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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-01-22
THE RURAPRESS
Tho Local Paper a Most Useful
F, Agency on the Earm-Tho Press,
Pulpit and School a Trinity OF
Influence That Must Be
Utilized In Building
Agriculture
BY Peter Radford
Lecturer National Farmers Union


A broad campaign of publicity on
the subject of rural life is needed In
this state today to bring the problems
Of the farmers to the forefront. The
city problems are blazoned upon the
front pages of the metropolitan dali
les and echoed in the country press,
but the troubles OF the farmers are
seldom told, except by those who
seek to profit by the story, and the
glitter Of the package ofttimes OBJ
scures the substance. A searching In
vestigation into the needs OF the
farmers will reveal many inherent de-
fects in our economic system that can
be easily remedied when properly I'M
derstood and illuminated by the pow
ery Of the press.
The rural press, the pulpit and the
school are a trinity of powerful in
f1uences that the farmer must utilize
to their fullest capacity before he can
occupy a commanding position in pub
lie affairs. These gigantic agencies are
organized in every rural community
and only await the patronage and CO
operation of the farmers to fully de-
velop their energy and usefulness.
They are local forces working for
the best interests of their respective
communities. Their work is to build
and their object is to serve. They
prosper only through the development
and prosperity of the community.
Every farmer in this state should
subscribe for the local paper, as we'll
as farm periodicals and such other
publications as he may find profitable,
but he should by all means subscribe
for his local paper, and no home
should be without it. The local paper
is part of the community life and the
editor understands the farmers prob
lens. 1t is the local press that will
study the local problems and through
its columns deal with subjects of most
vital Importance to local life of the
community,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-01-22

The farmers ere in need Of personal
leadership. They have political lead
ers, but they need local industrial
community and educational leaders.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-01-22

Old men have visions, young men
have dreams. Successful farmers
plow deep while sluggards sleep. I,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-01-22

Education is a developing Of the
mind, not a stufing OF the memory.
Digest what you read.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-01-22

When the soul communes with the
spirit Of nature the back to the farm
movement prevails.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-01-22

There are two kinds OF farmers.
One tries to take all the advice he
hears and the other won't take any
at all.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-01-22

The growing Of legumes will retard
soil depletion and greatly add to Ito
power to produce.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-01-22

Lazy farmers r just as useless as
dead ones and take up more room.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-01-22
The Power of Advertising.

The. influence of advertising is clear.
" visible in the homes and habits of
the farmers, and the advertising COL
umns of the press are making their
imprint upon the lives of our people.
The farmer possesses the things that
are best advertised.
The farmer is entitled to all the
advantages and deserves all the lux
uries of life. We need more art, sci
ence. and useful facilities on the
farms, and many homes and farms
are well balanced in this respect, but
the advertiser can render a service
by teaching the advantages Of modern
equipment throughout the columns Of
the rural press.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-01-22

When honesty is merely a good
policy 1t is a poor virtue.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-01-22
COUPONS FROM UNKNOWN
BOND ISSUE APPEAR

State Treasurer Checks Up; Recalls
Those Allen Claims to Have De-
strOyed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-01-22
A Noble Task.

In too many instances the country
papers mimic the city press by CIV
ing prominence to scandals, accidents
and political agitation. The new
rural civilization has placed upon the
rural press renewed responsibilities,
and enlarged possibilities for useful
ness. 1t cannot perform its mission
to agriculture by recording the trail
billions of humanity, or by filling it's
columns with the echoes of the strug-
giles of busy streets, or by enchanting
stories of city life which lure u
children from the farm.
1t has a higher and nobler task.
Too often the pages of the city dailies
bristle. with the struggle of ambitious
men in their wild lust for power, and
many times the flames of personal
conflict seal the tender buds of new
civilization and illuminate the path
way to destruction. The rural press
is the governing power of public senti-
ment and must hold steadfast to
principle and keep the ship of state
In the ~roadstead of progress. The
rural press a best serve the inter-
ests of the farmers by applying its
energies to the solution of problems
affecting the local community. 1t
must stem the mighty life current
that is moving from the farm to the
cities, sweeping before it a thousand
boys and girls per day. 1t has to deal
with the fundamental problems of
civilization at their fountain head Its
mission is to direct growth, teach eff
ficiency and mold the intellectual life
of the country, placing before the pub
lie the daily problems Of the farmers
and giving first attention to the leg
islative, cooperative, educational and
social needs of the agricultural classes
within its respective community.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-10
WENT AFTER THE WHALES
r'sh'no Party Unable to Resist the
Presence Of the Monsters Of
the Deem.

Maj. Gen. Arthur Murray. comman
der OF the western department, with
headquarters at San Francisco; Lieut.
Col. w. c. Davis and Mrs Davis, Capt
J. B. Murphy. aid to General Murray;
Capt c. M. Condor. Capt. and Mrs
J. c. Kay, Capt. and Mrs. John H
Page. Judge Morris O'Connell, Ward
Preston, son-in-law Of General Murray
and Miss Caroline Raymond, daughter
OF Maj. R. r. Raymond, have enjoyed
their first whale hunt.
The entire party, as the guests OF
Colonel and Mrs. Davis, embarked
aboard the army tug Lieut.. George
Harris at San Diego, Cal, at $3.50
o'clock the other morning, bent on en-.
joying a days albacore fishing. All
went well until about ten a. m. when
school of whales, variously esti-
mated at from 100 to 1 1000 900 in mum.
bers, hove in sight of the starboard
quarter Of the tug. All thoughts OF
albacore were forgotten during the ex-
citement and plans were formulated
to catch one of the mammals and tow
it to port
Captain Murphy grabbed the game,
however, by showing his fish pole
down the mouth of a wild-eyed whale
while the latter was calmly surveying
the fishing party. About the same
time three of the mammals became
entangled in the tugs propeller and,
fearing further casualties. Colonel Da-
Wis ordered the tug to return to port
The net result of the days sport was
two albacore. one gauntlooking bass.
two kippered herring and q lost fish
pole and line.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-10
HILDA GETS EVEN
BY HAROLD CARTER,

Mother, we can't let Hilda 60.
She understands fathers very decided
tastes in cooking. and it would take
months to train another girl
But it's natural that she should
want to get married. Lucille" protest
ed Mrs. Hampton weakly.
1T may be natural. but we're going
to keep her." said Lucille. tossing her
pretty head.
But put yourself in her place, my
dear" answered her mother. Sup
pose you were prevented from marry
ing John. Wouldn't you feel badly?
And wouldn't you give up any posi-
ton. II you had to work, to marry
him."
That's quite a different matter"
answered Lucille. "HiIda is a Swede
and Swedes have no feelings. And
she's q servant, and we can't expect
that sort of people to feel like US.
Hilda is very happy as an independ-
ent single woman. and that grocer's
clerk would probably squander her
savings and perhaps ill-treat her. I'm
going to stop the affair"
Mrs. Hampton. mildly curious. found
her questions rebuffed with all her
daughters energy; and, being primar-
lily a peace-loving person. she subsid-
ed and hoped that nothing more would
be heard about the matter.
However. events moved quickly.
The next day Hilda was in tears, and
she smiled in very audible manner
as she waited at table. Lucille looked
particularly gleeful.
I've fixed it," she announced.
'Lucillei" protested her patient
mother.
"Oh, nothing much about that. When
l was in the store today l remarked
casually that | hoped Hilda had got
her divorce in Sweden before coming
to this country, because she was flirt-
ing good deal with the young men
who delivered goods at the house.
That was all. And did you notice that
a different clerk delivered the gro
ceries this morning? Hilda will soon
get over her feeling, and we'll keep
her."
Lucille. am ashamed OF you."
All right, I'll take the responsible
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-10
Wasps and Ventilation.

An English gentleman lately took q
small wasps' nest, about the size OF
an apple, and, after Supplying its in
mates, placed it in large cage inside
OF his house, leaving an opening for
egress through the wall. according TO
an exchange. Here the nest was en-
larged to a foot in diameter. holding
thousands of wasps. He was able now
to watch their movements, and he not.
ed one new fact-namely, their syste-
matte attention to ventilation.
In hot weather from four to six
wasps were continually stationed NJ
the place of egress. and while leaving
space for entrance or exit. they Great.
ed a steady current Of fresh air by the
exceedingly rapid motion of their
wings After long course of this Wig.
oeeas exercise. the ventilators were re.
hered by other wasps. During cool
weather only two wasps At q time vsre
usually thus engaged.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-10

called aim up. to say he'd gone to the
theater with party" answered the
attendants voice at the other end.
Lucille slammed down the receiv.
er. That beats everything" she said
Indignantly. Il shall send back hfs
right tonight
Better wait till Saturday. and give
it to him. DEAR" said wise Mrs. Hamp-
| ton.
Lucille. burning with humiliation.
| concluded that what she had to saw
might better be said than written.
She spent three wretched days, which
were not rendered any more pleasant
BY the look on Hilda's face. which
now bore q broad smile.
Saturday night came, but John did
not. This was the climax OF Lucille's
suffering. At ten O'Clock she sat
down and wrote him an indignant let.
ter. breaking OF the engagement. She
was glad. she said. that she had
found him out at last. before It was
too late. but she wished he had been
enough Of q gentleman to tell her
what she had wanted to tell him, that
each had grown tired Of the other.
But before the note was posted
there came . ring at the apartment
door. and Lucille. opening, encoun.
tered John Martin himself, wearing
An expression at once penitent, sheen.
ish and absurd
Forgive me. Lucille" he pleaded.
taking her hands in his.
The girl found her anger evaporat-
ing so rapidly that she could not
keep back the tears.
Il was brute. a beast, to believe
1t OF you.' continued John, "but the
evidence was 80 circumstantial. and
II hadn't received Hilda's letter TO-
night
What are you talking about, John?"
demanded the girl.
Why. the letter Hilda wrote me.
dearest. To think that she should
have behaved in such a way. Why.
the girl must be mad"
john" cried Lucille. 81 don't
know what you mean about Hilda
writing you letters, but why haven't
you been to see me. and why did you
leave word on Wednesday night that
you had gone to the theater with a
party. without even telephoning me,"
She was beginning to weep again.
Her feelings overcame her.
John clasped her in his arms and
tried to comfort her.
Don't you know, Lucille?" he
asked. Il came here on Wednesday q
few minutes earlier than usual, and
Il saw what I thought was you, in
the kitchen. In the arms Of q stran-
ger"
How dare you! How dare you,
john"
But you had on that blue silk with
the lace, and 1t was impossible to mis-
take that dress. You know you wore it
because l always said liked it. And
Hilda wrote me that she had worn IL
tnat night to get even with you for
something or other. and had smuRrled
nef young man into the apartment"
But the girl. wild with anger, ran
INTO the kitchen. almost dragging John
after her There was no Hilda, but
on the table was an open sheet OF m.
per with writing on It, Lucille |
snatched it up.
Dear Miss Lucille" 1t ran. 81 guess
this evens 1t all up now and you can
have your Martin. Tonight l leave
to be married to my beau. We have
q grocery store and ask your esteem
patronage. Please send wages a
under. Hilda."
Copyright. 1875 by W. G. Chapman)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-10

Opened Upon the Advancing Legion.
as If the whole face CT the earth wal
being blown away.
Nov, boys!" came down the line
Jimmy waited. The whistle sounded
and instantly he was upon his feet
and running like mad against the
enemy.
A line Of men, extending as far AZ
the eye could reach, hurled themselves
upon the devastated rife pits. At first
while their own shells continued to
shrek over them, they seemed unop.
posed Then, when they were with.
In hundred yards, the Smelling
ceased.
Instantly an inferno of fire was
opened upon the advancing legion.
Men dropped by scores. To take the
hostile lines was futile. The high shell
explosives had failed to shake the mo.
rale of the German forces, though Il
had knocked their intrenchments
about their ears.
They would not retreat-it Is not
the tradition Of the Foreign legion to
retire. But. riddled and confused. the
whole line doubled upon itself and dis.
solved into little groups and clusters.
II edged sidewise along the German
'front.' and sought the shelter of one
or two unchanged houses that had
escaped the hostile artillery.
From among these a hundred Ger
mans ieaped forward to meet the ap-
preaching DICTIONARIES A hand-to-hand
fight followed. Jimmy found himself
engaged with a huge fellow. wearing
a tattered helmet whose spike
emerged through its khaki covering.
The fellow disappeared suddenly, and
he found himself jabbing yiciously at
the air
Suddenly a shot was fired at him
from an old barn. 1t grazed his cheek.
and Jimmy rushed into the barn.
1t was half full of moldy hay. A
German was upon the other side of
the central mass. Round and round
the hay they lodged. Jimmy after the
German. then the German after Jimmy,
each trying to get q point Of vantage
from which to shoot down the other.
Painting. exhausted. they halted. one
on either side Of the haystack. Jimmy
waited. Presently he saw the rife
barrel of the German begin to pro-
trude through loose part OF the stack.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-10
THE HAM SLICER
BY FRANK FllSON.

If anybody had told Jimmy Byrne
five weeks before that on a certain
day in summer he would be lying in
a French trench among the men oil
the Foreign legion and aiming his rife
at the periscope OF German sergeant
he would have laughed. Yet such had
happened. Caught in France ON the
outbreak of the war, while on his way
nome after a years tour on his
wealthy fathers money. he had sim.
ply gone to see the fun. He thought
It would be a matter Of q month OF
two. So did many then.
The mail from home had been first
angry and pleading, then resigned.
His father. whose big house on Fifth
avenue seemed strangely empty, tried
to get Jimmy out through the Ameri-
can ambassador. But Jimmy was OBJ
durate; he liked his taste Of war.
If you could only be here" his sis
ter Mary had written. "Katz, the deli
catessen man. who hurried OF to Ger
many when war was declared, has in
herited ten thousand dollars, and his
wife is frantic about him. The flowers
are prettier than ever this year. Our
new automobile is dandy. :"
What's that?" asked Jimmy, as his
neighbor, interrupting his reading,
whispered something. He was a ii.
gantic Turk named Crusoe, a sample
OF the miscellaneous population Of
that daredevil brigade, the Foreign
legion. Going to have a hit at the
Bches?"
The Turk nodded. I'm half an
hour" he said. Orders are to have
bayonets fixed and a hundred rounds
extra in our belts. See! There's our
artillery starts!"
1t was Jimmy's first chance OF see
ing anything but trench service. In
stantly the letter was thrust into his
pocket and forgotten. He moistened
his lips; he felt a strange exultation,
mixed with-not exactly fear, but
something that made his flesh insensi-
tive and his hands clammy.
The artillery had opened q deafen-
ing attack. The shells. whistling over.
head without cessation. filed the air
with sound. Lines Of smoke rose
from the German trenches. 1t seemed
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-10
wireless Wonder on Wheels.

The signal corps of the United
States army has what is probably the
most powerful portable wireless teleg-
raphy outfit OF its kind The appara-
tus is mounted on a motor car chassis
and can be set up complete and in op-
Grating condition In as short time As
IL minutes.
Under favorable conditions. the ap-
paratus has a sending radius of up to
500 miles. Messages from points $500
miles distant have been received. The
generator which furnishes the curren,
In driven By the same motor that pre-
eels tho vehicle.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-10

lilly ne lodged, and the discharge
i the powder blackened his tunic az
the bullet sped across the barn and
buried itself in the opposite wall.
With a yell, the German sprans
round the stack. Jimmy was waiting
for that. He let his dubbed rife fall
The German started back, but II
struck him on the foot, and he howled
with pain as he retired into the OBJ
security the other side of the hay.
They waited. Night was already
falling. the sounds of the fighting be
came less audible. 1t was quite darh
inside the barn. Jimmy listened as q
cat listens for mouse Suddenly the
German called from behind the hay:
"Kamerad! Pardon! Surrender to
me and you shall not be harmed. You
see. my friend. we shall wait here all
night unless you surrender"
That's all very WELL" answered
Jimmy, but suppose you surrender to
me-"
We are not allowed to surrender"
answered the German plaintively
You had better surrender. Think II
over! l will wait ten minutes!"
Jimmy could see the tip of the Ger.
mans bayonet. 1t was moving, not
up and down, but backward and for.
ward In . manner which seemed
somehow familiar to Jimmy. The
movements were unconscious. and 1t
was evident that the fellow was labor.
ing under strong emotion.
He spoke again. Suppose We both
come out into tho OPEN" he said. II
shall count q hundred. While l am
counting you will turn your back and
walk away. When have finished
counting hundred Twill call, and we
will both FIRE"
Nothing doing" said Jimmy.
The German uttered an oath and
ieaped from behind the haystack. jim
my was just in time to parry the lev
eled blade. He struck it up and drew
back for lunge. Then he looked into
his opponents face, and the recogni.
ton was mutual
"katz! The delicatessen mani" he
cried
Jimmy Penderby!" cried Katz,
Gosh! What are you doing here, Mr..
Penderby?"
"Oh, just looking round" said Jim.
my. Say, l knew 1t was you, KATE,
from the way you used that bayonet,
Are you going to surrender"
I daren't." said Katz. my wife
said must bring back an iron cross"
Your wife is crazy because you've
Inherited ten thousand dollars" said
Jimmy. "and-"
What" yelled Katz. TT must be
my uncle Simon. Inever thought he'd
last out the year. Mr.. Penderby, take
me to your camp. and hurry! Hurry.
and don't let any Of those shells hit
me before see the color OF it."
Safe In the camp Of the Dictionaries.
katz recovered all his animation.
"Mr Penderby," he implored. won
didn't tell me how you knew it was me
oehind the hay. By my bayonet, you
know"
oh. yes" said Jimmy. II SUPPOSE
q man gets the tricks of his trade.
KATE. You see. a bayonet isn't for
using like ham-slicing machine"
copyright. 1915. by W. g. CHAPMAN,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-10

ity-for fathers sake" said the xirl
brusquely.
The experiment certainly seemed
to have been successful. Gradually
Hilda's disconsolate face grew bright
again. 1t was noticed. too, that she
seemed to distribute her favor i'm.
partially upon the different trades.
mems assistants. Where 50 many
shared it, there seemed no likelihood
OF her fixing upon one in particular.
AS for Jones, the clerk who had
monopolized her. he had left his EN-.
pioyers services. KATE. the grocer,
said that he was going into business
Tor himself. Lucille did not care par.
ticularly what happened to him. 40
long as there was no danger of his
detecting the fraud that had been
played.
John Martin and she were to be
married in four months time. They
were very fond of each other in a
sensible way. Every Saturday night
John called, and every Wednesday
night he took her to the theater. 1t
was an ideal engagement from
monetary point of view. for John was
earning $500 month as secretary to
a prominent publisher. and had five
thousand in the bank besides.
About three weeks after Lucille's
successful maneuver the girl waited
in vain on Wednesday evening for
John to appear. She was as much
amazed as disappointed Ii was the
hrst time since their engagement that
his regularity had failed. And tho
absence OF a telephone call induced
in her first anger, then alarm.
John is i'll. mother" she ex
claimed. when at last all hope of his
appearance that night had been dis.
carded. "0r else he has met with an
accident on the way"
"Oh. no, my dear" said Mrs. Hamp-
ton. No doubt he was detained at
the ONCE on business"
But he ought to have called me IN,
| shall call him up and let him know
what I think Of his behavior" cried
Lucille angrily.
She flew to the telephone and called
up Johns address At his apartment
house.
"Mr Martin said that II anybody
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-10
LtFEB0AT MADE OF PAPER
Invention OF japanese That Should De
Of Great Value In the Event
Of ShlpWreck.

A paper lifeboat that can be packed
away In the space Of about one cubic
loot. but that. when inflated, 10 sea
worthy and durable, is the invention
OF . retired admiral of the Japanese
navy, says Tit-Bits.
The boat is constructed from the
japanese paper called hasikirazu
which is treated chemically to make II
waterproof. The paper comes from
the mulberry tree. Il 10 unusually
durable and possesses great strength
when the stresses are in the direction
Of the fiber.
A thin sheet Of paper that is strong
when stressed in any direction is
made by pasting together two sheets
with the fibers crossing at right an.
giles. The first boat that the admiral
made was merely kind of large oil.
low with a depression in the center,
the whole being inflated with air. Be.
cause of the ease with which paper
can be punctured, 1t was necessary to
change the method Of construction. 40
several pipe-like bags were made and
placed side by side in the form of 4
raft, and that raft finally modified to
q craft something like a boat in shape.
The result is a life-saving craft al
most immune to wreck, for even II
one or two of the pipes are punctured
or broken, the boat is still buoyant
enough to be seaworthy.
Owing to its strength and lightness,
and its waterproof qualities. the hashi-
kirazu paper is evidently adapted to
wide range of uses. among which are
the making of coverings for aeroplane
wings and for dirigible balloons
Youths Companion.