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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-12-07


fof Ideho. For genuine asininitl
| the article has the tribe OF asiuus
faded to q fare-yor- WILL. All the
arguments in the article are ta-
ken from the Statesman, Capital
News and the Montgomery Ward
catalogue. II starts ont with
two premises" We have never
stated that the law requiring all
property to be assessed at it's
! full cash value was wrongin prin-
ciple, nor that the amount OF
money that might be collected
thereunder would be more than
under any OTHER SYSTEM OF valn-
alton" and 1--WE heartily APP
prove the law 81 assessing prop
erty NJ It's iulI cash value "
| Well. then?
Isn't that all that Governor
Hawley has commended for2 Has
not he ONLY asked that assessors
obey the plain provisions OF the
constitution, and assess all prop
ersv ~ it's cnsh value, aud that
every citizen Of Idaho pay his
just propprtion-and only MS
just proportional the taxes
levied for the maintenance OF
government What more could
any man ask? And. what less
should any decent man ask?
The article then goes on and
cites instances OF inequalities in
taxation, and blalnes Governor
Hawley for them Now. we don't
believe Governor Hawley ASSESS
ed the property OF Canyon coun-
ty, and the same belief applies to
Ada county For instance. The
property Of the editor of the Her
aid was assessed by a fellow
towDsman, ". L. Fisk, and APP
proved by the county assessor
aud the bonrd of county commits
sioners; likewise the Others we
mention. According to that as
sessment, (taken from the new
Canyon county directory. which
Is probably correctly, we are an
sessed AT S19,34 Howard Sc
bree IL assessed at $40, 500, and
Il. NJ Kirkpatrick at 81, 800.
Now, we will trade even with
Kirkpatrick, and will give Sebree
100000 10 boot over the diff
ference in valuation, on these fig
ures. But it would be folly to
charge these inequalities to Haw-
ley.
The article cites another case
where the property at cash rem
tai produced $1.10 per acre less
than the amount OF the taxes.
That man is just 10 so per acre
better of than we are, for our
property didn'tproduce a bloom
ing cent But where is Hawley,
and the state OF ldeho, to blame
for that? Ii we have maIea bad
investment, is the governor and
the State to make it good to us?
II SO, we can make the hearts of
a number of farmers and sheep
men and merchants in this vicin-
ty bound with Joy.
The article winds up with the
best knock on the state OF Ida
no we have ever read, aud both
the Statesman and the Capital
News gave it free publicity.
The man who would write an
article like that would attack the
chastity of the virgin, and then
go around the block to avoid
meeting his mother-in-law and
to both the Statesman and Capt.
tai News we must attribute the
negative virtue OF failing to en-
dorse the sentiments expressed
therein There are some repub.
lican politics SO dirty that even
those papers will spuru them.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-12-07
Excursions to Jerome,
Dec. 6 to IL.

Via Oregon Short Line for the
great Carey Act land opening.
Tickets limited to Dec. 18th.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-12-07
Business Bargains

Mail orders for kodak supplies; de-
veloping and printing given prompt at
tention at the Botkin- Harmon Drug
Co., Ltd, Caldwell, Idaho. 5-25-tf
Wigwam Flour, the -four OF
quality, manufactured by the
Caldwell Milling and Elevator
Company.
Holly Hook Flour, the best
made, manufactured by the Cald-
well Milling and Elevator Co,
For sale by all Parma mer,
chants.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
BY CLYDE n. TAVENNER.

Especial Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington, Nov. 26.-Organized
labor is looking forward to the COM
ing session of congress with conf
dence that great progress will be
made along lines beneficial to work.
ingmen- A number of measures in
which the unions are vitality inter-
ested will be considered in the house
and President Gompers of the Amer
lean federation believes there is a
good chance for some of them to be
enacted into law.
Fourteen members of the house
are card" men, as the members, in
active sanding of unions, are known
among themselves. Eleven of these
are democrats and 1t is to these
eleven that the labor chiefs are look
ing for aid. The particular legislat-
i've program on which Mr.. Gompers
and his lieutenants have mapped out
for the winter includes: employers
liability; extension of the eight hour
day; prohibition of the Taylor sys-
tenn in government work; restriction
of the power of injunction and
strengthening Of the safety appli-
ances law.
FOR NUMEROUS LAWS.
1.-The labor program calls for the
enactment of numerous laws, but we
are only hopeful that some of the
more important measures will be
! passed." Mr.. Gompers said. Each
one of the eleven democrats who are
members of various unions are il
| positions to do much good for the
labor cause and We have assurances
from all of them they will do theil
\ best.
Just at present we are greatly
interested in the movement to pre-
vent the installation of the Taylor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
(St. Louis Renuhlic. !

IN view of the growth of the social
list movement in the United States,
everybody who believes that the hope
G. society rests with the free initia-
tive Of the individual ought to applaud
Samuel Gompers' Vigorous defense of
Tie principles of trades unionism
against the attacks ot the socialists.
The most bitter critic of the labor
movement never charged that it was
not movement of amelioration
Whatever economic errors may have
cIept into its, principles whatever
mistakes OF temper or of judgment
may be chargeable to It, 1t has worked
steadily to raise the standard of living
In thousands Of homes, to put better
carpets on floors, better food on din
nor tables. better shoes on children's
fest and better clothes on their backs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28

blessing, sleep. Tire your body and
rest your brains, and you will learn
to sleep.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-How old
should girl be before wearing high
heels Are polo coats in style this
year? Are the knitted caps stylish?
Is II too soon to wear one? How old
should girl be before learning to
dance? BROWN EYES.
O-This depends upon the size of
the foot. When you wear ladies' sizes
you will be old enough TO wear high
heels. (2-Yes. (3)-Knitted caps
are in fashion and it is not too soon
to wear one. (4)-To be a good dancer
you cannot learn too young. The best
dancers begin at a very early age.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-Please tell
me whether 1t is good for person to
sleep too much. l am 81 years old
and have some gray hairs. Please tell
me how to get rid of them. What can
l do to have a plump face? Is it good
to wash the face in hot water at night?
NELL.
O-There is low vitality and de-
rangement of some sort when toe
much sleep is required. Consult a
physician. (2)-Dilute the juice OF
one lemon with half a pint OF water
Rub this mixture into the roots Of the
hair every night for about three weeks
then twice a week thereafter "a
Keep in good health by proper exer
else and diet The face will ther
round out to its proper proportions
(D-It is beneficial to wash the face
at night with hot water, using pure
soap. Rinse in cold water.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
As 90 Mothers Pensions.

There is a great deal of discussion
at this time about the proposed sys-
tenn OF mothers pensions" which is
devised as a scheme to keep families
together where there is nc father and
where poverty might compel the
separation Of the household and the
disintegration of the family tie. In
this regard the Chicago Record-Her-
aid makes an editorial statement
that is worth reading. 1t says:
I'VE have had occasion TO refer to
the ignorant and silly talk concern
ing the alleged effect of the moth
ers' pension law. so called, in pre-
venting the division and disintegra-
ion Of poor families.
1T is necessary to point out that
the talk about bankruptcy to the
country rs the result OF the food OF
applications for mothers pensions
seems equally groundless. The num-
Der OF Applications has little bear
ing on the matter. II laundering
and demogogical. c. dishonest and
grating politicians had 10 pass on
applications the situation might in
truth be serious. But the Juvenile
court Sits. scrutlnizes and passes or
them and that puts n very different
face or the case. Abuse can and
will be prevented.
Few children have been separat
ed from their mothers on account o.
mere poverty. no pensions will bt
awarded 10 mothers who merely as
sert poverty. As Judge Pincknel
says, the pension law carefully anC
honestly applied will be a source o.
considerable economy TO the coun
IT,. Less money will be paid foi
de- sndeat chlldren TO mothers 1t tC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
Comment From Capital

system in government work, and
while we have not concluded the ar
guments we will make against this
system, we hope to convince the spe-
cial committee that is investigating
the system that it will work great
hardship on the workers in Uncle
Sans service TO put this system into
practice"
William B. Wilson, chairman of
the labor committee Of the house.
and an active member of the United
Mine Workers of America, is at the
head of the special investigation of
the Taylor system. Before congress
adjourned last summer Mr.. Wilson
questioned numerous employees from
government navy yards and arsenals
about the working of this system and
this investigation will be concluded
in time to make recommendations to
the coming session of congress.
EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE.
While Mr.. Wilson, of course, will
not commit himself about the prob
able nature of the report to be
made by the special committee, he
does express confidence that the COM
ing session of congress will see the
enactment of much beneficial labor
| legislation.
THE democratic house Is especially
favorable to the pleas that long have
| been made by labor" Mr.. Wilson said
The organized workers do not ask
anything unreasonable, and from what
! | know of the sentiment of the demo
cratic majority, there Is strong dis
position to give labor what it was
promised in the democratic national
platform. Labor always has had lot
Of promises, but under republican rule
these promises were not always kept
Next winter is sure to see something
accomplished"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
Roosevelt the Comforter,

wall street." says the New York
World, continues to find a COM
forter in Theodore Roosevelt. Para
graphs from his recent article in the
Outlook were made part Of the rec
ord by the Harvester trust yester-
day in filing a motion before the
MissorI1 supreme court for a rehear-
ing, the trust having been fined
$4,000 and conditionally ousted
from the state for violating the Mis-
souri, antitrust law.
1.-The choicest spirit in the Har.
vester trust is George w. Perkins
former partner of J Pierpont Nor:
gan, who is chairman of it's finance
committee. 1t is fitting and proper
that Mr.. Perkins should seek con-
ISOLATION in Mr.. Roosevelt's words.
at was Mr.. Perkins who in 1904
handled the New York Life Insur
ance companys contribution of $4S,
702.50 to the Roosevelt campaign
fund. The insurance company
check was made payable to ]. P. Nor
gan & Co. and the money was turn
ed over to the Roosevelt campaign
con- mittee by Mr.. Perkins.
at was Mr.. Perkins who in tn,
midst of the Roosevelt panic inspired
the Times news statement that til,
chief sore point is the Trust Com
pany of America This started tn,
run on the Trust Company of Amer
lea which squeezed Moore & Schle.
and enabled the Steel trust to &C
quire the Tennessee Coal and Irol
company under a personal licens
from President Roosevelt.
at was Mr.. Perkins who raised
Roosevelt campaign FUND for tn,
benefit OF Mr.. Stimson in Wall stree
in 1910, and It was Mr.. Perkin
who was the go-between for tn
steel trust and Mr.. Roosevelt dun
ing the Roosevelt administration
so-called investigation of the Unite
State Steel corporation.
"Mr. Perkins and Mr. Roosevelt
are very useful to each other
I'VE do not know how much in
.portance the Missouri supreme couI
attaches to the Roosevelt dicta; bu
II It is indifferent or contemptuou'
that is all the more reason why bi
business should again exalt him to
position where his opinions must b
regarded. The time has come for
meeting in the Morgan library to OF
ganize the Roosevelt Third-TerI
club and apportion the campaig
fund assessment"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
Why MOI a Mouse?

Just put a cat in a workshop and
discomfort among girls ends and
production goes up" announced DR..
Herman Schneider. dean of the col
lege of engineering of the University
OF Cincinnati, in an address before
the Chicago Commercial club. Dean
Schneider told OF experiments which
brought forth the discovery. I'm q
certain piano factory" he said, "a
number of girls we're employed at q
most automatic piece OF work. These
employees were the most discontinued
in the firm and were constantly
shifting TO other occupations. The
foreman got a fine big Maltese cat
and placed II in the room one morn,
ing before the girls arrived. This
solved the trouble completely. The
cat compelled rest periods, for every
now and then it would jump into &
girls lap and take her attention from
her work for a few moments. IL
this way IL relieved the tension OF
high speed and permitted the elm
ination OF fatigue poisons at irreg
ular but sufficient intervals"
This seems to be an excellent sug
gestion, but if he wanted real ant
effective distraction for the girls
why didn't he try a mouse?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28

care for them than has been paid
annually TO institutions. Women
will not be encouraged to give up
iobs, neglect opportunities and de-
pend wholly on the county. There
will be investigation and strict sup
ervision. The act. by the way.
should be amended to call fc7 rigid
Investigation
The mothers pension act Will
prove neither destructive and demon
alizing nor niraculously beneficial.
It has very limited application and
will continue to be d modest affair
If hungry spoilsmen and quacks are
kept at a safe distance from its
sphere"
Now there is a good modicum OF
sense In this suggestion. In some
of the countries OF Europe provi.
sions are made for taking care oil
| aged and INDECENT married couples
| in homes Of their own and in way,
that do not injure their self respect
| II Is said that the plan works ad
mirably in Austria and actually di
minishes the cost Of caring for ths
poor under the old almshouse sys
tenn.
It is probable that applications foI
aid would not be more numerous IN
der the proposed mothers pension
than under the present cumbrou
and expensive pauper system wner,
the money is largely wasted upon un
deserving benefciaries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
GOmpers and Socialism

The movement has been optimistic
in tone and temper The further it
has gone the more comfort and pros,
petty have increased.
The first tenet of the socialists is
HAT the present order of things is
doomed. The second Is that, consider
ing this fact, all disturbances of the
existing order are TO be welcomed as
t"nding to precipitate the final smash
which shall usher in the cooperative
commonwealth.
This program carries its condemna
tior upon its very face. The largest
liberty is today fond not where there
have been the bloodiest revolutions
BIT where there has been long pro
cess of gradual adjustment, carried
through in a hopeful spirit. England
is freer country than France.
The common senee Americanism o.
Sam Gompers deserves approval.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
Desperate Effort to Call a Halt.

Having struck 8 trail in the steel
trnst Investigation which leads to the
frUIt door Of the house Of John D.
Rockefeller, 4 tremendous effort is be-
ing made by powerful interests to
bring the probe to halt.
Chairman Stanley Of the investigat-
ing committee told The Argus special
correspondent IN Washington that moth
iEg could stop the truth from coming
out And the puOlic ought to stand
Lack of this man WHO refuses TO be
bluIed or bullied by he Zig interests
wE:Ch in the past have controlled the
house instead Of having been controll-
ed ~ it. and which are now making a
fight to the death tC retain their grip
o.. tie legislative machinery of the
government.
The sixtv-second congress is in my
opinion" said Mr.. Stanley, peculiarly
responsive to the will of the people.
II WIS electe by them, and if anything
distinguished it from its predecessors,
il IS its absolute de-ctIon to tie inter.
ests of the masses and not to the in.
terests of the favor ed few who endeav.
cred to prevent their election.
! here has not been since the wal
cCng ress which vas more apt to
grant equal rights to all and special
privileges to rome / am not in the
leasS disturbed by the threatened pros
pect OF the house suppressing the facts
when this committee has been enabled
tG obtain and has not yet presented &c
4 tire country.
The committee investigating the
! Cni.ed States steel corporation II
Eeither endeYyorirg to convict nor &C
I quit this corporation: It is simply en-
/ ceavoring to ascertain the truth. L
/ the steel COZ poratfon has not violated
tho law, then It viii welcome this op
/ pcr,unity u demonstI ate it's obedience
to he law fl advance OF a litigation
l whith will take ytGrs to determine
end II II has violated the law IL vii
use all IN its power anc all its immens,
wealth to silence a committee whicl
can neither be calcled. deceived no
corrupted.
1T has been arg'ed that this inyesti
cation viii assist the department o
Justice. Ths. may Be true. The eoun
try probably thinks the department c
justice needs The assistance"
! Let the investigation proceed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
HEART aid
HOME
pROBLEMS

TT is not q waste to buy somebody
a bunch OF flowers. box Of candy, or
a new book, for it is going to bring a
smile TO the face and happiness to the
heart, not orly to the recipient bat to
the giver also. II is not waste to
have your coats and trousers, gowns
and jackets we'll made, for they will
wear much longer. 1t is not waste
to spend your money on newspapers
and magazines. because then you learn
to talk about something else besides
your neighbors' affairs
Dear Mrs. Thompson-I am a busi-
ness woman and l have very difficult
and trying work to do. 1 go to bed
early but I cannot sleep. Please ad-
wise me what to do.
BUSINESS WOMAN.
Tired brains drive away sleep. Tired
muscles invite sleep. Sleeplessness is
result of thinking and worrying all
day and figuring and thinking and
worrying after business hours. If you
have troubles, just remainder that
worrying weekens you and makes you
the less fit to overcome obstacles. The
person who Is required to think hare
should find some outdoor recreation
after business hours. Ride horseback
drive, or go out for long walk morn
ing and evening. Do something to eX
ercise your muscles and tire them {
bit, then you will have a good Ape
tite. Scatter smiles and sunshine
around you and you will get a grea
deal of pleasure. Get your neighbour
in or call on them. Mix with con
genial people Get your mind off bust
ness. Laugh even If it does not com,
naturally. Anything but that cease
less thinking. thinking, and soon yo'
will find you can 20 to bed and SLEEP
Don't say you can't and that this ad
vice is fine theory but poor practice
Just make up your mind you will dro
business at o'clock and engage il
recreation. Each care requires differ
ent treatment, but if you resolve t
change that old worry habit, you ca
do it and then you will enjoy the grea
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
HurnOr and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
sS DUNCAN ~. SMITH

THE intensity Of the desire Of the thin
woman to be plump is equaled only
by that of the stout woman to be lean.
1t doesn't profit much 10 be able to
play the game after the game is play
ed.
The man who is bigger than he
thinks he is doesn't grow on every
street.
A black eye is often a sign that a
man is going out looking for trouble.
II we had money enough But no.
body ever did have money enough.
Some men are born rich, some achieve
riches. and others have riches torn
from them.
Nobody feels sorry for us when we
are sorry for ourselves.
Any joke is good when it is on the
other fellow.
When we have quite toned down Our
tempers and become model citizens we
find the undertaken at the door.
A maid Of all work frequently turns
out not made for any work.
A self made man is generally q raw
product
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
Tho Hereafter,

no tI0TCdTtSFs
The trusts are reaping where they sowed
When everything was sunny
And such a bully chance appeared
To get in easy money.
But now that it's the harvest time,
With profits homeward flowing.
The government Is looking in
To see how things are going.
It Is a scandal, we are told,
The profits they are booking,
The way that wealth was piling up
When not a soul was looking.
They ranged the country far and wide,
From northern Maine to Texas,
And never thought the government
Would find their solar plexus.
Whose business was 1t anyway,
They asked, with naughty bearing,
How great or small was the reward
OF business skill and daring?
It was their business, nor would they
Take any mans suggestion.
And any one could just go hang
Who called 1t into question.
But now they sing another tune.
They never thought of fighting,
For on the wall in letters large
They think they see the writing,
And how they promise to be good
Before their fortunes crumblel
It's anything to save their face
And so they take a tumble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
PEORIA WOMAN NAMED
AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF

Peoria. ILL.,, Nov. 2S.-Miss Lillian
Adams, stenographer in the Office
Of the states attorney, has been duly
appointed a deputy sheriff Miss
Adams was vested with full authority
to keep law and order and to make
arrests in Peoria county. She is the
first woman ever appointed to a SINH
lar position in this couPty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
Good Cooks,

"If an sick people had good cooks"
says the London hospital. how much
greater might be the proportions Of re-
coveriesp' The value Of the patent
foods which are advertised 30 much
lies largely, it says. in the ease with
which they are prepared for the table.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28

Sarah Bernhard boxed the ears of
n French reporter who asked her if
It was true as reported that she is
going to be married These young
girls are always SO skittish about
such things.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
Nov. 20 in American
History

l69o-Frontenac. Count Louis de
Buade, patron of the explorers of
the Mississippi valley. died In Que
bee; born 1929.
1s90-Gener1l Thomas Jordan, prom
inent ex-Confederate and Mexican
veteran, at one time commander of
the Cuban army. died; born 1919.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28

court has granted a decree Of separa-
ton and $4,000 a year alimony to
Mrs. Lily Middleton. wife OF John A.
Middleton, vice president of the lie.
high Valley railroad and a director In
numerous other railroad companies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28

Group is most prevalent during
the dry cold weather of the early
winter months. Parents Of young
children should be prepared for it.
All that Is needed is a bottle Of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Many
mothers are never without it in their
homes and 1t has never disappointed.
Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28

In its twenty years ago column
the Chicago Evening Post says that
a large gray wolf was captured on
Indiana avenue after a long chase.
Nowadays that kind always seems to
get away.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
Custer Writ Denied.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Nov. 27.-The
supreme court has denied a writ
OF custer asked by the attorney gem
eral to dissolve the merger of the
Gould lines in Missouri.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28

Chicago proposes to give all its
streets names easy TO pronounce.
But that won't make any difference
with the conductors who call them
of