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Brown-Hart Co.
Two Big Specials
Zion Lace on Sale
Two Days Only—Friday and Saturday—at
FIVE CENTS the Yard. A Big Event.
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The Average Womani
Lace Bill is From
»to TO »20 A YEAR.
ER HAPS you have spent $10 for lace on a
single dress.
If we c^aild save you one-half on your laces
would you consider „it worth while ?
On most of the fine laces you have bought
in the past you have paid import duty. Zion Laces,
manufactured at Zion City, 111., rival the finest machine
made laces from Nottingham, England, or Calais, France,
with no duty added to the selling price.
We are making a special display of Zion Laces this
week—and the many excellent values will afford you a
great saving on your lace purchases. By "excellent values"
we are not speaking of the wearing qualities alone', although
the finest Egyptian and Sea Island Cotton is used in making
Zion Laces.
Value in a piece of lace, as every woman knows, comes
from its exquisite beauty of design, accurate stitches, real
artistic merit and strength of fabric. ^
Zion Laces have an individuality all their own.
With the workers in the Zion Lace Industries lace
making is an art. The designers are the best that can be
found in Europe, their whole education having been directed
to creating artistic designs for laces.
The religious atmosphere of Zion City, the village and
community life and the light, healthful factory — all are
reflected in the distinctive "character" of Zion Laces.
Remember Two Days Only at Five Cts.
The Best Three
Dollar Hat in America
It's an absolute fact. This Quality Hat
had never been sold for as low a price as Three
Dollars until we decided to make a special
leader and met with such success that we con
cluded to continue it at that price permanently,
and have had it made special for us with our
stamp and guarantee behind it.
All of the spring styles are here and on
display in our south window.
Brown-Hart
The Quality Store
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PHOSPHATE LANDS
TO BE RESTORED
Several Thousands of Acres may be
Opened to Settlement As a Result
of The Effort of One of Our Black
foot Men.
For some time past Probate Judge
J. H. Anderson of this city, has been
working with the end in view' of hav
ing restored to entry for homestead
purposes a vast acreage of land in
Bonneville, Eingham, Bannock and
Boar Lake counties which under pres
ent conditions have been withheld
from such entry under an order cf the
secretary of the interior, declaring
them to be phosphate lands, While
the lands included in this area have
much phosphate, and at certain points
show largo deposits of it, there is not
sufficient deposit on all the lands that
are named to justify their being with
held from settlement. Through the ef
forts ot Judge Anderson, Senator Bor
ah and Congressman French have in
troduced the bill drafted by Judge An
dersen. authorizing the opening of the
Fhosphate lauds to entry and settle
ment under the Agricultural Land
Laws, the Entryman to have patent
to surface and the phosphates reserved
to the United States.
The necessity for the passage
of such a bill is not only evidenced by
the large area of good farming land in
several of the Eastern Counties cf
this State now witheld from entry un
der phosphate reserves, but the De
partment of the Interior has just re
cently made another order reserving |
as phosphate land in those counties in
Idaho, and withdrawing them from set
tlement or entry, approximately 236,
800 acres. This withdrawal is Phos
phate Withdrawal No. 9, Idaho No. 2.
About 400.000 acres have been with
drawn under similar orders in this
state within the last four or five years.
POLITICAL PROSPECTS
It seems pretty certain now that Col.
Roosevelt will be a candidate for the
presidential nomination. President Taft
will not strike his colors in advance of
the convention, it is said, so there will
be a pretty trial of strength between
the two. It seems just now as if the
one who will suffer the most by the
recrudescence of Rooseveltism will be
LaFollette. As for other candidates,
there are few worth mentioning at pre
ent in the ranks of the Republican
party.
Among the Democrats the situation
is still unchanged. Wilson, Clark and
Harmon continue to be the most dis
cussed. Bryan has a very strong in
fluence and it seems to be felt that
without his indorsement no man can
get the Demccratic nomination. He
is friendly to Clark, but he has been
somewhat lukewarm towards the Mis
sourian of late. Nevertheless,, Clark ;
seems to be growing steadily if grad
ually, whiie some of his rivals are los
ing gorund. Take it ail in all, the sit
°f
uation is one cf absorbing interest to
all sudents of politics.
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rubbed in well, then brushed off and
tho gloves sprinkled with dry br.in
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over the charges you made against a
me about that operation. i
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The Way of It.
Surgeon—I was very much cut
up
operation.
Patient—You weren't half as much
cut up as I was. doctor.
Value of Grit and Charcoal.
It pays to keep a supply of grit,
oyster shell and charcoal before the
fowls. The more you can coax your
laying hen to eat and assimilate, the
more material she will have to turn
into eggs. Her body must he nour
ished and material supplied for eggs.
To provide for both purposes during
cold weather means grinding up a
great deal of food. The grit helps to
do this and the oyster shell furnishes
material for the egg shell Charcoal
furnishes no nourishment, but pro
motes digestion, and la a bowel cor
rective.
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of
LECTURE ON
DIVERSIFIED CROPS
Ths Importance of Crop Rotation for
the Irrigation Farmer. By W. H.
Olin, Director of Agrcultural Exten
sion. University of Idaho.
4.
BASIS OF SUCCESS
The basis of farm success is organ
ization, system of the farm ; the basis
cf organization on the farm is crop
management; cn the successful man
agement of the crop largely reist theso
five fundamentals:
1. Economy of Business.
2. Maintenance of Soil Fertility.
Productivity of the Soil.
Subsistence for Live Stock. '
5. Farm Profits at end of Season.
The term "Rotation of Crops'' is
used to designate a system of crops
which give a recurring succession of
field plants with differing p'ant food
requisites.
REASONS FOR ROTATION
The primary purposes of a crop ro
tation are 1st, Prevention of "Crop
Sick soils, the result of continuous
cultivation of the same crop for a per
iod of years; 2nd, The elimination of
weeds, insect pests and crop diseases;
3rd, Increase in the productivity of the
field crops by conserving the soil fer
tility.
FIRST IRRIGATED CROP
The first crop to he grown in any
appreciable degree "under the ditch''
| was wheat Wheat followed wheat
year after year on the river plain, farm
of Utah and Idaho until in some inst- I
ances the yield of grain fell 25 and
even 50 per cent below what it first I
gave tiie farmer. This was cn compa:
itively virgin soil which we think is
rich as cream. Why is this? Feed
ing at the same depth on the same
plant foot elements absorb the readily
available plant food of this particular
element so this class of plants is then
sparingly fed. Like a starved pig, it
cannot make its owner the profits tho
well fed
is
of
well fed ones do.
All plants do not feed alike. They
either use different foods or the same
food from different depths. Therefore,
plants feeding at different depths of
soil, although they may use the same
food elements, the deeper feeding plant
can follow the shallow feeders without
serious immediate loss, although even
tually, unless these absorbed food ele
ments he restored, the available plant
food will become exhausted and the
soil will therefore be impoverished.
The depositer who continues to
draw his money from the hank withou
making deposits will at last find his
checks returned marked "Short". No
hank will permit continued over drafts.
We should not be taking off all the
; time, without putting- hack the food
elements upon which plants feed.kscme
°f the time. If we do, we have a crop
sick soil that does not "pay its checks'
for want of funds—the available food
elements that have been taken through
previous withdrawals.
Our Utah and Idaho soils are either
of granitic or volcanic rock formation
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^^ abUJldance
pota * h ' a reasonable amount M pho -
! Plates, a limited mount of nitrates,
abundance of lime, but a great defic
j iency in organic matter commonly
Here are the es
! km T" as hurnus ' Here are the es '!
j sentials we need in these soils; they
! uonstitute the soil barometer since the J
lessened amount of any one of these !
will most seriously affect general crop j
cu'ture. Humus net only Increases the
water holding capacity cf the soil but j
it also carries an appreciable amount.
ef nitrates. Hence we need, early in '
cur cropping, to get humus in the soil, i
i Fepd 1150 soil cons ant'y, that It may, j
jin turn, feed our crops. How may we
do this? By growing crops that tçnd !
to store what little humus we have 1
;" ith nitrogen, while it increases thij
! humus content cf the soil. Those are]
| legume crops—alfalfa, beans, peas. j
! s!!t0 ' red c,owr and vetches constitute j
the 1??ume Tannily- group—which have ;
P r > von profitable for us to grow in tho
j West Choose the one that is best j
l ar ' v ' ,t£d <0 yr>ur farm environnent, and,
! yml f eel will grow you the most dol
lars. Give it a permanent place in
your field crops. j
These plants sec-m to have the pe- !
culiar property of utilizing the free nU- 1
rogcTi of the a ! r and thus store nitrat- i
es in the Boil, and accumulate humus, i
the o-ia thing our sol's seem mest toi
r eed. How is this done? Through a j
j niest Peculiar little family of lower
a rran ' sma known as bactérie, which
i row on the root hairs and tiny root
h ti rf f t root system of these legume >t
-0 .if- TVs r.roites as It. "ere, a 1 of
f ver in that particular part of the j
plant, calling for more air and more^orlces
vaier. In a chemical process not eas- j
ily understood, the free nitrogen ob- ,
tained from the surrounding air is tat
worked into nitrates available to suc
ce ding plant life.
Perennial legumes are deep feeders,
bringing a part of their mineral food
soil depths below the feeding ground
of ordinary crops.
This value to succeeding crops is
shown in the opening paragraph to
Coburn'i Alfalfa: "There are some
silent sub-sollers that do their work
with ease and .in their way, more ef
cr:
for
H.
is
of
of
feotually than any team or plow ever
hitched. The clover plant is righteous
ly famed as one of these, hut alfalfa
is its superior. Its roots work Sun
day us well as Saturday, night and day,
they strike 5, 10, 15 or 20 feet deep, |
making innumerable perforations, whi a
atov'ng up l itrogen, and when these I
roots decay they leave not only a gen- !
erous supply of fertility for any desired
crop, hut millions of openings into
waieh th_> fir and rains of heaven find
their way. and help to constitute an
unfailing reset voir of wealth, upon
which tiie hostandman can draw with
little fear cf protest or overdrafts.*'
Professor Ruffum, some years ago
at the Wylining Experiment Station,
made a test showing the gain on alfa
lfa ground for small grain and potatoes
ever the same type of Soii-where alfa
lfa was rot grown. His results obtain
ed are here given:
(. '•Op
Gain Bushel
Gain in Acre
per Acre
Value
Wheat
12
$10.00
Oats
41
$16.00
Fotatces
29
$16 00
Therefore get the land into a legume
of some kind, alfalfa, vetch or field
pea, as soon as ycu can that it may
be better prepared for successful and j
profitable after cropsj
In case the farmer is in doubt just
what crop to put in, lie will make no a
mistake to seed down to alfalfa while
he is planning out the crop rotation
that his environment would seem to in
dicate best for him to adopt,
ROTATION DESTROYS WEEDS
The elimination of weeds is effectual
11/ accomplished by the introduction of
cultivated crops like potatoes, stock
I roots, sugar beets, field
truck gardennig crops.
beans and
The irrigation
I ditch is even a greater carrier of
weeds than the winds. Where an en
tire irrigation district adopts the prac
tice of crop rotation and cutting ditch
annd canal bank weeds, they can be,
and are, exterminated. Most of our
worst weed pests are annual and when
all users of a given ditch .practice a
good crop rotation the weeddi question
is solved.
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of
GET STATION BULLETINS
Because weed and insect pests as
well as fungus diseaes are fully dis
cussed in Station bulletins which can
he had by addressing the Director of
your State Experiment Station, I shall
pass up any discussion of them.
ROTATION FUNDAMENTALS
Let us now consider the fundament
als which we should concern ourselves
with, in adopting a rotation for our
irrigated lands, where we cannot af
ford to grow many cheap forage or
grass crops, unless upon said farm
w r, can convert these cheaper crops
into more remunerative meat., dairy
or poultry products.
1. All plants tend to exhaust the
soil. They abstract some one or more
food elements to the full amount of |
availability. |
2. All plants do not exhaust the sc 1
in the same way and manner equally.
3. Plants grown constantly of con
tinuously on the same field favor the
spread of insect pests and certain
plant diseases.
4. Some plants, by methods of till
" " u "7 ujr " lrluvUB u ' l,u '
- age, are favorable to weed growth,
rcot
while others are not.
5. Plants differ in habits of
'! 6 All legumes are soil Builders and
soil renovators.
J 7- Some form of stock raising, com
! btned with crop growing, will furnish
j manure for making humus and build
Ing up the so 1 ' The old English adajs
j "No grass no cattle; no cattle no man-!
urc; no manure, no grass,'' is true
' everywhere. J
i ROTATION ON IRRIGATED LANDS .
j Every rotation on the irrigated lands
In this r>-g;on should contain: I
! L At least one mcncy or cash cro: ;|
1
At hast one cultivated crop;
3 At least one legume crop;
1- At least one live steck or feed
j lug crop;
j These should be so grouped as
; to most economically distribute farm
labor throughout the year.
j t*. S.i arrange tlio rotation that tho
farm can Pun cheap and bulky feeds 1
into milk, poultry or meat products. I
7. Thus make factory methods on j
j the farm, turn ordinary waste pre
! ducts into profits.
1 The meat pucker so utilizes the calf
i lamb and pig that now ther is nothing
i lost but the Hat and the squeal. j
The adoption of a definite crop ro-!
j taMcn and tho practice of factory moth-j
jods on the farm will stop the locks
which now reduce the profits and tre
mendously improve the qualify while
>t increases the quality of the output
of every farm In this district,
1 know an Irrigated farm In tue
more^orlces where the suggested method
named above Is followed and the re
turns for the period of their crop re
tat ion ot six years, whch I checked up
cf
a
tial
Ust year, averaged $100 gross per acre!*
crop per season. Do not be satisfied
until you feel you have worked out a
cr: p rotation adapted to your soil,
climate and market enviroment and
that rotation is averaging you a groks
return of $50 per acre per season.
CONCLUSION
Therefore, in closing, permit me to
say. study jour farm soil and make
vour crop lotation improve rather than
impoverish your land. Then you can
never he accused of being a soil rob
ber and leave behind you a depleted
soil. We must get, our bread and hut
ter today, but we should always have
| an eye on tomorrow's supply. Nature
a has been pr. disci with us, storing up
I for centuries the very elements our
! crops can utilize best. We are the
stewards of this heritage, so we should
use, but net abuse, our inheritance.
Yea, we should do more. We should
pass the farm on to our posterity im
proved in every way so the next gen
eration can truthfully shy of this one,
the farms are better for their having
lived on them.
This mixing brains with the soil, en-
riches the farm, makes country homes
inviting and farm life attractive, health
ful and remunertiv.e
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NORTHWEST MINING CONVENTION
Meeting Will Be Held at Spokane
Februcry 15, 16 and 17
Pians for the convention of mining
men from the United States, Alberta
and British Columbia, to be held in
j Spokane, February 15, 16 and 17, 1912,
are rapidly assuming form, and the
promoters of the gathering anticipate
a most enthusiastic and instructive
meeting. Committees charged with
handling the several departments and
features of the w r ork to be accomplished
have been appointed, and there ia now
every assurance that this will be a
record breaker in both attendance and
interest. Men of national reputation
have been invited to be present, and
addresses will be made on all subjects
related to the mining industry. Pros
pectors and others engaged in the
business of mining, whether as direct
ors of mining companies, superintend
ents cf operation, foremen of working
mines, machine men, mining engineers,
working miners, or as investors in
mining stocks, are all to be made wel
come and given a place and opportun
ity' to he heard and seen.
Several special features will be work
ed out which are not usual in conven
tions of this character. The conven
tion will hold three sessions daily for
three days, at the Spokane Hotel, and
of
| they wish to know about the mines in
| which they have any especial Interest.
1 The meetings of the convention will
three days, at the Spokane Hotel, and
all mining districts are asked to send
cr bring their best specimens of ore
for exhibition. The mines of the In
land Empire can furnish as fine a dis
play of specimens as can be found in
the United States and this feature is
sure to be of more than ordinary in
terest to the visitors, as well as to tho
citizens of Spckane and the Eastern
tourist who may chance to see the dis
play. One afternoon during the con
vention Is to be set aside for short ad
dr csscs by men representing the vari
ous districts represented. This will af
ford investors as well as operators a
much-desired opportunity to learn what
investments or promotions a smoker of
an informal character, where discus
»ions of the industry may be had be
J tween all classes of men engaged In
. mining, and the entertaniment commit
tee is planning several excursious to
I points of interest, including the Coeur
d'Alene mining district and an auto
be open to the public, and a large at
tendance is expected. Provisions are
being made to handle at least 1000 vis
itors from out-of-town points. The
railways are arranging for reduced
rates from all points in the states of
Montana, Washington, Idaho, Oregon,
California, Utah and the province of
British Columbia, and this will, of
course, bring hundreds of people to
Spokane not directly interested in the
mining industry.
The social features of the week will
consist of a banquet open to all dele
gates and others interested in mining
trip over tiie city for the visitors from
cut of town. Other features will he
announced later as the time for the
convention^ approae lies.
No move among men engagirl in the
mining indurstry has caused more in
terest for many yenrs than this gath
ering in Spokane. Mining is one of
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1 the greatest industries cf the Inland
I Empire, and has of late been given
j too little attention by th 3 se not directly
interested. But men engaged in other
lines cf business are awakening to the
fact that much of the phenomenal pro
sperity of the last two decades In tho
j Pacific Northwest has been directly
due to the minorai production of this
region. Men who are close observers
cf the financial situation believe that
the next twelve months will witness
a wonderful revival In the mining, in
dustry, and tho coming convention Is
timely and sure to prove of substan
tial benefit to all clas;es olj business as
well as mining.
Noise provis nothing. Often
a hen who has merely laid an
egg cackles as if she laid a
star of the first magnitude. Si
lence, it is said, is golden,' sim
plyfwe believe, because it gives
opportunity for thought and
meditation. Nothing of conse
quence ever was, or ever will
b'e, achieved without fero
thought and brainy preparation.
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