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The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-15

HAVANA, Dec. 15.-General Jose ]. Monteguado, commander In chief of the Cuban army died today
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-15
M0SEEIMS IN REV0LT AUSTRIA ASKS PEACE2
 BELGRADE IS RETANEN

BERLIN Dec 15Authoritative reports today from Con- stantnope say EIohammedan uprising has occurred m Caucasus armed Russian Mosens deserng and long the Turkish troops in their against the Muscoyites
 t declared that M0slems have unitedy declared their intention of wagng against Russia Priests have adeo m the agitation it is said
 TURKEY FORCED INTO WARP
 Am official dispatch from the Turkish capital says the Sul- tan declared his country been forced into the European war by attacks the ae speech delivered at the opening of the Turkish parliament today
 H is officially denied Constantinople that the Turkish battleship Messudich was sunk in the DardaneIes.
 Be,ne Dec 15-That Austria has tentative peace proposals to Russia was asserted by Swiss newspapers today LONDON Dec 15Te recapture of their capital Belgrade by the servans the retreat Russian in Western Gac e ntation from St. Petersburg that Germany is seeking Che aid of Sweden and reports only slight changes in Poland and Western theatre summed up Che situation as the 4So day of the European arrived today
 BELGRAD AGAIN SERBS
 All dispatches agree that the SeraRs re-entered Belgrade only after boodiest attacks of the gh5ng n the Balkans The Ausans driven out after having occu- pied the city Vienna declares successes m West ern Gaca compensate Austria for the losses the army sus ned at Belgrade declares that her troops have ocupeo Dua where several thousand Russians were taken prisoner The official report says the pursuit of the Russians has co enced all attacks of enemy having been beaten down.
 SWEDEN IN THE LTAIELIGHF
 vsenatc attempts on the part of Germany to force Swe- den into the ally of the Kaiser has led the Stockholm cabinet consult with Denmark and Norway regardng Jos formula for the guarantee of the independence o the three n lions" says a Petrograd dispatch to The Mail
 t believed in London that the sweds will enforce their neutrality at any cost
 TO HOLD WAR COUNCIL
 dispatch from Copenhagen this afternoon reads as f9- lows: W the invitation the latter King Gustave of Sweden and King Haakon of Norway will meet King Frederick of Den mark Friday and Saturday at Namoe Southern Sweden to discuss affairs interest which have arisen as re-
 foo enr1u nam ministers of foreign affairs by their secretares5
 TRENCH RETAIN POSITIONS
 Am official communication issued in Paris by the war once this morning says the French troops nave re.iiAeu M - ~ o weeks aoo in the Yser Canal district and have con- tod an in the Argonne forests west of Heebrake
 WATCH NEXT RUSSIAN MOVE.
 Tines dispatch from Petrograd says Ihe German nya sion reached it's crest Saturday Having iaeo to uuell I tro,g the Russian wall the invaders have now ceased n threaten further inroads into Poland and interest IS stmu lated in the next move of the Russian staff
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-15
GIVES A RAILROAD
 TO GEN. cAaRANzA

VERA CRUZ, Dec. 15. - General Manager Morcom Of the Mexican Rail- way has rellnQuished the manage ment Of the property and turned it over to the Caranzietoe.
 Since Carranza left Mexico City he has been practically operating the Mexican Railway for military pur. poses.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-15
CABINET TO MEET.
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PARIS, Dec. 15.-The Trench cabi- net has been called to meet in extra ordinary session in Paris. Dec. 22nd.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-15
ON THE HUMBOLDT.

SEATTLE. Dec. 15.-Tha Humboldt sailed North at noon today. Juneau passengers include E. J Bailey. Mrs. T. 2. Blanchard, ?. Wedrich, Mrs. ". A. Ferguson and J.sN. Nelson
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-15
BRIrIsR TROOPS TO
 TRAIN lN EoYeT

TRAIN lN EGfF7 i.
 -is,
 LONDON Dec. 15-The government press bureau has announced thar 9 contingent of Australian and New Zealand troops has been landed in Egypt. They will remain there untii their training i5 fnished; when they win be transported to France
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-15
ALASKA'S COAL FOUND TO BE BEST STE5NIIA6
 FUEL TRIED BY NA \

SEATTLE Dec 15 = The Washington correspondent Of The Times today telegraphS his paper that two members of the House naval committee told him that nisnamed eonserva- ton is dead as far as Alaska is concerned and that an era of real conservation and develop ment is about to begin.
 The naval committee members are also said to have stated Heretofore owners of Eastern coal fields have been able to maintain grip on the throat of the navy department and force the government to pay any old price for its coal for warships. The fine test the Mat anuska coal has passed will end all this and 1t will end the practice of carrying coal from the Atlantic to the Pacific, at a tremendous expense to the government
 WASHINGTON. Dec l5-AIaskas coal is the future fuel for the American navy of the Pacific.
 This in brief is the result of the tests made by United States cruisers and when the news made public late yesterday after noon the little colony Weseners in Washington met m oa hotel to paint pictures great future for the coal industry Of the North
 Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels tesng before the House committee naval affairs yesterday saia; 4nrke the tests made with the Berng River coal we nave sd banuiced atanuska latest tests The coal so tested is in all respects highly satisfactory for the navy s and if the coal tested fair indication ot the general character of the coal the Baanuska field our fuel needs TOT the Pacific fleet will be supplied
 Stokers Endorse It. m official report the tests made by the U S S. Maryland ~ that the fremen pronounced forced draft trial of the coal gave the Maryland the easiest 2not run the cruiser ever mace Firnq was easy the steam pressure was easiy The coal is said to have burned like pine knots.
 4An unofficial report eyapOrave test at one O sne
 tal stations practically confirms the tests on the Mary land The general result gratifying to the navy and points the to adequate supply oi coa on s for inc navy as soon as reasonable transportation lac1 The testimony of Secretary Daniels made the feature of newspaper accounts several of the Eastern papers s morning
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-15
lNcoME TAX TO GET
 LOST VODKA REVENUE

PETROGRAD. Dec. ID. ~ it is ru,I mored h8t Russia may Impose 9 tenn porBry. Income tax to baianco Che loss lo the government of the reyenne tof- merlv derived from the sale oi vodka.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-15
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The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-15

Ber0e Dec 15-That Austria has made tentative peace oDosa to Russia was asserted by Swiss newspapers today
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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-09-17

GOOD FORM OF DAIRY cow
development Of Digestive, Secretive,
Circulatory and Nervous Systems
Are Essential.

By W. c. RICHARDS, North Dakota
Agricultural College,
The form which good dairy cattle
posses results from the milk produc-
Ing functions which they develop.
There are four main centers of activ-
ity, the digestive system, the milk
secreung system or udder, the circu-
latory system, and the nervous sys-
tenn. To produce large quantities OF
milk, 1t is necessary that a COW Cor
a bull If he becomes the sire of cows
capable Of producing q large guam
uty Of milk have these systems well
developed. Good producing cows and
good dairy sires invariably have good
dairy form, because it Is the high de-
gree of development of these parts
known as the digestive. secretive, cir
culatory and nervous systems which
give the dairy animal the dairy
form.
A COW that has good dairy form
has lean appearance over every
part OF the body which indicates ner-
vous temperament and that she util-
ICES large proportion of the feed
consumed for the making of milk. She
has wedge shaped appearance. view
ed from above, in front and from the
side The wedge shape appearance
from above results from the narrow
projecting wethers which form the
apex OF the wedge and the large bar
rel. below, the base of the wedge The
wedge viewed from in front is made
by the narrowness of the COW in
front compared with the width at the
widest part Of the barrel or through
the region of the hips. The wedge
shaped appearance from the sides
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-09-17
SOME PECULIAR CLUBS

One of the oldest of social clubs
ever established in London was the
Everlasting club. limited in member
ship TO 100. The members divided
the day amongst them in such way
that there we're always some members
present upon the club premises. Tnel
club house was burned down at the
time of the great fire of London, when
the only remaining member on the
premises was nearly burned TO death
because he had refused to leave be-
fore he had emptied all the bottles on
the table. The fire for lighting the,
members pipes was never allowed TO-
go out, an old woman being kept sole.
ly for the purpose OF attending TO it..
During the 80 years of its existence
the members smoked so tons Of to-
bacco, drank 10000 butts OF ale, 1000
pipes of port, and 200 barrels OF
brandy, besides other drinks.
Another extraordinary club was the
Signing club the members OF which
were supposed to be wholly absorbed
in thinking of their sweetbearts. Each
would hold in his hand a bit OF RIB
bon, lock of hair, a purse, or some.
other article belonging to the object
of his affections, and from time to-
time he would address this in terms
of endearment On initiation the
members had to compose and recite,
a poem in honor OF his lady, and at
the meetings fine was imposed upon
the member who did not sigh 1--WE
times within a quarter OF an hour.
The Surly club had its meeting
place near Billinsgate fish market. and
the membership was limited to cab
men, and watermen, who used to meet
once a week to exercise the art OF
abusive language in order that they
might not lose the reputation they had
gained. ANY member found guilty OF
courtesy or politeness was promptly
fined.
A club limited to men who agreed
70 stint themselves to the utmost, in
order to increase their possessions.
was the Split Farthing club. One
member is reported to have had his
garments SO darned that there was
not enough of the original material
left to show the texture. The mem
bers presented so starved an appear
ance that it was said there was not
an ounce of fat among the lot
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-09-17
Co. Operative Farm
Products Marketing
How 1t Is Done in Europe and Mny Be Done /
i'm America to the Profit of BOfh
Farmer and Consumer
BY S.
EGGS FOR EVERYBODY.
BY MATTHEW S. puDeEoN.

Copenhagen, Denmark. - D1d you
know that the people in New York
alone eat one hundred fifty million
dozen of eggs every year and that
they cost something like forty-five mil
lion dollars? Did you know that an
expert has estimated that each year
America eats something like one thou
sand million dollars worth of eggs?
How Eggs Spoil.
When the farmer used to go to town
his wife went along with a basket Of
eggs containing possibly four or six
or ten dozen of them. These eggs were
delivered to the general country store
keeper and instead of paying for them
in cash the merchant gave trade in
exchange. The price of eggs was low
and when the price was further re-
duced by translation into sugar or cof
fee at high price the results were of
no great significance. Egg selling
then was In fact small business. AS
small business it was not for a long
time developed along scientific lines.
The hen laid only when the weather
was good. She laid a fresh egg of
course, but it was likely to lie around
in dirty nest until time and a summer
heat made 1t a very bad egg to look
at and worse egg to eat. Not all
eggs spoiled but so many went bad
that scattered through the lot sent in
by the farmer they lowered the grade
of all so that even the freshest went
only as eggs" because no one knew
they were strictly fresh"
Strictly fresh eggs were practically
unobtainable as matter of fact Aft
er the farmers wife delivered the eggs
to the merchant he kept them around
few days or maybe weeks until he
had fairly large shipment. They
might be in the cellar and they might
be in the back of the store where 1t
was warmer. but at any rate they
gained nothing in flavor or quality
from his storage. Then he sent them
to some merchant in the county
seat nearby. This dealer kept them
awhile until an accumulation made a
shipment possible to the city commits
sion merchant in Milwaukee, Boston
or Kansas City. They then might be
sold by the commission agent to the
retail trade or they might be put in
cold storage or they might be shipped
to some distant place. But you may
rest assured that it was some time be-
fore the egg laid on the farm found
its way to the breakfast table of the
city consumer. Much time had been
unnecessary expense had
been incurred in going through this
slow, unbusinesslike, unscientific sys-
tenn Of distribution. But worse than
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-09-17
BREEDING STOCK FOR DAIRY
Strong ConstItution-Real Good
Sires Are Rare Thing.
CBy PROF. w. J. KENNEDY. Iowa Sta
toni

(By PROF. w. ]. KENNEDY. Iowa Sta
tion.)
In selecting dairy cattle the real
test must be the scales and the Bah
cock tester. The COW is machine to
convert food into milk; thus she must
have large middle and strong con-
stitution to insure the best results.
She must also have a large udder,
large milk wells, large crooked milk
veins and good-sized teats.
Her head should be clean and an
gular in appearance, with the eyes
standing out prominently. The neck
should be rather long and lean In ap-
pearance; the shoulders pointed and
the backbone rather prominent. The
skin should be loose and soft to the
touch. In selecting herd bulls either
mature animals which have already
demonstrated their worth as sires or
younger animals from high-testing
dams and sires only should be used.
The best and surest will always fol-
low the use Of mature sire which has
sired heifers with good records. A
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-09-17

In Germany the eggs are marketed
much as they are in Denmark In the
one province of Hanover there are for
example one hundred forty-two coop
erative poultry societies. Some OF
these combine the breeding of poultry
or the other forms of cooperation with
the selling of eggs. Ninety-eight egg
societies, however, are devoted en-
tirely to egg selling and in the year
1910 disposed of 27,500000 eggs real
izing therefrom over 100000 for
distribution among their cooperative
members.
To belong to the society each farmer
pays an entrance fee of twenty-five
cents; shares in the society cost each
$1.25 of which, however, only twelve
cents is paid down. the balance being
gradually paid by distribution OF div
idends upon the trading profits. The
cooperative society at Hanover owns
a substantial brick egg house from
/ which 100000 eggs are sold each year.
The collector who is paid soc for every
one thousand eggs collected calls once
member of the cooperative egg sell
ing society. The woman who tests,
sorts and packs the eggs is paid fif-
teen cents for every one thousand
eggs passing through her hands. A
clerk from neighboring dry goods
store attends to the billing and keeps
the books of the society, receiving
fuo 60 ~
sand eggs handled and recorded Sum-
ming up all the expense incurred by
the society in collecting, testing, sort
ing, packing and shipping the eggs it
costs less than four hundred dollars
to market almost half a million eggs
The customers are obtained in the
first instance through the chamber of
agriculture at Hanover This is a sort
of rural chamber of commerce which
among other things keeps an up-to-
date list of customers who are good
pay and who are honest dealers. Each
week the society ships large consign-
ments to the various cities of the Ger
man Empire seldom finding it neces-
sary to export to foreign countries.
Experience shows that under this Ger
man cooperative system of marketing
the cash returns upon each dozen OF
eggs are from three to six cents great
er than they were when they were
sold to the ordinary buyer. On the
other hand not penny has been added
to the cost to the consumers, who in
the majority of instances get eggs
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-09-17

'Victuals, Not Talk" Dinner Motto.
A former secretary of state, William
NJ Evarts, noted for his wit, as well
as his great legal ability, had upon his
plate crest with the words. Facts
non verba"
An old congressman, who made no
pretensions about Latin, when dining
with the secretary said he supposed
the words meant "Victuals, not talk"
One of the really pathetic things
which all who attend public dinners
must suffer is the sad, the often Ia
mentally sad, attempts on the part Of
speakers to be funny 81 am remind
ed of an Irishman," says one, and
then comes a story dragged. in by the
heels, or 81 feel like the Dutchman,"
and out flows a venerable yarn maybe
slightly pressed for the occasion like
the speakers own dress suit.
Il cannot see why it is thought nee
essary for after dinner takers to
try to be funny" remarks a writer
in the Philadelphia Ledger ''Victuals,
not talk" would be first rate motto
to have upon most public dinner
plates.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-09-17

| the delay and expense involved was
the fact that the egg which started
down the line from the hen as "a
strictly fresh" egg had little chance
of reaching it's destination as anything
but bad egg.
A WastefuI, Expensive Process.
The whole process is wasteful. Last
summer in Missouri literally hundreds
of wagon loads of eggs were driven off
into the woods and dumped simply
because they had gone bad upon the
hands of those who were not able to
market them promptly. Then too the
loss and damage from breakage is con-
siderable, and one authority has esti-
mated that the handling Of eggs by
those who pack and ship them is so in
expert that each year seventy-five mil
hon dollars worth are broken and lost
in transportation.
Is it any wonder that when eggs fin
ally reach the consumer they often
cost him more than twice what the
farmer received for them? Is 1t any
wonder that the farmer Is dissatisfied
with the price he receives when it is
sometimes less than one-half what the
consumer pays. Is 1t any wonder the
city man kicks at the price which he
pays, kicks again when he finds that
the high priced eggs are bad eggs.
A Better, More BuslnessIike Way.
Contrast this method of handling
with the way it is done by the cooper
alive organizations abroad. Denmark
leads in egg marketing as in the mar
keting of almost every other farm
produce. At Frederickssund in Den
mark, for example, ten thousand farm
ers own an egg packing establishment.
Every farmer gathers every egg from
the nest every day. In hot weather he
is required to gather the eggs twice a
day. At least three times a week he
sends in his eggs to one of the collect
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-09-17
FEEDING Raw Beet Pulp,

Our leading dairymen have silos and
feed ensilage nights and mornings and
a feeding of hay at noon. They are
not feeding very much grain at pres
ent prices. The best wheat feeds, glu-
ten and cottonseed meal. are the prin-
cipal grains.
A few dairymen are feeding beet
pulp and receiving good results. One
farmer who is milking IL cows told me
few days ago that since he COM
menced feeding this with the same
amount Of grain, his cows had gained
a little over a 40-Quart can Of milk per
day, says a writer In an exchange. Beet
pulp costs three dollars per ton in car
lots. Farmers give about eight quarts
to feed per COW twice day.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-09-17

cheaper than they got them before and
of better quality. The more economic
less wasteful system of marketing
makes egg prod ction more profitable
to the farmer, leads him to produce
more eggs, increases the supply. and
by the soundest principles of practical
business economics, lowers the price
to the consumer.
Americans Can Cooperate In Eggs.
Nor has the cooperative marketing
of eggs been confined to Europe. We
have in our own country some excel
lent institutions which demonstrate
that the cooperative procedure which
is good for the European hen upon the
continent of Europe is good for the
American hen upon American soil.
One of these is at Dassel, MINI.
These are the results in two years:
During the first year, the egg selling
society handled six thousand dozen
eggs, receiving an average of five
cents a dozen more for their product
than was paid for the miscellaneous
eggs on the same markets, thus max
ing over $22 per member.
The second year, the association
shipped $4,000 dozen eggs with the
came success, while the Dassel Prod
uce company "a private concern)
shipped 10000 dozen more in carton
box lots. In all. 100000 dozen eggs
were sent from this little town during
he fCr rrrhia
farmers received nearly $4,000 in
cash or $4,000 more than they could
have received under the old system,
whereas only enough eggs were for
merly taken in trade at the village gro
Gerry stores to supply the five hundred
people living in Dassel
Other American Cooperative Egg So
cieties.
At Hickory North Carolina, CO.
operative egg marketing grew out of
and became engrafted upon cooper
alive creamery business. That the
existing cooperative creameries can
easily and naturally assume the func-
tons of an egg marketing institution
is evidenced by the success which
several Minnesota creameries have at
tanned in this line.
The cooperative society need not
necessarily be a large organization.
The Blue Mounds Egg association of
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, consists of
only seven members. The home OF
one of the members constituted the
headquarters of the concern. Modest
as was this venture it netted the mem
bers very considerable margin above
The price which they otherwise would
have been able to obtain. AS the foun-
Ter said: 1T requires almost no time,
he association runs itself" In fact
Ill that is needed today is the con-
yiction that what has been done else
where can be done in any community
n the United States II only the hens
IRE on hand to do their share
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-09-17
How kIpIlns Received His Name.

TOW NfpHn9 ncCciVCO tbs iNdfHcs
The new Seven Seas edition of Rud-
yard Kipling has brought up great
deal of interesting and little-known
gossip about the famous Englishman.
For instance, how many Kipling lovers
lnos that he was christened Joseph
Rudyard Kipling? Like George Ber-
nard Shaw and Thomas Woodrow
Wilson, Mr. Kipling has shown his
sense of the value of words by lop-
ping off the uninteresting prenomen.
The origin of his better-known name
is interesting. Lake Rudyard is a
beautiful sheet of water in North Stat
fordshire. 1t was at picnic at Lake
Rudyard that young Lockwood Kip
ling first met Miss Macdonald, his fu-
ture wife. They commemorated that
happy occasion by giving their son
the name of Rudyard.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-09-17

good dairy bull should be kept until
he is twelve or fifteen years old; in
fact, as long as he is sure sire. Real
ind one he should die only of old age.
All breeders OF dairy cattle should
secure yearly tests on each and every
COW In the herd. Shorter tests do not
really mean very much. 1t is the COW
that stays by her job that is really val
liable.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-09-17
Don't Hurry Cows.

Do not hurry the cows or encour-
age them to rush pell-mell in and out
of the stable. Great danger can re-
suit Careless hired men and the boys
should be cautit ned against this
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-09-17
Soothing Topic.

II don't see why men take so much
interest in baseball" said Mr.. Meek
toms wife.
'T suppose maybe we find it restful.
Henrietta. It's the one of the few sub
jects concerning which mans wife
Isn't likely to have positive nninions