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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06
ORCHARD AND DPOuL1RY
DEMONSTRATION
To Be Held at John Harter Home in
DecoraE, Saturday. March 16.
Fine Program Planned.
WOMEN ESPECIALLY
INVITED TO ATTEND
Demonstration Will Not be a Success
Unless the Women are Present,
SO They Should All be There.

Food will win the war" says
President Woodrow Wilson.
The food must come from the
farms Everyone interested in
making the farm ''do it's bit' are
invited to attend the orchard and
poultry demonstration at John Har-
ter's residence, 909 Pleasant Ave,
Decorah, Iowa, Saturday, March
10Th.
The two men from the Agri-
cultural Extension Department,
Ames, Iowa, will have a complete
outfit of orchard pruning tools, sam
pies of spray material and spray ma
chinery, and remedies for the con-
troll of lice, mites and poultry dis
eases. The object of holding the
demonstration at this date is so that
those attending may have time to do
the work at home iri the proper sea-
son.
In the orchard spraying work for
the past five years the Agricultural
Extension Department found that
spraying practically doubled the pro-
duction of apples per tree and more
thart quadrupled the quality.
Average of Five Years Spraying.
Sprayed trees, average annual pro-
duction 5.75 bu. apples.
Unsprayed trees, average annual
production 2.94 bu. apples.
1870 of the fruit from sprayed
trees was free of insect and dis
ease injury.
13% of the fruit from unsprayed
trees was free Of insect and disease
injury.
11% of the fruit from sprayed
trees was wOrmy.
4STo of the fruit from unsprayed
trees was wormy.
Eat al apple and save biscuit,
the slogan of the American Fruit
Grower, is good one to live up to.
If the slogan is followed many
months in the year, however, the ap-
pies must come from sprayed trees.
Milliors of baby chicks die every
year in Iowa that might have lived
had they received proper care during
the first few weeks of breeding
How to feed them, and the value
of sour milk will be explained If
these chicks care be saved, they will
help to remedy the meat shortage,
and help win the war. Millions Of
dozens of eggs are wasted during the
summer months by carelessness in
marketing. This loss can also be
prevented. An explanation of how
eggs spoil, and how to determine the
quality of an egg by cardling will be
given.
The women are especially invited
to attend these demonstrations.
This demonstration will not be a
success unless the women are present.
The high school students are also
welcome. More particulars next
week.
o. o. LOMAN, Secretary.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06
Mutton and Lamb.

The season OF surplus production
of mutton and lamb raised for meat
purposes in the westerns states Is now
on, and the food Administration has
authorized lis remove until April Is
its recommendation against the eat
ing Of mutton and lamb on the
voluntary meatless Tuesday.
Faithfully yours,
United States Food Administration.
BY CD. Weiser.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06
"What will Goa, cost tho couatr,

What will coal cost the country
next winter?" asks the Davenport
Times. THAT will depend / OH
whether fuel commissions insist that
the fuel supply for the winter be
stored in each community. The
whole fuel administration must set
itself now to this problem of taking
care Of the demand for next winter
in a way that will prevent further
interruption Of business at that
time.".
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06

Its common knowledge thai
anyone can run hotel or news
paper and row the bolsheviki are
proving how eusy.it is to run a gov
ernmeat.' says the Burlington Gaz-
ette.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06
men WHO WON'T
WORK, SLACkERS
County Agents of Iowa Say There is
Plenty of Help Available for
Farms
PROBLEM is TO GET MEN
CAPABLE TO DO THEIR BIT
Agents RecOmmdnd Increase in
Spring Wheat Acreage and Say
Five to Ten Acres Should
Be Grown ON Every
Farm.

Inc IdTm UuToduS dllh COUNTY
ageits of Iowa stand four square
with the government in all its efforts
to wir the war. n resolutions un-
animously passed at the farm bureau
|and county agent conference at Iowa
State College, at Ames last week,
the 800 men present, representing
every county in the state, pledged
their loyal support under all circum-
stances to every project looking to-
ward the country's good. They re-
turn to their counties to give special
effort to bring Iowa thru it's seed
corr, crisis, to find enough labor for
the farms, to increase the live stock
OF the state, to secure large spring
wheat acreage, to help reduce loss
by live stock diseases and to bring
about the control of fruit ard garden
pests and diseases
In a report on the labor situation
special committee declared that
there is enough available farm labor
in Iowa to supply the demand 'if all
men who have had farm experience
and who are physically able to work
will patriotically volunteer for farm
labor" Continuing, the report said:
'Any man who is physically able to
work ard qualified to do farm work,
and who will not worlS. is in our
judgment a Stacker 1t suggested
a larger use of women in, places of
men in business to release farm
labor, saying: I'VE appreciate the
excellent cooperation of commercial
clubs, ard business organizations in
helping meet the farm labor situat-
ion last year and we urge such organ
izatiols to make special effort this
year to substitute women labor for
mam labor wherever this Is practic-
able"
The conference recommended that
the farmers of Iowa greatly increase
the acreage of spring wheat to meet
the government needs and that from
five to ten acres should be grown on
every farm. 1t urges the farmer to
take every possible advantage of the
offer of the food administration to
furnish Iowa with spring wheat seed.
Dissemination of information con-
corning care and feeding of brood
sows, encouraging the growth of
forage crop such as clover, rape, al
falfa and some barley was advocated.
Growing of more poultry was urged
The live stock resolutions asked the
federal government to take i'm
mediate steps to remedy deplorable
shipping conditions because of short
age of live stock cars.
1.-THE success of the farm bureaus
in Iowa aid Of placing of county
agerts, as reflected in this meeting,
is largely due to the splendid CO.
operation and unselfish work of the
farmers, organizers, state and county
officials of defense aid the war en-
ergency food committees" stated R.
X. Bliss director of agricultural eX-
tensions in Iowa, at the close of the
conference.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06

Meatless days saved 100000, 900
pounds of beef in four months. Glass
in A arithmetic please figure, out how
many trainloads of fat steers went to
the boys in France thru patriotic OBJ
servance of those days. It should
have its effect on food slackers says
the Marshalltown Times Republican
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06
ANOTHER LETTER
FROM FRANCE
Sergt. w. NJ. Dawes Writes His
Friend Ole Marsh From Some
were In France.
SAYS THEY GET SEVEN
HOURS SLEEP EVERY NIGHT
Says Artillery Work About the Most
Interesting Thing to Learn.
Has Freblch Instructor.
Somewhere in France,
Jan. 20, 1918.

Jan. 20, 1918.
Dear Ole:
l have great time figuring out
just how to address you AND my
friend Eddie Hart. You have more
ability than most Of the people i
Mister and l hold you both in
more respect than, most people I
Mister. However, "a lot of the
guys l call "Mr." are stiffs, so de-
cided to be more or less uncon-
ventional Qike Chester) in, my ad
dress. I am in a school now learn
ing some new "holts" about artil-
lery. These French kriow a lot of
new ones and are endeavoring to show
them to a great marry of our officers,
and a few. bone heads like me.
Next to wrestling, artillery is about
the most interesting thing to learn
tho, so l am not quite so dumb as I
was at College. / get about hours
sleep every night, but Sunday we can,
sleep until 6:45. It's a great life If
you don't weaken. If you weaken
tho ir some camps in the winter
your all out of luck. This school
is fine place and the weather now
is just like spring. l was ordered
here about two weeks ago and ar
rived six weeks late. The rest of my
class were all old artillery sergeants
ard as l was perfectly green it took
questions. was explaining about
the duties Of Ne. of the gun crew
the other day and ran out of words
about the time l should have said
lanyard. A fellow behind me said
"onion" and repeated "onioni'.
Our French Instructor wasn't sure
erlough Of his English to realize the
awful mistake had made, so all
was we'll. The first day I got here
we had equintation for al hour
straight indoors. We had spirited
horses, French saddles and no stir
rups, so it was some session. Some
of the fellows always fall off.
Yesterday 1 fell off. We'were jump
ing over a couple of logs on gallop
and the Frenchma1 succeeded in per-
suading me to lean forward as the
horse jumped and putting my hands
down on the horses neck. lit
right or my neck. A couple
of days ago my young brother walk
ed in on me. I certainly was glad
to see him. He spent the evening
with me. He is over here with
regiment of railroad engineers.
Having arrived just lately he had
lot of dope on the R. C. D&wes family
which interested me greatly. A
cousin of mine Is at thS school. A
fellow just discovered here that one
of our "class mates here was al
old lightweight and featherweight
fighter who fought down east under
the name of Drescolley (wrestler
tool How is Plestina coming on?
] OIsh you both success. Remem-
Der me to your wife and any other
mutual friends of ours.
Yours sincerely,
w. M. Dawes,
care General Purchasing Agent.
p. o. 702 A. e. F. France.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06

Az long as q man follows the races.
he can't expect to keep up with them.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06

1t Is not too early to again remind
our farmer friends that the seed corn
should be like Caesars wife-aboye
suspicion. 1t must be gilt edge for
corn will be king to a greater de-
gree than ever the present year.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-12
CANDIDATES A POOR CROP
Continued from page four.)
FIVE

our estimation he made good last
time, and if he runs again, this lit
tie sheet will express it's pleasure
and hope for his election. The edi-
tor and the senator criticised each
other two years ago, but they got it
all said in the one season, and so
far as we editor knows the incident
is closed.
Sterling has candidate for
county commissioner, but they can't
decide who he is. We are acquainted
with him, and can describe him in
the language of the stockman: "He
is an old-timer, he knows everybody,
knows every foot of the district and
is honest and square as a sleeps
leg" .A
OF course we shall have our bien-
NAL candidate, the man who always
says that his friends are insisting
that he get into the race. He al
ways says it that way, and his
friends vote for him at the primary
and give him the AK at the election.
1t is funny that he doesn't get wise
to their game, but he is said to be
kidding himself right now with the
statement that his friends are just
going to compel him to run for the
senate, and he probably will.
Everybody knows his name; it's
the man who just can't spare the
time from his business, but his
friends are so insistent that he has
about cocluded, i etc, etc. ect. B
Andrew ]. Benson is the county
treasurer, and when asked if he was
going to run again he said he was
going to get out and farm.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-12
FOR SALE-MiscellaneOus

FOR SALE-violins; broken violins
repaired sor taken in exchange. w
w. Kinney. 2At:
ONE LARGE EIGHT-HOOP INK
barrel, well oiled and seasoned;
open at one head, 50. Republic
can office. If
VARIOUS SIZES OF WOOD AND
iron pulleys; one set cone pulleys,
shafting and hangers. Republican
office. If
SoNE ACRE GROUND, NEW FOUR
room house, end East Judicial
street. Mrs. e. Deeter. stiff
TEAM, WAGON AND HARNESS,
buggy, mower, scraper, leveler and
$Jundry articles for $325.O0 or will
trade for auto in good condition.
Will sell altogether or separately;
part down balance to suit pur-
chaser. Phone 379W 515-2p
&HREE WORK HORSES OR WILL
trade for car. Inquire for w. G.
Gillooly, Brown camp wagon, cor
nor opposite Bills garage. 515-5
WILL SACRIFICE PIANO. WE
have had left on our hands near
Blackfoot, new, strictly high
grade piano, which if taken at
once will be sold at tremendous
sacrifice. In fact no reasonable
offer will be refused for quick
&business. Special terms will be
given to responsible party. Write
quick for information if interested
to the Denver Music cOmDany
Denver, Colo. adv. 52t1
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-12

journey to Blackfoot and if the To-
cal team can win both games they
will be leading the league by a half
game.
The sole purpose of this league
is to help the soldiers and all money
in excess of actual maintenance ex-
penses is being turned over to them.
Not a single player in the league
receives any compensation whatso-
ever for his services. The players
are donating their time and services
to help the cause and all they ask
in return is support from the patrons
of the game.
The following is the revised
schedule.
At Bla ckfoot with Elks of Poca-
tello, July 81, August IS, Idaho
Falls July US, August 25, Shelley
August 4.
At Pocateho the Elks with Black
foot July IA, August II, Idaho Falls
August 4. Shelley. August %, Sep
TENDER 2.
At Idaho Falls with Blackfoot
September 2, Elks of Pocatello July
"a, September 1, Shelley July 81,
August IS. g.,
At Shelley with Blackfoot July
"a, September 1, Elks of Pocatello
July %, Idaho Falls July IA, August
IL.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-12
OREGON EXCURSION

To the Golden Goose Lake valley
in southern Oregon, leave Twin Falls
twice each month.
Irrigating system costing upwards
of one million dollars just completed.
Abundance of water; deep black al
luvial soil; no rock; no alkali; soft
pure artesian water for domestic
purposes. Climate and crops about
the same as southern Idaho. I'M
proved land is selling for SIS per
acre; IS cash, balance thirty annual
payments with per cent interest.
Far particulars and descriptive
matter address barrow Morehouse &
Brunk, box 800, Twin Falls, Idaho.
Phone 36. adv. 495-6mf
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-12
UPPER PRESTO

+ Mr.. and Mrs. William Higley
visited at the home of Orson Landon
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lars HOnsacker of
Lower Presto are the proud parents
of a baby girl, born Saturday even
ing June 6.
Willis Higleys mother arrived at
his home Monday morning from
Burley.
Alvin Sibbett and father Sam
motored to Shelley Wednesday on
business.
Claude Blackburn and family and
Mrs. Dave Dye spent the fourth in
Blackfoot.
e. w. Hansen went to Soda
Springs by rail to look after the
weighing and shipping of his wool.
R. P. Hansen, brother and family
are here from Montana, where they
will visit for few weeks
Mrs. Marie Landon from Utah is
visiting with her children for a short
time and returned to her home Mon
day.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-12
NOTICE

By reason of the increasing
amount Of mail received at this Of
fee, and because many letters and
parcels are received which are ad-
dressed to Blackfoot, Idaho, it is be-
coming correspondingly difficult to
handle such mail, and patrons. are
earnestly requested to advise cor
respondents and publishers to ad-
dress mail to their post office box
number, street address, or R. F. D.
number and box.
Your careful attention to this mat
ter will be of great assistance to this
office. 1t will obviate the delay
sometimes resulting because of in
sufficient address and will enable
this office to furnish better service
to the public generally
Respectfully.
GREGORY JONES,
Postmaster.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-12
PATRIOTIC POEM

The following poem was written
by Ray Cheshire, who is now sta
toned at Camp Funston, Kan. His
brother Roy is also there with him.
They both left Fort Douglas with
the twentieth infantry a short time
ago:
What have l laid on the alter?
Only few drops of blood.
Small is the gift to offer
For honor, freedom and God.
While by your side l daily,
Still waits the slave in his chain.
Up my faint pulse must rally
Once more mid the leaden rain,
With kisses on lips, eyes, and fore
head,
Sign me the sign of the cross.
If my heart throbs it's last for our
banner
Greater the gain than the loss.
If we gain there'll be time for our
wooing,
In the path where the wild roses nod,
If we lose I'll wait for my mother
Meath the palms by the mount of our
God.
RAY CHESHIRE,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-12
-WSS-
NOTICE

The board of school district No.
A will receive bids for the erection
of a school house in that district
until Saturday the thirteenth day Of
July, 1918. Plans and specifications
can be seen at the office of the
county superintendent.
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
Bids must be addressed to Carl
Nelson, clerk Of the board, Black
foot, Route /. adv 5O5-4mf
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-12
FIRTH


Mrs. Pearl Story returned to her
home in Goshen after visiting with
her parents here for the past month.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. H. Shirley left
Sunday for Grouse, where they ex-
pect to spend couple of weeks.
Harry Chandler and family mo-
tOred to Idaho Falls Sunday. 1
Mrs. M. L. Jones of Riverside, Ore.
visited at the home of e. L. Parr
Monday.
Mrs. George C. Allen and son Fran
of Rose visited with Mrs. D. N.
Johnson over Sunday.
Miss Eva Holm Of Goshen has
been visiting with her friend here
Mrs. Charley Allen.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Slayton are the
proud parents of baby boy, born
July 5. Mother and baby are doing
nicely.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-12

separately, secretly and of it's single
choice disturb the peace of the
world; or, if it cannot be presently
destroyed at the least it's reduction
to virtual impotence.
"2.-The settlement of every
question, whether of territory, of
sovereignty, of economic arrange
ment or of political relationship
upon the basis of free acceptance of
that settlement by the people i'm
mediately concerned, and not upon
the basis of the material interest or
advantage of any other nation or
people which may desire a different
settlement Off the sake of it's own
exterior influence or mastery.
"3.-The consent of all nations to
be governed in their conduct to-
wards each other by the same prin-
ciples Of honor and of respect for
the common law of civilized society
that govern the individual citizens
of all modern states in their rela-
tions with one another; to the end
that all covenants may be sacredly
observed, no private plots or con-
spiracies Matched, no selfish injuries
wrought with impunity, and NUT
Eual trust established upon the hand
some foundation of mutual re-
spect for right.
The establishment of an or
ganization of peace which shall make
it certain that the combined power
of free nations will check every in
vasion of right and serve to make
! peace and justice the more secure
blu affording a definite tribunal OF
opinion to which all must submit
and by which every international re-
agreed upon by the peoples directly
concerned shall be sanctioned.
| These great objects can be ru1
into single sentence. What we
seek is the reign of law, based uron
the consent of the governed and su.
stained by the organized opinion OF
mankind.
These great ends cannot be
achieved by debating and seeking tc
reconsile and accommodate wha'
statesmen may wish, with their pro,
jects for balances of power and OF
national opportunity. They can be
realized only by the determination OF
what the thinking peoples of the
world desire, with their longing
hope for justice and for social free.
dom opportunity.
| 81 can fancy that the air of this
place carries the accents of such
principles with peculiar indness
There were started forces which the
great nation at which they were pri.
marily directed at first regarded as
a revolt against it's rightful authority
but which it has long since seen to
be step toward liberation of its
own people as we'll as the people OF
the United States; and ! stand here
now to speak-speak proudly and
with confident hOpe-of the spread
of this revolt, this liberation, of the
great stage of the world itself. The
blinded rulers of Prussia have
reused forces they knew little Of
forces, which once reused can never
be crushed to earth again; for they
have at their heart an inspiration
and a purpose which are deathless
and the very stuff of Triumph"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-12
THE IDAHO REPUBLICAN
Mrs. Hugh McVicar was on the
sick list the. first of the week. .

Mrs. Hugh McVicar was on the
sick list the first Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Carruth and Mr..
and Mrs. l.. r. Thomas spent Satur-
day afternoon. and evening in Idaho
Falls.
Mrs. Earl Simons returned to her
home in Shelley Sunday, after spend
ing several days in Blackfoot visit
ing with relatives.
Mrs. Valentine left Tuesday for
Salt Lake, where she will spend a
few days visiting with friends and
relatives.
Lawrence Chandler is here on a
furlough from Fort Riley, Kan. to
visit with relatives and friends for
three or four weeks.
Mrs. E. Manion and two little
children returned to Blackfoot Sum-
day, after visiting two months with
relatives in Lamar, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Written Of
Rupert spent Sunday in Blackfoot
the guests of Mrs. Whitten's sister
Miss Susie Gould.
Miss Sarah Jenkins left this morn
ing for Bull, Idaho, where she will
spend a few days visiting with
friends and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Athey and son
left Monday afternoon for Salt Lake
and Ogden, where they will visit
with Mrs. Atheys parents.
Miss Gladys Mitchell returned to
her home in Salt Lake Wednesday,
after visiting here with relatives and
friends for the last few days.
Mrs. R. P. Vandervort was up
from Pocatello last week visiting
with the home folks, the family of
G.. w. Short of Riverside.
J. T. Danilson, a former resident
of Blackfoot, but now of Pocatello
spent Sunday at Blackfoot, and went
to Arco Monday morning.
Mrs. Elmer Jordan of Park City
visited a couple of weeks with the
family of J.. H. Jordan at Blackfoot
and then went to Menan Monday.
Mrs. Elledge and daughter Pearl
returned to Blackfoot the fore part
of the week and will make their
home here. They have been in Utah
the past year.
Mrs. A. B. Ellis and sister Mrs.
Walters of Salt Lake returned home
Tuesday, after spending few days
in Thomas visiting with their sister
Mrs. Podlatis.
Mrs. NJ. L. Jones of Riverside
Ore is spending few weeks in
Blackfoot and vicinity visiting with
her many friends here and attend.
ing to business matters.
The Misses Cynthia Bigler and
Margaret Davis from st. Anthony re-
turned to their home after spending
a week visiting with their grand
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Wyoming
Davis.
! Mrs. R. D. Lowe and family left
for Monida, Idaho having sold theil
farm at Moreland. Mr.. Lowe has
bought a new farm at Monida ant
the family will make their home
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. David A. Taylor ant
party Mr.. and Mrs. Irel Goodmund
sen and party of Burley stopped ir
Blackfoot Monday enroute to the
National Park. While here the!
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Davit
Smith.
C. E. Beaman of the c. w. & M
company was transferred to the
branch office at Richfield and lef
here Monday. Mr.. Beaman Having
accepted the position. as travelling
salesman.
Mrs. w. s. Wrighton of Little Los
river passed thru Blackfoot the frs
of the week enroute to Denver
where she will visit with friends
and relatives. She spent Tuesday IL
Blackfoot the guest of Miss Neols
Carlson.