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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-11
EASTERN PAPERS
Fight REPEAL
OF new Law

The proposal to attempt to induce
congress to repeal the Seamen's act
at the next session is strongly opposed
by the Washington Post and other
eastern publications
THE country cannot afford to take
the word of part of the shipping in
terests and their allies in regard to
this law" says, one of the seamen S
publications, the Star, and the coun-
try should not permit those interests
to stampede congress into repeal of
the law. The Seamen's law was not
made for the benefit of steamship
owners, but in the interests of the pub
lie and for humanity. Let the law
stand until it is shown to be faulty. y
Editorially the Washington Post
comments: T.. ..~."~.. i
The law is not destructive of the
merchant marine. 1t does require adj
ditional precautions, which cost some
money. 1t provides that rs per cent
of the crew shall be able to under
stand the orders given by the officers.
Is that unreasonable? What would be
thought of a general sending a regi-
ment of soldiers to protect the people
of a city and permitting an arrange
ment whereby the soldiers could not
understand the orders of their chief?
Al ship at sea meets conditions COM
parable to those of.war and fire, where
instant teamwork is necessary to pre-
vent wholesale loss of life. A con.
crete case of disaster on account of
inability to understand orders was
that of the steamship City of Rio de
Janeiro, lost at the entrance of the
Golden Gate in 1901. The Chinese
crew could not understand the orders
of the American Officers.
The Seamen's Act also requires
better provision for lifeboats and life
RATS. Do the steamship interests OBJ
ject to this? If so, let them object.
The country will not approve of re.
turn to the old deadly dangers merely
because safety appliances are an ex-
pense to the steamship companies.
The public pays the bills in any
event"
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PAssENGERs pEPARTED

Per s. S. Wilhelmina for San Fran
cisco. August Ill Amour, Mrs. R.
E., Aud, r. Z. Aud, Miss M. Ash,
Miss F. Allen, Miss A. Atherholt, H.
NJ. Anderson, Miss F. Baer, Miss NJ.
Boolsen, Mrs. |. ]. Brown, l. J. Brown,
Miss r. Barclay, Miss A. Bertelmann,
Miss B. Burlington, Miss S. E. Berfett,
Mrs. e. H. Bellina, Mrs. G. j. Boisse,
G. j. Boisse, J. E. Baird, Mrs. J. E..
Baird, |, NJ Baum, Mrs. |. NJ. Baum,
Miss H. Colburn, Mrs. G. Cronheim, l..
l.. Camp, G. Church, W. H. Cameron,
Mrs. W. Fl. Cameron, Miss p. Chun,
DIR. H. Carleton, Mrs. H. Carleton, Miss,
G. Cooke, T. NJ. Church, Miss S. A.
Coates, G.. p Crandall, Miss l. Dough
ty, Miss K. Davis, Miss Damon, j. A.
Dchrman, Mrs. J. A. Dohrman, B. Da
mon, Miss l.. Dreeh, Miss A. Desmond,
j. Gouvea, Mrs. J. Goupea, Mrs. H. E.
Harrer, Miss NJ. Guild, Miss ]. Guild,
Mrs G. Fl. >Ginaca, G.. Fl. Ginaca, Miss
E. Grucsser, A. j. Gigneux, Miss L. l..
Hetzer, r. F. Holden, Miss 4. Howell,
Mr. Hoffman, ID. Hitchcock, Miss S. d.
IIaIsey, Miss K Hardy. Mrs. S, Hum
merry, D. E. Harris, Miss s. N. Haw
kins, Miss Z. B. Higgins, Mrs. j. A..
Higgins and child, F.fOsorio, Mrs. l..
r.. James, M. johnson, H. Jackson,
MISS A. Jones, Mrs n. L. Keen, Miss
". D.lKeen, r. A. Kennedy, Mrs r. A.
Kennedy, Miss d. Love, Mrs. J.. F..
Landc. a. ]. Lowrey, Miss X. McTighe,
Mrs. T. F. McTighe, Master G. Nc
Tighe, I. J. Moore, Miss A. M. Null
heron, a. H Mckenzie, Miss H. Nc
Gully, s. McStocker, Miss McStocker,
Mrs ~ L. McStocheT, R. Mecke, H.
Moore, Z. NJ. Mitchell, Mrs. j. 0. Mar
ciel, Mrs. A. w. Mcdonald, A w. Nc
Donald. Mrs A. Newquist, T. E, NJ.
OSorio. Miss f. Pendleton, j. Paka,
Mrs. J. Paka, Mrs. L. Petersen, Miss
A. NJ Paris. Miss E. Paris, Mrs. j.
Menges, Miss N. l.. Russell, Col ]. j..
Rodgers, AIRS. j. J. Rodgers, L. H.
Rhuart Mrs. L. H. Rhuart, Miss NJ.
Siekeis, G. l.. Samson, Mrs. Silva. j..
II. Schultz. Miss A. N. Shields, ".
Str2uch, Miss NJ. Sing, Miss N. Sissol,
p. A Swift, Mrs. p. A. Swift, Miss G.
Thurtell, Mrs f. Thurtell, T. H. Ira.
hey. {. G. ven r4amm G. \. Wilcox,
Mrs G. \. Wilcox, Miss c. Wagner,
Mrs H. L. Wagner =. ~. Inns.
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The U. S. army transport Thomas
will arrive tomorrow from San Fran
cisco and will bring mail from the
mainland.
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PASSENGERS ARRIVED

Per r. M. s. Niagara, Aug. H.
For Honolulu: +. Ramacciotti, Mrs.
Hockey and three children. ]. Dill.
worth, Mrs. M. Schiller, M. Schiller,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Schoomnaker and 2
children, Mrs. Blair and child. L. Blair,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Willis. R. Lupton,
Miss A. Thompson. r. Robinson, v.
Doty, d. 0'Brien, Mr.. and Mrs. B.
Bruce, Miss A. Ball, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Bourne, Mrs. E. Gehr, Miss l. Perry,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Bown, Mrs. Z. James,
Miss ]. Maddux. For Sydney and way
ports: E. H. Anderson, C. J. Ashlin,
Mrs. Spencer Ashlin, Master A. Ayres,
Mr.. Allen, W. C. Birch, Miss NJ. j.
Boot, T. Bunting, Mrs Bunting, w. ].
Bailey, d. G. Carnegie, Mrs. Carnegie.
Miss Carnegie, ID. ]. Chandler, H. Cal
laghan, Mrs. Callaghan, w. w. .Crowle.
Mrs. Crowle, Mrs. Cornish, Grant Dun
can, Miss M. Dargaville, NJ. Eady, Mrs.
Stevenson Fraser, Miss Stevenson Fra
ser, T. Flanagan, Mrs. Thorne George,
Miss Thorne George, Mrs. NJ E. Goode,
Thomas Hughes, Mrs. Hughes, Miss
q. Hughes, Miss F. Hughes, Miss M.
Hughes, P. H. Hughes, F. Hintz, Mrs.
Hintz, Mrs. j. Hetzel, John Ingram.
Fordham Johnson, Miss Beatrice John
ston, F. w. Jones, J. ]. Johnston, Miss
e. F. Johnston, w. A. KELLER, b. e.
Keller, Miss c. Keller, H. H. Ken
nedy, r. Laidlaw, Mrs. Laidlaw, T. H.
Lowry, Mrs. Lowry, J. Lowry, F. w.
Learcyd, Mrs. Learoyd, c. H. Lewis,
Mrs Lewis, W. H. Lovegrove, p. j.
Minahan, Mrs. Minahan. MIR. Maclur-
kin, Mrs. Maclurkin, Master r. Mac
lurkin, DR.. w. NJ. Mann, T. ]. Mcbride,
H. MeHugh, M. Mckenzie, K. /. New
man, Mrs. Nathan, Miss Nathan, C.
Oyerton Smith, Mrs Overton Smith. T..
Pinckney, w. H. Price, Mrs. Price,
Mrs. j. E. Potts, Mr. Poole, Mrs. Poole
and maid, Blythe Rogers, Miss Mary
Rogers, c. H. Richie, Miss NJ Richie,
Mr.. Riddiford, Mrs. Riddiford, s. Scott,
Miss A. Stott, g. Turton, P. S. Lister
Watson, Mrs. Lister Watson, G. H.
Willis, Mrs. Willis, Miss ID. Ware, Miss
Warncck, Mr.. Williams, Miss e. Bal
lantyne, Mrs. 8. Brady, w Cathro,
Mrs. Cathro, C. E. Clayton, e. H. Grad
deck, Mrs. Craddock, Mrs. S. M. Duff,
Miss Alice buddy, Mrs. r. d. Foster.
Miss A. Hamer, Lews Hoffman, o. p.
Jones, Rev. s. NJ Johnston. Clarence
Lutes, Mrs. Lutes. Geo. Lutes, Rev..
P. Ligaard. Mrs. Ligaard, Mrs. E. l.
Manning, Miss A. Markham. Miss Ha-
eel Norris, A. Macdonald. W. j. Nc
Neflage, Miss M. Neathby. William
Nimmo, w. E. Porter, Mrs. w. E. POr-
ter, Mrs. J. A. Packer. Miss w. J. Ro-
sic, William Reid, r. Rudd, Mrs. Rudd,
Edward L. Robins. Mrs. j. w. Small,
w. FL. Slade, A. Sheldon, A. Turner,
Mrs. Turner, A. Valentine, Miss B. NJ.
Wallis, Mrs. Walton, J. F. Wilson, w.
H. Williams, J. H. White, Mrs. White,
A. J. Wilson, C. G. Wise. Miss VII.
liams, H. A. Yorston.
Per s. S. w. G. Hail. from Kauai,
August 11.--Miss d. N. Dawson. B. F.
Dawson, J. Eagecourt, j. G. Bartels,
Mr.. md Mrs. Richmond, Master Rich
mond, S. Takada, Mrs. Kajuna, Miss
Takahashi, G. S. Coe, N. T. Spaulding,
A. A. Prausnitz, Mrs. r. Muoiki, Miss
Mauoiki, Mrs. w. c. King and Lionel
Mahikoa
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-11
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS TO
BE HELD ON AUGUST 2

Competitive examinations for civil
service positions in the fire and police
departments are to be held on Thurs.
day evening, August 26.
Applications and medical certificate
blanks may be secured from Clerk
Kalauokalani at the city hall. Appli-
caRts will be required to take the
physical and muscular tests at Bar.
ron's gymnasium on King street, We'd
nesday, August 25, at o'clock.
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/. An extra dividend of : per cent on
tbe Cannon stoc:, was declared by
the Eastman NodaE Company of Roch-
ester, NJ .....~'
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-11
SHIPPING GWKTERfRONT news
HARBOR NOTES

The u. S. army transport Thomas
will arrive tomorrow from San Fren-
cisco and will bring mail from the
mainland.
With 126 cabin passengers, the Will
helmina of the Matson line departed
from Pier Is for San Francisco at 10
o'clock this morning.
The steamer Georgian is scheduled
to leave San Francisco for Honolulu
next Monday, August Is, and should
arrive here August rs.
Bound for Honolulu from Puget
Sound the freighter Kentuckian will
leave August 26 with coast and east.
ern freight, and should reach here
about September 5.
The Inter-Island steamer Claudine
is being overhauled this week at Pier
Is. The boat will be in condition to
resume her run in about week In
the meantime the Mauna Loa is taking
the Claudine's place on the Maui run.
The British steamer Indra from Ce-
bu and Manila, with a cargo of hemp
and sugar for New York and other
eastern ports. called here today for
500 tons of bunker coal from the In
ter-Island The Indra is in command
Of Captain Alexander.
The steamer Ventura will dock at
Pier 10 about 1870 Or 7:45 tomorrow
morning, arriving from Sydney. The
boat viii sail for the mainland about
4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. She is
carrying 100 first-elass passengers AMI
81 second-class, also many steerage
passengers.
The Pacific Mail steamer Mongolia
departed from Pier Z for San Fran
cisco about o'clock last night. Sho
was several hours late owing partly
to the refusal of the quarantine Off
GERS to give her pratfque Monday
night, which resulted in the steamer
having to lay of port until yesterday
morning. The Hawaiian band was
expected to play at her scheduled
time of departure, o'clock, but when
the selling time was extended an hour
the band didn't wait.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-11

Sales: Between Boards-100, 20, 80
McBryde 8: 200, 100, 35. so Olaa q;
40, 100 Waialua %: 10 Brewery IS;
80 Haw. Sugar Co. Sc; 80, 100, Is H.
c. & S. Co. 81.
Session Sales-20, 80 Onomea SO;
5, 3, Pioneer g2SA; 10 Pioneer 2Sas;
25, 10 Waialua %; 10 Oahu Sug. Co.
26; 5 H. C. & S. Co. 81.
Latest sugar quotation: 90 deg. test,
AT cents, or $3.50 per ton.
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BIG FREle4TER eoMBARDED.

The Yetsaka Maru, sister ship of
the Takata Maru which called here
several days ago, was bombarded by a
German aeroplane while anchored in
the Thames river a few months ago.
A bomb fell on the stern of the Yet
saka, tearing 20 holes il the deck, and
making a weeks repairs necessary
before the vessel could resume her
voyage.
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f1.-R. Spencer, Mrs. NJ. S. Wong,
Mrs. e. K. zap, B. F, Heilborn, VIM.
Engie, III. Warren, j. L. Osmer and
wife, .Adela Osmer, Miss E. Dorse,
Mrs. S. Timoto,. w. G.. Ogg, ]. F. Diaz,
Miss c. Thompson, j. E. Maddox, Mr..
and Mrs. J. w. French, W. n Bellin.-
ger, Master Kauahi, M. R. Bottelho,
Mrs. VI. Pementa, NJ. F. Fybush. r..
Hisumoda, I. Yosezawa, Tirada, s..
T. Harada, J. C. Lewis,
Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Henry Aqua, Mrs A.
H. Hanna, L. Warren, c.. o. Hotel,
Miss Reid, J. A. Dominis, Mrs. An
drew Brown, Mrs. Sam McKeague,
Judge and Mrs. S. Dole, Miss Walker,
Miss Violet Duarte, Miss v. Perriera,
Mrs Peter Kauahi, Henry Aqua.
Per S. S. W. G. Hall, for Kauai.
Aug. 12.-J. NJ. Cummings, c. F. Lund,
NJ. Rosenbledt, A. Fries, Ernest Maui
SSSer =. %. ..-...s.... -
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Honolulu Stock Exchange
MERCANTILE.

Wednesday. August 1f.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-02-04
FARMERS URGE TAX CHANGES.

The organized farmers OF Kootenai county, to
the number of 1900, want changes made In the
taxation laws of Idaho. At the annual convention,
held early IN January, they adopted the following:
THAT we condemn and demand the repeal OF the
act passed by the last session OF the Idaho legis-
lature exempting automobiles from assessment by
our assessor, and that when the act is repealed,
the state license should not exceed 81 on automo-
biles.
THAT all property in the state, both public and
private, be assessed at a cash valuation except
such as is owned by state. county or city, and all
public property: and be II further resolved that
all timber standing on state and school lands, af-
ter having passed into private ownership and the
ownership OF public corporations also be assessed
at said cash value.
THAT, believing that the best interest OF the
state Of Idaho, and means most conducive to the
Improvement of its farms and homes will be pro-
NOTED by a release from taxes OF a part OF the
value of improvements OF such farms and homes;
resolved, that we ask and Insist that our legis-
lators favor the exemption from taxation Of the
sum OF $500 on each and every farm aud home,
such Exemption to be the improvements OF said
farms and homes.
THAT we are in favor OF charging ten per cent
Of redemption of property sold for delinquent taxes
That we favor doing away with the payment OF
four per cent interest on the second installment Of
taxes.
THAT we are in favor OF el"cting county COM
missioners by districts.
THAT We are In favor OF assessing real prop
erty every four years, and abolishing the method
CT sending out individual tax statements and In
line with the plan favored. we favor the publish
ing OF the tax statements In the official newspaper
Of the county. ~
THAT VIZ believe the legislators OF the e,ate OF
Idaho should give the electors OF this s'hte a law
that VIII give the electors and voters the privi-
leee OF township organization, win the privilege
of one township or az many townships IN a county
as the electors may see fit to have by a majority
vote Of tho electors of each township or townships,
furthermore, that irrigated and farm lands and
other properly be not Disseminated against In
favor OF the large corporations in regard to taxes
that we demand that all property under the Jaw
be assessed on an equallZed basis at the reason
able cash value thereof; and that the number o
deputies and clerks be reduced to the minimum
and the salaries OF the various deputies and clerks
not fixed by law. he reduced rs per cent during thu
prevailing hard times"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-02-04
.es, Ok Teams Were Utilized for Hauling Wheat to American Falls.

the very foot of the mountains, where there was
more or less sub-irrigation, but old settlers SCOT
led at the idea of growing anything under other
conditions. Today irrigated wheat is disappearing.
lts place has been taken by the dry farm product.
a product that commands a higher price and is
raised at a beteter profit.
Eight years ago q few men at American Falls
decided TO make a test to determine whether or
not wheat could be grown without irrigation. They
Deiieve that by adopting the Campbell methods of
soil culture, cultivating so as to conserve what
moisture came, they would meet with success.
They selected a tract of land ten miles from the
foothills, and in the spring of 1907 plowed up and
seeded 300 acres to spring grain. The tract Sc
lected was practically free from sagebrush, but
what there was, was plowed under. In their haste
to get the crop in they forgot all about Campbell
and his methods, plowed shallow because it was
easier, and in many instances just loosened enough
dirt to cover the seed well. When harvest time
came they threshed from ten to eighteen bushels
per acre from their poorly prepared ground. That
fall they replowed these 300 acres and about 500
more, seeding it to turkey-red. In the spring fol-
lowing they seeded another tract to spring grain.
A combine was used to harvest that crop. Some
OF the first 300 acres broken yielded 80 bushels
per acre and none of it less than 20 bushels. The
fall grain on the new plowing yielded Is to 20 bu-
shells and the spring seeding about IA bushels per
acre. This settled the possibilities, and within
the following fifteen months more than 300, 900
acres were taken under homestead filings, or Sc
lected by the state in lieu of lands included in
forest reserves and leased to farmers. tributary
to American Falls alone. Settlement and devel-
opment have been continuous and rapid since then
and about all the desirable land for twenty-five
miles In every direction from that point has been
taken. Beyond for miles and miles stretches a
great plain of equally good land awaiting only
transportation facilities to add it to the productive
area.
From four carloads OF wheat shipped out in 1907
American Falls last year became the second larg-
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-02-04

Extensive wheat growing in Idaho is a recent
thing. The Palouse country and the Camas prai-
RE, around Nez Perez and Grangeville, have grown
wheat extensively for many years. Until a few
years ago they produced more wheat annually
than all the rest of the state. They produce much
more now than they did then-probably twice as
much-yet their output today constitutes a very
small part of the total for the state.
Growing wheat for export, except in the locali-
ties above named, does not date back ten years in
Idaho. Where flocks and herds found their win
ter and spring ranges are now the great wheat
fields of the state-the once considered worthless
sagebrush plains of southern and southeastern Ida
no. Vast in extent, fertile, easily reclaimed from
their wild state, these recently ~despised sage
brush wastes bid fair to rival any of the great
wheat growing sections Of the northwest.
About eight years ago it was conclusively prov
en- that these sagebrush plains, lying at an alti-
tude of from 1000 to 5000 feet, with an annual per-
cipitation of from Is to 20 inches, were valuable
for wheat growing. Prior to that time wheat for
family use was grown on irrigated lands or at
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-02-04
FARMERS CREAMERY PROPOSED.

A movement IL under way to establish a FARMERS
cooperative creamery at Payette to encourage the
dairy interests OF this valley. The response has
been so enthusiastic from the start that II looks
like a go and will mean much to the residents here
who have but one string TO their fiddle and when
that fails all is lost. A call was issued 70 talk the
matter over. Fifty men interested in ~dairying re-
sponded. II was decided to appoint fifteen men as
a committee to canvass all territory adjacent to
Payette. which includes Big and Little Willow,
Dead Ok Nat. Fruitland, New Plymoth, Whitley
Bottom and Letha. Not less than 800 cows could
insure the success of the enterprise but the re-
spouse was SO good 300 were promised and the
territory scarcely touched. A meeting was called
to meet at Payette Commercial club rooms Satur-
day afternoon at one o'clock for organization and
TO perfect the plans. Mr.. Stinson OF Nampa, and
Mr.. Bassett OF Caldwell who are managers OF co
operative creameries in their part OF the county
which are very successful VIII be present and talf
on their organization and It's success and ever
farmer Interested in ~dairying is urged to be pres
ent-Payette Enterprise.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-02-04

est wheat shipping point in the United States.
What a reward for the faith of a few men!
Attracted by the success achieved in these two
seasons at American Falls, farmers in large num-
bers from the Palouse country in Washington
from Oregon and the Dakotas began to come in
large numbers. They were practical dry"
farmers," and brought with them an experiei ce
which has greatly FASTENED the development u the
southeastern part of this state. They overlooked
in every direction and thousands upon thousands
of desert acres have been made to blossom as the
rose. Idaho Falls, Rexburg, Ashton, almost at
the border of the Yellowstone National park have
exchanged their dreary wastes of sagebrush for
waving feds of grain. Grace, Alexander and
Downey, to the southeast, have discovered that
the vast tracts of land surrounding them that are
too high to irrigate are almost as valuable as
their irrigated lands. To the westward, north and
west of Minnidoka, thousands of acres are being
brought under the pillow and even the great Twin
Falls country-that marvel of irrigation develop
ment, is being skirted by dry" land wheat farms.
Area and yield per acre are not alone RESPONSE
BILE for the rapid rise to prominence of this great
growing section. Quality has counted for much.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-02-04

both must be torn asunder and the sun
light of a new day will shine into the dark
places where wrongs done to both have so long
been hidden. Once seen, the reign of SO great an
evil will be ended and n more direct and Just eye
TEN of marketing will come, and supplies will
reach the remotest demands not from the hands OF
cruel speculation. but from the generous fields OF
actual production,
1t truly is "a long lane that has no turning and
1t is an awful curse that brings no one a bless
ing" If the demand that comes from the terrible
European war, which we cannot control, lays bare
and destroys our ruinous marketing system both
producers and consumers will have cause to be
thankful.
And In this connection we feel that W. may we'll
advise farmers to increase their crops for this year
especially of food stuffs. Yes, clean out the waste
places this winter and prepare for bigger crops In
1915-Up-to-Date Farming.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-02-04
TEAM WORK BRINGS RESULTS.

The benefits Of team work and cooperation are
pointedly set forth by T. n. Carver, professor Of
economics OF Harvard University. Human nature
underlies his observations, which contain a splen-
did explanation of the reasons why cooperation
is beneficial:
1t is not the hard work or he Exposure or ev-
EN- the poverty of the farmer or his wife which
makes farm life so unattractive to so many Of our
people. 1t is the lack of team work. / have never
known men and women, particularly young men
and young women of our race to shrink from hard
ship il they could feel the touch of elbows and have
the sense OF eomradeship which the soldier has.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-02-04

When little wheat was grown here a few years
back, Utah millers paid a premium as high as %
cents a hundred for what little wheat was grown
to mix it with the softer wheats grown there to
raise the quality of the output of their mills. Hun
dreds of carloads have been shipped to mills in
Kansas, a state noted for the prime quality of its
wheat, to be converted into Kansas flour. AT the
dry farm congress, held at Colorado Springs a few
years since, American Falls turkey-red wheat,
grown on the dry farm mentioned near the begin
ming Of this article, was awarded second prize In
competition with wheat from all states west of the
Mississippi river and Canada and Mexico, and new
er saw n tanning mill or grader. 1t was simply
unclaimed wheat. 1t is not uncommon for wheat
grown in southern Idaho to weigh sixty-three
pounds per bushel. So renowned has the quality
become that for the past seven years the average
price paid by buyers has been about ten cents per
hundred above the market. There is very little
smut, and the careless farmers have all of that.
Only three machines have been burned during the
past eight seasons and 1t was not known whether
smut was responsible for the fires or not. Harvest
ing is largely done with combines of which nearly
100 must have been sold to American Falls farm
ers. Five hundred acre wheat farms are not I'M
common, and there are IA few larger; the average
is little, If any, above 200 acres,-Rural Spirit,
Portland.