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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-10-16
Deaths on the Highways.

During the first six months Of the
present year there seems to have been
an alarming increase in the number of
deaths and accidents In the public
highways. This increase is not con-
fined to any character. For instance,
the fatalities due to automobiles in
New York state increased from 1873 in
1914 to 241 this year. In New Jersey
during !. the same period there were
As deaths and this year IS. Popula-
ton grows and SO does the number of
vehicles in use on the highways, but
neither are sufficient to account for
this unreasonable increase in deaths
on the highways. Drivers and pedes-
TRANS both have their rights, but the
observance of ordinary care on the
part of the man in the vehicle and the
man on foot would undoubtedly cause
a big decrease in the number of avoid
able deaths, the Philadelphia Inquirer
remarks.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-10-16
Cheap Gas Generation

Produces gas electrically at one-half
to one-fourth the cost Of generation
by water power, even in a land of
waterfalls, and represents new tri-
umph in waste saving. Sweden is re-
gion of wealth In timber as we'll as Of
cheap water power, and the waste
from wood cutting is estimated to be
sufficient for a constant supply of
10000 to 100000 horse power of en-
ergy in addition to the power required
for the sawmills. A new electric
plant for Lejusne is expected to yield
the equivalent of 1900 horse power at
a cost of less than a thirteenth Of a
cent per kilowatt hour. The full sup
ply is mixture of sawdust with ten
to twenty per cent of chips, and this
costs-in a green state-20 cents per
load at the mill. The gas producers
are charged with this fuel, arrange
ment being made for recovering tar,
wood naphtha. and acetic acid. If ex-
pectations are realized, the capacity
of the station will be increased to
1900 horse power, and this will still
further lessen the cost per electric
unit.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-10-16

violence. Negroes fell heir to magnifi
cent plantations after the expulsion of
their French masters. But they show
poor accounting for their steward
ship. They have squandered their
subsistence in civil war and the lux
ury of sluggish ease. A family here
and there camps in the wilderness, liv-
ing on coffee that grows wild, picking
the fruits on every side, and perhaps
growing a few yams. Should man
aspire to what he could call farm, he
would have to leave 1t for military
service, or perhaps see 1t ruined by
ravaging hordes Of armed politicians.
Consequently, the vast natural re-
sources of the country are not ex-
plotted. The island has been called
the richest of all the West Indies.
Anything that is planted will grow
and yield crop after crop the same
year. The hills are covered with for
ests of fine wood, practically I'm
touched. Cotton might one day mean
great wealth for Haiti, but its an
nual export now does not exceed a
few thousand tons. There are also to-
bacco, hides, sugar, corn, rice, rich
metal deposits, and the great staple,
coffee, the production of which has
fallen off of late years by almost
half.
White Mans Influence Resented.
But should a foreigner attempt any
thing for the deye1ODment or unlifting
of Haiti, he is fretted by obstacles at
every turn. The negroes have wanted
nothing of the white man. They are
absurdly jealous, absurdly suspicious.
The cost of the white mans absence
is misery, but Haiti chooses to pay it.
A fair-sized transport, circling the
coast, could take away every foreign
er in the country. They number scarce
ly 500, mostly Germans. The negroes
number about a million and half.
At every turn, the traveller is re-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-10-16

eminent, is a land of palms, land of
dreams and Incidence. The people Of
the island own lazy Africa for a moth
or. They are the creatures of DALI
ance, they are good-natured, and quick
to laugh, showing their white teeth
and the whites of their eyes.
But they also have the thoughtless
cruelty of children. In spite Of their
natural slothfulness they rage under
their tropic sun with the energy of
bloodthirsty beasts, wrecking their
fiowery paradise. They suspect the
white man, fearing return to slavery.
and they carry on constant political
feuds with each other. On all sides
are evidences of suspicion and hatred.
The island is a land of decay.
The boards of the houses are cracked
and rotting. There are negroes in
rags everywhere, lazily shutting
about. doing nothing. What is pic
turesque is of dirt. There is no ma
tional dress, no distinctive local color.
The impression one gets is of a
coon hollow" such as the slums OF
our southern cities might offer. But
the lightheartedness of our own dar-
kies is missing. One feels that the
spirit has been taken out Of these
Haitians. The sun glares bright and
hot, yet there is heavy cloud that
depresses. When voices are raised,
they are rarely mirthful, but high
strung. quarrelsome, in a peevish
strain.
Not Far From Savagery.
Without the white man, the blacks
have been sinking gradually to their
original savagery of the African jun
gle. Their enlightenment, such as
there is of it. is only initiative. For
instance, an election is but the old
tribal war cry. attended by scenes Of
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-10-16
New Names for Old Initials.

British soldiers at the front are ap-
plying new Specifications to old initials.
For instance, the R. F. A.-Royal field
artillery-is being called the Ready for
Anything. The men of King Edwards
Horse say that X. E. H. means Kill
Every Hun.
Tie unkindest Interpretation is that
put upon the letters R. A. M. C.-Roy-
al army medical corps. Some wounded
soldiers have complained of missing
belongings after their things have
passed into the keeping of the R. A.
NJ. c., so they declare the initials
really now stand for Rob All My Com
rades.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-10-16
FOUND FAME IN YOUTH
MARcoNl YOUNG IN YEARS-IS
GREAT IN RENoWN.
Inventor of Wireless TeIegraphy Now
Is but Forty-One Years Old-How
the Great Idea Came to
His Mind.

II is almost startling to be told that
Marconi, the inventor of wireless teleg-
raphy, is only forty-one years old.
True, all talk of the present as the
age of young men," and when Marconi
broke into fame everyone remarked:
How young he Isl" But SO much has
come out of his Harvesting of the
ether forces, SO many big events and
developments, that 1t sees as TX Mar
conf could be no longer young. And
he is yet hardly over forty.
In boyhood Marconi showed ability
In mechanics somewhat above that of
the average lad, but until he was
twenty he knew little more of cleo
tricity than most youths of his age.
1t was then, however, that he became
interested in the work of Prof. Helm
rich Hertz, German scientist, who,
in attempting to discover the nature
of electricity, accidentally produced
electromagnetic waves and detected
their presence in the ether by means
of wire hoop so broken that the
electricity spanked across the gap.
Not even Hertz himself realized the
tremendous Importance of his discov-
cry. Men like Professor Lodge, Lord
Kelvin and Sir William Pierce talked
of 1t, but 1t remained for the young
Italian dreamer to jump across the
gap of years of scientific study and
make practical the most important
discovery since Faraday invented the
induction coil. The thought came to
Marconi that here was principle
which should be applied to communi-
cation over great distances.
The idea, as we look back on 1t
now, seems absurdly simple Hertz
detected spark in a broken hoop,
few feet away from the flash of an
induction coil. Why didn't he get
better detector than a broken hoop
and better transmitter than a small
induction coil, and send out flashes
in such manner that the detector
would record a message? The only
answer is, he didn't do it. Why didn't
Lodge or Kelvin or Pierce or any one
of the hosts of famous scientists util-
lie Hertz's discovery? The answer Is,
they didn't.
1t remained for young man, I'M
known and inexpert, to grasp the pos
sibilities. He expected someone else
to do 1t, he waited for someone else
to do 1t. He did not know when 1t
would be, for the surprising reason
that to him the great scientists were
unnamable. He was not acquainted
with their work or even their names
except Hertz's. He was not an cleo
trician. He had no academic or scien-
tific degree. But genius burned within
him, and he began to experiment for
himself. That was in December, 1894.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-10-16
War Influences Paris Veil STYLES.

The war veil is the latest freak of
fashion in Paris. Though quite gro
tesque in appearance, it is popular in
the sense that it expresses the patriot
ism of the women.
The two designs most frequently
seen are those Of black cannon wo-
ven in the mesh just where it rests on
the cheek and a beauty spot" woven
to the shape of the Red Cross, but
done in white on a black background.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-10-16

- YR Att and Santo Domingo share
jointly an island comprising
roughly about $4,000 square
miles, and having a total pop
ulation of nearly 100000.
Haiti has nearly the population of
Santo Domingo, but only a little more
than half its area.
For 100 years Haiti and for half
that period Santo Domingo have been
cause of continual anxiety to the
United States. Since gaining their
independence both have been in a
state of constant upheaval and blood
shed as a result Of practically un-
broken succession of revolutions. In
the last 20 years United States naval
vessels have been in almost constant
attendance about the island, and ma
rines have several times been landed
for the protection of foreign life and
property. 1t is no exaggeration to
say that Haiti and Santo Domingo
have cost the United States more
money in the last 20 years than would
have been spent had this government
assumed responsibility for and control
over the island.
The story of Haiti Is story Of mis-
cry. The characters are childish me-
groes, who play at dignity, spill blood
and do no work. In natural advan-
tages, Haiti is land Of fertile opu-
lence, but what is human there is de-
based and wretched.
A race of simple children pretend
there at being kings and emperors and
presidents. All to themselves, they
possess a part of wonderful island,
where once they were slaves. They
had the entire island at first, but their
quarreling gashed an ugly frontier
across, marking off Santo Domingo,
and now the sets Of warning factions
are multiplied.
The fairy country of richly wooded
hills, where these children play at gov
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-10-16
Heavy Guard for Moraan's Place.

j. P. Mcrgan's estate at Glen Cove
is still under guard and is likely to be
until the end of the war. Three men
are on duty by day and four by night.
One is on post at tho bridge connect
ing East island with the mainland, and
/. not only every traveller, but every
package that passes can do SO only
after having been subjected to his
scrutiny. The others patrol the
beaches.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-10-16
HIqh Cost Of Klllino,

The 100000, 600 subscribed to a
single British loan is greater by some
hundreds of millions than our entire
interest-bearing national debt. after
frour years of Civil war. Even faster
than the cost of living rises the cost
of killing ones fellow men.-New York
World.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-10-16

, W Att and Santo Domingo share
jointly an island comprising
roughly about $4,000 square
miles, and having a total pop
ulation of nearly 100000.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-10-16
Quite Consistent.

Dick declared to me that he could
not endure frivolous girls, and see
how he bangles after any wax DOLL"
We'll, he professed to like the cere
GUS kind, didn't he?"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-10-16
Hard Cash.

Griggs-I understand he married
cool million.
Briggs-Yes, but he's complaining
now because he hasn't been able to
thaw any of 1t out.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-14


Surances that things are going to take
a turn for the better before June 80
next.
About a month ago Senator Sim
mons, the chairman of the Senate
Committee on Appropriations, gave
out soothing statement intended to
offset the harsh criticism of the admin
stration's spendthrift policy INDUCED
in by Mr., Fitzgerald, the chairman of
the Appropriations Committee of the
House of the Representatives The
North Carolina senator admitted that
i'll spite of the additional internal re-
venue taxes imposed by Congress to
take effect on December |, 1914, the
Treasury had, from July |, 1914, to
March 10 1915. run behind $50 269,00
Comparing this years operations with
those of 1854, the loss averaged
about $7,0O0O0O month, since on
March l9, 1914, there was a net de-
icit of about $4,000 600. Adopting the
familiar psychological" method the
Senator contended that the ratio of
loss would certainly decline in the
last quarter of the year. covering
April, May and June.
1t has not declined so far, since on
April "a the excess of ordinary ex-
penditures over the ordinary receipts
stood at $l00,033,0O0, and the loss, as
compared with the year preceding.
was %0,0OO,0O0 for ten months-still
l%,O00,000 month. Yesterday the ad-
ministration grew optimistic again and
published statement estimating the
sum to be collected this year from in
come taxation at $S0,000,000 But even
If SOOOOOOO comes in before Iune 30
on the income tax account it will have
to offset an excess of expenditure of
about $ll4.0O0O0O, and there will be a
$34,O00,000 deficit.
Last year there was a surplus of
$33,784,000, so that the Treasury will
have been set back in one year about
$o7 100000. It would have been set
back nearly $SO,00O000 if the govern
ment hadn't sold the battleships Idaho
and Mississippi to Greece. Next year
unless the emergency internal revenue
taxes are re-enacted and still other
taxes are imposed, there may be de-
felt of more than 100000.
Economy has never interested Presi-
dent Wilson. He made no protest
whatever when the last Congress in
creased expenditures by $ll3,000,000
Now he and his party face the neces-
Sity of either borrowing money on
which to run tn government or levy
ing still more taxes. Next year is a
presidential year. Boosting taxation
to cover over reckless expenditure
will be no more popular with the
country at large than it is going tC
be in this state, where our own Legis
lature has unfortunately followed the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-14
FOR SALE

considerable depth. or that at least
it will not become a serious menace
under such conditions.
The devastating eelworm is so small
that although under the most favor
able circumstances it may occasionally
be detected with the naked eye, it is
practically certain to escape observa-
ton. AS in the case of microbes its
presence is usually made known only
by its effects. The young nematodes
Matching from eggs laid in the infested
plant until it is destroyed. They multi
ply with extraordinary rapidity so
that the bulb soon swarms with them.
and they also often find their way
into the upper leaves. In the case OF
the onion, the leaves of the affected
plants become swollen and flabby and
the blub soft and puffy. The whole
plant has peculiar Stunted and dis
torted appearance, and ultimately the
bulb rots away, II portion of the
bulb or one OF the swollen leaves be
placed in dish of water and observ-
ed under magnifying glass. tiny
transparent worms may be seen escap-
ing into the water. This is perhaps
the most convenient method for the
ldllilSi " dSNSll tam WHAT Is hllHllS
his onion crop.
Once a crop has become infested
with these nematodes, there is no
known cure. In fact, there is no
known way of absolutely eradicating
any of the soil-inhabiting, plant-infest-
ing nematodes. The most effective
measure is to starve the pest out
either by allowing the land to lie fall
low, or by planting it to crops that
| furnish little or no nourishmcnt 10
the eelworm. Corn and barley are
among the crops recommended Tor
this purpose. It is cheaper. however
to prevent the pests gaining a foot
hold than to SIGHT them in this way
Any diseased plant should be Iproot
ed ard burned at once. and no bulbs
or sc I'd SHOULD be purchased from 10,
calti IS Shcre the devastating eel
worm is known to exist. for the pest
is most commonly spread by ship.
ments Of injected bulbs AMI seeds
The eggs and larvae of this species o.
nematode has gained footing in any
locality it NAV spread in any mum.
Der of ways. Runni'.S water, the fee
of men and animals and infected
plant material blown about by III,
wind are among the most common
means.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-14
DEVASTATING EELWORM
IS FOUND AGAIN

Washington, d. c, May l2.-The
devastating eelworm or, to give it it's
scientific name the Tylenchus devas-
tatrix, has been found again in the
Pacific Northwest several hundred
miles from the point where it was dis
covered in 1913. This tiny thread
like organism is a member of the
great family of nematodes and is re-
markably destructive to many forms
of dubious plants. Commercially, its
chief importance is due to its ravages
in onion fields, but it also feeds to a
great extent upon Towering bulbs such
as hyacinths, and upon such crops as
rye, oats, hemp, potatoes, strawberries
etc. This pest has proved extremely
destructive in parts of Europe par
ticularly in Holland, and in Australia
as well. Hitherto, the United States
appears to have been practically free
from it, but the new infestation in the
Northwest following upon that of two
years ago indicates the existence oil
danger that it may establish itself
here. The devastating eelworn
thrives best in moist regions where
the temperature varies to a compare,
lively small extent. These climatic
conditions are found in Holland anC
in areas in the Pacific Northwes
where the pest has been discovered
On the other hand, there is reason
I believe that this particular nema
tode will not survive cold winters il
which the ground is frozen solid for ;
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-14
Thinning & PLUMBING
The Power of Mothers Song.

(From Billy Sundays Sermon in
Patterson on "Mother.)
There is power in a mothers
song It's the best music the world
ever heard. The best music in the
world is like biscuits-it's the kind
mother makes. There is no brass
band or pipe organ that can hold
a candle to mothers song. Calve,
Media, Nordica, Eames, Schu-
mann-H eink-they are cheap skates
compared to mother. They can't
sing at ALL They don't know the
rudiments of the kind of music
mother sings. The kind she sings
gets tang led up in your heart
strings. There would be a diSap-
pointment in the music of Heaven
to me if there were no mothers
there to sing. The song of an angel
or a Seraph would not have much
charm for me. What would you
care for an angels SONG if there is
no mothers song?
The song of a mother is Sweeter
than that ever sung by minstrel or
written by poet Talk about som
nets! You ought to hear the
mother sing when the babe is on
her breast, when her heart is filled
with emotion. Her voice may not
please an artist, but it will please
anyone who has a heart in him.
The songs that have moved the
world are not the songs written by
the great masters. There is nothing
in art that can put into melody the
happiness which associations and
memories bring. think when we
reach Heaven it will be found that
some of the best songs we will sing
there will be those learned at our
mothers knee.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-14
spendthrift example of Congress
New York Tribune.
THE DIXIE HIGHWAY.

The Lincoln Highway, that broad
stretch of Good Road" planned to
connect the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
is practically completed. In the south
the people and the press are working
with wonderful energy to bring about
the construction of similar road to
connect the great lakes with Gulf of
Mexico.
The plan as Sketched is to have the
Dixie Highway. as it is to be called,
start from Chicago, run south and
east through Indianapolis to Kentucky
Tennessee Georgia and Florida to
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-14

The situation that confronts Presi-
dent Wilson is very delicate and in
times of national difficulty the head
of the nation has the loyal support OF
every patriotic citizen regardless OF
politics. However we can not but
regard the Presidents policy OF
"watchful waiting" in Mexico as be-
ing in part responsible for the loss OF
so many American lives on the Lusi-
tania. The Germans would have taken
the Presidents declaration that he
would hold them to "a strict account
ability" for the loss of American lives
in the war zone if he had held Mexico
to a strict accountability. The Lusi-
tania catastrophe is one Of the, fruits
Of the policy Of "watchful waiting"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-14
VETERINARY
HE WENT AFTER IT

x A certain young theatrical :
= manager was recently asked how !
= he managed to make himself a :
= millionaire at forty.
1t didn't come to me-" he said, :
x Il went after it.
Il am still going after it-not :
x because | need the money, but :
= because l enjoy the going"
This particular manager is one !
y of the most effective advertisers
= in America.
= He never hides his light under
x bushel.
= He lights the torch of news
= paper publicity and keeps it burn :
= ing brightly.
= The place for your advertise
= ment is THE CALDWELL
= TRIBUNE. The Tribune is read :
= in over 250O homes right here at
= home. Advertising is no longer :
done by business men exclusively.
z Everybody can use the news :
= paper proitably. Try it.
= The Caldwell Tribune.
X ~ X XXX X xxx
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-14
Wasting the Peoples Money.

As the fiscal year draws to an end
the effects of the Federal administra-
tons financial Encouragement stand
out more and more clearly. They can
no longer be covered up by vague as
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-14
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

FOR RENT-4O acres In the Gem
District, about Il mile frOm Home
dale. Leveled, fenced; has been in
crop; no buildings. Will take $4,000
cash rent or 1-3 of crop.-Owner will
pay water tax.-Address H. H. Clark,
P. o. box 578, Bermerton, Wash. 80
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-14
REAL ESTATE TO TRADE

2 ACRES with deep we'll, on Boule-
ward at Linden Station, Interurban
car line. VIII trade for team, sheep,
or hogs. Phone 37l-w. P. o. box 4Ol,
w. G. Postlethwaite, Caldwell, Idaho.
3l9-tf
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-14
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

FOR -SALE-Twenty Acres, all in
alfalfa, no buildings. On highline
ditch, miles from Caldwell.-Ad-
dress Z. s. Edwards, r. +. D., No. 8,
Nampa. Idaho. al6-tf
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-14

FOR SALE-Singer Machine with
all attachments for $1,000 or will rent
same. Peckham- Case, call Phone los.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-05-14
COTTON SEED MEAL
SEED GRAIN FOR SALE

FOR SALE SEED CORN-Silver
King variety. Early maturing pure
breeo corn. Has an official yield of
Ill Blu per acre. | won first on ten
ears at Canyon Co. Fair; first at Pay
cite; first at State Seed Show, Twin
Falls.-W. J. Winslow, Greenleaf,
Idaho. f26tf