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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-20

TO Philadelphia. He was full-faced.
ruddy. strong-built man Of about thirty
five years. with thick, wavy dark hair
that fell in well-trlmmed tufts on
either cheek and almost concealed his
ears. 1t was beginning to show gray.
He had a prominent forehead, large
blue and expressive eyes and voice
clear and resonant. lie was hand
somely dressed.
Mr.. Adams greeted the boy warmly
and told him that the testimony which
he and solomon Binkus gave had saved
the life Of Captain Preston. The great
lawyer took much interest in the boy
and accompanied him TO the top of the
stage, the weather being clear and
warm.
When Jack was taking leave of
Mr.. Adams at the Black Horse tay-
ern In Philadelphia the latter invited
the boy 10 visit him in Boston il his
way should lead him there.
Jack went to the house of the print
er, where he did not receive the warm
welcome he had expected Deborah
Franklin was a fat, Woodworking. illit-
crate, economical housewife. She had
a great pride in her husband, but had
fallen hopelessly behind him. She re-
garded with awe and slight under
standing the accomplishments OF his
virile, relentless, onpushing intellect.
She did not know how to enjoy the
prosperity that had come TO them. II
was neat and Clearly home. but. as
Of old, Deborah was doing most OF the
work herself she would not have had
it otherwise.
'Ben thinks we ortn't to be dom |
nothin' but settin' eroun' In silk dresses
an readin' books an gab5in' with !
comply" she said. Men don't know |
how hard It's to git help that cleans |
good an cooks decent. Everybody feels |
so kind o. big an independent they /
won't stan, 1t to be found fault with" {
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-20
Softening Waters for
Use by Orchardists
Where Liquid Is Too Hard
Oil Will Separate Out


PREPARED BY the United States Department
OF Agriculture.)
On account of the low cost OF the
? per cent lubricating oil emulsion
developed by the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture for the con-
troll Of the San Jose scale, this spray
is coming into extended use by orch
ardists. Inquiries received at the de-
partment Indicate that many of the
waters used in preparing the diluted
spray are more or less hard and cause
the oil to separate from the WAGER.
Fruit growers contemplating the
use of the 2 per cent homemade
emulsion or commercial products made
according to the government formula
should ascertain whether the water
to be used for spraying purposes Is
sufficiently hard to cause the separa-
ton of the oil and water when diluted
in the spray tank. This can be read
lily determined by mixing three tea
spoonfuls CT the homemade stock
solution, or Of the commercial article,
in a pint of The water to be used
in glass Jar and placing it aside
for few hours. If no oil rises to
the top. the water does not require
softening. If, however, the oil separ-
ates out, the hardness of the water
must be corrected if effective results
are to be secured in the control of
the scale. The water can be soft
ened in different ways, but a con-
venient and inexpensive method is to
make some weak bordeaux mixture
for use in the spray. The bordeaux
should be made according 70 the fol-
lowing formula:
Lime .............
Water ........-......-.... 90 gallons
Add the bordeaux mixture to the
spray tank while filling With water,
adding just before the tank is full
six gallons of the stock oil emulsion
required to give the two per cent of
oil in 200 gallons of spray. The spray
should be kept well agitated during
application. The bordeaux mixture |
made from one pound of bluestone |
and one pound of lime is the proper
amount for 200 gallons Of spray. When |
less quantities of tEss spray are re-
CURED, as 90 gallons Il pound of
bluestone and Il pouhd of lime will
make sufficient bordeaux
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-20
FARM NOTES

Weeds are robbers of both plant
food and moisture.
Plant corn every ten days for a
succession of roasting ears.
Low-analysis fertilizers cost Just as
much to mix, bag and deliver as the
high-analysis grades.
A homelike home and homely
home are not the same. Sometimes a
little shrubbery makes the second into
the first.
The typewriter is also a valuable
farm implement, for it gives the farm
err carbon copy of each business
communication.
After all, the secret Of success In
farming lies in the proper cultivation
of only the acres that can be made 70
produce large yields.
With things so high. the farmer who
puts out good garden Tor next sum-
mer is likely to be well repaid, even
if not a thing is sold out of 1t.
Take all the time that is necessary
to get the farm machinery properly
adjusted. 1t will save horse power
and time ands will enable you to DO
better work.
OF 2.690 grain marketing associa.
lions reporting TO the United States
Department of Agriculture, rs per cent
buy feed for members; 70 per cent buy
fuel. and "a per cent buy containers
Reports from 753 associations han
ding fruits and vegetables indicate
that 50 per cent buy containers for
their members; 40 per cent fertilizers
and % per cent buy spraying mate
rails.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-20
"My BELOVED HERO"

SYNOPSIS. - Solomon BinlSus.
veteran scout and Interpreter.
and his young companion, Jack
Irons. passing through Horse
Valley. New York, In September,
176S. 10 warn settlers or an In
dian uprising, rescue from band
OF redskins the wife and daughter
OF Colonel Hare Of England. Jack
distinguishes himself In the fight
and later rescues Margaret Hare
from the river. Jack and Mar
garet fall in love. on reaching
Fort Stanwix. Colonel Hare says
both are too young to marry The
Hare family sail for England, and
the Irons family move to Albany.
Unrest grows I'm the colonies be-
cause OF the oppressive measures
Of the English government. Solo,
mon and Jack Visit Boston.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-20
"The letter to Or. Franklin
was in his pocket"
GRO BE CONTINUED,


Il hear you have taken up psyche
analysis"
YES" replied Miss Cayenne ut Ia
so soothing to be able to say you have
a complex instead OF dreadful dis
position"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-20
For His DUN Use

Mrs. Chatterton-I said something
that offended your wife. so she didn't
speak to me for a week.
Mr.. Longsuffer-Would you mind
telling me what II was you said?
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-20
Going Some!

The balance wheel or a watch re-
wolves $4,000 times an hour. which
means that it travels about $500 miles
a year if constantly in use.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-20
Passes 1t On

Wonderful conversationalist, isn't
she?"
Depends on whom she talked to
last."-Judge.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-20

If a man deals In merchandise, his
success comes in middle life; If In
ideas, often not until near death.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-20
And Proud of Ii

Foreman Ito man seeking work.
Are you a mechanic?
Applicant-No, sorr, Dim a McCar-
thy.-Boston Transcript.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-20
Too Suspicious

"Dis power of mind over matter"
said Uncle Eben, "ain't never yit done
me no good when l mentioned influen-
tial numbers in crap game. Wash
ington Star.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-20

A woman's favorite doctor has q
sympathetic eye and q tender roicn .
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-20
Liar!

Once a great patriotic crowd gath
cred at Music hall and, when asked to
covered everybody present knew all
the erses.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Evening star., 1924-09-11

ground rent by the United States to
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company. The railroad company has
been lenient landlord. A disposition
has been manifested in Congress to
abandon the hotels. If there was a
cogent reason why the Government
should build dormitories for Govern
ment employees. there is now no rea-
son why the Government should con-
tinue in the hotel business. s
The idea of Congress and of the
people of the District was that a
splendid park should be created be.
tween Union Station and the Capitol.
The idea has not been carried out,
but certain steps have been made in
that direction. One of the reasons for
building monumental Union Station
was that the Capital should have as
handsome main entrance as any
other city in the world. The front
yard" of Union Station, much of
which is already owned by the United
States, should be made a fair park,
and people entering and leaving
Washington by rail should have pleas
ant impressions Of the city. To spend
millions of dollars in building Union
Station and acquiring the plaza lands
and then to delay making the small
expenditure required to bring that
land in harmony with the station
and the Capitol is not wise policy.
Evening star., 1924-09-11
Show the Colors!

Tomorrow every citizen should
show the National colors. The oc-
casion will be Defense day, not named
by law, but selected as a time for
a demonstration of the readiness of
the people when an emergency oc-
ours or need should arise to stand
for the protection of the Government
and the territory of the United States
The particular reason why Sep
tember IL was selected rather than
another date is that it is the time
when Gen. John j. PershinG passes
from the active to the retired list Of
the Army, it being the eve Of his
sixty-fourth birthday. Therefore par
ticipation tomorrow in Defense day
proceedings is a tribute to an officer
who has won the highest esteem Of
the American people. who magnifi
Gently represented them at the head
of the expeditionary forces abroad in
the great war and who, though in
the full vigor of his manhood. and
capable of carrying on, is required
by law to step aside from active duty
Display of the American colors is
the smallest possible degree of par
ticipation. The day is dedicated to
defense, not to offense. 1t is sym.
bolic Of the preparedness Of the coun-
try for whatever peril may arise in
the future, an evidence of the spirit
Of national cooperation Of the Amer
lean people. By that simple token
should that spirit be made evident
by those who are incapacitated from
aligning themselves as po-
tential defenders Of the flag.
Evening star., 1924-09-11
The Great Jewel Mystery.

Lord Mountbatten, awakened by a
slight noise, was conscious of q dim
figure moving about his bedroom.
and went again to sleep. Perhaps
he was accustomed to Wallets and
other servants proWling about at
night. In the morning the valet Of
the host discovered that a pearl shirt
stud valued at $4,000 was missing.
Later Lady Mountbatten became
aware that many of her jewels were
not to be found. She reported the
fact to her hostess. Other members
of the distinguished house party dis.
covered that they had been deprived
of costly gems. In the course Of the
morning it was ascertained that no
less than $150,O00 worth Of trinkets
We're gone
That, in brief, is the outline of the
great jewel robbery on Long Island,
where the Prince of Wales is a guest.
The dim prowler in Lord Mountbat-
tens bedroom is the only clue. AS
a clue it is not worth shucks, unless
the prowler left some footprints in
the dust. and in such a household
dust is supposed to he non-eXistent.
Or unless he left fingerprints some
where, or perchance unless he care
lesSly left private-monogramm
his own, the sort that SO many
cracksmen use in fiction.
To give the tale a particular tang,
it happens that Scotland Yard men
We're on the lot. so to speak. in at
tendance upon the Prince of Wales.
To think of such effrontery, to work
an inside job with Scotland Yard
men right at hand. Some nerve!
What price now the amateur -scien-
tific detective, hailed from his lab
dissect facts and to put the house
hold staff through the third degree
AS jewel robbery, plain and SIM
pie. the job was a pretty big one.
The haul was good. But the prom
inence Of the victims and the prox-
unity of a royal heir make the case
stand out in the annals of crime in
America as particularly conspicuous.
1t is announced that private de-
tectives are at work Perhaps they
have some lines already. Maybe the
Green Goblin Gang has been al
ready suspected. Perhaps one of the
guests, veritable Raffles, is under
question. Possibly kleptomania lies
at the bottom of the mystery. Or
maybe somebody has been black.
mailed and has had to steal to get
the means to buy silence in order to
spare the feelings of a devoted hus-
band or wife, or has been hitting the
market on the wrong side or been
plunging on some sporting event and
been compelled to take the first
plunge into crime.
Again, this may have been the
work of shrewd individual who saw
his chance, took it, slipped into the
house by an unguarded window or
a convenient rainspout, got by when
Lord Mountbatten turned his sleepy
eyes in his direction and slid away
with the plunder. Any follower of
mystery fiction can supply the details.
Evening star., 1924-09-11
September Frost.

The lowest temperature recorded
at the Weather Bureau during the
past "a hours was 43, that figure
being registered at an early hour this
morning. The recording instruments
at the Weather Bureau being con-
siderably higher than many points in
the Potomac Valley, it is likely that
frost formed at some places, but no
reports Of damages in our rieighbor-
hood have come to hand up to this
time. AS rule, frost news comes
only after general or widespread
damage has been done. Destruction
Of garden and field crops in our
neighborhood is a very important
local matter. Even the loss Of gar.
den flowers is a thing Of Importance
to the owners Of the flowers. With
a succession Of nights during which
the official mercury has fallen close
to the frost mark. it seems likely
Evening star., 1924-09-11

ramify all over the country. When
Senator Johnson came back from
Europe in 1923 Waldo was in charge
of the arrangements to give him a
conqueror's welcome, with a view to
hagging the 1924 Republican presi-
Dental nomination for CALIFORNIA;
ex-favorite son. Col. Waldo, once a
Harding for President Club in 1920.
X X X X
Robert Peet Skinner. Americas blue
ribbon consul general, who has lust
been transferred to Paris from Lon
don, comes from William Mckinley. .
old congressional district, around Can
ton, Ohio. So does General" Jacob
Coxey, who once marched on Wash
ington at the head of a hoboes' arnoy.
Skinner in those days was a budding
young country editor. and Coxey en-
gagged him as his press agent Coxey
always said it was SINNERS drama
tia tion of the descent upon the Dis
trict of Columbia that gave the march
and the General their fame. Coxey
ceased to be hobo many years ago,
X X X
There are between $50 and 10000
persons in the District of Columbia
mostly civil service folk, who main
tain voting residences in their home
states. Both parties go cunning for
this absentee vote" in presidential
years, and ordinarily something like
half Of it is cast, usually by mail.
Twenty-sixl States allow voting by
mail. Here and there, especially in
close congressional districts, the mail
vote from Washington has been
known in the past to turn the tide.
The national committees encourage
the maintenance Of clubs in the Dis
trict for the purpose of capturing the
absentee vote"
X X X
Democrats say they're not going to
let the G. o. p. get away with all of
the glory for the Dawes plan. They
point ont that Owen D. Young, CO.
Trainer of the plan. is a Democrat:
that James A. Logan, jr., who CO.
operated with Ambassador Kellogg at
the London conference, was originally
appointed to the reparation commits
sion by President Wilson. and that
S. Parker Gilbert, tr.. who is to be-
come permanent agent general for
reparation payments. was a Demo-
cratic discovery in the days when
Carter Glass and David r. Houston
were Secretarfes4 OF the" Treasury. -
fCopyright, 1s2ll
Evening star., 1924-09-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. Will moths eat wooden clothing
il. 1t is perfectly clean when put
away?-M. p. c.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that moths will eat wooden goods
that is clean, but If there are stains
or spots, these are attacked first.
@. About how many Americans
have gone to Europe this year,
D. P.
A. Up to the present time about
$4,000 passports have been issued
for Europe this year. This number
however, includes amendments to
passports.
@. Why Is Mars red?--M. r. w.
A. DR.. Asaph Hall says that it may
be granite rocks or IL may be red
clay that gives back a ruddy refiec-
tion in the suns light.
@. Are collies ever Blacks. +.
A. The collie dog may be black,
tan, sable or red-orange-brown. There
are also some pure white collies.
Q. How high is the efficiency Of
an electric motor2-P. D. ].
A. The electric motor is not a
prime mover but means Of trans
hitting power. Its efficiency is US
ually over 80 per cent.
@. Why is a hammer handle made
smaller where it goes into the ham
mer than it is where 1t is grasped
by the hand?-W. D. G.
A. The hammer handle is made
large enough at the end to At the
hand, and is smaller near the head
so as to be more elastic and lessen
the jar to the hand.
Q. Where is there a marsh whose
water is saturated with sodium sui
phate?-A. E. L.
A. The Geological Survey says
that salt marsh in which the water
is composed almost wholly of sodium
sulphate is located west of Valmont,
New Mexico.
@. Is the author of 1.-The House
by the Side of the Road" still living?
&c. w. NJ.
A. Sam Walter Foss. the author
of the poem Let Ne Live in a House
by the Side of the Road" died in
1911.
United States between the ages of
IS and 100?-R. T..
A. In the 1920 census the age dis
tribution was. 65 to So, 1.079.s17; 20
to "a. 7oS,so1: IS to 70. 41s,s65; 50 to
81, 1s5,903; s5 to SO. 69.272; 80 to "a.
1888; 95 to 80, 1869; 100, 1861; 92,-
875 ages unknown.
Q. What kind Of government has
Siam, and what position has Presi-
dent Wilson's son-in-law there?-F.
r. 3.
A. Siam is a kingdom and is now
under the ruIa of Rama VI Francis
Sayre is adviser on foreign affairs
to the Siamese government.
Q. On the whole, was the Army as
sembled in the United States during
the World War considered literate or
illiterate?-I. L
A. According to records of the
Division Of Psychology, Medical De-
partment of the Army, and the United
States census, the wholly illiterate
of the whole Army was approximate
ly 311,o00; relative illiterate, 712, 900,
Evening star., 1924-09-11
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

That bumper Republican. vote in
Maine is the first fruit. of the Get
Out-the-Vote-for-Co movement
that has been in progress in New
England for the past six months
William NJ. Butler and Frank w.
Stearns, between them, decided long
ago that New England's pro-Coolidge
emotions should be mobilized on a
scale that would impress the coun-
try. Sectional pride is the thing they
relied upon to do the trick. The
patriots who eat pie for breakfast
haven't had one of their kind in the
White House since John Quincy
Adams of Massachusetts became
President, in 1925. Both in the pri-
maries and at election time Butler
and Stearns are determined New Eng
landers shall do their full Coolidge
duty, even IL they have to be taken
to the polls on stretchers. The Pine
Tree State primaries set the pace.
In 1920 only 61,700 Maine voters
registered. This year 109,475 report
ed, an increase Of n per cent.
Walter s. Rogers of Illinois, who is
to direct the Rockefeller Foundations
survey Of the American press. is the
United States Governments principal
expert on International electrical
communications. He has been hold
ing a Summer course on that subject
at the University of Chicago, of which
he Is an alumnus. During the war
Rogers was director of the division
of foreign cable news for. the Com
mfttee on Public Information, and
served in the same capacity at the
peace conference in Paris. At the
Washington armament conference
Rogers was the American delega-
tons technical adviser on radio and
allied questions. He has spent good
deal of time in China and Japan, and
is an authority on Far Eastern poli-
co-economic problems. One of
Rogers pet projects is to modernize
China by feeding it with more and
better American news by radio.
X X X X
For many months Senator Hiram
Johnson has maintained a mastery
inactivity and profound silence in
Republican affairs, but one Of his
quondam friends, Col. Rhinelander
Waldo, has just rolled up his sleeves
for Coolidge. Col. Waldo. formerly
police commissioner OF New York
City, has organised the Coolidge
League" which II 70
Evening star., 1924-09-11

making a total illiterate class of
1,023,0O0 and a literate class of 3,067,-
600. Twenty-Five per cent of the
total Army was illiterate according
to these figures.
Q. What verse in the Bible con-
tains all the letters of the alphabet?
j. NJ.
A. The 21st verse of the 7th Chap
ter of the Book of Ezra contains all
the letters of the alphabet, with the
exception of the letter ~" which was
not included in early alphabets.
Q. Is the word used in connection
with betting at horse races, "Pari-
Mutuel" or Paris-Mutuer'?-D. r.
a. The word is "parimutuel'' and
is Of French derivation. "Pari"
means to bet, wager or stake, and
"mutuel" has the idea of the English
world mutual. In ''pari-mutuel" bet
ting, bookmakers are eliminated.
machines recording the number of
bets and amounts of money bet on
each horse. At the end of the race,
all money wagered is divided among
the ones who have bet on the win
ners, after a percentage is deducted
for expenses.
@ Is there a hot metal in which
a person can insert his hand without
burning it?-V. NJ
A. If a person puts a finger or
hand into metal heated to an ex-
tremely high temperature and with
draws it quickly enough, the mois-
ture OF the skin forms a coating and
prevents burning This is the same
principle as when one vets a finger
to test a hot iron.
Q. Is it true that school teachers
in New England were ever required
to dig graves?-B. Il.
A. According to an old record the
duties Of an English schoolmaster of
1861 were as follows: ITO act as
court messenger. to serve summonses
to conduct certain ceremonial services
of the church, to lead the Sunday
choir, to ring the bell for public
worship, to dig graves, to perform
other occasional duties"
Q. What is the Pharos Of Egypt.
one of the Seven Wonders of the
world?-H. z.
A. The word "pharos" means
lighthouse, and the Pharos Of Egypt
was a gigantic beacon which was
established at Alexandria, Egypt, TO
light the mariners to safety. 1t was
built by Ptolemy in 2S2 b. G, and
it was stated that il was 400 feet
high and the light was visible for
60 miles a. sea.
Q. Should onion tops be fed 10
poultry?-C. V.
a. The tops of onions are eaten
in moderate quantities by all kinds
of poultry. This food should be kept
from birds about to be used for table
purposes, and from those producing
eggs for food, because the flavor Will
be impaired 70 flesh and eggs
(To kitou trhere 10 ind Information
on q subject IS, according to Boswell. as
true knoUledge as TO knoaO the subject
itself. Perhaps your drop OF fnk fo1hng
on thought tCiu make thousand
think" Submit your perplering Ques-
tto,ls to The StGr Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Hdskin, director, TDenty-
first and c streets northwest. Send
tuo-ce11t stamp for direct repIy.)
Evening star., 1924-09-11

that killing frost will come soon.
Frost news has been received from
the Cumberland Valley and other
parts Of the rich agricultural coun-
try west OF Washington. In the
fields and gardens Of the Potomac
region there are still crops, late be.
cause of the tardy Spring, which
would be killed by September frost,
and such a frost would cause loss
to a large number OF persons and
would probably be reflected in higher
food prices in Washington markets.
Evening star., 1924-09-11
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Elaboration,

Elaboration.
We are growing more enlightened
Till we're often almost frightened
By the wonderful improvements that
We see.
They're not always beneficial.
Sometimes they are prejudicial
To the principles on which we all
agree.
Simple morals are not vaunted;
Wiles Of wickedness are faunted
In a manner that is picturesquely
queer.
While good works and simple think
ing
To obscurity are shrinking,
Murders grow more interesting every