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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-26
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ROCKEFEILER'S
GIFTS ALMOST
HALF BILLION
This Is Greatest Amount
Ever Given By
One Man

NEW YORK.-The worlds record
for stupendous public benefactions is
today held by John D. Rockefeller,
whose latest gift of $63,763,357 to
the Laura Spellman Rockefeller
memorial brings his total donations
up to nearly q billion dollars.
The aggregate amount given away
by Mr.. Rockefeller to various in
stitutions and organizations is esti-
mated at $475,000,0OO which ex-
ceeds the late Andrew Carnegie's
gifts by $125,O0O,000. The dona-
tion to the Laura Spellman Rookie
feller memorial, an organization
founded for the oil magnate's late
wife, was announced by John D.
Rockefeller Jr. Women and child
rem will be chiefly benefited. The
money will be divided among more
than twenty different institutions
Announcement was made that there
will be no religious limitations
among the distribution Of money.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-26
HARDING SPENDS
DAY OF THANKS
in CANAL Zone
Golf and Alligator Hunt
Amuses President
Elects Party

BALBOA, Cz. Nov. 25.-A game Of
golf was the chief feature of Presi-
dent-elect Hardings Thanksgiving
day program. Canal zone officials
warned him that the prevalence of
'chiggers" on the links might make
golf an uncomfortable diversion, but
Mr.. Harding decided to take the risk.
The president elect planned an
afternoon of absolute rest at the
residence of Governor Harding of the
canal zone.
Tonight he will be the guest of
President Porras, of Panama, at a
formal dinner and reception.
The turkey which was brought in
the refrigerator of the steamship
Parismina for the president elect s
Thanksgiving dinner will be kept for
future reference.
Some of the Harding party went
alligator hunting and the president
elect was invited to join, but he de-
clined.
Mr.. Harding was asked by the
newspaper correspondent to issue
Thanksgiving statement to the
American public, but he refused.
He said that President Wilson's
Thanksgiving proclamation was most
fitting and there was nothing to be
added to it. The Harding party will
return to Cristobal tomorrow.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-26
Will Call Water
Users To Discuss
Irrigators' Needs

BOISE.-Warren G.. Swenson, rec
lamation commissioner of Idaho, is
in conference with similar officials of
the states of Oregon and Washington
and is arranging for joint confer
ence some time in January during the
meeting of the members Of the state
legislature of those three states for
the purpose of discussing some need
ed changes in irrigation law.
Water users of the irrigation dis
tricts of the states in question will
probably be asked to meet and name
representatives to attend the tri-
state conference and advise with rec
lamation commissioners on the laws
to be changed.
Speaking of reclamation so far as
it affects national legislation and the
service man, Mr.. Swenson says that
plan will be taken up for discussion
at the conference to be held.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-26
,J0HNSON STILL HAS
KNOCKOUT BLOW
Stages Comeback ir
Prison Bout
Thanksgiving

LEAvENWORTH, Kan. - Jack
Johnson, former heavyweight cham
pion of the world, knocked out Frank
Owens of Chicago in the last round
Of a sixround bout and then boxed
Topeka Jack" Johnson another four
rounds at the federal prison here this
afternoon.
Regulation fighting gloves were
Used and the rounds were of three
minutes each.
In his bout with Owen, a 240-
pound negro, Johnson knocked his
opponent down twelve times during
the contest before he finally sent him
to the canvas with terrific left hook
to the jaw in the last round.
Bad Hand Delays Knockout
Before Johnson entered the ring
he exhibited a bad abrasion on his
right hand and it was noticeable that
he seldom used that member for his
hard punching. He thus explained
to newspaper men after the fight his
inability to finish Owens sooner.
Johnson appeared to be in good
condition, and it was the opinion Of
ringside critics that the former
champion is still formidable
fighter. "
Topeka Jack" Johnson, his
second opponent, is clever boxer of
about the ex-champion's build, and
their four-round bout was more of a
sparring match, with the former
champion easily outboxing Topeka
Jack" ....s
The ring was pitched in the prison
ball park and was witnessed by about
1000 prisoners and a few hundred
invited guests.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-26
Alleged Forger
Is Brought Back
From Salt Lake

Max Simmons wanted here for for
gerry was brought back from Salt
Lake yesterday by the sheriff, where
he was located by Utah officials.
On July ninth Simmons cashed q
forged check at the Club Cigar Store
and efforts to find him have proved
fruitless up to short time ago.
Simmons waived preliminary EXAM
ination and was held to answer to the
District Court. His bond was placed
at one thousand dollars, which has
not been furnished. The prisoner re-
turned to Idaho without extradition
papers.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-26
WOMAN MAsQUERADEs
AS MAN TWO YEARS

NEW YORK.-The peculiar gait Of
James s. Kelley aroused the suspi-
cions of detective John Schaudell in
the Bowery. James" was stopped,
questioned and then che screamed.
James, taken to police station,
proved to be Miss Helen Howard OF
1902 Spruce street, Philadelphia.
Miss Howard, who wore mans
olive green suit, black shoes, soft
black hat and a gray shirt, said she
arrived from Philadelphia few days
ago, had masqueraded as man for
two years, working in Philadelphia
store, without being suspected.
Asked by a policeman why she
posed as a man Miss Howard said:
"A man can live with less expense
than a woman and less likelihood Of
being insulted."
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-26
GEN. BLANCO WILL
AVENCE CARRANzA
Filibustering Expedition
Crosses Into
Mexico

SAN ANTONIO, Tex.-A flibuster-
ing organization Of former Carran-
zistas organized on American soil
has crossed the Rio Grande on raid
into northern Mexico according to
information reaching military
sources here today. The organiza-
tion is headed by General Blanco,
former Carranzista general and con-
tains two columns of $50 men each.
General Alfredo Ricaut heads the
second band.
Blanco, in proclamation scat
tered thruout northern Mexico, de-
clared he will avenge the death Of
President Carranza by bringing pro-
visional President de la Huerta,
president-elect Obregon and General
Herrero to justice. He promised an
eight hour day for all laborers, pay
ment of all national debts.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-26
Kills His Wife,
Three Children
Then Hangs Self

PENDER, Nebr., Nov. 25.-De-
spondent over the falling value Of
farm products George Binklage, a
farmer reputed to be wealthy, late
yesterday killed his wife and three
children with a hatchet. He then
hanged himself to a rafter in the
barn. Only the baby, also wounded,
survives. The hatchet he used was
the one with which he intended to
kill goose for the Thanksgiving
dinner.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-26
FRIED ANGLEWORMS
NEW DELLCACY

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo
Fried angle worms may become the
piece de resistance of Collegiate
luncheons in Little Lunnon," fol-
lowing Professor Lloyd Shaws dec
laration that they are choice dish.
During the course of a lecture pro-
fessor Shaw described the angle
worms as consisting mainly of two
fleshy' halves coursed by a small ali
mentary system, and told pupils that
there was no reason why it should
not be eaten.
A group of his pupils dug up a
mess of angleworms, fried them in
butter and presented them to the
Professor who ate them with a relish.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-26
BACK FROM THE SOUTH

William Parker has recently re-
turned from fou rmonths' stay in
South Caroliua, where he went to
visit his son Harold Parker who was
disabled in the army. His son is very
much improved and expects to come
home before very long. His injuries
were from being gassed in France.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-26
ASKS MONARCHY FOR GERMANY

BERLIN.-Professor Karl Rauder,
a conservative, addressing the Reich
stag predicted the downfall of So
cialism and asked for a restoration
Of the monarchy in Germany. Profess
sor Rauder declared that monarchy
was best for the German people and
he attacked Herr Mueller Franken,
a socialist member for Singing mud
at the HohenzOllerns."
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-10
New Services to Keep Before Producers and
Distributors Important Crops to Market

The federal bureau of markets
news services on live stock and
meats, hay feeds and seeds, and dairy
products, and fruits and vegetables,
are designed to keep before produc-
ers, distributors and consumers a
picture of the movement of import
ant crops to market, the supplies ar
irving in all of the principal consum-
ing and distributing centers and the
wholesale prices prevailing in each.
To make it's reports of the greatest
practical usefulness, the bureau has
equipped itself with the fastest sys-
tenn of communication available. It's
branch offices in the great consuming
and distributing markets are connect
ed with leased telegraph lines and
operated by bureau telegraphers.
These wires are busy from eight to
twelve hours day in the transmits
sion of market information which
is vital to intelligent and systematic
food distribution.
From the time the live stock mar
kets open in the morning until the
close of the days business, the bu
reaus representatives at Chicago.
Kansas City, Omaha and East ST,
Louis send out telegrapAie Eapo1s
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-10
GOOD CARE OF BIRDS MAKES
SQUAD RAISING PROFITABLE

because the prospective producer
bought old pigeons past their period
of usefulness, or a surplus OF male
birds. Both the age and the sex
Of pigeons are difficult to determine
by casual observation. which FORCES
the buyer to depend largely oh tiio
sellers word.
It is advisable either to puy mated
pigeons which are from 1 to 8 years
old or to get young birds to 3
weeks old and mate them at the
proper age. Pigeons are most vail
liable as squad producers when from
2 to 6 years of age, although many
will breed until they are about 8
years old. The small varieties mate
and breed at to 6 months. and the
larger ones at 8 to 9 months.
The young pigeons are usually re-
moved from the breeding pen and put
into pen by themselves after they
their own food. A catching net or
bag made of large-mesh cotton net
ting, with the mouth or top about IL
inches in diameter, is very useful for
catching the pigeons. Squads hatch
ed in April, May, and June make the
best breeders, while their value on
the market is comparatively low at
that time of the year.
Marketing the Squads
Squads are fed by the parent birds
until they are marketed, which is
usually at from IL to 4 IL weeks
of age. They must be sold about this
age, as the period during which they
are ready for market rarely exceeds
one week. Squads are in good con-
dition when fully feathered under the
wings, which is usually about the
time they begin to leave their nests,
and if not marketed at that time they
soon lose their baby fat and their
flesh begins to get hard. In the
morning, before the breeders are fed.
pick up the squads to be marketed
when their crops are empty. Leave
them in pen for IL hours to allow
all foo dto pass out of their crop.
The production of. squads from
each pair of breeders varies from 1
to 2 as high as 10 or IL pairs a year,
but an average of from to Z pairs
is a fair estimate, although some
squad breeders produce more. Squads
usually sell at the highest prices dur
ing cold weather, as pigeons do not
breed so freely then as in spring.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-10
Exhibits Aid Marketers

The spirit of competition can often
be utilized to encourage the grow
ing of vegetables. fruits etc. TO
promote the improvement of nome
grounds, and to increase the 1000
supply. In all competitions, such as
can be easily instituted among youth
full growers particularly, zest comes
from striving and a desire to excel;
The logical elimination of season OF
competitive growing Is an exhibit.
Such exhibits can be utilized not only
to produce good results, but also to
aid the food growers in marketing
their SURPRISES. A well-planned ex-
hibit is always the center of interest
for a large number of people, and
those who display their product have
an excellent opportunity to secure s;q re
buyers in case the products exhibited
or other supplies are for sale. Every
grower of foodstuffs Of good quality
who expects to have a surplus for
the market will do well to cooperate
in any community exhibits proposed,
not only because of the general bene--
fit that will result, but because Of
the immediate financial returns which
ba NAV on low therefrOm,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-10
Marketing Sheep and Hogs

Of fifty-four carloads of sheep, in
Guiding eleven single-deck and forty
three double-deck cars, the cost of
loading and bedding cars averaged
according to figures furnished the
federal trade commission by the
culture. Other marketing expenses,
including freight, varied from $0.23S
to $1.97 per hundred weight. The
shrinkage in weight varied from 35S
to S.57 per cent, the majority of the
shipment averaging approximately s
per cent.
Similar records on 253 carloads Of
hogs showed the cost of loading and
bedding to average Is cents per 100
pounds live weight; feed at market
approximately s to 9 cents; commits
sion charges, 4 to 10 cents; miscel-
1aneous expense, 2 to 10 cents, aver
aging approximately cents; and the
total cost of marketing, including
freight from varying districts, ap-
proximately from SO to SO cents
The shrinkage in weight on S73 car
loads of hogs varied from 9.88 to
minus 459 per cent.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-10
Better Marketing-Better Prices;
Farmers, Wake y and Get Busy

nation all the time, by letter and
by telegraph, through travelling
statesmen, local buyers and dealers,
country merchants and bankers,
through crop experts employed by
them at high salaries, and through
various private crop reporting agen--
cies. Were it not for the bureau of
crop estimates, which is a disin-
terested federal agency through
which farmers can pool information
it summarized by the bureau into
an accurate report for the whole
country, farmers and the public
would be at the mercy of specula-
tors who would be free to issue any
sort of misleading reports designed
to influence prices to their own ad-
vantage, and farmers would have no
means Of checking them up. The crop
reports injure no one but the spec
ulators, who could we'll afford to
pay many times the entire cost Of
the bureau to have the government
crop reports discontinued or dis
credited. In fact the only influential
request received by the department
from any source in recent years for
the suppression of the crop report
came from one of the largest spec
ulative exchanges in the country. In
their own interest and in the inter-
est of agriculture generally, farmers
should cooperate with the bureau OF
crop estimates by reporting condi-
tons in their neighborhoods, and
should not criticize or disparage the
crop reports as inaccurate or detri-
mental to the interests of farmer
because by doing so they are like
ly to play directly into the hands
| of the spectators.
Relative Supply Affects Prices
Farmers should realize that the
prices of their products are deter
mined largely by the relative sup
| ply, because the demands remain
| fairly constant, and that the law of
supply and demand which deter
mines or influences these prices is
not limited to any particular county
or state, but is nation-wide, and
for some crops worldwide. Regard
! less Of what is grown in your own
country, or even in your own state,
the price you get for what you
have to sell will depend largely upon
what is produced by farmers in
other states and countries; and be-
| fore you can decide intelligently
whether 1t will pay you to grow
more or less cotton, or corn. or any
other crop, or whether to sell your
crop or live stock now or to hold it
until later on, you must know some
thing about the relative supply pro-
| duced in other states and countries.
1t is this information which the
government crop reports supply more
| accurately and more dependably
than any other agency, and it Is
this sort of information which farm
ers must learn to use, as it will
help them to make their business
profitable.
The monthly crop report is an alb
solutely unbiased, nonpartisan, bust
ness service, as nearly accurate as
il is possible to make it and there
fore the most dependable source
of information available, to farmers
and the public; and that, to be of
greatest practical value, farmers
should cooperate with the bureau in
supplying information for their
neighborhoods, and should have full
confidence in the government crop
reports and make practical use of
! them.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-10
Ammonia bY New Process

An enterprising American has Sc
concession for the utilization of 800
horsepower Of the Marmore cascades
near TERM, about seventy miles from
Rome. and maintains that he can
turn out heterogeneous plant food for
one Ira per kilo Gequivaient to
$0.088 per pound. with the Ira taken
at it's par exchange value of $0.193).
1t is said that the falls are capable
of generating not less than 100000
horsepower.
These are the cascades over which
Byron waXed so eloquent in "Childe
Harold's Pilgrimage" Alfred P. Den
mis-. commercial attache of the United
States embassy in Rome, reports to
the department of commerce that the
only ingredients in the ammonia are
water, air. and electric energy.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-10

thusiasm over SQUAD raising swept
the country. Fabulous profits were
told of and many people bought
breeding stock and expected to make
a fortune with little work in a short
time. When they discovered that
these figures were overestimated and
that to reap a profit regular care
must be given the birds, their in
terest slackened and they talked as
had for it in the beginning.
AS a matter of fact, pigeon raising
can be conducted successfully as a
special business, but is better adapt
ed to serve as side issue on a small
scale in towns and cities and on
squads, especially. in large cities, is
increasing. Squads are often used
to replace dressed game, which is
decreasing in this country.
The prices received for SQUADS are
high enough to make SQUAD raising
return fair profit wherever there
is good market. An average annual
return of from So to $3.50 above feed
cost per pair of breeders dS, consider
ed good by successful plants pro-
ducing only SQUADS for markets.
Pigeons as a Side Issue
Many people can keep pigeons sue,
cessfully as a side issue, although
it requires constant oversight and
careful attention to details. The
greatest difficulties confronting the
successful raising Of pigeons seem
to be in getting good breeding STOCK
and finding a good market for the
product of small flock, specialists
in the United States department Of
agriculture say. Pigeons are a prof.,
liable source Of income on general
farms where they may get much of
their feed from the t1elds,, P[oV1oeo
they are not nuisance and the loss
by shooting and by hawks, owls, ana
cats is not large They can also be
raised successfully on farms where
they are closely confined. provideedd
the squads can be marketed TO soou
advantage.
Good breeding stock is one of the
prime essentials of success in SQUAD
raising. 1t is advisable to buy
pigeons from reliable breeders; If
possible. from those who guarantee
their product. Many failures in squad
raising have been due to poor stock,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-10

"The pinto bean growers of this
state have earned $4,000 in addi-
tional profits from their 1919 crop
through their cooperative marketing
association, initiated by specialists Of
the bureau of markets, United States
Department of Agriculture" was the
recent statement made by a New
Mexico pinto bean grower.
Before the association was formed
the beans were purchased by local
buyers who practically controlled the
market and therefore paid almost any
price they chose. These buyers were
rapidly destroying the possibilities
that offered in the marketing of pinto
beans through lack of care in grading
and packing. Choice recleaned pinto
beans was a technical name that
came to mean nothing, for the beans
often contained splits and dirt, as
result of which the trade could not
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-10
Potato STORAGE Houses

CLEMSON COLLEGE.-The South
Carolina Cotton association has in
dorsed the building of sweet po-
tato storage houses, and urges all
prospective builders to get expert adj
vice and not be humbugged by wild
cat" schemes. The following is an
extract from the minutes of the semi
annual convention South Carolina di-
vision American Cotton association,
held in Columbia on May 5, 1920, this
being from the report of the commit
tee on warehousing and legislation:
your committee wishes to call
your attention to the fact that there
are a number of concerns selling or
Offering for sale plans, patent rights
ETC., for potato warehouses. We adj
wise all persons to communicate with
the director of extension at Clemson
college before parting with their
money to any of these concerns, that
they may be sure they are not being
hum bugged"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-10
LOWERING OF FOOD PRICES
5se r. DEPENDS UPON DISTRIBUTION

1t is generally agreed that if food
lists are to be lowered a more eco
mical system of distribution of
frn products must be perfected and
ced in practical use.
Standardization, say experts of the
eau of markets, United States de-
tment of agriculture, is the essen
basis for such a system. This
ms not only standard grades for
ts sad vegetables, but standards
the containers in which they are
ould Sell Produce by Weight
Re bureau of markets is charged
the enforcement of the United
eS standard container act which
fdes only for standard capacities
grape and berry baskets used in
state commerce. The applica-
OF this law has resulted in the
Bpread use Of these containers in
state commerce also, for ship
have come to appreciate the
PITS derived from the use of uni
methods of marketing such
Standardization of larger shipping
Ainers, such as hampers and
d-stave baskets is equally desir-
say the bureaus experts. OF
Sc, the best method is to sell
luce by the pound, but where it
mpracticable to sell by weight,
VI SnOuIu 10 uS0u.
hel baskets of peaches from Geor-
and Colorado should contain the
= ne quantity of peaches. The same
true of any other food commodity
fpped in hampers or baskets.
An illustration of how the present
ethods result in dissatisfaction is
e case of a Florida producer who
eecntly shipped potatoes to the New
York market in container with
which the trade was not familiar.
Although the potatoes were of high
quality, difficulty was experienced
in disposing of them. When they
were finally sold the price was con-
lower per pound than that
by potatoes packed In
the customary manner.
At present there are about nifty
types of hampers and over twenty
sizes Of round-stave baskets in use.
Many OF these sizes are simply the
of custom in various ship
ping localities; Others are used for
the express purpose of deception. And
aside from the confusion and I'M
certainty that result from the use of
dozens Of different kinds of contain
ers. millions of dollars are annually
lost through destruction Of produce
in transit on account Of the weak
Of the containers used.
Would Reduce Number Of Containers
" Many large growers, shippers, and
basket manufacturers appreciate the
of reducing the number
Of these containers, and nation