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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-10

greenish tint, may be done away with by
the use of the vacuum cleaner and oil mop,
but the dangers may be greatly reduced
by the use of little thoughtful judgment
on the part of parents and children.
A person might as well gather up straws
and sticks from the gutter and use them as
toothpicks as to pluck a straw from a
broom and use it for such a purpose. And
the same holds true Of the custom which
prevails among some housewives Of using
broom straws to see how well done loaf
Of bread or cake is.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-10

needle sets Il down In dots on piece
OF smoked glass Then when the profes-
sor doses the prisoner with alcohol the
curve becomes one OF exhiliration. He
gives it carbon dioxid; the plant grows
i'll, and signifies the same In its Morse
code. He poisons it, and the pulse ticks
dolefully lower and lower till It finally
stops
ANY farmer knows that his wheat can
be overfed as well as underfed. Professor
Bose reads tbs exact story on his telltale.
and Il Is one more argument that the LIE
of the plant Is the life Of the animal in
almost all its incidents. only in less d
gree"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-10

action decorating fuse and the secret OF
my high explosive, Maximite. The Govern.
ment Immediately began experimenting
with Maximite, with the result that in 1901
the Government bought from me its secret.
II was found that this explosive, although
so per cent more powerful than ordinary
dynamite, was yet so insensitive to shock
that armor-piercing projectiles charged
with it could be fired through the heaviest
armorplate without exploding until set off
by the delay-action fuse.
The Government also instituted a long
series Of exacting experiments with my
fuse, which resulted in its adoption and
purchase by the United States Government
in 1910, and eleven applications for United
States patents were consigned by the Gov
eminent to the secret archives of the
patent office.
In the recent attacks upon me by Sir
Hiram s. Maxim. of London, England,
which are now doubtless familiar to the
reader, it will be remembered that he said
that l offered gun to the United States
Government during the Spanish War which
| claimed to be $4,000 times as effective
as any other gun and to be capable of
wiping out the entire Spanish navy at dis
lance of nine miles, and that also these ex-
travagant statements had caused him much
trouble, owing to the fact that I had at that
time changed my name from Isaac to Hud-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-10

longer remain in continuous contact with
the recording plate, but will deliver =
succession of taps, hundred times in a
second. The record will therefore consist
of a series of dots. the distance between
one dot and the next representing one
hundredth part Of a second.
The instrument is so delicate that It
may record time interval as short as the
thousandth part of a single beat OF the
heart
The plant has thus been made TO ex-
hibit many Of the activities which we have
been accustomed TO associate only with
animal life. In the one case, as in the
other, stimulus Of any kind will induce q
y. Great Britain Rights Reserved.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-10

(Above) Drawing Made by Hudson
Maxim in 1897 in Which He An
ticipated the Destruction Of Armor.
ed Turrets Exactly as They We're
Destroyed at Liege and Namur by
German Guns in 1914.
Below Diagram by Hudson Max
i'm Showing the Observation-Disclosures
Boat Planned by Him in 1897 Com
pared to a Dreadnought and the
Relative Sizes Of the Targets Offer.
ed by Each.
trouble by assuring the Spaniards that he
was not the same Maxim, snd that he was
not working with or for the United States
Government against Spain; but that II
was his brother who was the enemy Of
Spain.
The smokeless powder used by the
United States Government, which is multi.
perforated by my invention. is better
adapted than any other smokeIess powder
in the world for throwing large charges
OF high explosives from guns
The big German torpedo howitzers have
been proven so efficient that this Govern.
ment shoule now hasten 10 equip itself
with such weapons. Furthermore. this
country should Immediately undertake and
push to completion q system OF hard,
smooth highways crossing the country in
al 5sractione rvbfob nav ha suaH a. milf
tary roads in case OF war. and which will
bear the hard tread OF the heavy artillery
Of modern armies.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-10

on, the size of the target would be the
above water. This would be about 100
square feet for each howitzer boat, and for
the forty of them it would be forty times
100 square feet, or 1000 square feet; while
the size of the target presented by the
dreadnought would be the area Of the deck
plus a twenty-fve-foot zone around the YES
sci, making the total area of the target pre-
sented by the dreadnought 10000 square
as the total area of the target presented
by all the forty howitzer boats; so that the
howitzer boats would have not only the ad-
vantage in numbers over the dreadnought
Of forty to one, but also an advantage in
area of target of ten to one, making a total
advantage of 400 to one.
This tremendous advantage certainly
ought to balance the greater accuracy of
fire of the guns of the dreadnought. For
surely the gunners of the dreadnought
would hardly be able to score 400 hits for
each one scored by the gunners on the
howitzer boats.
My lecture before the Royal United Ser
vice Institution of Great Britain above re-
ferred to was reprinted nearly i'll full with
illustrations, not only in the journal of that
society, but also in many scientific papers,
newspapers and magazines all over the
world, among which were the Engineer,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-10

One of the Half-Ton Projectiles
Which Mr.. Maxim Planned in 1897
and Which Is Practically Identical
with Those Discharged by the Ger
man 16-Inch Howitzer of To-day.
Its Proportions as Compared to
Those of a Man Are Shown Here.
used against Spain, we're very angry at
him and threatened to demolish the Vick-
ers Maxim works in Spain. but Hiram
says that he succeeded in stopping the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-10

One of the Powerful German 16-lnch Howltzers
Whose Invention Mr.. Maxim Shows He An
ticipated IL Years Ago.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-06-24
CREAM SHIPMENTS

There is being shipped from Rich
field and adjacent territory to the Mu-
tual Creamery Co. 10000 pounds of
cream monthly, and there was paid out
in this territory last month over $4,000
for butter fat. We have TO record of
the amount shipped out to other COM
panies but it is safe to say that at
least one-half of the above amount
was shipped to various other creamer-
les, and yet a number of farmers are
making butter for the local trade.
This is an increase of over 300 per
cent of what was shipped last year
and from information as to several
herds that will be brought in this fall
by new settlers it is safe to bet that
the per cent of increase will be greater
next year.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-06-24
HOW STINSON
MADE GOOD
How an Insane Man Used
His Brains; and Results

Many of the Richfield people who at
tended the Farmers Institute during
February will remember Mr.. Stinson.
We are therefore reproducing this ar
ticie from the Gem State Rural through
courtesy OF John NJ Bradley, the au-
thor. EDITOR.
During the series Of movable ex
tension schools held in this vicinity
last winter one of the speakers whc
attracted much attention from the far
mers attending, was ]. S. Stinson, far
mer and dairyman living near Nampa.
Mr.. Stinson's great hobby in all mis-
addresses last winter was the dairy
question and how best to produce
satisfactory feed for the herd. AS
first aid to his proposition he preached
the gospel of silos and how and what to
grow for ensilage. This naturally
led him on to a discussion of soils
and how to handle them to the best
and most lasting advantage. When
Stinson told the farmers of this
part of Idaho that he could grow as
good corn here as any of the middle
west states grow; that he could even
harvest two crops Of grain from his
adobe land near Nampa; when he told
them that corn planted in June had de-
veloped such a tonnage that from three
and half acres he had an abundance
to fill fifty ton silo; when he told
them that his twenty acres supported
twenty five head of Jerseys, two
horses and a few hogs. there were
good many significant looks exchang
ed between farmers listening TO him.
And in Stinson's own town of Nampa
not very long ago we ran into far
mer who informed US and offered to
prove it that any man who paid $3.50
per head for Jersey heifers was a fool
and that any man who would give a
chattel mortgage to put over such
deal was crazy and he knew it. We
have met a number of such farmers
during the past two months and know
ing Stinson to be a mighty good man.
one whose services to the agricultural
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-06-24
KANSAS WHEAT CROP.

In view of the fact that Kansas last
year produced more than one-fifth of
all the wheat produced in the United
States, the present prospect for wheat
in this state is matter of very gen.
eral interest. The department of agri-
culture estimate the crop. which will
begin TO ripen in Kansas within the
next three weeks, at 140. 0O0, 900 bush
els. Our own state department of ag
riculture estimates the crop 10000 900
bushels below the government report.
In all probability both estimates are
too high by 100000 bushels. In the
southern part OF the state, in section
that usually produces fine wheat. the
Hessian fly has done vast amount of
damage. Many fields will not pay to
harvest. and mar 7 others will not yield
half an average crop. The same con-
dition prevails to some extent in CEN
trail northern Kansas. While in many
parts of the state he straw will be
large, the yield Of prain will not be
equal to that of last year. A safe es-
innate of the Kansas wheat crop at
this time would be 100 100000 bushels.
| The above article from Cappers
Weekly will give the wise one a bunch
what the speculation aided by good
reports made before the crop assur-
dd no, 70 do M
casion for the slump III wheat except
to force prices down that speculation
may gobble up the bulk of the crop
price at their pleasure. Farmers hold
your wheat.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-06-24

4 fronted him was one of how to make
this land produce quickly and to pro-
duce at an operating profit. He had
given the question of soilage crops
much study and felt that now was his
golden opportunity to try his theories
out to the limit The outlook was any
thing but cheerful, but stinson is an
optimist Of undaunted faith and he be-
lieved that he could win in spite Of all
difficulties presenting themselves. The
story of his success we will give you
later in actual figures. Late in the
summer of 1912 he got ready to build
his silo and securing the help of
neighbor in addition to his own son
they completed the erection OF fifty
ton concrete silo. BY the time the silo
was completed the corn was at the
proper stage to go in the silo and was
in fact so far advanced that it would
not stand delay in handling it. The
question Of an ensilage cutter and
blowing equipment then came up and
Brother Stinson through lack of funds
found himself unable to purchase the
required machinery. However, there
was in the neighborhood feed cut
ter large enough to handle the corn
and this was hurriedly secured. The
fodder was run through the feed cut
ter and the ensilage scooped into the
silo. The men filling it to capacity by
erecting succession Of platforms and
'hoveling it from one to the next. 1t
vas crude and difficult way to I'LL a
ile but 1t wsn cut. The snsilags thxs
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-06-24
PROJECT NEWS
Devoted pbuding Development Rchfd and Lincoln
County To help and Benefit All Settlers

ono ton of alfalfa. AS we walked
through tho field with Mr.. Stinson we
passed through a field of alfalfa which
on April 26th measured full thirty in
ches In height Thick on the ground
and in every respect we believe the
best alfalfa we have over seen. This
sown on ground previously passed
through a system of rotation in which
wheat. oats and vetch had been used.
The twenty acres has been plated into
tracts, so that his system of rotation
is easily kept track of and accomplish
ed. For instance, in 1914 tract was
sown into oats vetch and peas. This
crop was cut off the middle of June.
Immediately following this the field
was irrigated, then plowed and put in
to good shape, and three and one-half
acres of it put into Minnesota Chief
sweet corn. the planting being actually
done the last week in June. This three
and a half acres produced more than
enough ensilage fodder to fill Mr.. Stin-
sons fifty ton silo. This field has now
been sown to alfalfa and on the day
we saw the field the alfalfa was fully
ten inches high. And thus Mr.. Stin-
son has demonstrated that alfalfa may
be sown as a crop following a corn
crop and do well
Immediately adjoining this field is
field of alfalfa three years old into
which considerable clover has come.
This field will yield Mr.. Stinson two
cuttings for feed this season and then
after the third crop has grown up it
will be plowed under as a soilage crop.
His plan of rotation is so arranged that
each year one field of alfalfa is turned
under and in its place another new
crop of alfalfa is making its first years
growth. Alongside this field which is
making its first years growth this year
is another field on which barley is be-
ing grown. The day we looked at this
barley it had been in the ground just
seven days and stood two inches high
in a fine even stand all over the field.
Adjoining this barley field was anoth-
er tract just ready to receive the corn
which they commenced planting on
April 27th Other tracts are sown to
wheat and oats and all enter into a
definite scheme of crop rotation which
is carried out with unerring precision.
Where tho SiIo Comes In.
gave three hundred dollars per acre
and the problem which naturally con-
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-06-24
PUBLICITY.

Everybody is ready to concede that
what Idaho needs at the present time
and especially this section of the state,
is a publicity campaign that will be
carried on systematically, and convey
to the outside world the true condi-
lions as they exist in Southern Idaho.
How belt, however. to inaugurate
this, is question now before the COM
merciaI clubs Of this section of the
state.
Last Thursday an important meet
ing was held in Jerome which was
attended by representatives from Twin
Falls, Minidoka. Cassia. Blaine, Good
ing and Lincoln counties. to lay plans
for the formation Of an organization
10 be known as the Southern Idaho
Publicity Association. 1t viii be re-
RENDERED that short time ago rep
fesentatives were here for the purpose
of securing membership in the State
Publicity Association and secured the
cooperation Of the Business Mems
Association Of this place At Twin
Falls and some of the other points they
did not meet with much success, as it |
was thought that with an organization |
confined to the counties as above stat
co, much more creative good could
be accomplished. and as result of
this the meeting was held here last
week for this purpose.
During the meeting here some heat
ed discussions were INDUCED in by
the members present, each of whom
had his plans for the proper adver-
Using of this section. The meeting,
eliminated in committee
,eing appointed composed of rep
esentative from each county. to draft
entative plans for an organization to
Il submitted at another meeting to be
cid in Jerome on June 25th, at which
inc ii il hoped to complete the or
anization and adopt plans for pub
city campaign. This committee SON
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-06-24

extension department have been in
valuable and personally appreciating
Mr. Stinson's acquaintance we decid-
ed that perhaps we had better inves-
tigate the situation and let in a little
light for the benefit of the skepics
The Crazy Man at Work.
It was a very warm afternoon when
we walked the two miles from Nampa
up to Mr. stinsons ranch. Exactly
as we expected we found stinson down
in the field with the hoe, working, to
beat the band, planting seed. In every
direction the first thing that meets the
gaze of the visitor IS the evidence of
Stinson's insanity. In a corral were
twenty of the finest Jersey cows and
heifers we have seen in many a month.
In another direction were two of the
largest English Berkshire sows in Ida
ho and romping about the pen were
twenty eight fine little pigs. Stinson
told us that last fall he dressed a hog
cut of that pen which went over 500
pounds, enough to run his asylum all
winter and into midsummer. And in
lsmuch as we know that our readers
ire anxious to know every stage of
his mans hysteria and what the re-
ults have been we will tell it to you
s we saw it and inspected it.
Mr.. Stinson purchased these twenty
ores Of adobe land about four years
go and the year previous to his ac-
uiring the place it yielded thirteen
ushsis Of wheat per asrs and about
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-06-24
DAIRYING AND HOG RAISING
ON BIG WOOD RIVER PROJECT

The question has often been asked,
why does Idaho range stock usually
bring top prices in the eastern mark
cts?
Not having been geoligist, nor
a student of chemistry we also wonder
ed, however, the explanation was Civ
en- us by man who had given this
matter much study and thought and
who has Travelled extensively both in
this country and Europe, and his con-
cluson seems to be a very logical one.
You go for instance into the middle
or eastern states and where you find
rock formation, it is of some particu-
lar kind Of rock, lime, sandstone,
granite, etc. and the soil is of the
same mineral formation as the kind
of rock found. therefore, the soil is
limited to one or two kinds of min
eral, while hore we have what is
known as volcanic ash In past ages
this country was one moulten heter-
ogeneous mass of all of the different
minerals melted together, and by some
gigantic eruption thrown to the earth's
surface and spread out over this Inter-
mountain country, this gives us a soil
so rich in the various minerals that
the native grasses and legumes pro-
duce a larger boned, better developed
and early mat11red animal
-vhe planting OF alfalfa and tame
grasses supply to the soil the himas
and nitrogen essential to make this
one of the best alfalfa and grain
soil with what is needed for grains
and all other crops.
We heard one farmer on the Rich
field tract who is a close observer Of
conditions, who spent years of his life
in the stock and hog belt of Iowa, say
to some prospective buyers that they
might select good grade OF Poland
China sows in Kansas or Iowa with
litter OF pigs they to take two and
raise in either Kansas or Iowa and he
to take two on his ranch at Richfield
and at the end Of six months he would
meet them in Omaha, Denver or Port
land and select three of the best judges
of swine to be found and that he
would stake five hundred dollars that
the two pigs raised in Idaho would
be larger and outweigh either of
the two pigs that were raised in eth
er Iowa or Kansas and further that
you would never know that they were
from the same litter.
We at least know that the nutrition
contained in alfalfa and grasses in this
country is greater than in the rain belt
country, these being facts we are in
a position to produce more butter fat,
better stock and hogs at a less cost
than the same can be produced in the
rain belt section provided we have
equally as good grade of cows and hogs,
and we are glad to note that the far
mers are buying more and better grade
of dairy COWS in which the Holstein
seems to lead with the Guernsey
close second.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-06-24
YELLOWSTONE OPENING

The 1915 season for the Yellowstone
majority of them from the eastern
states, including Governor Whitman
of New York, and party, occupying
three private cars.
The Short Line made up three trains
at Salt Lake and that order was con-
tinued until Idaho Falls was reached
when the new alignment was made up
of four trains, ten Pullmans to the
train and a double headed" on each
train in order to make the grade
through the Warm river canyon and
over Rea's Pass.
The weather was ideal. just cold
enough to make those from the lower
attitudes really appreciate the ideal
summer climate Of Idaho when it is
mile or more high. Until this week
there has been considerable snow at
the park, but it had all gone by open
ing day, the roads are reported in
fine condition. and the initial tour
lists have every reason to plan for a
big time.
At the park entrance 40 four horse
teams and 81 passenger Surveys were
in waiting. 24O head Of horses being
required for the vehicles the first day
out.
The train, the second day out. was
run in three sections, and the Short
Line plans that will be necessary the
season through in order to care for
the $4,000 passengers booked.
No reports have been received in
regard to tn numeber who entered the
park through Gardner. Montana, and
Cody Wyoming, on opening day, but
il is safe to say that the great ma
iority Of tourists viii 90 into the park
rom the southern or Yellowstone en-
rance via Idaho Falls this season.
The opening. Of the park to auto
mobiles on August 1 will add addi-
ional thousands of tourists, and these
after viii have an opportunity to see
his section right as they win Of ne
essity go through during daylight.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-06-24

COW, with it goes THE Song of the
Corn We believe that the royal road
to wealth if there be such road for
the small farmer must be the trail
which Stinson and men of his kind
have blazed. That the small farmer
in Idaho, Oregon and Washington must
deliver to the market the product of
his farm through the milk can, the
eggs basket or on four feet.
As we told our indignant farm
friend in Nampa we hope that Stin-
sons form Of hysteria will spread un-
tn whole ssmnSnities are raving mad.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-06-24

sisted of Armstrong of Jerome, Moody
Of Wendell, Carr of hurley. Friedman
of HALEY. Burroughs of Rupert and
belong of Twin Falls. 1t was unan-
imously decided to confne the publicity
campaign to middle west states. The
meeting was marked by great interest
and enthusiasm.
Another meeting was held at Jerome
Friday with Farmer Bill" and NJ. r.
Rays Of Richfield in attendance rep
resenting the local commercial olub.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-01-01

trary l am sure l have injured N.Y.
self. If tomorrow morning the con-
sumption of liquor should cease in
Arkansas and if not drop were used
in this state during the next twelve
month"; -sae Pple of this state
would roll ihssl wave of prosperity
never before experienced. | believe
within ten years a majority of the
states will ratify an amendment to
the constitution absolutely prohibit
ing the manufacture of any kind of
intoxicants, and in my judgment it
will work as great an economic rev.
olution in the United States as has
been worked in Russia by the order
prohibiting the sale of vodka, the
Russian national drink"