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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-06-26

II. b. mcconnell, a CIVIL enSlnee
Of Goooding 6. has been in American
Falls for several days surveying
some Of the lands which is nov
under water.
The six-months-old babe Of Mr.
and Mrs. John Richter died at the
family home Saturday. Tunera
services were held Sunday and the
remains were inferred in Tairview
cemetery.
Special sale on Refrlgerators and Ice
cream f~reezers at Oliver & McKown
Hdw. CO.
LOST--Thursday, June s, between j.
II. Giffin and town, a fountain pen
Liberal reward II left at this office.
Fl. Womack, railroad section fore
man Of Wapi was t~ransacting bust
8 in American Falls wednesday.
j. T. Fisher, the Rockland bank
or. was in Amrican Falls on bust
ness this Thursday morning.
We are showing samples Of the
famous Scotch Wooden Mills fabric
Suits made. SIS to $40. Pants. $3.50.
Tony the Tailor.
w. Bennion made a business trip
to Rockland last week. Mr.. Ben
MON says he only gets out that way
every two or three months. and 1t
: a mighty hard matter for him to
Keep any kind Of a line on the
development that is going on.
Stray Buckskin mare pony, weight 10
branded ''V" on right thigh.
Age1 ten years or more. At my farm
ten miles west Of American Falls. p.
M. Morris.
Mrs. w. s. Sparks Is receiv-
ing treatment at the Bethany hospi-
having underwent an opera
ton Tuesday. DR.. valentine per-
formed the operation, and at last
reports the lady was getting along
very nicely.
Buster Brown guaranteed hosiery for
women and children. At the
Sole agents.
George Callahan and Fred w.
of Glenns Ferry. and J. II.
Hiier, Mrs. F. w. Lee and Martha
Ebert, OF Pocatello, made up an
automobile party which took in the
in and around American Falls
Sunday
~ Merle Mccullough has re-
'kpfd her position in the post Of
zee, and will take a three weeks
at her home. before going to AL
ZION, where she will take the
eachers' training course in the
summer session Of the normal schopSYI
II you are looking for a homs1kead Of
20 acres. / will find you a location rea- l
enable. INQUIRE and l VIII write more
bout 1t. William Stroh. Taber, Idaho.
John r. Foulks arrived in Ameri-
an Falls Monday evening and spent
most Of Tuesday here looking after
Of business. Mr.. Foulks
avs that the crops in his neighbor-
God are looking fine and that there
a great deal of development work
eing done.
Miss Florence Barber departed
londay for Twin Falls. where she
Ill visit for a time with friends.
Mrs. o. II. Barber came in from
isit. Mrs. Barber has taken up
'oise Thursday for a few days
er residence at Boise but she has
OF been away long enough to get
ut of the habit of calling American
alls home.
J. r. Horsley, of Salt Lake. was
the city several days this week
'oklng after the shipment of wool
hich has been stored in the ware
ouse of Ertel & Torrance. Four
rs were shipped Tuesday.
u. 9. Grant and j. w. Downing,
Montpelier. were looking after
cir farm interests in this section
Q first of the week.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-06-26
Farmers Union

A special meeting is to be held
Tuesday, July LIST, at the |. O. O.
+. nall at 2, p. m. All the MEM
T of American Falls. Pleasant
Prairie, Rockland. and Pleasant val
ley locals are hereby requested to
attend.
PRESIDENT A. V. Swift, of Baker,
Oregon, presiding. Frank Kluck.
Jr., secretary.
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-22

maybe not. Anyway it pleased me to
think so. nor did ! want to spoil the
impression by stopping TO inquire.
Once within the gate itself I remember
several great trees ! do not recall
what variety they were. only that they
were stately and solemn Some Of
them seemed old enough TO have been
alive when G. W. was on earth.
Before the Tomb.
l am not going to describe Mount
Vernon. That has been done $4,000
times and is,a bromide | am only try
ing to tell its psychological effects on
one visitor. | wandered about in my
own way. asking no questions of any
body. | think it was when | was in
the house that the spell really began
to work. saw the key Of the Bastille
presented by Lafayette through Thorn
as Paine. the music room, the living
and dining room, the hallway. the bed
room where Washington died. and all
the time | WAS soaking in a little more
of the impression Then got out on
the front veranda, regular colonial
porch with two story pillars, and look
ed down the steep, long hill to the
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-22

argument was maze. yet my heart
was won, which is perhaps gateway
to the understanding with us all.
AS | walked slowly up the hill the
spell swept over me with even greater
power. | felt the thoughts of nation
concentrated upon this place They
We're almost palpable. And not only
Of nation. but in a sense Of all man
kind Those in every land hoping for
better days and for the dawn of JUS
tice thought of Washington. His name
had become the symbol of republican,
ism and liberty. 1t was no longer
that of man only. but the badge of
worldwide cause Republics would
blossom all round the earth, and of
each one Of them this man in some
sense would be the spiritual father
Then | saw the character of this
white soul in a new light. his unself-
fshness, his patience. his faith. the
way be had won over great obstacles
and over heartbreaking desertions and
Indifference. thought Of his longing
for this quiet and beautiful retreat
and how be gave it all up to serve his
fellow men, saw his justice, his
balance, his wisdom, his spiritual in
sight More than all, saw how he
had become emblematic of the hopes
of the race. Then / realized that the
defects which | had beheld. even if
they existed, were but spots on the
sun. In the divine currents Of his
tory things do not happen by accident.
This man was the worthy leader of the
greatest group that had appeared on
earth in 1900 years.
Cincinnatus OF the West.
From the broad bosom Of the Poto-
mae Mount Vernon presents yet new
aspect. Here it Is seen as a slight rise.
little hillock in the high shore line.
The house is scarcely visible among
the trees. The band plays as we pass
it, and one inyoluntarily clutches off
a hat and feels a thrin and choking.
for the spell again is on him-the spell
of washington. which is perhaps the
mightiest name in the political history
of the human race.
Standing By the railing Of the boat
on this autumn day so long ago came
to my mind the stanza that Byron
added to his "0de to Napoleon:"
Where may the wearied eye repose
When gazing on the great
Where neither guilty glory glows
Nor despIcabIe state?
Yes. one. the first. the last. the best,
The Cincfnnatus Of the west,
Whom envy dared not hate.
Beqaeatiled the name Of Washington
To make men blush there was but one
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-22

Another form of popular regard for
Washington sas given expression on
his birthday ~ those who had weak
ness for DROPPING into verse The char
acter and career of Washington made
him a shinigg mark for the Silas
Weggses whoshad lines to aim. In one
of the papers,for Feb %. 1892, a gen.
tleman who signs himself wv r."
strikes up his Tyre and let's her go as
follows:
Ye bells. be heshed! Thou voice of fiat
terry cease
Can you applaud our chief in war and
peace?
But let each heart with gratitude adore
That power vino governs air and earth
and sea.
He gave us Washington. who made us
free.
Such be the Istrains on this auspicious
day.
AS may evincS with reason we obey,
And let this trh hIth the solemn page adorn-
That Washington for all the age was born!
Then there was another rimester.
who in the Gazette of the United
States, under the name of Ella (per
haps the andestress of our own Wheel.
er Wilcox. grinds out a column on the
same subjedt, the opening stanza of
which is as follows:
Oft has the ppets venal song,
Correctly mean and elegantly low,
Told the false plaudits of the courtlY
throng
And wakedIa smile on Grandeur's brow.
But here hatG Virtues guardian hand
Torn from tIe siren Adulation's power
The man whose praise, the voice of every
land
Hangs on tie lips of every parting hour.
Dunlap's advertiser, in Philadelphia,
for example, was an administration
paper, hears and soul. body and
breeches, yet-it seeks to excuse its Gus
tomary literary jamboree when writ
ing up Washington's sixty-first birth
day: "Disclat1ning, as we do, all pre-
tensions to adulation, 1t was impossi-
BILE for us, it is impossible for any
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WASHINGTON sTATUE BIZ J. o. a. WARD.
Skinner of the Potomac. By this time
the spell was working overtime.
| hardly know what led my feet along
a walk gradually curving down the
hill among the trees. | knew not what
lay at the end. but only drifted on.
thinking many things and feeling
things that scarcely took the form OF
thoughts Suddenly the path curved
more sharply and ended at the door of
a tomb On it. woven in flowers. ap-
peared the single name. Washington.
It was here that the spell really took
hold of me with all its force. had
an inner vision Of the majesty and pa
rity Of a great soul. saw here the
hallowed shrine OF mighty nation
and Of races Of men unborn. This tomb
was an end and beginning. the end
of a life. but the beginning Of al
earthly as well as of higher immoF-
tality This grave. as much as that Of
Abraham, marked the dawn Of new
era in the history Of mankind.
In some subtle way. almost uncon-
sciously TO myself. my preconceived
notions of Washington crumbled and
gave place TO others infinitely higher,
more sympathetic and more just
There was no tangible thing 10 con-
vince me Of error. no appeal TO my
reason No one spoke TO me except an
old colored servant. who said that be
remembered Washington and looked
ancient enough to have done 50. No
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Tcopyright. 1912. by American Press Asse-
ciation

ASSG-
ciation.l
T y the newspapers and diarists of
Washington's day may be taken
as toleTably fair reports the birth
day of that great aud good man
was celebrated III his own times In
6ne style. Ills fellow citizens certainly
seemed to think the occasion a fitting
one for big demonstration. and they
made it. They fired saIutes and rang
bells. Their bands played. and their
cannon roared. They drank toasts. and
they made speeches. Poets wrote odes
and prose people eulogies. Altogether
the wonder is how so sane man as
Washington could have looked upon
it all and kept his composure.
The earliest public recognition of
Washingtons birthday. according to
one of our authorities. was in 1871. In
that year the Count de Rochambeau
wrote 10 Washington from Newport
that they We're going to have "a party
In his honor and that they would eel
ebrate the day with the sole regret
that your excellency will not be n wit
ness of the effuSion and gladness of
our hearts And. by the way. the day
then recognized was Feb. II, accord
ing to the old style calendar
In 1701. when tile president attained
to the fifty ninth year of his age. the
same was celebrated here lin philadel-
phia with every demonstration Of pub
lie JOY The artillery and light infan-
try corps of the city were paraded, and
at II O'Clock federal salute was
fired" There was also ii Ievee, when
100 ladies'. elegantly if not superbly
dressed 'the distinction in adjectives is
a fine oneI. graced the ballroom" The
foreign ministers. heads of depart
ments. civic functionaries, strangers
and citizens of distinction were pre-
sented to the president on this auspi-
cious occasion"
Washington was in Philadelphia for
his birthday the next year. and there
was a still greater turmoil of cannon.
muskets and bells y great ball was
given in the old City Dancing acade-
my on the 2lst Of February 1t was
got up by the .aristccracy," and. of
course. their invitations didn't get
much further than the guests of honor
A good many people who called them
selves respectable were not hidden. so
those unfortunates, not altogether un-
dismayed at the slight. got up their
own assembly aud had a ball to them
selves on the night of the 22d. Wash
ington was the central figure at both
affairs
The mayor caused this formal state
ment to be published: ''The permission
for firing cannon within the limits of
this city on the anniversary of the
birth of the illustrious president of the
United States is most cheerfully grant
ed, and l sincerely pray to the great
Author of all that he will permit SINH
lar orders to be given many. many
years after this
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Am0FIcdu OF peEudpS IUF Tue p6Opic VI
any nation upon earth. to refrain from
expressing a degree of satisfaction at
the return of every revolving year that
prolongs the life of a man whose vir-
tues have raised him to the very high
est pitch Of esteem.
loft as this auspicious day,
Sacred to mem'ry, shall return
Let Freedom pour the grateful lay
And hauty (sic) tyrants mourn!"
But for all Mr.. Dunlap's ponderous
and luscious compliments there were
those who had different opinions, and
one dissenter was bluff William Ma
clay. who was frank enough to say of
the man whom so many almost deified.
would to God that this same General
Washington were in heaven!" To his
notion that was the proper home for
such Il spirit. and we fancy it must
have peen really refreshing to Wash
ington to step out Of the slush of rhe-
torical brainstorms into the dry but per
haps rough road of Maclays making.
The last birthday Washington was
to celebrate in Philadelphia as chief
magistrate of the nation was in 1897,
and. naturally enough. there was an
extraordinary Zest in the exercises on
that occasion. The press of the day
abounded in unusually highfaluting ref
erences to Washington's greatness. the
upper case box being largely over
worked In the composition of their eu-
logistic articles. The day was usher
ed in by the customary salutes of can
non and bell ringing. Later the mem
bers of congress and the governor and
the legislature of the state called upon
the president officially. In the after
noon there was reception at his house
that taxed it's capacity to the utmost
In the evening ball was given at
Ricketts, amphitheater. which then oc-
cupied the ground at the southwest
corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets.
This function. says Claypoole's Ameri-
can Daily Advertiser. ''for splendor.
taste and elegance was perhaps never
equaled by any similar entertainment
I'm the United States
The Advertiser also published a
French poem-English having been ex-
hausted in previous laudatory endeav-
character and ability. Immediately un-
der the poem was printed an adver-
tisement calling attention to the ball
that was to be given that night and
cautioning prospective guests not to
forget their tickets. and IF any SUBJ
scribers through mistake should not
have received their tickets they are re-
quested to leave notice in writing at
Mr.. Oellers' hotel"
The last two birthdays Of his life
Washington celebrated on the date set
by the old style calendar, Feb. II.
In both years, according to his own
memoranda. he went up to Alexandria
from Mount Vernon, received the con-
gratulations of his friends and partici-
pated in the ball or the "maneuvers"
arranged hV tho ritiznnG
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-22
The Boy With the Hatchet
By JAMES ARTHUR.

fI1EARD dandy story tother day about guy
A That my teacher telled couldn't tell lie.
l Wen to fairy tales, that's cernly peach.
Didn't say what allied him-maybe stoppaee in his
speech.
Name Washington who licked the British king says She
He was our first president an set the country free
WiSht that I'd been him. do, an if / had, you bet
I'd We chased the redcoats an We licked harder yet
Once my teacher says when George bout big
He got a new hatchet an cut down a cherry tree.
Wen his pop got home that night. my, he awful mad
For he said that cherry tree list the best they had
An "Who chopped it DOWN.? he roared list that way,
oh, my,
George was awful skeered. you bet. but couldn't tell e
So he says, II did it wiv my haChet. an, by iins,
That why my teacher says. he licked the British king
Wen his pop heard that he grabbed an hugeed that boy
his,
An he says That's betern all the cherry trees they i
An my teacher says if ud never tell lie
Maybe we 'ud all of be presidents by an by.
So have hatchet an am loOkin for tree.
I'll chop all the cherry trees have, an you'll list see
That I'll march wight in an tell my pop an day
Maybe I'll be president. ist like my teacher say
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80.
DEBT OF PIoUs
GRATITUDE.

! fFrom gvashlngton's first inaugural
! No people can be bound to ac
. knowledge and adore the invisi-
! ble hand which conducts the af-
fairs OF men more than those OF
! the United States. Every step
!. by which they have advanced TO
!. the character Of an independent
I nation seems 10 have been distin-
! guIshed By some token Of proVi-
! Dental agency. and in the impor-
: taut revolution just accomplish
!. ed in the system Of their united
: government the tranquil deliber
!. atoms and voluntary consent OF
: 80 many distinct communities
!. from which the event has result
: ed cannot be compared with the
!. means by which most govern
I meats have been established
!. without some return of pious
I gratitude. along with an humble
!. anticipation Of the future bless
/. fngs which tie past seem to pre-
! sage.
/.
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The SPELL OF
MOUNT vernon
LANES a. EDeERToN.

BY JAfSlEo a. EDOER tON.
copyright. 1912. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
TT has been nearly seventeen years
since | first saw Mount Vernon.
IL but the impression is yet fresh
and vivid. There were really two
views. one when l passed the place on
a Potomac boat and the other when
visited the home aud tomb. | cannot
quite put into words the spell the spot
cast over me. and perhaps to do SO
would dispel some of the charm.
have visited Mount Vernon since, but
never with The same feeling of exal-
tation or the same revealing sense OF
the greatness of him who dwelt there.
Probably | should explain at this
point that up to that time | had never
had the highest appreciation of the inn
mortal George. While little more than
a boy / had read history somewhat and
formed IL boys conclusions. Washing
toms attitude toward France in his last
days had impressed me as smacking of
ingrattude, his state coach and court
trimmings as having a touch of aris-
tocracy and even his generalship as
revealing weak spots, since he could
not win victories or hold his army to-
gether More than all, being a Jeffer-
sonian, / resented his apparent leaning
toward Hamilton and the Federaiists.
When Washington Laughed.
While had scarcely formulated
these thoughts. they were lurking some
where in the back of my head as
made my first journey to the historic
shrine. The trolley running to Mount
Vernon starts from Washington. cross
es the Potomac. whiris through the 81
lent fields, red clay banks ano oak for
ests of Virginia. passes between the
ancient buildings and over the cobble-
stones of Alexandria. huns across 9TH
er fields. forests and red clay gashes
in the landscape and finally brings up
at a small and very modern cross be
tween building and a shack near the
ancient gate of an estate.
1t was a day in September when j
traversed all this. and | think the spell
began to work on me before | reached
the colonial gateway. The Sabbath
stiffness perhaps had something TO do
with it. Autumn sunshine has a
touch of magic in it anyway. especial
ly amid quiet hills and wooded
stretches
Before reaching the house there was
long run through the timber. II
must have been here that Justice
Bushrod Washington and Chief Jus
tice John Marshall. although he did
not become chief justice till Adams
term. once were the cause Of great
laughter TO the immortal George. They
were on visit to the general and had
brought along a change Of clothes. SO
that they could remove the stains Of
travel In the wood they stopped to
don the clean garments. only to dis
cover after disrobing that they had
left their bag and picked up that of
peddler, so that in place Of the neces-
sary trousers and coats they had only
a lot of old pots and kettles. Their
Shouts Of laughter at this discovery
brought the general TO the scene. who.
when he saw their plight. laughed so
/ tremendously that he lay down on the
ground and rolled with great whoops.
Not dignifed. ypu say. but very hu-
man withaI and bringing Us common
| mortals closer to the Father OF His
| Country.
Maybe this was the same wood and
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Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-04-01

! also tried Egyptian corn cut IN the
blossom, but ~haI! not bother with II
again. My COWS would not eat II.
There are several varieties oi corn
recommended for the ,ll0, some pro-
ducing heavy crops of blades and
suckers, but personally ! prefer the
White Dent II grow, a good crop OF
fodder and Ut the same time ears
heavily, which l. the best part ui thu
cnsllagc. Onr year | had excellent
results feeding popcorn cut when the
corn began To harden. That was be-
fore had -llo. The tonnage was
good aud the COWS were keen Tor II
and responded we'll nj the pail. This
year ! am planning 10 experiment
some with popcorn. sweet corn and
Indian corn. comparing them for pro-
duction aud quality OF ensllagr
A. 10 the filling, cut the corn when
blow into the silo. If possible, con-
duet water through a three quarter
mch hose into the blower while filling
the grain begins to harden. Cut ii
into one half TO one inch lengths and
the silo. BE sure and tramp it well,
especially around the edges, and have
a man inside who will work and not
lie down. When you start feeding
keep it up till the silo is empty. y
1000. pound cow on full milk will con-
sumo about 40 pounds of ensilage and
20 pounds of hay per day.. L.,
Ceres, Cal. in Live Stock and Dairy
journal.
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LITTLE VINEYARDS co.'s
RECORD BREAKING WELL

The third well of the Little Vine
yards Company, which was put down
last year but unused, is being pumped
and is developing 400 gallon, per
minute from the s3-iuol level. The
well was not used last season aud had
filled with sand. Efforts to clean it
beyond eighty three feet failed. but
the remarkable capacity of the well J.
Il great surprise to irrlgallonI>t> oi
THIS section, ~ uu more than 100
gallon, per minute were expected.
the well is being pumped steadily
without diminishing the volume ot
water. The well wa originally one
hundred feet deep