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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-02-28

pended. Eggs are highly nutritious
food and are so widely used as to be
almost Indispensable, and an occasion.
al chicken dinner is relished by every
one.
Where conditions render It feasible
and cheap, small fiocks of poultry
!, should be kept to a greater extent
than at present by families In villages
and towns. and especially In the sub
urbs Of large cities.
Need Not Be Nuisance.
Objection is frequently raised to
the keeping Of poultry in towns and
cities because of the odor which may
result and also because of the noise
which is made by ROSTERS growing.
particularly in the early morning. In
some cases city regulations have been
formulated to prevent or to control
poultry keeping. Where there are city
regulations 1t is necessary to find out
their provisions and to conform to
them. There is no necessity for the
poultry flock to become nuisance to
.neighbors. If the droppings boards are
cleaned daily and the houses and
yards are kept in reasonably clean
condition there will be no annoying
Odors.
The male bird need not be q nuis-
ance. Unless 1t is intended to hatch
chickens from the flock 1t is unneces-
-sary to keep a male bird. The fact
THAT there is no male in the flock will
have absolutely no effect on the num-
fber Of eggs laid by the hens. If it
lis desired to mate the hens and to
hatch chicks the male bird should be
sold or eaten just as soon as the
Matching season is over. This is de-
sirable not only, for the purpose Of
eliminating noises, but also to save
the feed that would be eaten by the
male and for the reason that the eggs
produced after the male Is disposed
Of will be infertile.
The flock must be kept confined;
otherwise the hens will stray into
neighbors' yards and gardens, where
they may cause damage and are al
most always sure to cause Ill feeling.
House Need Not Be Expensive.
The flock should be comfortably but
not extensively housed. A house
which provides floor space OF three
or four square feet per bird is ample
for the purpose, and fowls are often
successfully kept with an allowance
no greater than two and One-half to
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-02-28
POULTRY HOUSE
NOT EXPENSIVE
Flock Can Be Made Comfortable
at Very Low Cost.
OLD SHED MAY BE UTILIZED
Design Shows Cheap Building Built
on Curtain Front Plan Which
Supplies the Best Ven.
tilation. - rE
BY WILLIAM A. RApFoRD.

Mr.. william A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject Of building work on the farm for
the readers of this paper. On account of
his wide experience as Editor. Author and
Manufacturer, he u.s. without doubt the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. 1877 Prairie avenue. Chicago,
ILL.,, and only inclose three-cent stamp for
reply.
In these days of high egg prices
every family is likely addition to
the already vast army Of backyard
poultry keepers. The United States
government is actively encouraging
this proposition, the department Of
agriculture having recently issued a
special bulletin on 1t.
The keeping of small flock Of lay
ing hens on a town or village lot or
In city back yard is an important
branch of poultry keeping. Though
the value Of the product from each
flock is small of itself the aggregate is
large. The product Of such flock,
both in the form Of eggs and fowls
for the table, may be produced at a
relatively low cost, because of the pos
sibilities of utilizing table scraps and
kitchen waste which would otherwise
be thrown away. A small flock Of
hens, even as few as six or eight,
should produce eggs enough, where
used economically, for family Of four
or five persons throughout the entire
year, except during the molting period
of the fall and early winter. By the
preservation of surplus eggs produced
Turing the spring and early summer this
period Of scarcity can be provided for.
The keeping Of puliets instead Of hens
also will insure the production of eggs
at this time. Not only will the eggs
from the home flock materially reduce
the cost Of living, but the superior
freshness and quality Of the eggs are
in themselves well worth the effort ex.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-02-28
NESTS UNDER NRoPPlNG9 HIS
BOARDS Ms
SCRATCHING floor \
@nuSLlN1
Interior Plan.
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droppings board may be unhinged, and
the roosts lifted of, so that the whole
outfit is easily carried outdoors for
cleaning and sterilizlng by the action
Of the sun. MI
For Farm or Village.
This plan makes convenient little
poultry house for either farm or vii.
lage where good poultry is kept for
eggs in the winter time.
This poultry house is large enough
to hold 25 or 80 laying hens. It needs
about that many together In the winter
time to keep them warm.
In making this house warm for q
cold climate, 1t is necessary to make
the walls double. A light two by four
sill is placed on top Of the concrete
wall and it should be bolted down;
two by four studding is covered both
outside and inside with building paper.
The outside is finished with drop sid.
ing or clapboards. The inside is board.
ed with narrow matched siding with
beading.
: The roof is made warm the same as
the sides, and in very much the same
manner. Kiln-dried lining is very much
preferred and should be thoroughly
well nailed to prevent the joints from
opening. The inside Of poultry
house must have no cracks to harbor
mites or lice.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-02-28

three square feet. Houses must be
dry and free from draft, but must al
low ventilation. Often there Is q
small unused shed or building on the
place which can easily be converted
into chicken house, The front Of the
poultry house should be faced toward
the south, If possible, SO that the sun
will shine into it. Perfectly satisfac-
tory houses can be made cheaply from
piano boxes or other packing cases.
Two piano boxes with the backs re-
moved can be nailed together and a
door cut in the end. These boxes
should be covered with a roofing pa
per in order to keep the house dry
and make it wind-proof. A portion
of the door should be left open Or'cov-
cred with piece of muslin, SO as to
allow ventilation. Similar houses can
be constructed Of packing cases at
relatively small cost. A small amount
of two by four or two by three lumber
can be. purchased for framing. The
box boards can be applied for siding
or sheathing, and then covered with
roofing paper. Where there Is board
fence it is sometimes possible to take
advantage Of this by building the poul-
try house in the corner of the fence,
and making the fence itself, with the
cracks covered by strips or battens,
serve as the back and one side of the
house. 49,
A cheap house II by 18 feet can be
made of two by four inch pieces and
Pinch boards. Plans for such house
are given. It is constructed on the
curtain front plan, which supplies the
most satisfactory ventilating system
ever adopted in a poultry house, AS
the illustration shows, the glass sash
are up near the roof in the high front
to admit sunshine directly onto the
scratching floor late In winter when
the sun is high up overhead.
Ventilation Through Curtains.
In very cold sections Of the country
sash may be fitted into the lower parts
Of the window frames, but always one
must be left open for ventilation
through the curtain. Thin five-cent
cheesecloth is used for this purpose.
Poultry writer's sometimes make the
mistake Of calling it Canvas" Can
vas means alright or watertight. The
windows might as well be boarded
across as to fill in the openings with
canvas.
The most approved ventilating win
dows have the muslin stretched over
an inner frame, which fits into a heav-
Ter frame in such way as to stretch
the muslin tight and to permit easy
removal for washing. When muslin
is clean, the light gets through 1t
as well as the air. It looks cleaner
and better to have muslin nice and
white.
As the season advances the upper
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-02-28
USE YOUR HEAD

Sometimes when q man wants h
buy our possessions It Is well to in.
q6ire into his reasons for making the
purchase. Perhaps that which hi
wishes to obtain Il of greater vsiua
than We realize, especially when tie
purchaser seems to make his nveli.
hood by acquiring the commodities q
articles he seeks.
Advertisements to buy Liberty
Bonds never explain why the adver'
tiser wants the bonds. It might be
astute to reason that he wants the
bonds because they are going to bring
him profit over and above the price
he is willing to pay for them. Il.
. Likewise when q man asks you to
get in on the ground floor of Q new
enterprise and offers to trade you -.
ohrities In the venture for Liberty
Bonds, common sense should indicate
that the Liberty Bonds are worth
more than the securities no seeks Ia
trade. else he would not be willing -
make the transaction.
Liberty Bonds are the best invest
mont in the world today particularly
for the small investor. Men expert
enced in finance know this. -Four and
one quarter per cent guaranteed by The
government Of the United States b
much more than per cent offered -
interest on the securities OF some
private corporation apt to be wrecked
overnight by crooked management.
Don't sacrifice your Liberty Bonds.
Sacrifice something else. Wear old
clothes, II necessary. But hold your
Bonds not only - q measure OF
patriotism but for your own financial
good. More than that, buy more than
you think you can handle OF the NEXT
and last Liberty Loan.
When capital catches up with the
flood Of government securities, Liber.
ty Bonds will 60 above par.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-02-28


ing system for the house and outer
buildings.
Basket Ball
The Shelley high school basket ball
team played the Sugar City team last
Saturday evening. The game was a
very one-sided affair in favor of the
Sugar City boys, but the Shelley boys
have learned lesson. The will
have to get together and practice
more team work. The score was
80 to 10 in facor of the visiting boys.
Shelley high has a good bunch of
boys this year and all they need is
the right kind of training and they
will play good game with most
any Of the teams up and down the
valley. N. R. Lambert refereed the
game.
Went to Pocatello Meeting
Last Friday the following citizens
attended reclamation congress held
at Pocatello for the purpose of dis
cussing matters relative to the big
irrigation reclamation plan now we'll
under way for the purpose of getting
water on much of the Snake river
plains, which are now lying idle:
w. S. Wright, J. L. Moore, A. c..
Quigg, N. S. Sage, Nelson Miller, T.
] Bennett, l.. Ivan Jensen and Frank
Smith. This gathering will probably
mean much greater future for the
Snake river valley and greater bene-
fits for the future settlers of this
country. Boost this great irrigation
project and you will be boosting for
the future Of this valley and for the
future of your town.
Let's all boost for good roads and
get them.
Big Banquet
The ladies of the New Idea club
gave their husbands a big banquet
last Friday evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. r. N. Packard. About
sixty persons were present, making
about thirty couples. The house was
decorated in the national
colors as was also the table which
was spread with delicious eats. After
the banquet was over different per-
sons offered toasts, and after the
toasts Prof. Langton gave a good
talk upon civic improvement, which
was appreciated by all present.
Later in the evening different games
were played which caused much fun
and merriment. The ladies of the
New Idea club entertain their hus-
bands to big banquet once year,
and the banquet last Friday evening
was success in every way.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-02-28

windows are left open, as shown in
the illustration.
The foundation is made Of concrete
for warmth and to prevent rats and
mice and other vermin from getting
into the poultry house.
All the hen furniture is made easily
removable for cleaning. The droppings
board supports the nest boxes. The
boxes may be detached from the I'M
der side Of the droppings board: the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-02-28

Start figuring now on your personal
quota of Victory Liberty Bonds. u
you don't. start figuring on increased
taxes.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-02-28

There are no Liberty Loans ahead
Of you after the Victory Loan, SO
mortgage your future for Victory
Bonds. Thousands Of our soldiers and
sailors mortgaged their futures.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-02-28

Your boy will be better man than
you are II you give him a weekly al.
lowance for Thrift Stamps. Let him
buy them himself. ~
Evening star., 1919-07-27
AUTO|ST HAS PROBLEM
IN TURNING CORNERS
Best for Novice to Use Second
Speed, Says Expert-Point-
ers on Signaling.

Turning corners properly is not as
simple a matter as it seems" says
motor car authority.
THE law requires that the speed in
turning corners shall be not more
than eight miles an hour. 1t is diff
miles an hour, and if the high speed
is used the car goes too fast. So the
novice should practice going into sec
ond speed just before he reaches the
speed prescribed by law. An occa-
sional glance at the speedometer will
tell him if all is well.
Another detail is that of signaling.
The law states that driver must
signal in some unmistakable manner
which way he is going to turn. The
left hand makes this easy If the
operator is going to the left he should
hold the arm out in a horizontal di-
rection. This is like the bar of a
gate and indicates to those back of
him that they should not come up on
that side.
when making right turn the car
should be run close to the curb and
the signal given by waving the hand
in small circle with a forward swing
as if to say, Come up on this side
This indicates that the left side will
be clear. as he intends to turn to the
right. The come on motion is not
prescribed by law. but has become a
custom of the road and it would be
we'll if more drivers used it. These
two signals leave no doubt in the
minds of those following. If sudden
stop is necessary the hand should be
held upward. This is the signal used
by coachmen on the box and is we'll
known to all users of. the highway.
But turning around the center of
the point of intersection of two streets
is matter which most motorists
seem unwilling or unable to do.
Where there is an officer stationed at
this point they get over their unwul-
ingness temporarily, but they will
persist in cutting corners to the left
when they are not watched. Many
accidents have occurred from this
cause. and some day the law will be
enforced even more strictly"
Evening star., 1919-07-27
IGNORANCE OF IGNITION
DRIVERS WEAKNESS
Lack Of knowledge About Elec-
tricity Handicaps Many Users
of Motor Cars.

The average driver knows nothing
about electricity as applied to the au-
tomobile and so is unable to tell when
properly.
He is afraid to experiment and be-
lieves in letting things alone until
something happens. He then looks
over the system for the first time
and, of course. does not know
I have repeatedly pointed out cases
of worn insulation among other trou-
bles about which the operator seemed
entirely lost. En- one case the SPARK
was jumping freely from a distribu-
ter wire to piece of metal near by
and he pointed to it as evidence that
he had good spark-evidently ac-
cepting 1t as matter. of course that
the spark should jump where it did.
Even II the operator understands
nothing of the nature of his ignition
system he should, at least, familiar
ize himself with the positions of the
various wires. their colors and gen.
eral condition. Here the instruction
book will be a great help. Watch par
chafes against another or some
piece of metal. Such places should be
protected with electric tape or at
least separated so that no short cir
cult may occur. But the high tension
or secondary wires may develop a
that it would be well to go over
them occasionally to see that no leak
age takes place. This is particularly
true during rainy weather. The mois-
ture is drawn in by the fan and scat
tered around under the hood.
l. .~l. 4
before will short circuit during a wet
spell. The best method is to run the
engine and to trace along each wire,
lifting it away from any place it may
touch SO as to see or feel if the cur
rent is leaking through the insula-
ton. Where a leak is noted, the place
must be taped.
"a more puzzling problem occurs
where all the wires from the distrib-
utter pass through a metal tube. There
is always the possibility of a short
from the wires to the tube as the tube
is always grounded. Proceed as fol-
lows: First. find out if the current
enters the suspected wires. To do this,
disconnect the wire at the distributor
end and hold it near it's contact to see
If spark jumps. If no spark is seen
the trouble is not in the wire, but in
the distributor. If a good spark oc-
ours at the distributor but none at the
other end of the wire there is a short
in between. The wire must be pulled
out and good one substituted, al
though. the old one may be made
serviceable again.
''On some systems it will be found
impossible to remove the defective
wire so 1t is necessary to substitute
good one between the same points,
running it along the outside of the
tube and securing it by means of
tape"
Evening star., 1919-07-27
MOTOR CYCLE RECORD FOR
CANADA-TO-MEXICO RUN
T. G. "Cannonball" Baker CLIPS 5
Hours and IL Minutes From
Former Time.

A new record on the Canada to-
Mexico motor cycle run was set ur
by T. G. "Cannonball' Baker, on ar
Indian motor cycle, who broke the
former record on the same route by
five hours and eleven minutes, or
July II.
The route, which ran along the
notoriously difficult mountain high.
ways of the Pacific coast. is liz
miles and the time made was 5e
hours and Al minutes, an average OF
approximately 2s.5 miles per hour.
The former record was made or
June 81 by H. c. Scherer, who made
the run in 64 hours and 5S minutes
The first three-fag record was es.
tablished August 81. 1915, by Cannon
ball Baker, who made it then in 81
hours and IS minutes. Two years
later Roy Artley lowered it to z:
hours and 25 minutes. while Wells
Bennett brought it down to 70 hours
fiat on August 26, 1918.
By defeating the Scherer time the
record goes back to the holder Of the
initial record.
Evening star., 1919-07-27
THE EXPERTS SAY.

| Never forget that cooling with
water. bronze bearing that has been
running hot is the last thing to do.
The best thing to do is to wait for
the bearing to cool in the ordinary
course of events. but if you are in too
much of a hurry for this, cool it with
oil instead of water.
Very often in cleaning the spark
plugs by hand the point of the plug
is broken. A good way to avoid this
is to stick the plug in the ground up
side down. fill it with gasoline and
touch match to it. After the gaso-
line has burned out the plug will be
found entirely clean Of SCOT.
A noisy valve tappet, the cause of
the trouble being wear, when no ad-
justment is provided, can generally be
remedied by placing a fiber or steel
| washer under or over the valve ends.
Clutch spinning is often due to ex-
cessive friction in the spring thrust
bearing, though sometimes faulty
alignment of the f1ywheel and clutch
cone prevents the engaging surfaces
from entirely clearing each other. A
| bent clutch shaft might also cause this
trouble.
| Lubricating oil from the crank case
should be drained every 1000 miles.
This is very important, due to the fact
that few carburetors will mix and va
| porize the present-day low grade of
gasoline and unvaporized gas will
pass the pistons and get into the
| crank case, thereby causing dilution
of crank case oil. which means loss of
/ lubricating properties. and heating of
the engine is the result.
The grade of fuel that is offered to-
| day is lower in gravity and higher in
heat units than that purchased a year
or so ago. This fuel causes valves to
pit and as they get much hotter than
formerly due to high B. t. u. in the
gasoline they warp and scale. If all
valves are not seating properly it will
| cause engine to labor. lose power
neccessitating low gear and heating
| of engine.
Evening star., 1919-07-27
GIVES JOBS TO SOLDIERS.
Rubber Manufacturer in West In.
tends to Take on 500.

Jobs for 500 returned soldiers! That
is the way one rubber manufacturer Of
the west will show his appreciation Of
the work Of the boys Of the A E. F.
Already he has put more than 1oc
veterans to work. He has increased the
mechanical and Office forces Of his plant
that scores of returning soldiers might
find immediate employment
Not only were old jobs at good pay
awaiting the lads who left this factory
to enlist, but new places were created
to take care of many other A. E.. f.
men.
Men without training. but physically
equipped for tire building and mechani-
cal work, will be taught the trades and
will receive wages while serving their
apprenticeship.
Evening star., 1919-07-27
AUTO MEN REFLECT.
Charles Clifton Again Heads Ma.
tional Chamber.

President Charles Clifton of the
Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company and
all tho officers Of the National Automo-
bile Chamber Of Commerce were re-
elected at a meeting Of the board of di-
rectors held July 16 in Buffalo.
Hugh Chalmers of the Chalmers Mo-
tor Company is again first vice presi-
dent, r. D. Chaplin of the Hudson Mo-
tor Car Company second vice presi-
dent, Windsor T. White of the White
Motor Company third vice president,
C. c. Hanch. Maxwell Motor Company,
secretary. and H. H. Rice. Chevrolet
Motor Company, treasurer.
Evening star., 1919-07-27

the Redden & Graham Bros truck
units at 1523-25 7th street northwest,
has incorporated and will be known
as the Herfurth-B Brett Automobile
Corporation. In connection with
handling trucks and used cars they
will have full line of automobile
accessories.
Evening star., 1919-07-27
Officer Ordered to Hospital.

Lieut. Col. William H. kirkpatrick.
judge advocate. on duty in the office
of the judge advocate general. War
Department. has been ordered to the
general hospital at New Haven, Conn,
for treatment.
Evening star., 1919-07-27
half Million Autos in N. Y.

New York state has just passed the
half-million mark in its motor vehi-
cles, according to Francis M. Hugo
secretary Of state and head of the
motor vehicle bureau. He predicts
that by the end Of this year there will
be close to $4,000 cars owned and
operated in this stata
Evening star., 1919-07-27
Wants Highway Engineers.

The education of highway engineers
by the colleges in order to provide
capable construction men is urged by
Senat tor ]Bankhead of Alabama, as
subject of prime Importance to the
J future Of highway development
Evening star., 1919-07-27
Use O-Cedar Polish
the O-Cedar Polish Way,

First, remove mud, dust, etc, from
your car by washing with water in
the usual way.
If you have used oils, or wax, it
is best to use Ivory Soap to remove
them. =
Pour about a ounces of O-Cedar
in a pan and add a quart of warm
water. Saturate a clean cloth in this
and 60 over the body of the car. Do
not attempt to clean too much at a
time-take one side of the body or a
fender first. Follow by rubbing,
with a dry cloth. But little rubbing
is required to produce a hard, dy.@
lasting lustre. 4"
Evening star., 1919-07-27
Huns Hopeful of New York Loan !.

BERLIN. July 25 0oy the Associated
Press) s).-NegotiatiolH, of the Deutscha
Bank with New York financial inse :
tutions for large loan of upan-.
nounced proportions are proceedin inc
favorably. according to information
in German official quarters.