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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-11-25
Idaho Can Act.

The state of Idaho has s2,S00,000
loaned on farm mortgages and S2,-
100000 invested in state and county
bonds
Here certainly can be found the
assets for a rural credit system that
will furnish the farmers with money
at lower rates than now obtain in pri-
vate circles. The state of Oklahoma
has a rural credit law the basis of
which is the issuance of bonds Sc
cured by existing mortgages, which
brings in new money to replace that
already loaned. The State of Ken
lucky has taken s1,000,000 of the
capital stock of a rural credit bank
in cooperation with private individ-
uals. Neither of these states have
awaited action by the national gov
ernment.
With the available capital pointed
out in the opening paragraph, there
is no need for the state of Idaho t
await action by the federal govern
ment.
Governor Alexander is a man o
vision-a business man second t.
none in Idaho-a man not afraid o
innovations or of an idea because
is new He grasps fundamentals an
his whole endeavor is to serve tn
people. We commend to his consid
Grafton the above facts and figures
l. New Freedom
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-11-25
BETTER TRAIN SERVICE.
nsily and Sunday Passenger Service
Inaugurated on the Short Line.
Good Connections Now Afforded Pas
sengers Going either East
or West.
Surveying Crew Now Locating Spur
from short Line into Town.

As result OF the visit OF the Short
Line officials TO Jerome as chronicled
in the Times last week. passenger
train has been added TO the train
service on the Short Line through
Jerome. which will make daily trips
between Minidoka and Bliss. Sunday
included The service was inaugu-
rated yesterday "wednesday and
will give the people along the line
much better connections both east
and west AS the arrangement has
been in the past. there was absolute
ly no connections to be made either
way and as a consequence much Of
the passenger service TO and from
Jerome went overland 10 connect
with the main line at Shoshone.
The schedule OF the new passenger
train is as follows: Leave Minidoka
at 10 a. III. and arrive at jerome at
12:ll p. III. and at Bliss at l:l0 p.
m, making connections with No. ly
on the main line going west. This is
the train that makes close connec-
tlons at Pendleton with the north
bound trains for Spokane and other
points, and will also land passengers
in Boise that same evening. Return
ing the new train will leave Bliss al
2:45 p. IN. on the arrival OF No. 3
the fast mail from the east on the
main line. thus giving the people
along the line the benefit OF getting
their eastern mail more regularl,
than heretofore This train will ar
rive at Jerome going east at so y
III. and arrive at Minidoka at GOO
p. IN. In time to make connection
with No. east bound on the mail
line. Passengers going east IRON
Jerome can therefore leave here a
1850 and make connections Will
the train east or for Salt Lake with
out any walt at Minidoka.
1t is the best arrangement as re
CARDS passenger service ever put int
effect on this line and We believ
will prove very satisfactory to tn
company as well as the travelling pub
lie.
Upon the inauguration OF the pas
senger train, the freight which Is nov
making daily trips will be changed I
a tri-weekly service. leaving BIS
Monday. Wednesday and Friday an
leaving Minidoka on opposite days
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-11-25

(From the Gem Worker.


The state of Kentucky has entered
the field as a participant in rural
credit scheme, in which the State CO.
operates with private individuals In
the formation of farmers BANK
the state taking s1,000,00O. in the
banks capitalization. The item
which we saw in reference to this
matter was in a financial paper OF
national reputation and hence may
he regarded as reliable but did not
90 into any details and we have not
sufficient knowledge of the plan 10
either endorse or condemn it-but in
any event the idea is well worth con-
sideration. There may be substan-
tial benefit in the union of private
and public funds in the management
OF such an institution, for the state
would endeavor to secure substan-
tial benefits to the farmers in low
rates and long time of payments
while the private capitalist would en-
| deaNOr TO MAKE IL a buSihOSS i"' -, {
proposition and there could be nc
substantial success unless the banf
would more than pay its way.
There is a suggestion here for thu
officials of the state of Idaho tina
should not be overlooked, but whicl
is of the most pressing importance
The interest rates on farm mortgage
in Idaho are too high and must b
lowered. The state of Oklahoma ha
enacted a rural credit law that !
conducted solely by the state, Will
Kentucky has the state join hand
with private capital Idaho, throug
its ever-increasing public funds du
to the sale of state lands, is In p'
sition to adopt either one plan or IN
, other. 1t is up to the states officia
2 to evolve a plan of action and to g
busy at once.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-11-25
Settlement of Land Troubles Is in
Prospect.

With the present indications OF ac-
tiyity there is promise of an early
solution Of the problems that con
front number OF the irrigation pro-
jects OF southern Idaho. This be-
came known with the return Of the
state land board from It's trip to Hol-
lister. where settlers on the Twin
Falls-Salmon River project were con-
suited. Mr. Edwards representing
the bondholders OF that project is
now in Boise. This afternoon at
O'Clock he held conference with
General Peterson Mr. Edwards also
represents the bondholders OF the
Twin Falls north side project r. f.
Shepherd. also representing that pro-
ject Is In the city. The conference
related TO the settlement OF the diff
culties OF the projects. particularly
the Twin Salmon river.
All members OF the land board at
tended the Hollister meeting Satur-
day. The conference took place In
the school house and members OF the
board stated that practically every
settler on the project who could pos
sibly be there was present. The
members OF the board and the set
tiers INDUCED In some frank state
ments. The settlers favor cutting
down OF the project. or reducing the
acreage so that there will be water
for the lands.
Il believe" said Governor AleXan
der, that the land board Is thor
oughly impressed with the import
ance OF an early settlement of th'
troubles in this tract The settler
are anxious TO reach one. So is tn
board. can pay this compliment Il
the settlers. They are intelligent ant
are in earnest They have no radi
cal demands to make and made none
They are vitally interested in tn
outcome OF the affairs OF the project
They depend on the good offices o
the state OF Idaho to make 1t pot
sible for them to live on the tract an
make a living.
Assurances we're given the go'
ernor today by Mr.. Shepherd that tn
Twin Falls north side project con
pany is ready to place the $4,000
securities with the board as securi'
for completion OF the project work
The report OF State Engineer Sml'
on the First segregation OF this pr
ject has been filed with the govern'
and will be considered by him
length.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-11-25
Believes Government Extravagant.

Believes Government EXtravagant.
United States Senator j. w. Weeks
of Massachusetts, believes that the
government is spending too much
money on the arid lands of the west,
and is not afraid to say so. In a
speech before the Chamber Of Com
merce at Denver last Saturday, the
Senator among other things said:
Il have been to the Pacific coast
and the Pacific Northwest this year,
though not on this trip, and have
given considerable thought to the
reclamation of arid lands by the gov
ernment. | believe from the infor-
nation / have received that these
projects under government manage
ment have been extremely expensive
more so than if they had been built
by private capital The government
should do all it can to develop the
arid lands, bat more economy should
be used.
"I have been interested, too, in an
other phase of the public domain
that of conservation. l feel, how
ever. that much Of the dissatisfaction
is due to Misunderstanding on the
mart of the forest service officials in
regard to their duties toward the
settlers and on the part of the set
tiers toward the government an
sure these can be adjusted.
Il am not, however, in sympathy
with the attitude Of some western
governors that the public domain
should be turned over to the severa
states in which the domain lies. Peo
pie should remember that the othe
states originally owned these land
= and that they still have a financia
5 interest in them"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-11-25
The Handling of Meat.

With the low price of hogs, the
tendency of some farmers is to
slaughter their hogs at home and sell
them dressed to their neighbors and
others who desire them. 1t has been
do not permit this, as there can be
no slaughter or sale of meats in the
state without first procuring Ii
cense. From a reading of the section
of the law relating to this we do not
find anything that prevents the farm
er slaughtering his own hogs and
a market.
Section 27, chapter 1874, session
laws 1911, as amended in 1918, reads
as follows:
ANY person or corporation who
shall sell of offer for sale or expose
for sale at public or private sale, any
meat or food products which have
not been prepared for human con-
sumption in the places mentioned in
the preceding section, or who shall
operate said places without first OBJ
tanning from the said inspector the
certificate or permit mentioned IL
said section shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and shall be punished a.
provided in the following section
Provided. that nothing in. this &C
shall be construed to prohibit an!
farmer from slaughtering any ami
NAL raised by him and disposing o
the meat of such animal; Provided
that said meat was prepared in a san
itary and wholesome manner and un
der proper sanitary conditions, no
surrounded by or in proximity I
communicating conditions of any kin
and protected at all times up to de
livery to the purchaser from dus
| dirt, flies and other contaminations.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-11-25

The Irrigation and Drainage Com
mission are in session again, having
convened last Saturday, and 1t is ex-
pected that the present session Will
continue until Dec. list.
On Friday of last week ]. A. Wa
ters, of Twin Falls. who a member
of the commission, visited the North
Side tract on a tour of inspection
and was shown over the tract. 1t Ii
expected that he will make a report
of his findings during the present
session, and although while here he
was free to express himself on vari
ous matters he gave no intimation a
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-11-25
$500 Per Year


On and after Dec. 18th, Jerome
and this section Of Idaho will enjoy
a substantial reduction in freight
rates on coal from the Wyoming
mines as shipped by the Oregon Short
Line railway company. This fact be-
came evident by the filing with the
public utilities commission of new
tariffs on the part of that railroad.
The reductions should mean to con-
sumers in this part of Idaho and in
fact in all over southern Idaho sub
stantial reduction in the price they
pay for coal. A summarization draft
of the new tariff shows that this par
ticular part of the state will on and
after the date named above enjoy a
reduction in freight rates of so cents
ton on nut coal and 70 cents ton
on slack coal. No reduction is given
lump and run of mine coal.
Coal will be reweighed upon re-
quest of consignee at destinations
where the carrier has track scales.
|
nation certified wagon scale weights
may be used in lieu OF track scale
weights, provided such weights are
taken on balanced scales and under
the supervision. of a representative
of the carrier. When reweighing dis
closes a variation of 500 pounds or
more from the billed weight no
charge will be made for the reweigh-
ing and the freight charge will be
collected on the weight 80 found at
reweighing points. When such re-
weighing discloses a variation of
less than 500 pounds from the billed
weight charge of 81 per car will
be assessed for the reweighing and
the freight charges will be collected
on the basis of the original or billed
weight"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-11-25
Another Seed Raising Experiment

The latest experiment in seed rails
ing on this project comes from Geo.
A. Ragan, who resides two and one
half miles west of Rupert and from
one acre-tried as an experiment.
the returns were 1,05S pounds. which
at the present price of lac per pound
gives a total OF s14S.12. From this
comes the cost of raising the crop.
which is estimated at $40 per acre.
This experiment was made on one
acre OF ground and possibly received
more and better attention than
could be given to a larger field, but
even so the yield would doubtless
have given returns right around the
s100 mark just the same.
Such returns have got any business
we know of skinned several city
blocks" as the expression goes
Rupert Pioneer-Record.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-11-25
Utilities Commission Visit Oakley

Commissioners Freehafer, Graham
and Ramstedt returned Saturday
from Oakley, where they heard the
petition of the receiver of the Miner
& North Side railway for a discon-
tinuance of service on that line. The
report for the past year of the road
shows that 1t has been running be-
hind all the way from s291.15 to
s1O54.50 per month, and that it is
practically impossible to maintain
the line under present conditions.
Commissioner Freehafer said it was
likely an order would be made for
the discontinuance of service.
The reason given for the road not
paying is because of the fact that the
Oregon Short Line built into the dis
trict something over a year after the
line was completed, and also by rea
son of the fact that the latter road
could handle through shipments, 1
secured the bulk of the business a
number of small communities whicl
have sprung up on the line since /
was built will be placed in an awk
ward position, according to Mr.. Free
hafer, for the reason that they vii
be without good mail facilities shoul
service on the line be discontinued
Churchill, one of these, will b
obliged to go a distance of 4 mile
for mail.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-11-25

Superstition is not religion. Be-
lief without evidence is not religion.
Faith without facts is not religion.
What is religion? To love justice, to
long for the right, to love mercy, to
pity the suffering. to assist the weak,
to forget wrongs, and remember the
benetits-to love truth, to be sincere,
to utter honest words, to love liberty,
to wage relentless war against slav-
cry in all forms, to love wife and
child and friend, to make a happy
home, tc love the beautiful in art, in
nature. to cultivate the mind, to be
familiar with the mighty thought
that genius has expressed, the noble
deeds of all the world, to cultivate
courage and cheerfulness, to make
others happy. to fill the life will
the splendor of generous acts, the
warmth of generous words, to dis
card error. to destroy prejudice, Il
receive new truths with gladness, Il
cultivate hope, to see the calm be
yond the storm, the dawn beyond tn
night, to do the best that can be don
and then be resigned-this is the re
ligion of reason, the creed of science
This satisfies the brain and the hear
The creed of science is the best fo
all mankind. and there are but 81
words which need to be kept befoi
the worshiper of this creed
Truth, Liberty, Courage, Low
Mercy and Pity. Exchange.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-11-25
lanes Dickie, of Meteetse. wyo.

lanes Dickie, of Meteetse' Wyo''
,,ho recently made several aeroplane
aights at San Francisco, Is CONSIDER
ing the advisability OF purchasine d
wright biplane for use in connection
with his extensive sheep business IN
Central wyoming. Much time and
trouble might be saved ana many
sheen. otherwise lost, preserved ne
reasons. IL herder were equipped
with an aeroplane. and he may pro
cure a machine and make the expert
ment.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-11-25

There seems to be quite a demand
from South Side farmers for renting
farms on the North Side. During
the past week we have had several
INQUIRIES from these parties, and
those Of our farmers having places
for rent would do well to list these
places with some OF the real estate
men at this place.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-11-25

Come to the Times for your butter
wraps. We use the best paper.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-15
READING NOTICES
THE HOUSE OF CHRISTMAS

There Jared a mother driven forth
Out of an inn to roam;
In the place where she was homeless
All men are at home.
The crazy stable close at hand,
With shaking timber and shifting sand,
Grew a stronger thing to abide and stand
Than the squire stones OF Rome.
For men are homesick in their homes
And strangers under the sun,
And they lay their heads in foreign land
Whenever the day is done.
Here we have battle and blazing eyes,
And chance and honor and high surprise,
But our homes are under miraculous skies
Where the yule tale was begun.
A Child in foul stable,
Where the beasts feed and roam;
Only where He was homeless
Are you and | at home;
We have hands that fashion and heads
that know,
But our hearts we lost-how long ago!
In place no chart nor ship can show
Under the sky's dome.
This world is wild as an old wives tale,
And strange the plain things are,
The earth is enough and the air is enough
For our wonder and our war;
But our rest is as far as the fire-drake
swings
Where clashed and Numbered unthink-
able wings
Round an incredible star.
To an open house in the evening
Home shall men come,
To an older place than Eden
And a taller town than Rome.
To the end of the way of the wondering
star,
To the things that cannot be and that are
To the place where God was homeless
And all men are at home.
Gilbert K Chesterton.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-15
THE GLORIOUS MIRACLE

A Christmas Sermon from Dulutn Herald
TT is Christmas eve in the trenches.
A bitter chill is in the air. Snow COW
i ers the ground Here and there be-
tween the far-fung hostile trenches the
moon shows dark spots marking where
the last vain charge left it's toll Of dead.
In the trenches, thousands OF men,
shivering in their rat-holes in the bleak
earth. Behind the trenches, the great
guns, the hospital camps, the reserve
camps, the aviation camps, headquarters.
A lull has come in the fighting; perhaps
from sheer WEAKNESS, perhaps from tragic
recognition, by men engaged in killing
men, of the spirit of the coming natal day
of Him who brought to earth the message
of peace and good will among men. The
rest is needed, and men sleep fitfully, dis
turbed by grim dreams, with little thought
of the significance of the morrow. Sent
ries pace their rounds, thinking of home
and the dear ones there whom they may
never see again.
A sentry's sharp cry pierces the night:
Halt! Who goes?" The answer, low: "A
friend"
advance, friend, and give he counter
sign!"
To the sentry, out of the gloom cast by
cloud shadowing the moon, advances a
bent Figure, clad in the garments Of the
humble, with face scanned by care, eyes
sad, insurutable, seeming to see afar and
to reflect the sorrows of suffering millions.
Fixing the sentry with these eyes, the
Figure gives word: brotherhood" It
is not the countersign of the day; but the
sentry, awed in some vague way he cannot
define, presents arms and falls back.
"Pass, friend!'' And the bent Figure pass
es into the camp.
Affair, there is hushed music, voices sing
ing, an exquisite harmony, faint like the
mere fragrance of music. Straining ears
seem to catch words, or seeming Of
words, that interpret themselves into
thoughts divine earth peace, good
will toward menu
The Figure, upon whom the sentry's
puzzled gaze is bent, pauses upon an emf
hence. The camp sleeps The trenches
sleep. Even to tortured bodies in the field
hospitals comes the blessed boon of sleep.
The sentry, drowsy at his post, leans upon
his rifle and sleeps The world is silent
And again that faint, inefable harmony
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-15

Just because a girl makes good fudge,
it's no sign she won't sew on buttons and
mend socks, and it's no sign she will
Eyota Grit.
+ It 4
By actual count and German advices the
Serbian army now consists of King Peter,
his strategist in chief and two orderlies.
st. Paul Review.
The Fairmont Sentinel is opposed to the
nomination of Elihu Root for president.
The Sentinel must be afraid of Roots cleo
-Mankato Free Press.
# Il t
Europe is the real melting pot of civil
ization. At least there is no other place
where civilization is being melted up so
rapidly as there-Duluth Herald
Il 4 #
The trouble with whole lot Of folks is
that they are looking for positions, while
the world is advertising for men who are
in search of jobs.-Duluth Tribune.
Every one to his taste. The vulture
thrives on carrion, and the gossiper wakes
fat on scandal. And between the two, we
are strong for the vulture Winnebago
Enterprise.
t Il It
With fresh eggs selling for fifty cents
a dozen, the term "chicken' is losing
whatever opprobrium it may once have
had-Duluth Herald.
Il
There is an officer in the British army
that is known as the Hon. Panky Pank.
Some of the proposed candidates for gov
ernor ought to be known as the Hon. Bun
XIV Bunk.-Sauk Centre Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-15
THE DAY WILL COME

\ DAY will come when the only battle
~ field will be the market open to COM
merce and the mind opening to new
ideas. A day will come when bullets and
bombshells will be replaced by votes, by
the universal suffrage of nation, by the
venerable arbitration of great sovereign
senate, which will be to Europe what the
parliament is to England, what the diet is
to Germany what the legislative assembly
is to France. A day will come when can
non will be exhibited in public museums,
just as an instrument of torture is now,
and people will be astonished how such a
thing could have been. A day will come
when these two immense groups, the Uni
ted States of America and the United
States of Europe, shall be seen placed in
presence of each other, extending the hand
of fellowship across the ocean.-Victor
Hugo.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-15

A friend from Minneapolis writes us
wistfully please try to get us Christ
mas turkey-country raised and not so
accustomed to city ways that he has got
ten tough" Turkeys of that description
are less difficult to find than chickens
or peacocks.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-15

Vernon Center has an "Optimistic Club"
which provides that if any member is
heard knocking crops, town, weather or
kindred subjects, he shall be fined ten
cents, said sum to be used in war-relief
fund. Why not "Gossips Club for Red
wood Falls-and use the fine dimes to
pave the city Well wager there'd be
enough to pave all the city streets and
build macadem road to North Redwood
by spring.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-15

The time for doing your Christmas shop
ping early has really passed by. But you
may still do it early-in the forenoon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-15

Some people are so horribly prudish
about taking things that they even avoid
taking a cold
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-15

Congress has been in session since De-
cember 6. The war still continues.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-15

whole world is a good mother, and she's
nine!'' isn't a bad thought to take with
1ou when you go home for your Christ
mas visit this year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-15

"Oanly ten moar days befoar Chris
muss. Oh, gee whiz, hurry upn'