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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
DISPOSITION OF DEAD HOGS
Mighty Poor Practice to Bury Cholera
Victims or Permit Them to
Lie Around in Open.

Only too often, when an outbreak
of hog cholera is investigated 1t is
found that last fall or winter, pre-
vious tenant lost several hogs, buried
them about six inches deep and your
hogs dug them up. Other cases are
found to. be due to some dog which
has been feasting on dead, unburned
hog carcasses left out in the open by
some. person a mile or more away
The dog brings home bone; a piece
of skin OF a chunk Of meat, and
leaves it in the hog lot. The pigs
promptly consume the morsel, hog
cholera germs and all. The only best
way of combating this method OF
spreading disease is to burn every
dead hog completely. When reduced
to ashes, there is left no ghost to
walk.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
ADVANTAGES OF FALL COLTS
Younoster Can Be Weaned in Spring
When Grass Is Beginning to
Come-Pasture Helps.

A very large proportion of all colts
are foaled in the spring. However,
some who have raised fall colt or
two each year have found the advan-
tages are not all in favor Of the prac-
tice of exclusive spring colt raising.
A colt foaled in September or early
October will get a nice start before
the pasture dries up and winter APP
proaches. Then the mare and colt
should receive plentiful and nour-
ishing ration through the winter. The
colt can be weaned in the spring when
the grass is beginning to come, and
the pasture will help wonderfully to
keep it in condition and to keep it
going.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25

| he may be more likely to get seed well
adapted to his conditions. 1t is advis-
able to buy as soon after harvest as
possible, as at this time prices are
likely to be lowest. If the farmer de-
lays, his neighbors may dispose of all
their surplus grain and he may be
forced to plant seed grown under con-
ditions radically different from his
own. If the farmer patronizes Seeds
man he should insist on getting seed
grown as near his section as possible.
If seed is affected by diseases, care
full inspection will usually disclose the
fact. The presence of sinking smut
in wheat is indicated by the odor and
the presence of scab by the appear
ance of the kernels. Purchased seed
should, of course, be cleaned and treat
ed for the destruction of the spores of
disease-producing fungi, if the exam
nation shows this to be necessary.
Selecting Varieties.
In choosing varieties of wheat, the
farmer should be guided by the ex-
periences of his neighbOrs and the adj
vice of his state experiment station.
This is true also Of rye, but there are
available fewer varieties of rye than OF
wheat. The stations can furnish COM
parative statistics on the yields and
behavior of a number Of varieties OF
the two cereals.
After the grain farmer has procured
supply of satisfactory seed he should
store it carefully, SO that it will keep
in good condition and will be safe from
the depredations of rats, mice and in
sects. Bins which are supposedly rat
proof are available ON practically all
farms and it will pay farmers to see
that they are kept in good condition
to keep out the rodents.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
THECUB SAYS

The cub says this has been a
pecunar year in the potato business.
seed prices were soaring at planting
time, ana it look the prices OF an
old-tlme potato crop at old-tlme
prices 10 plant an acres in 1871.
LABOR has peen high and the price
OF sacks ana sacRlng totaled half
the selling price in some OF the years
gone by. Last year the hard freeZ-
ing came early and destroyed many
potatoes in the pit, and In 1917 the
weather clerk beat them to it by
freezing many in the field. Then by
the time people got the rest of them
into the pits and well covered for
tie KIND OF weather we had last No
vempei, lnsIailments of warm
weather came along and steamed
unem numerically in a mass. Inc
lew frosted ones in the PIE lent a
eerlulne most shocking.
SACKS have gone up to liz cents
ana potatoes have gone down to 81,
and the man VINO sold his crop OUT
OF the field and marketed little
soil and the Tuil ylgor and juices
of new made spuds untouched ny.
frost, has reason to feel fine now,
while the fellow who decided to hold
his Spuds Tor the rise in the market
has troubles OF his own. The cuD
closes as it began by admitting that
this has been a peculiar year In the
spud business.
Talking about hay. the story runs
much the same as the talk about
potatoes. Hay and hard weather
mixed last fall and never quit till
early summer. BY that time the new
crop, the proposed new crop, had
been frozen very generously. The
price of hay was clear out OF sight,
and it seemed crime to pillow up
a meadow, yet many did it to plant
tubers. The price of hay has been
problem since midsummer, ana
the cub has done all it could to help
people to solve the problem. When
cub suggested careful study of the
problem, the haymen and stockmen
got busy with their mouths and
much was said. When we printed
what the hay man said and thought
about the prospects for high prices
and scarcity of hay, the stockmen
all snapped their fingers. When we
printed what the stockmen said and
thought about the prospects for an
open winter and the plenitude of
wild grasses on the desert, the hay
growers snapped their fingers and
suggested that perhaps the editor
had sold out to the flockmasters.
Now comes the weather clerk and
favors the fiockmasters, and we
wonder who he has sold out to. In
cidentally it helps the fuel situation
while it lasts, but nobody will vouch
for tomorrow.
Montia Kirkpatrick was up from
Moulton last week and reported that
all the hay is still in the rick and
nobody feeding nor buying any to
speak of. There may be more on
this subject later, and we are only
sorry we can't make absolutely cor
rect use of our foresights.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
READILY EXPLAINED

An Irishman employed in a large
factory had taken day off without
permission and seemed likely to lose
his job in consequence. When asked
by his foreman the next day why he
had not turned up the day before, he
replied:
Il was so ill, sir, that l could not
come to work so save me life
How was it, then, Pat, that saw
you pass the factory on your bicycle
during the morning." asked the
foreman.
Pat was slightly taken aback, then
regaining his presence of mind, he
replied:
Sure, sir, that must have been
when l was going for the doctor. -
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25

(From the United States Department OF
Agriculture.)
Sound, clean, healthy seed is the
first requisite for the largely increased
wheat crop which the United States
department of agriculture hopes to see
harvested next year. Whatever the
source of supply, farmers will find it
to their advantage, says the depart
ment, to see that only good seed is
planted. What has been said is
equally true of seed for the rye crop
which the department hopes to see
much larger than usual next year.
If farmer has seed from his own
crop which is satisfactory so far as
variety and general condition are con-
cerned, he should lose no time In get
ting it into shape for storage until
planting time. The tanning mill is the
farmers best friend in this task. The
farmer by all means should have such
a mill, and If he has not and Is unable
to obtain one, should borrow or rent
his neighbours mill, or several farmers
can join in buying one. A tanning mill
removes weed seeds, smut and shriv-
eled grain and leaves only plump kerr
nels, practically every one of which
may be depended upon to produce a
thrifty plant. After it is cleaned, how
ever, the seed should be treated In or
der that the smut may be prevented.
Scab is more likely to be prevented by
seed treatment, but the use of the fan
ming mill will assist materially in I'M
proving the crop grown from seed
known to have contained scabby kerr
nels.
Buy Seed From Neighbor.
If the farmer is dependent on out
side sources for his seed, he should buy
from his neighbor If possible, so that
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
DELINQUENT NOTICE

The Dubois Lateral Ditch COM
pany, corporation, principal place
of business at Blackfoot, Idaho:
Notice, there is delinquent upon
the following described stock on &C
count Of assessment levied by the
board of directors, the amounts set
opposite the names of the respec-
tive stockholders, as follows:
]. H. Augustine, 81 shares, amount
$4,000; w. G. Craig, share,
amount $1.45; E. M. & F. T. Dubois,
SO shares. amount $34.60.
And in accordance with law and
the order of the board of directors,
so many shres of each parcel Of
stock as may be necessary will be
sold at the office of the secretary
Thursday, the tenth day of January,
1918, to pay said assessment, cost
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
SHAREHOLDERS MEETING

A meeting of the shareholders OF
the First National bank of Blackfoot
Ida, will be held in it's banking
rooms Tuesday, Jan. 8, 1918, be-
tween the hours of 10 a. m. and 4
|p. M, for the purpose of electing a
board of directors for the ensuing
year, and for the transaction of any
other business that may legally come
before the meeting.
ALEX. YOUNIE,
Attest: President.
S. L. Reece,
Secretary. adv. 215-4m
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
CATTLE LOST-REWARD

Strayed from north of Sterling in
early summer, one dark red heifer,
two years old, branded J r combin-
ed on left ribs; one jersey yearling
heifer and one holstein steer coming
two years old, both branded with
diamond over bar; one dark red
steer coming two years old, branded
N inside of circle on left hip. No
tify J. R. Stocking, route, and re-
ceiv remard. adv. 21-4p
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
KILL INSECTS IN GRAIN BIN
Carbon Bisulphide Is Recommended
for Destruction of Insects in
Stored Grain.

Carbon bisulphide used at the rate
of five to eight pounds to LOCO cubic
feet Of space is recommended for the
destruction Of insects in stored grain.
The grain bins should be alright and
the temperature above 70 degrees.
Burlap sacks or cotton waste satdr-
ated with liquid may be thrust into
the grain. The carbon bisulphide may
also be sprayed over the grain with, a
pump through a small opening in the
side of the bin. The gas kills all the
weevils in 36 hours.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
FOR A PERCH

A teacher in a lower grade, we
read in The Truth Seeker, was in
structing her pupils in the use OF
the hyphen. Among the examples
given by the children was the word
"bird-cage."
That's right" encouragingly re-
marked the teacher. Nov, Paul
tell me why we put hyphen in
'bird-cage. -
tits for the bird to sit on" was
the startling rejoiner.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
TWO SIDES TO EVERY QUESTION

This question has two sides, -
said Senator Newlands, in a recent
argument. "It's like the young
ladies' matrimonial argument
"I,' said the first young woman,
don't intend to marry till I'm
thirty
And L. said the second, don't
intend to be thirty till I'm mar
ried.'"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
TEACH COLT TO LIKE GRAIN
This Should Be Done Before Young
Animal Us weancd=A faowuLih:
erai Ration of Alfalfa.

The colt should be taught to eat
grain before it is weaned, and after
being weaned should be allowed lib
eral ration of alfalfa or clover hay
WITH other available roughage, such as
corn fodder, kafir butts, cane hay and
stray.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
NOTICE

There will DE a meeting Of the
Weggeland Lateral company held at
the McDonaldville school house,
Monday, Jan. IA, 1918, for the pur-
pose of recognizing the company
and transacting such other business
as may come before the meeting.
adv. 22-4m L. L. COREY.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
FATTENING FOOD FOR DUCKS
cornmeaI, Wheat Bran and Beef Scraps
Mixed With Milk or Water Is
Recommended az Good.

A good fattening food for ducks is
three parts cornmeal, one part wheat
bran and one part high-grade beef
scraps mixed crumbly with milk or wa
ter and fed at morning and noon. The
evening food should consist of crack
ed corn. No more should be fed at
one meal than they will eat up
promptly, and then the troughs should
be removed. :.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
RARE BARGAIN in PIANO

We will accept any reasonable Of
fer for a new strictly high-grade
piano, which we have stored near
Blackfoot. Guaranteed for ten
years. Liberal terms. If interested
write quick to the Denver Music Co.,
Denver, Colo. adv. 225-6m
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
HORSES LOsT-$sO REWARD

Strayed from Foxes ranch at head
of Blackfoot river, one black four
year-old horse colt, white face and
legs, branded diamond under bar on
left shoulder; one dark bay horse
colt branded ] T combined on left
shoulder. Notify Jed Taylor, route
2. and received reward. adv. 21-4p
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
LEGAL NOTICES

All legal notices for this
county should be sent to The
Idaho Republican, the official
paper of the county and the
one that has a system for TAX
ing care Of all the details neces-
s1ry to make a publication cor
rect and legal. The Republi-
can is the paper that provides
a safe and a fire proof vault
for preserving documents, and
for every legal notice that Is
the customer a sworn proof Of
publication but provides a dup
licate proof and files 1t away
in the vault to protect you and
your estate against loss II your
documents are lost or destroyed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25

of advertising and expense of sale.
C. E. Haynes,
Secretary, Blaackfoot, Idaho,
Route 4.
The Duboise Lateral Ditch COM
pany; dated December 10, 1917.
adv. 215-4m
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
Wealth of Communities Compared

agricultural district the peoples finances lowest
the time when their become
shown by the when they annual
flexible like subscription account
The communities Bingham county shown
by weekly reports the amounts paid capita subsc
ton Last week such payments
ran as shown in the figures relative
little business matters Is shown by the
order in which the communities arranged:
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-25
Rux Seed From Neiahbor.

If the farmer is dependent on out
side sources for his seed, he should buy
from his neighbor if possible, SO that
Arizona republican., 1917-02-24

and myself what it can accomplish if
 it's interests are menaced But it ac-
 cepted all these interferences in a most
 laudable spirit of determination to do
 all in it's power to contribute to the
 safety of the nation. But we must go
 beyond that. It is absolutely impos-
 sible to guarantee the food of the coun-
 try without making much deeper cut
 in the barrelage and we must reduce
 1t to ten million barrels. That means
 that we shall save G00,000 pounds in
 foodstuffs per annum, which Is nearly
 a months supply of the cereals enter
 ing the country. That is a direct sav-
 ing, but the indirect saving is a great
 deal more and this is one of the most
 important contributions that can be
 made at the present moment toward
 ending the war. But we must guard
 ainst the danger in doing this Of driving the population from beer to spirits. That would be a serious dis aster.
 Therefore, there must be core spending restriction upon placing spir it's on the market. There are a few other restrictions of leather, raw hides, etc, which will be found in the proc lamation and which conclude the main restrictions the government proposes to impose immediately"
 Dealing With ship building, MT. Lloyd George said he had made a special ap- peal to labor and that he was convinced the output could be very considerably increased by an alteration in methods. Wherever payments by results have been introduced" said the premier. there has been an increase in the out put cf ship building yards, sometimes by twenty. sometimes by thirty and sometimes even by forty per cent. We have made special appeal to the great ! trade unions tO assent to the intrOduc
 tion of these methods. In home yards they have already been introduced. This also involves the undertaking by employers that if larger wages are earned by the men as result of special
 efforts no advantage must be taken of
 that to reduce rates. The penalizing of good work by reducing the rate of pay
 ment has been one of the great follies
 Of the past that has caused the working
 man tO fear piece rates.
 Tt is essential that We should get as i, much work as possible out of the ship yards not merely for ship building TOT ] the mercantile marine bu for the build ing of craft for coping with submarines. | Our shipbuilding capacity is the great est in the world and is fairly adequate ! for the gigantic task which is thrown upon it. The Italian. French and Rus sian contribution is a very substantial one, but in the main the burden Is on
 the shoulders of Great Britain and if workmen and employers of all classes in the community strive their utmost. l think Great Britain can bear that burden successfully right to the end
Arizona republican., 1917-02-24
OF PYTH|ANS WELL
 OBSERVED HERE

If succeeding anniversaries of the or ganiZation of the Knights Of Pythias are celebrated in anywhere as nearly as fitting a manner as Phoenix Lodge, No. ,, last evening observed the fifty third anniversary, there is certain to be eX- cellent attendances at each such gath erings It was left for the local lodge to select most unique and most inn pressive ceremony for the occasion, and not one of the three hundred or more Pythians present, left without an inn pression of an evening well spent.
 The work of the evening was in the rank of Knight with two candidates presented. To eXemplify the work there Were two teams. One was composed exclusively of members of Phoenix lodge who have passed through the chairs and now enjoy the title of past chancellor The other was styled the Rough Neck" team. being composed of Knights who have not yet risen to the chancellor's station. These two teams staged contest in the eXempli- fication of the work that gave the three judges a problem to solve. Each mem Der of each team was considered in dividually in the awarding of points and when these were totalled, it was found that the team of Knights was considerably in the lead The contest was accordingly awardd to the second team.
 Probably not in the history of Phoe- nix lodge has the work of the third degree been eXemplified so impressive ly and so beautifully as last evening The work of either team would have done credit to the best in the country The decision of the judges seemed to meet with the hearty approval of all including the past chancellors. A chal- lenSe was immediately issued to the winning team by visitors to the lodge who promised to have a team in readi- ness the third meeting nght in March that would rob the victors of their title. The challenge was promptly accepted.
 Following the complication of the work, an oyster supper prepared by Knights Brisbois and Claflin, tickled the palates of all present to the extent that it wasn't hard for any present to make responses to the call of the toast master that were classics. IL was one of the mOts successful meetings of the local lodge.
 The past chacellors team was com posed of Tom NJ. Smith, B. E. Marks, Clifford L. Maddix. Claud w. Cisney. Waldo Christy. G. w. R. Kane. James Fl. Kinney, J. Fred Powell, Clarence l.. Ice. Earl <. Curtis, George Kane. D. Fulton, Howard E. Claflin James Shott. J. F. Duncan. Evan Wilson and w. F. Davenport.
 The Knights team was composed of Dr. L. D. Dameron, George Phcby. George Judson. Wick Jackson. John Shoemaker. Russell Ainsley. Robert Hayes. C. $. Norman, A. H. Mcclellan ". J. oliver. A. W. Sandige. Charles F. Heath. C. A. Sheldon. Fl. H. Howard
 q. A. Todd, George McClarity and J ! II. Williams
 The judges were John Aitkens. J. A Gilbert and Charles H. Ellis
Arizona republican., 1917-02-24

amended that the slaughtering was confined to swine, there was no such restriction in the title and the bill was sent back for correction in that respect In the course of the debate it was pointed out that the law already al lows farmers to slaughter a limited number of cattle and sheep, requiring though that the hide shall not be re- moved until after the carcasses have been inspected.
 Some Correction
 The style, revision and compilation committee which has also been called the style revision and complications committee yesterday esta ablished it's claim to the latter title by d report on a short and harmless measure. Its cor rections, including change of language, the insertion or removal of 0unctua- tion marks, occupied some three close ly type written pages and required half an hour to read. At the conclusion Senator Sutter remarked, T suppose, in other particulars, the bill is all right"
 New Bills Introduced
 The following new bills were in- troduced:
 By MT Whipple to enable the state to avail itself of the federal provisions for vocational education By Mir Winsor to amend the law with reference to the qualification of judges.
 By Mir. Claridge for the regulation of theaters.
 By the committee on livestock amending the law concerning fences.
 Bv MT Claypool. with refernce to police courts in towns of 5000 or more.
 By the committee on agriculture, making provision for county fairs.
 By MT. Getchell concerning the as sessment and taxation of live stock temporarily within the state.
 By MT. Claypool to compel railway companies to construct branch lines to industries within six miles of their main lines. It is understood that this bill has some relation to the Ray Her cules- Ray Railway company.
 The committee on mines and mining returned an unfavorable report on the house bill for the better protection of underground miners operating machine drills.