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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-12
MOLD REPORTED IN SILAGE
Trouble Occurs Only Where Air Is
Present, Generally Caused by Lack
Of Water.

The usual number Of complaints are
coming in regarding the presence Of
mold in silage. Mold can grow only
when air is present. Air generally
gets in as the result of the silage be-
ing too dry when put into the silo. If
water was added, not enough was
used. Poor packing may cause the
same trouble. Mold around the doors
and against the wall is the result OF
poor construction Of the silo which
allows air to enter. Nothing can be
done now to remedy the condition. AT
the next filling time special care should
be taken to see that the corn contains
enough moisture and that 1t Is well
tramped. 1t is always safest to reject
moldy silage especially for horses and
sheep, although for cattle there seems
to be little danger.-C. H. Eckles,
chief Of the division Of dairy husband
n. University Farm
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-12

good many OF those receiving aid
or pensions are better able to take
care of their own wants than some
of the people who pay the taxes and
it is the duty of citizens who know
of abuses in these matters, to re-
port it to the county clerk or to the
commissioners. 1t is not the pur-
pose of the law, to make the willing
ones who are poor, work harder and
economic more, in order to sup
port in idleneSs thoJe who do not
try.
The cost of taking care of the
poor and the widows drawing PEN
sins is steadily increasing and the
abuses have been so great that the
widows pension law is likely to be
repealed if any political party can
be found with enough courage to use
the knife on it. This, of course,
would bring hardship on deserving
poor, who are actually in need, but
the abuse is so great that something
will have to be done about it. Ere
mont county has settled the matter
by ignoring the law and refusing to
pension anybody. 1t is within the
power and discretion of the probate
judge to do this, and yet if the judge
allows and orders the payment of
pensions, the county commissioners
have no choice but to pay the bills.
Bingham county's list of widows
has risen to forty now, and there
are thirty persons and families re-
ceiving aid from the county under
what is known as the INDECENT law.
Besides that the Red Cross and all
the different charitable associations
are rendering aid as they did not a
few years ago, so it is plain to be
seen that it is getting to be habit
and claimed as a right, to be hard
up and to apply for and receive aid
from the public treasury.
In the year 1919 these things
totaled $1S,940.35; and in 1920,
$19,251.22. The totals for 1921
will be made up in few days and
it is expected to be larger than that
of 1920.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-12
BUSINESS MEN AND FARMERS
MIGHT TRY 1T

Everybody seems to be studying
the situation that pertains to the
present business situation. For two
or three years people have been
watching to see when prices would
start to go down. Everybody was
afraid of being caught with the
goods bought at the peak price.
Everybody was afraid that the price
of goods would 60 down when they
had too large stock, and we'll they
might be. They were anxious to be
in the clear when prices got down
to bed rock or at the loves. ebb
when they should start to rise, as
a vessel starts to rise when it gets
to the trough of the sea.
About ten or fifteen years ago a
great deal was being said about the
foot and mouth disease. Cattle
being shipped to market, were all
put in muddy pens and fed and
watered in troughs, waiting for them
to take on more flesh or waiting for
the market to improve, and the ami
NAL standing for time in the mud
and filth, got hoof disease and If
they picked up hay that got dropped
in the mud, and ate it it got trans
ferred to the mouth, so that they
had the foot and mouth disease. II
the skin was cut or broken and the
filth touched the spot they contracted
the disease very quickly, otherwise
1t was a slower process. When once
the disease got started in the foot
1t kept spreading and made run
ming sore. The remedy for it was
to cleanse the foot and hoof thoroly
with antiseptics to stop the breeding
of filth, then pour hot wax over the
surface and bind 1t up and keep 1t
in clean quarters.
It took q long time for business
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-12
ROTARIANS JOKING
THE KING

When Peter G. Johnston returne
from his trip to Europe las sla
mer after having attended the worI I
convention of rotarians in Scotland
he told the following joke handle
out by an American to the king OF
England.
King George gave reception to
a bunch of rotarians in London an )
while lot of them were standin
around chatting with the king, he
remarked that this rotary organiza-
ton was somewhat new to him, and
he would have to study up on it
Then he said musing, "As I under
stand it all of your members arr
classified as to business or profess
sion. If man joins the rotary he
has to come in as merchant, a
banker, a real estate dealer, a doc
tor, lawyer, or under some definite
classification as to his vocation.
have been thinking it over and
wondering how I should be classified
if l made application for member
ship"
At this moment an American
spoke up and said, well, Your
Majesty, you could come to my town
and join our rotary club; there is
nobody in the king business over
there"
1t is reported that the outburst
Of laughter was spontaneous and the
king enjoyed the joke as much as
any of them.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-12
PINGREE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

b Messrs. Tom and Clyde Ropp en-
tertained at dancing party at the
home of their parents last Friday
evening. A large crowd was present
and all had a very enjoyable time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Josephson
last Tuesday.
Miss Maude Cannon is home from
Idaho Falls, where she has been
working for the past three months
at the Utah-Idaho Sugar company
On her way home she stopped off
at Blackfoot and was operated on
for adnoids by DR.. Simmons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Quisenberry
spent New Years at the A. B.
Stephens home in Blackfoot.
Glenn Burriston made business
trip to Pocatello last Monday.
Sleighing is fine at Pingree and
many of the young people are taking
advantage of it,
Miss Mary Carson has been visit
ing at the Caldwell home for the
past week.
Tom Rowberry is feeding sheep
at the Clough ranch.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-12
THE FARM BUREAU
FOR 1922

During the year 1920 the farm
bureau reached a climax in Bingham
county and the record of it attracted
considerable attention at the meet
ing of the board Of commissioners
in January, 1921.
The records showed that it had
expended about $4,000 and that an
unusual and unnecessary waste of
money was being made in the car
service. There was no method for
holding down expenses--every driver
of car simply drove it into garage
and ordered it repaired and had it
charged to the county, and there
was nobody to observe whether the
charges made were for necessary re-
oairs or even for repairs that were
made at all or not. People, who
drive cars, know about what to ex-
lect If they simply drive their cars
into a garage and get out and say,
There is something wrong with this
Har Fix it up and charge IL to the
county"
This PAPER gave considerable pub
l"iEy to the methods that hal been
III vogue in the farm bureau, and
Joined with the commissioners in
raising question as to whether or
not an appropriation of county
money should be made for 1921,
and if so, how much and under what
restrictions. A good many sessions
were devoted to study of the sub
ject and decision was delayed until
some time in February, when an
appropriation Of $500 was made,
with the admonition to get along
IN less than that if possible. The
state and federal governments al
lowed $1,000, and the annual report
filed recently by County Agent Wal
ter Thomas shows $997.31 of the
county appropriation still in the fund
and 500 Of the state and federal
money, but as we understand it, the
December expense is to come out Of
that.
This is a very encouraging out
ook. To have an officer or officers
or board of directors who will go
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-12
INA Il0N\T
"ah.uo aiLK IN NEBRASKA
Figures O5sa ned Probably Approx.
ma, IL, rtm0lts In Other Sec
tens of West,

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agricuture.)
Here Is What it costs, in labor and
feed, to pr, duce 100 pounds of market
mills l., eastern Nebraska: Winter,
six m, III, concentrates, 412 pounds;
dry rc,si age, 95.3 pounds; silage
and Ctucr succulelt roughage, 93.6
pounds; beudag, Ill pounds; human
labor. 2 hours; horse labor, O.O6
hour; hauling and grinding concen-
trates. )O16; pasture, SOLOS; total
costs. Except depreciation on cows,
$0.7SS; depreciation on cows, $O.O1S.
Summer six months-Concentrates,
II pounds; hauling and grinding con-
centrates, $1,000; dry roughage, 51.2
pounds: silage and other succu!ent
roughage, 29.3 pounds; pasture, $O.653;
human labor, 10 hours; horse labor,
Cos hours total costs except depre-
citation on cows, s0.S05; depreciation
on cows, $O0S4.
The work of determining the cost
of producing milk In this section
covers two one-year periods 1t was
begun by the bureau of animal indus
try, United States Department Of Ag-
ricultuye, in cooperation with the de-
partment of dairy husbandry Of the
University of Nebraska, in September
1917, discontinued at the end Of the
first year, and resumed in September,
1919. The figures reported were based
on actual records obtained by regular
monthly visits Of "a hours each to
eight farms for two years, and to ~
other farms for one year.
The requirements for keeping the
average COW one year were: Concen-
trates, 1929 pounds hauling and grind
ing concentrates, 5000; dry roughage,
4,275 pounds; silage and other succu-
lent roughage, 1888 pounds; pasture,
$22.01; bedding, $40 pounds: human
labor, 1875 hours; horse labor, 80
hours; other costs except depreciation
on cows, $4635; depreciation on cows,
s4.7S.
During the first winter and summer
the average incomes from milk were
not sufficient to meet the average
costs. In the second year the incomes
were above the average costs in both
seasons. The greater percentage of
the years income was received In the
winter. but the feed, pasture and bed
ding costs exceeded the summer costs
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-12
LONG SKIRTS

Fashion magazines and writer's
have for some weeks been proclaim
ing that one of those sharp reversals
for which feminine fashions are
noted, is about to take place, in the
direction of longer skirts for women.
The men, large numbers of whom
undertake to exercise the supervision
over women's clothes, have been dill
gently looking for evidence of such a
change, but up to date have seen no
tendency on the part of the women
folks to lengthen out their abbre-
waited garments.
1t has been noted that women are
taxed nearly double a normal ex-
pense for clothes as the result of
style changes. At least those that
follow these freaks have to pay.
Millions of sensible mothers and
wives dress about as they like, and
are Independent enough to wear a
garment even if it is not absolutely
up to date. But those who have to
throw away good cloths merely be-
cause they do not conform to the
latest within have to pay highly for
all these notions.
The change to long dresses will be
doubly costly if it comes about, as
it would mean that multitudes of wo-
men would have to throw away the
garments rendered out of date.
When the skirts were shortened, it
was a very simple matter to take
them up. But when it comes to
frightening, few clothing producers
would be likely to provide for that
1t was not probably considered an
objection to the change, that it
would make it necessary for many
women to discard their old garments.
This makes new business for the pro-
ducers, but in the long run it is
waste.
1t is more than probable that wo-
men have found themselves so much
freer in their short dresses, that
they will keep on wearing them, re-
CARELESS of what the style makes
say. Like patient and over driven
horse, they have way of taking the
bit in their teeth once in a while
American Falls Press.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-12

thru the year and not spend all the
money, is-a mark of temperance and
moderation that is exactly what was
wished for year ago, but hardly
hoped for.
The Idaho Republican was very
pronounced in condemning the
wasteful things mentioned above
and commends the farm bureau
board and the county agent for hold
ing down expenses and not spending
everything available.
There is some disposition now to
cut off county money and leave the
bureau to it's own devices or to close
up il it cannot be financed by the
farmers. We shall have something
further to say on this subject when
the people get to where they want
information and council.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-12
INDIAN MYTHS
WHY THE SQUIRREL COUGHS
(AlgOnuuin)

A great trickster was Manabozho
He loved to play jokes upon his
friends of the forest.
One day he invited them all to
feast in his wigwam. And every
one came, from the woodpecker and
the tiny mouse, to the great moose
with branching horns.
1t was a time of scarcity of food,
and all were glad to be asked to a
banquet.
But the meat that Manabozho, had
ready for his. guests, he had pre-
pared by magic-though of that no
one knew except himself.
When all had assembled, Mana
bozho gave to each a portin of meat.
The woodpecker was the first to
taste Of his, and as he took the de-
licious looking morsel in his mouth,
it turned to ashes on his tongue, so
that he was checked and began to
cough. But the meat looked so
good, and he was so hungry that he
tasted again, and again it turned to
ashes and choked him.
Every guest had the same expert
ence. The little mouse, the otter,
the badger, the fox, the wolf, and
even the moose tasted his portion
and it turned to ashes on his tongue.
In vain the guests tried to be
courteous and to stlne their cough
ing, but it grew worse and worse as
first one and then another ate of the
meat
At length there was such a deafen-
ing noise in the wigwam, caused by
the chorus of coughing and strang-
ling from so many threats great and
small, that Manabozho picked up
a club in pretended anger. Threat
ening them with it, he drove them
out of doors, where he changed them
all to squirrels.
And that, the Indians tell us, is
the reason that the squirrel coughs.
From Indian Nature Myths"
by Julia barrow Cowles, copyright
and published by A. Flanagan Com
pany, Chicago.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-12

men, stock men, and farmers to lear i
the cause of the foot and mouth dis
ease and to apply the remedy. Some
of the thoughtful fellows In the ia
ness world, have nick-named the
present situation the peak ana
trough disease. Prices have g.ne
up to the peak, they have descended
to the trough and the people OF the
business world have been tossing
from peak to trough until the
hardly know where they are,
The remedy is to make a tho,
cleanup out of the stagnant condi-
ton we call idleness, stop the deca
caused by idleness, put some hot
wax over the whole situation. biz
it up and keep it in clean qlar, ers
with all hands working at something
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-12
ANOTHER CALAMITY
ARRIVES

| For the pas lew weeks ln1Orma-
ton has been leaking out to the af-
feet that bunch of promoters have
been operating in the Snake river
valley for some months, selling stock
in worthless enterprises. A man
whose name we are not at liberty to
use yet, has been Investigating and
seems to have got the plot pretty
well unraveled and is likely to bring
the offenders into court. The stock
in these enterprises was sold to
men in all kinds of business, includ-
ing farmers and stock men. 1t was
handled with such consummate skill
that some very good level headed
men invested heavily. Reports in
dictate that farmers who scarcely
ever spend cent for anything but
bare living expenses have invested
in large blocks of this stock and
mortgaged their farms to secure the
payment. In these cases it will wipe
out their homes and set them afoot
in their old age. There are men
in business who have bought so much
of this stock that it will practically
ruin them. According to reports
that were current the first of this
week, the total amount of these
frauds already brought to light and
which will have to b. paid for by
men in the Snake river valley is
100000. 1t is as if 1900 men
had lost $1,000 apiece by putting it
into an enterprise from which they
receive nothing.
1t helps us to comprehend the ex-
tent of the loss and the staggering
influence it will have at this time,
if we consider what it will mean to
select 1900 Of the well-to-do men
of the valley extending fifty miles
up and down and have Them lose
$1,000 each.
1t is said too, the promoter in
making confession of how he con-
Quoted his operation stated that the
whole matter was so rotten and he
had to split SO heavily with num-
Der of his associates, and they had
to spend so much money keeping up
appearances, to keep the job going,
it took about all he made out of it.
When mon goes out to steal
million and quarter, and has to
do it by such devious and expensive
ways that it takes all of the profit
of the job and he has nothing left
to console him for the disgrace and
loss of self respect it is entitled to
be classed among those things that
automatically cure themselves altho
it does not change the feelings of
the loser.
1t is represented as one of the
smoothest promotion schemes that
has ever been unfolded in the valley
and the takers were the smoothest
takers, so it all brings us back again
to the necessity of following that
advise to talk matters over with your
friends and your banker before max
ing any important investment. It
is being said to the credit of Black
foot bankers that none of them have
been implicated or have given any
encouragement to the promoters or
that any Of them conduct their in
terests in such way that these
promoters could have secured their
aid If they had tried it. 1t is a SUBJ
ject Of congratulation for people in
the Blackfoot country that their local
bankers have been safe and sane ad-
visers in all matters Of investment
and when consulted they have saved
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-12
CONSIDERING THE
POOR AGAIN

The county clerk and the COM
missioners are trying again to lind
a way to relieve actual want and suf-
fering among the poor without vast
ing any of the public money on un-
necessary purchases.
Some of the bills that were pre-
sented at the meeting this week for
payment brought forth the old con-
viction that poor people have poor
ways; that they do not all know
what to do with money when they
get it.
A poor man or woman needing
aid goes to the county clerk and
makes statement of the condition
of his or her family and their needs
and the clerk considers what to do
about it. If he IS satisfied with the
statements made and needs no proof
of it, he issues an order on some
merchant for some goods, naming
the amount of money which the
county will become responsible for,
and gives it to the applicant. Fol-
lowing that the purchases are made
by the person to whom the order is
given, and sometimes the selections
of goods are made as if the buyer
was trying to get the most good out
of the aid given. Sometimes the
money is not well invested, and the
bill sent in by the merchant shows
It.
On one of the bills presented for
payment this week by family hav-
S,,o nh nd nj oi
ing to be in downright need of food
to keep them from suffering was on
an order for SIS worth of goods,
and while buying, they bought $1.05
worth of spices and some lemons.
The superstition is that the lemons
were used for medicine, but the
spices puzzled the officers.
In another claim for similar
amount, issued to an elderly couple,
the bill showed that they bought
1920 worth of candy, and syrup was
charged in the bill besides. One man
who made application for just little
help to keep him going, bought
oranges and other expensive things,
including tobacco, and since he has
been receiving aid he is said to have
quit trying altogether and just sits
around and lives on the things paid
for by the county, altho he is re-
ported to be quite able to get out
and chop wood and clean walks and
do the things that are always await
ing the workman somewhere.
None of the claims showed the
purchase of dolls and slippers, silk
dresses and silk hose, ribbons and
the like for parties, as some we ex-
amined and reported upon in years
gone by, but the officers have about
decided to take the Red Cross table
of rations and indicate just what
may be bought and what quantity of
each, and then allow only plain foods
and actual necessities to be bought.
If they want luxuries or dainties or
tonics or special dishes for sick peo-
pie, or tobacco, these things can
generally be obstained in some other
way than thru the county. The Red
Cross stands rerdy to investigate the
needs and supply any one whose
health requires special food or
special care.
For good many years this paper
has opposed the indiscriminate
spending of the public money for the
poor and the people who sit back
and claim to be poor, and we have
advocated shutting off the payment
of widows pensions to the people
who violate the moral law and who
are able to work. We claim that
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-12
STORAGE IN JACKSON LAKE

Report from Moran, Wyo., at the
outlet of Jackson Lake reservoir
shows the following condition:
storage Acre-feet
Dec. 81, 1921 .........-...........260,200
same date year ago.............246,960
WeeA ending Dec. 81, 1921. 1880
Same week year ago.. 5000
Precipitation at Moran Inches
Week ending Dec. 81, 1921. COS
Same week year ago ................1.12
From Sept. to Dec. 81,
1921 aoe
Same period year ago..
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-12

many people from losses where they
might otherwise have put their
money into something that turned
GU wrong.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-07-28
Fable for Colieaians.

He had hung his pin--long, dim ages
ago. He had completed the payments
on the ring. He was marrying the
most wonderful girl In school.
On the eve of his wedding he won.
dered how things would be year
from that night. He wondered If she
would still love him, IL he would be as
crazy about her.
Time has way of going by An
other year came-the anniversary OF
that night. And they were still as
crazy about each other
You see, they hadn't been married
yet.-Harold Swanson in Judge.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-07-28

fabrics, there are likely to be two va.
rieties of one fabric, or at least two
contrasting colors used together We
hho georgette crepe and pussy willow
crepe In one frock-canton and cire
crepe n another taffeta, dotted swiss
the crepe weaves and many other ma.
terials have all sought the compan-
lonship of organdie as life partner
and so mated have sailed the summer
seas OF fashion with great success.
1t does not take thrifty seamstresses
long to see the advantage in this vogue
for combined materials and their
Wardrobes are amplified accordingly.
Taking example from their rich rela-
lions, ginghams have associated them.
selves with organdie and wolfe cotton
crepe and ratine take unto themselves
mates, and two old dresses become
one new one or little new goods
makes 1t possible for last years dress
to begin life anew. The two smart
costumes pictured show combinations
of two materials that may be carried
out in either silk or cotton goods
For the dress at the left, cotton
kasha or plain Bingham or fabrics
of like character can be used for the
plain underdress and ratine for the
sleeveless jacket One can imagine
it in white or tan, with the jacket In
blue, green, yellow or red. 1t could
be prettily developed in white creme de
chine with black canton crepe.
Black and white, in the model at the
right make distinguished dress, but
almost any color with white makes