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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
VOYAGE FAMOUS IN HISTORY
Wooden Paddle Wheel Steamer, the
Golden Age, Paved the Way for
the Mighty Megantic.

Departure from Sydney recently OF
the White Star liner Megantic for Liv-
erpool by way of New Zealand, the
Panama canal, the West Indies and
New York, recalls her historic fore
runner of 1854, says the New York
Tribune.
The vessel. the Golden Age, was a
wooden paddle wheel steamer, belong
ing to the New York and Australian
Steam Navigation company. The in
tention of the company was to run six
vessels "via Panama." the Panama
railroad, capitalized at S7,OOO.0OO, be-
ing the connecting link on the then IN
divided isthmus with the West India
Royal Mail Steam Packet company
running from Southampton.
The Crimean war, yellow fever on
the isthmus and other causes con-
spired to defeat the company's plans
The Golden Age was commanded by
Lieut.. David D. Porter of the United
States navy, who afterward became
famous as a Union admiral during the
Civil war.
The Golden Age left Melbourne for
Panama via sydney and Tahiti, May
5, 1854, She reached Sydney on May
II with 800 passengers. Her cargo
included a consignment of gold dust
and she reached England in GO days.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
MATERIAL THAT REsISTs ACID
New Substance. ouroprene, Is Said to
Be Adapted to Wide Range
of Uses

Recent acid-resisting materials In.
clude such notable products as silica
ware. iron rich In silicon. monel metal
and various other alloys. Not least
interesting is dur0prene, obtained by
the chlorination Of rubber and resist
ing reagents that readily attack rub
Der, such as ozone, nitrous and nitric
acids, hydrOchloric acid, etc. Describ-
Ing 1t to the Liverpool section of the
Society Of Chemical Industry, Mr.. A..
Lamble stated that 1t. can be OBJ
tanned in the solid state as a white
amOrphOus powder. 1t Is soluble In
benzine and coal tar naphtha. carbon
tetrachloride, and trichlorethyiene, but
the ordinary varnish Is a 10 per cent
solution In benzine and solvent naph-
tina. This varnish dries quickly, leav-
ing a colorless, transparent dim. The
very thin flm has been immersed for
days in caustic potash, caustic soda,
ammonia and the mineral acids-hy-
drochlOric, nitric and sulphuric-wlth-
out sign Of decomposition, and 1t Is
quite insOluble in alcohol, ether, petro-
leum oils, and paraffin. Being also
highly insulating and very adhesive.
durOprene is adapted for wide range
Of uses. 1t serves as anti-cOrrosve
varnish or paint, for lining steel Pc
trOleum tanks, and wooden alcohol
watts, for building up electrical con-
depsers. as colorless lacquer for bright
metal work. and as a gas-tight cement.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
Where Bin Industry BEGAN,

The dilapidated old shack, still
standing at Eastport, Me, is of inter.
est by reason of it's being the starting
place of the great American safdine
industry.
The experiment of converting the
small herring into the canned sardine
was tried out in this factory, built for
that purpose by julius Wolff, Rus.
sian, and Otlfer New York promoters
nearly forty years ago. At that time
the picturesque weirs, in which the
fish are seined, usually Joined the fac,
tory property.
From its birth, in this small factory
sardine canning has developed to al
most the chief industry on the Maine
coast, employing thousands of skilled
workers each season, and has placed
Eastport on the map as one of the
most important fishing ports In the
country.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
Cats and Diphtheria.

1T is a widely accepted belief that
cats may suffer from diphtheria and
convey the infection to human beings"
says the Journal Of the American
Medical association in recounting the
experiments by which Doctor Savage
proved that this is entirely without
foundation.
Doctor Savage planted vast numbers
of diphtheria baci.li In the noses and
throats OF kittens. but in no instance
did these take the disease. and within
"a hours the bacili were dead. Doc
tor Savage reviewed all the evidence In
connection with epidemics of diph-
iberia and came to the conclusion that
50 far as it duplicates SITS 1t Is quite
valueless.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
DOGS ASSIST LONDON POLICE
Well-Trsined Animals Have Been
Found Of Great Help in Appre-
hension of Criminals.

The present wave of crime has given
an impetus In Great Britain to the
trimming of dogs for police purposes.
Police dogs were used to assist In
bringing the breaker of laws to justice
before the word police was ever known.
In Older days bloodhounds were used
on the borders of Scotland In certain
districts infested by murderers and
robbers, and tax was laid on the in
habitants for maintaining them; also
there was law in Scotland that who
ever denied entrance to one Of these
dogs should be treated as an accessory
to the crime.
The training Of these dogs calls for
a large amount Of patience, intelligence
and resource. far removed from the old
idea of dog breaking. which was usual
~ to beat the animal merciIessly into
the observance of few set rules.
1t is step by step in his daily lessons
that dog gradually becomes track
er Of criminals by their scent, pursues
escaping prisoners, discovers missing
people, or finds suspected ones in con-
cealment.
He learns fearlessly to seize and pull
down any aggressor, whether his mas
ter or himself be attacked. and to do it
with the least possible damage, ceas-
ing at once when the enemy gives In.
The popular conception Of the police
dog is wild, savage brute, which prob
ably accounts for the antipathy to his
use displayed In some quarters, and it
is we'll that the public should realize
that the properly trained dog is at all
times perfectly under control.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
Plane That Is All Winn.

A sysNn Of airplane construction
which is being developed and particu-
larry adapted to large craft appears
on its face not only interesting but
plausible and practical, provided the
location of the weight is not detrimen-
tai, says a report by ]. FL. Cowell, pub
lished in the Journal of the Patent
Office Society. Broadly stated the
system comprises hollow plane
merged into the fuselage so that the
large trussed wing spars, the engine
housings and fuel tanks, as well as the
pilot, are inclosed within the lifting
surface itself. The center of the plane
between the upper and lower walls Is
deep, while the wings taper to small
depths toward the tips. The entire
machine, including the pilots car, Is
practically a part of the lighting sur
face, thereby necessitating compare
lively few external wind resisting
parts.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
THAT SOUND III THE NIGHT
Nothing So Very Terrible, but at Lea
Henry Found Out Jus. What
: Caused II.

II certainly was strange sound
even though at midnight all sounds
are strange. Mrs. Meekton nudged
her husband hard.
Henry" she whispered, loudly
wake up at once, and go downstairs
it sounds like burglars"
"Yes, my dear" replied Henry,
nervously. But don't"
IF you don't go at once" stated
his better half. 81 will go myself"
Il shall certainly go, Maria" Henry
said with dignity; then he added, "if
hear 1t again."
mo, go now" ordered Maria. "er I
shall shrek for the police, and tell
them that you made no attempt to
capture the thieves"
Every. we'll" replied Henry, through
trembling lips; ''but let me kiss you
and the baby before l 60, and when
he grows up tell him that his brave
daddy jumped out of bed one bitter
night and boldly attacked several
armed burglars and fought with them
till he was overpowered and"
"O-0-0-Oh, Henry, there it Is again !!
Go at once!" yelled Maria, giving him
mighty push.
And Henry went downstairs, trem-
bling violently. Cautiously opening
the kitchen door he turned on the cleo
trio Highland found the kitten play
ing with baby's india-rubber ball.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
Locomotive Rolled Over

After storm that buried the New
England coast In snow last March
passengers on railroad line through
Rhode Island were amazed to observe
a locomotive standing upright in a
swampy brook that runs under the
right Of way at one point. The en-
CINE started out with snowplow to
clear the track, but jumped the rails
at the brook trestle, the plow goins
one way and it's motive power the
other. Confronted, then, by the prob.
lem of removing the new obstruction,
and not caring to devote three engines
to getting one back on the track, the
rail men cut the Gordian knot by roll
ing the big locomotive down the en-
bankmept. Despite the slide and
plunge, il finished right side up.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
TO TEACH BLIND TO DRAW
English Idea Is That Art May Help
the Sightless to Commute ate
With Outside Word.

One of the many experiments of the
Royal Drawing society has been to
teach people to draw by touch. The
pupil is blindfoided and feels q simple
shape, like hammer of spade, and
draws 1t with his eyes open. An ad-
vanced pupil has drawn the head of a
classical bust and the mask Of Bee
th0ven.
These experiments fired Mr.. G. B.
Albeit, the director of the society, with
the idea Of drawing by the blind He
has devised medium which looks like
the frosted stuff on matchbox made
liquid, by which the draughtsman can
follow by touch what he has drawn
and correct or add to his work So far
there have been no experiments with
blind pupil.
Mr.. Albeit does not claim for 1t more
than that a blind man can draw the
plan or a design of something he
wishes to record and explain. A blind
gardener has been known to go into
ecstasies over the unfolding shapes of
a plant, and the drawing of these
shapes, known to him by touch would
undoubtedly give him form of es-
thetic pleasure. In any case, it would
increase his means of communica ting
with the outside world.
A great boon, if the method is prac-
ticable, would be that it would enable
the blind to write and to read writ
Guardian.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
When He Died, He Died All Ger

"D0gg0ne!" said Jesse Eschba h.
chief examiner for the state board OF
accounts, as he read one Of the letters
In his mail. Here is one"
The letter told of a man who had
paid his dog tax to the township as.
SCISSOR and the ungratcful cur had gone
and died. The dog died before the as.
SCISSOR had turned in his books to the
county assessor and the inquirer
wished to know whether there was any
way to get back the dog tax.
"The cruel law" Mr.. Eschbach will
reply, Estates that taxes are paid Ga
property owned March l."
"That'll raise a hOwlw he added
verbally.-IndianapOlis News.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
AiRSHIPS POPULARIZED;
EMPLOYED IN VARIED USES
(Salt Lake Tribune)


According to a current Associated
! Press news item, hundred business
men in various parts of the United
States are employing airplanes for
transportation between their offices
in the cities and their homes in the
country or at the seashore or in the
mountains. The estimate Is made
by the Manufacturers Aircraft as
ISOLATION, and does not take into
account the number of itinerant ae-
rial "taxi-drivers," who carry passen-
gers on short flights. The number
of these is placed at 800.
The association says there is
steadily increasing demand for air
craft of the commercial type. but,
contrary to some published reports,
the demand does not equal the sup
ply. Factories now in operation In
the United States. could construct
ten times the number of aircraft
which optimists would be required
this year.
A trip throughout the country
taken by representatives Of the as
ISOLATION revealed some interesting
uses to which aircraft are being put
"In Seattle during the tourist sea-
son." the investigators reported, "a
passenger airplane makes daily runs
over and around Mount Rainier, fly
ing at 10000 feet, some 5000 feet
above the mountain. At the Santa
Barbara seaside resort flying boat
is in daily operation over the chan
mel, two of its most interesting pas
sengers during the early part Of this
year having been the King and Queen
Of Belgium. Regular flights are be-
ing conducted over southern Califor-
mia with a baby blimp."
There is no little agitation for an
extension Of the aerial forest patrol
in California, and elsewhere, which
has been instrumental in protecting
life and property from fire loss. The
California Rice Growers association,
which last year established a SER
vice patterned after the forest pa
troll over 10000 acres of rice lands,
has enlarged the service to cover
twice that number of acres.
There is no question that the
commercial use of the airplane is
steadily increasing. 1t perhaps will
be some years before the airship
comes into general use, but it seems
certain that its employment will in
crease enormously In the immediate
future.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
Desert Land and Desert Sea.

A portion Of the journey between
Sydney, the New South Wales capital,
and Broken Hill. the mining heart of
Australia, lies over waterless hot
country. Lieut.. Sydney Pickles. who
has shown the feasibility of an air
service between the two cities, saw no
landmark as he crossed the barren
stretch and so had to use his compass.
Describing the pioneer flight, he COM
pared the interminable rolling land be,
fore him to the gray lonely wastes Of
the North sea which he had patroled
In his seaplane.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
He Rode Free.

The rear platform Of the car was
crowded with poor business men in
starched collars and rich laborers in
overalls. There would be nothing I'M
usual in that If one Of the overalled
party had not given the crowd les
son In thrift.
"See, I've got a dime" he told the
conductor.
The conductor nodded.
It'll pitch it. Heads you get the
dime or tails ride for nothing"
The conductor nodded again and the
coin famed the air.
"Tails,' announced the overalled one
triumphantly, and he took his place
with the rest of the crowd.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
ENJOYED TOBACCO IN SCHOOL
In the Seventeenth Century II Was
Common for the Children to
Use the Weed.

The latest diatrbe against women
sm0kers-by "a doctor to q famous
life insurance company" according to
the London paper which publishes it
classes the tobacco habit among
women as an evil of modern growth.
But when tobacco first reached Eng.
land 1t was enjoyed In common by
both sexes. In the seventeenth cen.
fury, according to John Ashton, ut
was not only usual Cor the women to
join the men in smoking, but in Wor-
cestershire the children were sent to
school with pipes In their satchels,
and the schoolmaster called halt in
their studies while they all smoked
he teaching the neophyte."
Scotch women used to enjoy a pipe
the same way as they enjoyed pinch
Of snuff. One of the compilers Of the
Statistical Account of Scotland" pub.
lished in 1891, records that "The chief
luxuries in the rural districts are
snuff, tobacco and whisky. Tea and
sugar are little used, but the use of
whisky has become very great. The
use of tobacco may almost be said to
be excessive, especially among the
female sex. There Is scarce a young
woman by the time she has been
taught to spin but has also learned to
smoke. Smoking seems to have been
introduced as an antidote to rheuma-
tism and ague. The favorable altera-
ton with respect to these diseases has
only produced greater avidity for
tobacco"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
BRITONS REGRET INSULT
GIVEN TO u. s. FLAG

WASHINGTON officials
at Bermuda have expressed regret
for the insult offered the American
flag by British sailors July 4, the
state department was advised Sat-
urday in a consular report from Ber-
muda. The sailors who participated
in the trampling upon the flag have
been sentenced to terms Of imprison-
ment, the message added.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
CAMP KEARNY AT
SAN DIEGO TO BE GIVEN UP

WASHINGTON. Camp Kearny,
Cal, is to be abandoned the war
department announced Saturday
The land is to be turned back to it's
owners.
The department denied that Camp
Dodge, Iowa, will be abandoned be-
cause of the transfer of the fourth
division to Camp Lewis, Wash. The
land at Camp Dodge belongs to the
government, and the Camp will be
placed in charge of caretakers for the
present.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
Got Rid of Pestiferous Fly.

Health authorities at Saranac Lake,
N. Y, declare that this probably is the
first "fyless town" In the world. De-
spite the unusually hot weather Of
last June and July there were scarcely
'any more flies in the town than most
places have in January 1t cost about
$1,000 to eradicate the fly nuisance.
which was accomplished by requiring
that manure be screened and frequent.
ly removed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19

town aud between the condition on
the farms down there and the condi-
ton on the farms in my home county.
/ was tired and SLEEPY, but got him
strung out talking rapidly on a sub
jet that he was filed with, and |
Listened and "salted it down"
To be continued.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
A City Of Wealth

The writer got car and drove all
over the town and around it, trying
to find the section where the poor
people lived, and failed to find any
neglected portion of the town or any
sign of the poor or the locations
where the houses were only shacks or
the modest cottages costing $1,000
or $500 each. They are not there.
If any poor people live there they
are living in good houses, Real
estate and farm lands have steadily
increased in value since the tract
was opened to settlement Men
from other places have always pre-
dicted relapse, but it has never
come. 1t has been said that sales
have gone in until the present own
ers have all paid too much, and that
some day there would have to be an
adjustment. Real estate men have
made fortunes buying and selling
property and are still making money.
1t is said that the Twin Falls real
estate dealers are on the square and
not tricky in their dealings; that
they do not take advantage of GUS.
toners nor strangers, but tell them
the simple truth about property and
sell it to them at a profit. When
the purchaser wants to sell, they re-
sell it for him or her and make it
profitable to have owned it for that
period They do not allow their Gus
toners to lose money on investments
if they are permitted to prevent it.
An Explanation Coming
These things are not new to peo-
pie who know something of Twin
Falls, and everybody knows more or
less about it. The facts are recited
here to get them fresh in your mind
They have been a source of study,
and something of a puzzle to the
writer all these years, and Saturday
night at bedtime I hunted up the
best-informed man in Twin Falls and
determined that l would pump him
till found the reasons for some of
these things that mark the difference
between Twin Falls and my own
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-19
City of Idaho is
Rapidly Making
Advancement
Continued From Page y

does not boost their town. The rail
road company in its wisdom refuses
to take down the sign and the town
has been unable to get pure water, SO
there is gnashing of teeth over it.
A Permanent Foundation
Twin Falls was settled by people
who brought money with them, and
it has been growing by the influx of
people who brought in more money.
They made permanent Improvements
with a courage that challenges ad-
miration and from a desert plain it
has quickly sprung into conditions
of wealthy old section of an east
ern prairie state. The irrigation
system was built by private enter
prise and settlers were taught how to
farm and how to irrigate, and this
was done by experts whose advice
brought results from the first. They
were taught to rotate their crops &C.
cording to the best known rules, and
their heldS yield h1gh production.
People Are Well Fixed
People coming to town ride in
good cars. There are few of the
cheaper makes. An average price
for the cost of such cars as one sees
on the streets would $4,000 each.
Last Saturday afternoon there were
$50 cars parked on two of the main
streets, and at $4,000 each, they must
have cost the owners about $4,000.
There were enough other cars
scattered around other streets to
raise the total past the million mark,
and residents say they have had as
high as 1900 cars in the town ON
Saturday Counting them at the
same price named above, it would
make the cost of the cars in the
town run to three and half million
dollars.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-12-23
SOAP SUBSTITUTES FAVORED
Soapbark, Starch Water or Bran Wa.
ter Are Not Likely to InJure
Delicate Colors.

when the action Of soap IS likely TO
iniurr a delicate color, use soapbark,
starch water, or bran water advise
home economies specialists Of the Uni
ted States Department OF Agriculture.
Soapbark, although not soap. when
heated in water viii form Suds. To
prepare II for use boil for 10 minutes
a cup Of the bark with | quart Of
water; then cool and strain the liquid.
The "S0apy" water may be used full
strength for SpOngng or diluted for
washing half Of this amount Is
enough for onc-half tubful Of water.
Since the liquid Is brownIsh, It should
be used only on dark-colOred goods.
Starch water is especially good for
cleaning delicate cotton fabrics. This
Is usually made by adding thin starch
pnste 10 the wash water Water In
which rice has been boiled II II Is
not discolorcd may be used Instead.
II It is not desirable to have the ma
tcrial sturched slightly, It must be
rlnsed in salt water.
Bran water made in the same way
ng sonphark solution, Is useful with
colors hat are likely to fade. II does
not give suds, but cleans like starch
water.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-12-23
LADYLlKE GEOMETRY

I. A straight line Is the shortest dis
lance between two millinery openings.
II. A straight line determined by
two bargain tables is considered as
prolonged both ways until the store
closes
III A broken line is a series of sue
cessiye straight lines described by Il
woman alghting from street car.
~. A mixed line Is a line composing
the reception committee of a clubs
presidential candidate.
V. A plain figure is one all points
OF which have been neglected by the
dressmaker.
VI Figures of the same shape don't
always have the same style.
VII. Figures Of the same size never
consider themselves equivalent.
VIII. Women equal to the same
thing are not always equal to each
other.-St Louis Globe Democrat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-12-23
WEATHER LORE

Thunder In the evening indicates
much rain.
Thunder in the fall indicates mild
open winter.
When the wind blows hard, some
one Is being hung.
II high wind goes down with the
sun It will rise with 1t again In the
morning.
The south wind brings heat and
plenty; the west wind brings fish and
milk the north wind cold and storms,
and the east wind fruit on the trees.
The first thunder of the year Is
said TO awake the frogs and snakes
from their winter sleep.
When you hear thunder for the first
time in the year, take stone and
tap your forehead with It three times,
and you will be free from headache
for year.
The greater distinctness Of distant
objects indicates rain, and the air
grows clearer and things cannot only
be seen better, but sounds carried
more clearly.