Lincoln County times., April 13, 1911, Image 5

About Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919

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Booster Song.
The following song was written
by Mr. Miller Purvis for thefiirls
Club and was used in their play,
"After the (lame."
The
poem
was set to music by Mrs. Jessie
Critchfield. The song will Is- pub
lished anti no doubt will prove to
he very popular;
We üiiiic >(*1 of u town
Whlrh all of you hIioiiM know.
When* tin* irirl* an* nil aw pr*-n>
Ah the picture* lu
The Imi> h an* hamUoine fellow h
N ot one of them I* slow
Thl* 1* the town of Wendell.
In the mate of Idaho.
show.
chokis.
Oh! Oh! oh!
Wendell, Idaho!
i'll have wealth and liuppim-»»,
Ah you muni surely know,
Where the sun is always shining
And the *»<••, n-»t hreer.es hlow.
This is the town of Wendell,
In the Mate ol Idaho.
Vi
All ttruuiid un?
lOlilltMlltH,
Mllvi'O white with imiow .
Hut hi oitr sunny valley
The l.ngliioi rtmwr* grow ;
Our rroph uk«* nil til© prizei
our nnirher» muke tMiut* *«•
Around the huh Ihm» Wendell
111 the Mute of Idaho
llohl >
id llllle-e of ditclie*.
h r* How
A Ih
Wlii'iw i-ryMHl m
fertile Ui n-H.
ike ua rieh.
Fore\er> boy »
For ever> K«rl a f»*au.
We re all alive in Wendell.
In the state of Idaho
Ai ries oil
They'll
ie know .
Hold
From tin* I'nrtuUul Hi«* Morning.
Whi-r»* tli«* t»n«*j
To tli*' m«M> Out«** of SuriM*t.
W l»«*r«* Hi«* hritflitest colon» grunt :
From ih«* fnnu*u plain» uf « unit* la
Away to Mfiltn.
Th.- U*wt l» i in W. h.I.'ll,
In l)i«f »tat«* of MhIio
huper low.
Mil I I K 1*1 HVI*
BREVITIES.
I.uinln-r fur the new school huum
is living received.
The foundation for the new schon
house is about completed.
Mr. J. S. Clark is in Ihtgerntan
thi» week in the interest of the
Hugennan Valley A - Western H. H
F. 11 Er|ielding is building am
setting out trees on bis ranch, pre
IMirntory to moving out.
The Twin Falls Presbytery of the
Presbyterian eltureh is in session at
Wendell this week.
■
Dr. Perry left Monday and Dr
Evans left Thursday, Imth for Chi
and their stay is indefinite.
cago
Frei Chapman has lieen appoint
ed deputy sheriff and went to the
county seat Sunday h* go to work.
The (Jolden Chain Circle of the
Star met with Mrs. Van
Eastern
Vleek Tuesday p. in.
Mr, J. E. Dodd has taken charge
livery barn while
of the Chapman
Mr. Chapman i- away on hisoffu-ial
duties.
Mr. Collin», out on the Shoe
String, »owed twelve acres of alfalfa
the first day of March which is now
up and branched out.
Visitor» lately from
Hoise Valley
a» far along
the North Side Tract a» they are
rcjtort that crop» arc
on
in that fanion» valley.
Joe Ellson ha» purcha»ed team»
and machinery, and moved out
the new ranch that he
to
lately pnr
chased near Thousand Springs.
The new telephone
putting in new pole» all along the
Idaho Southern und i»
new line» in the city
Mr. Seitz ha»
i»
company
estahlishing
•m ployed Lewi»
orehardht front
■
Wehh, an exiH-rt
Payette, to lay-out and superintend
the work on hi» orchard tract».
were tiled
Some eonte»t claim»
April lirst, a» that
date for the e»taUi»liment
was the final
of re»i
deiict! on the land under the orini
nal entry.
Mr. Parkenson, who i» visiting
daughter, Mr»
IL D.
with his
Jackson, had planned leaving last
Monday, hut has l*een
account of sickness
Mr. Fred Williams, a nephew of
E. B. Shepard, blew in from Knox
ville, Tenu., Sunday,
iams expects to lie with us perma
letained
on
■
Mr. W ill
nently.
We have with us this week,
Mr.
Lake, of Trinidad, ruin
capitalist, and is looking over
with the inten
Mr Lake
is a
the proposition here
tion of investing.
Jerome
Mr. A. T. Kakin is
this week, assisting, in h*s capacity
its secretary of the N. H- 4 . I -
Association, in the adjusting of the
damage claims.
m
The Eaton Uiys tire in the prove*
dnys. They
wliicli
they intend to get till»* in the next
thirty days.
The smiling eountenanee of Mr.
<«i. Smith is to he seen at the
ushiers window of the First Nat'l.
Hank this week. Mr. Smith is an
old hand at the business, and feels
right at home.
mg-up business these
have several assignments to
(
Shepard »V Harrett are getting out
some new hide print maps of the
Wendell district of the North Side
traet. Persons wishing to "show"
their friends in the east can procure
the maps at their office.
Mr. A. C. McNair, of Empire,
Canal Zone, is having extensive de
velopemenl work done on his ranch
live miles north-west of Wendell.
Mr. Davis has charge of the force
at Work there.
Thirty-five acres of wheat has
icen sown on the W. H. Shepard
ranch and alfalfa will 1m- seeded la
ter. Mr. Shepard is also putting
out ten acres of orchard, consisting
of apples, cherries and pears.
Miss Marguerite 1,eland is expect
ed hack from Kansas the latter part
of the week. Miss l.eland will lie
employed as a stenographer at the
'
First National Hank, for which i*i
sition she has been preparing her
self.
W. P. Peake is building ill! addi
tion in bis I must! mi his ranch near
Bennett and will move out there in
the near future. The ranch is a!
prepared fur crop and the entire
eighty will be fenced, seeded and
set ullt to trees this spring.
Will Eaton, whd lias lieen teach
ing sein Mil at St. Anthony this win-1
ter, has returned t<
report» that there is lots of snow
on the ground Up there, some of the]
drifts being live or six feet deep, and
sleighing is line. .
lie
Wendell.
Large shipments of nursery stock
are being received every day
An idea as to the extent to which
this district is going into the fruit
business may he had from the fact
that more than two thousand acres
now.
of orchard will he set out in the
Wendell district this spring.
The O. S. L. construction crew
has heen t ransfered to the Hliss end
f the tTlt-off. The track is laid to
within six miles of Jerome, hut as
there are several bridges between
there and Jerome that will take
considerable time to build, the work
will lie pushed front the other end.
Mr. W. H. Shepard has U-ett
awarded the contract for the build
ing of the Hagenuan schm«! house.
The completed structure will cost
IS.-). It is to I«- a modern eight
room building,
with hot air by the gravity system.
Hagerman Valley brick will 1 m* used
in its const met ion throughout.
It will I«" heated
Me»»r». Sheffield & Frow, who
are building the Hox Canyon power
town arranging de
plant, tire in
tail» of the work, which is »oon to
he started.
There will lie «-TVIJMHI
and approxi
spent on the plant,
mutely lO.OtHI horse power will he
The power will !»• used
for irrigation
developed,
for pumping water
purjiose» and for light and heat on
thi» tract.
Mr», f'has. Dingier gave a party
her daughter, Mis»
if the first an
The
Monday for
Dori», in celebration
of her birthday.
inversa rv
honored guest» were, Lelloy Land*,
William .laekson, and Helen Har
antl 10 month»,
I he
rett, an*-» 14, 11
respectively.
pleasant
They all report a
afternoon.
very
refreshment»
mothers enjoyed the
eltildren played on the
while the
lioor.
Flagler, of Emmett, who
:v>0 acres of fine land down in
Mr.
owns
Orchard valley, is responsible for a
■ut for the orginization of a
tin »vein«
stock company which will buy up
a thousand acres ol land in his jiart
of the tract for the purpose of set
orchard.
ting the entire acreage to
Mr. Flagler lived at Emmett font
years, and in that time
hundred dollars lie invested grow
saw every
into a thousand, and he knows
•t|y what he is doing, and that, is
lie ha» located on
ex
also the reason
the North Side tract.
World I'lmous.
The name of Wendell has pene
trated to the uttermost corners of
the earth. The seed that our boos
ters have sown is beginning to
spring up and bear fruit, even in
the fartherest back provinces of
Europe. Monday's train brought
to Wendell Mr. John Jacobson, di
reel from the island of Holland in
M r. Jacobson left
the Haltic sea.
Sweden on the 21th day of March
and arrived here on the 11th of
April. This is quick time, espec
ially for :f person that does not
know a word of English.
Orchard Valley.
The »porting clement id" Orchard Val
• ball team this week
anxious for a game with
Address
('apt. (ico. Heed, Orchard Valley, Ida.
Kliphcs Katoll and \V. .1. Wall met
with what might have ln*cn a serious ac
week, while hauling hay.
ley organized a In
and arc very
some nine, Wendell preferred.
cideni this
crossing C coulee the wagon
cd over and both men were thrown
to the ground,
able to do any work since.
Capt. tieo. Heed's wife and children
arrived from Wisconsin Sunday and arc
very much pleased with Orchard Valley.
Hex la-land attended a meeting of the
county commissioners this week.
While
tipp
Neither one has Iss-u
Mr. Flagler of (V.lar Falls, Iowa, who
owns 1 (in acres in * irvlianl Valley, was
Mr. Flagler has visited
hen* last Week,
the most important orchard tracts in the
northwest and says this is the moat
promising fruit country t liât he has seen.
He is showing his failli in On-hard Val
ley by making arrangements lu hay innu
acres in one \ racl,
lately put out to fruit.
Hr iVrry went to ( hieugo this week
on business.
ill iniim^l
inrty acres of
Mr. Maxwell's new bungalow is nearly
.Mr. Maxwell is making
improving his ranch
pm out
completed,
great progrès.*» in
ami cxjKH-lh to
fruit in the near future,
I
The I . S government hi
,l ""
Mr. Hratt fiiiisln->l l-laiilim.' his so acre
orchard this week.
found out
is-tioll is an ideal one for eer
I tain demonstrative
orks and is
demonstration farms
in Orchard
lishiiii temjHirary
the following rauche
"I
HonaM Mi Kay, Curl Sohoim*.
Warn.*«" Hunt'll an« I
Valley:
S M. Eaton, the
the A mold Hunch.
SELOUS A HARDY EXPLORER
in the Wilds of
Africa for Years He Always
Slept on the Ground.
T raveling
While
Mr. Selous, a distinguished hunter
and explorer, was In England, and
telling something of his methods when
in the wilds of Africa. How little he
cared for personal comfort may be
gatlu red from hts reniai k that be
never thought of taking an> son of
conveyance, even to the extent of a
hammock for ease by day or rest at
night, and would not be en< umbered
by a tent. For weeks together, year
after year, he slept on the ground,
covered only by something lit
Asked If there
the
shape of a blanket,
were any reptiles to disturb repose
under such circumstances. Mr. Selous
replied that, although venomous
snakes were to be found, biles from
them were very rare, and In all his
ezpei lence ho had never known any
body, either native or European.
killed by a enake bile In Mashona
land "In fact," he said, "you run
more risk of being killed by an omni
bus In London streets than we do by
snakes In African forests "
venomous
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EXPERIMENTS WITH SOUND
With Tuning
Blowing Out Candle
Fork and Re-onator—Sand Fig
ures on Metal Plates.
Reporting a physics lecture by Prof.
Sylvanlus P. Thompson, the Ixmdon
Chronicle says: "The youngsters who
attended were shown how a candle
could he blown out by sound. In the
first place, you want a very powerful
tuning fork and a resonator ta hollow
spheie of brass), which Is exactly In
harmony with It. When the tuning
fork Is struck It sets up waves of
hearing the
Other experiment« were
the forming of what are known as
Chladnl sand figures on plates of
metal by the Influence of sound The
most beautiful results, as Professor
Thompson explained, are obtained
wtth Hat plates of brass of uniform
thickness and of H low note When a
bow Is drawn along the edge so as to
»et up vibrations In one part, there Is
discord with the vibrations of the
Dther parts, and the sound Immediate
ly assumes geometrical figures. The
sound. The resonator,
note Immediately responds with sym
pathetic waves, which are strong
enough to blow- out a candle placed
behind It
greater the discord the better the pat
terns Hundreds of patterns can be
produced In this way on one plate.
Many demonstrations were made to
show how, when things are tuned to
the same note, they vibrated In sym
pathy. A big tuning tork was stiuck
snd then stopped—but another tuning
fork, which was of exactly the fame
pilch, went on humming, though It
had not been touched."
NO MORE BURNED POTATOES
Tuber« Stuck on Spikes Arc Guaran
teed to Cook Evenly All
Around.
Hereafter the burned potato will be
a thing fo:gotten In well appointed
households The epicure need no
longer fear the sieht of a tuber with
one side the color cf the earth and the
other cldc the color of Pittsburg A
Massachusetts man has Invented a
potato taking utensil which Insures
fw fcj
-,
Vs
V
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I
s
IIJ,*
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f&u even cooking all around and
through to the very heart of the
vegetable. This utensil consists of a
long metal plate with opposite rows of
V-shaped incisions, the metal there
within having been turned up to form
rows ot spikes, on which potatoes are
Stuck upon these prongs, the
ranged.
potatoes become thoroughly and uni
formly roasted and there Is no necea
sity of turning them from side to side
to keep them from becoming scorched
At one end of lV bot
in one pun
tom plate 1 b a handle piece by which
the device may he puthed In or pulled
out of the oven without burning the
fingers on the hot metal
Telephone Proposal Won Bride.
Onw ot the Polish belles of Holyoke
was married a short time ago to a
,alter who used The telephone to pro
] pose to her, thus beating out
three
r'vals who resorted to the malls.
The hrlde-elect attended a dance In
Springfield and made a tremendous
bit
Three young men, after pondering
ferveutly over her charms, wrote pro
posals. All proisjsals came In the
same mall the next das.
But just before the mall arrived the
fourth suitor, more enterprising than
his fellows, called the girl to a
station telephone, proposed and
| xccejited.
j The girl went home and found the
three proposal letters. But she was
faithful to her telephone sweetheart
j and had her trousseau purchased with
pay
w as
in a fev day».—Now England Tele
phone Topics
Importance of Manure.
Perhaps the most important thing
on , be farm Is not how to take care of
the manure so that It can be put on
the land with as little loss as possible
elllle r of the liquid pan or any that
^ very apjjarenl that the w'aste uf
uure 0 n every farm Is more or less ac
j CO rdlng to the means used to secure
j every paIt i n the best possible w ay
Is of a dryer nature, but the tact ts
I n a
THREE GOOD DISHES
j
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Quick Potato Salad to B« Served to
]
MAY BE WELCOMED BY HOUSE
WIFE IN EMERGENCIES.
the Unexpected Guest— Excellent
Prune Dessert— Apple and
Pine Dainty.
For a quick potato salad try cutting
up four potatoes, if they are good
sized, Into rather large pieces. Add
two hard-lolled eggs and cut these up
luto dlee shapes Sprinkle with salt,
olive oil and vinegar. Fold all to
gether and set on the ice for about an
hour, then stir in a half cup of stiff
mayonnaise and cover with what Is
left.
Cut some olive» into rings, re
moving the stones, and decorate the
salad with them.
Fine Fruit Dessert.—Wheu there are
stewed prunes handy you can make a
dessert that will not suggest Us hum
ble origin Add a few drops of orange
t0 the I'fune Juice, unless flavor has
P ul *" while cooking Stone,
cb °P the fruit flue, add a dash of
sherry (the amount to be regulated by
the quantity of fruit, guided by taste).
To every cup of the prune pulp put
beaten whites of eggs Set
awa > the Ice chest to chill thor
outjhl > liud s *rve *«> i»l> glasses sur
, ' llouI1,ed w,tb "hipped cream It must
' er5 cold cr the flavor Is lost
Apple and Pine Dainty.— Pare and
cor v apples to fill lour cupfuls when
i cut ülto cubes Stew them slowly In
,wo UIld » half cupfuls of water and
anu e of sugar When almost ten
Jel remove from the fire and add fouf
cu P fu1 » of pineapple cut small. Situ
" er ,ln,1 ' transparent, then skim out
th « frui «- holl down the sirup thick
aud T° ur ll over the fruit Tool and
»Herward chill thoroughly before serv
1>K * ,b spougo cake
a Pl*>® cut In tiny pieces with the same
" ,uoun * of orange Juice and pieces of
"range pulp, four cups of sugar and
| J u 'c® ot a lemou. Simmer until
Or this formula Is good:
one pint of pineapple Juice and pine
Combine
1 clear.
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Notes
w ell
Oats and corn, especially, do
after beets.
Manure la a valuable
don T w able it.
Ki th ahd vermin go hand In hand—■
uo excuse lor It.
by product—
The early garden Is usually the best
and most satisfactory.
When you have decided on your
seeds, order them at once.
Castor oil Is a splendid lubricant for
vehicles and other farm machinery
A silo does not greatly change the
character of the nutrients In the corn
plain.
Surely the farmer who begrudges
his bees a llttie lime and care Is un
grateful.
grains will do well when
seeded on Helds preceded by
heels the vear hef< re.
Small
sugar
I better and cleaner seed Is a good
maxim gel a fanning mill They save
their cost lu one season
When you are thinking of buying a
farm remember the water is an Impor
tant Item for jour live stock
When > ou are manuring dont be
stingy- a good manure spreader Is put
ling money In the bunk laler cn.
When lhe corn crop Is cut and put
Into the silo the field Is cleared and
entire luod \alue of the corn crop la
-ased made succulent and very nutrl
made ready for fall wheat or rye.
By the uae of the silo practically the
tious.
Stud» the wants and con\en!en«-es of
home foi the benefit of your wife
And children just carefully as you
1° > our
* °hl frames are bandied the same
:S lhe hot beds, the only difference la
hat not much .manure is uaed and
thst they are later,
GOOD SCRAPER EASILY MADE
Implement Will Be Found of Much
Benefit Where Little Jobs Are
Needed—How to Make One.
|
There are many jobs upon the farm
tha. require a tew hours use ot a
scraper vet are not Impor ant enough
to require the purchase o one 1 he
scraper shown In llustrallon may be
constructed of two-inch thick planking.
securely bolted togethei and also te
in fore» d with angle irons to make tne
&
Joints more secure against the strain
The blade or cutting surface is made
jf an old saw blade bolted to the box
The horses
An Easily Made Scraper.
as shown in illustration,
are at.ached b> a chain fastened to
two iron hooks, one Upon each side of
the scraper With two handles It 1s
complete and read* to save many
times its cost In small tilling Jobs
.
MILK COOLER OF CONCRETE
One Shown in Illustration is Easily
Constructed and Will Repay
Cost in One Season.
Th- Illustration shows a milk cooler
is very easily constructed by
anion- and will repay Us cost many
times uvei In a season's use. A box
form is constructed ut the size you
lhul
wish the outside of the cooler lo he;
the inside ts made In the same man
Der only about eight Inches smaller so
as to allow tot a lour Inch wall to the
- the
The concrete ts mixed,
tank or cooler on all sides, sa
Farm Press
one part Portland cement and five
paits of sand and gravel, and the bot
lbtf i0 iu-rete lot the walls placed and
tamp»d down At one end the wall la
slightly lower In center to provide for
Hn overflow, as shown The tank
A Concrete Milk Cooler.
totu of cooler laid first, this may be
three and one half or four Inches
thick as you desire; the box form for
the inside 1» then set upon this floor
or bottom at an e iual distance from
I the outside lorm on all tour sides, and
should h. high enough so that when
flu,.,) v> l Ib walt ., n will be wlibln two
ur three Inches ot the top of milk can.
an d ns the watet Is constantly chang
| U g. the milk can be cooled In the
shortest possible little It may also be
bullt - llghtlj laig.-i to allow for Ice
t0 be packed atouud the milk cans,
when it Is desired to hasten the cool
tug piocess.
Dellclou» Icing.
Juice each of lour lemons aid tour
oranges, one can of sliced pineapple.
out half cup ot red raspberry juice.
two and one-half cups sugar, enough
watei to make two quarts. Strain all
and freeze. hen nearly froien add
beaten whites of three eggs Stir in
well. The sliced pin, apple can be
used tot sa.avl There is no waste.
if
Farm and Road
Improvement
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TRAY IS GOOD SEED TESTER
Device Enables Seed Grower to Deter
mine on What Mixture of Soli
le Best Suited.
One of the most ingenious devices
for the testing of seeds yet put out
Is that designed by a Minnesota man.
It enables a teedgrower lj determine
• which mixture of soli is best suited to
a particular teed A tray has a layer
I 0 f some moisture retaining material
In the bottom, and on tup of this 1» a
removable cover with a number of
bo , ea a „ BM|Bbeped _ utt „ conlc ,,
,. u „ fcl lhe bottom, fit luU , these
h<J , e8 Md tht are fllled wlth dlf .
ferem mlxxunm of baïl ng differ
| eut proportions of loam, etc In these
11Rerfeut bolls beedb „ plaote d. and
ir^ * *
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Tray for Testing Seed*.
by k , a record of tbe Dumber ,
^ era can te „ wblch aolls ar .
best -u| d , Q varlou8 purpoM ,.
Tfae niolstenl d , Q the bolu>m ot
, he , ra> . keepb the soll m£)lal ud obv1 .
ateg thfc necesBity Q f watering It dally,
. , , , ,, , __ _
besides keeping all the uniform degree
. . , .
jf moisture
GOOSE ROBBED COWS OF MILK
New Jersey Farmer Diacovera
Through Service» of Detective»
That Geese Were Thieve#.
A New Jersey farmer recently dis
covered that hU cows were being
robbed of their milk at night He
hired a detective to watch for the
thieves. Although he could discover
QO thieves during lhe first two night»,
the cows came home in the morning
minus their milk, as usual. Finally
It was discovered that a flock of gc##e
from a neighboring farm were In the
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Arresting a Goose.
habit uf running with the cows at
night, and when the animals lay down
the geese helped themselves lo tbelr
milk
pounded' and the owner had lo get
them back through the court
The farmer had the gees« 1m
he
next?
Too Smart for ■ Lawyer,
H Uavls Noxon was one ot the
ablest lawyers lu eentral New York A
young man entered hts office as a stu
dent and was given Blacketons to
study \t the end of a month he asked
Mr. Noxon what he should read next.
"Do you understand Blackstone
"Yes." was hts answer
"Head Kent." was the order
In another month he announced that
had finished Kent and "What
Have you lead Blackstone and
Kent ?"
"Yes."
"Do you understand them?"
"Yes."
"Well," said Mr. Noxon. "you had
better go ut some other business, you
are too smart to be t
hoboth Sunday Herald
ia w y er He
| First Duty In Garden,
The first duty In planting the gar
dyll j b to „ecure your serdsmau. Szlect
oue that Is honest and absolutely relia
b j y w mi U g i 0 pav a good price for
aoud work. Not even reliable firms can
guaraulee seeds to sprout aud trees to
Most uf that remains with you.
grow