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Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23

4 poor milker never gets the best results from a COW. A nervous ani- nal resents the bungling touch Of a rough or inexperienced hand.
 Why not encourage the little pc culiarities of the wellbred dairy COW. She is simply big milk machine and if her whims will produce more milk let her have them. {.
 If we were going to select a bull We would select the one with the worst temper. all other things being equal. Because temper and vigor show male characteristics which should not be ignored.
 A gentle sleepy bull that can be managed without a nose-ring does not as a rule produce the best calves.
 If is downright cruelty to keep a bull in a small inclosure in the sum- mer. a victim to heat and fiies-but many men who claim to be good dairymen, do this very thing
 How could We expect a COW to keep fin good health. and give pure milk when she is confined in foul and ill- ventilated quarters. winter or summer.
 A pair of horse-clippers can be bought for sI5o and the use of these once a month on the cows Hanks and udder will make it an easy matter to keep them clean
 How many cows on the average farm give milk containing more than twenty per cent of butterfat? Per hans not more than one out of every 100:
 The separator should never be al lowed ip the barn or near it.
 A half dozen window sash, glazed. will make a dust-proof box in which the ja,ry vessels can be stunned and kept absolutely clean.
 Any enterprising farmer living near q sovu of 5000 or more can sell every pound of his butter at full retail sr,ces or little above. the year round.
 ror several years we have bought
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23
PAY ATTENTION TO
 THE HORSES TEETH
Poor Economy to Feed Animal All He Can Eat if He Cannot
 Masticate His Food.
(By II S. EAKINS. Colorado Agricul-
 tural College, Fort Collins, Colo)

(By IT S. EAKINS. Colorado Agricul-
 tural College, Fort Collins, Colo)
 There are many different kinds of collie in the horse and impaction collie is one of the most fatal Impaction collie is caused by improperly nasti- cated food resulting from bad teeth. A horse s said to be as old as his teeth.
 The period of usefulness of horse and in many cases of his life-may be prolonged several years by proper attention to his teeth. The food that horse eats is rot cooked for him and his grinders must be in almost perfect condition, otherwise he be- comes hard keeper. The teeth should be given attention as often as once a year. It is poor economy to feed horse all he will eat and still have him in poor condition and ca pable of giving only a mediocre serv- ice in return.
 Be merciful to your horse by not neglecting his teeth. He is doing the best he can for you.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23

Hogs are comparatively scarce de spite what the department of agricul- ture has to say of their increase in 1914, as compared with 1913. They may have increased, but the popula- tion is increasing faster. They are not as high in price as We think they should be. and we think our reasopS are good We still believe that the middiemsn is exploiting bOii: ,ne pro ducer and the consur,cG, says an Iowa writer in F'e---.II frogress.
 After all. however. the hog is the big moneymaker in a vast number of communities. We are taking a lower price than we should, but We ought to figure out some ways and means to increase our profits by bettering our breeding. our care and our feeding of the hogs. If we can pull down the cost of producing hundred pounds of pork. we will be increasing our profits by just that much. am abso- lutely certain that nothing short or a genuine catastrophe is gong to be able to keep the price of pork down where it is for another year.
 Have you considered how rapidly the worlds whole supply of reserve foodstufs is ROW being eaten, de stroyed and wasted? Possibly the war lords did have a great many mil. lion prepared rations put away when the war began. A million men will eat 3,000,000 rations daily. to say noth. ing of the waste. How can the prices of all foodstuffs. meats in particular, and pork along with them. be kept down much longer? It is simply an impossibility.
 The man who makes good breeding the very foundation of his hog grow ing will make more money than the man who does .aot. We are all trying to grow quickly, developing animals that will give up quicker returns and therefore better profits. Just what characteristics do we want in a hos
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23
SKIM MILK FAVORED
 FOR THE DAIRY CALF
Skill .ind Patience Required in Raising Heifers to Perpetu-
 ate the Dairy Herd.

In order to perpetuate the dairy herd # is necessary to raise the heifer calves. This appears at first to be a very simple matter, but herdsmen have found that it demands both skill and patience.
 Vigor and thrift are needed in the young animal, because upon it is to be placed the responsibility of producing a large and economical flow of milk, and of contributing to the reproduc- tion of the herd.
 It is entirely out of the question to raise the dairy calf on whole milk alone, because Of the cost. There are other good ways in which the same result can be gained. Various substi- tutes for milk have met with more or less success, but it is difficult to dis pense with natures own food.
 Skim milk for calves has many ad- vantages True, there are some dis advantages. but these can be elimin- ated ty careful feeding. A herdsman must know Lis calves
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23
"CASCARETS' ACT
 0N LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, blIiousness, bad taste or constipation
 by morning.
Different From Her Ma.
Get a 10-cent box.

Are you keeping your bowels. liver, and stomach clean, pure and fresh with Cascarets, or merely forcing a passageway every few days with Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or Purgative Waters?
 Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg. ulate the stomach, remove the sour and fermentipg food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system all the constipated waste matter and poisons in the bowels.
 A Cascaret tonight will make you feel great by morning. They work while you sleep-never gripes sicken or cause any inconvenience, and cost only 10 cents a box from your store. Millions of men and women take . Cascaret now and then and never have Headache, Biliousness, Coated Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or Constipation. Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23
Sorry He Spoke.

A senior of one of our large manu- featuring concerns came through the store and noticed a boy sitting on a counter swinging his legs and whis- ting merrily. The senior eyed him severely, as he confronted him, and inquired: "Is that all you have to do?"
 "Yes, sir"
 Very well; report to the cashier and tell him to pay you of. We don't need boys like you around here"
 But, sir," said the astonished boy, 'T don't work for you. I have just bought some goods and am waiting for the bill"-Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23
COMFORTABLE SOWS
 ALWAYS PROFITABLE
Good Shelter, Preferably in Cot, liberaIIy Supplied With
 Straw, Is Favored.

The brood SOW should have com fortabie shelter in winter. Good shei- ter, preferably in a cot well supplied with straw. will contribute to her we'll being, and in that lies strength for her offspring.
 The shelter should be placed con siderable distance from her feeding place, in order that she may be com pelled to take exercise.
 Her feed should consist of bulky foods, such as milk, roots and clover hay, and enough grain to keep her in good condition without causing her to put Cl ts;.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23
FOREIGN

The Prussian Parliament met on Jan. 13.
 The 1916 session of Parliament opened in Paris.
 The Duke Of Counaught governor general of Canada. is suffering from grip.
 Seventy persons were killed and fifty seriously injured by the eNplc- sion of an ammunition depot in Lille.
 Opposition to the British conscrip- to pass without more than nominal opposition.
 Unconfirmed advices from Swiss sources reported that the German crown prince has been recalled 10 Berlin, probably tc assume the regency on account of the Kaisers illness.
 The British have seized lS5 bags of parcel post bound from New York to Norway, almost at the moment the American ambassador to London an nounced that he had filed a protest in London
 The Miners Federation. the strong est labor union in the United King dem, will vote on resolution declar- ing in favor of a national strike against conscription. it was an nounced in London.
 The Swiss mails have transmitted to prisoners of war during the period from Aug. l9 to Dec. l5, 1915. l3,00O., GOO parcels. 7U.0O00OD letters and cards and 2,000,0O0 money orders for total of 50,Ooo,000 francs.
 According to an official estimate. the value of p-cprrIy in Germany owned bv subjects of Great Britain is approximately GT2 1000 O0o. The value of German property in Great Britain was given as GlOj,10O 900.
 \ meeting of the Friends Meeting House Headquarters in Great Brit ain, called to discuss problems of the settlement of the war" broke up after an hour of pandemonium, with the singing Of the national anthem anu tAAtt NA'SiS lOi GuuSCIipliOu.
 A report was current in Chihuahua that ten, possibly fifteen, Americans and two English women had been killed by Villa troops in Chihuahua. according to Americans who arrived at Fl PasO with the bodies of the sixteen Americans who were killed on the 10th
 Alter years of experiment. Director klingenberg Of the General Electric Company. has announced the perfec- | tion of an electric magnetic hand, with which il is possible to grasp even the heaviest metal objec. and work with them atyantageously with human hands.
 Berlin authorities announce that. although there is grain on hand in sufficient quantities. prudence die. tates that Berlin shall go back to the early 1915 basis, which means that the bulk Of the population will be re- stricted again to 200 grams of bread daily instead Of 225, and that corn and other foOdstuffs will be put under control
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23
Feedino the Colt.

Colts should be fed so as 10 be kept in good flesh. but under conditions which will admit of plenty of eXer- else at all times. Care should be taken not to lose the milk fat This loss will be felt in the first years de- velopment. and can never be reeaineA.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23
SPORTING NEWS

Frankie Murphy of Denver and Grover Hayes of Philadelphia fought fifteen rounds 10 draw before the
 National Athletic Club in Denver. Jess Willard, worlds heavyweight champion. and Frank Moran were Of fered purse of si5,c0o for a ten. round. nodecision bout in New York on Friday, March 3. Clarence Griffin and Ward Dawson, California tennis stars. won the doubles championship Of the Far East, defeating Mikami and Kamague, the Japanese champions, at Manila.
 Several Western golf clubs applied for membership in the Western Golf Association, Secretary George F. Henneberry announced. Among them were the Albuquerque Country Club Of New Mexico.
 Suits were filed in the District Court in Denver simultaneously. by John F. Coffey, former manager of the Denver baseball team, and his wife, Mrs. Lorean V. Coffey, against James C. McGill, owner of the Denver base ball team and part owner of the In- dianapois baseball team, in which each plaintiff seeks to recover from McGill s20.000 damages for an alleged attack upon Mrs. Coffey by McGnl.
 GENERAL
 Ada Reiian, the actress, died in
 New York hospital after an operation
 for arterial affection.
 James M. Hopper, California novel
 ist, who is in Paris as a magazine cor
 respondent, has been ordered 10 re-
 port for duty in the French army on
 the theory that he is citizen of | France.
 W. D. Cooper, a druggist, engaged
 in revolver duel from his window
 with two bandits surprised in the act of robbing the postoffice at Algonquin, Ill. The bandits escaped in an auto
 mobile without any loot.
 A world ship combine is being
 formed by Charles W. Morse, ex-
 banker and Wall street speculator, | who was pardoned from the Atlanta penitentiary by President Taft in 1912, | according to reports in New York. Col. Joseph Haddox Dorst, United States army, retired, who took a prominent part in the campaigns | against the Indians in the 's0s and sos and married Esther J. Archer of Denver. is dead in Warrenton, Va, Y Il
 The American Smelling X Refining Company representatives at Fl Paso, Tex, received telegram from Chi huahua City stating that trainload
 of employees which left the capital for Cusihuiriachic, western Chihuahua, had been held up by Villa bandits and all the Americanf killed.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23

Short (who is but five talD- Do you believe that brevity is the soul of wit?
 Miss Long--Well. not in your casa
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23
THE WORLD IN
 PARAGRAPHS 4 BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR ElGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
OoiNGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT MARK THE PROGRESS
 OF THE ACE.
ABOUT THE WAR

Italian steamer sunk by mine and 900 Montenegrin recruits drowned.
 French troops have taken posses sion of Corfu, Greek island posses, sion.
 Leyland liner Huronian torpcdoed bv submarine near spot where Lusi, tania sank
 Two Italian steamers were sunk by mines. The loss of life was great. ac, 1ording 10 reports.
 Austria and Montenegro agree to Brnisti"e and ahSnrntiou nf latter hv former is now conceded
 The British steamer Clan MacFar. land of i.S23 tons has been sunk in the Mediterranean
 Russian troops control the impor- tant strategic heights about CZernO- witz, BukOwina Heavy snowstorms hinder operations.
 By an overwhelming majority the conscription bill was approved when the British commons refused 10 pass a bill killing the conscript measure.
 Attack Of central powers on Sal. oniki develops on large scale. Ger. mans, Austrians. Bulgars and Turks 10 take part in advance
 Japan is now supplying Russia with arms and ammunition. Berlin reports say that arms and supplies recently taken from the Russians were all ot Japanese manufacture.
 Gen Benjamin Argumedo. in com. mand Of 5000 Oaxaca troops. is re, ported to have been victorious in a battle at Escalon with $500 de facto government troops from Chihuahua
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23

-Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the original little liver pills put up Q years ago They regulate liver and bowels.-Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23
WASHINGTON

Representative Hayden of Arizona spoke against the pending mineral lands bill
 Administration bill to provide for Gi0acre homesteads favorably re ported by public lands committee.
 Flagship of the Atlantic and the Pa cific fleets were in radio communica- ton across about 2,500 miles Of in teryening land.
 Secretary Lansing telegraphed Ger Carranza calling for the prompt pun- isbment Of the bandits who executed sixteen Americans near Chihuahua on the 10th. Through Eliseo Arredondo. the newly-appointed Mexican ambass- ador. it was arranged to bring the bodies from Chihuahua to Juarez on a special train.
 Senator Clarke introduced a reso- lution to withdraw the sovereignty of the United States from the Philip pines and recognize an independent government
 Secretary McAdoo. in response to Senator Cores request, estimated that sI3o.o0o,o0o in revenue could be gained from taxes on tea, sugar and automobiles.
 President Wilson possibly may put the question of national defense up to the country in a series of speeches as one means of getting the neces- sary legislation through Congress.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-23
WESTERN

TyPhus fever has become epidemic i;i JuaTez.
 More than fifty Americans have been killed in Mexico since the Unit ed States troops occupied Vera Graz in April. 1914.
 Carl E. Day of Chicago is suing for divorce because his wife wears clothes which he says are unbecom- ing and out of style.
 The funeral of the Right Rev. Rich ard Scannell, bishop of the Cathollc diocese of Omaha, was held at St. Johns collegiate church in Omaha.
 Three persons were killed and twenty injured many of them seri- ously. when freight train on the Big Four railroad struck a street car at Springfield, Ohio.
 Governor Ferguson of Texas yigor- ously defended President Wilson s policy regarding Mexico and de- clared the United States is wholly un- prepared for armed intervention.
 Fred Croxton. state mediator, an nounced at Youngstown, Ohio. that the strike of tube workers at the plant of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company had been declared off
 The trial Of Arthur Hauser, Cobra do fugitive charged with the murder of W. R. Smith. national cashier of the Woodman of the World, came to an unexpected end in Omaha when it was discovered that Hauser is sui fering from both scarlet fever and tonsillitis.
 Senator John F. Shafroth intro duced into the U. s. Senate a bill which proposes to establish a United States military academy at Fort Lo- gan. For the purposes of converting Fort Logan into the West Point of the West it is provided in the bill in troduced that s1O.0O0,000 shall be set aside h- copprSss for this uYfrpoee
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-03-31
CHAPTER XIV.
We Drive Them.

We Drive Them
It was silent enough wlthin-not q
movement. not q sound. Outside there
was scarcely any more noise audible
the occasional paving OF a horse, a
distant thud Of feet where some infan-
trymen were being hurried into posi-
ton, and now and then an indistinct
voice. The caution shown. the force
displayed about the church, surprised
me. Surely no such effort would be
made merely because of a vague sus-
picion that man and girl might be
hidden within. The leaders all knew
that was not likely to surrender with.
out fight, and that was armed, yet
this could hardly account for such
preparation.
Could II be they really had a faint
glimmer of the truth-that they real
lied the possibility of a Confederate
raiding party In the neighborhood
They had shot Harwood's picket, and
knew him to be 4 southern cavalry
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-03-31
fruit LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
@CaIifornia Syrup Of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup Of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and 1t thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish. or
breath is bad, stomach sour. look at
the tongue, motherl II coated, give a
teaspoonful Of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in Q few hours all the
foul. constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out Of the bow
els, and you have q well, playful child
again. When It's little system is full
of cold, throat sore. has stomach-ache
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem
Der, good inside cleaning" should
always be the FIRST treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep "Californis
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know 9
teaspoonful today saves sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for 9 80
cent bottle OF California Syrup o.
Figs" which has directions for babies
children OF all ages and grown-upt
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-03-31
qlepFD MIST
A IALE OF CIVIL S1RITL Y.
@oRANDALL PARRISH II
ILLUSTRATIONS slI.:,I1E 6rcDRHoDES
Ac/1ecZL1ec sea

man from the uniform he wore. This
might account for the display OF force
with which they invested the church
before demanding admission No doubt
the heavy log walls looked formidable
and mysterious in the moonlight. But,
IL they really suspected q garrison
within, why should their line be thus
extended. within easy musket shot OF
the windows? The conclusion / arrived
at was that Fox made this open display
of force in the hope of avoiding blood
shed. He desired to capture instead
OF kill, and wished above all else to
protect Noreen from danger. II we
were alone within the church, escape
was clearly impossible, and the prob
ability strong that no resistance would
be attempted.
The silence, the long wait, got upon
my nerves. could see little, and the
few sounds reaching my ears con-
veyed no information of value. What
were those fellows doing? What could
cause their delay? The soldier behind
me was humming softly; foot
scraped on the floor to the right; |
caught the soft swish of Noreen's
skirt as she changed position; the
moonbeams glimmered on lifted rife
barrel. there was all about a sup
pressed sound OF breathing. Good
Lord! would they never move! What
could they possibly be doing out there
A half dozen blows rang sharp on
the wood of the outer door. Not 6
sound answered from within, although
could feel the men straighten up anC
sense the sharp intake OF breath
, Again the blows crashed, as If strucl
by the butt OF a musket.
"Open up in therel" roared voice
f., SO muffied as to have no familiar
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-03-31
HE'S PossUM OF SNAKE TRIBE
Spreading Adder Seeks TO TerrIfy, but
Really Is Nothing More Than q
Big Bluff.

He's q sly creature. this snake When
he's discovered and.trapped he'u make
such 9 hullabaloo about II, with his
kissing and contortions, that If you're
not wise to the fact that he's only
blufing you're sure to be frightened
says the Philadelphia North Ameri--
can. II you're acquainted with him.
however, and refuse to run, he'll give
one final twist and roll over on his
back, just as though he had made up
his mind to die and save you the trouT
BILE of killing him. But don't be fooled.
He's only playing possum. He's the
spreading adder.
His tricks have resulted In all sorts
OF wild stories about him Many peo-
pie believe he's poisonous, because.
he spreads his head out nat and Kisses
when he's disturbed. AS matter OF
fact he couldn't hurt you II you
picked him up by the head. He's only
bluf1ng when he Kisses.
Then there's another story about the,
spreading adder to the effect that he
will bite himself and fall over dead.
This belief comes from his habit OF
playing possum when he sees he's cor
nered and can't escape.
The spreading adder is about thirty
inches long, 3 reddish-brown and
blotched and spotted. He lives In dry
woods and on sandy hillsides, and cato
toads and insects. He's also called
the blowing viper or the hog-nosed adj
der,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-03-31
WAGE FIGHT AGAINST FLOOD
Concerted Action Necessary When
tina LeVess Break or Damage ls
Liable 70 He Enormous.

The levee officials order millions of
sacks which are distributed at con-
Venient river points. working parties
are organized. boats chartered. ami
guards stationed to patrol the Ievees
day and night. AS the river begins
to cover the land and press against
the levees. every weakness Ii At once
strengthened with sand bags, or the
building Of cribs to receive the IN
coming water, and by raising IL 90
the same height a. the iOod outside.
prevent the further action OF a cut
ting current Of water. Somstimea
hundreds OF men are engaged III add
Ing to the width and height Of a
levee, using road machines and
graders as well ss sand bags. When
q break occurs. all the people living
in the district likely to be inundated
must be warned. live stock driven q
sites safe from flood. and rafts pro
vIded By those Who have no boats. and
eannoe Get away In time % avoid In