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The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26
Chicken Talk.

The chickens were gathered together
In the farmyRrd conversIng with one
another. as Is the custom among nll
self respecting chickens who hnye
been brought mp 10y careful and in
dlciOus mother hen
What would home be without n
motherT' asked one little fellow. look
ing tcndcrly at old Mrs Hen. who was
searching among the neighbor's fresh.
~ planted seeds for some dainty NOR
Sel with which TO treat her brood.
IAN incubator. ! isucss." answered
his small sister. who had Inherited her
Did mans unScemly sense of humor.-
Pittsburgh Telegraph.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26
Tn. Versatile manehurisn Farmer.

In the early fail IN Manchuria the
satiyes undergo sort OF magic change
from farmer to bandit. 1t seems some
hing OF a psychological somersault-
one day plodding farmer the next n
hishwayman. After the tall kaoling.
or giant mille;. Is cut. aud escape is not
SO easy over the bare plains. anothe:
clap OF the hands. and. 10, a peaceful
farmer once more! IL Is not only the
farmer who plays this exciting game;
many another staid member OF the
community has his little ding Some
even combine their roles. differentiat-
ing according TO the seasons With
the oriental's disregard for conditions.
man Is often a bandit. merchant aud
magistrate all ut once.-AlIce Tisdale
In Atlantic.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26
EnaIand.. Older, eereuah.

As Salisbury is well known as sa,
ram. so Is England's oldest borough,
Barnstaplc. as Barum, which may have
been the Roman name OF the town
According 10 old memorials. "the old
name OF the town was Abertawe. be-
cause II stood toward the mouth Uf
Taw river" The Saxons changed It 10
Berndenstaple. Barnstaple appears ia
have been represented In the Witenage-
mot or Anglo-Sa parliament. Thus
IL Is one OF the oldest boroughs, II mol
absolutely the oldest. in the kingdom
Its broadcloth manufacture. once an
important industry. has now died out
but there are manufacturers OF lace
and gloves. large cabinet works, tan
neries and potterles (Barum ware,-
London Globe.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26

"Macaulay improves! Macaulay i'm.
provost" Sydney Smith remarked one
day. Il have observed In him OF late
flashes of-silence" The ''sonorous vi.
vacity" OF this enormous talker nettled
Smith. who found 1t impossible often
10 voice his own wit and wisdom. Il
wish l could write poetry like you" he
complained to a friend. Il would write
an Inferno and would put Macau-
lay among a number OF dispubnts and
gag him."
Another contemporary described Ma
caulay as stopping all over on every
subject and standing in the slops."
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26
A REAL BLIZZARD.
Il Was the Worst snowstorm Ne~
ENGLAND Ever Experienced.

II Was the Worst Snowstornn New
England Ever Experienced.
In February. 1717. occurred what Ia
considered TO have been the greatest
snowstorm that ever visited this coun-
try-or perhaps any other. SO deep
WAS the fall that practically all through
the New England states people were
barrlcaded Ia their homes, and II was
n considerable time before that section
was opened up for traffic.
Accompanying this snow there were
q terrific tempest and very low tenn
perature. II was not only In sections.
but all over the north. and mt many
places Il driftcd TO the extent that II
may he said that "whole villages were
showed under"
The blizzard caused very heavy
damage TO property and especially TO
live stock. Thousands OF cattle perish.
ell throughout the country because
their owners were unable 10 go 10 their
assistance. and many remarkable In
stances were related OF rescues. On
one New England sheep farm II Is said
that i.i00 sheep. the property OF one
man, were found dead. and one flock
Of n hundred. on Fishers island. were
found buried sixteen feet In the snow.
Two OF them only were alive. they hav
Ing subslsted on tho wool Of their com
panions for twenty eight days after the
storm Philadelphia Press.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26
Wanted to Paten, = cireu..

z. I. Barnum once came TO the office
to know IL be could patent the three
ring circus. In technical parlance his
three ring circus was an aggregation
and not a combination 10 produce
new result. Therefore ii was not pat
entable, which information highly in
censed the Snowman. 1T will be adopt
ed by every circus just as soon as
make II known" 4le declared. And 1t
was.-Scientific American.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26
Reason For Complaint.

II keep the best bread" said a Ger
tain baker the other day TO poor
fellow who complained OF the inferior
quality OF the article he had purchased
OF him the day before
II do not doubt IT," replied the Gus
toner.
Then why do you complain asked
the baker
"because wouid suggest that you
sell the best bread and keep the bad"
was the. reply. Telegraph
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26
When Coins wer. Firs, Made

Certain passages In the "lliad" OF
Homer would lead TO the inference
that coins Of brass were struck as ear.
~ as 1884 H. c. Tradition afiirms that
the Chinese had bronze coins as early
as 1920 II. @. But Herodotus. "the ia
ther OF history" ascribes the "lnven.
ton" Of coins TO the LydIans. about
nine centuries B. C., and there is no
satisfactory evidence that coins were
known prior 10 that date.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26
Study Of SYNONYM.

Little Dulcie was asked by her teach
er TO define the word whimsical" 1t
means 'odd.'" she replied. "And now. :"
the teacher went on, please write a
sentence containing the word properly
used"
Hesitatlngly the little ten-year olo
took up pen and after moments
thought wrote. There are two kinds
Of whimsical aud even"
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26
Doc carta In Hollard

Residents OF Bunschoten, Holland.
make use Of the little carts drawn by
dogs. which are TO be seen In very
many parts OF the Netherlands, and
have fine breed OF tall. yellow.
smooth haired dogs, which they some.
times harness three abreast.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26
Radium Minerals.

Minerals that carry radIum are fairly
easy TO determine. One Of them. pitch
blende. as generally found. Is black
mineral about as heavy as ordinary
iron, but much softer The principal
radium mineral, carnotite. has a bright
canary yellow color aud is generally
powdery. .-lndianapolls News.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26
Some Evidence,

"You say that preparation will make
the hair grown asked the thin haired
man OF the druggist.
why. say" came from the drug
man. II know a customer who took
the cork out OF a bottle OF that stun
with his teeth. and now he's got hair
Yonkers Statesman.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26
Venice of Brazil.

Pernambuco is called the Venice OF
Brazil on account OF its numerous
lakes. rivers, waterways and an i'm.
mense coral reef with which nature
has completely encircled the city and
inside OF which all but the very larg-
est ocean vessels anchor.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26

The most equable climate In this
country Is found Ia Tatoosh island. Ia
the strait OF Juan de Fuca. between
Washington and Vancouver island.
where the temperature never has been
above ~ degrees aud rarely falls be
ow 70 degrees
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26
Part Often Overlooked.

1T is all right TO pat yourself on
the back occasionally" said the dis
penser OF sage advice.
"Yesr said the player up.
But don't forget to call yourself
down when you need II. my boz
Pittssurgh Pssl
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26
Also Colorad.

"Yes. was fined 600 for putting col
oring matter IN artificial butter"
We'll. didn't you deserve ~
perhaps. But what made me mad
was that the magistrate who imposed
the fine had dyed whlskers. ."-London
ODlniOn
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26

$50 she refused your
"Yes. but IL was my own fault" said
the young stockbroker. ~ proposed
on declining market" - Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26
Unnecessary.

"Did you ever try the hot water
treatment In the mornlngT"
Don't have TO. My wife keeps me
In 1t all the e."-Baltimore Amerl-
can.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26

The best thing for any one to say
whs has nothing to say "a 10 say moth
saK ana sitck - II.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-26

when the hght begins within him.
self q mans worth something. Thrown
tnG
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-03-07
Ordinance No. 1872

A. Ordinance Of Intention to create
az ara astablish Local Sewerage I'm
n n,,u District No. 3, of the
ritv Of Emmett Idaho. for the con-
str,ct;on Of a sewer system therein
eons;st;no If sub-sewers to which
al hraneI l;nas shall he connected:
st .s the snac;fc boundaries of
ss;J iD nronnsed Sewerage district. the
general character of the proposed
sewerage system and the estimate
Of the cost of the same, and that
snch cost Is To he assessed against
ali all nronertv included within such
sa,ydrogo district and fixing the
t;me within which protests against
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-03-07
To All Purchasers of Fuel

Idaho has been very fortunate in
securing coal for fuel since the regu-
lations were put into effect by the
government. In fact, Idaho has Sc
cured more coal in proportion to it's
needs than any state in the union,
but the National Fuel Administration
will next year insist upon the use of
wood as fuel in the zones where wood
can be secured, like Emmett, Montour,
Sweet and the surrounding farms.
Now is the time of year to prepare
for the future by cutting and piling
up enough wood so it will be dry when
needed, and those who live within
reach Of the sawmills should build
sheds and fill them with slab wood
while it is to be had. We con not ex-
pect another mild winter like the pre-
sent one, and you all know how hard it
is to burn green and wet wood when
the weather is like some Of the winters
we have here. If you have no wood
growing on your own lands, make a
deal with some of your neighbors for
enough to supply your needs. Then
get busy, because you will not be able
to get the amount of coal that you
have had in the past.
E. X. HAYES,
Chairman Gem County Fuel Admin
lstration.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-03-07

findings of fact, conclusions Of law
and judgment made therein by the
Hon Charles P. Mccarthy, District
Judge, on the -...--.---- day OF January,
1918, required that the report of the
commissioners filed herein on the 10th
day Of October, 1915, be modified in
certain respects, and the said report
being by said judgment referred to the
Commissioners with directions that
they modify the same in conformity
with the judgment Of the court, and
the said judgment having so modified
and reduced the amount Of benefits to
| be assessed against the Farmers Co
Operative Irrigation Company, Linn
tied, and the Noble Ditch Company,
Limited, that in order to raise the
necessary funds for the construction
Of the proposed work the assessments
for the cost of construction against
the several tracts, lots or easements
of land within the district are re-
quired to be revised and reappor-
toned;
And the Commissioners having mod
fled their said report in conformity
with the Judgment of the court and
the necessity of revising the assess
ments for the cost of constitution, and
having prepared and filed herein an
amended and supplemental report,
which said report reduces the amount
of benefits assessed against the Farm
ers COOPERATIVE Irrigation Company,
Limited, and the Noble Ditch Com
pany, Limited, and revises and reap
portions assessments for the cost of
against the several tracts,
lots or easements of land within the
district, and praying for further |
hearing and confirmation thereof;
Therefore, 1t is hereby ordered and
that Thursday, the 21st day
of March, 1918, at ten o'clock A. M.
on said date, at the Court house in
Caldwell in the county of Canyon,
State of Idaho, be and is the time and
place fixed for the hearing and the
of said amended and sup
Elemental report, and all persons ad-
interested in the confirmation
Of said report are notified to appear
at said time and place and make and
ale whatever objections, if any, they
nav have to the assessment of dam
ages or benefits against any land own
I'd or possessed or in which they are
Interested IN sara ulStrlcI, VI iehhVh-
strate against the whole or any part
If the amendments or revisions or
against the confirmation of said
amended or supplemental reports, or
make such other objections, if any,
hat they may have to the proceedings
herein.
Dated at Boise, Idaho, this 9Th day
# March, 1918.
CHARLES P. MCCARTHY, Il
District Judge. {
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-03-07

Section 6. That the mayor and city
council shall retain and assume full
and complete jurisdiction of all con-
struction work necessary to construct
said sewerage system and disposal
works, and do the same by contract
as provided by law. That the COM
mittee on streets with the city en-
gineer associated, shall under the dir
ection of the mayor and city council,
supervise said construction work and
see that the same is done in strict ac-
cordance with the plans and specifica-
ton provided by the city engineer, and
such contracts as may hereafter be
entered into by the city and those to
whom the contract may be awarded,
after due notice for bids has been pub
lished as required by law.
Section T. That all property owners
who may desire to protest against the
making of the improvements men
toned in this ordinance, and the crea-
ton of said Local Sewerage Improve
ment District No. 8, may file their
protests against said proposed i'm
provements in the office of the city
clerk, at any time on or before We'd
nesday, to-wit: the goth day of March,
A. D. 1918, at the hour of 1880 o'clock
P. NJ, at which time the mayor and
city council of said city will meet at
the City Hall (the authorized and
usual place of meeting) to consider
any such protests heretofore filed,
and determine whether or not to pro-
coed with said proposed improvements.
Section 8. That the city clerk is
hereby ordered and directed to give
due and legal notice hereof, by caus-
ing this ordinance to be published at
least once a week for two (2) con-
secutive weeks in"The Emmett Index"
a weekly newspaper published and of
general circulation in the city of En-
NETT, Gem county, Idaho, and the Of
fetal newspaper of said city, preceding
the said goth day of March, A. D.
1918, being the time fixed in this or
dinance for the filing of said protests;
and said clerk shall cause the pub
fishers affidavit of said publication to
be filed in his office on or before the
time herein fixed for the filing of said
protests.
Section 8. That bonds of said dis
trict shall be issued for the payment
of the cost and expense incurred in
and for the construction of said sewer
system, said bonds to be lien upon
said let's and parcels of land within |
said district and subject to assessment |
for said bonds and coupons.
Section TO- That all ordinances, or
parts thereof in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
Section IL. That the construction
of said sewer system is necessary for
the immediate preservation of the pub
lie peace, health and safety and
therefor an emergency exists and this
ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and
Passed and approved this 9Th day
Of March, A. D. 1918.
r. E. ROSE,
Mayor, City of Emmett.
Attest D. M. STOKESBERY, City
Clerk.
(Eeal) |
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-03-07
Jumping Rope Recorder.

All the vocal gymnastics have been
taken out Of the youthful pastIme Of
jumping rope. A jumping rope has
been invented which automatically reg
listers the numbers of times 1t is turned.
In other words, children can jump
themselves to death without uttering a
Science Monthly.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-03-07
Order Fixing the Time and Place for
Hearing and Confirmation of
Amended and Supplemental Report
IF Cou m ciouoro

In the District Court of the Seventh
Judicial District of the State of Ida
no, in and for Canyon County.
In the matter of Drainage District
No. l of Canyon County, State of Ida
no.
In the above entitled proceeding the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-03-07

General Pershing has sent from
France by the hand Of Major Freder-
lex Palmer, the veteran war cores
pondent, who is now his chief censor,
a message to the American people.
Major Palmer gave expression to It
at the National Press Club in Wash
ington last week He said: Build
ships and let every woman and child
in the land think ships. We ought
to be wearing little metal ships in
our buttonholes. Children ought to
play with toy ships. The woman who
turns from knitting to encourage a
ships riveter to do more rivets day
is serving her country. And every
time you think ships you are thinking
Of our men fighting for you in France.
Would you have them want for food,
for clothes, for ammunition to an
swer the German fleet? Toward our
shipyards for the power they mean
during and after the war the German
general staff strains its vision. Build,
build and continue to build ships.
Make bridge of ships to Pershing."
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-03-07
NEWS AND COMMENT.

Denouncing Germany as the mad
dog of the world, Bishop William A.
Quayle Of St. Louis, speaking before
a patriotic meeting at Springfield, Ill,
few nights ago, declared that the
people should awake to the fact that
there could be no discrimination be-
tween the kaiser and the German peo-
pie. zone is as bad as the other"
he asserted, land the only treatment
that can be accorded is impartial pun
ishment. 1t is not question Of re-
form. Germany cannot be reformed,
but must be brought to her knees
and punished. There has been no
iniquity in the history of the world
so sinful as the infamy Of the Prus-
sian regime"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17
Carlton Co-Defendant
 in Cable Company Suit

New York December 16.-The Conner cial Cable company today filed papers in the federal court here making Newcomb Carlton president of the Western Union Telegraph company. party defendant with Postmaster General Burieson in the Commercial company's suit against the ca binet official to have set aside his action in taking over control of the sub marine cables on behalf of the govern ment.
 This action today brings the suit with in the Jurisdiction of the United States district court in New York. MT. Carlton has 20 days within which to answer, after which the case may go to trial. The amended complaint among other things says That Newcomb Carlton represents the defendant Burleson, and on December 13. 1918 made a personal demand upon the Commercial company to turn over to him possession and con- trol of it's cable lines and that there upon your orator being unable to resist the force which the defendants had in their power to use, was obliged and did turn over to the defendants under protest and without wafving any legal rights or objections thereto said cablr lines; that defendant (Carlton) has ac cepted, adopted and become a party to and participant in all of the unconsti- tutional unauthorized ultra wires. il. legal and void acts of the defendant Burieson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17
HARDOR OPERATORS ASKED ID SUBMIT 10 ARBITRATION
Shipping Board Says Harbor Tie-Up Would Involve the Gravest Consequences
 to U. s. and Allies

Washington. December 1s.-Declarng that the tie-up of New York harbor at this time would involve the gravest Of consequences both to this country and to the allies, the shipping board tonight called on operators of harbor craft at New York to submit the differences with their employees to arbitration
 There still are in the American armies in Europe over 1,5oo,oOo mem said the boards statement, 'and 1t is inconceivable that the American people or its govern ment would permit of any action which
 would imperil the movement of food and
 supplies to these Americans, now that their actual task of fighting is over In addition to the maintaining of our our armies, there Is the obligation to feed and clothe the peoples of our allies in Europe, In a large measure impoyer-
 shed and destitute because of their long resistance to the German power. There
 is also the nations obligations to its own citizens to bring back to America as rapidly as circumstances will allow, hun dreds of thousands of American troops awaiting transportation on the other side. In the performance of all these tasks the government would find itself seriously crippled by reason of any stoppage of work on the part of harbor craft op- orators and employees in New York har- bor.'
 The board said it had been informed that 16,0o0 employees on the harbor craft including marine engineers and deck of ficers, steam and operating engineers j 1a -lNN t>On ftrrar q Y i threatened to strike unless their demands for readjustment of the wage scale agreed l to for the period of the war and estab- 1 lishment of an eight-hour day are met.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17
BEHIND THE VEIL The Story of sThe Q-bOafs." ux .sRARTIMEJJSo

. To travel hopefully. said Robert Louis Stevenson, is better than to ar rive: and therein he summed up the whole attitude of the Anglo-Saxon race toward human endeavor. It is our cus- tom to honor the achievement less than the spirit, in the wistful hope, perhaps, that thus may we, too, be judged in our turn at the last. This is record of failure, if the venture is to be judged by it's material re- suit Yet the lesson it will carry to succeeding generations is concerned with neither success nor failure but with those shining heights of the Spirit (attainable by every mothers son) where no fear is.
 The Kings ship to which this story relates, was a steamer of some 5000 tons, to outward appearances an armed merchantmen with light gun on ther poop. To make plain what happened on board it is necessary, however that the uninitiated should be admit ted into certain secrets of her con- struction. A wooden structure on the poop, common to merchantmen of her type concealed a gun of effective cali- bre behind collapsible covers. Beneath this gun position, and occupying much Of the space below the poop, were the magazine and shell rooms. Four depth charges were fitted at her stern any one of these dropped over the position of a submerged submarine was calculated on detonating to do all that was necessary. In addition, a smaller gun was mounted on the forecastle on disappearing mounting, while hen-coops and deck fittings con- cealed similar armament at other points of vantage To complete her offensive capabilities, she carried a masked torpedo tube on either beam
 This, then, was the true character of the ship which German subma- rine sighted on the horizon at II o'clock one morning. She noted the small gun displayed defensiyely aft, and started in pursuit, firing as she went. The submarine was sighted directly she rose to the surface. whereupon the cap