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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
PREPARING THE GARDEN SOIL
Of Far More Importance Than Most
Gardeners Reaize-Soil Must Be
Broken Early.

The preparation Of the garden soil
is of far more Importance than most
gardeners realize. The vegetables
must have a deep, mellow, friable soil
to hold moisture and promote the life
and development of soil organisms so
important to the fertile soil.
The soil should be broken early and
vegetation incorporated in time for it
to decay. A large per cent of vege-
table matter usually in its final state
of decomposition called humus is nee
essary. 1t may then be necessary
to rebreak, harrow and cross
harrow in order that a deep mulch may
be had.
Barnyard manure is highly desir-
able where the soil is rather thin or
close. The manure supplies both hui
mus and plant food and for that rea-
son is economical. 1t is waste prod
uct at the barn, but valuable to the
gardener.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07

the road builders. When roads are
built with borrowed money it is, of
course, especially important to avoid
this error. On the other hand, how
ever, it is not necessary to regard the
total cost of surfacing road as a
temporary Improvement. Much of the
surfacing may be -classed as a perma-
nent Investment, for it is becoming
more and more common to have sur
faces built in two courses, the lower
of which is as much permanent fea-
ture of construction as the grading
itself. This is particularly true of
those types OF road that are built with
concrete foundations for bituminous
macadam, brick or asphalt surfaces.
It is probably conservative to regard
DO per cent of the first-construction
cost Of macadam or more enduring
pavements as permanent investment.
1t is seldom nowadays that hard roads
are permitted to wear into the founda-
ton course of the surfacing.
Where proper maintenance is as
sured it is safe to say that an average
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The brood SOW Is the first animal to
select in laying a foundation for a
herd. The better she is the greater
the chances for success. A good brood
SOW must possess depth and length of
body, good heart girth, smooth
shoulders, well-sprung ribs, and long,
deep. well-turned hams. Her sides
should be long, deep. and straight. A
slightly arched, or straight, broad
back is much desired, as it is much
stronger than low back. The back
should carry it's width and the side
lines should be straight. She should
stand up we'll on her toes and have
smooth, straight joints with hard but
not coarse bone, and must have femi-
nine characteristics, which are indi-
Gated by rather small head and ear,
a fully developed, even udder, and alb
sence of shields in the shoulders. A
brood SOW should show early matur-
ing qualities and have sufficient capac-
ity to do the work for which she is
intended. A smooth coat of fine hair
and broad head with sufficient
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
WISE HOSTESS
Won Her Guests to Postum.

three great coffee drinkers were
my old school friend and her two
daughters.
They were always complaining and
taking medicine. determined to give
them Postum instead of coffee when
they visited me, so without saying
anything to them about it, I made a
big pot of Postum the first morning.
Before the meal was half over,
each one passed up her cup to be re-
filled, remarking how fine the coffee
was. The mother asked for third
cup and inquired as to the brand of
coffee 1 used. I didn't answer her
question just then, for heard her say
a while before that she didn't like Pos
tum unless it was more than half
coffee.
After breakfast 1 told her that the
coffee she liked so well at breakfast
was pure Postum, and the reason she
liked it was because it was properly
made.
Il have been brought up from a
nervous, wretched invalid, to a fine
condition of physical health by leay.
ing off coffee and using Postum.
81 am doing all can to help the
world from coffee slavery to Postum
freedom, and have earned the graft
tude of many, many friends" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Greek,
Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum cereal-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and 25c
| pkgs.
Instant Postum soluble powder
dissolves quickly in a cup of hot wa,
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
delicious beverage instantly. soc
and SOC tins.
Both forms are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocera
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
NEXT SEASONS GARDEN PLAN
Do Not Overlook Important Matter Ct
Pruning and Anticipating Most
Careful Cultivation.

Having given thought to the plan
ming of your next seasons fruit, and
to your next seasons vegetable gar
den, and the variety you wish from
the one and the things you wish to
plant in the other, do not forget the
important matter of pruning and d.
viding and setting and anticipating
careful cultivation. Get all the gar
den tools and implements which you
will need in working properly. There
will be spades, hoes. lawn mowers,
trowels, knives, sprayers, etc., to
think of and select from the best
devices offered by progressive manu-
facturers. In fruit growing and gar
dening, like in everything else, good
tools facilitate good workmanship
and are great time savers.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07

weight for her age are good indica-
tions of early maturity. If selecting
more than one SOW, uniformity of the
lot is desirable and important. The
nearer alike the sows the more proba-
bility of the pigs being uniform.
In selecting the herd boar the same
points are essential, except that the
animal should show masculinity. A
strong, broad head and neck, suff1-
cient bone, with strong, straight pas
terms, hook, and knee joints, are i'm
portant. He should show early matur-
ing characteristics, and have well-de-
veloped testicles. Shields, or thick
plates of skin, should not show on the
sides of the shoulder before he is one
year of age. A strong, slightly arched
back, with large heart girth, is essen
tial in a first-class boar, for he must
have room for the vital organs, name
ly, heart, lungs, etc. Remember that
the boar is at least half of the herd
as far as breeding is concerned, and
he is usually more, so his selection
cannot command any too much care
or patience. Get good boar and he
will pay you well.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07

In expanding money raised by the
sale of highway bonds, highway COM
missioners should distinguish care
fully between the permanent and the
perishable features of the road.
Foundations, drainage structures,
alignment and grades are in general
fairly permanent features which
should be looked upon in the light of
an investment. If these features do
not comply with certain standard,
it will be poor economy to spend mon
ey on transitory improvements such
as hard surfaces, which must, at con-
siderable expense, be renewed from
year to year. In the same way, it is
manifestly poor policy to build an ex-
pensive surface on defective grades
with poor alignments and short-lived
drainage features.
Even when much of the money ex-
pended upon highway has gone into
the permanent features, there is still
danger that the cost of repairs and
maintenance will be overlooked, or at
least sighted, in the calculations of
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
Hopes Women viii
Adopt This Habit
As Well As Men
Glass of hot water each MORN
ing helps US look and feel
clean, sweet, fresh.

Happy, bright, alert-vigorous and
ural, rosy complexion and freedom
from illness are assured only by clean,
healthy blood. If only every woman
and likewise every man could realize
the wonders of drinking phosphated
hot water each morning, what a graf
flying change would take place.
Instead of the thousands of sickly,
manufacturing men, women and
girls with pasty or muddy complex
ions; instead of the nultitudes of
nerve wrecks" "rundowns,' brain
fags'' and pessimists we should see
virile, optimistic throng of rosy
checked people everywhere.
An inside bath is had by drinking,
each morning before breakfast, glass
of real hot water with a teaspoonful
of limestone phosphate in it to wash
from the stomach, liver, kidneys and
ten yards of bowels the previous days
indigestible waste, sour lamentations
and poisons, thus cleansing, sweeten-
ing and freshening the entire alimen-
tary canal before putting more food
into the stomach.
| Those subject to sick headache, bill
iousness, nasty breath, rheumatism,
colds; and particularly those who
have pallid, sallow complexion and
who are constipated very often, are
urged to obtain a quarter pound of
limestone phosphate from any drug
gist or at the store which will cost
but a trifle but is sufficient to demon
strate the quick and remarkable
change in both health and appearance
awaiting those who practice internal
sanitation. We must remember that
inside cleanliness is more important
than outside, because the skin does
not absorb impurities to contaminate
the blood, while the pores in the thir-
ty feet of bowels do.-Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07

of about 81 per cent of the total cost
Of a well-built macadam road may be
considered as spent for permanent fea'
lures, and with bituD1inous macadam
roads, about Sc per cent. This method
of estimating cannot be applied to any
gravel or natural soil road in which
no part of the surfacing can advanta-
geously be considered permanent, for
under most systems of maintenance it
steadily deteriorates.
Roads built with surfaces entirely
of concrete, or with brick pavements
resting on a concrete foundation. are
sometimes regarded as permanent, but
this is hardly safe. 1t is not yet def
nitely known how long the best con-
crete surface will last The best vitri-
fed brick surfaces may last number
of years, but even with them repairs
will be required.
It should be borne in mind by those
charged with the expenditure of high.
way funds that the initial cost of a
road is never the final one; that no
surface is permanent, and that repairs
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
GIVE CHARCOAL TO TURKEYS
Breeder Will Notice Improvement in
Weight and Quality of the Fowls
at Killing Time.

A very successful turkey raiser rec
ommends feeding daily quart
of finely powdered charcoal to each
dozen turkeys confined for fattening.
To test the value of this for your
self select an equal number of uni
formly developed turkeys, feed them
meal, oats and boiled potatoes, give
them milk (sweet or souri,, but give
one group charcoal; then notice the
difference in weight and quality at
killing time. This is the kind of way
to know what is good practice.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
IEUTONS HAMMER
AWAY At VEROUN
GERMANS DELIVERING ATTACK
AFTER ATTACK AGAINST THE
FRENCH DEFENDERS.
French Have Evacuated Village Of
Vaux and Lose Thousand Yards of
Trenches Between MaIancourt
and lie Morte Homme.

London.-The Germans are still car
rying on strong offensive operations
northwest of Verdun. About four and
one-half miles northeast of the fort
ress they penetrated the Caillette
wood outside Fort Douaumont after a
violent bombardment.
From part of this wood the French
in an immediate counterattack drove
back the invaders.
Another powerful attack was deliv-
cred against that portion of the Avo-
court wood held by the French, but
the latter's barrier fire and machine
guns held the Germans without gain.
The French now have entirely evac-
uated the village of Vaux and have
drawn their line south of the town,
but in it's immediate outskirts. Berlin
says that northeast of Haucourt, be.
tween Malancour and LIE Morte
Homme, the Germans have entirely
cleared the French from about 1000
yards of trenches, where they had re
manned since the German victory on
this sector March 80.
On the other sectors about Verdun
there have been only intermittent
bombardments; artillery duels have
characterized the fighting along the
remainder of the front.
Aircraft have been very active
around Verdun. The French brought
down three German machines, but
Berlin asserts that the aerial com
bats have resulted in their favor
Both sides have been busily engaged
i'm dropping bombs ON military estab
ilishments at various points.
Greater activity than usual has beer
displayed in the fighting between the
Germans and Russians in the regioI
of Baranovichi, southwest of Minsk
Elsewhere on the Russian front the
situation is unchanged.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
EnuIish Preserve Early French.

The pronunciation of Beaumont, one
of the villages captured by the Ger
mans in the great attack on Verdun,
presents, at any rate so far as the
first syllable is concerned, no difficult
ties even to the man in the street. Yet
in the eighteenth century the average
Englishman spoke of "Bewmont" and
"Bewfort," and Leigh Hunt, comment
ing on the fact, maintains that the
average Englishman for once was
right, and was merely reviving the
original French pronunciation, sur
viving here in the word beauty"
which we correctly rhyme with duty"
London Telegraph.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
LEWIS to be Sent to Siberia.

New York.-The Russian govern
ment has decreed that Jewish hos
tages from Lemberg and other Cali
clan cities who now are in Kiev and
those who have been expelled from
Galicia by administrative order must
be sent to Siberia, according to infor.
nation obtained by the American
Jewish committee and made public
here.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
A Few WAYS Of SAVING Money.

Saving money by not spending it for
good roads is like saving it in refusing
to improve stock.
1t is like saving it by refusing to
build a modern barn.
1t is like saving money by doing
without silo.
1t is like saving money by using ma
chinery beyond its period of useful
ness.
1t is like saving money by paying
it to the doctors instead of caring
for the health of the family.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
TIME TO RIGHT-UP DISORDER
Considerable Leisure During Winter
When Repairs and Improvements
Can Be Made on Farm.

The winter season, instead of be-
ing one of disorder on the farm,
should be devoted to righting-up the
disorder that is acquired through the
more active seasons of labor and
work.
There is considerable leisure time
through the winter that can be used
in repairs, adding new fixtures and
improvements.
Keep up appearances about the
homestead.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
Reported Villa Loses Leg.

Queretaro, Mex.-Villa has lost a
leg, according to a dispatch received
by the war department from the mu-
nicipal president of the town of TIE
mosachic, Chihuahua, who reports that
Villa was so badly wounded in the
surprise attack recently made on the
constitutionalist garrison at Guerrero
that ampuaion of he limb was neces-
Sary.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
The way Il Goes.

"A man lives three lives-youth,
manhood and age" philosophically
stated Professor Pate. Youth is the
rising sun of life, when he thinks of
what heck of Teller he is going to
be; manhood is the sun at full me-
ridian, when he is satisfied that he is
indeed a heck of a Teller; age is the
setting sun, when he says around and
brags about what heck of a Teller
he used to be."-Judge.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07

and maintenance charges will always
be necessary. On the other hand,
many features of good road are to
be regarded as permanent investments.
When roads are built with borrowed
money, the distinction between the
permanent and the temporary improve
ment must be carefully observed in
order that the county may have some
thing in exchange when the time
comes to repay the loan.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
Engineer Held at Fault.

Cleveland, O-Blame for the New
York Central wreck at Amherst, in
which twenty-eight were killed and
forty injured, was placed on Herman
Hess, engineer of the second section
of train No. Sc.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
carranza Insists Currency is o. K.

Queretaro, Hexico.-Foreign as well
as native merchants throughout
the republic who refuse to exchange
goods for the present issue of paper
money, will be forced into involun-
tary bankruptcy and their stocks sold
at public auction. according to a de-
cree issued by General Carranza.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
Crew Abandons Vessel.

Hongkong.-Strand in storm off
the LENA islands, twenty miles south
of Hongkong, the Japanese steamship
Chiyo Maru, whose 229 passengers,
mostly Americans, were rescued by a
British warship, now is believed to
have been abandoned by her crew.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
Protection for Vegetables.

The easiest, quickest way we find
to protect early, tender vegetables
from frost is covering them with
newspapers or gunny sacks. Have a
few rocks or bricks handy to weight
the covering down so the wind cannot
blow it off.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
TESTING Milk for Dirt.

To test milk for dirt, as soon as 1t
is received place it where it will be
undisturbed for one hour. Then, with
out disturbing the contents, lift the
bottle until the entire bottom can be
examined for sediment.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
Germany Unable to Reply.

Berlin.-The German government is
not yet able to make reply regarding
the sinking of the British steamers
Sussex and Englishman, about which
the United States government has re-
quested information, but it asserts
most positively that Germany had
nothing to do with the Tubantia dis
aster.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
Bandits Get Last Call.

Torreon, Mexico.-In his proclama-
tion calling on the Villa bandits to lay
down their arms, Gen. Jacinto Ire
vino, commanding this district, stated
that this, by authority of the first
chief, would be the last call.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
A Reneficent Influence.

why do you keep Fostering me to
go and have some more pictures TAX
en-" inquired Mr.. Growcher
Because, replied his wife, "the
photographer is the only person l
know of who can get you to make an
effort to smile and look natural"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
Prisoners to be Held in stookade.

Columbus, N. M.-The Villista pris.
oners will be confined in wire stock
ade, to be built on the military res.
ervation here, it was learned Sunday
The stockade will be similar to that
erected at FIT. Bliss in 1918 for the
five thousand Mexican refugees who
crossed the international line at Ell
Paso when Villa attacked Juarez.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
A Dairy Mystery.

1t has always been a mystery how
any intelligent dairyman could see
profit In looping off $40 year in
come from a specialized dairy cow
In order to secure scrub beef calf.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
schwab Ruvs MIN PLANT.

Baltimore. Charles M. Schwab,
chairman of the board of directors of
the Bethlehem Steel company, finan-
cier and multi-millionaire steel master,
has purchased the Baltimore Sheet
& Tin Plate company.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
Farm TooIa overIooked.

Two things are needed on every
farm and seldom found on one; A
jackscrew, for lifting buildings, and
a tin suction pump and springs, etc.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
Mo- Place FOR Maohinerv,

The orchard is not good place to
store farm machinery-unless it has
a roof. But did you ever see an or.
chard with a roof?
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
Care Of the Ak.

A hard-bitted ak will break easily
on frosty mornings. Warm it by the
stove before using it.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07
Emclent subsoller.

Glover is a more efficient subsoiler
than the best sub-soil plow.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-04-07

Americans now monopolize the
Spitzbergen coal fields.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-06-15
Lines Found on Body Of British
Soloier.

Lines Found on Body Of British
SoIoier.
What. one wonders. were the cir.
cumstances and the spiritual ex-
periences under which these lines
we're written? Had he come
through great tribulations? On
what spot on Gallipoli was it written
and did the writer foresee his own
swift end? The lines appear in the
AustrsIasian Intercollegiate. Note
in London Spectator.
Jesus, whose lot with US was cast
Who saw it out from first to last;
Patient and fearless tender, true,
Carpenter, vagabond. felon, Jew
Whose humorous eyes took 10 each
phase
OF full. rich life this world displays;
Yet evermore kept full in view
The far off goal it leads us to;
Who. as your honor neared, did
not fail
The worlds fate trembling in the
scale
With your hand hearted band to
dine.
And speak across the bread and
wine;
Then went out firm to face the end
Alone, without a single friend;
Who felt as your last words con-
fessed-
Wrune from a proud, unflinchine
breast
BY hours of dull. ienoble pain,
Your whole life's fight was fought
in vain;
Would could win and keep and
feel
That heart OF love, that spirit OF
steel
would not to Thy bosom fly
To shirk off till the storms 20 by:
If you were like the man you were
You'd turn in scorn from such a
prayer,
Unless from some poor workhouse
crone,
Too toilworn to do aueht but moan
Flog me and spur me, set me
straight
AT some vile job fear and hate;
Some sickenine round of long en-
deavor.
No light, no rest. no outlet ever;
All at pace that must not slack.
Though heart would burst and sin
ews crack;
Fog in ones eyes, the brain aswim
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-06-15

Mrs. T C. Mcdonald of Denver,
Colorado, who has been visiting
her parents. DR. E McNair and
wife, left Sunday for an indefinite
stay in New York.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-06-15
The Unnoted Heroes.

There are heroes who have never
Heard the fearful din of battle,
Heroes who, unknown forever,
Labor where no sabres rattle:
There are heroes who are giving
Joy to others day by day.
Who are making fife worth living
Just by earning honest pay.
There are heroes ~ho are wearing
No BRIGHT medals for their merit.
Heroes who may not be sharing
Splendor that the proud inherit;
There are heroes who prefer the
Tasks of riehtine wrongful things
And thus make themselves more
worthy
Than the pampered sons Of kings.
There are. heroes. accomplishing.
Who are striving daily. yearly.
So the goals we would be gaining
May each morning shine more
clearly;
There are heroes, unrewarded.
Who, by toiIine late and long
In surroundings that are sordid.
Help the luckless to be strong.
There are heroes with wan faces
Who upIlft their fallen brothers,
Heroes who, in lowly places,
Labor for the love of others.
Why not pause sometimes to cheer
them
For the courage they reveal9
Why not willingly revere them
For their patience and their zeal?
IS E Kiser.
DIR. Hornback. Oculist and Aurist