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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-02-18
FERDINAND

the first of the week and her classes
were divided between the teachers of
the other two rooms for a few days.
Glenn Eastman and wife, Mrs. Nor
ton and Miss Vialetha Hayes of West
lake attended the Ferdinand literary
program Tuesday night.
P. Aschenb1enner and j. III. johnson
went to Grangeville Sunday evening
to report as trial jurors at the present
term of court
L. E. Fisher and family left for
Portland. Oregon, yesterday morning
to be gone for about two weeks to
visit Mr.. Fisher s mother who has been
quite i'll for some time.
JOS Kuther and Antoine Haener left
with a stock train Tuesday for Port
land and Joe expects to go on to Cali
fornia to visit relatives and the big
fair at San Francisco before return
ing.
The Vollmet town basket ball team
defeated the Ferdinand town team
here last Friday night to the awful
tune of to Al. Vollmer put up the
best team the locals have had to con-
tend with this winter, and connected
with the fact of the referee not know
ing much about the game and two of
Ferdinand's best players being away
accounts for the poor showing made
by the local team.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. w. Clarke returned
to their home in Seattle yesterday af.
ter weeks visit with the Dutro fami.
ly. They We're accompanied on their
return by Mrs. Clarks brother Mere
dith HOLDEN.
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From the Enterprise

From the Enterprise.)
Carl Yont the no grain buyer was in
town late last week.
| DIR. Truitt of Cottonwood was Fer
dinand visitor Monday.
H. |. Hanson and wife and Miss Amy
Morris spent Sunday evening at ]. A
Bushue's.
Lonnie Bales went to Grangeville
Wednesday evening as witness on the
huffman case.
| Ben Terwillegar, of Greencreek was
a business visitor in town Wednesday
| Chester Sprague of Winona visited
his sister Mrs. Richard Beasley the
first of the week.
| John Uhlorn and wife visited the
Joe Schmidt family at Greencreek yes
terday.
Mr.. Crawford, grain buyer from Cot
tonwood was in town several days the
first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Eastman and
daughter Opal are visiting friends and
relatives in Lewiston this week.
Miss. Clara Schacher and sister Mrs
Marguerite Baune and son visited
friends at Ferdinand last week.
s. w. Powers is assisting at the
Eastman blacksmith shop during Mr.
Eastman IS absence this week.
Mrs. E. Adslev came in from Pollock
yesterday morr!ne to visit with hel
son, Warren Adsloy md family.
Mrs. Jos. Gaul an oaby daughter OF
Cottonwood are visiting Mrs. Gaul 4
parents Mr.. and Mrs v. StrickfadeI
this week.
Miss Hackett was on the sick lis
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-02-18

Miss Bertha Ries is visiting relatives
here this week from Ferdinand.
Miss Eunice Turner departed Wed
nesday morning for Portland on ebert
visit.
The Cottonwood Milling Co. shipped
two cars Of fat hogs to Portland Ore
gon Tuesday morning.
John Hoene received a new Buick
roadster the first of the week for DR..
Stockton, of Grangeville.
w. G. Orr and J. R. Toyes were in
the city last Friday from Forest.
w. L. Workman was is the city last
Monday from his farm south of Winona
Several farmers from the Red Rock
country east of Greencreek delivered
fat hogs here Monday to local buy
ers.
G.. III. Banaka, senior member of the
Banaka, Wilks real estate firm, was
in the city Monday from Lewiston.
George Forsmann was up from JUL
eta the first of the week visiting
with relatives and friends in this vici-
nifty.
DR.. Orr reports the birth of lusty
baby son to Mr.. and Mrs. Alois Halter
southeast of town Monday evening
All are doing nicely.
Mrs. Herman Weigand arrived here
Monday evening from Moscow to join
her husband who recently purchased
the barber shop near the Funke's sa
loon.
| Among the new post office appoint
ments recently made were those %
Mrs. Lizzie Fryer as postmaster al
fKeuterville and Mrs. Riley at West
lake.
Felix Martzen finished opening W
the frozen line of water pipes in tn
south end of town the first of tn,
week and peace and quiet reigns agar
lover our city.
Sam Goldstone, A. l.. Creelman ant
H. H. Nuxoll came up Sunday evening
from Lewicton to attend the meetin,
llof the stockholders of the local waite
company held here Monday.
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From the Progress.)

Mrs. f. l.. Anderson visited in Koos-
kia last week.
J. A. McRae returned Wednesday
from trip to Spokane.
j. M. Shaw was business visitor in
Lewiston Saturday and Sunday.
John Malloy, of the Orofino Feed
Store, was in town Monday, buying
hay
DR.. j. w. Akin, the Nezperce veteri-
marian, was in Kamiah on professional
business Sunday.
Frank Taylor, a cattleman of the
Salmon river country, visited M. L.
Hastings the first of the week.
DR.. Bryan left for Lewiston Wed
nesday morning, taking with him O.
A. Fox, who had an attack of appen
dicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. 8 Hunt came in on
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Pleasant Valley

Pleasant Valley.
Miss Bonnie Burris was Grange,
vile caller recently.
Al Chase and son Stanley, were bust
ness callers on the prairie the past
few days.
Ernest Lyttle and brother Roy, at.
tended party at WIN. Van Pe1ts of
Lukes Gulch, Tuesday night.
Mrs. Jane Cowling Of Clearwater, &C.
companied by her son Otto, and wife
of southern Idaho, were visiting FOL
atives Of Pleasant Valley several days
last week.
A party Of young people spent a
pleasant evening at Geo. Emmerts one
night last week.
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Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
Mrs. Henry Irvina who has been
visiting relatives and friends here de-
parted last week for her home at Har-
lowtown. Montana.
Mrs. Edith Hewitt and little daugh-
ter Of Tahoe are visiting at the home
of the formers sister, Mrs. Frank En-
inert Of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernice Brocknow gave
ia party Saturday night. All report a
good time.
Mr.. Kirk and Oral Strang were
guests at the VIM. Fl. Names home
Sunday last.
Miss Pearl Brown of Tohoe is visit
ing her sister Mrs. Fred Huffman Of
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tended the re- ival meeting.

tended the revival meeting.
Fred Adams and friend. of the Ia
hoe contry. were business visitors here
Tuesday. Mr. Adams was enroute to
Glenwood to look after his ranch.
Mrs. S. d. Shaw and daughter, Vera.
left last Monday for Moscow where
Mrs. Straw will undergo very serious
operation She has many friends
here who hope that she passes through
the ordeal in safety.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-02-18

( o. J.. Lansing finished a successful
term of school at Caribel Friday and
moved back to his own home at Wood
land.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nye Litherland. former
residents of this place, were here this
week visiting with her sister, Mrs. K
M. Bib.
Rev. Moses Monteith and Peter
Lindsey were in Lapwai last week en-
route from Ahsahka where they at
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A S0UTHERNER IN A NORTH.
ERIN GARDEN.
ny EMILE n. WALTER.

My home had always been in a
Southern city, but circumstances hav-
ing given me the opportunity to snare
home with a friend in 4 Northern
village. near the scene Of "Eben Hol-
den" the change Of location was made
. little more than year ago.
The house, a large brick mansion
over a half century In age. stands on
q road just outside Of the village and
l. surrounded by three and half
acres Of land. Many large naples
grace the front lawn. At the back Of
the house there is a large pasture. an
sfalfa field and about an acre for gar
den purposes. The pasture with its
red barn. the alfalfa and part OF the
garden We rented to a neighbor with
Q penchant for cows.
\ choice strip through the centre
Of the garden portion was reserved for
our own use. A beautiful, sunny
piece OF land, jus, sandy enough for
vegetables. The strip measured 10
BY 80 feet.
Fifty feet We planned for n: the
vegetables hut potatoes. thirty feet
were TO be given to them alone. This
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be commensurate with the knowledge
gaipad

be commensurate with tho knowledge
gained.
Very often At the beginning OF the
season there Is every indication OF sue
cess, but many unforeseen conditions will
arise to the detrirnent Of the growth and
health Of the flock and make 1t neces-
sary to resort to radical changes in or
der to avoid disaster
During the advancing stages Of the
flock there will be afforded an oppor-
tunty to study the various markets and
market conditions. as. after all. this is
the practical side of the poultry in
dustry.
A market which will insure a hand
some profit for q small plant would
prove inadequate In disposinB OF the out
put from the same plant when 1t is
greatly increased
In most instances tho products OF a
small plant are disposed OF through d.
rect sales to private customers, where
the poultryman either makes his de-
liveries in person or the customer buys
direct from the plant. In this instance
he gets the maximum prices for his out.
put at minimum sales cost. but with a
larger flock this method OF marketing
would be impractical
Larger focks need more attention
, cost more for feeding. cost more TO mar.
ket the products, need more help and the
profits pro rata TO the number OF fowls
| are considerably smaller.
When the flock grows too large for IL
quarters II is we'll to remember that
the increase was made while they were
housed in the back yard and that they
were receiving personal attention from
several members of the family and a,
the same time. In the majority OF In.
| stances, the head OF the house was re.
| ceiv!ng a steady income from some Other
occupation.
| II q progressive increase 10 to bs
made. consider we'll before cutting of,
| the regular income. BY moving into
the country on a small farm there will
be another period Of hard work where II
Will require patience and perseverance
| Either tho business in the city will SUI.
| fer or there must be some member Of
the family who will give personal atten,
| ton TO tho flock and baby chicks
There are numerous instances where
on small rented farm. there has beer
successful poultry plant established
and a comfortable living made. In ad
dition TO comfortable living there Is a
still greater asset acquired and that 1,
a healthy constitution.
| BY a steady increase in the fiocks ant
a gradual learning OF the industry ther,
! are few rural occupations which offe,
! such lucrative returns as poultry keep
| ing. but IL must ever be borne in minC
that the best assurance TO success is e
| make haste slowly. carefully study de,
| tails OF production and market condi.
tons and be patient and persistent.
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Continued from sirth Page.

vigorous and free blooming, bearing
immense feathery flowers. The Lady
Roosevelt and enchantress pink were
wonderful. growing very tall and hav-
..g mass OF bloom. For one VINO
.Ses lavender colored flowers the
eawyer asternum lavender Is a won
der and a delight to grow. My bed
OF them received unstinted praise.
The long row OF asters brought
many sdmirlng visitors and was a
great source OF pleasure to M. Tie
remaining 900 feet OF the strip I put
into dahlas. A. d. Livoni or Ethel
Wick pink. Lord Lyndhurst. scarlet.
ard Souvenir de Gustave Dougon. The
latter had beautiful red flowers eight
inches in diameter and caused UNI
usual comment and great admiration
II won first prize at our flower show
Condensed milk cans make good
pots for starting tomato plants in,
also melons. asters. salvias, &c. Cut
the bottom out close to the side with
q can opener. remove the cap on the
top. as the can Is used upside down
Set a piece Of heavy cardboard In the
bottom over the hole made by remov-
ing the cap: this gives drainage and
Keeps the dirt from washing out.
PAUL Z. McGINrY.
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shallow boxes put in a sunny window
Ii eager eyes could have drawn up the
little cotyledons they would have
come through long before they did.
With the first thaw the manure was
raked from the asparagus and rhubarb
and the soil made soft with four
tined fork. More manure was needed
for the garden. After much persuasion
our farmer neighboc consented to draw
two loads for us and to plough and
harrow the ground. Though the har-
row was used In two directions the soil
was left in a very lumpy condition.
and for me remained the task Of re-
ducing 1t to a texture At for seed by
hoe and hard labor.
envied our tenant the large pile OF
manure outside Of his barn door. After
every rain a torrent OF black liquid
drained from the pile to the earth
around II, killing all vegetation. The
waste made me desperate until l
gained permission to dig two deep
holes at the base Of the pile. which
Allied at once with the rich liquid
manure and continued to furnish a
supply long after the pile had been re-
moved. Eighty gallons were taken
from the holes and stored in kegs and
old syrup cans for later Use.
Early one morning there came from
outside the tap. tap. tap. which could
| only be a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. he was
running up the trunk OF tree pecking
| as he ran. A visit to the attic window
Lodges revealed partly built nests. The
robins had come. spring was here
Each day as turned fresh soil for
seed fat. round chested robins. followed
closely behind me to pick up the
worms exposed and turned their little
heads sidewise as l talked to them In
imitation bird language.
! I began to make my rows beside the
pasture fence so that I could measure
from the fence at each end and thus
get a straight line. Irvine tied to two
sticks and the sticks driven firmly In
the earth made a good line.
The planting lesson was learned as
| | worked with a garden book In one
hand and a hoe In the other until dig
| a shallow trench. cover seed two
inches and firm soil we'll over seed
| became a chant by which ! delved.
Spinach. lettuce. radish ana onion
| wv
freely. as after results proved. for
early and constant thinning were re-
quired 10 keep til" seeds from germ
ing a hundred to the square inch.
The first little green tips which
showed above ground gave me feel
ing of awe and ! thought of that beau
| tiful chapter OF Corinthians:
Behold. shew you mystery
That which thou soweth Is not quick
ened except 1t de. and that which thot
soweth thou soweth not that bod,
that shall be. God giveth II body
as il shall please Him.
Hut where were the onions" The!
seemed 70 have decided TO remain he
low. The radlshes sown with hen
AZ row markers had almost become
eatable before the fuzzy little greer
line became visible to the naked eye
and even then there was the awful un
certainty whether the line was grass
or onions. From that time until thu
, end of the summer those two nifty foo
rows of onions gave more backache:
and apoplectIc tendencies than all tn,
other vegetables Of the garden.
The berry and currant bushes hat
arrived and had been set out on a linz
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BUCKEYE RED KNOWN
AS FINE TABLE FOWL
Always Commands Ready Sale
in Market and Hens Are
Good Layers.
by T.. =. GRAHAM.

The deservedly popular Rhode Island
Red has been with us for more than
half century down In Rhode Island.
where the breed originated and Is kept
for purely unitarian purposes. There
IS still more or less annual production
Of new blood. Besides the use OF Brown
Leghorn males Dark Cornish were also
used. and the Rhode Island Red hocks
showed many specimens with pea combs.
Some OF this stock was either trans
planted to Ohio IN the early days of the
Rhode Island Red boom or the same
crosses were made in that state and
produced what was ultimately to he
SHOWN as the Buckeye Reds. At any
ate their originator Mrs Frank Met
ali. was not above securing some pea
comb Rhode Island Reds from some
Eastern breeders to cross into her Buck
eyes and thus FIX" the pea comb char
tcterstic.
This fowl has proved heavy layer
# large brown eggs and the females
ire credited with exceptionally good
'av!ng abilities.
Like the Rhode Island Reds, Buckeye
hicks are good husky. vigorous grow
ers and reach maturity at an early age.
Females weigh from bta to Gu pounds.
males from 6i2 to pounds and more
often exceed these weights II is a
able fowl par excellence. being round
and full IN the breast and possessing
ich yellow legs and skin. which is
| always attractive 10 the housewife, thus
| making them have a brisk sale I'm the
market.
The pullets commence laying AT an
carly age-5la to 6 months-aud are
| remarkable winter egg producers
Both sexes have rich dark red sur
face color. each feather barred with a
ar Of slate Just below the surface
Tail is rich glossy black, wings black in
lights Combs In both sexes are pea in
'hape and rather small In size.
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CENT CLEARS HER CONSCIENCE
NOmnn Who Drfrauded WEIGHING
Machine Makes RcstitutiOn.

jrNCrIoN cry. Kan. April - B,
fuse she Cheated the weighing
machine in the Union Pacific Depot out
II = penny more than - year ago, the
ouScicnce of An Abilene woman mas
cen hothcrng her ever since accord
ug 10 "A letter received by q. W. Mills
he company = agent hero,
In her letter the woman stated tn Il
more than year ago she and h"r
daughter We're in the depot waiting fol
train, The daughter placed a penny
in the Weighing machine, and after Z
had registered her weight and hefuD,
she stepped from the machine, TN,
mother stepped on also and WAS wcighrd
free. This worried her so much that sn,
inclosed "A stamp in the letter and askrd
Mr.. Mills To place Il penny In the weigh
ing machine, thus easing her conscience
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was garden on a large scale for
novice to run, as there was no help
to be depended upon. The male popu-
lation cannot be bribed or persuaded
to hire OUT" the cracker barrel has
too many attractions for some and
others are really too busy with their
own affairs. I had had no previous
experience In gardening or knowledge
q what or when to plant. was not
quite as ignorant a. the college girl
who thought cucumbers grew In
slices. but my knowledge was ex.
tremely limited.
l feverishly subscribed for two gar
den papers and learned, almost by
studying, the weekly garden notes
which appeared in THE Sun; there
fore by fall knew enough to have
the asparagus bed and the rhubarb
plants covered thickly with manure.
which was brought TO me by farmer
who wished to repay an indebt edness.
On both sides Of the house there were
hare places in which I dumped hardy
phlox and hollyhocks given US by the
druggist In the village whose plants
needed thinning. Yellow hollyhocks
were planted along the side wail Of
the house, as yellow looked well
against the red brick did persuade
an old man in the village to plant
these for me. and he stopped several
times in the process to recite poems
he had written in a deserted garden
Of the South during the civil war.
A neighbor across the road was
nh e. -
mission to take all the llacs and
lilies Of the valley we wished. After
laboring two days nine lilac bushes
were Transferred to one side yard
and bed OF lilies was put out in the
front near the entrance steps.
Lilacs do not grow freely In the
South; they were therefore particu-
larly acceptable and were planted
with great anticipation for what the
spring would bring forth. When the
first bitter winter weather settled
upon us. weather which can almost
rival that Of the North Pole at times
with It's temperature Of forty below
zero and the snow banked three and
four feet, ala hope left the South
ern heart-could any living thing sur.
NlNt SUN COIu Nduy VI the WlHlef
| nights were spent in reading garden
lore and ] became a question mark
to all who had ever planted a garden
Then the catalogues began to ar.
rive and what seed or how much &c
buy for q garden OF so feet by lie
| became the one fixed idea.
The garden papers advised the ole
standard varieties among the vege,
| tables and a list was made. after
changing the names many times. fol-
early. medium and late varieties. Fas.
cinating plump packages OF seed cam
promptly with notice that the berr,
and currant bushes ordered woulC
, he sent in due time.
While waiting impatiently III
spring the early, medium and lat,
seeds were divided into three portion.
and placed In the order to he planted
As had not known enough about q
frozen soil to prepare and store eartl
for the early house planting Of seec
a provident neighbor gave me somt
soil which ! mixed with cellar sweep
ings. woodshed dust and some frozer
clods OF earth which thswed out b,
the furnace In this the tomato ant
pc pper seeds were planted and tn.
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Trade Notes,

The LinwaX Manufacturing Com
pany. Indianapolis. Ind. has an en-
tlrely new method of treating wood for
stable floors or driveways, or for war;
houses where heavy trucking grinds
cement floors to dust. All the sap IL
first removed from the best grade yell
low pine blocks and volatile
wax Is then forced into the pores 4
the wood. The wax is as permanent
as the wood itself, keeping out mois-
ture and being thoroughly antiseptic.
preventing disintcgration through bac-
terinl action and the ordinary process
of decay.
A severe test Is reported. s me OF
the blocks were ground into sawdust
and placed in solution impregnated
with hog cholera germs An ex-
animation few hours afterward
showed that the germs had been en-
tirely destroyed and as result Lin
wax flooring Is used In one Of the
largest factories making hog cholera
serum.
Charles Friend, formerly connected
with the Rye Nurseries, Rye. n. y,
is now located at North Rose, ~ ",
where he manufactures Sulco--V. b.,
a sulphur whale oil compound, an
insectcide and fungicide. Endorsed by
f., i, Felt, New York State entomolo-
gist.
Last year Charles j. Quimby Of
White Plains. n. Y, had his trees so
badly infested with San lose scale
that the bark on many of the younger
trees was cracking. Sulco-N. b
was used and this year there 10 nc
scale in the orchard.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-11-05
"IhiS Is the Man"

The New York Post pays Wood.
row Wilson the greatest compliment
that has so far been paid him, IN a
thirty.two word sentence which 1t
recently printed beneath his picture
"fhis is the man who without
raising a sword, without mobillzing
a oorporars guard Of soldiers or
lifting an anchor Of warship, won
for civilization the greatest dIplo-
matte victory for generations"
One might write columns and say
less. But It should be added that the
winning of tins victory for civili
zation dId not bring a bitter defeat
to any people. Germany herself
may participate in it. She, too,
will gain much by seeing the light
held aloft and Woodrow Wilson
following It.