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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30
CURRENT COMMENT.

EMMETT extends hearty welcom
to the Methodist preachers and lay
men of the Idaho conference. Ma,
their deliberations be profitable ant
their stay pleasant. These annua
conferences are red letter days ir
Methodism. A candidate for office
approaches an election with no more
curiosity and interest than a Metho-
dist minister approaches the annual
conference. He never knows what
standing between the minister and his
flock that his return to them would
be acceptable and satisfactory, but no
really orthodox Methodist minister
ever counts ahead of the annual con-
ference. He may be returned to the
pulpit he has occupied the past year,
or he may be sent to the most I'M
heard of place. Therefore, whether
he comes back or whether he goes to
new Charge" he has no plans be-
yond the last Sunday of what the
Methodists call the conference year"
There is nothing like the changes a
mong the preachers of that denomina-
ton that there was under the old rule
when they were permitted to remain
only three consecutive years in any
one place, but even now, with the
time limit abolished, the bishop has
the power to make whatever changes
he sees fit to make. Vacancies that
must be filled; dissatisfied churches
that must be satisfied and preachers
who are dissatisfied with their places
are all obstacles in the way of the
preacher who expects to be returned
to his old charge. When the bishop
begins to make changes no one can
tell what will result before all the |
places are filed. Not only the preach
er, but the members of the church are
also waiting to hear what will happen
at conference. No more severe test
of party loyalty can be made than a
conference sometimes brings to
Methodist flock They may lose the
most successful of church builders at
the order of the bishop, and the CON
gregation has no recourse or appeal
The church may lose good preacher
and annex poor one, but the flock
must put on bold front and grin
and bear it," 1t would be difficult
as well to find a more embarrassing :
for "new" preacher than :
to put him down in city where he :
is not wanted, because the bishop has
sent him there to succeed very popu-
lar man. But Methodism has become
accustomed to the conference order.
A church may be disappointed in what
I gets this year, but next year it =
nay be rewarded with a preacher who
Ills the bill exactly. By and large, "
he rule of rotation works as frequent
y to the church's pleasure as to its .
lispleasure a
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30

thing to be said on that point also.
The young man who has married and
is rearing family is doing his full
civic duty. The government should
be at least well disposed towards him.
1t is to the interest of all concerned
that the young family should be main
tanned intact, if possible. These con-
siderations do not necessarily imply
that all young married men with de-
pendent children should be exempted,
but they do imply that the largest
possible liberality should be shown
in such cases.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30
EXTREME v

EXTREME variations are reported
in the decisions of local exemp.
ton boards, and this particularly at
taches to decisions on the question of
exemption because of marriage and
dependent children. So severe have
been the decisions in some instances
that President Wilson has addressed a
letter to Senator Weeks of Massa-
chusetts advising leniency in the case
of fathers of small, dependent child
rem. While the president does not
urge the exemption of all married
men with dependent children, yet it
would appear from his letter that ne
would lean strongly on that side.
This may seem excessively liberal to
some, but they will feel more favor
able to great leniency in such cases
if they look at the matter not from
the point of view of what should be
required from the man himself, but
of what is due to the children from
wy cN'S' hifShe, anu Wudl is Oh the
highest interest to the government
itself. Small children are entitled to
two parents. Without the dual re-
sponsibility and oversight of father
and mother, the child is severely |
The mother left to car
ry the joint burden of both parents
N rearing the children is at a great
disadvantage, especially if she must
'iso be to some extent a wage Garner.
n the interest of children leniency
hould therefore be shown in such
asses. But this is not the only inter-
st of the nation itself that the child
en- of the nation should have every
AGILITY for their training and bring
ng up. The nation itself, and the
government, are hardly less interested
this matter than the children. How
he children are to be reared and 1
rained and educated is one of the {
lost fundamental national problems, !
nd is not merely an individual family I
roblem. These considerations are a. @
art from any interest the father has S
the family or any obligation that v
lay be due to him, yet there is some d
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30

THE present German peace talk re-
minds one of the story of two men
Celt and Teuton, who were settl-
ing a personal difference. Pat had
Fritz down and was working dill
gently at his face, when Fritz began
to cry out Justify, Enough Enough :"
To which Pat responded: "Yez may
as well lave afr that hollerin', Dutchy.
ORR tell yez when yez have enough. 4"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30

Of these direct and searching ques-
tons. "In my judgment this war
will come to an end when the allied
powers have reached the aims which
they set out to attain when they ac-
cepted the challenge thrown down by
Germany to civilization. These aims
were set out recently by President
Wilson with his unrivaled gift of sue
cinct and trenchant speech. As soon
as these detectives are reached and
guaranteed, this war ought to come
to an end. But if it comes to an end
a single hour before, it will be the
greatest disaster that has ever be-
fallen mankind"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30
TALKING recently concerning the

NNN recently concerning the
popes peace message before an
audience of Welshmen, Lloyd George,
the British premier, clearly pointed
out the terms of peace he has in mind,
and which probably expresses the
opinion of all the allies. He said !:
Il wanted to say something about the
terms of peace. When you get your
victory what are you going to make
of it? There are people asking when
are you going to bring this war to
an end, how are you going to bring
1t to an end, and when you have
brought it to an end what end do
you want for it? All of them justi-
fable questions, and all of them de-
manding an answer, and | propose to
make my contribution to the solution
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30

1allen mdnklHu.
ITHAT a nation owes much to its
citizens who have fought its bat
| ties and to their families when they
have been killed or injured so as to
destroy or impair their capacity to
provide for their families has always
been recognized by the United States.
This just and generous policy of our
country as administered under our
pension system has been unduly and
costly and has not always been just.
One Of the proposed uses of the pro-
ceeds of the liberty loan is to give
life and indemnity insurance to our
soldiers and sailors and to provide
allowances to their dependent families
while they are in the ranks. The plan
worked out by Secretary of the Treas
ury McAdoo and his coadjutors and
approved by the president has been
embodied in a bill which is now pend
ing congress. AS to the business and
righteousness of this insurance of our
fighting men Secretary McAdoo says:
Military service in the United States
is obligatory; those who imperil them
selves have no election. The insur-
ance companies do not and can not
permit this to affect their calculations
They must protect themselves by
charging premiums so high they are
secured against loss no matter how
severe the rate of mortality may be. |
Consequently the very men who are
called into the service because their !
physical condition is of the best and |
who as civilians would for that reason |
De able to secure the most favorable |
insurance rate in peace time, are de-
ned as soldiers the necessary life in
'urance to enable them to protect
heir families and dependents. The
'xtra hazardous risks of war puts in
urance entirely beyond the reach of
he conscripted soldier. The govern
nent which subjects these men to this
nsurmountable discrimination should
tself supply insurance to soldiers at
ost and upon the peace basis. 1t
'ould in fact be dastardly and I'M
if the government should
enalize the soldier who is forced to
ender the highest duty for the citi-
en-, by failing to provide for him war
assurance upon peace terms and at
ct cost. The pay of the enlisted men
! the army and navy is less than the
ages and salaries generally earned
! private life and government in ,
france is an essential war emergency ,
easure inaugurated for the specific
snefit of our military forces and can |
)t and should not be conducted for
'ofit. This legislation will be a great /
ep forward in the recognition of the
epublic's duty to its heroes. 1t de-
rves earnest and vigorous support
the country. The United States b
ould set the highest example of all Z.
Itions in the treatment of those >.
10 do and die for their country and >.
r world freedom" h
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30

One of our boys is nursing a lame
foot that shouldn't be. His girl knit
ed him pair of socks for him and
ne put them on the very day they ar
rived, and wore them on a hike. One
of his feet bothered him from the
start, and it wasn't long before ne
was too lame to walk. The company
doc looked him over and couldn't
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30
TALES OF TOWN

Out Where the West Begins.
Out where the handclasp's a little
stronger,
Out where the smile dwells a little
longer,
That's where the West begins.
Out where the sun is little brighter
Where the SHOWS that fall are a trifle
whittier,
bit tighter,
That's where the West begins.
| Out where the skies are a trif1e bluer,
Out where friendships little truer,
That's where the West begins.
Out where fresher breeze is blowing,
Where there's laughter in every
streaplet flowing,
Where there's more of reaping and
less of sowing,
That's where the West begins.
Out where the world is in the making,
Where fewer hearts in despair are
aching,
That's where the West begins.
Where there's more of singing and
less of signing,
less of buying,
half trying,
That's where the West begins.
Blackberries are now selling at 20
cents a cord.
When hair disappears from the top
of mans head it usually turns up
in his ears.
Mother thinks just as much of
daughter as she does of son, but she
would rather fix a good meal for the
boy.
Not all exemptions are asked for
the mere purpose of evading war SER
vice. Some of them dread the vac
cination.
War is so hard on baseball that
22-inning game one day last week
never got more than an ordinary head
N the newspapers.
4 & 4
Twenty years ago-those were the
lays. You wouldn't hear a phono-
graph then unless you stuck little
rubber tubes in your ears.
4 4 &
War has brought another conven-
ence. 1t is now possible to distin-
rush between real colonies and
Iuctioneers by their uniforms.
& 4 &
'oets sing of the joys of the open,
the sea and of varied delights,
tut forget (beg your pardon, for WI
gar it seems) the joy of just
scratching a bite.
81 am sorry to hear, Daniel" said
e, that your good wife is dead"
Sure, It's sad day for me, STRIP
eplied the Irishman. "The hand that
ocked the cradle has kicked the
lcket."
The printing of the draft lists
Fought out lot of middle names
lat might otherwise have remained
obscurity until death, or at least
It'll their dauUhtar,c ,,,o,r;o<~o 49,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30

AT certain northern military de-
pot an obvious malingerer attended
the regimental doctor for examination.
His tale of woe was, however, laid on
too thick-what with weak heart.
corns, lumbago, etc, etc. The shrewd
doctor, patting him on the shoulder,
said to him: "My poor fellow, go to
France and get shot out of your mis-
ery.'
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30

A keen eyed mountaineer led his
overgrown son into country school
house. This here boys arter larnin',"
he announced. whats yer bill o.
fare?' "Our curriculum, sir" cor
rected the schoolmaster, embraces
geography, arithmetic, trigonomerty
"That'll do" interrupted the
father. "Thatll do Load him up
well with triggernometry. He's the
only poor shot in the family"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30

The good wife was watching her
husband patch a motor car tire. az
have always been Interested" she
said, Sin the utilization of waste.
Now, Charlie, where do you suppose
all of these burst tires go in the end p"
Il don't know" replied the besmeared
man, but if they go where most
people consign 'em there must be
terrible smell of rubber in the great
beyond"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30

The printing of the draft lists
brought out lot of middle names
that might otherwise have remained
in obscurity until death, or at least
until their daughters marriage an
nouncements got into the papers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
FLOWING TO KILL BILLBU6S
In LowIands Of Southern Sections
Corn Is Liable to Injury by
These Insects.

P'rom the United States Department Of
Agricultural
Corn planted In river and creek bot
toms or other low places, especially IN
southern parts Of the country, is Liable
to injury by billbugs, snout beetles, or
elephant bugs" as they are variousiy
termed. These hard-shell beetles live
normally In sedges, rushes or the large
wild grasses that grow in moist. lew
ground. from which they may invade
cornfields. Damage Is done to corn by
the grubs or young Of the beetles
which live inside the stems or roots Of
the plants and eat out the central
portion of the stalk, causing stunting
and serious injury. The adult beetles
also injure the crop by puncturing the
growing point or bud" of a plant.
Land infested with billbugs should
always be plowed in late summer or
early fall. This measure, entomoi-
ogists In the United States department
of agriculture say, destroys the winter
quarters of the bugs. Corn should not
be followed by corn in the Atlantic
coastal plain region Of the South, bUt
should be alternated with cotton. on
which the billbugs cannot live. 1t Is
necessary to destroy all sedges,
rushes, chufa. or large swamp grasses
growing on land intended to be plant
ed to corn, because these plants are
the natural food Of billbugs and when
present prevent their exterminatisa.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
Black Soldiers Acted Well.

Camels evidently despise bullets.
The camel transport corps was In
action recently, somewhere in Meso-
potamia, and resolved its baptism of
fire. No shell or bullet can excite the
stolid, cOntemplative animal; but It
might have been expected that the
camel drivers, unarmed and unframed
for war. would have run for II at the
first sign of attack. Yet. In fact, most
of them responded admirably to the
call of their British officers and stuck
to their animals while bullets whizzed
around. With characteristic simplicity.
or 1t may be obstinacy, when told to
bring in their camels to shelter they
insisted on taking with them the blank
cts which are issued to every man, lest
they should be stolen in their absence.
Some wanted to mount hill under
fire to get their money from their tents.
The contempt which Soudanese stall
wart feels for the modern long-range
fighting was expressed by one head
man-the more warlike Soudanese reg
ularly act as head-men over the Egyp-
tian peasants, who remarked, as the
shells burst. that in his country they
fought il out with knives"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

Clemson College Bulletin)
Successful feeding must be efficient
and economical. All feed should be
palatable, succulent and substantial.
No single feed excels pasture. no COM
binatiOn of feeds can excel legume hay,
concentrates and corn silage. SO far
as practicable, the feeds should be
grown on the farm. Cows must be
good producers to feed. With good
dairy cows liberal feeding always pays.
Succuient Feeds.
To keep cows in full production sue
culent feed is essential. There are
two sources Of succulent feeds; ST.
lage and roots. Corn silage is usually
the cheapest feed. The quality to feed
usually varies from % to 80 pounds,
according to production. For small
herds, however, it may not be prac.
ticable to build silos, and in such cases
mangelwurZels or some other root crop
may take the place of silage. Linseed
meal is laxative and is especially val
liable as a part of the grain mixture
when no succulent feed is available
The farmers should make special pro-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
FEED FOR FATTENING STOCK
Soy Beans Are Coming Into Favor az
Economical Ration-CattIe Make
Rapid Gains.

Ground soy beans are coming iatO
favor as an economical feed for fat
tenlng cattle. At the Indiana expert
ment station, where extensive expert
ments In winter steer feeding have
been conducted. the profit per steer
was larger where ground soy beans
were fed than when cottonseed meal
was fed.
Cattle fed ground soy beans as sup
plement made more rapid gains and
greater gains on given amount Of
feed than cattle fed cOttonseed meal.
The southern states can produce
both cotton seed and soy beans In
abundance, and will be heard from In
beef cattle production before many
years. O.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
A Reasonable Suggestion.

The farmer alleged a freight train
of the defendant company had hit one
of his mules. "NOw, Mr.. jones'" said
the attorney for the corporation to the
aggrieved party, who occupied the wit
ness stand, will you kindly tell the
court whether or not your mule was
on the track, the property Of the de-
PENDANT, when hit by the trainT'
swell, sir" replied Mr.. Jones, Il didn't
witness the occurrence. but / suppose
things must have been about as you
say. This was a pretty bright mule
and 1 reckon If that train had took out
after hun in the woods which fringe
their track there where he was killed
he would have got behind tree
Macon Telegraph.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH

American glass is used in China.
More than 30 per cent of The worlds
cloves come from Zanzibar. which has
about 1900, 900 full-benring trees.
American automobile buses have
heen put In operation with success at
Merida. Yucatan.
A section of land became detached
from the shore at Dexter, Me-, during
recent severe storms and has become
n floating island in Lake 'Wassoao-
Seay. The land bears many trees.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
Aid in Threading Needle.

If you are troubled TO thread
needle take a white envelope, stick the
needle through, draw it down until eye
is visible and you will thread the
needle like magic; the white surface OF
the paper sets the eye into relief as IL
it were magnified. An envelope Is
better than paper, as 1t holds the
needle more securely.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
PREPARATl0e0FnS0ILU URGED
More Economically Before Plant.
ing Than After.

The strangest thing about the bad
habit, which the South has of putting
in crops without proper preparation,
Is that It seems almost impossible for
the average man to realize that he
can fine his soil and prevent the
growth Of grass and weeds better
and more economically before the
land is planted than after the crop
is up.-The Progressive Farmer.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

Although built early In the Christian
era without mortar, a stone church in
Ireland still is in excellent condition.
\ dicJaphone small enough To be car
ried in ones pocket has been invented
and patented by man in Washington
Wheat is first mentioned in the
Bible in Genesis 80. II in the accoun,
of Jacobs sojourn with Laban In
Mesopotamia.
Henry Hall, Wyandotte count,
(Ohio) farmer, has painted every
fence post around his big farm either
red, white or blue.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
DoinC His Part.

as Spoilers the kind of man who
would fight for his countryT'
Il don't know whether he would or
not. but of one thing I'm certain"
And what is that?"
when the home troops marched
away his farewell Grafton would be a
masterpiece"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

(Copyrght 1917 by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate1

"DOra, ! am go
ing to clean some
things in gaso-
line. Don't light
the stove until
I'm through ," cau-
toned Helen.
Il was just go
in to put on an
iron for them
doilies," CRU IN :
bIed Dora, who
never took an or
der without some
objection.
axyNE -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
Much Food Ruined.

Much food is ruined by being stored
where flies or other insects or rats and
mice can get at 1t. Much cereal food
IL ruined becaues 1t is not protected
AGAINST weevils or other insects
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
When Meat IL Harmful.

Large quantities Of meat fed to
meat-starved hens are always harmful,
and 1t would be better to feed no
meat at all than to feed 1t In q feast.
and famine fashion
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
Used for Human Food.
Sweet Potatoes for STORAGE.

Don't dig your sweet potatoes for
storage until they are fully matured.
Let them mature in the ground and
you will have larger potatoes. and
therefore more food per acre. The
mature potato will keep better
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
Substitute for Mill

When milk is not available. every
keeper of poultry should have on hand
bag or two of commercial meat
scrap and Introduce this into the dry
mash ration to the extent OF 20 Der
cent.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
MOST DESIRABLE TYPE FOR DAIRY PURPOSES

vision TO have the above feeds on
hand for the coming winter when sue
culent feeds are not easily available.
Dry Roughage.
Legumes make the best hay for
dairy cows. Alfalfa, clover, soy beans.
velvet beans and cowpea hay are the
cheapest sources of protein, and when
possible, should form para of every
ration. Other roughages, seeh as TIA
Othy, millet and corn slower, require
more protein in the grain mixture.
Grain.
Farmers Bulletin Number 74S
gives very good rule to determine
how much grain should be fed:
"a grain mixture should be fed In
the proportion of one pound to each
three pints or pounds Of milk pro
duced daily by the COW, except In the
case of COW producing flow of 40
pounds or more. when the ration can
be one pound TO each three and hall
or four pounds Of milk. An even bet
ter rule is one pound of grain each day
for every pound of butterfat produced
during the week by the cow"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
Cruel Hint.

Are those field glasses any goOdT"
Indeed they are; you can even see
Bobs new mustache with them On
clear days."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
His Boast.

The Boy Who Stood on the Burning
Deck-Well. for one thing. history can
never accuse me of having had cold
feet.