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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-02-22
CURRENT COMMENT.

Some day we shall have to stop
making joke of Henry Ford, even if
the cessation hurts our business. A
pacifist so convinced that he spends
a lot of his own money to keep war
away and then, when war approaches,
throws his whole industrial machine
open to his government free Of charge
seems to have the makings Of fairly
good citizen.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-02-22

By thorough housekeeping the
state of Kansas will try to get rio
of an endless and useless array OF
boards and commissions. If the econ
omy and efficiency program goes
through as planned two boards will
run the affairs Of state with one
head for both. There is to be small
board to handle state affairs and an
other to handle all the state institu-
tons, the governor heading the two.
All boards of three or more are to
be displaced by one expert with au-
thority to hire clerks, and be under
one Of the state boards. A great
many departments are to be CONSOLE
dated under one head and a great
many more are to be abolished, as
having no value. A saving of $780,
900 year is to be effected by such
a program and other states are trying
the same thing. Kansas has tried
nearly all the fads and fancies which
have been urged upon the public by
aspiring political reformers during
the past quarter of century, and she
apparently has grown weary of the
whole mess. All of them were urged
upon the state as great reforms which
would lead the people out of the
slough of incompetency and uncer-
tainty into the sunlight of success,
and all that sort of thing. And now
YOU can read the verdict of Kansas
after giving them all trial. All of
which is respectfully referred to the
legislature of this state. Idaho seems
to be where Kansas has been during
the last 10 or 20 years. The state is
with commissions already. |
The efforts of the present Legislature
and the state administration are CEN
tralized on creating still more boards
and commissions. Every new COM
mission means several thousand dol |
lars more expense, and taxes will
mount up instead of diminishing.
Perhaps some day Idaho will learn
the lesson Kansas and other states
have learned after dear experience,
and then we shall have simplified
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-02-22

A good story about faithful horse
has come from the battle front. AT
ter fierce fighting it was noticed that
a horse Of the Cold Stream Guards
remained standing between the Ger
man and British firing lines. The
faithful creature stood there, without
food, water, or shelter for two days
and nights. At last some of the men,
moved by their great love for horses,
risked their lives in an attempt to
rescue the animal. When they crawl
ed up to him they found that the
horse was standing by the dead body
of his master. They tried and tried
but could not get the faithful animal
away. Famished, thirsty and cold, it
still stood by the rider it loved and
had proudly borne into action. The
men crawled back to the trenches to
report what they had seen. Another
party crept out. Every man of them
risked death from the German fire,
but each man felt that this devoted
horse was worth it. They succeeded
in reaching the brave creature and
blindfolding him. Then, when he
could no longer see his master, but
heard only the kind voices of the dead
mans friends, he moved. They led
him back in triumph to the British
lines. Is it any wonder that the
horse is one of the best loved of all
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-02-22
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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-02-22
Tales of the Town

Little Mary's father had denied hei
a pleasure which she had expected to
enjoy. That night when she said her
prayers at her mothers knee she con-
cluded with this petition "And please
don't give my papa any more child
rem. He don't know how to treat
those he's got now"
q & 4
An aged negro was employed as
handy man round a suburban home.
Being unable to read or write a let
ter he asked the lady of the house to
write letter for him, once a month,
at his dictation, to Virginia relative.
With each letter, as he instructed, a
five-dollar bill, taken from his wages,
was inclosed for "Bill Malone" Final
ly the mistress curiosity impelled her
to ask: "Uncle Nose, who is this Bill
Malone you send five dollars to every
month? Is he colored man ?" mo,
Miss Lucy, he amt no culled man."
answered the old man evasively.
"Then he must be a white man; and
it seems odd" "No, 'scuse me, Miss
Lucy, OATS all right. He amt no
culled man, an he amt no white
mamie amt no man tall He's
Jest bill'm-loan association
81 notice." remarked Old Bill Mis-
givens, chat these scientific fellers
are making experiments to show what
the eating of different kinds of food
will do to different kinds of animals.
For instance, they are training cows
and horses to eat meat, and tame
wild cats, tigers and so forth to go on
A vegetable diet. Now, if they had
come to me l could have told them
about the effects of differ
emit kinds of feeds on humans and an
mals that would have saved them
the bother of making a lot of expert
nents. There was old Sile Bungar
who was always experimenting and
projecting around on one thing and
another. He kept a record or sort OF
iiarv of his experiments which he
showed to me. | copied some of these
entries which might be interesting.
Here is one under the head of Food
on Human Beings
"'April 1. Have decided to try the
experiment. of feeding the old lady
strictly vegetable diet. For good
While | have been of the opinion that
lane has been entirely too much in
lined to run the ranch. She has for
long time refused utterly to get up
n the morning and kindle the fire,
md otherwise has been encroaching
more and more on my liberties and
lights as the supposed head of this
household. For instance, few
months ago in addition to making me
,uild the fires in the morning, she
,egan to insist that l carry in all the
wood. When l yielded on that point
he made me work the churn. 1t was
dash churn. l objected, but rather
han have fuss about it | did the
burning. The next thing she want
ID to run me in on was the family
l told her that doing fam
ly washing was not a mans job. She
aid that she didn't care to argue the
question, but for me to get busy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-02-22

Johnson, surrounded Gov. Hughes
from start to finish of his visit and
succeeded in making it appear plain
to the people of California that
Hughes stood with the anti-Johnson
element. This was not the fact,as
Hughes avoided expression of pref
erences one way or another, but thro
circumstances which he could not, or
at least did not, control, the appear
ance was as stated. AS the johnson
element is about four or five to one
stronger than the anti-Johuson ele-
ment, and as it was deliberately, care
fully and persistently ignored and ell
bowed to the rear, Hughes in Novem-
Der lacked a few thousand of enough
votes in California to become presi-
dent of the United States. 1t is a
chapter of narrow minded factional-
ism that made history.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-02-22

The "bone-dry law will serve good
purpose if we get into war: 1t will
keep the German army out of Idaho.
Which reminds us of story on Fred
Blaser. Soon after the Germans be-
gan their drive through Belgium at
the inception of the war, Mr.. Blaser
stopped the writer, as he was driving
by, to inquire how the war was going.
OF course, the Germans had the best
of it at that time. "Well," said Fred,
IL tell you. The Germans will lick
the allies, then they will come over
here and take this country, and
where will your prohibition be then?"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-02-22

Golfers exhaustive review of the
famous "bonehead" of the Hughes
visit to California, which through
tactless management unquestionably
lost the Republican party a president,
leaves nothing to be added. 1t is a
complete story of what actually oc-
Cured, the determination of the anti
johnson faction of the party not to
permit recognition by Gov. Hughes
during his brief stay in California of
Gov. Johnson or the Progressives who
were supporting and promising to
support Hughes for president. These
factionalists had their way, in spite
of protests from as high quarters as
the chairman Of the national commit
tee in New York. They pocketed Gov
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-02-22

Little Mary's father had denied her
a pleasure which she had expected to
enjoy. That night when she said her
prayers at her mothers knee she con-
cluded with this petition: "And please
don't give my papa any more child
rem. He don't know how to treat
those he's got now"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10

too, the much needed animal food, an
essential part of properly balanced
ration for growing fowls, is secured at
no extra expense to the owner. There
is also a further saving made in pre-
venting injury to crops through the
destruction of vast numbers Of bugs
and insects gathered in by the flock.
One summer our flock of about 100
Brown Leghorns had the free range of
five and one-half acres of cucumber
vines, and the greater share of the
day was spent by them in hunting for
bugs and other insect life that always
propagate so freely during the summer
months. When dressing the male birds
our children would frequently call our
attention to the large numbers of hard
shelled bugs with which their crops
were stuffed. The chickens appeared
to be fond of cucumhers, and there was
some loss in this way. However, by
slicing the large, unstable cucumbers
and placing them where they were
most handy the loss in this was not
Of any consequence. A flock of chick
ems must be working a good deal of
harm before | should consider it prof
table to coop them in pens.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10
Linden Items

Mr.. and Mrs. j. V. Farris of
Endicot, Wash. are visiting their
son, Harl Farris.
Edgar Bohn finished digging a
cistern Saturday on the place he
bought from Charlie Mulkey.
Miss Sarah Swenie, a guest at the
Longfellow home, visited friends on
the ridge this week.
Mrs. Clarence Harris of Little
Bear Ridge, who has been visiting
her mothsr, Mrs. Jim Ball, return
ed home Sunday.
Will Star purchased new wagon
Monday.
Mrs. Granvill Wall is visiting
friends on Little Bear Ridge.
Mrs. Jim Langdon and daughter,
Matte, of Lewiston Orchards, are
visiting friends and relatives on the
ridge.
Mrs. Vaughan spent Tuesday
with Mrs. Newhall.
Mrs. Longfellow and Miss Sweenie
spent Tuesday at the Kunes home.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10
\ Neigbhorhood News X

preach.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Glenn motor
ed to Lewiston Sunday.
Miss Geraldine Daugherty is
spending this week with her sister,
Mrs. Emil Peters.
Mr.. R. Perry, Mrs. Chas. Walk
er's father, has gone to Spokane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Hill of Cedar
Creek visited Mr.. Hills parents
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Daughertv,
Mrs, Sarah Hechtner, and Mrs. Nav
Mccall attended church in heland.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Freshman
made business trip to Lewiston
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Heiton went
to the river to get apricots last Sat-
urdav.
The Fairview school begins the
first Monday in October.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Peters, Mr..
and Mrs. Virgil Fleshman, and Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Daugherty spent
Sunday with the home folk.
The report is that Marvin Long
preached a fine sermon at LELAND
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Morgan will &C
to Lewiston Tuesday.
Mrs. A. L. Stewart returned from
Palouse Monday where she hac
been visiting her mother.
Mrs. Henry Schetzle from Bed
rock visited VIM. Schetzle anc
family last week.
Will Hall and family from Fl,
ridge spent Sunday with Fred John
son and family.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10
Cream Ridge Items

Harry LeGate and sister, Alice,
left for Spokane Wednesday where
they will make their future home
with their brother, Wess.
Cutting grain has begun on the
ridge.
Helen LeGate who has been stay
ing with Iren johnson returned
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Carey anC
daughter, Ada. were visitors or
Cedar Creek Sunday.
F. Daggett and family were visit
ors at Harve Southwick's Sunday.
Frank Vaughan motored to LIE
land Sunday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Edd Bloom
a baby boy.
Lena Carey was a visitor at the
W. j. Green home Sunday.
Edd Bloom. Frank Nixon, Har
Corn, and Carmen Green are work
ing for W. J. Green.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10
CARE OF THE PULLETS.
Suitable and Abundant Food Necessary
to Make Egg Producers.

Suitable and Abundant Food Necessary
to Make Egg Producers.
Whether the flock Of pullets will
produce eggs next winter when prices
are high will depend, among other
things, upon the care given to the flock
in late summer and fall, writes a cor.
respondent of the American Agricul-
turist. The most essential thing is to
provide suitable food and plenty of
1t. ANY Of the various grains grown
upon our farms will fill the bill, but 1t
is best to have variety. Oats are
not as suitable as wheat because of
the large.amount OF husks that cover
the meats. Fowls will not eat this
grain as readily as wheat and corn.
There Is nothing superior to wheat
for the development Of bone and mus
Gle and the promotion of a general
condition of health and vigor In the
growing birds. We are taking it for
granted that the flock has the free
range Of the fields. In this way not
only will the flock secure a consider
able portion of its food. grain that
would otherwise be lost. but the exer-
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10
Sheep on the Farm.

Sheep are good farm help. They will
range a farm from early spring until
late fall, feeding off weeds and
growths that other stock will not
touch. A small flock will NOW the
orchard and keep down the weeds
about windbreaks. fences and build
ings. All of this is simply incidental
velvet as the wool clip pays for the
fiock's keep. The mutton return is the
main source of profit. Besides, the high
value of farm land which compels
farmers to fence their acres for hogs
and other stock. lightens the added ex-
pense for keeping sheep.
This year with wool at 10 and Is
cents a pound above normal prices and
mutton higher than it has ever been
any farmer is assured handsome re-
turns if he gives his flock reasonable
care,
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10
Kill Currant Worms.

early May and feed greedily upon the
leaves of currant and gooseberry BUSH
es can he killed while small by spray
Of arsenate of lead or paris green.
Since these materials are Objectionable
on nearly matured fruit, hellebore or
pyrethrnm is used for busting infected
bushes later in the season. Ohio Elk
pertinent Station.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10
PLANT MORE CORN.

The Most Effective Substitute For
Wheat at Our Disposal.
The most effective way to remedy the
probable shortage in the wheat crop Is
to plant corn, says the United States
department Of agriculture.
Ordinarily the quantity of corn pro-
duced in the United States is from
three to four times the quantity Of
wheat, but only very small portion of
the crop, from 5 to 10 per cent, has
been used for human food. This
amount may be estimated in normal
times at about 2OO,OOOOOO bushels a
year. Not over 5 per cent has been ex-
ported In peace times. A relatively
slight increase In the corn acreage
therefore will place many millions of
bushels more Of human food at the
disposal of the world without interior
ing in any way with the feed needed
for the support Of live stock.
In the past, with an abundance Of
grain Of other kinds, corn has not been
In great demand for human consump-
ton. But with other grains no longer
abundant circumstances will con,Nel
more general recognition of the Va. lie
Of corn as human food. The depart
ment is urging strongly the wider use
OF corn In the diet. 1t is the best sub.
Stitute for wheat that we have and can
be utilized In breads, mushes and va
r1ety Of other ways. We should make
every effort to avail ourselves Of 1t.
"Plant corn" then should be the mot
to Of every farmer in a section suited
to the crop.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10
SWAT THE WEED.

Robber Plants Steal the Food From the
Useful Crops.
A nation wide weed swatting cam.
paign is advocated for farmers and
gardeners in order to insure a war
crop for this year.
Pernicious weeds, commonly intro
duced on the farm by the sowing OF
impure seed, tend toward crop reduc.
ton, says Robert Schmidt, seed ana.
lyst In the Kansas State Agricultural
college. Often a good stand Of alfalfa
has been ruined by vigorous weeds
which choked 1t out before 1t became
well established.
Weeds are primarily a robber crop
When growing with crop plants they
rob the soil Of much food and moisture
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10
HORSE WISDOM.

4 Horsemen will soon need to be :,
X on their guard against overhead !
4 ing. Most cases of overheating :.
X can be prevented by keeping !
i. few simple things in mind. :
i. Give at least Il pailful of water /.
!. to each horse about 10 o'clock and .
4 again at 8 or O'clock on a hot .
< day. :
+ Be very careful with a horse .
4 that is a little out of health if :
+ you are working him on a hot .
+ day. .
+ Look out for horse that, after .
X sweating freely, suddenly stops .
+ sweating. Put such a horse in &.
K the shade as soon as possible and .
!. give a moderate drink.
1. Do not put horse not in good .
4 condition for hard work in the .
!. center Of four horse team in .
X hot weather
l. Work carefully on a hot day .
+ when the atmosphere is moist .
+ and heavy.
X A horse can hardly get too hot .
X to water, but one must regulate .
+ the amount by the temperature .
/. Of the water. .
i. .
+ i. 4. I. !. i. i. i. j. i. !. i. !. j. !. i. -
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10
GROWING Mash For Chickens.

After chicks are ten days old good
growing mash composed of two parts
by weight of bran, two parts midi
dlings, one part cornmeal, one part low
grade wheat flour or red dog middlings
and 10 per cent sifted beef scrap may
be placed in a hopper and left before
them all the time When this growing
mash or mixture is not used hopper
containing bran should be accessible to
the chickens at all times.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10
POULTRY GOSSIP.
Prevention is the watchword
in po,lltru dfSoocoS

o Prevention is the watchword c
o in poultry diseases. {
0 Fortunes made from poultry c
o are very rare. but for capital and {
o labor invested better dividends c
o are paid than from any other c
o crop speculation. {
o Never set hens in the laying c
o house, especially during the sum- {
o mer season. A violation Of this {
o rule will mean the introduction {
o Of myriads of vermin. {
o Exposure to excessive heat ell {
o thef in the house or in the run is {
o fatal, especially to overfat hens. {
o Poultry is naturally hardy. Sup {
o piled with the proper food, con- {
o fined to well ventilated, clean {
o and not overcrowded quarters {
o and kept free from lice the flock {
o can be continuously kept In good {
o health. {
o o 0 o o o o 0 o o {
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10
Southwick

The huckleberry pickers report
short crop Of berries, but the
serviceberry crop is exceptionally
good.
The threshermen's conference
held at Ford Parks on Monday was
attended by number of thresher-
men from Southwick who report
very interesting session.
The purpose Of the meeting is to
enable the operators Of threshing
machines to establish uniform prices
for their threshing and for hired
help.
James Garner of Linden passed
through Southwick Monday, having
been looking over the prospects for
harvesting. He says he will start
his thresher on his home farm in
about one week.
A number of transfers of real
estate are reported to have been
made here during the last few days,
Chas. Lettenmaier having sold his
farm to T. J. Armitage. VIM.
Baker purchased the C. s. Grant
property near the school house and
Marion Helton sold to the Boteman
Bros. his property on main street,
consisting of lot and chopmill with
equipment.
Uncle Tommy Phillips expects to
leave soon for Charleston, Wash.
where he has purchased a nice little
residence for his future home.
Mrs. G. H, Zieman has gone to
Lewiston for few days, to secure
medical treatment
Mrs. Earnest McCollum who has
been in the White Hospital in Lewis
ton for two or three weeks is home
again feeling much improved in
health.
Miss Marie McFadden is home
from the summer school at the L..
S. N. She says that the work was
very trying, but she enjoyed it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Harris are
visiting friends and relatives at
Grangeville.
Mr.. Longeteig who is in the en-
ploy Of the S. P. Ry. Co. of Port
land, is visiting with his brother,
Nelse, this week. They contem-
plate a fishing trip into the upper
Clearwater country.
Supt. Warner of the M. E. Church
will make his last official visit for
this year to the church at South
wick on next Saturday, IL inst re-
naming over Sunday.
A slight mishap to our local stage
on Monday, resulted in breaking
the handle out of Uncle Jake's new
hack.
Southwick is really a live little
town, almost a city. 1t is to have
a show on Friday 10.
Our enterprising townsman and
merchant. G. H. Zieman, is build
ing an addition on to his barn to
serve as buggy house and garage.
A. H. Douglas has gone to the
Pomeroy, Wash. country to harvest.
John Carver, Of Teaken was de-
livering baled hay in Southwick
Monday and Tuesday.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10

which should De used by. orner plants.
Weeds are usually hardy and prolific.
They will thrive especially well in care
fully prepared soil If given a chance.
Unless kept down by proper cultivation
and crop rotation they will soon over
rIn the land. Weeds are eradicated at
greas>expense. Good clean seed should
always be sown--the best obtainable is
none too good.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10
Fairview Items

]. M. Woodward made business
trip to Spokane last week.
Oscar Krause has been engaged
to teach the Fairview school. Mr..
Krause has been highly recommend
ed and we feel assured of a success
full term of school. He and his
wife will occupy Grandma Wnody's
house.
Misses Melva and Elva Walker
and Lilly Hoskins went to Lee
land Sunday to hear Marvin Long
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10
Her Retort.

He-My income is small. and perhaps
1t is cruel Of me to take you from your
fathers roof. She-I don't live on the
roof!
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10
Il Would.

what kind Of d dress would be
most appropriate for garden party?"
81 think a lawn dress would."-Bal-
timore American.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-08-10

Look not mournfully into the past
1t comes not back again. Wisely i'm
prove the present.