Idaho State News Highlights From Salmon to Boise
Saloon license disputes surface in Salmon as county authorities clash. In Leadore, cattlemen and forest service discuss range apportionment. Downey builds an $80,000 hotel expected by April. Boise reports 88 smallpox cases remain at month end with some discharges. Nampa Catholic building sold to Latter-day Saints for relocation. Idaho poultry show wins cups amid state birds. State seal, weights and measures laws deemed weak by inspector James H. Wallis. Search for a mail carrier body after a snow slide. two workers injured in Mountain Home derailment. Eastern prison reform lag noted vs Idaho progress. Brady pays $14,125 to the Great Westerly Beet Sugar receiver. Wendell station near completion by March. Deer hunters fined for off-season kills. Supreme Court upholds insurance law in Idaho. Bonnie Star dies after chloral crisis in Butte Spokane ties. State plans aggressive blight and pest control campaign. Manuel Silva jailed five months for selling liquor in prohibition territory. Shoshone case marks prohibition-era enforcement. Business groups push to attract new industries.
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E. Cty
Yemhi
Leadore
Forest Service
Latah County
Atah County
Downey
Salt Lake
Belge
Boise
Nampa
Idaho—State
Idaho
Anlver
James H. Wallis
Atlanta
Rocky Bar
Cr. O. Carlson
Mountain _Home
Carlaon
J. H. Adkins
Mullan
Mountain Home
James H. Brady
Great Westerly Beet Sugar Company
Wendell
Sandpoint
Lewiston
State Game Department
Supreme Court
Continental Life Insurance and Investment Company
J. C. Hattabaugh
Bonnie Star
Butte
Spokane
St. Marie
Manuel Silva
Root Cutter Craze Promoted by Orange Judd Farmer
A writer in the Orange Judd Farmer extols a homemade root cutter that matches costly models. The design uses an 8x10x12 box, a slide made from inch boards, a dual-edged sheet iron knife, and a bow-based hinge system to operate the cutter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Judd Farmer
Eskimo Reindeer Policy Shaped by Alaska Pioneer
W T Lopp, head of the government's Eskimo school system, recalls guiding Alaska natives from a perilous start to a vast reindeer herd. He describes struggles with imports, the 1892 introduction of 1,200 reindeer, and policy shifts to keep herds under native ownership for food, clothing, and transport.
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Washington
W. T. Lopp
Alaska
Lopp
Haven
Asi
Siberian Heights
Heindeer
Food With Birds in Kansas City Cold Morning
A newsboy shivers by the Hotel Baltimore as hungry birds beg a bite from his hamburger. A traveling man watches from a chair, wishes to help but stays still due to the cold.
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Kansas City
Baltimore
Prophet of the Smokies Foretells 1912 Pennsylvania Catastrophe
Chattanooga clergyman Rev. Thomas Clark known as Sleepy Tom says a divine messenger showed him a 1912 volcanic eruption in Pennsylvania that would kill nearly 900,000. He claims to have foretold McKinley’s assassination, the Baltimore fire, and the San Francisco quake. He travels with a buggy, sleeping in it, visiting families every few months.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Thomas Clark
Tennessee
Virginia
Smokies
Martinique
Vesuvius
Pennsylvania
McKinley
Baltimore
San Francisco
Tom
Olson seeks Swedish estate through Wisconsin poorhouse
A sister from Beloit Wisconsin informs Albert Olson in Ashtabula Ohio that their father in Sweden has died leaving him a one third share of a large estate. Olson is found in the Kingsville poorhouse and will travel to Beloit then to Sweden to claim the inheritance.
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Ashtabula
Albert Olson
Kingsville
Beloit
Wis
Weden
Sweden
Professor Castle Seeks True Guinea Pigs in Peru Quest
New York zoologists report Professor William E Castle of Harvard is pursuing ancestral guinea pigs in Peru to test heredity and birth rate records. Experiments run at Columbia University Schermerhorn Hall and Cold Spring Harbor Station aim to confirm if true guinea pigs differ from modern American varieties. Scientists await results to see if the breed has diverged from primitive forms. Meanwhile Pendleton rancher James Fix claims the U.S. rattlesnake-killing championship after killing 275 rattlers in a day and selling skins plus brake oil by the pound.
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New York
William E. Castle
Peru
Castle
Harvard University
Schermerhorn Hall
Columbia University
Cold Spring Harbor
Guiana
Sandy “Hook
Cuites
Tov
Pendleton
Oregon
James Fix
Coombs Canyon
United States
Fix
Wadleigh High Students Take On Baby Care Course
One hundred girls at Wadleigh High School participate in a home economics course that involves caring for a baby. They take turns washing dressing feeding singing and wheeling the infant in a go cart. A committee selected a baby from foundlings offered by the State Charities Aid Association and a naming party will be held at Sts honor with the name chosen by vote.
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New York
Wadleigh High School
Hoere-Where
Aid Association
Sts. Honor
Teen survives rare spinal operation after New York shooting
James Renbula, 19, is hospitalized in Far Rockaway after a bullet shattered two vertebrae and severed his spinal cord. Surgeons Dr. B F Thomas and Dr. Balzer, aided by others, aimed to close the wound and seal the canal, hoping for years of life though paralysis from the waist down. Police report two assailants burst into Fucci's grocery in Inwood. Renbula shot in self defense as the suspect fired at him and two others.
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New York
James Renbula
St. Joseph's Hospital
Far Rockaway
William-be-Mulchahy
B. F. Thomas
Balzer
Jrenzula
Joseph Fucet
Fucci
Inwood
Teti Fucei
Rensila
Watering Cows in the Barn Using a Movable Tank
An Ohio farmer describes a mobile wheel mounted trough to water cows in stalls. The tank runs above the continuous feed trough, allowing three cows to drink together without leaving stalls and enabling concurrent barn chores.
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Ohio
Poe
Homemade Feeding Trough for Sheep
A simple design uses 2x4 corner posts set 2 feet apart and a 4 inch high trough 1 foot off the ground. Twelve 2 inch boards form the trough bottom with 6 inch fencing boards as slats 8 inches apart, giving each sheep 4 inches of feed space and allowing about thirty sheep to feed at a 16 foot trough.
Separator advised for farm milk to boost returns
A farmer distant from good markets should obtain a milk separator. Feed skimmed milk to pigs and calves. The separator saves labor for both women and men and yields higher long term returns than selling whole milk.
Frozen Pumpkins Warn Readers About Freezing
The article warns that pumpkins will freeze and become useless if not protected. It notes cows enjoy frozen pumpkin scraps, suggesting feed impact on milk flow and implying dairy context.
Variety of Feeds Aims to Correct Feed Flavors
A excerpt notes that a variety of cow feeds including turnips and meal can help correct bad flavors and objectionable features in certain feeds. The text discusses how different ingredients may improve feed quality for cattle.
Record breaking dairy cows raise world milk and butter fat totals
The article highlights top American dairy breeds with extraordinary yearly milk outputs. Holstein Colantha 4th Johanna produced 27 482 pounds of milk and 998 pounds of butter fat. Lunde Korndyke 26 192 pounds milk and 872 fat. Guernsey Dolly Dimple 18 808 pounds milk and 878 fat. Jersey Jacoba Irene yielded 17 253 pounds milk and 962 fat. Other Jerseys surpassed 800 pounds butter fat. Ayrehires and Netherhall Brownie 9th noted among high performers.
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America
Guernsey
Dolly Dimple
Jersey
Jacoba Irene
Olga 4Th
Pride
Netherhall
Ayrshire cow shows record milk yield and butter fat gains
A Ayrshire cow produced 18 110 pounds of milk and 820 pounds of butter fat. The article notes other breeds like Brown Swiss and the dairy strain of Shorthorn with notable records and urges dairymen to consider recent progress in dairy cattle breeding over the past six years.
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Ayrshire
Cleaning the Separator Process Highlights Safety
The text advises drying parts quickly to prevent rust and bacteria growth. It warns against using cloth due to lint attracting bacteria and recommends boiling water to dry parts rapidly and evenly, claiming it kills many bacteria.
Records Shape Dairy Herd Quality Through Careful Tracking
The article argues that building and maintaining a dairy herd hinges on thorough selection and disciplined record keeping, asserting excellence depends on systematic data and high standards.
Quality testing for cows boosts butter fat results
The note explains that testing for quantity alone is insufficient and that evaluating quality is essential to determine definite results. It highlights that some cows produce higher butter fat percentages than others, implying a combined approach yields better outcomes.
Dairy Herd Profit Tips From A Practical Farmer
Practical notes on dairy management emphasize higher yields with alfalfa, split feeding for calves, and culling boarders. Advice covers cow care, feed mixes, separator use, sire selection, and silage profits to build a more productive dairy herd.
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