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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-08-03
VIRGIL SMITH MARRIED.

We are informed that Virgil Smith,
who taught school here for two years
and Miss Margaret Watson, of Joseph
Plains, were married at the Presby-
terrain parsonage, at Moscow, Thursday,
July goth, and on the 21st left for Salt
Lake CITY, Utah, to visit relatives for
a short time, and then will go to Carroll
ton. Mo-, the groom's old home where
thew will spend their honeymoon. The
bride visited here a few days shortly
before Mr.. Smith departed for the Mos
cow summer school, and appeared to DC
very cultured and refined young lady
The Enterprise joins with the many
friends in extending best wishes.-Fer
dinand Enterprise.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-08-03
Havana.

Havana, or San Cristobal de la Ha-
bana, as 1t was originally named, was
the last of seven cities founded In Cuba
by the islands conqueror the Adelan-
tado Diego velasquez, the date being
July %, 1915. Since that was twenty
three years after the well known Co.
lumbus date there can't be many new
world cities older than Havana, assum.
ing that most of the other six In Cuba
hove einna disa nnoo ~>d
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-08-03
INDIANS HOLD ANNUAL COUNCIL

The general council of the Nez Perez
Indians was held in Kamiah, last week,
and several important matters of in
terest to the tribe were taken up and
discussed. A committee of twelve men
was appointed to attend to the tribal
business by the consent of the tribe
through the general council. The meet
ing was presided over by Noah Bredle
and Stephen Reuben acted as secretary.
Eleven representatives were present
from Lapwai as follows: Philip Nc
Farland, John Lowrey, Alex Hayes,
Edwin Corner, Silas Whitney, Starr j.
Maxwell, Sam Morris, John Moses and
Tucumta. The committee appointed
met at Lapwai, Tuesday, and was lead
by President Harrison Kip.
The council decided at Kamiah meet
ing that there would be no one allowed
to become citizens and pay taxes until
1920, when the trust period expires, also
that they will send delegates to the In,
dian office to ask if the president can
allow them to continue the trust period
ten years more, before the Indians arc
permitted to become citizens.-Kamiaf
Progress.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-08-03
THE BEST LAXATIVE.

To keep the bowels regular the best
laxative is outdoor exercise. Drink a
full glass of water half an hour before
breakfast and eat an abundance OF
fruit and vegetables, also establish a
regular habit and be sure that your
bowels move once each day. When a
medicine is needed take Chamberlain .
Tablets. They are pleasant to take and
mild and gentle in effect. obtalnable
everywhere
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-08-03
JUST THE THING FOR DIARRHoEA

"About two years ago had a severh
attack of diarrhoea which lasted over
week. writes W. G. Jones, Buford, n:
D. 1I became so weak that l could
not stand upright. A druggist recon-
mended Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy. The first dose
relieved me and within two days | was
as well as ever = MANY druggists recon-
mend this remedy because they know
that it is reliable. 0btainable every
where.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
INDIANS USED flSH
TO BUILD UP SOILS
EARLY sETTLERs IN VIRGINIA
TAUGHT LESSON IN BETTER
FARMING IN 1852 BY NATIVES.

The Indians were the first farmers In
America. Investigations Of their meth
DDS show that they understood the
value Of applying fertiliser in growing
corn. The words ''menhaden" and
''poghaden" meant fertilizer, according
to Professor Trumbull, an authority on
Indian life. In Virginia, in 1882. Thorn
a. Norton wrote: There Is fish (by
some called shads, by some allizes)
that at the spring of the year passes
up the rivers to spawn in the ponds
and are taken in such multitudes each
year in every river that hath a pond
at the end, that the inhabitants fer
tilixe their land with them. You may
see in one township a hundred acres
altogether that have been set with
these fish, each acre taking 1000 OF
them. An acre thus dressed will pro-
ducs and yield as much corn as three
acres without fish"
In New England. an Indian. SQuanto.
taught the Pilgrims how to raise corn
by fertilizing the land with fish. caught
in early April. Governor Bradford, in
his History Of the Plymouth Colony"
says that SQuanto taught the settlers
that except they got fish and set the
old grounds with them, it would come
to nothing" Squanto's teachings were
tried in 1921. and the following year,
enother writer, George Mourt, re-
corded in his Journal" that 20 acres
Of corn and six acres Of barley, treated
as SQuanto had taught, made an excel
lent yield.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
HAWSERS OF VAST STRENGTH
Monster Steamers Use Steel Ropes
Which It Would Seem Could With
stand Any Power.

After laborious attempts to tow the
Thessaloniki into port the Greek liner
PATHS arrived at New York and her
captain reported that three heavy steel
hawsers had parted during the effort
to save the disabled ship The lines
that parted were 41a-inch hawsers,
which means that strain of 81 tons,
or $4,000 pounds, had been exerted be-
fore the break.
In general towing and lighter ship
work a three-inch steel hawser is the
usual line used. This consists of six
steel wire strands tightly wound on
a central hemp which is soaked in oil,
giving certain pliability. This sort
Of hawser is also used by some of the
steamship lines for permanent moor
ings. The breaking point of the three
inch steel line is about % tons. Its
cost is 20 cents foot.
The largest of steel towing lines is
the one six inches in circumference,
Or 100000 pounds. Because Of the
weight of this line and the difficulty
Of handling it the 41s-inch hawser IL
the one mostly used for heavy towing.
In bulk the biggest hawsers used
IN an American port were those on
the Hamburg American liners Water
land and Imperator. For permanent
moorings these great liners used "a
inch hemp hawsers besides smaller
lines of steel wire and hemp.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28

Truck and Market Gardeners Eet,,i-.
Heavily For Intensive FARMING.

IN answer to the question ais II nos
sible to produce as much AZ 20 ooo
worth Of vegetable products ANNUALLY
from an acre of giound?" Director r
Z. Johnson, of the Virginia Truck Ex.
pertinent Station, states that q fow
OF the gardeners and truck farmers in
virginia frequently produce this value
per acre and that in some instances
tne value goes as high as $4,000 per
acre. With two and three crops wear
one acre can be made to produce one
haif acre Of lettuce, one-auarter aero
OF spinach. one-Quarter acre of beets.
one7half acre of cucumbers. one.baIf
acre OF parsley. and one-half acre NJ
egg plants.
In order to produce these crons
probably 1t is necessary, first that the
ground should be In the very best con.
dition; second, 1t should receive liberal
applications Of stable manure II is
customary to use from fifty to one
hundred tons Of stable manure nor
acre per annum. In addition tn tho
stable manure. large quantities of
commercial fertilizer are used. Some
growers use from two to three tons nor
acre of high grade fertilizer to pusb
these crops" says Director johnson
The real secret Of success of this line
of farming depends, first, on knowing
how, and second. on the man who ia
really pushing the work.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
CONDUCTS CORN EXPERIMENTS
Virginia Farmer Increases Yield Over
10 Per Cent. In One Season.

Conducting experiments to deter
mine the value of different applica-
tons Of fertilizer on corn, R. F. Hol-
berton, of "Rocklands Farm" in Or
ange County, Va. increased the yield
over 10 per cent and increased the
net profits per acre $3.50. through the
use of 800 pounds Of high grade fertil-
izsr per acre. He had been using 500
pounds per acre and had been getting
70 bushels per acre. With the heavier
application, he made 90 and one-half
bushels per acre from two-acre plot.
In every other detail his methods were
the same as with the smaller applica-
ton of fertilizer.
Figuring ~ and one-haf bushels Of
corn per acre increase. at 70 cents pei
bushel. the gross gain Per acre was
$15.H. The cost q the fertilizer
amounted to Ss.71 per acre and the
cost of application amounted to $3.50
per acre. Mr.. Holberton explains that
the corn came up unevenly and that
transplanting did not help the field
much The season was unusually dry,
and Mr.. Holberton claims that under
normal conditions his yield would have
been over 100 bushels per acre.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
WASHINGTON at NIGHT.

Night life comes On swiftly when /.
gets really started. Night in Washing
ton is a beautiful girl drawing blaci
velvet, jewel bespangled cloak owe
white shoulders. The streets are ligh,
ed with dull bronze. rather low lamps
artistically perfect lamps that hold dui
white, glowing globes. The lamps ar
very close together. They are tli5
pearls that the girl winds about he
throat and in her dusky hair
The White House stands out. glinl
mering boldly sgainst the black Of tho
foliage. IT'S lighted windows dimmed
with tightly drawn curtains. What OF
national potent may not have hap
pened behind these same curtainet
windows. Perhaps fear has grappleo
with bravery behind the shelter of the
friendly walls: perhaps hatred and love
have ciashed. Perhaps towards have
beccne strong. ana surely strong mer
have wept. Characters and homes and
nations have been nodded behind thosf
friendly blinds.-Margaret E. Sang
ster. yr.. In Christian Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
British Field Marshals.

A British field marshal never retires
from the army. He may be placed OF
half pay. but is still borne on the ac
dve list. BY the regulations there
must not be more than eight field mar
shals receiving pay as such-that is
exclusive of honorary field marShals
such as forpi-n kings. emperorS and
princes. OF Ii light regular felL
marshals two ,aust he selected from
the Indian army. The position of field
marshal is great one. The field mar
shall commanding in rhiei in the Med
iterranean gets -I''lso year. rroba
bly, field marshal actively employed
will get at least i3.tkU "a year. This i;
better than the pay of an admiral y
the fleet. who HWY lie said To he Il NJ
va! field marshal. and gets Only IA litf
over f2.Wo Il Year. exclusive of aii"v
anres lr"iausi'> tiwn.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
PAINTING hooka and Exas.

There are many methods of mechani
al painting. and some of the most ex
traordinary are described by Arthu
Seymour Jennings in his book. paint
ing by Immersion and by Compresse,
Air" One method. for such article
as hooks and eyes. eyelets and YER
small iron parts generally which cat
not be successfully dipped or sprayed
is known as "tumbling." The article
are placed in a machine somethin
like a churn. together with a numbe
Of steel balls, usually of very smGi
diameter. and given quantity q
japan. The churn is then closed dow
and given a dozen or so rapid turn,
during which the steel balls carry IL
japan to every part of the article
The contents of the churn are the
dumped out on to wire trays. Thes
being agitated. the steel balls fl
through the meshes. leaving the pa III
ed iron parts behind
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28

Isabella IL. when thirteen years old
was declared of age by the cortes in
1916. and after stormy reign of twen-
ty-fiye years was depOsed by revolu-
ton which began in the feet on Sept
IS. 1868. and was joined by the garri-
son and city of Cadiz and by nearly
all of Spain during the month. A pro-
visional government was established
and Marshal Serrano was made regent.
The cortes voted for a monarchy on
May 81, 1869. and after several offers
of the throne had been refused it was
finally accepted by Amadeus. duke Of
Aosta, who was proclaimed king on
Nov. 7, 1870.
After an uncomfortable reign he alb
dicated In 1873 and was succeeded by
another republic, which lasted for two
years, when Alfonso XII, son Of
Queen Isabella and father Of the pres
ent king. was elevated to the throne.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
Value of Diversified Farming

Farm records show, and good farm
ers agree that diversified farming is
most profitable. Diversified farming
means raising livestock and various
kinds Of crops. 1t gives opportunity
for crop rotation, for growing cover
crops In connection with profitable
cash crops, and enables the farmer to
more profitably operate his fields with.
out decreasing the fertility, but rather
adding to the productive ability of the
soil. 1t enables the farmer to carry
out the best farm practices, including
the use Of manures and fertilizers,
proper tillage, good seed, drainage and
lining when necessary.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
Loss, Pain and Fear.

Loss IL painful, it requires a read.
justment Of the perspective of life, but
1t is purifying; like pain, it Is benefi-
cent arrangement Of nature whereby
greater harm is averted.
1t purges the dross Of selfishness. O.
the canker which attaches to- great
possessions divorced from the ideal.
Fear contains greater pain than all
Of these and is without their comper
sations.
For they, and they alone, are the
weapons by which the phantom is con
quered
BY their aid we learn that It is 8
trick Of the devil. disorder Of the
sick imagination, stage dragon to be
trampled under foot; that outside our.
selves it has no existence.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
MADE A QUICK RECOVERY
Elevator Man Tainted When Leg Was
Crushed, but Soon Got Back on
Job-It Was Cork.

When the doors of the service ele-
yator at the Alexandria closed unex-
pectedly just as Joe Brousett was
starting the machine it damned his
leg, MASKING it fearfully. Brousett
tainted. Fortunately the elevator
stopped without dragging him.
DOC" Bassett, superintendent of
service, called an ambulance and hur-
ried Brousett to his home. He ap-
peared dazed. A physician was called.
Mr.. Bassett returned to the hotel and
put new man on the elevator.
Three hours later he entered the
elevator and was astounded to see
Brousett operating it. For moment
he thought it was a ghost, but Brou-
sett assured him that everything was
all right.
"You see, that was cork leg that
got smashed" he said. THE accident
brought back so wildly my original
accident that tainted and only came
to by the time l reached home. Then
l put on my reserve leg and came back
to work Los Angeles Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
mls Very 'psy.

'Seize your opportunity" was the a,
vice of Pittacus. one Of the seven "!
men of Greece. To grasp the swift
moving moment is the repeated injun
ton of the Bible Teach me to nur
Der my days." said Moses. Make II
to know mine end and the number o
my days." said David. and Job, VIII,
had peculiarly sane grasp on tn,
things that make for success in all de
partments of life, is conscious that tn.
days fly through his hands 'swifte
than the weaver's shuttle"
Lord Chesterfield said that the Duk
Of Newcastle lost an hour in the morn
ing and spent the rest of the day look
ing for it. Benjamin Constants cry o
regret should be a warning to us VIII,
do not regard the systematizing of on
days task: How lose my time
What an unarrangeable life mine isr'
The uncertainty of life as we'll as tt
swift passage should incite us to nv,
to the top of our ability today. W,
say. Some day hope to get time {,
read. Some day hope to get time I,
attend to cultiyating religious habits.
But some day" is today or proba bl,
uever.-Christian Herald
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
Artificial Indigo.

Artificial indigo owes much Of its
commercial success to an accident Al
though synthetic indigo was first pro-
duced in 1870, it did not become Sc
rious rival to the natural article IN
til a thermometer was accidentally
.--cacn and the contents Of the bulb
ran into the heated mixture of naph-
tbale- that was all too slowly being
converted into phthalic acid. the basis
of artificial indigo 1t was then OBJ
served that the conversion became
much more rapid. and from that day
the use of mercury has played big
part in making artificial indigo a COM
nlercial success. The accident occur
red after years Of patient research.
and it is now the boast Of chemists
that they are able to produce on
commercial basis a compound exactly
the same" as natural indigo.-Lndes
Standard,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
sTuBBoRNHEss HAS A VALUE
Quality Not Usually Considered
Praiseworthy 10 All Right In the
Army Mule.

The fact that q mule is stubborn
may lessen his value to the average
user-but the soldier IL inclined to
value this trait. The mule is being
rated above the horse for actual use
under fire on battlefields, and il much
used by the artillery. An unframed
horse, being nervous and high strung,
10 likely to dash about madly under
ire, but the mule stubbornly holds his
place regardless of the din. The Brit
ish are now planning to mount a part
Of their cavalry on American mules.
A favorite story of the British artil-
lery IL told OF the artillerymen who
tried to retreat with their guns under
. warm attack. The gun team Of
mules stubbornly refused to bulge,
20 in desperation the gunners returned
to the gun and succeeded in beating
back the attack They were warmly
commended for their valor-but admit
sed that the praise was properly dua
'ae mules.-AlaericSn H0y.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
KEEN SIGHT OF THE GULL
sea Birds Have Remarkable Eyes for
Acute Work-Experimen Con-
WINGED Ocean Travellers.

There is perhaps no other bird, Of
land or sea, 80 keen Of sight as the
common gull. To convince q skeptical
friend Of this, IN American naturalist
once made some interesting expert
ments. Two men were passengers on
q steamer where the spring ebb aided
them to run twenty miles an hour. A
dozen gulls followed them In the
steamers wake without apparent ef-
fort. and circled in graceful curves
over the water. Breaking a cracker
biscuit into four parts, less than an
inch square each. the naturalist hand
ed ore piece to his friend and told him
to drop it into the seething waters on
the starboard.
Immediately the bit Of biscuit be-
came invisible to human eyes, and yet
before It had gone thirty yards astern
gull detected It, and, dipping into
the foam, secured Il. One by one It
picked up the other bits OF biscuit.
though neither Of the two men could
ses them. Tearing on ! postage stamp
6um - ~ anynlopa- to nnfnrnlfGe
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
Grand Dukes Playful Way.

The Grand Duke Nicholas is not a
man who talks, but he has a playful
way with him at times, according to
the story told by julius West in SOL
diers of the Gar" Some time ago,
during an inspection, the grand duke
was standing next to the emperor, a
few yards away from group of gen.
erals. He ordered General Russky.
then in command of the forces in that
region, to step forward. The grand
duke next ordered a private soldier to
come forward and hack off the gen.
erals epaulettes. "We can imagine"
says Mr.. West, ''the dismay of the
other generals as the soldier obeyed.
"'Now cut mine off,, was the next
order. The soldier did so: Now put
them on his shoulders
It was the grand dukes playful little
way of promoting Russky to the rank
of adjutant general, the highest in
the Russian army.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
New IndIaestibIe Dish.

Did you ever eat knish? No,
Then you have missed good attack
of Indigestion and perhaps the under.
taker. A knish is something like q
dumping, only infinitely more so. 1t
is made up of dough, chopped pota.
toes, onions, cheese, kashe, butter,
eggs "and other cereals" weighs a
ton or less and costs five cents, nor
mally. Since 1t became a war baby
1t costs four cents under certain con
ditions. It is the great piece de re
sistance on New York's eastside. Ev-
cry store sells knishs, and the com.
petition is so great that some of the
merchants are giving coupons to buy
ers. A certain number of these cou-
pons entities the holder to certificate
and hack to Bellevue with ten
knishes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
Gains Four Pounds In Three Hours.

Raymond Tilton, twenty-one years
old, performed the unusual feat of
gaining four pounds of weight in less
than three hours IN order to become
soldier in the United States army,
reports the Cincinnati Chronicle. TIL
ton, whose parents live in Richmond
KY, desired to join the infantry. and
he tipped the scale at 123 pounds.
being three pounds shy. He was no.
titled that the government is strict In
regard to this matter. and was told
to return when he acquired the neces
sary avoirdupois. Tilton invested In
. 35-cent meal and imbibed freely OF
water. Then It was found that he had
gained four pounds. one more than
the government required. He was
aceeptAA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
Sherlock.

The great detective. laying aside pro.
fessional cares for the evening. is at
tending dance. Introduced to beau,
tiful woman. he asks her to dance with
him, and she graciously consents.
"You have been married several
years" he mGrinurs after couple
rounds of the floor
How could you guess thatY she
asks Il am not wearing my wedding
ring Do look like a married
woman?"
Not at ALL" he replies calamity
But knew you were married the mo
nent we. started to dance. You at
'nce hcgaD doing the leading. Judge
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
ICED of Greater Soil Fertility

A rich soil is the first essential of
good farming. Too often we try tn
skimp along without any plant food
and hope to raise good crops. Now is
the time to plant for making the soil
Of every field on your farm more pro.
ductive. Animal manures carefully
commercial fertilizers lber.
ally applied and green manures plowed
under will take care of your soil
fertility problems.-Glenn Hayes. Edi-
tor American Farming
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
Ocean Eats Away the Land.

Little children who played on the
beach last summer would be surprised
If they should go back to the same
place In a few years to find it quite
changed. Old Ocean is not satisfied
with the shore as it is, and he keeps
pounding at 1t all the year round, but
hardest in the winter Down near
Baltimore the ocean sometimes comes
80 feet farther up in year. At Rock
away Beach, Long Island, the coast
line has moved back a mile in 20
years. At a certain place on the At
lantic City beach the ocean took rs
acres away from one owner and put Sc
acres on another mans shore land. all
in ten years. Orchards and even for
ests disappear before the onward
marching sand.-From John Martins
Book
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28

Economy In the buying Of cheap
seed is poor economy in most cases.
1t pays to use good seed, to lime the
land when needed, to rotate crops, to
conserve barnyard manure and to use
fertilizers wisely and literally. With.
out paying proper attention to the
fundamentals of farming. the result OF
years work are liable to be losses
instead Of profits.