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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-04-12

For indoor decorations the flag can
only be used as drapery; it cannot
be used to cover bench or table, desk
or box, and where anything can be
set or placed upon the flag.
For indoor decorations the flag may
be caught up in many artistic fash
ions and used with bunting, garlands,
plants and flowers, but should never
be placed below person sitting.
When used on bier or casket at
funeral the stars should be placed at
the head.
In no case should the flag be allow
ed to touch the ground.
The flag must not be marred by ad-
vertisements nor desecrated on the
stage.
It is an unwritten law in the navy
that the flag is never to be washed;
it is always to be considered immac-
ulate.
When "The Star Spangled Banner"
is played all persons should rise and
stand at attention until the ending.
The playing of it as part of medley
should be prohibited and it should not
be played as an exit march.
Advertising Use Prohibited
The only federal legislation with re-
gard to the flag forbids the registra-
ton of any trademark which consists
of or comprises the flag or coat Of
arms or other insignia of the United
States, or any stimulation theeof, or Of
any states or municipality, or of any
foreign nation.
The flag salute adopted by the N.
S. D. A. R. and by the military schools
the Boy Scouts and other organizations
and which should be taught in all of
our public schools, is:
ct pledge allegiance to my flag and
to the republic for which it stands:
One Nation indivisible, with liberty
and justice to all" -
Children should be taught to care
fully handle and guard their little flag
from rough and disrespectful treat
ment and not be permitted to careless
ly toss them about in parades and
professions, nor throw them away
should stick become broken or should
the child tire Of holding it.
The most important holidays (when
the flag should be displayed at full
staff are: r. 49,. gsG
Lincoln's birthday February IL;
washington's birthday, February %;
Memorial Day, May 80; Flag Day,
June IA; Independence Day, July 4;
Star-Spangled Banner Day, September
IA, and State day in each common
wealth. HI.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-04-12

A mans task is always light If his
heart is light.-Wallace.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-04-12

1t is always safe to learn even from
our enemies, never safe to instruct.
even our friends.-Colton.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-04-12
CODE OF RULES
FOR OUR FLAG
Daughters of American RevOlu-
ton Prepare Rules that Ev-
eryone Should Know

The accompanying code of rules for
flag etiquette, prepared by commit
tee representing the Daughters of the
American Revolution "to prevent des-
ecration of the flag" deserves obser-
vance by every American citizen.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-03-02
WHOLE GRAIN RATION
NOT GOOD FOR HENS

A hen laying 200 eggs in year is not
at all unusual. A four pound hen lay
ing this number will produce six times
her weight in eggs, writes H. L. KEN
ster in the Western Poultry Journal.
To do this she will require from sew
enty to eighty pounds of feed. For eco
nomical production it is necessary
that the food be properly selected,
that it be fed in correct proportion and
in judicious manner, in order that her
digestive organs may be kept in good
condition, and that she be fed enough
so that she has plenty of surplus for
egg production.
The problems Of poultry feeding re-
quire good judgment and keen obser-
walton. Hens fed for egg production
should have foods high in the food ele-
ments which are found in eggs. Those
fed in the fattening pens should have
the foods which most economically
produce fat. The best ration, then, is
the one which supplies most econom-
ically the food requirements of the
bird for the purpose for which it is kept.
1t should be remembered that one Of
the principles of poultry feeding is that
the hen cannot do well if fed on
whole grain ration. Not only does a
ration of grain fail to furnish the prop.
er food nutrients. but such q ration is
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-03-02

fair to the Chinaman. Mayhap l
only heard someone say he said it.:
anyway, if he said it he was all
wrong, for this old world is rolling
right along. and each succeeding
generation with the right environ
ment. is bound to outclass the pre-
ceding one. 1t is only the law of
progress. The chance we had is
NOT good enough for our children,
neither was it good enough for US |;
but it was perhaps the best our
parents could do for us. We how
ever, can do better. 1t may call
for some sacrifice, but the children
are worth it, and we have a chance
to realize in them, what we our
selves would like to have been.
Wallace Reid.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-03-02
EFFICIENCY

Is efficiency in man acquired by
individual effort and application, or
is it an inherent, latent quality
which, when he has reached GER
tain age, crops out spontaneously,
and makes for whatever success he
attains?
Let us see. We will take for in
stance, two boys, we will say broth
ers. They have the same parent
age, the same environment and per-
haps will make the same progress
in school; but when they start out
in the world for themselves, one
perhaps will stand still while the
other will make a great success.
They showed the same efficiency in
their earlier life, then what seems
to be the cause of the dividing of
their ways in later life?
There seems to be only one rea-
son for the difference in their sue
cess and that is, they have different
incentives. Incentive seems to be
the all powerful magnet that draws
to success, whether it be an indi-
vidual or nation. GERMANY is
very efficient, especially in a mill
taristic sense, because she had an
incentive, or thought she ham.
America is not efficient along that
line because we, as individuals,
have no incentive in that direction,
or think we haven't. At least Col.
Bryan thinks we haven't, which is
the same thing? Any way, IF eff
ficiency is the product of hard APP
plication. and IF incentive is the
power that calls forth this applica-
tion, then that is the thing the
parent and teacher should work on.
in dealing with the child and the
youth. The teacher is hired, not
only to teach facts from a book,
but to try and bring out these latent
qualities in the pupil, and in order
to get the best results, the teacher
must have the proper equipment,
which the average country school
has not.
/ have heard more than one
American citizen say, eft is as good
as l had when l was young" 1t
seems to me / remember having
heard a Chinaman say the same
thing once. Of course I want to be
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-03-02
EXCHANGES

Now that our dinners are about
to be bone dry, the legislature
should remove the social ban on
dipping ones toast in ones coffee.
In fulfllment of suicide pact,
an Englishman and his wife both
drank poison from the same glass.
The health laws in England must
be very lax. Thank goodness, most
American states have strict meas
ures against the unsanitary practice
of two persons drinking from one
glass.
Suggestion to certain national
magazines: Why not publish few
stories about persons who suddenly
come in possession of large amounts
Of money?
The authorities in New York and
Philadelphia seem to be going on
the theory that if the hungry wo-
men are kept hungry long enough
they'll be too weak to continue the
riots.
One of the Germans in Count Won
Bernstorff's party was found to be
taking two hundred suits Of pa
jamas to the fatherland. Evidently
vigorous measures are being taken
to resist those nightshirt attacks the
Russians have been making.
1t does seem as though when a
man pays his wife's doctor bills he
shouldn't have to apologize to her
every time he calls the doctor
DOC"
Britain has sunk two hundred
submarines belonging to the Cen
trail Powers. That information is
from London. Germany hasn't lost
a U-boat. That is reliably reported
from Berlin. You see how easy it
is to form fair opinions in this war.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-03-02

eartnen Jars or q clean hardwood bar
rel. The barrel or jar may be used re-
peatedly unless meat has spoiled in 1t.
1t should be scalded thoroughly. how
ever, each time before fresh meat is
packed.
Curing should begin as soon as the
meat IL cooled and while it is still
fresh. Ordinarily twenty-four to thir-
ty-six hours after slaughter are suff-
cient for cooling. Frozen meat should
not be sailed, as the frost prevents
proper penetration of the salt and I'M
even curing results.
Plain Salt Pork.
Rub each piece of meat with fine
common salt and pack closely in bar
rel. Let stand overnight. The next
day weigh out ten pounds of salt and
two ounces Of saltpeter to each 100
pounds Of meat and dissolve in four
gallons of boiling water. Pour this
brine over the meat when cold; cover
and weight down to keep it under the
brine. Meat will pack best If cut into
pieces about six inches square. The
pork should be kept in the brine till
used.
Sugar Cured Hams and Bacon.
When the meat is cooled, rub each
piece with salt and allow it to drain
overnight. Then pack 1t in a barrel
with the hams and shoulders in the
bottom, using the strips of bacon to
fill in between or to put on top. Weigh
out for each 100 pounds Of meat eight
pounds Of salt, two pounds of brown
sugar and two ounces Of saltpeter.
Dissolve all in four gallons Of water
and cover the meat with the brine.
For summer use 1t will be safest to
boil the brine before using. In that
case 1t should be cooled thoroughly be-
fore it Is used. For winter curing it Is
not necessary to boil the brine. Bacon
strips should remain in this brine four
to six weeks, halns six to eight weeks.
This Is standard recipe and has given
the best Of satisfaction. Hams and
bacon cured in the spring will keep
right through the summer after they
are smoked. The meat will be sweet
and palatable if it is smoked properly.
and the favor will be good.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-03-02
POPULAR METHODS OF
CURING OF MEATS
Prepared by United States department Of
agricultural

prepared by United States department Of
agricultural
One Of the most popular ways Of cur
Ing meats on the farm is by picking
In brine. Packing the meat in bar
rel and pouring the brine over 1t Is less
trouble than rubbing in salt by the
dry curing method. The brine is also
considered greater protection against
insects and vermin. Brine made of
pure water and according to directions
in the following recipes should keep a
reasonable length Of time. During
warm weather, however. brine should
be watched closely. and If it becomes
"ropy," like strip. 1t should be boiled
or new brine made. A cool, moist eel
lar is the best place for brine curing.
Pure water. salt. sugar or molasses
and saltpeter are all the ingredients
needed for the ordinary curing of meat.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-03-02

difficult for the bird to digest properly.
The great fault with the farmer in his
poultry feeding is that he attempts to
feed whole grain ration and generally
only one grain at that. Such a ration
results in poor egg production and also
causes digestive disorders and liver
and kidney troubles. Complaints of
this kind frequently come to the de-
partment Of poultry husbandry, and
suggested change in the ration has usu-
ally resulted in the elimination Of the
trouble. Efficient digestion demands a
combination of whole and ground
grains. A ration should consist of
grains and ground feeds. Generally
speaking, twice as much grain should
be consumed as ground feed. This de-
ponds, of course, upon the nature of
the foods fed.
A good ration for egg production can
be made with combination of grains
and ground feeds. For grains equal
parts by weight Of wheat and corn or
in the winter time twice as much corn
as wheat may be used. For ground
feed mixture of equal parts Of bran,
shorts and cornmeal may be used. Eff
1cient egg production requires also
that this ration be supplemented with
either sour milk-all that the birds
will drink-or in case sour milk Is not
available commercial beef scrap. One
fourth Of the ground feed should con-
sist Of beef scrap in case this Is used.
The importance of keeping grit and
oyster shell before the birds at all times
cannot be overestimated and is espe-
cially important during the winter
months.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-03-02

A farmer sold his wheat crop for
$3.50 per bushel, and handed the
check he received to his faithful
wife, whose clothes were old and
somewhat ragged, with the remark,
"Now go and buy yourself some de-
cent Clothes" mot on your life,"
replied the wife, 81 am going to
buy the kind other women are
wearing. Eek.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-03-02

purse and potatoes as money had
little difficulty last week in getting
about and in making purchases.
The potatoes were from Idaho, and
valued at retail at 81 cents each.
The cashier of a moving picture
show accepted three of them for a
ticket. A street car conductor de-
clined them as fare, but the CONVEX
sation attracted the attention of a
passenger, who offered to buy the
whole supply at the rate of two for
a nickel.
A taxicab chauffeur accepted six
for ride of two blocks. IF the
company won't accept them I'll pay
the fare and take them home my
SELF" he explained.
At a five and ten cent store the
reporter bought two diamonds"
and picture frame with his tubers.
Exchange.
Solomon was right. He had a
thousand wives but he could afford
it and besides he was man of
wisdom. He wore his bath robe
every day as we'll as on state occa-
sions but that was his business not
ours. Had he dressed in the latest
fashion he probably couldn't have
secured any more wives.
The first spring poet for 1917
says: go and call your neighbor,
no matter what his size, call him
something mean, if you want some
exercise"
And now the little Japs promise
to lick the u. S. if we are not good.
What is this country coming to any,
way, to be licked by the Japs? We
would much prefer the experience
of Lazarus of old.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-03-02
Presbyterian Church

DR.. Smith will preach at 1900 a.
m. next Sunday. Sunday School
at 1000 a. m. Jr. C. E. 2:5O p. m.
ST.. C. E. at 6:45. Strangers well
come.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-03-02
MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE

Fred Coleman is free again. The
last act Of that pardon board by
vote Of two to one fixed the term
of Imprisonment at two and half
years making his retention in the
pen the minimum sentence of the
court. Then good behavior short
ened this sentence so that while he
was incarcerated on the 26th day
of Dec. 1914, he was released after
a service of little more than two
years. This paid the criminal
$4,000 a year. His friends on the
pardon board stood by their associ-
ate and released him at the earliest
possible opportunity.
The new pardon board reversed
the action of the old board but the
lawyers took up the matter and by
habeas corpus proceedings under
the direction of a friendly Judge he
was given his freedom. A 10000
dollar steal and two and half
years. sentence is travesty on JUS
tice. The plea is often made that
the state did not lose anything but
it is equally true that the theft
himself made no restitution what
ever but his bondsmen whose conf
dence he betrayed made his short
age good.
Our criminal jurisprudence has
become a snare and a delusion.
The court in these days, usually
give the criminal an "indetermi-
nate" sentence. In this case from
"a to ten years, as soon as the GRIM
inal is warm in the pen he begins
pathetic appeals to venal pardon
ing board to be set at liberty and
his success is usually assured if his
friends are in the majority on the
board. Look at the following
record:
Coleman first published notice of
intention to apply for pardon in
October 1915.
Again in January. 1916.
Again in April, 1916.
Again in November, 1916.
He was denied a pardon July Z,
1916.
Again denied December 81, 1916.
Application re-opened December
%, 1916. Sentence fixed at two
and one-half years, which would
have freed him February 10, with
communication.
Action rescinded January l, 1917.
Our judges should be men of
fearless honesty and after affair
trial should fix the sentence def
nitely. The pardoning board
should have no jurisdiction except
when errors would be uncovered or
new evidence had been found which
would have affected the pronounce
ment of the sentence. Even then
the board having authority should
not be culled from petty politicians
who by hook or crook had gained
an entrance into the state govern
ment. Punishment should act as a
deterrent and must therefore be
swift and sure in its enactments.
A criminal today can well base his
action on a gamblers chance of re-
ceiving pardon or at least miti-
CATION of the lenient sentence pro-
nounced by the court.
Russia after fourteen months of
prohibition, reported: Crime (all
kinds) has decreased 81 percent;
absenteeism in factories has fallen
60 percent; hospitals formerly over
crowded are not filled; efficiency in
factories increased 10 to Is per-
cent; practically every inhabitant is
at work; savings deposits have in
creased 8 percent; fire damage has
fallen off 38 percent; wages in
some districts raised 500 percent;
people are eating better and cost
lier food; better clothing is worn
by the poorer classes; agricultural
implement sales are 60 percent
larger; Imprisonment decreased 72
per cent.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-03-02

1t is said that Chicago newspa-
per reporter using a basket as a
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-08-23

will the u. S. Judiciary Permit,
and the People Rally, the
Congressional Overthrow
OF Our Constitutional
System of Govern
Knent?
Mr.. WatsOn'S Argument Against The
Consumption ActS
Before Judge Emory Speer, at Mt.
Airy, August Is, 1917
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-08-23
CONTINUED FROM PAGE THREE. }

served sovereignty of the States: Congress
sas no authority to change them, and the
President cannot legally overbear them
Consequently, the issue before this Court is
narrowed to a conflict between the plain let
ter of the Supreme Law, upon the one hand,
and, on the other, the Acts of Congress, fol-
lowed by the Presidents proclamation, which
virtually destroy the existence of the State
militia.
Another provision of the Constitution was
adopted for the declared purpose of safe
guarding the States and the inherited lber-
ties of the people; and that provision checks
the Congressional power to raise q Federal
Army, By the ttc0-ye01' limit put on appr0-
p1ldti0nS.
AS all the Representatives and one-third of
the Senators were to be chosen biennially, it
was thought that the Federal Government
could never maintain a military establish
ment dangerous to the States and to popular
rights
The recent Acts of Congress spread these
military appropriations over a period of 80
years; and therefore we say that the whole
scheme, composed of these various recent acts,
is absolutely volative of the Constitutional
mandate which forbids that sort of appro-
prlatiOn for a term of more than two years
It is claimed that 'the power to raise
armies" vests Congress with plenary powers,
and that our Government can raise armies by
any method it thinks best
This argument might have weight in Eng
land, where Parliament is untrammeled by
written Constitution, and where the Govern
ment does not have to lean on sovereign
States; but it cannot have any force in this
country. before capable and fearless Judge.
who knows that Congress, alone, cannot
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-08-23
THE JEFFERS ONTAN

tuition achich 6reathes the breath of life into
StatuteS.
There is here no question of what the Court
thinks Congress should be competent to do: It
is simply and solely question of what the
Constitution authorizes.
Every house-top in America might be
turned into rostrum and resound with clam
orous demands for this law, that law, and the
other; but an upright Judge, thoroughly
versed in the Supreme Law, will heed moth
ing save the lines in that Golden Bool1-that
casxet of the Constitution, which as Senator
Ben Hill said, keeps for us the sacred Jewels
of our own English ancestry.
Your Honor is requested to take judicial
cognizance of the published Acts CT Congress
and the Proclamation of the President July
10, 1917: we respectfully contend that these
must all be construed together, as forming
one inseparable military plan, system, and
policy.
These published Acts and the Presidents
proclamation not only abolish the independ-
ent State militia, and contravene the clause
of the Constitution which prohibits Congress
from making appropriations of this charac-
ter for longer term than two years, but they
destroy the ancient Common Law principle
OF ne e@eat, and they violate the 18th Amend
ment.
No English principle was more firmly
fixed, than that the subject could not be sent
out of the realm without his consent. So
long IS he was innocent of crime. it was his
right to abide in his native land. Sir William
blackstone IS most emphatic on that point
The King could forbid his subjects to 90
abroad, but he could not Danish them: they
had as much right as he, to stay at home.
Your Honor will remember that, when
Richard H. arbitrarily expelled Henry Of
Bollngbroke from England, there was great
dissatisfaction; and when BoIingbroke re-
turned, the people rallied to him and de-
throned the King.
Hon. Hannis Taylor calls attention to the
historic fact that, for thousand years prior
to 1916, the law of England had exempted
the militia from service abroad, and he cites
the statutes [ Edw Ill, &c Geo III.
MIR. Taylor not only quotes the official
opinion which Acknowledgement Wickersham
gave to President Taft, Feb. II, 1912, but
quotes the recent statements of President
Wilson, who for so many years was Doctor
of Laws, and Professor of Law at Princeton:
In an address delivered at New York. Jan
uary q, 1916, he said II believe that it is
the duty Of Congress to do very much more
for the National Guard than it has ever done
heretofore. | believe that that great arm
Of oar national defense should be built up
and encouraged to the utmost; but, you Ano,o,
gentlemen, that undcr the Constitution Of
the United States the National Guard is I'M
der the direction of more than twoscore
States; that it is not permitted to the Ma
tional Government directly to have a voice
in its development and organization; and that
02lly upon occasion Of ACTUAL INVASION has
the President Of the United States the right
to ask those men to zeavo their respective
States"
In an address delivered at Cleveland Ohio,
January 20, 1916, he said: "The President
of the United States has not the right to call