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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-16

stamp; large combinations. are look
ing for them as leaders. Merchants
need them, insurance companies are
looking for them; they are wanted
everywhere in the business world. In
all walks of life.
The world wants leaders, men with
great executive ability, men with
stamina, men who have an abundance
OF iron in their blood and lime In
their backbone. 1t needs aggressive
men, men whose blood is full of posi-
tive force, men Of grit and stamina
these are the men who make things
move.'
The man who is wanted everywhere
today Is a born winner, the man who
is victory organized, the man who has
the habit of victory. These natural
winners have great self-confidence as
well as determination. They have CO.
lossal self-faith in their ability to over
come obstacles.
These great positive, forceful char
acters are optimistic. Their ability is
not weakened by doubts and fears
and hesitations; they do not worry;
they are not able to do che things
they undertake. These are the sort Of
men that accomplish the great things
of the world, the giants that turn
neither to the right nor to the left,
who do not go over, around or under
obstacles, but through them, and are
always equal to the occasion.
II you are ambitious to be some
thing more than an average individ-
crowd and stand for something in
particular, you must not do things as
everybody else does them; you must
inject superiority into everything you
do; you must be original, inventive,
r~esourceful.
If you expect to become an import
ant figure in the world of commerce
a captain of industry, instead of a com
mon soldier in the field of labor, yor
must put your shoulder to the wheel
Some of the best people ever known
good companions, splendid friends
and extremely agreeable-have nevel
accomplished anything worthy of theil
ability, simply because they had NJ
stamina, or grit. They were tame
commonplace; they lacked the fire
force, the originality and the pusl
that accomplish things.
People whose blood is full of posi-
tive force are the leaders, the aggres
sive men who get to the front. The!
, do not lag and loiter behind, waiting
, to be attacked. They take the init
J alive and push ahead, regardless o
obstacles. They go through life TAX
: ing it for granted that they shall cor
troll their surroundings; they ar
convinced that there is but n pow
err in the universe, and that they ar
D a part of that power. They act as
D they had their trolley pole upon tn
great trolley wire of infinite power
; and that they are equal to any tasl
( no matter how great.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-16
MAN WHO CAN DO THINGS is IN
DEMAND.

When Mayor Mitchell of New York
was discussing Colonel Goethals, who
has won worldwide renown for his
mastery construction of the Panama
canal, for the head Of the police de,
partment, he said he wanted the big
gest man in America for the job.
The man who is in most demand
everywhere today is the man who car
do things, the man with a vigorous
initiative and the quality of fine lead.
ership, the man who can create some
thing, the man with resourcefulness,
the man of productive power.
There are plenty of men who can
do routine work, who can follow pre-
scribed lines, carry out in detail a
program which others make, but the
man of original sorce, of constructive
energy. who can get out of the beaten
track and blaze away for others is as
rare as he is valuable.
There is always a big premium on
the man of original ideas, progress.
sive methods, the nan of productive
force, the thinker. There is an adj
vertisement up at the door of every
house of human endeavor for such a
man. Great business concerns are
securing the country for men of this
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-16
OIL KING NOT lNFALLIBLE
shrewd as He Must Be Acknowledged,
He Has Made a Number OF
Bad Investments.

Queen Elizabeth was an illustrious
ruler. but she spelled the word sover-
eign in seven different ways. John d.
Rockefeller carries the worlds best
filed purse, but it contains many
things of little value.
The richest man is no more infal'
lible in picking winners than Eng
lands foremost queen was infallible
when describing her own job. You
would think that Mr.. Rockefeller
couldn't make a mistake when invest
ing money. His inside information
should be copper riveted and all that
sort Of thing.
But in the list Of stocks and bonds
which the oil king set aside for the
Rockefeller foundation l observe a fair
assortment of securities. which, If NOT
exactly "cats and dogs" + still moi
strictly gilt edge. "Girard" writes in
the Philadelphia Ledger. For example
16.602 shares Of International Mercan
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-16

The Belgian king is great-grandson
of Louis Philippe. and if. there were
thought of returning to a monarchy he
would be in the line of succession. He
would be a very popular aspirant. in
view of his course in the war.
One of the honors proposed for him
by his Partisan admirers is to change
the name of the Avenue du Bots de
Boulogne to the Avenue Albert /. This
is the thoroughfare by which all SOY.
ereigns visiting Paris ire conducted
from the Bots station to their head.
quarters in the city,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-16
PIoUET WAR IN TRENCHES
Soldiers Have Regular Championship
Matches Along the Battle
Lines.

Paris.-Piquet, say the Figaro, is
the favorite diversion of the French
troops in the trenches along the bat
tie lines. Some remarkable games are
played between the crack players OF
the different companies.
Many of the contests are broken
off suddenly by the bursting of shrap-
mel in or near the trenches. Not in
frequently a game ends in a dead"
hand when some unfortunate player
passes out" forever while holding the
winning cards.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-16

Girl Shopper-Why did you mako
that poor salesman pull down all that
stun and then not buy anythingf"
Second Ditto-Why. the mean tsH
low was in a car yesterday and nevei
offered me his seat, though l locked
right at him; SO I Just decided 1 would
get even.-Boston Transcript "
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-16

in America Of the amber-bearing
N district and the lake district Of
~ East Prussia, one of the most
important parts of the eastern
theater of the European val. The
National Geographical society gives
an interesting description of this re-
gion.
Samland is an unsung strip OF
cherries plain from which the whole
known world has purchased for cen
turtles. 1t is the heart of ancient am
berland, and it has remained virtually
unknown to the ultimate consumers OF
it's product from early Phoenician times
down to the present day. 1t still sup
plies the bulk of the worlds amber,
and the pipe-stem or cigar-holder or
Jewel that is of this fragrant, trans
lucent substance was likely gathered
in it's manufactured state on the
beaches, in the sand mines or from
low water around this peninsula.
Samland is an oblong arm of East
Prussia, IS miles in breadth, and
reaching out 43 miles toward the Bal
lS 5Sd' IL iSo SOHS OhO ~
miles from the Russian frontier, and
the soldiers of Russia who recently
crossed its fiat, southernmost
stretches first drew attention toward
it.
K~oenigsberg the Amber Center.
Koenigsberg, the capital of East
Prussia and the central amber mar
ket, is situated at the southwestern
corner of the amber-producing terri
tory upon the Pregel river. Much o.
the amber produced is worked il
Koenigsberg, and quantities are sen
to Vienna, where it was manufacturer
into all sorts of smoking appliances
Amber heads form an especially larg,
item in the Koenigsberg trade, ant
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-16

their debts. from the highest to the
lowest"
by the beard of the prophet"
Numbered the sultan, 'he is too gosh
burned personal"
Whereupon the Sublime Porte abro-
gated all scraps of paper. formerly
known as treaties.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-16
loo Reminiscent.

Miss Jennie did not seem to like
my song at all"
mo wonder. when she has a tele-
phone job"
What has her job to do with my
singing?"
Very much, when you selected, I
Hear You Calling Me-"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-16
ALBERT is IDOL OF FRENCH
Belgian Monarch as King Of France
and Belgium Is Cry of
Parisians.

Paris.-"Albert l, king Of the French
and of the Befgians," was the inscrip-
ton recently cut on a few sous by a
French engraver to amuse himself.
says the Oeuvre, and already people
who have seen the inscription or
heard of it are crying. That's not
such q bad idea"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-16
TWO kaIsers wien Allies.

London.-Two Kaisers are now with
the British forces, Percy Kaiser Of
Hull, in the navy, and his brother.
Frederick, with Kitchener's new army
They are of English birth and parent
age.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-16
Unconditional.

"Many years 6 a great battle vas
fought on this plain. see two armies
clash. Thousands fall to rise no more.
The ground is drenched with blood.
Horriblel Horrible!"
Control yourself. All I see is an TN
usually fine crop of wheat"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-16
Correct.

Hi-What course is Sarah studying
at that boarding school?
Sill can't remember but I think
it's cosmetics.-Stanford Chapparal
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-16
GETTING Into Trouble.

The sultan was slightly peeved.
"He is a venerable man. this mis-
sionary," explained the grand vizier.
I'but he teaches that all should pay
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-16
Form ReoIment OF Amarons,

Constantinople.-Many women In
Constantinople have armed them.
selves, a dispatch says, and declare
they win form a regiment Of amazons
and 60 TO the 'front.'
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-16

MALL indeed is the knowledge
in America Of the amber-bearing
N district and the lake district of
- East Prussia, one of the most
important parts of the eastern
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-06-18
DARIUS

The neigh of horse made Darius
King of Persia, the six contending
powers for the throne agreeing among
themselves that the one whose horse
should neigh first should possess the
kingdom This ancient method Of
settling disputes among politicians
could be revived with profit today
If our partisan factions and petty pol
iticians could only settle their dis
putes by the neigh of horse, the
bark of dog or the bray of a donkey,
1t would be great blessing and would
give our citizens a better opportunity
to pursue the vocations of industry
free from political strife
Let those who pick political plums
by raising rows and who flash swords
dripping in the blood Of industry un-
derstand that they cannot turn the
public forum into a political arena and
by clash Of personal aspirations
still the hammer and stop the plow
and that their quarrels must be settled
In the back alleys Of civilization.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-06-18
HELP GET RID OF WEEDS

The weed problem in Idaho is SER
fious. 1t needs immediate attention.
None of our worst weeds are native
to Idaho. They were imported with
the agricultural seeds and commercial
feeding stuffs. They are being dis
tributed each year in this same way
and by natural agencies as wind and
water.
The pure seed law of Idaho was
created as an emergency act to check
the importation and distribution of
noxious weeds. 1t can never accom-
plish this purpose alone. We must
get at the root of this evil as we'll
as at the roots of the weeds and ex-
terminate the noxious weeds from
the fields, roadsides, banks of irriga-
tion bitches and railroad property.
Do you realize the enormous loss
to the farmers in the United States
each year from weeds? 1t amounts
to several million dollars. Weeds
are responsible for loss of many
dollars to every farmer who tolerates
them on his farm.
Weeds crowd out economic plants.
They use up the moisture and plant
food that should go to increase yield
attract fungous diseases as the rusts
of small grains and injurious insects
as the grasshopper, Colorado potato
beetle and cutworms. Some of the
weeds are harmful to stock because
they have barbed seed or are poison
GUS.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-06-18
MORELAND

Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Furniss and
children went to Pocatello, Monday,
to see the big circus.
Many farmers are through block
ing and thinning beets for this sea-
SON and they feel like rejoicing over
the matter, however, beets are look
sng good and all are hoping for
heavy yields.
Mrs. Lillian Armstrong, who has
been spending a few months with
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Gaffner, left for
her home in Colorado on Wednesday
of this week.
Mrs. ]. ] Spicer made trip to
,Pocatello, Wednesday, to see DR..
Clothier regarding her eyes, which
have been giving her much trouble
for several months.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Pierce and child
rem have moved from Blackfoot to
Moreland, where they will make their
home for while.
John Chajock, a young Russian
who has spent three years in Canada
and arrived here about one month
ago filing on homestead west of
Moreland, is much pleased with this
country. He said, Russia no good
Canada not much good, but America
very fine land"
A number of Moreland people at
tended M. |. A. conference in Salt
Lake City the latter part of last week
and first of this week as follows:
Bishop England, w. H. England,
Misses Jennie and Delphia Williams,
Mrs. w. P. Lindsay, w. ]. Lindsay,
Mrs. Anna Jordan, Mrs. Emma Cad
des, Miss Lila Liljinquist and ]. H.
Hammond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Ellis, Jr, have
new arrival in the shape of little
boy at their home. They have a dry
farm in Bannock county and are
much pleased over this addition to
their family.
Mrs. Anna Jordan has made quite
an improvement on her property in
west Moreland' by adding a poarch
and repainting which adds much to
the appearance of the building.
Miss Alta England, of Moreland,
and George Standers, of Thomas,
were married few evenings ago in
the Salt Lake temple, returning home
Monday morning. 1t is not fair for
1.-THE Thomas boys to take our More
land girls. Be more careful 'fellers.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-06-18
THEMISTOCLES

When Themistocles was asked by
his host at dinner party to enter
tain the guests by playing the lutte, he
replied that he could not play the
fiddle, but that he could make small
town great city We have in this
nation many politicians who are good
"iddlers," but they cannot make a
small town great city We are over
run with orators who can play upon
the passions Of the people, but they
can't put brick and mortar together
We need builders
Let those who hunger and thirst for
power understand that the highest
glory Of statesman is to construct,
and that it is better for man that he
should build public highway than
that he should become Governor of
state, and that he start plow than
that he become the author of a law.
The true test of craftsmanship is the
pillow and the hammer, so let these
who would govern. first build.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-06-18
FREE PORTS
BUILDERS Of
COMMERCE
CONGRESS SHOULD GIVE THEM
PREFERENCE IN APPRo-
PRiATIoNs.
BY Peter Radford.

This nation is now entering upon
an era Of marine development. The
wreckage Of European commerce has
drifted to our shores and the world
war Is making unprecedented de-
mands for the products Of farm and
factory. In transportation facilities
on land we lead the world but our port
facilities are inadequate, and our flag
is seldom seen in foreign ports. II
our government would only divert the
energy we have displayed in conquer
ing the railroads to mastering the
commerce of the sea-. a foreign bot
tom would be unknown on the oceans
highways.
This article will be confined to a
discussion of our ports for the pro-
ducts of the farm must pass over our
wharfs before reaching the water. We
have in this nation 81 ports, Of which
Al are on the Atlantic and 10 are on
the Pacific Coast. The Sixty-second
Congress appropriated over $51,00O..
600 for improving our Rivers and
Harbors and private enterprise levies
toll Of approximately $50,O00,OOO
annually in wharfage and charges for
which no tangible service is rendered.
The latter item should be lifted of
the backs of the farmer of this ma
ton and this can be done by Congress
directing its appropriations to ports
that are free where vessels can tie up
to wharf and discharge her cargo
free of any fee or charge.
A free port is progress. It takes
out the unnecessary link in the chain
of transactions in commerce which
has for centuries laid heavy hand
upon commerce. No movement is SO
heavily laden with results or will
more widely and equally distribute
its benefits as that of free port
and none can be more easily and ef-
fectively secured
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-06-18
MoKAY

Charlie MCGEE was down from
Mackay, Wednesday, and went to Po-
catello.
Mrs: s. X. Paxton and her daught-
er, Mrs. DR.. Athur, came down from
Mackay, Wednesday, on their way to
Rigby.
Mrs. d. B. Drake and her daughter,
Mrs. Seth Burstedt, who went to Will
waukee three weeks ago, returned to
their home at May, Thursday.
Mrs. T. c. Waddups and Mrs.
Beverland came down from Moore,
Saturday, on their way to aSlt Lake.
Miss Winnifred Biethan returned
Friday from Arco where she had been
with her sister for couple of weeks.
Miss Fannie jackson arrived here
Friday from Drakesboro, Kentucky,
to spend the summer with her cous-
in, Mrs. M. r. Simmons.
John Jamison went to Salt Lake
last week and exchanged his farm
near Leslie for an apartment house
in Salt Lake City and will remove
his family there right away. w. R.
Buist is the new owner of the farm.
H. F. Scissor, of Taber, is build
ing new hotel at Camas, 30x40
feet in size and two stories high. 1t
will contain 16 rooms. Mrs. Scissor
is planning to open millinery store
at Camas.
w. T. England returned Monday
morning from Salt Lake City.
George Standard, of Thomas, and
Miss Alta England, of Moreland, were
married at Salt Lake, Wednesday
the ninth of June.
|. Christian Anderson, of Shelley,
took fishing trip to Lost river, Mon
day.
A. P. Benson and wife, of More
land, returned Saturday from trip
to Salt Lake.
L Mrs. W. H. Leaton, of Challis,
went to Salt Lake, Saturday, to visit
her sister.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-06-18
THE VITAL PROBLEM OF
AGRICULTURE
BY Peter Radford.

There is no escaping the market
problem and the highest development
of agriculture will not be attained
until it is solved, for a market
is as necessary for the producer
as land on which to grow his crop.
Governmental and educational insti-
buttons have spent $1SO,0OO, 900 in the
United States during the past ten
years for improving soil production
and improving seeds and plants, but
very little attention and less money
has been given to the marketing side
of agriculture.
The problem is a monumental one
and one which will never be solved
until it gets within the grasp Of a
gigantic organization where master
minds can concentrate the combined
experience and wisdom of the age
upon it. 1t is problem which the
farmers, merchants, bankers, editors
and statesmen must unite in solving.
The Farmers Union stands for all
there is in farming from the most
scientific methods of seed selection to
the most systematic and profitable
plans of marketing, but does not be-
lieve in promoting one to the neglect
Of the other We consider the work
of farm demonstrators valuable and
we ask that governmental and COM
mercial agencies seeking to help US,
continue to give us their assistance
and advice, but we believe that their
influence should be extended to the
marketing side of our farm problems
also
We cannot hope to develop manu-
featuring by over-production of the
factory; we cannot build UP mercan-
tile enterprises by the merchants load
ing their shelves with surplus goods
and no more can we develop agricul.
ture by Cutting the market with a
surplus of products.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-06-18
Lincoln and the Birds.

One of the most interesting and pa.
thetic incidents of which | have ever
read or heard is connected with the
memory Of Abraham Lincoln
In company once with some other
candidates who were out on political
campaign he saw in the woods near
the close of the day some baby birds
that had been blown out of their
nest. Asking to be allowed to get
down from the carriage. which passed
on ahead. Mr. Lincoln picked up the
tiny creatures and restored them to
their little home. On reaching the inn
be was asked the cause of his delay
and astonished his bearers by telling
them Of his humane act declaring that
had be not returned the brides to
their mothers care he could not have
slept that night.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-06-18
Protect the
Birds!
Bride" BY 1obn Ruskin

~HE bird is little more than a
drift of the air brought into
~ form by plumes The air is In
all its quilts; it breathes through
its whole frame and flesh and CLOVIS
with air in its flying. like a blown
fame. 1t rests upon the air. subdues
it, surpasses it. outraces it. 1t is the
air, conscious of itself, conquering it
self, ruling itself
Also into the throat of the bird Is
given the voice of the air. All that in
the wind itself Is weak. useless In
sweetness. is knit together in it's song
AS we may imagine the wild form Of
the cloud closed into the perfect form
Of the birds wings. so the wild voice
of the cloud into it's ordered and com.
handed voice. nnwearied. ripping
through the clear heaven in it's glad.
ness. interpreting all intense passion
through the soft spring nights. burst
ing into acclaim and rapture of choir
at daybreak or lisping and twittering
among the boughs and hedges through
heat of day. like little winds that only
make the cowslip bells shake and ruff
fe the petals Of the wild rose
Also upon the plumes of the bird are
put the colors of the air. on these the
gold Of the cloud that cannot be gath
cred by any covetousness. the rubies
of the clouds. the vermilion of the
cloud bar, and the fame of the cloud
crest. and the snow of the cloud and
its shadow. and the melted blue Of the
deep wells of the sky-all these. seized
by the creating spirit and woven into
films and threads of plume. with wave
on wave following and fading along
breast and throat and opened wings.
infinite as the dividing Of the foam
and the sitting Of the sea sand. even
the white down of the cloud seeming
10 futter up between the stronger
plumes. seen. but too soft for touch