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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14
ACRE IS FARMING UNIT
MORE INTENSIVE METHODS MEAN
LOWER COST AND GREATER
PROFIT.

The acre is the unit in farming
Greater yields per acre mean greater
prosperity per farm. It requires but a
very few extra bushels per acre to pay
for extra labor and money spent in
preparing the seed bed, using more
intensive methods of cultivation and
feeding the crop more generously. II
properly managed the increased pro
duction will leave q liberal margin
over increased cost.
Earlier maturity is another impor.
tant factor In profitable farming.
Gardeners and truck farmers who are
able to get their products on the mar
ket early get higher prices than the
farmers whose products reach the
markets when the supply is greater
than the demand.
BY using the best seed of varieties
that are adapted to the climate, plant
ing early and cultivating well, the
plants are given the early start that
means quick maturity and high quail
ity. Markets are demanding quality
crops a. never before. In general,
overhead expenses on the farm are the
same. whether good seed or bad is
used. whether the plants receive good
or Indifferent attention, whether plant
food Is supplied or the matter neg
lected. The farm may be compared to
a factory. and the farmer to the manu-
facturer who must consider cost of
production, quality and quantity Of
products, If he is to pfof1tably carry
on his business.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14
WATER WHEELS OF SYRIA
Move on Simple Principle But Do the
Work Required Of Them Most
EffectuaIIy.

Hama, in northern Syria, referred
to in the Old Testament as Klamath
the Great. is justly famous for its
huge water wheels. The city lies some
ITO miles northeast of Damascus on
the River Orontes. and upon it's banks
are four large water wheels used for
drawing water for irrigating purposes
and also for supplying the town.
These wheels are driven by the flow
Of the river on what is known as the
understood principle; that is to say,
the wheel is moved by water passing
beneath it.
The largest has q diameter of Is
feet. Upon it's outer rim is series
of buckets which raise the water and
deposit it in the aqueduct at the top.
Like its companions the wheel is built
of mahogany, with an axle Of iron.
The creaking of the wheels is inces.
SAINT day and night, year in and year
out, for they never stop.
It is interesting to note that wheels
built on this same principle are in
actual use in this country, in one OF
the fertile valleys Of California.-Pop-
ular Science Monthly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14
ANCIENT TEMPLE GAVE NAME
Ammonia Was First Manufactured In
the Vicinity Of the Oasis Of
Jupiter Ammon.

The Libyan oasis OF Siwah is identi
cal with the ancient oasis of Jupiter
Ammon, where, near the famous tenn
pie or oracle. the vehement odor" OF
Pliny was first manufactured by q
process too inelegant for description
here.
Ammon, at first a pet deity of the
Pharaoh family circle, ultimately
eclipsed all the ether deities of Egypt.
Libya and Ethiopia, becoming king
Of the GODS" and his oracle in the
present oasis Of Siwah achieved such
celebrity that Alexander the Great
considered 1t necessary to journey
thither after the LATHE of Issus in or
der to be acknowledged the son OF
God Ammon." The oracle fell into
cisrepute under tn. Romans. and Pau
eanias reported 1t dumb A. D. 100. The
ruins Of the temple are to be seen to-
day two miles east Of the town Of
eiwah. The sspussi long dominated
- eoo1A
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14
To areak Larue Bottles.

The method Of breaking small bot
ties without splintering the glass by
burning an oil-soaked string tied
about them, II well known. but this
method does not work well with large
bottles. Following il q method by
which any sized glass vessel can be
Sroken-as. for example, glass tub
TO be made tut Of carboy:
Fill the vessel with cold water up
to the point at which 1t Is to be
broken. Pour enough boiling oil over
the water te make q good coat on the
surface, and, before the oil has time
to cool, dash cold water on the outside
Of the vessel. A clean break at the
contact point Of Oil and water will be
the result.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14

New Jersey Farmer Has Been
Growing Crop Since 1895
With Great Success.

Alfalfa is the greatest stun IN the
world" says John p. Nelson, OF near
Allentown, N. J.. who has been grow.
ing alfalfa since 1895. and who now
has los acres Of the finest In New
Jersey" 1t took Mr. Nelson ak years
to get good stand and to learn how
to grow the crop. but since 1901 he has
had NO failures with it. He says:
Alfalfa fails only when you don't
treat It right"
"The advantages Of alfalfa are that
when you get stand Of 1t, you don't
have to rsseed every year. How often
do not know. a. have some that
has been moved three times each year
for six years and It Is getting better
right along 1t makes the best KIND
Of hay for all kinds Of stock. Some OF
ny horses eat it before they do their
grain" declares Mr.. Nelson. Cows
viii give more milk when fed on
alfalfa hay than they will on fodder
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14
EXPERIMENT STATIONS ACTIVE
Bring About More Intensive Methods
And Greater Yields Per Acre.

ITO contribute in every way to the
evolution Of extensive methods into
intensive methods OF farming, is the
task Of the experiment station" says
Or. Jacob C. Lipman, Director of the
New Jersey Experiment Station, in his
annual report. The New Jersey Elk.
pertinent Station, as we'll as other ex.
pertinent stations throughout the East,
has been engaged in helping to find
methods for developing economically
The unimproved lands Of the state,
which make up domain of vast DOS.
sibilities.
The county agents in New Jersey
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia are
working out the same problems as the
experiment stations, agricultural col.
leges and other agencies in the inter
ests of better farming methods. 1t is
estimated that In New Jersey alone.
there is room for 10000 more farm.
ers. With better methods come better
Yields per acre, greater prosperity and
,ligher values for farm lands. More
attention to soil fertility, and the use
Of manures and fertilizers to make the
lands more productive, is fundamental
in working out greater farming pres
oerity.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14
Arrows $50 BUSHELS
CORN ON TEN ACRES
9. c. 0ooeIn, OF Campbell County, Va,
Usss Old Alfalfa Sod With
Unusual Results.

Nine hundred and ninety bushels OF
shelled corn from ten-acre field,-an
average Of 90 bushels per acre-is the
record crop grown by s. c. Goggin, IN
Campbell County. Virginia. last year.
The land upon which the corn was
grown was an old alfalfa sod which
for several years had been either
mown or grazed to hogs. The corn
was planted May s and Z. in rows
three and one-half feet apart ana the
average distance Of the corn In the
rows was IL inches. The corn was
gone over twice with the weeder be-
fore It came up and given three shall
low civilizations. Just before the last
cultivation COW peas were planted,
which were disked down to SOW wheat
Three hundred pounds OF fertilizer
was spread broadcast and narrowed
in before the corn was planted. w. E..
Macdonald, farm demonstrator OF Or
ange County. in commenting upon this
crop points out that alfalfa is valuable
not only q . forage crop but also as a
soil builder, as shown by Mr.. Goggin's
results with corn following alfalfa.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14
A M;.t.k. Somewhere,

helpful friend recently requested
Ms to write funny piece about game
~e used to play in boyhood's glad
days called hiding in the barn" He
alleged that part Of the gang hid and
the rest searched for them. and when
they were found all hands jumped and
yelled most gleefully. This. he tried
to remind US. was very. very funny.
Either our memory is failing or We
have lost our sense of frnmor, for a.
we recollect it our father did the hid
ing and we jumped and yelled. And
It does not seem amusing to US even
yet.-Kansas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14

a EAgland, a. well - In this coun,
Try. manufacturers are taking lively
interest In Industrial education. A
scholarship and an exhibition have
been founded 1t the University Of
Leeds for the purpose Of giving the
holders training such a. will enable
them to assist in the development Of
the industry. A sum of about So, 500
has been placed in trust for the pur.
pose by two Whitehaven manufac-
turers engaged in the leather and coal
industries. and this will provide .
scholarship Of the annual value Of
$3.50.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14
1u.k., N.m.s For e.ses..


The Turks have definite names f0
the Greeks who inhabit Ottoman terri
tory and for those who are their ows
masters. The latter are Ynnan anc
their country Yunanistan-names de
rived from "Ionia"-while the Greeks
and Turks are Rum. By origin this n
simply Romans" and IL an inherit,
ance from the Byzantine days. when
the Inhabitants Of Constantinople, the
new Rome. were called Romaioi. while
the provincials were known a. Helaa
dikoi Rum" was the conqueHng
Turks name for the Byzantine empire
It survives in ROumelia, while the
popular Greek language Of the presen,
day Is still known as Romaic. But
every Greek. in Greece or in Turkey.
calls himself a Hellene.-LOndon Spec
tatOf
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14
Two Coyotes.

I'VE watched two coyotes in capttv-
ity the other day. said man interest
ed In humane work. They were Of
the same age. Of the same parentage
On both sides. They have been nearly
a year confined in the cage. One Of
them. the male, is as restless a crea-
ture as one might ever see. almost new.
er quiet. hurrying back and forth witt
rapid steps from one end OF the cage
to the other. apparently never FREE
from fear, the eye restless and wild
The other, the female, Is as gentle q
a dog, likes to lean against the bar
and be petted, Is without fear, rest
full, and one might imagine, a content
ed animal. Here Is the old question
of heredity. Families Of humans pfs
sent the same problem. Fra
Press,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14

Making an adding machine requires
the drilling of ten holes in a steel
plate a thirty-second Of n inch thick.
each hole to be accurate to a thou
sandth of an inch. yet no bigger than
a pin in diameter. Such problem
stopped the manufacture of the ma
chine on a commercial basis until the
inventor Of the calculator could invent
a means Of solving it
The machine devised stands but
twelve inches high. The drill which
was built carries ten spindles, each
holding a drill of No. 6 Morse gauge
which Is about the size Of pa
Of ordinary use. Each little silver OF
steei that does the work is driven by
belt operating through a cam head
and therefore works at the same speed
as that of its re ghbors.
The actual drilling requires ten sec
onds.-Illustrated World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14

4 III ~ ~ eeelA
After ID kaft learned that -
earth Is spinnia6: through space Ike =
Ereat top apA S1ht We are all living on
lhe -outit1a Of this top you probably
wonder where we would all 20 Y
W fell of. The earth itself has enough
power of attraction to keep everything
on its surface from falling OF.
Now. just imagine that this power OF
attraction stopped altogether. II that
happened and you were indoors your
head would hit the ceiling. If you
were out Of doors you would &c
straight up into the sky for a long
time. and gradually you would begin
to move slower and slower and slowet
for the resistance Of the air would re-
tard you. At last you would come t.
4 stop. and there you would stay. And
very coll you would find it.
II the air did not resist. with the
least little jump you would go sailing
of into space. That IS the only way
you could fall OF the earth, when the
earth's attraction stopped and when
the air did not resist.-Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14

Do you know how tapioca grovs--
tapioca which makes such fine pud
siings? The tapioca and arrowroot
plants are the same and the roots
without other preparation than boiling
or roasting, like potatoes. make IN
excellent vegetable. The strange
looking fruit Of the laguana tree won.
never b suspected to contain the-mos.
delicio1s Of Juicy acid pulp. II u
tort Of custard apple The natives ais
mals jelly Of It and preserve Il
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14
QodQina.

III had my way said the positiy,
woman. I'D make every unmarried
man pay special tax"
What would be the use?" rejoined
Miss Cayenne. ANY man who can
successfully dodge matrinony would
surely succeed in lodging his taxes
Washington Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14
Nv Wav Of Contrast.

There Is one good thing about buy
ing a really handsome and expensive
DRESS" said Mrs. Bunting to Mrs. Lar
kin.
What IL thatT'
why, you feel as though you reall.
ought to buy another not quite SO good
10 save your best one"-Puck.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14
asliaien Of lneia.

The religious beliefs Of nadia are no
merous and range from Enddhists In
the east, pagans In the north and Mo
hammedans in the northwest. through
the great bulk Of Hindus In the cen
ter. to Buddhisfs and Christians ID thu
extreme south
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14
Sympathy.

Husband-Oh, there's that confound
ed rheumatism again! Wife-I'm Sc
sorry. xanted to 60 shopping tomor
row. and your rheumatism il always !:
sign Of rain. Isn't It provoking,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14
Serious Obstacle.

Has your boy started in business
yetT
mo. Hes been out of college over
year now, but he's still looking
around"
Why don't you take him In will
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14

If you are hard to fit-Ask to see these be-
cause they come from the house that specializes
on Stylish Stout Suits Several prices.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14

We'll, to tell the truth, he's got his
heart set on job that pays at least
$4,000 a year. and don't make thai
much myself."-St Louis Globe-Demo
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14

A magnificent line of those kind of Suits that
readily appeal to the discriminating buyer. All
that the heart can wish for is found in these suits
at $12.98. $14.o8. $l8.4s, $22 so and up. A call
and inspection of these will convince you of the
superior value offered in these garments.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-14

in abundances of Styles materials and color
made in Chiffon, Crepe de Chine, Taffeta an
Embroidered Net All new exclusive styles fror
1913 to $3.50.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-11-02
STATE SUPERINTENDENT
PRAISES MISS WHISTLER


Miss Bernice Mccoy, state super
intendent of public instruction, paid
Miss Whistler, county supern endcnt
OF Power county, a very high compli.
ment. Wednesday, when she stated
that the schools of Power county had
made greater advancement during the
past two years than the schools OF any
other county in the state. Miss Nc
Coy has been in the office OF the state
superintendent for six years, four
years as deputy and two years in her
present position. and is well qualified
10 pass judgment i'm such matters.
Miss Whistler was paid another very
high compliment less than a year ago
when she was rendered a position as
instructor of rural teachers AT the
Lewiston state normal. She declined
the position. which carried a much
greater salary than she is now re-
ceiving, because she did not feel that
her work here was finished
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-11-02
ANTHRACITE COAL NINE.

J. F. Hutchinson OF Rockland was
seen Monday and when asked in refer
ence TO the discovery of coal near
Rockland. said:
During June of this year located
a vein of anthracite coal five miles
north OF ROckland. which ranges from
four 10 thirteen inches in thickness
at a depth of about twenty-five feet
To satisfy myself that it was genuine
| had a noted mining expert from Salt
Lake make a careful examination and
he expressed himself as being very
much impressed with the qualify Of
coal and hoped to see the pro Jcrty
fully developed. This coal has been
tested in several forges and each test
has been entirely satisfactory"
II is to be hoped that the public
will take sufficient intercst in 'his
new find to make personal inspection
and, II genuine. to take immediate
stems leading up to it's full develop
ment.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-11-02
USELESS WASTE OF MONEY.
Democratic Mismanagement Of Stu
pendous Proportions and Folly.

Al some of the Democratic meetings
being held in this county letters are
being read from two alleged school
teachers saying that they travel any
where in Mexico with perfect safety.
Probably the fact that villa can not
read, or else they take great pains to
travel where villa is not, makes such
letters possible
II things are so serene in Mexico.
why are more than 100000 U. s.
troops kept on the border? Why
don't they let them come home to
their mothers. The expense of keep
ing them there must be more than
S5,OoO.OOO month, and In these pip
ing times of peace this seems 20 be
unwarranted extravaganza.
And what are the Mexican and
American peace commissioners trying
to settle, anyway? And what towns
have these school teachers visited? I?
Have they been to Parral, or Chihua-
hua, or Nogales. or even Mexico City.
where the missionaries had to leave
In August?
Earl Wayland Bowman went over
into Mexico and had kindly, 5ene-
VIOLENT and patriotic Mexican shove a
pistol in his stomach and threaten to
pull the trigger. Doc Wilson came
home with bullet hole in his leg
Bradley writes that the border situa-
otin can be summed up In one word,
preparing" The letter from a Jerome
boy printed elsewhere indicates safety
IA long way back from the border.
Where are those girls, anyway?
Strange they have not received one OF
President Wilson's stirring appeals
for Americans to come out of Mexico.
There is peculiar contrast between
these letters and even the censored
dispatches which are allowed to leave
the border.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-11-02
DAVIS HOME SUNDAY.


ID. w. Davis spent Sunday at home.
his first day here since the campaign
began more than a month ago. He
was in the best of health and spirits.
Notwithstanding that he had been
making from four to eight addresses
day for the previous ten DAYS. His
conviction is strong that he will be
elected by large majority, and points
to the methods employed by his op-
ponent and his supporters as an evil
dence of their desperation. With
burning indignation he referred to
certain citizens of American Falls who
have been trumping up charges
against him to be used elsewhere i'm
the state. and expressed the hope that
they would be present when he spoke
at American Falls, the night of No
vember g.
Mr.. Davis said he had been greeted
by crowds at all night meetings that
were much larger than he expected.
often many not being able to gain
entrance to the halls. and that his day
meetings have been unusually well at
tended. He is confident of carrying
eight of the ten northern counties and
of an even break in the other two. and
has every assurance and every reason
TO believe that he will carry the south
and the southeast by very large
majority.
The billing of Mr., Davis this week
is, Monday in Fremont. Tuesday in
Madison and Jefferson. Wednesday in
Bonneville. Thursday in Bear Lake,
Friday in Power and Saturday night
in Boise. where he will confront the
dope makers" in their lair. Next
Monday night he closes the campaign
in POcatelo.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-11-02
HOW'D YOU LIKE TO BE SHOT AT!
Woman on Border Angry at Way "He
Kept Us Out of War"

A Boise woman has received a let
ter from woman friend on the Mex
lean border which she believes casts
new light on the argument. He kept
us out of war; In part il says:
Am enclosing little item out of
today's paper. Wilson kept us out of
war, all right. Put our boys down on
the border to be shot at, but they are
not at liberty to return the fire. How
would some of those Boise women
like it, if this boy was their own. and
didn't belong in Long Beach? If one
of their own boys had been down
there. and on the American side-and
been shot down in cold blood, what
would they think about keeping us
out of war. It's just like tying
mans hands and then putting him in
the ring to fight with someone who
has free use of his hands and a club
besides.
THE people up in the north and
the middle states do not realize what
is going on down here-they do not
know the deeds that are being COM
mltted daily-they seem to feel the
same with the Mexican affair that
they do about the European war
doesn't concern them personally, and
that If war is declared some of their
people might have to go down to the
border, or in Mexico and fight.-States-
man.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-11-02
COUNTY TRUSTEES MEETING.

The trustees meeting held IN the
court house Saturday, October 21st,
was quite well attended. A small per-
centage OF the rural schools we're not
represented. This was due to the fact
that farm work IL 30 pressing al this
season. Miss Whistler's object In cal
ling the meeting so early IN The year
was 10 secure the cooperation OF the
trustees in'bettering the rural schools.
DR.. u. o. Sisson, commissioner Of
education was the speaker. This was
DR. Sisson's first official visit to
American Falls. On Friday night he
discussed the Idaho Plan in Educa-
ton"
Saturday morning was spent In a
discussion OF that most Interesting
topic. Sources OF Income for Support
Of Schools" Or. Moth gave a talk on
Sanitation" He told about the work
OF the state board OF health and how
the county health officer works with
them. He also gave some practical
suggestions which school boards
might carry out.
Miss Whistler explained In detail
'h' STANDARDIZATION DldU Oh the state.
New buildings erected during the past
two years have come as near state
standards as means permitted. Every
effort has been made to secure good
teachers. The same is true OF equip
ment. supplies. grounds. etc.
Standards In education must rise
as enlightenment becomes more gem
eTai and the needs OF humanity more
complex. Already few OF our Pow
er county schools are in the standard"
group and several more will qualify
before the year IL over.
DR.. Sisson talked on Wise Expen-
ditures Of School Money" Opportun-
~ gas given for questions and many
Interesting and useful ideas exchang-
ed.
After the lecture on Friday night
An Informal reception In honor OF DIR.
Sisson was given under the auspices
OF the teachers OF the American Falls
school.