Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1915-03-12
The Cucumber Disease.

an amendment to the agricultural ap-
| preparation bill appropriating $4,000
| for the investigating Of the cucumber
/ disease. Naturally most people think
he was joking, since the cucumber is
/ as thoroughly established in the Amer
/ lean nation as the Smith family. and
/ its ability for doubling up members
Of the human race has been display
ed every summer since Pocahontas and
/ Captain John Smith and the Judge"
watched the gardeners NOW the hay,
| in colonial Virginia. Somebody has
/ recalled that Eugene Field immortaliz-
ed the disastrous effects of the little
peach in the orchard grew" In be-
half of the cucumber family it has
been suggested that the government
might spend special appropriation
on it to determine more of its history,
and the cause and effect that plays
so prominant part in its operations
within the human stomach.
/ Favor a Gag Rule.
| Forty-one Democratic senators have
gone on record in favor Of rule to
apply the cloture and limit debate,
and probabilities are that the ques-
! ton will be met at the next session
/ Of Congress. Heretofore senators
have been privileged to talk as long
as their powers of human endurance
would sustain them. The theory has
prevailed that the Senate is a deliber-
/ alive body and should not be restrain
| ed in the full consideration of all mat
tiers of legislation A great many of
the senators have felt that this prin-
ciple has been so abused by reason of
flibustering methods and the like, that
it is high time that some restraint
should be placed upon the indiscrim
mate use of debates, the object of
which is. to defeat legislation that is
greatly desired either by the admin
istration, Congress or the country.
No Hickory Switches Needed.
There has been considerable spec
ulation as to just what the admins
tration would do with the obstreper-
Gus Democrats who joined in the fill
buster against the shipping bill, and
! lent their aid to other measures in
/ opposition to the President. A good
many people at the national capital
thought they could see trouble ahead
( for the factionists in the Democratic
party, but indications are that the
olive branch hangs on the mantle at
+the White House and will be used in
place of the hickory or birch switch.
Government as Soft Snap.
/ Commissioner Brownlow, of the
( District Of Columbia, asserts that
when we learn to repay the benefit
for the benefits we receive from it;
when we get away from the idea of
using the Government as soft snap,
then government ownership will be a
practical possibility.
Importance is attached to the re-
marks from the fact that Mr.. Brown
low is one of the more recent appoint
ees to a prominent position by Pres
ident Wilson.
Danger From Sparkling.
The forest service says that there
were SOB fires on the national forest
purchase areas in the eastern states
during 1914. and 319 Of these were
caused by sparks from locomotives.
out of PIP fires in Virginia alone,
227 were from locomotive sparks.
President Taboos the 400"
President Wilson recently declared
that the world could dispense with
high society and never miss it; where
upon some Of the Fashionable set re-
piled to the effect that people Of
wealth. refinement and education, who
in a large measure constitute what is
known as the best society are as
valuable to the world and its affairs
as any other class of people. a close
reading of what the President said
does not indicate that he was attack
ing worthy people, but simply meant
to pay his lack Of respect" to the
silly ounces who are most conspicuous
in the world because Of their attempts
at putting on airs.
The Income Tax.
In order to be certain that all in
come tax statements shall be filed in
time a penalty of not exceeding $4,000
is provided in the federal law. There
fore, all people who have not made
their proper report March 1, should
hasten to make settlement for their
absent mindedness.
Lucky Commissioners.
Perhaps the best position in the
government is that Of membership of
the new Federal Trade Commission
since il paws $4,000 a year. and after