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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

Christmas is coming. It is almost here. The thought bring joy to most hearts. Yet there are some in whose c,1n worry is mixed with pleasure. The
 woman of slender means who has a, large number of relatives, friends and acoi1ainta1Nces notes the advance of that holiday with no little apprehen- sion It means gift buying.
 There's Aunt ~Sallys family of seven She could not give to one without \ sighting the others. The same rule holds good with brother James fam uy of six and Uncle Abner's family of eleven, including the new baby. Her husbands relatives are quite as irnportant His brothers and his sis ters his cousins and his aunts,- have to be remembered, and all of the little fry.
 Then, there's a score of women at the club They always send her a trihe and must be remembered in re- turn. Altogether they foot up to over a hundred gifts. Her own niece hints that she hopes Santa will bring her a pair of nice long kid party gloves.i To be sure, they cost $4.50, but they will last the whole season. Her husbands niece comes out on boIder platform She says in a joke that which she means in earnest: If yo uthink of buying me anything, Aunt Elizabeth,
  saw some in Ia window marked down to only $7O.'' E.
 His Cousin Bess declares that she wouldn't thank Santa for anything less than set of gold bracelets She has been pricing them and finds that they: cost from $40 up. Hubby's moth CT has been piping for a new bonnet, while her own mother stands badly in need of a new pair of spectac1es, a dress and a little check to help her out with her dental work. Ter own chill ,dren are talking about sleds, hoops, dolls, skates, etc.
 The worried woman reckons it up backward and forward. It would take something like a thousand dollars to cover their wants. Hubby hands out $20 to buy Christmas gifts. With fear and trembling, she shows her list and the cost. What he says we wouldn't dare repeat Putting his arm around his wife, the practical man of the world give her bit of wholesome ad- wise, saying: esf your relatives and friends keep in with you and only care for you for the Christmas presents without them. It is pleasant to re- member your mother and mine with gifts each as costly = our means will permit. An inexpensive card with a cheery Christmas greeting will show the others that they were in your etIoo5ntS anu SAOu1Q pc appreciated. When Christmas giving is a drain it should not be fndulged in. If others wants bring you worries, gift making is robbed of it's hearty joy.
 A word to girls on this subject: Costly exchange of gifts is not sex- pected- An inexpensive. homemade trife carries quite as much cheer with it. Young girls should be very chary of making girts to their young men friends. In their case a calendar would be a useful, appreciated pres ent- If couples are betrothed the case Is different. Their gifts to each other may be as costly as they wish to pur- chase There should be great d1scrfm- nation in Christmas gift giving. Those who can i'll affa.d it A1ould not sacr1- fee peace or mind to play LadJ Boun- tif11-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
TRIPE Al LA CREOLE

Gut honeycomb tripe in two-inch pieces to make three cups. Put in a. pan and place in the oven until the water is drawn out. Cook one table spoon of finely chopped onion. in two tablespoons of butter until slightly browned. Then add one-eighth of a. green pepper finely chopped, one tablespoon of flour, one-half a cup of stock, one-quarter of a, cup of strain ed tomatoes, and one fresh mushroom cut in slices Add the tripe and cook five minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
UNKIND HUSBAND.

Dear Miss Libbey:-
 I am married woman of 50; look young. Husband is not good to me since work began to be slack. I work all day to keep up our home. If I do not receive pay every night he is fear fully cross. I cannot stand it. Please advise how I can cure him of this so we can be happy some time.
 J.W Patience and hope are great aids. Tell him how happy you would be if right treated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
FELL OUT-WANTS
 TO MAKE UP
Dear Miss Libbey:-

Dear Miss Libbey:-
 r Kindly advise girl of IS. I do not go to public dances. Am liked wherever go. Have a mother, no father. Am thankful for mothers and brothers interest in me, not letting me go of ten. I dearly loved a. young mans company. We fell out from jealousy. He wants to return to me- Another visits me At his third call he asked me to run away and marry him. refused, telling him that I did not love him He went away Runaways I think un1ucky. First young man wishes for my company again. Please
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
MISS LIBBEYs REPLIES
 TO, YOUR LETTERS

Miss Libbey's answers to your letters. Correct name and address must be given to in sure attention. Initials print- ed. Write short letters on one side of paper only. Use ink. Personal letters cannot be an. swered. Address Miss Laura Jean Libbey, No. 916 President Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
DUTCH HATCHPoT

Boil six carrots and the same of onions until tender. In another kettle boil six medium size potatoes. Drain all the water from both, put them together, mash well. add a tea spoon of salt, one-haIf a. teaspoon of sugar, one-half cup of butter, and one-half a cup of milk and cream. Beat well and serve hot.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
GRAHAM GEMS

Mix two cups of sour milk. three tablespoons of mo1asses, two tea spoons of soda, two-thirds of a cup of flour, and two cups of graham flour. Bake in gem pans in af quick oven.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
CORNER FOR COOKS
BEEF HASH

Boil thirty minutes all the pieces of steak on hand, add an equal amount of potatoes and half a cup of beets Chop fine and fry brown in butter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
POTATO STTCKs

Pare raw potatoes, and slice in thin strips 1enegthwise. Lay in cold wa ter half an hour, drain and fry in deep boiling fat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

While Red Cross seals are~not ac- cepted in place of stamps, some peo- pie seem to think the post office may send them along and collect postage due from the recipient
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
PARSNR CAKEs

Cook in saIted water forty-five minutes, pare and mash. Add butter pepper and salt, and form into small flat cakes. Roll in flour and fry in butter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

It is all right for the railroads to push ahead the freight traffic. but there are some travellers who have reached the conclusion that passenger trains should not be made to wait on side tracks while the freight trains go ahead.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

Some one asks why Congress goes to Washington for the three weeks before the holidays, when no busi- ness is ever done? Probably though some Jobs are secured for constitu- ents during that period
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

When the price of gasoline doubles, there aren't less automobiles run, but you needn't think you can advance the price of pew rents 25 per cent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

Leading educators have much to say about the necessity of training the eye and the hand by industrial teaching. which seems to be accomplished ad- 'mirably by practicing at shooting the basket ball into the basket
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
DATE CAKE

Mix one cup of sugar. the same of sour milk. two cups of flour, two ta- blespoons of butter. and two coups of chopped and pitted dates. Bake one hour in 8, slow oven.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
LITTLE BENNY'S
 NOTEBOOK
By Lee Papo
ED WERNICK

ED WERNICK EdWernick lives erround our way, Us fe1Ios call him Dutch, He thinks hes an orfill lot, But he aint so very mutch. Wun thing he thinks is funy Is making everybody stop Wen thare playing football in the
 street By yelling, Cheese it. cop And everyboddy looks erround And thare aint cop in site, And everyboddys mad but Ed Wer-
 nick And he. laughs aw1 his mite. Anuthir thing he thinks is funy Is saying he will give you the core Of a appel heAis eeting, And then not 1eeving eny core. He also thinks it is funy To make a noise like rootbeer fzz. / Being about the ony thing He thinks is funy wich is. He always has a lot of pencils Sticking out of his pockit in line, Not being eny sents having so meny, But Ed Wernick thinks that's fine He thinks evvrything of evvryboddy
 e1tses, Aint half as good as his. Wich if he dident think he was sutch
 a orf1 lot. He mite be moar than he is-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

a time before the war was stationed in Strasbourg, but he has never been very strong, and is the victim of a serious congenita1 Ina1ady. Princess Marie Augustine comes of a, family much older than the HohenzoI1erns, the Anha1t ducal family having been powerful in the eighth and ninth cen turies, while they claim direct descent from the male line from no less parsonage than Noah
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
SUDDEN DEATH Caused by Disease of the Kidneys

The close connection which exists between the heart and the kidneys is well known nowadays. As soon as kidneys are diseased, arterial tension is increased and the heart funetions are attacked When the kidneys no longer pour forth waste, uremic> poisoning occurs and the person dies, and the cause is often given as heart disease, or disease of brain or lungs.
 It is 9 good insurance against such a risk to send 10 cents for a sample package of wAnuric D O-the latest dis covery of Dr. Pierce. Also send a sample of your water. This will be examined without charge by expert chemists at Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel. Buffalo, N. Y. When you suffer from backache, frequent or scanty urine. rheumatic pains here or there, or that constant tired, worn-out feeling, it's time to write Dr. Pierce, descrfba vour symptoms and get his medical opinion without charge-absolutely free. This ~ ~Anuric" of Doctor Pierce's is found to be 37 times more active than lithia. for 1t dissolves uric acid in the system as hot water does sugar.
 Simply ask for Dr. Pierce's Anuric Tablets. There can be no imitation. Every package of ~Annric0 is sure to be Dr. Pierce's. You will findthe sigma ture on the package just as you do on Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for blood and stomach.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
WORRY, DEspoHDEveY.

Kidney Disease is suspected by medical or suffer with irregular urination. diso turbed, too frequent, scanty or painful passage. The general symptoms are rheu- matlc pains or neuralgia, headaches. weakness and general misery. Worry is frequent cause and sometimes 8 symptom of kidney disease. Thousands these symptoms after using pr. Pierce's Aylurtc Tablets.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
advise.

Course of true love may run smooth again. Runaway matches do not all ways turn out well.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

So far none of the European pow CTS has stopped fighting to-Wait until Henry Ford gets there.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

XMAS HOPING AND WREATHs OF LAUREL
 JOHN Ek44NAA 6c SOM
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
CHRISTMAS WANTS
 AND WORRIES

DO you grieve no costly offering To the lady you can make? One there is, and gifts loss worthy Queens have stopped to take
 The gift of a loving heart
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

XMAS HOPING AND WREATHS OF
 LAUREL
 JOHN RICK & SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

Plum coIored glazed leather comes in with 1916. This piquant skating suit is cut with many flares and @ yoked short coat be1ted- Beaver fin ishes all edges, providing, as well, a. cozy huff and turban. The very newest models for next spring is of a Norfolk jacket set up in c11amois skin,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
AFOLD 0ENHRE.RIhL Patented ADrif 30. 1oO7

0rC44Ic0 fAkJlII -1Os I5UI lengthwise fold Be sure to make the folds so that the selvage edges meet On the opposite side place the back and the square collar.
 Variety may. be given to the waist by vest of contrasting material. but
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

These Home DressmaLing articles prepared especially for this Review.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-07-09

vestigation invariably reveals one or
both Of these conditions"
1t occurs to us that many of the
orchards in this locality are going
back down the scale of excellence
from one or each of the things spok-
en- of by Mr.. Davis, and the man who
sees his trees bending low under the
weight of more fruit than they can
carry to maturity should try to find
way to get half or two-thirds of
the poorer ones taken off SO the
Others can grow large and fine-favor-
ed. 1t is subject of remark that
our apples are not of good flavor;
we know a man who deals In apples
and sells them to his customers, and
he has gotten so he will not consider
buying apples grown here, because,
he says, they lack flavor, and he can
do better elsewhere and pay the add
ed freight charges. 1t is time we
were finding out the why and apply.
ing remedy.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-07-09
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE
DISTRICT OF IDAHO.
EASTERN DIVISION

In the matter of John Dean, bank
rupt, in bankruptcy number 1893.
To the creditors of John Dean Of
Blackfoot, in the county of Bingham
and district aforesaid, BANKRUPT:
Notice is hereby given, that on the
twenty-ninth day Of June, 1915. the
said John Dean was duly adjudicated
bankrupt; and that the first meeting
OF his creditors will be held at the
office Of the undersigned at Black
foot. Idaho, on the twenty-frst day Of
August, 1915, at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon, at which time the said
creditors may attend, prove their
claims, appoint trustee, examine
the bankrupt, and transact such other
bushes as may properly come before
said meeting.
Dated at Blackfoot, Idaho. this
June 20, 1915.
GEO. F. GAGON.
ol-6 Referee in Bankruptcy.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-07-09

at the top of the ground. That is
why the farmer so often declares that
la rain leaves his ground dryer than
lit was before. He may have had the
|capillaries we'll broken up before the
rain and the ground in good condi-
ton for growth. The rain formed new
|capillaries, evaporation began and
continued rapidly until most of the
moisture was gone. Had he harrow
ed or done something to break the
capillaries Immediately after the rain
he would have held what moisture he
had before and some that was added
by the rain.
The fields that were sown to grain
and are now beyond hope for the
present crop, should be plowed quite
deep and the ground narrowed fire.
quently during the rest of the sum-
mer No matter how dry it becomes,
narrowing will improve it's condition.
In September the wheat should be
sown and in the spring the narrowing
should be begun again as soon as the
ground gets dry enough to work, and
it should be continued after each rain
until the wheat begins to boot. Some
successful dry farmers who have al
ways attended to the spring harrow
ing after each rain attribute their
success wholly to the prompt harrow
ing following the rains, but there are
plenty of cases where crops can only
be raised once in every two years,
and by summer following and har-
rowing in addition to the spring har-
rowing. Failing to summer fallow
and harrow they fail to produce a
crop. The farmers in the Snake river
plains who have means to go on with
The summer following, and to do the
tall seeding, may rest assured that
This means of treating the soil for
he next year will secure them the
very best yield it is possible to get
without irrigation.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-07-09
DAYS IN
A SUBMARINE
A Trip from wilheImshaven to the
DardaneIles Where two warships
Were Torpedoed.

When the two battleships. the Tri-
umph and the Majestic, were sunk
near the Dardanelles by submarine.
the dispatches reported that the dead
ly submarine Travelled all the way
from Wilhelmshaven. The story was
incredible, but 1t has been verified.
1t was the German submarine No.
81 that performed the wonderful
feat. 1t was in command of Captain
Otto Herring, who reached Constan-
tinople where he told his story of the
hardships of AZ days in the little YES
sci, a story that is now among the
great romances of the sea. Captain
Herring began Germany's torpedo
campaign by striking the Pathfinder
and, since his latest double exploit
has received the order of Pour lie
Merite. This is his story:
I'VE left Wilhelmshaven SO of us
April Is. When l was told that |
was going to Constantinople l said,
Good! That is worth while. | let
only the first officer and the chief
engineer into the secret to explain
the increased supplies taken aboard.
We slipped quietly out of Wilhelm
shayen like so many other subma.
rines going into the warzone. we
kept to the surface most of the time,
watching for big enemy ships, but
failed to see any for long time, to
our great disappointment.
On the coast of England we were
finally fired upon by destroyer and
had to dive for safety, but along the
French coast we encountered no
enemy. When 100 miles from Glib.
raltar we were fired upon by another
British destroyer. We waited outside
Gibraltar and passed through the
strait early in the morning in plain
view, but without attracting the least
attention. Those were tense but
gratifying hours.
Once within the Mediterranean the
watch, already exacting, was re-
doubled. Here again we encountered
enemy ships near small island, but
dived to safety under fire. While
passing Malta we were fred upon BY
a French destroyer, but. were I'M
touched. We then proceeded south
tof Greece into the Aegean sea and to
the Dardanelles. We arrived there
on the night preceding May 25, hav-
ing come from Wilhelmshaven in ex-
actly one month.
In the early morning light we saw
the Triumph and Majestic lying off
the coast, constantly encircled by de.
stroyers. Through the periscope /
saw destroyer coming directly for
us. We dived and the destroyer pass
ed Immediately over us with a sound
like that of motor car.
We came up Immediately, | took
aim through the periscope, pressed
the button, automatically firing the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-07-09
ADVICE FOR DRY FARMERS
What to do with That Field Where
the Crop is Ruined for This Year.

Large areas of the Snake river val
ley have a problem to solve and we
might as well face it early and solve
it. In the upper parts of the valley
dry farming has become profitable,
and it has been spreading rapidly to
K less favored areas. A large amount
of wheat has been sown on the dry
belt in the middle of the Snake river
plains, and up to the middle of June
much optimism prevailed over the
probable harvest. Down at American
Falls they had met with such great
success that fortunes were staked on
dry farm wheat 1t had been win
ming for number of years and the
town of American Falls found itscif
rating SO high as a shipping point
for wheat that it erected a signboard
nearly as long as the town is wide
and painted the boast of it's record
upon 1t, SO the overland travellers
could read it from the car windows
and be impressed. They went into
print with it in untold thousands of
folders and printed pages in magi-
zines, and now there may be a diff
ferent report to take care Of There
have been some very drying winds
and conditions are not good.
The farmers of our own locality
have been overlooking few things
that are vital to success in dry farm
ing. To get this information well
in mind, to get to understand the
reasons for doing certain things and
for not doing certain others, is to
II into a position to attain success
in some measure where failure in
some measure now stares them in
the face. There is a right way and
wrong way to handle dry farm
crops. One spells success; the other
failure, or failure at times with par
tial success the other seasons. A
review of these things follows, and
while following the principles laid |
down may not make all areas pro-
duce profitable crops, yet it has been
well proven over and over for years |
in many states that these things are !
the key to the situation in areas of !
slight rainfall.
The success OF dry farm crop
does not depend uDon the amount of |
rainfall, but upon the amount of
moisture retained in the ground for
use by the roots Of the plants. The
means employed to get the soil into
to absorb and retain the
moisture then is important. Ground
that is plowed shallow and left loose
Tries quickly. The deeper it is plow-
ID and the more 1t Is worked to get
I to lie close and compact, the more
t will retain its moisture. Deep
blowing, up to eight or nine inches is
generally an advantage, but blowing
round foot deep is no guaranty !
4 success, nor is it all sure to bell
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-07-09
A LESSON IN ORCHARDING

d. r. Davis was here from Ogden
the first of the week and reported
that the peach crop in that locality
is good this year. In answer to
questions as to whether they grow
peaches at Ogden that are sweet and
rich and possessed of the real peach
flavor and tenderness he said they do.
When asked if he knew why some of
the Utah peaches were perfectly de-
licious 20 and 25 wears ago and are
bitter now from the same orchards
he said he did, and proceeded to ex-
plain the reasons as follows:
Anything developed to high
state of excellence by care or cul-
tivation or breeding, begins to go
back down the scale when that care
is no longer given to it. Turn high
ly bred animal out on the range to
rustic for itself and leave it to COM
bat the cold and storm and it will
decline in excellence. Set a finely
developed fruit tree in fine soil and
give it good care and it will do we'll,
but let the ground pack about it, let
weeds and brush flourish about it
and tap the soil of it's fertility. let
the tree bear one crop after another
for years and years without putting
something back into the soil to re-
plenish what is taken out, and the
fruit will decline in quality as well
as in size."
The way to raise peaches is to |
raise peaches. Cultivate and fertilize
and trim, and fight the pests. / live |
in Ogden; have an orchard out in
the canyon. We plow and harrow
our orchard to keep the weeds down |
and to keep the soil in fine condi-
ton for growth. When the fruit
begins to set we begin to thin 1t.
We pay boys and girls SO cents a
tree to thin the fruit. A twig or
limb that has 30 sets on, is thinned
down to perhaps six or eight. The
strength that would have gone into
80 peaches and made small ones and I
overtaxed the tree, is put into six
or eight peaches, which by reason of
the lavish energy of the. twig, grow
large and beautiful. A canyon gen
orally has a draft of air one way or
the other, and this is a protection
from frost, but when the fruit gets
heavy and is ripening, some of it
falls by reason of the wind. This
IS rot left to rot on the ground. We
pick 1t up and take 1t away. 1t is
sorted and used for whatever it
seems most suitable for, and if 1t
s good for nothing else we give 1t
% the pigs. When the perfect fruit
s picked We have something worth
picking and something we can sell
o anybody wanting peaches"
Wherever / find peaches on the
market that are fiat to the taste or
ave bitter taste conclude that
he tree did not belong to we'll
red variety or that II stands from
ear to year without any Of this care
hat have been speaking of, and in