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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-09-16
A PLEASANT OUTLOOK FOR OUR BOYS
AND GIRLS

We sometimes think that our boys and girls do
not begin to realize what an important factor they
are becoming in the agricultural world, nor what
opportunities lie at their door for acquiring a
broad. practical education In connection with the
development Of plant life and turning the know
ledge gained into dollars and cents.
It has been aptly said that the younger genera
ton, that are living on a farm, are In the rays
OF the Nations spotlight and are proving their
ability to stand the test.
Looking over the reports that reach us from
many different parts of the country regarding
the special work being done by boys and girls on
the farm We are filled with admiration at what
they are doing to promote better agriculture and
to make the life of the farm more attractive.
Dotted all over the country. particularly in the
middle west and southern states are boys corn
clubs and girls garden and canning clubs %energeti-
cally and successfully conducted, and with SUCH
a friendly spirit of rivalry that to them work on
the farm has assumed a new and pleasant mean
Ing.
Aside from the greater compensation Of learn
ing much about the mystery Of plant life that IL
80 interesting to watch the growth and Develop
ment and to learn the different steps to be taken
from the selection Of seed to the harvesting the
crop. there is also the delightful compensation
of dollars and cents to be taken into account.
And further, they are learning to calculate to
a nicely the expense involved In their work and
the net profits, thus putting into practice in =
plain. simple manner the knowledge they have 40
Quired from their textbooks In schools.
Now the boys, so far. have had better oppor-
tunities than the Orls for showing what they
can do; but the girls are rapidly coming to the
front In growing and canning vegetables and
berries and other fruits. and canning delicious
old-time Appie-butter. For these things there can
BE- found q good market and any girl may feel
Justly proud Of her success In making for her
self . name that stands for hish-class canned
goods.-Up-To-Date Farming.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-09-16

In her story Of how she made her crop is the
following paragraph:
September twenty-sixth we had our first frost.
which killed the upper leaves on the plants but
did not inJure any fruit. After this We had warm
weather. and the plants sent out new branches
from the stalks and also from the roots. which
grew to be more than a foot In height. Some Of
this new growth was in blossom when the plants
finally froze on the night OF October twenty-sixth.
On that day ] gathered by last tomatoes. There
were about four bushels, most OF which had begun
to color, and W. had them to can and for the
table until nearly Thanksgiving. I did my last
canning November fourteenth"
Big Hogs From Runts.
Father scoffed at my four runty gifts, but they
weighed in the end more than his own and pro-
duced bigger filters on the average" So says
Max Mead. a boy pig raiser OF o'Brien County.
Iowa. in summing up his two-year pig-raising e-
perience. "our neighbor had a bunch OF young
March pigs two years ago. About the middle OF
May he told me 10 come over and he would give
me some OF his runts. The frs, two gifts sure
were runts-thin and with sore backs due to
damp quarters. But l washed them with soap and
water and soon cured them. About two weeks
later | got two more young gifts from the same
place. These we're runty too. All four we're cross
breds. and varied in color from white to sandy
and black spotted.
Father said they would never live. But I took
toou NaIt VI Nncm IA leu All II lnllh Nucg
could drink and all the soaked ground corn they
could eat. with a spoonful OF stock feed thrown in
for about a month. / fed them three times a day.
The pigs were kept In 2 pen in the orchard all
summer. with boxes for shelter. They had plenty
OF windfalls. The gifts soon grew too big for their
pen, and SO we're taken out OF the orchard and
put in an acre yard sowed to rape and oats. The
soaked corn was fed till about the first Of Sep
tember.
about this time father decided that I would
20 into the hog business with him. About the
first OF November the hogs we're turned out with
my fathers. BY this time they were no longer
runts, averaging about 200 pounds apiece. They
we're bred to a Berkshire boar and the next March
had pigs. The bobtailed one had eight live. thrift
ty pigs. the white one seven, the red six and the
sandy five. or these nineteen finally lived. Eight
we're SOW pigs, eleven male pigs. The eleven
barrows were fed out. One finally weighed $40
pounds. all were over 800 pounds at eleven months.
We received $3.50 for the eleven barrows. $57
apiece for the mothers"
Max used his pig money to pay for a year at the
agricultural college.-The Country Gentleman.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-09-16

year experimenting with oat smut treatment
1t has been a bad season for smut wherever tho
disease started. In some cases at least 50 per cent
of the oats were diseased and the smut flies from
the thrasher like a black cloud. The treatment
Of soaking the seed with fcrmalin and water has
proved very effective this year. In some cases re-
ported to us farmers treated the oat seed for sew
eral years In succession and thought they had the
disease fully killed out 30 they gave up the
treatment and this year have q badly smutted
crop. Investigation, in several cases, showed that
the thresher came to their farms from places where
smut was bad. The thresher was loaded with
smut germs, and the clean crop was thus con-
taminated. This shows the necessity Of treat
ing the seed oats every year as a matter Of pro
caution.-Rural New Yorker.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-09-16

A Minneapolis paper says the farmer who OPP
rates hts farm as q merchant does his store, or q
manufacturer his factory. can now get credit at
his local country bank at the Same rates and
quite as freely, according to the needs OF his farm
operations. II is business methods the farmers
need rather than special credit systems. There
Ia no question ~ to production. That comes every
year-sometimes abundant. sometimes less so.
But In any case prices should be fair and equitable,
and the rsmotest needs should be supplied rather
than glutting central markets at prices bid BY
the oversupplied. The merchant and the manu-
~facturer do not do that way. and neither should
the farmer. Sell your stun a. these business men
sell theirs, and there will no longer be . q, es-
ton Of credits. Farmers may be timid and doubt-
full Of their ability to do that. but they can DO IL
Up-To-DAts Farming
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-09-16

They averaged 6o.el bushels. at . cost OF e1S.03,
and with . net profit OF &SS.AA,
Twice . Champion.
When Miss Lucy Bale. OF Augusta. Sussex coun-
v. New Jersey. won the highset STATE award In
garden and canning club work last summsv she
demonstrated to 100000 club members that the
winning Of . championship ID based upon some
thing beoldss luck. Tor Il was her second succss-
slve victory. In 1914 che grew $3.50 pounds Of
tomatoes, It cost q es1-So. and made . net pro1t
e o7o.o4
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-09-16

Last year she fell short Of her 1913 record. but
managed to grow 1916 pounds Of tomatoes on her
plot at a cost of 1926. Although her yield was
less than the preceding season che secured almost
as great a net profit. Her books showed that after
paying all expenses she had a balance OF s63.71.
She canned all her tomatoes except those used by
her own family. which we're entered at the mar
ket price. She put up 500 No. 8 cans OF firm. ripe
tomatoes, and 1858 quarts In glass before frost
finally killed the vines. Her crop report shows:
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-09-16
THE COST OF PRODUCTION

The Cleaner and Business Farmer" of August
Is. offers the following figures as given by a form
er from Illinois covering the actual cost of PRO-
ducing a 60 acre field of wheat. The first column
Of figures represents the number of hours work
done, and the cost Is computed by figuring 1Sc
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-09-16

The above party has not as yet threshed his
wheat, SO does not know how much he will get,
but let us assume he will average rs bushels to
the acre. Then the actual cost OF production will
be ne per bushel; or II he gets 80 bushels, just
about soc and In the above there is no charge
made for fertilizer or overhead expenses Of any
kind.
A merchant figures that he must have one
third profit on actual cost to be able to exist.
Taking 72c as actual cost we find that the farm
err should get &c per bushel to make a fair living
profit. Are you getting It? II not, why notf
The Detroit times., 1915-12-15

be held at 1850 o'clock. The an
nual dinner for the travelling men
and their ladies will take place at
$50 o'clock. and the dinner will be
followed by an informal program OF
speeches, music and dancing.
Gilbert White. Of Grand Rapids.
the wellknown artist. and Mrs.
White and Mr.. Whites brother.
Stewart White. the noted novelist.
are the guests OF Mrs. Henry Ste
phens, Crosse Pointe.
o
Cadillac camp. Modern Wood
men OF America, will hold a
public installation Of recently elect
ed officers. Friday evening. Jan. I.
after which a minstrel show and
vaudeville entertainment will be Civ.
en-. The following Officers will be
installed: Venerable consul. j.
Steinhoff: advisor, J. p. Hill: bank
er. William z. Nickelsen: escort. A.
Thompson: clerk. William lie
Strange; Waterman. James Hill:
sentry, Fl. Boatman: assistant clerk.
p. Nickelsen; trustee for three
years, J. Guilfoil.
o
Mrs. Charles Louis Palms. presi-
dent OF the House OF Providence
auxiliary. has named the committee
To distribute the tiny Christmas
stockings In aid OF the children In
the House OF Providence. Returns
should be made to the chairman Of
the committee. Mrs. Robert Oak
man. OF IL West Milwaukee-ave.. or
10 the institution. West Grand-blvd
and Fourteenth-ave.. Members Of
the committee are: vicechair-
man, Mrs. Thomas Walch: assist
ants. Mrs. George Britt. Mrs. T. j.
Bosquitte. Mrs. Allan Mcdonald.
Mrs, James McIlhargey. Mrs. r. j.
Look. Mrs. L. Cottington. Mrs. NJ.
Carson, Mrs. A. NJ. Seymour, Jr.
Mrs. Frank Schneider. Mrs. william
]. Kennedy, Mrs. Mary Burkheiser,
Mrs. W, Schneman, Mrs. w. ].
Taylor, Miss Ida Ulrich, Miss Mae
Maher. Mrs. John 8. McCann, Mrs.
Frank Blake. Mrs. William Crowley.
Miss Minnie Sullivan. Mrs. John
Feenan. Mrs. Hugo Gilmartin, Mrs.
Dennis B Hayes, Mrs. Josephine
Sunivan-Conlou. Mrs. Louis He'll.
Mrs. Harry Baker, Mrs. Arthur
Loerch. Mrs. c. p. Kelley. Mrs. A.
F. Parker. Mrs. II Breichenbach.
Mrs NJ l.. Richardson and Mrs G..
VI. Loeffler.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-15

Nr. and Mrs. Arthur Buhl have re-
turned from French Lick springs
O
Miss Margaret +. Straub OF pits
,urgh. is the guest OF Mrs. r. r.
l1seman, OF East Grand-blvd-
.
Mrs. J. Henry Alexandra will ar
rive from NCS York. SUNDAY, To be
the guest OF her mother, Mrs. John
w. Dyar
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Booth
George. Of No. - Fourthaveq are
receiving concentrations on the
birth Of son. Charles Walter,
Dec. 6.
.
The date for the wedding OF Miss
Christine Van Husan to Phelps New
berry has been set for Tuesday, Jan.
Is. and the time at 4 o'clock. The
Wedding party will include Mrs.
Barnes Newberry as matron OF hon
The Detroit times., 1915-12-15
The Confessions of q Wife
Jim Eide COnfesses.

Dick, said Jim, rather ostenta-
tiously. thought. why do you make
ali your friends sick OF bachelor
life?'
Any old time I make you envfous
of my cut-and-dried existence, old
chap. Why. Jim, nothing could
make you give up your care-free ex-
istence for the confines OF a home
and wife"
Then you don't know, Dick. that
recently asked your sister to mar
ry me-"
Seems to me | did hear that Mol
lie had that impression. but l knew
she had misunderstood you"
"She did nothing OF the kind. l
would have been very glad to have
made Mollie my wife"
Great Scott. Jim, you must be
crazy"
why do you think so? Because
wanted Mollie for my wife or be-
cause | wanted TO get married"
Both. Don't you know. man. that
after a man is as old as you are,
and has played all over the world
in the fancy free fashion that you
have, he would be perfectly misera-
BILE to be tied down 10 domestic
life?"
II know nothing Of the kind, Dick.
know that | would give all the
money ! possess to have this home
and a wife like yours
when did this At come over you.
old man." asked Dick In much the
same fashion that doctor asws the
beginning OF alarming symptoms.
II think Il has always been in the
back of my head. tust as it is in the
head of most men; but somehow the
time, the place and the girl have
never been in conjunction.
when I was quite young the girl
rose on my horizon, but then ! knew
II was not the time, for had no
money nor prospects. The girl was
not at that time strong physically
I knew she would never stand II TO
rough II out In the mining country
for which I was bound. so | let my
chance slip by. She married anotb
er man. and I saw her the other day,
the picture of health, but the picture
of youth and love had faded.
Then out In the mining camp
really needed a wife. but there was
no woman that could thing OF mar
rying. The place was there and the
girl was absent. you see.
when ! came back here and !
found you and Margie. Harry and
Eliene and others OF my friends so
The Detroit times., 1915-12-15

chiffon, while short neck generally
demands q turned-over or open col
lar. However. a neck of graceful
form looks best open and showing
as much of the throat line as is
compatible with the style OF dress
worn.
Lingerie collars and stocks with
jabots are once more IN style, and
so are fitted guimpes that fasten in
the back. The front guimpe was
a comfort to put on, but one never
sets well. and so women are gladly
going back to discomfort and i'm
proved looks In the way of stocks.
One OF the newest Of the French
corset covers is made without straps
over the shoulders. An elastic Is
fitted under the lace insertion at
the top and Ats tightly at the bust.
At the belt tiny hand-run tucks take
care OF the extra fulness. Hand en-
broidery Is used profusely on the
little waist and makes II thing Of
beauty.
The design pictured Is one OF
bow-knots and open work. The
bow-knots are filled In with tiny
seed stitches. To make them a
double thread IL run around the
outline OF the bow-knot, and then II
is worked over and over with
stitches placed at right angles to
the double thread
The inside Is filled with tiny black
stitches placed close together. Take
care that the stitches do not fall
directly below each other. but that
the dots Of each row fall IN the
spaces OF the row above. The open
work dots Of the design are each
worked around with row OF small
running stitches. The dots are
pierced with q stiletto and worked
over and over.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-15

happily mated, 1t began to dawn on
me that | was only marking time.
"You never can tell what will put
an idea OF marriage into o man
head. Sometimes he just decides
It's time to settle down, and he be-
gins to look for the girl. Then again
he Is bowled over by some girl. and
he begins to wonder If she will mar
~ him.
81 confess with me 1t was q still
hunt for the girl. and Of course II
could be no other than Mollie In
this town. But II was just my luck
to find that she was in love with a
better man"
Don't say hat, old chap. With
all his m--aey, I'd rather see Mollie
married to you than 70 Hatton."
II wouldn't" | broke in. "In the
first place. Jim is too old for Mol
lie. He is older than you, Dick.
And in the second, want no girl
to marry a man who Is not keener
after her than Jim was after Mol
lie"
why, don't you think I was in
earnest, Margie?"
Sure, my dear Jim, very much
in earnest. but not much in love-"
But, Margie," said Dick, with a
queer little grimace. you are al
ways preaching that love doesn't
last"
That's just the reason, Dick. II
Mollie doesn't get her romance in
the first months Of her welded life
she may never get II. and I want
her TO have It,"
saw a queer look go over Jim 8
face as though he was saying to him
self. 81 think Margie knows"
Ito Be Continued)
The Detroit times., 1915-12-15

or and Miss Geneva Sullivan. Miss
Clara Hodges, Miss Annette Sheldon,
Miss Isabel Stroh. Miss Franklin
Engs. OF Great harrington, Mass.
and Miss Jane Taylor. Of St Louis,
as bridesmaids.
The Detroit Business Women's
club has suspended activities until
after the holidays and will resume
the regular meetings Thursday, Jan.
27.
Mrs. Charles A. Dean, jr., enter
tanned luncheon guests Saturday. In
the Detroit club. in honor OF her
house guest, Miss HARRISON, OF Lex
ington. Ky.
The sixth annual reunion OF the
Veteran Travelling Mems association
will be held In the Hotel Wayne.
Wednesday. Dec. 90. The business
meeting and election Of officers Will
The Detroit times., 1915-12-15

Boudoir Clocks, at SOC,
regularly SLIPS. pretty little clocks
for desks or dressing table.
Mems Ebony Sets at 40,
regularly So, a pair of military
brushes and clothes brush in fancy
gift box.
Tourist Comb Sets at CSC,
regularly $3.50. Silk covered and
rubber lined, very convenient ar
ticle for the traveller.
Partisan Ivory Toilet Set
at 1896. regularly s., large mirror,
brush and comb, nicely packed In a
Christmas box.
Old Gold Wicker Baskets
at S1.69, regularly $3.50. Fine wick
er baskets and fern dishes, have ar
tistic applied-relief decorations, fin
ished in old gold.
Kewpie Catchalls, 19c,
regularly 25c, match and trinket re-
ceptacles. This well known little fig
ure delights every little girl.
Brass Ash Trays at lac,
regularly 25c. In three styles. "A
good gift for man.
78 Clocks at CSC, regular
ly S1.50. Oxidized copper clocks with
good American movement and the
new Cupid design.
basement store.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-15

Fancy China at 19c, reg
ularly 25c and 35c, fancy cups, trim
ket baskets, plates, powder jars, hair
pin boxes, all in dainty pretty pat
terms for gifts.
Silk Pincushions at 29c,
regularly 5Oc. Original ideas, in rich
and soft silks. The designs are
dainty.
Shell Goods at Acc, reg
ularly 81 and $3.50. Beautiful hair
ornaments and combs set with stones,
in the popular la casque and other
novelty shapes.
Gift Barrettes at 23c, reg
ularly SOC. Some set in small mount
ed designs, each Is packed in dainty
gift box.
Silver Casters and Condi-
iment Sets at 98c, regularly $3.50.
More than q dozen styles to choose
from.
Jewelry at 10c, regularly
25c and SOC. Cuff links, tie pins,
beauty pins, collar pins, hat pins,
waist pin sets, earrings and other at
tractive pieces.
Hand Bags at CSC, reg
ularly $1.25 and $3.50. Large and
small shapes. Beautiful silk Innings
and the usual fittings. Long grain
and genuine Morocco leather, black
and colors.
B..e~~ct stare.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-15

n Every woman WHO has worn slips
that combine pettisDet and corset
eover knows what comfort and
they vare, besides the
oaxtpg IN the cost OF laundry. Now
kl|1hnt skirts q dresses are so full
&tnnd waletbands 80 tight. the sliI
enn be ruined to any depth desired
~ the bottom. while the seamless
81 waist Iine prevents the bulk OF two
ssnents. and gathers and belts
nxound the waist.
The pattern given here permits
snk14 sort Of decoration. but it shows
1 very pretty Greek key pattern OF
liEe insertion. with frills OF the
SnnAe Dost Of lace. This would be
sntGrAel1vo for . trousseau. but for
II 4oaorul usefulness rufnes at the
e1tem are moro practical for the
Gohs Of today.
WITH the alp pattern are supplied
1onG hAlf. and short sleeves, so
1H0t The alp may servs several pur.
BooGu. Few people wear slips with
& oe slesves and . high neck, but
- tAey want that sort this pattern
nm furnish n.
m the busy life OF to-day a gar
tnont that 10 easily put on. Is al
Nnyn 0ou1Tahle. This pattern Of q
1nn1e ovoepkirt and bodice IN one
rlseo = both graceful and smart.
The bodice has = well.denned
AGGmh0Ie, which. In Z very dressy
Swn, may 10 made still more prom
Int ~ decorative folds or trim
EZn1ne. The ovsrskirt may be
tf0mmed In any acceptable way. &C
ed1ng to the fabrics used In max
~ Il. OF course FUR h the trim.
nlng Of the season and appears on
ogorything. from tulle TO heaviest
Es oolleu materials. Even morning
& 1roosss are trimmed with fur.
NE frock illustrated has q full
y nEirt Of green cloth. with tunic
n ~ bodice Of velvet Of the same
xo1cr.. The buttons In front are
\ seen. IN one Of those attractive
oteeials Of which buttons are pade
yser. Braid or covered buttons
Would ~ just ~ fashionable. II moi
4 1870 %.
\ making up this garment use q
G1r1lo q sash. which may be Of the
( 800 color and material or Of some
4 1hihg quite diHerent and much
t1whAot, sucA - bright colored
& go S1lhon, Or silk. Fringes -
No1l . Ofnsmsntal ends are used
& ~ oasho1. ana many q them still
eesnlnA&e II short overlapping ends
q e ~ s1de.
~ nbck should be finished &C
81 1ocolng - yuur own style and MOI
tsS1e4ly asepediAg 70 the pattern
4 1ouno nee1n losk bsst open. and
j. So look best when finished with
IG 11uA Standing collar. Try on the
Z nuIs q collars hat you like and
6n wh1eh n0st becomes you. A
H. g 1oag neck usually looks best
( e. : ~, Atted collar Of lace OF
The Detroit times., 1915-12-15

beautifully made goods that will be fine gifts
little babies. ID
comprise knitted wool
Bsque ceuod
Knitted Santa Clauses Kewpies and animals and
novel things All at 19c, Csc, Soc, 49c and 9Sc
which just half the regular prices.
q OF
Mothers Grandmas and Aunts to them at half
The Detroit times., 1915-12-15

Picture Frames at 12c,
regularly 25c. Three beautiful pat
terms, round, square or oval, heavily
plated silver frames.
Coaster Sets at Soc, reg
ularly 81. Six coasters on glass
lined tray. heavily nickel plated with
substantial handles.
japanese Baskets at 12c
and tic, regularly 25c and 35c. They
are trimmed with holly berries and
filled with candy; would make a most
attractive gift.
Wood Candle Sticks at
29c, regularly SOC. Mahogany finish
ed sticks, well made. Just the thing
to burn the Christmas candle in.
Collar Bags at Csc, reg
ularly 39c. Mems collar bags with
draw cord, nicely lined.
Handkerchiefs at &c, reg
ularly &c and 10c. Over 10000 fine
Swiss handkerchiefs. There are en-
broidered corners and many desirable
styles.
Partisan Ivory. A large
collection of toilet articles, brushes.
combs, trays, manicure pieces, mill
tary brushes, etc. All at Ia and 1-3
less than regular.
Christmas Baskets at 69c,
regularly 81, red and brown, filled
with holly, ruscus, heather and
other Christmas plants, 6 different
styles.
Partisan Ivory Military
Sets. s159, regularly 1925. They
are in satinette lined box.
Basement store.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
Paper Deserts Administration.

Word comes that the Paris Mer-
curry, a Democratic newspaper, has
served notice upon Gov. Major and
the Democratic administration that it
will not defend "a VIGOROUSLY reck-
less and incapable administration"
against the charges Of waste and ex-
travagance in handling the peoples
money.
Here is the Mercury's shot at the
administration:
State finances are in a bad shape,
but we suppose it is the duty of Dem
ocratic papers to make the best of it
and defend a reckless and incapable
administration.
"The Mercury would be in a better
humor to whitewash profigacy had it
not predicted Just this condition of
affairs three years ago., when the or
gies of job-making began.
ut refuses to turn a fiipf1op until it
sees further"
The Mercury is printed at Paris in
Monroe county, and is regarded as
one of the strongest Democratic news
papers in the state.