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Evening star., 1915-02-19
SHIP PURCHASE BILL
GOES TO CONFERENCE
"Gcntleman's Agreement in Senate
Sidetracks Measure-Effort to
Avoid Extra Session.

Efectually Blocked in their efforts to
set the House ship purchase bill to a
vote, democratic senators late ycster-
day afternoon agreed to take up ap-
preparation bills and sent the shipping
measure to conference until February
81, when it must take its chances OF
being filibustered to its death March 4.
Republican senators entered into a
''g ;ntlcman's agreement" with demo
cratic leaders to let the House. bill go
to conference on condition that appro-
priation bills be passed within the next
ten days in order to avoid an extra
session of Congress. The democrats, 1t
was reported, aSreed to a reasonable
cut in the rivers and harbors appro~
priation bill, and the republicans III
turn gave assurances that they would
not Hlibuster against any appropria-
fion measures.
Evening star., 1915-02-19
INDIAN DAY POSSIBLE
AS TRIBUTE TO REDS
Red Fox James Tells Why Great
National Holiday Should
Be Observed.

Recognition Of the inheritance the
United States owes to the American
Indian, through establishment of ma
tiors! holiday to he known al Indian
day. is possible as result OF the
recent visit here of Red Fox James Of
Elood Tribe, the Grow reservation
Montana.
Eed Fox James rode 1905 miles on
his pony from Montana to the White
House and presented to the President
Endorsements OF his proposition from
twenty-five governors and from hun
dra6s Of colleges, churches and other
Institutions throughout the United
states. Tfc himself is at the United
States Indian School at Carlisle.
Holiday Is Favored.
Senator PoindeSter of Washington
said today that he is in conference
with the Indian commissioner and
other government officials here aud
with representatives of the Indians
and that he finds every one in favor
Of u national holiday in honor of the
Indians. He said he does not believe
IN act of Congress will be necessary
to establish such q holiday, but that
if such legislation is necessary he will
draft a bill and has received assur-
ance from many of his colleagues that
Il will pass without serious opposi-
1ion.
While he was in Washington Rod
FOX James received personal indorse-
Inent OF his project from Secretary
Lane, Postmaster General Burleson
and Commissioner Sells. lie also re-
ceived encouragement at the White
House, and at the suggestion of the
President has been considering a suit
able date for the proposed holiday
The Indians have delegated him to
make the selection.
Favors Middle Of June.
In this connection Red Fox James
says:
'Mid-June, when nature has perfect
cd the foliation of trees and plants.
would seem a fitting time to pay trib-
ute to the Indian and the land he gave
the white man. This would be a great
day for the red man. for the Boy
Scouts and Camp Fire Girls and many
societies. A Saturday has been Sug-
gested, as this would afford the public
the best opportunity to participate in
the observance OF the day"
Mr. James says he undertook this la
Dor of love to honor the Indian for
the uplift OF my race. not for any tribe,
but for the red man
In his argument for the esta blish-
lnent of the holiday Mr.. James points
out that: The descendants of nearly
every race that has come to America
celebrate some kind of a holiday. Here
is one that has been overlooked and
which simple justice should recognize
as eminently worthy of nationwide
celebration.
Evening star., 1915-02-19

Stepping from a shifting train on which
he was i brakeman, George w. Trout,
thirty years old, was struck and instantly
killed by a locomotive at Baltimore.
Evening star., 1915-02-19
Original Proprietors.

This was the country of my people,
the Indians. My people were the orig
;Ial proprietors of this land. You may
call us savages, but the American In
dams we're the noblest, most intellec-
tual and heroic savages on the face of
the earth and more intellectual than
some of the whites who call themselves
civilized. Much of our fathers savag-
cry and more of their degradation was
caused by coming in contact with the
lowest type of the white race instead
Of the proper elements.
When rightly treated. the red men
proved true friends of the whites
We do not believe in too many holi-
days. as it would lead to national pow
erty; however, days like Washington's
birthday. Lincoln's birthday, Lexing-
ton day. Columbus day, and now
american Indian day, should well be
observed with suitable celebration.
We should have q great 'pow-wow.
q council and conference. where all the
Indians can meet once a year for ex-
change of views, consideration of
Ideals and exchange of heroic hope to
animate and TO sustain US in the lone
watches by the dying fires of our ma
rional splendor. We should be encour-
aged to pride in our ancestry by being
given a place. worthy in the national
life. the same as other memorial days,
20 keep US IN mind of heroes of the
past who have helped TO make this
country great, lest we forget
Evening star., 1915-02-19
Fail to Remember:

Those who say that the rednlan had
no part in making this nation great
fail 20 remember that our forefathers
we're as statuesque gods in their clean
blood and sculpture-like forms, lend
ing dignity of thought TO the council,
eioquence of language to the need, in
rerpretins the hidden beauties OF their
great natural life into terms of pas
sionate imagery; having souls aglow
with fire and hearts attuned to the in
finite. Thus has the Indian had a share
in contributing to our national char
acter.
There was AZ one time of this mighty
race i.Joe, 900 natives OF America, and
row there are left only a little more
than 100000 Indians in the United
States. with a slow increase. Out of
-his number there are about 100000
fulIbIoods in the United States. and
the balance are mixed blOodS, SO mixed
that one cannot tell If they are Indian
or not, more like a stray dog.
IT am in hopes that the Indians will
and II is the duty of the younger In
dians to help to build up this once
mighty race II We do not wish IL to
become a vanished race; to allow il to
20 into the scrap heap of the nations.
The whites will have to help to do this
They are willing to spend their money
on the Belgians. the China, Japan and
Africa missionaries, but they seem 10
forget the starving Indians in the west.
They fail to remember that the Indians
gave this land to them. They became
r;ch out of the Indian lands, and now
We have TO depend upon the bread Of
eharity'
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-06-17
DIRT ROAD IS THE CHEAPEST
Most Satisfactory Highway In Nine.
Tenths OF Territory-8Is obIee-
tlon to Maeadamlzed Roads.

The time may come when we can
make cement roads. They will cost
from $1,000 to $4,000 a mile and they
may be SO smooth. IL we learn to make
them properly, that the children liv.
Ing on these lines Of road can go to
school on roller skates, as they do In
some places down in Maryland.
There may be some satisfactory
combination of sand and clay; but,
speaking for the prairie lands, the best
and the cheapest road we can get over
nine-tenths Of the territory is the dirt
road. The more clay there Is in Il,
the better the dragged road will be.
There is no better road than the gum.
DO road, II 1t 10 properly dealt
with.
1t is really pity that the drag Is so
simple and cheap. II 1t had cost $25
or $50, and was painted red, then the
farmers would think something OF II.
The main reason why 1t has not come
into more common use is that It is so
cheap and simple in construction and
so easy to handle.
Someone may ask; Why Is Il that
there was no objection to macadam.
lied roads twenty or thirty years ago?
Simply because we did not have the
automobile. MacAdam, that Scotch.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-06-17
BYE AND BYE.

When II was noised around that
The Man had secured his divorce his
friends congratulated him and said
that he had done the right thing.
They told him that no man had a
right to cucumber a career with a
woman who could not keep up with
the pace he set. They said II was q
crime against himself to hang such a
milestone about his neck, and that
they were heartily glad that he had
not let any sort of maudlin sentimen.
tally keep him froa putting The
Woman away before she ruined the
splendid success The Man had made
Of his life.
And The Man received this com
mendation with a grateful smile.
He said that he had tried honestly
TO pull her along with his own swift
moving procession, and that each new
year told OF by the calendar had
found her more hopelessly in the rear.
He declared that The Woman was
broken and old before her time, and
that he had not been willing to be
dragged back by her when he was
Just in the prime OF his life with
many successful years of splendid ac-
tivity ahead of him.
And even while The Man thus justi-
ned himself to his friends who had
aided and abetted him In the matter
OF the divorce, The Woman sat alone
in the home she had made him--the
present an unreallty. slipping from
her at the touch of memory which
took her back along the road OF yes.
teryear when she stood in the soft dra.
peries OF her white satin gown. almost
enveloped by the billowy folds OF her
wedding veil.
She could not now remember which
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-06-17
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v 3D.
ROAD BREAKER is CIVILIzER
Mans Scale Is Very Correctly Tested
BY His Attitude Toward Some
Obstruction In Road.

The civilized man makes roads;
the savage does not. That is the
safest test of civilization.
Among US in all communities are
individuals who are not really civil.
lied. They do not take any interest in
roads.
A mans scale in civilization is very
correctly tested by his attitude to-
ward the stone which has rolled into
the road. or the tree which has blown
down across it. writes Herbert Quick
in Farm and Fireside. The man who
drives around the obstacle day after
day is one sort OF man. the one who
stops his team and rolls or drags II
away is another. And person pass
Ing along a road which he does not
expect to retrace. who removes the
obstruction for the sake OF the stran-
ger who comes after him, responds
to very high test OF civilization. He
feels socially.
When the snow piles up in the road
the man who goes ahead and breaks
the path for others bears the burden
which he who has made progress al.
ways must bear. There is snow In
every road-to cooperation, to better
schools, to better business methods.
There must be road breakers for every
path.
The road breaker is the great civil
lizer.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-06-17
~ WeuId Pat His Head and Reward Him chserfuIIy.

hands. whereupon Effendi Bey began
to hum, In my harem-my dinky
little harem!" and turned us over -
Murad Pasha, one Of his lieutenants.
Murad Pasha led us to tabls and
stood there-counting the spo9os-
until Hep could find another - ket
containing MONEY.
Then Murad Pasha, clutching his
share Of the plumber. with many bows
and obeisances, faded out of our lives
and Giovanni Handsandfetsi. the ON
nibus. began TO splash water into our
glasses.
Hep got rid OF Giovanni by stalking
him to enough money to enable his
little brother Angelo to get through
college. and thereafter for a period Of
ten or fifteen minutes Hep was per
mitted to breathe quietly through his
nose. and his pocketbook enjoyed q
much needed rest
Soon, however, another coughing
fit came on and his struggles for
breath we're pitiful
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-06-17

but he has memorized the name OF
every street in Paris.
So when Hep exhausts his nine or.
binary words he begins to use up the
streets. He rushes, regardless OF speed
limits, all over the city of Paris. Out
TO Vanguard, over to the BatignoIles,
to Clichy, by rues and side streets
to the eastern Boulevard Beaumar.
chais and st. Denis, then across lots to
the western Boulevard des Italiens,
then into the high and of through the
Place de la Concorde, around corners
on one wheel into the Champs Elysees
and on and on with the mufier Off
it's immense.
However, as was saying some time
ago, Peaches and dined with Hep and
he handed US few lessons in the gen.
tie pastime Of tipping, he surely did.
From the very moment we entered
the aristocratic beanery he began the
giving of aims.
The attendant at the revolving
doors imprisoned a nice old lady In
cell No. 3 and kept her there, cut OF
from communication with the world.
while he waited for Hep to dig in his
jeans for the customary quarter.
A hall-boy, paging a missing hus-
band. stopped short as he saw our
party approaching, arranged his face
in imitation of a Spanish mackerel,
saluted Hep and received ten cents for
his trouble.
Battling Bill, the house detective,
doomed bulkily in our pathway and
without warning suddenly stopped
down to pick up a pin. Hep did a
hoodah over the tame Cops feet and
when they both came smilingly to the
surface Battling Bill clutched aNfifty
cent piece in his WestphaEa and the
procession moved on.
Then from some dark recess or
niche in the wall something in brass
buttons and with a whisk broom in
its hand darted out like a pickerel
and pointed the whisk broom at Hep.
The latter pointed a quarter at the
something in brass buttons, where
upon the brass buttons and the whisk
broom and the quarter darted away
again, thereby bringing to a conclu-
sion the incident of the pickerel.
AS we approached the coat room
the girl in charge was seen to close
her eyes in prayer. She didn't open
them again until after Hep had ex-
planned to her that II she spent the
money he gave her for new hat she
wouldn't have to give 1t to the in
come-tax gatherers. Whereupon she
was glad and showed her gum chew
ing instruments. Then she glanced
at the inside of my hat to see IL It
was expensive and sighed deeply as
we passed on.
At the door of the soup room we
were met by Effendl Bey, the head
waiter.
Hep whispered something to Eff
fendi but the Bey wasn't listening.
He was looking at Helps hand which
he knew must contain money. 1t al
ways did. Hep gave Enendi a fash
at a Treasury note. With the swift
ness of thought the money changed
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-06-17

One Of EfTendi Beys lieutenantA
made up to look like Ivan the Terri
bic. rode up to our table to inquire II
. waiter had taken our order. Hep
told him no. but Ivan couldn't believe
1t. Ivan was Arm in his disbelief un-
I'll Hep gave him money, then he saw
the light and went ioyously away from
there.
Presently a waiter arrived who in
some other incarnation must have
been a pirate ON the Spanish Main.
He had q chin which was divided
against itself, and a forehead which
was retreating hurriedly on the fourth
speed.
One look at Captain Kidd and I
knew that Helps desire to die pool
Dut popular would be realized.
All the time the Captain was taking
our order he was sizing US up and
hoping in Portuguese that Hep's eve.
sight wasn't good so he could short.
change him.
Finally the deadly Rover Of the Seas
decided to give US our food first and
make us walk the plank afterwards
Then he bore away, SOU by sou'east
Tor the kitchen where he dropped an
Choir and sharpened his boardina
irons.
In the meantime. while we awaited
the return OF the Pirate King, our
friend Hep was busy tipping.
Every time he took cigarette from
his case four eager walters would
dash forward with lighted matches
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-06-17

NlIlAa and Hep, believing
4Ne q IS knowledge of the
taee swells up with pride
b lcs money into the air
now it, but while he's
IAl chenectady French all
a.eeloth the waiter is get
se on his palate from
A Partisan laughter.
finkle his map with
heard me. but I've been
when BE has blurted out some
ea d0ms with the ossified
t4 4 scream. ! notify you!
eMufAble occasion he or
thpns and a baked potato
Tia waiter bowed. said,
lHN and brought him a
table, soup and the morn
how oa that lads French is
tsE b fact Hep knows ex-
eFNlrary French words, in
pas and avee plaisir
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-06-17

man from the section where Secretary
James Wilson was born, was a genius.
He figured that by putting stone on
the road, the wheels OF the wagon,
especially IL broad tired, would gradu.
ally wear down these stones and fur.
nish filler. He did a great service
to his country. But the automobile
has come in. 1t has no iron tires;
hence 1t makes no filler. On the other
hand, 1t sucks out the filler and throws
It out in the air. 1t prizes the stones
apart, and then we have what lie called
a "rTveled" road. that is. a road COW
cred over with loose stones. the mean
est kind OF a road TO travel over. That
Is the reason the macadam road fails
under modern travel - Wallaces
Farmer.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-06-17
Extremes to Avoid.

one Of the important factors in
roadmaking is to control the moisture
content OF the soil Ia making up the
roadbed. When the soil is dry Il
crumbles to dust and when II con
tains too much water it becomes mud
These are two extremes TO avoid.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-06-17

and Hep, desiring to show no partial.
ity, would slip a coin to each of the
Mexican guerrillas.
One shark OF a waiter swan
around in the ofiing and every time
Helps serviette dropped from his knees
to the floor the shark would retrieve
1t and as he came to the surface with
the serviette in his teeth Hep would
pat his head and reward him cheer.
fully.
1t was one continuous orgie OF tip.
ping until finally we left the Prunes
Palace with Captain Kidd gIoating
over the pieces of eight which Hep
had given him aud singing to himself,
"Oh, ho-a bottle Of rum on a dead
mans chest!"
Hep insisted upon taking US home
in a taxi so that he could tip the
starter and the chauffeur.
We stopped in the drug store at
our home corner to mail some letters
and even there Hep found a weighing
machine and tipped the scales.
There are ginks like Hep in every
Big Town, going through the night
like a cyclone through the sub-treas
ury, scattering pocket money right
and left like so much char simply be.
cause they want to be looked upon
as High Class Sports.
And it's hard to follow their act.
It's rough shedding for the Sensible
Lads who are willing to pay for serv.
ices rendered but baIk at the myriad
of outstretched paws which line the
Pathways of Enjoyment
was talking to Mil Patterson
about 1t. Min invented a machine for
removing sunburn from pickles and
made fortune.
He has It yet. all except two cents
he paid for a postage stamp which
stuck to his pocketbook some nine
years ago. But he has the pocketbook
and he still can look at the stamp and
consider II an asset
Milf is such stingy loosener he
looks at you with one eye so as not
to waste the other
The boys call him Putty" because
he's the next thing to a pain.
II yen ask him what time II is he
takes m four minutes as his commits
sion fer telling you.
"Tipping!" said Min; what do you
mean tipping?"
To give a bit OF coin to a waiter
or those who do you a service"
exp Aimed
OH" said Milf: i've heard about
II. but ] don't do f. I don't know
any waiter well enough to give him
money to take home to his wife. She
might meet me afterwards and thank
me for 1t and my wife might hear
about it-that's risky work"
But you can't get good service in
the restaurants or hotels unless you
do a bit Of tipping. How do you man.
age it?" I inquired.
Easy" Miff answered; Z never &c
to the same hotel twice. begin al
the head OF the list and go to them
all. BY the time get around TO the
first one again all the old walters
have grown rich and have gone back
to Bulgaria, so I'm safe-that's my
system"
Maybe Hep is right. and maybe Min
is right For my part I believe in
moderation. betwixt and bechune.
What do you think?
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-06-17
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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-06-17
Too Much Moisture on Ton.

Trees should not be allowed 70
shade the ad as this keeps It too
moist on the surface after rains. 80
that travel spells the surface
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-06-17

AXE n home OF his own, and that
The Man had reached a point In busl.
ness where there would be no longer
any need OF sacrifice
The bye and bye" had evolved u.
self out OF all the spent years OF The
Woman's splendid youth, and strange
indeed did IL seem to her that now
when her promise 10 herself had been
fulblled-she did not care In the very
least.
Ono day The Man told her that his
place In the business world demand.
ed much Of his wife: that people
looked TO her TO become a shining 80.
ciai light: to entertain his friends as
became his standing.
The Woman listened and was 81
lent
She was awkwardly conscious OF her
worA-stained hands, and the stoop Of
her tired shoulders. she knew that
her life--as numbered by years-was
but Rt its prime. but nevertheless she
felt The relentless grip OF old age upon
her. and for the first time since she
began her years with The Man she
was afraid.
For she knew OF a certainty that the
demand he made Of her was lmpos
sible OF fulfllment,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-06-17

Il is easier to criticize the best
thing superbly than to do ths smallest
thing icdiferently.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-06-17

had dominated her emotions--love or
pride, as she heard his clear, manly
promise to love, honor and cherish"
as they should journey together do vn
the full length of life's trouble road.
so intermingled had been the two.
In the years which followed their
marriage she always believed In him.
even when her own father pointed out
to her that The Man was very poor
and that his future looked none too
brilliant
The Woman was an excellent mana.
ger She had been taught by a prac.
teal mother how to make the pennies
go a very long way. so she just smiled
up into her fathers face when he
threw cold water on her enthusiasm,
and began her work.
So ii was that The Man was sur.
prised to find himself very comfort
able and happy In the little home
The Woman somehow managed TO
exc out OF his ridiculUusly small sal.
airy, and never once did he stop 20
ask how II was accomplished.
As she turned and twisted her own
clothes until they we're worn thread.
bare that he might make a good ap-
pearance, and hold the respect Of
his fellow-men as yell as his own.
she found out that II comforted her to
sometimes whisper bye and bye"
For. you see, she believed I'm to.
morrow.
Then came the children-ons by
one, until there we're four. and, al
though The Mans appearance Of pros
perity made possible by The woman's
personal sacrifices had won him sew.
sral prouotions-the mother Of the