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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-18
A WELL EDUCATED MAN.

When think of the well educated man of today we
naturally think of the college The day of the made
In the educational world almost not entirely
thorough development of the mind two kinds of training
necessary the subjective which tends toward the development
OF the individual and the objective which tends toward
mastery of professional details The training should
the High School and the first college
In the last two college the student should begin
specialize and during three four years pro-
fessonal school, should continue his studies the field of his
specialization To specialize earlier is lack founda
ton which to build ones educational the other
hand to fail to specialize at all is to be ack of all trades and
master of none
So much for college training Such training however,
with all It's valuable assets does always insure educated
mind 1t is possible for to through college examining
his brain with thoughts of other without realizing
mind OF his capable of individual creative thought
yet according to Emerson the office of college mot to drill
but to create The word education eadng OUT
or development of ones self for the benefit of Others
An education is not mental development alone we are
often accustomed to think of it. Much could said along the
lines OF physical education Suffice it to that
ects his physical we'll being his development and
hinderng his along all other lines That should
be developed morally almost without saying The man
who is narrow selfish egostca dscourteous lacking
any OF those essential qualities which make up
hood is not and be educated ruet sense of
the word The educated above all others ought
minded and universal his conceptions free from the
narrowness and prejudice which often characterize those
about him.
10 sum up then well educated man is one who has
developed his intellect through long and tedious
subjective well objective training who has maintained
physique able to endure the struggles life and who has
developed his ethical nature to the extent that he
pathy with all human kindly Edith Gibson in Cameron
Mo, Sun.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-18
FARM YIELDS.

The quantity of farm land under cultivation pretty nearly
keeps pace with the growth of population An equal division
would give nhabant of the United States pretty nearly
the same quantity of cultivated land twenty-five years ago
when the prices OF farm products low But no doubt
costs more to farm than did then Up to about thirty
years ago the land brought under cultivation was mainly rich
and with dependable rainfall required neither fertilization
nor irrigation Since then agriculture pushed into regions
less favored by Nature.
Dry farming requires labor; irrigation and the re-
clamaon OF sWamps require considerable investment which
must be compensated out of the products the SOIL In spite
OF improved methods OF cultivation yields per acre have in
creased comparatively little in fifty years Taking the ten
year average for 8668 and the average the five
preceding 1916 when generally poor the gain for
the three chief cereals taken together ten per cent
Corn which takes by far the biggest no gain at all
AS compared with thirty years ago. farming will contnne
TO cost more effort The celebrated business tickling te
land with pillow and making laugh with harvest will not
answer Land that has been farmed for generation land
without rainfall and land that tends slip back into the
are going TO give the mere ticker another of laugh To in
or even maintain the yield per requires more
ana Skill Farming difficult business than was
mrty years ago. Probably it will be increasingly more
lcu business Compared with thirty years ago. probably
1000 Will always cost Saturday Evening Post
The appropriation of $2400 by the House for free garden
seeds will not add noeeab the size of the crops 1917
to reduce the cost of living That the purpose in
passing it,
Ten minutes the wood pile is equal bushe of coal
when you want to warm up
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-18
ALLIANCE OR ISOLATION?

ALLIANCE OR ISOLATION?
The United States foreign policy except that which
has been determined by popular approval of Executive decree
The policy of isolation defined by Washngton's Fare
we'll Address to his Friends and Fellow Citizens The
Monroe Doctrine enunciaed message that fol-
the information, not the approval, of Congress.
Washingtons warning against entangng alliances, which
inspired by the activities of the French and British par
in the United States gradually have the status
unwrtten law although has not always been consistently
followed The Government has engaged in entangng ALLAN
when entangng alliances happened to suit it's immediate
purpose but has avoided the appearance of dsregrdng Wash
ngon warning by the simple expeden of denying that they
were alliances or that they entanglng
AS for the Monroe Doctrine has meant whatever any
subsequent administration chose decide that it Mr.
Oney reduced to its simplest terms when he declared that
Sour fiat is law" this continent and hence the Monroe
Doctrine in harmony with that fiat 1t be thing
to-day and another thing always carefully adjusted
to expediency and purpose
Senator Borah, in the of the debate the Hitch
cock resolution Friday voiced his unqualified opposition to
the purposes of the League Enforce Peace the Pres
dents official Endorsement of the plans of the league cit
he sad mot only the abandonment of the doctrine of
neutrality established by Washington but the aband
onmen of the Monroe Doctrine That the abandon
men of the policy of isolation there be doubt but does
it necessarily the abandonment of the Monroe Docrnea
Might not easily universal acceptance of the Monroe
Doctrine, thus making it not merely American policy but
world polcyf
AS for Westinghouse Farewell Address, which was prepar-
ed for special occasion and special circumstance must that
be the last word in the foreign policy of the United
Sates We permitted to amend the Constitution but
Farewell Address beyond amendment matter how much
times change conditions be shaced forever temporary
policy that submitted to nation of 100000 inhabitants
weak and and struggling and engaged steps
vast experiment. the outcome of which nobody could resee
With due respect to George Washington, know more
about the United States than he did We have had the benefit
of more than century of experience that denied
We know about the world and relations than
did We know about present day needs than he
could know and about relations the other nations
The foreign policy of the United States be controlled
forever by the dead hand Of matter how wise
patriotic He served his day and generation We
ours
Whether the United States is follow President Wilson
in the foreign policy which he has submitted decided
wholly in the light of experience and of future
needs AS John Hay said eve the fathers we are
the prophets. World
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-18

That Thomas A. Edison the inventor, at period
his harassed almost beyond endurance by financial
difficulties, and that the late j. Morgan Henry Willard
were almost the only two who willing to extend him
financial help during this period two of the facts dvulged
by g. Forbes in of his series of articles running in
Lesle's Weekly At the critical time in Edsons career
Samuel insult the head of eectrcght public
in Chicago and the middle West the conant
financial manager and alter of Edison He had been
moned from London become Edson secretary used
to and all Edsons correspondence 'T had to
work in the office all day. he tells Mr. Forbes then
often would be with Mr. Edison at his laboratory of the
night" They usually worked about four nights in
Edison sometimes worked ten successive days and nights
These heavy abors in necesstaed by financial
barrasments Mr. Edison it seems, had completed the
ton of his ncandescen lamp encountered enormous diff
cutes IN having supplies of the necessary materials manufac
ured IN nauguratng methods of distribution in reduc
ing the amount OF copper required for the conductors He
had sold out for large his telephone and telegraph inter
ests both Europe and at home and this freely
poured INTO his various manufacturing companies for making
lamps electrical generators and motors electric tubes and fix
lures and miscellaneous appliances Aho he spent his last
penny he could scarcely cope with the situation Says Mr.
insult:
that Edison said to night all seriousness
not pull through go back to earning my living as tee
graph operator and suppose could get along short
hand writer
"For six months things 50 involved and money SO
scarce that compelled to get friend had been
little more thoughtful of the rainy day than the
lend me money to pay for my meals and my room
Mr Edison and l. his financial man. were harassed at
every turn by creditors Looking back from this long distance
must confess that troubles then really very
however, we stuck to 1T and finally managed get
our feet About the only people who willing to assist us
IN those early days were j. P Morgan and Henry Vlard
Other veterans have told Mr. Forbes that they question
whether Edison would have been able the obstacles
ha met him at every turn had not been for the heroic fight
made by Samuel insult What the world would have lost
Mr. FORBES comments chow much of the progress of the
generation would have been forfeited had Edison succumbed
and retired to oblivion who guess For the oya assis
lance and encouragement he then lent Edison day and night
the American people owe Mr. insult debt of gratitude
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-18
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE FREE PRESS

though it is welcome to any benefits 1t is intended
ducement for coopedup people to get out in the open air They
can wakY Certainly but they do not walk they have
walked and they probably will walk. Rde2 Yes.
There's where the automobile in The auto is
s to many people in their business because of the remote
ness OF their homes from places of labor These have been
quick discover the advantages other than those associated
with the initial for the purchase If you afford
auto at ALL therefore, and you of those who stay in
stuy rooms much of the time from Gods sunshine and
fresh air. for heavens sake land your own buy Run it
aroundJust for fun Go out far you into the
try You'll get fresh air and when things go wrong,
exercise and get far enough perhaps long walk
The whole thing will proong your life and make you
agreeable companion along the road that has urnCapta
News.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-18
GET OUT AND GET-AIR.

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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-02-01
BREAK WITH GERMANY IS IMMINENT
LANDOWNERS ASK
FOR CITIZENSHIP
RUSH TO BECOME NATURALIZED
BEFORE NEW ANW-ALIEN LAND
LAW BECOMES EFFECTIVE

The anti-alien land bill, introduced
into the legislature recently and
passed by the house, has caused quite
an infiuex of applications for natural
ization by large alien landholders OF
the county who would be compelled to
dispose of their property to comply
with the measure should it become a
law. Two applications have been fill
ed within the past 4S hours, and in
dications are that many more will be
fled this week A similar rush is re-
ported in other counties over the
state.
The applications filed here were:
Martin Paroz, native of Switzerland,
residing at Potlatch, who settled in the
United States. coming directly to Ida
no, i'll 1911; and Henry Walker, a SUBJ
ject of England, who came to the Uni
ted States in 1910 from Myncaster, B.
c., settling near Cornwall where he
is the owner of fine ranch.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-02-01
MUST RUSH APPROPRIATIONS

BOISE, Feb. 1.-The appropriations
committee today introduced some bills
calling for minor appropriations for
state offices. According to the house
rules adopted at the beginning of the
session, all appropriation bills must be
introduced by tomorrow. 1t is very
probable that embarrassment will be
caused, for it is certain that the ap
preparation committee is not yet in
position to make recommendations
for expenditures during the coming
two years. In the lower house alone
166 bills have now been introduced,
very few of which have been up for
massage.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-02-01
UNITED STATES FACES
TROUBLE WITH JAPAN
Counsellor Polk of State Department Urges West
ern Senator'S to Ask Legislatures Not to Pass
Bills Barring Aliens from Holding Land.

WASHINGTON, Feb. POSSIBILITIES
of diplomatic difficulties with Japan
loomed today. Counsellor Polk of the
state department today asked Senators
Lane and Chamberlain to use all in
fiuence to prevent the Oregon legisla-
ture from passing anti-alien land laws
and made similar request of Senator
Brady of Idaho. 1t is reported that
Counsellor Polk said such acts would
cause serious diplomatic situation at
this time. The Japanese ambassador
conferred with Mr.. Polk this morning.
Bill Before Senate
BOISE, Feb. 1.-The stringent alien
bill introduced in the house and passed
by that body by a vote almost unani-
nous came up before the senate for the
first reading yesterday.
The state department at Washington
views with disfavor this bill, and if
it becomes law will take whatever
steps it deems necessary to prevent
the measure from going into operation,
said Solicitor Polk, speaking for Sec
retary Isansing in special interview
telegraphed to the Idaho Daily States
man.
Because of the German situation
no definite action has been decided
upon, said Mr.. Polk The state de-
partment feels toward the Idaho bill
exactly as it did toward a similar
measure up in California few years
ago and may either send a represen-
tative to Boise to talk to the legisla
ture, may appeal to the state senate,
or may ask Governor Alexander to
veto the bill if it passes both houses.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-02-01
"U" TROUBLES
ALL SETTLED
PLAN TO REMOVE INSTITUTION
EXPLODES In THIN AIR WHEN
SUBMITTED TO LEGISLATURE

BOISE, Feb. 1-Removal of the
University of Idaho from Moscow ex-
ploded into thin Legislative air after
the house of representatives got
through with the Findlay resolution
proposing an amendment to the state
constitution so providing. The resolu-
tion was Indefinitely postponed. The
act of the house, it was said, may fore
stall the proposed introduction of a
secession measure to cut northern
Idaho off from the south. The refer
ence committee of the house sounded
the death cry for the resolution.
1t reported to the house that the
measurse be not printed. Representa-
tive Findlay of Bear Lake county, its
author moved as substitute that it
be printed and the fight was on. He
held it was un-American and up dem
ocratic to kill Off measure in that
manner. Kribs was on his feet and
moved the Findlay motion be tabled.
Evidently the house wanted definitely
to settle the matter-and the resolu-
tion-for it voted the Kribs motion
down. Johnson of Bingham then NOV
ed that the resolution be indefinitely
postponed
A roll call was demanded and taken.
The indefinite postponement carried
by vote of 49 for, against.
1t was a significant feature of the
proceedings that the killing Of the
resolution was volunteered by men,
bers of the southern part of the state
and that the north took no particular
part in it.
The Representatives who voted
against indefinite postponement were
the following.
Findlay of Bear Lake; MCGOWAN of
Custer; Thatcher of Bannock; Tran
trum of Bear Lake.
The representatives excused from
voting were Bohman of Latah; Daugh-
ters of Kootenai; Hitchcock of Bonner;
MCGOWAN of L.atah; Miles Of Nez
Perce; Moody of Bonner; Shearer of
Nez Perce; Seymour Of Bonner;
Struthers of Shoshone; Anderson OF
Latah; Smith of Kootenai.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-02-01
TAX REPORT IS
MADE TO BOARD
TWO.THIRDS OF 1916 TAXES
TURNED IN ON FIRST PAYMENT
WOMEN BUY CERTIFICATES

County Auditor Homer E. Estes re-
ported to the county commissioners
today that final settlement with Miss
Ruth Broman, county treasurer, for tax
collections ON the first payment OF
1916 real and personal property rolls
has bee made Total charges made to
the treasurer for these rolls was
1856 1856, of which $239,S4406 has
been collected, and tax certificates
been issued for $5993. .76-a total credit
Of $245,S37.s2, leaving balance of
payments.
This shows that more than two
thirds of the taxes have been turned i'll
on the first pyament, taxpayers evi-
IDENTIFY not caring to avail themselves
of the privilege of making payment in
two instalments.
Of large number of tax certificates
sold for part of the $5993.76 delinquent
this year, most of the certificates were
purchased by Moscow women, County
Estes reports.
Miss Clara Wethered, teacher in the
local schools, left yesterday for Los
Angeles, Cal. where she will enter
one of the large California normals to
take a special course in education
work. In consideration of her long
service in the Moscow schools the
school board has granted Miss Weth
cred a leave of absence for the re-
manner of the school year.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-02-01

MADRID, Feb. l. - Following a
lengthy special cabinet meeting to-
day. it was officially announced that
Spanish vessels will continue traffic
with Allied countries in spite of the
German note to the United States yes
terday declaring the beginning of an
unrestricted submarine campaign.
"A severe defense measure may be
necessary to carry out our plans"
stated an Official this afternoon.
The Spanish foreign minister con-
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-02-01
DENOUNCES WILSON'S SPEECH
North Dakota Senator Declares Era of
Starvation is Before the Country

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Senator
Porter j. McCumber of North Dakota
started debate today ON President
Wilson's peace speech delivered be-
fore the senate January %. He de-
nounced the presidents ideas, and de-
clared that the. German note received
yesterday foreshadows an era of
slaughter and starvation. I'VE face
critical situation he said. THE
nations honor is involved"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-02-01
MANAGEMENT OF
STRAND CHANGES

Lyman W. Ward formerly of Cold
cndale where he was county engineer
of Klickitat county, arrived in the city
yesterday and has assumed the man.
agement of the Strand theater which
he purchased last November through
Harry L. Haynes who, he stated today.
acted as his agent. Mr.. Ward and
his wife have had considerable exper-
ience in theater management. Mrs.
Ward being at present in charge OF
the Grand theater at Camas, Wash.
They will make Moscow their home.
Mr.. Ward enjoys a large acquaint-
ance in the Pullman vicinity, being q
graduate of the Washington State col
lege. His parents are pioneer resi-
dents of the Palouse country.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-02-01
BENEFITS OF
NEW LOAN ACT

WASHINGTON, Feb. by reason
farm loan act, which was passed last
summer, it will be easier in the future
for farmer to secure money to make
needed improvements or for the pur-
chase OF live stock, and it will be
easier also for the landless man to
purchase a farm, according to a recent
publication of the department of agri-
culture Farmers Bulletin 1929 en-
titled How the Federal Farm Loan
Act Benefits the Farmer
The federal land banks established
under this act will stand ready at all
| times, it is expected, to lend money
to farmers on farm mortgage security.
The interest charges will be not more
than per cent, nor more than l per
cent above the rate paid on the bonds
sold by the banks. If AZ per cent
bonds should be issued, therefore, the
rate charged on loans would be 512
per cent or less. There will be no
commissions or bonuses. : The loans
will be made for periods of time rang
ing from to 40 years, thus doing
away with the trouble and expense o.
frequent renewals.
The payment of certain part of
the principal annually or semi-annual-
ly. with the interest, will be required.
The total payment, including the in
terest, will be the same for each year,
and will be just large enough so that
the entire principal will be paid off |
at the end of the period. The annual !
payment thus required to pay off a !
loan of $1,000, with interest at per
cent in 20 years, is $S0.24.
After loan has run five years the |
borrower will be permitted to pay off |
the whole amount, if he desires, on |
any interest date, or to make partial |
in addition to the regular |
The requirement of installment pay
ments on the amortization plan, as
outlined above. will serve, first, to
cultivate habits of thrift in the bor
rover, and second, to make possible
the placing of the loans at lower
rate of interest. since the gradual re-
1uction of the principal constantly i'm
proves the security for the unpaid bal
ance The privilege of optional pay
nents after the first five years leaves
he borrower free to discharge his
before the end of the
oan-period, if he finds it convenient ]
o do SO.
The federal land banks will perform
hree important services. They will
the security which farm mort
,ages afford into negotiable form,
,nown as farm-loan bonds. They will
urnish additional security for the pro-
ection of these bonds, through their
apital and surplus, and thus make
he bonds more attractive to investors.
hey will sell the landbank bonds
n the open investment market, which.
Or obvious reasons, the small farmer
ould not reach to advantage.
The bonds are to be issued in de-
ominatiens ranging from $25 to $1,000,
nd it is expected that the bonds of
mall denomination will encourage sa-
ing through their appeal to individ-
ais who have not been in the habit OF
laking investments. The bonds will
e secured not only by farm mort
ages deposited in trust with gov
rnment official (the register for the
and-bank district) but also, as indi-
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