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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-04-23
POOR ECONOMY.

Shoshone has lust refused anything whatsoever in
the way special tax for school purposes and the promise
that the schools will be crippled for the coming that
either it will be short school year tar less than usual e
ficient educational system.
1t is one thing be prudent in spending money and
other thing entirely different to be nggardy and refuse to
spend enough the kind Of service The Re
corder the guess that of the good people of Sho
Shone have too far cutting down eXpenseske the
man who himself to little that he might
have had pay the the mkman and the butcher 1t
does pay try to live nothing The Recorder be-
eves that Shoshone entitled to all that territory
that the have given to be divided the dis
tricts Jerome Rchield and Shoshone There hypo
critical sympathy with the district down at the county seat
failing that rich erritoywe don wish so ard
emily for them to have good schools that we wish to give up
what honestly But they should have voted enough out
of their pockets pay for good schools They have
other goodand now they may not have that
The biggest real estate activity known here the tract
first settled has been reported the Rched tract this
week 1t most encouraging sign The lands here have
been fertile the very best the water right the abso
lutte best there But for strange
there has been little demand for lands at the low prices
that asked for lands here Naturally the owestprced
lands the to feel first activity IN real estate
movements Since lands have been quoted at lower price
here than anywhere else with equal quality 1T must follow
that right here will be the first symptom of boom.
is that lot of land here the Richfed tract as
well many other sections of the state much land
ought be resod and put into the hands OF men
able develop 1t not pay for with little capital
try hold too long large farms that drain the life for
without giving chance to breath ENJOY life
And many of the people here should sell to the very first buy
err rather than penaze themselves by trying to hold too
long Small farms will pay better that big with most
1t will be lot better when the average farm IS 40
instead of 80 until that time comes there Will
be real general prosperity on tracts such as this
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4 Long Island Formula ,

To rHY EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir' We
have used the following recipe for num-
Der % years with wild cherries from our
.wn place here and always with excellent
results: Wash cherries In cold water and
place IN a stone crock Pour in enough
Sew ENGLAND rum conpe ely TO sub
merge the cherries Using tho hand.
slightly crush one or two handouts OF tho
cherries tn the rum. THIS IS 10 bring on;
the flavor ~ the pits but must not be
overdouc. The cover can now be put On
the crock but should b, made IS nearly
fright as possible 10 prevent eyapora-
ton 81 the alcohol, and FOR this purpose
use a napkin folded 10 spread over the
crock and force the cover down tightly
on the napkin. The crock should now bo
gut away tn a cool. dark place. such as a
wine closet In the cellar, and allowed 10
stand three weeks, al the end OF which
time strain on the liquor INTO another
vessel Make a syrup OF graduated sugar
and water. stir slowly until IL reaches
boiling point, Jet cool a little and then
add 70 liquor until desired flavor liz oh
tanned Mn well. pour into bottles and
seal
brandy can also he used instead OF
New England rum. but have never heard
using whiskey When well made this
Is a most delicious cordial and becomes
richer and stronger with age.
MARION +. HILL
EAST HAMPTON, l. l. September g.
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Lack Of Culture "a. Observed In the subway.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sr' when
one travels ir the subway for a certain
length OF lime he becomes aware that COM
mon courtesy Is slowly but surely becom.
ing a thing Of the past The decline or
courtesy is especially noticeable In the er-
press trains particularly on the LenQx ave
nue. division. As rule the cars on the
lenoN avenue are more crowded than those
on the broadway division
Nowadays women DO not seem to command
the respect that they did only A few years
ago. In those good old days when woman
entered a car half dozen men rendered
their seats 10 her; aged men we're similarly
respected How conditions have changed In
a short lapse OF time Men are indifferent
nov. and /, IL not an unusual sight 70 see
half dozen women standing while All the
seats are occupied by men.
when a woman enters a car many Of the
male passengers seem 20 think II the pro-
p!t!ous time 20 become engrossed In their
morning papers why. only the other night
riding uptown In an express train during the
rush hour, I noticed one woman get cheated
out OF three seats Men arose leaving the
seats vacant. but before she could sit down
other men hurriedly slid into them. pre-
tending they dld not see the woman The
decadeuce Of courtesy has It's extenuating
circumstances In these days of hustle and
hustle men have no time to think Of man
ncra or of the courtcsles they would Ike "a
have extended to their own mothers and
sisters ALAsl
NEW YoRN, September "a.
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u. Guam Piscens In CoIore, and Good for
Colds.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: In
his ignorance Mr.. Vroom has been guided
by some sort OF power and has made
cierry bounce, only substituting whiskey
for rum, which ~ the traditional liquor.
Properly stone jugs should be Allied with
the wild cherries, then the best rum oh
tainable should he poured onto them TIL
the jugs are full The bounce may be
used short time afterward. but Is bet
ter for keeping.
| knew a man who was proud OF his
cherry bounce and rightly. He used the
best Santa Cruz, and after a long time
Gust how long do not remember) ne
drew off the liquor with great care and
bottled II. He used to have this served
with other cordials, and his guests always
gave II their preference No wonder! the
color was a most beautiful ruby and the
bouquet exquisite Cherry bounce Is a
great thing for colds Some OF the most
refractory colds have been known to per-
est as long as the bounce held out. and to
be mraculously cured by the last drop.
JoHN g STEPHENSON.
LYNDoNvLLE, VI. September 90
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\ Woman Addresses senator Lodge.

To THE Epfroa or THE SuN-Sir: ],
is my earnest desire to address. through
you Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. who Is
appointed after our own peculiar manner
to represent the people OF the United
States and the policy Of those people.
! would draw attention to words 81 hts
quoted In THE SIN NJ September 23 and
ask him II he presumrs to think he Is
expressing the opinions or policy OF this
country
would suggest that he be moro eau
tlous. for / believe he errs greatly In
thus expressing an obviously unneutral
Wow regarding a tragic and, to the United
states, threatening situation.
take pleasure In describing myself a
descendant OF those who fought for free
dom from Erlland, OF those who fought
FOR the preservation OF the Union. and I
do not forget war known rs the War
OF 1912"
II We cannot he neutral there are
things which II would be well for us to
remember. what has Germany done 20
harm us? EDITH JOY.
SLw YORK, September 81.
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After serious consideration. THE Sun
has decided 10 print, and to print con
spicuous!y, the revolving story rela ed
by Mr. HowARD CoPLAND 10 his frienL
Mr.. HAROLD NJ. SEwAIL OF Maine. and
by Mr.. SuwALL forwarded 10 us with
the letter prehXed. and with the fur
Their private remark. Il know Of no
man whose testimony is worthy Of
greater credence."
Mr.. CoPLAND was employed Officially
by our Embassy In London IN the work
Of bringing Americans away from Paris.
Mr.. SEwALL, who certihes unreservediy
to the trustworthneSs of Mr. Cor
LANDS testimony. is, as many of our
readers know, man not only Of hon.
orable reputation, hi, also Of keen in
teligence and large worldly experience.
lie has served the American Govern.
ment ms Nice-Consul AT Liverpool. as
Consul General IN Samoa at the time
of the memorable crisis there. as at
tnche of the commission which nego-
tiated the Berlin treaty Of 1889. and
as the United States Minister TO IIa-
wall who received the transfer Of the
sovereignty Of the Islands aud after
ward acted rs our Governments Spe'
cial agent until the territorial orGani-
cation WAS complete. He is lawyer
and diplomat; about the last person
either TO he deceived as to the vcraclty
Of friend or to he moved in his own
a doubtful tale.
The persistence Of these reports al,
lcging the inhumanity and even the
unspeakahle hestiality Of some Of the
German soldiers who passed through
Belgium has left many Americans per
picked. They do not know what to
believe The charges, such MS those
brought here by the belgian Commits
sioners. are often specific. The o1icin'
deninls have been mere ccncrAitics Of
denial. and could not well be anything
else. The exculpatory statement signet
by some Of the American newspaper cor
respondents which we printed a weeI
or more ago was negative In It's char
acter and signhcd nothing one way OF
thu othe". The charges aud counter
charges rut forth by the press hurcou
Of IN" several hellrerentS nre prlnte.
in the current news for what they ar
worth; they are at least labelled will
the tag OF national interest.
From private sources mainly Brit
ish, we ARE constantly receiving report
afrnplttaE tbn ri 80 ha -.
mans, and we are as constantly declln
Ing to utter them because they ar
either vague and unyorlhahle or be
cause they are plainly prompted by wa
hatr"1S, or again because they lack III
guarantee Of names known to us to b
responsible.
In this instance we have the shocl
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"DIsTRIBUTOR" AND DISTRIB-
UTER."
The Latter the Earlier Form. the Former
Due 70 the Great Bear.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: MAY
point out to your correspondent Mr.. H.
S. Preston that IN the earliest form on
record OF the word distributor" in the
sense zone who distributes" 1t is spelled
with the suf'ix "cr." II occurs IN the fol-
lowing passage from Wyhkin de worde's
works Vol H.. XXI. 1906 b. 80 true
and feythfui a distributor Of the cJun-
selles and graces OF God" Udall In
15is. Ben Jonson in 1914. Joseph Addison
in i7il and Warburton In 1873 all used
tho Same form The late Professor
fourth edition OF his Etymological Die
tionary G9l0)
We owe the form ending in ''or" to Dr.
Samuel Johnson, who although he spelled
the word distributor" In his dictionary,
used distributor" In his writings Her
bort Spencer also favored II. The stand
ard Dictionary records Of the word show
ana Walker In both forms known TO
Noah Webster and Joseph Worcester
only In the form distributor" that
none OF their successors from iSi7
to 1890 recognized distributor that not
until seven years after IL had been de-
hned by the Standard Dictionary as "a
distributing machine" in 1893, was It in
cluded by the late Or william T. Harris
in the supplement- to Websters interna-
tional that he tdited In 1900.
Etymologlcally the suffxes "er" and
or both denote a person or agent. az
in checker" gardener" "blotter," reap
err &c, "confessor.' "suo cessor.' gov
ernor." &C. but the oldl form liz the
form that has found favor with leNicog-
raphers
II Is curious that Mr.. Preston should
take exception to the form distributor"
when lettered on a produce wagon en-
gagged in distributing, Tor It's very purpose
l. that OF serving - a distributing ma
chine. FRANK H. VizErELiY.
NEW YORK. September 25
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, MYSTERIOUS Disappcarancr

To rHE EDITOR OF THE SUS--Sir, TIE
"as'ounding behavior OF cherry bounce"
as recorded in this mornings SrS. inter
,s'cd me so much that | consulted my
friend Hcrlock Sholm,s and 7 take pleas.
ure In giving his view OF the matter.
He appears 10 be- firmly NJ n" opinion
Your home has been feonious,y entered
and that the human agent invading II has
f,loniuus'y extracted the cherry bounce
from the sealed bottles and replaced IL
with water. lIe believes further that this
operation has always happened very soon
after YOU have left your summer home.
and the fact tina; the water stays IN the
bottles all winter accounts Cor the fact
that u is stale when opened in the spring
I would suggest when you lcave YOUR
summer home you carefully remove from
he outside Of the bottles all traces Of
finger prints THIS viii give you an op-
portun!ty Of obtaining some track or the
criminal next spring. Dr. WATSON.
Srw YORK, September 20.
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ng statements repeated by a neutral

Ing statements repeated by neutral
American who heard them from eye
witnesses; who was led to credit them
against his own previous Ideas Of what
was possible; whose responsibility is
sufficiently guaranteed: and who has
no partisan motive that we can lmag.
Inc for putting falsely on any of the
Governments now at war the shame Of
such misdeeds.
We areST!ingly regard the letter Of
Nr. Howard COPELAND to ex.Minister
SEwALL as one which 1t is proper for
THE sun TO print exactly as 1t was
written; and we submit 1t to the atten.
ton Of Germany's representatives here,
In order that 1t may he put to the test
OF truth primarily for the sake of that
great nation herself.
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This Irritation Is But Temporary

Mr.. McGnAw and his players need
not DE disconnected by the apparent
unkindness OF some Of those who were
their faithful followers and adulntors
in PROSPEROUS times. Those eminent
baseball players WHO from the grand
stands direct the game on the diamond
nre suffering temporary Irritation
from which they will soon recover.
Their fare Of Victories has been so con-
slant and so rich that they scarcely
know how defeat tastes. Moreover. II
Is the inherent and inallenable right
~ every attendant at ball game to
supply the strategy and lay down the
tactics; tnHt ~ what he pays his mouey
for, and what wonder Is Il that when
his freely given Instruction Is unneeded
e complains bitterly?
And here is curious thing: II is
always the unsuccessful play, the luck
less player, that reglects this volunteer
aud infalliblc aid. When the winning
streak Is on each disposition OF offence
and Of defence Is made as the bleach
critic would have Il; only when forum
uverts her face do the heads of the
PLAYERS assume that consistency so Wig
orously described by the onlookers In
cries Of "Solld worry
The Giants have brought many no.
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To-day's Nominations.

II can scarcely be expected that the
vote cast to-day In the primaries Will
represent more than fraction Of the
enrolled electors of the State. The pr.
mary system is new, there is no indl.
cation the voters have been convinced
that vital interests are at stake, and II
is an unfortunate fact that outside
events have disturbed the public mind
to degree watch rcieELtes domestic
affairs to the background.
Significance will particularly attach
10 the geographical distribution of the
10 the totals from rural districts be
small and the contests be decided over
whelmingly by the cities. a grave de
feet will he revealed. 10 the remedyins
OF which the efforts Of the direct pri-
mary adherents should be Immediately
devoted. To vote In urban communi.
ties Is comparatively simple. requiring
but little time. But in the country a
visit 10 the polls means in many cases
the loss Of half a day or day. a
matter of moment to those who must
suffer 1t.
II Is apparent that n the direct pri-
paries result in investing the large
towns win disproportonate power IN
the selection OF candidates the results
will not be representative, and the tn
equality will ultimately produce effects
that will not be tolerated by those
whose situation puts them at a disad-
vantage In a great crisis the rural
voters will unquestionably use thcir
strength. but the success of any plan
of popular rule depends on fully repre-
sentative voting at all times. not merely
when an emergency arises
Nobody wants 10 see the state ruled
by Its cities or by the country districts.
Its policies and administrators must
represent the opinions Of all sections
and all callings if satisfactory govern
ment Is 10 be attained.
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EDUCATORS DISAGREE
ON GERMAN DEFENCE
DR.. McCluskey BlameS Allies for
War-Dr. Sykes Does Not
Believe Charge.
DIR. BUTLER IS SILENT

The effort or German scholars o. .,t-
sympathy IN America for German s....
by Issuing stateme.ts to the pres. ...
discussed Yesterday with leading 1I....
istratIve officers of New York ur.v.... Us
Concerning the appeal OF two noted ..-
man scholars. rrofs Rudolf Eu.... ar.
Ernst Haeckcl. pripscd 100 TIM ST.. ..
Friday President Thomas J. M... ....
of Fordham University said.
Il do not believe that tItn.- I...
Haeckel or Prof Euckeu las trd..... ..
exaggeratlon. In nay opinion the. .,..
written not merely as patriots Bat
philosophers ami scientists os wei. I..a.
learned men have the highest s,.r..r.
In the scholastic world and have N-..',.
as any good Germans would urHa- ,..
circumstances. keeping strictly 20 ,u, ff...
az they see them " they have not ...
ten the whole truth 10 IL perhaps u... ...
IL has been impossible Tor them .. ....
all the facts on account OF ;hr s,f...
censorship now existing In Gsrme -y
DO not question that they have v-tte-
voluntarily upon their own in.tliiu, tr.
without any request or demand lIm..a
from governmental sources
Indeed | see nothing In the was 90
eXaggcration or oneslded1css n the t.ari.
ments Of these professors do not a.s..
tate to say that | myself could easily
come 10 the same conclusions from the
evidence as Il has been presented.
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Is tho New England Pie Doomed?

From Amherst. seat OF the MasSl-
chusetts State Agricultural College.
comes lament that there Is hardly n
family In town but would lose social
standing II It put pie on the breakfast
table. Yet the Concord philosophers
drew inspiration from the morning pie.
They cultivated literature upon II. The
truth is that moral courage Is almost
extinct among us.
II is sensltiveness unworthy Of the
best American traditions that accounts
for the decline Of pie as family ed
bic. The unhappy result Is that pie
making Is becoming a lost art In New
England. The Amherst protestant. who
must be a man Of pa rts and fibre. sounds
warning. II Is that perfect pies are
a secret OF ~ fcw old grandmother"
that will perish with them unless the
present generation takes greater In.
terest In pie. lie admits that the In.
vasion of foreign cooks who have tried
their prentice hand at crust making.
filing and baking with woful havoc 20
palate and indigestion iustlfics dlcilsts
in ohjecting 10 rhe pies usually served
In the American household, 1t must be-
granted that II there were no pie, to
he eaten hut those concocted by aliens
and turned out by factories ma squerad.
Ing under the name Of home bakeries
the fight for the old New England pie
would not be worth making
The men Of New England viii be
disloyal to the old stock II they do
not rally round the few good women
left to whom pie making NJ the Puritan
festival season Is part Of religion.
What an aching void there would be
after the well Drowned turkey was con.
sumcd to the last crisp If the pie made
from selected pumpkins, blended with
the freshest eggs the richest milk and
cunning spices lid not follow With It's
lnsepnnbIe companion that ma ster.
piece Of pastry. the mincc pie? To the
last flake Of crust those pies can b.
eaten with n divine relish. The New
England conscience Is In them. and in
evltably they are perfect. Angels Will
weep II the art IS forfeited by neglect
and Indifference
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table victories to New York. II high
success has turned the sharp edge OF
their endcavor, adversely will restore
them to the bard path of unrelenting
effort. II some OF them have passed
the hour of their usefulness they will
depart from us with the honors due
their records of not remote past.
Their SUCCESSORS will be welcomed with
that confidence Mr.. McGRAw's past per
formances Justify, and the opening
game of 1918 will find loyal public
eager to contribute its share to another
start for the pennant.
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The Northern Lights.

To THE EDITOR or TIE SUN--Str: /!
Mr. James H. Beale will consult Pro
fessor I.oom!s's treatise on "Nteteorology. "
a once standard work, on page lS9 he will
find that auroras are periodic having a
period. there stated At ftty-nine years.
with a subperiod OF Ten years Young :
Genera Astronomy" page ?07. a!ludes
to the connection between the sun spots and
aurornl periods. Cierkes History OF As
tronomy." page 2Ol, speaks OF the OBJ
scrvitions started by Wolf. Fritz and
others 20 establish this connection giving
period Of hfty-hve and one-haf years.
with a secular period OF 222 years Hector
Macpherson. IN his Romance OF Astron-
omy," pages 81 and "a, dweIls ON the
eleven year subperod and gives February,
1907. as the last brilliant auroral display.
T.. Il. ".
NEW HMGHToN. September 90.
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Dr.. Frederick II Sykes, pres'7en o
the Connecticut College for Woma- AMI
former director Of tho Teachers College .
Columbia, said
The Letter addressed NV pr~fs Trn-.
lIacckrl and Rudolph Euollcu .o the IN,
vers't'es Of America hos been widely d.-
GUESSED IN academic circles TN, wn.
mentous issues OF the present var p~
the fame OF the l'luS,rious writer, H-
surcd that the purpose Of the Letter ~ -
TO turn the current OF American onlr'
in our institutions Of education 20 q 'qy,r
able view az the German GoyarrT,rt '.
rs part In the present struggle IT,
I've Letter has failed in its purpose u..,
safely be inserted
In common with the America. ruh'
we have been well Informed or The Csu..
~ the war-hetter Informed we here'
thar the writers 81 the Letter We h..
tNese causes to he primarily po.I', p
rather than the hatred and rrv, Of i..
many asserted 10 characterize rival
7eighborng -ltIo-s. Nobody hated Ger.
many Nobody hated even tho Trls- a-s
except proh2hly the Bavar.ars and o..
Danes What eflect German deye'01nC. .
f""W1n pol'cv. the ethics Of tur Germ -
ruling class might have produced
'Ho rradmStpe. ~ WorIi raltf. p.- ..-...
table with the advent OF Germany .- .
world Power of the urst rank Is w
question; the re1dius'Ucnts We're. a' -'.
rate. under wly pracclh'y tu c...N 0n.'
ter OF the globe but that G'"m1n "0..
onmeut would have rcc"~s'iifrl Hr.
some day is q popular but ] n.. ...
mistaken htlirf
"Rut we know now with lu '..
matte papcrS ON the uh'r. chat t.'.
could have stopped 'uis Vy"-. t.Hr N....
would have drawn hark u.i ''
would have held of 'h'' l."- t0'
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The sealed njinn.

To TIE Enron or THE SUN--Sir' The
inquiry Of Mr.. o. 4, Nroom strikes a re-
srorslve chord in the heart u an old
"Hudson River Dutchman on August
% ! picked ten quarts of nice large ripe
via cherries. which | put in n large
earthenware crock and covered with one
gallon French alcohol, covered and set
away In warm room. ON October I |
expect TO pour of this highly colored al
cohol IN separate vessel Then cover
tho cherries again with boiling water and
when cool pour on said water and swecten
with sugar until II becomes a syrup. Thsn
when perfectly cool add the alcohol and
one bottle OF California brandy pu, II
into bottles. cork and seal. then?
Yours for the brotherhood of man.
w II. OngrL.