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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04

About $4,000 acres are
in national forest reserves.
More than a million acres are
patented lands appearing on
the tax assessment roll at
a valuation OF about seven
millions Of dollars. Prob
ably thrcc-fourths Of a mil
lion acres are entered and
settled upon for which pat
cnts have not been issued on
final proof. There is a pos
siblc million acres of unap-
propriatcd public domain
which will be devoted to dry
farming in the production of
wheat and other grains when
the valleys are developed
and local and outside mar
kets are available.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04
Adjudieated
Soon

In common with the cX-
pcrience of other localities
in organizing an irrigation
system there has been much
controversy over water
rights. Under the Oregon
water laws an excellent pro-
cedurc. which has been fully
sustained and commended by
the supreme court Of the
United States, is provided
for the determination of cX-
listing rights and OF asccr-
tanning the amount OF sur
plus water available for the
public irrigation system and
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04
Irrigation
and Drainage

The Harvey valley north
OF Malhcur lake is watered
by the Silvies river with it's
source in the high noun
talns III Grant county. At
present between thirty and
forty thousand acres are
more or less beneficiallv
watered by means Of the
spring floods which spread
over the first river bottom
lands. This produces the
wild hay meadows from
which from thirty to fifty
thousand tons are harvested
and fed each year.
There are a number of nat
ural reservoir sites in the
foothills and smaller valleys.
where these flood waters can
be economically stored and
delivered to and distributed
over the Harvey valley lands
by gravity system as need
ed during the growing sea-
son.
Detailed engineering data
has been secured, showing
available under Il compre-
hensive irrigation system
sufficient water for approx
matcly 100000 acres in the
Harvey valley, including
those at present using water,
and at an estimated cost of
$50 per acre.
It is proposed to construct
such Il system in rmits-the
first to include a reservoir
with storage capacity of
100000 acre feet and a dis
trlbution system covering
10000 acres. The same to be
handled under the state irri-
CATION district plan, the
bonds of which will provide
for the construction, md the
lands Immediately adjoining
the river and extending east
erlv from Burns for about IL
miles.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04
Harvey Basin Is
Inland Empire

The central portion of the
county comprises a great in
land empire in the strictest
sense OF tho words. The
large area lying between the
Blue mountains on the north
and the Stein mountains on
the south is entirely sur
rounded by the foothills,
without an outlet to the
ocean and the streams of
which all drain down to IA
common center into Malhcur
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04
and Harvey lakes.

and Harvey lakes.
Immediately surrounding
the lakes is a level alluvial
basin containing approx
100000 acres Of agri-
cultural lands with no waste
by reason of uneven or
broken surface or rocky de-
posts. This is at an altitude
of from 1883 feet at the lakes
to 415O feet above sea level
III the northern portion of
the valley near Burns.
The soil is an alIuvial silt.
rich III humus matter. under
laid with sand and gravel
and with the underground
water table at from six to T.
feet below the surface.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04

overflowed lands around and
in Malheur lake. approx
matelv 10000 acres will be-
come available for agricul-
tural purposes by drainage.
This comprises Il tract of
excellent tulc and wild hay
land. and will add greatly to
the assessed value of Harvey
county, afford homes for tho.
families Of many farmers
and stockmcn.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04

The great Harvey country
is essentially stock section.
The large areas of rolling,
broken range surrounding
numerous fertile and we'll
watered valleys, now prac-
tically in their natural con-
dition, have produced enor-
nous herds of cattle, horses
and sheep for more than
half century. With this sec
ton developed this supply
Of livestock will not only be
increased in numbers and
improved in quality, but the
meat stuff will be fed and
finished off for the market
on the local farms.
The history of hundreds
of other sections of the west
is being repeated here to-
day. The stockmcn sought
out and obtained possession
Of the favored spots where
nature unaided. or with but
slight and inexpensive arti-
fetal works, afforded the
best OF pasturagc and abund-
ant winter feed. The large
land holdings thus acquired
ret ard C d settlement, the
building of transportation
lines and the investment Of
capital in developing the
natural resources. The set
tier persistentlv crowded in;
railroads drew nearer as
they were extended to con
meet up new and growing
commercial centerS. The
value of land increased as
did the governmental eN-
penses and consequent tax
alton. 1t no longer is profit
able or desirable to operate
under the enormously large
and wholesale ranch system.
The large land holdings are
being cut up and capital is
being interested in provid-
ing for the needed develop
ment to prepare the way for
the smaller individual farm
er-thc permanent factor of
an agricultural country.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04
Harvey County
Vast In Area

Harvey county contains
more than 100000 acres.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04

Of ounnh ohodn include
amnMkek and atmadgaem Of
its asy
n excessively umdW va
ndm
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-11-11
CAUSE OF POISONING
FOUND IN KENTUCKY
Disease of Live Stock Has Been
Under Observation for
Several Years.

A bacillus causing forage poisoning
has been discovered by Investigators
at the Kentucky experiment station !;
also serum for its control.
This disease of live stock has been
under the observation of men at this
station under the direction Of DR.. Rob
ert Graham for several years. 1t was
only after much Investigation that he
and his coworkers succeeded in isOlat-
ing a bacteria from some Oat straw
which produced the disease, which.
when grown artificially and fed to
horses, produced clinical forage poi
soning and death. The bacteria Is
closely related to a germ (bacillus bO-
tulinus) that has long been known to
produce meat poisoning In man.
A serum made from bacillus botuli-
nus protected horses and guinea pigs
from the poisonous bacteria that had
been Isolated from the oat straw.
A similar disease-producing germ
was isolated from corn siiage which
was fatal when fed to horses. The
same serum protected horses and
guinea pigs from this bacteria.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-11-11

She found the other girls on the
point Of departure. But Edna offered
to wait for her.
"No. you run along" Rose said. i've
some errands. and don't feel like see
ing movie tonight, anyway"
Edna looked q little odd about 1t,
but hurried along after the others.
A saleswoman-the same one the
manager had assigned to Rose. under
the misconception which that smart
French ulster Of hers had created
when she came into the store-now
came around behind the screen to
&c ther up the frocks the girls had shed.
'Will you please bring me-" said
Rose. "the Poiret model you showed
me before the others came in? I'll
try 1t on"
The saleswoman's manner was diff
ferent now. and she grumbled some
thing about its being closing time.
Then. If you'll bring it at once :"
said Rose. And the saleswoman went
on the errand.
Five minutes later, Galbraith, from
staring gloomily at the mournful heap
of trouble Mrs. Goldsmith had left on
his hands, looked up to confront a
vision that made him gasp.
Il wanted you to see II you liked
this" said Rose.
III I like itw he echoed. Look
here! II you knew enough to pick
cut things like that, why did you let
that woman waste everybody's time
with junk like this? Why didn't you
help her outT
II couldn't have done much" Rose
said, "even II my offering to do any
thing hadn't made her angry-and I
think 1t would have. You see. she's
got lots of taste, only it's bad. She
wasn't bewildered a bit. She knew
just what she wanted. and she got It.
It's the badness of these things she
likes. And I thought :" She
hesitated little over this II
thought that it would be easier to
th-ow them all out and get a fresh
start"
He stared at her with a frown Of
curiosity. That's good sense" he
said. "But why should you bother to
think of it?'
Her color came up perceptibly as she
answered. "Why-I want the piece to
succeed, of course :" Rose turned
rather suddenly to the saleswoman. II
wish you'd get that little Empire frock
in maize and cornfiower," she said.
"rd like Mr.. Galbraith to see that,
too" And the saleswoman, now pla-
Gated, hustled away.
This thing that I've got on" said
Rose swiftly, costs a hundred and
fifty dollars, but / know / can copy 1t
for twenty. I can't get the materials
exactly. Of course, but I can come
near enough"
"Will you try this one on, miss?'
asked the saleswoman, coming on the
scene again with the frock she had
been sent for.
"No," said Rose. "Just hold II up."
Galbraith admitted 1t was beautiful.
but wasn't overwhelmed at all as he
had been by the other.
Its not quite SO much your style,
is it? Not drive enough"
1T isn't for me-" said Rose. 'Tt's
for Edna Larson to wear In that All
Alone number for the sextette."
Galbraith stared at her a moment.
Then, Put on your street things" he
said brusquely. 'T'n wait"
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-11-11


swered, was a sort OF exaggerated mat
ter-of-factness. Il could design the
costumes and pick out the materials"
she said' but wed have to get a good
sewing woman-perhaps more than
one-to get them DONE
He wasn't greatly surprised. Per
haps the notion that she might suggest
something Of the sort was responsible
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-11-11
CORN H0eGED DOWN IN LOTS
Mistake to Allow Drove Of Hogs to
Have Free Range-Best to Fence
OF the Field.

Hogging down com is often accom-
panied by considerable waste, particu-
larly when too large an acreage Is al
lowed a drove o. hogs. Though the
amount Of grain wasted is generally
more than balanced by the saving In
labor of husking. special care should
be taken to make the wastage as small
as possible. An effective way to do
this Is to fence of the field to be
hogged down into lots small enough
that they will be thoroughly cleaned
up in a limited time, and by not chang
ing the hogs to q new area until the
previous one Is exhausted.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-11-11
SHIELD TREES FROM
RABBITS IN WINTER
When Vegetable Food Is Not
Available They Often Harm
Trees by Eating Bark.
(By d. c. MOORINGD

Rabbits are very particular as TO
what they eat, and feed only on vege-
table matter. They prefer the more
succulent kinds, such as vegetables,
clover. alfalfa, ffllen fruit, etc. When
none Of these foods are available they
often eat the bark Of trees, especially
when snow covers other food.
1t is very easy to prevent rabbits
from injuring trees, and all cases Of
damage are due to neglect rather than
TO lack of efficient remedies. \
number of preventivcs. all of which
are efiicacious. are given below.
Your premises should not afford
hiding places ior rabbits, such as briar
patches. brush piles, etc. This is not
meant to include green cover crops
in the orchard; as is stated above,
green and succulent food is preferred
by the rabbits and an orchard with
IL cover crop above the snow is seldom
if ever injured.
Traps are very effective in catching
rabbits. The more traps you have. SO
much the better. This is not so eco
nomical a method as poisoning for
protecting the trees, but it furnishes
amusement for tile children and also
provides some meat for the table.
There are two general ways Of poi
soning rabbits, namely: "a by plac-
ing poisoned water In their runs, espe-
cially during dry weather; (2) by
placing poisoned food where they can
get it. The following, which was
originally recommended by the Ohio
Experiment station, has given good
satisfaction: One part sulphate Of
strychnia, One-third part borax, one
part white syrup, ten parts water.
Shake well and apply to tender twigs
with brush or by dipping. and distrib-
ute the poisoned twigs around the
trees.
Where the planting Is valuable
enough to justify the expense.
woven wire fence Is desirable, as 1t
will exclude the rabbits.
Wire window screening Is frequent
ly used and is cut into strips Is TO
"a inches long and 8 to II inches wide.
This is put around the trunks of the
trees In the form of tubes, with the
lower end pressed into the ground.
This tube Is tied with wire.
Wooden veneer strips Of about the
same dimensions as the wire screen
give good results. They should be
soaked In water before attempting to
fold them around the trunk of the
tree. Wire Is best for tying them, as
II is durable and does not necessitate
renewing.
Corn stalks, building paper. and
common wrapping paper are some OF
the other things frequently used. They
are efficacious IL applied in such a
manner that they prevent the rabbit
Jm getting his mouth to the bark OF
he trees.
There have been q number Of
washes and paints Of various kinds
recommended as being effective against
rabbits. The disadvantage Of these
washes Is that heavy rains wash them
fl and make 1t necessary to repeat
he application. 1t Is not difficult to
and or devise preparations which will
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-11-11

prise over his having made q request
instead Of giving an order.
DO you think you'll be able to con-
vince Mrs. Goldsmith" she asked,
as they walked down the east side of
the avenue together. shat her gowns
don't look well on the stagef"
Probably not" he said. "No. she
won't be convinced. and II I know
Goldsmith. he'll say his wife's taste is
good enough for him. So il We want a
change, we've fight on our hands"
The way he had unconsciously
phrased that sentence startled him a
little.
The question is" he went on,
whether they're worth making a fight
about. Are they as bad as I think
they are"
"Oh. yes" said Rose. They're dow
dy and fourth-class and ridiculous. OF
course I don't know how many people
In the audience would know that"
"And l don't care" said John Gal
braith. with q fash Of intensity that
made her look around at him. That's
not consideration I'll give any weight
to. When put production under my
name, it's the best I can make with
what I've got. When have to take
q cynical view and try to get by with
out in front won't know the difference,
I'll go out to my little farm on Long
Island and raise garden truck"
There was another momentary 81.
lence, for the girl made no comment
at all on this statement of his credo
But he felt sure. somehow. that she
understood 1t. and presently he wen,
on speaking.
would it be possible, do you think
to get better gowns that would also
be cheaper? That argument would
bring Goldsmith around in hurry. It's
ridiculous, of course, but that's the
trouble with making a production fol-
amateurs. You spend more time fight
ing them than you do producing the
show"
II don't believe" said Rose. "tha,
you could get better ready-made cos
tunes lot cheaper; the two or three
we might be able to find wouldn't hell
us much"
"And 1 suppose" he said dubiously
"it's out Of the question getting them
any other way than ready made; tina,
is. and cheaper, too"
The only sign Of excitement there
was in the girls voice when she an.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-11-11
CHAPTER XVIII,
A Business Proposition.


Buzzing around In the back Of John
Galbraith's mind was an unworded
protest against the way Rose had just
killed her own beauty, with Q thick
white veil, SO nearly opaque that all IT
let him see of her face was an inter-
mittent CLEAN of her eyes. The busi-
ness between them was over, and
all she was waiting for was q word
Of dismissal, to nod him q fare
well and 60 swinging away down the
avenue. Still he didn't speak, and she
moved q little restlessly. At last:
do you mind crossing the streetr'
he asked abruptly. Then we can talk
as we walk along" She must have
hesitated, because he added, ITS too
cold to stand here"
"Of course" she said then. All that
had made her hesitate was her sur
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-11-11
There comes into Roses life
q new crisis which means more
hard work and much worry. The
next instalIment covers import.
ant developments in the story.
CTO BE CONTINUED


Cats among mammals. and owls
among birds. says w. H. Hudson in his
book idle Days In Patagonia" are the
most highly favored Of any creatures
in the matter Of luminous eyes. ''The
feline eyes, as Of a puma or wildcat,
blazing with wrath. sometimes affect
one like an electric shock; but for In
tense brilliance the yellow globes Of
the owl are unparalleled" Mr.. Hud.
son asserts that nature has done com.
paratively little for the human eye
either in these terrifying splendors OF
in beauty. He says that in Brazil he
was greatly impressed with the mag.
nificent appearance Of many Of the ne
gro women; but that II they had only
possessed the golden irides" Of GER
tain intensely black tropical birds
their unique loveliness" would have
been complete.-Outlook.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-11-11

keep rabbits away. Rabbits are very
particular about their food and any
taint on the tree will keep them from
injuring it, ON this account hog in
testines and other cheap meat prod
ucts rubbed on the trees have given
good results. They will be effective as
long as the faint remains on the tree
and no longer.
Another wash. which has given con-
siderable satisfaction, is made by slak-
ing one peck Of fresh stone lime with
soap suds. Thin to the consistency OF
whitewash. add one-half gallon of
crude carbolic acid. four pounds of
sulphur and one gallon Of soft soap.
Paint the trunks of the trees, as be-
fore, in the autumn.
The United States Department of
Agriculture recommends the lime
sulphur wash as having given thor
oughly satisfactory results. This wash
consists of: Unslaked lime, 20 pounds !;
flowers of sulphur, - pounds; water
30 gallons. The lime, sulphur and
one-third of the water are boiled to-
gether for one hour. and then the rest
of the water is added. By adding salt
the wash will stick better.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-11-11
CHAPTER xvil.-continued.


70
Rose. arriving promptly at tn. hour
agreed upon, had a wait Of fifteen
minutes before any of her sisters Of
the sextette or Mrs. Goldsmith ar
rived. II don't want anything just
now" she told the saleswonan. But
she hadn't. in these few weeks of Clark
street, lost her air Of one who will
buy il she sees anything worth buy
ing. In fact. the saleswoman thought.
correctly. that she knew her, and
showed her the few really smart things
they had in the store-a Poiret evening
gown. a couple Of afternoon frocks
from Jennie. There wasn't much, she
admitted, il being just between sea-
sons.
The rest OF the sextette arrived in q
pair and trio. One Of them squealed
Hello, Dane!" The saleswoman was
shocked on seeing Rose nod an ac-
acknowledgement of this greeting, and
just about that time they heard Mrs.
Goldsmith explaining who she was and
the nature of her errand to the man
Rger.
The sort of gowns she presently be-
gan exclaiming over with delight. and
ordering put into the heap Of posi-
bilities, were horrible enough to have
drawn a protest from the wax figures
in the windows. The more completely
the fundamental lines Of frock were
disguised with sartorial scroll-saw
work, the more successful this lady
felt II to be. An ornament, to Mrs.
Goldsmith, did not live up to its pos
sibilities, unless it in turn were dec
grated with ornaments of its own;
like the fleas on the fleas Of the dog.
Rose spent a miserable half-hour
worrying over these selections Of the
wife Of the principal owner of the
show, feeling she ought to put up
some sort Of fight and hardly deferred
by the patent futility of such course.
All the while she kept one eye on
the door and prayed for the arrival Of
John Galbraith.
He came in Just as Mrs. Goldsmith
finished her task-just when, by
process Of studious elimination, every
passabie thing in the store had been
discarded and the twelve most utterly
homeless opes-two for each girl-laid
aside for purchase. The girls We're
dispatched to put on the evening frocks
first. and were then paraded before
the director.
He was diplomat and he was quick
on his feet. Rose, watching his face
verJ closely, thought that for just
split second she caught CLEAN Of in
efr,,ble horror. But it was gone so
quickly she could almost have believed
that she had been mistaken. He didn't
say much about the costumes, but he
said II SO promptly and Adequately
that Mrs. Goldsmith beamed with PRIDE.
She sent the girls away to put on the
other set-the afternoon frocks; and
once more the directors appreciation.
though laconic, was one hundreo per
cent pure.
That's all" he said In sudden dis
,aissal Of the sextette. Rehearsal at
eight-thirty."
Five of them scurried like children
let out Of school around behind the set
Of screens that made an extemporane-
Gus dressing room, and began chang
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-11-11
Woman Landscape Gardener Succeeds

Woman Landscape Gardener Succeeds.
Miss Mabel Keyes Babcock, for four
years In charge of the department of
horticulture and landscape architec-
ture at Wellesley college, has been
chosen to design the great formal gar-
den which Is to be q feature Of the
new residence Of the president Of the
Massachusetts, Institute Of Technology
at Boston, and which II to b an im-
pressive detail Of the magnificent new
installation Of that institutios. Miss
Babcock II one Of the most distin-
guished landscape gardeners Of her sex
In the country. and she has done no
table work In landscape effects for the
Wellesley grounds, for several great
estates In Chicago and also N grsstss
RoGtcn.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-11-11

spray may be applied for brown rot.
Materials are the same as for the aphis
and curculio spray. If the fruit fly is
very bad, coarse spray Of lead arse
nate three pounds and molasses one
pint to 20 gallons of the llme-sulphur.
is used on the lower limbs, when the
adults appear in early June.
Shortly after the fruit is picked q
spray is given IL leaf-spot is appre-
hended. Lime-sulphur alone is used TO
prevent defoliation by the leaf-spOt or
shot-hole fungus. Repeat a month
later if this disease is bad. II pests
are known to be absent, corresponding
sprays are omitted.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-11-11

A spray calendar for the prevention
and control Of insects and fungous
diseases affecting the cherry has been
outlined by the Pennsylvania station.
For the dormant spray in spring. be-
fore buds start. lime-sulphur is used.
1t Is not often needed on sour varie-
ties. Immediately after the petals fall,
lime-sulphur and 40 per cent nicotine
extract, half to three-fourths pint TO
80 gallons is used for aphis and leaf
spot. Lead arsenate paste three pounds
is added for curculio, slugs and red
leaf beetle.
Spray for Brown Rot.
When fruit is the size of n small pea,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-02-20
.OrSale

We have the following tracts of land
for sale belonging to DR.. w. H. Hord
Of Orangeburg, Ky:
Farm Of SO Acres, price. .. .$5,s7O.OO
Farm Of 60 Acres, price. :. 100000
Farm Of 80 Acres, price. -. 100000
These farms lay right around the
town of Orangeburg, and are all good
strong Limestone land. We will close
the farms out before the first of
March, so if you are in the market
for farm see the undersigned or
Doctor Hord of Orangeburg.