First Woman Appointed to USDA Teaches Canning
Miss Helen Norris of Brockton Massachusetts becomes the first woman to serve in the department. She will teach scientific canning methods to save money by planning winter supplies of three cans daily: green vegetables, starchy vegetables, and fruit. A 12 year old can perform the work. Substitutes for meat, milk, butter and eggs are encouraged through inexpensive canned produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Helen Norris
Brockton
Mass
State Board of Health
Boise
Attorney Millsap Dead at St Anthony in Apparent Apoplexy
J D Millsaps a prominent St Anthony attorney and former district judge candidate was found dead in his office last Thursday. The death, attributed to heart failure from apoplexy, followed his long public career and heavy pipe use. He leaves a wife and family. Funeral service set for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.D. Millsap
St. Anthony
C. R. Moon
Jim Steven
J. D. Millsaps
Dike Millsaps
Wis Heolt Roeniant
Nowa
Typhoid vaccine offer from Idaho State Board of Health
The Idaho State Board of Health offers free typhoid vaccine and emphasizes vaccination before summer travel. It warns on typhoid transmission through contaminated water and outlines prevention steps including water safety, handwashing, vaccination timing, and seeking vaccines via physicians. It also notes the peril of travel without precautions and mentions a French blockade report in Asia Minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
State Board of Health
Ioho
Sheep and cattle grazing clash tests Idaho range law
Friday the supreme court heard the case against Omachechevinaria over grazing on ranges formerly used by cattle. The suit challenges a territorial era statute granting cattle priority on Idaho open ranges, with potential to shift control of vast grazing lands between cattlemen and sheepmen in Tolaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Tiaho
Becundinto Amaechevinaria
Idaho
Tolaho
Omachevyiaria
Owyhee
George Swisher
Leonard
Davis
Stnkmen
Omaechevinaria
Tdlaho
Ummer
New Mackay Dam Plan Raises Water Share Questions
Utah Construction hosts Big Lost River settlers in Area Tuesday to discuss replacing the Mackay dam with a new structure and the water allotment. The board studied contracts offering four tenths of an inch or a half inch, with most preferring more water storage for future years amid gravelly soil sections. A committee was appointed to negotiate with the commission. A light anecdote about a newlywed couple seeking train accommodations closes the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah Construction Company
Mackay Dam
Big Lost River
Tuesay
Chase Lark
Irrigation Company
Utah
Land Board
Association
Carey Aet Water Asera
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement by Blackfoot Woman
A Blackfoot woman Mrs. J. L. Wilson reports long standing kidney pain relieved by Doan's Kidney Pills after four years of illness. She recalls initial back pain that halted her work, tried various medicines without relief, and two years later still champions the product. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Wilson
Blackfoot
Doan
Mrs. Wilson
Joan
Mistake of Homesteaders Exposed as Poor Livelihood Planning
The homesteader faces a slow, enduring struggle against harsh frontier conditions, requiring patient courage beyond brief military battles. While celebrated as heroes for endurance, many errs arise from neglecting immediate food resources like hens, sows, and cows, focusing on large acreages and cash crops instead.
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Tie
Homesteader urged to grow own food and meat
Prof. Thomas Shaw urges homesteaders to first grow garden produce and raise eggs ham and beef on their own farms. He argues that saving a dollar by producing food reduces costs and insures living even if crops fail, noting Dakota farmers often buy what they could have grown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milleron
Dakotas
Thomas Shaw
Montana
Advertised Letters in Blackfoot Idaho June 1915
List of uncalled letters at the Blackfoot post office for the week ending June 5 1915. Names include Anderson Halmae Burley Mrs Mable Bremholt Christy Reed Bertie Stevenson John I Wilson Fay Womack Grave Wright Alice with one cent postage due on each. Letters uncalled for two weeks from this list will go to the dead letter office. Gregory Jones P. M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackfoot
Idaho
Anderson
Halmae Burley
Mable Bremholt
Christy Reed
Bertie Stevenson
John I. Wilson
Fay Womack
Grave Wright
Alice
Gregory Jones
P. M
For Sale Peo ples Canal Water Stock Shares
Public notice offers nineteen shares of Peo ples Canal Water Stock for sale or any portion on liberal terms. Interested parties should apply to C C Sjostrom or J H Early. 4 15
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C. C. Sjostrom
J. H. Early
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Mark H. Flinn
Millsap
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Cal
U. & Woy
Licehes
VIA
Union Pacific System
Denver
Colorado Springs
Kansas City
Union Pacific
Fleming
R. G. Fleming
Blackfoot, Idaho
Washington
Sharp
Paris
Asia Minor
China
Clegg
Land Homes
H. E. Brown
Jennings, Kansas
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