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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-27
Militaristic Younqster.

l met rather forlorn youngster on
the street, with his head high, but
his lips quivering, and asked what he
wanted, without appearing to notice
his emotions He said he could not
find his father. He was just around
the corner from home, so / took him.
A man in khaki came out to meet him.
He stopped down TO pick the child up
and as he did so the boy said: Daddy,
| lost my quarters and don't like this
post" Chicago Tribune.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-27
Yanks Travel Many Miles to
Spend Evening in the
Club.
SOMEBODY ALWAYS ON JOB
4sY Guy" Can Be Depended Upon to
Get Move on In Emergency--Men
Made to Feel Perfectly Free
and unrestrained.
by CLARENCE BURLINGTON KEEL
LAND.


Paris.-Thirty sailors Off an Ameri
can war vessel hired motor truck ant
drove nine miles to get to the Y. M. G
A. club In famous French city. ask
ed them why.
Because it's regular hangout," one
of them said, and another added, BE
cause you get white bread with butter
on It, and eggs fried on both sides and
coffee with piano accompaniment"
AS soon as | broke into the place
found why men would ride nine miles
on i truck TO loaf there from eight un.
til eleven.
1t wasn't the sort OF place folks In
the United States Imagine a Y M. @.
A. to be. II was a swelteringly hot
night, and the broad front steps were
lined from end to end with men In
khaki and men In navy blue. They
were gassing and smoking until the
place looked as If the captain had
ordered smoke screen to help him
through the submarine zone.
From the street you could hear a
piano doing business and lot more
men in uniform bowling, "Joan OF
Arc" If the mothers OF these boys
could have heard that racket their
hearts would have dropped off pound
of weight and increased their beat by
ten to the second They sang as IL
they were glad to be alive,
.is-1 Right on the Job.
And then somebody busted up the
game. A sailorman came In and made
the announcement that the driver OF
their truck refused to take them back
to quarters again. and 1t was walk
az nine miles on hot night, or q
stretch in the brig for them. Gloon
descended. Then somebody turned
around and beloved, where's one Of
them Y guys?@
A ~" guy happened to be on the
spot and in a second he was surround
ed, not by d crowd of men who were
angry or In mood to demand some
thing, but by fellows who We're mighty
courteous in an unpleasant situation
That was something worth remarking
and ii made you sort of glad to be
around.
They put the thing up to the "Y'
/ guy and one fellow said sort of bash
ful-like, "We don't want to act like we
was putin this up to- you, "Tain't
your fault. but
1t was apparent they had gotten the
Idea somehow that you could depend
on ~" guy to get a move on him, and
the ayr guy allowed as much.
"Sure, it's up to u.s. he said, that's
why we're here"
Inside of twenty minutes he was
back with big truck with red tri
angle on the side of II. lie tucked the
thirty sailormen into II and off they
went TO keep their appointment with
their boss
That, quite likely, is one reason why
they rode nine miles to spend an eve
ming in the Y. NJ. G. A., because they
knew somebody was on the job.
Like You Owned the Place.
Another reason is that you don't have
to knock, show a ticket, wiggle, your
first finger or roll over and play dead
to get in. You just walk in like yot
were there to foreclose first mort
gage on the place.
When you walk through the from
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-27
Real rhlna in Muzzles

I'D like to look at some dog muz-
zles," said the man entering the store.
eyes, sir" replied the clerk with the
incipient mustache. There's very
good muzzle, sir"
@And can a dog chew with this muz-
zle on?"
"Oh, yes. sir"
"But can't biter
ooh. yes, he can bite. but he can't
bite Off more than he can chew, sir"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-27
PLAN BOYCOTT ON
GERMAN MADE GOODS

Seattle, Wash.--A nationwide
boycott of German-made goods
for a generation after the war
will be enforced by .the women
Of America If the Huns infllct
cruelty on any American prison
ers or fail to treat them accord
ing to the recognized usages OF
war. This Is the plan originated
by Mrs. Il. A. Strout of this city.
who is enlisting the aid of every
woman in the city and state to
help her carry the propaganda
to all American women.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-27
THE WORLD OVER

The handle of new pocket knife
can be unfolded TO form a six-inch
rule.
In 2S days from Matching a silk
worm Increases 1000 times its original
size.
A collection of monograph records
of all forms Of speech is being made
By Paris scientist
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-27
Hen Makes Nest in Tree.

]. A. Daniels of Silver Lake, Conn,
boasts # q hen which lays eggs In a
nest In a willow tree, ten feet from
the gpund. An employee of Mr..
Daniela saw the hen cacsling on a
branch Of the tree recently ana dis
covered an egg in her ldrty nest
Since then she has been Ianng reg.
rlarly N this unusual place.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-27

Stainless steel cutlery contains
about 10 per cent of chromium. The
use of this ingredient in the manufac-
ture of steel for this purpose has been
temporarily stopped.
According to a geological survey
estimate the United States uses about
10000 ounces of fine platinum annu-
ally, of which only about $4,000 ounces
are refined in the country, the rest
being imported.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-27

A large -four mill in Argentina burns
much Of its bran for fuel and finds
that 100 tons of II has about the same
heating value as GO tons of coal.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-27
ELSIE JANis--AMERIcA'S GREAT
EST AcTRESS--FoR ONE
NIGHT ONLY.

And at last, with warning toots from
a distant whistle and great wave Of
laughter as the order was passed along
to clear the track, locomotive trun-
died in out OF the night, In Its cab a
pair of proud and grinding engineers,
on its cowcatcher Elsie Janis. A mo-
ment later and the engine was near
enough to the stage for her to clear the
space at a single jump and. there she
was, with her black velvet tam pushed
back on her tossing hair, with her
eyes alight and her hands uplifted. her
whole voice thrown into the question
which Is the beginning and the end of
morale. which is the most important
question In the army;
"Are we downhearted?"
The Thunderous Response.
You can only family imagine the
thunderous "No" with which the train
shed echoed. And II is the whole point
of Elsie Janis--as well as the whole
point Of all the mummers now being
booked to play for the A. e. F.--that
whatever the spirit of the boys before
her coming, they really meant that
mo" with all there was In them, that
any who might have been just little
downhearted before, felt better about
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16
WHEN ONE IS STRICKEN DEAF
Affliction Accompanied by Depression
Strangely and Intensely Over
towering, Says Writer.

The invariable depression that comes
with the beginning of deafness is
strangely and intensely overpowering.
1t exists sometimes indefinitely. The
word depression, as commonly used,
admits of varied shades of meaning,
writes Margaret Baldwin, I'm the At
lantic. 1t all but carries with 1t n
vague impression Of lack of will-pOwer,
a more or less voluntary Indifference to
moral effect. But let no one suppose
that its use here indicates any mere
dull, dispirited outlook on life, or any
other voluntary mental view of ones
self or ones future. There is nothing
voluntary about 1t.
1t is feeling deeply physical as well
as mental-a mingled condition of woe
full sickness and sadness that beggars
description. The distress and shock
over what has happened to one and
the first experience of what it is like,
Is the initial factor. But considering
what 1t ought to be rs compared with
the shock of blindness, which, it seems
to me, must be sufficient to produce
permanent blacklist despair, the de-
preston of, deafness is out of all pro-
portion.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16
WINTER FLOWING OF VALUE
Importance Of Opening Up Soil Not
Generally Realized by Farmers
and Gardeners.

The Importance of opening up the
soil of all land that was not put into
fall crops In time for II to get the full
benefit of disintegrating frosts and
enriching SHOWS Is not so generally
realized by farmers and home gar
deners as it should be.
More particularly are these atmos-
pheric effects of value on clay and
other stiff soils, and in the vegetable
garden and the orchard the turning
over and loosening of the earth ex-
poses the alternating forms of many
insects to the sharp eyes of birds,
poultry and the smaller rodents, while
those that are not eaten perish from
the disturbance.
While 1t is altogether better that
this working of the ground should be
done in the fall, before the ground
has frozen, it can also often be done
during open spells from midwinter
until March, with the subsequent
freezes and SHOWS to produce the good
effects desired. OF course, this can
not be done unless the warm spells
are of sufficient duration to have the
ground thoroughly settled, else the
job would be difficult and unsatisfac-
tory,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16
SKELETONS or STONE AYE
Bones Of Early People Of Japan Show
They Were Six to Seven Feet
In Height.

Fifteen human skeletons were I'M
earthed in the province Of Kawachi,
near Osaka. This Is considered the
birthplace of japanese civilization. OF
the relics of the japanese stone age,
discovered by Professor Okushl, nine
Of the skeletons were in perfect preser-
walton. all bones being intact, East and
West News says. 1t rarely happens,
according to scientific records, that so
many perfect skeletons are discovered
In one place.
Among indications that people of
that period lived on uncooked food is
the fact that upper and lower teeth
are evenly worn down. Decaycd teeth
are not found. The bony structure of
the skeletons are massive; shin bones,
in most cases. are somewhat fiat. Some
Of these skeletons stand seven feet
high; even shorter ones are over six
feet! Skeletons were found in lying
position, with knees drawn up. With
out doubt, these people belonged to
the stone age in Japan-30,000 years
ago, at least.
While making the excavation, stone
implements, earthenware and two cop
per arrowheads were found. Two white
jade earrings We're discovered which
may be of Chinese origin, and of a
much later period. 1t is thought this
find may establish n link between the
stone and bronze ages in prehistoric
Japan. Archeologists hold that 1t
surely indicates the early people Of
Japan had intercourse with other parts
of Asia. The earthenware patterns
IRE not necessarily Ainu; the bones
cannot possibly be those of Anus.
This discovery revolutionizes archeo-
logical theories of prehistoric Japan.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16

the farm woodlot, since the necessary
labor can for the most part be per-
formed in the winter, or at other
times when the farm work Is slack.
War conditions make 1t especially
important that the farm woOdlot be
utilized to the fullest at this time In
particular as a source of fuel. Coal
is high and scarce and even govern
ment Intervention cannot insure an
adequate supply throughout the win
ter on account of labor and trans
portation difficulties. Every cord of
fuel wood that Is used will relieve
the tension by just that much, and
every farmer who can do so will
doubtless find it to be to his advan-
tage to put in good supply Of cord
wood for himself, and to sell to 9TH
ers wherever possible. Many farmers
owning woodlots within hauling dis
lance of towns and cities are now
finding profitable sale for cOrdwOod
in large quantities.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16
Marriage or a Career.

A woman writer, herself married
and twenty-three years of age, states
that woman who expects to follow
i'm intellectual life should marry young
This Is sound view, for the woman
who fully appraises the value of her
Intellectual life realizes that the best
years Of the mind are those that come
after the age of most efficient child
bearing. 1t is very different view
from that Of the young women in pro-
fessiOns which serve only to bridge the
few. brief years between school days
and marriage, and for whom marriage
closes for all time participation in the
worlds work outside of the home.
Clearly we can never have an intel
lectual emancipation in the worlds
work on program that would cOnfine
professional life to the remarriage
days or make it incompatible with
marriage. The first gives too brief n
period and must subordinate woman
to inferior clerical labor, while the
second would win intellectually at the
sacrifice of normal life and confine
participation I'm the worlds affairs to
a small and abnormal group Of womnn.
Physical Culture.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16
Dislikes Of Hens.

"Hens are funny sorts of creatures"
observes poultry fancier. 'I'hey
have their likes and dislikes-especial-
ly dislikes. If you move a hen she
turns crusty, and won't lay eggs. She
likes her old home, and takes an abOm-
Unable time to get used to the new.
"If you wave cloth within sight Of
the occupants of your fowl run, you
will hear shocking row. This par
ticular noise Is known as the danger
signal and sometimes will be INDUCED
In without single break for as long
as 20 minutes.
"If you take II into your head to re-
arrange the nest boxes, depend upon
It Biddy will pay you out. She will
miss that day with her usual egg.
provided they are good. it's wisest
TO stick to old things in poultry-keep-
ing, and not to shift them unless you
are compelled to do so. Az least,
there's one thing you can change. and
that's the fodder. Hens won't object
to that at all; In fact, they like It."
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16

bacteria that live on their roots. These
bacteria in return for being given a
home (nOdules) on the plant roots and
for food from the plant take nitrogen
from the air and leave 1t In the soil
for the plants use.
There are millions Of dollars worth
Of this nitrogen over each acre so the
bacteria have an almost endless sup
ply to draw on.
The way to tap this great wealth Is
to grow these plants that have these
wonderful bacteria on their roots.
These plants do not do well without
the bacteria. When alfalfa, clover,
peas, beans or any Of the other of
these legume plants are sown on n
piece of land for the first time 1t Is
usually necessary to sow the bacteria
as well as the plant seed.
In these days when plant food is SO
important the greatest possible use
should be made of the legumes, the
greatest food producers for man and
beast.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16
EFFICIENT SCALY LEG CURE
Insects Which Cause Trouble Can BE
Killed by Application Of Sulphur
and Lard.

Poultry kept in dirty houses often Is
troubled with coarse scales on the
legs. These are due to the presence
of mites, which have burrowed be-
meath the scales. They are air breath
ing insects, and the treatment consists
in depriving them Of air. This Is done
by applying a mixture of equal parts
Of sulphur and lard, two or three
times. 1t is a simple remedy, but an
efficient one. A free application OF
an ointment made by mixing tea
spoonful of coal oil with teacupful
of lard, will bring relief, and should
in q short time work cure.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16
GOOD MIXTURE FOR POULTRY
Blue Ointment and Vaseline or Lard
Rubbed on Fowls viii Keep Away
External Parasites.

Don't forget to dose the hens and
chicks, after feathering, with an ONT
ment made of equal parts of blue
ointment and vaseline or lard care
fully mixed together. Rub this thor
oughly onto the skin under each wing
and also a little below the vent of
each bird, using a portion Of the ONT
ment the size Of small grain Of
wheat for each Of the three places.
and half as much for a half-grown
chick. Repeat once In two or three
months. This IL sure remedy for all
kinds Of external poultry parasites a..
eept mitea
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16

HELPFUL TRACTOR HINTS

OIL and grease on tractor are
cheaper than repairs plus time
lost in obtaining 'thcm and get
ting started again.
Looking over all parts Of the
machine regularly is just as i'm
portant as regular feeding and
watering of horses.
The wrong kind of lubricat-
ing oil wastes power and fouls
every working part. Get in
structions from the builders as
to kind and quantity OF oil.
Sharp plows call for less pow
err from the engine to do good
work, hence less cost TO operate
and longer life for the tractor.
Lengthening of bitches between
engine and plow will often elm
mate a large part Of side draft,
which Is another way of reduc-
ing the cost of the work.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16
OATS IN FATTENING RATION
Good Feed for Brood sows and Grow.
, Ing Pigs, But Not So Useful In
Finishing Hogs.

Ground oats will be found good
feed for brood sows and growing
pigs but not so useful as corn for
fattening hogs. When made a part
of the fattening ration oats should
not constitute more than one-third of
1t. and probably one-fourth would be
better. The great hog fattener Is
corn. and nothing else on earth equals
It for gains or quality Of product. But
corn Is most effective In making gains
when balanced by some tankage or
oats or middlings. and here the oats
may be useful In the fattening proc
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16
EUROPE FACES.
DIRE FOOD and
FUEL SHORTAGE
Inadequate Supply Of Heat TX
pected to Cause Much
Suffering.
People Have Less to Eat This Winter
Than Laet, Is BeIief-Two Fodder
Observation-Disclosures
In Austria.

London.--Europe is going to lead
the simple life this winter and for a
long time thereafter. There is not a
country that does not now realize the
real danger of extreme food shortage.
But food shortage is not the only or
In most cases the worst of the men
aces. The nations face and realize as
never before the exhaustion of all nee
essary supplies. Although food will be
scarce in all countries, whether bellig-
ercnt or neutral, 1t is. doubtful whether
that will impose as much hardship on
people as the shortage of fuel, writes
Judson @. Williver In the New York
Sun.
In Europe's climate food Is fuel to
the body quite as much as 1t is nour-
ishment. Sharply restricted supplies
Of food, and that Of q doubtful quail
ity and poor variety, might be endured
II there were plenty of fuel. 1t is
when the supply Of fuel, both outside
and inside, falls below the necessities
Of physical effort that people begin
to suffer.
Europe has neither carbon for its
food nor carbon for its fireplaces, and
In some respects the northern neutrals
are even worse off than the belliger-
ents. Rations Of important food nee
essaries have been reduced by some Of
them even below the amounts allowed
in Germany. England Is by far the
best supplied country in the matter Of
food, and the authorities are making
desperate efforts to make the popula-
ton, realize that rationing will soon
be compulsory unless food consump-
ton is considerably reduced. The food
authorities have announced policy
of accommodating sufficient reserve to
feed the country for three months,
even If no imports shall be received
during this time.
Question of Shipping.
In the case of England 1t is entirely
a question of shipping. Big stocks Of
food have been gathered in Australia,
New Zealand, Canada and elsewhere.
but there are no ships to bring them
here. England is probably better situ-
ated in the matter of coal supplies
than any other country, but must d.
vide with its allies, France and Italy,
and so far as possible some of the neu-
trails hope to be taken care Of from the
English mines.
The German food situation is puz-
cling. Apparently the authorities are
not nearly so confident about 1t as they
would like the public to believe. The
years harvest turned out more sat
isfactOry than seemed probable dur
ing the period of droughts and hail
storms in midsummer, but on the 9TH
er hand reserves were heavily drawn
upon before the harvest Of 1917 was
gathered. Reserves. indeed, may fair
ly be said to have disappeared.
The carefully cultivated official un-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16
JAPANESE BUILD
ESQ SHIPS A YEAR

To,'o.--Japan is able to build
250 ships a year, their tonnage
totaling 100000, according to
a government statement. The
shipbullding business of japan
has had an unprecedented
growth since the beginning Of
the war, and on September I
there were 113 shipbuildlng
slips owned by AZ firms, besides
"a slips which are building and
will be ready before the end Of
the year. These facilities are
more than three times as great
as at the beginning of the war.
Each slip is capable Of turning
out n ship of more than 1000
tonnage in less than year.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16
cIawed by a Hawk.

st. Marys, O.-Clawed some time
age In fight with chicken hawk,
Ben H. Strasburg, forty years Of age,
married and residing In the Ferguson
school district, Is disabled with blood
poisoning affecting one Of his hands.
The hawk was killed. 1t measured
four feet between wing tips.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16
WHY RAISE LIVE STOCK?

Because the by-prOducts OF
live stock are from year to year
advancing In prices and promise
to continue to In advance.
Among them are wool and hides.
Because no permanent system
Of agriculture is likely to be
adopted If the farmer does not
base that on the growing of live
stock, in part. L Is the lack OF
permanent system that has led
to the exhaustion of our soil.
both as to its plant food and as
to its humus.
Because the raising of live
stock enables the farmer to util-
lie his pastures. which, rightly
handled, are among the most
profitable acres on his farm.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16
PROFIT IN WOODLOTS
Biz Increase in Income Can Be
Made With Good Handling.
War Conditions Make II Important
That Every Cord Of Wood Be utiI-
ized-coaI Is Scarce and
Prices Are High.

(By f. q. MILLER, Dean, Idaho School
OF Forestry
The United States census schedules
of 1910 called for the value in de-
tail Of woodlot products sold from or
ule included firewood, fencing mate
rails, logs, railroad ties, telegraph and
telephone poles, materials, for barrels,
bark, stove wood, or other forest prod
ucts.
With proper handling the income
from the farm woodlots can be ire
mendously increased, and no other
class of forest land lends itself quite
so readily TO forest management as
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16
LEGUMES ARE MUCH FAVORED
Come Nearer to Giving Something for
Nothing Than Any Other Plants
Add Nitrogen.

Alfalfa, clover, beans, peas and the
rest Of this family produce the most
nutritious food and at the same time
add more nitrogen to the soil than
they remove.
Legumes come nearer to giving
something for nothing than any other
plants. Yet there is nothing mysteri-
Gus about these plants. They have
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16
HauQhty Younqster.

James was starting out with his
mother and the new baby. The baby
was put into the cab which had for
merly been used for James. Feeling
that II belonged to him. he protested
that he should ride, but was told that
he must let the baby have the cab. He
stopped short and said. "Well, I'll call
n taxf.w
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16
pamaoes for Being Called Traitor.

st. Louis.-John H. Boyer has been
awarded 81 actual and 500 punitive
damages from Gus v. R. Mechin, who
tried to force Boyer to stand while
'sThe Star-Spangled Banner" was be-
Ing played. Boyer testified that he
was called q traitor and assaulted.