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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-06-21
The Smallest Tractor

A garden tractor to take the place of
horse and man power in the cultivation of
garden and truck farms has been perfected
ny Minneapolis concern and is now being
placed in general use. The tractor has a
four-horsepower gasoline engine and is used
not only as a tractor, to pull cultivating
implements, but also as a movable Station
ary" engine to be used to run washing
machines, grinders, saws, feed choppers,
churns and other small machines about the
farm. The tractor is operated much after
the fashion of lawn mower; the operator
steering it by handIes.-Es.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-06-21
Horn and Violin

In the autumn, in the weather
Golden, bronzed and rich with signs,
When we paced the lanes together,
Dreamings deep were in your eyes.
Then, o Love twas like the sounding
Of mellow horn that blows,
Yelled yet vibrant, far resounding
Through the paths the woodland knows
But with May the magic changes
And the music pants and pleads;
Like violin it ranges
All the souls insistent needs;
All the hopes and pent desires,
All the daring and the doubt:
Like to strong. plucked strings, the fires
Of the spirits rushing out.
In the autumn, love seemed sober;
Dear, tbs now FASHIONED thing;
As the horn is for October,
But the violin for spring.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-06-21
A Wise Fish

| am only a fish. But haye story to
tell about myself and my millions of
brothers and sisters who used to swim in
these waters and play round the shores.
There are so many of us and we are so
hungry that we are always hunting for
food, and even eat each other; so it would
be foolish to complain that creatures living
on the shore should catch and eat us when
hungry. Many people know so little about
us that after they have caught US (which is
bad enough, they throw US into a bas-
ket or hollow Of the rocks with just enough
water to prevent our dying quickly, and
there we gasp and gasp for hours How
we long to speak their language and tell
them that we shall be soft and quite unfit to
eat if we suffer so much, and are so long
dying; and that wise fishermen kill fish as
soon as taken from the water by striking
them quick, sharp blow on the back of
the head with stick or stone, or if they
have no stick or stone, hold the fish by
their tails and strike their heads against a
rock or something hard, and then put them
into a cool, shady place! People do not
allow land creatures that are meant for food
to die slowly in agony, because they know
that their flesh is unwholesome if they do
and the same is true of us.
81 am fishing for fun hear boys and
even men say, and they catch dozens of US
and throw us down on the hot rocks or into
little pool of warm water, leaving us to
suffer and die.
How do l know so muchl 1 will tell
you. l am an old fish now, and have been
caught three times myself. The first time
was mere baby and was taken into the
hands of tall man with kind face, who
said: ''Poor little fish; you are too small to
eat, and you are not hurt, for the hook is
only caught in your lip, and will take it
out very carefully. If you were badly hurt
l would kill you at once; but there, you are
free now to swim away and forget all about
me- The next time l was caught by a
woman, who swung me into the air and
dashed me among the rough rocks,
screaming for some one to take me off,
But my head was caught in rock and the
hook was jerked away, tearing my mouth,
and / fell into the sea. Lastly, l was
caught by boy, who called NE ''such a
beauty for l was full grown by that time.
Had he known how to kill me quickly,
would have made him good dinner; but
he threw me into hollow in the rocks, as
he had seen others do, and soon the friendly
ocean sent big wave which washed me
back home again. SO have grown very
shy of the worms and bits of clans and
other food that men tempt US with, and
now spend my time teaching other fishes
how to nbble the bait without getting
caught.-Er.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-06-21
M |R R 0 R ET ES
By Uncle John

Isl B would like to exchange Saturday
Evening Post for the Duluth Herald.
We'll. anyhow we won another game.
But it was too much one sided to be in
eresting.
WANTED: several good and reliable
BARRIERS for Cell hall B. Steady employ
ment. Apply to the Deputies.
"A good many Catholics attended mass
which was held last Sunday morning in the
Auditorium. Father Barry officiating.
Cell 277 A has been changed to A.
1t would be we'll for his many friends to
note the change and mark their papers and
magazines accordingly.
Mr.. Henry Wolfer, former Warden,
and party, were visitors at the institution
during the week. Warden Reed escorted
the party through the institution,
One car of flour was received in the
yard for the Stewards department and
stored in the basement 1t was a very
expensive shipment.
The Board of Parole finished its June
meeting during the week, and they seem to
have it in for the BARRIERS in here as they
turned several loose.
This is the kind of weather which
makes one long to 60 out in the country
and help the farmers hoe the corn and
pull up the weeds and rest under the shade
of the old oak tree.
"A man asked US last Saturday why it is
that he doesn't get his exchange sent o
him from cell hall A to cell hall B. No
exchange allowed from one cell hall to the
other.
The largest body of visitors in the
history of our baseball park witnessed the
game last Saturday. But the excursion
party did not stay long. After the game
had started they left for meeting in
Saltwater.
One of the finest flower beds we have
seen for long time has been laid out back
of the dining hall. One gardener has been
working on same for two days planting
flowers; it makes fine showing for the
visitors to see.
"A method of preserving eggs which is
said to keep them absolutely fresh for an
indefinite length of time is in use in France.
New laid eggs in tin cases holding 1000
each are placed in an autoclave, from which
the air is exhausted until all the gas within
the shells has been drawn out Then
carbonic acid gas and nitrogen are intro
duced from tanks of these gases in liquid
form, and the tins containing the eggs are
sealed with solder. Any germs of decay
are killed by these gases, and it is said that
the flavor of the eggs is in no way affected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-06-21
p o ET-T r E E
Leares From Our Poets.
One More Notch

Twas morning of wind and snow, lad,
And the Storm King ragged without,
But little cared for that, lad,
For the hunters heart is stout.
So forth to the chase Jared, lad,
Counting the Storm as naught,
And found, in thicket of frs, lad,
The tracks of the game l sought.
A buck of the largest size, lad,
And my JOY was nigh complete,
For, once have found the tracks, lad.
always get the feet.
Straight in the face of the storm, lad,
The course of the footprints led,
Straight in the eye of the gale, lad.
The antlered monarch fled.
Through forest and river and plain, lad,
The whole of the livelong day,
Straight as die to the north, lad,
The staunch buck led the way.
And then, when the day was spent, lad,
Came the end of the weary quest,
For, tired with constant flight, lad,
The buck lay down to rest.
While, silent as fell the snow, lad,
A little distance back,
Alert in every sense, lad
Came the hunter on the track.
The shot rang sharp and clear, lad.
And true was the hunters eye,
And the royal buck ne'er knew, lad,
ust how he came to die.
And there, in the gathering dusk, lad,
When the day was all but done,
whitfield another notch, lad,
On the tang of my 80 gun.-Sir Ike.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-06-21
The City Dandelion

The Spring with garlands in her hane
Came tripping into town,
But shuddered at the stony streets,
And houses gray and brown.
Between those barren wallis" she sal,
81 could not live and hour
And fled away, but as she went
She dropped tiny flower.
1t found upon the cobblestones
A patch of shallow mold,
And there to every passer-by
Its tale of beauty told;
To pallid toilers, bent and tired,
1t spoke of grassy hooks,
The dewy pink of apple-trees,
The silver of the brooks.
A girl remembering purer things,
Went home that very night
A boy upon the downward path
Received its message bright;
"A man next morning bought cot
His little brood to rear
Where roses twined about the door,
And woods and fields were near.
A ray of golden sunshine sent
To light the city gloom,
A missionary from land
Of glory and perfume,
Lo! when it withered on the stem,
1t left behind the seeds
Of good in many callous soul,
To bloom in better deeds.
Minnie Irring.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-06-21
=. p o e T r Y
From Our Exchanges.
How Stately Stand Yon Pines


How stately stand yon pines upon the hill,
How soft the murmurs of that living rill!
And Ger the parks tall paling, scarcely
higher,
Peepsthe low church and shows the modest
spire,
Unnumbered violets on these banks appear,
And all the first born beauties of the year,
The gray-green blossoms of the willows
bring
The large wild bees upon the laboring wing;
Then comes the summer with augmented
pride,
Whose pure, small streams along the valleys
glide;
Her richer flora their brief charms display,
And, as the fruit advances, fall away;
Then shall the autumnal yellow clothe the
leaf,
What time the reaper binds the burdened
sheaf.-Crabbe.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-06-21
The Game

When the dice
Thrown by Fate
Beat you thrice
Clean and straight,
Take your knocks,
Stand the pain,
Grab the box
Throw again!
Though Life's cards
Mock your play
And your pards
Stroll away
Luck can't wreck
Stubborn men.
Grab the deck
Deal again!
Does the fight
Seem too grim
For your might
And your vim?
Though you grope
Sorely hit,
There is hope
Till you quit!
Only clods
Leave the fray
When the Gods
Look away.
Sing your song,
And keep your grin
Fight along
And you'll win-Selected
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-06-21

If there is ever time when Silence is
golden it is when man is mad.
Let's all celebrate the 4th of July if
only to remind US that we are still Ameri-
cans and live in a country where men are
judged by their actions and not by birth,
for some day there will be no distinction.
-EG.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-06-21
6 | { A N | n 6 s
From Our Exchanges

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MMMM##M##M#MM#$#M*
"A man who can afford surgical
operation is apt to get it sooner or later.
Everything has it use-even the chronic
kicker varies the monotony of life.
BE thankful you suffer; it's a sure sign
you're alive.
Honest criticism may be good for the
soul, but most of US prefer dishonest hattery.
"A pessimist is a man who can't even
forget the mean things he knows about him
self.
"A sense of duty is natural 10 man and
there can be no true happiness without at
tempting to fulfill it.
Wed like to know how man can
keep perfectly straight in making both ends
meet.
NO man has been caught by bunko
game who was not trying to get something
for nothing, or something for less.
Girls, "Don't advise a young fellow
to paddle his own canoe unless you are sure
he knows how to paddle
"A woman with the bridge craze we'll
developed is of little value when it comes
to buttons and babies.
Some folks delight in building a straw
man for the sole purpose of knocking him
down.
In other words, as Bagster said: "Take
not the honesty of a person as sufficient
cause to hear or believe a bad report of
others.
Size doesn't always count-think of the
out of his biggest patient. Be still Thesese,
the undertaken is at the door.
Eleanor Robson says the people in this
country usually get ''what they want when
they want it, This seems Just now to be
also true of the people of Russia.
There are great many industrious
people, but the world will never work as
hard again as it did in the good old days
when bicycling was the proper pastime.
There are three classes of people in
this world. The first learn from their own
experience, these are wise; the second learn
from the experience of others. these are
happy; the third learn neither from their
own experience nor from the experience of
OF hers, these are fools.
You should not kick unless you have
kick coming. And that you should not
kick at nothing. Even mule aims but
some folks amt mules, O. course not.
AN old saying is that man is what
his wife makes him. My notion is that
woman is what hei husband makes her.
Just look around and see which one is on
the heavy end of the teeter board.
There is no use in wasting energy
on punching bag when failing the rug
over the clothes line may be accomplished
without the trouble of donning gymnasium
suit.
AN Irishman in Boston may not have
had the best of reasons for his political faith,
but he certainly had enough quickness of
wit to compensate for that deficiency.
Some Republican political workers were
trying 10 get him to vote their ticket, but
he persistently refused on the ground that
he was Democrat.
'But why are you Democrat" he was
asked.
"Well, me father was a Dimocrat, and
| me grandfather was Dimocrat-''
''But what difference does that make?
| Suppose your father was thief, and your
grandfather was thief? What would you
be, then?"
The Irishman's eyes twinkled. Faith,
I'm thinkin' I'd be Raypooblican!"
-HarDer's
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-06-21
Grant


How shall we cheer him now or chant
His requiem befttingly?
The fields of his conquest now are seen
Ranged no more with his armed men,
But the rank and file of the gold and green
OF the waving grain is there again.
Though his valiant life is nations pride.
And his death heroic and half divine,
And our grief as great as the world is wide,
There breaks in speach but single line
We loved him living, revere him dead.
A silence then on our lips is laid.
We can say no thing that has not been said
Nor pray one prayer that has not been
prayed.
But spirit within US speaks, and, 10,
We lean and listen to wondrous words
That have sound as of winds that blow
And the voice of waters and low of herds,
And we hear, as the song flows on serene,
The neigh of horses and then the beat
Of hoofs that skurry DER pastures green
And the patter and pad of boys bare
A brave lad, wearing manly brow,
Knit as with problems of grave dispute.
And face, like the bloom of the orchard
bough,
Pink and palIid, but resoute,
And flushed it grows as the clover bloom
And froeh IL n1ao mo nc ho H.
AS he reins his steed where the quick quails
boom
Up from the grasses he races through.
And, no, as he rides what dreams are hisl
And what have the breezes to suggest?
Do they whisper to him ofsyhels that whiz
Ger fields made ruddy with wrongs re-
dressed?
Does the hawk above him as an eagle floati
Does he thrill and his boyish heart beat
high,
Hearing the ribbon about his throat
Flap as flag as the winds 90 byl
And does he dream of the warriors fame.
This western boy in his rustic dressi
For, in miniature, this is the man that came
Riding out of the Wilderness
The selfsame figure, the knitted brow,
The eyes full steady, the lips full mute,
And the face, like the bloom of the orchard
bough,
Pink and pallid, but resolute.
Aye, this is the man, with features grim
And stoical as the sphinx's own,
That heard the harsh guns calling him,
AS musical as the bugle blonw,
When the sweet spring heavens were clouded
Ger
With tempest, glowering and wild,
And our country's flag bowed down before
1t bursting wrath as stricken child.
Thus, ready mounted and booted, spurred,
He loosed his bride and dashed away.
Like roll of drums were his his hoof beat:
heard,
Like the shrek of the fife his charger:
neigh,
And over his shoulder and backward blown
We heard his voice, and we saw the SOC
Reel as our wild steeds chased his own
As though hurled on by the hand of God
And still, in fancy, we see him ride
In the blood red front of hundred trays
His face set solid, but glorifed
AS knights of the old Arthurian days
And victor ever as courtly, too,
Gently lifting the vanquished foe
And staying him with hand as true
AS dealt the deadly avenging blow.
So, brighter than all of the cluster of STAR
Of the flag enshrouding his form to-day,
His face shines forth from the CRIME of war.
With glory that shall not pass away,
He rests at last; he has borne his part
Of salutes and salvos and cheers on cheers,
But, oh, the sobs of lis country's heart
And the driving rain of a nations tears
james WhitcOnab Riley.
Horn and Vio1in
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-06-21
n 0 7 | c E

g Before presenting themselves to the
dentist for the purpose of having
their teeth examined and treated, all
inmates should procure a tooth
brush and have their teeth Is thor
oughly clean as possible.
C.S. REED, WARDEN.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-06-21
Chapel Hrngrai1t


The following is the Program rendered
in the Auditorium last Sunday, Reverend
Father Barry officiating:
March-Creation - Orchestra
Novelette, Tete Orchestra
Hymn-There's Royal Banner
------- Congregation
scripture Father Barry
Tone Poem-My Dreams Orchestra
Prayer Father Barry
Gospel Reading Father Barry
Sermon Father Barry
Hymn-What Friend Have in
Jesus Congregation
March-Golden Glory Orchestra
R. J.Reichkitzer, Musical Director.
population
UP to June ls
Number of Inmates at Prison... $50
Number in First Grade..... ..........,.74O
Number in Second Grade. ............175
Number in Third Grade. ..35
Received During Week.. ............. 8
Discharged OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ........l2
Last Serial Number. 1892
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-06-21
ANOTICE TO INMATES
Corrected to June Is

You are hereby directed to place
your copy of THE MIRROR at the
foot of your bed on the morning
following the day on which it is
delivered to your cell. Non-com-
pliance with this order will cause
forfeiture of privileges.
j. j. Sullivan,
Deputy Warden.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-06-21
Judge Harger Is Second Abraham
Lincoln,

Oscar Starting, a negro who has
been working as section hand ar
Parma for the Oregon Shert Line,
was arrested last week by Deputy
Sheriff Hugh Nichols, charged with
evading the registration law. In
default $4,000 bnd he was held
at the Caldwell jail until Tuesday,
when the ease against him was dis
missed by D. D. Harger, u. s. COM
missioner at Caldwell. Starting
pleaded ignorance of the law, stat=
ing that he had tried to enlist at
Salt Lake and had been rejected as
physically unfit and didn't know
that registration was required OF
him. While this defense is joke
to Parma people 1t listened good t9
Judge Harger, who is rather soft
hearted by nature and chastened BY
training, and he let the prisoner gd
after being registered. Another
Stacker, a Socialist from Caldwell
vas not so fortunate, and will have
20 stand trial. these are the only
arrests that have been made in this
county for evasion of the Fegistration
act,
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-06-21
RED CROSS
BATS 1000
Money just Falling all
Over itself to get into
The Good Work.

The big Red Cross drive is on
with a whoop, and the prospects arc
certain that the proposed 500, 900,
900 fupd will reach much larger
figure when the returns are all in.
Idaho, in particular, seems sure to
go much higher than the 1000
allotted to the state, and Canyon
County will far exceed its allotment.
Parma. Roswell, Tendavis and Apple
Valley will surprise the natives when
the totals are figured up. In the
work here Manager BaIdridge is
being ably assisted by the following
team captains!
Parma-E. C. Johnson, C. A. Tan
ner, Chas. Cress. H. C, Andersen
and A. w. Wright.
Roswell-s. G. Tuning, C. B. Ross,
A. J. lockwood, Frank Howard and
Edgar Dilley. 2
Tendavis-Frank Galley, S, G.
Tucker, H. l. Mclaughlin, T. S.
Barnum and L. E. Small,
Apple Valley-Levt Stevens, NJ. L.
Parsons, c. ]. Jackson and Ray
Hicks.
The drive was started off at Par
ma Tuesday with a luncheon at the
oddfeIlows hall attended by rs
he enthusiastic farmers and bus
ness men of this section, at which
Captain Hindley, former mayor Of
7pokane. was the guest of honor,
Captain Hindley delivered a rousing
ADDRESS and made a forcefuI appeal
for all possible aid for the Red Cross
cause. Governor HawIey came down
from Boise Sunday and addressed
large and enthusiastic crowd at the
Chautauqua tent. Parma is going
to come in as the banner community
II Idaho in proportion to our popu-
Iation,
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-06-21
a GREAT LITTLE WOMAN.

IL was great talk you listened
to at the Chautauqua from Ada
Ward yesterday. That advertised
blackboard was not much in evi-
dence, and we opine that she didn't
give you what the Chautauqua man
ayers and herself expected when the
number was called. Her subject
carried her off her feet, and she
carried the audience with her. We
we're not much in fayor OF d chau-
tauqua this year, we thought the
money would better go to the Rel
Cross. We have changed our mind
since listening to Ada Ward. Her
talk was worth more than the whole
show costs. 1t aweke our people
to conditions in manner that moth
ing else could have done It brot
to us a realization of facts that w
had regarded lightly in a matter-of
fact way. It was a happy inspira
tion that brought Ada Ward to Par
ma, and the big audience that lis
sened to her can congratulate itself
N having heard one of the creates
sermons ever preached by womaI
IN the big northwest.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-06-21
KILLED A COLT.

An auto driven by Mrs Franz
Toward Wednesday struck a colt or
he Roswell road on the outskirts
town. breaking its leg, and neces.
itating the killing of the animal
which operation was performed by
,ither Webb Fisk, Zeke Brumbacl,
: John Nelson Marshal Boyd at
ended to the funeral end of 1t. The
olt was following its mother and
'Hm2ed in front pt the machine 3
Ms. Howard was driving past
low speed. While in no way It,
blame fer the accident, Mrs. Howar,
insisted on paying the value of IL.
colt, which was fixed at $4,000.
The co1t belonged to a man name(
Pomercy, of Kingman colony.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-06-21
CHAUTAUQUA
BIG SUCCESS
Big Tent Filled to Capaci-
ty at Every Event. On
Again next year.

The Ghautauqua, which will come
to close tomorrow night, has been
a wonderful success. The attendance
and the receipts have far surpassed
ali expectations. The big tent has
been filed with from five TO six
hundred people at each event, BY
far the greater part of the entertain
men has been all that could be
hoped for. The committees in charge
performed prodigious AMOUNT of
work in splendid manner, and are
entitled to the thanks OF all. 1t took
nerve and boosting to put the big
event oyer. and Parma has both to
spare Without throwing any bo-
quets, Parma has more pep TO the
bicck than any other town in the
northwest. The ohautauqua has
been signed up again for next year,
hurrah.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-06-21
Max Is Careful to Name Witnesses

Max Mayfield returned from his
annual fishing trip to the Payette
Lakes Tuesday evening with a story
If catching trout by letting them
jump into the boat. He didn't do
t but Mark Bates did.
"We were fishing from small boats
at the head of the lake Saturday al
ternoon," said Mr.. Mayfield, and
grouped about a school of trout that
we're biting well, and jumping out
Of the water, as they often do, when
a fine, big lake trout jumped high
into the air, and landed in the boat
Of Mark Bates, editor of the Parma
Herald. Those who saw this, be-
sides myself, were N. F. Williams
of Mccall, bill" Brookins, and Bert
Ellsworth, two Of Boise's best known
travelling men.
This in itself would not have
been so remarkable were it not for
the fact that Mark repeated the per-
formance on Sunday, and captured
another trout which jumped into his
boat. Among those who saw it on
were DIR. Tukey, Ed. Hayes,
Guy Mains, Harry Shellworth and
Mr.. Skinner, editor of the Emmett
Index"
Mr.. Mayfield reported fishing good,
but said the really good fishing
would come in the next ten davs rs
he water still is rising in the lakes.
Statesman.