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The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-01-06
Our Sources Of Lumber.

The Pacific northwest now furnishes
only one-sixth of the annual timber cut,
though it contains practically one-half
Of the standing timber in the United
States. The southern pine region is
now the center Of the lumber industry.
supplying about 45 per cent of the
timber consumed. The lake states sup
ply only small percentage, although
this region, because Of cheap trans
portation to market, was once the cen
ter Of the lumber trade.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-01-06
OPPOSE MILITARY SERVICE

SPPOSE MILITARY SERVICE
Organized labor should take
stand everywhere against compulsory
military service; against the propos-
ais which are finding their way into
Congress to make it imperative that
military drill become the part of ev-
cry youths education and also
against every effort to make the
United States follow in the footsteps
of those European governments that
take certain years of every mans life
for military service A republic needs
no army-excepting that which pru-
dence makes essential as the basis of
protection from countries less en-
lightened and which still entertain
the dream of world conquest
1t is strange that at this period
when militarism is proving its own
undoing by the most senseless war
in all history that the advocates of
such policy for America should find
any encouragement, but that they are
doing SO is evident by the current
news of the day
Compulsory military service in
time of peace is contrary to the en-
tire spirit of America. 1t would be a
step towards autocratic government
that would be objectionable. Every
labor organization should go on rec
ord against it. Resolutions should
be passed and forwarded to the mem
bers of Congress of the State and dis
trict.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11
NOT A NATIONAL BUT A STATE
QUESTION.

I'VE hesitate to believe that tho wo
men of Virginia are less comnetont
less fit to be trusted than their Voc
eern sisters, or that the men of Vir
tern n."-Evening Journal
1t is not Mt all a question of the
competency or fitness of Virginia wo-
men, OF the chivalry of Virginia men.
that we oppose the amendment to the
Federal constitution, granting suff-
rage to women. Neither is it n oues-
ton as to whether one is for or aga
inst woman suffrage. As we see it,
and as the President states, it is a
question of States Rights. ltshould
be left where the President puts it,
with the people of the States, who
speak through the Legislatures. We
hold that women should be granted
the privilege of voting if they wish it,
but we do not care to have the honor
of granting this privilege thrust upo
ues. Mr.. Hughes's bid for the votes
of women is palpably and disgusting
ly apparent, and it is inconceivable
that the women will allow themselves
to be made monkies OF, to pull Mr..
,Hughes's chestnuts out of the fire.
To have female suffrage thrust upon
the States would render the cause
more and more unpopular, and in
crease opposition already strong
enough. 1t would be exceedingly I'M
popular for the cause itself to have
it come otherwise than by major
ity vote of the states
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11
REPENTANCE AFTER DEATH.

That he may find opportunity
TO make amends for mis- sins of COM
mission in the world to which his
soul has been dispatched is not an I'M
neutral-likc wish"
The above paragraph is taken from
n well-written editorial in a recent is
sue of the Evening journal, on the
execution of Sir Roger Easement, con-
victed of high treason and hanged on
last Friday by order of the British
government.
We take it, from the above utter
ance, that the writer of the editorial
believes that an opportunity to re-
pent and reform will be given in the
future life. The "wish" may not be
"un-neutral," but most certainly, as
we see it, it is unscrIptural. If there
is any teaching, either in reason or
revelation, to justify this belief we
have not seen or heard it stated, ex-
cept, perhaps, in the vague and indefi-
mite teachings of the Roman Catholic
church doctrine of Purgatory.
What would be the condition of So
rciety should men be led to believe
that they can atone for the evil
which they do here, can easily be i'm
agined. We do not wish to be con-
sidered as playing the role of the cri-
tic, but do feel that an earnest pro-
test should be entered against the
doctrine and teaching Of the para
graph quoted, which we believe to be
pernicious in the extreme. Some Of
many of us-poor sinners, who find it.
. difficult to live up to our poor ideals.
would be comforted and encouraged
to know, that in the Great Beyond.
freed from temptation and untoward
environments, we will be given an
other chance, but to believe and trust
IN this bare and baschell hope, is only
TO build house upon sand-bar, at
low-water mark. We entertain the
hope that the editor did not mean to
say as much as his language indi-
Gates, for the Journal is great pa-
per, and its influence in the State is
strong and-immortal. and should bc
as the editor desires it to be.
influence on the side of God and
christian morality, all the wav
through and all the way around.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11
EUROPE's CRUSHING WAR DEBT
New York WORLDLY

Exclusive of Bulgaria and Turkey,
the nations at war in Europe have
contracted debts during the two years
of conflict aggregating approximate
ly 3,000,000,000. The total popu-
lation of these six nations before the
war was 408, 100000 and their aggre-
gate debt then was $26, 10000, 900,
or SGD per capita.
That debt has thus been almost
doubled within the two years for war
purposes only, and their grand total
of debt now stands at about $167 per
capita. This is exclusive of local
public debt. The net public debt of
the American people, inclusive of mu-
nicipal debt, is about $50 per capita.
This does not tell the story in all
Il small debt per capita-hardly more
than $50.
But the figures as given in detail
show for Germany war debt al
ready amounting TO almost 5000 per
capita on the basis of the ante-bellum
population, and Germany started the
war with per capita debt of $75.
They show for France a per capita
war debt of near $3.50, with an added
per capita debt before the war of
$l60. They show for Britain a per
capita war debt of near 5000 (part
for her allies, with a per capita debt
before the war of $50.
And the war goes on. This I'M
preccdented mountain debt will be pill
ed higher. No one of these nations
as yet shows signs of financial col
lapse. No one of them is likely to
in the fever of conflict or until and
where all hope of victory has vanish
ed. But the day of reckoning on this
score will come soon or late, and in
what must follow under CONNER
cial competition with nations free of
war debt it cannot be the latter
which will chiefly suffer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11
DIR. WINSTON SHOWS WHY HOS
PITAI. SHOULD BE h UlLT.

Farmville, VA, Aug. 5.
Mr.. Editor-Your paper of this week
reached me this morning, and ! have
just finished reading it-all of it. |
know of no county paper in the State
equal to it as news sheet. and for
the invariablc stroke of twelve ON all
moral issues. The fact is that with
your knowledge Of the good people
of TaZewell, and of the bounty of 81
beneficent Providence, in soil, climate,
scenery, "wide like the winding of
the sea-" you must of necessity get
the inspiration necdful to make an
interesting local paper.
| find in this issue sketch OF the
lately deceased Mrs. j. r. Glider
sleeve, whom | did not know, but
of the doctor, long practitioner in
your county, | know intimately, hav-
ing been associated with him in hos
pital work in Charlottesville during
the war. | never knew more genial
and cultured scholarly man in or out
of the profession, whom | am proud to
call my friend
But it is of your last editorial,
timely, practical and suggestive as It
is, | want to write. The prevalence
and mortality of tuberculosis you
have forcibly presented, and almost
in despair you seek Il remedy. So far
as old Tazewell is concerned / think
| it is not far to seek
If | am correctly Informed your
county has larger percentage of
consumptives, and deaths from con-
sumption, to population than any
county in the state. The need is i'm
perative with your people. But to the
plan; One years net earnings of your
county farm. used in the construc-
ton of cheap, plain hospital build
ing on one of those beautiful hill
ocks overlooking the farmhouse would
be indeed an ideal location and wise
provision: This impresses me as true
for the following reasons:
L. Medical attendance and medi-
cine would be negligible item. 2.
Cases may be reached and treated in
their incipiency. and when alone there
is hope of cure. 3. The congestion at
Catawba would be relieved to some
extent. Your rich county could thus
furnish an object lesson that would
doubtless be followed. 5.The cost, if
at all to be considered when health
and life are involved, would be incon-
siderable, as superintendent and
nurse could likely be found among
the patients, as at Catawba.
There are many other reasons but
the above may suffice.
Health is wealth, and disease and
death mean big item of cost to in
dividuals, and hence to the county and
State. 1t is to be hoped that your
philosophical Supervisors will lool
, into so vital a question.
PETER WINSTON,
:! BID. Char and Cor.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11
GETTING A STAND OF ALFALFA
AND KEEPING 1T.

Someone asks: "Why is it so much
more difficult to get stand of al
falfa than of other clovers?" 1t is
not more difficult. Alfalfa seed, if it
is good seed, will terminate and show
up as easily and quickly as will clo-
yer seed. The trouble is with the
"stand" after you get it. Alfalfa, in
the beginning, and for the first year,
is weak plant, unable to fight its
way through weeds and bad surround
ings. The greatest enemy of alfalfa
is weeds and filth in the land. If the
land is properly prepared, we mean
cleared of weed seeds and properly
drained, alfalfa will grow as readily
and as easily as will red clover oil
timothy. No grass, or anything else
can be successfully grown on poor
ill-prepared land, not even corn. Get
your land in the best possible shape
sow 20 lbs. of alfalfa, guaranteed
seed, per acre, and go ahead.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11
THE COUNTY HOSPITAL FOR
CONSERVATIVES.

DR.. Winston, member of the Board
of Carities and Corrections, of the
State, has Il timely letter in this issue
Of this paper, in which he endorses Il
plan suggested several times hereto
fore in our columns, viz, the erection
of suitable building on the county
farm for the treatment of consump-
tives. We feel sure, that if the Board
of Supervisors of tho county will in
vestigatc the matter they cannot fail
to see its plausibility, as well as its
pressing need. The physicians of the
town and county, we feel sure, will
heartily endorse the plan, or any
other feasible plan or suggestion
which promises OF meet the needs of
Il doplorablc situation. The money
cost will be inconsiderable-a few
hundred Gollars-and should not be
considered Il hindrance at all by a
county which can afford an annual
outlay of not less than $4,000 for
the one item of up-kecp of automo-
biles. The question of good roads,
Sunday schools, better farming and
the up-keep of churches are all of
them important, but good health and
the saving 70 human lives are also
of stupendous Importance. To stay
the hand of disease and promote good
health, is an important part of peo-
pies religion.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11
His Stand Amusing.

Characteristic of his whole speech
of acceptance, but more amusing than
most parts of it, is Mr.. Hughes's
strong stand on the Suffrage
issue. That issue in this campaign is
whether suffrage shall be forced on
all the States by Federal constitu-
ticnal amendment, as the Suffragists
demand, or shall be had through in
dividual State action. Mr.. Hughes's
position on this question is fearless,
and uncompromising: 81 favor the
vote for women."-N. Y. World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11
SOME POET is bob"
(From Eastern (Phila.l Deale,

(From Eastern (Phila.) Dealer.)
r. p. Johnson is an implement
dealer at Wytheville, Va, and when
you know him it is just natural to call
him Bob"
bob" sells lots of implements, but
he is long on poetry, and this he pass
es along to his customers.
lie is Democrat and does not care
who knows it, and his literature saws
among other things that Democracy
will be dead when doodle bugs travel
like frogs, and feathers are found
on hogs. When humming birds bray
like an ass, when pillow shares are
made out of glass, when wool grows
on hydraulic rams, democracy will be
dead and the country not worth a
damn.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11
Just the Thing for Diorrboo,

About two years ago | had u
severe attack of diarrhoea which las
ted over a week." writes w. C. Jones.
Buford, N. D.. 81 became so weak
that could not stand upright.
A druggist recommended Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. The first dose relieved me
and within two days was as well as
ever" Many druggists recommend
this remedy because they know that
1T is reliable. Obtainadle everywhere.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11

The letter of Mr.. Mo ntaguc pub
lished in this issue, gives Il black eye
to newspaper stories, that the sol
diers on the border are not we'll
treated, and are having y hard, dull
time of it. General Funston has
Thrown the hooks" into these yellow
writer's of yellow stories IS, and says
the practice must be t,,pped.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11

This paper is lucky in finding buy
ers for articles advert: led for sale,
and articles lost and fom I'd. as rule.
In the case of lost and found keys
we seem to be unlucky. We do not
seem to have gotten the key to the
situation, somehow.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11
SOW CRIMSON CLOVER AND AL
FALFA.

Now, during August and up to
Sept. 18th. or GOTH, is the time to
sow crimson clover and alfalfa. 1t is
conceded that crimson clover stands
ut the top as cover crop to turn down
in the spring, and alfalfa as a stand
ing crop for hay and pasture. Don't
fail to sow one or both this fall.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11

1t is only fair to surmise that
Messrs. Gore and McLemore, Repub-
leans, who supported the resolution
in Congress endorsing the German
Kaiser against President Wilson, are
gratified that they have the endorse
ment of Mr.. Hughes, their candidate
for President.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11

Mrs. Nettic Hit Martin, who left
her husband has been found, says an
exchange. 1t does not state, however,
why she hit Martin, or what she hit
him with
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11

1t is said that Mr.. Hughes has not
been popular us speaker with the
iccmen. His speeches lower the tenn
perature, and hinder the sale of ice
for the time being.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11
"UNREGENERATED CROOKS OF
1912"
Moosers Stampeding to President
Wilson.

New York, Aug. Ga Bull Moose
stampede" for Wilson has set in, ac-
cording to an official statement is
sued from the Democratic National
headquarters tonight. 1t began, de-
clares the document, Immediately af-
ter the Progressive conference at In
dianapolis.
National Chairman Mccormick au-
thorized publication of list of for
mer Progressives and Republicans
who have written him, or the Presi-
dent, that they will support the Dem
ocratic ticket.
In connection with it it was as
serted:
reports from the Pacific coast in
dictate that practically the entire Pro-
gressive vote of several of these
States will be cast for the President.
The communities that ere most en-
thusiastic in following Theodore Roo
sevelt as the Moose of political re-
form are the most bitter in denounc-
ing his surrender and the most deter
mined now not to be delivered back to
Roosevelt, Perkins, ct al, to the I'M
regenerated Crooks" of 1912.
"In Washington the Progressive
nounced. Women as well as men are
included.
Heney California Leader.
"In Idaho, the Boise Evening Cap
ital News, the most influential news
paper of the State, has swung from
Progressive organ to staunch sup
porter of the President"
The California stampede of the
Moose, led by Francis j. Heney, Pro-
gressive candidate for the United
States Senate, extends to every cor
ner of the State. The Woodrow Wilson
Progressive League, with held its
conference yesterday, has enrolled
thousands of members and its officers
report to national headquarters that
the Wilson vote would include prac-
tically the entire Bull Moose vote of
four years ago. Mr. Heney is vice
president of the Wilson league in
that State.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11

The horizon of the Republicans may
.be spanncd by the hughes of the rain
bow, and the proverbial bag OF gold
will be found at its end.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11

"These short skirts they're wearing
are certainly bringing to light a lot
of family skeletons. Blackstone
Courier.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11
THE EyENTIDE OF LIFE.

The most of us do not welcome the
coming of life's eventide. We would
stay the approach of twilight. We
care not for what once delighted US
to tell our age, and we look not for
ward with anticipations of JOY to the
advent of the next birthday. We
dress and strive to appear young af-
ter Time has Enthusiastically put his
finger upon us. We try to conceal
our failure of sight, our dullness of
hearing, our loss Of memory, our I'M
certain step as if these things were
marks of disgrace But is it not the
wisest philosophy and the highest
Christianity to cheerfuly accept the
inevitable, and show how beautiful
old age can be? The Good Book
says: "At evening time it shall be
light" Shall not that light that new
er shown on land or sea be impaired
to the righteous Of advancing years
that will enable them to eXemplify
the fine art of growing old gracefully i?
Then will follow the words of Words
worth
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-08-11
%. old age serene and bright,
And lovely as Lapland night"

Some persons make botch out of
old age. They become sour and vine
gary. They are jealous of the rising
generation. They never tire of be-
moaning the degeneracy of the times
and lauding the days when they were
young. Others are as attractive and
beautiful rs the afterglow of sum-
mer's sunset. Their lingering pres
ence and counsel from full, rich ex-
perience swecten and strengthen the
lives of the toilers in the field. They
have caught the heavenly light. Age
transfigures or pctrifies It's memo
rics are Il perennial spring of salts
faction or stagnant pool of gloom.
"The wise man does not grow DID,"
said Victor Hugo, "he ripens." Su-
premely blest is he who ripens sane
y, healthly, hopefully, for his heart
is full of peace and whose face is full
of benediction. And when the shad-
ows fall, with England's laureate he
can whisper:
"Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no moaning of
farewell,
When | embark"
The Country Parson.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-03-17
ROPED HIMSELF TO BRIDGE
And Then the Youngster Let the Tide
Come In in True Melodrama
Style.

The colossal lie told by seventeen
year-old John Streeper proved little
too much for him, and he was confined
to his bed with a doctor trying to give
him something for his nerves. The
police said it was not his nerves that
needed treatment at all; what he need
ed most was remedy for an over
grown imagination. The boy had the
police and detective forces Of the city
in fine frenzy for hours with his yarn
about being tied by four negroes to
log under bridge for the tide to over
whelm as it rose inch by inch.
1t was thriller for sure, and Streep-
er was tied to the log, but he had TIED
himself. Color of truth was given the
boys colossal yarn by the fact that
negroes caught in robbery by his ia
Their had threatened vengeance upon
him, but that incident merely formed
the foundation for the fabrication The
lad had remained out later than the
domestic law allowed, and it was nee
essary for him to frame an excuse that
would go we'll with dad The chief
incident of a movie" show he had wit
messed recently gave him all the cue
he required. He provided the scenario.
Atlantic City Dispatch to Philadel-
phia Record
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-03-17

a clear white egg, while Boston wants
a rich brown color; and the interme-
date cities, all the way across, may,
in way, take almost any color; but
most city retailers find it to their
advantage to separate the colors to
suit individual customers.
But never, no never, fool away very
much time with scrub" or mongrel
stock on the farm, and don't try to
keep too many breeds or you may soon
have lot Of mOngrels yourself.
Even on the regular poultry ranch
where many breeds are kept, strange
"mixeries' sometimes happen in
some most unexplainable way.
1t is often claimed that mixed
breeds or scrubs" lay better than
purebreds, but careful investigation
will generally prove that the feed,
care, and perhaps the age of the birds,
has more to do with the egg product
than the simple fact that they are
cross-bred.
But while different markets demand
different colored eggs there is no mar
ket on this continent, at least, that
demands dirty or stained egg, or
an egg that has been under a broody
hen for night or two, or one that
has been out in the sun for several
days. Gather daily at least and ship
at least weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-03-17
ASHES GOOD AS FERTILIZER
Ihey Nos Only Contain Potash and
Phosphoric Acid, but Also
Magnesia and Lime.

The farmer who burns wood for
heating and cooking should carefully
store the ashes and not permit them
to leach, as they have a peculiar fer
tilizing value. They not only contain
potash and phosphoric acid in appre-
cable amounts, but also contain mag
nesia and lime, and when applied to
the land they also act indirectly to
increase the available nitrogen con-
tent of organic matter in the soil.
Ordinary house ashes contain on
the average about eight or nine per
cent of potash and two per cent OF
phosphoric acid. Investigators have
considered that there is enough pot
ash and phosphoric acid in a pushei
OF ashes to make it worth 20 or %
cents. Besides that. some 10 or IS
cents additional might be allowed for
the "alkali power" OF the ashes. This
power is that which enables ashes to
rot weeds and TO ferment peat. The
potash content OF ashes will be lost if
they are permitted 10 leach, and care
should be taken to store them in a
dry place.