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Show I rf A IT STATESMAN The Cream of the NewoNoteo ; It's a Privilege to Live in IDAHO j Tobacco Crop GOODING Turkey growers disposed of 13,476 birds during the season closing realizing 161,113, au average of 4.46 each. BOISE Storage la both American Falls and Jackson lake reservoir haa been reduced during the put month, to provide apace for the expected spring flood, the departmmt of reclamation announced. Snowfall conditions assure an amplo supply of water tor tha Irrigation season. In American of Falls there were 1,466,6V1) acre-fewater Fabruary 1, while Jackson lake on tha same Gate contained 647,700 acre-fee- t. During the put month stor-ag-e ' was reduced 4000 aerwfoet la in Jackson lake nnd 43,000 acre-feAmerican Falls reservoir. SALMON Idahoan are finding n et ct t et Q&XA.jyuziamar SCOTT WATSON Thirty dayaa hath Novembar, April, June, and Saptambar, Fabruary hath sxvlll alona. And all tha raat hava aszl. ChronRichard Urafton'a ic lea of England." IESO. By ELMO better market this winter than ever for rabbit pelts. Good skins are bringing 60 cents an ounce nt Boise mar- r COURSE that Isn't ex-i- f actly tha form of the well-I- k Jingle which you 5 known learned aa a child, but It's the earlleat known stale-inen- l of the cuke. 8otue-W W thing; aiuillar to It U atlil quoted among the Quukera In Pennsylvania who nay; Fourth, alevanth, ninth and sixth. Thirty daya to each aflls; Every other thlrly-on- - a Earept tha aacond month alona. A more complete statement, and one version, wits ocurer the preaent-da- y given In "The Return From I'nrnas bus" (London, IGOR) aa follows: was enacted In Scotland which read as follows: Thirty daya hath September, April, June and November, alona. February has twenty-eigAll tha raat hava thirty-onExcepting leap year that's tha time When Februarys daya are twanty-nln- a ht e: And the New Englanders have made It a little better verse by phrasing tt thus: Thirty daya hath September April, June and November: AH the reel hava thlrty-onExcepting Fabruary aldne, Which hath but twenty-eigh- t. Till leap year given It twenty-nin- In fine. e. All of which serves to remind un tlnil February 1 !l la approaching and the appearance of that date on our eulenditra meuns that thla la a leap ycur. As for what a leap year Is and why It Is called that, let Mr. Weirder explu.'n as follows: "Every fourth year in which any fixed date arter February LEAFS over a day of the week and fulls on the next week day but one to that on which It fell the year before. Centennial years which are exactly divisible by 400, as 2.OOH1 and uthers exuetly divisible by 4, 3 IPOS, are leap years. Mr. Webster's dictionary does not explain liow February happened to become the month which would bo affected by leup years but Ur. Chum-lier"lluok of Duya docs. Here If what lie says: February was one of the two months (January being the other) Introduced into He Human calendar hy Numa Fumplilus. when he extended the year to twelve of these periods. . . It has been n the whole an month, or Imps in conseiiuence of Its noted want (In the Northern hemisphere) it what Is pleasant and agreeable to (he human senses. Numa let fall un It ths doom which wus unavoidable for mme one of the monthu. of having, three out of four times a day less than even those whirh were to consist of thirty daya That la to m), he arranaed that It sho. .d have niy twenty nine days, excepting In leap years; when, by the intercHlatl-iof e day between the llrd and the HI it was in have thirty. No great occasion here fur complaint. But when Augustus chime to add a thirty first day to that the month named from him should not lack In ths dignity enjoyed by six other monthn of the year he took it from February, which could I ast spare It. thus reducing II to In all ordinary years In iwoniy-rlgh- l our own parliamentary arrangement fur the reformation of he calendar. 11 bring necessary to drop a day out o each century excepting those of wnleli he ordinal number could he divided hy four. It again fell lo the lot of Feb rn ry to he the sufferer. It was deli lived if Its SDlh day fur all such y. irs and so II befell in (he year lino aid will In 1300. lino. lino etc. -- l. Since 1!29 lx divisible hy four. It - si leup your mid thnt niuy lie n nuic for rejolcliifi by some of ux. nut llie February liack Its Zilli day tills year, but he muse girls und women who bine bad in wult In vain for u pruMwuil of marriage need wult no lunger They ran take mutters Into their own enp i;b!e linudo and lie perfectly Justified by custom, tradition nr whatnot In Ia.;nl a till of proposing themselves Just when I lie privilege originated giving women f lie rigid to do llie pro (losing during a leup year la unknown. II mny date from I28H when a law iiiiii'li-nhusc- cs d Admitted Mr. Mnrtln was manner ubmit the at tnlking rhrlstimis dinner table the usual Inconsistency of In It lx xtxtut and ordalnt that during tha rein of blr malst bllaalt Magenta, for Ilk yearo knowna aa lepa yaare.'llk mayden layda of both talghe and Iowa aatalt shall haa liberie to boapoko ya man aha llkea. Albeit ha refuse! to talk hlr to be hla lawful wyfe, ha ahall be mulcted In ya Bum ana pundla or leu, aa hla aatalt may be: except and awtn gif ha can make It appeare that ha la betrothlt ana Ither woman he than ahall ba free. a. -- kets. BOISE From July 1 to February 1, inspection certificates bare been isInspection sued bjr the federal-stat- e service on 16,905 cars, L G. Shultz, federal inspector in charglLnnnounced recently. During the put nionth inspections were made on 170 cars, or 1868 cars of potatoes, 288 cars ot apples and 14 cars of onions. In tha entire fiscal year, ended June 80, lnspeo-tlo- n certificate were issued on 15,851 care, while In January a year ago Inspections totaled 1488 care. BOISE Recent warm and sunny weather has proved favorable for Ida's lamb crop, which gives promise of being one of the most satisfactory la history. Dr. J. S. Dade, inspector for tho state sheep commission, announced. Thu far tho lambing season haa been free from disease and unless weather conditions become adverse the ratio of loos should bo low. Infantile 'paralysis CALDWELL which appeared here several daya ago la not expected to become epidemic. It wu Mid by health authorltlea To date but one cue haa been reported, that of Dorothy Gilman. Tho first grads of tha Lincoln schonl, which tho child attended haa suspended Its sessions and the children are under observation. BLACKFOOT In one week, Jana-ra- y Idhao shipped out 75 cars of tho loads of fat lambs, shipment going to Pacific coast points. For tho same period in 1987 the shipments amounted to 57 care. ' BOISE Idaho livestock on farms January 1 totaled 8,257,000 head, nn annual increase of 4.2 per cent in numbers, Julius H. Jacobson, agricultural statistician for Idaho, announced. Baaed on January 1 prices, the value was placed nt 368,371,000, an Increase of 8.4 per cent over the previous year. MOSCOW Deputy Game Warden W. E. Trane, returned to Sandpolnt tho middle of lut week from tho Preiat Lake region, where he had gone to look into big game conditions. On hla return he reported that O. L. A r. nett, Roy Partner and Charles Stewart were feeding deer in that section by pulling moss off tha trees and placing It where the deer could get at It. BOISE Pinna for the next annual show of the Idaho licensed Turkey Breeders' association, which will bo held in Boise, December, 1928, have been completed. A financial report recently showed that the association had 8230 on hand nt the end of the 1927 III woman. These girls who protest they are never going to ttinrry I he broke out. Everylmdy knows they will belle heir own words at the first opportu-nliy.- Perhaps the custom gnea back even further than that, bat whatever Ita origin tt has become a fixed part of our nodal tradition, even though It Is probably more of a popular Joke than an actual custom, limited to regular four-yea- r periods. For the men who are bold enough to say that they know all about' women will tell you that First, then, a woman will or wont, pend de- ont. If aha will dot, aha will: and there's an end on't. But If aha wont, since aafa and sound your trust Is. Fear la affront, and Jealousy Injustice Aaron IIHl'n Zara. Which, In the case of "pojiplng the question, can be translated Into the statement that If she decides to propose, she will whetlicr It's leap year or not, and If alie doesn't so decide It wouldn't make any difference to her If every year were leap year. Fiction furnishes several exnmples In support of the above statement, as for Instance In William Dtan Howells story, "Hr. Ilroens Practice," where a real proposal comes at lust for the heroine herself, the lover being too slow In earning to the point so she hello'd him along. Frank Stockton. In "Tlie luite Mrs. jill." lakes a humorous view, placing Ids hero and heroine outdoor In an place. Being sure of nilvantageou this desired entch, she snld: "Mr t'roft. I am going to give you youi cliioce. Would you prefer being under a cherry tree nr a sycamore." There wus a smile on her lips which lie did not quite Interpret, but lie said. "I decline being refused un Well, I prefer the der any tne." cherry tree, und there la Just the one nearby." And If we liclfevp whut we "see In llie papers, leap year pniisliig tliU year Is neither a laipulur Joke nor . Ilert- - Is fiction, lut a very live fm-tthe news story that came from Ein porla, Knn., n'cently: Emporia's bachelors, at least 140 ot them, are rallying to parry a thrust mads at them this week when Probate JuilK Wllford Klegle published In at. Kmporla newspaper a list of men whom he declared were gie must eligible bachelors In the city. Judge tha names wPh the suggestion (list, this being leap year, tha men would be available for mnrrisge. and ha recommended each one on .hla list The news of the niihliestlon of the Rlegl-present- ed list spread rapidly Telephones began 10 ring and the bachelors were fairly swamped with calls from women. Aa a result the men have organised a protective alliance. Millions for defense, but not one cent for matrimony," wax the motto adopted. If women need historical precedent for taking advantage of the lenp year rescue of her sox. But that discreet woman hold her tongue. Why. Mary," he continued, "you re memlicr how It will with youraelf. I liuve heard you say more than onee ' that you wouldn't marry the beat man alive." "Well, I didn't," said Mrs. Martin. -jsni Angeles primes. 1 1 lie paused, and evidently hoied that Mia Murtlu would come to the Vegetables Transplanted The carrot nice grew wild In Greece, where tt was used only as fodder for " tradition and proposing, such preow dents are plentiful enough. There la for Instance, the case of Priscilla, the Puritan maiden, who didn't put the question direct, although young A! den would have been a dullard Indeed If he didn't know what aha meant when ahe said "Why don't you speak for yourself, John! Somewhat almllar la tlie case of tlie late Adelina Patti, who la said to have remarked to the man- who later became her husband, when he told her that all Paris was saying that they were engaged, "Well, why not! I am aura I will be happy." Another Instance la the late Queen Victoria who Invited a young nun to be her escort and made him her Prince Albert She was a bit alow In popping the question, so the gnaalpa say, and nearly lost him. Which brings to mind that her greet grandson, Edward Albert, prince of Wales, despite the anxiety of the whole British Empire over the question of when be la ever going to marry and make aura that the House of Windsor will have a future line of princes of Wales, still seems very much content to remain a bachelor. He la, therefore, one of the most eligible men In the world for eome leap year proposing. Of course, It simply "cawn't be done In the case of Edward Albert David Windsor, but Judging from ail the fuss ttist was made over him when he visited this country a year or so ago and Jhe way tn which he was sought after by matron and maid alike, even he would not he safe from lenp year proposals if he came to America again In 1028 If some fairy should promise the average girl that one of her leap year prnimsnls should be accepted by any one of three eligibles she might mime. It Is doubtful, however. If the prince of Wales would be the first on her list. For Miss America seeking a lisa a new hero who hold first place In her affection. In (he United Stale army he Is known ss Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. hut to the whole world who has thrilled over Ills exploits In the air. he Is "Llndy." And what American girl would nbt place "Llndy" . abend of even the prince of Wales In her Hal of three? Going on the assumption tlint they would lie two of the three, who would the third tnun he? Tlint might he the moat difficult selection of all, for there la a great vurlcly In the opiairtunlty offered to the girl who wishes tn exa ercise the prerogative of "woman this year. Tills year's crop of a desirable "cntclies among the single men Include not only nn Internationally known aviator and a of royal blood, but nuiong prlir-others, a worlds champion prize famous fighter, a President's son, scientist und explorer, a Presidential possibility, s United States xeimtor, and a famous editor nnd author. Who are they? Why, Gene Tunney, John Conlldge, Lincoln Ellsworth, Gov. Albert (1 Ritchie of Maryland. Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., or Wisconsin, and Henry I. Mencken, editor of the American Mercury. There's a list for you! "U-nyear, girls Get your maul" husliund-that-mlght-h- e pro-laise- world-fiinioii- e p cattle and food for lioex. Gradually Ita noe aa a vegetable became known in Greece, and nt a Inter date In Brit- 21-2- Werrenrath, Concert Star, Finds Lucky. Strikes Kindly To His Precious Voice In my concert work, I must, of course, give first consideration to my voice. Naturally, I am very careful about my choice of cigarettes as I must have the blend which is kindly to my throat I smoke Lucky Strikes, finding that they meet my most critical requirements ." tt Its toasted No Throat Irritation-N- o M Cough, two-third- Hamlets Home Restored Mellon Family Richest The Mellon family Is probably the richest In America, with the Ford, Rockefeller and Raker families following In the order given. This Is the conclusion of a writer In tlie Bus ton News Bureau, a financial newspn per, who says that Jimed wi' ACI dot ' value of securities and asset values of other property owned, the Mellon faintly heads the list The 4JhH),71G shares of .Gulf Oil company stock held by the Mellons la cited as one reason. And this Is only one of the hig industries In which the Mellon family Is Inter ested. Let It! Jim You shouldn't use rouge. It Injures the skin. Mae Well, who ever sees thnt? Children of England have given up tlie collecting of cigarette pictures in favor of holding sldcwulk charleston contests. Only the canopy taken to Stock, holm by the conquering King Charles X In 1G33 will be absent when tho Kronberg pi forfHlI opened agriCniuseura. ..Penlhark's wonderful castle of tho ' Renaissance home of Hamlet has been completely restored. Authorities are now ready with plans to refit It as a museum, with Its old paintings, furniture and gobelin, these relics to he retrieved from the Danish mo seums Useless Baggage The trouble with hiuny people, says a great scientist. Is that .they spend too much time "pncklng trunks" they cannot take with them and that would contain few useful things if they did. American Mngnzlne. Some people are always Inheriting money. That's the kind of a family to be In. year, sproxlmately three times the excess fund on hand ct the end cf 1926. Prices for pota IDAHO FALLS toes nt Idaho shipping points showed practically no change last week, but there was considerable improvement In the market demand, states tha weekly review issued by Wendell Calhoun. market news representative' of the federal department of agriculture at Idaho Falla. Carlot buying waa quite active on all grades of potatoes toward the end of the week, and at the same time there waa a tendency on the part of many growers to limit their hauling and hold for later markets. BOISE Idaho butterfat production last year totaled 23,625,252 pounds, equivalent to the production of a year ago, Oeorge Tucker, director of dairying, announced. At the average price per pound of 45.1 cents the production was valued at 310,671,6888.91. Dairy production of tha year consisted of pounds of creamery butter, T.582.E62 pounds of cheeae. 11,302,890 pounds or condensed milk, 464,120 gallons of Ice cream and 598,364 pounds of casein. BOTSB The bill granting federal permission for construction of the three bridges across Snake river, at Swan Valley, at Idaho Falls and Indian Cove, haa passed the senate, the department of public works was notified by Senator Gooding. Because Snako river la classed at a navigable stream, bridges across It must receive sanction. WENDELL From oue Idaho ranch near Wendell, recently, thirty carloads of range cattle were shipped to a Ne- ain. braska feeder. I'nrsnlpa were similarly despised BOISE) The Idaho Power company until a short while ago, and shallots brought over by the Crusaders wers haa contracted to furnish power for a grown merely as a useful nnd effect I ve number of altea on tha Salt Lake. Bolao-Paacantidote for snnke bile. Wash., airmail route, tha Travelers from Asia Introduced the Idaho public utilities commission haa onion. 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