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Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21
EVERY DAY REFLECTIONS
DEBTS.

James Boswell drank eagerly of the wisdom poured out by pr. Johnson on all sorts of subjects; on debt and thrift the old doctor had ample license to speak (you know what a debt har assed life was his). Boswell has handed on in his won derfl Life of Johnson" some of the best thrift talks I've read. To Boswell he said:
 Whatever you have. spend less Frugaiity is not only the basis of quiet but of benedcence. Get as much peace of mind as you can, and keep within your income, and you won't go far wrong"
 To a barrister named Simpson Dr. Johnson wrote:
 they are rattling on every side and can scarcely be escaped without a wound Great debts are like cannon; Of loud noise, but little, danger. You must. therefore, be prepared to dis charge petty debts that you may have leisure. with security. to struggle with the rest-''
 Again Dr. Johnson wrote to Boswell: Do not accustom yourself to con slider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity. Let it be your first care not to be in any mans debt"
 There Is something likable in that dis
 
 rattling. worrying, and wounding hai of small debts and the less dangerous booming of the cannon of big debt A dozen creditors week bearing bills Of $5 or BIO will make life miserable though you can continue to live gayly l in city whose debt burden is stag gering in size. Thus one's family's share Of the debt burden of New York city and state might be about S1,30o yet it does not seem to be one of the things worth worrying about. But il one owed s1 3oe to a dozen or so trades. l men of New York city he knows that he should realize very soon what i means to "sink into the quagmires o1 debt"
 Most of the bigger debts are incurred only after careful consideration of tht 1 chances of repayment; you incur then in the reasonable hope that you vii not only Be able to repay. but aIsC to make something out of the use o the borrowed sum- The little debtl pile up with astonishing persistency- and you know that no permanent prof 1 has come from what they represent. Keep clear of small debts.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21
Learn English First

Something must be wrong with c school system which turns out so many graduates with a reckless dis regard for the English language, both as to grammar and spelling.
 The most striking proof of this state of affairs is the difdculty tc which every business house will at- test. of finding good stenographers-- and by that is meant, not persons whe can take 150 words of dictation a min- ute, nor write 90 words minute on the typewriter. but persons, who. il given unlimited time, can write 6 straightforward business letter with out making ludicrous mistakes fr
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21
THE PORTEOUS & MITCHELL co.

freeman Commission government, far from being a nostrum, Is an applica- tion Of practical sense to the manage ment of municipal affairs. but it will be of only partial effect or it will ut- terly fail unless the voters take a hand and show reasonable degree of in- terest.
 Can we depend on such things to attract the attention of the people Possibly they will help but it is fruit less to depend on them altogether Advanced methods in city government are of little virtue if they have to go alone. If they come in conjunction with any sort of public awakening, they may easily mean progress.-NeW Haven Evening Register.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21

It looks very. much as if that szS,- 100000 desired for national highway work could be turned towards the de- veiopnent of 8 government merchant marine with subsidy discarded.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21

Count wftte says the war will last MreG months and Field Marshal Kitchener places the limit at eighteen months. but whatever the length 1t is bound to give new and startling evil 6ence as to the ravages and cost Of ksciz sncivilized action,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21
OTHER VIEW POINTS

etrable steel turrets in the forts at Liege and along the German coasts all come out of that ridiculous cheese box on a raft"-Ericcson.s Monitor. -Meriden Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21

Those who cry for the news are going to have plenty Of opportunity to sympathize with thoae who cry be- cause of the news.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21

No one knows better that the en- gineer corps just how severe . blow has been dealt the. progreas Of the war by the banishuent of the war correspondents.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21

The trouble in Europe is enough to make the Alsatian mountains and the handsome Danube hiuer than ever.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21
EDITORIAL NOTES.

A cargo of toys has arrived in this country from Germany. Do your Christmas shopping early.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21

England ig crying for more news of the war, but they are not the only ones who are anxious and waTf the news, want 1t right and quick.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21

The manner in which foregiu coun- tries rnobolize their reserve forces must make the bull moose green with envy.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21

When 1t comes to 8 humidity bath there are a good many people who prefer to take it near the seashoFe.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21

The International Harvester company was regarded as one of the good trusts, but the United States court says that it is an illegal one and must be dissolved. That puts crimp in it's goodneSs.-New Britain Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21

Taxing business taxes your wages IS the cryptic notice which employees of a Hartford concern found slipped into their pay envelopes last week The secretary of the company said that it's purpose was ito get 'ern guessing" and that there was no polit- ical significance in the notice. But does that decrease the worry of the employees ?-New Haven Register.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21

There are going to bs& chose wlae will view the prest6eutss second talk in behalf of individual action for neu- trality as tteaifstic and shed ft like water from ducks back.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21

There is occasionally q day which reminds the casual observer that sum- mer is at hand and doing its worst.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21

The man on the cnruer says: The ultimate consumer Is getting plenty of occasion to rehAct on just where he fits Into the order of things anyway.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21

Servants in London hotels are re- ported as refusing tips. If they were in this country they would probably be doubling the ordinary tax.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21
Have The Bulletin Follow You

Readers of The Bulletin leaving the city for vacation trips can have # follow them daily and thus keep in touch with home affairs. Order
 through The Bulletin business office.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21
THEATRE
grammar and unpardonabIe errors in

grammar and unpardonable errors in orthography.
 It cannot be true that one particular
 class-those who take up stenography and typewriting for a hvelihood-is lacking more than all others in such essentials. On the contrary. it is much more probable that stenographers are better than the average, for in addi- ton to their common school training they have the advantage of a business course.
 It seems apparent that to learn Eng
 fish is the essential foundation for any
 business career in which conmunica- ton with one's fellow beings Is to play a part. and yet this branch is the most
 widely neglected of all the fundamen- | tals.
 The probabilities are, that the old fashioned spelling bee" while not based on modern educational psy-
 chology, was more effective than our present system.-Bridgeport Telegram.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21
psneeracv Must Move Forward.

It has been pointed out that this war has practically been made by three men. one. the Emperor of Aus trfa is in his senility; the other. the Emperor of Russia is subject to fits of rnelanchoiia: the third, the Emperor of Germany, has frequently shown signs of disturbed mental balance. But the same authority says that never again will three men in Europe have the power to bring such a frightful calamity upon the entire continent Erie Dispatch
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21
Even the Senate influenced.

Committee has approved the nomina- tions of Messrs. Delano and Warburg
 thus showing that in times of great public emergency senators are willing to overlook the fact that a man is well fitted for the place.-Chicago Herald
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21

The official censor does the work oi the correspondent now, and if we may judge of it's actual quality by the claims of the other side, he is far ahead of the old-time news gatherer in partisan bias, falsity exaggeratien and general worthlessness of his out givings. The public understands that the censored news is more likely to be what the censor would like to have 1t than what it actually is and that there fore 1t is to be taken with several grains of salt. according to it's special bearing Standard.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21
Mason Fruit Jars

eBaIf' Mason Fruit Jars, green glass, with porcelain lined xino caps and rubber rings
 Pints at <5c a dozen
 Quarts at soc a dozen
 Half gallon, 76c a dozen
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21

Machinists in Norway make s7.sa a week.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21

Perhaps these German scholars
 who it must be remembered are not absolutely disinterested critics of the
 American viewpoint-can show us
 wherein we as a nation are entirely
 in error in our assumption that Ger many militarism and German ambition lie at the bottom of this trouble They
 naturally know much more of the
 details of European maneuverings
 than most of us; perhaps they even know a little too much of the detail to have an uncbscured outlook upon
 the elementary principles involved But they cannot tell us that our
 sympathies in this affair are ground ed in hatred of the Germans. Right there we know more of the subject than they do-and we know that there is no blood in America more sincerely admired and more univer- sally beloved than that of Germany New London Day.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21
Jelly GIasses--Jar Covers
Jar Caps-Rubbers

Mason Vacuum Jar Caps. seals by suction, ~t the most successful and sanitary closure yet devised for screw top 3ars-price s5c a dozen.
 Economy Jar Caps-ptice 200 a dozen.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-21
Sure Seal Jars

a1aiI" Sure Seal Fruit Jars, greer glass, with glass top and clamps . wide mouth jar
 Pints at soc a dozen
 Quarts at roc a dozen
 Half gallon. si.25 a dozen
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-22
EQUIPMENT FOR A DRY FARM
Farmers Machinery Should Be Adapt
ed to Covering Large Areas
Well In Short Time.

nv ALVIN KEYSER, Colorado Agricul-
tural College)
Work on non-irrigated farms, to be
most successful, must be performed
at the right time, when the soil Is in
proper condition.
Often this time is very short In
ability to do work at the right time,
means the difference between success
and failure. On this account the farm
ers machinery should be adapted to
covering large areas well In the short
time. This means either four-horse
machinery or tractors.
With these explanations 1t will be
seen that the non-irrigated farmers
working equipment must contain the
following:
Four or five good horses.
One quarter horse disk.
One quarter horse adjustable har-
row.
One quarter herse sulkey plow or
deep tillage machine.
One walking pillow.
One grain drill that can De aoJusIeu
to seed grain, cain, millet, peas, etc.
Six to twenty milk cows.
Chickens, the more the better
Hogs.
Small tools such as forks, hoes re-
pairing kit, etc.
One wagon.
One cultivator,
One hayrack.
Some equipment is required which
may be owned individually or In part
nership with near neighbors. Among
these:
One binder or header.
One moving machine.
One corn planter
One hay rake.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-22
REDUCING THE TAXES
Continued from page four

Continued from page tour
November a. 1913, John v England, ncidentas 5000
December TO- 1913, w P. Lindsay clerk salary 5000
December TO- 1919 Lindsay-Welke Co., ncidentas 5225
December TO- 1919 B. w Campbell, ncidenals $50
December 20, 1913, John England lncldentals 5000
December 10, 1919 Idaho Republican, incdentas $50
December 10, 1913 McNlln and Co.. furniture 297.74
December TO- 1919 Union School Fun Co., furniture 1865
December 1919 Silver Burde and Co., furniture 6825
December TO- 1919 Bookstore Pharmacy books 10000
December 10, qI3 Dustin Pharmacy incidentals 61o
December 10, 1913, N w. School Supp ncdena 4So
December q, 1913 John Griffith ncidentals 1858
December %, Io13, Roy D Love- ncidentals 1I.25
October o. o1 3, Atkinson N. Co.. ncdentals 9.19
December 10, 1919 Milton Bradley Co., apparatus 66.19
January "a, 1914 John England, ncdentas 5000
January 9, 1914, L. E. Sparker incidentals 200
February II, 1914 John England ncidentals 5000
February 1914, Elva Benson ncdena -~~~~~~~- $40
March 6, 1914 J. R. Lindsay, ncidentals 800
March TO- 1914, John England incdentals 5000
March TO- 1911 4, Idaho Lumber Co.. coal 99.S5
March IT, 1914, John Eng land incdentas 5000
May s, 1914 t. A. Hayes books 4.7o
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-22
GRIMM ALFALFA SEED
Large Quantities Of Spurious
Seed Sold In West.
Original Plant, soWn In Minnesota In
1858, Has Been Made One Of
Hardest StraIns-Other
Varieties.

Recent Investigations by the de.
partment of agriculture have revealed
the fact that large quantities Of ordi-
nary alfalfa seed are being offered for
sale under the name Of Grimm. 1t
has also been found that large guam
titles Of alfalfa seed raised under irri-
cation are being sold as northern
grown dry-land seed.
In the cases of some of this seed
1t was found that 1t was not even
domestic seed, but was wholly or In
part imported Turkestan seed. This
practice of selling other seed for
Grimm results in the farmer paying
from 40 cents to 81 or more per pound
for seed which would otherwise sell
for from IL to 20 cents pound, and
inasmuch as the ordinary seed is not
as hardy as Grimm, the first severe
winter may kill the entire crop.
The original Grimm alfalfa sown in
1853 in Carver county, Minnesota, has
undergone a natural cross with the
common variety which, together with
its exposure to numerous severe win
tiers which haye eliminated the weak
or plants, has made 1t one of the
hardest of our commercial strains.
The seed was produced originally en-
tirely in Minnesota, but tests of the
true variety since grown in Dakota,
Montana, and Idaho indicate that
these lots are all of equal value and
are quite as hardy as those grown in
Minnesota.
AS 1t is difficult to detect substitutes
for Grimm in the seed, the farmers
are urged to buy Grimm only from re-
liable dealers and, as far as possible.
to trace the seed back to its source.
In many cases the retailers are not
deliberately perpetrating a fraud, as
they have purchased this seed for
Grimm and sell it in the belief that
1t Is Grimm
This seed has become very popular
in regions of cold winters and is now
used not only In the northwest but
in the east, particularly in northern
New York and New England.
Similarly 1t Is found that in the dry
land regions where the winters are
severe and there is little snowfall and
comparatively little moisture the
northern alfalfa seed grown in cold
regions on dry land is especially use
full. Much of this seed comes from
Montana, and 1t is found that unscru.
pulous dealers have been taking seed
raised under irrigation in that state
and selling it as Montana dry-land
alfalfa seed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-22
Better Roads,

Good roads not only cheapens the
cost of transporting farm produce to
market but makes the country a de-
sirable place to live in.
We hear much talk about federal
aid for good roads, yet If we wait for
this movement to crystalline into a
reality the people of the country will
be riding In mud for some time to
come. The thing to do ia to take off
coats and buckle into a plan for local
road improvement. Be booster for
the grading Of roads and follow up the
work with the King road drag for
maintenance.
The principle Of all good roads In
all states is the same, viz, keeping the
water out and of of the roadbeds.
Ditch, drain and drag the roads. This
is the tripod Of good road building.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-22
BENEFIT BY WINTER FALLoW
Land Is Best for Crops and Aecumu-
Iates Most Moisture When Plowed
Deeply and Left Rough.

When land is plowed or disked in
the fall, leaving 1t in good shape to
conserve moisture, 1t is called the
winter fallow.
Winter fallowed land is the best for
spring crops and accumulates most
moisture when plowed deeply and left
In the rough until the frost leaves
the ground in the spring. AS soon as
this happens evaporation commences,
and the field should be smoothed over
with the harrow in order to mulch 1t.
When stubble fields are pastured to
cattle there Is not much loss Of moist
ure. for enough dust Is raised to I'LL
the cracks and prevent evaporation;
but as soon as the cattle are taken
off a good disking or blowing Is OF
benefit. When land is not plowed in
the fall and no cattle are on 1t. 1t
should be thoroughly disked to save
the winter moisture.
Land which is left all winter In a
packed, hard, cracked state will lose
moisture right along, sometimes
enough to make half crop. Land
which blows will fallow nicely by lesv-
ing it as plowed in the rough, with
the burrows always running across the
path lat the right angles) of the
wind.
In cultivating or narrowing, the
same rule should be observed, and the
rougher the field the less the chance
of blowing.
All spring grain crops should be
planted on fall plowed land, and if the
land settles heavily during the win
ter 1t will often pay to pillow again in
the spring, especially for such crops
as potatoes, corn and beets.
Some good crops Of corn this year
were made in spite of the dry spell by
blowing In the fall and listing across
the blowing in the spring. 1t is al
ways a help to crop to pillow as much
ahead of planting time as possible to
allow the soil to settle, and absorb
some rain or snow. For this reason
CUIu lduQ plOWOu ia 1hoASh 40 esASs@N
Of ground plowed in May or June, and
will raise more crop.
When blowing is done the soil al
ways breaks up better and makes a
superior seed bed If the harrow fol-
lows the pillow.
When a single team is used for both
blowing and narrowing, all the land
plowed in the morning should be har-
rowed before dinner, and all the land
plowed in the afternoon narrowed be-
fore supper.
A field which is left rough in the
spring Of the year, and not reduced
right away. is liable to prove very
lumpy and full Of clods when harrow
ed two or three days after the plow-
ing, and if this happens unavoidably.
the only thing to do Is to wait for a
rain and harrow the clods when wet.
These remarks do not apply to the
winter fallow, which Is purposely left
rough to catch snowdrifts, and In
which the Jumps are broken up by the
effects of the weather.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-22
f6B[lCC.
ROADS:
TO DEMONSTRATE IN SOUTH
Highway Association to Show Value
Of Practical Maintenance on Road
to Atlanta, Ga.

In order to demonstrate the value OF
practical maintenance Of highways,
the American Highway association,
the central good roads organization OF
the United States, has arranged, in CO.
operation with the federal office OF
public roads and road officials in Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia, for an ambitious main
tenance experiment on the road from
Washington to Atlanta, Ga. Over 700
miles of road are expected to be i'm
proved and kept in condition as re-
suit of the initiative of the American
Highway association. The experiment
is on larger scale than any main
tenance experiment ever undertaken
in this country.
The great maintenance object les
son road extends from the capital Of
the United States through a very his
toric section of the country, passing
such famous points as Arlington,
Mount Vernon, the battlefield Of Bull
Run, Chancellorsburg, en- route to
Richmond, thence extending south
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-22
MEXICAN WAR SERIAL STORY
A Remarkable Feature That Will Be
Appreciated by All Of Our
Readers.

War-infested Mexico is subject IN
which every American is intensely in
terested. 1t is safe to say that there
are but few who really understand
what has occasioned the years of
fighting and devastation that has at
tracted the attention Of the entire
world
Dane Coolidge in his remarkable
story, THE Land of Broken Prom.
ises," gives an insight into the condi.
lions in Mexico, and some Of the
fundamental causes of the numerous
revolutions in such way as to make
the story appreciated not only by
those who like stirring fiction, but by
those who like information.
Coolidge has in the past, written
some truly remarkable stories Of the
southwest, a section with which he
is particularly familiar His Hidden
Water" "The Fighting Fool" and
"The Texican," are classed as mas
terpieces of this type of fiction. He
is a naturalist of international repu-
tation and has performed valuable
work in the southwestern states and
In Mexico for the British museum, for
the United States government, for the
national museums of Italy and France,
and for number of the states and
cities.
"The Land Of Broken Promises" is
his latest and by far his best work,
and we feel that we are fortunate in
being able to secure 1t for serial pub
lication In our columns.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-22

ward through the capitals of North
and South Carolina, and terminating
at Atlanta.
The American Highway association
will enlist the support Of the counties
and districts traversed by the road
and, wherever possible, induce the To-
cal authorities to place the road under
the supervision of government en-.
gineers who will be detailed from the
Office of public roads for that pur
pose under the cooperative arraHge-
ment.
Probably rs per cent. of the total
mileage has already been Impressed by
surfacing of stone, gravel oEsa mix.
ture of sand and clay. The object Of
the maintenance scheme is to prevent
the improved portions Of the road from
deteriorating from lack of suitable
care, and to make the unimproved
portions as comfortable for travel as
possible with the money available.
With the cooperation of all different
communities, however, it is hoped
that concerted work Will be under
taken on the entire stretch of high
! way, resulting in continuous main
tenance object lesson that will be
stimulus to maintenance throughout
the country. The American Highway
association has undertaken to raise
the money for the travelling expenses
of the engineers who will supervise
the work
Leonard Tufts ia chairman of the
committee designated by the associa-
ton to have charge of the campaign,
and has already arranged to place
10 miles under government engi-
neers. 1t is expected that all coun-
ties traversed by the road will cheer
fully enter into the arrangement, as
it Is a long step toward continuous
stretch of road that will benefit the
entire seaboard.