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where il Is. Yo' know / didn't bet on
the whole of Siberia. | just bet on the
states north o the Mason and Dixon
line. and everybody Knows
Say, you make me tired Amt
Seattle north o Pensacola ~
Seattle north o. Pensacola? What's
that got to do with tn Mason an Dixon
line? -
It's got lot to do with it. l sup
pose yo don't think North Dakota is
north of Arizona"
Say. look here. fellah. Jevver here
about the bred Scott decision? Jevver
hear when the Supreme Court decided
just where the Mason and Dixon line
runs?"
Il don't care what bred Scott said
about IL II Montana amt northern
state. then TlI-'
Sure. it's northern state, lust like
Oregon is in New England"
And more Of the same, till far into the
night
Charles F. Nesbit. superintendent OF
insurance. says that this being the Ma :
tiohal Capital and all that sort of
thing. an effort should be made to use
the clearest and purest English in the
matter of street signs.
For instance. he thinks that all signs
reading Go slow should be edited
SO as to read Go slowly" The latter
many people go by the signs SO fast
that they don't have time to examine
either the grammar or the scenery
Noah Webster. however. says that Go
slow" is all right.
Air. Nesbitt and his Ego slowly" ideas
have kept the District building in a
turmoil this past month. In one Of the
frenzied debates on the subject, a gen
tleman who takes Noah Webster's at
titude, a. opposed to Mr.. Nesbit. said:
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HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE.
By Earl Goodwin.

why on earth should any one say go
slowly"
Because" answeredsy. Nesbit. you
must have the word slowly. 1t is an
adverb."
Jaw. shucks," was the disguised re-
ply. why, go is your adverb."
81 81 - ss
One of the thriving industries of
West Georgetown is the digging of
angle worms for fishermen. One OF the
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new photoplay in which Vivian Mar
tin is to be featured, following The
Right Direction"
The Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago
has written to William A. Brady, di-
rector general of the World Film Cor
poration. asking him not to issue any
motion picture showing animals under
going cruel treatment, on the ground
that such exhibitions have demoraliZ-
ing effect upon the public. Mr. Brady
readily assented.
Another big mob scene" for The
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New Jersey Adjutant General Dead.

CARLISLE. Pa, November 11-Adjt
Gen Wilbur F. Sadler, jr. of New Jer-
sey died of heart disease at the home
of his brother here early today. He
was forty-five years old and was ap-
pointed adjutant general in 1903
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DANCING.

PROF. wYNDIiAM. slG 18th N.W.-UP TO THE
minute. We teach you TO lead. Private les
sons. 75c. Class Thursday. 100 soc All
dances tanHht. Lady nssis'ants Hh 1870
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And still speaking Of the election, there
was one man who bet another man that
Wilson wouldn't carry state north of
the Mason and Dixon line.
Then along came Montana and gave it's
ballots to Wilson There have been other
states do the same thing since. but the
Hughes supporter set up a long and
piteous howl about as loud as Montana
wolf:
.Whatcha think? Call Montana north
of the Mason and Dixon line? Say, where
d'ya think the Mason and Dixon line
runs? You must think l was betting on
the tropic of Capricorn"
Muffin Of tn sort answered his Will
son friend. Il just betcha that Wilson
would carry at least one state north of
the Mason and Dixon line. an l gotta
right to get that bet. If Montana amt
north o tn Mason and Dixon line I'd
like to know where il is
Like to know where it is? I'll tel
va where il is. It's northwest, that's
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captains of this industry is a colored
man named Nose. One of his best Gus
toners is Dan Peters
One day Dan asked for worms. and
Nose gave him can full and asked Is
cents in return.
What's the matter with you?" roared
Dan. TT used to be 10 cents.
"Yassah." said Nose, but de price O.
worms done raised on count de wah in
Yorup."
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big mob scene" for The
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Johnny Hines. the youngest of the
film comedians. will appear in the
principal male characters of the entire
series of Marie Dressler comedies ar
ranged for by the World Film Corpora
ton.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03
THE NAVAL BASE

At the Mouth of the Columbia River
[By Rev. William Stewart Gordonl
Since neighbor nations still insist
That the war of might is right
We'd better keep our powder dry
And help them be polite.
So Uncle Samuel seems to think
That since this is the case,
He'd better guard his western line
With an extra naval base.
And he wants to put it at the spot
Where the skirmish would begin
Right where the reckless visitor
Would come a-steamin' in
And from Skagway down to Mexico.
Astoria is the place
On this path to milk and honey
Is the normal Naval Base.
It's a sort of solar plexus
In Uncle Samuel's front,
Where any little sc-apper
Would be sure to make him grunt.
Do you want the broad Columbia
To tempt an alien race?
Then put your fighting harness on
And get the Naval Base.
We have the ample harbor-line
And the channel to the sea;
We guard the priceless hinterland,
And the millions yet to be-
Then whoop it up, and SCOOP it up,
And don't give up the chase
Just hold the U. S. Congress up
Till you get the Naval Base.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03
FRED G. ROBERTSON

Word was received here Monday of
the sudden death of Fred c. Robertson
The following clipping is from Spo-
kane paper: Fred c. Robertson Jr,,
aged 20 son of attorney and Mrs. Fred
C. Robertson, WITH Riverside dropped
dead at 6 O'Clock Tuesday evening,
while visiting with A. j. Devlin of Spo-
kane, at mine owned by Mr.. Devlin
near Enaville, Idaho. Death was prob
ably due to blood vessel breaking in
the brain, although definite information
has not yet been learned by members
of the family" Fred was we'll known
and had many friends in Richfeld, He
spent the last year here in charge of
his fathers ranch and left late last fall
to spend the winter at his home in
Spokane. The Recorder extends its
coincidence to the bereaved parents and
family.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03
DIAz TO START REVOLUTION.
Hopes to Organize and Lead the
Troops of His Native State.

Washington.-Felix Diaz, who has
been watched for several months by
department of justice agents because
of suspected activities in violation OF
American neutrality. apparently has
left the United States for Mexico with
the intention of launching a new rev.
olution against the Carranza de facto
government. Information reaching
officials here indicates that he hopes
to organize and lead the troops of his
native state, Oaxaca. and such other
forces in southern Mexico as he can
gather about him.
General Diaz, a nephew of the for
mer Mexican president of that name,
has been absent from Mexico since
Huerta. whom he helped establish IN
power sent him abroad on a diplo-
matte mission Most Of this time he
has spent in the United States, and
although he was suspected of being
connected with the revolutionary plot
for which Huerta and several others
were indicted, no direct evidence
against him ever developed.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03
A LITTLE HELP FOR
THE RURAL TEACHER

There is no sense in talking of the
charms of country life, and the inde-
pendence and dignity of producing
from the soil if the school at command
is no more modern than wooden
plow."
This one sentence taken from this
years report of Franklin K Lane, sec
retary of the interior, indicates the
trend of the thought of the best edu-
Gators of the nation. 1t might be TAX
en- as the keynote of the exceptionally
valuable bulletin just issued by the
Idaho State Board of Education, The
Handbook for Rural Teachers.
This little book will be put into the
hands of all rural teachers, and copies
will also be sent to the clerks of all
rural school boards in the State for
the use of the trustees.
The handbook has for its basis the
demand that the boys and girls of
Idaho attending rural schools be Civ
en- "a square deal" in matters of edu-
cation; that thes choolhcuse be made
the center of social life in the dis
trict; that the school fill its proper
place in the community and all to the
profit and pleasure of country life.
The preliminary plan of the book
was worked out by Miss Bernice Nc
Coy, State superintendent of pubic
instruction; the text was written and
prepared by Miss Addie NJ Aver, SUI
pervisor of rural training schools at
the Lewiston State Normal School,
assisted by John c.. Werner, head of
the department of rural education at
the Albion Normal School.
In the preparation of the book the
State Board of Education and the
authors drew upon the experience and
the best thought and talent of the
State and the nation, including the
State educational institutions, the
county school superintendents and
many teachers thruout the State The
preparation of this booklet is fine
illustration of the cooperative spirit
that exists in the educational system
in Idaho at this time. The result is
a handbook that will be practical
help and guide to every rural tea cher
who is seeking to perform her full
duty by bettering conditions in the
community in which she works.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03
HERE'S A TEST FOR
YOUR WIRE FENCE

By the process of manufacture now
in use, the length of service of wire
fencing depends largely upon the quail
.ty and quantity of galvanizing on the
wire. A common test that may be
easily applied to determine the rela-
tive amount of galvanizirg, or spelter,
IN woven-wire fabric, as given in a
recent Department Bulletin, No. 321,
Cost o. Fencing Farms in the North
Central States" is as follows.
Mako a saturated solution of cop
)er sulphate by dissolving SO parts of
copper sulphate to 100 parts of water
)y weight Not less than a quart of
he solution should be used in the
lest, and to make quart of the sat
lrated solution requires approximately
III ounces of copper sulphate, or, as
is commonly called. blue vitriol
Slightly more than this amount should
)e used, However, as there should be
| small excess of the copper sulphate.
This may be either loft in the solu.
ion or the solution may be strained
IF from it, The wire to be tested is
immersed in the prepared solution,
which should be at a temperature of
30 deg. to 20 deg. F., and left for one
minute, at the end of which time it
Ihould be removed and wiped thor
,ughly dry. This operation should be
,epeated until the wire shows a depos-
t of metallic copper The copper
will not be depositedson the wire un-
il the galyanizing is removed, and
well-galvanized wire should stand at
east three immersions in the copper
Iulphate solution without showing
galvanized wire will withstand four
mmersions without showing copper.
This wire is known as four-minute
wire. and may be had at a slight ad-
vance in price. When the common
commercial copper sulphate is used
n performing the test there is a very
light excess of acid present in the
copper sulphate solution, which, if not
may cause the solution to
act more strongly on the wire than
should. The acidity may be neu-
rallied by adding a small amount OF
copper oxide; ounces to a quart of
should be sufficient On ac-
count of the nonsolubility of the cop
per oxide it must be added long
time-at least month-prior to the
time the solution is to be used.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03
BRITISH LINER SUNK BY NINE.
More Than Forty Persons Drowned
as Result of Accident.

Dover-The steamship Maloja, a
12,431 ton vessel belonging to the Pen
insular & Oriental line, struck a mine
and sank within a half hour two miles
OF Dover on Sunday. More than forty
persons were drowned or killed as a
result of the accident.
The Maloja left Tilbury only Satur-
day for Bombay with mails, 119 pas
sengers of all classes and crew num-
bering about 200, most of them Las
cars Other passengers were to join
the ship at Marseilles.
The steamer had just passed Admir-
atty pier at Dover and was opposite
Shakespeare cliff, when an explosion
shook her from end to end. She listed
Immediately to port. High seas were
running and the captain, realizing that
great damage had been done to the
after part of his vessel. tried to run
her aground, but the engine room was
swamped and the ship became unman-
ageable.
The plight of the vessel was OBJ
served and dozens of craft went at full
speed to her rescue. One of them, the
British tanker Empress of Fort VIII
liam, of 2,181 tons, struck another
mine and sank nearby. Only one OF
her crew was drowned.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03
UNARMED SHIPS
SAFE FROM ATTACK
ARMED MERCHANTMEN SUBJECT
TO DESTRUCTION BY GERMAN
SUBMARINES IN FUTURE.
Germany Declares Assurances Given
in the Lusitanis Agreement Re-
garding Supbmarine Warfare
Have Not Been Modified.

Washington.-Germ in a formal
note presented by Count Won Bern1
storff toSecretary Lansing on Monday,
reiterates assurances regarding the fu-
ture conduct of submarine warfare
given in the Lusitania case; declares
those assurances have not been modi-
fed by the memorandum setting forth
its intention to treat armed merchant
men of the entente allies as auxiliary
cruisers after midnight February %;
and attempts to justify the issuance
of the memorandum by presenting evil
dence and assertions designed to
prove that the British government has
instructed merchantmen to use their
armament for purposes of attack in
violation of assurances given to the
United States.
Later it was said at the state de-
pertment that while the United States
stood unalterably for the right of mer-
schant ships to carry guns for defense.
it was not now and never had been
contending that Americans could
travel with immunity on ships having
orders to act extensively. 1t was in
dicated that. although Secretary Lans-
ing was not prepared at this time to
accept as conclusive the allegations of
Germany in regard to the confidential
instructions claimed to have been
given to British sea captains. If the
claims were sustained the fact would
have an important bearing upon the
future attitude of this government.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03
AWFUL SLAUGHTER
IN VERDUN BATTLE
FRENCH MAINTAIN POSITIONS
AND HURL BACK ATTACK
AFTER ATTACK.
Half Million Men Engage In Sangun-
ary Drive, While Both Sides Are
Sending Reinforcements, Hop
Ing to Turn Tide of Battle.

London.-In the great battle cen
tering around Verdun in which half
million men are engaged, Champneu
Vile, to the west, and the fortified
works of Hardaumont, to the east of
Fort Donaumont have been captured
by the Germans.
Berlin also claims to have captured
the Cote de Talou, to the west OF
Donaumont, but, according to the
French official statement, the artil-
lery fire coming from both sides has
either French or Germans.
The French are hurting attack
after attack upon the Donaumont po-
sitions held by the Germans, who are
declared to be maintaining them
selves there with difficulty, but in the
Woevre region, to the east of Verdun,
the French advanced posts have been
withdrawn.
Large reinforcements are being
brought up, probably by both forces,
and 1t is reported that the British
lines are being extended in Belgium
and France in order that French
troops may be released for the Yer
dun battle. The fighting there has
settled down to terrific slaughter"
according to advices received from
the battle front. approximately
twenty army divisions have been
thrown into the battle by the Ger
mans while the French troops num-
Der fifteen divisions, the messages
say
'The French are now steadily driv-
ing the enemy past Donaumont, de-
spite his spasmodic rallies" says a
cable message from France received
at Ottawa, Ont, by General Sir Sam
Hughes, minister of militia. In view
of the fact that the message said
nothing of regaining or holding Fort
Donaumont, General Hughes Is of the
opinion that the fortification has been
reduced to ruins by shellfire.
Five determined attempts made by
French troops to recapture from the
Germans Fort De Donaumont, one of
the outlying Verdun Notifications,
were repulsed Sunday with sanguin-
ary losses, according to the German
headquarters staff.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03
BLACkLEG

Blackleg is a specific infectious dis
ease of young cattle caused by a spore
Or seed-forming organism that gains
entrance to the tissues thru small
wounds in the skin. Cattle between
the ages of six months and two and
one-half years are most susceptible.
The main noticeable symptom is the
occurrence of large gaseous swelling
beneath the skin of the hind quarters
the shoulder or the lower portion of
she neck The swelling crackles when
the hand is passed over it and if cut
into, the muscle is dark and yellow
ish bloody fluid escapes Associated
with this symptom are others common
TO bacterial infections, viz: elevation
)f body temperature, loss of appetite
and rumination. dullness, and difficult
breathing.
The best method of handling is to
burn or bury deeply the carcasses of
they GKE g KOS onabgo esRg.a rem
dead animals, disinfect the spots
where they died. remove healthy stock
from infected pastures, and vaccinate
the susceptible cattle. The vaccine,
with directions, can be secured free
of charge by writing to the Agricul-
tural College, University of Idaho.
A. H. HAHNER,
Veterinarian.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03
PLUMB GENTLE AN BROKE
By Farmer Bill" Parkhurst

By Farmer Bill" Parkhurst
The Editor of the Golden Trail Mag
azine came pesticating around my
dump over at Richfield and said:
"Say, Bill, write something funny
for my next issue!"
Now wouldn't that G. A. r. you,
Me write something funny, by kripes
| couldn't even look funny if l wanted
to which / don't
Me write something funny-after
plotting him around over the country
for thee days in a three-lunger Over
land and he publicity declared that
was a 33 per cent liar just because
he found crops and conditions 67 bet
ter than l had represented. That's
nerve!
Well, if | ever get him out on Big
Wood River for days fishing III bet
my glass eye against his blomin' mag
azine that his friends will know he
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03
Fortv Poisoned at Banquet.

San Francisco.-More than forty
guests, Methodist ministers and their
wives, were made seriously Ill after
they had partaken of food which is
alleged to have been poisoned, served
at banquet given by Methodist min
listers in the Howard Street Metho-
dist church here on February %.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03
Bad Eggs Barred.

Washington-Eggs not 80 per cent
good will be barred from interstate
commerce hereafter under ruling by
the department of agriculture. Ship
pers packing more than 5 per cent
bad eggs will be regarded as violating
the food and drugs acts by adultera
tiOu
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03

Pocatello. Idaho.--W. A. Staley, old
time citizen and engaged in the florist
business fer many years, ended his
life Sunday night following an all-day
quarrel with his family, during which
his father-in-lsw elected him from the
house.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03

Lake Forest, Ill.-William II. Orpet,
charged with the murder of Marian
Frances Lambert, Lake Forest high
school student. pleaded not guilty be-
fore justice of the peace Monday and
was bound over without bail to the
grand jury
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03
Want Bigger Guns.

Washington Experimental long
range firing by the Atlantic feet and
information about naval battles in
the European war virtually have con-
vinced the navy department that bat
tleships to be authorized this year
should carry ten sixteen-inch weap-
ons aboard ships of the Pennsylvania
and California class now built or
building.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03
Bio Wool CLIP Sold.

Pendleton, -Three-quarters OF
a million pounds OF wool, said to be
the largest clip owned by single
shecpman in the United States, has
been contracted for sale, it was an
nounced Monday.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03
BuIaer Granted Stay.

Den&er.-The supreme court Of
Colorado on Saturday granted stay
OF execution to the week beginning
May 81, to James G. Bulger, under
sentence to he hanged the week be
ginning February 27, for the killing
of Lloyd F. Nicodemus Of Denver.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03
split In Spanish Cabinet.

Madrld.-Finance Minister Urzaiz
has resigned on account Of differences
of opinion with the other members
OF the cabinet regarding the financial
policy of the government, 1t is an
nounced-
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03

Boston.-The Philippine bill, prcvid-
ing for the independence of the islands
after four years, was indorsed at the
annual meeting Of the Anti-fmperisl-
ist league
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03

"$400 for a hug and kiss Well.
we've known some that were worth
every nickel of it.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-03

Don't think that because woman
is outspoken that she can be out
talked.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-10-12
THE LOCAL PAPER

Ii 1
1t ought to be as it usually is, on the
living room table with the family bible
and the farm magazine. It is the story
teller of the neighborhood, and it deals
in simple, friendly fashion with the
doings of the neighbors. The man who
puts it together week after week over
looks Bills failings while living and
says only kindly things about Bill
when he crosses the dark river, still
owing for five years back subscrip-
ton. It is an inyeterate gossiper about
the neighborhood but its gossip is sell
dom tinged with anything save friend
Illness; it leads us, week in and week
out, to have little better feeling to-
ward those about US. Its coming
breaks the monotony of the week and
furnishes many new subject for table
talk and evening conversation. If it
reminds us of death and taxes it also
tells US of the new baby over at o.
sons and the new silos going up down
on the Creek 1t is a friend, who tells
US in plain black and white, just how
friendly and good lot Of folks our
own great good fortune has placed
US among. Do we appreciate it as we
ought? Do we remember our neigh
bor-editor with handgrip that leaves
something crinkly in his hand, good
for a hat for the editors wife or a
pair of shoes for the editors boy? It
might pay to experiment along this
line and watch the results.-Farm and
Home.