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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-11-25

some good bread, even If we did not win any OF
the medals.
MY mother advised me to use compressed yeast.
/ was to bake two loaves and use milk as a liquid
for my first attempt at bread baking. / scalded
the milk aid cooled II TO the temperature OF 95 de-
grees, Fahrenheit. l then poured a quartef Of
the cooled liquid over a cake of compressed yeast,
and the remainder over two teaspoonfuls OF salt,
four of sugar and two Of butter. Next, mixing
thoroughly, l added the yeast and enough flour
10 make a dough that could be easily handled on
the mixing board. l then kneaded il until it was
smooth and elastic and would not stick to the
hands.
After putting the dough in a buttered bowl l
placed 1t in a pan of warm water, about 100 de-
grees Fahrenheit, and covered the dough with a
clean towel. When the bread had risen to double
its bulk l kneaded it down so as to distribute the
gas evenly throughout the whole, and allowed 1t
to rise again. When again double its bulk /
kneaded it lightly on the board and shaped the
dough into two loaves. / placed the loaves into
buttered individual bread tins. and put them in a
warm place. When light l placed the loaves in a
moderate oven, allowing the bread to rise during
the first ten minutes.
I'm fifteen minutes the bread began to brown,
and at the end of twenty-five minutes l very
slightly decreased the temperature of the oven.
When the bread had been in the oven for an hour
| removed it, brushing it with butter, and put
the loayes across the tops of the tins to cool SO
that the air could circulate round them.
This was my first lesson in bread making, and
the bread was even better than expected. After
several bakings l overcame the awkwardness, so
that when the time for entering the contest came
/ surprised the girls very much by working as IL
it were a customary Aeusehold duty with me-"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-11-25
POTATOES In WESTERN NEW YORK

During the past week l have been on two long
rides; the first of over 100 miles In Monroe and
Orleans counties and the second of about 175
miles in Monroe, Ontario and Cayuga counties, and
l have never seen such a perfect blight of potatoes
in all my life. Ia all that riding of 275 miles
through the section OF the state where there are
raised hundreds Of carloads / have not seen six
fields which are green today. Occasionally a
field would show some green, and one field which
we know has been sprayed all summer is about
one half to three-quarters green, and it Is far and
away the best field we saw. ! do not believe the
crop will be one-half normal, and many fields
will not pay for digging. If other parts of the
potato growing section are as bad we do not see
why they should not be as high in price as any
time in the past ten years. The government put
the crop in this state a little over two-thirds of
a year ago, but that was based on the condition
of the crop before the rust struck 1t. / doubt If
it is over one-third of last years crop II all sec
lions are as badly blighted as Western New York.
C. l. in Rural New Yorker.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-11-25
OREGON CHAMPIONS.

Th%urston, Oregon. is the home Of last years
state champion canning team. At the beginning
of the season four clubs in Lane county, includ-
ing about fifty members in all. enrolled in the
work.
Selections of ~five-member teams were made
from each Of the clubs, and the four teams worked
in competition at the local fair. Meantime another
series of elimination contests were being held in
Marion COUNTY to select the county champion team.
The winners of these two county contests later
conducted public canning demonstrations at the
state fair, and the Thurston team won. The dem
onstrations attracted hundreds of visitors. County
Agriculturist Floyd w. RAIDER, in charge Of the
winning team, says this contest has done much to
emphasize the Importance of the canning-club
work, to familiarize the public with the movement
and to bring out the importance of home canning
to the women and girls of the northwestern states.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-11-25
A COWHIDE DIPLOMA.

George Campbell. a senior in the Kansas ag-
ricultural college, hopes to receive a cowhide in
stead OF a sheepskin when he is graduated next
June.
He has asked for this unique diploma not only
because he is specializing In dairy husbandry.
but more especially because he is the owner Of
a prosperous dairy which retalls the milk and
dairy staples produced by the college.
When Campbell entered college In 1911 he was
faced by the prospect OF making his own way.
Al that time the dairy department was a losing
proposition. little milk was on sale, and there was
no system In disposing Of the butter and cream.
Campbell canvassed the immediate neighborhood.
found a dozen prospective customers, and arranged
with the college authorities for a wholesale price
ON milk.
Campbell soon had n milk route started, doing
his own pasteurizing. As soon as he could af-
ford 1t he bought an old horse for forty dollars
and extended his route,
In 1918. when a junior. he built a cement dairy.
having joined a building and loan association to
finance the operation. The route grew with the
cal ge attendance until II numbered seven hun
dred customers. when he hired a fellow student
to deliver the morning and evening milk.
At the close OF the fiscal year 1915, the Camp
bell dairy employed three people steadily and was
rated at $4,000. Campbell will have a business
to turn TO when he graduates.
II want . cowskin diploma instead of q sheep
skim" said Campbell. "for reasons OF sentiment.
l owe all rye got to the helpful COW Why shouldn't
l have a spwhide next Junef"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-11-25

its management. The financial success or its
failure largely depends on the selecting and con-
Quoting what is called the free attractions. They
shall be clean, wholesome, entertaining, and, If
possible, new and exciting, for the general pub
lie is becoming extremely exacting in this re-
spect.
All the time the educational features should be
remembered as the real back bone of the agricul-
tural fair. The premiums should be sufficiently
large to attract the average producer and to cre-
ate a friendly rivalry between exhibitors, but
should not be so great as to make it profitable for
professional exhibitors. The exhibitor who makes
the fair a success is the one who is attracted by
pride to compete for honor and possibly suffic-
lent premiums TO cover expenses.-0rchard and
Farm.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-11-25
FALSE ECONOMY.

Patrons of the rural delivery route need be on
their guard that In the cutting down of the post
office expenses their deliveries are not so altered
that they will be Of little account. In this county,
where there has been an unusually good service,
with a chance for letters to be received and ans
wered promptly. one man has been made to do
what three were doing previously to Oct. l, with
the result that letters collected after nine o'clock
are not sent from the office until 7 p. m. Formerly
they were never later than $50. There are now
800 boxes to be served and a runabout auto will
not shelter the mail and packages. What this
carrier will do near the holiday time remains to
be seen. Had some regard been paid to the needs
OF the patrons and two men tried out first for
these 300 boxes it would not have been go incon-
venient. Persons having important letters must
now go to the office if they wish their mail at a
reasonable time. as 1t Is far from good business
to have to wait until long after noon to mail
their letters. Is this a move to make the rural
routes unpopular and of less value to our farming
sections? 1t looks like it to some of us.-H. Bur-
lington County, n. J.
This refers to the plan of the p~ostoffice depart
ment TO reduce expenses by substituting long au-
to routes for the present system Of rural delivery.
1t is easy to save a dollar in cash, and at the same
time throw away five dollars In convenience and
real service. There is a growing conviction that
much OF this so-caled economy is organized for ,
political purposes in order to make a public show
ing. The people do not want that sort Of economy
they want service. There is much serious and
deserved criticism Of the parcel post system. Not
long since the New York post office sent us a load
Of empty sacks in which mail was to be shipped.
In these empty sacks we found IL pieces of mail.
including one photograph. and two packages Of
butter which had been sent by parcel post and
never taken from the bag. 1t was a clear case of
carelessness without excuse. and we have no doubt
that there are many like IT. The only explanation
Offered was that this bag came from some smsla
station with only these few packages in IT, and
that the clerks huridly dumped it-pobably at
the time specializing on the outcome of the great
baseball championship.-Rural New Yorker.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-11-25
THE RECIPE OF A CHAMPION.

The Sank Rapids bread club of Sank Rapids.
Minnesota, not only won the title of champion
bread club of class A for the state last year. but
enjoyed the honor of having one Of its indi-
vidual members carry off the state championship
as we'll. Helen riergolla In her story gives her
method Of bread baking for the benefit OF those
who were not 80 successful.
"Our local miller offered three medals Of gold.
silver and bronze. respectively. to the three best
breadmakers." she, writes. All Of US girls were
very much interested when we first heard the
good news. and decided to work hard to make
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-11-25
NATION WIDE MOVE FOR FARM CREDITS

Initial steps toward organizing a national as
s~ociation to bring about rural credits for farmers
of the United States were taken at a massmeeting
at the Panama-Pacific exposition which was at
tended by many delegates Of the International
Irrigation congress and the National Drainage
congress.
Myron T. Herrick of Ohio, former ambassador
to France, was suggested as the head of the
proposed association. committee OF four was
named to discuss details Of organizing the as
ISOLATION, which will be formed with a view Of
centralizing on a plan whereby the farmer will be
the chief benefactor.
The committee consists of Mortimer Fleishhack-
er, banker, San Francisco; Professor Elwood Mead.
of the University of California; c. E. Grunsky. civil
engineer, San Francisco; c. M. Wooster, real
estate dealer, San Francisco.
Mr.. Herrick, the principal speaker at the
meeting, talked of rural credits from the View
point of the banker. He favored a credit system
under state supervision, but without state aid.
James D.. Phelan, United States senator from
California, said he believed a government agency
must be employed to bring about cheaper money
and that in this endeavor to aid the farmers OF
this country the people must enlist the assistance
of state or federal governments. Senator Phelan
said banking interests could not be looked to as
q ~ uo ~
found unsuccessful.
Professor Mead spoke on rural credits, favor1ng
state aid. He reviewed the progress In the state
of Victoria, Australia, where for years he was In
charge of colonization and where the state aided
men eager to cultivate the soil or raise live stock
Improvement of conditions generally began, he
said. soon after the rural credits plan was adopt
ed in Australia. The system put 10 men on farms
where there had been but one perore It's incep-
ton.
Other speakers were Colonel e. j. Watson, OF
South Carolina, president of the National Drain
age congress and the Southern Cotton congress.
who advocated an extension of the regional bank
ing system to provide for the farmer as 1t does
at present for the merchant, and James Madison.
president of the California Associated Raisin COM
pany, who favored cooperation among the farmers.
The meeting, called at the conclusion of the
meetings of the irrigation congress and the drain
age convention, to give the delegates and members
opportunity to hear prominent speakers on the
subject of rural credits, was presided over by
Chester Fl. Rowell, editor of the Fresno Republic
can. Mr.. Rowell said the meeting was to bridge
the gap between the financial interests and the
farmer, to finance the men who owns a farm and
to assist the landless man who has no capital.
Suggestion that a committee be appointed to
take action toward a national movement in bring
ing about rural credits was made by Mr.. Fleish-
hacker, and just before the adjournment Chair
man Rowell announced the committee, which La
to take the task in hand.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-11-25
THE AGRICULTURAL FAIR

The American Agricultural fair has become an
institution Of influence widely %diffused. strongly
felt and OF most important instrumentality.
The agricultural fair is the farmers convention.
AS a whole, 1t As the only medium through which
he or the stsckraiser, the manufacturer. artist or
any other producer can show the results Of his
labors In competition. and there is no keener ed
ucation known to man than to have lost liz COM
petitive exhibition and know wherein he lost.
The agricultural fair is an educator in that 1t
gives to the young practical object lessons on all
subjects. 1t teaches as We have not yet reached
the limit of Improvement OF our resources. 1t
shows us how to get better results from diversi-
ficaton and experimenting, as well as through
concentration. 1t gives us knowledge of the gen.
eral resources Of the different sections Of our
country. 1t makes better farmers and better
farms. better livestock, better machinery. and In
general, better results.
It is for every observing person a summer school
where he gains valuable knowledge as to what is
going on about him. 1t is a rendezvous for the
farmer, the stock man and the business man from
the remotest districts, at which they study and
discuss advanced Ideas and the resources as are
shown by the exhibits. each one imbued with the
get-together spirit or reciprocity so noticeable
progressive agricultural fair.
Education and Amusement
There are two prime features to consider in
promoting fairs. They are educational and am
usement One Is entirely dependent upon the 9TH
err. With the amusement we seek to draw the at
tendance to view and study the exhibits which
show the resources and advancement of the coun-
try. The amusement features arc as essential to
the successful fair as are the recess and play
ground to the school, and without them the At
tendance will be small and the opportunity to &C
complish the greatest good will be lost.
And let me say that In the secretion Of attrac-
tons for 4 fair lies the real test Of the ability Of
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-11-25

and John D. Isaak, who are or have been within recent
years, members of the village board OF trustees, should
be removed from the county, what would be worth saving
of what was left? Would not the entire population then,
or almost all of it, consist of ~loafers, ne'erdo-Wells, and the
class that furnishes about all the work of our criminal
courts? Most certainly; and of these not one per cent could
borrow $40 on their Individual notes from any bank IN
fhe county: not five per cent could get credit for a bill
of groceries at any store in the county. Not five per
cent would be familiar with the inside OF a church. Flfty
per cent or more would believe that the schools were an
awful burden on taxpayers and should be curtalled IN
scope and limited as to length of term. Ninety nine per
cent of those left would denounce the employment OF
detectives or spoilers" to catch bootleggers or other law
~violators. What would there be of such a society worth
preserving? Would the average citizen like to be q mem
Der of that kind of a community? Everyone who is robbed
of his good name, who is placed under unjust suspicion,
contributes toward the building of that kind OF a commu-
nifty. When men who are among our best citizens, true
types in character and worth as are those named above
not beyond making mistakes, but whose purposes are wor-
thy, and who use their best judgment in the transaction
of public business-are continually being made victims OF
criticism by inuendo, is it not about time for the public TO
take a hand by frowning upon such practices! The mo-
tives behind such unjustifiablec criticisms as have been pub
lished is to gain popular favor. Whenever it is made ap-
parent that popular favor will not come through a contin-
uation of such tactics they will come to a sudden end. "A
newspaper is controlled by its readers. They do not neces-
sarily walk into the editorial sanctum and issue orders as
to what to print, or what policy to adopt, but they control
by continuing to patronize, or by refusing to patronize. No
paper can exist without patronage, and II people dlsap-
prove of the policy of any publication strongly enough to
refuse to read it when it outrages their sense OF decency,
the policy will change or the paper suspend. The contents
of a paper indicate the character of its readers. Ii 1T deals
in Islander and they continue to read it, it is because they
like SANDER; if it deals in misrepresentation, those who
adhere to it and defend it do so because they like mlsrepre-
sntation. People are guided by their ideals. Their ideals
govern the selection of their reading matter; and when
any paper which deals in misrepresentation, in fault-find-
ing and carping criticism, becomes a factor in any COM
munity, it stamps that community as being numerically
strong in people of a like kind.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-11-25

Do not overlook the revival services that will come to a
close Sunday night. Something over 100 members, it is be-
lieved have been added to the church membership Of
American Falls, and a moral impetus impaired that
will be enduring.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-11-25

Men are not perfect, and those with the best inten-
tions may fall into error. 1t is the part of good citizen
ship to remember this fact. Questioning the motives
of men, and bringing under suspicion their motives and
their worthiness of purpose is a serious matter, and has
no Justification except positive proof Of criminal intent.
Proof should be furnished before the shaft of suspicion is
aimed. A mere difference of opinion is not sufficient.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-11-25

Judgment should be suspended on the appeals filed by
Prosecuting Attorney Baird against actions OF the COM
missioners until the courts pass upon the matter. 1t is
a question of a difference of opinion, in which either may
be wholly or partly wrong. There can be no question
but that the highway commissioners believed that they
were acting legally, and were contracting with a duly
authorized agent of the county, when they expended the
money in building the 80 miles of road beyond the linn
its of the highway district. There can be no question
but that the securing of the building of the county's part
of the road at actual cost was a good move from a purely
business standpoint. There can be no question that the
road was needed, nor that it was properly located and a
been "A dream for the past ten years, leading into that
section, and much work looking to that end has been
done in years past. The only merit in the contention is,
was this needed Improvement procured in the right and
legal way, and whether the cost of construction was
equitably distributed.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-11-25

1t is to be hoped that every reader of the Press will
take note of the list Of fraudulent patent medicines that
is printed in this issue. Patent medicine is about the
best common article of commerce that can be kept out
of the home. Even if the medicine is good for the pur-
pose for which it is intended to be used, it is no doubt
more often used when it does not fit the case than when
it does. The family doctor is the cheapest in the end,
and the best all the time.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-11-25

OF the three "indisputable' reasons advanced by the
News for calling a grand jury, one is found to be a prac-
tice that can not be defended, but which has been the
rule here, and involves no intent to do wrong, and no
monetary loss to the public One comes under the jurisdic-.
ton of the ~postoffice department, and the only penalty
that can be enforced is to withdraw second-class mailing
privileges. The offense alleged is not an indictable Of
tense, and a grand jury could take no notice of it. The
third reason is shown to be no violation of the law. The
opportunity is open to the News to admit its wrong po-
sition, as it said it would do, if shown to be wrong. AS
for the complaint of the News that it's editor has been
misrepresented by the Press, the only thing that can be
said was that the sworn testimony of the News editor
was printed, and if his testimony was true he was not
misrepresented. 1t is for him to say.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
Public Opinion Settles Strikes.

Mr. Kruttschnitt expressed the view
that public opinion settled most strikes
and generally gave correct decision.
He suggested the need Of q vehicle by
which both sides of labor contro-
versy could he presented to the public.
remarkng that such an agency was
available in Canada.
Mr.. Comerford stated that of 1l6
cases of strikers defended by him IL
resulted in acquittals, mot through
any cleverness of mine, but on the
merits Of the cases The arrests APP
pealed more TO the news instincts Of
the editors than the dsmissais. how
ever and the fact that il3 of the men
were innocent received far less pub
licity than the facts of their arrests
Il do not attempt to criticise the
newspapers in this counection-it Just
happened that way. the witness con-
tlnued Yet public opinion is in
tiuenced against the strikers Just ~
proportion as their arrests We're more
widely published than their acqulttals.
"One page Of the metropolitan adver
Using which the railroads bought
broadcast would take a years salary
Of shopman. We believe in public
opinion, as Mr.. Kruttschnitt does. but
these facts speak for themselves.
Mr.. Comerford said Illinois Central en-
ployes were scattered along the railroad
towns iii influential positions. Lemon 4
Lemon. Clinton. Ill, attorneys for the
road at that point control clinton's poll
.cs" asserted the lawyer The mayor of
the town is paid surgeon Of the road.
and the business incomes OF other of
ficials of the city depend to some extent
on the railroad. Ii seems unlikely. II
this connection, that honest mistakes were
made In the arrests OF lis men out Of
fl6"
The witness said that coal mines which
, ould not Obtain sufficient cars from the
Illinois Central because Of the strike sued
he railroad and recovered damages. Bur
Tor the miners who We're thrown out Of
work by the same cause there was no WAY
10 recover, SAID he.
The hearing will ne resumed Monday,
with Mr. COmerford on the stand
Evening star., 1915-04-11
ACCUSED OF FORGERY.
Thomas 6. Burch Held Here for
Richmond Police.

Thomas =. Burch, thirty-fiye Years
Old, who occupied an apartment at the
Northumberland, was arrested vester-
day afternoon by Detectives Berman
and Cornweil and held for the Rich
moftd. Va, authorities. i message
from III" Richmond soiiee conveyed the
Information that Eirch IS wanted III
that city 10 answer charge Of fore-
ery.
when placed under arrest Burch eaId
that Il is alleged that while working
tot tlG. Richmond Realty Conpanv he
f,slSed q check FROM Sl.iQ6 to 81 700
He expressed IA Willingness to return to
Richmond without demanding a requi-
sttlou, and the authorities of that civ
were So uotified
IT, - probable that his wife VIII re-
t4tn to Richmond when her husband
H. taken there she was residing tt
the \arthHHberlaud with him. They
have n""n married ouiy ! few months