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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
WOMEN OF THE SENATE
WILL AID THE RED CROSS
Will Meet Weekly at Apartment Of
Mrs. Thomas r. Marshall.

Washington.-Mrs. Thomas r. Mar
shall, wife Of the vice president, and a
number Of senatorial matrons have es-
tablished a new social organization, to
be known as the Ladies Of the Senate,
to meet weekly at the apartment Of
Mrs. Marshall, who has been elected
president. Membership Is limited strict
" to women Of the senatorial circles,
with only one member Of each house
hold to be included In the society. In
this 1t will differ from the Congress
sional club, after which it Is patterned,
as In that body wife, daughter or sister
Of a cabinet officer, judge or congress
man may Join on payment Of modest
annual dues and an initiation fee.
The new organization Is to be both
patriotic and social, with dues sufficient
to make 1t an important factor In Red
Gross or other relief work, to which It
will devote much time. In addition to
Mrs. Marshall the officers are Mrs. Al
bert Cummins of Iowa, Mrs. Francis
Newlands Of Nevada, Mrs. John W.
Weeks Of Massachusetts,, Mrs. James
Reed Of Missouri, Mrs. Thomas P. Gore
Of Oklahoma and Mrs. Claude Swanson
Of Virginia.
The women will meet with members
Of the Congressional club every Mon
day to continue the Red Cross work al
ready begun under the older organiza-
ton
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
DR.. FARRAND TO FIGHT
PLAGUE IN FRANCE
Gets Years Leave of Absence
to Conduct Campaign of
Education There.

New York.-The Rockefeller founda-
ton announced that DR.. Livingston
Farrand, president OF the University
Of Colorado, had been granted a years
leave Of absence to undertake q cam
pafgn against tuberculosis in France
under the auspices of the international
health board Of the foundation.
DR.. Farrand, formerly for many years
secretary Of the National Association
For the Study and Prevention Of Tu-
berculosis, with enc or two assistants,
expects to sail for France within the
next few weeks. The plans outlined
by the foundation include:
The maintenance Of a central organ
ization which will have general super
vision Of the work under the French
government and which will undertake
the preparation Of literature and ex-
hibit material and will carry out a
comprehensive plan Of education for
the control Of tuberculosis.
The organization Of four mobile units,
which, moving from place to place, will
carry on a campaign Of education and
publicity.
Demonstration Of dispensary methods
and organization Of local committees
under whose auspices permanent dis
pensaries will be established.
The establishment Of at least four
centers for the training Of nurses and
others who will have charge Of the dis
pensary work.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
SQUIRRELS HIDE POTATOES.
Oregon Man Will Increase His Plant
ings of Tubers by Three Peeks.

Oregon Man Will Increase His Plant
ings of Tubers by Three Peeks.
Hood River, Ore.-Luhr Jensen will
increase his paintings Of potatoes by
three pecks.
Recently Mr.. Jensen scattered poison
ed wheat around the burrows and run
ways Of colony Of troublesome dig
ger squirrels near his barn The poison
was apparently fatal, for all Of the
squirrels disappeared. Mr.. Jensen out
Of curiosity decided to investigate the
underground tunnels of the rodents.
As his excavations progressed he IN
earthed seven dead diggers and three
pecks of fine seed potatoes that the
squirrels, forewarned perhaps Of the
impending food shortage, had stolen
from the rancher's granary and had
boarded in the storage retreats Of their
underground home.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
WILSON Oh JOB EARLY.
President Adopts Early Rising Perma-
nently to Keep In Touch With War.

President Adopts Early Rising Perma-
nentIy to Keep In Touch With War.
Washington.-While a majority Of
the $4,000 government clerks were still
asleep the president was working in
his Office early. He reached his desk
at 6 o'clock, and it became known he
is determined to adopt this hour as the
daily beginning of his work. Govern
ment clerks go to work at 9 o'clock
and finish at 4:30. The president fire.
quently is in his Office at night.
The presidents determination to get
up early is not prompted wholly by a
desire to avoid the hot hours of the
day. The fact is that he is keeping In
the closest touch with the details of
the war making activities Of the ad-
ministration, and longer working hours
are necessary If he is to have time for
the recreation prescribed by Rear Ad-
miral Cary T. Grayson, his physician.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
Calf Craze. With Wooden Leo.

Kansas City. Mo.-Probably the only
Missouri calf with a wooden leg Is
browsing on the farm of W. D. Brown
In Ray county. The calf belonged to a
neighbor and last winter stuck q nail
In its hoof, sustaining injuries promis-
ing to be fatal. Craig Brown saw the
calf and had an idea. He bought the
animal and sent for a veterinary, who
amputated the Calls leg. Later q
wooden leg was substituted, and the
calf Is now only a little slower than
The other cattle In thu pasture.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
AVIATOR BALL IS DEAD.
British Announce Missing Filler Was
Fatally Hurt May 7.

British Announce Missing Filler Was
Fatally Hurt May z.
London.-The war Office has received
information that Captain Albert Ball,
who had made a brilliant record in the
aviation corps and who had been miss
ing since May Z, is dead. He was
twenty-one years old.
Captain Ball was engaged In a fight
with three German planes on the eve
ming Of May near Lens. When he did
not return to his base it was reported
that he had been captured by the
enemy.
At the time Of his death Captain Ball
had a record Of bringing down forty
German machines. He had received
the medal for distinguished service
and the military cross. He lived in
nottingham.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
AVIATION SERVICE NOT
The MOST DANGEROUS
Records of Allies Show 1t Is
Fourth In the Percentage of
Casualties.

Washington. - Contrary to popular
opinion, the air service Of the army, al
though perhaps the most thrilling
branch, Is not the most dangerous
Captain Aubrey Lippincott, In charge
of the personnel of the signal corps Of
the army, says the records of our al
lies put air service fourth In the per-
centage Of losses. The heaviest losses
have been in the medical corps, next in
infantry and third in artillery.
Although applications have been nu-
merous for enrolment In the six cadet
schools for flyers recently opened, Cap
tain Eppincott says many more men
will be needed before the end Of the
year. One hundred and fifty men are
trained weekly. Enough men have been
accepted to keep the schools supplied
with recruits for more than two
months, but several thousand will be
required later on, as the supply of men
must be constantly augmented.
Only a small percentage Of the men
who apply for enrolment In cadet
aviation schools at the universities Of
California, Texas, Illinois and Ohio,
Massachusetts, Institute Of Technology
and Cornell can be accepted. The re-
Quirements are stricter than In any
other branch Of the service. The i'm
preston that only college graduates
are admitted is incorrect, but a sub
stantial foundation for intensive tech
meal training is necessary. 1t has Oft
en- been found that three years at col
lege or its equivalent gives a man the
knowledge which makes the training
come with reasonable rapidity.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
CHINA GETS TWO HOSPITALS.
Rockefeller Foundation Will Spend
100000 There.

Baltimore. B. Frank Bennett, a
builder, will leave here for China, where
he has been commissioned by the Rock
efeller foundation to build two hospi-
tails at a cost of 100000. The first
hospital will be constructed In Picking
and Is to be modelled after Johns Hop
kins hospital. The plans were drawn
after suggestions Of DR.. Winford 81.
Smith, superintendent Of Johns Hop
kins. The other hospital will be built
In Shanghai.
1t Is said the project Of the two
American hospitals Is the outcome Of q
tour Of investigation made last year by
DR.. William II. WEIGH for the Rookie
Teller foundation.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
Why Water Puts Out Fire.

Water puts out fire for two good rea-
sons. First, If a thing Is covered with
water, the oxygen Of the air cannot get
at It to burn it. But that Is not nearly
the most important reason why water
puts out fire. It Is that water has q
great capacity for heat and can hold Q
great deal Of 1t. 1t takes so much heat
into itself, and so quickly, that It low
ers the temperature Of the burning
thing that 1t can no longer burn.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
OLD WOUND REMAINS.

Civil War Veterans Pierced Leg Gives
Way In Half Century.
Greensburg, Pa. - More than fifty
years after he was injured by a bullet
In the civil war, bone In the left leg
Of Louis Osterwise gave way. and the
old soldier fell helpless In his chair.
When he was taken to the Westmore-
land hospital physicians found that the
bone had broken or at the point where
the bullet had struck. Mr.. Osterwise Il
seventy-three years old. His condition
n critical.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
Dog Hero Home From War.

Port Washington, N. Y.-Wounded In
action, Jupiter, Hubert Ralston's war
dog, returned here from France after
doing his bit" to spend his declining
years In comfort A bit Of shrapnel
gouged out one eye and another caved
In his chest. Jupiter trained with his
regiment at Salisbury Plain In the frst
rear Of the war.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
FRESH CHICKENS
gow to Choose One From Among
Embalmed Poultry.
PUT WH0LES0MENESS FIRST.

1ips About Dry Picked, Air Cooled
Birds and the Great Danger of Bae-
terra Entering a Dressed One, Thus
Causing Ptomaine Poisoning.
We should place wholesomeness ahead
NJ plumpness and youth. In other
words, the points Of greatest Importance
N consider are: els the bird untainted
or reasonably fresh? Is there danger of
ifs giving ptomaine poisoning to some
me who eats 1t because the bacteria of
decay have begun their deadly work."
The time was when it was considered
safer to purchase poultry which had
been drawn, it being argued that the
entrails were likely to contaminate the
meat. Heads and feet were removed,
and the purchaser felt she was getting
net weight and not paying for that
which must be discarded.
As a matter Of fact, it Is now believ-
ed by the majority that 1t is safer to
buy poultry undrawn and with the
heads and feet where nature placed
them. Once an opening has been made
into the body cavity Of bird or the
head and feet cut off, the moist, deli
cate tissues are laid open to the air,
fairly inviting the invasion of bacteria.
These bacteria soon impair the flavor
Of the meat, even If actual decomposi-
ton does not set in.
The feet and head tell a good deal
about the age Of the bird. Young
birds have clean, smooth legs and feet
while old ones show a rough, scaly
condition with the development of
spurs. Some poultry specialists also
claim that fowl with yellow legs is
Of better favor than one having black
legs.
The head Of bird which has been
killed some time will tell the fact
plainly to any one who can read the
symptoms. Sunken eyes, darkened
neck and greenish blue color near the
bill, all show that the bird is no longer
fresh.
To order bird over the telephone is
to trust entirely to ones marketman.
1t Is much better TO make the selection
In person and to have the chicken or
duck or whatever it may be drawn In
ones presence.
Sometimes chickens are dry picked
after they are killed, and
to hasten the cooling process they are
allowed to stand for a time In very
cold water In order to remove the ami
NAL heat.
This is Objectionable also, for q
chicken cooled in water absorbs more
Or less of it, which is paid for at food
prices The skin Of such a bird has
white look, which has been described
as "powdery." 1t has a thick look
md is inclined to be rather shiny.
A properly dry picked, air cooled
chicken has loose, clear looking skin.
There are sure to be short hairs, which
It is necessary to remove by singing,
and the papillae, or quill sockets, show
plainly.
1t is not at all difficult to learn to
iress poultry at home. Ten or fifteen
minutes at the most is all that Is need
I'd to prepare a good sized bird for
cooking, and there is a great deal Of
In knowing exactly what
you have got.
In these days Of the high price Of |
living and the still higher price Of be-
ng sick the more we pay others for do
ne the less money we have for our
selves.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
BOY, PLAYING SPY, DIES.
His Mother Finds Him Hanged to
Bedpost.

WOIncT TO
Bedpost.
New York.-Joseph Heissner, ten, a
lieutenant in the cadet corps Of Public
school 4, Long Island City, INDUCED in
many games while alone in his home
at 80 Sunswick street, Long Island
City. His favorite pastime of late has
been to capture spies and deal with
them as all spies and traitors deserve
to be treated.
In the absence Of his mother recently
the boy was practicing with rope and
moose and slipped the loop about his
neck, with the other end made fast to
the bedpost. The game was more re-
alistic than little Joseph intended 1t to
be, for when his mother returned she
found her son strangled to death and
fast to the bedpost.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
SEES ALL AMERICAS In WAR.
John Barrett Predicts Western Henri
sphere Will Be United.


Baltimore.-Within a year all Amer
icas will be fighting together against
Germany was the prediction made here
before liberty loan mass meeting by
John Barrett
IF Brazil enters the conflict, as to-
day seems imminent" he said, two
thirds of the entire population and five
eighths of the total area of the western
hemisphere will be at war with the
common enemy. Can the remaining
one-third Of the population and three
eighths of area stand against the psy-
Geological, sympathetic and economic
appeal Of their sister peoples and coun-
tries having similar interests, similar
institutions, similar governments and
similar destiny?"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
LIONS KILL BURROS.
Hoofs No Match For Pointed Teeth
and Sharp Claws.

and Sharp Claws.
Mentone, Cal Hunger has driven
mountain lions and wildcats closer to
the settlements than in many years, say
old timers. One night recently two big
lions made their appearance at the Edi-
son power house at the mouth Of Mill
Greek canyon and killed two burros
kept In q corral there.
One burro was killed outright by the
lions. The other burro fought and at
tracted the men at the plant, but 1t
was so badly torn by teeth and claws
Of the lions that 1t had to be shot.
The tracks showed the mountain
lions to be Of great size, and the men
kept a close watch In the hope that
hunger would drive them out again.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
A PRETTY BEACH Girl.

school Is out away they go to Atlantic
City or some other place on the Jersey
coast, where they spend hours building
cathedrals and cities, grottoes and pal
aces In the fine white sand. There win
b thousands Of them, like the pretty
little girl here pictured, doing that all
this summer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
FOR YOUNG FOLKS
Sleepy Time Story About a Most
Vain and Silly Beast.
HAD VERY BIG NOTIONS.

Although His Home Was In the Barn.
yard, He Imagined That Place Was
Too Humble For His TaIents-Goes
on a Journey and Is Punished.
Well, said Uncle Ben to Little Ned,
tonight am going to tell you about
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
SUMMER BEAUTY.

Could Youth Be CARRIED More Charm
ingIy Than This7
White tussore handsomely figured and
cut with a smart little vest I'm q shade
to harmonize with the predominant col
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
Summer Sport.

Children who live near the Atlantic
seacoast know what fun It Is to play
In the sand on the beach. They think
about It all winter, and as soon as
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
" NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
GERMAN NAME PREVENTS
HIM FROM BEING HERO.

" Syracuse, N. Y Christopher
~ Schlachter, gridiron hero Of SYRIA
" cuse university, has learned
" whats In a name" Merely the
" Teutonic flavor Of his appellation
- was enough to keep Schlachter
" out Of the university ambulance
- unit soon to go to France, al
" though the All American player
" put In an application.
"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30

Baby Birdie.
Does the little birdie sleepf
Does he shut his eyesf
Does his mamma rock him
Every time he criesf
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-03-29

market at the present time. The
yield of recleaned seed was So bushels
per acre, bringing him $1O9.6 so per acre
+. o. b. Aberdeen, or $767.20 for the
acres.
Mr.. Toevs also grew Alsike clover
and sugar beets. Five of his thirteen
acres of Alsike yielded eight bushels
per acre. Eight acres seeded to Alsike
and meadow fescue yielded Az bushels
of clover seed and 1000 pounds of
meadow fescue. The clover seed sold
for l7R TO 20 cents a pound and the
meadow fescue brought from s to 10
cents, averaging about $40 per acre.
His ~ten-acre field of sugar beets
averaged thirteen tons per acre and
brought $40 per ton, or $500 per
acre.
From the thirty acres seeded as
above Mr.. Toevs' returns were $27O7.-
40. The remaining 1870 acres gave
Mr.. Toevs splendid returns in other
crops. The case of Mr.. Toevs is typi-
cal and by no means exceptional.
Glenn Partner. another irrigation
novice a few years ago harvested 20
bushels of barley per acre that sold
for $2.75 per hundred. or s115 per
acre.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-03-29

Otto Hege's returns from potatoes
were $262.50 per acre. The Davis
brothers received S1S7 per acre. Many
others received like returns. The
yield of potatoes owe several years
around Aberdeen, has ranged from
200 to 500 bushels per acre.
The growing of sugar beets is a
new industry. So successful have the
growers been that the Utah-Idaho Su-
gar company has agreed to build a
sugar factory at Aberdeen providing
the farmers will contract to grow 5000
acres of beets. There is every pros
pect that the aceage will be signed,
and that not later than 1918 Aberdeen
will have a sugar factory.
Alfalfa on the tract produces about
five tons per acre, and has proven a
profitable crop. There has been an
unusually good market for alfalfa the
past winter, there being a ready mar
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-03-29

He has been steadily improving his
farm and in 1915 erected one of the
best farm homes to be found in the
Aberdeen country. Mr.. Wenger is
primarily a livestock man. The seed
business is new to him but he had
very good success with the Carleton
Brown peas. His seven acres of peas
averaged AZ bushels per acre and sold
at foul cents per pound, or S100.S
per acre. They were grown for the
u. S. department of agriculture. Mr..
Wenger's success is in great measure
due to a splendid family cooperation.
Two sons and a daughter, all grown.
attend to the active management of
the farm, and Mr.. and Mrs. Wenger
are now on a pleasure trip to Califor .
mia.
Frank Wenger. another son, is now
farming on a place of his own. He
raised five acres of Kaiser peas which
averaged a little better than As bushels
of seed per acre, or $3.50 per acre
This seed was contracted to the U. S.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-03-29

Grimm alfalfa land which had been
planted in ows for seed production.
He made a machine 70 thin the stand
and spent about two weeks cutting out
over half the stand. He handled his
field in such a way that when harvest
time rolled around he had a little over
5000 pounds of Grimm alfalfa seed.
~SiXty-one hundred pounds of this seed
VAS sold for 80 cents per pound. The
remainder was sold for Is and 20
cents per pound, making a total of
$2,345 from 40 acres. Mr.. Nash paid
$40 per acre rent for this land. The
owner of the field has rented the land
to Mr.. Nash for another year but upon
a different basis. Profiting by ex-
p~erience, Mr.. Nash expects to do bet
ter this year.
NJ. Wenger was among the first set
tiers on the Aberdeen tract. He came
to the Aberdeen country from Kansas.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-03-29

Alfalfa, clover and pea seed grow
Ing, sugar beets, potatoes and live
stock, are enabling farmers on the
Carey lands extending from Ameri-
a Falls to Blackfoot, to Join the
monied classes. Alfalfa seed has re-
turned as high as 5000 an acre where
growers have had a few years exper-
fence, and returns of 800 an acre
from a. variety of products. Be
low is given a few instances by way
of illustration.
John Toevs came from Newton,
Kansas, about ten years ago. He
knew nothing about irrigation. He
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-03-29
Biggest Potato Grower Successful
With Alfalfa Seed.

l. n. Meyer of Springfield, one of
the Oldest settlers on the tract, has
until the past two years devoted his
energies to the production of potatoes.
hay and grain. He is still spoken OF
as one of the leading potato owe
OF the upper end of the tract. He has.
however, grown common alfalfa seed
in a small way, for a number of years.
Noting the demand for the hardy
Grimm variety Mr.. Meyer decided to
engage in its production, and from
fourteen acres in 1916 harvested a
crop which brought him s1,713.6O.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-03-29

ket at from about s12 at harvest time
to SIS and $40 later. due 10 an unex-
pectedly long and hard winter.
Paul Wenger, breeder Of pure bred
polled Durhams, is achieving success
as a breeder, finding a ready market
for calves at from SIS to SIPS each.
L. II. Phillips in 1916, harvested
1000 bushels of potatoes from ten
acres. In 1915 Mr.. Grubbenhoff. from
2S acres shipped six cars of 80, 900
pounds each. These represent only
average yields.
The following farmers, near Aber-
deem, in 1916 received the following
PER acre from sugar beets.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-03-29

entered $50 acres under the Carey
act about a mile from Aberdeen and
developed it. He did not get water,
due to the i~ncompleted condition of
the canal, for the first two years, in
quantity sufficient for him to make
much Roadway. He grew alfalfa and
raised livestock and prospered.
Last year he seeded seven acres to
Kaiser peas, procuring the seed from
the Aberdeen Experiment station.
They were grown for the U. S. depart
at 3R cents a pound. He could readily
ment of agriculture at a contract price
sell them for five cents on the local
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-03-29

department Of agriculture at three and
one-half cents per pound at planting
time. There is a ready local market
at 5 cents. The seed business has be-
come firmly established with the Wen
ger family. Grimm alfalfa and clover
will be grown in addition to peas. for
seed production.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-03-29

~ TN-WE HWN To dNIV 90 ItLCIFIUb
therefor 1854. Mr.. Newman had 20
acres, and received 1864 for his beet
crop. The sugar company is contract
ing to pay 81 per ton for the 1917
crop.
..rr. f. Nash of Aberdeen in the
spring of 1915 rented 40 acres of
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-03-29
Big Returns From Irrigated Land

Many FARMERS Who Knew Nothing About Irrigation a Few Years Ago
nav ave Become Eligible to Membership in a Hundred Dollars a Acre
tMD Dy Or0wing Alfalfa and Clover Seed, Peas. Potatoes and Sugar
Beets- Opportunities Abound Here for Hundreds More Like Them.