The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-08-30
HERALDs
items not intended to hit or miss
anyone in particular, but just
to remind you

piled.
That it ism I at all necessary fol
woman to be a thigh flier I,
make a good aviator.
That it seems the examining
boards have had less trouble with
flat feet than with cold feet.
That a non-leakable gasoline
tank has been perfected. What is
needed is a nOn-exhaustable one.
That we want the world safe
for democracy. But, most import
ant of all, we want it safe for our
selves.
That there is, however, some
satisfaction IN knowing that when
our shoes wear out we II be ON our
feet again.
That if old General Sherman
were here now he would have to
find some stronger term to de-
scribe war.
That if the kaiser wants to jump
from the frying pan into the fire,
he might try the job of emperor
ing in Russia.
That worry may be, as a great
man has said, worse than drink,
but it dOeSn' I leave the same taste
in the mouth next morning.
That before you start to abusing
the neighbOr, hadn't you better
take a little inventory and see
what kind of a neighbor you are
That because a man is looking
for a job as a forest fire fighter
we shouldn't feel that war condi-
tions are driving him to the tall
timber.
That prohibition that prohib-
it's" is aptly defined as a place 1
where a call for sarsaparilla, ae-
companied by a wink, brings
sarsaparilla.
That we have no objections to
the president appointing Mr.. Taft 1
a major general, but we do think
he should. have considered the
shortage of khaki.
That the Good Book tells us that
Satan is to be lOOsed for a thOuS-
and years. But what we'd like to
know, however, is how long the
Did duck has been loose.
That if Mr.. Hoover succeeds IL
Strengthening out the food situa-
ion he viii have done a great
work. If he fails-well, he can
console himself with the know
edge that there always has to
,e a goat.
That it is stated that one hun
lred pounds of beef shrinks to
ixty-seyen pounds after ordinary
casting. This, perhaps, accounts
or the smallness Of the roast, and
re apologize to the butcher.
That the war has brought to {
light an unusual industry in Co I
mbia county, Wash, where lO-
ust trees are being cut and man
into wooden nails used 3
n the construction of ships for4 O
ne government. Q
That eastern school children are
caring out a page in their spoilers g
n which the kaiser is lauded. And v
MS, perhaps, is the first time in g
heir little lives that they were {
OF thrashed for obeying a per :
setly natural impulse. d
That when DR.. Dernberg, the 8
ersonal representative Of the kali ,
r IN this country concluded an y
idress he used the words: Ger
any will rule the world J" an
.ishman In the audience replied,
notrby a damsight, and a min
ter Of the gospel said, 'Amen. r
That the fellow who hired his
iildren 70 go to bed without sup
n and then stole their money d
lille they slept is discounted for y
by the one who cut all q
the eyes from the load Of pO- u
toes before selling the spuds. NJ
,, they didn't happen IN this =
wn. to
That Lewis f. Haas, business =
for the western de- -
Of the national war Is
,rk council Of the Y. n. c. A. y
serts that it costs $4,000 a -
nth to supply the soldiers Of -
E west with writing paper, en- -
lopes, pens and ink, so that they -
y write home. It is one Of the i,
st important features Of the Y. -
g. f. work. ~
That the European countries to,
: using more food grains than an
r. before and producing less. 81,
lnce produced $4,000, 900 bush ~.
Of wheat annually before the
T and produced not more than lae
# that amount last year. The ~,
tied States should have 500 IL,
1000 bushels to export annual ar,
and this year we can export 10
Y 100000 bushels at the cIo