davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Valley frontiersman., 1951-03-02
CONSERV
 NOTES

was in Homer last week. Cliff Marcus and attended the month ly meeting of the Homer Soil Conservation Sub-district and also assisted in arranging for the election of Supervisors for the Kenai Soil Conservation Sub-dis- trict.
 Farming on the Kenai Penin- sula is just developing, but farm CTS are enthusiastic. The Kenai is going to furnish some serious competition to the Matanuska Valley in few years.
 Speaking of competition for markets, we're running a poor second compared to Outside prod ucts. How come? Before coming to Alaska people said to me, Sure they raise potatoes and strawber- ries and cabbage in Alaska, but they are watery and have poor food value"
 People have told me the same thing in Palmer. I think it's a lot of baloney. For the past sev- eral months I checked all the re- search data I could get. Alaska farm products run as high as any comparable Outside products in food value, minerals or vitamins; in some instances much higher. according to this data. Alaska grains show consistently higher feeding value than Outside grains of comparable test.
 Finally I went to the final au- thority-my own taster. I still like Alaska farm products best and my kids are doing swell on them, too. I came from Idaho where they raise no better spuds. I haven't bought any but Alaska spuds since the second week I was here. They're just as good. Incidentally, the local potatoes I eat are the best that can be pur- chased. They're properly grown. harvested and stored, and l like 'em.
 In case you don't know, this is a farming country. We need take off our hats to nobody in the quality of our produce. Farming is basic to the economy of our community. After the tumult and the shouting die, after our wars and the army and their support ing industries are gone, farmers will still till the soil in, the gar den spot of Alaska. They will continue to furnish the basis for an abundant life in our Valley. Good conservation farming is way of life that can last forever. Think it over!
Evening star., 1951-04-05
Visiting Dancer Injured
In Collision Of Two Cars

Tacherina Ludmilla, a ballerina,
was slightly injured late yester-
day when the car in which she
was riding collided with another
auto on Maryland avenue NE,
between Sixth and Seventh streets.
The dancer, who is staying in
the Mayflower Hotel, suffered
bruises on the left wrist and
knee. She was not hospitalized.
Miss Ludmilla is in Washing
ton in connection with the forth
coming showing here of the movie.
Tales of Hoffman," in which she
plays leading role. When the
accident occurred. she was en-
route to the Capitol to have her
picture taken with Senator Full
bright, Democrat, of Arkansas.
Mrs. Fulbright is co-chairman of
a scheduled benefit performance
of the movie.
Evening star., 1951-04-05
Grand Jury Sworn
For 7 Months Duty

A new District grand jury was
sworn in yesterday to serve for
two months. The oath was admin
|istered by District Court Judge
Alexander Holtzoff.
Charles E. Berberich, 81, OF 1888
Lamont street NV, a senior en-
gineers of the Potomac Electric
Power Co., was named foreman.
Harry E. Ostrosky, IS, of 2S01
Terrace road Sc, was chosen
deputy foreman.
| Other members of the new grand
| jury are: William F. Alden, 9O4
Girard street NE: Miss Elise AS
chenbach, 1907 L street NV: Mrs.
Bertha Agres Ashton, 1919 B
street Sc; Mrs. Elva E. Behrens,
204 Twenty first street NE, Har-
old M. Belt, 4945 Hurst terrace
NV; Mrs. Minnie L. Bradley, 1866
Hillside road Sc; Nellie A. But
ller. sos Underwood street NV:
Mrs. Marjorie L. Dixon, 1884 Park
lplace Sc; Mrs. Leah T. Dredge,
1877 Pennsylvania avenue NV;
Leonard r. Fairall, 3104 Lyndale
place Sc: Vincent A. Frazier
I2145 L street NV.
Also Donald M. johnson, 1906
Thirteenth street NV; Joseph j.
Kahn, 5240 Forty-fourth street
NV; Miss Ruth Linda, 513 Rit-
tenhouse street NV; Mrs. Anne
IT. Marland, 1926 Forest lane
NV; William A. Pignon, 3110
Twenty-second street NE; Ulys-
ses S. Rice, jr.. SGT Forty-sixth
street Sc: Philip M. Sunday, jr.,
1910 Thirteenth street NV; Will
liam v. Watts. jr., 1926 Greenwich
parkway NV; Miss Grace .
Wood. 2480 Sixteenth street NV,
and Joseph J. Zamitas. 2615 Sew
entaenth street N F.
Evening star., 1951-04-05
Dutch Firm Building
Bicycle Factory in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO-A Dutch
firm is building a large factory
near Rio de Janeiro which eventu-
ally will supply this capitals de-
mand for bicycles.
Machinery and equipment fol
the plant are being brought from
Holland. Imported materials will
be used at first. but plans call fol
the eventual use of only Brazilian
materials.
Evening star., 1951-04-05

The Dilemma OF American
Power" will be the theme Of a
two-day Institute of International
Relations sponsored by the Ameri-
can Friends Service Committee at
Howard University tomorrow and
Saturday.
Dewey Anderson. executive di-
rector of the Public Affairs Insti-
Itute of Washington, will deliver
the keynote address at 8 pm. to-
morrow.
Saturday speakers include Ethel
! Alpenfels of New York University,
! Amiya C. Chakravarty of Prince
Evening star., 1951-04-05
American Power Topic At Friends Institute

ton University and Annalee Ste
wart. president of the Women's
international League for Peace
and Freedom.
Evening star., 1951-04-21
T axe NV Word for 1t
By Eronk Colby

midnight. are designated
as pm. (or PM. for post meridian
(after the meridian).
The proper designation for noon,
says the United States Government
style Manual, is: 12m (12 meridian).
Midnight should be written thus:
|12 pm. Immediately after the in-
slant of midnight the hours become
am, as: 1901 am, 1915 am, etc.
Milwaukee: Will you please dis
|cuss the middle name Of the late
Franklin Delano Roosevelt? Are
we right in thinking that the name
is Irish Qike Delany), and is pro-
nounced duh-LAY- moe Mrs. A. L.
Sorry, but no. Delano Is family
name of French origin. 1t is the
Anglicized form Of de la Noyes, pro-
Inounced in French: duh Ia NWA.
The English form, Delano, is ac-
|cented on the first syllable, thus:
IDELL-uh-noe. (Note. The mispro-
Inunciation "ROOZ-uh-velt," to
rhyme with choose a belt" for
Roosevelt, is still heard too fre-
Iquently. The proper pronunciation
rhymes the first syllable with rose. I"
AS matter Of fact, the name
Roosevelt is Of Dutch origin and
menas rose field" Say: RoZE-
Iuh-velt,1
Evening star., 1951-04-21

Kansas City,. Will you please tel
us why x is substituted for Christ's
name in Christmas? Does it really
stand for the unknown" quantity
lin the abbreviation?-V. L. C. f
No. The form Xmas survives
from an old custom in which x
represented the Greek letter chi
which is similar to the Roman letter
x. The letter x is the initial letter
lin the Greek form Christos. 1t was
once not uncommon to see Christian
spelled Xtian.
Evansville: Our garden club
would like to pronounce the name
forsythia uniformly. VIII you please
Igive us the proper pronunciation?-
Mrs. D. w. .McA.
Best usage is: fawr-SITH-ee-uh
Second choice: fawr-SY-thee-uh.
Oakland: I contend that there
are no such designations as az am :
and "12 p.m.," but that it is either
"12 noon" or "12 midnight" Please
discuss for us thoroughly-M. e.
Ip telling time the sun is sup
posed to be at its meridian Chighesi
Ipoint) at noon. The morning hours
are designed as am. Cor AMI fol-
ante meridian before the meridian)
The hours after noon, up to an6
Evening star., 1951-04-21
A One-Minute Test OF Your
NeiDS knowledge
NEWS QUIZ
By Tom Henry

1. PANEL-What is the first
problem facing the special
wage headache board" in the
transport industry
2. COURT-Can, you name
your Secretary of Commerce
who has drawn q contempt Of
court citation?
8. AID-Why is the u. S.
rushing a fleet of light planes.
insecticides and technicians
to Iran?
4. TEES-What golfer won
the Masters tournament, there
by winning every major golf
championship?
S. QUOTES-What u. s.
cabinet member said: Every
indication we have from
abroad is Of increasing build
up. It has been noticeable
particularly in the satellite
countries?"
Answers.
/. The case of the wage in
crease for the l million nom
operating railroad workers. 2.
Charles Sawyer. 8. To fight a
locust plague, said to be the
worst of its kind in % years.
4. Ben Hogan. 5. Secretary
Of Defense George c. Marshall.
Tom Henry's "Quiz EN-" APP
pears every Sunday i'm This
Week Magazine with The Star.
Evening star., 1951-04-21
Wild Strawberry,

During the warm days Of April,
dry fields. banks and roadsides are
pleasantly fragrant due to the
white loosely clustered blossoms OF
the wild strawberry. The male and
female blossoms are from separate
roots. The stem is a run-root
forming new plants later in the
season. The insects hum and buzz
over the open faced generous bios
SONS, a sure promise Of delicious
fruit in June.
Doubtless God could have made
Ia better berry, but doubtless God
never did" ALI agree that the sun
iripened wild strawberry has the
most delicious flavor of wild fruits.
Since the days OF Henry v, many
have tried to tame the wildling OF
the woodlands. Some smooth less
pitted fruits have resulted from
Evening star., 1951-04-21
Natures Children
By Lillian Cox Athe,

the process, but the tang has re-
manned elusive.
The wild strawberry remains
small, deliciously favored and
|flourishing. The patch Is well re-
membered by wild animals; bears
return year after year to feast on
the fruit, birds stop over to have
their fruit dessert. Strawberries
north and south have the useless
but delightful eccentricity OF
bursting into bloom in autumn. In
a flourishing patch the effect Is q
belated or over early snow furry
settled on a sunny spot.
Tufts of Its very pretty trefoliate
Leaves sent up from the creeping
lrootstock spread the dainty carpet
to new places widening the color
full rug into the woods and along
the hills from New England and
along the Alleghanies to Georgia
Evening star., 1951-04-21

Mother-Tell me more about
your quarrel with Jean. It viii dc
you good to blow OF steam.
wouldn't talk TO the other girls
about It, though.
Evening star., 1951-04-21

| then westward thousand miles or
more. It is no wonder 30 many
know the fruitful wildling, loving
1t for Its fragrance Is well as its
delicious fruit.
Evening star., 1951-04-21
Contract Bridge
By CuIbertson
Washington, D. G.
SATURDAY, APRIL II, 1881

(Copyrieht. 1851, by Ely Culbertson) :.
Possession OF good trump support
for partner does not always justify
q raise of his suit. There may be
excellent reasons for withholding
this raise for one or more rounds
Of bidding. Observe the following
situation:
North, dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
NORTH
A986532
y K943
WEST EAST
= x 107 AQ4
- A p Q85
q 108 842 . KIT
Ks532 q 10 9764
AQJ
SOUTH
AAJ
y j 10 762
0 A q 9653
This was the bidding in a high
stake game at New York club:
North East South West
/ spade Pass 2hearts Pass
Shearts Pass 4dm'ds Pass
4hearts Pass 6heartS Pass
Pass Pass
. Obviously South could not make
the contract-aside from other con-
siderations, he had to lose two
trump tricks.
It is true that South was aggres-
sive in yumping to the slam, but
the major share Of the responsibility
was on North. 1t was not the lat
ter's opening bid that led to the bad
contract: it was, rather, his inju-
dicious immediate raise of hearts.
Many fine players would make the
same light spade opening on North's
holding, but they would protect
themselves land, partner) by refus-
ing to give direct support for South's
take-out to hearts. Naturally they
would intend to end up in heart
contract, but they would realize
what North in this case apparently
did not realize-that a direct heart
raise would give South greater en-
couragement than the North cards
could substantiate in the play.
Thus, as a simple slowing down
measure, they WOULD rebid spades,
knowing that If South chose to
pass, there would probably be no
odds-on chance for game, even at a
heart contract. In any case, the
danger of raising hearts directly,
and thereby giving too much en-
couragement. would be their first
consideration.
Observe the difference if North
merely bids two spades over South's
two hearts. South then bids three
diamonds, naturally. Now North, in
going to three hearts, is simply Civ
ing a preference, which can hardly
'excite" South. The latter might
explore further by bidding three
spades, but when North bids either
three no-trump or four hearts,
South cannot well persist beyond the
four heart level.
(Released by the Register and Tribune
Syndicate. 1951.)
Evening star., 1951-04-21
Answer to CLAvIER.

cavil. calve. cave, care, carve, cell. clear
liver, acre, alive, ariel, aril, aver. valo
veal, veil, vile, vice. vicar. VIAL icer. earl
evil. ravel, race rale, rave, rail-, real relic
rice, rival, rive,
Evening star., 1951-04-21

Drought has assured Mexico Of
corn and wheat crops shorter
than estimated earlier.
Evening star., 1951-04-21
Word Come
Find 81 or more words in
RIDD ANCE,

Average is 48: limit, IS minutes.
| Rules-Words must be Of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letters
by the addition Of IS" such as bats. y
l"cats," are not used. Only one form Of Q
word is used Proper names are not used
A list will be published Monday.
Evening star., 1951-10-05

$3.50, WCFM Capitol Event:
HighlightS are from the Testimonial
Dinner to Miss Katharine Lenroot
featuring Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt,
DR.. Martha M. Eliot and Miss
Frances Perkins.
$3.50, WRC-You Can't Take It
With You: Walter Brennan plays
Granpa Vanderhef on the returning
series.
1000, WMAL-B Boxing: Danny
Nardico meets George Kaplan in a
heavyweight bout.
1880, WTOP-Capitol Cloakroom
Senator Herbert H. Lehman is
queried on the disputed points OF
the new tax bill.
1880, WASH-Senator Magnuson
Senator Warren G. Magnuson
speaks on 1--WE Are Masters Of Our
Destiny"
TelevisiOn Today. .
800, WMAL-Mystery Theater:
Tom Conway plays Inspector Mark
Saber in The Case of Carries
Coft1n" on the premiere show.
$3.50, WNB W-We, the People
Broderick Crawford and Gil Nc
Dougald are guests. :
$3.50, WMAL-The Stu Erwin
Show: The program is heard at q
new time.
800, WTOP-Playhouse Of Stars:
Helen Hayes and David Niven sta1
In Not q Chance" on the premiere
telecast Of the new dramatic series
1000, WNBW Cavalcade OF
Sports: Danny Nardico meets
George Kaplan in a 10-round
heavyweight bout.
1880, WTOP-Hollywood OPENING
Night: Ray Montgomery heads the
cast OF "Conqueror's Isle"
10:45, W-Greatest Fights
The films are of the Dempsey.
Firpo bout.
Evening star., 1951-10-05

thony Beauchamp, will supervise
the technical production of the
program.
Weekend ROundup-Dan Daley
and Diana Lynn will co-star in
Casanova Brown" on the Thea
ter Guild Of the Air Sunday night
CNBC $3.50 p.m). The broad
cast will originate in Houston,
Tex. A series of salutes to
Arlington high schools will start
on WEAM tomorrow, 10:30 to
IL am. with Falls Church High
Evening star., 1951-10-05

getting the first bow. Eve
Arden'S "Our Miss Brooks" will
return to WTOP Sunday night at
$50. after a summers absence.
D.. JEFF Chandler will continue as
Miss Arden's chief support.
Starting Sunday at l pm. NBC-
TV will launch a series of half
hour religious programs, the first
originating from the Church of
Heavenly Rest, New York. with
Bishop Henry Knox Sheriff. as
ofhciating clergyman.
Evening star., 1951-10-05
HighIights
Radio Today.

500, WMAL-Richard Diamond
Dick Powell is starred on the re-
turning mystery series.
500, WRC- Roy Rogers Show:
Roy Rogers is heard on the new
series of Western dramas.
$3.50, WRC-Martin Lewis Show
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis star
on a new program.
500, WRC-Duffy's Tavern: Ed
Gardner and his cohorts return
with Boris Karloff as guest.
Evening star., 1951-10-05
eleyision Tomorrow Saturday, oetobe, {. 1851

WoPhss Il,
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and
Basali FsohsH UHnes
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Evening star., 1951-10-05

Evening news broadcast. di-
rect from The Stars news
room, Monday through Friday
over Stations WMAL and
WMAL-FM; 6 pm.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11
Horse and Buggy Days
BY OLDTIMER

napolis and had his settlement nam
ed the county seat.
Funkstown's sturdy old brick and
stone houses are tidy and well kept.
Most of the residents of Funkstown
bear names indicative of their Ger
man descent.
Near the center of Funkstown is
house that was South's Hotel in
the turnpike era. John Brown stop
ped here in June 1859 when he was
transporting pixies to arm the slaves
in preparation for the great pro-
jected uprising.
Although you often cross the
bridge just outside of Funkstown,
on your way to and from Hagers-
town, / wonder how many Of you
realize that although the original
bridge has been widened and to
some extent rebuilt, it still rests
solidly on limestone arches con-
structed in 1923.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11
Ike Called "WaII Street serf"

The Soviet youth organ, Komso-
mol, says that Gen. Dwight D. Els
enhower, recently named head of
the new West European army, is a
true serf of Wall street" Essen
hover was twice decorated by the
Russian Government during World
War II.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11
Death Leap Fails

Mrs. Esther M. Griffin, 43-year-
old divorce, has the distinction of
being the 10th person known to
have jumped from the Golden Gate
Bridge, San Francisco, and the third
to survive. She fell nine feet to a
girder, from which she was rescued,
unconscious, but not seriously hurt.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11
Rep. SABBATH Sets Record
For Continuous Service

Rep. A. j. SABBATH, Democrat of
Illinois, on December % established
an all-time record for consecutive
service in Congress. On that day he
completed 43 years, nine months and
Is days in the House of Representa-
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11

Last week ! gave you some infor-
nation about Boonsboro. Now let's
move on towards Benevola and
Funkstown.
Between Boonsboro and Benevola
is State Road 60. If you follow this
road for about three miles you will
come to the Delemere Bridge,
three-arched limestone structure,
built over Antietam Creek in 1888.
At the west end of the bridge is
the entrance lane of "Delemere,"
a house built about 1776 by the Rev.
Bartholomew Booth, who had come
from England few years before.
The large, rambling structure of
bricks and logs was weatherboard
ed in later years and is still occupied.
Many distinguished figures of the
Revolutionary period were guests at
Delemere. Here General Horatio
Gates, then a widower, met and
courted Mary Valence, wealthy
daughter of a Liverpool merchant.
The fortune of nearly half a million
dollars that she brought to the gen
eral was generously spent in aiding
his INDECENT comrades in arms dur
ing the Revolution.
Near the house is the site Of the
school operated by Booth. Among
his pupils were the son of Robert
Morris, financier of the Revolution,
and Bushrod Washington, nephew of
Gen. Washington and later Justice
of the U. S. Court; and the two young
sons of Gen. Benedict Arnold. When
he entered his sons in the school,
Arnold wrote to Booth: 81 wish their
education to be useful rather than
| learned, Life is too uncertain to
! throw away in studies that perhaps
one in ten thousand has the genius
to make a figure in. You will par
don my debating to you, Sir, but as
the fortune of every man in this
country is uncertain, | wish my sons
to be educated in such a manner
that with prudence and industry
they may acquire fortune; as well
as become useful members of So
ciety. l will expect them to write
to me frequently-of this they will
doubtless want reminding"
In their first year here the boys
! gloried in their fathers exploits,
but the following year brought the
news of his treason and disgrace.
Shortly afterward the boys were
sent to relatives in Philadelphia
In Benevola, is an old limestone
building with a first-Hoor store. A
tale is told that the proprietor of
this store, at the beginning of the
Civil War, painted a large Amer
lean flag on his building. When,
however, he heard that the Con-
federates were advancing on the
town, discretion overcame his valor,
and he quickly whitewashed his
painting.
On the outskirts of Benevola, be-
side Beaver Creek, was IN Army of
the Potomac Headquarters, where on
July GA, 1863, General Meade held
several councils of war with his
corps commanders, celebrating over
Presidents Lincoln's orders to at
tack before the latter could retire
south of the Potomac.
Now let's move on to Funkstown.
Funkstown, is named for Henry
Funk, to whom in 1854 Frederick
Calvert granted a tract of land on
which the town was laid out. First
called Jerusalem, Funkstown miss
ed its opportunity to grow when in
1776 shrewd Jonathan Hager, pro-
prietor of Hagerstown, rode to An
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11
Man. III, Dies In Sleep

New Englands oldest man-111-
year-old jeremiah Campbellton-
died in his sleep the other day at
convalescent home in Houlton,
Maine. His death was attributed to
senility.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11
New BathrObe Is
Cause Of Death

Three-year-old Virginia Kreto-
wicz, of Long Branch, N. j., was very
proud Of her new bathrobe which
she had received as Christmas gift.
She showed it off to her little friends
and her family. But it caught fire
when she got too near an open fire
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11
II Alarms Us, Too

Representative Pasman, Democrat
of Louisiana, estimates that Con-
gress has appropriated and the Fed
eral Government is spending at the
rate of $9,500,000 an hour and $780,
100000 day. This, he says, alarms
him.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11
First Woman Senator Dies

The first woman ever elected to
the u. S. Senate, Hattie w. Caraway,
died recently at the age Of ~ at
White Hall Sanitarium in Falls
Church, Va She was a Senator for
more than 10 years during the late
FDR's administration.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11
Says U. S. Can Meet War Threat

The United States can maintain an
armed force of 100000 men and
spend $84, 100000 a year for mil
itary purpose without Serious inn
pairment' of the civilian economy,
according to Harvard business ex-
perts.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11
"HeIl's Canyon" APPLY Named

Heat 1T degrees, ground so rug
ged shoes lasted only 10 days, one
false step-death hundreds of feet
below on jagged rocks. Fiction?
No, just report on conditions ex-
listing at a Government project
named Hell's Canyon, in Idaho.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11
How To Live To BE 1902

Mrs. May N. Place, of Syracuse, N.
Y, who last month celebrated her,
1920 birthday, has this longevity tip
for mothers: Never get up at night
with child-make your husband do
it. Sprinkle your day with plenty
of cat maps"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11
BIackOuts For Alaska

Many Alaskan cities and military
bases are being BACKED out nightly
in view of the tense world situation,
1t. Gen. William E. Kepner, the ter
ritory's military chief, has announc-
ed.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11
More Citrus Fruit

The Agriculture Department has
forecast a 10 percent increase in out
put of citrus fruits for the 1950-51
season, with the crop estimated at
around 172,31O,OO0 boxes compared
with 156,665,OO last season and the
1939-48 average of 1853, 477,OOO.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11
College Enrolment Down

Full-time enrolment in American
universities and four-year colleges
has taken a dip of almost ten per-
cent in the past year, according to
study by Dr. Raymond Walters,
president of the University of Gin
cinnati.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11
Famous Conductor Dies

Walter Damrosch, 88, noted con-
ductor and composer, died recently
of a heart attack at his home near
Central Park, in New York City.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11

tives, a day more than the previous
record held by Senator Justine s.
Morrill, of Vermont, whose term Of
continuous service in the House and
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-11
GAR Vet Marks 1O4th Birthday

Idaho's only surviving Civil War
veteran, Israel A. Broadsword, re-
Gently celebrated his 104th birthday
Broadsword fought with the Union
Army.