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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-20
New Gas Rate Schedule.
Filed

The Company compelled file schedule of rates
because the rapid and steady increase in cost OF operation has
reached point that renders substantial addition to its
mperatvely necessary Notice OF the filing OF the new schedule
has appeared in the columns of the city papers
For more than years price of In Seattle has
remained stationary Except for reduction large quantities
made few ago. During all this time the prices OF nearly all
commodities every day life have made large advances and
been only by the strenuous business methods ana th
of Of additional capital that the Gas Com
pany been able meet the gradual upward tendency in price
Of everything except its own product
Three years ago in an Official investigation by the Public Ser
vice Commission found that the Gas Company had been
earning than three cent the actual value OF its property
That condition has not been improved and as matter fac
daeu though be- the Company today confronted win an
of operation OF more than s2o
600 per month This increase from the higher price OF
manufacturing materials and labor taxes and few minor items we
control the price of coal and oil fix the amount OF our
Our employees entitled to the same hours and conditions
of labor employees of other public utilities and corporations is
lust and fair that the people whom should pay sufficient
such service TO enable maintain it at high stand
ard under reasonable and accepted business principles
Conceding the urgent necessity we have filed rate schedule
that believe will increase by approximately the
mentioned above and will impose the least burden upon the
Individual The effort of the company to avoid radi'
cal increase in the price Of gas per thousand cubic feet
TIL. new schedule old minimum charge IS cents
per month and substitutes therefor readnoserve charge OF p
per month"; which each consumer will pay regardless OF how
and on the first 5000 reduced
thousand cubic feet the basic prices of the old schedule remaining
unchanged.
is estimated that these two changes give necessary
additions revenue and that small of the will be paid
BY every The readnessoSve charge is based like
the old minimum charge the fair and just principle that every
entails absolute and continuous monthly expense
company independent Of the amount of he uses
sincerely hope each of customers will accept this rela
lively small monthly increase in the ungudging spirit that must
animate Americans everywhere of the Public Utilities
Companies credit Of American securities and the industrial en-
ergies Of the country are to be maintained
Seattle Lighting Company
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-20
This Frees Your Skin
From Hair or Fuzz

The method here suggested for
the removal OF snperfluous hair Ia
quick and certain and unless tho
growth IL extremely stubborn. q
single application does the work
Mako a stiff paste with some pow
dered delatone and water: apply
this 10 the hairy surface and after
about minutes rub II off, wash
the skin and the hairs are gone.
To avoid disappointment, he sure
your druggist sells you doleatone.-
Advertisement.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-27

]. G.. Power has dry farm 4
miles east of Taber and has just
recently built barn 24x32 feet, and
he has SIS, acres of wheat and about
l acre of garden. The barn has
been very carefully planned. The
managers are built high and shallow
and each horse has feed chute that
brings the hay down to him so there
is no chance for him to waste the
hay or get stuck with pitch fork.
The managers are tight and he pours
the grain into them instead OF reed
boxes. The rain water from the roof
will he conducted into cistern and
a pump will bring it into the stable
for the horses to drink. Mr.. rover
cut considerable wild hay on MS
place. Instead of letting 1t fall on
the ground and get dusty in the pro-
cess of raking, he cuts 1t with MS
binder and drops it along in bunches'
When the hay was put in the barn
it was perfectly clean and free from
dust, Mr.. Power excavated for a
cellar soon after locating on MS
homestead and on the sides OF the
cellar are plainly visible the old
badger holes that had been dug long
ago and filled in by the badgers SO
that there was net work of them,
and the ground always remains moist
where they have done their pioWlns
and pulyerising. The ground 10
those places was SO moist that MT.
power concluded it was the proper
way to get good growth OF trees.
His pIan is to initiate the badger
NV digging holes three or four feet
deep and filling them in again, trust
ing to nature to keep 1t as moist as
the old badger, burrows, then plant
the trees in these spots. He intends
TO try the Usage hedge for wlno
break and plans to dig trench as
long as the row of hedge is to be,
dig it three or four feet deep, I'LL
it in again and then set the plants
in it. Mr.. Power made another niue
discovery for himself that proved 10
him the Importance of doing ms
farming Just at the time when the
ground is dry enough in the spring
to be worked. He bought new drill
and after it was set up, just to test
the machine and the team, he drove
few rounds on little patch near
the barn and the discs worked the
ground some. A few days later he
seeded the whole tract and the strip
where he had cultivated the ground
that first evening showed much bet
ter wheat than the rest of the field.
He concluded that it would have
paid him we'll to have disced the
whole field at that time and the diff
ference in the crop in the two meth
DDS would be several bushels per
acre and probably much more than
1t cost to do the work.
Carl Derfer lives four or five miles
east of Taber and has 20 acres OF
wheat, 3 Of potatoes and half an
acre of garden.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-27
THE GREATEST NEED
IN DRY FARMING

The greatest change needed in dry
farming as it is done in Bingham
county is to get the blowing done at
the right time. The moisture &C
cumulated during two winters should
be utilized to make one crop. Land
plowed in the fall should be left
rough for the winter, should be cul-
tivated during the spring and sum-
mer to hold the moisture, to kill the
weeds and to get the ground firm
and to prevent baking and cracking.
The wheat should be put in early
enough to enable it to get good
growth in the fall and to form
enough tops to aid in holding the
first SHOWS from drifting and thus
increase the mulch. The wheat would
and ready to out-grow the weeds in
springtime.
AS it is now generally done, the
ground is plowed in the spring and
soon loses much of it's moisture.
Much of the land is plowed after it
is tolerably dry and hard and no at
tempt is made to hold a stock of
moisture. It lies loose all summer,
merely kiln-drying in the sun and
wind, as lifeless as an ash pile, it's
plant food held in mineral form, not
in solution or half-soluble. The seed
is not put in till the fall rains come,
and then it gets the merest kind of
start before freezing, entering on the
winter season with slight stalks and
slight vitality. If it survives the
winter it may be killed by slight
freezing and heaving that snaps the
tap root in the spring or it may ling
err along and be partly choked out
by weeds in the spring and summer.
1t has no moisture to speak of eX-
cepting what Is gathered in one
winter, and thus it gets the poorest
kind of start and attempts to make
a crop on half the amount of mois-
ture (capitaD that it should have.
If wire worm cuts ever so little
of it's root system it dies, while a
vigorous plant with good root sys-
TEN has more chance of surviving
its attack.
1t will be urged that there was
so much snow and rain the past win
ter and spring that the ground was
saturated, and an additional years
moisture could have added nothing
to it. That is true, and it is also
true that ground that lay fallow all
last summer with moisture in it and
the surface narrowed at times, re-
tanned more of it's moisture for 1917
than the ground that lay dry and
loose last summer. And here comes
the advantage of deep blowing in
connection with complete summer
following. 1t forms a deeper seed
bed and can store more moisture in
say, ten inches of pulverized soil
than it can in five inches.
The dry farmer who has stood the
drain of blowing shallow at the
wrong time and getting little or no
crop, should look forward hopefully
to the next effort If made in way
to give his crop double the chance
it had before.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-27

to the affidavit, clipping taken from
the newspaper, showing just what
was said in the notice.
II this was done the document
was lost, and in 1917 it became
necessary for Owens heirs to exhibit
that particular affidavit or they
would suffer loss in business mat
tiers. The publisher had closed up
his affairs and left the country, and
the attorney handling the Owen case
reasoned that if the notice had been
published in The Idaho Republican
it would be easy to get duplicate
proof because of their system of
keeping duplicate and triplicate files
for just such emergencies. But the
notice in question was published be-
fore The Idaho Republican was in
existence, and there seemed no
chance that it could render any aid
in the matter, yet the attorney wrote
to the editor of The Republican and
told the names, and dates Of publ
cation, ad asked for suggestions as
to how to get the needed proof.
When the editor of The Republi-
can got the letter in hand he walked
down into the basement where there
is a storage vault, and in ten min
utes he had five copies of the old
newspaper containing the identical
notice concerning the estate of
Joseph H. Owen deceased. In an
other ten minutes clipping had
been made and attached to the regu-
lar form for making such proofs,
the acknowledgment was made be-
fore notary and the document
mailed to the attorney for the heirs.
When you have a legal notice to
publish see that it is published by
a newspaper that takes all the steps
necessary to protect you and your
heirs and then in addition to that,
does it all in duplicate and places
the proof in q fire-proof vault so you
or your heirs can send for 1t in rs
or so years and get it without delay
or expense. Your title to property
of some kind may be clouded by
some defect in the publication or
proof of a notice of ditch assessment,
notice of school meeting or sale OF
school bonds, notice in bankruptcy,
notice of meeting of creditors, sale
Of real estate, a summons, sheriff's
sale. land notice, estray notice, fore
closure notice, notice Of petition of
any kind, a tax notice, city ordin-
ance or any kind Of court notice.
When you are deciding what paper
to have your notices published In,
remember the special service and
protection provided by The Idaho
Republican. tt.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-27
MORE SHEEP, MORE
WOOL, MORE FOOD
Boys Sheep Clubs Being Organized
All Over the United States by
the Bradley knitting Co.

tAl oVCF Ol1O OHlUtu otdU6S ny
the Bradley Knitting Co.
In supplying the three primary de-
mands of humanity-food, clothing,
and shelter-sheep play more i'm
Sheep, because Of it's gift of
warmth and comfort, has been close
ly associated with mankind for many
centuries. 1t is stated by some au-
thority that sheep is mentioned in
the Bible 500 times, which would
seem to suggest that it has been COM
monty bred and its wool used for
considerably more than 1000 years.
Yet, in spite of these facts, sheep
raising in America have steadily de-
clined for the past 20 years, until at
the present time when there are13,-
900, 900 fewer sheep than in 1900,
our annual. consumption of wool has
steadily increased until it is nOw6OO,-
600, 900 pounds. Our production is
less than half that amount. Yet, no
animal assures the producer so much
profit as sheep. The world now
looks upon wool as a precious thing
The world Is awake to the necessity
of wool. The world is frightened at
the decrease of sheep. The future
supply of this precious staple Is In
jeopardy. 1t is the duty of every
patriotic American to give serious
consideration to this subject. Help
the people of your vicinity to learn
the advantages of sheep raising.
Write your agricultural college for
information on sheep. Start a
"Sheep club in your neighborhood.
The Bradley Knitting company, OF
Delavan, Wisconsin, has organized a
boys sheep club which extends over
the United States. They are going to
distribute a great many fiocks OF
bred ewes. These will be given to
boys from 10 to II years old. They
have, for free distribution, a prac-
tical book on sheep raising by Mr.
Anthony Gould, of the American
Sheep Breeder. They will send it
free to any one asking for it, and
with it will be details Of their sheep
club, telling how they are going to
start many boys in all section of the
country in sheep raising.
Spread the gospel of more sheep
more WOOL" Tell every boy about
the Bradley Sheep club. Help Or
ganize a club yourself.
The alarm has been sounded. It
is the patriotic duty of every farmer
to raise few sheep.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-27
The CUB. SAYS

w. H. OFT came from Kansas two
years ago and took a homestead on
the Presto bench. He spent last
winter ON the homestead and pro-
nounces it good, long, strong
winter. Mr.. OFT has 20 acres of
wheat that is pretty good and Is
acres not SO good. He also has about
SO acres of summer fallow Miss
Katherin Carrall, of Salina, Kansas,
is visiting with her sister, Mrs. OFT.
Dick Blohm lives east of Taber
and has 80 acres of winter wheat,
.105 acres of spring wheat that is
extra good and acres of corn. His
place lies in long rye grass fiat
and the soil is unusually good.
H.. Hartman lives east of Taber,
near the stage road. He has the
local reputation of being a champion
coyote trapper. He killed las last
winter and received an average of
Sd apiece for the scalps and pelts
Mr.. Hartman has lost crops by rab-
bits and gophers and he is still fight
ing, the gophers. Mr.. Hartman went
trapping last winter from necessity,
having lost his crops he had to do
something to make living for him
self and family. Last winter he
camped in the Iavas, near the East
butte, and when the snow got SO
deep that it was as high, as his tent
and he could not get around much
he returned home He had a hard
time to supply food for his ANIMALS
and says he expects to have to go
trapping again next winter Mr..
Hartman cut lot of rye grass on
his farm this year and stacked it for
winter use.
Pasqualie Di Reno is an Italian,
who came to this country in the
spring of 1916. He heard of the dry
farm country and went out promptly
and selected a piece of land and filed
on it April "a, 1915. He now has
40 acres of wheat. He had no cap
ital to begin with excepting $35, but
got job on the section at Taber
and walked 4 miles every night and
morning, between his home and the
section house. Mr.. DiRenzo dips his
seed wheat in lime to kill the smut
and to keep the squirrels from eat
ing the seed. He Stacks the lime and
uses the fluid when it looks about
like milk, dumps the seed out on
the floor and pours some of the lime
water over it and mixes it with a
shovel. When it is dry, if it has
been properly mixed, every kernel
of seed shows a shade of white and
the squirrels leave it alone. He sows
his wheat about the first of Septem-
Der and is close student or the de-
tails of preparing ground and plant
ing seed. Last fall he use two BUSH
els of lime for 1850 pounds of seed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-27
MIGHT HAPPEN TO YOU

Joseph H. Owen is dead. He was
one of the earlier residents Of Bing-
ham county, and he has been in his
grave these Is years. After his
death 1t was necessary to probate
his estate, and a notice to that effect
was published in a Blackfoot news
paper, The Bingham County Demo-
crat. It was the duty Of the pub
Usher to furnish a proof that the
publication was made, and to attach
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-27
DRY FARM FOR SALE

Quarter section seven and one-half
miles southwest of Aberdeen, Idaho,
on rural mail route, all in cultiva-
ton, has a well, wind mill and cist-
ern, six-room house, stable, machine
shed and granary. horses, cattle
and plenty Of good implements. Price
$4,000. J. J. Unruh, Aberdeen,
Idaho, r. F. D. A. Please mention
The Idaho Republican. adv.tf
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-27

butter wrappers are distinctive in
quality - the best to be had at any price
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
STUDEBAKER statesmen
END THEIR CONFERENCE
Banquet i'm Administration Building
Closes Annual Meeting of
Drummers.

With the banquet rendered the
statesmen of the firm last evening in
the administration building, the
Studebaker sales conference which
began Monday came to a close last
evening. Automobile trips through
tho country will be made today.
Statesmen of the corporation from
all over the United States were in
attendance at the meetings of the
conference and the banquet last
night. The South Bend branch was
represented by Horace Kimble. Will
liam Braman. George COllmer and
Harry Gunter. G. l. Folsom gave
an address along municipal lines,
while OrdO Barrett, advertising
manager of the corporation. gave
an exhaustive advertising talk.
which was well received by the
"drummers.'
other talks were made by Messrs.
Lane. Ingren. Donahue, Pierce and
others. l.. +. Ryer. A. c. Hill. ID.
o. Paulson and J. +. Deacon were
among the South Bend speakers.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
WILL MOVE VOCATIONAL
CLASSES TO HIGH SCHOOL
Old Jefferson School Property VIII
Be Sold at Auction on
April IL.

Vocational classes now being held
in the old Jefferson school will in
all probability be shifted TO the high
school manual training annex and to
other schools where they can be
accommodated after the sale of the
Jefferson school property. The land
on which the old land mark stands
is 10 be auctioned off in the offices
of the superintendent in the high
school building on April IA.
The reason for the change is at
tributed by Ernest 1. Kizer. business
manager of the city school system.
to the fact that only four of the
school rooms are being utilized by
by the vocational training classes.
1t was decided some time ago by
the school board TO dispose Of the
property.
Notice OF the sale Of a six room
dwelling house located on the lot
next to the Franklin school prem
Uses i'm the Rachel Gallagher addi-
ton has been given by the board.
The sale is set for April IA. Satur-
day afternoon, at 1880 o'clock in the
high school building.
The dwelling house was sold at
an auction recently TO the highest
bidder, but is now offered for sale
again as the purchaser has made
only a partial payment of 500. The
original bid was $500.
According to Supt. j. F. Nuner,
the lot on which the house stands
was purchased by the school city
as an extension to the Franklin
school Fairgrounds The dwelling
house will be sold to the purchaser
only on condition that it is removed
from the premises within so days
from the date of the sale.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
Notre Dame Men
Stand Ready to
Fight for L., S.

When Old Glory needed them in
shadowy Civil war times. the men
and boys OF NOtre Dame rallied 10
its aid at the call Of Abraham Lin
coin. And now, with war-clouds
lowering over the nation, an echo
of that same spirit is manifest at
Notre Dame with the announcement
Of the cadet officers that more than
500 fighting Irish" stand ready and
eager to respond should Pres't Will
son ask for volunteers.
Sergt. George A. Campbell. L. 5.
A. retired, who is director of mill
tary science at the university, sent
the gold and blue battalion through
a two-hOur skirmish yesterday aft
ernOon. Company G successfully re-
pulsed Companies B. c and Z. The
St Mary's lake and the toll of bull
lets was $50 killed and wounded.
This skirmish is TO be a daily af-
fair and will prove invaluable train
ing to the cadets.
There are so officers in the. No
tire Dame battalion, each Of whom is
well qualified to drill recruits in
the regular army. There are 500
men in the six companies. all well
drilled in military tactics and there
are % sharpshOoters all of whom
rank in Class A of the intercolleg-
late division. Plans are being made
TO begin a class in aeronautics.
In war and peace NOtre Dame
has written history and should war
again come upon the United States,
the sons of Notre Dame will be
among the nrst to give their lives in
defense Of her honor.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
FIRM TO QUIT BUSINESS
Sibley Hardware Co. Will Suspend
After 81 Years Of Prominence.

After 81 years of prominence in
hardware circles of the city, the
Sibley Hardware Co, 12S-130 =
Michigan ST, Will go out of bust
ness, starting Friday, according TO
announcement made by William G.
and Frank Sibley. A closing out
sale will start Friday morning. Will
liam G. Sibley will devote his en-
tire time 10 the Sibley Machine Tool
co. upon his retirement from the
firm.
The Sibley hardware store was
established on its present cite by the
late Irving A Sibley in 1884. occu-
plying about half the space now util-
lied i'm the conduct of business.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
P0ULTRYMEN ELECT
OFFICERS AT MEETING
Joseph III. Barton Is Named Presi-
dent of South Bend AssOcia-
ton at Annual Session.

Joseph s. Barton was elected
president of the South Bend Poultry
and Pet stock association at a meet
ing of the association in the city
court room of the city hall Thurs
day night other officers elected
were: 1. d. Brown, vice president:
A. II. Studebaker, secretary, and
Paul ii. Heiermann. treasurer.
Directors were elected as follows:
for one year term. w. II. Cordier, c.
+. Pattee and Paul A. Heiermann;
for two year term, d. y. Marber. /.
ID. Brown and c. r. Montgomery;
for three year term, ]. s. Barton. A.
II. Studebaker and George w. Kin
zie.
At the next meeting in two weeks
a representative of the Buckeye In
cubator Co. will speak upon the sub
ject of incubators before the mem
bers OF the association. The meeting
Will be held in the city court room.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
CROWDS SEE PICTURES
Municipal Movies Are Shown al
Perlcy school Building.

Large crowds attended both the
afternoon and evening programs Of
motion pictures shown Thursday at
the Perley school, several reels Of
comedy, travel and educational films
besides the thre reel fairy tale,
Aladdin aid His Lamp" being in
Guided on both bills.
The regular fee of two for a nickel
was charged. +. L. Wolfe, chairman
of the garden department of the re-
creation committee, gave a short
talk. telling of the various methods
of flower and vegetable cultivation.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-23
w. 0. w. WILL INITIATE
CLASS OF 100 SUNDAY
Program Of Talks by Prominent
Speakers Will Follow CeremO-
mics of Fidelity Camp.

Degree team, Fidelity camp, No.
20 woodmen Of the World. Frank
Entzian. commanding. will confer
the protection degree on a class of
100 candidates at meeting TO be
held Sunday afternoon at > O'Clock
I'm the W. .. w. hall The guest OF
honor for the occasion will be Head
Consul OF the State Frank l. Muel-
Ter OF Evansville, while representa-
tons from Goshen, Elkhart, Lydick.
LapOrte. Crumstown, East Chicago.
Niles, DOwagiac, Benton Harbor, and
Milford will be present
George Sands and George Jones
will act as permanent and acting
chairmen. respectively. the address
of welcome 10 be made by Dudley NJ.
Shhely Andrew ]. Hickey of La
porte. candidate for congressman
from 18th district. will respond for
the state OF Indiana Michigan and
Illinois being represented by w. A.
Clauser and T.. J. Morris.
The meeting will be opened with
an ode and ended with a closing ode
sung by all the lodge fellows. A
WOOdman song will also l. included
in the program and Rock Of Ages. -
p. &. Traver. NJ. r. c.. will give his
experiences abroad the L. S. trans
port Summer, which went aground
on the New Jersey coast. An adj
dress, Modern Fraternalism," by
Frank Herring and Vices of Intoler-
ance, by Rev. j. G. McGinn will con-
clude the program for the afternoon.