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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
CONGRESS TAKES
HOLIDAY RECESS
1--WE SUPPLY BILLS PASSED BY
HOUSE IN THREE WEEKS,
BREAKING RECORD.
Railroad Legislation Failed to Get
Much ttsntion.-NatonaI Prohibit
ton Constitutional Amendment
Reported Favorably.

Washington. - Congress adjourned
Friday for the Christmas holidays to
reconvene January 2. In the three
weeks of the session the house passed
five government supply measures--the
urgent deficiency; legislative; indian;
District of Columbia, and diplomatic
and consular appropriation bills
more than ever were passed before in
the brief period pending holiday re-
cess.
One of the bills the urgent defici-
ency, has passed the senate.
Railroad legislation failed to get
much attention in either branch. The
house commerce compftte9 decided
to await initiative action in the SEN
ate, where blslnning January 2, the
senate esa1ierce committee will hold
--.ags on the proposed railroad ar
bitration measure and the bill author.
izing the president to take over the
railroad, telephone and telegraph lines
in case of military necessity.
AT the conclusion of the hearings,
the railroad measures in some form
will be pressed as amendments to the
pending bill to enlarge the interstate
commerce commission. Efforts to ex
tend for one year the life of the Join
commission investigating railroad
problems were checked in the hous
to be renewed Immediately after tn
holidays.
The senate passed the immigration
bill with it's literacy test provision an
1t now is in conference. The senat
also began consideration of the Dis
! trict of Columbia prohibition bill ant
| fixed January for vote.
The national prohibition constitu
tional amendment was reported favor
ably from the judiciary committee II
7 each house.
House committees also reported the
Borland food investigation with a ia
vorabie resolution and the Susan Il
Anthony constitutional amendment
for woman suffrage, without recon
mendation. Neither resolution ad
vanced to consideration in the house.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
IVo F actors in
w az Prosperity.

1t is evident that two factors
exist III the prosperity" which
| the country is enjoying and
which is reflected in our enorm
Gus balance of trade. While the
volume of our exports has taken
on huge proportions, their value
hss enhanced largely. also. Thus
A comparison OF our export fig
ures IN a lire OF thirty two select
ed commodities for he periods OF
1914 and 1916, shows that OF a
total export trade smounting to
81 $40 S29.7 .757, the increase is
about two.thirds due to an ex-
panded volume of trade and
about one third due to enhanced
prices. The high cost of exports.
therefore, is an element IN the
present situation which is not
to be overlooked.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
Condemn When
Necessary But Give
Credit When Due.

The past week the wing
tour very important items ap
peared in the daily papers; the
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe
each grant 1O% of yearly salary
as Il bonus to employees not in
tour brOtherhoods, Standard Oil
Company grants increase S % to
employees RECEIVING less than $3.50
per month and Establishes mini
mum daily wage tor unskilled
| Dor 1T SO, this is in addition
To 1O6 inclease made to san e
class 81 employees last May apd
the Bell Telephone Company will
distribute Sc 900 900 among en-
ployes
In addition to the foreg Ding,
many other large concerns have
made similar and even larger IN
creases where business jus tihed it.
In none OF the above instances
have we seen one Ot the items
given more than 6 inches space
III the big daily papers,
Yet III The same papers W hen
some |. w. w. or rabld labor ag-
gItator threatened to tie up an
industry or call a big strike
scare headlines and columns of
space would be devoted TO the
incident.
In other words, AN affirmative
and constructive act beneftting
thousands and bringing joy to
many homes is barely noticed,
while negative, destructive act,
putting men out of work and
disturbing industry is played up
as an important event.
This policy of magnifying in
juries and often imaginar,
wrongs and minimizing meritor
ious acts or Ignoring them en-
tirely simply stIrs up hatred be
tween classes.
Condemn where necessary but
also give credit when due.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
OObRUOJA DRIVE
PARTLY CHECKED
RUSSIANS AND ROUMANIANS
GIVING BATTLE TO THE
TEUTONIC FORCES.
British Successful In Raids on
Trenches in France.-Austro-Ge
man infantry Repulsed South
west Of Brody.

LondOn.-In the northern Dobrudja
the Russians and Roumanians nave
faced about and are giving battle to
the Teutonic allied forces, which have
been pursuing them. Just how strong
the stand they are making is has not
yet been made known, Berlin merely
saying that they have again Offered
fighting resistance
Fetrograd reports that attacks by
the invaders near Parlita, on the left
bank of the Danube were repuised
and says also that operations success.
full for the Russians and Roumanians
are being carried out by scouting par
ties in the direction of RimnlKa- Buzdu
In France the British near Com
mecourt and Arras have carried out
successful raids against German
trenches and bombarded other hostile
positions at Gommecourt and near
Loos. The Germans shelled the Brit
ish line north of the Somme near
Festubert and Ypres and south of the
Somme bombarded the French at nu
merCus points. the French replying
energetically.
Berlin reports the repulse of attacks
against the position of the Teutonic
allies in the Cerna river bend region
of Macedonia.
In Galicia, southwest of Brody, the
Teutonic allies after a heavy bonn.
bardmen of Russian trenches essayed
an infantry attack, but were forced
by the fire of the Russian guns to
seek their own trenches again. Petro
grad reports the breaking through OF
barbed wire entanglements on the Bys
tritsa river sector by the Russians
and compelling the Teutonic allies
there to flee.
The Austrians are again actively
bombarding the Italian advanced po-
sitions on the Carso front of the Aus
tro-Italian theatre.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
Notice of Annual Meeting of
Stockholders of the Oakley
Canal Company

Notice is hereby given that The
annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Oakley Canal
Company will be held at the
Company Office i'll Oakley, Idaho
on Tuesday, January 2nd. 1917,
at l p Nj, for the election of DIR
ectors and for the transaction Of
such business as may properly
come before the meeting.
ID. c. MACWATTERs, President.
{. c, WitBURN. Secretary.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
VILLA ATTACKS ToRREoN.
Americans 1rd Foreigners Fled Before
Fighting Began.

Ell Paso, Texasv-Afl American and
other foreigners have left Torreon.
which Villa is reported to be attack
ing according to an American arriving
here from that district by way OF
Eagle Pass. The last of the foreign.
ers, who intended to remain as long
as they dared, came out about a week
ago. he said. On his way to the Dor
der the American passed eight troop
trains, which were said to be destined
for Torreon to reinforce the garrison
there.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
Arthur Dummer Passes
Away.

Arthur Dummer of Trapper
Greek died early on Wednesday
morning with rhtumatism. The
deceased has suffered tor a long
time with rheumatism. He is
well known here, and is a broth
er to Walter Dummer.
Funeral services were held on
Thursday here.
We extend our sympathy to
the bereaved family in their sad
loss.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
Better and More Lights
for Oakley.

Oakley will soon be one OF tn
we'll lighted villages OF Idaho
The Village Board has made ar.
rangements Tor a brighter svs-
TEN for Main Street, more lamps
and brighter lights; and for an
extension of the ighting system
This we believe meets with the
general approval. and is a much
needed Improvement.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
Mass Meeting of
w ater Users.

The Water Users of the Oakley
tract are requested to meet in
Oakley, on Saturday, December
3Oth, 1916, at IL noou sharp.
Important questions up for
consideration. Everyone Come.
OAKLEY CANAAN USERS Assoc.
MOSES SMITH, G. A. DULITz,
Chairman. Sec
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
Utah Teachers Meet.

Salt Lake City-The opening ses.
sion, on Wednesday. of the Ctab
Educational association sustained it's
reputation for holding the best at
tended and most successful convention
of any state within the jurisdiction OF
the National Educational association
When the convention was called to
order at 10 o'clock in the Tabernacle
nearly 1000 persons were seated in
the huge building.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
GERMANS WELCOME NOTE.
President Wilson's Peace Endeavor
Received With Enthusiasm.

Berlin.-The announcement of Pres.
ioent Wilson's peace endeavor was ac-
corded a tremendous welcome in Ber-
lin. The impression of official ard
newspaper circles appeared in the
noon editions under large display
headlines reviving the interest in the
German peace overtures which Aad
sunk to low point under the infiu-
ence of the preliminary declarations
of statesmen of the entente powers,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29

New York.-A seventy-two-mile
gale which followed a thunderstorm
and springiike weather early Friday
played havoc with telephone and tele-
graph lines in the metropolitan dis
.rict. High winds we're reported gen
eral in the territory between New
York, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Wash
ngton
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
Accused Of Holding Cars.

Washington.-An order was issued
by the interstate commerce commits
sion Friday requiring the railroads to
show cause at a hearing here Decem-
Der 2S, why they should not return
at once to their owners, without di-
version or misuse, all foreign coal and
refrigerator cars Immediately after
unloading at their destination.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
Polar Exploration Planned.

Wash.ngton.-Ar for the
American polar expedition to be head
ed by Capt. Robert A. Bartlett, Pearys
navigator on his dash to the North
Pole, have progressed to the point
where it is possible that the expedi-
ton, which is to be similar to another
led by Capt. Roald Amundsen, discov-
srer of the South Pole, may get away
leXt GUNNER
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
Shippinu Board Selected.

ngton.-President Wilson has
nominated the following to be mem
board: William Denman of San Fran
cisco; Bernard N. Baker of Balti-
more; John A. Donald of New
York; John Barber White of Kansas
City, Mo-, and Theodore Brent of New
Orleans
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
IDAHO YOUTH KILLS FARMER
Tragedy Outcome of attempt to fore
Payment Of Alleged Debt

Lewiston, Idaho.-Jewell Frong
aged II, Saturday night shot and
killed Lester Clifford, farmer, in a
drug store here after having made
an unsuccessful attempt to make Gif
ford pay him $3.50 which Frong claim
ed as personal injury damages be-
cause of an accident he had suffered
while in Giffords employ
Frong forced Clifford to enter a drug
store and write check when Clifford
pleaded chat he had not that much
money with him. A patrolman, called
by Gifford's brother, entered and
Frong killed Clifford with one shot, fir
ing three more before he was dis
armed and arrested. Clifford is sur
vived by a widow and one child
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29

computed by adding to the net oper.
ating income the income from the Sc.
curities owned and deducting bond in.
terest. were for 1910, TOO per cent;
for 1911, GIT per cent; for 1912, 4.97
per cent; for 1918, 5.94 per cent; for
1914. 4.o6 per cent; for 1915, "A per
cent thus showing an almost contin.
uous decrease throughout this six year
period. 1t was announced that Hal.
ford Erickson. formerly chairman of
the Wisconsin railroad Commission.
would submit more complete informa.
ton on this subject to the Committee
at later date.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29

A movement is being started
bv the schools all over the state
to have a provision in our laws
to allow state aid Tor the public
schools, in order to improve the
finances OF the schools. A state
educational levy is real necess-
ity for better school financing.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
Petitions for Free Trade Zone.

Douglas, Ariz.--Gen. p. Elias Gales
announced Friday Aat he had petit
toned General Carranza to decree the
twelve miles wide along the entire
orthern borGer of Mexico, in order
to facilitate commerce between the
border sections of Mexico and the
United States,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29

Via the Oregon Short Line.
Tickets on sale December 16, 10,
20. 81, %. %. "a. 25. 80 ami 81. .
and January /; Liberal limits.
Ask agents for further details.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
Nevadans Expect Stormy time.

Carson City, Nev.-Divorce legisla-
ton, prohibition and amendments to
the gambling laws are expected to
furnish much of the interest In the
coming session of the Nevada legisla-
ture, which convenes here on January
is for a sixty-day session.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
Ratifies Sale Of islande

Copenhagen.-King Christian, in
the cabinet council, ratified on Friday
the treaty providing for the sale of
the Danish West Indies to the United
States.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29

Miss Amanda Preuss OF San
Francisco recently motored alone
from San Francisco to New York
City.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29
Convention Week.
POCatellO.
JANUARY S-13.

JANUARY S-13.
Five big conventions. See Ore.
gon Short Line Agents for excur-
sion rates.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29

Try a Want Adj" if you have
any thing to sell
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-12-29

Federal Regulation Should Not Be Al
lowed to Exclude Exercise of State
Authority, He Contends-Thinks Rail-
road Stocks Should Represent Actual
Value and Be Stable a. Government
Bonds
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-21

minated cornmeal, patent flour, and
other neuritis-producing food of the
refined type as consumed by men,
women and children.
They are impoverished foods, yet
they appear on the formula of the
certified dairy by reason of the fact
that they satisfy 80 modern dieti-
tian's erroneous idea of the proper
percentage Of carbohydrates, proteins,
fats and calories necessary to form
a balanced ration" They are so
labeled. The certified dairy con-
scientiously follows the scientific
analysis printed on the sacks in which
the desiccated cattle food is sold.
November Is, 1912, all of the cows
in the dairy herd referred to here
were tuberculin tested. Two were
found to react to the test and were
withdrawn from the herd in order
that they might not spread the dis
ease to the other cows.
On May 20, 1918, the herd, having
been on the scientific calorie diet"
for nearly one year produced fifteen
reactors. The condition was begin
ming to alarm the owners of the cows.
In the meantime the stable superin-
tendent had placed his delivery horses
on the impoverished COW food He
was anxious to make a record for him
sell and, as the COW food was cheaper
than the horse food. he made the
change. Between the fifty-sixth and
SEVENTEEN days the horses on the de-
based food began to show the same
symptoms of acidosis, emaciation and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-21
Pellets in Soft Drinks
Give Them Strong "Kick"

Tacoma, Wash. - Threatening to
enforce the prohibition law themselves
if the city and county authorities do
not stop the alleged sale by soft drink
saloons and drug stores of raw alcohol
and other poisonous intoxicants, mem
bers of Longshoremen's Union, Ia
coma local No. 5S, adopted resolutions
demanding law enforcement and
naming committee to take whatever
action was necessary.
THE prohibition law Is being vio-
lated on all Sides" said M. E. Wright,
of the longshoremen, who presented
the protest Little white pellets,
which the saloons call while you wait
tablets are being sold. One of these
in a soft drink produces all the ef-
fects of several glasses of whisky, but
the victim is paralyzed both mentally
and physically"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-21
20 Dead and 100 Hurt
in Western TornadOes

Kansas City. Mo. April 21.-Twen-
ty persons were killed, more than 10O
injured and property damage estl-
mated at $750,000 entailed by the tor
nado which swept the border sections
of Kansas and Missouri Many per-
sons escaped death by taking to storm
cellars tne moment they were warned
of the approaching disturbances.
Reports from several towns in the
path of the tornado state that five
separate storms occurred in rapid sue
cession.
was cut off from communication to-
day and it was impossible to confirm
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-21

York State 124 of 125 cows were
found in state of malnutrition clearly
indicative of the unfitness of their
food.
The daily dietary of these cows con-
sisted of:
Ten pounds beet pulp (the ex-
hausted residue of the beet sugar in
dustry).
Ten pounds alfalfa (good food).
Two to ten pounds degerminated
cornmeal and brewers grain Drew
er's grain is the exhausted refuse re-
sulting from the production of beer)
To this mixture was added from
one-half to one pint oilmeal or glu-
ten feed. Oilmeal is the residue of
the process employed in the produc-
ton of cotton seed oil. Gluten feed
is the residue of the process employed
in the production of glucose.
Many of these cattle foods, as re-
ferred to by Funk. correspond to the
polished rice, pearled barley, deger-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-21

reports that six persons were killed
there.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-21

and fit. For women who lack bright
eyes whose cheeks are pale, whose
steps are leaden, who feel depressed
and listless, blue and out of sorts
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-21

bodily functions, tone the stomach,
stimulate the liver, purify the blood, and
act kindly on the kidneys and bowels.
New strength, better spirits, clear
complexion and bright eyes soon follow
their use. No other remedy will so
surely relieve and benefit, and so quickly
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-21
DO YOU "EARN" OR MAKE"
YOUR IIVEIHHOOD?.

In the May Womans Home Com
panion Anne Bryan Mccall says:
1T is not arrogance that I see upon
the tired faces of men and women GO
ing home at night from the days
work; it is, rather, self-respect, u
gentle and quiet pride that lights up
even the very plain and very pale
faces. And if this quiet pride is not
there visible; if the faces are merely
jaded and dull and hopeless, chen
know that, however hard they may
work, those men and women are only
making, not earning, a living"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-21
WRITES WILL, BEQUEATHS
S2,O00,000, FAILS TO SIGN

Pittsburgh, April 21.-The appraise-
ment of the estate of Alexander
Dempster, a wealthy coal operator,
was filed in the register of wills office
yesterday showing his holdings to be
nearly s2,000,00O. While a will had
been written, it never had been sign
ed by Mr.. Dempster and letters of ad-
ministration had been taken out in
order to make a distribution of the
estate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-21

are the remedy they may take with the
utmost confidence. They have proved
their worth to thousands of women.
When you seek relief from headache,
backache, nervousness and low spirits,
Beecham's Pills will help you back to
buoyant health. They regulate the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-21
CHAPTER Is

CHAPTER 4S
The Erroneous Ideas of the Modern
Dietitian Concerning the Importance
of %CaIories" and Balanced Ra-
tions" Are Not Only at Work Un-
dermining the Health of Men,
Women and Children, but They Are
Also DisaStrOusly Affecting the Dairy
Industry, Which Reacts Upon the
Quality Of Milk and Meat That Now
Come to Market.
In New York City Armour & Co.
have had to discontinue the killing
of dairy cows because of the tre-
mendous losses sustained through the
excessive number of condemnations
resulting from a generalized tuber-
culosis. Even while on the killing
floor. awaiting slaughter, these cows
could be milked, showing that they
had been producing right up to the
day of slaughter.
In one certified dairy herd in New
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-10-19
(From the Harrisonburs Daily News.)
LIVES SAVED BY TELEPHONE.
One Man Drank Poison, and Another
Severed Four Arteries.

Within the last several days two lives
have been saved over the telephone.
Rev. !. w. Lentz, of Orders, a Breth-
rem minister, took poison by mistake tor
his medicine. No physician being here,
his family got instruction from a distant
physician. Antidotes were administered
and his life was saved.
William Mionich, in Pendleton county
tried to cut bullet from the breach of a
gun. The knife slipped and severed four
arteries in his wrist. He was in danger
of bleeding to death. DR.. Meyers, al
Oak Flat, six miles away, gave instruc-
tons over the phone. Another life was
saved. Mr.. Mionich is 76 years old.
SO daily are valuable lives preserved
and saved by the use of the Jefferson
County Telephone.
Is your wife's life valuable to you ?
Do you want to preserve your children's
lives2 Is your own life valuable teyour-
self or family2
Do you want to make paying invest
ment? Install Jefferson County Tele-
phone. 1t is a MONEY maker. Ask
Wall, who sits in his country home and
talks to Chicago. Install a Jefferson
County Telephone. Pay $500 per an
mum. Meet me at the end of the year
and say, "Getzendanner, fiat phone did
moi pay me, take il out, give me your
check for $780," / viii 60 if. mean
this, every word OF p zone, write or
wire. DELAYS are dangerous. Long
distance connections with the world.
He. GETZENDANNER,
General Manager.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-10-19
Hill Top House
Horper's cry, w. Va.

The above Hotel, with improved ser
vice in every department is open to the
public. Rooms with and without private
baths. Meals are noted, and the location
of this beautiful Hotel makes it one OF
the most attractive in this community.
Charges are reasonable. Special atten-
ton given in winter months to dance
parties, and we are prepared to furnish
everything. oo
RATES Single rooms, $500 to $l4 90
per week. Double rooms, $1,000 to $24.-
90 per week. With private bath, $1,000
per week. Day rate, 81, $3.50, So.