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the big fellows and must be continual
ly fought They will quickly sap the
vitality of a flock and SO weaken 1t
that it is practically useless.
The interior of the chicken house
should be thoroughly sprayed over ev-
cry square inch with kerosene into a
gallon Of which two tablespoonfuls Of
carbolic acid should be mixed.
II this job is thoroughly done and
the outside heavily whitewashed and
the work repeated before the flock has
settled for the winter, no trouble is
likely to result.
More harm results to flocks during
the summer months than at any other
time, owing to the neglect of their
owners to keep the house and the
bodies of the birds clean.
Let the fowls have as wide range as
possible, but il they must be confined,
give them plenty of shade and dig UP
the ground frequently.
Supply them with fresh leaves and
grass, clean drinking water and the
right kind of feed and your fowls will
go into the winter months in good
form.
This work must be done every day,
not two or three times during the
summer. You cannot hope for the
best with fowls unless willing to give
them necessary attention.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-27

Mrs Brownnsed that
Mr.
a masculine
Just give blanket
him the blanket and he literally
he
through the ers the wife belaboring
q
are o
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-27
HAWKS, CROWS AND sKUNKs
Three Most Dangerous Enemies Of
Chicken Fancler, But They Can Be
Trapped or Frightened Away.

It Is pretty safe to say that at least
one-tenth OF the chickens Matched are
destroyed by some species OF carniv-
ora. used to lose on an average 100
chicks year by hawks until l got a
dog and trained him, writer in New
York Sun says. After that / did not
lose any, SO as q cure for hawks
place good dog first; second, gun,
and third, a steel trap fastened by a
chain to pole In the chicken yards.
Shoot one or two hawks and hang
the carcasses on tall poles. and they
are a warning against others. The
hawk wants his meat alive, so you
have some idea how to fight him: but
the crow is not particular whether 1t
is dead or alive. He takes it any way
that comes handy and is more ingen-
ious III his methods Of getting 1t. 1t is
generally case of watching, with a
shotgun handy, for Mr.. Crow, as he is
much too cunning to be caught In q
trap
The skunk can be caught with q
trap, and If he has been In a chicken
house and left undisturbed you can
count on your game il you go to the
trouble. Leave the house with chick
ems In 1t just as it was. but close up
all entrances to 1t but right where you
are going to set the trap. Then set
the trap, securing it to stout stake
and covering with grass or hay. Mr..
Skunk surely will come back and walk
right into the trap unless your neigh
Dor has caught him
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-27
Discovery Of Vulcan.

Vulcan, an alleged planet, was dis
covered in 1859, only to be effectively
obliterated from the planetary system
so years later. Leverrier, who acted
as godfather to the new addition, cal
culated path and found that the
planet revolved around the sun In
about twenty days. Yet other observ-
ers failed ever to see the planet and
now Professor Campbell announces
that the eclipse observations OF TO
cent years prove almost conclusively
that the existence OF such a body IL
d practical impossibility.
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WALKING ON WATER SURFACE
German inventor Patents CoIiapsible
Floats Which Are Driven by
Screw PropeIlers.

With one OF these floats, recently
patented by German inventor and
which are shown In the illustration,
on each foot, a man Is supposed to be
able to walk upon water. Each float
Is built of series Of hoops connected
by hinged rods sc that the entire
frame is collapsible. A ballast tank
beneath the foot keeps the float right
side up and affords stability. The
floats are driven by screw propellers
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JUST LIKE THE BRUTE

Representative w. j. Cary of Wis
consin was born, at the close of the
Civil war, In the city of Milwaukee,
and he represents his birthplace now.
Left an orphan at the age Of thirteen,
with FIVE younger children on his
hands, his life had a gloomy vista, but
he did not despair.
The children were placed temper
xarily in home conducted by charit-
able people, while Joseph went to
work as a messenger boy. AT eight
cen he was telegraph operator and
within a year he had gotten a home.
placed his brothers and sisters in it
and begun to assume the responsible
ties Of father.
Cary was once sheriff of his coun-
ty, and while going about the farms,
soliciting the support of the men,.
was caught one afternoon in vio-
lent storm So he drove hastily up
to the home of an acquaintance, ask
ing shelter for the night.
The farmers wife-imagine her
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-27
WE[lR4 IS WHO
NOW
GEORGE M. YOUNG's SHORT TERM


Public men have often boosted
their long terms of office in some high
position; ii remains for Representa-
tive George NJ. Young. at present rep
resentative from North Dakota. to
bear the unique honor of having been
governor of sovereign state Of the
Union for the shortest space of time
than any other man ever held that
exalted position lone hour. by the
clock
The great event happened in the
summer of 1912" said Mr.. Young. Our
regular governor. John Burke. was
away building fences and stringing
wires in convention hall down in
st. Louis. The next in succession was
Lieut.. Gov. r. s. Lewis, a banker Of
Fargo.
One slithering hot day a touring
car full of friends chugged up to the
bank. They reminded Lewis that 1t
was hot. that North Dakota was pro-
hibition, that Minnesota wasn't So
they stuffed him in among them.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-27
Allow free Rance.

Both hen and chicks should be al
lowed free range after the chicks are
few days old, to pick up large
share of their living, but in addition
It is a good plan to feed them at night
and to give them all they will eat, as
they will grow faster and will either
be marketable at an earlier age or
weigh more, and consequently bring
more, at given time.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-27
Care Of Water Vessels.

Fill the water fountains at least
twice day this hot weather. Scald
them out frequently, for even fresh
water leaves stale scum on vessels
at this season. A fresh piece of char
coal should be placed in the water yes
sci once a week all summer.
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shoes for Walking on Water.
which get their power from a number
Of flaps protruding from the bottoms
Of the floats.
silver-Piate Dead Bodies.

A German professor has invented a
process of silver-plating dead bodies,
SO as to convert them into metallic
Images OF the individuals as they were
when in life. Goldplate can be used
il the relatives can afford 1t.
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Erosion of Earth's Surface.

Investigations by the geological sur
yey OF the erosion OF numerous drain
age basins OF the United States show
that the surface Of the country Is be-
ing worn away at rate of about an
Inch in 760 years.
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When the plunger is pushed out at
the bottom Of the tube the Jaws
spread so they will engage jewel.
When the pressure is released and
the spring draws the Jaws back they
hold the jewel firmly for inspection
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Poultry Essentials.

Feed plenty OF clean, wholesome
food and water. and provide plenty Of
clean dry nests In clean poultry
house.
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line position
privileges
sponsfbiites
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{ Charcoal and Grit for Chiefs.
Keep the charcoal and grit whera
chicks may have free access to II
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-03
Must Pay for
The Paper

Judge George Thomas, of Column
bus, Neb., recently decided that If
a man accepts a paper that is sent
him he must pay for it, The decis-
ion was rendered in the case brought
by the Columbus (Neb.) Telegram
against a man for 81 35. The Tele-
gram had been sent to tho mans
home and he had accepted the paper.
When called upon to pay for it he
refused and suit was brought. When
Judge Thomas heard the evidence
he instructed the jury to bring in a
verdict for the Telegram. Judge
Thomas ruled that tho old common
law principle that what man re-
ceived and used he was bound to pay
for applied in this instance.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-03

IDAHO VOTE HEAVIER
THAN TWO YEARS AGO

Boise, Nov. 27.-The work of the
state board of canvassers to date
shows that the total vote cast in Ida
no this year was greater than that
of the presidential year 1912. 1t also
shows that Governor Haines receiv-
ed 5000 more votes this year than in
1912. Alexander, the Democratic can
didate for governor, beat former Gov
ernor Hawley's vote of 1912 by
$4,000. He beat Governor Haines by
1871 votes. The Progressive vote for
governor fell from $4,000 to 10000.
This years totals compared with
those Of two years ago follow:
1914, John M. Haines, Republican,
4o,347; Moses Alexander. Democrat,
1858; H. E. McElroy, Progressive,
1858; l.. A. Coblentz, Socialist,
1867; E. H. Hendley, Prohibitionist,
1896. Total, 107,913.
1912, John M. Haines, Republican,
35,O56; J. H. Hawley, Democrat, 22,-
992; G. H. Martin, Progressive, a.
s25; L. A. Cobientz, Socialist, H.
094; E. D. Nichols, Prohibitionist,
1923. Total 105,495.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-03
DARN IT ALL

The Regional Reserve banks OPEN
ed last week and floating around the
country somewhere are about four
hundred millions of dollars in emerg-
ency currency-that is, if we have
the dope right. That would make
about four dollars for every man,
woman and child in the country. All
this is in addition to the money that
was alleged to be in circulation be-
fore the regional banks opened. Now
we have been looking forward to the
release Of all this money, expecting
that we would, of course, get ou..
four dollars. But where is it? We
said nothing about this last week
because we wanted to give William
McAdoo and Paul Warburg a chance
to get on their feet and attend to
the distribution.
But ten or eleven days have gone
by and yet there is nothing doing.
This places us in an embarrassing no.
sition. We had learned that the
Rock Island Railway was to have
been put up for sale at auction and
we expected to be able to buy it,
NOW look at the hole We are in.
ANY day they may decide to put up
the railway and here we are without
our four dollars. We have mado
up our mind to one thing. II William
McAdo'o ever runs for president. we
Will refuse to support him and will
leave him flat on his back.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-03
Range Horses
and The War

The effect Of the European war
upon the horse industry in the inter-
mountain country will be noticeable
for all time to come.
For weeks now buyers of thu
French and English governments
have been touring the range sections
of Idaho, Montana, Washington and
Oregon, buying horses for cavalry and
artillery purposes.
The specifications for tho horses
to be used in the cavalry call for
animals weighing from 900 to 1900
pounds, but the inspectors are &C
cepting the light 8O0-pound cayuses.
For several years there has been
no market for these horses, and ef-
forts toward breeding them up to
heavier strains have been made But
the light horses still vastly outnum-
bered the heavier, and the problem
Of the small and the largo breeder
has been to get rid of the light horse.
So great is the demand FOR cavalry
horses that every animal in the in
termountain states of 300 pounds or
over, and which will meet the other
specifications can be sold. The price
to the owner runs about 800, which
is in most communities twice what
he could hope to obtain before tho
war broke out.
Hundred of cars of horses are be-
ing picked up each month, with the
result that large amount of money
is being left with the grower and
rancher.
But the acquisition of ready cash
is not the greatest advantage which
comes. The future of the horse
breeding business is thus assured, for
the lgihtweights are thus thinned out,
and the grower has left to him the
larger mares, which assures for the
future.
No country in the world grows
horses with greater vigor, better con-
situations or more serviccable feet
Breeding up from the sound-hoofed
and Observation-Disclosures cayuse
promises now distinctive characteris-
tics which should afford a ready sale.
For the worlds supply of horses Is
being rapidly diminished, and it will
ronuira voa re IN hrocd IN ~ ~, M,
nal requirements for horse flesh. If
the war should last a year, the pre-
diction is that the most common
cayuse will bring a good, round price.
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DECLARES THE WAR
WILL NOT LAST LONG

New York. Nov. 30.-"The present
war will not last" declared DR.. Fc-
lix Adler today in an address before
the Society for Ethical Culture, at
Central park west and Eighty-fourth
street. ut is only a prelude to a
greater one involving all civilization.
There is something more than
Germany and the allies" he contin-
ued. There is heard the first NUT
tering of the holy war-Asia and
Africa against Europe and America.
Imperialism threatens the uprising of
the east against the west.
"Somo have the idea that the east
should be self-governed and its in
tegrity and rights preserved. Others
have tendency to Imperialism. The
time is coming when the United
States will have to decide which
side it will take, exploit the east or
force Imperialism upon it."
DR.. Adler's entire discourse was
marked by caustic utteranccs.
"The civilization of New York NAV
also vanish" he declared. 1.-THE uni
versities of New York are inacces.
sible to the majority. It is only
the few that have the opportunity to
attend. The children here do not
have tho time and many of them are
put to work as soon as possible,
THE United States is developiny
an aristocracy. It is surprising the
number of aristocrats this democracy
Is developing and many of them are
intermarrying into the aristocracy of
Europe"
DR.. Adler said he believed higher
wages to the working classes would
have a direct influence in fostering
peace by increasing trade which could
be divided among the warning nations
there being enough for all.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-03
THE. MIRACLE
der the Pumpkin.

Consider the Pumpkin.
It hideth itself amidst the growing
corn.
It is the lowliest of all things that
groweth in the fields.
The proud Farmer spurneth 1t and
the Small Boy laugheth it to scorn.
The Wise Men of the Agricultural
College lectureth not upon it. Never
hath it caused car shortage
The bugs devoureth it not and the
beetles and the worms and the moths
and the weevils and all the mighty
host that prayeth upon the naughty.
Corn and the Wheat and the Spuds.
give it the go-by.
Behold it is the Goat of the Vege-
table Kingdom.
Yet there cometh a day when the
wife of the, husbandman cutteth tina
Pumpkin into golden squares and boil
9Th it in the syrup of the sugar
cane and addeth thereunto sweet
spices, yea even cinnamon and cloves
and ginger.
And Lo. A miracle is wrought.
She bringeth forth from the oven
the Pumpkin Pie, and the odor there
Of is sweeter than the breczes from
Clutch.
And the husbandman and the small
boy and the Hired Man falleth down
in alteration and watereth at the
mouth.
For it is a morsel fit for Kings
and Princes.
You Know It.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-03
PLAN TO SETTLE
WESTERN COUNTRY

San Francisco, Nov. 20. - Major
Fred R. Reed of Boise, Idaho, COM
missioner from his state to the Pan
ama-Pacific exposition, has institut-
ed a movement having for its ulti-
mate object the settlement and cult
walton of vast areas Of land in west
ern states now virgin to the plow.
He has interested officials of the trasa
continental railroads in tho project
and a conference with their represen-
tatives will be held here the present
week. Major Reed expects to have
tho movement we'll under way by the
end of the year.
It is the intention of tho Idaho
commissioner, after obtaining the rail-
road companies Endorsement of his
plan, to bring about a conference Of
governors of the western states, which
will result in systematized modus
operandi In each state the land
available for settlement, whether own
ed by the federal government, the
state or individuals, will be listed,
with the terms of payment, etc. If
the land must be purchased, instead
of being acquired by homestead en-
try, it will be sought to have the
terms of payment extend over a per-
iod of fifteen to twenty-five years
and to procure free transportation for
the prospective settler.
There are in the western states, Z"
said Major Reed today, millions Of
acres of fertile land lying idle,
while many thousands of Industrious
Americans would eagerly take up the
cultivation of these tracts if only
they were given the needed start.
With a couple of horses, a COW, soma
implements and provisions for the
first year, they would become self
supporting thereafter. This plan
has been tried in Canada with such
success that the great northwest has
been settled with an excellent class
of husbandmen.
What has prevented tho settle
ment of our western country by men
of small means has been the diff.
Guilty of keeping them on the land
until it began to yield returns. l
believe that in each state fund can
be raised to tide the settlers over
this period. with capable organiza-
ton to handle the project. If VIC
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-03
f2EET:tpROkEN
M|lE%BERNACLE)

- "
AN UNF.AiTHFUL TREAsURER's
FALL.
Matthew 20: f4-25, ~; 27:3.1o-,oct. Is.
"Woe unto that man BY rhom tho Son OF
Man e betrayed. "-MGttAep 1884,
~UDAS hailed from Southern Pal
estine, while the other eleven
of Jesus disciples were Gall
- leans. 1t is inferred that be-
cause of superior business qualities
Judas was made treasurer of the Apos-
tolic company. Friends Of Jesus noted
that He and His disciples needed to
give their entire time to the heralding
Of the Kingdom. 1t Is not strange.
therefore, that we read that some VOL
UNFAIRLY donated money for their sup
port.-Luke 8:3.
Such voluntary donations made It
proper that there should be treasurer
for the company. and that he should
be Of superior business acumen. We
find no reason for believing that Judas
was bad man when selected by Jesus
to be an Apostle. We have every rea.
son to believe that he developed bad
character even under the most favora-
BILE inf]uences-in the continual com.
pany Of Jesus and the other Apostles.
and with the Message Of the Kingdom
continually in his ears. There was.
however, a beginning Of his detection;
and the Scriptures intimate that his
temptation came along the lines Of
avarice, selfshness, love Of money. It
is still true that 1.-The love Of money Is
root Of all evil"
A Fuiiilmsnt Of Prophecy.
Afterward, apparently. the disciples
learned that Judas was thief (John
$3.50. Doubtless even when appropri-
ating moneys contributed to the sup
port of the little company, Judas could
have some plausible excuse; for sin is
always deceptive. Brooding on the
subject increased his desire for money,
and led his active business mind to
hatch out the plot for the betrayal Of
Jesus.
The record Is that when Judas per.
ceived that Jesus had been condemned,
he took the money back to the chief
priests, wishing to undo his deed.
They laughed at him. declaring that 1t
was no concern Of theirs, but his own,
II he had betrayed innocent blood. Be-
cause it was blood money they could
not put it into the Temple Treasury
again. Instead. they purchased there.
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went to his own place. his appro-
pirate place, does not signify that
he or anybody else is to be tortured
eternally as a punishment for sin.
Rather. his own place was hopeless
oblivion. without prospect Of a resur.
recioA he died like natural brute
beast nor could argument be shown
why such character should ever have
any future opportunity.
The fact that God had foreknown
that one Of the Twelve would betray
Jesus. the fact that the purchase Of
the held with the blood-money had
been prophesied, did not alter the re-
sponsibility Of Judas for his own fan.
II was not Gods foreknowledge that
Injured Nm. but ~ swn wreng ceuE.e
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condemned. Apparently he surmised
that Jesus, brought to the crucial test,
would assert Himself as the Messiah
and would triumph over His enemies.
Judas thus probably thought that he
would hasten the establishment Of the
Kingdom. in which he hoped to share.
Thus he would shine as hero, as well
as demonstrate his financial wisdom
and his suitability for the post Of
Grand Treasurer of the Kingdom. In
addition. apparently he was little
angry at Jesus because the Master had
approved Of Mary's conduct in respect
to the spikenard. It was under the
impulse Of that resentment that he
first sought the priests and the scribes
to negotiate for the betrayal
No Hope Of Resurrection.
We are not suggesting excuses for
Judas. No excuse can properly be Of
fered for treachery to God and His
Cause. We merely point out the fact
that every transgressor must first con-
sent in his own mind to his wrong
course; the mind. the conscience, must
be perverted before each step Of sin
Hence Jesus words are fully justified:
1T had been good for that man had
he not been born"
Such treachery. such willingness to
hand over his Friend. his Teacher, the
One whom he had accepted as the Son
of God and through whom he had ex.
pected the Messianic Kingdom. was
perfidy of the worst type. He had
been constantly with the Savior, and
hence knew Of the purity Of His life.
knew Of His loyalty to God. There.
fore these things constituted his re-
sponsibility and his guilt.
The fact that he committed suicide
implied fulfilment Of Jesus Words
that Judas wished that he had not been
born. Yet there is a hope for other
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-12-03
RUSSIAN WAR SONG

UP TO Migulinskaia come a Russian
bold one day,
ana the streets were paved with
gold, SO everyone was CAV.
Singing songs of Sarpukhow and Of
kaminlets Podolsk
I'LL 1vanovitch got excited, and his
voice could not be stobst.
It's long way to Ivanovo- Vosnesensk
It's a long way to go;
us long way to Ivanovo-Vosnesensk
10 the sweetest girl I know;
Goodbye Ekaterinodar.
Farewell Zhitomeer, IL,
It's long way to Ivanovo-Vosnesensk
So I'll stay right here.
Just try this over sometime-as a
vocal selection, its all to tho merry.