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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02

stint. Before seeding in the fall the
harrow is again brought into use, and
after drilling in the seed the ground
is cross-harrowed to break up any
clods remaining in the field. This
leveling of the field has the additional
advantage Of making the ground
smooth for the heading operations at
harvesting time. For spring seeding
the blowing is done either late in the
fall or early in the spring, the pillow
going to a depth of from five to six
inches. If it is new ground both har-
row and disc are used after blowing,
and if the ground is not very rough
the harrow alone is used. After seed
ing the harrow is used the same as in
fall seeding. When blowing is done in
the fall for spring seeding the ground
is left in the rough state until the
SHOWS go off in the spring, and then
harrow and disc are brought out
again to prepare the ground properly
to receive the seed. The harrow is
the one indispensable implement to
get the mulch on the surface to hold
the needed moisture. Deep blowing is
the first requisite, and the constant
use of the harrow the second.
The work bunch of horses for the
two ranches numbers four head, and
the Belgian strain is preferred. They
are considered the best workers and
the gentlest breed of draft horses.
AT present but one COW is being
MIXED, a Jersey-Durham cross. and
she provides the household with all
the butter and cream needed. A dairy
herd will be built up and butter made
for marketing.
A flock of chickens adds to the in
come of the ranch regularly and the
owner of the farm would consider the
establishment incomplete without
them.
A half dozen springs on the ranch
provide plenty of good water for do
nestle use and Clifton creek, flowing
right through the ranch, takes care of
the livestock.
Mr.. Burwell is a native of Pennsyl-
vania and Mrs. Burwell is a native of
West Virginia. Mr.. Burwell came to
Idaho in 1909 and the same year filed
on his homestead. In the following
year his wife and children came to
join him and since then the family
has continually lived on the ranch. In
the pioneer farming days of Clifton
Creek a Sunday School was organized
and the first year the meetings were
held in the Burwell home. This Sun.
day school is still a live organization
and the meetings are now held in the
Central school at Crystal.
Mrs. Burwell's brother, Clarence
Woofter, for the past ten years ha!
been a member of the signal corps il
the Uuited States army and went t
France with the first expedition
Through a relative he was recent.
heard from indirectly and was in goO'
health and getting ready with the res
of the American troops owe there t.
get into the big fight.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
MICE BY THE MILLIONS.

Notwithstanding her disastrous ex-
perience with rabbits, Australia has
again exposed herself to the cOnse-
quences of upsetting the balance of
wild life. AS a result of ~ill-advised
compulsory poisoning laws, the car
rion hawks, crows, and native cant
vora have been nearly wiped out. This
has at once increased the number of
animal cOrpses and greatly decreased
the ordinary agents for their disposal;
and as a result decaying bodies are
left to be demolished by blow-flies.
These have accordingly increased to
such an extent as seriously to threaten
the destruction of the sheep, who be-
come fly-blown and infested with the
larvae of this dangerous insect.
In addition to this first effect of her
biological misdeeds, the colony is now
discovering her misfortune to be a
doble-barreled one. The pests" so
ruthlessly destroyed were not an I'M
m%itigated nuisance, it appears; they
must have been the means Of keeping
the rodent population down to rea-
sonable proportions. In the absence
Of the old enemy, and in the presence
vi OAAL VI Nv 9 1LAC9N W AAlAN AAAA 40
in Australia's history, which must be
largely stored because Of lack of ship
ping, the mice have increased so fast
that the usual term multiplication
fails utterly to portray the situation.
The mice are everywhere. by the mill
lions; and as m correspondent puts
Il. they "seem to have come into being
almost in a few weeks
The wheat is stored at the railroad
stations throughout the colony, in
bags, which must frequently be stacked
in the open. The mice eat so freely
of the grain that in their desperate eff
forts to obtain a change of diet they
eat practically anything else in sight.
The insulation on the telephone wires
is suffering particularly in this way.
The mice eat into the wheat from the
bottom until they undermine the
stacks, when the topmost bags fall
and burst open, smothering great
quantities of the little animals. Many
men are employed to rebuild these de-
molished stacks, and a disease has APP
peared from handling the wheat with
the dead mice in it, which in at least
one case resulted fatally.
The plague seems to be increasing
rather than diminishing. The mice
are trapped by enclosing the wheat
stacks in a double row of galvanized
iron fence, with openings correspond
ing to the location of huge kerosese
cans sunk in the ground. After eat
ing, the mice must come out in search
of water and instead of finding it are
able only to locate the sunken trap
Several months ago a catch Of 10000
mice in a single night at Minyip wal
reported as indicating the extent o
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. American.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02

Since it has been chrOnicled in this
column on several occasions that sun
flowers do exceedingly we'll in all sec
lions of Power county. it is proper 10
call attention to the report of the
National Paint. Oil and Varnish assO-
citation which recently met in Chicago.
The report says that the sunflower is
a hardy plant and its cultivation a
be made to yield a return to the farm
er of from $50 to $50 per acre. Oil
from its seed is 80 per cent as val
liable as linseed oil for paint manu-
facture and probably superior to lin
seed in the manufacture of varnish as
its drying qualities are better. 1t is
well known that there always is a de-
mand for sunflower seed, its uses be-
ing varied. and the experience Of
ranchers in this county has been that
horses will eat the leaves and stalk.
An experiment in raising %sunflowers
on a larger scale-one acre or more
will not be an expensive undertaking
and may lead to the development of a
new industry in this county. Who
will be the first farmer to try it?
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
ALONG The HIGHWAYS
Gleanings by the Pilgrim in His
Wanderings Here and There.

w. r. Porter, who resides one mile
west of Arbon. of late could be seen
each morning taking a constitutional
in the stubble field to the north of his
home. He has been working four
mules the past season and turning
them into the stubble for pasture each
night, and the rich provender picked
makes them fairly frisky by morning
when assembly time m around to
get into the harness and pull the
drill over the summer fallow. The
mules regularly run to the far end of
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02

While at the ranch home of Roy
Liudley, five miles southeast of Arbon
postoffice last week the Pilgrim was
invited to partake of an elk dinner.
r. d. Lindley and his son. Roy, had a
few days before returned from an elk
hunt on the south fork of the Snake
river in the vicinity of the Idaho side
OF Jackson's hole. The two Arbon
valley hunters were accompanied by
DR.. Schiltz of American Falls and each
of the three nimrods brought down
an elk. Mr.. Lindley. Sr, has missed
but three big game hunts in the past
% years. and his son is equalling his
record. On the recent trip to the
south fork of the Snake they had fine
weather and a splendid outing. Be
sides hunting big game they also de-
voted some time to fishing and landed
some fine native trout. Roy Lindley
brought home with him a 20-inch ma
tive trout which supplied four meals
for his household. The friends and
neighbors of the two ArbOn valley
hunters received portions of elk steak.
p. w. Lee was also a member of the
party and put in most Of his time
fishing.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02

Lloyd George in a statement says
that since the beginning of war 49,
100000 men have been transported
with a loss of only POO due to enemy
actions and a total loss Of $500.
Five volunteers for the aviation
corps were injured in a wreck on a
Texas railroad yesterday. Two Of
them were Idaho men, J. Mcdonald of
Boise and F. A. Nelson of POcatello.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
SENSATION OF PAIN

Il Is Felt In the Head and MOI Where
1t Seems to Be
Where do you feel the pain? asks
the doctor. In my finger, in my ear,
il my foot, the sufferer replies, and if
the physician told him he did not feel
it there, but in his head, the average
man would doubt the doctors sanity.
Yet the doctor would be right.
In an address at the University OF
California Professor G. H. Parker of
Harvard told the students that we
have been obliged to give up the idea
that sensations are spread through
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02

Mrs. Farley Bailey, residing three
miles southeast of Arbon, is milking
ten graded Durham cows and market
ing the cream. and during the summer
the cream check averaged from $45
to so each month. Ever since filing On
the homestead II years ago the dairy
has been one of the main features of
the ranch. A large tonnage of alfal-
IA is raised on this ranch, the best
kind of hay for dairy COWS. A flock
of Rhode Island Red chickens are
good layers and eggs are regularly sold
to market.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02

out our bodies. for persons who have
lost a limb often feel sensations that
seem to come from the missing mem
Der.
Our sensations said Professor
Parker, are not located in the periph-
eral parts affected, but in the central
nervous system, and within that por-
ton of it known as the cerebral cor
tex" This is the outer layer or gray
matter Of the brain. One may lose an
arm, yet have the sensation of pain
in the hand, but if a small piece Of that
particular part of the brain to which
run the sensory nerves from the arm
be removed one will never again feel
anything in that area not even if the
hand be placed in the fire
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02

the field, with the owner after them,
and then have to be herded along a
quarter mile to the stable. But when
once they are in the harness they do
a days work willingly. Their Arbon
valley days are over now, as Mr.. Porter
has sold them to the government and
the frisky fellows will before long be
attached to a picket line instead Of
roaming a pasture.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02

NJ. v. Talon, whose ranch home is
located a little over a mile northeast
of Arbon postoffice, is the owner Of
a splendid dog-half shepherd, half
cOllie-who combines in himself the
w~atchfulness of the former and the
friendliness of the latter. sport has
constituted himself the sentinel of the
ranch and is on duty day and night,
and no stranger enters the confines of
the home site without being chal-
lenged. Sport and the Pilgrim have
become good friends; the ranch home
is near the corner of the road leading
past the ~postoffice and the way of the
hiker often leads past the ranch and
the faithful sentinel always ONE in
to the road and greets the traveller.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02
German DESTROYER Damaged in Fight.

German Destroyer Damaged in Fight.
A German torpedo boat destroyer
was hit twice by shells from British
and French destroyers during an en-
gagement Saturday afternoon between
six entente allied and three German
vessels and II German airplanes off
the Belgian coast, according to an adj
miralty statement issued Sunday. The
three Germans were forced to seek
safety under the land batteries.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02

Z. j. Kilgore has leased 1000 acres
of Arbon valley land and a total OF
400 acres has been seeded to Turkey
Red this fall. In the spring 80 acres
will be seeded to Bluestem, and the
rest of the leased area will be in sum-
mer fallow. Mr.. KilgOre came here
from the great wheat belt of Umatilla
county, Oregon, and will do his share
in bringing about an increase in the
yield of wheat in Power county.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02

The other day while the atmosphere
was in a high state of agitation in
Arbon valley the Pilgrim sought re-
fuge. respite, quiet, and a chance to
take a smoke without the contents of
the old corncob being blown owe the
east range of mountains, alongside of
an old headerbox in a piece of sum
mer fallow, and while enjoying all the
aforesaid blessings caught sight of a
bunch of tumbleweed Ga polite alias
for darnedoldjimhill m%ustard) car
eening toward him across the newly
seeded field. The weed had tumbled
along a full half mile when it was
caught and examined to see if any
seeds remained in it, and if any read
er wants to know the number remain
ing let him catch one and count them
himself, and then estimate how many
were scattered over the field. 1t will
suffice here to say hat plenty seeds
were left in the weed.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02

Lorin Bailey has a homestead a mile
west of Arbon and in between farming
beats it to Pocatello,' as one of his
little daughters puts it, three times
each week to bring up the mail. In
the good old summer time the trips are
made in his ar, making the round
trip easily in from seven to ten hours
according to the amount of mail to be
distributed. During the deep snow
months of last winter it required six
horses to pull the bob sled through
the drifts and it was a hard and some
times a risky proposition to carry the
mails. This year Mr.. Bailey had in
so acres of wheat and the stand in
June was equal to the best in the val
ley. but the hail of early July nearly
destroyed the entire acreage, only $50
bushels being threshed. The Turkey
Red tested 50 pounds and brought
S1.71 per bushel. The 20 acres of bar
ley We're also hit by the hail, and only
245 bushels were saved. The crop of
Mr.. Bailey was insured against hail.
On the east side of the valley Mr..
Bailey had in &c acres of winter wheat
which averaged 141b bushels per acre
and brought S1.71 per bushel at the
platform.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-02

Joe Evans, who resides on his ranch
a half mile east Of Arbon postoffice,
has two dogs who relieve him of all
work in bringing the dairy herd home
each evening. When given the order,
the w dogs sally forth, locate the
bunch of COWS in the stubble Or pas
ture and bring them to the barn in
double-quick time. One of these dogs
is part Scotch collie, while the other
one, according to Mr. Evans, is just
black dog"
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
RED TAPE DELAYS
AVIATION MEASURE
Bitter Fight May Be Provoked When
Bill Comes Before Congress.

Bureaucratic "red tape" has caused
another weeks delay in the govern
ment's aircraft program. Congress
sionai leaders, avowedly in favor OF
vast funds to build aeroplanes to COM
lat Germany, last night became restive
over what appears to be a conflict of
views between the army and navy as
to the provisions OF the administra-
tons bill. and thresteped TO go to the
White House and demand quick ac-
ton. Senate and House leaders yes
terday were assured by. Brig. Gen.
Squier. of the Signal Corps, and Rear
Admiral Taylor. chief constructor OF
the navy, that conferences among
higher officials of the two departments
had made necessary the redrafting of
the measure in certain particulars. No
change VIII be made in the amount to
be asked for-s6OO, ,OOO. .O00-but il is un-
derstood that some OF the provisions
relating to grants OF power to the
various governmental boards engaged
on aircraft work. may be slightly
changed.
The insistcnce of the army and navy
for the retention OF the sweeping su-
thority now conferred upon those
branches. so far as aviation is con-
Cerned, probably will provoke a bitter
light at both ends Of the Capitol.
The general aircraft bill probably
will not be ready for introduction be-
fore the middle of next week.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
large Army QUOTA
To BE DRAWN HERE
Washington Must Make Up Short
age During Army Week.

The fact that Washington did not
respond with as many recruits dur
ing army week as many other States.
in proportion to her population. will
cause just that many more of her
young men who registered to be
drafted.
Until June 30, when recruiting week
closed, volunteers for the United
States army were credited by the War
Department to the quotas of the sew
eral States. Recruits now being en-
rolled, according to an announcement
made yesterday by the War Depart
ment, will not be credited as a part of
the draft quotas of the States.
Notwithstanding this fact, enlist
ments for the regular army continue.
showing that the Presidents procla-
nation had its effect. Tuesday, 1851
men were enlisted. The National
Guard is being increased by about
2,OOO recruits a day, a record which 1t
has maintained for the past ten days.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
SCHRIEBER FUNERAL
At CAPITAL Home
George Washington Professor Won
High Honors as Teacher.

Fune: al services OF Prof. Ernst Otto
Schreiber, jr., OF the George Wash
ington Lsw School, who died on
Monday. will be held from the fam
fly residence. 6i2 Z street northeast.
tomorrow at 10 a. m. lnterment will
be at GIenwood Cemetery.
Prof Schreiber was a graduate OF
the Central High School in 1895.
where, during his fourth year he was
lieutenant colonel OF the Cadet Regi-
ment He won a scholarship to
George Washington University. from
which he graduated with distinction
in 1910 At the university he won
the first Davis prize for public speak
ing. and the Cutter prize for English.
For two years he was editor-in-chief
Of the University Hatchet. Twice he
was selected as commencement ora
tor and upon graduation from the
law school was awarded a valuable set
Of law books as prize for high
standing.
After a year with the firm Of Brit
ton and Gray he returned 10 the
George Washington Law School as an
instructor in law. He returned home
i'll ten days ago from Harvard, where
he was taking a post-grs duate course.
and on Sunday night his illness reach
ed an unexpected crisis which caused
his death carly Monday morning.
Prof. Schneider is survived by his
parents. Ernst o. and Mrs Katherine
NJ. SChreiber: two sisters and two
brothers. DR.. Fritz Schreiber, Of New
York City. and DR.. Henry Schneider.
Of Washington.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
CALL TO WAR SERVICE
FOR ENGINEER CORPS

Forty-hve engineers OF the topo-
graphic branch OF the Geological Sur
vey, who are members of the Engi-
neer Officers Reserve Corps, have
been assigned to active duty by the
War Department and will report to
the director of the survey for duty in
connection with military mapping now
being done for the War Department.
Among the men affected are Majs.
Frank sutton, William H. Heron,
Robert B. Marshall, Glenn S. Smith.
George T. Hawkins. Robert Muldrow.
James H. Jennings, William H. Grif-
I'm. Robert E. Chapman, Joseph H.
Wheat. Albert NJ. Walker, Capts.
Claude H. Birdseye, Emory 1. Ireland,
Clyde B. Kendall, Albert Pike. Her
bert H. Hodgeson, Carl L. Sadler. J.
Q. STACK. William L Miller, Eugene
L AcNair. Asahel B. searle. William
Q. Tufts. Rertram A. Jenkins, James
W. Bagis and Calvin Z. Gi1in.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
Price Of HighbaIls
Continues to Soar

Hishballs, particularly the Scotch
KIND, viii no longer be so ac-
cessihle TO the boys" This is even
before November /. when their
total inaceessib.lIty is well known.
Yesterday a downtown bar post
ed new schedule of drinks.
wherin all products OF the land Of
the Heather were written with an
additional cents added to the
regular price. Such notices have
been growing too frequent of late
for the comfort of the highbaf1
devotee, and no bartender can be
found who will 90 on record as
prophesying that Scotch hishbaIls
will not cost % cents each before
this war is many months old.
Meanwhile, nothing but gloom
awaits the thirsty man who, In the
good old days. would quench his
thirst at 10 or Is cents q QUench.
and stih always feel that he could
AFFORD one quench more.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
STATE FAIRS TO AID
FOOD CONSERVATION
A Delegation Representing Many
States Calls on Hoover.

The services OF the American As
sociation Of State Fairs and ENposi-
tions rendered the aid OF its organiza-
ton TO the government yesterday aft
erroon in carrying out the food con-
servation program.
President A. l.. Sponsler. Of Kansas.
headed a delegation of fifty represent
atiyes OF the association. who visited
Herbert =. Hoover. food administra-
tor, in order to pledge their aid. Presi-
dent Sponsler pointed out that the
association and its constituent men,
mers own property valued at S30,-
cc1.o0o and the fairs and expositions
II controls is attended by approximate
ly l0.HOc.cA0 Teople during the season.
A second conference will be held
tomorrow morning at the old De
partment Of Justice Building. which
now houses some of the officials OF
the Food Administrator Office.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
RUSSIANS PRESS Oh
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.


fall in the closing phase of BrusiloI's s
drive. They never gained an inch
then. Now they have within twenty
four hours not only swept into and
through it, but far to the west and
southwest. taking formidably strong
heights by storm.
Zboron is Of great strategical value
1t lies ~ miles southeast of Lemberg
and about one and one-half miles IRON
the rail that runs from Tanopol to
the Galician capital. A little more
than seven miles to the south lies
hOniuchi, the first town To fan to the
new Russian offensive Sunday,
Two of other villages of less i'm
portance, Presoyie and korshiduv
were captured on the second day Of
the drive. Prisoners and booty taken
yesterday are thus enumerated: $50
prisoners. = guns, ID machine guns,
and several bomb thTowcrs.
KerenskI Is Hero.
Among the heroes OF the East
Galician battle are the Firms. which
lends an extra touch OF bitterness
to the German disappointment. For
upon Finland the Teutons had
counted most strongly as starting
the hoped-for movement for a dis
solution OF Russia into many separ-
ate little republics. The Fourth
Finnish division gave crushing an
sTer TO this theory The Firms
alone took 1850 prisoners. They
were in the Zboroff battle.
Rerenski, who is as shrewd a
politician as he is far-seeing
statesman, overlooks no opportunity
to make special mention Of these
incidents in his bulletins.
The young lawyer is today the
idol of Russia. For what he has
accomplished he looms in almost
Napoleonic greatness far beyond the
borders of his land. One OF his
most striking traits, never more
apparent than in the last two days,
Is his fearless adherence to truth.
With his hand ever on the pulse Of
his people, knowing they will not
suffer deception, or even the slight
est embellishment he admitted to-
day that southeast of Brzezany the
battle continues with less inten-
sity"
The Berlin version of the sItua-
tion there is that the enemy has
not yet found strength 10 repeat his
attacks"