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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-03-06

A man was asked what was meant
by the expression "sive dollars per"
He was told it depended on the per-
son referred to. If it was preach
er it probably meant SIS per sermon;
if lawyer. SIS per hour; if an edit
or SIS perhaps.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-03-06

The county commissioners of
Bonner county have let the contract
for the building of three steel bridges.
two on the Eastport- Addie road and
one across the Peck river. The total
cost will be $1O.234, and the H. P.
Forbes Co., Ltd, of Caldwell was
the successful bidder.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-03-06

Mothers can tell that spring has
come from the way they half to
patch the holes in the knees of the
boys pants. They are busy now
playing marbles.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-03-06

A movement has been launched
by the business men of Nez Perez to
form stock company and erect a
$25, 900 brick hotel at that place.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-03-06
Up In a Balloon.

To remain motionless and watch the
earth fall away from you as rapidly as
a baseball falls from you when drop.
ped from a window is the sensation of
going up in balloon.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-03-06

There is only one cure for public dis
tress. and that is public education. d.
rected to make men thoughtful, merci-
full and just.-Ruskin.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-03-06

An error in the paper last week
stating the number of converts in the
meetings just closed. There were
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-03-06

1t appears to the writer that there
are lot of people in the different
counties over the state that are want
ing into the political ring and that
they think they will gain the conf
dence of the people by showing up
the short comings Of the officials in
office. This plan is being carried
out in several different counties in
the state and tits plan that will
never in the world ever gain a can
didate one single vote and if you
Mr.. Candidate want to be elected to
office let the other fellow alone and
boost your own end of the deal.
The old saying is God Hates a
Knocker'' so cut it out and play
the game fair.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-03-06

fifty seven converts and forty taken
into the Methodist church at the
close of the meetings.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30
Ancient Mexican Mask.

sembles that from Mexico that ! re-
produce them here so that others can
see the comparison. The ears Of the
Nebraska face show that they, also,
have been pierced and then broken
off. The Nebraska specimen is burned
as hard as the Mexican image.
cit Is interesting to surmise and
speculate upon how these two figures
bearing identical faces, should have
been parted by $500 miles of desert,
mountains and plains and great rivers.
1t could scarcely be an accident. Both
must have been made from the same
conception of god or general IA
cial type of a people. Was one a
COPY of the other, or were they each
copy of some great god SO well
known as to be worshiped by races
so widely separated as those of Ne
braska and southern Mexico?
"A Japanese friend, a graduate OF
Yale, and a man OF wide reading and
experience, assures me the Nebraska
head Is prehistoric Japanese In every
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30
WITH THE AID OF S0RCERY
Had a Chance to Recover
Buried Treasure.

An old Sandman woman named
Anna Romano has been arrested at
Eassari charged with obtaining money
under false pretensions.
The Italian penal code has no pro-
vision dealing with magic and conse-
QuentIy when Anna Romano was sur
prised at midnight by the police sur
rounded by several women holding
torches over hole she had excavated
Ga the courtyard Of house, despite
the fact that the women was openly
engaged ia magical practices. she was
accused of swindling money from the
credulous torch bearers.
The women admitted that they nao
given the sorceress money and all op'
posed her arrest, as they were con-
vinced she was on the point OF discov-
ering great treasure. The police &c
not believe in treasures, however, and
very likely Anna Romano will be SEN
fenced to long term of Imprisonment.
Strange as 1t may seem, the exist
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30
Sense Of Direction.

The apparently marvellous way In
which Indians, Eskimos and other
primitive people make their way
through forests, snow-covered areas
or other regions, which have little to
indicate direction to white newcomers,
has led to a widespread belief that
they possess a mysterious sixth sense
of direction. Vilhjalmur Stefanson, the
Arctic traveller, who has lived much
with Eskimos, is very skeptical about
the existence OF any superiority OF
sense of direction among primitive
peoples Of any kind, and gives strong
evidence from personal experience
that Eskimos have no such superior
ity. The ability of Indians and others
to find their way he attributes solely
to their familiarity with the country
through which they are travelling.
They note many things that they have
seen before and that have no signift'
canoe to the stranger in their land.
White men can and do acquire the
same ability to find their way when
they have learned to know a coun-
try. When the land is equally strange
to the white man and the Indian or
Eskimo, the white man, because OF
his better developed reasoning pow
er, is more likely to have correct
line of direction than the Eskimo.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30
WATCH THE GROWING CHILD
Same Supervision Should Be Exer1
clsed In the Schoolroom az Ia
Natural at Homo.

Two problems concerning the health
and physical and mental development
Of child confront thoughtful parents
today, consideration of the child OUT
side of school and attention 60 its en-
vironment within the school, according
to writer in the Journal OF the
American Medical association.
whether in country or in city" he
says, 'the home influence on it's
health is most important. A constant
and controllable factor Is its food,
Herein lies the home responsibility
of the mother. She must learn that
the food of the growing child Is next
only in Importance to it's feeding as
an infant; and that the greatest good
comes to 1t from plain, nutritious, well
cooked and easily digested food; that
It needs certain food for body struc-
ture and other foods to supply heat
and energy.
"A child should frolic and romp
and play because there Is naturai
relation between such muscular
activity and the proper performance
of such food material in carrying ON
their functions. The mother must also
realize that rest is as important TOT
the child as play, and that sutficient
quiet, restful sleep does its equal part
in storing energy and bringing aDou.
perfect development. Children neeu
sunshine and fresh air, and at nlghC
should sleep in we'll ventilated room
with the windows we'll down from the
top. They should be bathed regular
ly and properly clothed.
"But no matter how well fed anu
clothed. how clean and well nourisheo
previous to it's admission to scnooi'
the parents interest must follow the
child to the school room and see tna1
such environment does not undermine
it's health Herein lies the RESPONSE
bility Of the father, as a citizen ana
taxpayer. 1t is his money that main
tains the school, and It Is his duty 10
see that his child is not forced INTO
an overcrowded, poorly ventilated
overheated classroom, compelled 10
breathe for five hours day the ex-
pirations from forty or fifty pairs OF
lungs, and it's condition so weakened
as to render 1t vulnerable to the at
lacks of infectious disease.
"Any one, on reflection, will be I'M
pressed with the futility Of expecting
maximum progression. physical ana
mental, where children are housed III
overcrowded classrooms with little or
no moisture in the air, compelled 10
breathe dry, vitiated air, and to at.
tempt mental tasks with suffocated
brain cells deprived If natures gen.
erous supply of oxygen. This Is the
condition in large number OF schooi
rooms throughout the land today.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30

| little pasteboard box like wedding-cake
with blue ribbon around it. She was
showing l. to Miss Matte Sue yester-
day. She was telling her all about It.
She said all the women there showed
each other their cuts and Dragged
about how long they were"
"You certainly have highly devel-
oped taste for the dramatic" said
| Shirley. 81 wonder what your next
effort will be-"
TITS tomorrow" Hickey informed
her. Were going to have the duel
between Valiant and Sassoon."
| The smile was stricken from John
Valiant's face. A duel--the duel-be-
tween Valiant and Sasseon! He felt
his blood beat quickly. Had there
been such thing in his fathers life?
Was that what had bliglited it?
only not here where it really hap.
pened, but in the Meredith orchard.
Greenie's going to be"
"Ah ain'!" contradicted GREENE.
"Ah ain gwineter be dat Valiant, no
howl"
"You are, tool" insisted Hickey,
wrathfully. you needn't be so pickety
| and choosety-and after she kills Sas-
soon, we put the bloodhounds on her
trail"
GREENE Uttered. 'Dey aim no dawg
aroun' heah'd tech me-" she said, zen
sides"
but, Hickey" Shirley interposed,
that wasn't a murder. That was a
duel between gentlemen. They don't
II know it." assented Hickey cheer
fully. But 1t makes it more exciting.
Will you come, Miss Shirley, deed and
double? I won't charge you any ad-
mission"
II can't promise" said Shirley. "By
the way isn't 1t about time Miss Mat
tie Sue had her tear"
"It certainly is, Miss Shirley" said
Hickey, with penitent emphasis. Il
! clean forgot 1t, and she'll row me up
the gump-stump! Come on. Greenie,"
and she started off through the
bushes.
Shirley looked at Valiant with a
deepening of her dimple. hickey
isn't, an aristocrat," she said; shes
what we call here poor-white. but she's
got heart of gold. She's an orphan,
and the neighborhood in general, and
Miss Matte Sue Mabry in particular,
have adopted her."
He hardly heard her words for the
painful wonder that was holding him.
His father had taken a mans life.
Was it this thought-whatever the
provocation. however justified by the
customs of the time and section
that had driven him to self-exile? He
recalled himself with an effort. for
she was speaking again.
you've found Lovers Leap. no
doubt?"
mo. This is the first time I've
been so far from the house. Is it near
here?"
"I'll show 1t to you" She held out
her hand for the bunch OF jessamine
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30
WOULD HAVE HAD THE MONEY
shah's cold-Blooded Suggestion to
English Monarch-Why the
Prince Left Whites Club.

An amusing story Of particular In.
terest at the moment is told concern
ing the duke of Sutherland by Lord
Sufield in my Memories" When the
shah of Persia visited this country, the
tate King Edward, who was thea
prince of Wales. ted him that the
duke of Sutherland owned large es-
tates in Scotland, as well as in Eng
land. The shah is alleged to have
said: HE must be very rich. OF
course. when you come to the throne
you will" And here he made an ex-
pressive gesture with his finger across
his throat.
Lord Suffeld was on close terms OF
intimacy with the late king. who. al
though he had the reputation OF ana
bility and geniaiity. drew very plainly
the limits which guarded his dignity
On one occasion his late majesty was
leaving Whites club, and began to
light cigar in room in which people
did not usually smoke Some oficious
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30
Skate on Salt.

A skating rink made of salt was
recently exhibited and skated upon at
the Berlin Zoo" Walter Isendahl, In
the Scientific American, says 1t was
produced by purely chemical means
and without the employment or q
costly refrigerating process. 1t re-
sembled ice in every way, was odor-
less and proof against any heat below
Sc degrees Fahrenl cit.
This salt rink vas made after
process invented and patented by Dr.
Edward Arnold. 1t can be applied
over wood, cement or asphalt, or
boards can be coated with it and as
sembled to form floors. 1t is applied
In successive layers and the SNOW
abraded by the skates can be collect
ed and melted with fresh material
The quantity required for q single
layer is about one-fifth OF a pound
per square foot. A fresh layer applied
twice a week suffices to keep an ordi-
nary rink in repair.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30

Will have to walt for another season,
but there's water and pasture for cat
tie now. There's timber-lots of it
on that hillside, too, / must look into
that"
He filled his pipe and climbed the
staircase to the upper floor. There
were many bedrooms with great four
posted, canopied beds and old-fash-
toned carved furniture of mahogany
and curlymaple, and in one he found
a great cedar-lined chest filled with
bedlinen and napery. In these rooms
| were more evidences of decay. The
! bedroom he mentally chose for his
.Swn was the plainest of all, and was
above the library, fronting the vaga-
bond garden. 1t had great black
desk with many glass-knobbed draw
ers and book-rack.
He fingered longest in room
| whose door was painted The Hilarium.
1t had evidently been nursery and
schoolroom. Here on the walls were
many shelves wound over with net
works Of cobwebs, and piled with the
oldest assembiage of toys. There
were school-books, too, thumbed and
dog-eared, from First Reader to
Caesars Gallo Wars, with names of
small Valiants scrawled on their fly
leaves. He carefully relocked the door
of this room; he wanted to dust those
toys and books with his own hands.
In the upper hall again he leaned
from the window, shifting the far
flung scent of orchards and peach
blown fence-rows. The soft whirring
sound Of birds wing went past, al
most brushing his startled face, and
the old oaks seemed to stretch their
bent limbs with a faithful brute-like
yawn of pleasure. In the room below
he could hear the vigorous sound of
Aunt Daphne's hard-driven. broom and
the sound flooded the echoing space
with q comfortable commotion.
He went to his trunk and fished out
a soft shirt on which he knotted a
loose tie, exchanged his Panama for
SLOUGH hat and whistling the bar
carole from Tales OF Hoffman,, went
gaily out. Il feel tremendously alive
IOudys lie COuHUGu W the Jug, do NC
tramped through the lush grass. IF
you see me ladle the muck out of
that fountain with my own fair hands,
don't have fit. I'm liable to do any
thing"
His eye swept up and down the
slope. There probably isn't finer
site for a house in the whole South"
he told himself. 1.-THE living-rooms
front south and west. Well get
scrumptious sunsets from that back
porch. And on the other side there's
the view clear to the Blue Ridge"
He skirted the lake. "Only to grub
out some of the lilies-there's too
many of them-and straighten the
rim-and weed the pebble margin to
give those green rocks show. I'll
build little wharf below them to dive
from, and-yes, I'll stock it with
spotted trout"
He was but a few hundred yards
from the house, yet the silence was so
deep that there might have been no
habitation within fifty miles. All at
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30

ence of the treasure is corroborated by
fact. Anna Romano is in possession
of document written in the sixteenth
century in which it is related that a
wealthy woman of Sassari, fearing a
French invasion, hid all the money,
jewels and plate she owned in a Sc
cluded place.
This woman was subsequently MUIR
dered and her body was buried in the
courtyard of her house. A faithful
servant knew that her mistress wore
around her neck a locket containing
the document, with the description OF
the place where the treasure had been
hidden.
When Anna Romano was arrested
she had just discovered the corpse OF
the murdered woman and the locket
with the secret document. The police
found the locket but not the document.
New York Sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30
SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant, rich society favorite,
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
poration which his father founded and
which was the principal source of his
wealth, has failed. He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist of an old motor car. a
white bull dog and Damory court, neg
Iected estate in Virginia. On the way to
Damory court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge. an authenticated beauty. and de-
cides that he is going to like Virginia inn
mensely. Shirley's mother, Mrs. Dand-
ridge. and Major Bristow exchange rem
iniscences during which it is revealed
that the major. Valiant's father, and a
man named Sassoon were rivals for the
hand OF Mrs. cambridge in her youth.
Sassoon and Valiant fought duel on her
account in which the former was killed.
Valiant finds Damory court overgrown
with weeds and creepers and the build
ings In o very much neglected condition.
Valiant explores his ancestral home. He
is surprised by q fox hunting party which
tnvades his estate. He recognizes Shirley
ct tho head of the party. He gives sane
tuary to the cornered fox. Gossips dis
cuss the advent of the new owner and re-
call the tragedy in which the elder Val
f9nt took part.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30
STORY OF OLD RACE
More information Regarding an
Ancient People Found.
Evidences Accommodating TO Show
That Population of Missouri Val
ley in Prehistoric Times Came
From South America.

Omaha, Neb.--"Evidences are ac-
cumulating to show that the ancient
people who in prehistoric times so
thickly populated the Missouri, Val
ley originally came from Mexico, Cen
trail America, or even South America,
and there has just come to light what
appears to be one more link in this
chain Of proof, says Prof. r. l.. Glider.
archaeologist, University of Nebraska.
What appears to be more than a
coincidence presents itself through a
queer-looking face mask secured by
G. N. Dietz, Of this city, from a cav
ern in the Mexican state of Morelos,
about $50 miles south of the City OF
Mexico. The coincidence comes from
the fact that several years ago, while
pursuing an archaeological survey In
Sarpy county, Nebraska, l discovered
fgurine which, placed side by side
with the ancient Mexican mask. Is
almost an exact counterpart of the lat
ter figure, which came from a sacred
cave $500 miles south of the point
where my figurine was discovered.
"The Mexican mask shows that IL
was intended for suspension, possibly
In some sacred chamber, as 1t ap'
pears to represent a deity of the peo-
pie to whom it originally belonged
The ears are pierced for rings and
the facial expression is one of type
not seen nowadays. The eyes are
mongoloid, the nose well defined and
devoid of apertures. The mouth Is
opened and gives the mask the ap"
pearance of a person laughing. 1t Is
made of clay and is burned very hard
1.-THE Nebraska face SO closely re-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30
Firinu Hioh.

Bishop Boyd Carpenter. az report
ed in the London Times:
Instead Of saying to the children,
You shall not do this or that they
should say, You should keep the
whole of that great organism which
God has put into your care. with its
delicate forces. physical, moral, and
intellectual. in such a state of health
full activity that they shall be com
bined in your own individuality IN
such sort as to be real powers fol
good through the whole length Of YOU
days."
Harold continuing to pull the cats
taiD-"What did you say. motker?
lShe says 1t again. Punch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30

an attempt was made to regain pos
session of fugitive slave 1t was de-
cided that no man in Great Britain
could be held as slave. An act for
the abolition of slavery throughout the
British colonies was passed by the
British parliament, chiefly through the
exertions of Wilberforce, in 1888, and
on August 1, 1884, nearly 5000 slaves
became free. Their owners were COM
pensated by the British government to
the extent OF s20,O00.00o sterling.
Slavery was abolished in the East
Indies, then under the control of the
East India company, in 1888. Great
Britain hal nothing to do with slavery
in South America or the United States.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30

once he stopped short; there was a
sudden movement in the thicket be-
yond-the sound of light fast footballs.
as of some one running away.
He made lunge for the dog, but
with a growl Chum tore himself from
the restraining grasp and dashed into
the bushes. "a child, no doubt" he
thought as he plunged in pursuit. "and
that lubberly brute will scare it half
to DEATH"
He pulled up with an exclamation.
In a narrow wood-path little way
from him, partly hidden by wind
fall, stood a girl, her skirt transfixed
with wickedly jagged sapling. He
saw instantly how it had happened;
the windfall had blocked the way, and
she had sprung clear over it, not
noting the screened spear, which now
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30
Worlds Debt to Humphrey Davy.

Humphrey Davy, poor apprentice
to a country chemist, was born at
Penzance, England, 177S. He became
the most eminent scientist of his day.
He made the safety lamps now used
in coal mines. And just before his
death In 1929 gave us the electric
light. Davy made his first expert
nlents In candle light. Today the light
known as Barnegat light, off the New
Jersey coast, is equal to So.000.OOO
candles.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30
BOY MINDS BABY; HANGS SELF
Young Lad Makes Good Threat to
Mother When Left to Watch
N Child.

Knoxville, Tenn.-"Mind the baby
while I'm gone." Mrs. Lawson Smith
of Fish Springs told her ten-year-old
son as she left home to call on a
neighbDr.
iii be hanged If do" replied the
l2boy. ~
When Mrs. Smith returned home
two hours later. she found the boy
had tied rope around his neck. tied
it to limb of ali apple tree. climbed
the fence and then jumped. He was
dead
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30
Fertile Rhine Valley.

The climate of the Rhine valley Ia
warmer than in most other parts OF
Germany. and is consequently more IA
vorable than other regions for the cuh
tivation of tobacco. grapes and corn.
The humidity of the valley is excess
sive, sunshine is quite limited. and the
annual precipitation ranges from "a
to 81 inches.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30

official came up and said so, and the
prince replied, quite pleasantly, that
he was just going. The official retorted.
rather rudely, that the club rules must
be observed, no matter who the mem.
Der was, and the prince, without an
other word, left the club, and with
drew his name next day. The MARI
borough owes its existence to that lit
tie lapse or lack of tact on the part
of one Of Whites people.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30
Where Sentiment Stops.

Mary Johnston in her book. "Ha.
gar" has Mrs. Green, one of the char.
acters, reply to the heroine's wish that
she could make money by saying: "It
amt so easy for women to make
money. There's more ways they can't
than they can. It's what they call
Sentiment fights them. Sentiment
don't mind their being industrious, but
1t draws the line at their getting
money for It"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-30


and laid It on the broad roots of q
tree that were notified with lichen.
Look there" she said suddenly;
isn't that beauty?"
She was pointing to jimson-weed
on which had settled, with CLASSY
wings vibrating, long. ungainly.
needlelike insect with an odd sword
like beak. What is that?" he asked.
"A snake-doctor. II Unc' Jefferson
were here he'd say. Beta watch
out! Dah's er snek roun' erbout heah,
shot He'll fill you full Of darby
superstitions.
Suddenly the slim path between the
trees took quick turn. and fell away
at their feet. There" she said. This
is the finest view at Damory Court"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)