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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-11

Notice of SherifY's Sale on Foreclos-
ure of Water Contract
Continental & Commercial Trust and
Savings Bank. Trustee, Plaintiff.
vs..
Holmes G. Lash and Mrs. Holmes G..
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-11
THE uropIAN SPIRIT.


THE UTOPIAN SPIRIT
Once upon a time there was a story
written OF an Utopian City, which.
though OF course not on the map. has
been claimed by the Richheld Re-
eorder 10 referring to tina. progress
sive little town. We object 10 the
Recorder claiming all this glory. rs
we believe all these western townf
come nearer to being Utopian than
In any other section OF the world. and |
Jerome Is not behind any OF her SIS
ter towns in being able to furnsn
tho material for making just such
city. II we will only practice the fund
amentAl rules necessary foa fuii uh-
derstanding OF what constitutes such
\ city. These are made clear ps '"e
Recorder. as follows: u
lust think Of t. a eompRa III
where the Golden Rule ~ the guide.
for everyone. po .saSs option. everybody
loves Everybody else. no kickers.
nypocr..es. or gossipers. Just one real
big family. no clicks OF clans. All
OF the women just adore one another.
never never turn a cold shoulder. or
snub one OF their sisters. never get
together In some Holier-than- thou
club. vote a few In as members and
nkQt out a. not in our class. but ev-
ady Is i7vitad and welcome TO
1T's els home. And the la
no sooi~' and neighborly
dies OF ~" tract. that is
\Qmen. and make them
nsal pleasure to have
ed show theiI
ck. or gown
q will
bod,
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-11

While everybody is familiar with the
damage done by lightning to trees.
little attention has heretofore been
paid to the effects OF lightning stroke
on herbaceous plants. A recent paper
by L. r. Jones and W. w. Gilbert re-
veals the fact that lightning injury
II rather common In certain crops, es-
pecially cotton and potatoes. Grass.
small grains and maize seem less IL
able to such damage. The lightning
damage to cotton and potatoes fire.
ouently sxtands over roundish spots,
Ia - - -ee rods in diameter. or
groups Oh nsll spots. Although
soIl. or visible RUIZ =, the n,spt
the plant, 1 ia center of
the spot wilt. blacA .,e prompt
ly. while those near .re,S> NAV
i've dsys or weeks. -
-
The British var >oms. has nrobably
I'D its MI OF wariiks ir,sn,s,cr srb
I m,:;saaA \ since Asxus, last, su, o., r
doubts II It has SCI sRSs15he.,ns ~
20 wonderful ~ the machine OF
| Scotch shoemaker in 176<. Details o.
| he instrument are sadly lacking n
~ newspapers OF the period which
described It. but II was announced 81
enabling six men to do as much as
whole regiment Forty-four thousand
shots tn two minutes was its modes
rate OF nre. and by simply touchinI
. spring one could make 1t present
harvest OF bayonets" to the enemy
Further, It could be driven to pieces
in = moment II likely to be captured
and put together in q minute and
half when the danger was past.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-11
SUCCESSFUL FARMING.
BY GOV. ALEXANDRIA

by wv. ALEAAs>DE
Successful farming. like succN esful
business. can only be attained
through the application or elosS at
tention to the tendencies OF the tfu6@s
Md throIsrA Ne adoption os nn''ie
found successful = sewhere.
Idaho farmers arc especially re-
quired to adopt the doctrine OF manu-
facfuring all farm products into a.
ishcd food products. No other sec /
zion OF the world Offers greater op-
portunities for this through the rails
Ing OF cattle. both for dairy and bssf
purposes. than does Idaho.
No other section ~Y1lI enable the
producer to feal q ';1,1s
i .nln.|, ~ ..ssss. .:
|0eS Any e(A6R e peessnt 30
favorable climate - 1oHs.
The wise Idaho farmer wtll. q
the earliest possible opportunity. ~
gin to stock his farm with pure-bred.
high class livestock. seeing to 1t that
tuoTe ID UOtu improvement ia QuaHhy
and increase In numbers year by year
The inexperienced breeder and live.
stock raiser should not make the mis-
take OF jumping into = large business
without experience and without ade'
quate capital. In nearly every In
stance. the beginning should be made
In a small way. but the beginning
should be made. and the quicker the
better
This Is a day of specializing. The
farmer must realize this as we'll al
the business and professional man
He must become a producer of BETTE
cattle. better wheat. better oats. bet
ter timothy and clover seed. In orde
to do SO, he must take better care o
lhiS farm. conserving the soil and pre-
1t for the crops to be produc
short, he must become q stu
kQii production even as he l
successful applier OF tn
he has already gained.
the successful farmer
to be those who farm
as we'll a. with thsi
ired backs.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-11

Notice of Sheriff's Sale on Foreclos-
ure of Water Contract.
Continental 4 Commercial Trust and
Savings Bank, Trustee. Plaintiff,
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-11

Notice OF Sherifrs Sale on Foreclos-
ure OF Water Contract.
Continental & Commercial Trust and
Savings Bank, Trustee. Plaintiff.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-11

The British var >nmo- has probabl,
had its NIL OF wasiiks irvea,,,,cs~ srb
>A4A II since Aurur H.,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-08

equipped to care for them, those Of
ficers argue that even the battleships
could be spared from the defense line
and that no enemy would dare ap-
proach with ships and transports q
coast we'll mined and defended with
land guns as we'll as submarines. The
risks would be too great, the chances
of overwhelming disaster too many.
It is certain that congress will be
asked to provide literally in auxiliary
ships for the present navy, particu.
larly as to parent ships for submarine
flotillas. Navy officers are obtaining
all possible data on German and Brit
ish submarine tenders and may pro.
pose the construction OF several OF
those vessels so designed as to be
able to raise sunken submarines or
even to take abroad and transport for
considerable distances several OF the
title fighting ships. Reports have
reached the United States of several
such ships in the European navies.
It is also probable that a number
of swift scout cruisers will be recon-.
and that consistent cruiser
program will be proposed designed to
give the navy an ample feet of these
ships within a few years. AS yet,
however, there is nothing to indicG tel
the recommendation of battle cruise1s
at this time. The department, 1t is IL.
timated. probably will content itse&3
with laying before congress a full pro
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-08
WAVING A GREETING u
I MAY COST MANS LIFE

Davenport. July 6.-The waving OF
a friendly greeting may cost r. +.
Ryals, Rock Island road brakeman,
his life. Ryals was seated on the
cupola of the caboose when the train,
freight No. 81, passed the Davenport
end of the government bridge Saturs
day morning. A friend on the street
below shouted up. Hello. Bob
Ryals turned around and waved hig
hand. AS he did so the cabooso
passed under signal. which struck
him on the back Of the head. He was
knocked off the car. He Ii still ur,r
conscious and his recovery IL not exr
pected. IL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-08
these two schools of theory, it is said,
the course of the department vii lie
in its recommendations to congress.

the course of the department Will lie
in it's recommendations to congress.
Ohacers who advocate the subma-
rine navy say that 1t is thoroughly
practicable for the United States De-
cause the mission OF the American
navy is to defend the United States
from invasion, not to prepare the way
for an American invasion OF any enc
my country. That. they declare. has
always been the theory of the navy
department and accounts for the fact
that no great efforts have been made
to obtain appropriations for swift
battle cruisers such as those employed
by the British and German navies.
Lacking a merchant marine to be pro-
tected and being q self-contained ma
ton. fully able to support itself with
the resources within its own borders,
they argue that battle cruisers have
not been considered a necessity to the
United States navy and the attention
has been concentrated upon getting
the greatest possible number OF heavy
battleships floating fortresses to de-
fend the coasts. That theory also &C.
counts for the lower speed OF Amerl-
can dreadnaughts, 1t is said. and the
greater concentration OF gun power IN
ships of American design compared
to similar ships abroad.
With fleets Of submarines stationed
along both coasts and with navy yards
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-08
US. Watching Europe;s War
to Get Ideas For Ne1D NQDp

Washington, D. c., July THE nav
al program to be presented to con
gress, in the light Of the lessons Of
the European war, has not been def
nitely framed, notwithstanding the
fact that Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels and his advisers have had the
subject under consideration continu
ously for months.
The building plans for the coming
year will not be completed until the
last moment, when, probably, Presi
dent Wilson will say the final word as
to the number and type Of ships the
navy department will request. Mean.
while Secretary Daniels hopes for
more information from the war zone
upon which the United States can
build with profit and safety
So far little information has been
received to aid the naval constructors
All the belligerents are maintaining
the strictest secrecy as to their plans
or the lessons they have drawn for
themselves from the few sea battles.
American naval attaches at London,
Paris and Berlin have had little op-
portunity to furnish enlightening re-
ports and there have been no foreign
observers aboard any of the war fleets
at sea.
It is said that the American attache
ut Berlin has had opportunity to see
considerable of the work going on in
German yards, but If SO he has been
under the strictest injunctions not to
reveal what he has observed, even. in
official reports, during the continuance
Of the war.
The greatest question that has come
out Of the war is considered by many
American naval officers to be the fu-
ture OF the dreadnaught So far as is
known not a single capital ship has
been engaged and the value Of those
enormously expensive fighting ma
chimes Is still as problematical as 1t
was when England launched the first
lll-big-gun ship, the Dreadnaught.
England's newest superintendent,
the Queen Elizabeth, has bombarded
the forts at the Dardanelles, but so
far as navy department advices 60,
she is the only ship Of her class to
have fired shot SO far.
The reason for that, navy oficers
say. is the full realization Of predic-
lions made for submarines when the
first undersea boat was constructed.
Against those small and comparatively
Inexpensive weapons, no adequate
means OF defense has been found and
the first line ships Of the fighting
nayies are behind mine fields or
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-08
A PLOT, A COUNTERPART :
A KING.
The international Sunday School Les.
son for July II 10 Solomon AnnoInt-
ed King" Kings III; 2:12.
(By William T. Ellis.)

Action and excitement abound in our
lesson story. Old King David was in
his dotage. His Oldest son, Adonijah
began to plot for the throne, although
everybody knew that David had prom
ised It to Bathsheba. How the friends
OF Solomon circumvented the scheme
Of Adonijah by another plot, completes
the story.
The Plotting Of Princes.
Taking advantage of the seclusion
OF King David, in his growing feeble
ness, and indifference to public affairs,
Adonijah began to put himself moro
prominently in the public eye. He rode
forth In state, with royal trappings and
outrunners. Unwarned by the example
of his brother Absalom, he tried to
steal the hearts Of the people. Like
many another politician since, he mis-
took the batteries of the self-seekers
nearest him as the voice of the people.
That willy warrior, old Joab and
shrewd Abiathar the priest, used the
young man as their tool; for they had
evidently entertained the ambition to
be king makers There was nothing in
Adonijah's selfish life to teach him to
see through the designs Of these trait
ors to the king.
Coached by these courtiers, the plot
ting prince planned great feast q
short distance below the city. All the
princes were invited except Solomon,
and most of the leading men of the ma
ton. Zadok, the priest, Nathan the
prophet and Benaiah, the captain Of
the host, and others of David's famous
heroes were not hidden because their
loyalty to the king was known to be
unshakable.
At this great feast It was planned
that the cry should arise, Long live
king Adonijah." The whole affair was
to be given the appearance OF a spon-
taneous outburst of popular opinion,
and on this wave Adonijah was to ride
to the throne. Everything went accord
ing to schedule, except that prompt
action by Solomons party was not
looked for.
The Prophet Who Was a Minute
Man.
Often the criticism is made that
good men are not practical" and that
preachers cannot put through their
own program of reform Here was
Nathan the fearless prophet who had
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-08

screens Of torpedo boats and destroy
ers leaving active work OF the war to
the older pre-dreadnaught battleships
the battle cruisers and lighter and
less expensive craft
When the first maneuvers OF the
American navy, In which submarines
participated, took place, some officers
declared the day Of the battleship had
passed. In theory every big ship
which approached shore during those
operations was destroyed. Events of
the European war, so far as they are
known, apparently bear out that as
sumption OF the superiority of sub
marines and that is proving vexing
problem in deciding what shall be the
future American policy of naval con.
struction.
Navy engineers now are deeply en-.
gagged with experiments looking to the
discovery of some practical defense
against submarine attack. Should
they find q solution of the problem,
the big ship program will be vindicat-
ed. While nothing has been revealed
Of their experiments, 1t is assumed
that questions of greater subdivision
of bulls and stronger bulkheads, Of
armor to extend about the midship
section Of battleships below the water
line and capable of resisting the blow
of modern torpedo and also the To-
cation of submarines at consider
able distance and their pursuit by
swift, light, easily handled craft such
as destroyers are being considered.
The latter defense is the only practi-
cal one which seems to have met with
any success abroad, 80 far as is
known, yet officers here point out
that at best it is like searching for
needle in q haystack and that the de-
stroyer defense does not meet the
problem in anything like an adequate
way.
Location and destruction Of subma.
rines by aeroplanes also is considered
impractical in any but special cases
where weather, depth Of water and
other conditions make 1t possible.
Bomb dropping from aeroplanes, even
over far reaching land Notifications
and other easily visible stationary OBJ.
jects, has not proven so successful
as to give much promise where
small, dimly visible shape beneath
the surface Of the water Is the target.
Similarly, submarine against sub
marine is not considered possible
Of undersea warfare un-
less some new and startling device to
give submarine commanders the pow
er of underwater vision is discovered.
A submarine is blind thing, once its
periscope is below the surface. One
OF the novel exploits Of the war, how
ever, was the sinking of an Italian
submarine by an Austrian underwater
boat. The reports Of the encounter,
however. were not sufficiently COM
plete to indicate the value of that sort
of warfare.
The result of the development OF
the submarine with widening range of
action. mounting disappearing guns
for surface action, and with increas-
ing numbers Of torpedo tubes are
shown by reports from Europe. has
been to create school of naval Of
f1cers here who are said to be urging
the abandonment OF dreadnaught
building in favor of huge submarine
fleet other off1cers declare the back
bone of a navy must always be In first
line battleships and are urging larger
and more heavily armed dreadnaughts
than ever. Some place-between
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In the Religious World
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

rebuked King David for his sin; surely
he was merely a fearless. unsafe deal
err in abstract righteousness Not a
bit of It, When 1t came to real EN-
cheney he proved himself superior to
Joab and Abiathar and all the rest OF
the gang of court politicians.
His program was simple. First he
told the person most interested, Bath
sheba, the mother Of Solomon, OF the
plot to deprive her son Of his promised
throne. Then, with her wit added to
his they arranged that both Of them
should 60 in to the king in succession,
and stir him to recollection of his
promise. They trusted the aroused
spirit of David to do the rest
And 1t did. Once awakened to a
knowledge of the plot, the king gave
swift orders for the immediate coro-
nation of Solomon, on that very day.
The thing was done king fashion:
"And King David said, Call me
Zadok the priest, and Nathan the
prophet, and Benaiah the son OF
Jehoiada. And they came before
the king.
"The king also said unto them,
Take with you the servants Of your
lord, and cause Solomon my son
to ride upon mine own mule and
bring him down to Gihon:
''And let Zadok the priest and
Nathan the prophet anoint him
there king over Israel; and blow
ye with the trumpet, and say. God
save king Solomon.
Then ye shall come up after
him, that he may come and sit
upon my throne; for he shall be
king in my stead: and have ap-
pointed him to be ruler over
Israel and over Judah.
"And Zadok the priest took an
horn of oil out Of the tabernacle,
and anointed Solomon. And they
blew the trumpet; and all the
people said, God save king Solo.
mon.
"And all the people came up at
ter him, and the people piped with
pipes, and rejoiced with great Joy,
SO that the earth rent with the
sound Of them
That noise reached the consptrators
at their feast, and drove the 1cicle OF
terror into their hearts. The true quail
ity of these selfish politicians was re-
vealed for Then all the guests Of
Adonijah were seized with terror and
rose up and each went his way" An
hour ago the prince seemed the most
popular man in the kingdom; now he
san ctuary at the horns of the altar
is forsaken by all, and forced to seek
where he won the pardon Of his
brother
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-08
BELLEVUE PLANS TO
OIL STREETS OF TOWN

Bellevue, July GA meeting 81
citizens and business men was held
to talk over the proposition Of placing
oil on the streets not being served ~
the water sprinkler. Enough sign
ers were secured to subscription list
to warrant the purchase Of 1000 gal
Ions Of oil to cover at least ten blocks,
most Of which will be In the residence
section. j. II. Ottens was elected
president of the association and j. s.
Becker secretary.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-08
SWALLOWS WOOD ALCOHOL.

Fort Madison, July 7.-Despondent
after quarrel with her sister, Nancy
Jones decided to kill herself and swal
lowed what she thought was wood al
cohol and was found later in ssupor.
Doctors were summoned and upon ex-
animation Of the supposed wood alco.
hol found it was poor grade of the
drug store brand and not wood alco-
hol. Miss Jones is now suffering with
q headache.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-08
WOMAN ESCAPES FROM FLAMES

Iowa City, July IAN exploding
lamp ignited the attic at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Servoss and i'm
periled the latter, who was searching
In the garnet with the lamp In her
hand. She fed before the flames
could envelop her, however, and es.
capped unframed. The fire department
extinguished the flames little later,
limiting the DAMAGE to less than 500.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-08

instruction. The reason for this Is
the twelve weeks normal training and
the industrial training now required
by law of aspirants for the uniform
county teachers certificate. The old
type of normal institute has been abol-
ished and those who had been attend
ing them are now regularly enrolled
in summer schools.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-08
MANY ATTENDING
SUMMER SCHOOLS

Des Moines, July There is q
greater attendance at the summer
schools: in the state this year than in
any yaer past, according to A. NJ.
Deyoe. state superintendent Of public
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-08
Obituary

Mrs. Emiline johnson.
Mrs, Emiline Johnson of Charlton,
died THIS morning at the Ottumwa hos
pital s o'clock at the age of 40
years.. She is survived by her hus-
band, B. G. Johnson.
The remains were taken to Charlton
this 6orning on Burlington No. 5
where funeral services and burial will
be hell.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-08
Edgar Daaaett.

The funeral Of Edgar Daggett will
be hid Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock from the Daggett chapel, con-
Quoted by Rev. e. J. Shook. The serv-
ices al the grave will be In charge OF
the EN- IS.
Intel ment will be made in Ottumwa
cemet4y.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-08

sentatlpn of the arguments for and
again4 that type.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-22
TACOMA SCHOOLS
Seattle Divided
on Dance Issue

and U. G. Murphy, of the Amrei-
can Bible society.
George H. Walker spoke In ia
vor of the dance.
When looking back over my
childhood" he said, my keenest
regret Is that / never learned to
dance. My parents were old Puri-
tanical stock"
Superintendent Cooper. of the
Seattle schools, explained that the
board believed better supervision
could be had of dances held In the
schools than over those held in
public dance halls, and therefore
advocated use of the buildings for
such affairs.
Several others spoke in favor { (
the dance. Among them were
Miss Mary L. Hard, in charge Of
the girls gym at the Broadway
High school; Principal T. r. Cole,
OF the Broadway, and Miss Eliza
beth Rowell, head of the history
department of the same school.
The contention OF the opposi-
tion was that dances called for
more or less costly gowns and
dress suits, and those who could
not afford these were socially os-
TRACKED.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-22
RACE DATES
BUT WEsCAN EXPECT
REAL Speed IN 1916

With no date fixed upon as
yet, the Tacoma Speedway asso-
citation will next year stage It's
two days automobile races on
whatever days they are told to
by the Speedway Association of
America.
1t is probable that the races
will not be held until early in
August. However, it is up to the
dictates of the owners of large
eastern speedways, who have first
call on the big RAGS drivers of the
world. It's sure that Tacoma will
get races, il the Speedway associa-
tion goes after them. And since
the Tacoma speedway is affiliat-
ed with the national association
of speedways, it Is also certain
that big drivers will come here.
Because. under rules of the asso-
the drivers must race on
each course during the season. or
be disbarred from organized auto
racing.
George Dunn, secretary of the