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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19
Guernsey Brings s6ISO.

The most remarkable public sale in
Guernsey history was staged at Lang
water farms in North Easton, Mass.,
October 10. Seventy-five head were
sold for a total of sS0,625 an average OF
s1O75 per head. Fifty-four females
averaged $500. Nineteen daughters OF
the great May Rose bull. Imported King
of the May, averaged $1,000 apiece.
The highest price of this sale was
given for Langwater Dairymaid by G. L.
A. whitney Of Albany N. 7. The
amount, $3.50, is the highest price ever
paid for . Guernsey animal. LangwaseI
Generous, q daughter of Imported King
of the May, sold for $4,000 to John s
Ames Of North Esston, Mass, while
secopd daughter of the same great sire,
Iapgwater Easter Lily, WAS purchased
bv ri. G.. Lapham Of Brookline, Mass.,
for 1920. r. d. Stout Of Angus, Wis.,.
nnrcbssed Langwater Charity, great
nrIxs- winning daughter of imported
Yeoman, for $500.
Three thousand dollars, the highest
crioe given for any bull In the sale, VA
paid by Branford farms of Groton, Ct.
for the yearling bull Langwater FORE
most. son of Langwater Generous ane
Iangwaier Fashion.
Over 900 Guernsey admirers werl
preseut, and the company inciuoee
breeders from Maine to California. Th'
animals will be scattered in herds q
nearly widely separated.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19
Proposing With q Splash.

One OF the strangest courtship Gus
toms in the world is related Of the
Tarascan Indians Of Mexico in the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine.
The land Of the Tarascans lies due
west of the City Of Mexico, and here
the natives retain many Of their prac-
tees which were well established
when the spaniards first landed at
Vera Cruz. Here Is the accepted
method of courtship, for example:
The lover goes to the spring where
the object Of his affections is accus-
toned to fill her water jar. He holds
her shawl until she accepts him, and
then with q stick he breaks the jar
which she holds on her head and
gives her a betrothal BAPTISM Of water.
According to Prescott, the Tarascans
had a Noah, called Trezpi who es-
capped from a great food in a boat
laden with animals. Instead Of dove
Trezpi sent out vulture first and
then humming bird, according to the
legend.
The Tarascans once possessed the Sc
cret Of tempering copper, an art now
lost to the world.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19
Support for Milk Producers.

The New England Milk Producers
Association has added to its supporters
another powerful ally, the Eastern States
Agricultural and Industrial Exposition,
which brought the 1915 National Dairy
Show to New England.
Following the big meeting of dairy.
men in Springfield few days ago, at
which q new plan Of organization was
adopted, the president OF tho exposition
sent letter to the president of the milk
producers, E. o. Colby Of Whitefleld, N.
g., which said in part:
1.-THE businesslike efficiency OF your
plans for perfecting the better marketing
of dairy products throughout New Eng.
land should command universal conf
deuce and support. Not only producers
and business men, but also consumers,
nav we'll approve of the plan you are
working on to 80 improve distribution
that producers may net better prices for
milk while insuring good milk at fair
prices to consumers. The work OF the
New England Milk Pr0ducers' Associa'
tiou is right In line with the great move
ment for the upbuilding Of the agricul.
ture. other industries and prosperity OF
New England, which 10 the purpose oi
the Eastern States Agricultural and In
dustrial Exposition. The exposition
corporation therefore takes pleasure In
assuring you Of its desire to lend its In,
flueuce to all proper, reasonable and
legitimate efforts"
The letter contained check fora gen
erous amount ssto hasten the completion
of your organization" and concluded
with an offer Of the free use OF the expo
sition's Offices - . headquarters and thu
services OF It. Office force and equip
mert.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19
Interest In Ones Business.

After recounting the experience of an
Iowa boy who Joined baby beef club
and who said that until that time he had
never taken any interest in his father S
farm, but now everything looked differ
eut, the Wallaces' Farmer observes:
''Successful business and professional
men invariably say that one of the steps
which helped lead to their success is
that they liked their work to begin with,
and their advice is for one not to choose
a life's occupation unless that work
means something more than the dollars
it will return. A great many failures
can be traced directly to lack of inter
est in ones business. farmers as we'll as
lawyers, physicians, or ministers, being
included. A man who takes no interest
in farm or in live stock, bad better seek
another occupation. The most success
full farmers are those whose personal in
terests are centered on the farm"
Sheer laziness-a dislike for physical
action-is often at the bottom and is the
cause for failure on the farm. We have
our share of men among farmers who
are constantly looking for "soft snap"
some way of making money besides
vigorously attending to their own
farm business. After all, the "diligent
man. must be diligent in spirit before
he can be diligent with his hands or his
brain.
1t is the "Willing Worker" who gets
the persimmons. The Iowa boy above re-
ferred to was surprised at the change in
his own spirit that came after his ambi.
ton was aroused by his father giving
him a calf and telling him to 'go to it."
The trouble with most unsuccessful men
every where is that they have not acquir-
ed the habit of work, close application
to whatever they may have in hand
Hoard's Dsiryman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19

There Is no altar on earth which vies
In marble majesty with the Altar Of
Heaven-Tien Tan-in the south Of
the Chinese city Of Peking. which EN-
peror Yung lie Of the Ming dynasty
reared In A. D. 1920. with its triple
balustrades. stairs and platforms Of
pure white marble carved miraculous
ly, It's great circle covering wide
area In the midst Of vast inclosure.
Standing alone, deserted under the
blue Chinese sky, 1t Is dream Of ma
jesty and beauty. AS the great setting
Of q scene Of ritual pomp that calls
for thousands and thousands Of robed
celebrants with music, incense, sacri-
fee, 1t is transcendently imposing and
impressing. There the emperor knelt
once year. and worshiped "the only
being In the universe he could look up
to"-Shang Ti-the emperor Of the
world above, whose court was in the
sky and the spear tips Of whose sol-
diers were the stars.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19

A joyful shout, thoughtlessly given
by an Italian smuggler on having
eluded the customs guards on the
Swiss frontier was the cause Of bis
six companions being killed by an ava
lanche. The party, coming from the
Grisons, had, with Q thousand precau-
lions, successfully negotiated the For
cola pass, on the Swiss-Italian border
Five Of the men were loaded with val
liable contraband goods, and two acted
as guides and scouts. When they wers
all safely on Italian soil one Of the
guides named MaretoH gave vent to q
joyful yodel. In the stu air the least
sound causes vibration which may
set enormous masses Of snow moving.
This is what occurred here. A quarter
Of million. tons Of snow detached
itself from the mountain side and came
laundering down upon the party, who
were swept In an instant into IN
abyss. Maretoi alone was able TO sx-
tricsts himself.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19
Making Ready.


A Yorkshire collier repeatedly urged
his delicate wife to engage some one
to do the rough housework for her and
at last wrung from her a promise to do
so. On returning from the pit one aft
ernoon he found her scrubbing and
polishing the kitchen foor with all the
energy she could command.
"Hello, owd wwoman, what's this
meant" he questioned her. "Ah thowt
tina said tina would call In somebody to
do t hard work for thee"
"Ah, lad, an 80 All mean to-" an.
swered his conscientious wife, but All
thowt Ah'd make everything spick and
span before t woman came, SOS she
couldn't be goin' away an tellin t
neighbors that she found t house lost
+ dirtv'-London Telegraph.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19

II guess" the farmer said to his new
boarder from the city, II guess ye won't
want to get up very early in the morn,
ing, hey7"
"No, by heck" said the city chap,
with q laugh. VI think I'd prefer to
sleep late"
IAN right" said the farmer. TN
that case, then. we won't have break
Inst tn 80 Z. m."-WashinSten etar.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19
Malay Pearl Divers.

The Malay pearl divers are perhaps
the finest In the world. When he Is
going to dive the Malay slowly lowers
himself down from the side OF the
boat to the water and takes several
breaths, each breath getting deeper
and deeper. Finally he takes a tre-
mendously long breath, turns head
downward and plunges into the ocean
depths. In two, three, or perhaps, II
he is a very expert diver, in four min
utes, his form is seen In the water COM
ing up. His face is turned upward.
His strong hands beat the water away
from under him in vigorous downward
sweeps. His face looks terribly
strained. At last, breathless, exhaust
ed, he reaches the surface and is hauled
into the boat, where he lies quite still
for a few moments, apparently ex-
hausted. But in comparatively a few
minutes he Is ready to plunge again.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
When Baby Begins Walking.

+ Do not make the mistake Of :
+ trying to force your little baby :
+ to walk. II baby is well 1t :
+ usually makes an attempt to :
4. stand on its feet at nine or ten :
1. months Of age. and at eleven or :
I. twelve months 1t usually stands :
+ with slight assistance.
+ The first attempts at walking :
I. are commonly seen in the twelfth :
I. or thirteenth month. The aver. :
I. age age, as a rule. at which chill :
I. dren walk is the fourteenth or :
+ fifteenth month. II the baby :
1. passes that age without trying :
I. to walk then consult physician. :
I. However. very marked differ
I. ence is seen in different families !
I. with respect to the time Of walk :
1. ing. General malnutrition. a Sc
I. we're or prolonged illness may :
1. postpone walking for several :
I. months.
+
4. =. Z, =. 8. =. =. 4. 4. i. i. i. +. + i. 4. 4.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19

Pedigree counts in the selection OF
live stock, but to pedigree must be add
Cd performance. A COW OF ili1stt'cSs
lineage which does not make good at tns
milk pail might ~ we'll b . sofup.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19

Several hundred thousand horses have
been shipped from this country to Eu.
rope for war purposes, and already the
bones Of most Of them are bleaching
"somewhere In France"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19

One great trouble with the hog bust.
ness Of this country 10 that it has been
looked upon ~ side show. Let's bring
It over into the big tent; then It will
mean more to us.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19

Let the other fellow do the shouting
st his COWS, and Gee 20 Il that hs shouts
somewhere slss than In your barn st
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEED THE PLow.-

correspondence on practical agricultural topic
is solicited. Address all communications In
tenoec TOR this department to HlN1Y d
hAnhoED, Agricultural Editor Oxford pem
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-19
Sl.OOO,OOO Life Insurance Policies
FOR XMAS GIFTS.

MANIrowoc, Wis, Dec. o.-One
million dollars in life insurance is
the Christmas gift which the Alu-
minum Goods Mfg. Co. of this city
today announced would be given its
employees. Policies ranging from
$500 to $1,000, on which the COM
pany will maintain the premiums,
will be provided.
The plan takes in plants in this
CITY, Two Rivers and Newark, n. j..
More than 1900 employees are at
fected.-''Boston Post"
A suggestion for a permanent
Xmas gift. A Massachusetts, Mutual
Service inquiry never obligates. In
uuire of
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
General Trade Conditions.

Dun's Review says; Nothing has
developed to prevent continuance of
the remarkable activities and un-
precedented achievements in the bust
ness world. International uncertain
ties still cause hesitancy in the Sc
curities market, but productive en-
terprise remains unaffected, and la
Dor troubles are less disturbing.
The most gratifying feature of the
situation, as it has been for some
time, is the absence of excuses and
general avoidance of overextension
in all legitimate undertakings. This
affords the best assurance of sus-
tanned economic progress, and while
pressure of new demands has clearly
subsidized in certain important lines,
special causes are not needed to ac-
count for some abatement after
months of extraordinary buying.
That the phenomenal pace could
not continue indefinitely was obvious,
and manufacturers having more or
ders than they could conveniently
handle welcome the opportunity to
work business off their books. Week,
ly bank clearings, $3,940, 4S7,272.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
Sounds of Desolation.

You proceed little farther IN Ar
ras to large circular place, once i'm
posing. Every house in it presents
the sane blighted aspect. There is no
urban otir but in the brief intervals
of the deafening cannonade can be
heard one sound-blinds and curtains
fiuttering against empty window
frames, and perhaps the idle, faint
banging of a loose shutter Not even
a cat walks. We are alone-we and
the small group of staff officers who
are acting as our hosts. We feel like
thieves-like decorators, impiously
prying
Continually came the hollow SOUND
of things falling and slipping within
the smashed interiors behind the ia
cades. And then came the sound of q
baby crying-for this city is not, after
all, uninhabited We saw a woman
coming out of her house and carefully
locking the door behind her. Was she
locking it against shells or against
burglars ARNOLD Bennett in Satup
day Evening Post.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-05-26

adjacent plain, with no continuous cur
rent toward the sea except in seasons
of high water, If. such are ever known.
And such beautiful plains They
were we'll worth fighting for, gently
undulatipg as they retreat from the
former river courses, and most home
like, cultivahle places for peaceful
abode. Little rounded oak trees ara
studded about the plain in solitary, in
dependent fashion-oak trees resem'
bling apple trees in size and peri.
phery.
Behold the ruins at last A long,
low ridge, some four or five miles in
length, ends abruptly like a promon-
tory projecting into the sea, above
which it rises about 30 feet. The
ridge is the so-called Hill of Ilium,
the sea is the flood plain Of the Simois
and the Scamander, historically known
as the plain of Troy, and the promon-
tory, with its crown of ruins, is Troy
itself. You walk around the ruins
and make the surprising discovery
that If the walking were good you
could easily do it in ten minutes.
Astonishing! is this all there was OF
Troy, and did this little stronghold
withstand nine years siege and still
remain unconquered by force? I'M
possible The whole hill of Ilium may
have been fortified and to some ex-
tent populated; otherwise how was
the garrison provisioned? Unpoetic
details like these never troubled Ho-
mer, so why bother about them?
Within sight, almost, of Tenedos.
the island base of the attacking allied
armies, and within sound and reach
of the big guns, the old ruins are
watching over the present fighting, a
greeting from the days of the first
great western siege to the greatest
siege Of modern times.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
INDUSTRY AND IMPROVEMENT

II. M. Gehlert, proprietor of the
Roman meat market, is building an
opera house at Roman, Mont, which
will be suitable both for regular road
shows, vaudeville and moving pic
lures.
A party of western beet sugar men
have been making a trip over the Flat
head reservation country and the Bit
ter Root valley with the idea of es-
tablishing a large beet sugar factory
in or near Missoula, Mont.
The Mission Range Power Co. of
Poison, Mont, is building a hydro
which will develop 1000 horsepower.
The improvement will cost about $685..
600 and is to be completed about
September /.
Poison, Mont, is building 900
sewer system which will be COM
pleted about August /, the cost being
covered by warrant issues. The town
also bought the old water works sys-
tenn at a cost of about $4,000 and
is making improvements and extern
sions to the extent of $4,000 more,
bnlS bCAhb tOftiSQ w a
bond issue of $4,000.
Work has been started on the new
Federal building at Kalispell, Mont,
corner of Third and First, east. 1t
will cost $125,000 and will be three
stories, 50x142 feet, brick and ce-
ment. The contractors have sixteen
months to complete it, but owing to
difficulties in securing steel, it may
be late in 1917 before it is entirely
finished.
Notice has been received at towns
in the Flathead reservation country
in Montana that the government on
May ~ appropriated another s750,00o
for the Flathead irrigation projects,
Some $1,500,000 had been previously
appropriated and expended on these
projects, the ultimate cost of which
is estimated at $4,500,000, and which
will irrigate over 10000 acres in
sections tributary to the towns OF
Poison, Roman, st. Ignatuis and Ar.
lee. By the end of this year some
10000 acres will be under the ditch
in the northern districts and con
siderable part of the Arlee section
will be completed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
Grain, Flour and Feed.

Wheat-The local market has been
very quiet during the past week, with
practically no graip offered the latter
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
MARKET REPORT
Chicago.

Hogs-Active. sc to 10c above above
yesterdays average. Bulk, $9.75@
9.95; light, s9.55@9.95; mixed, $4,000
1905: heavy, s9.55@10.05; rough, $9.55
09.s0; pigs, s7.40@9.30.
Cattle-Steady. Native beef cattle,
Ss.lO01O.25; western steers, $500
9.10; stockers and feeders, $6@s.s0;
COWS and heifers, s4.40@9.50; calves,
$s@11.
Sheep-Firm. Wethers. $7.s5@1o10;
lambs, s9.10G12.s5; springs, $11Q
1850.
Wheat-No. red, nominal No. 3
red, $1I1@1.12; No. 2 hard, S114A a
1.16ss; No. hard, S1.04h@1.12.
Corn-No. 2 yellow, 75@76s4c; No.
yellow, 721kc.
oats-No. 3 white, 43@45c; stand
ard, 65s @47Ac.
Rye nominal. Barley, 61@81c.
Timothy, $5.50@s.
Butter, higher; creamery, 26@29Ac
New York.
Raw sugar, easy centrifugal, 6.52c;
molasses, 5.75c. Refined, steady; fine
graduated, 1865.
Spot cotton, steady; middling up
lands, 1880.
Coffee-Spot, steady; Rio rs, csc;
Santos As, 10ssc.
Portland.
Hogs-Lower Prime light, SS.75@
sos; prime strong weights, $S.75@
SOS; good to prime mixed, $s.5O@s.75;
rough heavy packing, $8@8.25; pigs
and skips, $7.50@s.
Cattle-Steady. Steers, grain an(
pulp fed, $4,000; choice grass fed
$s.5O@s.75; good, $s.15@s.5O; medium
$7.60@S; cows, choice, $7.50@7.sOi
good, $6.75@7.25; medium, $6.25@
$50; heifers, $7@s; bulls, 5000
stays, $5@7.
Sheep-Steady. Spring lambs, $10@
1926 choice lambs, $9.50@10; com
mon lambs, $9@9.50; choice yearlings
$s.75@9.5O; good yearlings, $3.50
SIS; choice wethers, $S.25@9.05i
choice light ewes, $4,000; good ewes
$7@7.5O.
San Francisco.
Eggs-Fresh extras, 2315c; rresl
firsts, 211ac; pullets, 21c.
Wheat--Firm, no loading.
Tacoma.
Bluestem, S1.05; fortyfold
orc; club, csc; red fife, csc.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
Dictionary of Advertising Ideas.
(From the Advertising World

(frOm the advertising WOrlQ.)
Athletic Goods-Just the Ones for
You. Appealing to the needs of the
man looking for health and happiness.
Athletic goods that build the system,
and rejuvenate the WORKOUT Try the
natural plan.
Bank-A Welcome for You. We
want your account, we want you to
use our bank, we want to give such
advice as you desire. We want to be
Of service to you, for ours is a serv-
ice-giving bank.
Baskets-An Easier Load. The beau
tiful weaves, the most acceptable
shapes, the most durable kind. You'll
be surprised that such baskets cost so
little. Let us prove to you our state
ments.
Bazaar - The Real Thing at the
Right Price. Plenty of variety in stock
and the right price attached to each
article. Something you want at aprice
you'll like to pay. We've provided it
because you want it.
Bakery - Making G 90 d Living
Easier. All the worry over baking re-
suits assumed. All the guarantee of
excellence provided. Every attention
to low cost combined with real salts
faction.
Books-What Do You Know? De
pendable reference books are the most
valuable possessions. Get the idea
and keep it where you can use it. You
get more satisfaction out of good books
than anywhere else. Slight cost, too
Brooms-Happines for the House
wife. A new broom sweeps clean and
clean sweeping makes the happy home
The greatest broom value you ever
saw, and the most essential home-mak
ing influence. Yours is here.
Carpets - Making 1t Comfortable
The kind of carpets you want will be
found here. Dependable floor cover
ings; well made, fast colors, modest
designs or elaborate patterns. Just
the one you want is here.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-05-26

part of the week, although there was
some little movement in the early
days of the week. The market has
fiuctuated considerable during the
week, and at the moment is off about
&c from the figure given last week,
making bluestem Ole, club and red
Russian sic.
Flour-Market is very quiet, with
only such business passing as to
cover immediate requirements. Re
ported that an advance will be put
into effect soon, but such a report
was made recently and did not make
good.
Feed-Millfeed is firmer, with braI
and shorts both up 81, making the
quotation 1923 and $24 Timothy hay
also advanced sharply from S22 tS
S24 per ton, other lines holding firm
at previous quotations.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
Glad Tidinus.

ut must have been a glorious mo-
ment for Isaac Newton when the ar
pie hit him on the head as he sas
under the tree"
"Yes," replied Farmer Corntossel-
"He not only discovered the law Of
gravitation, but he found convincmg
evidence that the fruit crop for thar
year was not failure"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
When Death supervenes.

Indicating that the old and the
young are most subject to the call OF
death. the Springfield (Ill) survey OF
the Russell Sage Foundation shows
that in 1910 in that city 140 infants
died to each 1000 infants less than
one year old, 81 died to each 1000
more than sixty-five years old and
only seven died to each 1000 from
twenty-five to forty-four years OF age
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-05-26
A LARGE Order.

HE shared his umbrella with her
on rainy day and now they are mar
ried"
That's the way it goes" replied the
cynic. Il have no doubt he started
out merely with the idea of keeping
her dry for a few minutes and now
he'll probably have to keep root
over her head for the rest of his life.T
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-05-26

Spain is credited with supplying
more than three-quarters of the
worlds olive oil.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-05-26

New Zealand has only one town
with a population of more than 1907
900.