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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03

We often have thought that we
would like to be able, financially,
to send copy of this paper each
week to all who were born here
or made this locality their home
for any number of years and af-
terward moved away. Not that
we think our modest effort
worthy Of a worldwide circula-
ton, but it is to hundreds the Old
Home Paper No one who has not
moved far away from birthplace,
from home or old friends can I'M
derstand what it means to hear
regularly from the old place. OF
course nothing can take the place
of the regular letter; but the
newspaper tells more than any
letter and it arrives regularly.
The letter from home gives the
family news and perhaps the main
events of the neighborhood news.
But the weekly paper supple
ments this and any Old-homer can
read between the lines and dig
out lots Of news that has not been
put in type. We think of these
things every time some father or
brother comes into the office to
pay a subscription for distant
relative or friend or when some
one who oneed lived here sends
us a check for years subscrip-
ton. But we have not yet ar
rived at the point where we can
add several hundred names to our
list in a philanthropic spirit, so
the best we can do is to depend
upon the old folks at home to
send the papers to the wanderers
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03
HERALDS
Items That Are Net Intended to Hit
sr Miss Anyone Bat Just 10 Tel Yea

That school days are our best
days-if we make them so.
That a joke is only joke when
the other fellow is the victim.
That this is the elastic month
with this year and has % days
That when Easter arrives this
year, it will be the 23d of April.
That, in the meantime, the Ford
joke maker seems to have taken
a vacation.
That if il has been this cold in
the trenches, the machine guns
and gas have surely been robbed
of many victims.
That it will soon be the day to
express your feelings toward the
other fellow either eOmieally or
with hearts and things attached.
That if the wind gets to play
ing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES with the
present Iuxuriant blanket of snow
even the L., n. & T. may be forced
a few moments behind schedule.
That it has almost ceased to be
important whether the I'd or I4th
of February is ground hog day"
-Or whether the historic little
eave-dweller sees his shadow on
either day.
That twenty-five years ago the
person who cared about his health
was looked upon as more or less
of crank. Now the person who
doesn I take care of his health is
looked upon as a crank.
That the expression by the
young American to his auntic,
Nav, / ain T going to wash my
face; what's the usea I'D just
have to repeat it again to-
might well be applied
to shoveling snow off the walks
these days.
That Marshal johnson is a gem
tleman and scholar and good |
Judge of when to operate the
,nOw pillow. With a continuous
snowfall for four days and nights
le did well to keep the walks all
'ver town pretty well open for
ravel.
That it is sad reflections ON hui
nan intelligence and luminous
Example Of the force of tradition
hat the preparation Of food, reg
ilation Of quantity, quality and
he proportions Of various kinds
# food in the dietary should be
eft largely to those wholly uned-
Ieated and unframed in knOwl-
deg of the body's needs.
That the command, Hands
Ipl" came from one of two rob-
,ers who entered a saloon at st.
.ouis, Mo-, recently. The crowd
It the bar raised their hands
ii except one-armed Micheal Me-
;arthy. Then a pistol spoke and
dropped dead. When
he robbers saw McCarthy's emp
y sleeve they fled In a panic.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03

Notice Of Redemption Of Lewis
County and District School
Warrants.
Notice is hereby given that
will redeem the following Lewis
county and district school war
rants if presented at my office
within sixty days:
Current Expense Fund, 1914
Series.
All warrants registered from
number 54S7 to 554s, inclusive.
General Road Fund, 1915 Series.
All warrants registered from
number 6439 to 6469, inclusive.
District School Fund.
School district No. 1I-AlI war.
rants registered.
School district No. bah war.
rants registered.
School district No. 17-AIl war
rants registered.
School district No. 1s-All war
rants registered.
School district No. 19-AlI war
rants registered.
School district No. 22-A1l war.
rants registered.
School district No. 2s-AlI war.
rants registered.
School district No. 3l-AIl war.
rants registered.
School district No. 34-All wsr.
rants registered.
School district No. 35-A1l ua.
rants registered.
School district No. 5-wsr.
rants numbered 3197. 3273 32qe
1920, 1920, 1921, 1924. 3325 336i
1872, 1891, 34O2, 34O3. 3434 344a
3542, 3543 and 3673.
School district No. 2I-War.
rants numbered 1869, 1862. 1854
1861, 1893, 3619, 1920 and 3e51
Interest ceases on these war
rants February 10, 1916.
Date Of call, February 3. 1915
I. I. Mckee, County Treasnrer
Lewis County, Idaho.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03

Nezperce, Idaho Jan. q, 1916.
To the dealers in "soft drinks, .
Lewis County, Idaho.
Gentlemen:
1t has been brought to the at
tentiOn of this office that certain
dealers in soft drinks" in Lewis
County are retailing a compound
which is claimed not TO contain
any alcoholic stimulants, but
which, nevertheless, produces in
tOxication when used to excess.
1t is the opinion of this office
that the sale Of such a compound
is as much a violation of the pro-
hibitiOn law now in effect in this
state as If the same contained al
eoholic stimulant, or was beer,
whisky or pure alcohol.
It has been also brought to the
attention Of this office that
agents of certain wholesale hOus-
es have recently visited this
county and sold to local dealers
in soft drinks a beverage called
+" Cider Compound, " or Cherry
Cider Compound" and the said
or the wholesale house.
have given to the retailers a guar
anty that the compound carries
no alcoholic stimuIant. ] beg to
advise you that this guaranty af-
fords you no protection under the
law, for the reason that any com
pound that produces intoxication,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03

Every now and then we hear
someone say that young men have
not as good opportunities to-day
as they had a generation ago. In
other words, that the good chan
ces are all gone Such state
ments are as dangerous as they
are untrue They are likely if
they reach the ears of an impress
siOnable youth, to start a train of
thought which may change the
current of his whole life for the
worse The truth is, that never
IN the history of the United
States have there been open to the
young men, and especially to the
young men Of the country dis
tricts, the opportunities that to-
day abound Anyone but the fos-
sil or the unthinking person viii
admit this. 1t is the fashion to
point to the fact that free or ev-
en- cheap land is becoming scarce.
But what of it, A farmers son,
who instead of rushing off to the
city has seen the light and put in
a few months at his state agricul-
tural college, can take the same
land upon which his father, by
his Old-fashioned methods, barely
ekes out a living, and in one year
sometimes make it the banner
farm of the county 1t is being
done every day.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03

Back in DeKalb county, Hi
nois, where land brings $3.50 and
more per acre, they employ a
county farmer adviser at some 81
600 year and furnish him an as
sistant, a stenOgrapher and two
automobiles, and seem to think
the investment pays And this is
not only characteristic of Dekalb
county, but many other counties
of the rich farming sections of IL
linois, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri
and the central valley states gem
orally. The people there are not
one whit more progressive than
here in Lewis county either
They have learned, as many here
have, that an investment that
pays a good margin of profits, is
not a tax IN the ordinary sense of
the term
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03

whether it contains alcohol or
not, where sold or found in your
possession IS n violation of the
law above referred to, and dill
gent prosecution Of all those who
sell or handle the same in any
form will be made.
To avoid prosecution the sale
of the beverage herein referred
to, and all similar thereto, must
cease at once.
Yours very truly,
). o. Tannahill.
Prosecuting Attorney.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03

The report comes from Boise
that Governor Alexander may re-
tire to private life and leave the
field open for some other Demo-
erat to try his luck in the guber-
material race. The Governor is
non-committal on this question Of
retirement, but the chances are
he viii again head the Democrat
ic ticket at next falls election.
The people want him ON the job
He has given them a business ad-
ministrati0n. lie has kept the
state s expense account at the
minimum. Doubtless his retire
ment would please numerous poll
tieians- especially those who dis
like his system of cutting the pie
feature out of public office.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03

oooooooooooo . ooooooooocoC

Last Friday the Moscow high
school basket ball team, said to be
one of the best in that part Of the
country, having beaten the u. Of
/. second team, met our ". II. S.
boys on the local floor. The game
was fast from the start. At the
end Of the first half the score was
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03

In to A in favor of Nezperce. The
last half was still faster Mos
cow not having made a field bas-
set the first half. by chance slip
ped one over the last half Their
final score was & against 20 for
Nezperce. Another nice feather
in our hats.
The ianitOrS were busy Tuesday
shoveling snow off the roof of the
school house. The snow had at
tanned depth OF about two feet
land its removal became a neeeS-
ssity for il was melting and the
water was seeking the shortest
way to the ground.
Last Saturday evening the Jun
Tor class of the n. ii. $. gathered
at the home of Miss Olive Harb-
| Ike. About an hour was spent in
getting warm and preparing for
the sleigh ride that was in pros
peet, and at s 80 the happy bunch
started. There were two bob
sled loads. They spent about am
hour Sleighing and then unloaded
at Miss Harbke'S home in town,
where various games were played
and an oyster stew was served by
members of the class.
Albert Wallace to Miss Link
later in eight grade room. Miss
Linklater, have you hammer 2
The district spelling contest,
which was to have been held here
next Friday afternoon, has been
postponed to a week later, Febru-
airy IL. A great deal of interest
is taken in this contest by the
seventh and eighth grades of our
school.
Friday evening, Feb. IL, the
basket ball team from johnson,
Wash, will play the ~ III. : boys /
at the gym. This certainly ought /
to be a good game, for Johnson
comes over with quite a reputa-
ton. They are champions of all 4
the PalOuse CONTEMPLATING de-
feated Pullman, Moscow and all
of the larger towns of that see
ton. And any one who saw the
game between Moscow and the \.
II. s. last Friday knows that it
would take a pretty good team TO
beat Moscow on their own floor.
So, everybody make arrange
ments to come to the best game
of the season Friday, Feb IL.
The manual training instructor,
Mr.. Burns is making a copper
bench and copper work will be
taken up by a few of the manual
training boys as soon as the tools
come
Leon has just signed a contract
to catch flies in assembly during
the hot weather
Friday evening, Feb. II, the ii. J
s. second basket ball team viii
go to Kamiah and play the II. 5.
bunch at that place.
Esther Smith is absent from
school this week on account of the
Two Of the directors, Messrs.
AgreIl and RatIiff, visited the !
school Friday. =
NOlen Hollen, Frank Fogg and z
Leslie Fertig have just signed up ;
for ear load of cannon balls for
he German army For particu-
airs, see Miss Baldwin, superin- Q
.endent Of the domestic science
9
February is the patriotic month
n room No. / They will have
stories Of Lincoln, Washington
md Betty Ross and the first flag.
They viii learn to salute the flag, =
IIso the meaning of the flag. Each
hid is bringing a flag to march
With.
A Sleigh Ride. y
t was cold winter evening, g
And the frost was falling fast r
amid the elinging running sound "
The joy bunch flew past.
Has, these junior class boys
A sleigh ride have begun.
INST ask some of the fellows ~
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03

a close observer makes the
statement that one of the strong
est influences in keeping the boys
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03

The Herald, 81 per year.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03

1t was cold winter evening,
And the frost was falling fast.
Amid the clinging running sound
The joy bunch flew past.
Alas, these junior class boys
A sleigh ride have begun.
just ask some OF the fellows
If you want to know who won.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-02-03

Nezperce, Idaho Jan. q, 1916
To the dealers in "soft drinks, .
Lewis County, Idaho.
The Washington times., 1916-01-17

ing practitioner than the one who
comfortably works his way through
the four-year course Of. a law college
without the sacrifice of days COM
fort. There ought to be better ways
to decide mans proficiency than
the examination Of the diploma he
has secured.
The bar Of this country includes
among it's leaders an army OF men
who represent the old-fashioned
methods of getting education. It is
not easily to be believedtthey will
unite, after serious consideration, in
an effort to make their profession
an aristocracy of the scions Of
ready-made opportunity. 1t is al
together likely that more bad law
yers are turned out from diploma
factories than are passed by con-
scientious examination boards sit
ting on the qualifications of men
who possess the ambition to educate
themselves by hard work and severe
sacrifices.
The Washington times., 1916-01-17
IMPROVING THE COUNTRY'S
BAR

The New York State Bar Asso-
citation has undertaken to organize
and press a movement for improve
ment of the country's bar by rails
ing the requirement for admission
to practice, and by measures to re-
duce perjury.
1t is urged that requirements for
admission to practice are generally
toe lax; that in many States there
are almost no requirements worthy
the name. Protest is especially
leveled against the granting of GER
tificates to men who take limited
courses in night schools.
1t occurs, as result of even casual
consideration, that the way a man
gets the education ought to be less
important than the fact that he gets
it. The man who works by day foi
a living, and grinds by night for ar
education, is almighty liable to be q
more serious-minded and hard-work'
The Washington times., 1916-01-17
Protests Hole At Fl and Streets.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The most hideous eyesore, the most
dissraceful and inexcusable dishgure-
ment to be found in this Capital CITY OF
the United States lies in its very heart.
1t Is bounded on three sides by Ner-
mont avenue, II and l streets. Here
for years has existed horrid, ugly, dis
gushing hole of vast proportions ana
Sayern,us dsGth rt,s 1T, + fsrcS ,epSe& nc @,o,s
ton of law and right pre-cmpts not
only the entire sidewalk on Vermont
avenue from II 10 /, but also portion
OF the roadway. The thousands who
have witnessed this spectacle and sur
fered from the resultant tnconveniences
and hardships wonder for how manyyears
longer the District Commissioners pur-
pose to permit its continuance. THESE
gentlemen with their corporation coun-
sell who is supposed to advise them as
to law and equity. appear TO nave
abundant time at their disposal. They
and he ever since they have been in
office, have been continually running
arcJnd to meetings of citizens associa-
tjors tract societies. Sunday school
celebrations, anti-saloon shriekers, as
semblages of Cranks and populistic
theorists. etc. etc. giving utterance
to crude and undigested views on inc
science of government, municipal ana
otherwise. If they would give little
more time to their duties and let ques-
tions of political economy alone, ques-
tions of which they know little, II any
thing, 1t might he better for the com
munity, and at any rate they would be
doing something to earn their salaries.
Can you not induce them to take a
little time off from speechmaking. and
nj least mitigate II theV cannot abolish,
the monstrosity on Vermont avenue
F. A. RICHARDSON.
q
The Washington times., 1916-01-17
oREArHR EXPORTS OF COAL

Figures on exports Of bituminous
coal show that this country export
ed 100000 tons in 1915 against
4.200, 900 tons in 1914. Moreover,
the indications are that 1916 will
show a continuance of the increase,
comparing with 1915.
This is another direct effect of
war. Frances coal mining region is
largely in German possession. The
French railways are under most ex-
traordinary pressure, and are large
importers, while industry in that
country, and also in Spain, is look
ing here for coal. Germany is now
in possession of the most valuable
and extensive coal mining areas on
the continent, and the British mines
are unable to meet all the demands
Of that country and it's allies.
1t has been reported that fleet
Of fifty vessels will shortly be sent
to this country to>carry away some
300, 900 tons of coal, and that this
fleet is likely to be kept pretty reg
ularly in service.
These coal exports suggest the
character of the industrial disloca
tion which has resulted from wal
conditions. The fighting countries
are nowadays straining every nerve
to keep their transportation facili
ties operating at the, highest capac
ity. They are buying coal, and skin
ming their properties; precisely a.
certain speculative arrangements o:
railways in this country have a
times, in order to make good show
ings Of earnings, sacrificed thei
plants by suspending maintenance
work so far as possible.
After the war the European coun
tries will need cars and rails to re
store their plants; and we shall b
selling more of these instead of tn
increased tonnages of coal.
The Washington times., 1916-01-17
RA|LROADER
PNEUMONIA VICTIM
G. W. Santman Succumbs at
Home of Son-With B. & O..
Thirty-eight Years.

@. w. sontman. who for thirty EIGHT
years was connected with the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad on It's Maryland d.
vision. died at 1880 o'clock last night
at the home of his son. WtIoughoy
,santman. SOl7 pent place northwest
MFR. Santman had been III for more
than week OF pneumonia. and Tor
three days had been sinking rapidly.
He was seventy-threc years old. his
son. who Is agent Of the Baltimore ana
Ohio railrcad at GEORGETOWN, and four
grandsons. survive him.
Mr.. Santman was stricken with TIE
grip while on n visit to his son. and
this developed into pneumonia. He
was a native OF Maryland and entered
the service OF the Baltimore and Obi }
railroad as young man. lie won
rapid promotion and for many years
was agent of the road at MaftinshurS.
w. Va. He retired eight years ago, at
the age of siNty-five. to return TO his
farm. at Halfway, In Frederick County.
Funeral services will be held nt tho
home OF his son Tuesday evening at
7:a0 o'clock. Wednesday .rnorning the
body will be taken to Bakcrsville. Nd,
where intcrJnent will be made.
The Washington times., 1916-01-17
MURDER MYSTERY
FEBRUARY ARGOSY
New Serial and Other Interesting
Features With Eve Short
Stories in Number.

why There Was a Murder on Pearl
Street" is the feature book-lenEth novel
OF the February Argosy. and 1t is as en-
crossing a mystery of fortunes won and
lost and romances wound about them
as one wants to find. Young Peter Ken
nedy. deprived OF his inheritance by
old Peters unfortunate speculations.
and by the same stroke separated from
the girl of his choice. takes to the stage
as a career. There he becomes involved
in the mystery of another woman's life.
and-the murder. through whose mazes
George Foxhall. the author. leads one to
an unexpected conclusion.
''3l75i." a serial in which an automn-
bile tag of that number figures promi-
nently starts in this number of the
ArGosy. 1t Is by Lawrence Perry
Castles in the Air" bv Casper Carson
and "The Brides OF Sana,' by Robert
Ames Bennet. two other serials. con-
tinue with rapid action toward their
conclusions.
Five short stories. "a Motion Picture
Waterloo" by ]. l.. Sherard: "Kidnap-
ing the BRIDEGROOM" by George NJ. A.
Cain: "Oh! The Military" by Joseph
Ivers Lawrence; You'd Never Guess
It." bv Charles Carey. and "A Child Of
Necessity" by Everard Jack Appleton.
make up the rest of the issue
The Washington times., 1916-01-17
LOST ART OF KIDNAPPING

OF interest to the police of all the
world must be the one thing in the
annual report Of the New York police
department for 1915---that there was
not single case of kidnapping re-
corded in the year. Why kidnapping
in New York has lost its charm for
that breed Of blackmailers is prob
ably explained by the results in the
Longo case. Seven men and one
woman were in the conspiracy. That
the sex appeal might not mitigate
the punishment pf the men, the
woman was let 60. The. seven men,
all convicted, received sentences
ranging from twenty-five to forty
nine years.
The Washington times., 1916-01-17

him a little work so he could get a
meal saving he had no supper or break
fast and dinner was not in sight. /
said. Come along with me, will give
you a job"
Yes. / don't mind hard work Of any
kind" he replied.
When / was nearly home, the tramp
said. Boss. YOU did not say what you
wanted me to do"
IL want you to saw some wood. l
have a new buck saw
The tramp replied: "I will be at your
, house as soon sn az ses IN my ann G.nne :, er,.
so bad. II Uncle Sam would say. Come
on, boys" would say: 60 on. Sammy,
and start. I'll join you after dinner"
SAMUEL B. RICHARDSON.
Frederick sbure, Va, Jan. 16.
The Washington times., 1916-01-17
Leaves Money to Many
Denominations in Will

ELLICOTT CITY. Md, Jan. IA
copy of the will of Basil q. Clark. for
merly of this county has been received
from Marlin. Tex. Following is an ex-
tract of the will
To his wife, Salle Clark, sl5O.OO0; to
Mrs Mary Crosby. d. Y. IGlehart. Frank
Iglehart, Mrs Fannie Iglehart. Howard
c. Crawford. and w. B. Crawford, 81. 600
each.
To the PRESBYTERIAN. Episcopal. Catho-
lie. and Christian churches of Marlin.
81. 900 each. and TO the Baptist and
Methodist churches, also of Marlin. S2,000
each: to the nubic white schools,
$4,000 and the negro schools, 81, 900 for
industrial training purposes. To the
Marlin Lodge of Elks. Sl.oOo.
About twenty other benefCiaries are
named. amonG then; Bradley j.. Linth,-
cum. his nephew, who was employed by
him at Marlin. who is also named
executor.
The Washington times., 1916-01-17
A COMPLETE BLOCKADE NOW

The allies are going to cork up
the central powers with a blockade
in the fullest sense of the term.
This means that contraband as
we'll as non-contraband will be per-
mitted no longer to go slap-bang in
to Germany through the Scandinav-
ian countries by the hundreds of
millions of dollars.
1t means that with this shift from
the experiment of the orders in
council to the American civil war
principles and practices of complete
blockade, including the doctrine of
thq Continuous voyage, the British,
French, and Italian fleets are going
to plug the neck of the Teutonic
bottle tight against everything try
ing either to get in or to get out.
1t means that in fact as well as in
name they are going to starve out
the enemy, exactly as here in this
country half century ago the North
starved out the South.
In the United States it is not real
lied very generally that there has
been deliberate policy by the Brit,
ish government to let go into Ger,
many large quantities of articles not
directly essential to the Kaiser's
military forces and plans. The pur,
pose of this "leak"-an enormous
leak, too-was to bankrupt German,
by drawing out all her gold.
Whether because Germany is nov
regarded by the allies as bankrup
or as good as bankrupt, or whether
because the entente powers hav,
concluded that starvation will be :
stronger and a swifter weapon tha,
bankruptcy has been, the partia
blockade is to be made complete, j
is going to have very large effec
in this country.
The noisy agitators who are al