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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17
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to bring about the reformation so tad
ly needed.
And now Franklin d. Roosevelt, TO-
seven years assistant secretary Of the
navy and recently the Democratic can
didate for vice president:
The entire system OF relationship which
exists between congress and the esecu-
tive departments Is fundamentally wong
Let me illustrate: ! made an offer one
spring TO the appropriations comRittees
OF both house and senate. telling them
that | would tomorrow discharge Is per
cent OF the employees Of the Nay de-
partment If they, the committees, would
give me complete authority to take one
half of the salaries OF the EMPLOYEES so
dischar ged and add II to the sal aries OF
the other So per cent Of the employees
still left in the department or
course. however. under the pre-ent sys'
TEN congress would not think of giving
executive discretion of this kind.
Congress. for various reasons, has so
tied the hands of the executive officers
of the government that they have no DIS
erection in the fundamental questions OF
endowment My own wonder is
that. considering the existing circum-
stances, the employ ees of the govern
ment are as elllCitHl DIS Anty dCAGaAJ az
Congress legislates for every minute item
of employlnent There Is a lot
of work being done in other departments
which ought properly to be under the
Navy department, and in the same way
there is a lot OF work done by the Navy
department which could perfectly prop
erly be transferred to other departments.
After seven years down here in an ex-
ecutive position / cannot help the
conclusion that our Cover nmental meth
DDS are cumbersome and wasteful. The
first improvement must come In what is
after all. the source Of governmental ac-
tivities-that is. the Legislative branch.
This must come from congress. We need
also a Reconsideration and redistribution
of the work OF the executive depart
ments This can only come II congress,
working in accord with Itself and with
the executives, will discuss the whole
question simultaneously and not merely
piecemeal-
Well. there you arel A Republican
who has been in the legislative branch
of tbe government for seventeen years,
and a Democrat who has been in the
executive branch for seven years, both
telling the same story of how badly
the national business is managed.
The odd thing about it is that our
agents and representatives at Wash
ington who let this waste and inef-
ficiency run on, year after year, pay
no penalty. We pay the piper TO the
tune of millions and Enthusiastically
that much. And the condition will ell
dure until we make a real roar about
it. Congress increasingly shakes its
head over the situation and brings In
various proposals of reform, and says
how wrong it all is; but lacking a
lively, lnfamed public pressure, moth
ing gets done.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17
WE'RE COLD TO REFORMS

economy and efficiency commission was
very conservative and cautious. 1t
took Mr.. Taft's view that the prob
lem of good administration is not one
that can be solved at one time. Ii is
continuously present one. This
commission, made up of excellent men,
suggested that the revenue-cutter serv-
ice be abolished and its activities be
taken over by other services. 1t was
estimated that by so doing q saving
of not less than $1,00O,000 could be
made.
Another report recommended that
the lighthouse and life-saving services
be administered by single bureau In
stead of as at that time, by two bu-
reaus located In different departments.
1t was estimated tkat this consolida-
ton would result in saving of not
less than 100000 yearly.
The abolition of tie returns office Of
the Interior department was recon-
mended, at an estimated direct saving
of about $4,000 a year, in addition
to a large indirect economy in the
reduction Of work to be performed in
the several offices.
The consolidation Of the six auditing
offices of the treasury and the inclu-
sion In the auditing system of the
seven naval officers who audited Gus
toms accounts at the principal ports
was urged. The change was expected
to produce an Immediate saving Of at
least $135, 600 yearly.
From this modesi start other changes
and reforms and savings were TO be
made
But we weren't interested In the
high cost OF government or the bIgt
cost Of living eleven years ago. afr
Taft didn't get rise out OF Us. lie
didn't have much Of q pull with con
gress. either. poor man, and all his IA
quiry went for nothing as FAR as any
action was concerned.
lie and bis commission did bring out
and establish. however certain facts
and conditions. IL was q trustworthy
aud competent Investigation ns far 40
u went, Thai Il something 10 fht
good,
1<eye h patent disposition M con
gross n0N % take ihe whole problem
~ ihe routine admlpls'fnii}s processes
of ihe g0Yernmsni updsr ppnsldtnille
and 80 hoE Desi ~ Improve lpflp
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17

wheat or oat meal, will kill the mice
but great care needs to be used In
placing it, or 1t will kill valuable birds
and poultry.
The best way of distributing the
poison is said to be to place a hand
full CT the poisoned grain inside of
tin can, the cut lid of which Is partly
closed; then put under a board OF
brush pile in the field or orchard.
The mice ordinarily take shelter In
such places and will find the bail
even quicker than if 1t is thrown
broadcast. 1t will likewise be pro
tected from the weather, will retain
its strength longer. and will be safe
from birds and poultry.
The formula for poisoned bait which
is recommended by the biological sur
yey of the federal Department of Agrf
culture is as follows:
Mix thoroughly one ounce OF
powdered strychnin (alkaloid), one
ounce powdered Dicarbonate OF soda
and IA ounce, or less, of saccharin
Put the mixture In a tin pepper box
and sift Il gradually over 80 pounds
Of crushed wheat, or 40 pounds OF
crushed oats, or 80 pounds of cat meal
In a metal tub, mixing the grain con
stantly so that the poison Will De
evenly distributed.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17

We have not had In our time Presi-
dent who was a business man or VINO
had close acquaintance with business
methods. The Chief Executives have
for the most part, not been executives
as that term Is now understood. Any
thing but They regarded the govern
mental machine as one regards hired
motor cara piece of mechanism IN
which to get somewhere, and with nc
thought Of Its power-transmission
system or economy of operation.
Mr.. Taft did sense the fact that he
was at the. head of an organization
whose activities are almost as varied
as those of the entire business world
Mr. Harding. l believe. shares this
) feeling.
AS Mr.. Taft pointed out, this great
organization has never been studied
In detail as one piece of administra-
tive mechanism. No comprehensive
effort has been made, until very re-
Gently. to list Its many activities or to
group them In such way as TO pre-
sent clear picture Of what the gov
ernment Is doing. No satisfactory
statement has ever been published Of
the financial transactions of the gov
ernment as a whole. With large in
terests ut stake congress and the ex-
ecutive have never had all the infor-
nation which should be currently
available IL the most intelligent drec-
ton Is TO be given to the daily national
business.
Congress. the President and the ad-
ministrative officers have been at
tempting to discharge their duties
without full Information as to the
agencies through which the work Of
the government is being performed.
Ia the past, services. agencies. bureaus.
what not, have been created one by
ole as exigeneies have seemed TO de-
mand, With lille Or 90 reference 20
any scheme of 0rgonizoton Of the gov
ernment as a whole.
Mr.. Tan pointed our all this ana
made sn earnest effort ~ chonSe u.
Win what RESULT Why, just exactly
none Congress was cold, The pub
lie meaning y0u aud nle was colder
We didn't take any Interest in ODE
project, aud therefore congress ~
lltely gpnned u away mo llle inll
grass nnd Qua of slghf NJ Tan N9s
given enough money ~ employ pp go
uenfy hni enpunmy commission nni
A. make luqlliy rlni0 lhe mrll0ds IA
ilansnollns lhf public buslnpas NJ lhe
eAeluilf0 ifpallnfnf npd nillel g0l
wnmrw rpaNu fnYNifF
Ihc lnkli} NNs NEEDS Api iiN
Nmuua fr0oumNulpa hui npiNlNs
pW nu nrH 4pNe slqV "a iAf
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17
Both RESPONSIBLE

No side is actually to blame Ia
the thousands of unhappy marriages
existing today. From the altar steps
TO the end of their lives man and
woman must realize that it is game
of give and take all through. No one
is infallible and although an ideal may
be found to have feet Of clay, no one
can afford to throw stones at the op-
posite side.-Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17
XI.
OUR COSTLY NEGLIGENCE

Generalization" is a tired, haggard,
nervous wreck Of q word that was
nearly worked to death at Washington
during the early days of the war. 1t
was the first Of the dollar-a year words
to come forward to do war work, and
It was worn to a fragile. | hate to
drag the poor wan thing out from the
quiet retreat In my dictionary where
1t has been resting and recuperating,
but | must say that this lack Of CO
ordination, lack of organization, du-
plicati0n, inefficiency, waste. and hap
hazard hodge-podge structure of the
national governmental machine Is no
secret to those at Washington who
run and manage it for US, and who are
even more directly responsible than
we are for the condition into which
II has fallen.
| submit pleas of avoidance and
confession from both Democrats and
Republicans. 1t is not matter OF
politics. 1t is matter of proved and
confessed negligence on the part OF
the men we have hired to run the ma
chine. and have kept year after year
In places of trust and power and re-
sponsibility. They haven't kept up
the plant. The form of organization
is grotesquely inadequate. The NOR
paired, as | have set forth at length
In previous articles. We have paid
the price for this, grossly and hugely,
In money and in poor service. This
has been costly negligence on our part.
l said had confessions. Here they
are. Reed Smoot, Republican and a
senator from Utah. speaking:
The administrative branches Of the
government have undergone no fnnda-
mental change since the organization was
devised by Alexander Hamilton.
No other. government In the world
could have gone on as OUTS has done, ana
paid the bills involved in our wasteful
methods of administration We have been
able to do 1t because this country has
had resources and wealth unparalleled
But the war has brought us at last TO
realize that these will not last always
We need complete survey of the whole
situation de novo by committee of men
willing to recognize that 1t Is a task OF
day and night for year. and very likely.
two years
There Is endless duplication OF work
among different departments. and even
In the same department 1t Is
the same through all the. government
functions. and now, when the burden of
carrying our enormous debt is weighing
on the people. we can no longer neglect
to give il consideration.
When he said these things, Mr..
Smoot was urging concrete proposal
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17


When Sales Are Held.
lens by farmers, and the owners Of
big plants, has resulted in great i'm
provement in their practices.
The county extension organization
In Alameda county, California, has
taken steps through its poultry divi-
sion TO raise the standard of all poul-
try in the county by improving the
quality Of fowls used in breeding
focks. Owners Of hatcheries in the
county have entered into an agree
ment with the county extension or
ganization to use eggs for incubation
from selected breeding stock, exclud-
ing the incubation of eggs from the
general run of fowls in the locality,
with the understanding that the coun-
ty extension organization shall fur
nish judges to pass on the desirability
Of birds selected for breeding.
This method of controlling the
quality of the poultry in a county is
expected 10 result in a rapid general
improvement in the productivity Of
the fiocks. II should also give the
county a good reputation wherever
Matching eggs or birds are sold.
Promising development that is being
encouraged in the famous Petaluma
poultry district is the consignment
sale of cockerels. In this the poultry
breeders have been following the lead
Of other growers of high-clasS live
stock. Cattle breeders have been
holding bull sales for a number Of
years; sheep breeders have ram sales;
hog breeders have sales of boars and
of bred sows. In the case of cockerels
no pedigree papers are supplied, as
they are with other kinds of purebred
live stock, but sworn affidayits as TO
breeding go with each bird.
A White Leghorn cockerel sale was
held In Sonoma county (the Petaluma
district) October 10. The IA Pacific
coast breeders who consigned birds
gave sworn statements as to their
breeding. According TO the county
agent, who was instrumental In put
ting on this sale, most of the %
cockerels consigned represented 10
usually high breeding. many Of them
having pedigrees extending back eight
or nine generations with trap-nest rec
ords. Most of them had inheritance
records Of more than 275 eggs in Il
year and some more than 300 The
fact that 1000 catalogues were issued
shows the Importance given to the
first sale OF this kind.
These two methods OF flock improve
ment ought to be popular among poul-
try raisers in all parts OF the country.
They are practical, say the poultry
men of the United States Department
of Agriculture and they help TO make
good stock available 20 the average
poultry raiser who In the past has had
no assurance, other than the breeders
word, that he was getting birds Of
superior performance merit. Few
dairymen. hog growers or beef-cattle
ralsers are also good livestock breed
ers. but methods have been developed
thaf make IL possible for any good
farmer 10 build W an excellent herd.
n should be just as easy Tor poultry
raissr 10 Improve HIS nock.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17
ADVANTAGES OF COVER CROP
Needed Organic Matter Is Added and
II Lepuminous, Nitrogen Also
Is Supplied.

Cover crops add organic matter 10
the soil, and IL they are leguminous
crops. also add nitrogen. They do noi
altogether replace barnyard manure
but VIII do more toward keeping the
orchard up 10 a high standard u pro-
duetion than any other one method
we can use. Generally speaking. al
falfa has not proved 70 be good
cover crop Tor the average Goil ana
orchardlsf.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17
shogtd Be Protection From 6ores
Whe4ceness- of the British Guinea

The mystery of that dreadful IN
coined unit of barter in England
known as the guinea which is alb
stracted from the pocket in place OF
the pound, very much to the damage
of the metric and all other systems,
seems to have been solved at last
Now the pound is 20 shillings and the
guinea is q shillings, so that ii Is
cherished by hotels and lodging hous-
because it is Invisible by seven.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17

Goa. damp poorly llghiff nnd
fennlaied poultry quariers fnfnr iie
ipead ~ sneh diseases sa r0lp
suoh Contagious dlsrases as lhese ara
lnpnu ani somermf. 'mpust|N'a N
NlfG Np'e aien Hiiru'n N f'f
wis HNa Wherever nfflrnN'f
Nra.mn iN frnHHlN f'rh NNlH NNH
WI HltA ns aHH Nr i'ur' 's fiii nI
H i 0 Hl N0N Hf'n N.r'N
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17
k(O(lIH|
LIZ -
INCREASING EGG PRODUCTION
Poultry Keepers viii Do Well to Keep
In Touch With What Leaders
Are Doing.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture
The methods favored by large poui-
trymen for increasing the productivity
Of their focks are often applicable 90
the general farm or in the backyard
poultry plant. Every poultry keeper
will. therefore, do well to keep IL
touch with what the leaders are doing
to increase their profits, says the
United States Department Of Agricul.
ture. Certain localities In California,
for instance have Become famous for
their poultry and egg production, AMI
the study that is gwen to these prof.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17
If He Did

"On the Pacific coast" said the
traveller. "we go out in boats, and
nothing less than a 100-pOund fish is
considered sport" '"Scuse me-" said
the colored man. ''Yo' say 20 fish ION
1O0-pound fishT why. certainly we
do" "Ain't yo' skeered 20 might
catch one?'
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17
Msthea q hsneIIna soIIs.

Clean cuiuyaflon in me cary par "f
fhe season, followed Dy q clover crop
iater. ls me most up-fo'date end pesl
method 10 hsndllDg orchard soils ana
can De- used Hlih good results more
gpnelall, lhen any oiNef system ~ ''N
management
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17
Chained Air Helps Plants

Recent experiments have shown taat
crops can be increased from one and
a half to four times by an alteration
In the air which the plants breathe.
The method is a simple one. and con-
sists of increasing the proportion OF
carbonic acid IN the air.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17
Her Chance

Pete Rushing, who is taking singing
lessons. told his wife The other day
that some time in the future his Yoies
might keep the wolf from their door
She said she was sure OF II. II ihs
wolf ever heard it.-Arkansas Ihomas
Cat.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17
Changing CoIors Of Birds

The color of birds may be changed
to white by keeping them ia a white
room, surrounded by white objects and
attended by persons dressed In white.
saws a naturalist However, the third
or fourth generation is necessary be-
fore the birds feathers are all white.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17
Horticultural
Facts
MEADOW MICE DAMAGE TREES
Much injury Can Be Prevented BY
Placing Poisoned Bait In Or
binary Tin Cans.

The heavy damage which meadow
mice do every winter to young fruit
trees may be prevented in large
measure II the farmer or orchardist
will go Systematically about Kidding
fruit men at the New York state col
lege Of agriculture.
The best preventive, according TO
the college, is the placing of poisoned
bait This bait, consisting of poisoned
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17

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Al ~ lelmF aNnlfHs Hni pave pN'f
slmr p,lMlDnl lfNQlds uniHl FN''in
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17
Loves sestowsL

10 be right most OF the time you
must aim o. be- right az ~ the ine.
That means constant effort % under
stand each problem that comes ID
snap Judgment Is Ike shooting in fAg
isrk h aenenlly misses nae mars
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17
INFORMATION DEPARTMENT

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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17

Oakley-A- E. Avery of Oakley. Ida
no became violently insane at his home
recently. He threatened to kill his
family and struck one of his children
with chair but did not infict serious
injury.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17

POcatelIO.-A $4O,DOO addition WIN
soon be made 10 the postoffice at Po-
catello, Idaho.
Occur d. Alene-The proposed S22s,-
900 school bond issue was defeated at
the election In Occur d Alene by
vote of 997 to $50. Although the day
was stormy, record bond election
vote was pOlled.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17
Where Your Taxes Go
How Uncle Sam Spends Your Money
in Conducting Your Business
By EDWARD G.LOWRY

Banks
aiAnd 10
Au on the nment Methods
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17

Buhl-Over 300 fowls were exam
ined in the poultry demonstration held
here by Prem Moore, poultry expert
of the extension division of the state
university. Demonstrations in cullinS
and mating were given.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17

Boise Tbs creation and stimuli.
ION N q "no'se spirit is aie task
ehhh he Boise Az club las saf f3f
|isef durIng 1922 Means f9r carry
ns oui iNe STUNT Her H|sflssei "A
d rereni meeting NJ ihs DhHmNsf VI
lNmmfrre
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17

Hailey-A man driving a team with
bobsled attached endeavored to cross
rhe track ahead of a freight train in
Bellevue. He didn't succeed. One
horse was struck aid crippled, the sled
was wrecked and a step on the loco
motive torn off and one GA the ca
boose. The driver Of the experiment
escaped intact.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17
KEEP MONEY AT HOME

PstTonize your home publisher. His prices
are last as good or better than you can get
elsewhere Your work will be given prompt
and satisfactory attention by your printer
merchant. Help to build " your local lndus
trilss
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17

Progress toward the realization OF
the American Falls dam project is ex-
pected to result from a meeting to
be held at Pocatello within few days,
according to Governor Davis. Officers
of all canal companies in southern Ida
no who have contracted to use water
from the reservoir have been invited
to attend.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-17

Burley-T L. Ferrin, living half "
mile south of Burley, sold 200 sacks Of
Idaho Rural select potatoes to H. Ram
DO of Ontario. Ore, for 50 per 100, f. 0. b.
Burley. The demand for select seed
potatoes is remarkably good
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-08-24
JAMES BOYD DEAD
FELL FROM WAGON
Was Early Settler In County And Well
Known Over South Hand

James Boyd, a farmer who has made
his home in Logan Twp. for a number
OF years was found dead in a pasture
Tuesday morning by John Reich, a
farmer on the Albert Nelson farm
south of Miller. He at once notified
authorities at Miller and Coroner j.
+. Paddleford, States Attorney John
Pussy and q jury went to investigate.
According to the jury he met death
from an accidental fall from the wa
gon.
He had gone to a water pool ON
Stony Run, about two miles from
where he lived, for a load of water
and a on his return journey when
the accident occurred. When found
he was lying close to his wagon which
contained three barrels full of water.
His shepherd dog was standing guard
over the body seemingly making
frantic efforts to arouse his master.
Jim Boyd, as he was known to his
friends, vas born IN Prince Edward
Islands and was about rs years old.
In his early manhood he was a sailor
on the Atlantic Ocean and the Great
Lakes and afterwards a lumber jack
In the woods of Maine and Minnesota.
In the early eighties he came to Hand
county and settled on q homestead In
Mondamin Twp, which he lost during
the stringent hard times OF that per-
Tod. He later operated rented farms
In Logan Twp. and south Of Messing
ton. During the last two years OF his
life he has been in failing health and
had been unable to operate a farm
and lived In some buildings erected
on the school section south of the
Count" farm in Logan township.
He was a man of good character,
honest and trustworthy, although &C.
centric in many ways. He had suffer-
ed many disappointments and hard
knocks on his journey through life.
He had never married and has no rel
atives lin this locality. A brother is
thought to live in Chicago, and efforts
are being made to locate him. The
body Is being held at the Reck I'm
dertaking parlors, until definite fun
eral arrangements can be made.