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The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-02
Orchard .
Inflammation
CULTIVATION IN AN ORCHARD
Protection From Heavinq Caused
by Frost and Thaw.


By r. B. HOWE, Colorado Experiment
Station)
There are two main reasons for
cultivating-to make plant food avail
able and to conserve moisture. IN
cultivating, the soil particles are bro
ken up and the root hairs passing in
among the small particles take up
plant food from the soil water. The
plant food goes into solution in the
soil water as the rock and particles
in the soil decompose More often we
cultivate to kill the weeds, but really
to conserve moisture After each rain
the soil Is packed down to some ex-
tent, and this crust, which forms upon
the surface with the drying of the soil,
will draw water from the subsoil to
the surface by capillarity When we
cultivate this surface crust Is broken
up and the water does not as readily
escape from the sub-surface to the
air, and is held for use by the plant.
The fruit crop requires a great deal
Of water to mature fruits OF good size.
In dry seasons the size of the sum-
mer fruits is liable to be small on
account of the insufficient water sup
ply. Where the fruit garden is small
plat Of ground sufficient to supply the
table with fruit 1t Is difficult to take
time to cultivate the strawberries and
blackberries. and for this reason the
use of some sort Of . straw mulch
will be best to help retain the mois.
ture in the soil for the plants The
mulch 10 plowed under after the crop
has been taken OF and new mulch
applied In the fall after the ground
IL well frozen. when it will also act az
q protection from the heaving caused
| by the frosts and thaws.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-02
MUST BE "BALANCED"
EXPERT TELLS OF IMPORTANT
THING IN MOTOR.
Would Be Well n More Purchasers
Understood What the Good and
Bad Points Involve.

To the majority of prospective pur-
motor is a vaguely understood subject,
according to H. E. Doty, leading SELL
ing agent. Mr.. Doty was discussing
some of the things which had to be
taught even the experienced motorist
when the technical advantages of any
particular car were being dwelt upon.
A balanced motor, by the simplest
definition" declared Doty, is one that
runs smoothly without vibration at
any speed. Technically, the perfect
balance Of motor is obtained when
the resultant centrifugal forces are
equal and opposite, and hence equal
to zero in any plane.
Perhaps the best way to illustrate
the effect of unbalanced forces is to
tie weight to a string and swing 1t
around the index finger. AS the weight
swings around the path Of a circle the
index finger is pulled on by the weight,
and since the weight is constantly
changing it's position, the pull on the
finger changes and the finger begins
u LlOVo 30 A6 W OCSCIlDc d SAidA
circle.
"The heavier the weight and the
| faster 1t revolves the more difficult
| 1t Is to hold the finger stationary. II
| a second weight is tied to string and
| fastened to the same finger SO as to
extend out In the opposite direction
from the first weight when the two
are swung around the finger, 1t will
be found that there will be little OF no
pull on the finger II the two weights
are equal
"The same conditions apply exact.
| ly to the automobile motor II the
weights of the arms of the crank
shaft and the big ends OF the connect
ing rods are such as they swing
around the crank shaft bearings that
they produce equal and opposite pulls
as in the case of the two weights
about the finger, there will be no vi
bration. II these weights are not
equal there will be a pull on the
crank shaft bearings, and the crank
case holding these bearings will tend
to follow the pull Of the unbalanced
weights In the path Of a circle. This
pull is what causes vibration. II II
is zero, there is no vibration"
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-02

want Ads. are rsad ~ IN.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-02
Speedometer Dial.

f.
ometer dial. The owner or driver Of
car can unlock this disk by use of
q key. set the disk at given figure.
say 20 miles per hour; and the re-
moval of the key makes 1t impossible
to change the position Of this disk
without the same key. This part Of the
device Is connected by an armored
wire running to the magnetic release
ON the accelerator rod. When the
speed Indicator Of the speedometer
reaches the figure corresponding with
the figures shown In the speedlock, q
contact IL formed which operates this
release on the accelerator or carbure-
tor rod. allowing the throttle to slow
" close down. causing the car to grad
ually lose its speed.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-02
1ffARNk
$1E,C))lGlK.
DEMAND FOR WORKING MULES
Three-Year-OId Animals Wanted in
Every Market in Country--Good
Grade Mares May Be Used.

Somehow or other the demand for
working mules of good build and
weight stays as strong and as keen
in these last few years as ever. Three
year-old mules are wanted in every
horse and mule market in the country,
and in spite of the increasing number
of motor trucks and other transporta-
ton methods, the market shows no In.
clination to forget the mule.
AS a side line on the 40, 80 or 1861
acre farm you can't beat mule raising.
OF course the conditions have to ba
favorable. You have to have pretty
fair bunch OF mares, not too small ana
of fairly good conformation There
should be few good jacks in the
neighborhood, and there usually are,
at least in riding distance. Good grade
mares and pure bred jack make
about the right combination to finally
result in good money from the mules.
Where there are no good jacks IN
| the district, four or five or six men
can very easily club together and buy
a good animal II they really want
| to 70 into the mule raising business to
get all the profit coming to them
they will be able to get enough money
raised to get good jack.
He should then be insured and given
the proper handling. BY the right KING
1 Of handling he can be made to be o.
service not only for the mares owned
by his owners, but he may be stood FOL
public service and made to earn hiI
keep in that way.
A mature jacks first year Of active
service ought to enable him to serv(
something like sixty mares, and latel
on he ought to be able to serve from
seventy-fiv to eighty without any dif
flculty. In a few seasons the jack O
quality will be able to pay for himself
and make his own keep - well q
serving al the mares Of his owners.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-02
REGULATES SPEED OF CAR
When Set to Cover Movement
Desired by the Driver

This unique instrument which has
just been brought out consists Of a
regular speedometer combined with a
speed lock or control for automobiles.
1t automatically controls the speed, or
car can be locked at standing posi-.
ton according to the wishes of the
owner, by adjusting the disk Of a com.
mon lock having figures correspond
ing to the speed figures of the speed.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-02
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

The regular semi-annual stockhold-
ers meeting Of the IDAHO DEPART
MENT STORE Ltd, will be held In
the ONCE Of the company, Monday
evening, July 6th ut 8 o'clock.
4 D. D. ALVORD,
June Is July 2 Secretary
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-02
Rfversiae Route 70 Boise.

Follow the red arrows from Buhl to
Riverside, the only good road. First
class accommodation. Garage, store
and good meals. RIVERSIDE FERRY.
March . tt.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-02

When the finest home-buytng chance
In years is ope INTO you. you'll get the
news in the Real Estate For Sale. =
ada.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-12
WANTS TWO BILLIONS MORE.
War Is Costing England $12,750, 900
Daily, Says Asquith.

Dealing in dizzy totals, Premier
Asquith has asked parliament for $2,-
000,000,000 additional credit for car
rying on England's 3 share in the war
a share, he admitted, whose cost is
constantly continuing upward. In
seeking this vast new sum, bringing
the total to $7,OO0,OO0,000, Asquith
announced that from total of $2,-
715,000,000 expended from April to
November 6, $2,585,OOO,OO0 had been
used in buying shells, guns and other
munitions with which to blow the enc
my to bits. Loans to aid her allies
have also continued, and of the above
total, from April, $491 100000 was
used for this purpose. The balance
was spent in miscellaneous ways.
While picturing continuing in
crease in England's daily war burden,
the premier assured the house of COM
mons that the government is doing
its utmost in the way of economies.
He mentioned that creation Of joint
England French war council is expect
ed. while it is hoped Russia and Italy
will also be represented. Asquith es-
timated that to September II the war
had cost 2,750,000 daily.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-12
MEYERS SOLVES SITUATION.
Dallas Farmer Gets Good Price for
Porkers-Market Weak.

In the face of weak feeling in the
hog market Of the country. and es-
pecially at the Portland Union stock
yards, where the principal transac-
tions in livestock are carried on,
Floyd Meyers whose farm near Dali
las has been the home Of many fine
porkers, has solved the problem Of
beating the market price, and his So
luton is working out to his entire sat
isfaction. In spite Of the fact that
very small supply of hogs have en-
tered the stock yards the price has
been unusually low, averaging $5.83
and $6.03, and those who have many
swine on hand have almost started the
funeral service over their business.
But Floyd Meyers failed to let this
effect him when he forsaw the situa-
ton some time ago. He made trip
to Portland, hired stall in the pub
lac market, man to take care of it,
and he butchers, on an average, three
porkers each day, for shipment to his
market stall. By this means he gets
IL cents a pound, dressed, for every
animal he butchers and is jubilant in
the face Of the stock yard depression.
He is not selling in any other way,
being very well satisfied to bank IL
cents a pound for all the meat he can
produce.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-12
HALLoWE EN- GONE, ALSO GATES
Those Missing Property Threaten to
Prosecute Perpetrators.

Hallowe ZEN fun is all well and good
while it remains within the bounds of
fun, but it is predisposition with
youngsters to carry their play too far.
The frolicsome element that trihed
with the peace and quietness of the
city on Hallowe ZEN night lifted sew
eral perfectly good gates from their
hinges, and so securely covered their
hiding places that owners have been
unable to recover their property.
Though gate may be a small thing
in the youthful mind, it is serious
subject with owners, and more than
one whose gate is still missing has
threatened prosecution. unless their
property is returned within the next
few days. 1t seems that the perpe-
traitors of these things that have long
since ceased to be jokes are known, in
several cases, and the owners of the
gates are keeping close tab
on them to determine whether the
is returned within a certain
time. There is very little fooiishness
in the tones in which the owners say
they will bring the reckless lads to
justice unless they return the gates.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-12
ALLAs POLK COUNTY OREGON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12 1911
BUILDING new FENCES
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION KI-
BOSHES FAKE ADVERTISING
Solicitors Must Hereafter Have
Scheme Sanctioned Before Bus
mess Men Contribute.

The elimination of fake advertising
by itinerants who travel over the
country catching the unwary, and
placing the soliciting of money fol
charities, picnics and all other pur-
poses on sound business basis, are
two important features of the recent
ly organized Merchants Retail asso-
citation. From the evidence Of bust
ness people, introduced at the session,
it was clearly shown that the average
merchant annually contributes sever
al hundred dollars to these causes
for which the returns amount
to comparatively nothing. While
no merchant declines to contribute to
worthy causes, the drawing of the
line between the worthy and un-
worthy is difficult to distinguish with
out some investigation, and it is the
purpose of this organization to name
committee to which such matters
may be taken for approval, without
which all contributions will be with
held in the future. This same plan is
successfully operated elsewhere in the
valley, and it is as much in the inter
est of meritorious undertakings as
those of questionable character. I'm
der the proposed new order of things
causes of merit may secure the ap-
proval of the committee by applying
to the secretary or president Of the
association, and when their petition
is so branded the desired support will
be forthcoming from those members
who may elect to make contributions.
Fake advertising has long been a
source of annoyance to merchants of
Dallas, as elsewhere, scarcely a week
passing that some itinerant does not
appear upon the scene with some pub
licity scheme, which is worked with
more or less success. The association
to hereafter give the home
the benefit of their ex-
penditures for publicity, and unless
some proposition of unusual merit is
presented schemes of this character
will be nipped in the bud by the com
mittee, the members of the organiza-
ton not being permitted to tender
their favors, or their money, without
its sanction. AS one member whose
bank account has been dented by this
class of advertising remarked: "This
fake advertising gets us nowhere; I
believe in patronizing the home pa
pers, for they are constantly laboring
to build up the community. and their
efforts in this direction gives us di-
rect returns. In building a fence
around our advertising dollar we are
not only encouraging home industry
and home enterprise, but are showing
our appreciation of what the newspa-
pers are doing for the whole coun-
try."
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-12
GERLINGER BUNK PRAISED.
Dallas Man Has Patent on Unique
Apparatus.

A tribute to log bunk patented
by Carl Gerlinger was paid at meet
ing of representatives of twenty rail-
road companies engaged in the trans
.portation Of logs in this state, before
the public service commission at Port
land on Wednesday. The representa-
tives of the railroad companies were
called together by the commission to
show that the hunks and unloading
devices on their cars measure up to
specifications prescribed by law, com
plant having been made by Labor
Commissioner Hoff. The bunk patent
ed by Mr.. Gerlinger was said to be
the best possible contrivance for the
purpose and was strongly recommend
ed for adoption. Railroad companies
operating in this vicinity which were
cited to appear at the meeting are
the Southern Pacific and the Valley
& Siletz. The Gerlinger patent bunk
was subjected to rigid tests at Wills
burg, some time ago, along with a
large number of other patented and
makeshift hunks. 1t was found by
the labor commissioner to be the SAT-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-12

For two entire days The Observer
staff has been on a continual jump to
answer telephone calls and personal
presentations by those who found the
misspelled word on the bargain page
that appeared for the first time in the
Tuesday issue of the paper. At noon
on Tuesday the rush started and even
now an occasional response comes
from some one who has carefully per-
used the page of interesting and at
tractive ads. in the hope of collecting
the dollar in cash. Although the an
nouncement Offered one dollar to the
first finder to personally present the
mistake at the office there were many
telephone calls. Left Finseth was the
first. however, to detect the mistake
and he collected the cash. The staff
had almost dispaired of getting out
the next issue of the paper when it
hit upon the plan of directing appli-
eants for the award to the merchant
in whose ad. the misspelled word ap-
pears each Tuesday. Therefore, if the
finder of the mistake will personally
present the correction to the mer-
chant, in whose ad. it appears, he will
be given one dollar without further
adoo.
That The Observers special page
of advertisements from a small list
of the eity's enterprising merchants
has attracted the instant attention Of
the people Of Dallas and Polk county
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-12
VACANCY IN FACULTY FILLED
o. /. Shenoweth of Purdue University
Manual Training Teacher.

The board of education having del
egated Superintendent W. l. Ford
with authority to engage a teacher in
the manual training and bookkeeping
departments, Mr.. o. J. Chenoweth,
late student at Purdue university OF
Indiana, has been employed and is now
in the discharge of his duties. Mr.
Chenoweth came hither from Silver
ton, and although this is his first ac-
tual teaching experience, he possesses
those qualifications necessary to sue
cess, and enters upon the work with
determination to get the best pos
sible results. In addition to the du-
ties named it will be incumbent upon
Mr.. Chenoweth to assist in athletics,
and in this line he has had much ex-
perience.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-12
MAY USE ENDOWMENT
DALLAS COLLEGE CONSIDERING
\ CORVALLIS FOR LOCATION.
Would Establish Divinity School to
Replace Defunct Institution
of Learning.

The defunct Dallas college, conduct
ed in this city for number Of years
by the Evangelical church of the
state, and which undertook to form a
consolidation with Philomath college
after it had closed because it could
not meet Standardization require
nents, may take its permanent en-
dowment to Corvallis and there estab-
lish permanent Bible school, to be
conducted along the lines similar to
those Of the Christian church's Bible
school at Eugene. Rev. C. C. Polling,
presiding elder of the Evangelical
church, accompanied by Presiding Ell
der Mumey, this week visited Corval-
lis and presented a proposition to the
commercial body of that place with
ifhis end in view, which is told by the
Times-Gazette in the following:
"Dr. Polling stated he is member
Of a committee appointed to look ovei
the state for a suitable location for
an Evangelical school in some city in
the state of Oregon, where Bible sub
jects may be taught and young people
for the ministry. The com
nittee is to report its findings to the
trustees Of the church at the next
meeting of the conference, which will
be held April l, 1916, at Portland.
The committee, DR.. Polling stated is
kindly disposed to establish the insti-
tuition at one of the cities where
state institution of learning is estab
lished, thereby saving the church
school the expense of operating lib
eral arts department and giving it the
opportunity to devote its entire ener-
zies to the divinity school or depart
ment. According to the statement of
the Portland clergyman it is not a
natter of which city will offer the
biggest bonus, but all things will be
and that Corvallis has the
natural advantages that gives her cit
zens the opportunity to bring the
school to Corvallis if they desire it.
The school, the speaker stated, would
be located somewhere in the neigh
,orhood of the present Evangelical
shurch property, which is across Mon
zoe street from the O. A. c. campus,
md in an ideal location for. divinity
;choOl."
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-12
Courier's Wires Are Crossed.

The Benton County Courier, pub
lished at Corvallis, has its wires cross
ed and as a consequence confounds
the operations of the Oregon Port
land Cement company, whose work of
connecting its quarry near Dallas by
uail is now in progress, with the pro-
ject to manufacture a commercial fer
tilizer from limestone deposits ad-
iacent to the company's holdings. The
one is real, the other prospective. The
Oregon Portland Cement company
will open its quarry here and ship
limestone to Oswego as soon as the
railroad spur of several miles has been
completed, while as regards the fer
tilizer proposition investigations"
are still being made.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-12
QUIRING ASSAULTS DIEHM.
Youth Blacks Eye Of Accuser-Church
is Arena for Fight.

Because he was accused by John
Diehm Of participating in Hallowe ZEN
pranks, John Quiring, Polk Station
youth, assaulted Mr.. Diehm who, as
a result, is nursing a much discolored
eye. Mr.. Diehm, who was no match
for his assailant because of his ply
steal condition, swore out complaint
against Quiring and late yesterday af-
ternoon Justice Holman fined the
youth S. and costs when he pleaded
guilty to the charge. Sheriff Orr ar
Gested Quiring by phone, and the
young man appeared at the court
house on time. The mixup in which
Mr.. Diehm was assaulted occurred on
Sunday at the Mennopite church at
Polk Station, where the fisticuffs at
tracted a good audience.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-12
attracts Much attention

is conclusively indicated from the
great number of replies that came in
response to this cash offer. The page
contains, each week, some very inter
esting announcements from local mer-
chants, and a careful reading Of the
page will not only result in chance
to earn the cash offer but will be the
means whereby customers may effect
marked saving by patronizing the
advertisers. The page will be of es-
pecial interest on the Tuesday pre-
ceding the last Saturday in the month,
when the public sales day will be a
feature of the commercial life Of the
city. On that day the page will an
nounee many bargains that merchants
have to offer to buyers who attend the
Saturday sales day.
Many of the applicants for the
cash award had selected a word Of
which the spelling was perfectly cor
rect. The one mistake, and that for
which the dollar was paid was in the
advertisement of Manoek's drug store,
where the word "balsam" was SPELL
ed "bolsom.r A similar mistake will
appear somewhere on the page each
Tuesday and to the person who first
detects the misspelled word one dol
lar in cash will be given upon presen-
tation of a correction to the merchant
in whose ad. the mistake appears. A
dollar may be easily earned by care
fully reading The Observers bargain
page every Tuesday.