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Newark post., 1918-09-18
Our First Casualty

How did you get hurt?" asked
the doctor of the American soldier
in France, as ne slowly recovered
consciousness.
We'll" was the reply, sheepishly
given, "the last thing | remember
was telling a British Tommy that
the Americans had come over to
start the war;
In this connection it may be
noted that in a recent speech Prime
Minister Lloyd George reported
that Great Britain alone had rails
ed an army of. 6,250,000 men. "If
the United States of America" p"
said he, "were to call to the colors
the same number of men in pro-
portion to her population, it would
mean near 15,000,000."
Newark post., 1918-09-18
The Unlucky Thirteenth

a Wilmington paper called at
tention to the fact that last Friday,
the 18th Of September, 1918, will be
long remembered by Germany as
most unlucky.
1t was the ffty-eighth annivar-
sary of General John ]. Pershing's
birthday in Missouri and he was
celebrating with second day of the
great American offensive toward
the rFanco-German border.
1t was the one hundred and
fourth anniversary Of the 'Dawn's
Early Light" when Francis Scott
Key wrote "The Star Spangled Ban
ner." 1t is celebrating by waving
today in places undreamed Of by
Key, and ON that day the potential
power of the United States
by Ia millions increased through
the greatest military registration
in the history of the world.
Thirteen is President Wilson's
lucky number.
Newark post., 1918-09-18
Attempt to Stop Prohteering

A plan whereby fair and patrio-
tic grocers and dealers would be
publicly endorsed was decided up
on at a conference of food adj
ministration officials held recently.
The plan as prescribed is a tenta-
tive one and will be enlarged to
embrace the whole country, it was
said. The food administration will
publish in the newspapers list of
the prices of all stable commodities
together with a list of retail trades
men who abide by these maximum
price lists. In short, the names of
tradesmen in the government list
will include all who are dealing
fair with the public. Dealers who
do not follow the list will be pre-
summed to be guilty of attempts at
profteering.
Newark post., 1918-09-18
Next Years Labor Problem

There is tendency to think that
because we have solved the farm
labor problem with little trouble
this year we will not have any par
ticular difficulty in 1919. This is
a dangerous state of mind, partic-
ularly on the part of public officials
who are handling the farm labor
problem.
The weather this year has been
a big factor in aiding farmers to
get work done with a minimum
amount of help. The session next
year may not be so favorable. The
number of boys available is likely
to be smaller instead of larger. The
high wages offered by the indus
tries and lowering of the draft age
will lessen the number Of boys
available for farm work.
The draft will take thousands of
additional men between now and
next spring, for the supply Of men
for the army come ahead of every
thing else. 1t is likely to be harder
to get emergency farm help for the
number of men in the cities is con-
stantly growing smaller in proper
tion to the work to be done.
The labor shortage must be met
in some way for we must maintain
our enviable record in food pro-
duction, but to do this much
thought and planning is necessary
and it is none too soon to begin.
Newark post., 1918-09-18

half a dozen different kinds of
vegetables from as many different
producers, but if a supply of half
a dozen different producers, but if
a supply of half a dozen kinds of
vegetables, or vegetables and
fruits, could be obtained in one
parcel from one producer it would
be both advantageous and attrac-
tive.
Another advantage to the pro-
ducer in parcels post marketing is
that his mail box or local post of
flee becomes his shipping station.
This believes him from any extra
trip in order to make shipment, as
the rural mail carrier takes the
shipment from the mail box or
some member of the farmers fam
lily deposits it at the post office
when going to call for the mail.
surplus of produce, not needed for
Many farmers often have small
home consumption, which could be
marketed if some ready means of
getting it to consumer were avail
able. The parcels post supplies
this medium. There are also many
supplemental or side lines of pro-
duction which could be developed
for the same purpose.
Newark post., 1918-09-18

The girls take a spider in the
hand and tap it gently. 1t jumps
toward the ground, leaving one end
of the thread behind. Before the
spider can reach the ground the
girl quickly attaches the thread to
a whirling frame which she re-
wolves in her hands. AS the spider
continues his effort to reach the
ground, she keeps on winding and
sometimes succeeds in securing
several hundred feet of thread.
These spiders are kept in a large
cage and are fed ON large, juicy
house flies. They usually die DUR
ing the fall and winter, so that an
entirely new colony must be re-
cruited every spring. They are Sc
lected by a number of boys who
are given a course of instruction
so that they will know the right
variety of spider to select, for not
every sort will do. Only certain
black kind will spin the strong,
round thread that is desired. They
are sought in barns, meadows and
marshes, and by early summer the
spider house is full.
No other material other than
Newark post., 1918-09-18
A Colony of Unpaid Recruits

We have become accustomed to
Uncle Sans conscriptions for all
sorts of service, limited and other
wise, but it will come as a surprise
to many to learn that in a large
plant in Hoboken, New Jersey,
where surveying instruments are
made, there is colony of two hun
dred conscripts who never receive
wages but are perfectly content to
toll from morning until night, re-
ceiving as their only recompense
a houseiy or SO a day. They are
spiders and form an indispensable
part of the working force. Their
job is to spin the thread that is
used for cross hairs in surveying
instruments. They work only DUR
ing July and August and produce
in that time thousands of yards of
an almost invisible but invaluable
fibre.
A strike among them is by no
means uncommon and by no means
as humorous as it sounds. Four
girls trained to eXpertness in their
unusual duties are employed to
urge the spiders to greater efforts,
when they show signs of reluct-
ance.
Newark post., 1918-09-18
MARKETING BY
PARCELS POST
Plan Outlined by Department
Of Agriculture

Parcels post as means OF trans
pOrtation has been found by COM
mercial houses to be useful and eff
ficiept. There is no reason why
farmers cannot make extensive use
Of it under certain conditions if
they will. 1t has been found that
one CT the chief factors in prevent
ing the satisfactory development OF
parcels post marketing has been
the price asked by some farmers
for produce. To illustrate: One
farmers wife was receiving 70
cents d pound for butter in her
local market, a country store. When
asked if she would be willing to
>a.D it to a city by parcels post,
and al what price, she replied that
She would do so at 80 cents
pound. Would-be purchasers fire.
queNtly have been known to offer
producers a lower price than they
can obtain in their local markets.
It is needless to say that such i'm
nertecc and erroneous ideas as to
proper and equitable prices alto
gether defeated the possibility OF
marketing produce by parcels post.
Business in marketing by parcels
post can be secured and held only
by shipping produce of high quail
lty and by charging reasonable
prices.
The larger the quantity, within
the postal limits, that is shipped at
any one time, the more economical
IS the factor of postage and there
tore the more attractive from the
viewpoint of cost both to the pro-
Queer and to. the consumer. This
applies both to shipments and the
return of empty containers. 1t
would not be economical to secure
Newark post., 1918-09-18

spider web can be used for cross
hairs in surveyors telescopes. HUI
man hair is transparent and al
together too large for this delicate
purpose. Finely drawn platinum
wire as a possible substitute was
found to be too brittle. Spider web
is not only small and tough but has
just the right degree of elasticity.
Newark post., 1918-09-18
Regular Studies Enriched

Through the interest aroused by
the study Of the war, many of the
regular studies of the school course
can be strengthened and enriched.
In the case of history, civics, and
geography this relationship is
evident. The new duties the war
imposes may be made to stimulate
the teaching of language, arithme-
tic, domestic science, drawing,
music, and practically every other
subject of the school curriculum.
Newark post., 1918-09-18
BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE

Buy lot on the installment
plan. Five dollars per front foot.
Lots 5Ox150 feet deep, and pay
ments $500 monthly. Only a few
more left at this price. Why pay
rent all your life when thru the
Building & Loan Association YOU
can own home in IL years? Call
to see me if interested.
I. F. ARMSTRONG.
Owner.
Newark post., 1918-09-18
Why the War Should
be Studied in Schools


taken from National School Ser
vice, publication issued semi
monthly by the committee on Pub
lie Information.
Many excellent reasons exist for
asking teachers and pupils, heavily
burdened though they are, to give
some time each week to the formal
study of the war. The best of these,
perhaps, is that in some way it is
sure to come in, and that the study
of it should be organized in such
way as to make it educationally
valuable.
Importance of the War
The war is the biggest and most
important happening in history. 1t
is the war of every boy and girl as
we'll as of every adult in the United
States, and it's issues will affect
the destinies even of the unborn.
Scarcely a child can be found in
the schools who does not have a
member of his family or other re-
lative bearing arms in the contest.
In the food that we eat, the cloth
ing we wear, the heating of our
houses, the amusements we indulge
in, and our travelling to and fro we
feel its actual presence. The war
is in the atmosphere which the
child breathes, and it already plays
large part in his school life.
War Study Stimulates Patriotism
Just because of this fact, there
fore, it is important that the war
should receive systematic treat
ment in the schools. 1t is still de-
sirable that we be able to give "a
reason for the faith that is in u.s."
and the child should have present.
ed to him clearly but simply the
causes and aims of the war. Such
teaching will not merely stimulate
the patriotism of the child and aid
the various war services imposed
upon the schools. 1t will react upon
the homes, and powerfully promote
a sound civilian morale. Our pub
lie schools are the most important
agency we have in advancing the
cause Of democracy. They are also
the institution in whose guidance
our people instinctively have most
implicit confidence.
There is a story told of Chicago
immigrant mother, suspicious and
diStrustful, who when asked to
sign a food pledge card said: Il
sign nodings, my man he say sign
nodings"; and slammed the door in
the face of the distributor of the
cards. But when her little daugh-
ter brought the same card from
school and said, But, Mamma, my
teacher says it is all right; the
mother replied: "Vell, if your
teacher say it is all right, then l
sign"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-04-05
GOOD FEEDS FOR DAIRY COWS
Those Who Can Obtain Fish Meal
Should Give It Consideration IN
Arranging Rations.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Dairymen who can obtain fish meal,
by-product of the fish cannery,
should give it consideration in making
up the rations for their dairy cows.
When used in a ration for milk pro
duction fish meal proved to be worth
from 20 to 25 per cent more than cot
tonseed meal and had no Ill effect
upon the flavor of the milk, says the
annual report of the bureau of animal
industry, United States department
of agriculture. Potato silage was
found to be as palatable as corn sill
age and of equal feeding value; pea
nut meal from unhulled nuts was in
ferior to cottonseed meal, and 12S
pounds of potato meal equaled 100 of
cornmeal as a feed for dairy cows,
according to experiments conducted
by the bureau.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-04-05
CAREFULLY LOOK OVER SEED
Corn Should Be Graded Before II Is
SheIIed to Secure Uniformity in
Size and Shape.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Shelled corn is not easily graded
and all seed corn should therefore be
looked over carefully before the ears
are shelled. The grading is done to
secure uniformity of size and shape
In each lot of kernels, so that they will
be dropped evenly from the compliant
err when it is set for special lots of
seed.
If the seed ears vary as to size of
kernel they should be separated into
two or three grades, according to the
type Of grain they bear. These grades
should be shelled separately-always
by hand and not by mechanical shell,
Grand then tested in the corn plant
IT, After finding the numbers on the
planter plates which drop the kernels
most uniformly, each lot should be
numbered with corresponding figures
All this should be done when work is
slack in the winter and before the
spring rush begins.
Be sure there is enough for two
years. planting. You may need it your
self il the first planting is drowned
out, and there never was a time when
there was not demand for seed corn
known to be good
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-04-05

The pan-German plot to dominate
the world has been worked out with
characteristic German thoroughness.
There is no land on the globe in which
the web of intrigue has not been WOW
en-. Every country has it's place in the
scheme and is expected to fall into its
place at the proper time and In the
proper way. Bribery at one point, fiat
terry at another, the dexterous use of
innocent Missionaries, the careful en-
couragement Of dissensions every
where, the Industrious dissemination of
falsehoods tending to embroil nations
with one another, class with class, and
all to weaken and demoralize any peo-
pies who might by union become
strong-this sort of thing for years has
been going on in the hands of German
agents everywhere.
The progress of the world implies
the growth of good will and mutual
helpfulness wherever men make their
homes. Pan-German intrigue foments
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-04-05
AND NOW THEY ARE COOKING
TOBACCO TO MAKE 1T BETTER

For a good many years The American
Tobacco Company have been conducting
series of experiments having as their
object the improvement of smoking
tobaccos.
And it is interesting to know that one
of the greatest of their discoveries was one
of the simplest. and that was, that cooking
or toasting tobacco improved it in every
way, just as cooking most foods improves
them.
Tley took real Burley tobacco, grown
in this country; toasted it as you would
toast bread; moistened it to replace the
natural moisture driven off by toasting
made 1t into cigarettes, called them
LUCKY STRIKE, the toasted cigarette"
and offered them to the public.
The result has been the greatest demand
ever created for any tobacco product in a
similar length of time.
The change produced by toasting is not
only most wholesome, but the flavor Is
greatly improved, just as cooking improves
meat, for example.-Adv.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-04-05
GROWTH OF CHEESE MAKING
Twelve New Factories Established In
West--Big Improvement Seen
In Milk Supply.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture.)
Work to develop cheese manufac-
ture in the Western states, begun In
July, 1916, has resulted in ~ new
cheese factories, says the annual re.
port of the Bureau of Animal Indus
try, United States department of agri-
culture. Improvement of the milk sup
ply produced better quality of cheese
and greater yields. One factory re-
ported that the Improvement Of the
milk supply alone increased the net
income of cheese at least $1,000 year.
Possibilities for expansion Of cheese
work in the West are said to be al
most limitless, but no effort Is being
made to encourage the establishment
Of factories where there are not cows
enough or where other circumstances
prevent successful operations.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-04-05
WOMEN SUFFERERS MAY
NEED SWAMP ROOT

Thousands upon thousands of women
nave kidney and bladder trouble and
never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp-
toms Of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
Kilmers' Swamp Root, physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get a medium or large size bottle i'm
mediateiy from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr..
kilmer g. Co., Binghamton, ~ ", for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.--Adv.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-04-05

crop is left after passing through the
animal. This being true and the ele-
ments being in a soluble form, we have
some idea Of why 1t is of the utmost
Importance to protect the manure sup
ply from teaching by rains or from
other sources of loss.
Loss by Leachlng.
The Cornell University experiment
station found that as much as so per
cent Of the plantfood constituents In
manure was lost by teaching and I'M
necessary fermentation. The problem
Is how best and most economically to
prevent this loss. The best plan where
1t Is practicable is to haul out the ma
nure regularly, spread it upon the land,
and pillow 1t under. The best results
are usually obtained by turning under
shallow. The next best plan Is to keep
the stock under sheds or In stables
with sufficient litter to absorb all lIq-
uids. This treatment will not only
take up moisture but the continual
trampling of the animal will exclude
all air, so that the accumulation may
go on without injury to It's quality I'M
til convenient time to remove and
spread 1t on. the land. The litter or
waste matter used for bedding not
only serves its purpose in helping to
preserve the manure, but adds consid.
erably to 1t.
When neither of these plans can be
advantageously used, a cheap shed
conveniently located may be subsitut.
ed and all manure carried to 1t as re-
moved. Care must be taken to prevent
heating, which is especially liable to
happen when horse manure predomi.
mates. This can be remedied by add
ing water when needed.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-04-05

-fiistrust and i'll will seeks out all the
7iiscordant elements of life with tire
less malevolence. German agents are
found stirring up anti-British senti-
ment in India and South Africa and
Ireland; anti-American sentiment in
Mexico and Colombia, in Argentina and
Chile; animosity against the whites
among southern negroes; dislike of
Japan in America and dislike of Amer
lea in Japan; discord between Wal
looms and Flemings in tortured Belgi-
um. All this is to the definite end of
smoothing the way for German arms
when the time comes to strike. Ger
man military power finds German in
trigue and treachery its handmade.
Hamburg to Bagdad.
But the basis of the whole scheme of
Prussian world dominion is absolute
German control from Hamburg to Bag
dad. This implies a fortress in the
center of Europe, from which light
ming blows can be struck In all direc-
lions. 1t implies an intrenched posi-
ton on the North sea, on the Baltic,
on the Adriatic, on the Aegean, on the
Black sea and the Straits, on the Med
iterranean and the Persian gulf. 1t
implies domination, political, military
and economic, of the Balkan peninsula,
with all its rich lands, of the Suez
canal and Egypt. 1t means the domi-
nation of Asia and Africa. 1t means
rs Napoleon said, Constantinople, the
empire of the world. There might be
the simulacrum of an alliance with
Turkey and Bulgaria. Serbia, and
Greece. But, throughout all, Germany
Would everywhere absolutely control,
rGr. German political power and for the
development of German capital and
German industry. For all practical
purposes it would be a German empire
from the Baltic to the Persian gulf.
But in order to carry out this vast
scheme, grandiose as it may appear,
but quite real and definite, as it is in
point of fact, the first condition, with
out which all would fall to pieces like
house of cards, Is to secure complete
control by Germany over the dual mon
archy, Austria-Hungary. The alliance
at present and for so many years in
force must be exchanged for a much
closer relation, one which, whatever its
form, will mean that Germany has the
final voice in every essential question
AS in the German empire under the
guise of federation it is In the last
analysis Prussia which determines all
essential policies, so In the new Mittel
ln
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-04-05

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
No farming people have ever been
able economically to maintain the fer
tility of their soils without the use Of
live stock. Farming without the use
Of manures is waste Of energy and
results in the exhaustion of soils. The
neglect in preserving and increasing
the quantity Of farm manures has
been a great drain on the natural re
sources Of the American farm, espe-
cially In the southern portion of the
United States. The lack of intelligent
care of the waste products and the
convenient form of commercial fertil-
izers have Jointly been responsible for
the almost general neglect of farm
manures.
Value Of Fertilizers.
Commercial fertilizers have played
and will continue to play a great part
In the farm economy of the country.
Their full value, however cannot be
obtained by their exclusive use. A
much greater value can be had from
them when used wisely in connection
with manure and green crops. One of
the principal reasons for the small
value sometimes realized from manure
of any kind Is that 1t has not been
properly handled and through expo
sure and neglect has lost large per-
ceEtage of its plant food. The chief
difference between barnyard manure
and other vegetable matter is that the
process of passing through the animal
has rendered the fertilizlng elements
of the former more available for alb
soption In plant growth. The best
authorities tell US that from 70 to 90
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-04-05
A DecaIouue of War.

Don't chatter nor tell all you know !;
listen to no alarmists or fearers of
the worst be neither spendthrift no
sordid; encourage home industries; do
not look upon departure for lover
there" as an abandonment do not com
plain over sacrifice and deprivation;
be usefully busy keep your courage;
be strong and patient in the hope of
victory; bear your bereavements nobly
In tribute to the heroes for whom you
mourn.-Dr. Anna H. Shaw.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-04-05
DON'T DISTURB LAYING HENS
Undue ExciteUent In Poultry House Is
Bound to Reduce Egg Yield Of
Young Fowls.

1t pays to be quiet and careful In
the houses containing laying hens, es-
pecially If they are pullets from the
range which have just commenced to
lay. Strangers that visit poultry plants
should realize that undue excitement
is bound to reduce the egg yield and
make every effort not to brighten the
birds by sudden movements. A strange
child running through a poultry house
will brighten the hens and seriously
reduce the laying for that day.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-04-05

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