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Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14
WIDE TIRES ASSIST HAULING
Do Not Cut Deeply and Make Better
Tracks on Roads Which Are Trav-
eIed While Soil 10 Soft.

(By F. A. WRIT. Kansas Experiment Sta
tion.)
Wide-tired wagons pull more easily
than narrow tired ones 80 per cent of
the times when they are used. Pro-
fessor Writ has just completed ex-
periments with wide and with narrow
tired wagons.
Narrow tires pull harder than wide
tires because the narrow tire cuts
deeper into the top soil. The wide
tire does not cut so deep and makes a
better track on roads which are
travelled while the ground is soft. The
wide tire packs the surface into a firm
roadbed.
The tests show that in corn fields,
plowed fields, field lanes and on pas
ture and alfalfa land, the draft on the
wide tire is considerably less no mat
ter what the condition of the soil.
In places where the mud is deep and
rolls up on the wheels, in ruts made
by narrow wheels, or in a surface of
mud with a hard ground beneath, the
narrow tire will pull more easily. The
narrow wheel fits the rut, on the hard
bottom of which 1t runs, and it col
lects less mud than the wide tire.
Were only wide tires used, however.
this condition hardly could occur.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14
HOUSE FOR LAYING PULLETS
Old Hens Keep Young Ones In Con.
slant State Of Fear, Which VIII
Retard Egg Production.

The pullets that have begun to lay
or give promise of early laying should
be housed away from the old stock.
Pullets require more food than old
hens, and If the hens and pullets are
kept in the same house and fed to-
gether, either the old hens will eat
too much and thus get too fat to lay,
or the pullets will get insufficient food
to keep up egg production and main
tain bodily. growth at the same time.
If housed together, the old hens will
fight the pullets and keep them in a
constant state of fear which will
diminish or retard egg production
II the farmer has but one poultry
house, the young stock can be sepa
rated from the old by merely RUNNING
wire partition through the middle
If the house.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14

don't care how long they stay!
don't darf to, till ! see what happens
III 60 into my room now, and you call
me when they're gone, will your" He
waited on the threshold of the studio.
Flodie nodded assent. "All right"
And" he continued, "if anything
breaks. you give me the tip and I'll get
sardonically.
As soon as he had gone Flodle rose
and tiptoed to the half-open door. She
watched and listened, now, with far
more interest than she had displayed
before Hall. Inside, the voices rose
Mrs. Royalton's always sentimental
and reproachful, Carolyn's high and
merry, Rosamund's a surly contralto
note. Flodie's face changed from
hope to fear, from hatred to mirth.
She was so absorbed in the scene that
opened, and Mr. Smallish entered,
bearing newspaper.
He stared at her. then coughed
Flodie whirled round and faced him.
"Oh!" she stammered. How you
frightened me, Alfred"
Il beg your pardon, Miss Fisher.
But say, did you know what they got
in the paper about Mr.. Bonistelle?"
He displayed an afternoon euition.
Impatiently, Flodie snatched the
sheet from his hands. "Oh, dear!
What was it about?"
At this minute the three ladies en-
tered the room, all talking at once.
At sight of Flodie and Alfred they
grew silent.
why, 1t said how Mr.. Bonistelle
had Inherited"
ooh, never mind!' Flodie exclaimed
excitedly That's lie, anyway" She
tried to carry the paper to her desk,
glancing terrified at the ladies'.
What is it?" Carolyn demanded.
rs there something about Mr.. Boni-
stelle in the paper?"
Alfred bowed. Eyes, miss, he's come
into lot Of money, 1t seems"
Alfred" cried Flodie, you 60
downstairs and see if those ice-cream
freezers have come yet
"Yes'm!" Then he turned again to
Carolyn. 1T was on condition he"
Flodie in her excitement had
dropped the paper. Quick as hawk,
Carolyn picked it up. She scanned 1t
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14

swiftly Here it isl" she cried in
triumph: Eccentric Millionaire's
Queer Bequest-Nephew Will Get Four
Millions II Married in Haste-A Good
Chance for Some Nice Girl Well, ism t
that disgusting!"
Go on!"' cried Rosamund and Mrs.
Royalton angrily.
"'Hall Bonistelle, the well-known
photographer at No. 565 Fifth ave-
nue."
Goodness! 1t is Hall, isn't it?"
Mrs. Royalton exclaimed.
"Oh, for heavens sake. shut up!"
from Rosamund.
1885 Fifth avenue, will have to do
his wooing in hurry If he wishes to
capture the legacy left him by rich
and eccentric uncle, the late John
Beasley Bonistelle of Central Park
West. AS the residuary legatee, the
nephew is promised something over
four million dollars, on condition of
his being married on or before his
twenty-eighth birthday. As this oc.
ours tomorrow, Mr.. Bonistelle has a
scant forty-eight hours in which to
make good, and unless he has already
picked his BRIDE"
Let me see it," Rosamund whipped
the paper out of Carolyn's hand, and
devoured the notice with her own
eyes.
What did it say, by his twenty
eighth birthday" Mrs. Royaltop
asked In great anxiety.
GRO BE CoNTINUED)
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14

Daigs, Lesghians, -Kumyksh,
Tush, Ingush, Greeks and others of the
Occ1dent. Caucasia, indeed, may be
said to be place prominently de-
voted to language-all kinds and COM
plexions of speech being native there
in bewildering richness.
Between Black and Caspian Sea.
Caucasia is the broad, stocky 18TH
mus which, extending from the south
east corner of Europe to Asia, divides
the Black and Caspian seas. It's area
is about 100000 square miles, or more
than four times larger than the state
OF Ohio. 1t has good ports upon both
the Black and Caspian seas, Batum
on the one, and Baku on the other.
The famous Apsheron peninsula is one
OF the richest of the worlds oil fields,
and, In general the Caucasus is the
mineral treasury of all the Russias.
Inc grain, grazing and fruit lands of
this government are very bountiful
and could be turned into the richest
of garden and farming spots with n
niue modern care. Coal Is produced.
Among the ores now mostly developed
Tor commerce are copper, manganese,
mercury, sulphur, iron, cobalt and
salt.
Europe's barrier against southeast
ern Asia, the Caucasus range
stretches across the middle lands of
caucasia, dividing the government In
TO Ciscaucasia and Transcaucasia. In
the mountainous central region is to be
round some of the most beautiful
scenery In the world
Tue population of Caucasia Is most
~ agricultural in It's pursuits. It is
backward and for the most part, be
yohd an abundance of grains and
fruits, has no other desires. Natural
~, therefore, the industries of modern
life have only made negligible begin
nings.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14
CHAPTER TX.

He came In with smile, but, at
drst glimpse of his visitors, 1t faded
swiftly into look of terror. But Hall
WAS game; he pulled himself together
and smiled again. 1t was with fairly
oreditable expression of affability that
he exclaimed: well. this Is an unex-
pected pleasure!" He went from one
10 another offering his hand, then he
drew of his gloves and looked his
guests over anxiously The atmos-
phere was like that before a thunder
storm.
Then he drew breath Of sudden re-
lief Flodie was entering. Flodie was
smiling. Seeing that smile, he see ed
to come to himself, as IL after a 49,
turbing dream.
"ohi" said Flodis. ARE you back
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14

made precious presents to this temple,
until it's vaults are bursting with pent-
up treasure. The city has no indus
try, no COMMUNICATING that : is
apart from it's religious purpose. It
supports itself upon the money of the
pilgrims, lodges them, feeds them,
robs them, sells them prayer bricks
made from the graveyard clay, and
even marries them for the period of
their visit to perennial brides, brides
kept in stock, who legally have many
husbands in their lives.
A British Indian army officer told me
that the looting of the Nedjef mosque
was favorite dream of the soldiers
in the middle East, who looked forward
to the day when war may sweep an
army of invasion into Nedjef.
Something About Caucasia.
Concerning Caucasia, where the
Turks and the Russian are renewing
that long ago conflict that has existed
between the Turk and the Muscovite,
the National Geographic society is
sued the following statement:
Caucasia is a potpourri of races,
tongues and religions. Nowhere else
in the world can one find on similar
area so many types of peoples, so
many languages and dialects, so many
religions and sects thereof. The eau
casus mountains, for the most part,
stretch above fruitful land, and every
folk-stream which flowed their way
has left eddies within their closed,
world-isolated valleys.
The cosmopolitanism of New York
is provincial compared with the mag
nificent, regardless confusion of eau
casian peoples. There are some seven
ty dialects strange to the West spoken
within it's boundaries, while business,
touring, engineering and other tech
niques bring most of the other lam
guages in. In this modern Babel dwell
Georgians, Imeritians, Chevsurs,
Lazes, Mingrelians, Pshavs, Swanit-
tians, Abkhasians, Circassians, Kebar-
dams, Ossetes, Avars, Chechinzes,
Jews, Russians of several varieties,
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14
Liable lakes Boot In Yard.

s. S. Wiser of Reading, Pa, had
a unique experience with a willow
wood table which he placed in his
yard several weeks ago. From this
experience he is convinced that the
year 1915 will bring bumper crops.
Wiser discovered few days ago
that the table had sprouted and had
begun to bud and shoot. When he
tried. to remove the piece of furniture
he found that the four legs had taken
root in the soil and tho table Is now
4 part OF the vegetation OF the yard.
Should he now wish to remove the
table he will have to dig.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14

city's walls, where millions upon mil
lions of past Shias have turned the
sands to clay. This enormous grave
yard about the city is not the least
part of its weird fascination. The des-
ert trail to the sacred city is empty,
barren and dead. 1t is an unattrac-
tive trail whose silence is broken only
by fanatic pilgrims and by caravans
transporting corpses to the Shia Mec-
ca of the dead.
Nedjef is a great city. Not green
thing-a plant, shrub, or tree-lives
within its dry, hot limits. 1t is built
on high plain of soft sandstone. The
narrow, crooked streets, in many
places mere passages three or four feet
wide, wind like jungle paths. One of
the strange features of this strange
city is its cellars. In summer the
fierce heat drives the painting people
deep down into the earth, like rats. in
a hole. Beneath every house is a eel
lar, burrowed mine-like to amazing
depths; one l explored reached an as
toundingly low level, being more than
one hundred feet below the street.
Cellars as Refugees From Heat.
Into these damp, dark holes the
Shias flee when the scorching desert
air sizzles above and imported Ger
man thermometers stand at 100 de-
grees F. Some of the cellars are ar
ranged in a tier of cells or rooms,
one below the other; the upper room
is used In the first hot months, the
family going lower down as the heat
Increases. Many of these cellars are
connected by underground corridors,
and the criminals, who swarm in Ned
JEFF, easily elude capture by passing
through these tunnels from house to
house.
The mosque is covered with great
gold tiles which run to its very base
For ages the rich Of Shia faith have
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14
Control of Cabbage Worm.

Poison bran mash, such as is In
common use for cut worms, is SAID
to be effective in the control of the
cabbage worms. Hellebore is also ef-
fective, particularly when the cab
bage Is just about ready for market.
There is possibility that the tobacco
compound, commercially known as
"Biack Leaf 49," would control cab
5age worms.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14
SYNOPSIS.

Hall Bonistslle, artist-photographer, pre-
Dares for the days work in his studio
Flodie Fisher, his assistant, reminds him
Of party he Is to give in the studio that
night. Mr.. Doremus. attorney, calls and
Informs Hall that his Uncle Johns will
has left him A000,000 on condition that
he marry before his twenty eighth birth
day, which begins at midnight that night
Mrs Rena Royalton calls at the studio
Hall asks her to marry him. She agrees
to give him an answer at the party that
night. Miss Carolyn Dallys calls. Hall
proposes to her. She agrees to give him
an answer at the party. Rosamund Gale
art model, calls Hall tries to rush her
Into an immediate marriage. She, too.
defers her answer until the evening. Flo
die tries to show Hall a certain way out
Of the mixup, but he is obtuse. Jonas
Hassngbury. heir to the millionsrin case
Hall fails to marry on time. plots with
Flodie to block Halls marriage to any of
the three women before midnight Flode
arranges to have the three meet at the
studio as II by chance Carolyn, Rosa
mund and Mrs. Royalton come in and
much feminine fencing ensues, In which
Flodie uses her own foil adroitly
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14

JET, Mecca of the Shia MO
hammedans, born of and Tor reli-
gion, contains within its walls OF sun
dried brick a treasure rich beyond
fable, the Shia St. Peters, into which
a stream of gold and jewels has poured
for centuries, and over the looting OF
which many an empire-buildlng sol
der has sweetened his dreams while
sleeping on the battle fields of India
and elsewhere in Asia. NedJef has
become hostile land, and the wonder
full mosque of gold and precious stones
is exposed as possible objective OF
invaders. Frederick Simpich, one OF
the few white men of any race to have
made a visit to hidden Nedjef, has
transmitted an account of this strang-
est of cities to the National Geograph-
ic society. He writes:
It is five days by mule or camel
caravan from Bagdad to Nedjef, and
In the eventful centuries since the
Shias founded Middleton the spot
where a nephew of the Prophet Mo-
udmIuCu WAS Sldlu-lL 10 ColllhdICu
that over 25,000,000 Moslems have
made the pilgrimage to this myster1-
GUS desert city of golden domes, fabu-
lous treasures, and weird rites. Thou
sands of devotees from the Shia
hordes of India, Persia and South Rus
STA flock through Bagdad each year,
bringing with them their mummified
dead-salted and dried-for burial in
the holy ground about the mystic city.
All Seek Burial There.
Each member of the Shia sect must
make the pilgrimage to this hottest Of
his shrines, the city toward which
throughout life he bows in worship,
the unnatural city bound up in the
deserts spell, into which the treasures
of all his fellows in faith are flowing
for their spiritual welfare. Each men,
Der of the Shia sect expects to be
buried In the sacred earth without the
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14
Zero In Securities.

The corporation of foreign bond.
holders at London, recently recitins
defaulted public debts not yet settled,
gravely ir cludes the bonds of the Con-
federate States of America, of which
the principal is given In the report ct
$12, 100000 and accrued interest,"" ~
SAL, 905,71D.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14
CHAPTER vllI-ContInued,

Mrs. Royalton looked up through
big reary eyes. why" she said faint
ly, you see, well didn't give him a
definite answer, really. That is, not
exactly-I said"
"She said she'd tell him later!" the
two girls cried in unison, as II they
had rehearsed it. Tonight" Rosa
mund added, and Carolyn, Didn't you,
now, Rena?"
Mrs. Royalton nodded TREMENDOUSLY.
"How did you know?"
"Oh!" Carolyn shouted, "how did l
know! Oh, l know, all right" She
blew kiss to Rosamund "You
souldn't quite believe him, and 30 you
eouldn't decide. And you're to give
him your answer tonight when you
some to his unnatural old partyl IL
that right?"
well, he must have wanted me
most, anyway" said Rena, drying her
tears. He proposed to me flrst!"
Carolyn held up her hand Second
thoughts are always best! Meaning
mol"
He changed his mind, though"
kosamund protested. "He proposed to
me lasti"
Carolyn grinned at her "Why, he
might Just as well have counted US
cut. like playing tag to see who's I'll"
bhe pointed to each in turn, calling
out. "My = mother-told- me-to-
N 10
kosamund.
mo. thanks!" Rosamund resumed.
Il don't intend to be it," She dropped
her voice little, glancing at the door.
why, you ought to hear what Miss
Fisher has been telling me about the
business here Why, it seems Mr..
bonistelle's awfully hard up-barely
saying expenses-all sorts of unpaid
bills piling up, too. He may have to
move over to Sixth avenue, even!
Hasn't he got nerve, thought"
Mrs. Royalton rose like a Spartan,
determined, hard. Girls, know what
I'm going to do! | intend to tell him
Just what l think of him, and send
him packing"
"There!" Carolyn interposed. Nov.
you're talking, Rena! Let's get down
b business, and decide what to do.
We're all in the same fix and we must
hold together"
Eyes, we ought to take stand"
kena agreed.
"And Hall ought to take tumble!"
from Rosamund.
SEQ here, lets do this thing accord
Ing to Hoyle," said Carolyn, taking
The lead with all her humor. First
thing 10. are we one and all agreed to
reject him tonight?"
"Yes!" Mrs. Royalton and Rosamund
came In chorus.
well. them" said Carolyn, 81 prom.
ise. as we'll. Hope to die!" She crossed
herself. Now, this is serious thing
ladies'. No one of US can 60 back on
eur word. 1t must be one-two-three
and out for H. Bonistelle. Well
that's agreed. Now for the details
"Oh, ! simply can't wait to tell him.
exclaimed Mrs. Royalton. Il hate the
mani"
$50 do II" growled Rosamund. 81
think he ought to be horsewhipped!'
WELL" said Carolyn. 81 must say
agree with you both. l consider Hall
0onistelle Is perfectly conceived and
admirably rendered cad!"
At this moment the door swung
open and, humming a jolly tune, In
Al lei nv
trio of Obs! I'm soprano, mezzoso
prano and contralto as the ladies
caught sight of him
CHAPTER TX,
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14
Good Feeding Floor.

ter inch cracks between the boards
much loose corn will fall through
which hogs following the cattle will
make good use of.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14
KEEPING FEED OUT OF MUD
Ing Corn Fallen From Trough
Stock May Eat In Comfort.

Around every feed bunk there
should be some arrangement for pre-
serving the feed and keeping the cat
tie out of the mud. II the bottom of
the feed trough is made with one-quar.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14
Produce Everything.

The farm should be made to pro-
duce everything the family will need
for the table in both summer and win.
ter.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-01-14

? YSTIC, buried in the ex-
elusive sands of the desert,
almost unknown by the white
man, the Arab city of Ned
iaf Mocca of the Shia Mo-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-24
INCOME TAX
LAW IS HELD
CONSTITUTIONAL
BY SUPREME
COURT TODAY
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, Jan. "a. .-The su-
preme court today held the income
tax law to be constitutional. Chief
Justice White rendered the decision.
He swept aside all objections to its
constitutionality, in whole or part
The decision was unanimous. JUS
tice White rendered the decision in
the case of Frank r. Burshaber, a
stockholder in the Union Pacific
railroad company who was seeking
to enjoin the company from paying
the tax on the ground that it was
unconstitutional The opinion was
mainly directed to proving the error
of the contention that the income
tax amendment provided for hith'
erto unknown taxation power. The
point that the tax was uncOnstitu-
tional because labor, agricultural
and horticultural organizations were
exempted, was held to be answered
by decisions under the corporations
tax law.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-24
PAY TRIBUTE TO MEMORY
OF CHOKICHI KIKKAWA

Toxic, Jan. "a Hosts of Ameri-
can friends as well as Japanese are
paying tribute to the memory of Ba-
ron Cnokichi Kikkawa who died here
Dec. 2S. Baron Kikkawa, who was
a graduate of Harvard University,
did much to create a broader mutual
understanding between Japan and
the United States. He was one of the
founders of the Harvard Club of ia
pan and one of the organizers of the
movement to send Japanese profess
ors to Harvard to give a course of
lectures on Japanese life and philos-
ophy.
Baron kikkawa is descendant of
feudal lord of Choshu, prominent
in the days of Hideyoshi, the ma
poleon of Japan. He was one of the
most noted members of the house of
Peers" "and was an authority on fl
| nance. For some years he was at
, tached to the foreign office and at
J one time served as secretary of the
Iembassy at Berlin. The Harvard
Club is sending delegation to his
funeral.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-24
THEN THE M0NEYBUGS
WERE SCARED

According to an editorial in the
New York World, Schuyler ColfoX
once told Chauncey NJ. Depew that
he was present at an interview be-
tween President Lincoln and repre-
sentatives of certain great financial
interests of New York city, after
Confederate ironclad Merrimac was
supposed 90 have escaped from
Hampton Roads and to be on her
way north.
This, of course, was before Erick-
sons Monitor appeared on the
scene and played havoc with the
Mcrrimac.
One man said he was worth s10,-
O0O, 900, another was spokesman for
s5O,00O,0OO, and so on, and all OF
! them vehemently explained to the
Pre- sident that they paid their taxes
subscribed 10 the governments loans
and had a right to be protected.
After listening patiently to the
delegation, Mr. Lincoln said: We'll
gentlemen, the government has nc
vessel as yet, that | know of, that
can sink the Merrimac. and our re
sources both of men and of money
are strained to the utmost. But ii
had as much money as you say you
have got, and was as 'skeered' as
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-24
GEORGIA BOY CLIMBS HIGH
IN A. P. SERVICE

Atlanta, Jan. 24-Robert T. Small,
for the last four years superintend
ent of the southern division of the
Associated Prsse, was in Atlanta
Saturday telling goodbye to his many
friends on the eve of departing for
London as general war correspond
ent Of the great news gathering or
ganization which he represents. Mr..
Small is an Atlanta boy. a son of
Sam T. Small, and has made brill
liant success in newspaper work.
Joining the Associated Press in 1914,
he has worked up steadily to the
highest position in the organization
with the exception of general man
aged. which place is held by Mel
vile L. Stone. Mr.. Small will make
his headquarters in London. will
travel whenever a story develops in
the allied nations and will report
directly to NIr. Stone in New York.
He expects to stay in Europe until
the war is over and for a consider
able time thereafter
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-24
IMPROVING RAILROAD
w. ' COURTESY

Relative to its passenger service
the Norfolk and Western has issued
the following bulletin to trainmen:
"In event of any delay to trains
or interruption of traffic which may
no important enough to affect the
comfort and convenience of passeng-
ors conductors will make every pos
sible effort to find out the cause OF
tho DELAY and its probable duration.
and will furthermore see that a
suitable announcement is made TO
tho nassenrers and others Interested.
Conductors and trainmen are IN
sfructed 10 freely and courteously in
form them upon this subject and give
any and all information which may
be necessary for passengers to make
suitable arrangements.
"The division office will get IN
torcb with the situation and Will
aid the efforts of conductors by CIV
ing proper information, which shall
IN turn be given to passengers. sta
tiop agents will endeayor to find out
why trains are late and see that
n.ssangers waiting at the station are
nropcrly informed.