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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-14
BETTY. the
LOBBYIST
BY Annie Hfnrfch q
Copyright. 1917. by Associated Literary Prsss.l

Copyright. 1871. By Associated Literary Prsss.)
Betty Grierson rose from her seat
on a rock and walked to her car
which stood at the roadside. From 1t
she took a large flag bearing the
words: Votes for Women" She fas-
tened the lettered banner, spread to
Its widest extent, across the side OF
the car in full view of the road. Then
she returned to the rock.
An automobile whirled down the
road. Az 1t drew near the car at the
roadside and the girl on the rock its
rapid speed was checked. But when
1t came opposite the banner the brake
was suddenly released and the car
passed on more rapidly than it had
come
Many more cars came down the
road moderated their speed as they
approached the girl and her car. and
when the flag tapped its great letters
before them. dashed ahead at an ac-
celebrated pace.
With her back to the road, Betty
sat gazing at the wide river, at the
hills beyond 1t and at the purple
and golden mists that hung above
the hills.
rs there anything wrong with your
carr"
Betty turned. Behind her stood
Young man with his hat in his hand.
do you refer to the badge OF lib
erty that fiaunts upon it?"
mo, indeed. / mean the engine, Oh
the tires. Are they out of order?"
my car is in perfect condition"
But l thought. as you were sitting
here alone. yodr car by the road
that you might have had an acct
dent"
Il have had no accident" There
was a note of evaporation In hel
Y voice. But" she added. courteous
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-14

ly, Il thank you for your interest and
your desire to help me-"
You do not need my assistance
with your car. but there is a way l
can perhaps help you" He glanced
at the banner. II am chairman OF the
Legislative committee to which your
bill has been referred"
Betty's eyes opened wide. My bill7"
she queried.
The equal suffrage BILL" he ex-
planned, nodding toward the car. 1T
was introduced in the house a week
ago and referred to the committee Of
which / am chairman. When a bill
is in the hands of a committee all
persons are privileged to appear at
the committee meetings and present
their arguments for and against the
measure. We have been expecting the
advocates of the suffrage bill to come
before us with their pleas for it.
see that you are an avowed cham
pion of the cause. As chairman of
the committee, / am anxious to have
as much information as possible on
~she subject. VIII you not give me
some of your opinions on it. some of
your reasons for desiring it's pass
age?"
Betty looked hard at the river. Her
lips were tightly compressed. When
she spoke there was an uncertain lit
tie catch In her voice.
II want the ballot" she said. IT
am deeply interested in the measure
before the committee OF which you are
chairman
The young man sat down on a log
beside the rock.
For two weeks Richard Allerton.
chairman of the committee on revi.
sion of laws, gave his attention to the
suffrage question Or, to be more ex.
act, he gave his attention to Betty
Grierson. The other women who were
actively interested in the passage OF
the bill appeared at various times be
fore the committee and presented
their arguments. But Betty Grier
son never came into the committee
room. Whatever arguments she made
were presented to the chairman In the
parlors of the hotel at which she was
staying, IN the visitors gallery of the
house of representatives, on golf links
and on the automobile roads about the
capital
Il Suppose, Allerton," a fellow mem
Der remarked one day, that you will
vote against the bin to buy and clos,
the plant of the Merley Powder com
9any."
Il shall vote for the bill"
Miss Betty is very beautiful an,
I you"
What has she to do with it9-
THE state wants to turn the Merle:
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-14
"PUT HER IN BUCKWHEAT"
Young Preacher Who Was Exhortlng
Mountain Farmers Received IN
expected Solution OF Problem

A young preacher had been sent out
by the state mission board to hold
evangelistic meetings In the noun
tains, and at the first one he held he
met Lin Dobbins. a tall, lank. rusty
looking individual who Immediately
conceived a great liking for the
preacher, and decided to let his crops
go while he followed him. So every
where the minister went, Lin went.
too; and he always sat on the front
seat with one leg crossed over the
other. his chin in his hand, his elboy
resting on his knee, looking up at the
preacher as If he were some kind OF
deity.
The young preacher knew very little
about the methods of the mountain
farmers and their haphazard manner
of scratching a living out of the rough
hillsides; so when he attempted to
use illustrations which he fancied
would appeal to their understanding.
Lin always became uneasy.
Let me tell YOU" said the preacher
one night, "of certain man who had
a piece Of ground. The SHOWS melted
and the ground lay moist beneath the
rays of the early spring sunshine. The
many voices of awakening life called
to this man. but he needed them not
He failed to pillow his ground In due
season; and even after the gentle
rains came and the buds put forth, his
land still lay untouched. Seed time
passed away, the summer sun poured
down upon the ground, and the weeds
had grown up in rank profusion. The
day of harvest was nigh at hand, but
he had sown nothing. At that late day
what was to be done?"
He paused to give his words effect
and at this juncture, Lin, who with
dropped jaw and open mouthhad taken
all this in, suddenly threw up his
head, made a speaking trumpet Of his
hand, and exclaimed in very audible
stage whisper:
PUT her in wheatl"-Nationa
Monthly.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-14
Art "criticism."

Robert Henri, the well-known New
York painter, was condemning stu
pid critic.
His interpretations are always
wrong" Mr.. Henri said. He always
misunderstands totally an artists con-
ception. He reminds me of the Gin
naminson woman before. Millet's An
gelus.'
when the 'Angelus' was on exhibit
ton at Earle's in Philadelphia, a Gin
naminson woman dropped into see It
She gazed with lively interest at the
two peasants standing reverently in
the sunset glow In the quiet meadow.
Then she said:
"a courtin' couple. hey. Seem q
bit shy, don't they?'"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-14

days, waiting for news from the fire
lines. Great maps of the national for
est adorn the walls about him, COW
cred with patches of red and blue,
and with pins and legends telling elo-
quent stories.
Mr.. Graves follows the rain area
from day to day as it travels on the
weather map back and forth across
the northwest, and his fear Of the tel
egraph messenger grows less as each
day passes. So long as the weather
man can attend to that section OF the
country, Mr.. Graves and his forest
patrolmen and fire brigades may rest
easy; for rain is the one best ally OF
the forest guardian.
But throughout all of the states from
North Dakota to California, where the
national forests sweep over the val
leys and mountains, the forest fire
brigade stands at attention. More
men that ever before; more and bet
ter supplies and fire-hghting appa-
ratus; new trails into the dense parts
Of the forests; hundreds of miles OF
new telephone lines, and new lookout
stations where men are constantly
searching the horizon for signs Of
smoke or blaze, represent the work
that has been done since the disas
trous fires of last year to bring the
forest protection force up to the high
est possible state of efficiency.
1t has been a year of supreme effort
on the part of the forest service, and
of the states, private owners and rail
roads that have been cooperating
with Forester Graves and his men
The fire fighters are better equipped
this year than ever before. They have
been trained since last August at
fire game that rivals any of the wal
games ever played on the maneuvel
fields or along the Atlantic coast.
1t is not hard to control the fire.
that start along well-patroled railroad
tracks, or on travelled trails and roads
through the forests The forest servic'
has been so we'll organized that non
of these fires get beyond the infan
stage The greatest part Of the damag
last year was done in the Coeu
dAlene forests in Idaho, the most II
accessible of all. In the eastern fol
ests of Montana, where the woods ha
been Lroken with trails and means c
communication had been established
the fires did little damage. althoug
the woods we're as dry there as
Idaho.
The fire is regarded as the invadin
} army. Plans are made to meet 1t 1
: any point, and to arrange supple
: firemen and transportation that ther
: may be no surprises.
Every sawmill or railroad force
: every permanent cow camp; ever
: logging operation, or other bushes
!. going on in the woods. has been car
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-14
SOUR MILK FOR THE AGED
Doctor Gray Of Mexico Advises II for
Those Who Crave II, Not for
Those Who Don't.

The most striking example OF the
utility of sour milk is afforded by DR..
Robert Gray of Mexico" says a writ
or in the Dietetic and Hygienic Ga
xette. ION a diet of buttermilk and
clabber this remarkable man, over 80
years old and practicing in climate
not conductive to physical or mental
activity. is doing practice that would
be burdensome to man in his prime
ty-five miles is usual to DR.. Gray, and
he travels many more miles over the
Mexican excuses for roads on mule
back.
THE secret lies In the fact that DR..
Gray has always craved these foods.
This craving is not matter Of appe-
tite. but it's roots go deeper, into the
physiologic needs OF the body. l do
not believe that these articles would
prove as useful to one who disliked
them and could not taste them without
a shudder, even after faithfully par.
taking Of them daily for weeks to gel
the palate and digestion accustomed
to them.
But II such q one felt the same
craving for sweet milk or cream. crav
ing existing from infancy and never
stated, fully believe that these should
prove better fitted to his needs thar
the articles that were distasteful. The
fact that the administration of arseni,
favors the formation OF Tactic acid anC
maintains the acidity of the blood maj
be one reason why it has proved use
full, In the treatment of the aged"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-14

river into a drainage canal In or
der to do so the Merley Powder COM
pany will have to be deprived, by act
OF the Legislature, of the use OF the
current of the river. They are fight
ing the bill and Miss Grierson-"
BE careful"
She owns a fourth OF the stock
Of the company. She is here lobbying
against the bill"
She is not"
The other man stepped back out of
reach OF Allerton's clenched fist
Your charges are cruel" said
Betty. when he had finished his ar
raignment. "And-and part of them
are true. I am a deceitful. dishonest
person" She turned her face away
from him and went on speaking. Her
voice was unsteady and occasionally
she choked and the words refused to
come.
II am not a sufrragette. / don't
know anything about the subject
When / was little girl lived here.
There was a spot loved better than
anything else in my little world. 1t
was big rock at the turn of the road
above the bend in the river. The
road was not an automobile thorough
fare then. 1t was a quiet country
lane. ! used to sit on the rock and
watch the river and the hills and
dream all the wonderful things that
only children can fancy.
I'VE moved away. The day you saw
me on the rock was the first time l
had been there since / was little
girl. | had come back to the capital
to see about some farm lands l own
here. | went to the old rock to see
If the dreams would come back.
Every automobile that came along
stopped and the occupants asked II
was having trouble with my car.
could not dream with those Interrupt
tons every FIVE minutes A suf-
fragette friend had that day left ban
ner in my car. l fastened 1t on the
car, thinking that men would hurry
by at sight of it. They did.
Then you came. Your eyes were
big and brown and your mouth was
firm and beautifully shaped and your
hair crinkled adorably. and-and
wanted to talk to you. let you thinl
ed you to stay"
But the Merley Powder company
Is that your real reason for being
here? Are you lobbying for it?"
Mono. am not. haven't 1
dollar in it. Truly have not. But
Gid have. Must / tell you any more
Won't you trust me, Richard. and no
ask me to tell you"
60 on. Tell Lac everything"
"A few days ago some one sal,
that you intended to vote to close tn
Powder company and limited that
was trying to influence you in favo
of the company. | did not want yo'
to think that l was trying to get you
vote and-and so l sold my stock.
was in such a hurry to disposed Q
it that l let it go for mere fractiol
of it's value"
You sacrificed your property bs
cause you feared l should think"
The amazement in his voice stun
her. She whirled toward him.
have plenty of money. Don't fiatte
yourself that have beggared mysel
for the sake Of your opinion" Sh
looked at him for the first time sine
she had begun her confession. Til
look in his eyes stopped her frat
words.
l Betty. you're-you're the deares
the best Let's go to the rock b
3 the river and dream a new dream
| the sweetest one in the world. Don
l turn you face from me, dear, unles
3 you want me to kiss the back of YOU
: head"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-14
Not Yet chrlstened.

The Browns had a new piano, and
Jessica was telling two little neigh
bors all about 1t.
what is the name of your piano2"
asked one listener. "Ours is the Pick
ering"
"Why-we haven't named ours YET"
replied Jessica, rather puzzled You
see, II only came last night"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-14
A Cool Costume.

Rather startling is the announce
nent In a seaside paper that tan
hoes are very much worn this sum-
ner. Hundreds of the cottages wear
lothing else" A pair Of tan shoes
certainly makes a very cool costume
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-14
enInn Back Into the Past.

A tracer is sent out by the West
ern School Journal TO ascertain what
has become Of the old-fashioned coun-
try "lisum" in which one of the i'm
portant debates every year was, RE
solved, That the signs of the times
indicate the downfall of the repub-
lie"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-14

A dying horse was resuscitated by
brandy poured down its throat. A
pony of the same Is regarded as q
life-saver by quite a few humans
Columbia State.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-14
. Trick Of the Trade.

Preacher can't interest folks IN
their mansions in the sky" Real Es-
tate Agent-"Take a tip from me; I
always make a picture with an auto
standing at the door"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-10-14

S. GRAVES, chief OF
the nations greatest fire de-
partment, sits in an office on
the seventh floor of a build
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-29

ne,s" said Worth The extension ladders
had reached only 10 the sixth floor
When got III ~ tho ninth floor found
pie 81 Bodies Ave feet high. They vers
huddied together SO thickly that they
couldn't he counted" the witness SAID
rohn ~ Mooney. II No n Roosevelt.
street. who turned IN an alarm O. Are. was
called He vas followed by William Green.
span of No l5s East ti2tn street. r,a.
chinist for tho Triangle Waist Company.
r-ho told how he vas trying ~ descend
from The ninth floor BY the stairway on
the Greene street side and VAS driven back
by smoke Girls had chung 70 him Ike
maniacs bu, he couldn't help them much,
they had been 50 psnicstyicken. To make
the situation more horrible, the denss black
smoke had invaded the ninth floor, making
Il impossible 70 see more than few fee,
ahead. A. first lie had tried 70 slip down
the elevator cable hu, the smoke and heat
had driven hir, hack Finally he had MADE
his vsv 10 tho roof He couldn't say that
he rad heIned an % the girls there. al.
though several ~ then, had followed him
"a safety IN that way
Marshal Beers again asserted az the hear
ing that lad fire drills been tire custom IN
the Triangle Waist company's factory, as
they are the custom on steamships and IN
school houses. Their. probably would have
been little ~ no loss II life In explaining
tho Stairway situation he said that orv
one stairra.v-rhat on the Greene street
side-led to the roof The other stairway
went oHlv TO the tenth floor He repeated
that thero are a. nlsny'as enc thousand
in New York in the same condi-
ton as thst Of the Asch Building We
urged the establishment % a bureau Of Are
prevention. with the right 70 supsrtnterd
the erection NJ fire escapes ard sprinklers
in factorv and loft huildnss az vas the
case before consolidation. His Office
couldn't cope with al the work Il had N
do. and he advocated doubling the number
Of men employed In examining fires which
often average one thousand a nonth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-29
HAD NOTHING TO AID GIRLS
Beers Admits Ciiv's Apparatus
Was Wholly inadequate.
HEAT MADE VICTIMS LEAP
Iron Gate Called Hoax BIZ the
Fire Marshal. Who Says 1t
Was Jagged in After.

The principal witness -eSterd3r ~ FNs
Marshal Reerss invertigation INTO the
cause and origin OF the Asch Pilll;ing fire
,set SATURDAY was Battalion Chisf Worth.
IN charge of the dfstric' where fhc fro &C
CURED The chief has had little 20 say
about tho csJsrn,tv When no spoke veslsr
dav n vas the word Of 1uist are lighter
who knew what the conditions we're ia the
building after tho }ira alarm. sounded.
Ho seid it Vas the hast that drove the
zirls 10 the windows The bad leaped by
rvos ard threes. locked IN e9cn otner' :
arms and no ufo nets. however strong.
could have withstood the impact HIS
mon had been jerked over into the nets,
and the girls had landed with heavy
rhud on the sidewalk. hreaiSing the dead
light. covering the basement
Marshal Beers asked whether any Of fne
depar,uler-'s sprarstt@ could have saved
the lives Of the girls chef Worth said "
co,,id not possibly have done 50 Even the
scaling ladders couldn't have been raised
I, time. because tire hre mushroornad
the ninth and tenth floors so quickly fha'
The girls were driven 20 the windows Tor
air The chief said that men operators In
the building seemed 70 have Fought the hre
with buckets but they apparently didn't
,o;ich the fire hose which. - - had Seen
used effectively. he thought, might have
kent the flames down and thus minimized
the panic.
The most interesting part of Worth : tes-
timonv came when be said he had seen
no evidence Of locked doors on me three
upuer floors nor had he seen any IRON
erattngs at the foot OF the stairWays
Marshal Beers produced photographs from
several newspapers showing an iron lattice
gate. said to have closed the exit at the
foo, Of one stairway Worth had seen no
such gate Marshal Beers said ne believed
tho gate had bsen carried by newspaper
men from some other part of the building
for tho r,rnose Of making good photo
erarh
Worth said tha. when he reached me nfe
tho first bodies were coming down from
tho southeast corner OF the building Most
Of these had fallen from the ninth moor
Engine Companies - and g had been
stretching in" The iremen had started
I'D the inside stairways He couldn't say
whether any of the doors were found
locked
Did any Of your men meet the girls conn
ing downstsirs?" asked Marshal Beers
II DO not know I Was alone in charge
~ the FIRE and was ordering m second
alarm as soon as we arrived, rephsd
Worth. He said the high pressure service
Was being used 10 cool down the building
when the men had entered. The fourth
alarm had been turned in at SO p m. by
Deputy Chief Binns. who just had taken
charge Of tho fire Meanwhile the victims
had been Jumping three and four az
time. Had they jumped ono n time
moro lives might have been saved. as Ue
could have caugh, most Of them in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-29
20 BODIES NOT IDENTIFIED
Relatives or Friends Claim Nine
More During the Day.

There were still twenty unidentified
bodies in the morgue last night. including
that Of the Italian woman whose face Is
recognizable Nine identihcatoEs were
made during the day, as follows.
Dill CASTILLO. Josie, tvcn'y-one, No. i55
DocKMAN' cara. nineteen. No. 524 East nth
TIcHTENHCL1Z. Yetta. eighteen. No 300 East
Peril ida. twenty. 10. 80 East An street.
PILDESCUE Jennie. eighteen. No. 90 East lin
pINNELLo. vin,enza, thirty. No 100 chrystie
PROvlnENzA. Parma, forty-three, No. 40 stan
SALIENT. sophia twen;y-four No. IA Cherry
sTEIGLITz. Jennie. twenty. 10 2al East 18th
street
There is q Ions list Of MISSING. In some
instances il was not definitely known that
they worked in the factory; in others it
was certain. according TO the stories OF
operators who sat near them. The names
Of missing operators submitted to the po-
lice were:
IUEALLO Jane tven,,-thlec -. 70 stanton
RI-sHEN. Josie. No So East 18th street.
CAMMARTA. Josephine. seventeen. No. IL Cor
cCOPER. sarah 30 1880 Webster avenue
COETEs1. josephine. No 80? East l4,h street.
FLORIN. Mas. Twenty-Five. No. - Avenue !.
FoRRE-TE May. twentl-three No 81 East
GoLbs;TEIN. Mar. No tGl % street.
LEVINTHAI. Mar. t7enty-trc. 80 G0i sutt'r
loHETT1to. Mar r".' Twenty-Five. 10 rlG Taomp-
son street
pINELI.o. Franccsca. No lsG CHRISTIE street.
TRSTITlLlPPo. ROC. eighteen. go. III COZ
RIVTci. Rosie. rin4teep. No I4e Ridge street