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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12

New York had an opportunity this week to do artistic homage to one of the most unusual personalities the musical world has known. Miss Hel- enc Flanders is a soprano, a remark ably good one, with a voice of Hmpid purity in all that this description i'm plies. She has fire, power and an indefinable and irresistible charm, which goes far towards making her a commanding concert figure. Add to this a programme which has been selected with rare intelligence, and an audience which taxed Carnegie Hall, and we have a happy com bina- tion which goes far to make an event of this kind one to be rem membered. This remarkable singer has shown New Workers what may be accom- plished by persistent, consistent and intelligent effort when the voice is pure and technic sure. She has done another thing which has heretofore been unheard of, she has opened her program with her most pretentious number a thing usually feared by the most reliable concert artist. Last year it was "Ah, Porfido," by Bee thoVen, and this year the aria from "Don Giovanni
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12
LYRIC.

RehearsaIs are now in progress preparatory to the initial production of the new comedy drama, '"The Girl From the Sea" which is scheduled to open at the Lyric theatre for a week on Monday afternoon.
 Another unusual bill is in the works for the photoplay concert Sunday night, when besides the concert by the Lyric orchestra an excellent bill of pictures will be presented. Wallace Reid in The Roaring Road" is the feature.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12
New York Music Review
By DIXIE HINE

movies. Mary Garden, it may be re- called, assayed such a venture, and the rumOr along Broadway was that the company lost half a million dol lars trying to make her films popu- lar. Geraldine Farrar has been more successful. This is due in a large measure to the fact that Madame Farrar is a better screen subject than the auburn-haired star of the %Chica- go company. The failure of Caruso as a moving picture actor was the most pronounced of recent times. He was a monumental, a gigantic and a deplorable failure. His failure de- tered several others from seeking similar emOlument.
 Madame SyIva is an excellent screen subject. She has been on the eel luloid film in Carmen a role which is her own by rights of beauty, power magnetism and all the artistic and physical attributes. It is possible that she may be seen again in this role on the screen. Her last exploit was In Spain where she essayed the role amidst the scenes and surround ings covered by the story itself A real bull pen was used and a real bull fight staged.
 The film was not shown publicly in the United States because of a series of mishaps. Twice it was tor pedoed by the Germans, which was a nasty way of reciprocating the sue cess that Madame SyIva achieved in that country prior to the war when she and Caruso sang Carmen
 When the film finally reached New Y YOrk another had been produced and presented, It was not a regular Car men, but it served to use the title and was a failure. The Sylva film was a bit of real Seville, and as such would have been appreciated.
 But it is exceedingly unlikely that she will do otherwise than make a pronounced success as a film artist She has succeeded wherever she has appeared.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12
EMPIRE.

Mitchell Lewis. the true-to-life portrayer of IovabIe French Canadian and other yiriIe racterizatiOns is seen in a role that is both different and new at the Empire today in his latest Select picture, The Last of His People"
 ''The Last of His People, is an In dian story with the star cast as Lone
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12
White Way Whispers

! An actor friend tells this one:
 Sometime ago I visited small coun
 try school. The teacher asked pu-
 piI a question in geography. Here's | the question. Where is the Swanee
 River?" T don't know sir replied
 the pupil, I'm a Hungarian, sir and
 never travelled in Italy. The teach
 CT became angry and cried, What would your mother think if she knew you were so backward in geogra- phy?" Replied the pupil, Ma never | studied geography, and she's mar ried; Aunt Gertie never heard of geography and she's married but you learned geography and you're not married" They say the teacher will recover.
 He: I feel like fifty cents. She: You mean like thirty cents" 1 He: No, like fifty cents; everything has been marked up. l If they don't feel right, If they can't sleep nights. l If they moan and sigh, If their throats are dry, | If they can't smoke or drink, 1 If they can't make their eyes be- have,
 If they can't get a regular job, l If they are flattered right and left, l If they can't walk naturally, ! If they pose and think they're cute
 1 THEY TRY TO GET INTO THE MOVIES
 You may not think so but we 1 KNOW.
 And still at times it's great life.
 If heavy investor in a picture company has a niece or a nephew, q sweetheart or dear friend 1 they try to have them break into the movies Many of them break in, but out much quicker. Some movie players CD are like some so-called theatre men we have ' known they never should have been.
 But, even if it doesn't last long, let them enjoy themselves until at least :" % ahern December 17th- Boy won't the newspaper l writers on the big sheets be busy pounding out the q told you so stuff after the seventeenth. l More power to 'em.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12

Emmett J. Flynn, who adapted Paul Dickey's Lincoln Highwayman" for the screen, and who is directing the picture on the Lincoln Highway man" with William Russell as the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12

star, bought a bungalow and an auto mobile, following Russelis mple
 George Walsh and the company supporting him in the making of Shark Rawley" have returned from Florida. MT. Walsh had a narrow escape from death when a schooner on which scenes were being taken sank John J. Foley assistant direc
 tor, was saved from a watery grave by Dell Henderson, the director, after he had been swept overheard. The company will work in the Fox East ern studio on the interior scenes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12

Back to Nature Girls is the name of the next Sunshine Comedy release.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12

Madame Marguerite Sylva is the latest operattc celebrity to join the ranks of moving picture stars. As a general thing operatic stars have not been tremendous successes in the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12

Wings of the Morning." a big pro- auction starring William Farnum will be released in the near future
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12
MOVIE SHORTS

Clyde Cook, the Welsh dancer clown, now appearing at the Hippo drome, in Happy Days" will join Sunshine Comedy forces after the first of the year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12

In the case of Elizabeth Kiefer vs. Samuel Hill, Mrs. Kiefer suing for judgment to recover possession of certain property at Fort TrumbuIl Beach, the court ordered Hill to va cate in behalf of the complainant
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12

"The Railroad Station having proved a success the young people of the First church will soon present "A Country Grocery Store" and hope that it will find favor with their friends.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12

He: I feel like fifty cents. She: You mean like thirty cents" He: No, like fifty cents; everything has been marked up.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-26
EXIT THE TURK

e hng the peace conference has that will bring v
 many oppressed and unfortunate peopehe final elimination of be ush empire which, for centuries the plague not If tho "ord There may survive the former pra nowr b US aeeong history of persecution and rapne forever ended Premier Georges Clemenceau causc pen and it read his exact words dmissg the nvoys to the pace ference not often that plain truth is SO plainly told The va erable French statesman and pubic vs 'rSe.
 IS anxious not enter into needles pain exceency delegates who S wsnes well to the Turkish people am their excellent qualities But not admit among qualities to be count " cay to rule alien The experiment has been tried too g ana too often for there to be the least result
 IS no case to be found either Europe Asia or Africa in which the establishment Turkish country has not been fol- weo Dy dmnuaton material prosperity the level of
 NOT there any to be found where withdrawal of T sn rule has not been followed by prosperity and rise in the level of culture
 Neither among Christians of Europe among the osems of oa rana and Africa has the Turk done destroy where ever he has conquered Never himself able t de peace what he has direction do his talents m Bitter words but true.-Jerome News
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-26
Arrival and Departure
 of the kingman Mails

Effective Jan. IS, 1919 the following Schedule of Mails will be in operation: !:
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-26
RAILROADS COST OF OPERATION

The combined administrative and legislative agencies of the Govern ment are engaged attempt solve problems before the country
 has been definitely average operating expenses " the counts railroads foot $OOOOO against
 day as an for the years prior Government opera ton.
 is unfair that the transportation are due " operation of the railroads the Sooo daily increase in the cost of the
 wages paid employees amounting day; reas " cost or coa amounting to $OOOO0 remaining ssOO o day accounted by steel and other railway supplies.
 In the case against Government can not he fairly charged that these operating costs rennt ganes On the contrary the conditions have almost doubled tbe cost or operating the railroads the which have tuph aoou the same results most of the industrial occupations The nan statement of facts shows that theory that inc country is facing.
 Mhn the railroads ara ruet private operation ,ey will hae ~ go aong under the b since that wages will De reduced or that coal steel cheaper It significant that since the beginning of the European that during the same ned ~ "orKers nave obtained increased cent " necessarily follows that private railroads can ~ " oDan over operation greater ceh ana Tn the success they achieve new III improving railroad properties The railroad have always stct maintained that they produced more per than the Government since operation supplies bet prlVate ownership than is realized political control
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-26
THINK 1!

Labor radcasm and industrial rfare bo just about forced industry corner
 During six such as mining have nan+d Tor two on hold organization intact and to giVe employment to labor during time.
 The Reds have kept their cry still higher and shorter hours in the face of a declining market continued labor radcaim bring one result the no or mines and other industries Conservative leaders may stem the ude they do not the radical the day. close ns tries and create it's empty dinner ets and f ing
 Let the honest aborer council with employer before he assists in creating such havoc.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-26
DEMAND FOR SILVER

Silver now the most profitable metal Repeated attention has been called to this Silver strongest of all metals Its rise in price from soc to $ during and it's advance since the signing of the ace tn. world wide demand for the metal the supply
 According to of Amercas mining engineers who re- gently returned from London:
 Ihe entire world needs silver looking the Unitel States TOT output the chances other countries are slight With silver at $121 ounce r,ng of silver is profitable than the mining any other metal fact wA1aaA' shs pabhc sppsar to aptssssse"
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-26
Laudable Ambition

You say this is an educational film?"
 "Yes," replied the movie magnate, blandly.
 But it features 'vampire'?"
 Exactly. We are trying to make the world safe for married meu."- Birmingham Age-Herald.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-26
The Silly Night

The most conso,ing thing about go- ing to the movies is seeing so many women in the pictures opening their mouths and not saying a word you can hear.-Jacksonville (Fla.j Times Union.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-26

Mail Dispatched. FOR THE EAST
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-26
We'll Taken Before Shakin'

Tramp-Beggin' yer pardon, rnum, but I've done me bit fer the country. Larst year l took over five 'undrel German prisoners meself.
 Lady-Oh! Then you have been a soldier?
 Tramp-N'not exactly, muna-I were photographer.-Boston Trans cript.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-26
LAUGHS IN THE NEWS
The Pendulumicks

"l can't go to jail," said funny vagrant. q have no time.''
 The court provides" said the magistrate, "that I give you ten days. ."-Pearson's Weekly.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-02-07
WAR CROPS HAVE INCREASED
County Agents Boost Hog Production
and Sugar Beet Yields in State
Of Minnesota.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
AT per cent increase in hog produc-
ton and 25 per cent increase in
sugar-beet production over the pre-
ceding year Is the result of campaigns
carried on this year by county agents
in Minnesota. When the call came for
more pork and more sugar as a war
emergency, surveys We're made in
those sections of the state where hogs
are raised and where sugar beets are
grown prOfitably. The county agents
advised farmers to raise one litter
more of pigs and to house and feed
them properly. In spite of the fact
that there has been a shortage of corn
for feeding and that a large number
Of brood sows and hogs were sold and
shipped to neighboring states where
corn was more plentiful, the increase
in production was made. A larger
acreage in sugar beets was also Sc
cured through the efforts of the agents.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-02-07
HINTS FOR
POULTRY GROWERS

The first step to eradicate the pests
which live in cracks and crevices in
poultry houses is to thoroughly clean
the house, writes Z. +. Schowengerdt
of the Colorado Agricultural college.
All litter, nest material and droppings
should be removed. Then spray or
paint thoroughly the entire surface of
the house and literally flood all cracks
and inside of nests with per cent
solution of cresol. Use plenty of
spray and do the work thoroughly.
Finally it should be remembered that
one application of either of these treat
mentS is not sufficient Where there
are lice and mites there are also eggs
or "nits" of these same pests. sec
ond treatment should be given about
one week after the first. BY this time
the "nits" will be Matched and the
treatment will affect them while it did
not kill the ''nits" at the first applica-
ton.
These suggestions followed out will
relieve the hen of the greater number
of parasites and will enable her to
make the best possible use of her feed
and time. 1t is not profitable to feed
a hen when lice or mites are sapping
all the nourishment and vitality from
her body.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-02-07
Belief That You Are Tired,
Not Work, Makes You Tired

1.-THE thing that makes the tired
business, man. tired is his belief that
he is tired. Believe the contrary.
There have been times when you
worked all day and all night on a
stretch. 1t did not kill you. Work It,
self, says American Magazine, as the
modern business world is organ
lzed, cannot possibly tire out the man
or average normal health. If it
could, Edison would have been dead
at the age of thirty-five, Bell would
never have produced the telephone,
Henry Ford would not be now king
of the automobile business, Herbert
e. Hoover would not be controlling and
directing the nations food supply to-
day, Woodrow Wilson would be in n
sanitarium, General Pershing would be
taking a rest cure instead of COM
handing American soldiers in France"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-02-07
Damascus, Oldest City, Known
as "The Pearl of the East"

Called by orientals "the Pearl of
the East" Damascus is the oldest city
In the world which is inhabited. It is
mentioned repeatedly in the Old Tes
lament, and documentary evidence
shows that the ancient city dates back
to 400 b. G. Travellers refer to it as
dear, dirty Damascus" for its odors
are many and strong, and it's street
cleaners; have long ceased to work.
One of the city's main features is "the
street which is called Straight" which
runs from east to west. Damascus has
been the scene of many conflicts since
David sent an expedition against it
and took it with n slaughter of 30 900
men. Egyptians, Crusaders ard Turks
fought SO repeatedly for it that it has
become the most captured as well as
the oldest city in the world.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-02-07
Farmers Borrow Large Sum
From Government Farm Loan
Banks Since Organization

Farmers have borrowed $139, 37S, OOC
from the twelve federal farm loar
banks since their organization In
March, 1917. In reporting this the
farm loan board announced that CAPT.
tai stock of the banks, originally sub.
scribed mainly by the government, has
increased from 100000 to S15,975.
600 through additional subscriptions
by farm loan associations, and that
bonds amounting to $14O,122,O 900 have
been issued.
The farmers are making their pay
ments promptly. The report shows
only $4,000 in loans was overdue, and
delinquencies occurred almost entirely
In sections where there had been crop
failures.
Three banks, Wichita, Spokane and
Houston, have an actual surplus, and
the Spokane and st. Paul banks will
begin shortly to repay the government
for the stock originally subscribed.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-02-07
LEATHER is NEEDED
so SAVE ALL HIDES
It Is Quite Profitable to Skin All
Animals Carefully.
Tanner Pays More for Packers Hides
Than for Those Obtained From
Farmers-Proper Storage
Is Of Importance.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
The present very urgent demand for
leather in the industries and the in
crease in price which unsecured hides
bring on the market emphasizes the i'm
portance and even necessity of exer-
cising the utmost care in removing
skins from farm animals. BY devot-
ing q little extra time necessary in
skinning animals carefully-possibly
only three to five minutes in taking off
the skin of calf, or Is minutes in
the case of beef hide-the value of
the hide may be increased several
times. The tanner pays more foN
packers hides than for those from
farmers or country slaughterers. This
is due in part to better facilities In the
large packing houses for curing and
storage of hides, but principally to
the fact that such hides have been
taken off properly. Country hides re-
moved by unskilled workmen are often
cut and scored. When such hides
come from tannery scores show very
plainly, and in many cases one-half of
the thickness of the leather is lost by
such defects. Imperfections can be
avoided by the careful use of the skin
ming knife, by keeping the hides clean
and free from blood and by proper
storage and packing.
The use of the knife may be avoid
ed by taking off calfskins, except on
the head, neck, legs and TANKS, as the
body skin may be drawn or listed off.
Where the knife is used, the skin
should be drawn taut with one hand,
while the knife is used with the other,
special care being taken to hold the
back of the blade close to the skin. In
lieu of the knife some butchers use a
wooden stick shaped like a mans
thumb and employ knife only on the
portions of the body mentioned.
1t is Objectionable to have blood on
the hides, particularly in the summer
time, as 1t is likely to cause the hair
to slip from rotting or decomposition
when the hides are packed and the
placing of otherwise good hides in the
No. 2 grade on the market.
Care should be taken to avoid plac-
ing any hides in the pack until they
are free from animal heat. Allow them
TO lie folded for from three to five
hours, or sufficiently long TO allow the
animal heat to get out of them. If
this is not done, patches of decompo-
sition may result and such hides are
often reduced In market value at least
a cent or more pound.
In building up pack Of hides the
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-02-07

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Farmers who are confronted with
the problem of maintaining soil fertil-
lty-important in carrying out in
creased food production-wil find it
profitable, the United States depart
ment of agriculture suggests, to study
the methods of handling barnyard ma
nure practiced in parts of eastern
pennsylvania, where excellent results
In adding to crop yields have been Sc
cured. These methods are described in
Farmers Bulletin 97S, recently pub
lished by the department. For over a
century it has been the custom in this
region to store stable manure in a
walled manure yard, partly or wholly
covered, in which the stabbed animals
are allowed to exercise during the day.
Manure thrown into such yard and
thoroughly tramped by stock, accord
ing to the departments bulletin, loses
much less through heating and leach
ing than does manure piled in the
open.
AccumuIates In Yards.
Nearly all manure produced on the
farms in the region to which the bull
letin refers accumulates in the manure
yards. All cornstalks, straw and other
roughage not used as bedding are add
ed as needed to take up excess liquids.
In this way the covered portion of the
barnyard not only affords a dry and
comfortable shelter for the live stock
during the winter months, but it pro-
tects the manure so that no teaching
occurs. In some instances the corn
fodder is run through a cutter, which
increases its power of absorption and
makes the manure easier to handle.
The tramping of the stock packs the
manure, so that an even temperature
is obtained which seems to favor
proper fermentation, as is evidenced
partly by the strong odor of ammo
mia in the vicinity when the manure
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-02-07

outer edges should be kept a little
higher than the middle, so that the
liquor or brine formed by the dissolv-
ing of the salt in the natural moist
ure of the hides may be absorbed by
them. If the pack is low on one side,
or is built slanting like shed roof,
the brine will seep up, causing the
hides to shrink in weight. Use salt
that has been screened and is free
from large Jumps and dirt. Dirty
salt will stain the fresh sides of
hides. One pound of salt to each
pound of the hide is the general rule
Hides should remain in pack from Is
to 30 days and stored in cool go to
65 degrees Fahrenheit) cellars from
which the outside air is excluded.