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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
STALLION IS BEST AT WORK
Horse Should Be In Good Physical
Condition Before Breeding Sea.
son-Exercise 10 Needed.

A stallion that Is not fit to work
is not fit to sire work horses, in the
opinion Of J. s. Montgomery of the
animal husbandry division of the Min
nesota College of Agriculture. ''The
horse should be in good physical con-
dition before the beginning Of the
breeding season." he says. "Plenty Of
exercise should be provided. II 1t is
impossible to work the horse, a large
paddock should be arranged where he
may play In all kinds Of weather."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
SWAMP ROOT STOPS
SERIOUS BACKkcHE

When your back aches, and yQsr had
der and kidneys seem to be disordered, ~
member it 10 needless to suffer-eD 70 your
nearest drug store and get bottts Of d.
Kilmer's Swsmp-Ro 1t il q physcian's
prescription for diseases of ths kidnsys
and bladder.
It has stood the test of years and has
. reputation for quickly and effectively
giving results in Thousands of cases.
This prescription was used by Dr.. KA.
mer in his private practice and was -
very effective that it has been placed oa
sale everywhere. Get q bottle. 60o and
3l.0O, at your nearest druggist.
However. If you wish first to tast this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr..
Kilmer L Co., Binghamton, N. Y. for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
Fans From Far Japan.

AS Christmas draws near, unique
and lovely fans are unfurled in the
shops in increasing numbers. Some
Of them are works of art-at prices
high enough to give one heart failure,
and some of them are works Of art
moderately priced. There are the
usual dainty satin and gauze fans,
flashing many spangles, fans Of rich
ace, gorgeous peacock-feather fans,
and those of splendid ostrich. And
there are many painted satin fans. It
IS easy to see why they are Of neces-
sity high priced.
But there are fans that vie with
far more costly ones In beauty, and
three Of them are shown in the accom-
panylng illustration. They are con-
iributed by the clever people in the far
East, who know how to do SO much
With such simple materials. We are
indebted to far Japan for the beauti-
'ully colored fans with lacquered
sticks which are ornamented with
such widely different characters, OBJ
.iously with an eye to pleasing us. On
me Of these fans we behold the light
hearted PierrOt IN q savage attitude. He
s about to shoot an arrow somewhere.
We are left to ponder whether he is
aiming at the heart Of an enemy or at
an American pocketbook.
On small fan Of unusual shape we
nay infer that some sympathetic
japanese artist has taken a theme
from one of our own songs. An i'm
passioned little lady seems to be bid
ding an endless farewell to 1.-The Last
Rose Of Summer" There is O huge
vase near by. big enough to hold all
the petals Of dear, departed roses.
The picture on the third fan is sure
" oriental. But 1t has the touch Of
nature that makes the whole world
kin. A discriminating lover offers to
an Indifferent lady fair . bunch Of
aowsrA
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
CANADA AGAIN
A PRIZE winner
Highest Premiums Awarded at
MANY Exhibitions.

The Fall fair season Is past ana
retrospect Of them shows that Western
Canada Is stronger than ever in the
matter of exhibits, and has taken more
than her usual share of the prize
money. From Western Canada to
Texas is a long look. from Alberta,
Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the
southwestern corner Of Texas is sew
eral days journey, but the enterprising
farmers from this new country to the
northwest were wide awake to the
possibilities that waited them at the
international Dry Farming Congress
held at Ell Paso, Texas, few weeks
ago. to bring to the attention Of those
in that far-off corner what the land of
Western Canada could do in the pro-
iuction Of grains and roots from Its
soil. And what did these farmers do?
The first thing was to carry Off the
first prize and sweepstakes for wheat.
That was foregone conclusion, for 1t
has now become an established fact that
nowhere else in the world Is there
grown wheat of the high character and
market value of Western Canadian
wheat. The same may be said Of oats.
Of barley and of rye. But when 1t came
to notice that Western Canada took
first prize for alfalfa, 1t was then that
more special attention was given to
the products from Western Canada. 1t
showed that in that country there lies
the opportunity for supplementing the
wonderful native grasses, so full Of nu-
triton that with the tanned varieties,
among them being alfalfa, the cattle
with no other food were fattened and
fitted for the shambles. Western Can
ada's worth was proved as probably
the greatest mixed farming portion Of
the continent. When the steers from
the Western Canadian prairies reach
| the Chicago stockyards they bring
the top price and outweigh those from
other places where grass fattening is
| the process. But 1t was not only in
grains that Western Canada carried
off the highest honors at the Ell Paso
exhibition. Potatoes, parsnips. beets.
carrots and rutabagas also took the
highest honors. In root production
this country Is becoming favorably
known.
The question often arises as to mar
kets. There Is always the highest
price awaiting the producer and as
soon as the Hudson Bay Railway, now
about completed, reaches the Bay,
there will be an additional outlet for
the product of the farm. The Pacific
coast route, via the Panama canal, will
give another outlet Of which full ad-
vantage may be taken. With virgin land
selling at from SIS to $50 per acre, and
improved farms at reasonable prices
and on easy terms, there is no better
opportunity for the man with limited
means and desire to secure a home
at the least cost in country where
he can soon become wealthy, as thou
sands of others have done, than in
Western Canada. To the man with less
means and who is prepared to accept
a farm of 16O acres free, the Domin-
ion Government offers him his choice
In districts that have land of the high
est type, but at present being from ten
to twenty miles from a railway.
The Peace River Country, now being
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
Japanese Embroidery.

The japanese are sending us some
beautiful hand-embroidered materials
which are being made up into lingerie.
Perhaps the most striking examples
are the white silk pajama sets for
women. The jackets are beautifully
embroidered in grapes and leaves,
cherry blossoms and chrysanthemum
blossoms, in the daintiest of colors,
and delicate pink lotus blooms. The
prices for the garments are gagged by
the amount Of handwork upon them.
They may be had in delicate colors, as
well as in plain white. There is also
the short kimono, embroidered In the
usual designs on white, pink and blue
grounds.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
NOTES FOR SHEEP BREEDERS
Flock Should Be Provided With Dry
Yard and Shed FIoor-Drafty
Barn Is Poor Shelter.

Feed the sheep well In early winter.
The sheep flock should have access
to clean, pure water, even II they
don't drink much.
The condition of the fleece next
spring depends upon how well the
sheep is cared for now.
II you can't provide your flock with
\ dry yard and shed floor, sell them
70 your neighbor who can. You will
iever succeed with a sheep kept in a
wet, muddy yard.
An open shed facing the south, with
a strawstack on the southwest side, is
better than a drafty barn for sheep.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
IDEAL SHELTER FOR WINTER
Tightly Built Shed, With Open Front
on South Side Where Colt May
Come and Go, 10 Best.

(By J. MONTGOMERY, Minnesota Agri-
cultural Experiment Station.)
As the pastures dry up and cold
weather approaches, the question Of
how to care for the growing colt
through the winter confronts the
farmer. Many colts will be taken from
pasture with gosdly store of fat only
to be turned out to straw pile for
feed and shelter, and will come out
next spring lighter in weight than they
are this fall. On the other hand, not
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
STATECAPITOL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service
ONE QUART. ONE MAN, ONE
MONTH.

That viii De Whisky Limit II Pre-
posed Law Goes into Effect.
Denver.-One quart OF whisky and
twelve quarts Of beer will be the TO-
tai amount of liquor allowed to any
one Individual for a months consump
ton. II the incoming Legislature
adopts an amendment to the prohibi
ton law proposed at a conference b.
tween Leslie E. Hubbard, attorney
general-elect. and representatives OF
dry" organizations.
In families Of more than one adult.
each would be allowed that amount
More than the stipulated quantity
would be illegal. according to the
terms of the proposed amendment.
and would be prima facie evidence
that the liquor had been shipped In
for other than legitimate consump-
ton.
A permit to import liquor would
have to be obtained from the county
clerk and placed on record. A check
ing system would be devised and ev-
cry precaution taken to see that no in
dividual got more than the amount
specified.
The consensus of opinion at the
meeting was that such limitations
should be adopted, rather than an
amendment prohibiting entirely the
shipment OF liquor into the state in
any quantity.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
Homemade Bath Sponge.

Here is a small economy for clean
liness and comfort in the bath, says
Popular Science Monthly. As is well
known, large sponges soon break up
and become useless, and again they
are subject to being clogged up by i'm
purities which are now recognized to
be due to Eicrobe growth within the
sponge. This is difficult to remedy
in the case of large sponge. A new
idea is to assemble small pieces Of
sponge in a bag SO as to give about
the same shape as an original large
sponge. The bag can be made of Turk.
ish toweling or any suitable material.
Thus all small pieces of sponge can be
utilized and can be kept clean easily.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22

few colts may be ruined by heavy
feeding In stalls, where they cannot
take exercise.
The ideal shelter for colts Is tight
ly built shed, open to the south, where
the animals may 80 in and out at their
own pleasure, and where they may
have the run of good big field for
exercise. Idle farm horses can best
be sheltered in the same way. A dry
bed and protection from cold winds.
snow and rain is all that is needed.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
Recently Adopted Laws In Effect.

UeCeHuy AooPteu IAWo IN GVeCS.
The two initiated and one referred
measures adopted by the people at the
November election became laws whom
Governor Carlson issued the proclama
ton A. required by law. The new
laws are the medical practice act
which was passed by the last Legisla-
ture and later referred to the people,
and the bills providing for the humane
care Of the insane and for the invest
ment of state school funds upon i'm
proved agricultural security. The
medical practice act provides fr . re-
organization of the State Board OF
Medical Examiners, which will have
charge Of the issuance of licenses for
all medical practitioners. The board
will be composed OF nine members,
appointed by the governor for terms sf
two. four and six years.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
National Forest Income ,nereases.

were $2,800,OO0, an increase of more
than $4,000 over 1915, according to
a report of Henry 8. Graves, chief Of
the forest service, Just made public
through the Denver office. Rapid pro-
gress in land classification material
advances in development work, in
which road building is one OF the
largest factors. and relatively small
losses from forest fires characterized
the administration. according to Mr..
Graves report. The receipts from tim.
ber were $1.400,O00, an increase of 20
per cent. while grazing receipts were
100000. and water power rentals
brought in 100000.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
Roads Must Make Crossings Safe.

Roads Must Make Crossings Safe.
Adequate grade crossing protection
within the corporate limits of Colorado
Springs must be furnished by the four
railroads operating In the city. under
an order issued by the State Public
Utilities Commission. The city brought
a case against the Colorado Midland.
Santa F6. Denver & Rio Grande, and
Cripple Creek & Colorado Springs rail-
roads a. the result Of a number Of ac-
cidents which occurred at grade cross
ings. Besides the installation Of gates.
red lights and wig-wags at a number
Of the crossings. one crossing will be
eliminated and subway put in. one
fourth OF the cost being borne by the
city Of Colorado Springs. All present
projections in addition to the ones or
dered must be maintained by the rail-
roads.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
HIGH COST OF LIVING

This is a serious matter with house
keepers as food prices are constantly
going up. To overcome this, cut out
the high priced meat dishes and servo
your family more Skinner's Macaront
and Spaghetti, the cheapest, most de-
licious and most nutritious of all foods.
Write the Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha.
Nebr., for beautiful cook book, telling
how to prepare 1t In a hundred different
ways. It's free to every woman.-Adv.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22

opened for settlement and reached by
railway affords excellent opportunity
to the homesteader. To secure infor-
nation as to Western Canadian lands
write the Canadian Government agent,
whose name appears elsewhere In this
aper-Advertisement.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22

Railroads Would Raise Coal Rates.
The Colorado & Southern, the Colo
rado Midland and the Santa Fe rail.
roads have petitioned the Colorado
public utilities commission for permis,
sion to raise their rates on coal from
Palisade and the South Canon districts
to Denver.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
Women May Act a. Jurors.

An amendment to the state law
which would permit women to serve
on juries in bootlegging cases has
been suggested as a remedy for the
condition which resulted in Judge Ira
c. Rothgerber having been forced to
dismiss jury in a trial in which vio-
lation Of the prohibition law was al
legged.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22

Such bits of scenic painting might
be interpreted in several ways and
help out to bridge over conversational
lapses while sitting out" intermissions
at the dance or theater.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22

For administering medicine to .
horse an inventor has patented hol-
low, perforated bit with funnel at
one end.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22

Mrs. Lena Rood Of Seattle, with 0
fortune Of $25.000, 900, is the riches
person In the Pacific northwest.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
Getting Her Own Back.

$50 the lawyers got about an Of tho
estate. Did Edith get anythingr'
"Oh, yes; she got one of the law
yers."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
Always Attractive.

II have some attractive stock to
SELL"
never seen a stock certificate that
wasn't beautiful thing to look at"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
Hsmmlns Estate Pays s1o,ss7 Tax.

Hemmino Estate Pays $1o,337 Tax.
A state Inheritance tax of $10,337.7e
was paid by the executors Of the estate
Of the lats Charles c. HemmIng, prest
dent Of the Ell Paso National Bank OF
Colorado Springs The total value Of
the estate was $405,730.
Executors Of Miller Estate Removed.
Another contest in the much liti.
gated estate of the late Mrs. Anna
Miller ended when District Judge Al
len upheld the decision Of County
Judge Rothgerber In summarily 70
moving Mrs. Hanah Schultz, Mrs. Jen-
ME r. Becker and Albert o. johnson
as executors Of the last will Of their
sister, Mrs. Miller. Unless the ousted
executors appeal to the state Supreme
Court, the decision Of Judge Allen will
result IN the three executors being
compelled to turn over the estate to
Public Administrator Woodward.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22

Women in London who are employed
to make trousers receive only four
cents pair.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blusy
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the laundress. All grocerr. Adv.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-14
WORTHY OF DAVIS HIMSELF

To the Editor OF EUening Ledger:
Sir-May say few words in praise of your
news article on the death of Richard Harding
Davis in Wednesdays issue?
For 10 years my work has made it necessary
for me TO read many newspapers daily, and |
recall few stories, special articles or editorials
that possessed such genuine literary merit as
your account of the death and the life of this
noted author.
AS read down the first column and turned to
the inside page TO continue the article l felt as
though We're actually going through life with
Mr.. DaEis. Not with him exactly, but a little
off to one side of him. l saw him as a young
reporter around the corner at the Press winning
his first triumph with Gallagher" l saw him
in New York dining with Van Bibber | saw
him "in the fog" of London; I'm the turmoil of
South American revolution; a Turko-Grecian
battlefield; in Cuba. l saw "the West from a
car window" with him. I him at st. Peters
burg of old at the coronation of the Car, and
finally, looked down with him from that hotel
window in Belgium and saw the oncoming.
never-ending, graygreen army of the German
empire.
And all the while, journeyed along 1
heard the praise and admiration of his friends
and the jealouses and criticisms of his acquaint-
ances and rivals.
Your story neither praise nor blame; it
picture vivid, moving picture. 1t was
just such a story Davis himself might have
written-graphic and full Of human interest
Narberth, April 10, NARBROOK
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-14
To Lady-Friend in Athens, Ga.

~ a l<hNl hlHtIS, I'd
(Ry our own 1Ol6-model Byron.)
Dame from Athens ere | go
Give me back my wad of dough!
BY your lashes long as those
From which Anna Helds fame grows:
Never shall l whisper more:
All, ma cherie, je tadore!
BY your Uranium full of tricks,
BY your perfect thirty six;
By every powder puff and paint
That makes young ladies what they amt;
Girlie, you have made me sore!
All ma cherie, je t'Gdore!
Dame from Athens, Gu reUoir.
I must go, or miss my car
What is that you whisper low?
Do you not want me to go?
Did you call me as of yore?
oh! Beg pardon!-"Shut t doorg
Will Lou.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-14

Something is painfully wrong with the sys.
tenn of education which permits buildings used
for schools to fall into unsightly and insani-
tary decay. 1t may be question of finance
and it may be question OF business manage
ment. but however the situation occurs it is
q disgrace. In the case of the Thomas JEFF
ferson Building, in Fifth near Poplar street,
the protest of parents and children is indorsed
by the testimony of the principal. Crowded
and illlighted rooms, half time shifting of
cooking school and mechanical workshop
classes to other buildings and downright dan
gers from insufficient plumbing. make up a
bill OF condemnation which is intoerable The
Board of Education struggles against many
difficulties and seems unable TO cope, using
the resources available. with the growing
numbers of school children. But no appreeia.
ton of its difficulties no feelings of tender
ness for its evident good will, should induce
those who suffer TO be silent If 1t is simply
a question OF money the community should be
quick to realize that at any cost to minor i'm.
provements the sehoolhouse must be consid.
cred first. The proposition that the health
and lives OF young children, especially in their
schooling hours. should be protected is so self
evident that It would be stupid to repeat 1t,
were 1t not for the equally selfevident fact
that IL Is not observed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-14
QUIZ

l. Name Ave articles that are generally
acknowledged to be contrabnnd among
warning nations.
2. Does the modern world understand the art
of temperng copper?
g. What rate of interest Is allowed on United
states postal savings bank deposits?
4. How long does IL take hens egg to hatchS
5. who Wendell Phillips?
o. what is the largest city In Canada?
7. what the three primary colors, of conn
binntions of which all the other oolors
consist?
8. What Is meant by drawing a red herring
across the path?
o. Into what four general groups can musical
instruments he divided?
10, What is meerschaum?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-14
United We Stand, Divided We FAN

Editor Of "What Do You Knoto"-You said a
few weeks ago that the saying, United we
stand, divided we fall" Is by George F. Morris
and appears in his poem, THE Flag of Our
Union" You were right far that form Of
the saying is concerned but Morris quoted the
line when he used il. He was undoubtedly re-
ferring to THE Patriots Appeal" a poem by
John Dickinson, which first published on
July 4, 1875, in the Pennsylvania Chronicle
Dickinson wrote:
Then join hand in hand brave Americans all
BY uniting we stand, by dividing we fall;
In so righteous cause we may hope to succeed
For Heaven approves every generous deed,
OF course, the idea is much older than Dickn.
son and probably older than Aesops fable OF
the bundle OF sticks. LITTERATEUR.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-14
Tom Daly's Column
THE BABY's NAMES.

We haze a bdby IN our house
Her proper name Is Frances
But she has other names besides
To ft the circumstances
These circumstances IN our house
Perhaps are not Ike others
For they are due TO Pa and Mo
one sister and . brothers.
M eldest brother calls her Bum"
M youngest calls her "Riddo"
And stW another "SquaHigick,"
"Spissickep and "Hcydiddo~
M mother has the oldest name
she calls her "IzsitlCdszip'
which doesn't sound IKE anything
To call q baby does ttp
But father Is the trorst of all
He calls her "Spodgc' and "Gangler''
And "Hostygoster" "SpiIlygidge"
"SkeesooblcS" and "Speezdn0ler."
And 3Ohen asked him tOhy he used
such silly names to greet her
"WhV If I didn't dear" he said
ara simply hare to cat her"
And so this baby in our house
Although her name is Frances
Has got to lCedr the names that fit
Peculiar circumstances.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-14
BOMB PLOTS

FTHERE is a great difference between the
l. bomb scares of several months ago and the
revelations made yesterday by the police of
New York city. No one doubted that there
was truth in some OF the accounts of German
activity looking 10 the destruction of Allied
ships. American munition factories and TO the
disruption of work by threat and interference.
Indictments based on those earlier reports
were made and cases are pending. They
lacked. however, the quantity of circumstan-
tial detail which has now been assembled.
A confession from Captain Charles Won
KIeist is reported. Three other men were ar
rested at the same time. and the trail leads
almost directly to the departed Won Papen
and Boyd. TO the indicted Won Rintelen, a
precious company which has never relieved
itself Of the suspicion OF imperial direction.
1t is, frankly. impossible to be quite open
minded about these new suspects. They are
tied hand and foot by the rope given TO their
more exalted associates.
In the outTages directed from Germany and
successfully carried out against this Govern
ment the baked destruction Of a merchant
ship does not stand out eonspicuously. II
serves as another reminder only that Ger
many has not since the war broke out recoE-
nized the sovereign right Of the United States
as a nation on sea or within our own bor-
ders on the sea Germany has held US an
enemy, doing unto Us as she would have
enemies do unto her. At home Germany has
held Us a yassal coFruptins our laws, inter
ferlng with our domestic life. making our son
a base of attack against nations with whom
We are az peace. Bui al enemy may strike
back ara Faasas may revolt.