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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-15
MonareI Hen.

The gain in weight the first year from
this improved breeding work amount
ed to 123 pounds, while that Of the
second year was 0.59 pounds and that
of the third year OFT pounds, making
a total gain during the three genera
tions of 209 pounds.
From the standpoint of meat pro-
duction this upgrading work should
be extremely profitable TO the aver
age farmer as the investigations show
conelusively. that the introduction Of
superior blood into the flock by the
utilization of a standardized male
increases the meat-producing and size
increasing ability of the progeny. If
the progeny of a grade hen. united
with a standardized male. viii weigh
one and one-half TO two pounds more
at market time than will the same
agedxOffspring Of mongrel hen and
a common male. it should be easy "a
cony 'nee every farmer that it will be
more profitable for him to keep bet
ter blood in his flock.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-15
PROPOSES LAWS TO
GUT HIGH PRICES
PRES. WILSON DECLARES EXIST.
ING LEGISLATION INADEQUATE
NO SHORTAGE OF SUPPLIES.
Address Congress on Prevailing GnsIa-
ton of Foodstuff Values. - sua-
gests New Regulations-Speeific
Proposals Before Congress.

WashfngtOn.-Pre Wilson laid
several specific proposals. before con
gress Friday for checking the high cost
Of living. but at the same time de-
cIared permanent results could not be
expected until peace time bases were
fully restored
High prices, the president told con-
gress, were not justified by shortage
Of supplies either present or prospec-
tive, but were created in many cases
.-artificially and deliberately BY vic
ious practices. Retailers. he said,
were responsible in large part for ex-
tortionate prices.
Strikes. the president warned the
labor world, would only make matters
worse and those who sought to en-
pIoy threats or coercion we're only
preparing their own destruction "
Leaders OF organized labor, the Pres
ident said, he was sure would pres
entity yield 10 second sober thought.
Illegal" and criminal were the
words the President used in eharac-
terfzing the methods by which some
present day prices have been Drought
about.
Present laws. he said, would be en-,
argetically employed TO the limit 70
force ont food boards. and meet the
situation SO far as possible, but tc
supplement the existing statutes b.
/ specifically urged the following:
/ Licensing Of ali corporations en-
gagged in interstate commerce witt
specific regulations designed to Sc
cure competitive selling and proven
/ -unconsciOnable profits" in the methoC
/ Of marketing.
Extension Of the control act 10 peac
times and the application Of its pro
visions against boarding to fuel, cloth
ing and other necessities of life as wel
a. food.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-15

prepared by the United States Depart |
ment Of Agriculture.)
"Grading upr-a breeding practice |
which has been fundamental in inn
proving dairy herds throughout the
United States-ls just as applicable
for the betterment of poultry flocks,
which respond as rapidly to the intro
duction of superior foreign blood. par
ticularly by the use of standardized
males, as TO dairy cows. Many a
farmer is deferred from the purchase
Of standardized fowls at the offset be-
cause, perhaps, his neighbor may tell
him that il is time and money wasted
to monkey" with standard breeds
when he can secure 'just as good"
fowls in his immediate neighborhood
at half the price.
The Just as good mongrel fowls
never give the results which come
from the use of well-bred stock.
Sooner or later, to his sorrow. the
poultry man aseertains this fact. Then
he is DESTROYS of working with stand
ard breeds, but he hesitates because
he doesn't like to sacrifice the fowls
he has on hand in order 10 purchase
quality birds.
If possible the beginner in poultry
keeping should start with well-bfed
foundation stock, but in case he begins
work with grades there still is an
opportunity for him to improve his
stock. BY the use of carefully select
ed, standardized males. the flock
owner may grade up his flock so that
| in three or four generations he will
| have pullets and hens of superior egg
and meat producing qualities. Special
| emphasis. however, should be laid on
| the fact that it is preferable to pur-
/ chase the standardized breeding stock
| to start with and not to attempt grad
| ing up under other conditions.
Grading Up Tested.
Specialists of the United States de
partment of agriculture have obtained
some interesting results in poultry
| breeding work at the government ex
| perimental farm. Beltsville. Nd, where
they have mated mongrel hens of I'M
| known lineage with standardized
males. Up TO the present the particu
lar purposes of these investigations
have been to increase the size ana
weight as well as to improve the uni
formity of type of the progeny. The
study win doubtless be continued II
cover egg production and the trans
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-15

mission and improvement of other hen
characteristics. during the near future.
Standardized white Plymouth Rock
males were crossed with mongrel hens
which weighed only 433 pounds
apiece. The first generation progeny
of this union at the same age had an
average weight of 5.6S pounds apiece,
while the grade fowls, composing the
second generation. weighed an aver
age of SOS pounds apiece at the same
age, and those Of the third generation.
6.49 pounds apiece. The gain due TO
increased size and matchmaking quail
ties which resulted the first year from
the crossing work amounted 10 1.s5
pounds per bird. Naturally the great
est increase came during the first step
In the up-grading work when the
standardized male was mated with
a mongrei hen. The increase resulting
from the mating Of another standard
bred male Of the same breed with the
puilet of the above cross, was not 50
great. amounting 10 only 0.s Of a
pound. while the gain OF the third
years investigations totaled eel OF a
pound. The total gain as shown by
these three generations of intensive
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-15
DRAeNET is OUT FOR DEsERTERs
Thousand Yankee Doughboys Absent
Without Leave.

Paris-1fOre than a thousand Amer
lean doughboys still are absent with
out leave in Paris and several hun
dred more are scattered in France be-
tween Paris and Nancy behind the old
font. at attache OF the provost mar
shaTs office said
At the present rate of rounding up
Ieserters or ''Awols," as they are cali
ell. it will be Necessary. I
maintain the American military police
bureau in France for another year, a
the authorities are encOuntering the
EXTREMIST difficulty in capturing the
men.
Most deserters have regulation army
automatic pistols which they don't hes
ttate to use, so that the average French
policeman doesn't dare To tackle them,
Instead. when the French authorities
discover an American AwoI they sim
nty try to keep track Of him and E0t-
ity the American provost marshal.
The provost marshat's department
has Il number OF crack operatives who
Jump into automobiles and go after
the deserters, not reporting back until
they fetch their man.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-15
LOCATION OF POULTRY HOUSE
Building Should Face South TO Afford
Ample Supply of Sunlight
Throughout Year.

prepared by the United states Depart
ment OF Agriculturel
Select location for poultry house
that has natural drainage away from
the building. A dry. porous soil. such
as sand or graveIly loan, is preferable
to clay soil.
In most localities the building should
face south, which insures the most
sunlight throughout the year. Allow
about three square feet OF floor space
to bird. Proper ventilation and sun
light mean dry house and healthy
birds.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-15

upgrading work amounted to 2.16
pounds bird.
Other Tests Similar.
Similar experiments were carried out
by the use of barred Plymouth Rock
males Of standard breeding with mon
greI hens. Results were almost as
noteworthy. The weight Of the orig
inal mongrels were "A pounds apiece,
while the grade progeny Of the first
generation weighed 5.63 pounds at the
same age; those of the second gen
GRAFTON, 6.22 pounds; and the birds
of the third generation, $40 pounds.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-15
ulster unionists Are Again Active.

Belfast-After an address in which
Sir Edward Carson, leader OF the III
ster Unionists. told the Ulster Union
st council that II was necessary for
Ulster 70 be prepared to prevent any
.neroachEnenJs on its liberties" it was
decided 70 revive the Ulster political
clubs which have been abandoned dur
ng the war and celebrate Covenant
lay, September Is. with Il speechmak-
ny campaign led by Sir Edward Car
son.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-15
Penslens Granted Wessern Vetsrans.

WaShingron,-P have been
granted as follows: Utah-Daniel r.
rhueSen. Provo: JOrgan c. Nielsen,
Provo and Joseph II. Wright Monroe,
80 per month; Isabel FsN, Nanu and
Mary ]. uldroyd, FouRtsin Green, So
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-15
Cane Crop Is Short.

New 0rleanS,-The SUgar yield from
The Louisiana cane crop will be more
han 10000 to0S belowe the aVerage
TOR the preceding ten years, according
10 estimates Of the federal bureau Of
srapS. made public today.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-15
FOREIGN.

TOhEiSNs
The American motor ship Mount
Baker, bound from New York to Liv-
erpoOl is disabled at sea and asking
for assistance. according TO the ma
rine intelligence office at Halifax.
The governments bill providing
prosecution and penalties for persons
found guilty of profiteering passed
the first reading in the house of com
mons Thursday at London.
Mexican military Officers Wednesday
protested to the United States army
headquarters at Ell Paso, Texas,
against what they claimed were viola
tions of Mexican sovereignty by
American army airplanes flying over
the border
The Hungarian crown has been Of
fered to King Ferdinand of Rumania.
says a Budapest dispatch to the Daily
Express. A union of Hungary and
Rumania as one kingdom is being pro-
posed. King Ferdinand has arrived
at Budapest.
King George Wednesday conferred
upon Premier David Lloyd George the
Order of Merit as sign of his appre-
citation of Mr.. Lloyd Georges war
services.
The transport Yirginian arrived on
Monday from Brest with lis officers
and 3049 men of the Twenty-third in
fantry. The Twenty-third is part OF
the famous Second division, made up
of regular army. marine and coast ar
tnlery troops.
| The municipal employees at Liver
pool have decided to give twenty-four
hours notice of strike unless the de-
mands of the striking tramway men
are Immediately granted.
The government ut London has de.
eided to revert to its prewar policy of
nouinterference in industrial disputes.
says the Daily Mail, leaving employers
and workers to adjust their own diff
/ cultieS.
The Evening News claims TO have
information tending to show that some
OF the money spent in the strike agi-
tation throughout England was sup
piled from Russian sources and reach
ell England by way of America The
British government has ordered fun
| Investigation, the paper adds.
Alma record., 1919-06-19
ROADS NEED PROTECTION

Road foundations, like floors in
buildings, need carpets to protect
them
The most expensive item and the
most valuable asset of road is the
foundation Preserve the founda-
ton and you will preserve the road.
In a building no one expects the
carpets TO wear forever When they
are worn out it is a simple and COM
paratively inexpensive matter to get
a new carpet, but if the floor is left
unprotected and wears out, il is an
expensive and inconvenient matter to
reconstruct the whole floor.
Exactly the same conditions hold
good in highway construction.
The highest engineering autheri-
ties recommend in the strongest
terms a protective covering for road
foundations.
Build the foundation, or base, of
rigid, nonresident material such as
Portland cement concrete, but protect
it from frost, weather conditions and
traffic with an asphaltic top.
In this manner the road founda
tion, which represents the largest ex-
penditure and is the permanent asset
of the highway, is preserved by top
one and one-half to two inches in
thickness which can be replaced at
nominal cost when it wears out,
which should not occur for ten or
more years. and provides a dustless,
resilient and easy-riding surface for
traffic
With such top covering, the
Portland cement concrete base may
be laid at less cost and without the
complicated engineering details SO
evident in all-concrete construction
and a better type of road provided
Alma record., 1919-06-19

Call Union 113 if you want light
trucking Job done.-l00-l-c
Howard Potter of Ithaca. county
commissioner of schools, was in the
city on business yesterday.
Lots of good clean comedy in
christopher Junior" high school,
Tuesday at 500 p. m. lOO-l-c
Lieutenant Allen Schal has re-
ceived his discharge from the service
and was in Alma for a few days this
week. Wednesday he left with his
wife, a teacher in the local schools,
for Charlevoix, where they will visit
with his parents
The A. r. Smith shoe store has
been enlarged somewhat this past
week, Mr. Smith having taken out the
partition which divided the store into
two rooms and has converted all of it
for the use of the shoe department.
/ Considerable new shelving and an as
sortment of new shoes have been
placed in the store.
The new oil engine for the city
pumping station has arrived and
I turing NHe past "tch haS btSH puN al
place in the new city pumping sta
ton. As oon as the proper connec-
tions arrive and the pump is connect
ed up the city will be able to get
water from its new wells. 1t is ex-
pected that this will be soon after
July /.
Ora l.. Smith. prosecuting attor-
ney, and Alfred Willert, sheriff, both
of Ithaca, were in Alma yesterday
for a few hours. while enroute to
Ithaca from Saginaw. where they
had been on business
Don't get up in the morning more
tired than when you went to bed.
Read the ad at top Of page.-adv.
For the best in dry cleaning, let
the st. Alma Tailors do it.-adv.
Alma record., 1919-06-19
ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS

Elwell is promising to give the re-
turned soldiers of that vicinity a
royal home coming entertainment
Saturday evening at the |. o. o. F.
hall there under the auspices of the
Community Social club of that will
age. Everyone is invited to attend
the big event. The cHb is planning
on serving a lunch.
Alma record., 1919-06-19
Is RATED HIGH

The Deluxe Candy store has re-
ceived a report of the state analyst
on a sample of the companys ice
cream, which shows that it contains
13 per cent butter fat, which is con-
sidered as very high. All ice cream
to pass the examination of the food
and drug department must contain
at least eight per cent butter fat.
Alma record., 1919-06-19
CORREUION

In the account Of the College COM
mencement exercises instead Of "Rot-
terdam College, London, Englani,
there should be ROTTERDAM College
the University of London. England
in the mention Of Dr. Jackson.
Alma record., 1919-06-19
Lame Back Relieved

For lame back apply Chamber
lain's Liniment twice a day and mas
sage the muscles Of the back over
the seat Of pain thoroughly at each
application
Alma record., 1919-06-19
EAST WINDOW
Brown Mahogany

The par excellence of dignity and
real elegance is found in the beautiful
antique brown finish on the always
artistic real mahogany wood The
Queen Anne dining suite shown in
our east window is an exempliGcation
of both the style and finish.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-01
CHICAGO EVANGELIST TO
FOLLOW SUNDAY MEETING

DR.. John Marvin Dean. the Chicago
evangelist. who has been supplying the
pulpit at the Tabernacle Baptist
church for the past tour weeks, win
conduct a short series OF services fol-
lowing up the Billy Sunday meetings.
On, Sunday morning his sermon Will
be to the young people on the topic,
Getting Out of No Mans Land" On
Sunday night he will speak on THE
College OF Calvary; Monday night on
"How to Make a Success OF the Chris
tian Life" a sermon to trail hitters":
Tuesday night on when Silence is
Golden; Wednesday night. which is
the closing night OF his service in
Richmond. on The Hardes Work In
the World" The general public is In
vfted to attend these services, which
are to be held at s o'clock each even
ing. in the Tabernacle church.
This is DIR. Deans first visit to Rich
mond. He has Just been discharged
from the United States army where he
section and field hospital section of
the Eighth division. lie was in France
at the beginning Of the war and.
! though a. loyal ally. he was arrested
by the French troops as a German spy,
August, 1914. Prior to entering the
United States army, he was a captain
In the Illinois guard and went with
the troops to the Philippine Islands
during the insurrection there. While
preaching to the troops he was cap
tured by the Philippines in a skirmish
on the Island of Panay.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-01

Senator Borah: Then. If the league
has nothing to do with It, of course, it
must be left whore it was before, be-
tween Ireland and England"
Senator Hitchcock: THE senator can
drawn his own conclusions. l am
dealing with facts"
Senator Borah: "The senator now
admits that the question which the
paper discusses vas brought up and
that the president did make an an
swer."
Senator Hitchcock: 1.-THE senator from
Mississippi corrected me when ! said
the president made no answer. It
passed SO m~oTnentarily that did not
recall that he made any answer The
senator from Mississippi states that he
made the answer tina domestic and in
ternal questions were not subjects of
the leagues jurisdiction and, of course,
he did say that. He stated 1t repeat
eddy during the evening when domes-
tic questions were presented"
Senator Borah: IF the senator from
Mississippi and the senator from Ne
hraska are at a difference as 10 what
the president said upon that impor-
tant matter. other senators might have
misunderstood II in a different way
Senator Hitchcock: Il accept the roc
objection of the senator from Missis-
sippi as 1t Is very definite"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-01

SEAPIANE MISSING
WITH FIVE PASSENGERS

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 27.-Although "A
number of seap1anes and also a de-
stroyer have been searching the
waters where the seaplane No. 3i95
was reported to have been seen to
dive Sunday, when 1t is believed the
machine and its five passengers sank.
no rae of the missing plane or it's
occupants have been discovered. The
loss Of the men and the plans was Of
ficially announced last night by the
Navy Department, but every effort is
being made to find the location of
the accident and If possible the bodies
OF the men
The plane left the air station ut
Hampton Roads Sunday afternoon for
a flight to Assateague and was ex-
pected to return the same evening.
When they did not return before dark
signal lights were lit and, kept burn
ing all night.
Search was started Monday and has
continued ever since A radio perator
reported Sunday afternoon that he
had seen Il plane make a steep dive
off Ffsherman's Island, but not be-
ing familiar with seaplanes he lid
not think there was anything wrong
with it Upon investigation IT was
learned that no other sea plane was
in that vicinity at the time and It
appears certain that the plane sighted
by the radio operator was the one
that is missing.
Yesterday bits OF w~reckage were
found which were identified as be.
long to an F-5. which is the same
number as that of the missing ma
chine, but 1t was impossible to tell
whether 1t belonged to this particu-
lar machine
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-01
UNKNOWN WHITE BOY
FOUND KILLED BY TRAIN

wythevtIle, Va. Feb. 26-An I'M
known white boy about fourteen
years of age, was killed a short dis
to &c west Of Max Meadows, Monday
about one o'clock, by a west bound
train. He was laying on the track
and just before the train struck him,
he seemed to try to get off.
It Is supposed he vas asleep and
when he awoke the train was too close
for him to escape. It Is reported he
was very well dressed and made a
good appearance some i'm before
the accident the boy visited several
stors in Max Meadows and attempted
to get a check cashed, which was re-
fused by the merchants. The check
was on the bank of Narrows. payable
to Willie Parker and signed by s. A.
Johnston.
The body was badly muti1ated ana
clothing torn to pieces. The only
thing found on him. was a white hand
kerchief and IA bunch OF keys, one or
two being skeleton keys. The authori-
ties communicated with Narrows and
were unable to get any information as
there was no such firm as r. A. john
ston & SON.. and no one knew a Willie
Parker.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-01
INDIANS LEAD WAY


campaign closed. Through Colonel My
ers. she thanked the fire department for
their token of appreciation.
A Sinners Chances Slim.
AS was the case with the sermon
yesterday afternoon, Sunday did not
have any tex for his night sermon.
His discourse IA in the form Of a
question, How Shall We Escape 2"
and dealt with the chances of a sim
ner escaping if they neglect salvation.
This question, stated the evangelist, is
one that canot be answered. You
may ask a merchant, Il lawyer, a doc
tor or a member of any profession a
question regarding his particular pro-
fession, n he can 1t; you may
ask the devil this question, and you
will get no answer. A white-winged
angel might come down from heaYen
and you put the uestion 10 him, and
all the answer he could give would be
to flap his wings and fly back to
heaven"
The evangelist emphasized that the
people of Richmond, or anywhere else,
were making their W future by ac-
cepting or rejecting God. The
preacher directed his sermon at those
who expect to die Christians by pro-
Tossing Christ and neglecting to re-
pent for what they have done,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-01
hun RAIDERS: NEAR
SHORES Of AMERICA

washington, Feb. 28.-A fiOtilla OF
German submarines is- coming across
the Atlantic-.under American officers.
Raiders that once struck terror 70
shipping Off Dur coast are coming
hack cantiYes.
This news became public today with
the assignment of nine officers of the
navy to- duty with German. subma-
fines" II deyelopeq ttIut,a saotjlla OF
,aSr u erznank xsshnaFraEy ugz AS@
several such dotillas, Is to be brought
10 the United States from British
ports, where the U-boats are now in
termed, to be studied by United States
naval experts They will be brought
to New London, the American navy's
submarine base, and the port into
which the merchant U-boat Deutsch-
land once made harbor before this
country entered the war.
+ The -U~boats are to be brought
across the Atlantic under their own
power. A naval vessel will accoms
pany them as mother ship in case Of
any trouble developing with their ma
chinery on the way over. Unlike the
days OF only a few months ago, they
will not come skulking under water.
searching for ships to destroy and
men to XIII, but will steam on the sur
face for the entire journey.
l. Thes ubmarines are some Of those
turned over to the allies by Germany
under the terms of the armistice. The
Germans are belieYed to have made
some great strides in submarine con-
Struction and equipment, and 1t Ia to
study the construction of the U-boats
and their mechanical equipment. that
they are being brought here. Besides,
lthe U-boats. may. include several -
those captured by American warshtps
ldurfng the war, and the American
navy liz anxious to bring its trophies
home.