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Show )U OF APPLES : I WILL JETESTED ! co vt BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 4. The old adage ;lnsthat "an. apple a day keeps the doctor 1 ! way" fs to be given a real test dur-' dur-' I "g the coining winter at the Nampa ; azarene college. The students there are i i T:lying upon apples to prevent a recur- , 3 nee of the Spanish influenza epi- i fen'emic. , ! ieafj It is the suggestion of E. F. Stephens : i T' the Stephens orchards at Nampa, who i ' inteaturday backed it up with an outright ' ' occs'ft- to the students of 100 bushels of . ! ; tho onathan apples, imposing the one condi- i , , on that they should be freely eaten by , maj tn6 students. Mr. Stephens has been . :j ; great fruit eatei' for years, and en- ! miusiastically believes it a specific for .: (i ; thenrly al! bodily ills. jj .The apple offer was made on the heels , j ! t an announcement that the students' "!".' tub "menu" committee of the Nampa ; j millego is planning to confer with the j vnivers:ty of Idaho extension depart- ; tlient and the farm bureau domestic sci- i j ; nee department on balanced rations as I I n influenza preventative. ' : i ; t; Mr- Stephens did not stop with the j . eenfft of. 100 bushels of Jonathans. He has t i AmJso offered the students' boarding club j ! ; yraf tne college 600 bushels of apples, with i i . WJI the curative qualities of the fruit ; j ; "-bids contained therein, on the following i i J merms: For each hour of student labor j ! ;! i the Stephens orchard, the club is to , ' j ' ! wl2ceive one bushel of apples. 1 |