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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-10-31

dealers, who buy the birds alive and
dress them for the various city mar
kets. In such cases practically all the
turkey raisers sell to these dealers,
who often send buyers out into the
country to gather up drove Of several
hundred birds by stopping at each
farm as they pass, weighing whatever
turkeys the farmer may have to sell,
and adding them to those already col
lected.
Turkeys to be killed and dressed on
the farm should first be deprived of
feed for "a hours but given plenty of
fresh, clean water in order to clean
the crop and intestines Of all feed.
When ready to kill, the bird shoufA be
hung up by the feet; holding the bird
In one hand, sharp, narrow-bladed
knife is used to sever the veins in the
throat by making small cut inside
the mouth on the right side Of the
throat, at the base of the skull. After
making this cut and bleeding begins,
the knife is thrust up through the
groove In the roof of the mouth and
into the brain at the back part Of the
skull. The bird gives a peculiar
squawk, the feathers are loosened by
a quivering Of the muscles, and death
is instantaneous.
In dry-picking, the feathers should
be plucked Immediately, and IL the
bird has been properly stuck they
come out very easily. The tail and
large wing feathers are removed first,
after which the body feathers are
pulled out. When the turkeys are to
be marketed locally or are to be
shipped but a short distance, they are
cooled to a temperature Of about IS
degrees Fahrenheit by hanging in the
open air, provided the weather Is cold
enough, otherwise they are plunged
into Ice water and kept there until
thoroughly cooled.
After cooling they are packed un-
drawn In boxes or barrels. 1t Is in
advisable for the producer without
proper refrigerating facilities to ship
dressed turkeys, as losses from i'm
proper cooling and from their being
exposed to warm weather during tran
sit are liable to occur. Aside from
this it Is seldom profitable to ship tur-
keys any great distance except In car
load lots; when this Is done the tur-
keys are cooled to 80 degrees Fahren-
heit, packed in boxes or barrels, and
shipped in refrigerator cars.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-10-31
TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR
THE HOME TOWN

1. Thou shalt love. thy home town
above all other towns. Thou shalt
be loyal to her people and to her in
situations.
g. Thou shalt guard thy home
town from the hosts of evil that
would invade and destroy, her soul.
Thou shalt keep the good name Of
thy home town clean and without
stain or blemish.
8. Thou shalt elect as thy public
servants in political office men Of
strong character, eager to conserve
the best interests of thy people. And
when thou hast elected such men
thou shalt stand to support AMI en-
courage them, for their tempt ati0ns
are many and their burdens are not
light.
4. Thou shalt exalt thy public
school and honor it all the days Of
thy life with the best OF teachers,
building and equipment, for the
school is the cradle of the future.
Thy children are here and they shall
be the children of tomorrow. No
IIdlHlu6 10 tOU 6OOu AOT IuClA anu H.
preparation superfuous.
s. Thou shalt defend the health Of
they home town from the death that
turks in marshes, swamps and heaps
Of filth. Thou shalt exterminate the
fly and mosquito, for they carry ty-
phoid and malaria. The tube-cle
bacillus shalt thou drive before thee
with the sun and fresh air as thy
allies
6. Thou shalt build good roads
and keep them good. For by her
roads is q town known for good or
i'll. Eternal watchfulness shall be
thy motto, that they roads may not
ravel nor thy supervisor forget thee.
z. Thou shalt keep thy home
town beautiful. The hills, the trees,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-10-31
STERLING

AL Grover of Blackfoot was Q
visitor in Sterling one day this week
on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. e. Nilsson and
SON Otto motored to Aberdeen We'd
nesday.
Several young people from this
community motored to Springfield
Thursday evening to attend the
dance.
Ray Decker OF Idaho Falls was
here this week on business.
Landon Rich departed from this
life Thursday evening at his home,
after an illness Of several weeks.
A crowd Of people from Sterling
were Grandview visitors Saturday
evening attending the masquerade
ball.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-10-31
CURE COLD IN HEALTHY FOWL
Application Of Three or Four Drops
Of Coal Oil in Nostrils Of Bird
ls Effective.

A cold can be cured In healthy
fowl by an application Of three or
four drops of kerosene in the fowls
nostrils. Never get it in the eyes.
Put enough permanganate Of potash
in the drinking water to color bright
pink. This is good for throat infec-
lions Of all kinds and will usually
prevent the spread Of the trouble.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-10-31
HENDY FORD IN A
NEW ROLE

H0uTy FOTu says the UulLcQ STATES
will never solve the railroad problem
by giving the railroads big blocks OF
money to get them on their feet. He
says the railroads are built wrong,
operated wrong and will need to be
overhauled from top to bottom be-
fore they will serve the country eff
ficiently.
Ford has gone into the railroad
business himself and is making a
very remarkable showing with his
one line some 500 miles long. He
says that all rolling stock is built
too heavy, and says it needs to be
re-designed. He cites the example of
the passenger train weighing twenty
times as much as it's cargo when
fully loaded, and the bicycle weigh
ing one-tenth as much as it's rider.
A freight train weighs several times
as much as its cargo, and altho all
rolling stock has to be running
around curves all the while it is in
use, yet none of it is built so that it
can run around curves without slid
ing the wheels on one side or both
to adjust the difference in distance
around the curve. The automobile
has its jointed axle for that purpose,
and neither wheel has to slip at all
or be under any strain, while the
trucks of railroad cars have the
heavy wheels and axles all built
strong enough to force them to slip
without breaking, even under the
terrific loads they carry. Axles Of
locomotives are built heavy for the
same reason, and engines are built
heavy thruout SO they can pull the
heavy train that is all built on the
clumsy order. The rails and ties and
all bridges have to be built CORE
spondingly heavy to stand the strain,
and so the whole mechanism of the
railroads is built on the clumsy plan.
The first cost is an unnecessary tax
upon capital and the operating cost
is increased and is constant.
Mr.. Ford says he is designing light
rolling stock for railroads and will
demonstrate it on his own road. He
gives assurance that roads will be
built cheaper and better and that
the operating expense and upkeep
will be cut down so much that the
new roads will outstrip the old style
so much that there will be no COM
parison and no competition between
them.
In these days of near-despair re-
garding railroads, it would be a
browning monument to Ford If he
should make good on his railroad
plans. He has made good on farm
ing machinery and started a revolu-
tionizing that will go on rapidly. He
introduced new and original lines
in the manufacture of light, ef-
ficient autos at light expense and he
is entitled to serious consideration
when he says he can re-design the
railroads.
1t might be mentioned here that
Mr.. Ford is now accredited with be-
ing the greatest evangelist that
America has ever produced. The rea-
son assigned being that his cars are
shaking the devil out of more peo-
pie than anybody else has ever done.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-10-31
QUEER NEWSPAPER
TACTICS

Some fellow at Boise, writing for
newspapers at Salt Lake, Portland
and other places outside of Idaho,
works himself up to a condition OF
excitement occasionally and sends
out a political brainstorm, and gets
1t published as very important dis
patch, the Inference being that il it
was of such great haste and import
ance az to get telegraphed to the
newspaper 1t must be great dis
cOvery.
The person doing the writing prob
ably gets paid by the inch for the
amount of space he fills in the paper,
and this is likely one Of his ruses for
marketing his stuff, tho it seems a
little strange that he should be able
to work the same publishers the
second and third times.
Nobody who understands the shal-
low pretenses of the daily newspaper
practices relative to telegraphic dis
patches thinks for minute that all
that is tabled as a special dispatch is
received by telegraph. Reams of that
kind of stuff are sent to them by mail
and lie around until they want some
thing to fill out page and then it
lis resurrected, dated for that day and
printed.
One of the latest political dis
coveries of this Boise news magnate
is that there is great excitement in
Boise and southeastern Idaho over
! the fact that Peter G. Johnston of
Blackfoot and c.. G. Moore of st..
Anthony are liable to be candidates
for governor of Idaho next year. Ac-
COrding to the Boise brainstormer,
word had just reached Boise and
people were prancing around on &C
count of it. The news was tele-
graphed to the Oregonian at Port
Land, locality where they do not
know nor care much about Idaho
politics. and there it was given space.
Az a matter Of fact, Peter G..
Johnston is not candidate for the
governorships Of Idaho, tho he could
probably be elected IL he wanted the
position. G. C. Moore has long been
considered rising man for the place
and supposed to be looking forward
70 the time when he would seek the
nomination at the hands OF his party.
Moore is In no hurry to become gov
ernor, but IS serving the state In
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-10-31
TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING
Six Weeks In November and Decem
bsr Constitute Duration Of Market
for Big Birds.

prepared by the United States department
Of Agriculturs) l
: The American public demands tur-
key for Thanksgiving, and gets It
usually II 1t Is humanity possible. On
no other festival Of the year do the
people Of this country feel 1t neces-
sary to have any one kind Of meat,
but Thanksgiving without turkey Is
like Hamlet without the ghost to most
Americans. Many serve turkey at
Christmas and New Years also, but
after the holiday season Is past the
demand for turkeys is usually small.
This makes the marketing season for
turkeys very short, running as 1t does
from the middle Of November to the
latter part Of December.
In sections where turkeys are grown
In large numbers, as in Texas, dress
ing plants have been built by poultry
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-10-31
GOOD BOOSTS FOR CHICKENS
Points to Be Considered Are Ease Of
Cleaning and to Prevent Lurking
Places for Mites.

Good roosts are to the chickens
what good bed Is to humans. About
half the fowls time Is spent on the
roosts. The points to be considered
in putting in the roosts are ease Of
cleaning, spacing from the back wall
and from the floor and smoothness Of
lumber to prevent lurking places Tor
mites.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-10-31
YOUNG FOWLS BEST LAYERS
Seldom Pays to Keep Hens for lay
ing After They Are Past Two
Years Of Age.

There are people who have the
right variety Of fowls, who house, and
feed them properly, and yet who can
not obtain eggs early in the winter
because their fowls are too old. It
is seldom that it pays to keep hens
for laying after they are two and a
half years old; not that they will
not give a profit, but because younger
fowls will give greater profit.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-10-31
WHOLE TOWN MADE
SOME MISTAKES

During the RECENT C0dCAQI6 AAStAt0sO
some mistakes were made by all the
active folks Of the town, that deserve
to be considered and avoided next
wear. A recitation of some Of them
while they are fresh In memory Will
help to correct understanding In
laying plans better in 1922.
The restaurant men were asked to
subscribe to the institute fund along
with other business houses, and
naturally they responded with the
expectation of having big weeks
business. In the great desire to feed
the teachers we'll and at reasonable
prices, all persons furnishing rooms
were asked to feed as many Of them
as they could, and several Of the
churches responded to the request TO
serve meals, the desire being to at
ford service to take care of all that
the regular eating houses could not
handle. The result was that the
restaurants brought in extra help,
laid in extra supplies and had less
business all week than they had the
week before or the week after. 1t
came about in this way: The COM
bined efforts of the town in serving
extra meals absorbed all the teachers
trade and because the church folks
did not have customers to fill all the
tables, many regular customers Of
the restaurants went over to the
church dinners, leaving the restau-
rant men with extra help hired for
the week, money invested in the in
stitute and no chance to recover the
outlay.
Naturally the restaurant men
criticise the management and feel
that the Commercial club under
whose activities all these plumbers
were made, were accountable for the
Z blunders, yet none of the restaurant
men ever participate in the work or
management Of the Commercial club.
The club sent committee to consult
with them, but they too were very
lame in their judgment and advice.
They were loyal to the town and to
the undertaking of the town, so far
as they went, but they did not go far
enough in attending its councils. II
the restaurant men had sat down in
open meeting and told all they knew
about handling crowds and had given
information as to their capacity as
freely as they did after the crowd
was gone, some of the plumbers of
the week would have been avoided
and the losses of the restaurants
turned to profits as they deserved.
What has been said of restaurants
is true in some degree Of the hotel
and rooming house business, the
whole situation being overdone in
the effort to play safe. The public
houses were, of course, asked to put
the money into the treasury for ex-
penses of the institute, and the
churches and the individuals all over
town did the business and took the
profits. Restaurants that were as
sessed $40 or SIS had Poor week
and lost money, while clothing stores
that put up but little more money,
had busy week and enjoyed good
returns.
These facts are published for in
formation and not as criticism, and
it is a subject for congratulation that
even the folks who lost money on the
mistakes of the week are cheerful
about it and are rejoicing that the
primary object of the week was &C.
cOmplished--that of pleasing the
visitors and taking care of them
right.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-10-31
sauffriers Eruption.

On April 80, 1918, the vincentian-
Sauffriere burst forth In all Its fury,
opening circular chasm over half q
mile in diameter and nearly 900 feet
deep. So, awful was the discharge
that Barbados, 100 miles away, was
thickly covered with the volcanic dust
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-10-31

We don't know whether the ex-
perts are right or not about the
ruinous results Of another war, but
we don't believe we could survive
another armistice. Columbia Is.
CD Record. "
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-10-31
MAKE PROFIT OUT OF FOWLS
Farmer Should Keep Hens IN Pink
Of Condition by Giving Good
Care and Proper Feed.

Farmers should not endeavor to
raise hens under natural conditions
For d hen raised that way Is a liabil-
ity rather than an asset. To make
profit out Of hens a farmer should
keep them IN the pink Of condition.
This can only be done BY giving extra
GOOD care and plenty Of nroDer feed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-07
Failures Decline
Second Quarter Shows Shrink
age in Numbers and Liabilities

Following the usual tendency, the
number of commercial failures in the
second quarter of the year showed
decline in number and amount of liza
bilities involved compared with the
first three months. The number of fail
ures in the second quarter, according TO
R. G. Dun & Co.. was 4,l63, against 1872
in the first quarter. Liabilities IN the
second three months amounted to $780,
273,615, against $18o,397 ,999 for the
first three months.
With many large defaults this year,
the amounts involved have been abnor-
mally heavy, and the expansion over
the figures of former years is proper
tionately greater than the rise IN
number Of insolvencies. Compariso.:
of the present statement with the favor
able exhibit OF 1920 reveals numerical
increase of about ITO per cent and one
of 260 per cent in the liabilities fSr the
half year, while the Indebtedness for
the second quarter of the current year
is the largest on record for the period
The second quarters failures, moreover
exceed in number those of any previous
second quarter, aside from 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-07
II. s. Steel Cuts
Prices; Overtime
Day Eliminated
Latest Reductions Range
From 5A to II Per
Cent; New Labor Policy
to Decrease the Pay Roll

The United States Steel Corporation,
toy the second time sincc it agreed to
aahere to the so~eallsd Industrial
poard schedule Of March q, 1919, has
nut into effect a reduction in prices to
meet the com petition of the laading in
senendens companies. Ebert II. Gary.
chairman. announced yesterday that
sr;ce cuts ranging from SIS per cent to
aver IL per cent for the corporations
leading products. with the exception of
rajls had been recommended "to cor
respond with existing prices Of com
netiters."
Judge Gary also announced that the
sc-called basic or overtime day, put
;nto effect during the war as an emer-
,-ancv measure. will be abrogated en-
Tulv f6. 1t is believed that this will
result in reduction of the corpora
lions ray roll Of approximately Is per
sent where the men have been working
twelve hours q day.
Figured on tonnage basis the new
nrice list of the Steel Corporation rep
resents reductions ranging from 81 to
$40 ton. or similar to those an
neunced July 4 by the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation and yesterday by the Re-
pubiic Iron and Steel Company and the
iackawanna Steel Company. Other in
dependents are expected to put similar
sufs into effect Immediately. The new
Steel Corporation prices, with the re-
auctions in percentages. compare with
the pfices previously in force as fol-
lows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-07

be the greatest feature of the exposi-
ton.
The President was greatly interested
in the proposal, and told Mr.. Wanna
maker that he believed we'll organ
lied world exposition could not be i'm
proved upon as a medium to promote
and cement international friendships.
The President commented upon the fact
that in 1876 the centennial celebration
marked a hundred years OF American
progress, during which the American
nation grew from a population of less
than 1000 600 to 45,000,000. The pro-
posed sesquicentennial exposition in
1926 will mark the increase of the
American population from 45,0O0, 900
to more than LOG, 100000. There has
been a larger increase in the last fifty
wears than there was IN the 100 years
preceding.
The President feels that it will be
tremendous ben9fit TO hold American
bicensenary celebrations and revivals
of the Declaration of independence
spirit, so that every new generation
will be ms pired anew
He suggested to Mr.. Wanamaker that
further consideration would be needed
and in the mean time that plan of
organization should be devised that
would cover the points discussed rela-
tive to governmental enactment and
the steps necessary TO procure the in
terest OF the world generally In CON
GLIDING the interview the President
agreed with Mr.. Wanamaker that the
gathering of the nations would have the
effect of promoting good will and be
an inspiration to the business inter
ests throughout the United States and
the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-07
Stock in New Firms for
Internal nal Fur Creditors
Funston Bros. & Co. and F. C..
Taylor & Co. Take Over
u rol, orauo A aCo.a

The affairs Of the International Fur
Exchange, st. Louis, in which num-
Der of New York and ST. Louis banks
were heavily involved through a credit
acceptance arrangement, have been
definitely settled through the turning
over of the assets of the exchange to
the recently organized Funston Broth
ers & Co., Inc, and the F, C. TAYLOR
Fur Company, Inc, in return for pre-
ferred stock in the two corporations,
which has been turned over to the
creditors of the international Fur Ex-
change. The preferred stock of the
tunsten company amounts to 100000
and of the Taylor company to $3.50, 900.
In addition the Taylor company issued
$l5l 900, worth of short-term notes,
which were taken over by the Inter
national and distributed to creditors.
Under the arrangements with the
bankers, according to letters being sent
the fur trade offering common stock
in the two new companies, the divi-
dends on the common stock of the Fun
stem company are limited to $4,000
annually and those of the Taylor COM
pany to $t7,500 annually until the pre-
ferred stock is retired. Holders of old
international Fur Exchange preferred
stock are offered one share of common
stock in each of the new companies on
basis of every five shares of Inter
national held the price of the two
shares being placed at S55. This offer
expires on July g. The common stock
so purchased must be placed in a vot-
ing trust for five years. The letters
are signed by A. M. Ahern for the Fun
stem company and N. r. Darragh for
the Taylor company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-07
Pig Iron Production in
a.. 8, Is at Loso Ebb

The Iron Age this week points out
that the price reductions formally
made by the Bethlehem Steel Corpora
ton have already been met by other
Producers who were not already selling
at the new Bethlehem levels. A re-
duction of Is per cent in mill wages
ana 10 per cent in salaries is a part
Of the Bethlehem reimbursement, and
fresh wage reductions at various west
ern Pennsylvania and Youngstown,
uIIo, plants are expected by July is.
rig iron production in June, accord
ing to The Iron Age, was smaller than
IN any month since January, 1908,
when the low point was touched, due
70 the 1907 panic. For the six months
ended JQne 80 the country's pig iron
eoatput. exclusive of charcoal iron, was
sa.o'oo0 tons, against 1878, 900 tons
II the first half of 1920.
There were said to be signs that
greater railroad buying Will be in evil
aence by August l.
IMPOSITION in the steel trade to the
!; metal schedule Of the new tariff bill,
~ was said, centers on the manganese
o o ana ferromanganese duties, which
S;s, I manufacturers consider far too
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-07
Four jull columns Of in
cesfment questions and an
s,oers are published in The
Tribune every Sunday.
Silk Expansion Large
Census Shows 36Tc Gain in
Volume in Five Years

WASHINGTON, July Can increase
of more than So per cent in yardage
and of over So per cent in value was
shown in the silk industry in this coun-
try between 1914 and 1919, according to
preliminary statistics issued by the
Bureau of the Census. The number of
establishments increased from 9O2 in
1914 to 1871 in 1919, the value of the
products jumped from s254,011, 600 to
$68S 946,000 and the volume of broad
silks, velvets, pushes, upholstery and
tapestry from PAL ,945,o 900 yards to $780,
ESQ 900 yards.
The silk industry appeared to be cen
tered in New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
the former state being represented
with 686 factories, producing 31.2 per
cent of the silk goods of the country,
and Pennsylvania, with 373 factories,
turning out 1915 per cent of the total
value of products. New York had 1873
factories and produced 11.9 per cent,
and Connecticut al factories, producing
& nor cant