade. Fifty
I'VE per cent Of the prison boards
where prison factory labor 10 practced
are trying to abolish It. It II q curse
to every man 1t touches. Under the
contract system the labor contractor
usually becomes the real head Of the
institution and the warden merely a
hSurehead.
When I took charge Of the prison at
Canon City We had 500 idle men In the
institution. These have since been put
to work at road building and In op-
Grating q 1000 acre farm adjoining the
prison.. Our convict labor has paid a.
IN economic proposition. It has prov.
ID efficient and has cost little. Many
states have found convict labor out
side the prison walls improbable be.
cause they have paid too much atten.
6on to guarding the convicts. Armed
guards have frequently cost more than
the labor was worth. have found In
my experience that prisoners are just
folks. that there is an element Of good
IN most Of them and that sane. humane
treatment will take the place of arm
ed guards and do the work m0re eff
GENTLY. We are at present working 20
per cent Of our prisoners outside the
prison purely on the honor system. !
am sure that 70 per cent Of the men
In the average prison can be success
fully handled In this manner, with a
small percentage Of escapes. Work on
the roads Is sought for BY our prison
en-. We make It an object for them
to do good work and not attempt to
escape. In addition to the regular
time OF for good behavior. which
amounts In some cases to ten days a
month. We give an added reduction OF
one month for the arst years work on
the roads, two months for the second
year, and 20 on up to six months the
sixth year. In case Of indeterminate
sentences we deduct this from the
minimum sentence imposed. In cas- .
prisoner On honor breaks bis trust or
attempts 70 escape be b returned to
~ prison ana spees ~ credit
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-04
POSSIBILITIES Of
CONVICT LABOR
How Prisoners Arb Making
Highways In Colorado.
Is CHEAP AND PERMANENT,

Made Possible by the Low Cost Of :he
Work Benefit to Taxpayers and
Worksrs-Honor System Used Ex-
ciusivsIy and 10 Worry Successful.
The question Of good roads is one Of
the most vital with which the farming
community Of any state has to deal
Many communities In the different
states long ago realized the vast i'm.
p~ortance Of this question and have tax
en- advantage Of the opportunity at hand
to build permanent roadways. says +.
J. lyman. warden of the Colorado
state ~penitentiary. No one will dispute
the fact that good roads are our great.
est need and our greatest asset.
A serious question presenting itself
to the people is the fact that certain
interests Of the nation are seeking to
destroy the good roads movement. l..
for one. do not believe that the people
will passively consent to be held In the
clutches Of the foes Of the public vel
fare any longer. Convict labor upon
public highways possesses possibilities
that are almost limitless. and no better
illustration Of 1t can be found than
here in Colorado. where we have dem.
onstrated that good roads can be ron
structed more economically and more
expeditiously by convict labor. under
the guiding hand Of the state. than IN
der any other conditions.
The criminal. az we all know, is q
costly unit to society. 1t is only dur
ing the period of his imprisonment tina,
society has an opportunity to ontroI
bis purposes to such useful ends as will
materially lessen the cost Of his i'm
.prtsonment and often make 1t a source
Of remuneration rather than an ex
pense to the state. Under most Of our
prison systems the convicts come out
more cruel and cunning than when
they went In.
Our prisons do not reform the pris.
oner. and u prison factory labor does
not teach the prisoner a trade. not.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-04
Fifty Miles 70 Market.

It is not an uncommon thing In France
to see a farmer forty or ffty miles from
home in wet weather with q load. II
he sees q prospect Of q three days. rain
he puts his tarpaulin over his load, q
cover over his horses and a waterproof
coat on and starts of to market. He
may 60 fifty miles before he finds q
market that suits him, or he may know
In advance just where he is going.
You do not often e anybody drivine
fifty miles through a rainstorm in the
United States to find a market for q
load Of hay. hut It is not uncommon to
zee farmers wagons forty or fifty miles
from home in France. They choose the
wet weather for that purpose. Their
roads are as good then as at any time.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-04
. Prooeoss n Aruentina.

The Argentine Touring club has de-
cided to award q special gold medal an.
nually to the landowner In the prov.
lnce Of Buenos Aires who plants the
most trees at the sides Of the public
Highways. The trees may be fruit or
forestal. and instructions and advice
concerning planting may be had from
the Touring club.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-04

Joining farms being cultivated close
up to the line. Why not learn a les.
son from France?
A road slxty-six feet wide represents
the appropriation of n acre of land
for every geo linear feet of road, or
eight acres to the mile. A road TWEEN.
ty-fve feet wide. on the other hand. re-
quires only n acre for every l.742.4
linear feet of road. or about 3.O3 acres
to the mile. Here is a saving Of nearly
FIVE acres of land. worth from $40 to
$50 an acre. by the adoption Of the
narrower width. 1t is only where deep
cuts or high embankments occur or in
crossing swamps that a greater width
than twenty-five feet is necessary. and
1t by no means follows that because
the strip Is wider at such points 1t
should be wider for its whole length.
The saving in the cost of construc-
ton by adopting a width Of twenty.
i've instead of ~sixty-six feet would not
be proportionately as great as the saw
ing in land, but it would probably be
ut least 20 or Is per cent. and the saw.
ing IN the cost Of maintenance would
b very nearly or quite one-half. This
would e q tremendous reduction
h rood taxes.
Added to these gains 10 another, by
no means to be despised when consid-
ering the advantages Of the twenty.
i've foot road. This would come from
the elimination Of the highway a. q
breeding ground for weeds. The whole
twenty-five feet being improved. there
would b no space left for weeds. and
. perennial nuisance. costly to the
whole farming community. would be
abolished-Agricultural Magazine.