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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
Local Happenings.

DR.. R. J. Cluen of Boise was Parma
visitor today.
sterry Long and wife left today for
Kankakee, H., where they will visit for
short time with Mrs Longs folks.
Mr.. Long expects to locate in Chicago.
Mrs. E. NJ. kirkpatrick arrived today
from visit with the C. B. Hurt family
in Portland, Oregon.
The Union Loan company moved
their offices this week from the Kirk
patrick block to the Kerrick building,
George Hudson Of the Big Bend was
taken quite sick on Sunday, requiring
the aid of a physician, who visited him
again on Monday, and reports Mr.. Hud-
son getting along nicely.
Garrit Groot this week bought OF
Alex Wade his Big Bend farm, consist
ing of So acres of highly improved land,
and took immediate possession. He
paid 100000 for the farm.
Harry R. Williams of Kingman, Kan
sas, arrived in the city today, and is
employed by the spurrier Lumber Co.
as yardman. He is a married man and
will move his family here later
Don't forget the "Elma, The Fairy"
operetta Friday, matinee and evening
at Leigh's hall, presented by the first 6
grades of the city school
Aunt Dfnah" was presented to a
house full of appreciative people last
Friday night, and the participants are
to be highly complimented on their cos
tuning and the able manner in which
they sustained their parts.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
Gen. Osterhaus
Dies in Germany

Peter Osterhaus. the last surviving
major general of the United States f-r-
ces in the Civil war, died recently at the
home of his daughter.in-law, at Duis-
burg, Germany.
General Osferhaus was in all respects
a great soldier. From the ranks he rose
to the rank of major general of volun-
teers, and was retired brigadier gener-
al in the regular army.
He went back to his native land to
spend his declining years, but he left a
son, as an inheritance, who is one Of
the foremost officers in our navy, and
has the warm affection as well as the
great respect Of his brother officers.
General Osterhaus was superb sol
dier, but he never could master the
English language perfectly, and the fol-
lowing incident is related Of him in
Goodwin's Weekly:
"When the battle opened on Lookout
Mountain, he advanced his division so
rapidly that General Hooker feared he
would disorganize the battle line, and
sent an aid with an order for him to GO
slower. Osterhaus read the note, then
turned to the aid and said. 'GIf my
compliments to de scheneral und del
him il he geep watch fer apout der
minutes, he will see me make doze reb
els hell schmell.' The height was car
fled"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
Conference of Farmers

The state wide conference Of farmers
to he held in Boise on the I, and 9Th
Of February, promises to be meeting
Of unusual significance to Idaho aericul-
ture. The program includes a number
of speakers of national reputation be-
sides numerous talks by successful or
ganizers and managers OF farmers' CO.
operative associations in this state.
Among the outside speakers who will
take part in the program the one who
will probably attract the greatest inter
est is Ray McKaig, secretary manager
of the Farmers Non-partisan League OF
North Dakota. Mr.. McKaig will par
ticipate in at least two of the three days
program, and besides telling the story Of
how the league swept the state of North
Dakota, putting in farmer for COVER
nor and the complete farmers ticket
from sthree members of the supreme
court down to even the coroner to bury
the old gangi he will also give Idaho
farmers the benefit of his experience in
helping them work out their marketing
and organization problems.
The meeting is open to every farmer
in the state and with the legislature in
session at the same time, as well as
special one and one third fare rates foi
the round trip, it is anticipated that the
largest crowd of farmers ever assembled
in the state will be in attendance.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
to
Replace Stages

Arrangements row being made mean
that 1000 head Of horses which hereto
fore have drawn touring stage coaches
through Yellowstone National Park will
be sold for use in European armies anc
their places taken during the coming
summer by automobiles. Under the
plans now being worked out there viii
hereafter be three companies instead of
seven controlling hotels, camps and
tours OF the famous park.
Under the scheme the hotels will be
under one management, the camping
outfit is under another and the staging.
in the past operated by four systems,
will have one head. The change will
remove one OF the picturesque features
of the Yellowstone tour, but at the same
time will facilitate the trip through Gey
serland. The change is made at an or
perfume time from a pecuniary view
point, ss the horses that viii go to the
European fighting governments will
bring highest prices
The former arrangement caused mul-
tiplicity Of service that was somewhat
confusing to the public. Under the
new deal the general service will be
brought to a high standard Of efficiency
which will mean that the park, with its
great natural wonders, will be more eas-
ily viewed than before. Under the nav
management Howard K. Hays, who
has had charge Of numerous camping
outfits dictated by the government, will
be the general tours agent for the Chi
cago, Union Pacific, Northwestern
Tours.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
AS a Rule

The man who transscts the smallest
amount OF business with the postoffce
lis the one who complains the most
about the management Of the Office
the man who finds the most fault with
the minister pays nothing towards his
salary, and don't even know that Jesus
Christ was crucifed; the man who has
the most trouble with his neighbor is
in himself the source; the man who has
the least sense is loaded with conceit /;
the man without children is the wise
guy about their bringing up; the man
who never had a wife is wise, if he don't
try to tell the one who has how to man
age her, and the msu who borrows his
neighbours newspaper to read, instead
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
That Full Crew
trary regulatio

From the standpoint of some OF the
citizens of Parma, the size of the train
crews at the present time are too large,
from an economic point CT view, and
should be abolished altogether. There
isn't train containing coaD pills into
town after dark, but that the train crew
is embarrassingly conspicuous By its
presence. And If a person is caught in the
act of picking up chunk Of coal for the
purpose Of throwing it out of the trail,
so as to keep any of the train crew from
falling over it and breaking their Ian
tern globe, some sassy conductor or
brakeman uncouples himself from the
taboose, and gets funny about it. Con
seouently, the minority OF the citizens Of
this community do look with favor, at
the present time upon the full crew ag-
itation. But if it were possible, they
would aid and encourage the crew to
get full before they pulled into town,
and 30 full that they wouldn't be able to
get oft OF the little red caboose behind.
the train.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
Full Crew Agitations

Along with the agitation for limiting
the length Of trains, there is proposed a
demand for what is known as full crew
legislation.
Nothing so seriously menaces the de-
velopment of the west as train imita-
ton by law on one hand and stufing
crews by law on the other.
In Washington. for instance, the full
crew law is useless and in many cases
waste of labor, hauling idle men on ez-
gines and trains.
The truth is, the railroads have every
selfish interest in operating their trains
with the greatest safety, as injuries to
trainmen are costly.
The full crew laws in few cases fit ac-
tuaI needs, but in nine cases out of ten;
such laws increase danger and expenses
of operating trains.
From the standpoint of hazardous oc-
cupations, carrying unnecessary men or
equipment increases the ratio OF accl-
dents in proportion.
From the standpoint OF business eco
nomics, and the greatest efficiency and
economy of operation are dentaudedi
Why hamper development and activities
and investments in the state by srbt-
trary regulations?
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
OF Interest to
Fruit Growers

All who are interested in fruit grow
ing and the disposal Of the same, are in.
vited to b. present at a meeting to be
held in room 8, in the Kerriek block, on
Saturday, January q, at 2:3O o'clock.
The proposition of establishing an
evaporator at this place will be discuss
ed, and the elimination OF waste by in
teresting thr producer in by-products,
will be another subject brought before
he meeting.
While in Spokane a short time ago,
Godfrey Lohrli attend fruit growers
meeting where these subjects were the
principal ones, and gathered data along
these lines, and will briug the same be-
fore this meeting on Saturday after
noon.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
Advantage of Cow
Testing A association

The COW testing ass1ciatinr affords
the cheapest and most satisfactory
method ofgetting accurate records of the
production of dairv cows, according to
0. E. Reed, professor Of dairy husband
ry in the Kansas State Agricultural col
l-ge
To establish an association and run
it cheap.y and effect veiy it is necessary
to have between 300 and 400 cows dis
tributed among about twenty six herds
within a convenient radius. Each
member Of the association is asse-sed
from 81 to 81, so cow This money is
used TO hire one mpn to do the testing
and to iefray the running expenses Of
the association Each herd is visited
once month by this man, who makes
the fat tests and has charge of keeping
the milk and feed records, From the
monthly records the yearly records are
calculated. From the amount of feed
consumed the valne thereof and the
amount Of milk and butter fat produced
one can pick his profitable cows.
The man who dces the testing Is al
ways one who has had considerable ex-
periencs in the dairy business, and
much valuable information and advice
can he obtained by the farmers from
him.
The principal advantage of the COW
testing association is the obtaining Of
an exact record of each COW in the herd.
a conservative estimate is that about
one third of the cows in Kansas do not
pay for the feed they eat. Cows of this
sort are worse than boarders, for they
eat up the profits made by good cows.
There is a great opportunity to increase
the net profits of the average herd by
spotting the poor cows and discarding
them.
Moreover, knowing the record of pro-
duction OF the cows in herd enables
one to feed them more intelligently 1t
is common practice to feed all the
COWS in herd alike. Under these con-
ditions the poor COW would be fed too
much and the good COW too little. The
proper way to feed each COW is in pro-
portion to the amount OF milk she pro-
duces. When this plan is adopted it
usually results in a greater production
OF milk on less feed.
A testing association often leads to
community breeding, which means that
a part or all of the members decide to
handle enc breed of cattle. They may
cooperate in buying or selling breeding
stock or may trade herd sires and there
by reduce expenses.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
Captain Shaw ssa
'..ls e 80. - - gof Co. / Dies

Captain R. L. Shaw Of Company l,
Second Idaho Infantry, of Payette, died
THURSDAY morning, January IS, at St.
Alphonsus hospital in Boise, Idaho, af-
ter an illness which began while he was
On duty with bis company at Nogales.
He was 80 years old, and married; his
wife was on her way from California, in
answer to telegram notifying her Of
his condition, but did not arrive in
Boise until after his death.
Mr. Shaw came to Idaho from okla
homa several years ago and located at
Payette, where he practiced his profess
sion, that Of Law He joined the state
guards shortly after locating at Payette.
He was member of the Masonic order,
and Modern Woodman.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
Former Parma
Girl Married

On Thursday of last week Miss Ethel
Clark and Milton Frank Clark we're
married at Nyssa, Oregon, at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Vogts, by Rev.
B. F. Harper.
Mrs. Clark will be remen bered as a
school girl here about two years ago,
moving from here to Nyssa, where she
has made her home.
Mr., Clark is an O. s. L. telegraph op-
orator, being stationed at Nvssa for
number OF months last summer
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark will make their
home at Glenna Ferry, Idaho, where he
is now stationed.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
Seed Testing

Farmers who expect to raise corn the
coming season should arrange to test
all Of their seed. AS you know perfect.
" well 1t is very simple matter, but
you may pct it off from day to day and
finally plant your corn without having
tested it, with the result, that, while
your neighbour who did test, gets yield
of from fifty to one hunred bushels to
the acre, you will get, perhaps, not
more than thirty or thirty-fve bushels
few days spent in careful selection Of
your seed will mean more tolyou than
a months hard labor later IN the sea
son. Your boy or girl has probably
learned all about seed testing at school,
and it would be very pleasant pastime
for them to take charge Of the testing,
at the same time grasping the educa
tional side Of the process. Fl perchance
they have not been instructed in this,
and their teacher cannot show them, a
postal card to your nearest county farm
experiment station or to the agricultur-
81 department Of the state university
will get you the desired information.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
Stock Marker

Beef cattle l0c lover demand limit
ed; ; beef steers trade active, Sc to $3.50 ;
cows and heifers good dema-d, So to
$3.50; hogs good deman,i, 50 So to sIO15 i;
sheep and lambs there were 4 decks of
prime Idaho lambs that went at sl2;
Others $3.50 TO SIO5O.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
Divorce Granted

Mary E. Leigh of this city, was, on
Tuesday OF last week, awarded divorce
from her husband, Nathan E Leigh, by
District Judge Ed l. Bryan, on the
grounds of cruelty. The couple we're
married in 1902. and have three chill
dren.
The custody of the children was given
to the mother and also he conn unity
property of the couple at this place.
The case went by derault as the hus
band did not contest the action.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
United States
Buys Islands


Uncle Sam has bought the Danish
West Indies after djckaring for over half
a century and will raise the American
flag over them upon payment of the
purchase price of 25 million dollars,
which congress will provide in few
weeks. A resolution has been present.
ed to congresa asking that the islands
be renamed Dewey in oonor Of the de-
parted american naval hero
THIS is some real estate deal, and
is quite an acquisition TO Uncle Sans
hoIdirg~ out Of the oounds Of the states.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
Ads in
Newspapers

A bill was introduced recently in the
United States senate by Senator Bank
head of Alabama, prohibiting the trans
mission of liquor advertisements in cir
culars, newspapers, or otherwise, in the
mails, The bill passed the senate and
now goes to the house. The Herald is
clean
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25

Head Eietrocutioner-"H Have you any
thing to say before you are electrocu-
ted?'' Condemned Man-'How shock
ing. Do you expect me to talk after,
wards? I'll give you to understand
that I am not a post mortum talker."
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25

"Dear Editor: Should a person own
ing munition stock, in view of all this
peace talk going round, hold on to it or
let it drop?" We believe the safest
plan would be to unload all you have,
and then if lit dropped it wouldn't go off
and iniure the stock market.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25

OF subscribing for it himself f!-well, il it
wasn't for the postal rules and regula-
tions this article would be finished.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-01-25
United Presbyterian Church.

Sunday school, 10 a. m. /; morning ser
vice at H. Afternoon and evening ser.
vices Junior league at $50; Young
Peoples meeting at 80; evening ser.
vice 7 80. You are cordially invited tc
attend these services.
J. B. STOREY, Minister.
Subscribe for The Herald
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-09
MANY HOME GUARDS IN
STATE; NONE RECOGNIZED
Large Number Organized in Various
Cities-Must Have Governors
Approval.

Bismarck, N. D., Aug. "a score
of home guard units have been or
ganiZed or now are being formed in
North Dakota. Wahpeton was one
of the pioneers in the movement, and
Fargo was quick to take advantage Of
an opportunity for protection. Lid
gerwood as a guard Of so members;
Kenmare has a company of 70; Tow
er City and Hillsboro are lining up,
and Leeds recently organized a large
unit. Cavalier county is organized
with central company at Langdon.
Darlington has company of so men
which meets all trains, protects men
seeking work and sees that the vag-
rant class moves on. Bordulac has
a strong company and the Slope re-
gions generally organized. In order
to procure federal recognition, arms
and ammunition, these home guard
companies must be recommended to
the secretary of war by the COVER
nor. Frazier has not made such rec
concentrations in the case of any of
these units to date.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-09
WE'RE GOING FISHING,
MARRY Us" SAYS COUPLE
Marriage la Mode Is solemnized at
Rismarck-PopuIar Young Peo-
pie Principals.

Bismarck, N. D., Aug. "a mar
riage a la mode was solemnized at
st. Georges parish house wednesday
ms, son of r. d. Hoskins, for 70
years clerk of supreme court, and
Miss Lois Hull, a popular Burleigh
county school ma'am, khaki-clad
from head to foot appeared In the
,,rasanca IF Dr. George Buzzelle with
the announcement: Were going
fishing, and we want to be married,
quick.
DIR. Buzzelle tied the knot just In
time to permit the happy couple 70
catch No. g. upon which they depart
ed for a six-weeks honeymoon at Big
Pine lake in Minnesota. The engage
ment of the popular young people
was announced several months ago.
The groom is part owner OF the
EJoslrins stationery and floral COM
pany, one of the city's Oldest and
largest mercantile enterprises.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-09
FLOOD CONTROL
POSSIBLE FROM
LAKELEWAUKON
Engineer Says Few Peo-
People Realize Beauty
and Size of This Lake
FIVE MILES OF
WATER SURFACE
Herbert A. Hard Sees Great
Possibilities in Sar-
gent County

A preliminary survey Of Lake
Lewaukon has just been completed
by State Drainage Commissioner
Herbert A. Hard of this city, to de-
termine it's use as a reservoir to
hold back spring floods on the Wild
Rice river in Sargent county, ac-
cording to an announcement he made
upon his return yesterday from
Cayuga. Minor and other points.
NEW Chain of Lakes"
Last winter wild talks came to
Fargo of a new chain of lakes whose
drainage had. by some foul plan,
been changed from some other out
let, to pour it's dangerous floods
into the Red river through the Wild
Rice. Hints of injunctions were even
rife.
I'm the course Of my work with
City Engineer Anders of Fargo. H.
F. Emery and Secretary J. P. Hardy
Of the Fargo Commercial club, and
others, ! have visited the country
under suspicion only to find very
natural conditions. However. in
creased rainfall and new drains
have recently filed to overflow lakes
and sloughs which normally did not
drain. These now pour their freshets
into the Wild Rice"
Five-miIe Water Surface.
According to Geological Engineer
Hard, few people realize the size and
beauty of this lake, careful examin-
alton of which was made. The basin,
he says, is capable of affording over
five square miles of water surface,
and the present outlet can be cut
down several feet, draining the wa
ter to that level in the summer. A
dam can be cheaply constructed in
the narrow outlet at the north to
raise the water Is feet above the low
water level.
1.-THE lake shore" said Mr.. Hard,
"is surrounded by steep banks 15 to
20 feet high, making ideal storage
with no damage to surrounding
farm lands. In fact the lake can be
converted into a reservoir at a min
imum cost and with a capacity to
practically remove the upper Wild
Rice as a flood menace in the Red
river valley.
May Become a Menace.
Last year this stream dumped
it's food in April and July with
we'll remembered disaster to the Red
river valley. 1t is likely. with ordin-
airy rainfall. to become far greater
menace in the near future with
many new large drains being con-
structed, one. the Cogswell canal,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-09
ALASKA MAKING
.GPEATPROGRESS
. SAYS PUBLISHER
Anchorage, Without In
habitants 2 Years Ago,
Now City of 5000

Minot, N. D., Aug. Back for a
visit with former friends. Jerry Q.
Baker, editor and publisher of The
Anchorage Democrat and Forty
ninth Star at Anchorage. Alaska,
declared that the greatest handicap
to that country has been the lack OF
sufficient means of transportation,
coupled with unwise governmental
regulations.
Overcoming Drawbacks.
These drawbacks, he says, are be-
ing overcome to very great extent
by the Wilson administration-in
the first place by the enlarged ap-
preparations for roads and trails;
second, by the construction of one
big railway system. and third, by re-
leasing some of the resources that
had been tied up through the efforts
of Pinchott and his greed.
Such towns and communities as
Fairbanks, Nome, Cando, Idearod,
Ophiz. Ruby and Coy which owe
their present development directly to
the gold lying deposits are now de-
veloping upon other lines as well,
such as agriculture, fishing and fur
dealing" said the editor.
Is In Need of Settlers.
alaska needs settlers of the right
kind and his plenty of room for
them. It has the greatest mineral re-
sources of any country in the world,
including practically every known
mineral. It has an abundance Of good
agricultural lands and the greatest
supply of fish on the earth. There
are few waste spots"
Mr.. Murphy reports that two years
ago Anchorage was a place without
single habitation for man. to mark
the location and that now 1t is a
city of 5000 with a hustling business
community that never sleeps.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-09
Western Rye Is
Bringing $1,000
To $21 An Acre

Bowman, N. D., Aug. 9.-The
threshing of rye in this district
is we'll under way, and yields are
running from six to twelve BUSH
els an acre, the quality being No.
1. -
Winter wheat, of which there
is a fair acreage, also is being
threshed, and is averaging about
six bushels an acre.
Rye is selling on the local mar
ket at about $1.75 a busheI, the
farmer with a six busheI crop
receiving a return of $1,000 an
acre. as much as he received for
ID bushels of wheat in 1915.
The farmer with a IL busheI
rye crop is receiving a gross re-
turn of $21 an acre, equivalent to
about Is bushels of wheat an
acre in the record breaking 1915
crop year, which wheat crop was
sold at from 80 to go cents a
busheI. az -. &....
Winter wheat is selling at
about $3.50 on the local market,
and at that price, a six bushel
yield this year, producing $3.50
an acre, the equivalent of about
16 to 1S bushels of wheat an acre
on the 1915 sales basis.