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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-03
MARKET PRICES
SWING UPWARD
Opening Is Weak but Re
ports of Damage Have
Bullish Effect.
chicago, May s.-Reports confirming

Chicago, May 3.-Reports confirming
green bug damage to the Oklahoma
crop turned the wheat market up
grade today after a weak opening.
fThe opening. which ranged from Is
. off to u up, with May LAS to LIS
and July 1.15% to 1.16h was followed
5by moderate upturn all around.
The close was firm V to u net
higher.
Wheat - May. open 1.14%, close
1.151s; July. open 1.l5%, close 1.16A.
Corn-May. open 76%. open TN;
fully, open 76%, close n.
Oats-May, open As, close 46B;
July, open 4s%, close 4Sh.
n Pork-May. open 1850, close 1856;
fully, close, 1880.
Portland Wheat.
Portland, May 3.-Wheat dull, no
trading, spot bids u to ia higher.
Bluestem, 1.04; forty fold, "a; club. 3d.;
red fife. 931a; red Russian, 93A.
Minneapolis Wheat
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-03

1918 5-PASSENGER Buick at bar
gain; excellent running condition;
half cash and terms on balance. 205
McCarty Bldg. If
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-03
STOVE REPAIRS.

We are still headquarters for all kinds
of stove repairs; II we haven't what
you want we can get 1t. Ths Com
pany store, 906-S Idaho st. II
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-03
Portland Wheat.
Minnaannli. Wheat

Minneapolis, May 3.-May wheat
closed today at 1.151s; July, 1.16%.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-03
WANTED.

WANTED-Young heifer calf. Phone
2166-J. MA
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-03
South Omaha.
fCapitai News Special service)

NOdpIIHI NsWs optCIdI 5tFVICeJ
South Omaha, May 3.-Hogs-Re-
|ceipts 10000. Market fully 5 lower.
Bulk, 9.40@95o; top. $50: range, 9.1O@
$50; mixed and butchers. 9.35@9.55;
good to choice heavy. 9.50@9.60; rough
heavy, s.35@9.50; lights, 9.10@9.50;
pigs. 7@9.
Cattle-Receipts 1900. Market steady.
steers. native, S@9.5O; western. 1900
|S.75; Texas, 7@775; cows and heifers
[6.75@S25
Sheep-Receipts 1900 Market, wool
led lambs fully steady, clipped strong,
|spots higher. Wethers, S.2509.25:
lambs, 10.50@1160.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-03
North Portland.

(Capital News Special Service)
North Portland, May S.-Hogs-Re-
|ceipts 149. Market steady. Prime
Plight, 9.05@9.20; prime strong weights,
|9.05 @s.20; good to prime mixed. 5 25a
|S.75; rough h. packing, SGpS.25; pigs
|and skips. 1908.
Cattle--Receli,.. 1872. Market steady.
Steers, grain and pulp fed. s.75Q9;
|c.-oice hay fed, S.5O@S.75; good. sQ8.35;
medium. 7.60@8 cows, choice, 1900
|7.s0; good. 6.75@725; medium, $3.50
$3.50; heifers, 6@775; bulls, SQ6; stays,
|4.50@5.25.
Sheep-Reeeipts 100, Market steady
Spring lambs. 10411; choice lambs, 90
20; common lambs, s.25 9.25; choice
Iyearlings. 9410: good yearling1, SOS;
choice wethers, $500; choice light
|ewes, 7.50@s25; good ewes. 7@z50.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-03

LAWN WORK, spading, raking and
lawn moving. Phone 22-J. tt
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-03

FOR SALES room modern house in
Ellis addition Big discount Easy
payments. Carte. McCarty Bldg. If
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-03

FOR SALE-win take auto, piano or
stock as payment on 5-room house,
balance monthly. Carter. McCarty
Bldg. If
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-03

FOR SALE-zThree-y ear-old stallion.
Address George Tregaskis. Emmett,
Idaho. MISC
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-03

FOR SALE-All kinds of horses at
Farmers Corrall If
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-03

FOR RENT-Modern FIVE room house
Phone 1900 or 474. Mi
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-03
FOR RENT.

FOR SALE-Team and wagon. Az
So. 14th. MEG
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-03
FOR RENT-HoUSES

FOR Rents room modern house
Phone 331. If
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-03

PARTLY furnished 7-room house, close
in, 612 Bannock. MIS-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-07-07
GIVING BOY START IN LIFE
Good Reasons May Be Advanced a. to
Why He Should Not Enter
Fathers Business.

In the Woman's Home Companion a
writer says: "On my graduation from
college four years ago l wanted to
study law; instead l allowed myself
to be persuaded by my father to enter
his business. He is the business. He
has built it up and dominates 1t, every
thing about it, including me. He can.
not understand why am not grateful
for the opportunity he has provided.
Meanwhile ! have married and have
two children. and every day the bust
ness inks me MORE
In the comment on this letter by q
successful business man we read:
IF boy graduates from high school
or college with strong preference for
one OF the professions 1t is usually
wise for parents to take that prefer
ence seriously. They should allow him
to talk with men in that profession,
who will usually seek to discourage
him; they should point out to him,
themselves, that success In a profess
sion waits upon years OF preparation.
II. in spite of this, the boys determi-
nation remains fixed, the chances are
he will go through with his training
and make good"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-07-07
fiv.-pen Breeding House for Ducks.

r. w. Curtiss of Ransomville, N. Y,
who raises about 10000 ducks a year
and makes big profits at the business,
says 1t Is harder manual work to raise
ducks than chickens, and the business
requires patience and good judy
ment. He selects eggs from the
stronger birds and sets them in incu-
bators and broods them until they
are eight weeks old when they are
fattened for market.
Before these ducks are fattened
we sort out our breeding stock at the
age when the ducks are old enough
so that we can tell the sexes. l co."
says Mr.. Curtiss, through a large
number Of ducks and perhaps I might
get five or ten fit to breed from out OF
large flock of one hundred That
seems like asiot of work. Every time
you change the feed the. ducks won't
eat, and If you change gradually they
will probably be of their feed for two
days; and Just at that time we sort
out the breeding stock, and 1t is Just
that we do not lose anything.
I'VE handle the ducks by the neck;
we never take them by the legs. We
hold the duck up and look at him, and
II he has a good broad breast all the
way through and fairly deep keel and
broad back. and not too long a neck,
and his head not too long, and II he
lights a great deal and tries to get
away, showing he Is strong, then we
will pick out that duck. He has got
to be certain weight; we do not
actually weigh them because that is
too much trouble.
We take the ducks out in May and
they are taken out in. fiocks of two
hundred. We start and drive these
ducks over to the pasture and in driv-
ing them we will say that we have
two hundred and ten or two hundred
and fifteen.
We keep them in large wood lot.
We take lots of time driving them
along, not too slow and not so slow
as you would drive market ducks. We
Keep them moving and when we get
them half way over two or three of
them will break down and flap their
wings, and they cannot walk. These
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-07-07

Besides the scientific market, white
mice and rats aud guinea pigs are in
demand as pets. Mice and rats have
never acquired the popularity as play
things in this country that they have
abroad where they are as common an
accessory to the home as is the ca
nary; but the animal stores always
keep supply OF them. Here the Japa-
nese waltzing mice are usually on ex-
hibit. They are animals afflicted with
curious brain disease which impels
them to run around in circles or to
scurry about in an erratic manner
which children find highly amusing.
Japan was the first to discover this
variety, but they may easily be bred
by the amateur from stock secured at
a reliable store.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-07-07

House for Growing Ducks.

ducks are left right where they are.
1t Is simply the survival of the fittest.
and when we get to the breeding pens
there will be ducks strung all the way
along where we have been driving
them. 1t is only the ducks that have
strength to walk this distance, being
urged all the time, that are put in
the pen. Then we go back and clean
up the ones that are left and they are
put into the marketing pen. 1t does
not matter how nice duck they are.
because 1t is strength we are after.
I'VE put one hundred to two hun
dred ducks in pen, and there is no
shed or anything for them to run un-
der. 1t is just simply wood lot. 1t
would be just as well to have them
run in a field, provided they had some
artificial shade, but decidedly you have
got to have some shade for ducks. II
you put ducks in hot field in the
summertime there is danger. | have
seen full-grown ducks get sunstruck
and lie down and die.
I'VE feed them there for five months
on light food. We do not want TO fat.
ten them. II there are any ducks that
get OF their feed they are taken right
on; they are not kept We keep Ian
terms burning in the trees on dark
nights to keep them from getting
scared.
"A peculiar thing about ducks ia
that they will run and trample on
each other and jump in the corner of
the pens II they get scared on a dark
night. II 1t is a bright moonlight
night we do not light the lanterns.
The feed for these ducks is four
parts bran to one part of -four and
one part cornmeal and one-twentieth
beef scrap. For green feed we use
four parts clover. The clover should
be about one-third or little more than
one-third of the entire feed. You can
feed them all the green feed they will
eat. A good indication is to watch
their troughs. and after they have
eaten their feed il they leave a little
clover in the trough you know they
are getting all they want. and NAV be
a little more; and II they clean this
trough up they haven't quite enough
to eat. II they have too much to eat.
they pick the green feed out and leave
nothing but the mash, and then you
know they haven't enough green feed.
We feed them wet mash: mix It a
little more moist than you do for
chickens. These ducks must not be
led all they will eat, because if you
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-07-07
Mere Appetizers,

DIR. Wilfred Grenfell, the Labrador
physician, tells the following amusing
story about one OF his trips on koma-
tik, or dog sled. IL ought to be said
first of all that Doctor Grenlell often
has samples of compressed eatables
and nonfreezable foods sent to him.
He and his guide were on the way
to distant village where small boy
was reported to have found himself
In his stomach" which means in the
semi-Chaucerian dialect of Labrador
that he was afflicted with Indigestion.
The guide cleft the split" (split the
wood. and prepared the luncheon of
steaming tea and pork buns, one Of the
few natural foods that really does not
freeze
Where inquired Doctor Grenfell.
ara the compressed-food tablets? !
gave you months supply this morn
ing"
Oh answered the guide impassive-
ly. Il ate them after breakfast" and
he hungrily bit into his pork bum
Youths Companion.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-07-07
RAISING FEED FOR THE FLOCK
Farm That Produces lts Own Grain 10
Always Most ucoessful-Oper-
atIn0 Expense Reduced.

THE poultry farm that produces its
own feed or a goodly part of It is al
ways the most successful" according
to William H. Pfeifer of Attention, Mo-.
because the feed is always right at
hand when needed, no drayage, no
waste, the range birds seeing to the
latter.
THE shattered grain does not 20 to
feed sparrows, crows, etc, but pro-
duces chfcken-meat and eggs. The
droppings go back to the fields as
fertilizer and the operating expense or
upkeep is greatly reduced.
Such a farm has q great advantage
over the one that has to buy all its
feed, hauling 1t over miles of rough
country roads, paying dearly for the
time wasted in drayage and extra han
ding. This in itself is important evil
dence Of why the farmer can produce
cheaper poultry and eggs than the
poultryman. Those who after serious
consideration decide to go into the
business should bear this advice in
mind"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-07-07
LITTLE TIME FOR coURTING
gether Too Busy to Stop and
Go After q Wife.

Mrs. O'Shaughnessy and Mr.. Dobbs
got on famously. After supper, while
she and Elizabeth washed the dishes
she asked him why he didn't get mar
ried and have someone to look after
him and his cabin
Il don't have time" he answered.
Il came west eighteen years ago to
make a start and a home for Jennie
and me, but l can't find time to go
back and get her. In the summer |
have to hustle to make the hay and
grain. and have to stay and feed the
stock all the rest of the time"
You write her once in a while, don't
your" asked Mrs. O'Shaughnessy.
"Yes." he said. II wrote her two years
ago come April; then was so busy
l didn't go to town till went for my
years supplies. went to the post Of
flee, and sure enough there was a let.
ter for me-been waitin' for me for
six months.
you see, the postmaster knows me-
and never would send letter back
l set down there right in the Office and
answered 1t. l told her how 1t was,
told her | was coming after her soon
as could find time. You see, she re-
fuses to come to me cause | am so far
from the railroad. and she is afraid of
Indians and wild animals"
Have you got 5our answer"
asked Elizabeth. NO" he said. 81
amt had time yet to go, but | kind OF
wish somebody would think to bring
the mail. Not many people pass here,
only when the open season takes hunt
ers to the mountains. When you
people come back will you stop and
ask for the mail for me ?"-Atlantio
Monthly.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-07-07

Much money and valuable time n
lost each year in almost every local.
ity In the attempt to pu. Improbable
acres on a paying basis. Lack Of sat.
isfactory agricultural credit forces
many deserving family to waste time
In trying to get a start on acres that
moneyed men pass by. Misleading ad-
vertisements and inflated magazine
articles have lured many family to
give up comfortable living in the city
to drag out miserable existence in
toll and worry on worthless lsnd.
Lack Of knowledge OF the business
side of farming is largely responsible
for loss in the management OF unprof-
table acres. The problem of how to
prevent waste Of money, time and
energy in the attempt to develop
worthless land Is worthy of careful
study. At best such waste can only
partially be prevented. The pity of
1t Is that so much of this loss falls on
those who can least afford to lose.
Every farmer who owns unprofit.
able land should make detailed ex-
animation Of his farm, acre by acre, to
detect all Improbable areas Next, he
should determine the approximate
cost OF making each acre pay its way.
Such study will disclose what and
how much Is needed in the way of
manure, commercial fertilizer, drain
age or other preparation, to produce
satisfactory crop yields. This analy.
teal study of each portion of the farm
will sometimes call attention to many
acres that cannot be cultivated prof.
ftably. 1t is better to leave such land
in permanent pasture, or even to let
1t lie idle, than to work it at loss.
The farm not only furnishes a home,
but 1t Is place OF business. AS such,
each enterprise and acre should re-
ceive individual attention, and, SO far
as practicable, the entire farm should
be placed on paying basis"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-07-07
Too Horrible to Contemplate.

Nat Browne twho has been discov-
cred on the premises by Miss Spinster,
revolver in hand)-Lemme go, missus,
this time. I'll never come here no
more.
Miss Spinster (calmly)-Stir, and
your doom is sealed. Society must be-
protected from such as you at all costs.
I've a wife and fifteen orphans de-
pending on me-
1T is useless to argue. fellow"
Are you aware, ma am, that II you
hand me over to the perlice, yer evi.
dence won't be heard until you give
yer correct age?"
Miss Spinster dropping revolver
with a Mortified scream)-Go wretch
-miscreant! Begone! There is the
door!"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-07-07
ERADICATION OF CORN SMUT
Only Method 10 to Cut or Smutty
Stalks and Burn Them-No
Treatment Of Seed.

(By o. NJ. ALLYN Illinois Experinent
Staton)
There is no treatment of seed corn
Tor smut. The spores which cause
smut in corn live over from one year
until the next in manure, soil, refuse,
etc. In the summer, under favorable
conditions these spores which may
have wintered in the soil or may have
been hauled to the field in the manure.
md lodgment on the tender parts of
the corn plant, usually by the action
OF the wind, and start to grow.
The source of the spore is not the
seed corn, therefore. treatment will
do no good. The only method of Grad
ication is to cut of the smutty stalks
and burn them. This, Of course, is i'm.
practical.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-07-07
Zoo Feeder 10 Some Job.

A visit to the kitchen Of a big zoo
will convince anybody that the man
who takes several hundred assorted
wild animals to board has his work
cut out for him and plenty of it. The
hardest as we'll as the most impor-
tant thing In such a job Of catering is
to find out just what will best agree
with each individual boarder. AS
there are few creatures more easily
upset than wild animals in captivity
the task is by no means an easy thing.
Each animal has a different kind of
food. The bears, for instance, are fed
brown bread that is baked as solid
as a rock; while the monkeys are
fond OF onions and vegetables. The
carnivorous animals consume about
200 pounds OF raw meat day. Beef
is the only meat used. Big Joints
are cut up for the lions, tigers and
animals of that class. There are doz.
ems and dozens OF little pieces OF meat
which are cut from the lean portions
and put in the big cages for eagles.
vultures, owls and other flesh-eating
birds.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-07-07
BURIED WITH HAND MIRRORS
Tombs Tell Stories Of Vanity That Was
Marked in Ancient Egyptian
Women.

Bury me with my mirror-so when
become mummy can see IL my hat
Is on straight"
So spoke the wives and daughters Of
seven thousand years ago, according to
evidence dug up at Dendereh, one of
the Oldest cities of Egypt, by the Eek
ley'B Coke, Jr.. expedition sent out by
the Philadelphia University museum.
DIR. Clarence S Fisher, director of the
expedition, has sent report of the OPP
erations
The vanity of the women of those
early days was revealed by some an
Gent graves which the university ex-
plorers opened. In several of these
graves they found highly polished
bronze mirrors. which had been buried
with the women. who were supposed to
need them after death.
Another grave, that OF child. con-
tanned COW. which was supposed to
nourish the dead. In another a dog
was buried with child. and one had
a bunch of dates four thousand years
old.
Museum authorities regard as one Of
the most valuable finds a necklace
which bears an inscription showing
that 1t belonged to Sesostris, king
who lived about $500 b. c.. and who is
said to have conquered the whole
world.
The necklace was found on a woman,
who may have been daughter OF the
king or one OF his favorite wives. 1t
consists OF several strands of car
nelian beads inscribed with the car
touche OF Sesostris. The government
OF Egypt will keep part Of this neck
lace. and Doctor Fisher will send the
remainder of it to Philadelphia.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-07-07

do they will get in good condition.
They are not to be starved, but you
must keep them just a little hungry,
and they will go out in this one or
two acres of land and eat more or
less green feed, and they will run up
and down the pen and it will give them
muscle.
they are five months old, and then we
change and put them in permanent
quarters. Most any kind of a build
ing will do for a duck house. 1t does
not require very much light, but II
you want eggs all the winter you must
have it warm enough 80 that the eggs
won't get chilled. II you go through
pretty often and take up the eggs they
will not get chilled.
I'VE do not have any nests In our
duck houses; we simply bed them
with shavings. We did try nests, but
we could not see any great benefit
from them. They will dig a hole
In the corner and lay the egg and
cover 1t up and when you go through
in the morning you have to be careful
that you do not walk on the eggs.
I'VE breed from a pullet, we never
breed from a yearling duck. A duck
will take ON fat very easily, and II you
keep them over the second year they
get too fat, and they will not lay as
early, ind the eggs are not fertile, and
we cannot get good results.
I'VE mate one drake and five ducks
We start these in October, and as the
season advances, say about the first of
March, we watch the ducks, and II
we see two brakes get to fighting.
we catch one OF them; we catch the
poorest and put him in a pen by him
self. Whenever we see any fighting,
we take out a drake, and when there
is no fighting, we leave them alone,
and they balance themselves up.
Sometimes you will find they will
run for a long time and there will be
no fighting; then, there will come a
rain storm, and there will be puddles
Of water in the yard, and If you go
out you will find dozens of them fight
ing, and they will tear each other to
pieces. They will get the blood
started and your five brakes will get
after one and fairly eat him. l have
seen 1t when we would not have more
than one drake to ten or twelve ducks,
and we would get Just as good eggs
as we got in the winter"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-07-07
EGGS SHIPPED FOR MATCHING
should Be Nested Deeply and CafAfui-
~ Wrapped In ExcelsIor-cover
Basket With Cloth.

Eggs to be shipped for Matching, IL
packed In baskets, should be nestled
deeply In excelsior and each egg care
fully wrapped in excelsior.
me basket may be covered with a
piece OF cloth which is ~sewed to the
basket at the edges, or held in place
by lacks carefully pushed In the bask-
et' or may have its edge pushed up I'M
der the top strip Of the basket, outside.
with the edge Of a case knMe
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-07-07
Rough on the Mayor.

The newly elected mayor of a GER
tain town was about to make his first
journey in that capacity through the
place. The townsreople had arranged
that from an arch of flowers under
which he was to pass floral crown
should hang, surmounted by the
worls: He well deserves it," But
the wind blew awas the crown and
when Tho pompous mayor passed an
der tns arch, to the great Joy of those
who voted against him only a rope
with moose at the end of it dangled
there with "He well deserves 10
standing out in bold relief above il.