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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-20
SIGNS OF RAIN.
oimpis Things That Tell Us When
Storm 10 Brewing.

0impls Things That Tell Us When .
Storm 10 Brewing.
On the subject of predicting rain, Rol-
Companion writes in part as follows:
There are plenty of soundly scien-
tiic weather signs that are right be-
fore our eyes and vouched for by the
best meteorologists. For instance, the
ring around the MOON which is pro-
duced by a thin, filmy cloud made up
of minute particles of ice-a state of
things not built to last. Either some
unlocked for commotion will put stop
to it in a different manner. or it will
pour cats and dogs within three days
at most. In eighty-six cases out of a
hundred the rule holds good. A still
better sign is the ring around the sum-
'"This is science, pure and simple, and
so Is the old maxim: The farther the
sight the nearer the rain 1t is not
pessimism that makes people along the
coast predict a downpour when they
can pick out the separate houses on a
faraway island, or people in mountain
GUS regions call it too good to last
when distant peak, generally invisi-
BILE, comes into view. They are shrewd
meteorologists in making these pre-
dictions, and also in declaring that
sounds carry better when a rainstorm
Is brewing
"Of all nice, convincing weather
signs. however, a 'sickening sky is
pretty nearly the most reliable. When
the deep warm blue grows paler, and
then whitish, and your spirits drop, and
shadows fray at the edges and disap-
pear, then you have sickening sky.
Rain is not being brought up ready
made from afar. it is being manufac-
tured directly overhead.
"The color of the sky, then, is fair
ly trustworthy sign in and Of itself,
and so is the color Of the clouds. In
tensely white clouds against an in
tensely blue sky mean bright weather
ahead. Grayish clouds on a lightish
blue foretell rain"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-20
Constitutional Government.

BY constitutional government" is
meant the government that has checks
imposed upon it by a written Tor un-
written) constitution or charter. The
United States and England and France
and various other countries are "con-
stitutionar' in this sense, whereas Rus.
STA and one or two other countries are
unconstitutional because Of the alb
sence Of the above mentioned checks,
the will Of the car, etc., being practi-
cally supreme.-New York American.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-20
His Meaning.

Little George met Miss Smith in
the street this morning, mother, and
as she recognized me her countenance
fell. Mamma-What do you mean,
dear? Little George-There was a
piece Of orange peel on the pavement.
The rest of her fell too.-Pittsburgh
Press.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-20
Common Phenomena,

"Father," said the small boy, "what
are decisions of GRANDEUR"
"NIy son, they are what would cause
almost any man to be considered in
sane if he were so indiscreet as to own
up to them in public. Washington
Star.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-20

Mrs. John Allies, who has been
visiting her son, Conrad Allies of
Southwick, and Mrs. j. L. Helper
returned to her home in Spokane
Saturday.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-20
The Wronu Thinu.

IT can give you a few wrinkles about
keeping young"
"That's where wrinkles won't do."-
Baltimore American.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-20
What Will
the Harvest Be?

What you sow that also will you
reap. You can't sow corn and ex-
pect it to come up cabbages-you
can't plant pear tree and expect
it to bear peaches. And-mark
this-you can't plant extravaganza
and expect it to produce a crop of
thrift. If you plant Dollars in a
Bank Account at the Kendrick State
Bank they will produce Dollars-if
you don't plant them, they won't.
Says Hindoo sage eff
you sow castor-oil tree
can you hope to produce
ebony 2"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1915-08-20
KENDRICK STATE BANK

Kendrick, Idaho
We pay per cent interest on
Certificates of Deposit.
Evening star., 1915-01-03
THREE LEARNED MEN OF JERI SALEM.

tongue. that could not come all at
once. and Giddlsh would be the most
common means OF communication in
the beginning of the new common
wealth. German Jews have not shown
themselves any less patriotic and less
devoted to their country in the war
than Russian Jews or Austrian Jews.
They have been treated no worse
by Germany than their religionists
have been treated by Russia. Their
aspiration for 4 Jewish state of Zion
would not he likely to seek it as a
means of weakening Germany and
strengthening the countries now at
war with her.
Zionist leaders who are keen students
of international politics and the in
huences which mold them, DOUBTLESS
accept with reservation the promises
that are now made by the bell 'erents.
They may be justified in questioning
the extent to which these promises can
be relied on.
Yet thy are also justified in expect.
ing that the Jewish people of ali the
countries will receive broader recog-
milton when the war is overland this
recognition may take the form of SUBJ
stantial encouragement to the move
ment for Zionist state at the cradle
of the Hebrew race.
Evening star., 1915-01-03
Buying American Hors@s for the War

armies of the allies across the Atlantic.
Ihe Missourian carried 1900 head, the
largest number Of horses ever sent
across the Atlantic in one ship. The
M1ssourlan was the third vessel to leave
the port of New York with horses for
hordeaux, the first being the Oracadia
ana the second the Indrani, each carry
ing 40 horses. 1t is probable that these
ships Will be steadily employed as horse
transports during the war. because they
nave been Quilted at large expense for
thls work. with condensers and evapor-
ators to supply water for the horses
ana with appliances for cooling the
water as 1t comes from the condensers.
Speciai arrangements have to be made
Tor supplying hay and oats to the voy-
ayers and lighting and ventilating ap-
pliances have been installed. Each
horse has stall eight feet long by two
feet six inches wide, built of smooth
wood and not padded. The horses stand
in their stalls the whole way across
Great Britain is buying horses in the
Argentine Republic and in other parts
of South America. and it was lately an
nounced that Robert Cunningham Gra-
ham. nephew of the fourteenth Lord
Elphinstone. claimant to the ancient
Earldom of Menteith, had been appoint
ed by the British government to act as
chairman of the commission sent to
Buenos Aires for the purpose Of buying
horses for the British army.
Evening star., 1915-01-03
Value Required.

@APT. VERMONT, one of the menu
~ bers of a commission sent to
America to spend very large sum of
money for England, was bored in New
York by the persistency of an agent
who tried to sell him saddles.
After listening to the agent good
naturedly for a long time, Capt Yer
mont said:
Il cannot buy your saddles. The
prices you ask are too high. /, like
the old Welsh farmer, insist on get
ting the full value of my money.
This farmer" Capt. Vermont con-
tinued. was the only person who ap-
peared at chapel one stormy Sunday
morning.
THE minister. seeing but one wor-
shipper, thought he would preach only
one sermon-not two as usual.
He mounted the pulpit stairs, and,
looking down at the solitary farmer.
said:
well, John, shall 1 give you the
sermon in Gaelic or the one in Eng
1ish?'
John. who was very grufr old fell
low, looked the preacher sternly in
the eye and replied:
"'Gie me them bath, you're weel
paid for them""
Evening star., 1915-01-03

however, has been due to other ma
tionalities Most of the orange groves
of Jaffa We're developed by French
and English growers. The Jana orange
has a market all over Europe. ana oc-
casionaIly a cargo finds its way to the
United States. A beautiful French
Catholic church at Jaffa from It's ROOF
unfolds n splendid panorama of orange
groves as we'll as of wheat felds.
Most visitors to Palestine take the
afternoon train from Jaffa to Jefusa-
lem. There is a margin OF green cul-
tivated lands after the orange groves
are passed and the sandy desert Is
skirted. Olive orchards and fig trees
abound and camels plow on the plains
of Sharon, while a steam thresher. of
English manufacture, winnows the
grain. American makers of farm ma
chinery tried their rhreshers, but the
English ones proved better adapted
to the condition of Palestine agricul-
ture.
Much of the development of Pales-
tine, If it ever fully develops its agri-
culture. will be around the river Jor-
dan and Jericho. Jericho already has
irrigation on a small scale and Dutch
windmiils diversity the landscape.
Cotton and sugar cane are cultivated
pomegranates and grapes Every kind
of garden vegetable is raised, including
tomatoes. Much is expected from the
cotton raising. In the valley of Je-
hosophat wheat and barley are raised
and are among the best crops.
In the neighborhood of Bethlehem a
German colony literally made the
stony hills blossom with olive groves
and figs and vineyards, as well as with
the cereals.
The fields in which Ruth Cleaned
after BoaZ are today as green ages
ago, but taken as a whole much of
Palestine Is unfertile. and must be de-
veloped by irrigation and artificial
means in order to make it productive
enough to support a large population.
This is the economic obstacle to es-
tablishing a Jewish state which would
be productive enough to absorb even
a small proportion of the Hebrews
throughout the world. This economic
situation has not been lost sight of
by the Zionist leaders. although some
of their co-religionists, in the warmth
of their aspira tions, have ignored 1t.
Jerusalem has been restored. in the
physical sense. during the last five or
six years. That is. it has been trans
formed by means of municipal improve
mentS- Ihe streets nave peen paved.
public sanitation has been provided, and
even the crowded and narrow corners
of the city have been made passably-
ha abitable.
1t is in these quarters, in the. city Of
their fathers, that the mass OF the He
brew population has led crowded and.
for many of them. a miserable existence.
The blue doors and the window borders
are the outward signs. of the Jewish
houses.
1t is at the Waiing Wall Fridays that
Evening star., 1915-01-03

among his other benefactions provid-
Ell for the re-esta blishment of his pe0-
pie i'll Jerusalem. Other rich Hebrews s
supplemented his gifts. while Zangwill
and intellectual leaders gave their en-
couragement.
1t is to be said for the Zionist pro-
ponents at the present time that they
are taking a sensible view of what
may come from the world war and are
not encouraging wild hopes for the
Jewish people. Yet they realize that
the opportunity to re-esta blish Pales-
tine as the land of the Hebrews may
be near at hand
Palestine has felt the movement of
western civilization which during the
last ten years has awakened the
orient There have been efforts to
fail in with the Industrial march and
to adopt modern ideas.
Some of these efforts have been di-
rected toward agricultural improve
ment. Palestine is an agricultural land
and the first advance step has been to
adopt modern agriculture, although
farming after biblical methods still pre-
walls there. Esta blishing Jewish agri-
cultural colonies was part of the pro-
gram of the ZionistS, and while the
experiments attempted on a small
scale were not brilliantly successful.
the experience gained from them was
valuable.
What there Is OF modern agriculture,
Evening star., 1915-01-03
on THE BANKS OF THE JORDAN.

sents horses fit for military uses.
Many of them are too old or too young.
too small and light or too feeble. A
hardy horse is required for soldier
purposes and when horses not hardy
are used the efficiency of the organiZa-
tion using them is low
:: X
When the war was started &he allies
had an Immediately available horse
supply of 26,000,000 head, and of this
number .l,000.00O were in Russia. The
number Of horses in the United States
is somewhat over 10000, 900, and Canada,
Argentina, Australia and Mexico are
countries having a large supply of
horses. France was short of horses for
artillery and cavalry. and England was
short also, for in the latter country the
breeding of suitable mounts for cavalry
and of draft stock suitable for artillery
has been on the decline In late years,
and there has been a considerable ex-
port trade i'll those classes of horses.
Germany has been represented as
buying horses III Denmark, Norway,
Sweden and Switzerland, but the sup
ply of horses in those lands suitable
for hard. heavy and constant military
use is small compared with the need
OF immense armies.
France and Great Britain have been
buying horses in Canada. the United
States and elsewhere since the first
month of the war. and this demand on
sound and hardy horseiesh is reflected
In this country in the strongly marked
upward trend of horse prices. Many thou
sand head of American horses have been
bought in the great horse centers at St.
Louis, Chicago. Kansas City and st.
Paul, and have been shipped to Canada
for transshipment to Europe. There
are plausible stories of horse buying
for English and French account in the
eastern horse market. and that many
horses from New York. Pennsylvania.
Maryland and Virginia are now war
horses in the bloody fields and on the
long white roads OF France.
The American-built steamship Mis-.
sourian of the American Hawaiian line
sailed from South Brooklyn few days
ago with a cargo of horses to he landed
at Bordeaux. That vessel was char
tered recently for animal transportation.
and is one of big fleet OF steamers
which is carrying remounts for the
Evening star., 1915-01-03

many and Austria, know is inevitable
whenever the world war ends. Syria
and all the Holy Land are involved in
the problem.
No country can accept with equannl-
ity the responsibility for the polyglot
races and nationalities which today con-
stitute Jerusalem The sword of the
Turk keeps the peace among the warning
Christian sects which, left to themselves
would fight for the control of the Holy
Sepulchre.
The Mohammedan has remained calm
in the exercise of the limited sovereignty
which the European nations have permit
ted in the Holy Land to the Ottoman
government. He has viewed the rivalries
of the Christian sects with Indifference
and. if not acting an umpire among
them, at least has been an armed arbi-
traitor to see that they do not encroa ch
too much upon one another
The growth of the religious settlements
OF the various European nationalites,
the building of monasteries and hospices
OR places OF entertainment and asylum
for pilgrims, and the requirement of real
estate has taken place outside the old
wall Of Jerusalem. This has served to
show how numerous these communities
are. The mosques of the MoSlems are
mostly within the old walls
Jerusalem's population includes mem
bers of the Orthodox Greek or Russian
Church, the Greek Roman Catholic, the
Latin Roman Catholics, Syrian Chris
tians, Marionites. who say mass in
Arabic: Armenians, Abyssinian Copts.
German Lutherans. German Catholics
French societies. including the Fran
clScan and Dominican monks; Italian
monks and American and English
Protestant societies OF various denom-
inations.
The German Catholic Church was
the slft Of the kaiser, who also helped
establish Lutheran church.
Whether these Christian sects would
get along better in the Jewish Zionist
state, should it be established bv in
ternational agreement, than under the
Turk. only the future can determine.
Representatives of foreign govern
ments in Palestine always have look ed
forward to trouble in handling the
Armenians when the hour of reckoning
with the Turk comes and other au-
thority is established.
They have bitter wrongs to avenge,
but the question has been not SO much
about these wrongs as about their
future adjustment to the ruling powers.
The Armenian monastery, where the
patriarch resides, is among cedars and
expresses in the midst of extensive
Evening star., 1915-01-03

H ETTERS from Berlin, Paris and
II Vienna have contained frequent
mention that the only horses seen
n those cities outside of horses in the
military service are old and deCrepit
War is a great destroyer of horses and
he waste of horse life in this war will
exceed that of many wars combined
Though petrol and motor have lifted
some of the burdens of war OFF the
backs and shoulders of the horses,
their loads are still heavy and winter
campaigning-cold winds, frost, slip
perry footing, irregular rest and hard
work-wilI take fearful toll of these
Gentle, faithful slaves of man.
One of the less melancholy things
about this war is the work of the
Royal Army Veterinary Corps of Great
Britain, which has extended its merci-
iuI operations TO the war-worn regions
of western Europe. In the battle-
stricken parts Of Belgium and France
this force is known as the Blue Cross
Corps and recent writer on this
organization has said that it does for
the horse what the Red Cross does for
man; that the British army is the only
one in Europe making d systematic
effort to Succor and save wounded
horses and that the salvage has al
ready been of great value TO the Brit
lsh service. There is equine base
hospital To which are sent sick horses
and horses injured in way which
permits of saving them.
shortage IN the supply of horses
for cavalry and field artillery will
proba bly, be an important factor in
the decision of the war, and it would
seem that Germany and Austria should
most and soonest feel the pressure of
:: horse shortage. The supply open to
them is that which was within their
borders at the outbreak of the war,
While Russia has a larger supply of
horses than any other country in the
world and the allies have the whole
world to draw upon At the beginning
Of the war Germany and Austria had
according to census figures. 5000. 00C
horses. large percentage of which
were in Hungary, d large horse breed
ing country, and Russian successes
might isolate this section from tn.
main theater of the war. 1t should not
be understood that the number repre-
Evening star., 1915-01-03
Hard on Him.

A NOTED English suffragette said
"a the other day to New York re-
porter:
Your idea Of US militants is that we
are vixens. tartars and manhaters, but,
as matter of fact. We have in our
ranks some of the most elegant and
fascinating women in London society.
mo, the militant is not like Mrs.
Blanc, who said to her daughter one
day:
"I am certainly easy on shoes Look
at this pair of elastic sides. I've worn
them three years and they're still as
good as new. I'm easy on clothes, too.
There's my tweed-just as fresh as the
day 1 bought it seven years ago. And
hats. gloves, stockings-in fact, Tn
easy on everything
Except father, eh?' said the daugh-
ter, without looking up from her book. "
Evening star., 1915-01-03

n RON crosses have been generously
II bestowed by Emperor William
upon brave soldiers of Germany,
and the press occasionally contains
mention of the Victoria Cross, proud
battle emblem of England, being given
to some conspicuously gallant soldier
of the king, and of the battle medal,
or the Cross of the Legion of Honor,
being pinned on the breast of some
daring and fearless son of France. No
doubt. though the outside world has
heard little or nothing about it, the
Gear of Russia has conferred upon
numerous of his soldiers the battle
cross that marks a Russian as hero.
When this, the greatest of all wars,
ends. it is reasonable that special
medals. commemorative of it, will be
struck and issued to all men partici-
pating III and surviving it. and which,
perhaps, may also be given to the
father or mother, widow or orphan OF a
soldier who fell And when this medal
shall be made it will probably be in
scribed with the name of the war. AS
yet this mighty war has suggested for
itself no name which seems wholly eX-
pressive or descriptive of the situa-
ton. Perhaps a satisfactory name may
be suggested or one may come sponta-
neously from some overwhelming feai
ture Of the war.
Evening star., 1915-01-03

tiful results are obtained By lyeing
with Gecoction OF tea Set " !tn cop
peras. Other less ambitious mortals
are mildly eYtraEagant and purchase
the colors they wish to use in carrying
out designs. The expense is so tritling
that it is really the cheapest way, after
all.
All sorts Of color schemes may lie
carried out, but one OF the prettiest
ones showed delft blue and white pat
tern. which WAS just the thing for the
delft blue bedroom. The fringe on the
ends was made ny leaving about six
inches OF each strand, which was knot
ted when the rug WAS finished.
A drawn-in rug, which is the round-
and-round braid. WIS in red and white,
with a touch OF yellow. This is an eA-
cellent way to use Up odds and ends
OF cotton or woolen materials.
): *
Another pretty rug. displayed by
woman who has the craze. is made o:
bias folds on a plain background The
latter is of burlap and the folds were
red. put on in bowknot pattern. The
sewing machine attachment was brought
into requisition for this purpose.
A rug with blue denim foundation
had d braided center which was in OBJ
long, t fourteen by thirty-six. The
color slne of this was solid navy
blue. as folds. about half an inch
wide. were placed around the center,
oblong also, until the rug was cover
ed. These were of red French flannel
tackled in position with navy blue linen
thread, in star stitch.
Another rug was stitched. The
foundation was of olive green burlap
and it was cross-stitched in red. blue
and orange in a Persian pattern. 1t
was padded and lined with red flannel,
which extended about two inches all
about the edge. 1t was pinked. shell
pattern and a daisy was cross-stitched
in each shell.
Rugs crocheted in Afghan stitch are
also to be seen. These are made Of
odds and ends of materials in both cot
ton and wool. and are crocheted in
twelve-inch stripes with a large wood
en- hook. The stripes are sewed to-
gether in simple cross-stitch design.
Evening star., 1915-01-03

done away with this complication. Not
many Americans are engaged in business
in PaleSt ne.
The general idea regarding the future
of Palestine put forward in England
recognizes some unmistakable factors and
ignores others.
1t reCf eniZeS the value of a small
state nominaly neutral. but actually un-
der the wing of France. as an excellent
buffer for Suez and Egypt when they
nave been made entirely British. 1t
recognizes also that Russia might be
able to settle some troublesome phases of
the Jewish problem w thin her own bor-
ders by the esta abishment OF a Jewish
state outside her borders.
The English discussion does not rec
ogniZe that Germany, even though she
may be vanquished in the war of the
nations. will still have an influence
in the settlement of the Jewish ques-
ton, considered as an international
one.
Yiddish is the nearest approach to
the Hebrew language that is spoken
today, and it is chiefly the German Jews
who speak Yiddish. While the Zionist
movements look to the ultimate res
toration of the ancient Hebrew
Evening star., 1915-01-03
BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

ION as a protected nation is one
VII of the possible outcomes Of
" the war that is now seriously
"a discussed in Europe, especially
in England. Hints, somewhat vague
yet tangible. are thrown out regarding
a prospective Jewish state of Palestine
The Zionist movement is more or less
familiar to newspaper readers, though
usually it is looked upon solely as an
aspiration, even as dream. Zionist
leaders themselves never have con-
templated that twelve million or four
teen million persons of the Hebraic
race scattered throughout the world
could all be gathered together in
Palestine.
What they have proposed has been
to colonize Palestine with some of
their own race and to realize the dream
of centuries by placing the Jewish
people in control both numerically and
politically.
Sir Moses Montefiore. the Jewish
philanthropist of London, before his
death at an advanced age years ago,