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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-02-28
Educational Bills Passed

A series of important educational
bills were passed, the most important
of which changes the present system
of levying tax. 1t is house bill PSI,
giving the county commissioners of
each county, instead of the school dis
trict trustees the power to fix tax
levy to raise funds for school purposes.
This change is intended to bring about
a more equal distribution of taxes. The
levy is limited to SIS per capita.
Other important bills passed by the
house follow:
H. B. 283-By education committee
the state board of educa
ton to commit feeble minded to the
state sanitarium.
H. B. 2S4-Bys education committee
$4,000 to be used for
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-02-28

Your most progressive neighbors
take the Star-Mirror
Meade County news., 1917-03-01
,London's caduers.

There are many professional beggars
in London, who have their own copy.
right methods Of extracting coin from
sympathetic and credulous public,
There is the distressed governess out
Of n situation, who asks you In Oxford
street the way to walk to Turnham
Green, and is so staggered Mt the dis
tance that you ask her to accept the
bus fare. Then there Is the transat-
lantic journalist stranded in tho
metropolis. He is too proud to seek
aid from some of his millionaire friends
at the Cecil, but If you rould?-and
perhaps you do.
Most artistic Of all mendicants is
the old lady Of grandmotherly appear
ance dressed In black silk. She is up
in London for the day, and someone
has robbed her OF her purse. What
shall she do? You give her the train
fare and she promises to send the
money on to you If you will give her
your address. But If you are wise you
decline, and thus escape shoal OF
begging letters, for addresses Of benev.
olent persons have a market value
among the cadging fraternity.-Lon.
don Tlt-Bits.
Meade County news., 1917-03-01
GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT,
BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR
Make II Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxur-
liant and Remove Dandruff-Real
Surprise for You.

Your hair becomes light, wavy, fiut.
fy, abundant and appears as soft, lus.
trous and beautiful as young girls
after "Danderine hair cleanse" Just
try this-moisten cloth with little
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time. This will cleanse
the hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil
and in just few moments you have
doubled the beauty of your hair.
Besides beautifying the hair at once,
Danderine dissolves every particle Of
dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invig-
crates the scalp, forever stopping itch,
ang and falling hair.
But what will please you most will
be after few weeks use when you
will actually see new hair-fine and
downy at first-yes-but really new
hair-growing all over the scalp. II
you care for pretty, soft hair and lots
of it, surely get a rs cent bottle of
Knowlton's Danderine from any store
and just try it. Adv.
Meade County news., 1917-03-01
SEES BIG PROFIT IN FRUIT
Poor Management of Orchards Cause
Of Many Failures, Says the
State Entomoiogist.

A revival of the orchard industry
in Kansas is starting, according to
Professor S. j. Hunter state entomol
ogist. The work should be given lib.
eral encouragement, Professor Hunter
believes, as fruit can be probably
grown in this section. Apples are the
best trees to set out.
The best location for an orchard is
on high knolls or river bluffs and the
trees will thrive on rough land that
is just level enough to drive over. The
trees should be planted thirty-two feet
apart and where apples are planted
Professor Hunter recommends that
pear trees be planted between the
apple trees because the apples do not
bear fruit for eight or nine years. To
further utilize the land Professor
Hunter recommends that gooseberry
and currant bushes be planted in the
intervening spaces between the rows.
These will bring good returns until
the pear trees start bearing fruit.
Experimental work done by the
university in l911-12-13 showed that
the orchard industry could be prof
itably maintained in this section Of
the country, but Professor Hunter en-
phasizes the fact that proper atten-
tion, including spraying and cultiva-
tion, must be given to the trees.
Any man going into the business
should give the enterprise his per-
sonal and undivided attention and
with the aid of an assistant could
handle ten-acre orchard with the
exception Of picking time. Professor
Hunter estimates that man doing
this could net nearly 500 an acre
yearly from his orchard.
Lack of management was pointed
out as the cause of many failures with
orchards. 1t requires just as much
business management, in Professor
Hunters opinion, to handle an orchard
successfully as it does to run any
other business.
Meade County news., 1917-03-01
on From Frult Stone Kennels.

Germany is preparing to take steps
toward relieving her shortage Of oils
and fats by extracting an oil from the
kernels Of fruit stones, such as the
pits Of the plum and the cherry, both
Of which grow freely there. The pits
are boiled in a calcium chloride solu-
tiOn, which separates the kernel from
its shell. The Oil is expressed from
the kernel. The chief difficulty lies in
the fact that the kernels of such fruits,
especially the peach, contain minute
quantities Of hydrocyanic acid, some
times called oil of bitter almonds.
This is extremely poisonous, but spe-
cial methods have resulted in its pres
ence being reduced to mere negli-
glble trace, according to the reports.
Meade County news., 1917-03-01
Marvellous Electric Power.

The tremendous, almost inconceiv-
able possibilities Of electric power are
strikingly brought out in a giant mo-
tor recently built for use in Pennsyl-
vania steel mills. This motor is the
biggest In the world. 1t develops 49,
O00-horse power. While the motor Is
of an impressive bulk, it could be cas-
fly inclosed in medium sized room.
Some idea Of the concentrated eff
cheney Of electric power is realized
when one thinks Of how many acres
would be covered by the $4,000 horses
whose work equivalent It can tireless-
Iy produce.
Meade County news., 1917-03-01

which has always been sufficient for
two or three hundred head of cattle.
The spot Is veritable oasis, where
grass along the stretch of the canyon
springs up as If by magic and shrubs
remain green beyond seeming possi-
bility. The cattle of the ranch prove
that, with an abundance of sweet wa
ter, animals may maintain fairly
good condition by browsing on desert
shrubs, for on the surrounding noun
tains there Is no grass whatever.
There are, however, other growths be-
sides shrubs, notably the mescal, upon
which cattle feed.
If the animals can find place for
their muzzle between the sharp spines
Of the mescal they greedlly eat the rich
heart. Many miles of desert plain,
though 1t may furnish no feed for
stock, presents the foliage, with its
giant carbon, towering and, tapering
cirio and ocotillo, garambullo and pi-
talla.
Going In from the main road, Just
before reaching San Luis, the trail
passes over bare hill which is strewn
with huge granite boulders and wind-
ing between those the traveller sudden
ly looks down upon clump of feath-
cry palms clustered about the water,
most grateful sight after many miles
OF sand and rocks.
Wonderful Floral Display.
For the most part In the desert
there is no grass, horses and burros
living on the branches of a small leaf
less tree called dlpua.
Surrounding Calmalll these branches
are Topped off, made into bundles and
packed to the mining camp on the
backs Of burros from distance Of ten
or fifteen miles. The ability Of ami
mails to support life on dipua Is, how
ever, an acquired art, for animals that
are taken into the region from Gods
country at first refuse It, and can only
be induced to eat 1t by the bitter force
of starvation. Yet 1t was on the Dor.
der of this desert where l saw the
l
most beautiful floral display that !
ever witnessed; miles of glorious white
lilies, the desert amaryllis, frequently
showing as many as Is superb flowers
on one spike. The bulbs were very
deep in the ground, usually about one
foot below the surface, and from tho
growth displayed must have found
abundant moisture, thought had prob.
ably been many months since rain fell.
The flowers gave out delicious fra
GRANGE and were quite as large and
fine as the Easter lily furnished by
our florists.
1t was an excellent example of the
wonderful surprises and contradictions
presented by the desert. Often where
1t seems as though nothing could pos
slbly grow, there will appear in the
spring, as If by magic, beautiful flow.
ers Of varied hues, though usually
there will be displayed only a flower
stalk, with very little establishment
Of leaves, for nature, in such places Of
stress, boards her energies to the eN
treme, and expends none of them on
appendages that are not absolutely
necessary to the perpetua ion of the
plant,
Meade County news., 1917-03-01
Rats Are Dangerous.
ACTRESS TELLS SECRET.

A we'll known actress gives the follow.
ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint OF
water add OF. Bay Rum, small box of
Barbo Compound, and Y o. of glycerine.
Any druggist can put this UP or you can
mix It at home at very little cost. Full
directions for making and use come In
each box of Barbo Compound 1t Will
gradually darken streaked, faded gray
hair, and make It soft and glossy. 1t will
not color the scalp, Is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub OFF. Adv.
Meade County news., 1917-03-01
SKIN ToRTuRES
That Itch, Burn and Scale Quickly Re.
Ileved by cutleura-Trlal Free.

1t takes about ten minutes to prove
that hot bath with Cuticura Soap
followed by gentle applications of
Cuticura Ointment will afford relief
and point to speedy healment Of
eczemas, itchings and irrltations. They
are ideal for all toilet purposes.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1917-03-01
FIND KANSAS WOMAN DEAD
Suspicious Circumstances Surround
Finding of Body Of Wealthy Cat
tIeman's Wife.

Mrs. John H. Boisseau, wife Of one
of the wealthiest men in Western
Kansas, was found dead in her home
at Larned under circumstances which
the county authorities believe indi-
cate murder
A few minutes after the finding Of
the body John H. Boisseau, the hus-
band, was taken to the county Jail to
be held pending an investigation into
his wife's death.
Mrs. Boisseau was 81 years old and
her husband go. Friends said there
had been some family trouble of late.
It was said that before her death Mrs.
Boisseau had bruises on her face as a
result of an attack.
1t was also reported to the county
authorities that there had been quar-
reling at the Boisseau home in the
morning and that Boisseau made
threats.
Roy Boisseau, the son, said, how
ever, that he did not believe his father
had anything to do with the death of
his mother.
The death of Mrs. Bolsseau was dis
covered at o'clock in the afternoon
by Mrs. Roy Boisseau, the daughter
in-law, who lives next door. The body
was in bedroom on the second floor.
1t was in half sitting posture, with
the head and shoulders against the
wall and the feet drawn half up.
Boisseau had left the house an,hour
before the death of Mrs. Boisseau was
discovered, When he heard of the
finding of the body he started toward
his home, but went first to the home
of his son. Leaving there he was
taken into custody.
x X X
Civil War Veteran Dead.-A. J.,
Hamilton, IA years old, a resident of
Franklin county forty-eight years,
died at his home in Williamsburg re.
Gently. He was veteran of the Civil
war. His widow and four children
survive.
Let's Sewer Plant Contract. - The
Humboldt city council let the contract
for the second section of the city
sewer plant to Everett & Burk of
Hutchinson. Their bid was $25, ,021.95,
$4,000 below the engineers estimate
4
Killed Neodesha Man.-G. w
Weatherby was instantly killed at
Neodesha when struck by motor car
driven by a Spaniard.
X X X
Big Farm Fire Loss.-Fire on the
w. L. Diggs farm, five miles west of
Emporia, destroyed every building on
the place, with the exception of the
dwelling house. The burned buildings
included the stock barn, the crib with
two thousand bushels of corn, a lot
of baled hay and the hay barn, all
farm implements and machinery. The
probable loss was $4,000.
X X X
MarysvilIe Old People Die.-Five OF
the oldest residents of MarysEille died
within the last week. They we're: MIRA
Angeline S. Smith. 81; Samuel Eding
ton, S5; Mrs. James Bigham. SO; Jacob
Ring, II, and Mrs. Henrietta Tiesse.
dra, 72.
x X 4
Get Gas or Cut BiIIs.-The Hutchin.
son city commission voted to enact an
ordinance requiring the Wichita Nat.
ural Gas Company to keep pressure up
to three ounces, and test Of 900 heat
units, or make reduction on bills
for the month.
Meade County news., 1917-03-01
PATENTS y.,.s; yEss;Rs ss.1:.. Ss!ss.$s$;
Auv ~ d. O. Advice and books free
Rates reasonable Highest references. bestserVlces
Appropriate.

"What head shall put on this
story about the electrocution at Sing
SingT" asked the new man at the copy
desk.
"You might run 1t under Current
Events" suggested the man who ed
tied the alleged funny column.
Meade County news., 1917-03-01
The canker.

''Be joyful; eggs are coming down."
"Ain't that just my rotten lucki And
i was going to have custard pie al
my lunch to make the other girls en-
viDus Of its luxury"
Meade County news., 1917-03-01
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Tn The system

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking. as the formula is
printed on every label. showing il 10
Quinine and Iron in tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria. the IRON
builds up the system. so cents
Meade County news., 1917-03-01

It's fortunate thing for one-half
the world that the other half doesn't
know how 1t lives-or why.
Meade County news., 1917-03-01

Do you happen to know father
who would want his son to follow In
his foostepsI
Meade County news., 1917-03-01

Factories yearly pay 140934,OO0 in
wages In California.
Meade County news., 1917-03-01
( 4 Z

Get Gas or Cut BiIIs.-The Hutchin.
son city commission voted to enact an
ordinance requiring the Wichita Nat.
ural Gas Company to keep pressure up
to three ounces, and test Of 900 heat
units, or make a reduction on bills
for the month.
Meade County news., 1917-03-01
WHAT is
LAX FOS

LAX-FOS is an improved CaScara
A DIGESTIVE LAXATIVE Pleasant to take
In LAX-FOS the Cascara is improved by
addition of certain harmless chemicals
which increase the efficiency of the Cas-
cara. making it better than ordinary Cas-
cara LAX-FOS aids digestion; pleasant
to take; does not gripe or disturb stomach.
Adapted to children and adults. Just try
bottle for constipation or indigestion soc.
Meade County news., 1917-03-01
only One Ranch There.

There ig only one ranch in this des-
oIation, San Luis, but 1t is some ten
miles to one side Of the road, and one
who is not informed would never sus-
pect its existence. In rocky rincon
wells spring Of most excellent water,
Meade County news., 1917-03-01

Child Dies==of surns.-Nellie He'd
rick, 3 years old, while her mother
was absent from the house in Sharon,
stuck a pipe in the fire and touched
1t to her dress, setting it afire. She
died Of the burns several hours later.
Meade County news., 1917-03-01

MarysviIIe Old People Die.-Five Of
the oldest residents of MarysEille died
within the last week. They were: MIRA
Angeline S. Smith, 81; Samuel Eding
ton, S5; Mrs. James Bigham. SO; Jacob
Ring, n, and Mrs. Henrietta Tiesse
dro 10
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-09-27
Respectfully,

Isadore Dyer, Major, MR. G.
President, Examining BOARD
of the Medical Reserve Corps.
''The Surgeon General of the
Army has ordered an Examining
Board from New Orleans to can
yass the state for the Medical Re-
serve Corps as less than half the
number of doctors needed from
Louisiana have SO far volunteered.
The board will probodly consist of
Major Isadore Dyer and Lieut..
VIM. NJ. Perkins of the Reserve
Corps. Their ltinery plans cover
ing the parts of the state adjacent
to New Iberia, Opelousas. Lake
Charles. Alexandria, Shreveport,
Ruston. Monroe, Rayville. Ferri-
day and Baton Rouge.
The New Orleans Examining
Board at 1861 Canal Street. will
furnish all necessary information
and forms. !"
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-09-27
NOTICE
Defining Who Migrants, And
How They Y vi Be Punished

Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Police
Jury of the Parish of Natchitoches in
Regular Session convened that all per
sons who have no visible means to
maintain themselves and live without
employment, or who wander abroad
with no occupation, all persons who
lead an idle openly profligate life, who
have no property to support themselves
and who are able to work, common pro-
J stitutes who walk the streets or public
highways, soliciting men, and all per-
sons of either sex belonging to the
white race who shall habitually loiter
around or frequent or reside in private
or public places owned or operated by
negroes or frequented by negroes all
persons who live by begging. stealing,
gambling or trading in stolen goods, all
who can work, and do not work are
hereby declared to be Migrants.
Sec, 2. Be it futher enacted by the
Police Jury of Natchitoches Parish,
that all persons found guilty of being
Migrants as defined in section one of
this ordinance shall be punished by a
fine of not less than ten dollars nor
more than thirty dollars together with
all costs of the prosecution or by i'm |
prisonment in the parish Jail or not less
than ten days nor more that thirty days
or both at the discretion of the court.
Now good people the above is lawI
The most important duty in the present
war for those who are not in the army,
is to aid the government in supplying
our boys and our allies with war nee
cessities the boys must have it, we are
going furnish them, and we are going
to see that the dear ones left here are
cared for, and doubly protected. This
is our duty, one and all. Every one can
help, everyone should help, and every
able bodied person in this parish shall
help, or bear the penalties of this law.
we can have some pleasure, but work
we must. The boys must be fully sup
piled, and the families cared for, no
American will fail..te do his part. Throw
aside your idleness and realize the con-
iition, and save me the unpleasant duty
IF arresting and failing you On Oct.
1917, myself and every deputy in the
Parish shall take charge of allvagrants
and give them a job on the county
road. Those VINO don't help are worse
han the Germans, for they are work.
ng and fighting. Come along and let US
get busy.
Respectfully,
]. w. Payne,
,-27-17 Sheriff
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-09-27
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

Next Sunday is a south-wide
Baptist o-To-Sunday-School day.
On this day thepembers of all the
Baptist churches in the bounds of
the Southern Baptist Convention
are urged to attend Sunday School.
1t is hoped that all of the members
of this church will be present at
the Sunday School and preaching
hours. Preaching at II a. m.
and 1880 p. N. by the pastor.
Morning theme. Louisiana, A
Mission Field and Christian Force
Evening subject "A New Era of
EVANGELISM"
, The public is cordially invited
to all of these services.
Dana Terry, pastor.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-09-27
TAXPAYERS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the AS
sessment Sheets are open for inspection
in my office for a period of 20 days
from date, for examination by the tax
payers, the said sheets showing the
charges and corrections made by the
Board of State Affairs for the year 1917
and if any taxpayer desires to file a
complaint, he can do so with the asses
sor, who in turn will forward same to
board.
The State Assessor will be reviewed
by the Police Jury at its next regular
monthly meeting.
V. G. Hyams,
Assessor Parish of Natchitoches.
Date Sept. 81 1917
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-09-27

The action of the women OF
Shreveport who met as federated
clubs to protest against the yellow
journalism adopted by the local
papers in publishing a recent un-
fortunate scandal will be approved,
by the majority of the reading
public throughout the state.
Matters of that kind especially
if a public official is involved must,
be published in the papers, but by
withholding unnecessary details,
and sensational headlines, the less
impression they make upon the
class of young reader upon whom.
they have ,pernicious effect, be-
sides giving the unfortunate and
often times innocent offenders a
fairer opportunity for reforming.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-09-27
Knights Of Columbus
Elect Officers

At the regular meeting OF th
Natchltoches Council No, 1876
Knights Of Columbus, Sept. 9
1917, the following officers wer
elected for the term October /
t917 to September 30, 1913.
0. F. HimeI, Grand Knight
$. E, Tobin, Deputy G. X.
j. G. L'hcrisson, Fin. Secretar'
p. A. Ducournau, Rec, Secty
L. A. Prudhomme, Treasurer
j. d. Rusca, Lecturer
j. L. Prudhommc, Chancellor
j. P, Breda, Advocate
Honore RACIAL, Warden
Alex Sompayrac, Inner G.
J. I. Breda, Outer G.
DR.. G, g. Perot, Physician
Rev. A. plegay, Chaplin
j. ID. Rusca, Trustee
E. G. Readheimer, Trustee
b. B. Breazeale Sr. -
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-09-27
Have YOU done vour hit2

The Library War Council wants ST, 600
900 for the building and supplying of
Libraries for our soldier boys in thsvar-
,ious environments throughout tn e
country.
There are in circulation to-day and
tomorrow several subscriptions lists
asking money for this worthy cause.
The undersigned has been appointed
Chairman of the Library War Council
for the parish of Natchitoches. Kindly
make remittance to him.
H l.. Hughes
Chairman
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-09-27
Smiles For The Soldiers
respectfully,
J. w. Payne,
Sheriff
9-27-17

To our soldiers in the camps
and trenches there will come GER
tain sunny hours when they can
lay aside their guns. Then recre-
alton will be sweet, recreation that
will keep them sane and balanced
amid the horrors of war. recre-
alton that will help them to lift
their eyes. Realizing this, work.
ers in the Red Cross. who heal
minds and souls as we'll as bodies,
are seeking means Of entertaining
and amusing the soldiers. Books
are perhaps the best most available
means of doing this. And so a
call has gone out for books.
just think what store house
of cheer in the coming days, if
every man and woman would do
nate one book to this cause. Look
over your library at once before
you forget it, and select book
of science. fiction, philosophy,
theology, and send it to the boys
through Mrs. Edward Phillips.
Send it with a personal message
and your name, and perhaps one
day some unknown hero of the
trenches will arise to call you
blessed.
Then there are the Cheer Books
which the Amusement Committee
is eparing. Inquire Of US how |
best to make them, as they must
be of uniform size and then use
your own ideas in arranging the
contents or send US your clipping
md let us help you. Poems, jokes,
pictures, all are needed.
Think of the boys in khaki when
you read your magazine, and keep
your SCISSORS handy. Help teach
he soldiers to: Pack up his trou-
,Ies in his old Kit-Bag, and Smile,
smile, Smilel' And
While he smiles another smile,
And after while,
There'll be miles and miles of
smiles,
And life is worth while. be-
cause he smiled.
And maybe miles and miles
of smiles,...
In unending ranks and files,
Will do their bit to win the war,
After while-So smile.
Chairmen
.da Jack Carver, Amusement
( Committee
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-09-27

Notice the splendid statemen of
The. Progressive Mutual Building
and Loan Assn. published in this
issue, tho just a year old, diyi-
dends were declared at both semi
annual meetings and the stockhol-
ders are perfently satisfied that
they have a splendid and safe in
vestment, that is being we'll man
aged by capable officers.