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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
SEPTEMBER CROPS
ARE REPORTED fine
Early Threshing of Irri-
gated Wheat Hardly
up to Standard.
Spring Wheat

spring Wheat
The condition Of spring wheat has
detoriorated five points since August
1. Frost in Camas county and in
the eastern counties, local hail
storms and the generally dry season
prevailing from Washington county
north are contributing factors. Early
threshing returns from irrigated Sec
lions are hardly up to expectations.
A condition at harvest of IS per
cent forecasts a production of H.
$4,000 bushels which combined
with the 6,380,000 bushels winter
wheat crop makes prospective to-
tai wheat crop for the state of IT,
100000 bushels. That is 4,11O,0OO
bushels more than was harvested
last year.
Condition of corn crop indicates a
production of $4,000 bushels. while
the forecast for oats production is
1O,366,440, bushels, decline of
over half million bushels from Au-
gust /.
The outstanding feature of the
month was the deterioration Of the
barley crop from the August condi-
ton Of 80 per cent to 70 per cent
September /. This forecasts pro-
duction of 5,418,O00 bushels, or over
a million and a half bushels less
than indicated the previous month.
Potatoes
Production is forcasted at ABA
600 bushels compared with $685.
900 bushels last year. Harvesting
and shipping of the early crop is in
progress, in Canyon and Twin Falls
counties. The estimated crop for the
United States is 100000 bushels
compared with 391,OO0,OOO bushels
August and 442,536,OOO bushels
last YEAR.
Hay
Cool nights retard growth of the
third crop of alfalfa. The produc-
ton of all hay is estimated at $780,
600 tons compared with 2,337,0OO
tons last year.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17

a train of gravel cars, dump cars
could be pushed up into position and
loaded with a>steam shovel. AS each
car was filled, loosening the brakes
would allow it to move down and lei
the next car come to the shovel tobe
loaded. When the whole train was
loaded it would be allowed to run
down opposite the switch or on the
switch and the next train of empty
cars would be brought up.
Part Done BY Rail
The crew that brought up the emp
ties would take the loaded cars down
the valley and distribute them where
yer work was being done. The
means of unloading cars would be to
push them up on a trestle called q
high line and dump all gravel into
bins under the track. These bins
would be high enough to allow wag-
ons to drive under and be loaded by
dumping gravel from the bins. 1t
would take. only few moments to
load each wagon, and no hand work
would be needed aside from pulling
the lever to open and close the bin.
9 IHrC lOu0 Dy ROVER
A tractor or caterpillar is built
suitable for hauling four dump wag-
ons, and each dump wagon carries
about two yards, about three tons Of
gravel. The string carries about
twelve tons and two men operate q
string. Arriving at the place, where
the gravel is to be dumped, levers
are drawn and as the wagons move
slowly, the gravel is scattered out on
the road. The wagons have a device
that enables the tractorman to turn
around in the road, or If he prefers,
he can unhitch and run his engine to
the opposite end of the string and
hitch on SO he pulls the wagons back
wards to the place of loading. The
wagons are reversible, and the opera
tor needs only to move a bolt to make
either end pliable and the opposite
end firm like any other vehicle. It
is not profitable to haul materials
more than four or five miles with
such an outfit, so the high lines
should be built within eight or ten
miles of each other. With the be-
ginning of this undertaking of max
ing roads in Bingham county, twelve
high lines would be built, and they
would be made permanent with a
view of having them last genera
ton.
No Hand Work Here
The means of making the road
would be to have "a set of machines
prepare the surface before the gravel
If the roadbed was not
graded the way it ought to be it
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
HOW WE MIGHT
BUlLD OUR ROADS
Plans and Estimates Made by Man Who Doesn'
Know All About it.
SAME CAN Be IMPROVED and CORRECTED

A good many people in Bingham
county ares talking about the roads
and how to improve them. A large
number of people seem to agree
that roads should be kept in good re-
pair for the present land that great
amount of permanent construction
should be done as soon as we see the
end Of the war. But up to date no.
body among all our wise men and
the near wise, have given us an es-
innate Of what will be needed in the
way of machinery or any other
kind Of equipment to do the work,
nor Of what kind of roads we shall
have after they are made.
!" just Studying Matters
The editor of this little sheet
doesn't know much about roads, but
expects to learn. He doesn't know
much about the cost of machinery,
but is getting prices occasionally by
mail and otherwise. He doesn't
know anything about the cost Of
high lines and up to date hasn't
found anybody that does. He doesn't
know much about how far a carload
of gravel will go when used for
browning roads, but has done some
bad figuring and guessing. One
mans estimates and guesses on all
these things might be as good as an
others and just to start the estimat-
ing and guessing, we give our first
installment for our readers to con-
slider and to criticise.
Get Busy Building
The way to build roads is to build
them. Sitting back and talking
about it doesn't get us anything,
neither does grumbling. If the edi-
tor of this little sheet woke up some
morning and found that he had been
put under military orders to get the
roads of Bingham county into shape
and to do it with as much haste as
seemed consistent with a reasonable
economy and with due regard for the
loss we are suffering each month by
not having the roads to use, this is
about the kind Of estimate he would
start to carry into effect, and where
yer the estimate was not correct, he
would correct 1t as he went along
and keep careful record of every
thing.
The General Plan
There is a mountain Of fine gravel
and cement within one-third Of
mile of the beet railroad at Goshen,
and railroad tracks would be ex-
tended up to the foot of the gravel
deposits on light grade. One track
would be built up the gulch by the
side Of the deposits on a heavier
grade. It would be SO arranged that
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
THRnM

Sugar Beets
Under favorable conditions the
crop made rapid growth.
Peas and Beans
Harvesting of the large acreage Of
pas and beans is in progress.
Wool
Based on reports from sheep men
and railroad shipments, the total
production of wool in the state, ex-
pressed in percentage of last year, is
108.
JULIUS HI. JACOBSON,
Field Agent.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17

Total daily operating cost $1486.00
Cost Of operating one season Of 1853
days $249,648.
There Will be More
In the next chapter we will tell
you where we would begin work,
how far we should expect to get the
first season, working from March till
November, and what we should leave
to do the second year. In the mean
time perhaps you can get up a plan
that is better than this. We will
publish it for you.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
P. e. O. LODGE MEET.

The P. E. 0. Lodge met Thursday
evening at the home of Mrs. e.
Thoreson on University Avenue. Mrs.
Mary Boyd was invited into the
lodge.
After the meeting they were de-
lightfully entertained by Mrs. Thore-
son. Delicious refreshments were
served to about fifteen guests.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-17
Aberdeen.
The Kind of Euuipment

In order to give better idea of
the equipment to be used on this
plan, we publish the following list,
not claiming that it is at all correct.
There is plenty of time to get more
information and to consult road ex-
perts and civil engineers to make i'm
! provements in the plans and changes
in the equipment. The changes
would be made before we began buy
ing, not after. Each commission
er's district would have road en-
gineer in charge of all work, and no
son-of-a-gun of a road overseer
would be recognized or paid any of
the peoples good money.
Estimate for Road Equipment
l steam shovel and tracks s. 10000
IL high lines with bins ...... 18O, 900
3 sets distributors .............
tractors, or caterpillars w 5000
l. dump wagons ......... $500
3 graders with scarifier at
tachments -........... 1900
3 caterpillars .--....-.....,. 5000
3 harrows .-............... 1000
8 dragS ...-....... 60
3 steam rollers ....--.-....-... 5000
8 lire engines each with
1000 feet hose ....... 10000
Estimated cost of equip
ment 100
Estimate for Operating
men and steam shovel per
day ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5000
8 freight cars moved with load45O.OO
8 men to load dump wagons 1900
6 men with dump wagons -. 24.0O
Gasoline for caterpillars 80. 1900
Lubricating dump outfits :. 900
3 caterpillar drivers for gard
ing .............................. 1000
3 grader men ..-............ 1900
3 men with teams narrowing
and dragging ..........-..... 21.00
3 steam roller engineers, gas
and oil ..........-............- 5000 |
3 fire engines pouring water
on road ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000
3 civil engineers ............ 5000 |
cost of daily oper-
alton ....................-.-....$743.0O
Extra shift doubling service $734.OO
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-05

The who sticks his job these days. who throws his
whole and soul his work. who bends every energy
complete the task in hand in record tme who gives his
poyer the best there in hthat serving his country
just faithfully and well though he fighting in the
trenches
that will free the world from Prussian Evey blow
of your hammers thrust the heart of the Kaiser Strike
and strike hardyou soldiers of Americas nvncibe industrial
army.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-05

And remember ths-by sticking your job you only
help to win the war; but YOU ADVANCE YOUR OWN BEST
INTERESTS
Turn deaf the ure of the elsewhere the glitter
ing promises that wages and easier job await you in
other town.
Nowhere else in the entire United States you earn
such wages being paid right here in Phade
pha Nowhere else living and working conditions IDEAL
In other city will have such golden chance to
money and your home in
Evening journal., 1918-04-17
HUNS HURL TWO ARMIES
AGAINST BRITISH IN FLANDERS
by WILLIAM PHILIP sIMMs.

United Press stan Correspondent.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, April IS From the Flemish
faiands southwest cf Npres rise a
group OF moro or less independent hills.
like pimples on an otherwise smooth
face, through which runs the Franco
Belgian frontier. These peaks dominate
both Belgian and French Flanders. To-
ward these Won Hindcnburg is directing
his offensive.
Won Armins sixth army was hurled
against The British left flank hefe today
and the fourth army was sent against
Montkemmcl two and a half miles west
OF Wychaetel which is the EASTERN
most height after Nychaele Ridge.
Mount KENNEL rises 100 feet above the
sea level TO the northwest rises Mount
Scherpenberg zone miles northwest OF
Mount KENNEL and 10 the westward
are Mont Rouge and Mont Noir about
two miles west Of Mont KENNEL West
ward of those are Mont Kokereele and
Mont De Cats, all within eight miles
Of one another.
To the northwest, west and south
west, Flemish farms stretch out as fiat
as a table, scarcely above sea level
Storming these crests VIII be the
most difficult job, and 1t remains TO be
seen whether Hindenburg will dare to
attempt &C.
Souhward from Meryillc to La Bassee.
it is apparently quiet and 10 is be-
lieyed the Germans there are digging in.
Prisoners declare the Germans are
still cycling HazeDroucb
Evening journal., 1918-04-17
Attractions AT The City Theatres
~THE BOOMERANG -

Actresses Of the magnitude OF Ruth
Shcpley, one OF "rhe Boomerangs two
leading women. would be more than
human f they did not have whlms.
one OF Miss shipley's is with regard TO
the dressing rooms she occupies in the
different theatres and more particular
ly hcr dressing table or makeup
table. as 10 Is called. The actress in
sisis ON having each dressing room ar
ranged as to furniture etc. as nearly
alike as possible This is one of the
FIRST things the property man and her
maids. directed by the stage manager
OF 'Ihe Boomerang John y. Wheeler
attend To on reaching a city. Most
of the paraphcrnalia Is carried by Miss
Shipley when ON tour Her dressing
table is OF wildwood. heavily enamel
ed Ia white The table is claboratoly
ornamented with cupids and butterflies
and Is fesl0oned with Old rose satin
with muslin beneath peeplng through
at the top. The small mirror is cleo
tric lighted 10 Miss Shepleys own spe-
cial design and hy AN Ingenious ar
rangement color effects blue. red and
amber can be obtained al Will The
table was a last Christmas gft 90 lhc
actress from David Belosc0 "Thc
Boomerang by the way. comes 90 the
Playhouse saturday afternoon and
night
Evening journal., 1918-04-17

measure, and the average legislator
willing and even anxious to vote away
the states money. There was good
sample of this during the recent Sos
sion Of the Legislature. After the
Governor had sent in the budget Tho
Senate passed 10 practically without ID
change. IN The House. the WAYS ana
Means Committee started out TO do
some pruning. At first 10 looked Ike
something would be accomplished, and
q number Of cuts We're agreed upon
which would have saved the state
from $4,000 to 100000 per year. a
few days later. some OF the same men
who were in favor Of the cuts" bad a
change NJ heart. and We're no longer i'm
favor of using the pruning knife quite
so layishly giving almost an kinds of
excuses for changing Some littl
pruning was done but 10 was 1cc1m-
plishcd only because two or three men
had backbone and nerve to say what
they thought and stick to that course
through thick and thin
Thece Is no doubt that tho State
would suffer but very little II quite Cd
few OF the commissions and offices
were abolished Theoretically most of
them are good. but in point of seryjoe
they arc practically worthless.
Evening journal., 1918-04-17
Al THE GARRICK.

The Lander Brothers who are appear
Ing at the Gerrick Theatre This week.
are two of the most interesting com
cdians ever seen ON local stage. one
takes the part Of tramp, and ho ccr-
tainly looks the part His clothes are
a decided misnt, as Is also the face,
which is adorned by large round,
red nose. The other is an ordinary
looking individual, making the contrast
noticeable. There is a lot OF very
clever dialogue iu me oct all OF which
Is now and 30 keeps lhe audience laugh
ing an the tnese two men are ON
the Stage in fact the comedy appears
TO Doe Spontaneous, and 10 would appear
as II much OF ID was prompted by cur
rent events ana incidents ON the spur
Of the moment They are making o big
hit with The Garrick patrons
Evening journal., 1918-04-17
Spirit of the
Dclnl0rUia Press
4 REAL HARMONY.

From the Dover state Sentinel
The Republican party of Delaware
has become tired Of the incmciency and
bmndering OF Democratic rule in the
nation and has decided that Delaware
shall continue in .the Republican col
umn In Stale matters and also that not
again shall 10 fall into error i'm national
matters. i'm other words. the Rcpub-
licans OF Delaware have decided 90 fght
the Democratic party and its policies
instead OF lighting one another. The
harmony meeting OF the state commit
tee in Dover On "Wednesday was a real
harmony meeting because every man
present had decided that Republican
success is more important than per-
sOnal success and that ho and all his
friends, henceforth viii work Loyalty
FOR the Republican faith. Republican
principles, and Republican success. Now
10 IS only necessary 60 buckle ON the
armor and so forth TO the 0ght. It
must be a fight for efficiency I'm state
and I'm nation All Republicans should
be as active and earnest in this nghl
as the most enthusiastic OF them has
ever been in the past and then some.
10 goes without saying that the best
men must be selected as leaders in the
hght and as candidates for all the or
tlces, and the old principle that the
onlce should seek the man and not the
man the o1lce should apply now. and
II this is done no mistakes will be
made.
Evening journal., 1918-04-17
PARENT-TEACHERs MEET.

Al tne parent-Tcachers meeting OF
Richardson Park Miss W eaVer. "a PLAY
ground expert and social worker gave
am interesting talk She told how the
playground Is q product OF q chid's life
but noted the difference between a park
and pltvuouud she pointed out
clearly That the fundamental thng
about community work is team work
referring 10 our duties i'm This war she
stated that We have been So individual
Isle that 10 means We must get closer
o. g.t something accomplished
Miss Goodman. the principal gave a
splendid report from the National PIT
Association which she attended al At
autic City,
Patriotic songs We're sung and Miss IO-
sephina Berger recited Aunt pollys
George Washington" The next meeting
~ the association will be held on May
t3
Evening journal., 1918-04-17
CEN. DUPONT Heads
new Lincoln ARMY
Designed TO Further All
Patriotic Work and Help
Different Organizations
ENLISTMENT FEB IS
FIXED AS ONE DOLLAR

special 10 TIE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW YORK, April e. a home force
OF one hundred million people 90 help
win thc war is the announced aim Of
tha Lincoln patriotic army, which has
just opened national Headquarters in
lhe Forty second street building.
this city. General # Coleman DUPONT
has been elected commandcr-in-chlef,
with General Leonard Wood as hon
orary commander chief The Dist OF
other officers and supporters includes
many well-knoWn Americans in all
parts OF the country
The object OF ihc Lincoln army which
viii be un uniformed yet drilled in
every kind OF patriotic work, is Go es-
tahlsh a permanent institution for SER
vice Go ihe government and the people.
Designed FIRST 90 win the war boy setting
every patriotic American at work Inn
mcdl8tly to do what he can do best
to assure American victory aud 20 search
out AN unp8iriotic individuals and alien
enemies The army expects tO turn iis
forces after the war TO the big qucs-
lions OF the reconstruction of industry
and tu Che many other great problems
America Will face al the end of the
world conflict
The army VIII Doe organized and dl-
rooted m lts neid work hy Lincoln Me
mortal University. ai Cumberland Gap
Tenn. founded by General %. d. How
ard ai Abraham Lincolns personal re-
quest
The Lincoln Army is designed Io hclD
thc Liberty Loans assist ihe Red Cross
and the ! A. g.. A. i'm the equally Inn
p0riant work they are doing for our
soldiers. 60 give the Boy Scouts a nm
and TO get back of every patriotic move
monl OF the war The army, 10 is an
nounced VIII not compete with any
other organization. but VIII assist them
ALL ln order TO make it a popular or
ganlzation enlistmenls have been placed
at one dollsr Those who secure seven
new recruits Will be advanced and may
90 ON mp in rank as in the regular army
TO corporal, sergeant lieutenant. etc.
Recruits receive equipment portrait
OF Lincoln, his Gettysburg speech and
other material
There are several different divisions IN
the army. as, for example. tine Red
Cross division. the y NJ. G.. A. division
and the Boy Scout division, as we'll as
divisions devoted especially 90 labor.
business, education. the professions.
military, etc 10 is said more divisions
may Doe Qddcd since enlslments are re-
ported as coming TO Senator Theodore
j. Burton. treasurer, at headquarters IN
The Forty second street building this
city, at rapid rate, Recruits VIII be
added I'm every city, town and commu-
nifty I'm the country
Evening journal., 1918-04-17
IHE MAIEslIC

The much heralded photoplay produc-
tion The Blue Bird. of which YOU
have no doubt read is the attraction
al The Majestic FOR the remainder of
tho week beginning today Nr. Guns
of this theatre very seldom raves over
any production but after viewing the
picture 40 private showing iu Now
York City ne was so impressed with
the beauty and the appeal of 10 that hc
Immediately booked 10 for a four DAYS
rum and rs certain that the lhostrc-go-
ing public OF ihc city WHl Doe more thau
pleased with this wonderful work "The
Blue BIRD being a mighty spectacle Of
happiness Mr. Ginns wants every child
in and obout the city lo sec il THAT
no child ho deprived of the pleasure of
seeing the spectacle he has arranged for
a special matinee FOR Thursday morning
where every child unable 90 pay or
those I'm the different institutions viii
bc admitted to the theatre without
charge. announcements VI which are
made n todays advertisement. "Thc
Blue Bird is AN adaptation of Maoter-
lincks masterpiece Which has attract
ed wide attention 40 The dramatic and
literary world
Evening journal., 1918-04-17
Another million
CUT OFF COUNTY'S
loan Allotment
Continued From First page

VT NiIs ulNdAA-
Zach day Mr. Tainau takes lhe lists
N Subscriptions made and tabulatcs
,hem. The result shows DIE number uf
subscriptions and the total, lle num-
Der Of banks and what each one has
-eported; what each chairman of a
tommittee and each plant loan mana
ger has reported what each chair
man Of a committee and each plant loan
manager has reported ln fact a COM
pleie resume OF the work each day from
an places OF activity.
Each day Mr.. Tainal presents This
report to John s. Bossei chairman of
an activities and committees working n
Wilmington and New Castle county. and
he Is thus enabled to keep in touch with
what IS going on under his superNi-
sion. He in turn reports 20 Che phila-
delphia headquarters for ihis section
The building and loan associations
are being enlisted in the Liberty Loan
campaign and 10 is expected that they
,vill succeed IN floating "a ver con-
siderable part OF Delavarcs quota Ihe
method TO be followed by these asso-
Citations is very simple man de-ir-
ing 90 purchase $1,000 Bond subscribes
for stock in his association that will be
worth $1,000 at maturity
AS q member of The association he
pays his dues regularly and ihe assoc
citation carries his bond. This plan IS
meeting with popular favor and 10 IS
the hope Of the campaign managers that
an building and loan associations viii
put il into operation Chairman ROs-
sedl is anxious 20 have the plan adopted
by all Of these associations and is de-
sirous Of communicating with their or
hcers on the subject
Evening journal., 1918-04-17
WAR DECORATIONS
FOR AMERICAN AIRMEN
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN
FRANCE. April &c Evening A French
general Will present the Croix De
Guerre on Wednesday 10 Douglas
Campbell OF California, and Alan Wins
low, OF Chicago. who brought down
two German airplanes over the Ameri-
can field sunday
This was the first Allied aviators had
d0wned enemy planes exactly on their
home grounds.
Campbell who was a member OF the
Harvard class OF 1917. is the son NJ the
observatory director at Mount Hamil-
ton, and won a reputation at football
lie got under q German aviator shoot
ing upward. and ignited the German
plane, which fell i'm flames
Wnsiow is y years Old. He ma
neuyered above his German adversary
four minutes and half after leaving q
card game
"I was very much fused when ]
landed and didn't know what to- Go"
Winslow said FINALLY I gave Fritz a
cigarette and asked him II he was hurt.
lie said no. and ! went up in my plane
again tO hide my excitement