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The Glenwood post., 1920-07-03

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of AGriculture)
More efficient utilization of horse
power on the average farm will assist
in large measure In saving labor.
The necessary horse power is usually
available for the efficient operation
of the average American farm, but this
power is not always utilized or dis
tributed to greatest advantage.
The practice of plowing as much
land as possible in the late fall rather
than In the spring, when work Is press
Ing, will result in labor saving, as this
method utiliZes both horse power and
labor at "A season when it would other
wise be practically idle.
In practically the entire cotton belt
the one-horse breaking plow is in gen
eral use. This requires the use of one
man per horse In the operation of the
farm. BY the use of the two-horse
breaking plow the same labor could
break more land and Mt the same time
make better seedbed.
Labor Is Plentiful.
Planting and seeding are still done
by hand in some parts of the cotton
belt, and the distribution Of fertilizers
and manure is largely done in the
same manner. This custom has pre-
vailed no doubt because the labor has
been plentiful. But the use Of horse
planters, grain drills, fertilizer dis
tributors. and manure spreaders,
where the amout Of land under cuIti-
vation would Justify the expenditure
for the implements great saving of
labor could be effected
In the cultivation, OF crops in many
parts of the South the use of the one
horse plow and sweep prevails. and
because of the inefiiciency of these i'm
plements the crops must be hoed al
most continually in order to keep the
crop clean. This method could be i'm
proved upon by using the light harrow
or weeder when the crop is young and
later the two-horse single-rOw cult.
The Glenwood post., 1920-07-03
NON-PARTIsANs AND REVOLUTION

II SEEMS that things have pretty bad when folks
haze listen open from
that they ready and in favor OF Il revolution
When executive of Il big organization like the
Nonaran League signs himself 'Yours for the revolution it
bad enough But when speakers country paenty support
that stand, i, i whole lot worse
1t bad when
the Office Of the of Seattle and openly threaten
of the of the paper
and t. ousands the state support that attitude
This country is still republic government
su1se went to the Will of the majority But when the head
national labor organization openly threatens
things lH force time for a show down.
When of a union elected bv the ma
Jory OF the sufags of the people, openly talks
onHrsan governor of the state of North Dakota
fave folks have Their
comfortable chairs reading realize
t. eil !anger
The Glenwood post., 1920-07-03
GOVERNMENT INEFFICIENCY

w HE this demands efficiency of and women
w time government grows inefficient.
instance, ordinarily send letter the
distance that person travels in day.
The travels under corporation rule while the
mails under what call public service.
well known that telephone telegraph
ated under socaed government operation
Government employees slower bound impractical
rules and regulations not subject competition.
Municipal street lines do
and efficiency from employees
1t human need of hav-
ing to hustle to hold their jobs upon
The Glenwood post., 1920-07-03

'ator. This would result in greatly
increasing the amount of work per.
formed with the same labor, and at the
same time doing the work more eff
ciently.
Use. .Two-Row Cutivstor.
In many sections of the country the
use OF the two-row cultivator has
been demonstrated as practicable,
thereby utilizing more horse mower
ana performing more work with the
same labor. The use of this imple-
nieht should be extended where condi-
tons warrant. On the average corn
peit farm more horse power per man
can be utilized in many instances. The
use or -FOUR or five horses on the dou-
p'e gang plow would accomplish
much greater amount of work than liz
now performed per man on a majority
OF farms where the two-horse walking
pio" is used. In the preparation OF
tne seedbed one man can readily han
ole four or six horses hitchcd to the
section harrow to which additional
sections have been added. thereby in
crehsing the amount of land narrowed
with the same labor. In the harvest
ing of crops horse power may be utl-
med more efficiently in many sections
ny the use Of more horse power per
man.
cooperative use OF .machinery in
harvesting the wheat and corn crop
would utilize horse power and labor
to advantage by the exchange of labor
among small farmers.
Use of Manure spreader.
ii'niihg out manure on the average
1arm as 1t Is produced, instead of al
lowing 1t to accumulate around the
buildings and hauling It out when con-
venient, would be an economical prac-
tice. Where the expenditure is iust,-
hable the use of a manure spreader
would distribute the manure to better
advantage and effect considerable saw
Ing In labor over the old method of
hauling out and spreading by hand.
The Glenwood post., 1920-07-03

IANE taken consideration ach
L L demand legislation IA in iticalp pla
plea of personal liberty condemn sher
III city marshal who woud insane person about
to do personal violence himself
you Will readily admit that
his anothers life, who
sonay otherwise should be confined in an institution u the
expense OF the state and placed Jacket need in
order to insure his safety And VET there H dis
position the Of the SIGHT of the fact
a' the foolish people all in the bughouse the han
pness and the fe unlor
ace from the destructive devices
responsible insane The people who eligible to admittaro n M
% 'S Tor me insane are by the only people who
ought TO be protected from
The Glenwood post., 1920-07-03

to
~ fellows business all profit and that everything is that
the neghbors mill Sometimes it the
making profits
that making nornate We used hear of the
rolling in wealth. and
believed the story and ii has often caused stocen
deal of trouble when they appealed through their representatives
that be Washington, in behalf
legislation which they believed entitled
cattlmen afflicted with
Some of them but
where they has cost them effort self denial
of critics would those who
the cattle business all profit had
The Glenwood post., 1920-07-03

OF the socmen and obliged hay last from thirty
forty dollars ton and if they the heavy
addition the unavoidable might
cned to their verdict the
stock business.
The Glenwood post., 1920-07-03

NIEAY everybody who made the weather and the
continuity of the water supply this proved himself
prophet the general opinion phophed later high
water period after the began June Ap
aren| these people all period for the
season having reached only little later
however almost certain that the heavier
see win the tact that these fell for the
frozen ground will insure reasonable the later
period IN the season than usual I'm other words yet apparent
That the period o real low water will be delayed
than usual ms however Will not justify the
to Use the water they may find available act
the assumption that when they water will of ne
be at their disposal Water
nature has placed at their disposal they claims to bar
been endowed with supernatural Man purposes but God
dSposes applicable in irrigation well other matters
The Glenwood post., 1920-07-03

llE Democrats who place that above all
tions political way, appear very worried because
they unable TO find anything which Repub-
national candidates personally The
and Coolidge have been searched swimming
III the old mud hole down disgust the
old time Democrats these records clear
have high positions merit As individuals
they stand for certain thngtngs which
important before the people
their integrity their backbone The this
ready give them the highest gft of the
people, confident they will administer nation
hat the manufactured unrest Will disappears people
and tins nation continue march the of
pcrity.
The Glenwood post., 1920-07-03

AIETHER like him personally,
w less of how much at i'm in the
past while he referred throughout
penal candidate You admit William Jennings yan
one OF the brightest the Democratic
reckone with before is
is expressed during the platform
candidates have all been convention and while
everything turmoil and uncertainty Regardless
may out his fight for that great cal
OF responsible and irresponsible delegates be
MI Bryan will have influence during
OF his Democratic
VIII be Tor righteousness deccncy during the
past few and while Bryan in the asceuev Of Dem
oeraey don't believe that for mis- rv alto
Gether at the cost of principle
The Glenwood post., 1920-07-03

ISN'T rather remarkable that strangers
and tell the absurd part of
some townsman and the people his
markab yet this has been the method
past two sections of this
follow false leaders and destructive doctrines through
consolidation of all those who
lzalon may be captured and named sasa
Tory 10 those leaders who
III ana nave nothing IN common with the people
You Will have to it the
does not permit outside who mst nom
mate for office from to regent of the university
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-02
The United States did not acquire

The United States did not acquire
by the isthman canal convention of
November IS, 1908, any title to terri
tory in the republic of Panama, but
merely perpetual right of occupation,
use and control of and over a zone of
land ten miles in width. For this privi-
lege it paid to the republic of Panama
the sum of $10,OOO,OOO and undertook
to pay the sum of $250,O00 annually
SO long as such occupancy continued,
such payments beginning on February
26, 1918.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-02
Daily Thought.

Nothing is there to come, and moth
ing past, but an eternal now does al
ways last.-Abraham Cowley.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-02
But, Alas, He Doesn't.

The golden rule is something which
observe.-Boston Transcript.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-02

Constipation can be cured without
drugs. Natures own remedy-select-
ed herbs-is Garfield Tea.-Adv.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-02

1t takes Congress to settle a strike,
but an unruly stomach is subdued by
Garfield Tea-Adv.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-02
Women who perform their house.

Women who perform their house
work unaided should see to it that the
kitchen is made as CHEEKY and conven-
lent as possible. Perhaps, If many a
housewives steps were counted, it
would be found that she travels sew
eral weary miles each day, yet great
deal Of this unnecessary exertion could
be avoided If her kitchen were fitted
up with few labor-saving devices and
all surplus furniture, pictures and sum
dry shelves that catch dust and make
a lot Of work were removed.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-02

Garfield Tea, taken regularly, will cor
rect both liver and kidney disorders.
ADV
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-02
With the Fingers!
Says Corns Lift Out
Without Any Pain


You reckless men and women who
are pestered with corns and who have
at least once q week invited an awful
death from lockjaw or blood poison
are now told by Cincinnati authority
to use a drug called freezone, which
the moment a few drops are applied
to any corn or callous the soreness Is
relieved and soon the entire corn or
callous, root and all, lifts off with the
fingers.
Freezone dries the moment it is ap-
piled, and simply shrivels the corn or
callous without inflaming or even IT.
ritating the surrounding tissue or skin.
A small bottle of freezone will cost
very little at any of the drug stores.
but will positively rid ones feet of
every hard or soft corn or hardened
callous. If your druggist hasn't any
freezone he can get it at any whole
sale drug house for you.-Adv.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-02

Thus James Stewart in his inimit-
able "Plocacosmos, or the Whole Art
of Hairdressing," first published in
London in 1882, tells how the wig
gradually came to declare the man.. /"
He speaks of "the huge tie peruke of
the man of law" of the "long bob or
natty scratch" of the tradesman and
the hunting peruke of the country
gentleman; while "the merchant men
of business and of letters were distin-
guished by the grave, full bottom, or
more moderate tie neatly curled."
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-02
NAME 'BAYER' MEANS
ASPIRIN IS GENUINE
"Bayer Cross" on Aspirin
like "Sterling' on Silver

"Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" marked
with the safety "Bayer Cross" can be
taken without fear because you are get
ting the true. world-famous Aspirin,
prescribed by physicians for over 1S
years.
Always buy an unbroken package of
"Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" which con-
tains proper directions to safely relieve
Colds, Headache, T0othache, Earache,
Neuralgia, Lumbago, Rheumatism,
Neuritis, Joint Pains, and Pain gener-
ally.
Handy tin boxes of twelve tablets
cos. but few cents. Druggists also
sell larger "Bayer" packages. Aspirin
is the trade mark Of Bayer Manufac-
ture of Observation-Disclosures of Salicy-
licacid.-Adv.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-02
Cuticura for PimpIy Faces.

To remove pimples and blackheads
smear them with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off in five minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water. Once clear
keep your skin clear by using them for
daily toilet purposes. Don't fail to in
clude Cuticura Talcum.-Adv.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-02
The Lincolnshire (Eng.) Architec-

tural and Archaeological society has
presented to the Lincoln City and
County museum a charming little fibu-
la of the time of Edward III or Rich
ard II. The brooch is circular in shape
and about half an inch across, and it
was originally embellished with six
emeralds. One of the emeralds is miss
ing, but with this exception the speci-
men is perfect. An inscription on the
back shows it to be a fourteenth CEN
fury love token.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-02
Different methods are in use for
W. l212-14 Second Ave.

Different methods are In use for
keeping the supply Of electricity
steady in spite of the varying de-
mands made on it. In some systems
of distribution, instead of the two
main conductors being one positive
and the other negative, each is posi-
tive and negative alternately, the re-
versals taking place some hundreds of
times second. The current Is then
said to be alternating. When such re-
versals do not take place, the cur
rents are said to be direct.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-02
Classifying Time.

That man has great tomorrows be-
fore him who has great yesterdays be-
hind him and is trying to put great
deal of greatness into his todays.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-02
Mems and women's clothing is often

discarded before it is worn out be-
cause of the Objectionable "shine"
which appears on material after a
remedied by sponging the shiny places
on the garment with pure vinegar boil
ing hot. Rub the vinegar into the
material plentifully and vigorously.
Then press with pressing iron as usual.
This process should be repeated when
ever the shine reappears.-Thrift Mag
azine.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-09

LOCAL and long distance furniture, piano moving. Satisfaction guaran- teed. P. J. Murphy office 97 Henry
 St. Phone Noble 1902.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-09
NEW ZEALAND HOME BUIL LDlNCT M
By Arthur Withy


fight, the man with $3,0o0 house and section (house, $2,5O0 and land $500) paid under the old system at six times as much Tn taxes as the man who held a $500 section idle. At least six times as much under the old system, because the tendency always is to under value idle land.
 Councillor Daton also quoted the case of MT. Arthur Wade, formerly of Osborne, but now living in Hast ings, where the tax on unimproved values was already in force, and the municipal services were much better than in Osborne, and showed that on a six-roomed house and section in Hastings (house, S3,000; land, SS,- 750) similar to the house and section he formerly occupied in Osborne, MT. Wade paid $4,50 a year only in taxes (the house being exempD, as against $25 to s20. in Gisborne. where both house and land were taxed.
 At Marton Borough, carried for the taxation of unimproved values in Oc- tober, 1912-it was shown that under the old taxing system a $1,500 house on a $25o section paid s11.37 a year in taxes; whereas under the new system it would pay only $5.S5.
 While a vacant section valued at S250 paid under the old system s1,- 62, it would pay under the taxation of unimproved values $3.S5, the same as the S250 section that was built upon.
 In Otahuhu, which adopted the tax on unimproved values in February, 1914, I found, in one case, that of a workers home and section in Sta ton road, the taxes on the old sys- tenn were equal to the total taxes paid by a speculator who held six idle sections on one side of the workers home and five idle sections on the other-eleven idle sections in all.
 Under the taxation of unimproved values, of course, the specu1ator would have to pay as much on each of his eleven sections for the priv ilege of keeping it idle as the worker paid on his home section. It is such cases ssR these, to be found under the old system wherever one chooses to look for them, that bring home to the workers the justice and the bene- fits of the new system of taxing. They readily realize that to tax homes tends to make homes scarcer and dearer; whereas to tax idle sec tions tends to force the speculator to build, and this helps to solve the housing problem. The heavier the | tax, the sooner the speculator will | build or give way to those who will.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-09

The retail price of food in the United States decreased two-tenths of 1 per cent in October, 1919, as with September, 1919."
 Of the 43 articles for which com parison can be made during the month period, the following IS articles in- creased in price in October: Eggs. fl per cent; butter and raisins, per cent each; rice per cent; salmon, sugar, and prunes, per cent each; oranges, per cent; fresh milk. and bananas, 2 per cent each; canned milk, rolled oats, corn flakes, macar- oni, navy beans, and canned tomatoes, 1 per cent each. Flour, nut mar garine, bread, and baked beans re- mained the same price as in Septem- Der.
 The 21 articles which decreased are: Potatoes, 12 per cent; cabbage, 8 per cent; lard, per cent; bacon, ham, and Crisco, per cent each; pork chops, 4 per cent; round steak, chuck
 st, plate beef, hens, and onions, per cent each; rib roast, lamb, corn meal, and coffee, 2 per cent each; ole margarine, cheese, canned corn, and canned peas, 1 per cent each
 From October, 1918, to October, 1919, the retail price of food increased 4 per cent" In the year period, the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-09
PRICES AND COST OF LIVING. Retail Prices of Food in the United States 
 Stattsi ed States rtnento of

following ten articles decreased in price: Navy beans, 25 per cent; plate beef, IS per cent; chuck roast, 12 per cent; sirlofn steak and bacon, g per cent each; round steak and rib roast, per cent each; lamb, 4 per cent; corn meal, per cent; and pork chops, per cent. During the year, the following articles increased in price: Prunes, 58 per cent; coffee, 56 per cent; onions, 40 per cent, raisins, 35 per cent; rice, 24 per Cent; salmon, 13 per cent; eggs, 12 per cent; cheese 10 per cent; flour, butter, and pota- toes, per cent each; fresh milk, su- gar, and tea, per cent each; lard, per cent, hens and bread, per cent each; and ham, 1 per cent.
 sThis is based on the retail cost of the following 22 articles oi food, weighted according to the consurnp- tion of the average family: Sir1oin steak, round steak. rib roast, chuck roast, plate beef, pork chops, bacon, ham, lard, hens. corn meal, eggs, but ter, milk, potatoes, sugar, cheese, rice, coffee, and tea.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-09

The operation of taxing unin- proved land values can be best un- derStood, perhaps, by menas of a few examples of how it pans out in actual practice. From the large number of such examples on record, I will select a few of the more strif- ing.
 When in February 1, 1911, we car ried the question of taxing unirn- proved values in Osborne Borough, we found on one side of Stanley road, between Childers-road and the railway line, a narrow strip of land containing thirteen houses, mostly new and highly improved comfort able workmen's homes, on sections of one-quarter acre and less, the az gregate area being three acres. Under the former system of taxation on both Improvements and land the tax was ST and upwards per house and section, the total being $250 per an- mum, or $20 per quarter acre. On a similar strip of unused land immed1- ately opposite-part of a block Of twenty-seven acres, paying $30 a year in taxes, the amount averaged only 26 cents per quarter acre. In ether words, under the old system of taxation a working man using a quar- ter acre on one side of the road paid eighty times as much in taxes as the specuiator holding a quarter acre idle on the opposite side of the road, putting a tax on industry and a pre- mium on 1aziness; for the thirteen industrious owners in Stanley-road paid $250 in taxes on three acres while one owner of idle land op posite paid only $30 in taxes on twenty-seven acres. Odds of 80 to1 in favor of land gambling.
 Under the taxation of unimproved values, however, it was shown the thirteen industrious and enterprising g citizens would pay-their homes and other improvements being freed from taxes S65 among them on their three acres, instead of $15o; or S5 year apiece, instead of nearly $2O. While instead of $50 per annunn, less than one-fourth of the taxes on the three acres, the owner of the twen- twenty-seven acres Odds of 80 to 1 would pay $575 a year, or nine times as much as the three acres.
 And why not? The expenditure of taxes and loan money on sewage, water, roads, lighting, etc, in Stan ley-road increases the value of the specualtor's land just as much per quarter acre section as it increases the value of the small mems land on the opposite side of the road. As Councillor Daton, a. member of the Gisborne Borough Council, pointed out in the course of the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-09
13 CENTS FOR A POUND OF BUTTER
 100 YEARS AGO
Old Account Book Reveals Some Interesting
 Facts.

A man in Old Mystic, Conn.,, has unearthed a couple of old account books kept by his father in 1914 to 1841. They indicate that the people who lived in that era did not have to worry much about the high cost of living. But even these items seem extravagant when compared with the same jotted down in another book from 1794 to 1908. Here are some of the items from the more modern books.
 June i, 182O-Efght pounds veal at 5 cents per pound, 40 cents; two pounds butter at 12 1-2 cents per pound, 25 cents
 Jan. 1, 1S27-Four bushel potatoes, 24 cents
 Jan. 1, 1828-seven and three fourths pounds codfish at cents, 23 cents.
 Aug. 25. 1s2s-Thirteen and one half pounds cheese at cents, s1
 April 1a, 1S3o-one and one-half bushels sweet potatoes, 37 cents.
 Oct. 12, 1s29-Peck turnips, cents.
 July 2, 1S25-Gallon molasses, 34 cents.
 Nov. 6, 1sso-Three bushels fall apples, 37 cents.
 The rate of wages is recorded as follows:
 July 16, 1s22-Two days shing1ing, house s2.
 Jan. 4, 1s40-Cutttng wood, 30 cents.
 April 16, 1s2s-One day making wall, 50 cents
 Jan. IT, 1S2s-carting lumber, es cents.
 November, 1s2s-Maktng eight logs and finding stuff, 32 cents.