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The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
HOW ONE MAN GOT HIS START
Couldn't Go in for Literary Career,
So Went Into Hardware
Business.

Il got my start in life" said q
wealthy retired hardware dealer, I'm
singular manner.
you might not think it, having
passed the major portion of my life in
selling nails, padlocks, stoves and
shovels. but in my early youth my
great ambition was to be a writer, an
author / had no doubt whatever
that that was what / was. cut out
for, and certainly worked at it good
and hard; but none of the publishers
to whom l sent my things seemed to
agree with me. AS fast as l sent
the things in to them they would send
them back.
But that didn't worry me. 1 knew
that sooner or later they would come
to like what l wrote and buy it. What
got my goat was the expense. | was a
very ready writer and / wrote long
pieces. The stamps l had to use to
send these pieces out and get them
back cost me lot Of money.
When | realized how much | was
paying out for stamps / said to N.Y.
self: Humpf! I'll save up that money
for five years and then I'll go to writ
ing again And for the next five years
/ did put aside regularly the amount
that | would otherwise have spent for
stamps and you would be surprised
If should tell you how much It
amounted to. But at the end of that
time did not again take up writing.
Just at that time the senior part
ner of the hardware store in our town
died and his heirs drew out all his
interest in the firm. There was a
chance for a man with little cap
ltal to get into good business. had
the capital, by accumulated stamp
money, and | bought that interest in
the hardware store.
From that time on | was always
too busy to write; but my great sue
cess in the hardware business YOU
can clearly trace to my original ambi-
bition for authorship
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
GET POWER
The Supply Comes From Food.

II we get power from food, why not
strive to get all the power we can. That
is only possible by selecting food that
exactly fits the requirements OF the
body.
Not knowing how to select the right
food to fit my needs, suffered griev-
ously for long time from stomach
trouble" writes a lady from a little
Western town.
1t seemed as II / would never be
able to find out the sort of food that
was best for me. Hardly anything that
! could eat would stay on my stomach.
Every attempt gave me heartburn and
niied my stomach with gas. got thin
ner and thinner until | literally be-
came living skeleton and in time was
compelled to keep to my bed.
A few months ago / was persuaded
to try Grape-Nuts food, and it had such
good effect from the very beginning
that kept up its use was surprised
at the ease with which digested it. 1t
proved to be just what / needed.
All my unpleasant symptoms. the
heartburn, the inflated feeling which
gave me SO much pain. disappeared.
Ny weight gradually increased from ss
to 116 lbs, my figure rounded out, my
strength came back. and am now able
to do my housework and enjoy It.
Grape-Nuts did it."
A ten days trial will show anyone
some facts about food.
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, The Road 20
Wellville," in pkgs. There's Reason" :"
Ever read the nbove Ietters A new
one appears from time TO time. They
interest
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11

in a neighborhood? II carefully
handled and fought, as 1t should be
fought with serums. preventive rene
dies and the aid OF men who are vet
Grams in such fighting. the last traces
will usually disappear in about two
years. That is, unless a fresh source
OF infection, coming from the outside,
is established In the neighborhood.
When is 1t most acute, most danger.
GUS and most destructive? Look out
for it in the fall. 1t is serious enough
in the summer But it is most viru.
lent and acute In the fall and will last
en- and through the winter and over
into the next heated season If left to
run unchecked. In winter II is often
complicated by partially understood
disease that seems to center fits at
tacks on the lungs. BY some this is
classified as separate trouble. but
others announce that II is more
deadly variation of cholera
How long does it take cholera to
incubate or develop in hog after the
animal is exposed? This varies from
few days to two and even three
weeks. Exposure is practically GER
tain to result in the disease. and when
the hogs are known to have been ex-
posed get the serum treatment started.
What are the early symptoms? They
are sadly familiar to thousands of
farmers. Tremors, fever. marked
weakness. droopy appearance, stagger.
ing walk. labored breathing, diarrhea,
maybe constipation. and in some cases
convulsions are the first symptoms
Where the symptoms are very strong
the hog may die within a few hours.
What preventives may be used?
Clean up filthy quarters, move the
hogs out of crowded quarters, use
plenty of disinfectants in the sheds,
and see that the water and feed given
are clean and wholesome. Co into
the sheds and hog houses with plenty
OF whitewash. slaked lime, stock dips,
carbolic acid, chloride of lime or any
other disinfectant that is handy and
use them unsparingly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11

ing new worlds to conquer, she rolled
out into the dining room, bumped into
the sideboard, and exit, rolling into
hall with glass-crash
Whats the idea?" / gasped, when
friend wife rolled back into my life
again and dropped anchor in Morris
chair.
Reducing" she answered in the
still, small voice of Marathon run
ner at the end of the ninety-fourth
mile. Then she rushed out and
weighed herself and came back with
the glad tidings that she'd lost six
and one-quarter ounces.
Eat one of our new cooks break
fast rolls and get it back permanent
ly," / suggested, and Peaches didn't
speak to me for twenty minutes.
The next morning Aunt Louisa Milf
fendale. who weighs 278 in her war
paint, fioated IN and told Peaches that
she had picked cut the wrong kind of
exercise, and presently was chased
off downtown for rowing machine, a
set of Indian clubs and sixty cents
worth of dumbbells.
That evening Peaches jumped mer-
rily aboard the rowing machine and
bore away to the northeast. with a
strong ebb tide on. the port bow.
She was about four miles up the
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11

What is hog cholera? Stripped of
all the big words that might be used
in describing IT. 1t is swine disease
that costs the farmers of the United
States more than a standing army and
involves the lungs. kidneys liver and
especially the intestines OF the dis
eased animal, says an Illinois writer
IN Farm Progress. II is highly infec-
tious and is more dreaded than any
other one live stock menace. and
there are plenty of reasons for this
dread.
How do hogs get 1t? In hundred
ways. A dog ranging through the
fields may pick up the germs of the
disease on his feet, carrying them for
i've miles across country and scatter
them in your hog lot. A buzzard may
pick up piece OF carrion from the
carcass of cholera-slain porker and
drop it under a dead tree in your
fields Or healthy hog may get it
Through consuming infected food or
water. Cholera may come down in
the running water of creek or river
1t may be spread by contact between
uoR anu nOS OF Dy shipping noS III
ears used TO transport diseased
porkers.
There are other ways and many of
chem. but not one is more important
than that OF carrying the germs on the
clothes. the boots, the wagon tires or
any other objects from one farm to
another. II your hogs have the chol-
era, keep away from. your neighbor's
premises and ask him to do as much
.or you under the same circumstances
Is there any section of the United
states where man can go and raise
hogs without having to fear cholera
Not one. so far as is known. This
swine plague is about as universal as
the hogs distribution 1t Is especially
prevalent in the corn-belt states, but
that is solely because there are more
hogs there to acquire the disease. 1t
exists in the East, the West, the North
and the South.
How long will hog cholera linger
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
HOGS ARE SUBJECT
TO SKIN DISEASES
Light Skinned Animals Are Some
what More Susceptible to
Mango Than Others.
iBy M. II. REYNOLDS. Minnesota Ex-
pertinent Station)

fBy M. H REYNOLDS. Minnesota Ex-
pertinent Station)
Hogs are subject to variety of
skin diseases. Two of these. although
quite different. are both known as
mango.
Pitch mango is not true mango,
but rather an eczema and affects hogs
that are not in vigorous health and
roundings. Light-skinned hogs appear
somewhat more susceptible to this
than others.
The skin is at first red and perhaps
swollen. Small red spots appear and
subsequently change to blisters which
dry and form crusts.
The main treatment needed is sim
pie cleanliness ard the sort of feed
that will make the hog healthy and
vigorous. 1t usually means com
plete change OF surroundings and plen.
ty of good food.
Hogs are subject also to true mango
This is caused by minute animal
parasite, which burrows into the skin
like the human itch mite and causes
severe Inflammation and itching. This
form of mango is especially difficult
TO treat because of the burrowing hab
II of the parasite.
Mango begins somewhere on the
head or neck and extends slowly back
ward. The hams are likely to be af
fected sooner or later. The bristles
fall out and the skin becomes very
thick and wrinkled Sometimes 1t il
thickened to an astonishing extent
Hog mango is peculiar on account o.
the powderlike surface OF the crust.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
snapped Peaches:

Don't novel" snapped Peaches:
don't novel"
For another half hour strolled with
Dante through his favorite boiler
room. felt something sharp and pc
culiar on my back. It was one of my
shoulder blades peeping out to see
what the matter was. The tempera-
ture had started to display itself in
four figures when ! gasped. What il
this thing that's over us-a plumbers
blow-pipe"
"Shushl" whispered Peaches, its
an electric blanket-were reducing!"
Shrieking the battlecry OF Freedom
] pushed the volcano of the bed and
jumped to my feet.
Peaches also jumped to her feet and
with one of them stepped on an ohm
or something. whereupon she let a
blood-curdling yell out OF her that
could be heard in Winnipeg.
Then she put her other foot down
and landed on a volt or an ampere or
something equally exciting and be-
came short-circuited
She was the best little short-circuit
that ever fused fuse.
For two minutes that room looked
like thunderstorm with Peaches
playing all the elements.
When ! finally got the current
turned off and all the live wires out OF
her hair Peaches collapsed on the sofa,
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
whats the Ideaa" ea.ped.

duction of four pounds-English
money. r
A few days later while / was down
town Mrs. Carruthers dropped in, also
at lunch time. and carefully explained
to friend wife that the only way to
beat back an attack of avoirdupois is
to take electric baths.
An hour later Peaches gathered up
the family plate and exchanged it for
an electric blanket, which she had sent
home Immediately.
1t was cold that night so / wasn't
at all surprised to see what supposed
was Mackinaw coat spread over the
bed.
figured on reaching Dreamland by
the fast express but, heavens. how
warm it began to get
THE janitor is sure annoying the
radiators with lot of steam tonight" )"
said, feverishly, but all got was a
sharp "Shush!" from the other half of
the sketch.
A half hour passed and one by one
my features trickled away from my
face. The temperature jumped up to
211 in the dark.
For the friendship of Mike" plead
ed. cant we throw this asbestos quilt
on the floor and come out of the fiery
furnace?"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
The DEVILS Own.

The Inns of Court Officers Training
corps is proud of its traditional name,
the Devils Own. a title which links
1t with the patriots of the four inns,
who formed volunteer corps in the
time of the Napoleonic wars. 1t was
George III who bestowed the title on
the corps. He was reviewing bands of
volunteers and, as one particularly
smart body OF men passed before
him. asked who they were Law
yers,' was the reply. ''Tha DEVILS
Own, the Devils own" said the old
king, who had habit of repeating his
phrases. And the lawyers, who had a
sense of humor, adopted the title with
glee.-London Chronicle
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11

screaming. Take it away! Take it
away. Now l know what a hard life
the third rail must lead!"
l think the electric blanket has
cured friend wife.
At any rate all the exercising do
funnys have been presented to the jan
itor's children. and Peaches has prom
Used to be kind to double chin if Ma
ture slips her one.
Old King Solomon had the right idea
when he said to his typewriter, Van
ity, vanity. all is vanity!"
If surgeon could remove our Van
ity as easily as he removes an appen.
dix thered be lot more money in the
savings bank.
What do you think?
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
Another woman's Case.

Providence, R. III cannot speak
too highly of your Vegetable Compound
as it has done wonders for me and /
would not be without it. had dis
placement, bearing down, and backsche,
until could hardly stand and was thor
oughly run down when took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 1t
helped me and am in the best of health
at present. l work in factory all day
long besides doing my housework 80 you
can see what it haa done for me. give
you permission to publish my name and I
speak of your Vegetable Compound to
many of my friends. Mrs. ABEL LAW
SON. 126 Lippitt ST., Providence. RI
Danger Signals to Women
are what one physician called backache,
headache, nervousness, and the blues:
In many cases they are symptoms of
some female arrangement or an inflam-
matory, lucrative condition, which may
be overcome by taking Lydia E Pink
ham sVegetable Compound. Thousands
of American women willingly testify to
its virtue
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
Steep the Sassafras.

st. Louis clergyman gloomiIy in
forms us:
THE images of the poet and the
painter have ceased to charm us. We
want the realities. Hence the passing
Of poetry"
Sassafras tea in liberal doses, about
this time of year, was formerly be
lieved to be sound remedy for the
physical conditions which generate
that state of mind.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
Lime and Patio nee

To milk COW requires time and pa
ience. The milk should be drawn
slowly and steadily. Some COWS have
very tender teats, and II you want a
well-disposed COW, be gentle in your
treatment toward her. A good COW is
naturally impatient. and does not like
rough handling. With constant irrita-
tion. any COW will fail in quantity of
milk
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
Mixer Should BE Clean.

No person should handle milk who
comes. in any way, into contact with
a contagious disease. 1t is hardly nee
essary to say that the mixer should
be clean at all times Wet hands while
milking drip dirty water into the pail.
introducing innumerable germs into
the warm milk.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
Pure Water for Dairy.

Water which is known to be con
taminated should never be used in q
dairy: or it should be boiled before
using. This is a very simple precau
ton. the necessity of which cannot
be doubted To knowingly use con.
taminated water In dairy should BE-
classed as a criminal offense.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11

sucn pains s In m y
si d e s, and terrible
backache 80 that /
could hardly stand
/ took six bottles of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e e a BILE Com
pound, and now l can
do an y amount Of
work, sleep good. eat
good, and don't have
a bit of trouble I
recommertl 7 vd;a r
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
Caught.

What pretty hat. Mrs. PinkeJ
wore this evening"
did you like it, dear?"
Yes. it was very becoming Why
don't you get hats like that?"
You mustn't blame me if / laugh,
John. The hat you like is my hat
Mrs. Pinkey borrowed it this evening.
It's the $50 hat you called fright
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
StyIes,

BILL sec the Atlanta convicts art
no longer required to wear striped
clothing.
Jill-Perhaps that's the reason some
Of the fashionable women are breaking
out in 1t.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Bluel
much better than liquid blue. Delighn
the laundress. All grocers. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
There's a Reason.

why didn't you laugh at the boss
joke, Bill?"
Don't have to; l quit Saturday"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
What Ii Docs.

There's nothing like adversely h
bring man out"
Yes, out at the elbows"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
WOMAN GOULD
HARDLY STAND
Because of Terrible Back.
ache. Relieved by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound.

Philadelphia, Pa 81 suffered from
displacement and Inflammation, and had
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11

A guilty conscience makes a hare
pillow.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
Close Enouah.

Where would the average speed
king be without his mechanician?''
My first guess is under the car
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11
Good Chicken Ranoe,

A good range for the chickens on
sbe farm is essential to cleanliness.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-11

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
every suffering woman. Mrs. HARRY
FISHER, 1925 Dounton St, Nicetown. Pa.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-08-20
IDAHO WOMAN POPULAR
Mrs. COOksley Has Chance to win
Contest Mt Fair.

Mrs. l.. R. Nourse, who acted as
assistant hostess at the Idaho build
ing for three months during Mrs.
Ridenbaugh's visit home, is in re-
ceipt of telegram from Executive
Commissioners Czizek in when ne
says there is contest on for the
most popular woman in the food
products exhibit of the exposition,
that Mrs. Cooksley of Twin Falls,
who makes the wonderful flowers
from butter, stands good chance OF
winning and her Idaho friends on
the grounds are anxious that she shall
secure the honor.
He added that the votes for the
contest are five cents each and that
the contest closes Wednesday, Aug
ust Is. He said he will advance
whatever money is raised by the Ida
no people upon receipt Of .ne sum
by telegraph. He urged that the
women's clubs and the Commercial
club take the matter up, as it will
be an excellent advertisement for the
state as well as a much deserved
compliment for Mrs. Cooksley.
Mrs. Nourse does not feel like So
letting votes personally although she
is exceedingly anxious to have Idaho
win, and she suggested that any who
feel they can spare any sum from
rs cents to 81 or more, to leave it to-
day at the Commercial club.-States-
man.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-08-20
ClOVtR'S NEW CHURCH
Trinity Lutheran Church Dedicated
Free From Debt.

Dedication of the Trinity Lutheran
church at Glover, Idaho, took place
last Sunday, Aug. Is. A large numbeF
of people were present, coming from
Twin Falls, Filler, Bull, Castlgford,
and the Salmon tract. The c6ngrepa-
tion gathered before the church door
for prayer and the singing of a hymn
after which Mr. Filbe<<the contractor
and builder of the Church. who has
built more than twenty Lutheran
churches, handed tte kew to the pas
tor, who unlocked tfe door in the name
of the triune God.
Three services >Aere held in which
the pastors Hy c. Schulze. of Adelaide,
IF. E. Traub of tHeyburn. and ]. A.
schlicting spoke the last named
giving the dehicatory prayer. The
choir from tl3e Lutheran church at
Twin Falls rendered Proehl's song,
This is the day which the Lord has
made NO Qebts being incurred in
the erection of the building, all col
iections went for mission purposes.
A 1ree luncheon was served by the
congregauoIn at the home of Mr.. Veg
ner. NO ONE lost any time in getting
acqua1nte4 and everyone had a genu-
inely ely. so9d time.
me Congregation now owns neat
niue cnlhrch and six acres of ground
A parsonage will soon be built and
m1histef h will be called.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-08-20
FINE FOR VIOLATING LAW
Police Department Making Clean-Up
in the City.

For the past week the police de-
partment has been more than busy
making cleanup of violators of the
local option law. The first man to
feel the effects of the dragnet, was
Pete Minis, who was taken before Po-
lice Judge Smith, where he pleaded
guilty to selling intoXicants contrary
to law. The Judge fined Minis in all,
$77.50, which was paid. NJ Cannon
was also before the police judge,
charged with like offense. He also
entered plea of guilty and WAS fin
ed total of SITS which he paid.
Neadhnn OF the st. Regis pool hall
was also fined $3.50, which he paid
into the city treasury
On Tuesday the officers arrested Guy
Swope of the Pastime Pool Hall, who
is charged with the alleged selling of
intoxicants. He will have a hearing
Saturday in the police court James
Buis, of the the Pastime, was also
arrested for permitting liquor to be
sold in his place Of business as al
| legged in the complaint filed by the Of
tficers. He will have his hearing before
the police judge Saturday. 1t is un-
derstood that other arrests will fol-
low in few days.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-08-20
MANY PRIZES
WON AT FAIR
Twin Falls County Secures High
Recognition
FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
AWARDED AT SAN FRANCISCO
Idaho Well in Line With Older States
In the Matter of Prize Winnings at
Exposition.

The Idaho farmers have won total
Of 1913 medals at the Panama Pacific
exposition. The following are the far
mers on the Twin Falls tract who have
thus been honored. The awards are
made on every variety of farm pro-
duct from cheese to alfalfa
Gold Medals.
A. J. Snyder, Twin Falls, Barley.
Sam Gamble, Twin Falls, oats.
Silver Medals.
c. l.. Burkhalter, Kimberly, barley
F. l. Eaton, Twin Falls, clover.
Thomas Erwin, Twin Falls, barley.
Thomas Erwin, Twin Falls, beans.
B. F. Hayes, Twin Falls, clover.
G. Kunze, Buhl, cheese.
M. W. Mickelwait, Twin Falls, bar
ley.
]. NJ Pierce, Berger, wheat
ID. Redman, Twin Falls, barley
H. W. Redmon, Twin Falls, beans.
w. S. Starr, Kimberly, wheat
Twin Falls Extension Station, Twin
Falls, wheat
Thometz and Son, Twin Falls, peas
Bronze Medals.
E. Beck, Twin Falls, wheat.
G. B. Rice, Twin Falls, wheat.
Thomas Erwin, Twin Falls, clover
e. S. Gilden, Twin Falls, barley.
G. F. Gowen, Twin Falls, barley.
Thomas Erwin, Twin Falls, wheat
Charles Perrine, Twin Falls, peas.
T. Richardson, Kimberly, wheat
w. d. Snow, Twin Falls, corn.
w, S. Starr, Kimberly, beans.
W. S. Starr, Kimberly, peas.
Thometz and Son, Twin Falls, oats
M. A. Thometz, Twin Falls, wheat
Twin Falls Milling and Elevator Co.
alsike. -1------.~
]. A. Waters, Twin Falls, corn.
J. A.TWaters, Twin Falls, alfalfa.
NJ w. Mickelwait, Twin Falls, al
4ike.