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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-03-24

he needs it most" These doctors
won't know a thing about this story,
until they see it in print, but the Hired
Man had a way of keeping tab on
everything in this region, and is will
ling to tell all that will be of general
good.
This week Mr.. Sebree of the Sara
toga hotel called up Mrs. B. w. Rice
and gave her forty-fve boxes of ap-
Piles to be delivered to friends about
town who were out of apples. Mrs
Rice got Mr.. Pultz, to take a team and
deliver the apples to thirteen differ
emit worthy families about town. Some
times when the Hired Man sees busi-
ness men rushing around town at
breakneck speed, he wonders if they
really ever have a kindly thought for
those who are less fortunate than
themselves, and every week some
thing like this apple matter comes up
to convince him that, after all we are
all just folks. one doing this and oae
doing that, some wearing good clothes
and some wearing clothing not so
good, one making lots of money,
another making but little, all of us
getting about enough to eat, all of us
shying with about the same pretended
independence around the undertakers,
and all of us headed with about the
same rapidity toward our long home
on Canyon hill.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-03-24
WYCK0FF DRUG

A jolly crowd of men gave G. w.
Oylear surprise last Friday even
ing. it being his birthday anniversary.
L. A. Garrison and wife were shop
ping in Boise Wednesday.
today.
Mrs. Corbin of Big Willow Creek,
stopped over night with her son, w.
L. Corbin, ad left Thursday for ST.
Joseph, Mo-, to undergo an operation
for cancer.
w. d. Robinson and Frank Crockett
began work Monday on the govern
ment drain ditch across the river.
{. J. Murphy has been tinting walls
and painting the ]. H. Moberly resi-
H. Brock, the county bridge builder
has been in Middleton this week look
ing after his duties. l
New hitching racks will be put I'D
convenient to the Baptist church. The
work will be completed Friday.
A number of enterprising citizens
from Middleton attended the meeting
at Star Monday night to consider the
plans for drainage district.
The old gas lamps will be taken
down and new colored globes for the
electric lights will be installed in The
l. y. Q. F. hall this week.
The Hall family who have RECENTLY
moved to the Hoskins place, gave a
house warming to their new neigh
bors Monday evening.
Rev. F. G. Williams is. not imorov.
ing; His condition is still critical.
Harvey Lynch left Monday with a
carload of stock and farm implements
to be used on his homestead near
Banks station. A busy season for him
will follow for he has no improve
ments at all to begin with and took
11encinng material, etc. with him. Mrs.
Lynch will remain in Middleton I'm
I'll the present term Of school closes
Professor Springer of the College
Of Idaho spoke at the Methodist
church last Sunday evening. The Ed
worth League assisted by Miss Ham
ner and Mrs. Smyser in oriental cos
lumes gave an entertainment which
was very pleasing to the large crowd
present. Harlan Kline and Cenith
1omyser as negroes, sang, "Brother.
gu Must Unload" in a very credit.
lble manner. ~sA
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-03-24
A Bargain in Good Reading.

The Youths Companion has made
an arrangement with McCall's Maya.
zine through which you can get both
publications for practically the price
of the Youths Companion alone. The
price OF The Companion is $500 a
year. You can get the two, by sub
scrribing now, for $2.10 a year. The
subscriptions will run for full year,
no matter when you subscribe; or. if
you wish, the subscriptions will be
dated from the first of the year, and
we will see that you get back copies.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION.
Boston. Mass.
New subscriptions received at this
Office.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-03-24
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The Mems Gospel team from Mid.
aieton. went to Nampa Sunday even,
ing to conduct the church services
about IS went. A special car was
provided so the crowd was enabled r.
come nome at late hour. After the
religious services the visitors were
very much surprised as we'll as pleased
10 De invited to the Christian church
building where bounteus luncheon
mad been prepared by the people nj
Nampa. All enjoyed the evening verv
much and appreciated the courtesies
shown them. 'e''es
Barton Mabee returned home F.;
day from Kansas City, Mo.
Peter Meth and wife spent SUNDAY
visiting relatives in Boise.
Miss Ella Breshears came ov.r
from Emmett Friday, returning Satur-
L. M. Rutledge and wife and w r
Rutledge and Miss Edna Bixbv az
toed to Ontario Sunday, gu
". L. Myers of Ustic spent Sunday
church services in Middle,
Mrs. J. M. Stark has been very i,
the past week but is on the road 70
recovery now. 'o"o u
Mrs. Fowler who lives near s,,r
game down to Middleton to church
Sunday morning. ~""' vi
Mrs. Frank Crockett will enter,,;,
the M. E: Ladies' Aid society AT a snl
cial tea Thursday afternoon " " So
Mrs. S. P. Baker has been or.,,,,.
inconvenience on account Of
sprained ankle. VI
Mrs: Earl Painter and little sor 49,
'lved Thursday from Pasadena e Calf e
% visit G. c. Painter and WIFE ILL MI.
other relatives in the Boise vallev anu
}. Il. Mabee and family spent Sr,
lay visiting at the L. c. Policy bomo
It Eagle. In the afternoon thew wan.
2 Boise to Mrs. Mabee's brotb wrs'
. Rev. L. A. Garrison baptized >, ..
sagle Sunday. Baptismal services 80 vi, ~
&c held at Caldwell next Sunday a." af
J. L. Phillips and Hugh Rutledo,
vent to Boise Saturday after y n
aaxwell car, which Mr.. Phillins ";Iy
ehVer to customer in Caldwell "
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-03-24
SOME EXCELLENT POINTS
ON GROWING RED CLOVER

| The area in red clover is less today
than It has been and very much less
than IT should be. In the New En-
gland States, for exemple, the acreage
decreased 20%o in the decade between
1879 and and 1900. In Ohio, one of
the important clover states in 1911. il
was little more than half of what IT
had been in 1897. The area in clover
seed in Michigan in 1897 was more
than double the area in 1914 During
this same period the seed harvest in
Illinois fell from l93,5Oo bushels to
42,409. In short, all the figures avail
able from these and other states point
in one direction-to a serious decrease
in the area devoted to red clover.
u Loss From Crop Failure.
The cause of this decline in clover
growing is to be found in the increas-
ing difficulties experienced in getting
stand. and in the less satisfactory
CROWN OF the crop when a stand is
secured There is no way of estimat-
ing the loss suffered annually by farm
ers because they fail to get catch of
clover They lose'not only the money
spent tor seed. but also the anticipated
oenefit to the land from the growth of
the clover, as well as the hay crop for
the year following the sowing. In Iowa
Prof. Hughes calculated from more
than thousand reports that the farm
errs OF that State suffered total loss
OF one and quarters million dol
lars in the years 1910 and 1913 because
OF failure of the clover seeding. In
this case the failures were due to un-
precedented droughts, a type of risk
which is unavoidable. 1t is part of
wisdom to decrease such risk as much
as possible, and the only way to do
that is to make the conditions as near
iiy perfect for the clover as they can
be made. A strong plant NAV sue
cessfully survive many adverse wealth
er conditions where a weak one will
succumb.
While there are cases Of clover fail
ure that can not at present be ex-
planned, it can be said that the import
ant principles of plant growth are d.
reetly applicable to the clover plant.
To get a catch the soil, temperature.
and moisture conditions must be right,
and to keep a stand. the plants must
be maintained in good health. The de-
gree of damage which untoward
weather conditions will do depends
largely on how healthy and vigorous
the clover plant is. The conditions
most favorable to the growth of the
clover plant must. therefore, be stud |
led and regulated so far as economy
and circumstances will permit. Glover
delights in refativesly cool, moist eli
mate and in fertile loamv soil con-
tanning plenty of vegetable matter
ime. and phosphorus. OF course these
deal conditions can not be fully re-
allied in practice One of the chief
ises of clover is to improve the soil
by putting into it vegetable matter.
ind farmers have right to expect
llover to grow at least reasonably
we'll on soils whose fertility they wish
% maintain or increase.
Lime Necessity.
1t is, however. mistake to suppose
hat clover will grow OIL any soil how
,ver much run down. There are GER
ain things that clover demands, and
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-03-24

The Hired Man was out with an
evangelist holding meeting in a
town in this part of the state. Many
men were joining the church, and one
a sensible fellow, got through to
Glory in the meetings, but held back
when it came to baptism and church
membership. He said he could not
meet the conditions taught by the
preachings in this meeting. The spe-
cial point that the minister was hold
ing over all the people, was that every
sin against them would have to be
forgiven in order to secure the for
giveness of God. The Hired Man
thinks such conditions are binding.
The man grew desperately in earnest
about his lost condition but contend
ed he could not pay the price. Here
was his trouble, and the Hired Man
was selected to settle it: He was liv-
ing happily with his beloved wife and
two pretty little girls. His business
his return he fastened over to his
house to find it locked. He knew
how to pick the lock on the back
door He went in and found dusty
note reading: 81 am living across the
StiSSt "AhH -his ~ anu %, WHGIC 1
am going to stay. Now do your
worstp He found it as the note had
stated. Nothing had ever come up
between them to give him the least
suspicious. He felt he could forgive
every person under the sun but this
man. No reader of The Tribune will
ever be able to locate this case. al
though it occurred within hundred
miles radius. The Hired Man never
reveals secrets, although telling facts.
This was the remedy submitted: az
your wife had died while you were
gone in three years you could have
the heart to take another, She is
more than dead to you, pull her up
out of your heart root and branch
and take another. You will thereafter |
soon be able to forgive the man who |
came in and took from you a cancer
Gus and cankering pus case of rotten
ness that you had never discovered"
Up on the north prong of the cleo
trio interurban between here and
Boise, along toward Eagle, is man
ind his wife living in separate houses,
one on one side of the car line and
,ne on the other. They formerly
lived very happily together, but now
/ is not so. They are living very
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-03-24

The Saturday night dances in the
Armory are proving very popular.
Given as they are for fifty cents, many
attend and good time is assured
every one.
Don't forget that extra votes are
being given with every subscription to
The Tribune on the big Wyckoff Piano
contest.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-03-24

The Parent Teachers Circle of the
Van Buren, school will hold a cooked
food sale at Vanhyning's store on
Saturday, March Is. 324
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-03-24
LOCAL MILITIAMEN
HONORED BY UNCLE SAM

Monday evening the medals award
ed by Uncle Sam for proficiency in
Workmanship were distributed by the
company commander. Some twenty
two men were made happy by receiv-
ing their medals.
Work on the range will begin at
once and it is expected nearly every
member of the company will qualify
for distinction this year.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-03-24

Mrs. T. S. Jackson entertained the
Priscilla club at her home yesterday
afternoon.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-03-24
Lime a Necessity.

1t is. however. a mistake to suppose
that clover will grow OIL any soil how
ever much run down. There are GER
tain things that clover demands. and
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-22
A BOLD RUSE
BY AUGUSTUS sHERwIN.

Gordon Lee is certainly something
Of bore with his physical ailments. !"
observed Nate Willoughby.
Yes, a confirmed hypochondriac,"
added his pretty sister Verda.
For all that like the man." re-
marked frank. outspoken Olive Bor-
den, who was on a visit to the Will
loughbys. her relatives
Why, you don't even know him!"
exclaimed Verda.
Not in the way OF an introduction,
that is true" explained Olive, but he
has been pointed out to me, and yes
terday l saw him do something very
fine"
AS how" challenged Nate rather
disbelievingly.
Il saw him meet a poor wretch who
asked him for aims. He gave the
man a small coin. Then he watched
him. l expect he fancied his pen
sioner would go in the first saloon
Not So The man entered a bake shop,
came out with loaf of bread under
his arm and hungrily, but eagerly.
started on a run, as if hurrying to
take the food to others"
And Mr.. Lee?" queried Verda.
stopped him, pressed bank note
into his hand Then, with tears in his
eyes, he glanced all about as il
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-22
Prepare for Health.

The great mechanism of the body
with It's vital centers is forgotten and
neglected until pain comes to remind
US Of the danger ahead; then we will
become excited and rush from one
point to another seeking aid and as
sistance from the physician or sur
geon. We are willing to take countless
drugs, to submit to an operation, in
fact, anything that we may secure re-
lief so that health may be restored and
life prolonged. How about prepared
ness? Had you exerted one-half OF
the interest years ago in preparing the
body against the invasion Of the
enemy, much of this mental anxiety
and bodily pain could have been
avoided" Preparedness Against Dis.
ease OF the Body" H. H. Roberts. in
National Magazine.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-22

ashamed or afraid someone had noted
his charitable act, and went his way
"U-um! Must have had an unusual
impulse"
Why, shame on you, Cousin
Verda." fiared out Olive. Il pity the
man-born to wealth and idleness. l
pity him still more, when Ill health
is an added disadvantage"
Ill health" scoffed Verda Why,
his megrims are all fancy, Some city
doctor told him that a pain he had
in one shoulder may 'symptomize' q
dozen different diseases. He has had
nothing else to think of, and, there
fore, spends half his time reading
medical books, and the balance mourn
ing over his sure slide down the in
cline OF fatal discasen
Olive Borden said no more, but she
continued to feel sorry for Gordon
Lee. He was good looking, T. perfect
gentleman. and he seemed SO wretched
and lonesome that she sympathized
with him genuinely.
Olive had an uncle, who was living
to a good old age, who had wasted the
best years of his life, Just as Lee was
| doing. Olive was familiar with the
past vagaries of this relative She
did not smile at such idosyncrasies.
She pitied their victims, who mental
ly suffered.
A bazaar was given for the sake of
charity IN the little village that same
week or course Olive was impressed
into service. She was quick, witty,
original, and Verda allowed her to
choose her own role.
You are a great hand at fortune
telling" verda had suggested, but
pretty Olive shook her head mega
lively.
NO, no; something newer than
that" she declared. "All you need
! do for me is to give me booth, 1t
must have space for the patient to
be seated. Then / will be behind the
curtain, with a slit in it large enough
only to allow my putting out my hand.
, shall see the patient against the light
through the thin transparency, but the
patient will not see me-
But the role, Oliver" propounded
Verda
The oriental girl physician, such
as they have in China. You know
that in that country the doctors are
perfect magicians. The patient never
sees the doctor, and the doctor makes
the most wonderful diagnoses by sim.
ply feeling the pulse
So, behold the sprightly Olive upon
the opening evening of the bazaar.
stationed behind the curtain, and
enough of her unique garb showing
to give richness, mystery and oriental
ism to the presentation. For dime
the benevolent were to receive medi-
cal advice worth a fortune" and Olive
had rare fun for an hour.
For a delicate and fastidious girl
Of her acquaintance she prescribed
diet OF coarse food that nearly sent
the patient into Mysteries. Olive was
familiar with the gossip of the town.
and really made a reckless young
man grow thoughtful describing some
of his infirmities in a vivid way and
advising him to avoid the wine cup"
To fat Miss Brown she suggested a
course of athletics and salt cold baths
that made this patient recoil and shud-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-22

der. Then Olive started and thought,
fast and furious. Gordon Lee had
been induced to invest a dime
He noted low small, soft and dainty
was the hand. that there were two
dainty dimples and a delightful little
mole Just at the side of the white,
shapely forefnger. He knew not why
he noted this. but he did. He looked
bored-indeed, half i'll. With an ex-
preston of ennui on his face, he ex-
tended his hand
You have suffered" spoke the sill
very voice from behind the screen. as
the delicate fingers rested across the
wrist Of the patient, but needlessly.
Your pulse indicates strength, Ions
life. but you have a defect"
Indeed, yes-you see. my shoul-
der" began Lee, but the fair doc
tress interrupted him.
at is the pain in your left heel
you must look out for" proceeded
Olive, a bold suggestion coming to
her mind.
MY heel-oh. surely. you are mis-
taken" again began Lee, and again
he was interrupted.
THE pain once settled there. the
distributal influence of the blood cur
rents may convey the toxic elements
to the lungs, the heart, the brain.
You must walk. you must eat and
sleep regularly, you must exercise and
occupy your mind pleasantly. In time
you may eradicate the little colony of
parasites that thrive in your heel.
Next PATIENT"
Now, all this sounded very fool
ish to Olive when she came to think
of 1t later. She told Verda about it.
and the latter thought it was a good
joke. AS to Lee, a strange thing hap
pened. All of sudden the shoulder
pain was transferred to the heel, such
is the power of imagination! He be-
gan to cuddle fancied trouble at this
new center of disease. just as he had
adopted and cherished the old one in
the shoulder.
At the end of two months he had
forgotten all about the shoulder. A
doctor to whom he had sheepishly
gone with his new affection laughed
at him.
'Nonsene with your heel trouble!'
he derided. You're as sound as a
dollar from tip to toe. Someone has
hoaxed you into banishing your i'm
aginary shoulder disease and got your
attention transferred to your heel.
Brace up-you're cured!"
And he was, and began to realize il
And then the story of the fair Chi
nese medicine maiden came to his
ears. He was passing the Willough.
by home one day, and lifted his hat
to Vcrda and girl companion in the
family automobile. The latter was
Olive Borden. She put out her hand
to close the door Two dimples and a
dainty mole near the forcfinger! Cor
don Lee identified the daring young
lady who had started him on the road
to health.
And you laughed at him when he
proposed?" said Verda to Olive, two
months later. the day after the party
which they and Lee had attended.
mo more than I did at his fancied
ailments!" replied Olive readily. He
| is very happy-so am l."
Copyright, 1916 by w. G. Chapman)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-22

Maud However, he could not give up
the plan, the great plan for the great
novel.
So he left the parental household
with about twenty dollars in his
pocket, ostensibly bound for New
York. However, he knew that he could
live unknown in a less secluded part
of Newburgh, and he had no intention
of seeking his fortune in the metropo-
lis. He went to a cheap boarding
house not two miles from his home,
and disappeared from the ken Of his
old associates.
when you're ready to enter the
packing business my homes open to
you" his father had said
The first three weeks Tom spent
writing ceaselessly. Then he awakened
to the fact that his money was gone.
His Andlady, a kind-hearted woman
named Elkins, took him to task.
Writing may earn money" she said
doubtfully But young man wants
to get Job. A steady Job. Now why
don't you speak to Mr.. Rogers on the
fourth floor. He was saying only yes
terday that there's going to be va
cancy in his insurance office Tor a
couple of men"
Tom obeyed, because he had obeyed
most of his life, and the upshot was
that he found himself engaged at nine
dollars a week on the clerical stan
And there his life began.
To come home on Saturday nights
with nine dollars of actual earnings
with four over when his board was
paid gave him sense Of strange and
delightful independence. He had
good stock Of clothes; he had no wor
ries. And night after night he worked
steadily at his book. He was depicting
Newburgh, because IT was all he hau
known except for his years at college
which had left only hazy impression
And because II was so simple the book
was really great.
Toms eyes were opened to the mean
inc of American life. He lived and
worked in an old-fashioned part OF the
city. not far from the roaring arteries
of traffic, yet secluded as if 1t were
century ago. And the people whom ne
met, honest young working fellows
and quiet families, were as different as
nossibIe from those Of the old lhe.
which seemed so far away AND i
over he had felt a tenderness for MAUD
Barrv.smith it was forgotten as sooi
90 no set ewes on his landlady's daugt
ter, Elsa. ..,5,,
Elsa was a girl of twenty. and STUDY
ing stenography TO help support he'
mother Tom was amazed at the I'm
stations of her knowledge, After
while it dawned on him that ner I'M,
stations were precisely in those thiheS
Of which he had never taken any &C.
count. ,-,...,o, fr+o
verv serious love affair "heh d"
a ,u thing happened, He had mn
isbed the book and sent 1t 10 d pun ~
i iSI who had accepted it. much TO
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-22
WHY HUSBANDS RUN AWAY
statistIcIan Of Public Welfare Bureau,
After Inquiry, Determines Main
Causes Of Desertlon.

Why do 30 many husbands run
away?
A statistician connected with the
bureau Of public welfare has been
trying to answer the question.
After investigating thousands Of
cases Of desertion, he finds that the
husbands action can usually be as
cribed to one OF the following causes.
Ill-health and peevishness Of the
wife.
Slouchiness OF the wife either in
her own person or in her housekeep-
ing methods, or both.
The wife's habit Of nagging or Cos
siping.
Dislike for children on the wife's
part.
This statistician found that the
strongest incentive to reconciliation in
cases of family discord Is almost in
variably the child He also found
that very few wives are deserted who
are:
Physically big and mentally cheer
full
Able to contribute to the family
income either by outside labor or by
frugality in home management
Affectionate and home-loving.
sympathetic and considerable of
their husbands.
The very interesting and valuable
statistics which he collected prove
that native American husbands are
more prone to desert their wives than
are the foreign born.
They also show that married life
is the happiest when husband and
wife are nearest alike in age, nation
ality, religion, moral standards, tenn
permanent, health and physical
strength.