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Arizona republican., 1920-12-16
Woman Tells Why the Women Here Want Paved Highways

good paved roads i'll this country is the United States department of edu- cation. The governments figures show that school attendance in country dis triets which have good paved high ways is much more satisfactory than in backward districts where there are no good roads. With paved roads children can go to school every day of the school term; with bad roads the chil- dren miss many day and, conse- quently, they suffer in the matter of education.
 Then there is the health of our women and children. The dusty con- dition of our present roads is a con- stant menace 10 our families. Who of us wants ilis children to literally feat and breathe dust" on these aI- legged roads? Who wants his children to get stuck In the mud" in going to school?
 We are only in this world for a com paratively short time. We all want to make the world hxighter and better for our children than as we found ir. This constant desire for human betterment has made the world what it is today; without it we would still be in the pe- riod of the caveman.
 The women of Maricopa county will have the opportunity on December 31 to help the county another step for ward They themselves will vote YES for the good roads bonds, and they will expect their menfolk to do the same. Good roads has no politics. II is absolutely non- partisan in its scope and breadth, and is where men and women of all parties can meet in per- feet accord for the good of the entire community. Women arc just as vitally interested in modern built highways as men are.
 The women of Maricopa county also ll,ow well that good roads will effect great savings in every direction. They also know that the cost of the bonds to the individual taxpayer is slight il comparison with the benefits and the savings effected by paved highways They know that person paying taxes on a S10,000 valuation will only pay S20 per year on these bonds and that . ] person who pays taxes on 9 5000 valu- alton (and there arc many suchl. only pays 8 per year, OR LESS THAN l ONE CENT PER DAY. And the women know that this small expend1- ture will be saved many times over bs l GOOD HIGHWAYS.
 1 San anyone find words sufficient tc praise the women of Maricopa county during the war; The same devotion I to duty and the same practical patriot ! ism make the women of the county staunch supporters of the county high way bonds to be voted on December S1
Arizona republican., 1920-12-16

No change was made in the cummer cial power rate. The order is effective
 as of Dec. l, this year.
Arizona republican., 1920-12-16

The income Of Chief Petty Officer in the United States. navy Is s126 per month.
Arizona republican., 1920-12-16
HEALTH IN HER
 CLIMATE

young folks.
 D. L. Newkirk, principal of the Wick enburg school. has a new house on his lot recently purchased from ]. R. Bar nette.
 Tex Rowland from Oatman is visiting at the home of George Wentworth and shaking hands with his many friends here.
 Dan McNeil, who has been at the Vulture mine for the past year, but recently moved to his own mining claims to do his assessment work, was in Wickenburg Saturday buying SUD- plies for his camp. Harry Hoffman has secured contract to do the assessment work on the Ada c. Mining claims. Tony Miltenberg from the Soldiers Home at Sawtelle, Cal. is in Wicken- burg for few days. but expects tc leave soon to do the assessment work
 on his mining claims in the Dragon
 mining district. 1 M. F. flick in the produce business
 in Prescott was in Wickenburg, Friday
 on business. 1 Dr. Moore, who with his family re sided in Wickenburg last winter, re turned Sunday morning to again enjoy the delightful winter climate here.
Arizona republican., 1920-12-16
By JANE GREGG

Nobody in EIaricopa county has q good word these days for what we arc pleased to call our roads" Least of all have the women of the county any favorable comment to make on the al- legged roads, which may be better de- scribed as "glorified trails,' deep with dust and corrugated with ruts, that make the surface look like the hide on an alligator's back.
 If the poor system of dirt roads at present existing in Maricopa county is a reason for the men to go to the polls on December 3t with the firm deter imitation of voting YES for the bond issue which will complete our system of paved highways throughout our county, 1t is so much the more a req son for the women taxpayers to vote YES also. For the women and chil- dren are foremost among those who suffer discomfort and hardships under our present system of dirt roads.
 Suppose that a woman living on a farm wants to go to town, or that a woman living in the city wants to visit in the country. In view of the fact that our roads are either buried under sev- eral inches of dust, or are, in the rainy season, transformed into veritable bogs, she can not afford to put on
 
 on her oldest dress and cover herself with long dust cloak. And then the trip starts, but what with pumping over the chuck h0les and with driving through clouds Of dust, or with getting stuck in the mud, the journey is far from pleasant! An dior these reasons trip to town s somewhat of an un- dertaking for our housewives.
 Like the men, so q othe women like to go visiting. Human beings are so- ciable. and nobody likes to feel as iso- lated from intercourse as was Robinson Crusoe on his deserted isle Loneli- ness, resulting from poor communica- tions, meaning bad roads, and monot- ony causer by the same drawbacks, is the main reason for the complaint which we hear voiced so frequently nowadays, namely, that it is hard te keep the people or the farms.
 The same applies to the children The boys and girls on the farms arc just as keen as the boys and girls in the towns arc to see the attractions o1 the towns. Sucn as moving pictures social gatherings, etc. Make life or the farm pleasant by making it les: isolated; do not make your family fee 1 that they are cut eff from communica- tions with the outside world by dis graceful roads, and you have solved tn, | problem.
 One of the strongest advocates 0
Arizona republican., 1920-12-16

mines in Montana is visiting his broth CT, F. B. Johnston of Wickenburg.
 Peter Espeil of Flagstaff, who gen. orally winters his sheep near Wicken- burg is registered at the Vendetta hotel.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. ?. Whitman from the Abe Lincoln mine spent Friday of last week in Vickenburg.
 A big dance was given at Congress Saturday night. A number of auto loads of Wickenburg people attended
 Messrs Baxter and Garvia and Mrs.
Arizona republican., 1920-12-16

The road from Palmyra to Burling- ton, \. T. ras been named St. Mihiel drive. as q memorial to soldiers of that county who died in the World War
Arizona republican., 1920-12-16
ALFALFA AND GRAIN TOCOME BACK NEXT
 YEAR IN THIS VALLEY

Cotton acreage in the Salt River Valley project next year will be only 50 per cent of the 1920 acreage. in the opinion Of r. c. Henshaw, secretary of the Water Users association, based on the result of a partial survey in all sections of the valley
 Not more than 72,000 acres within the project will be planted to cotton in 1921, the survey indicates. as com pared with approximately 145,000 acres in 1920. The above figures probably will be reduced materially when planting season arrives, it is de- clared.
 In place of cotton, farmers will plant grains, especially the heavier grains such as milo maize and barley, MT Henshaw declared. Grain acreage for
Arizona republican., 1920-12-16

make this increase in order to. bring
 the net of the company to the amount authorized by the commission
 when the present rates were fixed and
 10 cover the deficit incurred over a period Of years dating back to an order l issued in 1914. when the rates now in effect were established. The application for the increase was { heard last July. There had been, says the order, ample notice to all persons 1 interested, not only through regulaI, ] sources but through the newspapers and no objection was offered. The new rates apply only to territory outside the city of Mesa. the plant Of f the company in Mesa having been sold 1 to the city.
 The new commercial rates are as l follows:
Arizona republican., 1920-12-16
NeWS From WGckenburQ

Mrs. Clark and niece. Miss Waite, rom Fourpaw was in Wickenburg sEopping the first of the week.
 Jack Warren, formerly with the Mes sfnger Meat Market, is here from Cali tornia on business.
 Mrs. J. R. Watkins and son. who have been visiting at the Spdunger home, expect to leave within the next few days for Salome
 John Smith of Walnut Grove who makes WickenDuTg his trading point was on our streets Saturday. Jack Johnston from the Saphine
Arizona republican., 1920-12-16
POULTRY SCHOOL TO
 OPEN 2-DAY PROGRAM
 AT GLENDALE FRIDAY

Following closely upon the activities of the Chandler and Lehi farm bureaus in holding two-day extension schools or institutes, and with eggs reaching a price of S5 cents dozen in the stores of the valley, the Glendale Egg Pro- ducers' association, an organization of farmers for the marketing of their product, through the cooperation or County Agricultural Agent II c. Heard. is staging a two-day poultry school commencing tomorrow at 10 a. m.
 The program as outlined Is & happy mixture of scientific men with prac- tical egg producers in the vicinity of Glendale. Prof. T.. B. Thompson, head of the poultry department of the uni- versity, and N, $. Luce, head of the United States government poultry farm, will discuss the moro Or less scientific end of the industry, while F. Draper of Glendale will discuss Feeding the Commercial Flock" A. II. Westfall, "Co-operative Market ing and NJ. r. Bemis. Breeds Of Poultry for the Southwest" The pro- gram is as follows:
 Friday Morning Session l Announcements. ts....-......H. c. Heard 1 10:3o a. IT. 1 Poultry Diseases and Parasites" 1 .........-.........R B. Thompson 11;00 a. m. 1 Breeds of Poultry for the Salt River Valley. NJ. T.. Bemis
 Friday Afternoon Session
 2:00 p. m. i Feeding the Commercial Flock
 ...-.-.-..-.......- l.. Draper
 2:30 ?. IT. i operative Farming ....... .....-.--a-..-..... A. ii. Westfall
 10:00 a. m.
 Saturday Morning Session Extension Work in Home Eco-
 monies" ..........M Miss F. D. Wills
 10:30 q. m.
 Housing Poultry in the South vest t'.-......-....R. 5. Thompson
 11:00 a. m.
 Round Table discussion, led by. ..-.-.-...-.. It. l.. Thompson
 Saturday Afternoon Session i POO D. h. II selecting and Culling for Breed l ing and Egg Production. \. T.. Luce l ---o-- The road from Palmyra to BurHng ton. N T. ras been named St. Mihie l drive, as q memorial to soldiers of tha = t,fe7.s1f1r n h1 died in fho World War
Arizona republican., 1920-12-16
a21 will triple that of last year. he

1921 will triple that of last year, he said.
 There is an unmistakable trend among the farmers to return to al- falfa. Some few already have plant ed a portion of their ranches to the old stand by" he said, while others will be prohibited from doing so only be- cause of the lateness of the season.
 Failure to ge toff their cotton crops will prevent many from planting all falfa the coming season. but another season will see big alfalfa acreage nj the valley, he declared.
Arizona republican., 1920-12-16
SOUTH SIDE LIGHT
 CO. GETS INCREASE

An order by the state corporation commission yesterday establishes a new rate for lighting and power for the Southside Gas and Electric com pany, designed to increase it's revenues S4000 yearly. The fncrease comes very near to that sum. amounting to $4360 on the basis of the consumers bills for the last eight months.
 It appears to nave been necessary to
Arizona republican., 1920-12-16

The first shot of the war between the United States and Germany, was fired April 19, 1917, when the freight steam Ter U. $. s. Mongolia encountered a German submarine off the En9Fsh coast and sank it with one shot from one of her guns
Arizona republican., 1920-12-16

The historic Indian School at Ctrl-
 isle, Pa. which was an army hospital during the war, is to be established as a Medical Department of the United
 States Army, where a force of about TOO physicians will be trained. Be- sides the candidates for commissions in the army, there will be an enlisted ! personnel of about 1000.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-02

has had no way of measuring its eff
ciency.
One of the first essentials Is q
proper analysis OF farm activities.
such as is recommended by the United
States department of agriculture With
the facts that are made available by
such an analysis, the farmer can more
readily find the strong and the weak
points in his system of management
and thus make Improvements with
some confidence in the results. A farm
er may not know off-hand what his
total farm income is. but he does know
with considerably accuracy the facts
necessary to determine this income.
The final result of the analysis of q
farm business is determined mainly
by few large items which the farmer
does know quite accurately. The first
requisite, therefore, is to assemble and
classify properly the items, large and
small. that go to make up the yearly
totals.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-02

by country buyers somewhere along
the way to the consumer there is sure
to be dissatisfaction. Some buyers
are afraid to buy on grades, and so
start lot of trouble for themselves
and others from whom they buy their
grain.
Some line elevators complain that
they lose on wheat bought in the coun
try by the elevator managers. The
wheat is often graded lower at the
terminal market than the grade given
to the farmer by the buyer.
Checking Up the Grader.
1t is mistake for the farmer to IN
sst that his wheat shall be graded
No. l in cases where the grain Is not
entitled to that grade. The country
buyer who Everglades In order to
please his customers, and then under
weighs or assesses more dockage than
/ justified, Is unfair both to the farmef
and to the company for whom he Is
buying. Then, too, it is q mistake for
the country buyer not to grade wheat
No. l when 1t is OF a No. ] grade,
| lNDWtudyS TIE ldTlueT Gull Cllech tiiis
grading, for he can send representa-
tive sample to any licensed inspector,
and receive an official sample certl1-
cate.
Buyers who know how to apply fed
eral grades may easily test the first
load farmer brings in, and keep the
sample as type sample Of that farm
er's wheat or corn or oats, while the
remaining loads are marketed. 1t |:
not unusual in some localities for {
farmer to bring a sample of his whea
to the buyer soon after thrashing, ant
offer to sell his crop on the basis o.
price made on the sample, with thu
understanding that the wheat wheI
hauled shall be equal to the sample
That gives the buyer plenty Of tim,
to apply all the tests necessary to es
tabish accurately the correct grad,
Of the grain.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-02
RESULT OF ANALYSIS
OF A FARM BUSINESS
Farmers Usually Have Details
Sufficiently in Mind.
With Knowledge of Costs and Previous
Income Man ls Better Equipped TO
Market Produce Profitably-An-
aIysis Is Essential.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Farmers have sometimes been I'M
Justly criticized for knowing htlie
about the business side of their WORK
The fact is that they usually have the
detoils sufficiently in mind, but they
are not always ready to summarize
and bring them together into con-
crete statement. With knowledge Oh
what his costs and previous income
have been the farmer Is better equip
ped to market his produce prohtaply
and to determine what future expendi-
lures are advisable
In the work of the office OF farm
management several thousand farms
have been studied to analyze their OPP
erotions from a business STANDPOINT
and learn of the most important rea-
sons for their success or fallure. EA-
perience shows that 1t Is not posslpie
to distinguish profitable farms by cas-
nal observation. Where a farmer is
operating a large business, even a 10"
rate of interest without any wages for
himself W0ulu DIluS III ouihSie'' NN'@
to give prosperous appearance TO
the farm. But farm cannot properly
be called successful unless 1t pays a
fair rate of interest on the investment
returns fair wages for the farmers Ia
Dor. and maintains at the same time
the fertility Of the soil. A better reaii'
zation of the fact that the farm is a
complex business, subject to certain
economic laws, is one of the dement's
to be derived from systematic study
of production, marketing. and so on
as It should be carried on by the up
to-date farmer
Farmers know. that the gain from
big busineNs should be more than IRON
small one, that good cows are more
profitable than poor ones, ana tina
good crops are more desirable thar
those which do not pay Tor harvest
ing. The real difficulty is that the farm
er has had nc convenient way of meas
uring Just how good or how poor MI
business really was or is; that Is. d
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-02
prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
There may be no such thing as
sixth sense, but in many lines of work
there are certain kinds of knowledge
that appear remarkable to others who
have different occupations.
For instance, there Is the art of
opening safes by listening to the lock
tumblers passing each other; the abil-
ity to guess within few pounds Of
the weight Of man or beast; and, of
course, the fellows who can "spot" an
automobile In the distance and tell
you its name and model
No less remarkable than some Of
these things is the way In which many
country grain buyer can tell his GUS
toner's team of horses as far as he
can see them. Not only that, but he
learns to know his customers grain at
the beginning of each crop season and
does not need to run tests on every
load hauled. test of the first load
or two of a farmers crop is usually
enough TO form a correct idea of
the quality and condition of that farm
er's grain. OF course, every load is
closely examined to see If 1T is uni
form with previous loads.
With all this superknowledge, how
ever, the country grain buyer often
overlooks the need for better knowl-
edge of federal grain grades, accord
ing to the bureau Of markets, and this
Is said to explain certain criticisms
leveled at federal grain grades as APP
piled at country points Wherever
federal grades are used by country
buyers who understand how to apply
them, reports show that such country
buyers are holding their trade ant
that the farmers seem better satisfied
than to have buyer make price
without any definite standard as
basis.
When No. is Not No. 1.
Unless federal grades are applied
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-02
Unfortunate loads.

Science has at last proved by expert
ments why 1t is that so many petrified
toads have been found imbedded in
stone or their remains in Jumps of
coal. The toads it seems, have habit
of crawling into tiny crevices in the
stone or wood or coal, as the case may
be, while they are still young. From
time to time they emerge to get food,
but as they can live for year without
it, they sometimes stay in the hole too
long and grow too large to emerge. Ii
they get plenty of air they will live for
a twelvemonth or so, but if the crevice
closes up, they die sooner. In other
words, they can live without food, bul
they cannot exist without air.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-02

.5EARM15N0TES
The silo Is forage insurance.

The silo Is forage insurance.
Manure is very valuable by-prod-
uct from livestock.
Cowpeas, soy beans and velvet beans
are very closely related.
Barnyard manure Is one of the most
important by-products on the farm.
Money in bank is one safe invest
ment; another is green crops turned
under.
Flowing or spading the garden In
the fall Is the best possible way to
destroy the bugs that plagued you -
this season.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-02
IMMENSE LOSS BY RODENTS
Estimated 100000, 900 Lost to Farp,,
ers by Work of Different
Little Creatures.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
There are scores of different kinds
of rodents to be found In the United
States, causing loss In food and feed
crops estimated at S30O.0OO,O00. For
the community interested in making
the most out of its agriculture this
fact emphasizes the Importance OF per-
sistent concerted campaigning against
these creatures.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-02
A SLIGHT MISTAKE


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| CNL 900 0CNoCN LOUOCOLNCE
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-02
Childish JOYS.

"KIds don't seem to have the fun
ringing door bells they did when
was a boy"
mot much fun ringing these cleo
trio bills. You can't wiring them out by
the roots. Louisville Courier-J our
nal
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-02
BEGINNING of Rubber Industry

AS early as the beginning of the
seventeenth century the Spaniards
used rubber to waterproof their cloaks,
but 1t was not until the eighteenth
century that the rubber industry be-
gan.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-07-01

not get through until they sent Gen.
eral Agnew around with 200 men and
attacked the Americans from the rear.
Arnold gave orders to his men to re-
treat. Aided by General Bell, he
fought on until his horse was shot.
His foot became entangled in the stir
rup and a Tory, rushed up.
"You are my prisonerw he yelled.
"Not yet" Arnold said. He shot the
man dead, remarking that one live
soldier was worth ten dead ones. He
then ran to Israel Putnam's camp,
now Putnam park, twelve miles away,
after astonishing the British by his
reckless courage.
The British marched on up the VII
lage streets, which are now as they
were then. But the wounded Of both
sides were taken into Miss Sarah
Stebbins' house and tenderly cared
for. Her house stood near where Miss
Mary Olcott's does now, and the old
buttery door. pierced by many shots
ana cannon ball, is at the Olcott
house. The soldiers who died on the
field or of their wounds were the ones
to whom the stone was raised.
Tryon knew that he was not popular
with the most Of the Ridgefeld VII
layers. so he plundered a good many
Of them, taking everything they had,
and they had to appeal to the general
assembly for help. His men also
burned the Keller grist mill and set
fire to several houses.
In that day the old Keller tavern
was the favorite inn on the way to
Boston. Tryon heard, moreover, that
the patriots were making ammunition
in 1t. So he mounted his guns In the
Episcopal church and fired at the tav-
ern.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-07-01

Until five years ago the battle Of
Ridgefield was unmarked and existed
only on one of the seldom-looked-a t
pages in the histories, though the an
cient and aforementioned hickory
tree design led the graves. And by it
Miss Mary Olcott reckoned where to
place the monument.
When this battle was fought most
Of the men Of military age were away
with Washington, Lafayette and other
generals. They had no home guard
such as parade in full rig about the
station grounds of Friday afternoon.
Indeed some historians say that most
Of the six hundred were men seeking
adventure under Benedict Arnold. For
he was then popular hero, and he
directed the principal defense against
the British.
No one has ever known the names
of the Eight Patriots. And perhaps
some English mother in 1777 won
dered at just what spot in the wilder
ness somewhere in America they had
buried her boy. The British were all
buried in one grave, the Americans in
another. The tablet pays equal honor
to each. And it is placed only ''For
the Strengthening of Hearts,"
On that Sunday morning In April,
1777. the colonists needed some def
mite sign of success in their struggle
with the enemy and with the stubborn
wilderness from which they had to
hew their homes. Indeed 1t was but
three years afterward that Washing
ton was inquiring whom he could
trust.