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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-24

The Musical Coterie will meet in called session at 10 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, at the Hotel Pines for the discussion and consideration of inn portant business. and i, is expected there will be a large attendance.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-24

1Wenty-second avenue, have as guest Mrs. 0rr's brother. R. T. Dudney Of Magnolia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-24

Mrs. A. c. Haley of Little Rock is visiting with her mother, Mrs. R. l, Rutherford in West Second ayenue
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20

Value of Crop Is Gena-alIy Greater
Than Any Other-Prartice of Ro-
tation Favnred.

The best soil you have on your farm
should be given to the potato, both be-
cause 1t is more exacting in ITS de-
mands on the sell than any of the
other staple crops and also because
the value of the crop per acre is gen.
orally greater.
The crop that precedes the potato
Is also important. A clover, alfalfa,
peas or compensatory legume-is a
first rate preparation for a good crop
Of spuds. Rye or buckwheat plowed
under is good. If you had sod on
your farm plant corn first and then
potatoes; this is a first rate rotation.
Oats, then peas, then potatoes is an
other.
Another good rotation is fall wheat,
In which clover is seeded in the
spring; second year, clover, plowed
under in the fall or early winter; the
third year potatoes However, If you
have plenty of land it is best to grow
potatoes only one or two years in sue
cession on any ground; thus you avoid
diseases.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20
Honest Man.

Annis Burke Of the Claypool hotel
believes that Diogenes did not need a
lantern to find the proverbial honest
man. Burke discovered that individ-
ual when he received a letter from a
man in Louisville, who, several days
before, had been a guest at the Clay
pool.
In his letter the man explained that
when he left the hotel he had procured
what he thought was pair of his over
shoes from his checkroom. He did not
notice that they were not his until he
got to Louisville. He then discovered,
he said, that the shoes he had obtained
were not his, but were n brand-new
pair, and worth at least so cents more
than his had been.
The guest said that he desired to do
the square thing with the man who
had taken his overshoes, and offered to
send the shoes back on receipt of the
necessary postage. Burke said he
supposed the other man had never no
ticed the mistake.-Indianap News.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20
CITY WELL WORTH VISITING
Kun, in Persia, Called by Traveller One
of the Most Picturesque Spots
of the East.

The little known city of Kun is one
of the most picturesque spots in the
near East and one of the few really in
teresting towns in modern Persia. 1t
is reached by horse from Teheran and
the journey is still made in such prim-
tive fashion that Kun is little visited
by tourists in the best of times, al
though the road, in many parts built
over the grade of an old high road of
the days of Persia's glory, is good
enough judged by the standards of the
near East.
The European visitor to Kun is like
ly to feel a certain yelled hostility in
his reception, for the city is one of the
holy places of the Mohammedan faith,
hardly behind Mecca and Medina in
this respect A stream of pilgrims pours
into Kun almost as large as the one
that fiocks continually to those other
shrines, and, even more than the
holier cities, Kun is sought by the
faithful as fitting and sacred spot for
the burial of the dead. The country
round about, the city itself, is strewn
and dotted with tombs, from the hum
BILE mud mound of the common man to
the elaborate shrine-topped mauso-
leums of princes and even kings. The
dead are more numerous than the liv-
ing in Kun, but the natives do not
seem to be conscious of any funeral
atmosphere.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20
What the Rabbit Costs Australia.

The state Of South Australia has
since 1891, erected 29,14S miles of
"vermin fences" enough to enclrcle
the globe and with the remnant build
a double line Of fence along the south
ern border of the United States. When
contracts now running are completed
the mileage will be much increased.
New South Wales has expended over
SGT 100000 for rabbit determination and
has within It's borders $4,000 miles OF
fence. One of West Australia's fences
extends entirely across the continent.
OF late years the rabbit has been re-
paying in part for his keep-paylna
board, as it were. He goes to swell
the total of food exports from the
commonwealth. Along the country
roads rabbits may be seen hung on
the fences awaiting the passage of the
rabbit carts which convey them to the
packing houses to be prepared for
Shipment as frozen meat and hides.
Practically all are exported (the Aus
tralian does not eat "vermin"), and
during 1913 frozen rabbit and hare to
the value of 100000 and skins to the
value of 100000 were sent from
commonwealth ports.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20
Improved Apparatus Developed by
Members of Staff of Plant Bureau;
Time Is Lessened.

The test to determine the acidlty
of corn, which previously required 16
to IS hours, can be made In less than
one hour by the use of improved ap-
paratus developed by 81. J. Besley and
G. H Baston of the officer of grain
Standardization, bureau of plant indus
try. Under the new method an cleo
trio mechanism, similar to those seen
on soda fountains, Is used to mix
finely ground corn and alcohol. Thirty
minutes Of mixing it is found will ex-
tract from the corn an amount of acid
reacting substances comparable to the
amount extracted through digestion In
80 per cent alcohol at room tempera-
ture for 10 hours.
The methods for making acidity de-
examinations of corn with this APP
paratus are described in detail in
Circular 6S, office of the secretary
recently published by the United
States department of agriculture.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20
ONE VIEW OF A PESSIMlST
Somewhat Severe Description, But
Most People Will Agree That 1t
10 Largely Truth.

A pessimist Is a son of the man who
didn't believe there was any such
thing as electricity.
He Is an offspring of the man who
was sure that the horseless carriage
would never come, and nephew OF
the man who was willing to bet that
men would never fly.
A pessimist Is a direct descendant
of the man who was sure that wireless
telegraphy was a fools dream and a
submarine merely the creation of fic.
ton writer's brain.
The pessimist's ancestry scoffed at
the telephone, the typesetting machine,
the 2O-story building, anesthetics and
every forward step the optimists have
taken for the betterment of human
life.
II the pessimists Of the past had
been right men would still be living In
caves and trying to get their meals
with clubs and flint arrows. And evi.
IDENTIFY they died without publicly con-
Tossing their mistakes, for their pes
slmistic children continue to prophesy
| dismally that everything that Is surely
| going to be cannot possibly come to
| pass. They seem to be born with the
habit and cannot get over it.-Detrolt
| Free Press,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20
Crookedest Railroad In World.

Up CALIFORNIA; Tamalpais runs the
crookedest railroad In the world. OF
the eight miles of track the longest
tangent is only Alb feet. In one nota-
BILE instance the road makes i've COM
plete loops and ties two complete
bowknots to attain an elevation of 90
feet. The end of the line is about
half mile higher than the starting
point, and there is not one particularly
steep grade In the entire system
Wall Street Journal.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20
PLAN FOR BREAKING A HORSE
Most Successful Method for Preventing
Animal From Pulling at Hal
ter Is Outlined.

The most successful method of
breaking a horse from pulling at the
halter is as follows: Secure a new
half-inch rope about Is feet long /;
make loop in one end. In tying,
throw looped end over animal around
the chest or TANKS and run other end
of rope through the loop, between the
fore legs, through neck strap or the
nose piece of the halter and tie Sc
curely to strong manger or other OBJ
ject. When the horse pulls back the
rope runs through the loop and tight
ems up on the body, and after few
trials the animal soon gives up the
habit of pulling. Tie in this manner
at all times until the animal has been
broken thoroughly of the habit. Then
use a good strong halter or neck strap
that will not break under ordinary
strains.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20

him | would never seek you or write to
you, but l knew that some day you
would come to me, and you are here,
and | am content r.
She drew him towards her as If to
have him by her side. In rapid storm
Rowland told of his situation, of his
brief furlough of an hour.
Listen !" she burst forth, as he had
finished. There has not been an hour
since you-you went away that you
have not been in my thoughts. l prom
ised my father / would not seek nor
write to you. l shall keep my pledge.
But you have come to me. Take me
away, here, now. Speak the word and
l Will 60 with you anywhere. / care
before us-let us hide from all the
world, happy man and wifel"
He was amazed, he was thrilled. For
a moment he was urged to take her at
her word. Then he Strengthened up.
His soul of honor spoke in his eyes.
"Eunice," he said, his voice CULVER
ing with profound emotion, you offer
me paradise, but / dare not accept it.
must follow out the rugged path fate
has awarded me. l must return to the
prison, as / have promised"
"Too latel" gasped Eunice, and fell
back fainting. Her father was return
ing to the automobile. Rowland kissed
the cold, lifeless hands Of his love and
faded away amid the shadows.
you're a man, every inch of you u
spoke the trusty, as Rowland appeared
at the honor camp at midnight.
"Your pardon, and you deserve it,
were the words of the warden at the
prison, as he handed Rowland a legal
looking document q month later.
1t was several weeks after that wheI
the GIRL who kept her word to her ia
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20
New York CITY as a State.

Col. ]. B. Bellinger wants the city
of New York elevated into new state.
To that end he would have annexed to
1t adjacent slices of Connecticut and
New Jersey. In his opinion erection
Of the city into a state would bring
power to solve complicated problems,
such as transportation and food dis
tribution. Should his idea be adopted
the new state would possess the unique
distinction of being the only state in
the Union without an agricultural area
or farming population.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20
WINTER HINTS OF CHICKENS
Repository Diseases Result From
Drafts-FowIs Should Not Be
Crowded-Use Straw Litter.

Colds, roup and similar repository
diseases largely result from drafts in
the poultry house. 1t will pay the
poultry keeper, therefore, to make
draft-proof any cracks in the back, side
and roof of the houses.
The fowls should not be crowded in
the house and from two to five square
feet of floor space is needed per bird.
The exact ratio depends upon the breed
and the extent of the yarding. AS a
rule, 1t will be found advisable to allow
four square feet and floor space for the
lighter breeds such as the Leghorn.
About five or six inches of straw lit
ter should be placed on the floor. Grain
which is fed In this will make
the birds exercise continually. Clean
nesting material is needed in the nest
boxes.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20

hand, drafts are likely to cause roup
and other trouble.
Many farmers, In feeding their
birds, overlook the fact that beef scrap
or some similar feed is very essential
during the winter months If q good
supply of eggs is to be obtained. A
convenient method of feeding beef
scrap is In a mash made of three
parts cornmeal and one part each OF
wheat bran, wheat middlings, and beef
scrap. Skim milk or butternilk
may be used In place of the beef
scrap,
Feeding Beef Scrap.
In experiments conducted by the de-
partment 1t was found that for thu
first four months pullets fed ration
containing beef scrap produced, on an
average, 41.5 eggs, while those fed
the same ration without the scrap pro-
duced only 1877. The cost of feeding
the latter birds was % cents higher
for every dozen eggs produced than
in the case of the pullets fed beef
scrap.
The birds should have plenty to eat,
but they also should always be eager
for each meal. If one-third of the
scratch grain furnished them is fed
in the morning and two-thirds at
night, the birds will take more exer-
else than If they received all the grain
| they desire in the morning. Good
scratch miyturps NAV ha modq of
equal parts by weight of cracked corn,
| wheat, and oats, or of two parts OF
cracked corn and one part each OF
wheat and oats.
Other directions for the winter care
of birds are contained in a new pub
| LEGATION of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, Circular II, Office
Of the Secretary, Winter Egg Produc
! ton.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20
(From the United States Department Of
Agriculture

(From the United States Department Of
Agriculture)
Poultry owners who wish to obtain
satisfactory production of eggs dur
ing the fall and early winter should
arrange to hatch pullets in March or
April. Birds Matched at this time will
be well matured in the fall. Further
more, a greater proportion of them
will go broody early in the spring.
thus completing the circle necessary
for production in the fall.
Pullets Matched in the spring can
be induced to lay more abundantly In
the winter If they are properly fed
housed and handled. On the average
general farm, very few eggs are Sc
cured at the time when eggs bring
the highest prices. 1t will pay the poul-
try owner, therefore, to devote lit
tie trouble to providing his birds with
the most favorable surroundings for
the winter.
The house should be thoroughly
cleaned, disinfected, and made tight
| before the cold weather sets in. If the
house has a dirt floor, it is well to re-
move three or four inches of dirt from
the top and to replace this material
with dry gravel or cand. On cement
or wooden floors -FOUR or five inches
Of fresh straw or litter may be thrown
down after the floor has been cleaned.
Ventilation Is Important.
Ventilation Is another important fac
tor to consider. The house should be
tight on three sides, but for the fourth
muslin curtains may be used for from
one-third to one half it's extent. In
any case, there should be some ven
tilation In the house, even on the cold
est nights. Fowls will stand consider
able cold air, provided it is dry, and
ventilation will keep the air thorough
y dry in the house. On the other
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20
You Yourself.

Your greatest problem is yourself.
You are also your greatest treasure.
If you can get yourself determined up
on, find out what you are and what
you are for, and if you can discover
and develop the elements of value In
your nature, your life will take on the
beauty of orderliness and your need
of the savings bank will be less and
less. for you will be your own riches.-
Richard Wightman in the Ohio State
Journal.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20
When Water BoiIs.

Put some water to boil in test tube
or glass flask, without any stopper in
it. When boiling remove from the
fire, insert a cork and turn it upside
cease. Then place a wet sponge on
the upturned bottom of the flask and
you will see the water begin to boil
again
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20
MANY SHEEP KILLED YEARLY
Estimated That in Thirty-Six Farm
States 100000 Are Killed An
nuaIIy by Dogs

The number of sheep killed annu-
ally by dogs cannot be stated exactly.
since there are many cases which are
not reported at all.
Judging from the figures in those
counties and states in which reason
ably complete reports are obtainable.
however, it may be said that in the SO
farm states more than 100000 sheep
are killed each year by dogs.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20
TO INCREASE FLOW OF MILK
Cow With Chapped or Cracked Teats
Cannot Do Her Best-Carbolated
VaseIine viii Help.

A COW with chapped or cracked teats
Is not likely to do her best. Very
often a little carbolated vaseline, or
something that Is equally as cheap,
will correct these things and increase
the railk-how.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20

ibid You try to make peace between
those two men who are always quar-
reling?"
"Yes."
with what result7"
Each seemed TO regret that he
wasn't too busy with the other to turn
in and give me fight on my own ac-
count"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20
Both.

Henry Clay was a gr-rate man,
Cassidy"
''IIe war thot, Mulligan."
after him, Cassidy"
AN poipe, too, Mulligan.
ton Evening Transcript.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20

Their and the man who had kept his
word to the law, met again.
The father of Eunice had died and
she was her own mistress. The loyal
pair quickly drifted away from their
old environment to new district,
staunch SOULS, all in all to each other,
and, therefore, blessed and true.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20
Sure Thinu.

Jones-Loan you ten dollars? Why,
I hardly know you
Acquaintance-But how can you ex-
pect to without loaning me ten dol
lars?
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-20

"Your new poem is charming SO
unlike your usual work. Boston
Transcript.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-20

has neglected. because it has quite
overlooked. an economic asset of I'm
calCulablc value.
Individual features of several OF our
national parks arc known the world
over. but few to whom the Yosemite
Valley is household word know that
its seven wonderful miles are q part
of "a scenic wonderland of LOO square
miles called the Yosemite National
Park. So with the Yellowstone. ALI
have heard of its gcyscrs. but few In
deed of its $500 square miles of
wilderness beauty. Some of the
finest OF our national parks Won
probably have never even heard Of,
The Sequoia National Park, 100 miles
south OF the Yosemite. one of the
nohlcst scenic areas in the world. is
the home of more than 1900 900
scquoias. tho celebrated big trees of
California. but even its name is known
to few. The Crater Lake National Park
incloscs the deepest and blucst lake in
the world. surrounded by walls Of
pearly frettcd lavas OF indcscribablc
beauty-a very wonder spot; but it is
probably least known of all
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-20

the lower lodges. Looking over the
edSe anywhere YOU could see dozen
possible ways down. even for a man.
and you could see that the lodges were
much wider than they appeared from
below. many of them bearing little hid
den gardens OF Alpine plants. moss and
grasses-poor enough picking for n
horse. but evidently sufficient for the
goats. Goat signs were frequent. and
even up here at the top. was plentiful
evidence of the sheep. From our perch
we say two goats rounding Il ledge q.
mile or 50 away, and a lone sheep out
lined on Il snow field far below us we
also saw two of the chief foes Of the
goats-thc bald-headed eagles. (Thc
golden eagle is equally a foeD Our
guide told us he had found eagles
nests surrounded by the carcasses .
Kids and lambs. and affirmed tina, the
eagles pierce the body and eat out
nothing but the lungs.
We had Il rope along. and ut ia
vorahlc spot went far out on the steep
glacier. which was poised OH It's high
shelf far above the canyon below. II
was still covered with snow. however.
and only at the extreme lower ledge
mad begun to develop any crevasscs
so that II was no more interesting than
a mere snow field. We finally descend
ed TO the pass by a shalc slide. which
is the quickest way. but calls for cast
iron boots. Any climbing in the
Rockies in fact, calls for cast iron
boots. Not only should big bobnaiIs
invariably be worn. but the soles OF
the boots should he twice again as
thick as YOU think they ought to be.
Only thus can you walk in comfort
over the omniprcscnt sharp shalc stone
as we dropped into camp in one OF
those beautiful upland meadows
which are characteristic OF the lower
end of the green lakes in the glacial
cirques at the head of the Rocky Noun
tain canons, the shadows were filling
the bottom OF the vast rock amphi-
thcatcr. while the peaks stood up in
1ull sunlight. their snow fields Elistcn-
ing. their strata upon strata OF vari-
colored Lodges making pattern of
rich. warm color. Two large Clarke's
nutcrackers ca handsome black and
white bird characteristic of the high
Rockies) were calling in crowlille
tones. and in the fir behind our tent
hermit thrush was singing. but with f!
less clarion timbre than in Fran |
COMA The daylight lasted on the |
peaks long after the canon meadow |
was in shadow, the upper lodges and |
snow fields and glaciers growing more |
and more ethereal Finally the light |
tadcd from them. too, and the western !
SKY alone held light, against which |
the ragged Divide stood up in silhouette |
like stage set by Urban or Gordon
Craig The world grew still. Only
IL porcupine rustlcd near camp, and !:
coyote barked in the distance.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-20
KINGDOM OF STEAM
Is PASSING AWAY

Continued From First Pagc.l
now whirls by electricity it's magnifi-
cent trains de luxe across towering
mountain and thrilling abyss over u
Smokeless, dustlcsS and noiSeless road.
with the harncsseG lightning as its SER
want and the smiling faces OF the pub
lie as its reward
Truly. the old age Of prophecy is
being redeemed in modern fact. Not
only have the lion and the lamb Of
science lain down together, while
little child shall lead them, but the
mountains and the mileS;oncs have
healed an historic antaEonism while the
lightning and the waterfall have locked
arms in twin sovereignty over the
coming kingdom of transportation and
trade.
There arc no more mountains in the
eye of science to bar and hinder the
economic future. for the mountains
under the electric empire have become
AS molehills in the way Of travel. and
tho valleys as pleasant plains. while
the last and greatest revolution of the
world Of travel has been accomplished
almost in night by the genius and
the daring of Il rcsolute company of
modern men.
The story is as romantic as any that
our modern times have told. The cor
poration took the conditions of trans
Dortation where physical difficulties of
operation were greatest. and developed
them into the ideal. Ii planned it's bold
experiment not upon tho smooth and
open plain, but attacked with fearless
daring the rugged difficulties of the
eternal mountains Through tho un-
speakable depths and attitudes OF the
Belt, the Rocky and the Bitter Root
and over that once impos-
sfble route it has constructed "A path-
way-pcrhaps the smoothcst. quietcst
and cleanest stretch OF railway trans
portation ON the continent.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-20
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