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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
PORT OF MISSING WHEELS
Writer Throws Some New Light on
the Eventual Fate of
Bicycles.

Perhaps you have wondered what
has become of all the old bicycles. Not
so long ago everybody had one-fa-
Their, mother, children and aunts from
the country. And then, in the night,
motor cars got cheaper and all the
bicycles disappeared, Like the Palm
Beach suits they are all here in Flor
ida. There are bicycles everywhere,
on the fiat, hard beautiful roads, on
the curbstoneS. leaning against the
piaZZaS, in the streets. If the mo-
tor car has swept them from the north
ern streets, it has not done that here.
Men, women and children on bicycles
whirl about the streets, tingling their
little bells and the motor-car drivers
look out for them. Just beyond the
veranda at Palm Beach were hundreds
of bicycles waiting to be hired. Out
on the shaded roads were other hun
dreds bearing their gayly attired bur-
denS.
In the lobby, where was making my
way to the desk, were dozens of wom-
en- dressed for wheeling.
futile, in Saturday Evening Post.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
BUILDING FOR STORING ALFALFA OR OTHER KINDS OF HAY

ttrom the United States Department OF
Agriculture.)
drawings for hay shed which Is
TO be part of the permanent farm
equipment have been prepared by the
ONCE OF public roads and rural engi-
neering of the department, and work.
ing drawings, with bill of materials,
may be had upon application to that
Office.
The construction of this shed is such
that it may be built in as many sec
tons. each 16 feet long, as are needed
to meet the different requirements of
Individual farms. The width is % feet
and the height to the caves 20 feet.
with a quarter-pitch gable roof. If the
building is more than three sections, or
40 feet long, there should be hay
door in each end. Each section, it is
calculated, has capacity of about
~ tons of average hay, the exact
capacity varying, of course, with the
kind of hay and it's condition when put
in. With good alfalfa it may be pos
sible to put as much as % tons into
each section. In case the build
ing is used for alfalfa a lean-to
for storing baled hay may be built on
one or both sides.
As planned the shed is of the maxi
mum width consistent with ease in
moving away the hay, and the interior
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
AVERAGE HAUL OF PRODUCTS
Distance Placed at 6.5 Miles by De-
partment of Aericuiture-Good
Roads Are Needed.

The federal department of agricul-
ture states that the average haul of
farm products from field to market is
6.5 miles.
The Importance of good roads needs
little more illustration than this. With
solid roadbed, a six-mile haul is
cheap and easy. With the roads
turned into mudholes, as they are
in many parts of our land at the
critical season, such a trip is fright
fully expensive and sometimes impos-
Sible.
One Southern paper, fighting for
better roads, publishes a photograph
of four-mule team hauling a single
bale of cotton-500 pounds-and stuck
in the mud less than a mile from the
edge of the city. This is an excep-
ton, perhaps, but not a rare one.
There are thousands of cases in which
it costs more to get wheat from farm
to elevator than to carry it from the
elevator across continents and oceans
to the place where it is ground and
baked into bread.-Chicago Journal.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
MOST ACCIDENTS IN HOMES
Majority of Injuries Can Be Traced
to the Carelessness OF
individuals.

The safety first" movement is or
dinarily understood to mean caution
in public, in crossing streets or board
ing cars, or carefulness in the factory
in handling tools or machinery, but, ac-
cording to the report of the coroner
of Cook county, Illinois, there is more
need for safety first" methods in the
home than in the street or factory.
In il years of the Chicago coroners
incumbency the total number of deaths
by accident Investigated by his office
was 29,S64 OF these 1924 We're "ac
cidents al home" and 1923 outside
the home"
Most of the accidents at home are
traceable to carelessness. Burns and
scalds caused many deaths. Asphyxia-
ton, poisoning suffocatiOn, falls, eX-
posture and neglect. careless use of
matches, firearms, gas and oil stoves,
gasoline, liquid stove polish, defective
stovepines and fiues, SCOT, etc, cost
thousands of lives. In Cook county in
1918, Jos children under five years Of
age were killed by scalds and burns.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
cockroach a Trouhfer.

Recently while inspecting large
plant attention was called to a peculiar
incident. On a branch circuit there
was some peculiar trouble. Fuses would
blow out at various intervals running
from one-half to twenty four hours,
says the Popular Science Monthly. At
first no attention was paid, but when
the ground detector started to show
signs of trouble, first on one side and
then on the other, an investigation was
made. Covers were removed from the
outlet boxes and from one box Il
shower of live and dead cockroaches
fell on the head of the examiner. On
looking into the box, it was found that
the insulation around the joints and
especially at the points had been en-
tirely eaten away, the vibration do
ing the rest toward creating the trou-
BILE.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
ASIA MINOR HARD TO BOUND
Geographical Names There Have Free
quentIy Only the Vaguest Meanings
for the Student or the Traveller.

ASIA Minor" is a geographical term
of vague extension. 1t would puzzle
anyone to say exactly where it leaves
off.
The name dates only from the fifth
century, A. D., when Orosius used it,
evidently as novelty. The Roman
empire knew no Asia minor; indeed,
the Roman province of Asia" was
actually smaller than this Lesser Asia.
The alternative name Anatolia Gland
of the sunrise or East, which has
found favor with the Turks, is equally
indeterminate.
1.-THE Levant," which means the
same thing as "Anatolia"-region of
the rising SUMS even wagner in its
geographical scope. 1t includes Con-
stantineple and everything anywhere
near the eastern Mediterranean.
Few geographical names have in
Cured more unfavorable association.
"Levantine" morals, particularly in
the matter of honesty, are byword,
as might be expected from such a
tumble of people. Our words "levan-
ter" and ito levant." on the other hand,
testify to the fact that dishonesty is
not unknown even in the West. They
originate from the disappearance OF
men who could not pay their gambling
or other debts, and were reported to
have gone to the East.-American Car
pet and Upholstery Journal.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18

has been left clear of braces in order
that the hay may be gotten in and out
without interference. In the drawing
prepared by the department the top
seven feet at the sides are covered, but
if desirable the whole building may be
inclosed.
Since this hay shed is to be perma-
nent, it should be located on we'll
drained ground and In a situation as
convenient to as many fields as pos
sible. The plans call for concrete piers
in order to avoid the rotting of timbers
from contact with the ground. The
frame is strongly braced and intended
to withstand any storm except a
cyclone. AS fire is the chief danger to
building of this kind, lightning rods
should be installed. This will lessen
the danger from this source.
The cost of such a structure will
vary, of course, with the situation and
local conditions. With lumber at $50
a thousand, however, 1t is estimated
that the materials in Intersection
shed, such as that shown in the illus
tration, % feet by 4S feet, should cost
a little more than $780, A shed of this
size may be expected to hold about go
tons of hay. Including the cost of la
Dor, the shed should be built complete,
with hay carrier and lightning rods,
for approximately $3.50.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
WHY PEDIGREES ARE USEFUL
Purebred Is Result of Careful SeIec-
ton and Use of Animals With
Strong Points.

An animal in some ways resembles
a river, which is the result of the COM
bining of many streams. The animal
is the result of the combining of the
blood lines of parents, grandparents,
great-grandparents and so on. If one
of the streams is muddy, though the
rest be clean, the whole river becomes
murky, and likewise one poor ances-
tor will weaken the animal. That is
why pedigrees are kept. They do for
the animal what keeping the muddy
stream from flowing into the river
does for the river. The purebred is
the result of careful selection and use
of the animals with strong points and
just as careful an elimination of those
that could not add strength or quality.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
WEIGHING MILK FROM A cow
Estimated That Less Than Two Hours
Per Year Required-Farmer Must
Know Production.

1t has been estimated that less than
weighing the milk from a COW. Can
any COW owner afford to milk a COW
and not know what she produced dur
ing the year? No, not any more than
a farmer or any other business man
can afford to hire man without max
ing arrangements as to the amount
he is to pay him, and without know
ing something about what kind of
work he can do.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
FLAG SEEN IN THE CLOUDS
Superstitious in Pennsylvania Town
Believed to Omen FortelIing
Wars Approach.

The spectacle of the American flag
depicted in it's natural colors wildly
on low, overhanging clouds one night
caused a sensation among supersti-
tious people of Pottsville, Pa, many OF
whom considered the national emblem
in the heavens to be an omen of APP
preaching war.
Courthouse officials have been keep
ing searchlight trained upon a big
flag flying from staff on the top of
the courthouse, and believe the I'M
usual spectacle was the reflection of
the colors of the flag on the lOw-lying
clouds.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18

Rather mTalln Story.

Two travellers just back from their
holiday trip were disDuting as to which
had experienced the greatest cold.
Said one:
I'm the part of Ireland where was
the ground is frozen so hard that when
they want to bury man they just
sharpen his feet and drive him ID
with q pile hammer"
The other replied:
"Yes, I know that place. plun !
stay there long; found 1t not bracins
enough for me. Went on to a small
town farther north. The hotel where
/ was staying caught fire. No tire es-
capes or ladders in that primitive seI-
Element. Staircase burned away Luck
dly kept my presence of mind. Emp,
tied my bath out Of the WINDOW anu
slid down the icicie.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18

up the hay ought to bend his back
over the pitchfork and mop the sweat
from his brow.
A cover for the half-built stack may
save it from being soaked to the bot
tom by the heavy shower of rain.
Kicking the hay while it is damp re-
suits in mold and decay, destroying
the value of the hay as a feed.
Ii pays to shelter the hay beneath a
good roof in a barn or shed. The hay
that would be lost by the weather
would soon pay for the hay shed.
Piling the load of hay too high will
turn the wagon over, making extra
work in reloading. Make two loads
and save the trouble and labor.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
SAVING ALL LIQUID MANURE
important That Plenty of Bedding Be
Used-Some Farmers Employ
a catch-cistern.

Over half the manurial value of the
feed leaves the COW in the urine, there
fore it is important that plenty of bed
ding be used and absorbents in the
cutters to save all liquids. Some use
catch-cistern and liquid sprinkler,
but the other plan is more simple and
does we'll enough If the manure is not
allowed to ferment or leach out before
application to the soil.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
DANISH PIMPLES QUICKLY
Easily and cheaply by Using Cutlcura
Soap and Ointment. Trial Free.

Smear the pimples lightly with Cuti-
cura Ointment on end OF finger and
allow it to remain on five minutes.
Then battle with hot water and Cuti-
cura Soap and continue some minutes.
This treatment is best upon rising and
retiring, but is effective at any time.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
KILL CANKER WORM BY SPRAY
insect Has Destroyed More Apple
Trees in Kansas Than San jose
Scale-Easy TO Control.

The Kansas experiment station is OF
the opinion that the spring canker
worm has killed more apple trees IN
that state in a single season than the
san lose scale has done since its first
introduction. Anything so easy of con-
tro, MS the canker worm should not be
allowed 10 do serious damage. The
canker worm is leaf-eating insect
and easily poisoned by spraying
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
one on Father

Father-What do you have that -
tie dude running after you ~, ra.I
hope youn don't think him n9e 's
thing? -. +be real
Daughter-No, father; not the ,s"'
+hins on,y what you'd call the chaser
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
VALUE OF FOOD is REDUCED
-.-;n. Lessons Worth of Fruit and
veoetables-Also Applies to Fod-
der and Ensilage.

The nutritive value of food IS great
!, raduced by freezing. This holds
ts,o not only OF fruit and vegetables
t :, ~ 81 corn fodder and ensilage, though
~. ~ loss Is less in the case of corn
t tnst is cut at once for ensilage than
- , tbst which is shocked for dry feed.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
SPRAY FOR SUCKING INSECTS
kerosene Emulsion Much Used forcer-
tain Pests-Made of Hard Soap,
oil and Water.

A spray much used when it is de-
s,red 70 destroy sucking insects is the
,,arosene emulsion. To make this in
quantity dissolve half pound OF hard
soon in gallon of boiling water and
odd At once two gallons of oil. Churn
n.itb violence until it is fully mixed.
Wben ready to use add ten gallons
!, ,,a+er TO one of this prepared solu-
ton.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
Taking No Chance.

Mr.. Robbins came home well pleased
With his achievement at the employ
ment agency.
81 engaged two cooks today" he
said.
"Why two?" said the wife. 1--WE
need only one"
Il know said Mr.. Robbins, "but one
comes tomorrow, the other a week
from tomorrow Pail Mall Gazette.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
MAKE HAY WHILE SUN SHINES
Cover for HaIf-6uiIt Stack May Save
It From Being Soaked by Rain
Don't Pile High.

Cut the hay when the weather is set
tied ana you will be certain to make
hay while the sun Shines"
The farmer who is too stingy to pur-
chase modern implements for putting
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
indeed She Was.

"what do you think of tns ,a sr'' sgg2
the goose that laid the so'O'A
,asked Uncle George. os Golden
Il think if she knew It was va and lay
sho was nm awful goose to 60 anu -
1T" said little Dorothy
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
He Won't Vote.

II don't like the looks of those Re
publican nominees" said the barber as
he gazed ut their bewhiskered por-
traits.
But" remarked the man in the
chair, "how do you know but what the
Democratic nominees use safety
razors?"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
Keeping Up the Average

Just think So many of the old
nautical terms on sailing vessels have
all gone ont
Yes, but think of all the new names
of cocktails.r-Life.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
The Vital Question.

In 1915-How many miles will it go
an hour?
In 1916-How many miles will it go
on gallon of gasoline?-Cornell Wi
dow.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
Exnerlence reaches

"Ioziness is the beginning ~
rble" remarked Bill's wiie :, ,,or that
yes" replied Bill. ! hnt ~ loaf
from experience. l USED h ~ ]
around your fathers house Dei''
married you"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18

He's a wise man who makes the
mistake of guessing a woman's age too
young.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
Those RoperInos.

Redd-Does your ueaiei
pons with cigars!
Greene--No. 49, with
A "Doesn't he give anything
cigarsf -.
ooh yes; a piece Of rope,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18

A great many men make their mark
in this world because of their inabil-
ity to write.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-08-18
The rattlesnake never shrinks from
danger. 1t simply re-coils.

A genius is man who can do al
most anything but make a living.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-12-12
Sonl ,,glldbaften" Sd)ifft
Die u9emtihlanb" lit he'll unb ntper=
iebrt inn 3ci,natbsbafen ei,sc=
slamfen.

gcrlin, brabtlps ilbcr guppille.
11.9e5. Gas8rnchttauhbppt uGeutldz
lano" lit gcItern seittag nah IelneIler
@eirnfabrt ppn Ben Scr. Staaten an
Der ssclcrn1iinhung cinsetrpffen.
9as gintrcfen Der vSe,ttldlanb"
in einem belltidgen !6afc,1 brinst Die
5tpeite 8lnlbrciic beg Sra6ttnn6bopts
nad) bcn Ser. Staatcn gum AbihlrB.
Iuf Ser beute bccnbeten Subrt lcete tic
Die Strede bon gtelp 2onppn nod 8res
men in 10 Sa9en Suriid, oa lie Sic
@afcnltabt III Connecticut am 81. 9tpe
pember ncrlicB. Sic critic 9tiidfaGrt bon
Baltimore nod Bremen baiterte breiz
llnb5lpan5is Gage. Sic critic 6abrt BON
Bremen nad] Baltimore pauerte is
llnb sic 51pcite Sabrt bon Bremen ,1ad
9sclp 2pnbpn 81 Gage.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-12-12
@a8 gcbt 90 uor
Ser n1prsigcn Icidstassiituns ,uiro
etnc amkerprhentlidc Scbcutuns
bDrausgciaqt.

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II. Ge5. Gin nngebcures oSnterelle
madt iid Iicr fir bic morsen ltattz
flnoenoe Chung pes Heidstaees funo.
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ber nod ME bneciuelene. Scr geids=
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gen nit ben @eianbtcn aller gunbesz
ltaaten ab. CT iuiro nlprgen firth sic
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cmpfanscn, bic harollf por Scr auacz
mcinenSibuns 9nrtciberatbungen abz
balten ipcrOen. 9tnh Scr 9iebe bes
8cidsfal15lers loa iih Ser Gcid)stao
phnc lpeitere Sebatte lpfort pertagen.
s(ic Observation-Disclosures einbcrufen.
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liner &orrclppnocrtcu Der boudnbiIchcu
3eitilngcn bebeli allc Die auBerproent-
lidle ssidtigfeitabcr mprscn lfattfinz
benhcn Sisung pes Mcibstages bcrpor.
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Dem &riegsansbrudc unb BON lpeltlpeiz
ter 8idtigfcit" iperoen. slac Mitalic>
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Garlamenten gleihe @erfiinbisllnaen
BON Observation-Disclosures 8irfllns crz
fplacn.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-12-12
aleinf ariegsna9ri11fn,
9icmcr franobilhcr S56ditfpmmanbi
rcllncr.

@al + in9t on, II. Sea. 8ripate
sta6rtdten, Die bier bcute iiber Die &C.
beimiisungcn Der franspliledn 9cpus
tirtenfamlncr cingelallfen 1i,o, bclas
gen, bab ais crlte @abreeel in Der
Gcpr9unilatiun Ser frnn50lilhen&riegz
fiibrung @encral Yctain, Der @ertbeiz
bigger bon @erpun, sum 9tadfolecr pes
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reuben an Scr bcutl1 : fruns6Il6en
&rie9sfrpnt crnonnt iperpen miro. Sc
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&rieges crit Sbcrlt llnb lit ein perbdlt-
nibnlaBig mod lilngercr WSoun.
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Earis. II. Seq. Snfprmationen
als Bern bclascn, Dab Bic beutIdc
slntiport ollf sic Yroteitnpte Der
|SSbipei5er Gegierung sesen Bic 9epprz
tirunsen ser gelsier eilrscsangcn iit
9as Sbriftltiltf Ipll in Der iiblidel'
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libcnt bes cnglildlcn &rnnrntbes, Carl
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tpria Better ans Chicago. geltorbcn IN
Sabrc 1906, pcrbeiratbet mar. bat
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III. Sea. Sic llebcrlce 9tu6rihten:
nsentur bcrihtct, bab ber fran5DIild,
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bootseritDrer lit, Der in bielem 8ricg
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Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-12-12
gsencr 1onauiibcreaus Der guIearcn.

8erlin, brabtlos iibcr gappi(lc,
II. Gc5. Gem scitrieen amtlihcn 8e~
rldte oes 8roben Soallptqltarticrs lit
bauptla6lid) Der Yoiius gu entnebmell,
ipeldcr ncloet, bab bulsariidc 5rupz
pen 5ipilden Siliitria nnb Sichernaz
boba Die gonall iibcrlhrittcn babcn.
(Siclc Sruppcnberbdnbc bobcn sipciz
fellos Ben shlitras. einen Iiid5us ser
Hu,ndl1cn alf gidernaz
boDa Sll perbinbern. Mnnl. 5. Neb.)
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-12-12
SserhinaniIppllr Grplpiiull.

9Seterbprp, Cnt, II. 2e5.
Gine 9clpoltige @rplpiipn ulb Elm oaz
ruuffolacnberSruno bobcn beutc Wlprs
gen Die biel9cn Sabrifanlogcn Scr
Snafer Cots Company 8erit6tt. 9lht
Yerlpncll lino bci Der GrplpIiou gctoo4
tet ipprnen, pibrenb 6ebu auOere. aae
slngcltellte Der 5subrit, ihpcr berlcbt
mroen. Der bur6 Die Siamnen an9ez
rihtcte SuhItbopen miro aui 1000
700 9eiddst.