Orchard plans and proper practices for Idaho growers
The article advises farmers to study varieties irrigation and insect enemies to grow a successful orchard. It covers site selection with frost risk, soil depth and drainage, fall plowing, choosing one-year stock, pruning, planting spacing, root-to-top balance, and cross pollination. It lists favored apple varieties for Boise-Payette, peach and plum options, and recommends alfalfa or legumes as a preceding crop to enrich nitrogen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise-Payette
Grimes Golden
Idaho
Jonathan
Rome
Oldenburg
Graynstein
McIntosh Jonathan
Ben
Davis
Rawles
Janet
Canada
The Dairy Cow as a Great Money Maker at Idaho Meeting
Prof Franadon of the agricultural station discussed dairying and livestock amid talks on the Idaho Irrigation project. He urged selecting pure or well graded dairy cows, suggested uniform local breeding with pure-bred sires, and explained profits, by products, and the importance of testing. He emphasized dairy profitability, cow types, and fall calving for year-round high-value butter and cheese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franadon
Idaho
Europe
Denmark
Holstein
Jersey
Guernsey
Ayrshire
Ouhr
McPherson
Disease Scents and Diagnostic Odors Across Illnesses
A doctor asserts that nearly every disease carries a distinctive odor aiding diagnosis. He lists conditions such as goat luparts skin scent like whey, diabetes honeylike, jaundice musk, smallpox burning bones, measles feathers, fevers with varied colors, typhus ammonia and brown bread, yellow fever like dirty washings, concluding doctors truly scent illness rather than using a figure of speech.
Major dam project details and tunnel progress described
The article outlines upstream and downstream slopes for a dam totaling 800 feet, with extensive rock fill and paddied soil between walls. It notes a nearly completed Big Wood River tunnel through lava, 700+ feet long with large concrete walls, and a 40 foot high diversion dam storing 30 000 acre feet for the Richfield and south Gooding tracts. A 326 man crew works on the tunnel, which will carry the river’s full flow and will be lined with cast iron tubing and mass concrete sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Diyr
Richfield
South Gooding
A Difficult Task in Political Discourse
A London opinion piece notes the challenge MPs face in conceding worthy intentions to rivals while signaling trust in honesty yet branding opponents as impostors and habitual liars. It frames deceit and bluff within a sharp, satirical view of political rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The Other Way in a Speech Night Meeting
A clash of accounts follows a disrupted meeting as Ranter appears to break down during his speech while another observer attributes the break to illness keeping someone at home. The room ended abruptly with opposing recollections of the interruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranter
Ilness
Margaret Kneels to Say Her Prayers by Her Mamma
A Delineator excerpt depicts a child named Margaret kneeling with her mother to say prayers. The mother urges her on, while Margaret responds with a playful, cautious demand, saying she must be started before she can proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Qualified. Lady of the house in question
A fragmented line notes a waitress given notice and a quip about whether the lady of the house is present, suggesting uncertainty and tension around a domestic scene.
Divorce action filed in Idaho Lincoln County court
The District Court of the Fourth Judicial District Lincoln Idaho requires the defendant Edwin P. Kempton to answer within twenty days if served in district or forty days if served out of district. The suit seeks dissolution of marriage, custody of a minor, costs, and general relief. If unanswered, judgment will be entered. Date: February 20, 1908. Clerk: Harry W. Anderson. Attorney: Frank T. Disney. Residence Shoshone Idaho. Dates January 31 to February 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin P. Kempton
State of Idaho
District Court of
Fourth Judicial District
County of
Lincoln
State of
Idaho
Harry W. Anderson
Frank T. Disney
Plaintiff
Shoshone
Informal Musical Recitals Free Every Afternoon and Evening
Sherman, Cray & Co. display a piano exhibition at Dr. Baugh's Drug Store with easy payments and uniform pricing. Sherman, Clay & Co. sell only standard make instruments at one price everywhere. Stores listed from Boise to Canadian border, with easy terms. Shoshone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman, Cray & Co
Dr. Baugh
Sherman, Clay & Co
Boise
Portland
San Francisco
Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane
Oakland
Los Angeles
Bellingham
Wil Sherman
Clay Co
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Farmers Institute
New York Herald
Ments
Carey
Charles T. Manning
Gooding
Alice R. Kempton
Nys
Dalles
Dalles, Oregon
Weber
THE
Shoshone Licht & Water CO
CG. F. Borden
Mitchell and
Winona
Lia
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