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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-16

dren's school dresses.
Brown and yellow plaid ratine
makes a smart school frock for lit
tie girl eight to ten years old. The
skirt is perfectly plain, somewhat
gored at the belt, and the waist is cut
in kimona shape, left open in front
to show a white cotton duvetine
waistcoat. The collar and cuffs are
of handkerchief linen, hemstitched.
Most children will wear the low
heeled baby doll'' slippers this sum-
mer, and white stockings will be worn
to the exclusion of any other color.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-16
ABRAHAM LINCOLN LOVED EVEN
THE LITTLE BIRDS

Away back in the pioneer days
when abraham Lincoln was young
attorney ''riding the circuit" he
passed a grove where the birds were
singing merrily. AS he passed, in
company with a friend, he noticed
that a baby bird aid fallen from the
nest and lay fiuttering helplessly on
the ground. ,.. ....
AFTER they had gone a short dis
lance Lincoln stopped and whirled his
horse, around, telling the friend he
would rejoin him in a moment.
He picked up the bird and tenderly
laid it back in the nest.
When he rejoined his friend the
latter asked him why he bothered to
do that. His reply is worth remem-
bering. He said, my friend, 1 can
only say this-that l feel better for
it. 1 could not have slept tonight if
l had left that helpless little creature
to perish on the. ground"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-16

There will not be much Bingham
worn this year, even in children's
frocks. The manufacturers. however,
have made many of the new cotton
weaves into Bingham patterns.
While the new loosely woven "a
tines will probably not wear as long
as Bingham, they are softer and pref
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-16
DOING IT..

DOING 1T.
why do you mix with all those
university professors?"
my doctor says must live in
dry atmosphere. ..-.--....
-O-O
Chinese women in the weII-to-do
classes are discarding cloth shoes for
leather ones. -.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
REAL VALUE OF ADVERTISING
Former Doubters Convicted by the
Large Fortunes Made by Per
sistent Advertisers.

The number of merchants who will
sit down and seriously argue that 1t
does not pay to advertise is not half
as great today as it was five years
ago. The fortunes that have been
accumulated by successful advertis-
ers. the direct response of the buying
public to judlcious publicity, are such
apparent facts as to have convinced
large share of the former doubters.
But occasionally there is a merchant
who gets it into his head that there
is some method Of getting at the pub
Tic through some means other than
newspaper space.
There is some serious objection to
every such method Bill board ad-
vertising runs up against the grow
ing hostility to the disfiguring OF
nature and our public streets. Many
people are resolving not to patroDize
houses guilty Of this disf1guring form
of advertising Furthermore, there is
no chance to quote prices and de-
scribe goods in this advertising in
any rational way. There is no logic
in the bill board
The latter point applies to program
advertising. 1t is not advertising
merely a mental jolt 1t does nothing
to convince the reader that you have
bargains, and hand bill advertising
always looks cheap. 1t is the news
paper only that presents business
news in form acceptable to the peo-
pie. The merchant who advertises in
newspaper Of larger circulation
saves half the cost and doubles the re-
sults.-Champaign Qll) Gazette.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
Cannot Be Too Specific.

Sometimes an absurdly simple
omission will cripple the effectiveness
of an advertisement.
AS the proprietor Of certain fam
Gus household article said the other
day. "all advertisements should be
foolproof"
This explosive remark was caused
by telephone call at his Office, ask
ing where one could buy his article.
in the face of the fact that the COM
pany is just finishing the third month
of a publicity campaign in New York.
which is said to be costing from So
900 to $1,000 a month.
From now on all ads will say "at
drug and grocery stores" though such
a line is usually considered a waste of
space by many advertisement writer's.
-Mahin Messenger.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
WHAT IS GOOD ADvERTIsING7
Selling Arguments Are Not Found In
Name and Address Of Mer-
chant.

There was a time, away back In the
beginning of advertising, when the
seller who put into print, where the
buyer could see 1t, his name, the name
of the commodity he dealt in, and the
address of his place of business, was
considered to have made quite a
splurge in the way of publicity. And
there are mediums today, bidding and,
patronage of twentieth century adver-
tisers, whose physical limitations pre-
clude them from doing much more
for the producer or distributor of mer-
chandise than his ancestor did for
himself in printing on old-fashioned
card"
You cant tell the news of a store
or enforce upon the consumer the
merits OF a product with which he
is unfamiliar in 10 or 20 words, any
more than you could present sell
ing argument over the telephone IL
the period of communication were
limited to a few seconds. Brevity-
in moderation-is a good thing In
but the brevity imposed
by the characteristics of some me-
diums is too apt to cut of the best
selling talk before it begins.
One of the many advantages of the
newspaper as a means OF access to
the ear of the buyer is that 1t secures
for the advertiser full hearing
Rock Island Argus.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
French National Museum.

The Musee Carnavalet of Paris is 80
seldom frequented by Americans. yet
it is Of vast interest. 1t is also known
as the National museum, for 1t con-
tains objects pertaining to the history
Of France, and especially of the French
revolution. The sacredness of an
tiQuity clings to the building itself,
which was begun in 1914. and enlarged
in 1860 by Mansart, the famous archi-
tect of Louis XIV In 1877 1t became
the home Of Nine. de Levigne, who
lived there for IS years. and after
whom the street is named that faces
the principal entrance. Among the
contents OF this museum are frag-
ments and statues from noted old
buildings which no longer exist. There
is also a weird portrait done in wax
Of Henry w. made the day after his
assassination, and an autograph order
from Louis XVI for the defenders OF
the Tuileries to cease firing! Things
of historic interest are numerous, but
none more sanguinary than the copy
of the constitution of 1898 bound In
human skin.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
LINSEED MEAL FOR CHICKENS
BY Careful Observation One May Do
termine Whether Proper Amount
Is Being Given to Fowls.

A correspondent says: I'VE use
linseed meal in our poultry yard about
as follows:
For a dozen hens take, say, one Ia
blespoonful Of the meal every morn
ing mixed with the mash. BY watch
ing the droppings one may see wheth-
er it is acting too freely on the bowels
of the birds, and if it does. slacken up
bit.
II the hens are running every
where in summer they do not need
the meal as much as in the winter,
when they are more confined. Some
feed more than this. Better not feed
too much. During the Noting season
some meal may safely be fed.
"One cockerel of good size and
thriftily to twelve of fifteen females is
all right. In case he is lacking in
size and vigor. the number of females
should be reduced, or the fertility of
the eggs would be seriously impaired"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
SLAIN FOR THEIR TREACHERY
French Explanation of the Wiping
Out of an Entire Company of
German Infantry.

Paris.-Among the prisoners who
have just died in a hospital at Troyes,
department of Aube, says the Petit
Troyes, was a lieutenant of the One
Hundred and Thirty-fifth German in
fantry, whose company had sustained
severe losses at the hands of French
troops and had been ordered to sur
render.
When the French soldiers ap
preached to disarm the Germans, thu
latter separated to let through their
ranks machine guns which had been
hidden behind and which poured
murderous fire into the ranks Of the
advancing Frenchmen
Exasperated by this treachery, says
the paper, the French troops charged
furiously with fixed bayonets and ex-
terminated the German soldiers with
the exception of this lieutenant, who
survived for few days with his jaw
fractured and his tongue cut of.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
Help organize a farmers club.

11Slp OlSdulL6 ldILu6IS CluD.
A hard bed makes early rising easy.
Making the same mistake twice is
mighty bad habit
Complaining about hard times does
no good and may make your voice
husky.
1t is strange that the names of the
best advice givers at the grocery store
rarely appear on the tax roll.
Local farmers clubs may be organ
lied to promote horticultural interests
as we'll as for many other purposes.
The only good some people seem to
get out of going to church is in the
exercise involved in getting there and
back
If you will note the mistakes made
by your neighbors, and not make them
yourself, your chance of being a sue
cess is very good.
When you give the very best in you
all the time you are entitled to the
best the world has in return, and you
generally get it.
There are said to be opportunities
enough to go around. Some people
get more than their share by grabbing
those you let go by.
The rain does not fall alike on the
just and the unjust, because Of the
fact that the unjust does not care
whose umbrella he uses.
Some folks know so much about to-
day that their guess about tomorrow
amounts almost to certainty. These
are the ones who are paying income
taxes
1t is said that the intricate beauty
of the thistle fills the soul of the
artist with delight. But. generally
speaking, artists make very poor
farmers.
Although work is generally regarded
as the greatest tonic for all human
ills, still there are lot of folks who
prefer to put their trust in mental
healing
When you have failed to raise any
crops to sell, it is pretty hard to exult
over the high prices which your
neighbor received for the good crops
which he did raise
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
AdaptabIIltx Of wIId Bic lie.

One Of the things that encourages
the sportsman to hope that the new
federal migratory bird law will result
in an actual increase of water fowl and
other migratory game birds is the
marvellous ability of wild bird life to
adapt itself to changed conditions.
Ducks, for example, will quickly dis.
cover a sanctuary and flock to it with
confidence, deserving other more ia.
vorable feeding grounds. Where
ptarmigan are strictly protected you
may walk around among them.
On the other hand, the prairie chick
en- would have been exterminated long
ago had it not changed its habits as
conditions changed. 1t first deserted
the stubble for the corn; then it went
for shelter to the windbreaks, and
finally to the timber Now this prai-
RE bird sometimes alights in trees.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
TANNING MILL IN COMMUNITY
Some Mechanically Inclined Farmer
Could Be Induced to Handle Out
fit-Big Time Saver.

(By A d. WILSON, Extension Superin-
tendent, Minnesota Agricultural College,
Cereal improvement is part of farm
progress. The methods to be used are
still unsettled in the minds of many
farmers. The most technical and COM
plicated methods of plant breeding
must be left to experiment station
men who devote their lives to the
study of the problem.
The tanning mill Is certainly prac-
teal on any grain growing farm. 1t
should be used to remove light kernels.
weed seed and trash. The heavier,
larger kernels selected by the tanning
mill are usually more productive; and
all agree on getting rid of the weed
seed and trash.
We have said that the tanning mill
it ought to be used there. One great
obstacle to such use arises from the
fact that few men know how to make
the tanning mill clean and grade the
grain as they want 1t to. Many have
had poor tanning mills. Others do not
have the necessary room to make
grain cleaning convenient.
Why not clean grain in the same
way that we thresh it? Every COM
munity has some mechanically in
clined farmer who can handle the fan
ming mill outfit better than anyone
else in the community Let him clean
and grade the grain. He can equip
~ Low nj fxrrn
good sized tanning mills operated with
belts by small gasoline engine. With
such an equipment he might go from
farm to farm, take the grain from the
bin, clean, grade and return it, all by
the use of machinery. The tanning
mill man may easily grade so as to
take out five or ten per cent. or more
of the heaviest and rlumpest kernels
for seed. This would not seriously af-
feet the quality of the market grain.
The man who will put such plan
into operation will be real blessing
to the community. His work will result
in the use of the tanning mill where 1t
would not otherwise be used. He will
save much hard work on the farms Of
those who would otherwise run the
tanning mill by hand A gasoline en-
CINE costing somewhere between $50
and 500 will do the work that might
require hundreds of days Of
It Is easy to conceive that he might
add greatly to the small grain yield
and profit of the community.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
USING Docs In War.

Considering how obviously fitted
dogs are for police work and GER
tain services in war it is curious that
more use has not been made Of them
in modern times.
OF course, now that hand-to-hand
fighting is to all intents and purposes
extinct, dogs are no longer formidable
in war, but for sentry duty or the
finding of wounded on the battlefield,
dogs-as was shown during the Rus
so-Japanese war-can be of great
service.
The ancients employed dogs ex-
tensively as sentries. So also did the
Emperor Charles V and Philip, king
Of Spain, while Napoleon urged Mar
mont to fasten dogs to stakes around
the walls Of Alexandria to keep
guard.
Dog senses are very much more
acute than those of human beings
especially the senses Of scent and
hearing, which, of course, are invalu-
able for police work.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
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CAUSE OF TROUBLE
BY cY WARMAN.

No. T. the Salt Lake Limited, used
to chase No. 81, the fast freight, into
Salida, as a terrier chases a tomcat
into the kitchen. If Il was ten min
utes late, she had to pull right into
the yards, but if she arrived sharp
at Ais, the road engines would cut
off at the coal chutes, pull up and
back in on the house track
That gave the yard engine ten min
utes to pull the freight in to clear
the main line, allowing five minutes
for variations, clearing the line for 7,
due at 4:S0.
Now, If you have never done 100
miles on an alkali division in summer,
you will say it's a small thing to scrap
about Why don't you pull on up into
the yard?
That's all very fine, but just pulling
up isn't all The limited follows you
in. The road forks here. The linn
tied has to be cut and shifted into two
sections-one for Leadville and the
other over Marshall Pass to Salt
Lake; for this thing happened when
what is now the main line ended at
Leadville.
1t was summer in Salida. Johnny
Hill and Johnny Carr came in on I'll
double-heading. They were on time.
The PIT and the 222, respectively,
were the Grants, handled by these
energetic space-eaters. Hill was
ahead, and when the PIT was opposite
the switch he hooked her over. The
head brakeman pulled the pin behind
the second engine.
All this time Killeen, the yardmas-
ter, was giving frantic signals for the
double-header to hoist the train up
into the yard. Hill didn't appear to
see these signals. When the yard
master saw that the brakeman was
cutting off, he jumped on the foot
board and told the driver of the 106
Chat was the goat) to back up.
Just as Hill and Carr got their en-
gines into the forward motion, the
goat jumped onto the frog and
blocked the switch.
The ADMINISTRATIONS word is
law in the yard limits-ordered them
to back up, couple on. and pull the
train. Hill asked him where the yard
men were. Killeen intimated that
that was his business.
"Bet four dollars they're over at Nc
Cures gin-mill."
That's their business-back up"
'Have they any other BUSINESS"
Hill asked.
Killeen knew that old Tom Andrews
was on No. z. and as he looked at his
big watch she blew. The rear brake
man had gone back, and, second
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05

later, they heard Tom answer his sig
nal.
Now will you back up? You still
have two minutes to save your job"
All three of the engines were blow
ing off. Hill beckoned Killeen up
under the cab window and told him
to ask Carr AS Killeen went back,
Hills fireman dropped, off, and picked
up the pilot-bar of the 217 AS he
did so, Hill pushed forward, and, be-
fore the yard engineer knew what had
happened, they were all coupled up.
Hill whistled Carr ahead, and then
began a tug of war that resembled a
fight between bulls.
If the goat had been on her guard
she could have backed them up, but
they got her going. All three were
wide open, splitting fire and grinding
sand The air was blue with smoke
and full of a smell like birthstone.
The goat screamed down brakes,
but the two Grants, eager to get to
the turntable, to turn and head for
home, would not down.
At the watertank, where the rail
was wet, both the Grants blew up, and
before they could get sand to them,
the yard engine started them back.
The racket created by the three en-
gines brought Carl Ridgway, chief
clerk In the Office of his father, the
superintendent, bareheaded, to see
what was happening.
Jones, the master mechanic, rushed
from his Office, and De Remer, the
foreman, from the roundhouse.
The yardmaster and the head brake
man on the freight were scrapping
for the possession Of the switch.
There was such rain of fire from the
three stacks that nobody seemed to
care to rush in and pry them apart.
Without taking time to hear the
case the motive-power officials were
inclined to sympathize with the road
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
Success With Sheep.

TO be successful with sheep, the
flock owner must not hold the COM
mon idea that sheep can live and do
well on little and the poorest kind Of
feed They need their share of feed
as well as other classes Of stock II
he thinks flock of sheep can be win
tered on what they find from straw
stack, and be profitable to their own
er, he is mistaken. II he does not sup
ply them With any kind Of succulent
feed in winter, and tries to feed them
on pure timothy or marsh hay, he
will soon learn that he Is on the
wrong side Of the business
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
Have PULLING Power.

Some merchants in nearby towns
can, with very sober faces. say that
advertising don't pay, and in the
same breath lament the fact that
merchants of other towns are draw
ing trade away-direct admittance
that those same merchants advertise
ments have pulling power.-Perrys-
burg co.. Journal
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
Where the BARGAINS Are.

The way the yard sticks ratified,
hardware jingled and our merchants
and clerks moved about the past
week indicated lively trade for our
business men; and the people were
evidently delighted in the bargains
they had picked up and the profits
they had thereby saved; the general
verdict is that those who advertise
have the bargains to deliver.-Middle-
field CO., Independent.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05

engineers, while young Ridgway
leaned toward the yard crew.
While they scrapped, old Tom, back
on III, swore audibly, while travelling
men, who knew the road, left the
train and hurried up to the hotel to
supper.
1t was smooth shedding for the goat
until she struck the wet rail By this
time, the road engines were or dry
sand. One more run and they shot
the goat over the switch The brake
man and the yardmaster were still
struggling for the switch when Carr's
fireman threw it over and the two
Grants backed in to clear.
When the officials had succeeded In
pulling Killeen from the brakeman,
the goat backed down, coupled on, and
took the freight in off the main lire;
No. pulled up to the station Is min
utes late.
Hill and Carr were in bad.
The law of the rail is to obey or
ders on the road and kick after.
The conductor of No. 7 was first
to report Cause of delay: Line
blocked by twenty-one."
Dispatcher to Hill-Matter at
Salida?
Hill-Yard crew.
Observation-Disclosures with yard
crew?
Hill-Coffin varnish.
The ward crew, save Killeen, were
still tapping up intoxicants at Nc
Cures along whose front porch lay
the lead of the yard tracks. Killeen,
with an eye in mourning, had to make
up the two sections of No. 7, one for
the third, the other for the fourth,
division, getting them out minutes
late
Meanwhile, Hill and Carr received
orders, while their engines were be-
ing turned, and were now screaming
down the Grand Canyon of the Arkan-
sas for Pueblo, wondering what they
would do to kill time for the next 80
days.
When the two sections of z and
three sections of 81 had departed-the
last section an hour and forty minutes
went over to McGuire's
to round up his Indians.
AS the evening was young, some
Of them objected to the yardmaster's
and, eventually, they
started row among themselves. One
fellow found a gun and chased the
yardmaster across the track as No, |
was coming in from Leadville.
Just here, John Hills good fortune,
which has chased him through As
years, turned up. Mr.. Kelker, the
master mechanic to whom Hill and
Carr would have to explain on the
was in the east sleeper
lust going to bed.
Before the train had stopped at the
station there was a loud report out
side and bullet smashed through the
window Immediately over the master
Mechanics bed, ripped through the
crashed out through another
window and sped on its way.
Hill and Carr were not called to go
,ut the following afternoon. They
we're called to go in and see the mas
er mechanic.
They went. The Old Man had all
he papers In the case before him.
Hill recognized his wire of the pre-
ious night to the train-master The
master mechanic asked:
What was the trouble out at
ialida?"
Hill-The yard crew.
Naster Mechanic-There was some
xcitement when came through.
Hill-Yes. That was Rough Neck
,yan shootin' at Killeen.
Master Northumberland made him
rant to kill Killeen?
Hill-Same thing that made all the
'ouble, Mr.. Kelker-coffin varnish-
(Copyright)
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
PROPER CARE OF MACHINERY
All Implements Should Be Taken
Apart, Cleaned and oiled When
Dust and Sand Gathers.
CBy JEROME FRIsBEE, Colorado Ag-

(By JEROME FRISBEE, Colorado Ag-
ricultural College)
Dust and sand in the bearings of
machinery is sne of the greatest
causes of deterioration. All machin-
cry should be taken apart and cleaned
whenever it gets in this condition
After the seasons work is completed
all machinery should be carefully
overhauled. cleaned, repaired and re-
painted.
Machine sheds are very desirable.
but in the absence of shelter. clean
ing, bling and painting the machinery
will go long way towards preserv-
ing machinery from rust and decay.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
nRehlnd the Scenes Effects.

machine has been designed IN
France to make all the noises required
for use in theaters and moving picture
shows. By means Of multiple electric
combinations 1t initiates the noise OF
horses hoofs, wind storms, thunder
sobbing waves, swaying branches and
passing trains.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-05
Try Some Alfalfa.

Are you going to try small plot OF
alfalfa next year? You ought to grow
this plant on your farm and no doubt
can do 70 by persevering.