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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02
LLlDcH ROOF

Meals are not served at the club Guests are
expected TO bring their food, which they I'M
doubleday prefer to do in most Instances. But
the pantry contains shelves where lunch packages
may be checked. In the kitchenette is a multiple
electric heater, where food and drink may be
warmed and hot and cold water faucets In the
lunchroom are dinner tables and chairs-with
hlghchalrs of course for the little ones. And the
condensation facilities offered at the club7
Well surely nobody Is in a position really to ap-
preciate this convenience more than the farm peo-
pie There is matron in constant attendance.
The club has been Incorporated under the laws
or the state and the organization is seIfperpetuat
ing. The trustees charged with the mana cement
OF the club are the presidents OF the three leading
banks OF Seymour. Whoever happens to be pres.
ident or either of these banks becomes one of the
trustees. The treasurer of the club IS chosen
iroln among the three cashiers of these same
banks preference being given to the cashier OF the
bank having the largest surplus fund and undI.
Niu'N prOnts at the last preceding report for the
year
Ihere are no fees costs attached 10 club
membership. Any legal voter in the county who
Is engaged In farming who derives his sun
port wholly or partly from the farm is eligible 70
membership. Anyone thus qualified may apnIv
Tor membership privileges at either Of the trustee
oanks All one need do Is TO take enough interest
to ask for privileges then he and his family NAV
participate In the club
thing that hadn't been done before and aII that
the business men Of Seymour probably wouldn't
nave put up the money for establishing the club
ana maintaining IL perpetually II the matter had
been proposed 10 them. Now II they were asked
10 reimburse the donors fully and make provisions
Tor maintenance, they'd Jointly jump at the prom
osluon-simply as a piece Of frst-class civic IN
yestment; what you might call a trade magnet
Ihey know that II Is drawing new farmer trade
steadily and reaching out farther and farther to-
ward rival markets roads are improved and
the price Of those handy little buzz-wagons comes
down.
The secretary Of the Seymour Commercial club
VIII tell yOu-fOr p-0moters have TO Jut squirt
OF the poetic and liberal pinch Of sentiment into
business talk-thbt the Farmers club Is "strtk-
inIly progressive because 1t Is a concrete expres-
sion OF the ideal relationship which should exist
between every town and the farming community
adjacent"
And furthermore, he'll tell you 1T was certainly
a happy conception a fitting recognition of the
appreciation which the business men Of Seymour
have for their farmer friends, that led the Bllsh
brothers to do this thing for the farmers Of Jack
son county and at that came time build a memorial
In honor Of the founder OF the city Captain Shields
who was q farmer and whose dealings with the.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02

farmers around Seymour created the basis of his
fortune"
One of the Indiana colleges, which has an Inn
rortant agriculture department has shown much
interest in the Seymour enterprise. This school
sends out special trains and agents and ennis
sartes and whatnot all over Indiana In line with
It's policy Of making Hoosierdom n paradise OF
scientific farming, and these hgents don't often
overlook the opportunity OF telling about Sey-
mours Farmers club and what IL Is doing to
make the city and Its rural customers real bust
ness associates
The word is going farther. too, than the farth-
est reaches OF Indiana. Grange organizations,
commercial clubs and agricultural colleges here
and there all the country are making in
qulrles of Seymour about the club. So besides
making II easy for the rural nelghbor 10 enjoy
himself while trading there Seymour is gather
ing TO itself stack Of advertising valuable be.
yond computation.
What has been done ia Seymour can be done
in any other agricultural community in the
United States. 1t isn't necessary that the club
should be n memorial TO anybody; that II
should be monument TO the generosity and pub
lie spirit Of one or two men; nor that II should
be housed in specimen Of classic architecture
-Four or six rooms would serve the purpose nicely
II converted properly to club uses These rooms
might be found In n detached residence or on
the second or third floor of business block The
expenses might be prorated among the business
men, and the farmers themselves might pay a
modest initiation fee and nominal dues Where
there's a will there's way-as the fellow said
Anyhow, II sounds pretty poppy and up-to-date,
doesn't II, 10 overhear farmer say 10 his
neghbor Il Saturday morning I'm town. well
Ed let's run over to the club and have a talk."1
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02
NOT LIKELY TO BE POPULAR.

citizen Of Columbus, O., has appeared on the
streets lately with outfit for seeing the time
without removing his watch from his pocket Great
surprise was at first created by what was con-
sdered extreme Eingularity OF comfort and Il took
good deal Of explaining his part to restore to
hlmself public confidence II seems. however, that
the device Is perfectly practicable as It has been
accepted by the patent Office Notwithstanding
most people will cling to the Idea that man who
Is 100 lazy to take out his watch TO the time
deserves on general principles to be shot and II
Is very unlikely that the new invention will worm
It's way into popular favor.-Ex Exchange.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02
REMARKABLE TREE SURGICAL OPERATION

Edward Fontaine, tree surgeon OF Charlottes-
vile, Va, has, according 10 Inland Farmer COM
Dleted the greatest tree surgical operation ever at
tempted anywhere, and this has been done for Mr.
John Armstrong Chaoner OF Merrie Mills The
tree Is red oak and Is possibly three hundred
years old. II Is "a feet In circumference two feet
above the ground with diameter Of eight feet
four inches In Its widest part. The cement filling
was carried up the tree 80 feet from the surface
and "A cement leg or root was lmbedded Ave feet
into the ground to support the tree In heavy winds
The material used was six wagonloads Of sand. u
loads Of field stone, % bags Of cement IA iron
straps 10 reinforce the concrete ~ eyeboIts and
roll Of galvanized wire. So far the operation has
been successful
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02
ORE DEPOSITS YOUNG
I 6LOI6
take a
ID pWsy Formed Veins Have Produced
OF aAoh Fanfous Mining Camps az
GoIdffeld and Tonopah.

0re deposits ranging in age from the
ne pro 80 when the most complex living
as wen ng pm the earth was a crablike crea-
Athens g down to the time when mammals
gument ~ Mlghly developed have been found
dungeon this country. Among the younger
est dis 1oslts is group known to gsclo-
artburg 3 as the late tertiaSy veins.
W Test hese veins are widely distributed
re. Dur are Of particular interest not only
ord jail ause they have given rise to famous
dream nng camps such as Tonopah, Gold
ir Wal and Comstock, but because, owing
nentary heir comparative youth, the surface
the long which they crop out is not greatly
in the nW hat whoch existed at the time
he New their origin. Thus by considering
erature surface conditions and by labora-
stiles Of expertments the phenomena they
his i'm sent can be interpreted more accu-
Book Of ~ Than those of older deposits
as writ 81 IRE at greater depths and are
q island . deeply cut by erosion.
lronicle amy OF the late tertiary veins in
country, all inclosed in lava rocks
closely associated with them, are
full az ID IN Nevada.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02
With the Fingers!
Says CornS Lift Out
Without Any Pain

Sore corns, hard corns, soft eorns or
any kind OF corn can shortly be
lifted right out with the fingers II you
will apply on the corn a few drops OF
freezone, says Cincinnati authority.
AT little cost one can get small bot
tie Of freezone at any drug store. which
will positively rid ones feet OF every
corn or cnllus without pain or sore
ness or the danger Of Infection.
This new drug Is an ether compound.
and dries the moment Il Is applied and
does not inflame or even lrritate the
surrounding skin. Just think! You
can lift Off your corns and caIluses
now without biz Of pain or soreness.
II your druggist hasn't frcez0ne he can
easily get small bottle for yoa from
his wholesale drug house--adv.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02

70 try Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as she had taken il with good
results. did so, my weakness dis
appeared, gained in strength, moved
into our new home, did all kinds Of
garden work, shoveied dirt did build
ing and cement work, and raised hum
dreds Of chickens and ducks. can
not say enough in praise of Lydia E.
Pinkham Vegetable Compound and
II these facts are useful you may pub
lish them for the benefit Of other
women. Mrs. NJ. o. JOHNSTON, Route
ID. Box 100. Richmond. Ind.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02
l0CToRS' SONS WIN REN0WN
hey Are Brought Forward as Rivals
Of the Progeny of Both Farm
ers and Ministers.


wan. At last a rival to the farmer and the
Ia mister in the role of famous father
Nnod-or fatherhood of the famous
81 brought forward, the New York Eve
IN !, mlng Sun observes. The changes have
i n. Deen rung on the parentage of men
,orM LIRE the two chief candidates for the
pkesidency In the recent election and
ok Other leaders. But it remained for
William Browning, writing In the Med
teal Record. to contend that among
lament personages a large number
we're sons Of physicians.
There is food for thought in this,
ard as the author gravely prophesies,
xHe more embryotic science of his
s@u taKg may yet find activators." He IL
uetrates his theory by a list of the
ness men about Lincoln in the Civil war
IN times. The vice president, secretary
;" ef state, secretary Of war, speaker of
tAo house and the organizer of the
Hnlon S-McClellan-were all doc
tors sons. In the same group we find
liver DAVID Davis, the close friend and ad-
fresh wiser of Lincoln; John Hay, his private
ing aaeefetaTy; Stephen A. Douglas, his
witAleaaing opponent in the contests be-
Dill Wf0r8 the war.
actly what part in the preparation
. LApf these leaders for high station their
ID regRnthers may have taken we are not in
3 sour loEmed. But a good case might be
gases nAae out OF clear thinking related to
Liver fampt action and OF unselhsh devo-
III the R9a 20 the needs of the public. 1t
oisons 4f pc said that the old-fashioned
nlsly physician was away from home
re you - ueai' put certainly his charac-
work isht wen make deeper impress
sicken - ~ 'ne chliuren thah the repeated
d cost sPIS VI man OF announcer type.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02
SOLDIERS MAY TRIM HATS.

hat trimming Is not generally required Of young
soldiers who 90 to war, yet many wounded soldiers
al lhe canadian sports day held recently at Grass
mead Meadow near orplngton Kent, proved Them
selves so talented in the handlcraft that after the
victory Is won, instead Of going back to the land
some OF them may set up millinery establishments
In Canadian towns, equal to any branch of the ia
nous AaisOn Lewis Of New York, london and
Paria.-Toronto GlObs.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02
Queer LAWS

here are in force in Switzerland
ain lawG which, in the hands of
unserupulous, may work great
{ With personal rights and liber-
This Is a point concerning which
en- be no dispute. For instance,
ost cantOns men and women may
unished not only for what they
actually done in the past, but al
+ wat may possibly result In the
rom what they have done.
pee p man is spending week by
Al = earns. Then the local au-
len acting in conjunction with
olieA may send him to a penal
louss, on the pretext that his
81 y such that he may later be-
desdtute and therefore be a bur.
tAe community.-Buffalo News.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02

from my age that
when going up
stairs l had TO 20
very slowly with
my hands on tha
steps, then sit down
% the top 70 rest.
The doctor said ha
thought l should
have an operation,
and my friends
thought ! would not
live 90 move into
our new house. My
AnftEei.Na~ a.tr.l -, :.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02
Bus the Question Returns.

- AHS SoesdoH heIuFuas
he stage coach careened toward
Sc g the cliff. the timid tourist
anxlously down at the brawling
so feet below.
people fall over this precipice
she asked.
driver clucked to his broncos.
aeaam," he returned placidly;
hut once. Christian Herald.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02
Young pIpIomat

nate little Helen was playing
{ Hlster and cousin. The two
! eeys and Charlie. the cousin,
sAred the possession Of Hell
nn young lady, however, said
81 ooncillatory manner: ~Oh.
~ Annie. She's having the
ima"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02

the Blish interests have dealt
constantly and profitably with
the farmers of Jackson county.
Why, reasoned the -four mil
iers, wouldn't it be a fine thing
70 establish a club here in
town for the farmers? They
thought 1t would be-decidedly
so-and out of their estate
came funds which made the
idea fact in pleasing archi-
lecture and real convenience
NOT only that; the mainten-
ance Of the club is assured bv
paid-up income Insurance
policy. So the farmers should
worry!
Much of Seymour's prosper
lty depends on the farmers liv-
ing within a radius of u
or 10 miles of the city, which
Is the metropolis of county
that is one of the most fertile
in southern Indiana. For near
~ three-quarters of a century
the "toiling plowmen" and
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02
Good Plan.

le 9irl told her mother she had
70 get married. Her mother
and asked her why. I'm go
get married" said Mary, "and
ve children-three white and
yred--to do the work"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02
CLIMBED STAIRS
ON her HANDS
Too Into Walk Upright Operation
Advised. Saved by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

This woman now raises chickens and
does manual labor. Read her story;
Richmond, Ind. For two years I
was 30 sick and weak with troubles
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02

lighter has q remarkable
ID glad you like II. What
t1lnk remarkable ebOut lit"
1rnncS"-Detrolt Free Press.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02

4rn convenience, don't you think?
Seymour, a southern Indiana CITY of about
TOOO population, has a farmers club with a
membership of more than 1000 II has been in
operation since October, 1914 and is thorough
success During 1915 the average daily number
Oh VISITORS to the clut about $50.
The existence of the club is due-the plain truth
must be told-to the public spirit and generosity
OF two business men of Seymour and not to any
special enterprise on the part of either the farm
ers or the citizens of the town. The BlIsh BROTH
ers own large flour mill and grain elevators.
they are grandchildren of Capt Needy w
ohleids' FOUNDER of Seymour, himself farmer of
energy and vision, whose fortune, 1t seems, was
the hest-egg OF the Blish estate. For many years
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02

In Dresa
you say your wife Is economically
Gee Look at the clothes she wears r.
Yes, but look at the clothes she
doesn't wear"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02
An Unsettled Question.

An Unsettled Question.
Little Lemuel- Say, paw, does Hon.
In front Of n mans mime mean that
he Is honesty
Paw Sometimes It does. son, and
then again sometimes II doesn't
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02

AutO DrtEena, Motormsn. wet Windshield
bother your Silver dime brings best meth
ID positively secures clear vision ChaRdiel
. White. eli Liberty Bldg. SEATTLE, Mash,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02

at truth
ELL"
ID l also
of fash
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,sperous
a queer
md hun
to the
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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-02

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
French Argue for an
Army from America
Commissioners Confer at Washington Marshal
Joffre, Secretary Baker, General Scott and
Other Army Officers Hold Long Talk
DESIRE EVOLUTIONARY FORCE
BE SENT TO AID IN EUROPE

Washington, April 26.-conferences be-
tween members of the French war mis-
sion and American government officials
for every angle regarding the conduct
of the war against Germany began here
today after the leading commissioners had
paid official calls upon President Wilson,
vice President Marshall and Secretaries
Lansing, Baker and Daniels.
Army Leaders Confer
OF foremost Importance was a long talk
between Marshal Joffre and members of
his staff and Secretary Baker, Gen. Scott,
chief Of staff, and several other American
army officers. II took place at the home
of Henry White, former American ambas-
sador to France. where the French visit
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27

ors are being entertained as the guests
of the nation.
France is known to desire the sending
Of an American expeditionary force to co.
operate with her armies and Marshal
Joffre came TO the United States prepared
to give reasons for the opinion of French
military experts that the sending of such
a force is advisable. Information regard .
ing the meeting between the military
leaders was withheld.
Soon after the conclusion Of the con-
ference Rene Viciani, vice premier of
France, head Of the mission, made a
statement TO the American press in
which he declared that the cooperation
of the United States in the war world
means not only a victory for France.
which already was assured. but vic
tory of morality and right.
Continued on Page 5-col. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
Senate Vote Saturday

The Senate definitely committed IT.
self today to a final vote on the bill
before midnight. Saturday. The House
was determined to vote tomorrow If
possible. The Senate is expected to
put through the bill by majority of
large proportions and to defeat the
proposed amendment authorizing the
President to call for volunteers by a
majority of at least Is.
House Lineup
In the House the administration
forces arc confident the volunteer adj
vOcates will be defeated by "a majority
of between 35 and 80. With the vol
unteer substitute out of the way. the
majority for the bill is expected to be
overwhelming. When the Senate re-
cesscd today there were 1G senators on
The list to speak before a vote is taken
and Majority Leader Martin made the
meeting hour tomorrow at 10 O'Clock
to give all an opportunity to be heard.
The House sat late to clear up general
debate except for the closing state
ments of Chairman Dent of the mill
tary committee, heading the volunteer
champions, and Rep. Kahn, ranking
Republican member. directing the fight
for the administration plan.
When general debate is closed in the
House discussion under the fVc-mln-
ute rule will begin. Former Speaker
Cannon will be among those taking
five minutes for the volunteer system
Senators Hale. Meyers and stone
supported the administration Dill TO-
day and Senator Sherman opposed II.
Senator Stone. who concluded the days
debate in the Senate. declared that al
though he opposed the declaration OF
war he would vote with the IreSl-
dent for CONSUMPTION. lie said he be-
lieycd however, the bill should nc
changed to make the ages or those
subject to draft Il to 40 instead oil ~
to . and that it should contain a pro-
vision that the President when peace
is declared must give UP his authority
to raise an army under 1t.
"Wo are needed on the battle line
of Europe" the Missouri senator con-
tjnucd There must be no hating at
home. The President thinks the time
is past for experiment.: | agree With
him. 1t is imperative that VIC act at
once and get ready with the least pos
sible delay. | am for that plan which
will most certainty, SpccdlIS anu tii-
GENTLY meet the demands OF the hour
Pass this bill and he Will forthwith
enter upon a plan that Will not be
experimental it's success is assured
from the beginning.
Urging consumption as the sure
means of raising u large army, Sena-
tor Meyers predicted that it might be
necessary for the United States to re-
cruit 100000 men before victory Is
won.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
Mexico Warns
the Germans to
Keep Away from
the j. s. Border

Washington, April 26.-Offcial aoVices
10 the state department today saio inc
Mexican government had warned Ger
mans in Mexico that any concentration
of Germans near the American border
will he followed Immediately by their
arrest
In conveying this notice. the Mexican
authorities explained that they couio
do no less in view of the fact that
state of war exists between Germany
and the United States. officials OF the
American government were grained
by this first practical manifestation OF
Mexico's proclaimed neutrality. Sug-
sestions that proclamation of neutral
ity was only thin covering for more
friendly feeling for Germany never
nave been accepted by the American
government
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-27
German ] actics Are
Costly for Them But
Stop British Rush
RESORT TO MASSED ATTACKS AND
SUFFER A STAGGERING TOLL
British War Office Rep orts Artillery Engage
ments Only-French Repulse German Attack
Italians Hold Positions

checking the British advance. This
partial success has been won. British
reports say, at staggering toll of hui
man life. 1t would seem as if the revo-
lutionary mutterings which were ON
inously swelling through Europe prior
to the inception of the great battle
were drowned in the thunders Of the
battlefield but indications are not lack
ing that momentous events are about
to occur behind the fighting lines. The
summary adjournment of the Reich
stag when its sittngs had barely open
ed is given added significance by hints
in the German press that the strike
agitation in Germany may burst forth
with renewed violence on May day A
nationwide labor demonstration in
Sweden also is planned for that day
and may have its counterpart in Spain.
Nc news of any importance has
come from Austria in several days. d
fact which has given fresh life to the
report of intentions of the Dual Mon
archy to seek q separate peace. No con-
Iirmation of this is available from any
reliable source, but there is more def
rite tidings of the status of affairs in
Turkey Returning travellers tell APP
pailing stories of the devastations
wrought by disease and starvation ir
the Ottoman Empire. They also repeat
the oft-told story that the Turkish peo-
pie are weary of war and it's entailed
lniseries but are kept in subsection by
the j. IN hand of Enver Bey and his
German colleagues.
Rightly of the German censorship is
shown by the fact that no German
newspaper Is allowed to leave the EN-
pire without being passed by the gov
eminent officials. Wire fences charged
with electricity have also been erect
ed along the German-Swiss frontier
and every possible precaution has been
taken to prevent the details of what
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