The Teton peak. [volume], September 08, 1904, Image 1

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I Commences Monday.
C t Vntlionv public schools
Monday of next week,
i he direction of Prof. John
w i,o lias been principal of
(,1s for the last three years.
t teachers for the
ear is as follows :
opal, Professor Blevins;
„„de, Miss Baker, third
primary department, Miss
second term; assistant
'l' Miss Brownfield, gradu
■ 1 tire State University of
cky, first term ; Miss Smith,
te0 f Chicago Conservatory
sic and Art, will have have
of music and drawing, first
fourth and fifth grades, Miss
lam, graduate of Knox
first term; third grade,
ienn. graduate of Pocatello
school.
public school this year has
cellent corps of teachers and
to the revision of the course
dies, will equal any high
in the state. St. Anthony
is what is known as an
oved school," and the work
h schools is accepted in any
institution.
cratic County Convention.
tice is hereby given that the
ont County convention will
Id in Rexburg on Saturday,
3, A. D. 1904, at 10
k A. M. at which time nomi
; will be made for the follow
named county officers: One
senator, four representatives,
heriff, one county treasurer,
ssesssor and ex-officio tax col
one probate judge, one
ty attorney, one commissioner
each commissioners' district,
uperiutendent of schools, one
_yor, one coroner, and a eoun
ntral committee to serve for
nsuing two years,
le primaries to elect delegates
id convention will be held on
day the 3rd day of October,
1904, commencing in the
try precincts at 3 o'clock P.
nd continuing until 6 o'clock
I. and in the city or town pre
is commencing at 2 o'clock P.
nd continuing until 7 o'clock
he various precincts are entit
o representation as follows :
rcher 5, Arrange 4, Bates 4,
h Creek 1,Camas 2, Chapin 5,
gs 5, Dubois 5, Edmunds 7,
River 5, Gram 6, Haden 2,
ry 3, Howe 1, Highland 2,
peudeuce 5, Island Ward 6,
ore 3, Leigh 5, Lewisville 10,
"lie 5, Lyman 2, Marysville
Market Lake 4, Medicine Lodge
'enaii 7, Ora 4, Parker 9, Rice
igby 10, Rexburg 18, St. An
13, Teton 10, Vernon 4,
ford 10, Rudy 5, Salem 9,
ncer 1. Total 216.
view of the platform adopted
e recent Democratic State con
tion at Lewiston and the ini
ant campaign that is now on in
State of Idaho, it is very neces
tliat a full delegation of the
t representative Democrats from
Precinct attend this convention
we urge all committeemen to
that the leading and representa
Democrats are selected in their
met as delegates to this con
tion and that they attend.
JOHN E. PINCOCK,
Chairman.
• M. HOLDEN, Secretary.
Eastern Market Reports.
New York, Sept. 3, 1904.
utter steady, extras 19 cents
tory firsts 13j£c; renovated ex
s bi/4 to 16c. Receipts 5,441
rts this week 7.900. Cheese
buyer's favor, fancy state 8j4 to
Receipts 1,750. Eggs
Western firsts 20c. Receipts
dlo.
Chicago, 111., Sept. 3, 1904.
butter 19c. steady. Eggs, etxras
'- c . prime firsts 18,'/£c steady.
D. C., Sept. 3
firsts
Washington,
"4.
Market firm, extras 20c;
; renovated 15j4c.
Boston, Mass, Sept. 3, 1904
u tter market steady at 20
Cheese market easy at
r the best. Eggs, firm at 20 to
Henneries 2 5c.
p ew Orleans, La., Sept. 3, 1904.
•xtras 20c; firsts 19c; renovated
b-ggs 21c. Cheese, daisies
St.
Butt
t 1
Louis, Mo., Sept. 3, 1904.
Il ter active at 20c. Eggs slow
' to 19j4c.
For State Senator.
It has been common talk among
prominent Republicans over the
county that John W. Hart, of
Menait, should be the next State
Senator from Fremont county but
although Mr. Hart has been loath
to accept or even consider the pro
position, he has at last submitted
to the- inevitable, considering tbe
duty lie owes to his country and
the Republican party far above
private interests ; and we are au
thorized to make the announcement
that the Hon. John W. Hart, of
Menait, is a candidate for the
nomination, after due and long
consideration and will allow his
name to conte before the Republi
can convention at St. Anthony on
the 30th of this month.
Mr. Hart is one of the most
enterprising and successful men in
the county, and has spent years in
this part of the state assisting in
the development of what now seems
to be the richest valley in all the
northwest. When the Republicans
of the county can induce such men
as Mr, Hart to accept the nomina
tion to public office, they are to
be congratulated and can result only
in success which will surely be the
rewardof such political party.
PARKER.
Sept. 7, 1904.—There is con
siderable sickness here. Mr. F.
H. Mason has an attack of lung
fever.
Mr. W. E. Hunter has been taken
to Rexburg for treatment for
typhoi^ fever.
Mrs. A. R. Rice has been very
sick for several weeks, but is
improving.
The work on the slicer is being
pushed. The brick work will be
done in about two weeks. The
pipe line from Sugar City is com
pleted and beet hauling will com
mence about the first of October.
The work on the annex to the
meeting house is progressing very
rapidly. The builders expect to
finish it within a month.
Born to the wife of Mr. S. M
Rigby, on the 5th, a daughter; and
also to the wife of H. P. Hanson,
daughter. All getting along
nicely.
Harvesting and haying is about
over, and threshing has commenced.
Politics are about normal, with
the Republicans away in the lead.
Billey Bryan says he is ready to
speak. Well, when isn't he or
when didn't he if he had half a
chance.
The silver tongued orator, Pence,
has become the slandering mouthed
tool of F. Dubois, and the people
he is slandering are as far above
him in the principles of honesty,
truth and virtue as the heavens are
above the earth.
Heyburn's Secretary.
Mr. Addison T. Smith, of Washi
ngton^ D. C., private secretary to
Senator W. B. Hey burn, was
visitor in St. Anthony last week.
Mr. Smith was secretary to former
Senator Shoup, of Idaho for ten
years, and this was his first visit to
Idaho since his association with
Senator Shoup. Mr. Smith is
bright, capable, quick-witted, good
natured, good looking young man
a friend maker and a vote getter
While in St. Anthony, he gave the
Peak a friendly call and showed
much interest in the typesetting
machine in our office. Mr. Smith
is visiting the principal towns of
the state and getting in touch with
the party organizations throughout
the counties, and says that never
before in the state were the Re
publicans in such fine shape for
an approaching election, which, hn
confidently asserted, will result ie
the election of the whole state
ticket by greater majorities than
the ticket received in 1902. Dur
ing his visit to our town, Mr. Smith
was the guest of Benjamin L. Rich
who was associated with him it
Washington in the service of
Senator Shoup. "I leave St. An
thony for Wallace where I shall
join Senator Heyburn," answered
Mr. Smith in response toa question
from a Peak reporter; "but later in
the campaign I hope to have the
pleasure of visiting your county
again. I shall tell the people up
north that old Fremont is loyal and
with us with two or there thousand
to spare. ' '
General News.
The Philippine exhibit at the
''Big Fair" was robbed last Thurs
day by its employes of a sum equal
to $25,000. It is stated that the
steal was accomplished byreselling
admission tickets.
Japs Victory is Celebrated.
lokio, Sept. 5. A mass of offic
ial reports on the battle of Liao }
v ang reached the imperial head-!
--I"
he given out until it is possible
quarters today, but they will mt j
put them in order and make from
them a connected and detailed story.
In the meantime headquarters is
refraining from giving anything to
the public.
It is generally known that Gen. I
Kuropatkin succeeded, by means
of a desperate rear-guard action and
strong and well-handled flank
movements, in withdrawing the
great bulk of the Russian army,
and that he cut bridges to hamper
the Japanese pursuit.
Critical interest centers in the
operations of the Japanese right
wing, which occurred late Friday
nigth and early Saturday morning.
Gen. Kuroki then swung to the
westward, his movement being
designed to flank the remainder
of the Russians left at Liao Yang
itself.
It is believed here that Gen.
Kuropatkin is bound to lose many
prisoners to the Japanese. It is
possible, however, that the topo
graphical difficulties and the over
whelming opposition of the
Russians may check this movement
on the part of Gen Koroki.
Among the Japanese officers re
ported killed in the battle of Liao
Yang are Lieut. Teraouhi, son of
Lieut.-Gen. Teraouhi, Minister of
War, and Lieuts. Fukushima and
Maratta, both sons of Japanese
generals. Official figures of the
Japanese losses and a list of the
trophies captured are expected to
reach Tokio tomorrow.
It is believed here that Gen.
Kuropatkin's next stand will be
made at Mukden, although there
is defensible ground south of there.
Field Marshal Yamagata, Chief
of the General Staff, and Lieut.
Gen. Teraouchi were hosts at a
banquet given tonight in honor of
the Liao Yang victory. The guests
included the imperial Princes, the
members of the Cabinet and the
elder statesmen, the staff officers of
the Army and Navy departments,
and chiefs of bureaus.
Tokio is illuminated tonight and
the principal streets of the city,
where a series of lantern processions
are taking place, are thronged with
people.
Main Russian Army is Lost
St. Petersburg, Sept. 5.—It is
reported at a late hour that Gen.
Kuropatkin's rear guard has been
almost annihilated, and that the
main Russian army is in imminent
danger of being surrounded.
The Russian losses during the
fighting at Liao Yang are estimated
at 15,000. There is no doubt here
that a number of guns, especially
siege artillery, have been
abandoned. A dispatch received
from Gen. Kuropatkin, forwarded
yesterday, indicates that Gen.
Kuropatkin's army and Gen.
Kuroki's army are racing for
Mukden, and that the result is in
doubt.
Gen. Kuropatkin says that the
retreat is being conducted in perfect
order. The Japanese repeatedly
attacked the Russian rear on Sun
day, but in every case they were
repulsed. During September 4 the
Japanese strengthened their forces
operating against our left flank,
extending their lines from the Yen
Tai mines northward. Tb
Japanese also on September 4
crossed from Liao Yang and its
environs.
Field Marshal Oyama's whole
army is across the Taitse river and
is pursuing Gen. Kuropatkin's
forces.
It is reported here, but not yet
confirmed, that Gen. Koropatkin
was obliged to abandon 200 guns
at Liao Yang. Some of them, it
is said, were damaged in the fight
ing and the rest were disabled by
order of the Russian commander-in
chief.
The report that the Emperor will
go to the front was again revived
and seems to have foundation. It
is known that the imperial train
has been fitted out for a long
journey.
Dewey's Sailors Gets Prize Money.
Washington, Sept. 1.—A. W.
Brown, auditor of the navy depart
ment, today began the distribution
of prize money won by Admiral
Dewey's officers and men at Manila.
The money amounts to $375,000
and will be distributed among 2000
persons. Admiral Dewey gets
$17,000.
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Another Democrat Bolts.
Hon. E. A. Walters of Shoshone,
} a life long Democrat and leader of 1
the Democrats in the Sixth session'
,
--------- Legislature, has re-1
tojpudiated the Democracy and an-1
nounces that he can support neither
the national nor state tickets of that
party. Mr. WaIters is one of the !
prominent lawyers of Lincoln I
county and had been tendered the
j of the State
I nomination of county attorney on the
Democratic ticket this fall, and had
he accepted the uominaion would
undoubtedly have polled the largest
vote of any candidate on the county
ticket.
He was delegate to the Weiser
convention and opposed the anti
Mormon resolution adopted by
that convention, and was also
elected a delegate to the Lewiston
convention but did not attend. He
has always been prominent in
county politics and lias a large
following in Lincoln county.
It has been known for sometime
that Mr. Walters was dissatisfied
with both the national and state
Democratic platform, but it was
largely through the insistance of
his friends that he should accept
the nomination for county attorney
on the Democratic ticket that he
felt compelled to make public his
repudiation of the Parker-Dubois
Democracy. Mr. Walters made
the following statement :
''I shall neither support the
Democratic state nor national ticket,
but, on the contrary, shall support
both the Republican state and
national tickets. I have come to
this conclusion after careful con
sideration and study, and since the
St. Louis convention have been at
deep loss to understand why I
should support Parker's candidacy ;
how I should reconcile Parker
Democracy and Bryan Democracy.
''A certain element of the eastern
Democracy refused to support Bryan
because he stood for certain ideas.
With equal force I must refuse to
support Parker because he fails to
stand for certain ideas.
''The commanding political
question of today is the control and
regulation of the trusts, and with
Parker heralded by corporate in
terests as the trust candidate, dis
covered, groomed and hacked by
Dave Hill and Perry Belmont, why
should I support Parker?
''Roosevelt has probed the trust
question to the discomfort of the
trusts and he is now branded by
them as unsafe, and I find herein
sufficient argument to one with my
ideas that Roosevelt is quite safe
for the west.
"No, indeed, I have not stomach
for that Lewiston convention. The
citizens of Idaho should deeply
deplore the efforts of any political
party to inject religion into poli
tics, and in this instance especially
is it, to my mind, harmful and un
necessary.
"I am aware that it is not pleas
ant to be dubbed a lobster and a
political acrobat, and yet I prefer
to have honest reasons for the faith
that is in me, and to feel that I am
not bliudlv following the dictates j
of party bosses and designing |
leaders to the violation of my own
conscience.
"I certainly prefer Roosevelt to
Parker and Idaho Democracy—and
if that makesjone Republican then I
am such."
Rich a Candidate.
Rumors of candidates for Repub
lican nominations are coming thick
and fast these days. Friends of
Benjamin L. Rich are supporting
him for the office of county
attorney. A Peak reporter asked
Mr. Rich today if he were a candi
date for that office, and Mr. Rich
replied; "My friends have aksed
me to enter the race for the nomina
tion of county attorney before the
county convention to be held at St.
Anthony, Sept. 30th, and have
placed my candidacy in their hands.
If the Republicans of the county
nominate me, I shall he pleased to
accept the nomination; but whether
they choose me for that office or
not, I shall support the whole
ticket without misgivings, and do
what I can to increase the patty
vote which at present presages an
unprecedented majority for the
ticket. ' '
Attacked by Strikers.
Five hundred strike sympathiz
ers last Thursday attacked a street
car carrying non-union men to the
packing houses in Fast St. Louis.
Clubs and stones were used and
several were seriously injured,
i There were three arrests.
DAIRY NEWS
This column will be for the ex-
elusive use of the farmers, dairv
men and creameries. Any ques
tions pertaining to the farm or
creamery will be answered here
free of charge.
_
The question is asked is it possi
ble for a cows milk to vary more
than two-tenths?
Here is what one of our well
known writers has to say :
Not only does the milk of
different races and breeds of cows
vary with comparatively wide
limits, the milk of the same animal
is subject to extensive fluctuation.
The principle causes of variations
is the individual age, period of
lactation, nature and amount of
food, state of health and treatment
such as frequency of milking, etc.
The following table indicates the
range of normal variations :
Water 90.00 to 83.65
Fat 2.80 to 4.50
Casein and albumen 3.30 to 5.55
Sugar 3.00 to 5.50
Ash 0.70 to 0.80
The Value of Skim Milk.
Its Uuses and Misuses.
There is one profit bearing
branch of the farm that has been
much neglected in the past, and is
today by many, namely, the raising
of calves and every dairyman and
farmer who keeps cows, who
interested in his own welfare and
is desirous of reducing his losses
and increasing his profits, should
read carefully the articles that
follow.
Many seem to think that calves
can be fed most "any old slops"
in pails that have not been cleaned
since they were bought, and yet
wonder why they do not have good
calves.
Some of these set their milk
open pans, thereby losing much
valuable butter fat, and having
their skim milk rendered unfit for
feeding by souring ; others dilute
their milk with water so the calves
have to drink double the amount of
liquid to obtain usual amount of
nourishment ; otheis have the im
pression that good calves cannot
be raised unless they are allowed
to suckle their dams and have
whole milk.
All the above ways are expensive
and unnecessary, and it is the pur
pose of this article to show how
they can be avoided.
In the first place, purchase a
cream separator, a centrifugal one,
and thus be able to have the skim
milk in the best possible condition
for feeding and not in some tin can
dilution affair that is expensive
at any price. Do you say if there
is no butter fat in the skim milk it
must be poor stuff to fatten calves
on? There is left in the skim milk
the casein, albumen, sugar, and
ash, which are the ingredients that
make the muscles, hone, hair and
hoofs and the fattening value of
the fat that has been removed can
be easily 7 balanced by a rftrmber of
substitutes that cost little in com
parison with the value of the butter
fat for cream or butter.
Instance the statement of Mr. C.
P. Goodrich, proinment institute
worker in Wisconsin, that "One
cent's worth of oil meal will do
the calves and pigs as much good
as a pound of butter. ' '
"There are over 17,000,000 cows
engaged in elaborating the casein,
milk sugar, and albumen that go
to make up the solids of skim milk
a
it
and they produce 7,866,392,674 !
gallons of milk yearly, of which |
.3,751,107 gallons are used in tnak-1
ing butter. This leaves the skim j
milk residue of 30,969,147,186
pounds to be used or wasted as the
taste and fancy of the owners may j
desire." ,
If this food product could be :
made to return its maximum value |
it would represent over $60,000,000 ;
and take its place high in the list j
of the valuable food assets of the
country ; that it does not is due to |
many reasons chief among them
carelessness, waste and ignorance
—carelessness in handling the
material, waste in using it, and
ignorance as to the possibilities
shut up in this immense mass of
undeveloped food. The average
farmer looks on it much as he does
on other troubles <hat he has be
come accustomed to from habit,
one of those things that help to
keep a dairyman discontented with
his lot. and not a source of income.
A4 of which is. but should not he
Cream Separators on Farm.
The following excellent article
is from a practical farmer's wife,
Mrs. Tacy B. Mathews, who thus
relates her experiences in the
Practical Farmer, in dairying both
with and yvithout the aid of the
cream separator, showing its great
economical utility in the dairy.
She says :
Some years ago a creamery started
in our neighborhood and we began
sending milk to it. At first the
price paid for milk was quite good,
sometimes running over $1 per 100,
and the milk was tested twice a
week ; I believe this was carefully
and correctly done. While this
was the case we thought the dairy
business would prove profitable,
and planned to increase the number
of cows. It was not long, however,
before the price of milk went so low
as often to be but 60 cents per 100
for milk testing 4 per cent. And no
matter how good the cows were, the
test of none of the farmers would
go above 4 per cent, while some
seldom reached that point. Our
test was always marked "4." We
sold some milk in the village.
This was put into Mason's glass
jars and the cream came one-third
the distance down the jar. Persons
buying milk of us claimed to be
unable to obtain such rich milk
elsewhere. We decided to churn
some cream ourselves and see if we
were only making 4 pounds of butter
per 100. As a result we found we
made between 5 and 6 pounds in
stead. We immediately stopped
sending to the creamery and began
making butter in the old-fashioned
way. We decided cold water was
a good enough separator for us, if
it would give us between one and
two pounds more butter per 100.
We continued to make butter in
this way for a year or so ; and I
confess we were prejudiced against
separators. One evening, just be
fore milking time, a team stopped
at the house and a young man asked
permission to separate our even
ing's milk for us. We told him it
was useless to waste his time in
showing his separator to us, as we
were well satisfied with our spring
house, and desired no change. But
at last we gave in, and he set the
machine, separated the milk and
washed it in less time than it
would have taken to hpve skimmed
the same quantity, and washed and
scalded the pans containing it.
This was the first time we had seen
a hand machine; and the quality of
the cream was so fine that we felt
sorry to see him replace the separa
tor in his wagon the next morning.
We began to think, perhaps, that
in the far distant future we would
buy one. We did not keep many
cows, and had not stable room to
increase the number very much.
So we reasoned it would not pay us
to put so much money into such a
tool. The agent noticed we were
pleased, so he saw to it we did not
forget him, nor the firm he repre
sented. At last we allowed him to
leave one of his hand machines on
trial. To try it as a money saver
we exactly divided our milk for a
tew milkings, putting one-half in
to pans and treating it as usual,
while the other half was separated.
When the churning was completed
the scales showed the following
record : 69 ounces of butter from
milk set away, aud 91 ounces from
same quantity separated, again of
22 ounces in iavor of the separator.
Pork sold low, and milk does not
fatten very much, anyhow. It
would make a large hole iu the corn
pile before the pigs would be ready
to convert into pork, even if fed so
much butter ; so we concluded not
! to furnish them such a large per
| cenr of cream any longer; and in a
few days the separator was our own.
j We have used the separator since,
and have had no expense in con
nection with it, except for the oil.
j There seems to be nothing to get
, out of order except some rubber
: rings, which have to be replaced
| once in a while. Everything need
; ful for washing comes with the
j machine except a cloth for drying.
| then with
We first wash off with cold water,
warm water and soda,
and then scald every part with
which the milk comes in contact.
In warm weather we hang in the
sun to dry ; but if cold or storniv
wipe instead. We think the quality
of the butter better than before
using the separator, and the demand
for it is increasing. We though'
the skim milk would not do so well
for calves, etc., but our young stock
do as well on this milk as it had
done previously- on otir own skim
milk; and better than it did when
! we used to buy- skim milk from the
creamery.