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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-02-07
BY Hal Sheridan.


written for the Unite Press.)
The fire burns low in the good ole
stove;
There's nothing but fatigue
In all that's sung
Or Feds have sprung
In the good old Winter League.
The fire burns low in the good old
stove;
The plea from every mouth
Asks when the team
In search of steam
Is leaving for the south
NEW YORK, Feb. THE Winter
league is rapidly passing out but if
anyone has a single doubt as to it
having been there with the wallop on
look over the field Uttered with former
league presidents and punctured
ranks of major league clubs, with club
owners watching in the offing will
give the answer.
Within a few weeks the ball clubs
will be in the south putting in their
first ticks of training. Bat bags are
even now being packed. Within ten
days the New York Giants will begin
to gather in st. Louis for their annual
pilgrimage to Marlin, Tex. The crash
of the ash against the horsehide will
then take the place of mere words
banging against the ear drum and
tales of sore arms and charlie horses
will step in where claims and coun-
terclaims now tread.
Get the Real Test
Many are the young men who are
beginning to feel that the career they |
had mapped out for themselves may
not be half as good as it looked in No
vember and December when they re-
tired from the game. They will be
angling for contracts. It's two months
yet before the season opens, but the
night is drawing to close. The
clouds are about to break, and when
they do, make way for the Old King
Swat. 1t is then that the new FED
eral league will be brought to the be-
ginning of the real test.
Statements and claims of players
that have been signed suffice during
the months when the cobwebs are on
the bats and rats nests in the gloves,
but when the big time opens there is
but one question to be answered. That
question deals with the general and
broad topic of whether they can play
BALL
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-02-07

man to run 440 yards; the second at
four miles, each man to run one mile,
and the third at two miles, each man
to run one half mile
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-07

No walters appear in the dining
room of a new French hotel The
The guests telephone their orders
from their tables, to which the food
is delivered from a kitchen below by
electric elevators.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-07
HOGS THRIVE ONLY
WITH PROPER CARE
Mistake to Expect Excellent
Animals If Housing Is I'm
sanitary.

Many of the ailments of hogs could
be avoided if proper attention was
given to the care of the animals. and
the quarters were kept in even fairly
SANITARY condition.
II Ms a mistaken idea that because
hog is hog he prefers filth and swill
to a clean bed, and pure food. A hog
wallows in the mud in order to keep
cool, and to keep away vermin. Clean
water will keep him just as cool as the
mud, and free use of disinfectants
will keep the vermin away with better
results.
No live stock is going to make the
best gains when subjected to the at
tack of lice, fleas and ticks. where
any of the commercially prepared
stock dips of crude oils are used, the
animals will be free from these pests,
and the general health or the nero
will be much better.
with a spraying apparatus or a dipping
tank through which the animals may
be driven. OF late years a number of
mechanical hog oilers have been
placed on the market that give the
animals free access to the oil or stock
dip without wasting the material.
Hogs seem to learn the use of these
devices very readily, and many of the
large hog raisers are adding them to
their equimpment.
1t can be safely said that anything
that will add to the general appear
ance and thrift of the herd will prove
to be a profitable investment.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-07

CATTLE GET FOOD
OFF STALK FIELDS
Access to Corn Fields Builds
Up Selling Value of Live
Stock.

From an economic standpoint it is
desirable to turn the livestock into the
stalk fields as soon as possible after
the corn has been husked. A great
deal of the nutriment of the stalks
and blades is lost by teaching if the
stalks remain exposed to the elements.
AT the time of harvesting the grain
the blades have a good deal of food
value, and cattle will make the best
showing If they can have immediate
access to them. There is a great an
nual waste in Wayne county corn
fields by allowing the stalks to fall
and become trampled in the mud or
covered by snow before the cattle are
turned in
The stalk field is not a good place
for fattening cattle. The cattle take a
great deal of exercise in grazing over
the field, and this fact offsets the
benefits of the grain feeding at night
and morning. For young cattle and
horses that are to be roughed through
the winter, the stalk field makes q
good pasture ground
Need Salt Dict.
The cattle should be turned into
the field gradually at first until they
become used to the new feed. It is
better to salt and water them before
turning into the fields, for if they are
allowed to gorge full of stalks and then
get to salt before being watered they
will drink too much, and cases have
been known where cattle were killed
by drinking too much water after
coming in from the stalk field. The
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-07

In the last five years Peru has pro-
duced 199,346,060 pounds of cotton.
The United States last year bought
$1,224,508 worth of Peruvian cotton
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-07
HORSE KEEP"
COSTS 500 A HEAD
Horse Labor Expensive Item
in Management of Modern
Farm.

Horse labor on the farm is expen-
sive, and many farm businesses are
SO run that the expense of the horses
maintained Is abnormally high COM
pared to the benefits derived from
their labor. A recent article published
by the department of farm manage
ment shows very plainly the necessity
for knowing what the horse labor on
the farm is costing.
Farmers generally aim to keep suf-
ficient horses to be able to handle
their work promptly during the rush
periods. Some men keep an extra
horse as an assurance against mis-
haps. On highly specialized farms,
where only one or two crops are pro-
duced, this may mean the keeping of
horses for work during short periods
with little or no work for them the
rest of the year. Unlike the idle pillow,
the horse must be fed and cared for
even when not used.
The actual cost of keeping a farm
horse is close to 500 a year, and one
or two extra horses materially increase
the expense of operating the farm.
Many farmers, when brought to realize
the expense of keeping a horse, have
modified their farm systems so better
to distribute the need Of horse labor,
and by SO doing have been able not
only to dispense with one or more
horses but also to get more profitable
work from the remaining horses and
to increase the net earnings of the
farms.
One farmer, after obtaining a record
of the cost of keeping his work horses,
found that the feed alone, charged at
farm prices, was $6S.70 per horse. The
total of all costs was 1920 By credit
ing the horse with value of manure
saved and with the increase in value of
young horses, the net cost is $87 so.
Compared with other cost data on
horses this is a remarkable yearly
cost per horse. These worked an av-
erage of S13 hours per horse, which
cost $3.50, or 10% cents for each
hour.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-07
METHOD TO KEEP
CABBAGE IN WINTER

An excellent way to keep cabbages
is to put them close together, roots in
the ground, and cover them so as to
protect against rain, first placing salt,
hay or straw over the heads. BY this
plan the cabbages will keep until late
in the spring, as the stalks will take
root and throw out sprouts of green
after the heads are gone. BY burying
the heads with the roots up, the frost
prevents their use, and when the frost
leaves them the ground IL damp and
the heads rot 1t will be found of ad-
vantage to store cabbage with the
roots in the ground, as stated, If for
no other purpose than to secure early
green's.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-07
FARMERS PREPARE
FOR COLD WEATHER
Attention Should Be Given
to Comfortable Housing
for Live Stock.

At this season of the year the farm
er will do we'll to take stock of the
preparation he has made for the ap-
proach of winter. He may ask himself
the following questions: Are the
stable floors in good condition, or are
they rotted and damp? Are the walls
air tight or full of cracks? Has a
good supply of bedding been stored
away to add to the comfort of the
animals, and conserve the manure
Are the stables close and stuffy, or
has provision been made for proper
ventilation? Are the tools and ma
chinery under cover or still out in the
fence corners?
All these are important factors in
the economical management of farm
business.
Damp stable floors are the cause of
many ailments of livestock. Pneu-
monia and rheumatism are often
caused by dampness and improper
bedding. The stable walls should be
tight to prevent draughts, but plenty
of ventilation must be provided. 1t is
a good plan and also inexpensive to
cover the open windows with light
cheese cloth, which will allow for
light and free circulation of air with
out draughts.
Saves Fertility.
Plenty Of bedding not only adds to
the comfort of the animals but saves
a great deal of fertility in the maure.
The liquids are absorbed by the bed
ding and much loss prevented Shred
ed fodder makes better bedding than
straw as it is more absorbant.
The average depreciation on farm
machinery is per cent of the original
value each year This loss is much
greater if the tools are exposed to
the elements all winter. All machin-
cry should be sheltered for the winter
and the working parts smeared with
grease or oil to prevent rusting. This
will save much addition labor in the
spring.
If these details are looked after be-
fore severe winter sets in it will mean
that the work will not be crowded by
a sudden storm, and the work will be
better done.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-07
WHEAT RECORD

If the crop report further curtails
the harvest figures on account of de-
terioration in August it remains fact
that the wheat harvest will be very far
the largest we ever gathered and 300.-
100000 bushels beyond all domestic
requirements; that the corn crop will
be about 150,00O000 bushels more than
last year, and that the oats crop will
be large though not a record-breaker.
In regard to wheat, furthermore, it
should be borne in mind that last
years crop was the greatest we had
ever raised, so that the surplus
brought over to this season was pre-
sumably unusually heavy, increasing
therefore the exportable surplus. 1t
is computed that the war has already
added $735 100000 to the farm value
of our cereals, but of course, these
prices may not be maintained through
the year. Agricultural prosperity,
however, Is assured, and that is the
most important factor in our general
business.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-07
FERTILIZER NEEDED
FOR APPLE TREES

1t is estimated that an acre of apple
trees in twenty years, counting ten
crops of fruit to that period will con-
sumo 1886 pounds of nitrogen, 80
pounds of phosphoric acid and 1895
pounds of potash. To restore the pot
ash alone would require more than
twenty-one tons of high grade ashes
containing per cent potash. How
much of this does the average fruit
grower return to the soil?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-07
ENHANCES
LIVE STOCK VALUE

AS the editor has repeatedly advo-
stock kept to consume the roughage
as well as some of the grain produced
on the farm. This will not only main
tain fertility, but it is the very best
means of making the farm profitable.
1t is equally important, too, that
the stock be we'll bred. This does
not necessarily imply that the cattle
must be pure bred. but it does mean
that none but the best bloods should
be used. Good crossing, the mingling
of good blood, will give results far in
excess of haphaZard crossing or mix
ing. Where no care is taken in this,
mongrelism is the result.
A bulletin from the Washington Ag-
ricultural Experiment station states
that a cow is at her best during her
fifth and sixth years, up to which time
the production of milk and butter fat
by COWS in normal condition increases
each year. The length of time the COW
will maintain her maximum produc-
ton depends upon her constitution,
strength and the care with which she
is fed and managed. A good dairy
COW should not show any marked fall
ing off until ten years of age.
Many excellent records have been
made by COWS older than this. The
quality of milk produced by heifers is
somewhat better than that of older
COWS, for a decrease has been noted
of one-tenth to two-tenths of one per
cent in the average fat content for
each year until the COWS have reached
the full age. This is caused by the
increase in the weight of the COW with
advancing age.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-07
GOOSEBERRY BUSHES
REOFTDE PRUNING

Every spri. Ing roots are
thrown up from the gooseberry bush,
and these bear fruit the following sea-
son. The old wood must be removed
to make room for the new. or else you
will soon have mass of shoots SO
crowded that they can bear no fruit.
1t is not meant that the old wood
should be cut every year. Rather Sc
lect two or three good shoots and let
them branch and be the fruit bearers
for some years. Meanwhile, remove
tho most of the new growth.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-07
Poultry Hints

The best prices for broilers on the
Chicago market are obtained from
March to July; in New York the mar
ket opens in February and prices are
best in April.
In order that the broiler may be
ready for the market, Matching must
start in October and continue until
about the middle of March. While it
is possible to grow broiler in twelve
weeks, the average time required is
about sixteen weeks.
A chicken ceases to be a broiler
after it weighs. two pounds, dressed
The general demand Is for a chicken
weighing about one and one-half
pounds dressed. The broiler for the
winter market must be an attractive
looking bird. Plump chickens, fat,
with unsoiled skin and with perfectly
clean legs will find good SALE Inferior
stuff is a drug on the market.
Dry quarters are necessary to raise
good broi1ers. The chicks must get
plenty of exercise. Various feeds are
prescribed for raising broilers, but
each raiser must use the feed he has
found best by experience.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-07

pithy stalks are very absorbent and
swell when soaked. ,.-,. ~.
Many cattle and horses are lost each
year from the so-called cornstalk dis
ease. Some of these at least were
lost through carelessness in allowing
the animals to drink too much water
after coming in from the fields. This
disease, however, is a disease of the
digestive tract of the animal, caused
by eating diseased or moldy stalks,
and animals should be allowed access
only to clean, healthy stalks.
The Denver star., 1914-08-01
MISS GOLDEN SMITH GREETS
FRIENDS WITH DANCING
PARTY.

The Informal Dance at Old Colony
Hall, Tuesday evening, given by Miss
Golden Smith, one of Denver's most
charming young ladies, was a notable
event in this weeks social calendar.
From p. m. to l a. M, to the sweet
strains of music from Morrison's Or
chestra, the happy guests indulged in
the dreamy waltz, the facinating
schittische and one step, all unmind-
full of the past days tasks and the
coming tomorrow's worries and cares.
The spirit of congeniality was man
ifest among the guests and mingled
with the charming personality OF the
hostess, made the evening one long
sweet dream.
The ladies' were cOstumed in pretty.
cool summer attire, the beautiful col
ors blending so as to form an admir-
able picture, while the gentlemen en-
joying the inconventionality of the
occasion wore neat silk shirt-waists
and light trousers.
Miss Smith has host of friends
in Denver, whom she has won by her
lovable disposition and unassuming
manner She is Colorado girl by
birth and her social functions are
looked forward to by her many
friends, who know her to be charm
ing hostess. There were many out
of-town guests, who enjoyed Miss
Smiths hospitality. Among them
were Miss Name Gillian, Mrs. Dor
man, Mrs. Ish, of Pine Bluff. Ark.
The Denver star., 1914-08-01

come more closely allied. Insurance mt
cost In the white organizations being
denied the colored clerks. this created
one Of the most urgent reasons for the
alliance. But the problem Of organiza-
ton Of national character doing busi-
ness throughout the Union was big
one. Henry l.. Minis after cOrre-
spondence with representative group
Of clerks evolved plan which met
with immediate approval Accordingly
last October at Chattanooga. Tenn. the
clerks from various sections met and
organized the alliance for the better
ment of the service" the promotion
Of social intercourse and for "lnsur
ance at cost of operation"
Upon organization 1t was found alb
solutely necessary that some capable
person be found to look after the de-
tails of the ganization and the In
auguration of the insurance pro-
visions. Happily. almost as an espe-
cial dispensation OF Providence. Hon.
r. L. Bailey Of indianapolis was pre-
vailed upon to accept the secretaryship
Of the new orga nization. Mr.. Bailey
Is one of the most promising younger
attorneys In his section OF the country
and was formerly u postal clerk. In
fact, while he devotes all of his time
to his practice he is still carried on the
rolls Of the postofiice department as n
clerk. because he is the principal wit
ness in some cases the government IL
prosecuting, and, though unusual. he
has been granted an indefinite leave OF
absence.
Mr.. Bailey is an authority on insur-
ance matters. He attended to all the
legal preliminaries In chartering the
National alliance and has written the
charters for several Of the state or
eanizations. The alliance today is q
healthy youngster with every evidence
Of q long life. The rank and file OF
its membership declare that the omcers
are the most sacrificing and ehicient
set that ever piloted similar move
ment through the treacherous waters
of new organization.>
The Denver star., 1914-08-01

street parade of the various patrols
will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
AS yet no candidate has announced
himself to succeed Imperial Potentate
Murphy. He has made an excellent
record during the year. He has filied
the position with much credit and has
visited temples in all sections Of the
country. Mr.. Murphy is also editor Of
the Baltimore Afro-American Ledger
and president of the National Negro
Press association.
The present officers are: John III.
Murphy, imperial pOtentate; Jose 6her-
wood, St Paul, Mimi, imperial deputy
potentate; George ". McKoin, st.
Louis. chief rabban: G.. p. Dunlap.
The Denver star., 1914-08-01
MEETING OF INDEPENDENT
POLITICAL LEAGUE SEPT. Z.
National Organization Of Race Leaders
Will Meet In New York.

Plans for the seventh annual meeting
of the National Independent Political
league, Rev. Byron Gunner OF Hill
born, N. Y, president, are maturing
New York city, the home OF the
leagues present national organizer
Rev. R. G. Ransom, has been selected
as the place of meeting for this ma
tional convention.
The league will hold 1t as a national
conference of colOred Americans to
confer upon and devise ways and
means upon the question Of denial of
citizenship rights and equal opportuni-
ty because of race and color. The
fine new Bethel church viii be the
meeting place and the second week in
September the time, probably the 7th
and Sth, just prior to the national Bap-
list convention in Philadelphia, as
many of the clergy are expected to at
tend.
The appeal is to every citizen Of col
or, to churches and literary. civic or
equal rights societies. Its sentiment Is
thus expressed:
"Out of the worlds history OF the
struggle of races, nationalities and
classes of mankind for freedom and
equality have come the classic cpl
grams, Who would be free themselves
first must strike the blow and Eternal
vigilance Is the price of liberty Who
in all the world need heed these slo-
gans more than colored Americans.
with acknowledgements. Jim Crowism
and lynching in the south and denial
of civil rights to IL greater or less de
gree even in the north on the increase
"Surely organization of colOred Amer
leans for self defense and protection of
their lives, liberties and rights il need
ed, and for this the National Independ-
ent Political league, formed in 1908,
stands. Come one, come all, to the ma
tional conference at Bethel church.
New York city, Sept. and 8, and let
churches, literary. civic and equal
rights societies send delegates. For par
ticulars address William Monroe Trot-
ter, corresponding secretary. 40 Corn
hill. Boston,"
The Denver star., 1914-08-01
MYSTIC sHRINERs TO MEET.
Delegates From Many ssetisns VIII
Attend Sixteenth Annual Session.

Attend Sixteenth Annual esssisn.
Pittsburgh.-The latchstring to the
city will hang low during the week be-
ginning Aug. 3, as Mystic Shriners
from all parts of the country will be
here to attend the sixteenth annual ses-
sion Ancient Egyptian Arabic Mobiles
of the Mystic Shrine. The sessions win
be held in Tabor temple, Webster ave
nue. and Washington street.
On the opening day John IA. Murphy
of Baltimore, the imperial potentnte:
Levi Williams of Jersey City, the Inn
perial recorder. and ]. Frank Blng-
burn of Washington, the imperial treas-
drer, will make their annual reports.
At the public session to be held in the
Wylie Avenue a. NJ. E. church Mayor
Armstrong. David ID. Richards and
others will deliver addresses A big
The Denver star., 1914-08-01
second Annual Meeting to Be Hold In
st. Louis Aug. 6.

Second Annual Meeting to Be Held In
St. Louis Aug. 6.
Houston, Tex.-Hon. Henry L Minis
Of this city, national president Of the
National Alliance of Railway Postal
Employees, has sent ofskal notices to
the various locals of the alliance call
ing their attention to the forthcoming
session Of the alliance to be held Mt st.
Louis Aug. 6-S.
Originally this the second session
was to have been held at Savannah,
Ga. The st. Louis clerks are highly
elated over the compliment paid them,
and the local entertainment in honor
Of the visiting clerks is said to include
several new Innovations. ST. Louis il
credited with having perhaps the most
representative number Of colored clerks
in the railway mail service, including
among the number the clerk who Is
said to hold the best examination rec
ord of any clerk, white or colored, in
the service.
OF late years the white mail clerks
organizations have been excluding the
colored clerks, and 1t has been appar-
ent that the colored clerks must be-
The Denver star., 1914-08-01
DO NOT MISS THIS.

The Y. M. c. A. invites you
to join them in a social on the
lawn of their new home, ,a8oo
Glenarm Place, Tuesday eve
ming, August 4th. at 7:3o
o'clock.
The Denver star., 1914-08-01

Indianapolis. assistant rabban; ;.
frank Blagburn. Washington, treas
urer: Levi Williams, Jersey city. re-
corder: George III. Wharton, Philadel-
phia. oriental guide; r. E. Moore, Chi
cago. lecturer; 8. 8, Fuller. Louisville.
inspector; George L. Hoage. st. Paul.
drst ceremonial master; c. D. Freeman.
Washington. second ceremonial mas
ter; Jarty G. Turner. Kansas City.
chief of exalted pass: Howard Pinn.
Boston, chief marshal; Edward T..
Green. Portland. Ore. inside guara;
Nelson Walker. Baltimore. outside
guide: ]. H. Walker. Macon. Ca. stand
ard bearer; 8. George Wesley. Balti-
more. chanter of Korun. and Eugene
Phillis. New York. chief of patrol.
The Denver star., 1914-08-01

Under Management RATLEY & CARRIE
Come and have nice evening Of pleasure Good music
good order M electric fans clean hall We eater
under 10 years adesitted. Morrisons Orchestra
F. D. RATLEY, Mgr. JOHN CARRIE, Dancing Ts.she