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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08
YOUR FRIEND TODAY

Elizabeth and Martha were friends.
Elizabeth said the word should al
ways be written with a capital r.
Martha declared that every letter that
went into the making Of so precious
name should be a capital, whereupon
Elizabeth kissed her affectionately.
and they both declared that no matter
what the years might bring them they
would keep their tie OF friendship
pure, and true, and lofty.
and" said Martha who was the
more ardent and imaginative Of the
two, there are to be no secrets be-
tween us: not even thought secrets.
To which Elizabeth agreed in an alb
stiacted manner which did not quite
satisfy her friend.
So Martha suggested that they draw
up an agreement of eternal love and
loyalty to be solemnly signed by each
OF them, and when Elizabeth said she
didn't see the use e. such a thing, her
friend bur5t into Q storm Of grief that
quite took the less intense girl OF hsl
feet.
why, you darling Martha" com
forted Elizabeth "Of course, Wen
write the vow. and sign It. cnlJ
meant that all the vowb fn the wcrlt
couldn't make me truer 10 our friend
ship, or more certain taat | shall al
ways love you just as I do now"
Whereupon Martha dried her tears
and spent many weeks in the compo
Aition OF q vow Of friendship which
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08
PLEASANT TOM TAGGART

The power Of personality never
was better illustrated than In the ca
raer Of Thomas Taggart. tbs Indl-
ana and national political leader.
irish by birth. Taggart must have
careNsed the blarney stone from the
earliest days Of his infancy to the day
OF his departure for American shores.
This lE-not TO say that he IL nm orator.
lilo ~ nothing OF the sort On the con-
trary. no IL no speeehmaker at all,
nut when II comes 10 saying quickly.
In private conversation, or in passing
greeting. ths right thing In the right
way II tho right moment. Taggart IL
without q superior In the whole coun-
try. Not even his bitterest enemy will
tnd the slightest fault with Taggart'H
evor-brilllant, eyer.pleasant smile.
That was the Gift with which he
began life. That was hts talent and
bis capital A CHEEKY smile, firm,
friendly hand.clAap. ready sympa-
thy--theso went with II, And the com.
blnati0n elevated Thomas Taggart
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08
GOOD
ROADS
ROADS MUST BE MAINTAINED
Na phase Of Public Thoroughtare
Problem Of More Importance
Keep Surface Well Drained

There is no phase of the road PROB
lem more important than that OF main
tenance. The general impression tnat
there are certain types OF roads tnat
are permanent Is erroneous. NO per
manent road has ever been construct
ed or ever will be. The only Things
about a road that may be considered
permanent are the grading, culverts
and bridges. Roads constructed by the
most skillful highway engineers WIN
soon be destroyed by the traffic, frost
rain and wind, unless they are proper
" maintained. But the life OF these
roads may be prolonged by systematic
maintenance. A poor road will not
only be improved by proper mainte
nance, but may become better in time
than q good road without 1t.
The first and last commandment IL
earth road maintenance is to keep the
surface we'll drained. To insure good
drainage the bitches should be kept
open, all distractions removed and
smooth crown maintained. Except FOR
very stony soil, the road machine OF
scraper may be used very effectively
for this work. The machine should
be used once or twice a year, and the
work should be done when the soil IL
damp, so that 1t will pack and bak'
into a hard crust. Wide and shallow
side bitches should be maintained
with sufficient fall and capacity to
dispose of surface water. These
1itches can in most cases be con
structed and repaired with road ma
,hine.
All vegetable matter such as sods
md weeds should be kept out Of the
Dad, as they make spongy surface
which retains moisture. Clods are also
Objectionable, for they soon turn tt
lust or mud, and for that reason
-oads should never be worked wher
Try or hard. Bowlders or loose stones
ire equally Objectionable If smooth
surface is to be secured.
A split-log drag or some similar de
rice is very useful in maintaining the
urNace after suitable bitches and cross
sections have once been secured. This
lrag can also be used to advantage OF
! gravel road as well as on an eartf
Dad The principle involved in drag
ring is that clays and most heavy soil'
will puddle when wet and set yer!
lard when dry. The little attention
hat the earth road needs must b.
;iven promptly and at the proper tim
the best results are to be obtained
In dragging roads only a small
mount of earth is moved, just enough
o fill the ruts and depressions with
hin layer of plastic clay or cart
which packs very hard, so that tn,
lext rain, instead of finding ruts, dc
)ressions and clods in which to CO
ect, runs off, leaving the surface bu
title affected.
The drag should be light and shout
pe drawn over the road at an angle G
bout as degrees. The driver shout
ide on the drag and should not driv
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08
CHIEF JUSTICE WHITES JOKE

Although ponderous and learned
and dtRnlne8, Chief Justice White OF
the Supreme court cracks an occa.
tionai joke.
White bays cigars az certain
araE store On Washington. and the
man hehlnd tho cigar counter haf
aomF 20 know him vol enough TO talk
q liza rather freely
eae aay as he handed the chief
iasiieo hla change las cigar salesman
inquired brOeEilY. by way o. small
,alk
well. Mr.. Chief Justice. how's
the Supreme court going 60 decide
those antitrust eases next week.
1t isn't a matter that were sup.
posed TO talk much about. replied
white. pleasantly stu ! don't mind
telliag you. provided youu Fivo me
youF assurance tibet IL win 60 no fur
tbrr.
uh | shant toll q -oul " declared
the cigar man. earnestly. Not n
word
White leaned over the counter q
were Eo,ag TO decide them--rt.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08
Crown of Earth Road

Inc Slope Or crown of an earth road
'noa.a 'e about one inch to the foot
Il The crown becomes too high it NAV
De reduced by drassng toward the
-'teh instead OF from it. II the DRAG
cuts too much, shorten the hitch ana
'a'Ee EoaT position on the drag. If
Is l. necessary to protect the face of
ne dag with a strip OF ircn, il Should
PC placed nush With the edge OF the
HIas ana not projecting. A cutting
71se should be avoided. as the main
.o'se' IN dragging is to smear ire
camp soil into position
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08

'aSter than walk. One round trim
each trip staddling a wheel track. is
usually sufficient to fh the ruts and
81 Doth the surface. II necessary the
ROAD should be dragged after every
bad spell of weather. when the soil
S IN proper condition to puddle well
ana stiis not adhere 10 the drag. II
he road is very bad it may be dragged
when very wet and gsatn when II no.
Sins to dry out.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08
GUARDS PRECIOUS DOCUMENTS

Woman \ Sphere In affairs of state
extends into ono OF tho most impor-
tant Offices OF tho government, Espo-
clally important at the present day is
the library Of the state department,
where are kept the treaties, records
aud valuable data that determine the
American policy in world affaira,
Miss Lucy Stuart FitEhugh. who
has cataiogued and classified the
library. Is the expert clerk OF the
library. and cares for It's precious doc
uments. She takes tho place OF the
honored Keeper OF tho rolls" who
ranks as high dlgnitary in foreign
governments.
I'VE have here great many pub
LEGATIONS and documents that are "a
be- found nowhere else In the world,
she says, Among our most precious
documents are the Declaration OF In
dependence and the Constitution OF
tho United States In the originals
with the articles OF confederation. tbs
emancipation proclamation aud Other
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08
PRIg!aNVnVTP T0RD
PORTUGAL'S NEW PRESIDENT

Bernardino Machado. the recently
elected president Of Portugal. has
been prominent for years in public
life. having served his country as pre-
mier, provisional minister Of foreign
affairs. minister OF the interior and
minister TO Brazil. He has been con
gIdered the foremost man In the re-.
publican party, and before the over
throw OF the monarchy was regarded
as the logical choice Of that party for
the presidency. In January, 1908. he
was accused OF conspiracy against the
crown. but the charges never were
proved.
Senior Machado. who Is sixty-five
years old. formerly was professor of
philosophy In Coimbra university, but
was ousted from his chair because he
joined the nntIcleFical movement. He
Is an excellent speaker. and during
his public career has been regarded
an strongly pro.BTitish.
One OF the interesting stories re-
A.. -
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08

because OF the vow witch Martha
had always kept to the letter. and
which the wiser girl has always set
aside as a mighty foolish s>rt Of thing.
Elizabeth was as familiar with the
weaknesses OF her friend as she was
with her own, She kneS her as shs
bnew herself, for in her iEterpreta
ton Of the word friendship Mar,hg
had always uncovered bar very SOU
fer the other girls inspection.
And, so Il vas that the condolences
which the girl Martha, had s'~ea in
the sacred name OF friendship were
made the property Of all who cared
70 hear them. and bounded back like
e7omesanES to hurt her a thousand
times with a hurt 50 poignant that
sometimes the injuries done her
seemed moro than she could tear.
Aud The Wise Woman stcek bsr
head gr0yely aud remarked again that
so long as human nature is human IA
ture, Il win never be safe 70 tell vopr
dearest friend anything that you would
not want yOCr bltteresl e2eny to
know
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08

wuuld have seemed more like con-
tract OF the REIMBURSEMENT Of all per
sGnal liberty than q pTou.As Of indy
ing love to an outsider But the dose
ment quite satisfied the friends, who
considered II a masterpiece Ia It's own
way.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08

q eight
milOnAirea OF fortune
Taggarts intimate political leadership
money. In his pocket His
that the French Lick Springs hotel
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08


recalled
country McKneys DEATH which
coincidence before
his according the he dropped the
which papai origin and resumed his family
elected by joint
parliament
elected.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08

lsApef
remarked tho
Kuases knows o treaties a book.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08

a thing-this matter of loving and be
ing loved-that she did SO want tC
cherish 1t for just little wAils against
the knowledge of all the world But
she remembered the vow. the letter
Of which she had kept 70. Gears, sc
shyly she told Elizabeth that she and
The Man were to be married.
And you have the audacity to tell
me this, you sly mink" Kissed the life.
time friend of the girl. Martha.
You're perfect little sneak, that S
shat YOU are! You've enticed him
into this with your conhding little
WAYS. But he doesn't know you as |
dot He doesn't know you!" she cried,
beside herself with rage and disap.
pointment, for the girl, Elizabeth. also
loved The Man and wanted to be his
wife more than she wanted anything
else in all the world.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08
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heard much Of Martha and Elizabeth
sat quietly by while the former ex'
pressed II as her belief that friendship
IA the greatest thing in the world.
THE sort that will stand the test
OF actual self-denial is very rare SAID
The Wise Woman.
YOUR FRIEND TODAY IS OFTEN
YOUR ENEMY TOMORROW. THERE
FORE, NEVER TELL YOUR FRIEND
WHAT YOU WOULD NOT WANT
YOUR ENEMY TO KNOW"
Martha listened as one might listen
to treason.
Then, remembering Elizabeth she
abruptly left the room.
"she is young" rem arked The Wise
Woman. "She will learn
II came to pass that the personal
interests of the friends conficted Tor
the first time since, in that far away
yesterday, they each signed the vow
OF eternal love and loyalty.
They fell in love with the same man
For a time The Man. knowing the
1.SAGA-se of the tie which bound the
two young women, was very nice &c
both of them.
Then It became apparent that hi
was more interested in Martha, GnC
after a little he asked her hand II
marriage.
And for the first time In her hf'
the girl, Martha, found it difficult u
open the deepest chamber in her hear
to her friend. Instinctively, sh'
Rugged her secret. 1t was so precion
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08

In the weeks aud months that fol-
lowed condolences became almost an
obsession with the girl, Martha. An
overcoasclous httle soul, sac spent a
deal OF her time On determination
for fear that she would depart from
the letter OF her promise and hold
hack the admission Of some thought
or action from Elizabeth
The vow was taken less seriously
by Elizabeth. upon whom friendship
sat with lighter meaning
Martha. In her frank and girlish ar
DOR would have called her friend a
traitor. had she known that she did
act share the deeper life OF Elizabeth
Elizabeth would have said that she
merely protected God-given right
and that the matter Of the VOW was .
silly thing. to which she had agreed
merely 10 humor her friend,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08

SO the years went hy, and the
friends became women grown
Their CompAnlOnship had been very
close. and their affection fer each 9th.
Or vas matter fer admiration EmopR
their associates
People said that they had never
seen such remarkable confidence De
tween two young women.
SO far as Martha was concerned this
was true she shared her every
thought % consequence with Eliza,
beth. Shs unveiled her weaknesses as
we'll "a her strength 10 ,he elder si-l
nor did she nstice that sSerS .Car had
brouEEt ElaA.eJh more s>~erve, 50
great vas hss ehsorptlss Ga ner own
condolences.
oze Jay TIE Wise wSmSn, who nsa
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-08

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-30

out of my box and she said she didn't
know girls ever cooked like that now
talk about my daughter. Dearest, !
wish you'd bake me a loaf of that nut
bread you make so well. and dozen
or SO feather cakes I'd like to have a
some night when they're in playing
whist. l didn't tell you. did /. that we
play cards almost every evening?
There are about 200 pretty girls around
here and they all eye Mark. but he pre-
fers his mother and me. l tell her l
feel that a great compliment
So Mark Cable was at the Springs
with his mother! How strange that
seemed. OF course, he didn't care for
the girls there; she knew him we'll
enough to be sure that he would be
constant as steel to Miss Culligan. He
was SO passionately fond of music. II
only she had been able to sing or even
play. However. she could cook and
baked a great boxful of her choicest
dainties and sent them to the Springs.
1t was three days again before she
heard from her mother. And then this
came:
ooh, my dear, Mrs. Cable just raved
over those goodies. She said she re-
membered seeing you at Eleanors last
winter, a slender. quiet, dark girl, she
called you. But she had heard that
you We're an editor and she had never
dreamed that you were domestic as
we'll as literary. She is getting better
so fast now that she will be able to
leave when I do And she and Mark
are both coming home with me to stay
over trains That means we'll have to
have a late luncheon for them. Look
up the time table and be sure. And do
have scalloped potatoes and Waldorf
salad and chicken. Get Libby Jones to
help you. And wear your blue dress.
I've found out that Mark liked you in
that blue dress you wore last win
ter
1t is almost superfluous to say that
they came, that the luncheon was per-
fect-without any help from Libby
Jones-and that between happiness and
excitement Sarah was worth looking at
in her blue dress. And Mark looked at
her so much she knew somehow-even
before he told her-that she wasn't
going to need vacation and new
clothes to make him love her.
(THE ENID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-30
MAY Be FORCED TO STOP
RELIGION IN THE SCHOOLS
Drastic japanese Regulations for Ko-
reans Will Stay American Mis-
sionary Work There.
Of the Associated Press.

KARUIZAWA. Japan, July 25.-The
several hundred American missionaries
from Japan, Korea and even from
China who spend their summer in the
mountains of Karuizawa are eagerly
discussing the new education regu.a-
tons in Korea as result of which the
teaching of religion is to be barred
eventually from the schools.
In the opinion of DR.. j. E. Adams, eX-
ecutive secretary of six large federated
missions in Korea. the regulations may
lead to a complete suppression of all
Christian schools in that country. Dr.
Adams explained that the executive
committee of these missions has de-
cided that as far as possible it would
conform at once to the new ordinances.
However, it had informed the educa-
tional department of Korea that the
Christian schools intended to avail
themselves of the ten years of grace al
lowed by the regulations and to con-
tinue the teaching of religion during
that period. The missionary added:
after that we see no way out of the
problem but an abandonment of our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-30

can be. and ! certainly am gaining
rapidly The swelling is going down
and don't have to lie awake at night
for the pain in my joints. Only the
doctors are so strict about bathing |
find the diet the hardest thing of all to
put UP with. for you know / do love
good cooking. OF course, / shan't tell
the doctors about the contents Of that
box. but when I'm safe in the room I
snatch the cover off and just MUNICH I
feel like ] used to when l was a girl
at the seminary and we used to have
midnight spreads Oh, by the way.
your cousin Eleanors great friend,
Mrs. Cable, is here with her son Mark.
Mrs. Cable liz suffering from rheuma-
tism, too. only she has it ten times
worse than / have il. Why, she can
scarcely crawl. Her son came with
her to look after her until she gets
better He seems fearfully anxious.
She and ] have struck up an acquaint-
ance on Eleanor's account, and he Is SO
nice to me. l think he's a splendid
young man. l gave Mrs Cable treat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-30
y =, (lnesT
Ihs Searchli8ht S.!
Invisible Aeroplanes.

The newest idea in the construction
of aeroplanes, especially for use in war
time, is to render them as nearly
transparent as possible. To this end
studies are now being made of eel
luloids and other materials which
might possibly be utilized as wings.
and which would be sufficiently trans
parent to make them less conspicuous
in the sky than are materials now in
use.
While the primary object in making
aeroplanes transparent is to prevent
them from being seen by the enemy,
it would have an added advantage in
permitting the aviator to see in all
directions. and thus render his air
scout work more efficient. Several ma
within the last three months which
are equipped with transparent wings
of uninfiammable celluloid and are al
most invisible when a few hundred
feet in the air.
new muffling box has also been de-
vised which serves to still further
deaden the sound and thus enables
the operator to get close to the
enemy without his presence being de-
tected The substitution Of the spe-
cially prepared celluloid for the can
vas is expected to mark a distinct ad-
vance in aerop1ane manufacture, al
though 1t is as yet too recent de-
velopment to have established it's re-
liability
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-30

to begin three weeks from this very
day mother was stricken down with
rheumatism and must go to the springs
for cure.
At twenty-five one has not yet learn
ed to be brave or even resigned with
out struggle. Sarah forgot her des-
perate little battle there in the face of
the falling rain. When she turned
away from the window she had accept
ed the inevitable and was determine ed
to be decently cheerful about it. The
one comforting thing was that mother
did not suspect.
iii be back cured before it's time
for your vacation to begin. DEAR" she
said. almost Sayly. Now. get all your
clothes ready while I'm gone. And
don't worry about me-
All right, mother" Sarah evaded
and she smiled as she kissed her moth
er goodbye.
Mrs. Lee leaned out of the car win
dow to say:
Il wish you were going, too, love.
but, of course, you wouldn't have the
good time you'll have at your Cousin
Eleanors'
Dear lamb" Sarah thought, as she
returned to the little, lonely house
Cousin Eleanor's some way. 1t will
trouble her, but not half so much as
that dreadful rheumatism would. And
-and-Ill bear it some way"
Five and one-half days out of each
seven Sarah worked as assistant editor
in the Office of the Westmore Gazette
1t was dull work, smudgy work, mo-
notonous work, but it earned living
for herself and her mother. 1t was
work for which she had been trained
by her father, who had himself been
an editor. Since his death the deli
cately nurtured Lee women had found
life at best rather hard.
Sarah. going home at the close of her
days work to the lonely house, found
herself restlessly lonely and sad. She
could not read, she could not sew, and
she dare not give herself over to
thought.
Il must have employment" she
thought. Il know what I will do. I'll
bake up a box of goodies for mother.
That will remind her of home and me
ard comfort her if she's bit homesck
Besides, it Will keep my mind off my
self
So Sarah baked fairy rolls and deli
cate sponge drops and tempting seal
lops of pastry, which were golden re-
ceptacles for homemade jam, all trif1es
of too airy nature to interfere with
the doctors regime
Three days later came a letter from
her mother.
My dearest, when ] opened that
box and saw all the goodies ! love best
| cried. 1t is only that ! am a wee bit
foolish and homesick for you. OF
| course, ] am just as comfortable as