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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
~ p; Hon Raron Readins Iord Chief Justice of England

in dealing with international issues Oh
q Diplomatic or legal characterJ but
there is no recorded instance OF any
one of them having been intrusted with
national or international financial
functions. Not only has the govern
ment of Great Britain chosen Its FlrsO
Chief Justice to head the skilful imam
ciers who have come to the United
States to negotiate the greatest imam
cial transaction the world has ever
known, but the governments OF France
and Russia have Endorsed that appoint
ment and have made their own repre-
eentatives subordinate in official char
acter to the eminent British jurist who
so worthily presides over their delib-
erations.
Although descended, on the pater-
nal side, from ancient Portuguese Jew
ish stock, the Mendozas (from whom
also sprang the D'Israelis), Lord Read
ing is essentially a man of the people,
having had no family influence beyond
the circumstance that his uncle was
Lord Mayor OF London to aid him In
obtaining the proud position he now
occupies. On the other hand, his sue
cess in life seems to have reflected on
many of his family connections, some
of whom have also become celebrated
in their particular spheres Of labor.
II is probably not generally known
that one Of the sisters Of Lord Read
ing. herself an artist OF no mean or
der. is the wife Of Alfred Sutro, the
well known dramatist, who suddenly
emerged from the obscurity OF Minc-
ing Lane produce brokers' Office to the
position of a leading English play
wright; that another sister is a jour
nalist in Paris, who ranks with her
husband decorated some years ago
with the Legion of Honor as a rec
ognized authority on art and music;
that still another was for many years
the lady editor Of an important Len
don newspaper, and that Leonard Mer-
rick, the novelist, whose works are
rapidly becoming as popular in the
United States as they are in Englanl
and her colonies, is a first cousin.
Throughout his career at the bar
and even to a larger extent during hi:
tenure Of the Offices of Solicitor Gen
eral and Attorney General, the talent.
of Rufus Isaacs were never diverted
to an unfair purpose, nor in the many
important criminal cases, including
that of DR.. Crippen, in which he ap
peared as leading counsel for th'
Crown, did he ever permit the use OF
any statement or the commission Of
. any act that might have savored Of
unfairness TO the accused person. Hi'
standard of conduct in his profcs
sional capacity as in all his puzzle
and private activities, has always beer
of such a degree as TO win for him
the coveted description OF being a.
English gentleman" in the best sense
OF that term. To the English people
Lord Reading represents something
more than the courts Of Justice. HI
is recognized as one who has don,
honor TO his country and has shed lus
tire upon his race. y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-19
Rv JOSEPH / c. CLARKE.

Enhancement ceremonies mark
-. formal accession Of an Emperor
- -, throne Of Japan TO be appre-
80 rpst first he erasped in their
c. 80 I, is not merely that OF q
80. direct human descendant Of
.,sroker line Of seventy-hve gen
.o,s OF rulers stretching back 20
uists o. history and beyond, but
-,.l;,r 20 the japanese mind in
s,l,.lv greater. For In the far mystic
-, ~ etcrrsl golden sunshine-the
- Of The oldeu gods-which lies
~, A. record and tradition even, the
:. II faith sees the dazzling, mighty
,.,.gosdess. Amsterasu O-Miksmi,
,..,,e the descendant OF her son on
=. .Sro-e ia che land Of Yamato.
e., hin. J.uuH Tonne. thus divinely
s,.-es3 ~ rule. Che believing eye sees
.ts lire o. IN .arr~ come down the ages
=. ,bs se.eIar da,- 7f the present. But
.t,..tf.-. .La th-thTllcd MIND
.... the rco2'e Of lamato, sprung, too,
or, divine conceptions, covering the
.:s.,s mastering tre mountains and
,-.--.-~ the seas of tre Island Empire
.t.I. Rising Sun And from that natal
L. ~ che sur -hc~ottcD race the Jap
80 hero'5s che first generation pass
80. 80 working world % the world IN
sole. each sou becoming one Of the
d
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-02

FOR LONE DAY REST IN SEVEN"
Unemployed ranks will dwindle in
numbers if the Illinois legislature
passes the zone day of rest in seven
bill which the American Association
for Labor Legislation will have intro
duced.
The proposed law requires that
every employer grant each one of
his workmen at least-one day off duty
in every week. There are thousands
in the steel mills, stock yards and
mines who now labor through the
year with never a day of rest.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-02
In New York the law has been de-
clared constitutional -aIs

American relief prevented whoIe-
sale starvation in Belgium says ReRE
John B. de Vile, asst pastor ST.
John Brechman Catholic church,
2517 Logan blvd, just returned from
Belgium. gd7
Wife of Dr.. Duro Guca, 1875 S. Hall
sted, who accompanied husband to
Austrian battle line, dead in army
camp of scarlet fever, after nursingg
husband through disease
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03
THE COTTAGE
A GOOD HOTEL

Among the institute, MS contribut-
ing to the material comfort and well
fare of this county is The Cottage
Hotel at Blackfoot. Always the lead
ing hotel it is the more markedly
SO under the present management.
Providing for the present, yet look
ing to the future, 1t is being operated
for the best possible service for today
and plans are maturing for extensions
and improvements to keep not only
abreast of the times but substantially
in advance. The management Is OPP
timisitic for the future of the COM
munity and its commercial prestige
and seeks to make it more desir-
able place to live and transact busi-
ness by reason of the presence and
activity of The Cottage Hotel and Its
corps of workers.
A substantial proof of the pro-
gressive spirit perva ling tho house
is found in the announcement In this
issue of its gift of $40 in gold to
the person giving the best ideas as
to tho merits of the articles on
farming and better country homes In
this edition. The offer was sert
over to us early when they learned
that we were to issue this edition for
the benefit of the farming interests
of the county and it is ready for
you if your ideas prove to be the
best. Somebody will receive it soon.
For particulars see, Gold For You,"
elsewhere in this edition.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03

a combing of this kind and for such
there is no remedy better than the
shovel in a muscular hand. If the
second cultivation is made in the d.
rection the water should run, in case
the seed crop Is irrigated, 1t will
greatly aid irrigation. The best way
to produce NEEDLESS seed of alfalfa.
or other crops. is never to let the
weeds get to the thresher.
Dodder. buckhorn and mustard are
the chief seeds of weeds that cause
alfalfa seed to be condemned. Dock
cannot be removed in seed cleaning,
but grows mainly in low places and
should be cut out with hoe or shovel
1t pays to NOW all ditch banks, cut
ting two more widths on each side
of the ditch and thereby removing
the weeds brought by irrigation
water, and the alfalfa which would
make more hay than seed.
Our alfalfa seed crop has for sew
eral years produced gross income of
$50 per acre and considering the
labor and cost there are few crops
that will give a greater net income
on tracts 40 acres in extent or larger,
Should the editor of The Republi-
can. or other inquisitive party,
chance this way, he could be shown
five-acre tract Of Grimm alfalfa that
produced over $3.50 per acre in cash
the past year. besides the value of
the chat left from theshing, prod
uct worth more than half the value
of choice hay per ton. 1t is not,
however, our aim to boast of the i'm
mense yield on a few acres, but an
nually to cut down the acres of waste
idle land and make every acre pro-
duce more. Our aim in seed selling
is long list of satisfied buyers who
come back. each year for more. It's
not only a long, long was to Tip
perary, but to the realization of our
dreams. There is a great future for
the seed grower for the Springfield
section if they continue to do what
can be done to supply the demand
for pure alfalfa seed.
have a word of caution for the
man who proposes to raise alfalfa
seed The tendency Is to seed too
thick. 1t is my belief that if a field
were set to plants, one alfalfa plant
per square yard, and cultivated both
ways like corn, watered once and al
lowed to stool and branch out freely,
it would raise heavy crop of alb
solutely pure we'll developed seed.
The plants do best where they are
three feet apart.
A. J. SNYDER.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03

and let us now turn to the Oregon
Short Line of today, as a part of the
Union Pacific system, keeping in mind
always that uniformity, of operat-
ing perfection is maintained on all
units of this great system. AS first
outline of its scope, it may be inter-
esting to note that the Union Pacific
system is the great central railroad
feeder of the west, extending from
Kansas City and, Omaha on the east,
to Butte, Montana, and Seattle, Ia
coma, Portland and Spokane in the
northwest, operating through some
portion of the states of Kansas, Neb-
raska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Ida
no. Montana, Oregon and Washing
ton. 1t is the backbone Of the west
ern half of the United States, to use
a homely comparison. At the time
the Union Pacific railroad was built
and the extensions continued north
ward from Ogden, Utah and westward
from Granger, Wyoming, Idaho was
not an encouraging field as far as
population was concerned, and towns
were few and far between. It has
doubled in population through practi-
|cally every decade since, and this con-
Itinual growth in population must be
primarily charged to the construction
Of the Union Pacific system lines, and
Ito their continuous development AMI
improvement including the building
Iof branch lines to the extent that in
the Oregon Short Line territory, the
branch line mileage is in excess of
the main line mileage, condition
that argues strongly Of the faith the
railroads have in the future, for
many hudreds Of miles Of branch
lines have been built in advance of
the settler, and have been operated
at loss for many years.
Always Improving
After these many years of vicissi-
|tudes, lean years and fat years, hard
times and good, the Union Pacific sys-
tenn emerges as one of the few big,
dependable transporta-
ton system Of the United States.
During the Halclone days surround
ing the opening and operation Of the
many irrigation projects in Idaho, the
Oregon Short Line naturally enjoyed
several profitable years, but since
that period, there has been gradual
decline in railroad earnings both
freight and passenger, yet in the face
of this, not an iota of energy or ex-
penditure has been abated in keep
ing this unit, and the Union Pacific
system lines in general, up to the
highest standard of operating efflci-
~unv Mouu couoao oonf vihufo IN q
general dubiety as to what the future
earnings Of railroads may be as COM
pared with the past, but the railroads
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03

cannot relax, to- the slightnest degree;
their energetic development or up
keep, so that the public receives full
benefit. regardless of depressed bust
ness conditions, and reduced earn
|ings.
Safety First Movement
Among the big energizing, progress
sive and beneficial advances inaugu-
rated by the Union Pacific system of
late years, has been the Safety
First" movement. AS an example of
what this has developed into, the
Union Pacific system will be given an
absolutely clean bill on Passengers
killed" during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1915, in the report Of the
Interstate Commerce commission
which will soon be issued. And the
number Of passengers injured, for
the same period, will show almost
negligible in the commissions re-
port. -
Two years ago the Union Pacific
system adopted a motto of Safety
first" Every employee, regardless Of
his position, was enlisted in the work
of making the Union Pacific not only
las safe as any other system in the
country, but absolutely safe for the
travelling public as well as for the
|employes. .s..
A Remarkable Record
Not one passenger was killed on
the entire Union Pacific system, from
end to end, main line and branch
line, during the past fiscal year. In
that period S,951,364 passengers en-
trusted themselves on the thousands
of miles Of branch roads of Union
Pacific, and upon the main line trains
from Omaha to Portland, Seattle and
Spokane, from Salt Lake to Butte
and from Kansas City to Denver and
Cheyenne, and not one single pas
senger lost his life, although to
gether, these 8,951,364 passengers
travelled nearly one billion miles dur
ing that year. Not only does this
apply to those passengers actually
on board the trains, but in includes
those who were preparing to go
aboard, or who were leaving the
trains Of the company. Regardless
of whether the blame lay with the
railroad or was due to the grossest,
most fragrant carelessness on the part
of the passenger, the fact remains
that during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1915, not one single Union
Pacific passenger was killed.
One of the points insisted upon by
the Interstate Commerce commission
is that, should any passenger die as
the result of an accident, while on
board a train, or while either boarl-
ing or leaving train, that death
shall be charged to train accidents"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03

The nucleus of what is now known
as the Oregon Short Line Railroad
company had it's inception in 1870,
shortly after the conjunction of the
Union Pacific and Central Pacific rail
roads at Promontory, Utah, when
Brigham Young caused branch line
to be built from Ogden to Salt Lake
City to connect with the transconti-
mental line. Following this, further
advances were made by construction
northward from Ogden with the OBJ
ject of building into Montana, and
during the course of this work, the
Oregon Short Line, as first so known.
began construction on July II, 1881,
westward from Granger, Wyoming,
the ultimate object of this extension
being some point on the north Pacific
coast. This line from Ogden to
Butte was at first narrow gauge, and
primitive in many ways. 1t was not
possible or practicable then to tear
through immense ridges or tunnel
through mountains except in some
instances where such conditions were
unavoidable, and even where cutting
and filling was imperative, the lesser
of many evils was usually chosen.
This was partly due to the fact that
capital was not expansive in those
days, population could not support
heavy expenditures, and powerful me-
chanical equipment had not reached
the state of perfection that today Is
accepted as a matter of course.
Affecting Idaho
The line that Brigham Young con-
structed from Ogden to Salt Lake was
known as the Utah Central Railway,
and the later extension northward
from Ogden was called the Utah &
Northern Railway, and 1t was by a
combination of interests and the
working out to an ultimate operat-
ing homogenity Of the flag ends Of
many financial and operating vicis-
STUDIES that the Oregon Short Line
Railroad c, l,any, as now known, be-
came the great Industrial developer
that It is today. During the period
between its first inception in 1870,
until the year 1915, 1t has witnessed
many changes as a corporation, in
Guiding its inclusion as part OF the
Union Pacific Railroad company, and
later its segregation as en- independ-
emit line under the name of the Ore
gon Short Line Railroad company. 1t
Is still known as thJ Oregon Short
Line Railroad company, but IL now
one of three units comprising the
Union Pacific system, of which the
Union Pacific Railroad, and the Ore
gon- Washington Railroad & Naviga-
lion companies are the other two.
Short Line of To-day
Let this suffice for its past history
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03

Springfield, Idaho, is on the map
and there to stay. If you fail to
find it on your map, the fault is in
the map, not in Springfield. Why on
the page of the atlas to stay? Be-
cause it is known from the Pacific
to the Atlantic, and from the gulf
to Canada that near Springfield is
growing the best, the hardest and
the cleanest alfalfa seed grown any
where,
Just as men grow strong fighting
oppositions, overcoming seemingly
unreasonable difficulties so the best
seeds are grown where the proper
altitude makes a summer so short
and severe that it Is barely possible
to produce a crop of seed and for
plants to produce their kind.
Ten days taken from the seed
growing period at Springfield would
some years prevent growing seed
crop.
Since growers began growing seed
in this vicinity there has never been
an entire failure, the careless grow
ers often lose crop by neglecting to
cut the seed crop before the first
frost.
The editor Of The Idaho Republi-
can asked me to tell how / grew al
falfa seed. How I have grown it is
easy, four words tell the story, main
strength and awkwardness." How l
want to grow it is longer story.
My first crop was an accident, q
failure to do what aimed to do.
In an attempt to grow crop of
wheat on the hillsides of Lucorno
ranch l was unable to water the
grain properly, alfalfa had been sown
with the wheat as nurse crop and
the stand was so poor that I lone de-
bated blowing 1t up and reseeding,
but finally let it go for seed and a
few acres of hill side that my neigh
Dor called me foolish for purchasing,
produced that year $500 worth Of
choice alfalfa seed. (The paper said
that by a careless mistake had pro-
duced $1,000 worth of seed, but it
takes some years to come fully up
to what our friends, the editors, say
about us when we paid our sub
scriptions.)
Since tue first occasional windfall
of good fortune l and my neighbors
have been seeking how best to pro-
duce good alfalfa seed and how to
grow the most. Annually the crop
has increased, methods have improv-
ed until buyers from all the great
seed houses are coming to Spring
field for car loads of the alfalfa seed
which has taken prize in every seed
contest where entered; the seed
which grows and which is still COM
parativ ly free from weed seeds.
The 1915 alfalfa seed crop on the
Aberdeen-Springfield tract will bring
more than $4,000 dollars to home
builders, who sadly need the money
to improve their homes, increase
their stock and begin to enjoy some
of the fruits of the long struggle to
make something worth while grow
on the ancient dominion of the sage
brush and the coyote.
Yet seed growing on the tract is
in its infancy, most of the seed is
grown in habhazard manner, like our
FIST crop where something else fail
ed.
All soils even on this farmed tract
are not adapted to alfalfa seed grow
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03
THE PURPOSE OF
THIS EDITION

We realize that the agricultural
activities IF this county are the most
important of its industries. We are
aware that its phases are varied and
deserve the closest of study. Agri-
culture has the greatest possibilities
for improvement and at present pos
sesses the most unnecessary failures
Of any of our industries. 1t has been
treated upon by state, federal and
railroad lecturers; it has been boost
ed by promoters and it has been ex-
plotted by the shysters. 1t is time
now for agriculture to do something
for itself and whether former efforts
have been wasteful or damaging, the
future of agriculture will be just
what the farmers make it and by the
aid of the press and the cooperation
of capital it can make greater strides.
The purpose of this edition is to
furnish basis for comparison of
methods by which agricultural
wealth is produced and if possible to
enlist the cooperation of farmers on
the most successful lines to the end
that more bushels and tons Of crops
may be produced on each acre with
the same amount of toll. If the
information carried in this and sub
sequent issues of the paper shall en-
able man to reap one more bushel
per acre from his fields. one more
ton from his beet lands, it will have
accomplished the purpose for which
1t was prepared.
We have been aided in this work
by the scores of farmers and stock
men who have been interviewed. In
fact it is their work gathered into
form and sifted into the present ap-
pearance by the editor. The writer
is glad of their help and glad of the
opportunity to serve them. This
work Is largely their own suggestions
and it is made possible partly by
their generosity. We have also been
happily surprised at the keen inter-
est shown by the bankers of the
county in conveying to the farmers
the best available Information on
how to get better results in the fields.
the matter by responding to every
request we have made of them for
aid in carrying on the work. If the
rank and file of men on the farms
take as keen interest in improving
their own business as the bankers
have shown in getting information
delivered to them for that purpose,
the effect will be prompt and worth
while. We hope 1t will be possible
to continue the work started in our
1915 crop reports and that it will be
possible to issue other annual maya
zine sections on farming.
In these pages We have written up
a few persons and things. We could
not write of them all the first time
but perhaps these will do until we
come again.