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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01
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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01

Anthony Comstock at luncheon In
New York. said OF certain tabooed
books ana plays:
The motive OF these works vas per.
haps all right But the expression, the
form. was bad. And that spoiled the
motive completely
Expression, form. you know. is
everything Consider hoe the lack OF
IL spoiled the masons speech.
"A mason at a memorial service said
Of a bricklayer who had been acc
deptally killed.
Yes. gents, | looked out once on
the beauties OF nature. and ali was
I'm. our friend deceased here was
layin' a brick. looked out once again,
and still all was ca IN. but our friend
deceased here vas no more. lie was
layiu' a corpse
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01

can come out a winner with money
in your pocket from the poultry crop"
that you otherwise would not have
had. Go at it slowly, put tact and bust
ness methods in the conduct of it and
success will be yours. Failure is rare
ly If ever the fault of the fowls.
Now having selected and purchased
the stock with which you expect to lay
the foundation of a profitable poultry
undertaking, the next thing will be
care, attention, feeding. etc. in order
to produce the best results.
Keep in mind always, morning, noon
and night, cleanliness and freedom
from Vermin. Both are absolutely nee
essary to success, and are easily OBJ
tanned If you go at it right
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01
BAN PUT ON MILITARY DRUM

II was some time ago that, acting
upon the recommendations embodied
in a report by a military commission.
the French government reached the
conclusion that the drum was no long
er a necessary article OF military equip.
ment. The report set forth that the
drum was serious encumbrance In
marching; that rain impaired its Use
fulness that its calls could not be
distinguished in time OF battle. that II
consumed a period of two years to
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01
MAKING PROFIT WITH GEESE
Farmer Cannot Go Far Wrong in Sc
lection Of Breed II Fowls Are
Given Proper Attention.

In geese there are seven standard
varieties, and apparently the most
profitable are the Toulouse, a gray
goose, weighing Adult ganders, 20
pounds: young ganders. IS; old geese.
Is; young geese. Is. They are very
easy to raise If you have plenty OF
pasture for them to Craze upon, and
are very thrifty, rapid growers and
exceedingly good eating.
The Embden is a white goose. and in
weight is about the same as the Tou-
louise and can be raised with about the
same ease and profit, feathers being a
very profitable part of raising both
ducks and geese.
From all the varieties. no matter
which you select. you cannot go far
wrong; with the proper care and atten-
ton to the minutiae and detail you
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01
THE IMPREssIoNlsr SCHOOL.
Crazed Artist Believed in the Simple,
Suggestive and Unpretentious.

A painter of the 'impressionist"
school is now confined In a lunatic
asylum. To all persons who visit his
studio he says, Look here, this is
the latest masterpiece of my compost
ton"
They look, and see nothing but an
expanse of bare canvas. They ask:
What does that represent"
That? Why. that represents the
passage of the Jews through the Red
Sea-"
beg pardon, but where is the sea-"
1T has been driven back"
"And where are the Jews?"
They have crossed over"
"And the Egyptians?"
will be here directly. That's the
sort of painting l like-simple, sug-
gestive and unpretentious. London
Tit-Bits.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01
self.sustained Humor.

How did Horum get his reputation
as a raconteur? His stories are not
amusing and he doesn't tell them very
we'll"
mo. But he can laugh at them in
q way that makes him sound like a
crow. Washington Star.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01

The accompanying portrait is that OF
Miss Annie Evans. an eighteen-year-
old cardroom worker of Stalybridge,
England. who has Just won the Her
bert Rhodes scholarship founded to
help promising Stalybridge musicians
and tenable at the Manchester Royal
College of Music. Miss Evans worked
until recently in cotton mill. and RI
though she left home at $3.50 each
morning found time to devote a part
of the day to her musical studies. She
has a soprano voice and is a clever
yiolinist.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01
One on the Butcher.

Bobbie-Will you send mother a
leg of mutton. please, Mr.. Bones?
Bones-Yes, my boy.
Bobble-And mother says if it's as
skinny as the last the man needn't
knock; he can put it through the let
ter box.-Cleveland Leader.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01
Enouuh.

Teacher.-what do you know about
George Washington?
Boyle never told lie.
Teachers that all you know
about him?
Boy-Ain't that enough Chicago
News.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01
Not to improve 1ls Look..

Homely Patiently face pains,
me. doctor. What shall l do?
Doetor-Pm sure l don I know. You
might try a beauty specialist
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01
The Point Of View.

'Tis only a goat" murmured the
man, as he strobe into the strange
farm.
'''Tis butt man." retorted the goat,
as he went at Il in a business way.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01
She Knew.

Struggling author (who has just
read his latest story to his wife1-
THERE There's the best thing
ever did"
His wife Yes. dear What maya,
zine shall you send it to first Puck
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01
ToADST0oL PARK. NEBRASKA

One ~ the strsngest formations In
the wesS is known as Toadstool park.
in Sioux county. Nebraska This
park is distinctly in a state OF IA
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01
An Important Item.

Now you are a sick man. You
mustn't eat anything heavier than
Cruel"
"One question, doc"
''Weu9'
kin l chew tobaccer?"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01

II homely siri has plenty 70 money
it's an easy matter % meet a wise man
who viii Try 10 cuagiuce her she Is i
prize beauty
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01

Every man should ike hi wifs's
relatives. but We have yet 70 see
moving picture OF the man Who does.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01
Saved.

Jones fell out of the window Of
his goth story office yesterday"
Poor chap When is the funeral?"
mo funeral. You see he landed
on the top of the 1s-story building
next door"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01

Only a half ounce Of radium, In the
world, but 1909 GOO tons al the bottom
Of the sea Chance ior deep sea tish-
ermen.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01
Ooh

r tried TO recover nay ring. but the
thief had swallowed b."
a diamond 10 the rough eh %"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01

Mrs winsloS's soothing syrup Tor Childrcn
testhlng, softens the gums reduce inramrna-
uoa.zllAys pain.curez sind CO. &c - botSie-As
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01
Could Ride in state

knight Of the road wish / vuz
In Mexico, Bill
His squire-What for?
knight Of the rosd-Oh. Just 20 get
me transportation back ez an Amerf
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01

A simple remedy against coughs and an
throat lrritatiens are Dams Msntholated
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01

n girl isn't married at thirty. it's
up to her 70 cut out Irritation and get
busy
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01

There were straight issues In this
campaign, were there not1''
Yes; and one OF them was straight
whisky"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01

A woman always has faith in the
judgment Of any man who asks her 70
marry him.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01

Love and kittens are bern blind. but
they soon get their eyes open
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01

When Lord Rosebery visited Selkirk
recently to take part in the ceiebra.
lions connected with the four hun.
dredth anniversary OF the Battle OF
Flodden Field. be received the token
OF the burgh with the usual formal.
ties. including the licking OF the
birse." a shoemaker's thread with a
bristle point This serious custom H.
a survival of the time when nearly all
the burghsrs OF selkirk were shosma
kers
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01

Give the duckllngs plenty Of air and
stuff them with feed Sprinkle sand
over their feed as this will be a sure
way Of them getting as much a. thss
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-04
APPEALS ISSUED
FOR THOUSANDS
Of FARM HANDS
Oklahoma Needs $4,000 Toll
ers; Kansas Wants 1880
to Harvest the Crops.

Oklahoma City. Okla, June Okla
homa needs 1000 men Immediately
to help harvest the wheat crop and
through the state commissioner of
labor, Charles L. Daugherty, is push
ing an active campaign to get harvest
hands The wages Will run from 81
to $3.50 per day, with board for the
regular harvest hands. while stakers,
separator men and engine men will
receive as high up as 81 a day. The
employment will extend from four 10
six months, as when the wheat crop
is harvested there is an abundance Of
forage and silGge to be handled There
are between 100000 and 5000 600
acres of wheat in Oklahoma, the crop
being so large that for the first time
in the history OF the state Oklahoma
has been recognized as a wheat grow
ing state.
Kansas needs about 1880 men to
handle the grain crops Of that state
and is offering about the same wages
from 50 to 81 a day, with about the
same length Of employment ". l.
O'Brien. director of the state free en-
ployment bureau at Topeka, Kans-, Is
recruiting the army OF harvesters-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-04
ASSOCIATION IS
FORMED BY PEGOS
ALFALFA GROWERS
Expect to Market 500 Cars
This Year; Naming Of
Farms Advocated.

Pecos. Tex, June 4.--The Pecos Al
falfa Growers is the name of the as
ISOLATION formed here for the benefit
Of alfalfa growers of the Pecos valley.
F W. Johnson has been elected presi-
dent and r n Couch vice president.
H 3. Link is secretary and treasurer.
The new association viii affiliate
with the Southwestern Federation Of
Alfalfa Growers and Shippers. The
local organization will probably handle
about 500 cars of alfalfa this season
To defray the expense Of marketing an
assessment of so cents a ton viii be
charged on all alfalfa shipped
The O. J. Green company is shipping
10 cars of alfalfa TO east Texas. The
price paid TO the farmers by the com
pany is S13 a ton.
The Commercial club is advocating
the naming of all ranches and farms
1t is believed that this plan will be
generally adopted as a farm is thereby
individualized and is made more prom
inent in its section.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-04
OSCURO COMPANY
PLANS TO SOON
BEGIN DRILLING
VIII Sink For Water, Gas
and Oil; Large Tract viii
Be Put in Orchards.

Oscuro, y. N. June 4.-The Oscuro
Development association, which is
composed Of 100 eastern business men,
viii drill for deep arteslan water, OIL
or gas. at once The well drill with a
a foot tower. is in place and most OF
the machinery is on the ground ready
Tor action. No deep wen ever haNlns
been drilled in this vicinity, the out
come is anticipated with interest and
water at least is expected to be de-
yeloped.
This same company is purchasing
three sections of land near here and
viii develop water on this land and
expect this fall to plant at least one
section Of the land to apple and peach
trees The land will be divided into
and 10 acre tracts and sold after de-
velopment
The company will hold the orchards
for five years while they are get
ting up to a paying basis and have ex-
PerJ orchardIsts in charge. There are
1900 trees already IN the nursery
here and growing.
Planting Grapes
The farmers around here are plant
ing a number Of acres to the Flaming
TOkay grape, which experiment has
proved will grow profusely at this
place Dr. Guido Ranniger is the pi-
cneer in this movement and his vine
yard is looking fine this year, as are
all the young orchards IN the cOmmu-
nifty.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-04
WILL DELIVER
LECTURES To
FARMERS HERE
J. E. Edmondson, of Agricul-
ture Department, Speaks
in FL Paso June 9.

A farmers institute, unler the direc-
ton OF the state department Of agri-
culture, Will be held here on June 9.
The place Of meeting has not yet been
announced, but it is probable that il
will be other than the chamber of
commerce, as the halls have been given
over for that date to the Texas state
federation Of labor.
The meeting here IS part Of a com
prehensive plan of the agricultural de-
partment to cover the whole state.
The institutes are being conducted by
Joseph Z. EdmundsOn, who Will dis
cuss diversificauon, rotation, seed Sc
lection and better cultural methods.
The meetings that have been or are to
be held during the first week OF June
are: Rel Rio, June 2; Sanderson, 3;
Marathon, 8, and Alpine, June 6.
Farm Literature Issued.
From time TO time the state depart
ment Of agriculture publishes valuable
reports upon topics Of vital interest TO
the farmers of the state All Of the
Institutes will receive copies Of the
bulletins published, free of cost. and
will be placed on the mailing list for
future issues.
The meetings now being arranged,
which will be held all over the state,
are devoted to the upbuilding Of the
best interests Of the farmer and for
this reason IL is urged that farmers
and their families attend the meet
ings and devote at least one day to
q careful study and discussion OF the
agricultural questions in which they
are most interested.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-04
RIVER DOING MUCH
DAMAGE AT BERINO
Men Are Being Taken from Hay Fields
to Protect Banks; Ditch Cut Off;
Water Badly Needed

BerinO, \ n, june 4--EVeryOne who
can be spared from the hay fields is
busy working on the river. The cur
rent deflectors and bank protectors,
which were used with such success
last year, are being installed along
the bank by the c. n Gibson farm
and north. J. ". Baker is in charge
of the work
The river has left the head Of the
Three Saints ditch. An effort is being
made to bring the water through the
old head of the ditch as. all alfalfa
fields are very much in need Of an irri-
cation.
A large amount Of hay from the west
side is being loaded at Mesquite sta
ton, an average Of six cars being
shipped a day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-04
COTTON GROWERS TO
GET MORE WATER
Those Raisers Living in Mesa District
Say Extra Allotment Is Neces-
sarv 10 Save Their Crops.

Mesa, Ariz-. June Prospects are
bright that the cotton growers of the
Mesa district who have used their full
allOtments Of water for the season will
be permitted to purchase extra water.
A number Of the cotton growers
claim that extra water is necessary
10 save their crops. They presented
their arguments TO the governors OF
the Water Users association, who
passed q resolution asking the recla-
nation service to appOrtiOn TO grow
ers Of perishable crops, at the rate Of
not more than one acre foot TO each
acre, 10000 acre feet Of unallOtted
water now in the Roosevelt reservoir.
If the recOmmendations Of the gov
ernOrs are carried out, the lands to
receive extra water viii be designated
by a committee or three, one appointed
by the governors, one by the reclama-
ton service and the third by those
two members. The governors also
recommended that the cost OF extra
water be fixed at SL25 an acre foot
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-04
PORTALES ATTRACTS
WOMAN CAPITALIST
Miss Edna Nicholson Pays Cash for
54T Acres Of Land in Roosevelt
County; Iowan Has 100000.

PortaIes, y. N, June 4-There was
quite an impetus given the real estate
business in POrtales the past week.
when Miss Edna Nicholson, Of War
saw, Ind, a woman capitalist, bought
547 acres Of irrigated land in the Por-
tales valley, paying cash for the land.
Miss Nicholson viii spend the summer
here and expects to put a large part Of
the land under cultivation.
z Il. Jones, q wealthy manufacturer
and capitalist Of Des AlOines, Ia, who
has land interests here, visited Por-
tales a few days ago and announced
while here he was so impressed with
Portsles and the valley that he wass
considering lOaning $4,000 on land and
other property in this section.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-04

FAIR AT MIDLAND
IS NOW ASSURED

Midland, Tex. June IA meeting
will be held here today for the pur-
pose Of electing officers and directors
OF the newly formed Midland County
Fair and Livestock association. As
soon as this is done work will be
started on the permanent fair grounds
and other plans matured whereby the
fair will be assured Of success this
fall.
Farmers OF this section. together
with stock growers. are showing much
interest in the new association and
many exhibits have been promised. A
large amount of the stock Of the as
ISOLATION has already been sold
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-04
DAIHYMEN ORGANIZE TO
IMPROVE THEIR PRODT-CT

Mesa Arlzr June Efficiency IN
the dairy" is the slogan Of the asso-
citation Of local dairymen, milking $50
cows, who have banded themselves to-
gether for the purpose of having their
cows tested twice monthly by a mem
Der Of the state university faculty. A
certificate viii be issued giving the
result Of each test and merit certifi-
Gates viii be given when such honor
is due The plan is an old one in the
east, where IL has been worked with
splendid success, but il has never been
tried in Arizona It is expected that
practically all the dairymen in the
Mesa district will join in the new test
ing association
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-04
MESA COTTON BRINGS $1,000
NOPE THAN WAS EXPECT

Mesa, Ariz., June 4.-The Mesa Egyp-
tian Cotton Growers exchange has re-
ceived an unexpected $500 for distri-
button among its members. The money
came from a Philadelphia commission
house which advanced the growers a
certain price for their cotton, with
a promise to pay more If the com
modify brought more on the market
The receipts were just SIS bale more
than the advance.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-04
BUCKEYE CANAL COMPANY
To MAKE BIG IMPROVEMENTS

Buckeye, Ariz., June 4.-By a prac-
ucally unanimous vote the $50 stock
holders Of the Buckeye Canal company
approved plans for the enlargement Of
their canal and lateral system, for
wasJeways for waste water and for an
outfau TO drain several thousand acres
or submerged land. The improve
ments viii cost S35, 900 and add nearly
5000 acres to the $1,000 acres Of irri-
gated land in the valley. 1t was de-
cided not TO attempt to meet the entire
expense BY the sale Of stock to new
land and $4,000 worth of bonds will
be sold.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-04
ARIZONA CANTAL0UPES
ON MARKET NEXT WEEK

Mesa Ariz-, June IA B. Harper,
o. the Lehi district, probably viii mar
ket the first ripe Salt River valley
cantalOupes this year. His melons are
rlpening earlier than ever before, and
he expects to begin shipping June 10.
Several growers viii be close behind
will be in full sway before July l. It
usually gets under way about July 1.
About 500 carloads Of cantalOupes
viii be shipped from the Mesa section
this summer and 800 from Glendale.
Excellent market conditions are prom
ised.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-04
BARSTOW FARMERS SHIP az
CARLOADS OF FINE HAv

Barstow. Tex. June -Sfv+,,-ft,,,
cars Of hay were shipped last month
from this place Because OF the had
weather conditions Of the last few
days the farmers have had trouble in
curing pea green hay and as a res1It
most Of it has been classed as No
The price for the last ten davs has
been around So a ton.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-04
WILL. ADDRESS FARMERS OF
ALPINE ON AGRICUITFrRE

Alpine, Tex, June 4.-Joseph z Ed
monson, Of the department of agricuI-
ture, will deliver a lecture here m
June 6 on rotation, diversificatio1
seed selection and better cultT1rsi
methods Arrangements are being
made TO have all the farmers Of this
section attend the address
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-04
CANNERY ESTABLISHED AT

IIF.oNs NLT-NNIII i
Mesa. Ariz. June IA cannery with
capacity OF 1000 quarts a day has
been established in Mesa by ". E.
RoWbOtham. an experienced man in
that line. He plans to do custom can
ming for the farmers Of this section.
Though the cannery IS a small one
It is believed that II will take care
OF all surplus fruit produced this year.