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The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-02
GENERAL NJ. 1. A. CONFERENCE

Superintendent H. A. Benson. of
the Y. M. M. |. A. of the Blackfoot
stake, has received from general
headquarters OF the organization in
Salt Lake official notice of the an
nual conference OF the M. I. A. to
be held in Salt Lake June to H..
The conference this year promises
to be of more than usual interest.
During the season 5000 officers and
nearly $4,000 members have taken
part in the 700 organizations in the
mountain states, which include Ida
ho, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona,
New Mexico, Colorado and eastern
Oregon. Organizations are also es-
tablished in Canada and Mexico and
in many of the larger cities of the
United States, both east and west, in
Europe and upon the islands of the
Pacific.
The first day of the conference will
be devoted entirely to Bee Hive and
Scout work. Members of the Bee
Hive committee will speak on their
work and point out it's symbolism
and significance. Among the sub
jects to be discussed b ythe Scout
leaders will be hikes, summer camps,
songs, yells, and the successful man
ing of young people. AS special
feature there will be demonstration
campfire gathering held in the Desc
ret gymnasium.
Friday there will be meetings of
the M. l. A. officers. Reports of the
seasons work will be presented and
the work for next year outlined. On
this afternoon will also be held the
semi-final contests in public speaking
and music.
The grand final contests will be
held Saturday, June 10, at the close
of the contests gold medals will be
presented to the winners to signify
their achievement; also the church
pennant to the stake winning in
special activities. In addition to the
contests the Daughter of Jairus"
will be, presented by the combined
mixed double quartetts of the Pion~
eer stake under the direction of
Tracy Y. Cannon.
On Sunday there will be three pub
lie meetings in the Tabernacle, one
1920 a. M, one at p. M, and one
at p. m. Among the speakers will
be President Joseph F. Smith, Heber
]. Grant, B. H. Roberts, Counselor
Ruth M. Fox, DR.. George H. Brimhall
and Nephi l.. Morris.
An excellent musical program is
being arranged for every meeting.
The Tabernacle choir and grand or
gan, recently enlarged, and now the
largest and finest pipe organ in the
world, will be heard at the afternoon
and evening sessions on Sunday.
The usual one way fare for the
trip will be in effect on all railroads
to points within radius of several
hundred miles from Salt Lake.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-02
NEWS OF INTEREST
FROM over THE STATE

The governor has offered $1,000
reward for the arrest and conviction
of any persons connected with the
crime which led to the death Of Alice
Empey, the little girl who was found
dead In Sand creek near Ammon,
Idaho.
John Lindstrom, living In Duck
valley, near Bruneau, died last week
from the kick of a stallion, which
broke the lining of the abdomen and
put him beyond medical aid. He
died several hours before doctor
could be brought from Bruneau.
Returning from a ball game at
Kimberly on Saturday, May 20, sew
eral persons were injured when their
auto turned turtle. The two serious
ly injured were Roy Mercer and Mr..
Crockett. 1t is thought doubtful
whether Mr.. Crockett will recover.
His head was lacerated, his jaw
broken and skull probably fractured.
Huber Snow suffered broken arm.
Mr.. Mercer will recover If he Is not
internally injured.
The citizens of the Twin Falls re-
gion are seriously considering builo-
ing railroad line from Twin Falls
to Castleford, either withor without
the aid of the Short Line.
Twin Falls has cafe, the Roger
son which employs a cabaret enter
tainer, a young lady singer, who
formerly starred on the Orpheum.
A little girl in Pondarey was pick
ed up by tramp while she was re-
turning home from Sunday school.
After carrying her short distance
he was frightened by the appearance
of two men coming along the rail-
road track, dropped the child and
disappeared.
Ashton has joined the other towns
in the section and has agreed TO
close up shop every Wednesday after
noon during the base ball season
Not a merchant refused to sign
Oscar l.. Mullins, who left his
home near King Hill the first of May
in condition of walking typhoid" +"
has returned home, but cannot recog-
nize his wife and children excepr at
intervals and does not know why he
went away or where he went.
Two valuable horses belonging TO
government trapper, A. ]. Sullivan,
were recently shot and killed during
the night. The culprit has not been
found.
Charles Lafever recently took over
the George Ferguson ranch near
Mackay for $4,000.
Walter Cairns, held at the jail in
st. Anthony as suspected slayer of
his wife, Mrs. Loveless, at Dubois,
escaped on May 18 from custody and
has not been caught again.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-02
BETTER FARMS DEPARTMENT
The Republican Pays 81 Each Week for an Idea
on What You Have Planned to Increase
Your Crop Yield or Make Home More
Beautiful---City Lot or Farm

We have in our garden this year
radishes, carrots, onions. peas and
lettuce. We always put plenty OF
manure on the garden plot, and
thoroly pulverize the soil. The
ground is prepared with as much or
more care than the beet land.
This year we have been too busy
to bother with many flowers, but we
are planning some pansy and sweet
pea beds for next year.
We have found it good idea to
keep as many hogs and cattle at the
farm as it is possible for us to feed
during the winter time. Some crops
pay better when turned into beef and
bacon.
We alternate our crops and try to
have about half of the land in alfalfa
to enrich it. AS a general rule we
SOW grain after breaking up alfalfa
ground as the roots that grow again
do not hurt the grain and it is much
better to plant beets in the next year.
We think the rotation plan gives q
farm a better look as we'll as better
corps.
MRS. LUELLA E. FULLMER.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-02
A PASSENGER CAME BACK

A short time ago man riding
thru the Blackfoot country on the
train looked out of the car window
and saw some hogs in a field feed
ing upon the carcass of a horse. He
was connected with the state sanitary
department and he reasoned this
way: Hogs eating putrid flesh! Hogs
are used for food. This pork is to
be placed on peoples tables to be
eaten. They are not informed as to
things like this or they would de-
cline to use the product. The pure
food department was established to
protect people against such abuses
as this" And he got off at station
and hunted up the owner of the field
the carcass and the hogs and had
him 60 to town and pay light fine
ten dollars-just enough to impress
it upon him that animals grow by
what they feed on.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-02

brings all the others and he runs
all about, trying to save it for him
self. AS often as he gets few steps
ahead of the leaders he stops to lay
it down to get look at it or to get
new hold, and then he grabs 1t
and runs again when he finds he Is
overtaken. When a cockerell finds
something choice he holds it up and
calls the crowd. If he is counting
I he saves is for his favorite hen, but
gives all of them chance to see her
eat it, just as the proud owner of
grand new car drives it out in front
of the drug store and honks for the
soda mixer to bring out something
delicate to eat or drink, while the
crowd looks on and observes the air
of luxury.
l.. Firth, who lives at the edge
of the town of the same name and
who owns most of the real estate,
has Just completed a new barn. 1t
has cement floor with plank floors
on top of the cement in the horse
stalls. 1t has the automatic drains
and hay NOW for SO tons. At the
intake of the NOW is door 10 Xxx
liz feet. and derrick arrangements
to lift a load of hay at two lifts by
means of the net system and drop
it into the NOW. The door in the
gable does not swing on hinges but
raises and lowers, being balanced
with weights.
Mr.. Firth is painting his barn and
putting cupola with weather vane
on the, top. He has fine Buick car
and does about as he pleases. He has
been there 81 years and is chiefly
interested now in seeing the village
grow. 1t has two large stores, post
office, restaurant, hotel, billiard hall,
barber shop, blacksmith shop, imple-
ment house, lumber yard, hardware
store, drug store, a large ware
house for shipping produce, a livery
and garage and Touring mill just
being completed. 1t has commission
men who ship potatoes and hogs in
season, and arrangements are being
made to build ware house 80 feet
long for handling produce. Several
of the citizens say the town needs a
bank, but none of them care to start
one. The stores have tried keeping
a few hundred dollars extra money
on hand for cashing checks but find
it useless, as it would take several
thousand to relieve the situation, and
one expressed the opinion that It'll
would require $4,000 to accommo-
date the trade, there being a large
amount of hogs and prodcce shipped
and constant flow of checks to
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-02

cash. Firth has two switches half
a mile long and it is all needed to
accommodate the cars needed in the
busy season.
The business men of Firth say
they need a bridge across the Black
foot river about four miles away to
a large number of In
dians who want to haul their pro-
duce to Firth and do their trading
there. The only outlet they have
now is to ford the river, dangerous
thing some of the time, and a poor
crossing so they cannot haul a large
load, or go down the river to a point
below Blackfoot thru much sand and
market their produce at the county
seat with haul Of about Is miles.
1t is almost prohibitive over such a
road.
J. M. Kendall, of Firth, has very
fine Percheron-M Morgan stallion weigh
ing about 1900 pounds.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-02
DO UNTO OTHERS

Just two years ago a prominent
citizen of Idaho was going up and
down the country in churches,
schools and public halls denouncing
the Republican administration OF
state affairs, and by innuendo gen.
orally, but at times in positive state
ments, charging the whole crowd at
the state house with being dishonest;
and such papers as he could control
aided him in carrying on this cru
sade of vilif1cation.
The then state treasurer, Allen,
had borrowed some money from the
state thru the land board on farm
ing land and it was given out gen.
orally that there was something es-
pecially dishonest about this trans
action and all possible changes were
rung upon this loan There was
nothing wrong with this loan. from
the records of the transaction and
nothing the officials could take UP
in the matter but to insist on the in
terest payments being kept up to
date.
Finally it was charged that the
land was not worth the amount loan
ed on it. At that point a citizen
came up and offered to take the loan
from the state and as the security
had been questioned this offer was
accepted 1t was then charged that
the man offering this check had no
such amount of money at his COM
mand, but the check was paid and
the bank showed that he carried a
balance to cover the amount.
There was no evidence of anything
wrong about the Allen loan except
the fact that state officer should
not borrow from the state while he
is an official; but this is question
of ethics. There is no law against
such loans and it would seem that
no such law need be necessary. Ii
there was anything wrong with the
Allen loan the board had no way
of finding it out, but just the same
there was a constant outcry in the
way of cleverly conceived innuendos
all aimed at the creation of an i'm
preston that the Republican COVER
nor was dishonest.
Recently at meeting of the land
board. with the governor, secretary
of state and state auditor present,
the attorney general and superin-
tendent of instruction being absent,
loan was made that seems to
possess all Of the Irregularities that
the charges aimed at the Allen loan
tried to convey. Probably the gov
ernor and secretary of state were
misled in this transaction. 1t would
be dishonest of The Statesman or
any one else to insinuate that the
governor was corrupt on account OF
his action in this loan. The States
man thinks the governor Is dollar
honest. He would not take any
money not his and he values highly
his reputation for honesty. Did he
and his creatures have the considera-
tion for others he would like to have
shown him now? Important as 1t Is
for all citizens, it is of far greater
Importance that in a man with the
highest official position honesty
should not stop at the dollar; it
should begin there.-Idaho States
man. .ak&zs
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-02
NEW TYPEWRITING RECORD
Miss Fritz Writes ITO Words With
out an Error i'm Is Minutes

At the metropolitan sanctioned
typewriting contests, held under the
auspices of the Isaac Pitman Short
hand Writers association at the Mil
ler school. twenty-third street and
LEXINGTON avenue, yesterday, Miss
Rose l.. Fritz, who for four success
sive years held the worlds cham
pionship trophy for fast and accurate
work, made a new record for abso-
lutte accuracy, writing 118 words per
minute on an Underwood for Is con-
secutive minutes without single er-
ror. The best previous record known
was SO words per minute.
Miss Fritz will receive the silver
trophy presented by the Isaac Pit
man Shorthand Writers association.
New York Sun, May s, 1915.
adv.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-02

some Of our best potato growers have
secured their most profitable yields
from larger applications. Pay atten-
ton to the organic matter, plow
deeply, prepare the seed bed early
and select good seed. It will nav
to treat the seed with formalin or
preferably corrosive sublimate. Prac-
tlce frequent and shallow cultivation
70 prevent the escape Of moisture.
Deep cultivation cuts off the potato
roots. 'O
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-02
PRICE OF BUTTER WRAPPERS

Owing to heavy advances in the
price of butter wrappers we have re-
vised our schedule Of prices for print
ed wrappers, adding ten cents a
hundred to our old prices. An extra
charge Of Is cents per hundred will
be charged for rush orders requiring
delivery the day they are ordered
Customers are ureed to order at
least one day ahead to give time for
doing the work in the regular routine
and to give time for the ink to dry
well before handling. In writing or
phoning an order be sure to give full
address Of butter maker and state
whether it is to be labeled ranch or
separator butter. n
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-02
COST is SMALL TO THE COUNTY
Services of Agent Free to Farmers

The cost or MAINTAINING the COUNTY
agent work in a county Is small for
the burden is distributed evenly over
all. Furthermore the counties which
now employ men for this work re-
ceiye some financial support for the
work from the university of Idaho
and the federal department OF agri-
culture, Because of his help, made
possible by the provisions OF the
Smith-Lever act, passed by the last
congress, the average cost to the
counties is about $1700 year, after
car has been purchased. For
county with valuation of $4,000
900 this would be equal to > .Ol7
per hundred assessed valuation.
Some of our men have saved the
farmers 20 times the cost to the
county in the help given with some
one big problem like hog cholera
alone
Now the county agent is first Of
all practical, farm born and farm
trained. All of our men have farm
experience, some of them have been
brought up on Idaho farms. Fur
thermore they are all around 35
years of age, so they have the expert
ence, tact and Judgment necessary
to be successful in this big job. They
work with the farmers in a prac-
tical way, demonstrating improved
methods that spell more profit. They
also can get information more quick
ly for the farmer than anyone else
for they are in close touch with the
university, state experiment stations
and the federal department of agri-
culture. Thus one of the county men
found that an insect new to him was
causing much damage. In Jess than
week he had advice from ten state
entomologists. and also the practical
help of specialist right in his field.
Then too, the agent is in close touch
with the best farmers of the county
and can carry their experiences and
successes to the other farmers in
practical way. In this day and age,
especially in the new country, there
are big farm problems every day and
the progressive farmer wants help
right away.
Rural Leaders Needed
The county agent works with all
the people and gets all of them to
work with him. He is a leader in
his county and gets the people to pull
together; to fight insects, pests and
diseases together; to improve soil
conditions, or any big thing that. viii
help the economic and social prog
ress Of the country. Thru lectures,
institutes, farmers meetings, thru the
press and by means Of circulars, by
personal visits the people of
county are aroused to work in or
ganized fashion. One of our men sue
ceeded in getting control of the hog
cholera situation in this way and
has not had case of this disease
in his county the entire year, because
the people work together. In an
other county 1000 acres of clover
seed were saved from destruction.
Is this county ready for an agent?
Are there any big problems on the
farms? Would the services of a
practical scientific farmer be of value
to the farmers of this county, or
would such man be ridiculed as q
book farmer? A theorist? Would
such a man help more rapid devel-
opment of our farms? How about
1t, Mr.. Farmer? 1t is up to you.
But find out what is. being done by
these men before you condemn the
plan. Don't theorize about it, find
out
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-02
MUST BE FED PROP
ERLY TO PRODUCE BIG YIELD
One Pound of Tubers Requires 400
Pounds of Water to Carry
1t to Maturity
By J. w. Henceroth

The chemist in his laboratory has
analyZed our different farm plants
and he tells me the potato, like all
others, is composed of 13 plant food
constituents. The names Of some Of
them are we'll known to most of us,
while others are somewhat unfa-
miliar. They are named by the
chemist as follows: Carbon dioxide,
water, nitrogen. phosphoric acid, pot
ash, lime, magnesium, sulphur, iron,
chlorine, silicon, manganese and So
dium. The first nine of the plant
food constituents are classed as
necessary, because every plant must
have them in the right proportions
in order to live, grow and mature
crop of fruit. The last four are class
ed as unnecessary The plants take
them up, because they are dissolved
in the soil water, but so far as we
know at the present time, they are
not needed by the plant. The plant
foods must all be in soluble form.
The great duty of water is to dissolve
the other plant food constituents and
put them in this soluble form.
| To produce the largest crop of po-
tatoes of best quality, the potatoes
in this country must be properly fed.
In order that our potato growers
might use the right kind of fertilizer
on their crops they should know
something about the duties of the
different plant foods required by the
potato crop, and the amount of each
of these found in our soils.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-02
Use Wood Ashes

Our farmers will be unable to Sc
cure high potash goods this year. II
they have wood ashes they can mix
these with the fertilizers or apply
them separately. Quite a number of
farmers last year bought fertilizer
analyzing low in nitrogen and phos-
phoric acid and as high in potash as
they would get and used larger
amounts to the acre. This gave them
more potash to the acre at lower
cost. than IL they had used a fertilizer
analyzing high in nitrogen AMI phos-
phoric acid. Above all, be generous
with the fertilizer application, for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-26
NEW SAFETY IDEA

t
 With the idea of promoting safe automobile driving at night, why would it no tbe feasible to paint the telegraph and telephone poles near to a dangerous curve,S bridge or fill, thereby decreasing the danger to mo- torists," says Wallace c. Hood, presi- dent of the Wallace c. Hood Service Bureau. Dime Bank Bldg, Detroit
 This plan would, believe, effec- lively serve to warn the automobile driver of danger and enable him to avoid it.
 My idea would be to paint both the telephone and telegraph poles about TO feet from the ground and foot strip. This entire strip could be paint ed white with a strong red strip in the center and say about 10 poles so painted on each side of the point of danger. No doubt, at railroad cross- ings the railroad officials themselves would be only too glad to cooperate for the reason that very many cross- ings are obscure and, therefore, can not be readily seen by the motorist until it is tooi late. This method would save many railroad crossing ac- cidents and fatalities and would un- occasionally decrease the number of damage suits brought against the railroad companies by the victims relations"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-26

period receipts ad icreased from h$26O,O54,3O6 to $324.954,301, ap- proximately 25 per cent.
 On the same basis the years ex- penses, it is estimated, will approxi- mate $2,346, 6,990, leaving net rev. enue from operations $1,254, 4,573,512. From the last figure, however, must be deducted the railroads annual tax bill, approximately $155, 5,625,546, and bad debts-down on the books as un- collectab1e revenue - approximating S965,92S, total of S156,591, ,474.
 About 230,5O0 miles of railroad were in operation during the year. In the first months the total fell below 230,00O. During the latter part of the year it exceeded 230,0O0. Using ESQ., 900 as an average, returns show that for every mile of road operated in the. country's railroads will receive this year approximately $15,655 in gross receipts, and a net income of $4,774, or g little more than 80 per cent. of the gross.
 Compared with previous earnings, net income @for 1916 shows an in- crease of more than 52 per cent. over the fiscal year 1915, ,59 per cent. over 1914, and 34 per cent. over 1913. =
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-26

horseback.
 AS president of the General Board of the United States Navy-a posi- ton to which he was appointed in 19oo-he has always urged that the republic should have a navy second only to that of Great Britain. An inadequate navy. he holds. is an in- vitation to war.
 Dewey was appointed to the com- mand of the Asiatic squadron short ly before the outbreak of the Span- ish-American war by Theodore Roosevelt, then assistant secretary of the navy, upon the recommendation of Senator Redfe1d Proctor of Yer mont. He was then Commodore Dewey. In his autobiography the famous sea fighter gives many details of the battle that made him famous, and also touches upon his troubles with the German commander in Ma nila Bay. His version of this con- troversy led to harsh criticisms by the German newspapers, and the American Admiral was savagely, at tackled by Count Reventlow, the Teu- ton naval writer who has been so ire quently quoted since the outbreak O. the European war.