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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08

(From the United States Department of
Agriculture)
That cattle in most cases add to
the farm income in the corn belt is
indicated by the results of a recent in
vestigation conducted by the United
States department of agriculture as
part of comprehensive study of the
meat situation in which its specialists
have been engaged for some time. The
direct profit from the raising of
calves in this section, the averages
seem to establish, is usually small, but
the Investigators point out that there
are other factors which make the prac-
tice more advantageous than would
appear at first sight.
Among these advantages are the
fact that live stock on the farm pro-
vides a home market and a means of
utilization of farm roughage, some of
which might be wasted if not fed, and
the use of pastures which could not
be employed protitably in any other
way. Live stock also affords u ready
home market for certain other crops,
which at times would have to be
hauled considerable distances to be
sold. Finally, the presence of live
stock on the farm gives productive
employment throughout the year to
labor which at certain seasons might
otherwise be idle. Live stock also
gives some interest on capital invested
on equipment which would produce
nothing If not utilized at all seasons.
The fertilizing value of manure also
must be considered. When these fac
| tors are taken into consideration,
even though there appears to be
little or no profit as shown by cost
figures, 1t Is believed that in most in
stances the farm income is greater be-
cause of cattle having been kept on
therefore, is to be recommended on
farms having large quantities of cheap
roughage available or having land
which can be best utilized as pas
ture.
Summary of Results.
The figures of costs cited by the
investigators are purely averages bas
ed on actual farms and herds investi-
gated. The investigators obtained In
1914 and 1915, 5,966 records from farms
in Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa
Missouri, South Dakota, Nebraska ano
Kansas. These records dealt with
1864 cows, 621 bulls and 1891
calves produced from them, of which
2.023 were classed as baby beef.
Classification of Records.
These were arranged in six groups
based on six distinct practices fol
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08

mend your Compound to other ladies'.
Mrs. MARY RIDGwAY, Durand, Wis.
A Massachusetts, w oman Writes:
Blackstone, Mass. "My troubles
were from my age, and felt awfully
sick for three years. had hot flashes
often and frequently suffered from
pains. / took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and now am well"
Mrs. PIERRE CoURNoYER, Box 2S9,
Blackstone, Mass.
Such warning symptoms as sense Of
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
aches, dread of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
1arities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness, should be needed
by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through this crisis.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08

lowed by the farmers of this region.
These are:
(1) Beef.-Farms where all the cows
are kept strictly for beef Except
baby beef), in which there is no sale
of milk and butter.
~ Baby beef-Farms devoted to
the production of high-grade calves
fattened and sold at from II to Is
months Of age.
(3) Dual purpose.-Farms on which
| all the cows are MIXED and the calves
weaned at birth and raised on skim
milk.
(4) Mixed.-Farms where the best
cows are MIXED, their calves being
weaned at birth, while calves from
other cows run with their dams. This
Is a combination of beef and dual
purpose.
90 Partially milked.-Farms on
which calves are not weaned but on
which a part of the milk is drawn
from the COW, the calf taking the re-
mainder.
/ (6) Double nursing.-Farms where
some of the cows are MIXED and their
calves given to other cows.
Summary of Results.
The following summaries are based
on these six classfications and are
given as averages from the records
of the farms and live stock actually
reported. The conclusions are averages
for the entire section studied and the
reader must bear in mind that there
are wide divergences in cost in the
several states. For this reason the
report. after considering the general
problem, deals in great detail with the
range of costs in the several states and
the averages for the several sections.
The more important factors are cited
in the table given herewith:
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
Feasibility of combustion.

The danger of fire from oil-soaked
rags such as many housekeepers keep
on hand for wiping up vanished
floors was demonstrated at a fire-risk
exhibit given in a New York window
recently. A quantity of oil-soaked rags
were placed in the window with a pla-
card stating that they We're liable to
take fire at any time from instantane-
Gus combustion due to the action of
the atmosphere upon the rags. A num-
Der of small blazes We're started by
rags in this window. In one instance
combustion took place within seven
hours after the rags were placed in
position.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
Was AIS Humor conseIous2

A young woman in Pittsburgh was
recently looking at material in one OF
that city's leading dry goods stores in
an attempt to select what would make
an attractive skirt for the seashore.
The clerk rather strenuously suggested
the availability of several patterns.
But" said the young woman, they
are rather loud, don't you think?"
Without a glimmer of smile and in
perfectly correct tone for salesman
to assume, he replied:
TOO loud for awnings-just right
for skirts"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
LOOK TO FOURTH GENERATION
First Three Generations of Mod
ern Americana.

The North American child is too
riage. 1t serves as an outlet for that
pride which its parents cannot always
reasonably take in themselves. 1t is
petted, cajoled, pampered, overdressed
and underdisciplined, till there Is
evolved strange pigmy for whom the
world soon grows banal, who is desti-
tute Of the petitionary appeal of child
hood and who surveys an already an
ticipated and thoroughly analysed flu
ture with the cold eyes of unnatural
knowledge, Alan Sullivan writes in
Harper's Magazine for August. The
world is It's football. 1t is smart be-
yond description But there is in the
forced garden of its life no sheltered
bed where may bloom the flowers of
graciOusness or peace. OF such will
be the new aristocracy, and its tradi-
tion5 sill be of grandfathers who, ~
virtue of that fine native American
longheadedness, delivered the goods
of their period and We're promptly and
suitably rewarded. But there will be
few traditions of courtliness, scant
reminders that noblesse oblige, anG
but scattered memories of inherited re
sponsibilities. The sempiternal dollar
will still dominate. One generation
was too busy collecting and the othel
| will be too busy spending. The sec
| ond generation offers no promise ant
the third but little. The fourth viii
| probably open IA new and finer cycle
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
His Caution.

'Tuther morning" related Mr.. Gap,
Johnson of Rumpus Ridge, while l
was in bed, wrapped in the arms of
Morpus, and wife cooking breakfast,
she suddenly hollered for me to get
up quick, b'cuz Rowdy, the baby, had
swallowed a quarter.
"'No, l reckon not, just yet says
1. While / admire to see child de-
velop a saving disposition this early in
the game, / don't want to flatter the
little cuss by paying too much atten-
ton to him. kansas City Star.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
MolIycoddle.

did you see that?" yelled the ex-
cited man in the Panama hat. THAT
robber of an umpire calls Gilligan out
at third and Rafferty, never come
within foot of touchin' him."
ut looked that way to me, too, y
admitted the man beside him. "Still,
] dare say the umpire could see the
play better from where he was than
we could from up here"
Jaw, go on home !" retorted the 9th
er savagely. you amt got no busi-
ness goin' to ball game. You're one
of these blamed pacifists, that's what
you are!"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
Handicapped.

First Stranger Ito second stranger,
who is sporting a massive watch
charm)-What's the time, friend?
Second Stranger-Can't tell, just
now, mister
First Stranger-Can't tell me?
You've got a watch, amt you?
Second Stranger-Yes. I've got q
watch, mister; but the blamed thing
stopped about month ago, one noon
time, an ever since | amt been able
to tell whether it's right unless
hear the twelve o'clock whistles blow
in.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
FOR HAIR AND SKIN HEAL TIL
Cutlcura Soap and cuticura Ointment
Are Supreme. Trial Free.

These fragrant, super-creamy emol-
lients keep the skin fresh and clear,
the scalp free from dandruff, crusts
and scales and the hands soft and
white. They are splendid for nursery
and toilet purposes and are most eco
nomical because most effective.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
Approval.

do you approve of the study of the
classics in these practical times?"
Yes. Those old stories of the Tro-
Jan battles are good things to have
around. They enable you to talk
about war without danger of starting
serious argument"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
Menial Labor.

Father was trying automatically to
get Johnny interested in arithmetic.
Surely you want to learn percent
age" he said. "That teaches you
how to figure the averages of the
baseball teams and players"
"What do l care?" retorteC Johnny.
THE fellers that play the game don't
have to do that. They hire some cheap
skate to do 1t for EN-"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
The Difference

politician, isn't he?"
"Oh. no, he's Il statesman
well, what's the difference?'
"A statesman, my dear chap, is one
who is in politics because he has
money. A politician is one who has
money because he is in politics."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
Improve &vooI crop.

Farmers can do a great deal to i'm
prove the quality of wool placed on the
market, by taking care to prevent
dirt getting into the wool while on
the sheep and by more careful trim
ming of the fieeces.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
To Clean Wicker.

When wicker chair requires clean
ing dust 1t we'll and wash in tepio
Mix together equal parts
of turpentine and sweet oil ana rev
drops of methylated spirits. When the
chair is quite dry. rub with ciotn
with the polish.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
Too Much for Him.

Il was at the department store the
other day when all the lights went
out" said Lightfingered Jim.
"What luck 4 chuckled his pal.
what did you get?"
Rotten! l was in the grand piano
department"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
Keen After Weeds.

Weeds make surprising growth If
left few weeks. 1t is best to keep
them down as fast as they start,
otherwise they are very hard to kill.
This is where "a stitch in time saves
nine"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
Frauile Distinction.

How does higgins get the reputa-
ton of being such clever man? He's
always getting into some new kind of
trouble"
Yes. Where he shows his clever
ness is by getting out again"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08

Lydia Il. Pinkham's
Vege table Com
pound. When / was
as an d h ad tn 9
Oh an G g of Life,
a friend recon.
mended it and it
gave me such relief
from my bad feel
ings that / to ok
several bottles. I
am now well and
healthy and racon.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
Hsnd Whitener.

A splendid formula to use on the
hands after washing is: F1fteen
grains Of powdered borax, fifteen
grains of comEron table salt, one-haif
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
Raue for Velvet

sheer frock and velvet hat is
the favored costume for fall. And
let the hat be royal purple If 1t be.
comes you, or navy blue for second
choice.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08

dram of spirits of ammonia. one dram
OIL of orange. two ounces of glyceri,l,
siA ounces of alcohol.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08

Ia statement
Is o age
on OF OF
caused
@ The
maj carried somewhat beyond the yearing
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08

Switzerland, in proportion to its pop
ulatlon, spends more on poor relief
than does any other country.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
Sow Rape in Corn.

Sow rape in the corn at last cultiva-
pasture.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
ELDERLY WOMEN
SAFEGUARDED
Tell Others How They Were
4 Carried Safely Through
Change of Life.

Durand, Wis., am the mother Of
fourteen children and l owe my life to
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-08
BEEF CATTLE IN C0RN-BELT STATES

SUMMARY IAslE SHOWING THE SIX GROUPS THE VARIOUS
FACTORS THAT MAKE UP THE COST PRODUCING YEARLINo
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-06
APPAM OWNERSHIP OPEN.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The ues- ton of ownership of the Appam may remain an open issue until the end of the war with the ship in the mean time held in the custody of the United States Conflicting claims in behalf of England and Germany, are being considered by the State department and the neutrality board. but with no indication of any decision.
 Officials are inclined to believe 9 formal ruling as to whether the Prus- sian treaty or The Hague convention governed would not confirm title to the Appam. but would determine the length of her stay in port. The prac- tical egect of the decision would be to determine the question of whether England would be put to the trouble of maintaining definitely a warshio patrol to prevent the escape of the ship.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-06
SLIGHT WIRE FENCE
 GUARDS END OF BIG WESTERN BATTLE LINE
White and Red Flag, Mounted Near Fence, with Sentry No tihes the Casual Traveller of the Swiss Frontier.

HEADQUARTERS. FRENCH AR MES ON WEST FRONT-what will the adventurous person who attempts to walk along the French front trench es find when he reaches the Swiss frontier, the extreme point of the French right wing?
 He will find a barb wire fence no more formidable than those which en- close many English meadows. After the vast and complicated fields of barb wire which protect the trenches, this fence seems absurdly inadequate and artificial to be the counterpart of the North Sea which terminates the lines at the extreme other end.
 There are few pieces of red and white canvas tied to the wire to show that at this point the neutral territor- |y of Switzerland begins, and a single Swiss sentry stands with, bayonet fixed behind a movable barrier gar nished with barb wire that is set a. cross the country road. This placid 
 warlike scene seems an impossibly tame conclusion for 800 miles of com. plicated earthworks and Notifications. One drives to the Swiss frontier through the 'Trouee de Belfort," the
 broad gap between the Vosges and the Swiss Jura, which offers so inviting passage into France to the invader from the East. One passes it full speed along roads protected from Ger man eyes by tall screens of brush { wood. The roads are winding and the Germans have many lookout posts,
 consequently the screens are some times on the left, sometimes on the
 right, and sometimes on both sides, and one begins to feel that the Ger mans are everywhere
 By sentry box there stands a man whom the French call "the man of the extreme right" the sentry who guards the furthest point of the French right wing. He is a douanier, a Customs House officer. So long as he stands there on duty with fixed bayonet he is in perfect safesy but as soon as he is
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-06

relieved and goes away to rest in the neighboring village, he enters the dan ger zone and may at any time get into the neighborhood of German she'll
 The trenches are hidden away in a wood 800 yards away, and one might think that the place was quite without defense, but nothing has been left to chance, and the French are ready for any eventuality. The Swiss sentry salutes politely as the traveller ap- breaches the boundary, and a Swiss sergeant comes out from the neighbor- ing guard house to examine the papers
 After a little conversation across the fence that divides Switzerland from France, the sergeant proceeds to the formality which he calls opening the frontier" Half the barrier across the road is moved aside and replaced by a large wooden table. From the French side there appear number of peasant women with. large baskets; their pap CTS are examined by the man of the extreme right and they are allowed to pass up to the counter. Then buy ing and selling begins across the iron tier counter. The Swiss government allows the peasants in the French frontier villages to buy provisions and the like from the Swiss shopkeepers who bring their ares to the frontier provided that certain articles do not go out of the country.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-06

details in its statement. Only the directors themselves can coceive of the amount of business which htey transact during the year of the ac- complishments which their efforts and endeavors bring about.
 Starting as an experiment, succeed ing the somnolent or moribund board of trade, the Commercial Club of the Warren District has gained and in- creased steadily in bowed and infiu- ence. Today it is force that is felt not only in the district and the coun- ty but throughout the state. There is no commercial body in Arizona thaS commands greater respect, for it's opinions, whose influence is more sought, than the local commercial body. The scope of that influence is to be still further widened when the State Board of Trade elects officers and perfects it's organization in Tue son February 22, for the Warren Dis trict Commercial Club is destined to become a prominent factor in the statewide organization:
 With prosperity at high tire, the new directorate will face conditions
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-06

open window in the side vestibule. There was a new note in Rev. Smith Boyd's voice; not a greater depth nor mellowness nor sweetness, but a something else What was it? It was a call, that was it; a call across the gulf of futurity.
 They came after her. Ted and Lu- cile had arrived. She was in a vortex. Dick Rodley hemmed her in corner, and proposed to her again, just for practice, within eyeshot of a dozen people, and he did it so that onlookers might think that he was compliment ing her on her clever coiffure or dis cussing a new operetta; but he made the depths of his black eyes. It seemed that she was in perpetual blush to- night. and something within her seemed to be surging and halting and wayering and quivering! Her Aunt Helen Davies. rather early in the eve ming, began to act stiff and formal.
 Co home," she murmured to Lucille. "All this excitement is bad for Calls beauty"
 After that the exodus became gen eral, until only Allison and Rev. Smith Boyd remained. The latter young gen tleman had taken his fiuttsringly. hap py mother home early in the evening, and he had resoTsed to deilness with such of the thinning guests as had seemed disposed to finger.
 Aunt Helen thought she had better go upstairs after that, and she glanced into the music room as she passed. and knitted her brcws ct the tableau. Rev. Smith Boyd, who seemed unusu- ally fine looking tonight, stood leaning against the piano, watching Gail with an almost incendiary gaze. That young lady. steadily resisting an i'm pulse to feel her cheek with the hack of her hand, sat on the end cf the piano bench farthest removed from the rector, and directed the most of her attention to Allison, who was less disconcerting. Allison, casting an oc- casional glance at the intense young rector, seemed preoccupled tonight; and Mrs. Helen Davies, pausing to take her sister Grace with her, walked up the stairs with forefnger tapping at her well-shaped chin. She Gesmsd to have reversed places with her sis ter tonight, for Mrs. Sargent YVES su- premely happy, while Helen Daviss was doing the family worrying.
 She could have b,dden Allison adieu had she waited a very few minutes. Ee was a man who had spent g life time in linking two and two together, and he ab,dsd unweveringiy by his de- auctions. There was no niistaking tho nature of the change which was so en- parent in Rev. Smith Boyd; but Ali son. after careful thought on tho mat ter. was able to take . comparatively early departure.
 "I'll see you tomorrow. Gail" he ob- served finally Rising, he crossed to where she set. and. reaching into her lap, he took both her hands, He let her arms swing from his clasp, and, looking down into her eyes with smll, ing regard. he gave her hands CT extra pressure, which sent, for the hun dredth time that night. surge of color over her face.
 (To be continuedJ
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-06
LEVEE BREAKS.

CLARENDON, Ark. Feb. 1.-The White River levee here here. flooded this town of 5000 inhabitants. The break occurred near the city limits, water being several hours in reaching the residence section, giving time for ample warning and enabling womerf and children to move to more sub stantial structures and upper stories. No loss of life is exported.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-06

the weak and the poor and the pite- ously crippled of soul; and great wave of shame ca-ae to him; shame and thankfulness, tSoi
 He walked slowly up to the plat form, and, turning to that reddened sunlight which bathed lis uDturned face as if with benedicticn, he said. in a voice which, in its new sweetness of vibration, stirred even the murky depths of these, the numb:
 Let us pray"
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-06
coNsULs UNAFFECTED.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The occu- patton of Serbia by Austrian military forces does not affect the official status of American consuls in that reached the State Department from Vienna. News dispatches indicated that Austria might refuse to recognize consuls assigned to Serbia on the ground that the Serbian government no longer existed.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-06

HUMBOLDT-Due to the general tid up of traffic on the Bradshaw noun tain line of the Santa Fe, this district is facing fuel famine. Wood and ,oal supplies have given out and in several instances residents are feed ing their furniture to the flames. The shelter management has been com pelled 10 close down the plant owing 70 the lack of ore shipments.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-06

far different from those their immedi- ate predecessors faced year ago and the opportunity to make the club greater, more powerful and more use ful than ever before awaits the mem bers at the annual meeting Wednes- day evening"
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-06
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the curb he stopped he had been in such a whirl of emotion that he had not realized the absence of his hat
 He strode into the mission door, and the rays of the declining sun. strug- gling dimly through the dingy glass, fell on the scattered little assem- blage-as if it had been sent to touch them in mercy and compassion-on
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-01

Mabel Taliaferro, the fascinat-
ing and talented little star, will
appear at the Apollo three days
starting tomorrow in Gods Half
Acre." one of the prettiest and
most charming stories ever pre-
sented in the silent drama. The
story deals with little girl nam
ed Blossom" the servant in an
aged folks home known as Rain
bows End" A wcll-known nov
elist who, by the way, is a mar
ried man, comes to the home to
get material for book he is
writing. But once he becomes &C
quainted with Blossom" he soon
finds himself writing her into his
book, and she becomes the central
character. The drama of the girl,
the novelist, and his wife pro-
yides many surprises and tense
situations.