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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14
On Early Shoppinq.

Among the reforms which have made
tho world u better and noblcr place.
the Exriy Shopping Crusade stands
p~ra-eNnincnt.
.Tkis crusade was invented by pco-
Pic WHO souls were wrung with pity. as
they watched exhausted and frenzied
huSoandS buying Christmas presents
0n the evening OF the day before. 1t
WA Indeed keart-rending to see a
shrinking citizen fighting his a into
9 store at ii y. m. on the night before
later witt, one ear. half an o%vercoat
und q fraction Of n woolly dog.
For many years Christmas was
Viewed with dread by tho husband and
father who had not had a football
training. He shrank with terror at the
Thought Of deciding. while holding three
total strangers on his feet. whether to
buy his wife "a pound Of candy. a mani
cure Get or a chicken feather boa. Each
Year he put the ordeal of n day longer.
Until 9 few years ago found all the men
~ the country tryin to go through
the revolving doors of the department.
stores at the same hOur or the night
before Christmas.
The Early Shopping Crusade has
cuanged all this, however. The last
of quiet and loneliness in the stores.
while strong. mcr arc %snatching pres
ents from each other before seething
counters on the night of the week be-
Q Christmas. This has made an
ottneF reform necessary inc q vast
NCdy Of citizens nre now doing their
christmas shopping before Thanks
giving.
II is probable, however. that the
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14
Rene Mansfield In woman's World.

Rene Mansfield In WOman's World.
A dozen cards judiciously chosen,
stamped and tied up attractively with
Christmas ribbons. make themselves a
most acceptable little gift. Who does
not know ONE invalid or elderly per-
son who does not get out a great deal,
to whom cards thus ready for the mail
box would be a convenience and a de-
light? Select q few cards bearing New
ear greetings, others with birthday
greetings; some that have pretty word
ed congratulations on the birth of a
baby, and h anniversary of q wedding
OF simple thanks for q gift. and IL the
person for whom the cards are intended
lives In the same town. include a few
local cenes Of interest.
For the friend of literary tastes one
might select q group of artistic cards
that have a quotation from some we'll
known author beneath q picture OF him.
OF. with q little trouble, n may search
cut notices n quotations from the
author known to be a favoritc Of some
friend.
A set of postcard biotters makes an
unpretentious but useful gift for q man.
From the regulation size sheet OF blot
ting paper, which ONE In a variety
Of cOlors, the red OF green, however.
being preferable for Christmas usage,
you can cut exactly twelve blottcrs four
inches wide by nine and one-half inches
long. Paste q motto card, preferably
about a quarter Of an Inch from one
end, and. IL desired, one lenf from q
small calendar In the remaining space.
A dozen scarlet bl0tters, with the capi-
tai letters OF the notices touched up
with scarlet or green. q monthly calen-
dar always at hand, and the whole tied
up with holly ribbon-anybody who
ever takes q pen in hand" IL sure to be
pleased With a Gift like this.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14

will buy $1,000 worth of stock in q hole
in the ground with traces of brass fl
ings in 1T and will pay assessments for
40 years. %greasing 40 his wheelbarrow
every month in order to be ready when
the dividend Is declared. He will buy
q block at stock in a perpetual motion
company and will hold onto 1t even aft
er some other sucker has offered to cart
1t away for him free OF charge.
Thus optimism is profitable, but not
always to the optimist. Ho vever. life
is very beautiful Ia him. and he is al
ways happy. Once an optimist vas
lynched for horse stealing out west.
and just before they kicked the barrel
out from under him, he was asked II
he had any asst words. Looking over
towards the mountains he murmured:
You couldn't have picked out Il spot
with a nicer view
Andrew Carnegie. President Taft
and Kid Mccoy are our greatest OPP
tinists just now. Carnegie still be-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14

free from wolves and Indians, but
until the near eating sidewalk has been
subdued. life will still continue to be
sadly uncertain.
The most prominent feature OF De-
cember is Christmas. which finally
comes to q head ON the 25th Of the
month. This festival has made De-
cember n of our most prominent
and successful months. The younger
half OF the world spends the first
part Of December counting the days
until Christmas and the older portion
spends the last half Of the month
counting its money with a slightly de-
tected air. Neither half wastes time
In counting anything after Christmas.
In December the days keep gettine
shorter. along with the people until
the 21st. when winter IL formally
opened and the goes to bed be-
fore the banks close. The 2lst II the
shortest day Of the year astronomical
". but the 18th Is shorter financially
by . tremendous majority.
In December the owner Of the au-.
tomobile wraps Il In goose grease and
moth halls and packs Il away until
spring This has made December 4
dclightful month in many respects
and has increased greatly the esteem
IN which It II held by pedestrians.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14
SHALL ENGLAND LEAD
AMERICA IN PROGRESS

tain a majority by whatever means In
the house Of
Translated into terms Of American
legislation, this would mean that when
ever the lower house OF congress should
pass a bill, 1t would thereupOn become
a law. regardless OF what the Senate or
the president might say or do. II We
! had had this English system In Amer1-
| ca, the wooden schedule which b low
| err house passed last session would now
| list, so would the bill for the direct
| election Of United States senatOss
which passed the House with only
| fifteen dissenting votes. The c0nten-
| plation OF this will shock that class of
| Americans who think that u system
| of vetoes, OF checks and balances, =
| the safeguard OF civilization. Other
| exposition from Professor Dicey, to
wonder whether we have not Outg1ovn
! a system which was natural to eau
tious men setting up a new n untrfed
form Of government-men who partly
were distrustful OF democracy, and
partly were justified IN their caution
by the conditions of the time. When
the constitution was made there wa
no railroad, no telegraph, no telephone,
no press In the sense that we know
today. The proportion OF persons who
could not read or write was very much
larger. Do not h agencies that have
risen in a hundred years to make pub
lie opinion more readily informed, to
give the Individual voter greater ac-
curacy Of judgment. suggest that We
might profitably make the ~crystallf1a-
ton OF public opinion into statutes q
simpler matter than 1t now Is?
Professor D;cey a shown how sim
ply and quickly the subjects Of q Brit
ish king can express themselves In sta
tutes: n American example, recent
and vivid In every mind. will show how
long and difficult is the distance be-
tween what the people want and what
the law is. The Payne-Aldrich tariff
became Il law On August 8, 1903. Every-
body knows that If a vote of the people
Of the United States had been taken
on the following day four out Of five
votes would have been ast against
h bill. But people did not get a
chance to express themselves at the
POLLS for considerably over a year-un-
til November, 1910. Then they showed
their opinion of the Payne-Ald,ich act
by electing a congress overwhs lmingly
democratic. But that was only q third
of what it is necessary for them to do.
The senate and the president remain
republican. senator's with terms OF six
years and the president four. In order
finally to overturn the party that
passed a detested law. b people
wait o years or more And the peo-
pie must continue in the same state
of mind for that length of time. There
is always the chance that they may
get tired hating a law or economic con-
ditions may change; a new Issue may
arise; a dozen things may happen.
This is what the standpatters and the
beneficiaries Of the tariff are just now
eagerly hoping. And the recent cleo
ton in Massachusetts proves thai the
people OF that state are less bitter
against the tariff now than they were
two years ago. In England. an unpop-
ular bill would be voted down In a
few weeks; in America, 1t is time and
the standpatters against the people.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14
Mark Sullivan in Golfers.

Mark sullivan IN COlIlSr d.
Professor Dicey, K. G., is one Of the
most. eminent lawyers in England, and
his fame as a scholar and writer In tn
field Of constitutional law Is interna-
tional. Last summer, Just after Lloyd
George secured his famous reforms.
Professor Dicey wanted to make per-
fectly clear to everybody just what had
happened. So he put some funda-
mental facts concerning the constitu-
tional law OF England into the simplest
possible terms, in form OF a dialogue or
catechism. The tease this catechism
IL interesting to Americans will be ap-
parent to those who give q minute to
reading it:
Professor Dicey, X. C.-My object is
to state In popular language the mean
ing of the Parliament, act.
First Question-What are the legisla-
tive powers OF the house of lords as to
money bills?
Answer-The house of lords have no
Legislative powers whatever in regard
TO any money bill. and n money bill in
the Parliament act means, In effect.
any bill which the speaker of the house
OF commons sees lit to indorse as a
money bill.
1t was this situation which gave i'm
%portance to the controversy about
whether the speaker or the house itself
should decide what was a money bill.
the speaker being additionally a fair
and nonpartisan officer. OF course, the
house OF lords has a sort OF power of
amounts to Professor Dicey goes on to
explain in very clear language:
The power under the act Of the
house of lords to discuss a none bill
nnd thus protest against 1t is not legis-
lative power at all: 1T is a power pos
sessed by every debating society
throughout the United Kingdom, and
Trade Union. congress will carry more
weight han the strongest protest Of
h house of lords. parliament Act.
Section ~
in order to be more emphatic. Profess
Sor Dicey then states the absolute pow
CT Of the house of commons In another
way:
Second Question-What are powers of
the house of commons as to money
bills?
Answer-The power of the house of
as to any one bill what
ever is absolute and unrestricted.
Finally. Professor Dicey, to show how
impotent the lords have become. consid-
ers power they have left over a
bin to abolish their very e%xistence:
But the lords can exercise a suspen-
sive veto, which may delay such bill (e.
g. a bill for the total abolition of the
house of lords) from passing into an
act for a little more than two years.
(See section PLY
Fourth Question-What is now the
legislative power Of the house OF COM
mons with regard to any public bill
which is not q money bill?
Answer-The parliament act gives to
the house Of commons. or, in fact, to
the majority thereof, for the time being,
power to pass into law any such public
bill whatever, In spite of the rejection
thereof by the house Of lords. Every
statute. past, present and to come. is
subject to the sole despotic
authority of any faction which may OBJ
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14

readers attention to- a brand new
shop early movement" Careful citi-
zsn viii now do their 1912 Christmas
shopping the night before Christmas
In 1911. This will give them abso-
lutte solitude IN which to work and
will remove the pressure next yea 10
"a limited extent. 1t will also promote
good feeling. for no one who has
bought next years Christmas pres
ents for his friends is going to quar-
rel with them during 1912 and render
his Investments Il total loss.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14

srouchcS cabled all oVer the world as
pure reading matter and gets a thou
sand dollars a grumble with a onu il
1t is against h United States.
In the very early days poets had to
carve their verses on stone with a mall
let and rsisel. This vas a splendid
idea n kept down the output very
nicely as 1t took a poet n whole day to
knock out a single line. Later on, how
ever, ink was invented and since then
poets have gotten entirely beyond on
troll. The output has increased enorm-
ously and unruly and egregious poets
are causing great distress-particularly
in England which is afraid that If it
doesn't go to war Kipling will keep on
writing poetry and that If it does so to
war Alfred Austen will begin again.
To make poetry one must have great
emotions and n large supply OF 1.-THE,
Northumberland words. Minor poets
are supposed to make the lines rhyme
and metre-metr being ga time or
"a time or jig time or. in the case of
S~winburne, Salome time. The greater
poets do not have to rhyme their lines
n there are some few SO great that
they do not have to use rhyme or metre
either. The reader tells this kind Of
poetry from prose by the way he jerks
and Jumps while reading it.
Shakespeare was a great poet. and
so were Tennyson. Byron and Goethe.
One OF the greatest requisites for po-
etc greatness is to be dead. The late
Mr.. Poe, OF America. adopted this
method with great success. However.
America has produced very few great
poets because life is too pleasant over
here.
Poetry soothes the soul and deepens
the mind and lightens the heart. 1t
also fills he stomach and keeps the
mills running full blast. More than
poet has kept Il large breakfast food
mill running day and night by putting
t , small lines OF poetry in all of our
leading street cars.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14
Poetry.

Poetry is the science Of teaching
thought to shake Its feet. 1t is one of the
oldest OF human habits hut has sprend
greatly In late years. Whereas at one
time, poets were SO scarce that one
poet was passed round among "A thou.
.!i1d manors they are now so plentiful
thai one editor has to be passed around
among q thousand poets.
Poetry has existed since the time of
Homer. q blind man. who peddled
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14

T. Have In Years erouaht,
Wnesynevs The years hroueAt! Emp4y
11llsd With The sAoaes cf ION. .,,.
Hopes dtsps1lsA ana vaniahes ~.
xSe3seeS9esneroo. WAooo M hn,re6 49,
~ Slsssp90yeces that and a nanrht'
scve brought. the year. Ssys
iSsoN q soenee "a desana a. ,o.ah.
VoA 9o1oA 0nifeS eN.t
~ Sasnee.es traGs.
siassaS ~ isssslS - -. ~.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14

The skill the two firms have shown
IN financing themselves has been
worthy OF . better cause. Both sYe
s sa anoat, though with pitifuily smaii
s1i aaSets. Il has been . real per
Ing. L started Ia : disnnts ave. .
patent Rather than thresh the ones-
ITO = at Z Joint meeting or 70 10
~ ABOUT it, the wraneie hss hesm
aslowed g rankle. and each iirm ~
steadSastly tried 20 KIN. M oahsr
y wi!l not take long now. Nrfusi
y s1,en1. nave long eincs given up hone
en- "a. reason. :" 49,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14

verSes considerably s. c. A great
many critics declare that the quality
OF poetry has not improved since then.
However. the sale has improved greatly
since Homer was In the business.
Homer had to beg his bread while
AudyaFd Kipling now has his metrical
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14
VEST POCKET ESSA VS.
by George Fitch.
illustrations BY William sesvsnA
Illustration. BY William s..v.n>

rush of shoppers at this time viii rap
idly increase until another crusade
must be begun. We are a great ma
tion to do things in droves. and there
is really small advantage in being
mashed in ample time before the glad
holiday.
1t is time. therefore tn l1,. the
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14

constructis-.. but are exceedingly handy
as missiles in a pinch. Pies are also
made out of vinegar. cheese, rhubarb,
prunes. persimmons. pawpaws, grapes.
made OF live blackbirds in England,
which is about as near as the English
ever came to solving the pie prob
lem. anyway.
Pie is severely attacked by Euro
pean critics and is also regarded with
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14

lieves he will die poor, President Taft
has eaten 100. b%anquets in 100 days and
still believes the world is getting bet
ter. and Mccoy has just married his
eighth wife.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-08-25
Notice Of Election.

To the qualified Electors of School
District No. ?, County of Ada, Idaho.
Notice is hereby given that a Special
Election will be held on the 18th day Of
August, 1911, at the school house in
District No. . for the purpose Of voting
on the question as to whether the
Trustees of Said District shall be auth
orized to bond said District for the sum
Of Four thousand t$4oO0O0, to bear in
terest at not over q per cent, per anuum.
Interest payable semi-annually, said
bonds to be redeemable LIST day of July
1926 with option after years.
Said bonds to be issued for the pur-
pose OF erecting and furnishing u
new school house in said District No. 2.
The Poll will be opened at , p. M. and
close at 3 p. M. of the same day.
H.. c. A. RIDDLE
Clerk of the Board of Trustees Dis
trict No. County of Ada, State of
Idaho. l4.2t
Dated the l4th day of August 1911.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-08-25

OF the Third Judicial district OF the
state OF Idaho ii and for the County of
Ada.
Nellie NJ. saunders, Plaintiff,
ys. Alias Summons
Edward s. Saunders. Defendant.
The state " idaho sends Greeting 10
abe above named Defendant
You are hereby required TO appear
IN 81 action brought against you by
the shove named plaintiff IN the Dis
trict Court OF the Third judicial Dis.
sriet. State e. Idaho. in and for the
County u Ada and TO answer the com.
plant filed therein tcopy d which is
hereto attachcdl within 20days texciu-
siye 81 the day Of seryice) after the ser.
vice on you.of this summons, il served
within the district; or II served out Of
this district, within forty days. The
said action IL brought 10 procure de.
cree o. divorce dissoIying the bonds Of
matrimony existing between the above
named plaintiff and yourself, upon the
grounds Of cruel and inhnman treat.
nent Of plaintiff by the defendant, and
the habitual intenperance Of the defend
ant, and 10 procure decree of the above
entitled court awarding To plaintiff the
care, custody and control Of plaintiff
and defendants minor child, all Of which
more fully appears from the verified
complaint 81 plaintiff, on file herein
which ~ hereby referred, to attached
hereto and made a part hereof
And you are hereby notified, that IL
you fail 70 appear and answer the said
complaint, as above required, the said
plaintiff will apply to the Courts for
the relief demanded in Plaintiffs Com.
plant.
Given under my hsnd and seal OF
the district court Of the third Judicial
District Of the State Of Idaho, in and
for the County Of Ada this 10th day
OF August in the year Of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and eleven.
Stephen Utter,
Seal Clerk.
by Otto Peterson
Deputy Clerk
JACKSON, QuARLRs Il TAYLOR,
Atty'a Tor. Plaintiff,
Residing at Boise, Idaho
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-08-25
IN the District Cont

Of the Third Judicial District Of the
state of Idaho. III aud for the county
of Ada.
Elmer Reden. Plaintiff.
vs. Alias Summons
Maud RcdeIl, Defendant.
The State OF idaho sends greeting 20
the aDoyr.named defendant:
You are hereby required 10 appear
ia an action brought against You by
the above-uamed plaintiff. III the Dis
trict court of the Third Judicial Dis,
tFict. state of Idaho, in and for the
County OF Ada, and TO answer the
complaint flied therein, Ia copy OF
which Is hereto attached within
twenty days tex elusive of the day Of
seTSicel after the service on you Of
this summons, IL served within this
district; or il served oIt OF this dis
trict, within forty days.
The said action ii broughtto secure
decree of divorce dissolying
the bonds Of matrimony now existing
between plaintiff and defendant on
the grounds OF defendants wilful
and Continuous desertion OF
plaintiff for more than one year last
past: ali Of which more fully appears
from plaintiffs complaint, copy OF
which il served herewith, hereby
referred 70 and made part hereof.
And yon are hereby notified, That il
you fail to appear and answer the said
complaint, AZ above required, the said
plaintiff will apply TO the court for
the relief demanded IN the complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal Of
the District Court Of the Third Judi
cial district Of the State OF Idaho, in
and for the county of Ada, this 18th
day Of August. in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and eleven,
Stephen Utter, Clerk.
tseaD by Otto Peterson
Deputy Clerk.
10. II. EDWARDS, Attorney for
Plaintiff, residing at Boise, Idaho.
First Publication, Aug. 18. 1911.
Last Publication, Sept, IS, 1911.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-08-25
The Albion Normal

The State Normal School ut
Albion, will begin IFS seventeenth
school year September ), 1911.
Each year This school increases II
nnrpber ~ students and IN
!. sFsiGiency. They have 4 beauti-
ful campus, Eve good buildings,
splendid Iibrary.5 well equipped
laboratories, good class rooms, two
good residences for nonresident
students, q gymnasium which has
beef judged by competent critics
the best In the Northwest, and
above all q splendid faculty Of
seventeen carefully chosen and
well trained teachers, everyone a
npeciaIist ii his work, lis course
~ Study and the work offered are
on i par with the best Normal
schools 81 the country. II has q
splendid training school, consist
ing 81 Il kindergarten and the
eight grades. The best evidence
.of the efficiency 81 the school is
the success 81 the teachers which
II sends out aud the positions
which they hold 10 both grades
aud high schools. II has one ~
the most complete aud best
equipped manual training depart.
ments in the west aud offers a
course il domestic science Its
music department has doubled In
number u students in the past
two years II offers special cour-
SEES 10 rural, primary, grade, and
kindergarten teaching, and in
manual training, domestic science
and mnsic. The completion Of
nuy course entities the student 10
state certificate. BY careful
management the expenses 81 the
student are reduced 10 i minimum
board, room, light aud heat IL the
stean. heated, electric lighted res.
idsnosa. costing but $500 per
calendar month. School closes
May 20. 1919 For eatalog and
further information address.
u A, AxLiSE, Pres,
Albion, idaho.