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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09
80. 600 More Hospital Beds Needed

There are $4,000 hospital beds for
the tubercular in this country at the
present time; $4,000 more will be
needed within the next two years TO
make possible the control of the dis
ease and check its tendency to in
crease its ravages under war condi-
tions as it has in Europe during the
last three years. Idaho has no beds.
This estimate is based on a revised
conception of the prevalence of the
disease as the result largely of the
examination of recruits and drafted
men for our new army and navy. Un-
til recently il was estimated that for
every five deaths from tuberculosis
there were five active cases. 1t is
now believed that the true ratio is
twice or three tins as great Instead
of about 100000 active cases in the
country there are probably between
two or three million. In the military
medical examinations so far average
of about > per cent of the men OF
draft age in this country at large are
found to be tubercular.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09
TO CHECK UP ON
SKILLED FARMERS
= ~
Eyes of War Department Are Fixed
Upon An Interesting Situation

WASHINGTON. - A notion-wide
roundup of draft registrants escap-
ing military service through unfair
classification has been ordered by
Provost Marshal General Crowder.
The number of men who has sud-
denly become skilled farmers" and
indispensable government workers"
has drawn the searching eye of the
war department to the situation.
Every. unfair case found will be
Immediately reclassified and if the
registrant has escaped military SER
vice he will be sent to camp, General
Crowder said.
A large majority of the experts"
of draft age in government work
could be easily replaced.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09
Red Cross Patriotic Day Is Thursday
MAY 10Th

On Monday. May. 20. is the initial
day of the second big National Red
Cross drive when il is. proposed to
raise another hundred million dol
lars for general Red Cross work in
Europe and the United States.
The committee in charge of rais-
ing the local quota have arranged
to make Thursday. May the 10th Red
Cross Patriotic day and it is the de-
sire of this committee that all work
be laid aside on Thursday between
the hours of l p. m. and $3.50 p. m.
There will be speaking and music.
The object of this Patriotic day is
to advertise the con.ag drive and tc
pave the way for the individual
workers upon whom res the RESPONSE
bility of raising the quota for Je-
rome and vicinity.
We will be pleased to see you out
on this day and trust that you vii
arrange your affairs so that il vii
be convenient TO be there.
Speakers will be announced later
Signed: The Committee
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09

The community Was again shock
ed on last Monday afternoon, that
another suicide had taken place
within our midst when Martin Gaze,
who was one of the early settlers on
the tract took his own life. Mr..
Gaze had been in i'll health for the
past two years and after an opera
tion and treatment for. his trouble,
without relief, the man became de-
spondent. with the above result.
On Monday. shortly after noon, he
took his shot gun and stepped out
to the back yard. After tying the
two triggers to the Zoe of his foot
and placing the muzzle of the gun
to his read, he pulled the trigger
with the result that the entire top
of his 'iead was blown off.
Martin Gaze was a bachelor with
no near relatives, with the excep-
tion of a son who is now serving in
the English army, but can not be To-
Gated. Mr.. Gaze came to Jerome
in the early days and was considered
by all a hard working, industrious
man, his line of work being that of
gardener, etc, and a great many
of the lawns and hedges in Jerome
were started by him He was a man
about sixty years of age. The funer-
al took place Wednesday with inter-
ment at Jerome cemetery.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09

In order to bring home the spirit
of home just little closer to the
soldiers in the big cantonments on
the Pacific coast. the national war
work council of the Y. M. G. A. in the
western department, is asking for a
photograph of the most familiar spot
in this community. From the pic
ture lantern slide will be made and
c. A. buildings.
An effort is being made to secure
photographs from every town and
hamlet in the west. The pictures
must be clear so that the reproduc-
ton will be clear. These photographs
should be sent to F. F. Runyon, AS
sociate Secretary National War Work
Council, Y. M. c. A., SIG First Ma
tional Bank Building, San Francisco,
Calf.
A short description. giving the title
of the picture, and the town which
it represents should be written on
the reverse side. Every city and
community has its object of interest.
1t may be busy corner, old build
ing. fountain, adobe, cosy park, nat
ural phenomena. Whatever it is, il
will be a welcome sight to the boy
away from home. 1t will be a re-
minder, an inspiration, an old friend
and will make him happy.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09
PACIFISTS PREACH WAR IN
GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION
Committee ON Public Information
Releases War Information Pamphlet


Between a worthy war patriotism
and virile peace patriotism, there
is no essential difference These
words of Assistant Secretary of Lab
or. Louis F. Post, are put at the head
of the latest publication of the Com
mittee on Public Information, entit-
led, THE War for Peace" issued re-
Gently. With these are joined the
statement of DR.. David Starr Jordan
that, Nov that we are in war, the
shortest way out is forward
The compiler of the publication is
Arthur D. Call, editor of "The Peace
Advocate" and secretary of the
American Peace Society. the oldest
peace organization in the United
States. The publication may be OBJ
tanned free by writing to the Com
mittce at 8 Jackson Place. Wash
ington, ID. c.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09

Government statistics show that
there is tremendous need for live
stock in the west. Iowa farmers
realized that situation long ago. and,
as a result. Iowa farmers are today
ranked as the richest in the United
States. They grow corn and other
feed for hogs and cattle. They breed
the animals on their farms feed
them the cereals and hay that are
produced and then market the fin
ished product. Idaho and Utah can
accomplish the same result, for the
conditions are ideal for production
of livestock. and the market. as is
shown by the heavy sales through
the Ogden Union Stock Yards, has
been provided.
Iowa. according to late govern
ment statistics. had 9,370.O0O hogs
al the same time that Utah had 101,-
600 and Idaho had 2e2. 900. Iowa
had 2.737, 900 cattle while Utah and
100000 and Idaho 41S,0O0. The
two intermountain states could dou-
BILE the number of both hogs and
cattle and yet not produce enough
to supply the demand on the inter
mountain markets.
With steady prices assured for
both cattle and hogs, through the
tremendous demand because of the
war and also the prospective demand
when the warning countries must re-
place their losses of livestock-for
England. Germany. France. Austria.
Denmark. Holland and other lands
have less cattle and less hogs than
before the war started-and there
is every reason for western men em-
barking in the business. The Ogden
Union Stock Yards and the live
stock commission companies in Og-
den have arranged to not only supply
farmers with information as to how
to secure breeding stock, including
full blood cattle. hogs. sheep and
horses. but have also arranged to
secure this stock through the Ogden
market. They will give special at
tention to the bringing of pure bred
sows and boars. pure bred heifers
and bulls into the country. believing
that there are increased profits for
the farmers who get away from the
mongrel breeds. and secure the bet
ter stock which takes no more feed
but produces more and higher priced
meats.
As one of the ogden livestock
men said recently: There's consid-
cradle difference between razor
back and Durco-Jersey full blood.
The mongrel breed stands just apart
way between. II it's better to raise
= mongrel than a razor-back, u Is
+ worth a lo' more to raise full b''ot
rather than a mongrel."
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09

business administration, and special.
~ trained clerks are needed
The Quartermaster Corps wants
several thousand examiners and in
spectors and passenger and freight
clerks are needed. The Signal Corps
is short of craftsmen.
The Navy has an unlimited num-
ber of places for craftsmen. and a
long list of positions for technical
the service need stenographers. typ
lists, bookkeepers, and clerks
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09
National Forests to Carry More Live
stock

To meet the war demands OF the
rountrv sheen and cattle will be
rrazed on the National forests this
year in increased numbers. Forest
or Graves states that half million
more heep and nearly quarter MIL
Non more cattle will be given per
nits this year than last. This Will
airing the total number of stock
grazed under permit to about nine
million sheep. 2.360,00o cattle, and
900 swine.
An increase was made last year
Nhen II was first recognized that the
Aountry's need for beef. mutton,
vooI and hides. called for the FULLEST
nee possible of the National Forest
ranges. With the country at war
Athe Secretary of Agriculture felt that
a was advisable to take some chances
on overgrazing in the larger inter
ests OF immediate production. The
results OF admitting a greater num-
her OF stock last year we're closely
Matched. and the increased numbers
this year are made possible mainly
~ finding how additional stock can
~ grazed without injury to the
1anges through more intensive meth
eds OF use.
81 Among these methods are read
3ustments in the allotments of range
eloser utilization of the forage, and
the opening up OF country heretofore
So not used for the grazing OF STOCK
h Nv areas have been made accessi'
~ through the construction of trails
Is Ad driveways and the development
<xI watering facilities.
SThe largest increases have beer
ade in the Colorado and Wyoming
rsts: but increases on the already
lilly stocked forests of Utah, Ne
q Sda and southern Idaho have beer
| ade wherever the forest officials
Ave thought that the ranges VIII b'
H Ne to carry the increased numbers
*z II stock.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09
Contagious Abortion Among Animals
Causing Big Losses

A very careful study of contagious
abortion in Utah, as well as a thor
ough study of all known methods of
prevention, control and treatment.
has just been made by Or. II. ].
Frederick. Veterinarian at the Utah
has presented just the things the
practical stockman wants to know of
the disease in Utah Experiment Sta
tion Circular No. % entitled. Con
tagious Abortion in Mares and Cows "
Every owner of stock should be in
terested in this circular. free copy
of which may be obtained from tn 9
Experiment Station, Logan. Utah.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09
TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
OF LABOR In IDAHO
Federal Government Steps in to Co
Ordinate All Agencies and Help

Idaho's labor problems are to be
solved II coordination can do so;
labor not at present engaged In pur-
suits imperative to winning the war
is to be made use of In the rush of
the crop season.
This was made plain by Mahlon j.
Kerr. federal labor commissioner for
Idaho. who has arranged to open
headquarters at 303 North Eighth
street, Boise. Lawrence Wood. as
sistant superintendent for the north
west division, composed OF Idaho,
Oregon and Washington, headquar-
ters in Seattle, who Is Installing
commissioner Kerr in his new office.
added force to this statement.
Branch labor bureaus behind
which stand the federal government
will be installed at Idaho Falls, Po-
catello, Twin Falls, ST. Anthony and
sLewiston. The federal officers will
work in cooperation with the sta,e
Ecouncil Of defense. county councils,
county agents the state farm market
bureau. the director of the federal
Il reserve and all labor agencies.
Labor is to be furnished for all
Industries contributing toward win
ming the war. Each district in the
state is expected. said Mr.. Wood, 10
utilize it's tabor available to the ut
most. The professional or business
4 man WHO is engaged In a business not
directly bearing on the war, is ex-
pected TO give part OF his time TO
the handling of the crops If needed
when districts have gone the limit
and need assistance, the central bu-
reau will see that they are taken care
OF. II the state, as whole heeds
labor, and some other state IN the
4 district can provide II. arrangements
will be made through the Seattle o.
nee. to make the necessary transfer
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09

the public service or for private per-
sons, the conditions of and the COM
pensation for such work will be set
tied in agreement between repre-
sentatiyes of said branches or per-
sons and tn Adjutant General of the
Army.
The wages of the prisoners shall
go toward improving their position
and the balance will be paid them
on their release. after deducting the
cost of their maintenance.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09
|Dat for Army Use Must Pass Careful


The Army consumes about 1000
20 pounds per day of fresh beef
Ms necessitates the slaughter daily
1000 cattle. Official inspectors
ltinize every part of this supply
&m the time Il comes on the hoof
<the abattoir until 1t vanishes from
y mess tin OF the soldier.
inspections begins at the stock
IDS. where the living animals un-
fEo the examination of an official
any evidences of physical defect
Dch might be difficult Of detection
hr. Where there is doubt the ques-
hable animals are separated FOR
Yer examination. Where there Is
certainty of defect. the animal Is
bcted as UNIT for food supply
Text comes a rigid examination ol
carcass. Only when found to be
und, healthful and wholesome" Is
meat acceptable for food and
branded with n nonpoisonou'
etab,e ink. Omitted States In
eted and Passed" The UNIT car
es are destroyed.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09
Many Trained Workers Are Neel
by Army and Navy

The civilian branches of the Army
and Navy are in need of thousands
of highly trained workers, and bc-
fore the end of 1918 these branches
must be increased by.at least 10000,
according to the Civil Service Com
mission.
The Ordnance Department of the
Army needs large numbers of mo-
chanical engineers, craftsmen, chem
lists and metallurgists. Thousands OF
are wanted to pass on the
quality of ordnance, ammunition and
CHER supplies. For office worL sta
tisticians, accountants. assistants in
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09

The United States Public Health
Service is in need of medical Officers
for field duty in connection with the
sanitation of several civil sanitary
districts. Men physically disqualified
from the Medical Reserve Corps are
eligible 70: these positions. provid-
ing they are not suffering from COM
plants that would seriously inter
fero with the performance of their
duties.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09

John j. Eller. of Brooklyn. for
thirteen years motorcycle cop, is
now Y. NJ. c. A. physical director
overseas
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-09

The Y. NJ. c. A. has sent 10000.
600 pounds of goods overseas 70,
soldiers up to March 1st.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
Quite a Difference.

Reference at recent dinner was
made to the perplexities Of the Eng
lish language, when this story was fit
tingly related by Zane Gray, the au-
thor of many charming stories of the
great Southwest.
Some time since young girl VINO
had gone through a fashionable col
lege was having a highly intellectual
talk with a young man acquaintance
when the words vision" and "sight"
were used by the fair one.
81 think I catch the drift of our
argument, Miss Smith," said the young
man in answer to the girls last re-
mark, "but please don't make the mis-
take of saying vision when sight is
what you mean"
II don't quite understand you, Mr..
Green,' loftily returned the young
woman. "There is absolutely no diff
ference between vision and sight "
"Oh, yes, there is" cheerfully de-
clared Mr.. Green. walking along the
street you occasionally met girl who
Is a vision, and the next minute you
May meet one who is sight. -Phila-
delphia Evening Telegraph.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
Funds for Liza Jane.

A long row Of husbands sat In a
mess hall and a sergeant was on the
other side of the table with papers In
front IF him from which he from time
to time read extracts, recites the New
York Times.
"Are you marriedT'
81 was married, but l amt now"
"Wife dead"
"No, she amt dead, but we had a
mutual separation"
"Any divorceW
''No, sir, / could not pay for di-
vorce, but 1T is all busted up tween
us. Please don't put her name down.
Her name did go down, and Liza
Jane will be astonished when the next
month rolls around and Uncle Sam
hands her out SIS, with little memo
randum to the effect that this is an
allotment from her husband, and lit
tie extra thrown in to help her and
the children, If she has any. That is
not all. If he dies in battle, she gets
$500, or possibly more.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
To Boil Eoqs by Telephone.

Telephone operators need a sense
Of humOr. to make the petty annoy
ances of their occupation bearable. II
they have that, they can find endless
matter for amusement in the freak
ishness of the human nature that eX-
hibits itself at the other eMl of the
wire.
A telephone subscriber asked his
operator to ring his bell in three min
utes, and Immediately hung up his re-
.ceiver. At the appointed time the su,
pervisor rang on the line, and the
subscriber responded merely with
"Thank you" Later he called again
to thank the operator, and explained
that he had been boiling eggs and
wanted to time them. They had been
cooked to the queens taste, he said.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
Joke Books for Soldiers.

Making joke books for soldiers Is
the latest form of patriotic industry
on the part of those who stay at home.
1t is said that the plan originated
with Rudyard Kipling.
A blank book, preferably with large
pages, is first obtained. Upon the
pages are pasted the funniest pictures
and anecdotes found in current news
papers and magazines. Some bright,
short stories are also included.
The books are then sent to army hos
pitfalls, where they afford great enter
tainment to convaIescent soldiers. Day
after day the books are IN steady use
until they are worn out.
Surgeons say nothing is so essential
in the hospital as to keep the patients
In good spirits. Toward this end the
jocks books Gre q valuable help.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
WIRE FENCE BEST
1t Must Be Built to Turn All Stock
Without Injury.
TWO QUALITIES ARE NEEDED
To Be Economical 1t Must Be Con-
structed as Cheaply as Is Consis-
tent With DurabiIity-Weight
Fixes Price,

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.l
A good job to attend to between the
busy seasons is the building and re-
pairing Of fences. A farm fence should
combine the two qualities of service
and economy. To give satisfactory
service it must be constructed so as
to turn all kinds of stock without in
jury to them. To be economical it
must be built as cheaply as is consis-
tent with durability. The fence that
is erected at low initial cost is not
necessarily economical, for it may be
short lived.
Wire fences are very generally re-
placing those Of stone, wood, and
hedge wherever the latter are becom-
ing unserviceable. In selecting a WOW
en-wire fence, it is preferable to eco
nomize by eliminating unnecessary
wires rather than by using a lighter
weight wire. In pastures where only
cattle or horses are to be kept there
is no need of providing fence the
spacing in which is close enough to
turn hogs.
Weight Determines Cost.
The factor which determines the
price of woven wire fencing is it's
weight, so that in fences of the same
height wide spaced fence with COM
paratively few wires costs less than a
narrow spaced one with more wires.
On the other hand, it is becoming gen.
orally recognized that the use of heavy
wire in fencing is economical. The
initial cost of the heavy wire is great
er, but it's durability is more than suff-
cient to offset this disadvantage. The
labor and other costs in the cOnstruc-
ton of a fence are practically the
same whether a heavy or light grade
of wire is used, but with heavy wire
the fence lasts so much longer that
this cost of construction is distributed
over much longer time. That this is
appreciated by majority Of farmers
is indicated by the increase in the
percentage of heavy wire that is being
sold for fencing purposes.
Common Type Of Fence.
For the general farm on which all
kinds Of stock are kept, and on which
the rotations practiced call for tempo
rary pastures, the common type of
fence now being adopted in the north
central states is one which has ap-
proximately ten line wires and total
height of about four feet. The bottom
wires are spaced about three inches
apart. Such fence constructed from
all No. wire with a strand Of barbed
wire on the top, Usage orange, locust
red cedar, steel, or cement line posts
set rod apart, and ends and braces
of the same materials as for the line
posts at distances of 40 rods, is now
being built on many farms and is
proving serviceable and economical
when its long period of usefulness is
considered. Such q fence is exception
ally durable and should last approx
mately % years.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
The Cow Mon.

An official of the board of health In
Massachusetts town notified a citi-
zen that his license to keep a cow on
his premises had expired In reply to
this letter the official received the fol-
lowing communication:
Monsieur Bord of He'll just get
your notis that my licens to keep my
cow has expire I wish to inform you,
M'sieur Bord of Helt, that my cow she
beat you to it-she expire tree week
ago. Much oblige Yours with respek.
pete"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21

ment retains It's Pacific coast habit of
proceeding to the ocean shortly after
1t begins to swim and returning to the
rivers to spawn and die when two
years old.
The government has made annual
shipments of eggs of the humpback
salmon across the continent for the
last five years, drawing the consign-
ments alternately from Washington
and Alaska.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
Iicket.Yendina semaphore.

At Kansas City an electric interur-
ban railway has tried out, with graft
flying results, a coin-operated soma
pbore intended for way stations where
cars do not stop unless signaled. To
operate the signal, one places nickel
in the slot and presses lever. This
actuates the semaphore arm, ignites
red lamp, and issues q five-cent
ticket to the prospective passenger.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21

portance. A person will often sacri-
fee everything to depth of kernel, size
or length of ear, or place too much
stress upon straightness of rows, fill
ing out at the tip, space between rows,
etc. All of which should be taken into
consideration, but are not the only
things nor even the most important
things to be considered.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
CORN FOR A GIVEN LOCALITY
Farmer Must Be Familiar With Pre-
vaiIina Conditions Before He Can
Judge Properly.

The best ear of corn for d given To-
cality is the ear that will give the
greatest profit year after year if plant
ed in that locality. We must be ia
miliar with the conditions prevailing
in a locality before we can properly
judge corn for that locality. The
sample of corn which is best for Mis-
souri, or southern Iowa should not be
planted at all in Minnesota or the Da-
kotas. Millions of dollars have been