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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-05-24


eOmmendabe service Hence your appreciation win
know bounds after have received that STEEL MULE tina.
busy days hampered BY Indictment weather getting
a the D5o %' that S os eas s S
prepare the crop this fall your early following
and fall seeding your fan blowing
You viii lind that you can econOmize almost by
labor and by using MULE instead Of using horses Fur
man machine
Mule worth good
for You EVEN though had he power and the
utility the Bates Steel Mule has
Take high necessary pro
vide against this contingency The only possible solution hes IN the
Bates Steel Mule
you figure almost any good light
the these
tors get idea why The Bates Company running their
Steel Mules -
FLOWING using machine for blowing
heat of the engine Ii the trash thick Of time
to kick the trash off with your foot before il balls up BY
being able watch your P0ws from the pillow sea. you can DO better
continually twisting your neck 70 see If the Plos securing
you spots sandy muddy crawsr pulls
you right along these spots just though hard
HARVESTING comes to harvesting you sit on the binder
and drive the Bates Steel Mule front would
heavier grain makes eghfOOt much in
day as It would this binder were pulled with horses With this
in the field shocking for than to have him drive the
the ground wet tracks right the binder
Nhe in
gets footing 50 it won't slip.
DRILLING-when farmer buys tractor he wants 10 nae /,
for drilling in his seed and follow the d with harrows
one operation With the Steel Mule takes
tire job The cwr also It's broad sur
lace travels nightly over the powed ground without packing
sPREADTEcManure spreading job the Bates Steel Mule
is peculiarly adapted has abundnce Of power 20 pu The
heaviest load at fast speed manages complete out
m the load has to be pulled slippery spots crawer with
on road. = " W
HAULe-h there is much hauling or road work to b. dou.
you can SIT night the Bates Steel Mule would
tractor The Bates Steel Mule excellent hauling tractor he
cause me ayerage tractor not spring mounted and therefore rough
ROADS jar them more than they do the spring mounted Mule
Changing columns on the Bates STEEL Mui. ~ h
long column which used binder control and t
for road work accomplished in less minutes time - one
These only why the Bates Steel Nuls
inception has been 50 popular with farmers why in spite 81 he
ing past It has been dfuI for times du
mediate deliveries Steel Mules customers = 60 -"
The farmers all the world learning that good Itch. e
tor sucn tremendous saving farming that nearly
every factory king good light tractor capacity taxed TO
the utmost And with such demand for all tractors Is Il any wonder
nse ne Bates Steel Mule should popular which
is as far ahead Of tractors tractors Of horses
my iaith IN the Mule has not been shaken The more we u Il
hep you et one Bu, o were different wouldn't be eager
no mistake IN getting yours here at the earliest possible time
I h that you act at possible and have me Get
a Mule what you 40 lot yourself in getting
PRICE
S985,OO|
+. Q. b. Factory
Arizona republican., 1917-03-02

tional Mail Order Brokerage exchange,
an institution having no existence
whatever, as the guise under which TO
send out letters promising that a $4.i5
silk petticoat would be furnished in re
turn for ten cents. providing the per-
son renting each dime would make
five copies Of the letter and mail them
TO five friends. OF course each Of the
five secondary recipients OF the letters
were also to get petticoats If they in
turn put up ten cents and mailed five
copies OF the letter to five additional,
persons. And so on TO infinity.
All replies were TO be addressed 10
500 Globe building, Minneapolis. There
is no such number or tenant in ;he
Globe building. but letters containing
dimes poured in. Since delivery at the
Globe building was impossible, the let
ters went to general delivery. The
mysterious promoter Of the scheme
called once at the general delivery
window Of the Minneapolis office for
this mail and obtained a quantity Of it
Soon after apparently, he took alarm:
for never yet has he made a second
call for his dimes.
The local postoffice states that man
Phoenix people have sent and are still
sending their dimes 70 Minneapolis.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-02
HOWELLS AS A LINGulsT

HoweIs about thirteen when he began to
study languages. In My Literary Passions he
says:
Il studied Latin because | believed should read
the Latin authors, and | suppose got as much of
never read any Latin author but Cornelius Nepos
studied Greek. and learned much 1t as
to read chapter of the Testament, and an ode of
Anacreon Then left il. because ] did not
mean to 20 farther. indeed stop short of reading
all Greek literature but because that friend Of
and talked it over and decided that could go
with Greek any time but had better the present
study German, with the help of a German who had
come to the village Apparently carrying
forward an attack on French at the time, for
distinctly recall my failure enlist with old
and whom | hoped to get at least from.
Perhaps because he knew he had accent worth
speaking OF, or perhaps because he did not want
the bother Of mparting il, he would keep any
of the engagements he made with me. and when
did meet, he so abounded in and subter-
fuges, that he finally escaped me, and left to
acquire Italian accent OF French in Venice seven
or eight years later At the time | read
ing Spanish more less, but neither wisely
too well. Having had little help in my studies
| had stupid pride in refusing all. even such
books, and would not read any Spanish author
with English notes 7 would have him in edition
wholly Spanish from beginning to end. and would
fight my way through him single handed, with only
such aid as must borrow from a lexicon"
Arizona republican., 1917-03-02
The aRed Lichtr Eli

TIE house has signfed to the senate that it is not
afr.-.d TO assume responsibility for the @red light"
r-nen Bill ard VIII 54lse refuge behind refer
eea cialss If anybody wants to invoke the referen-
aiH tae Legislature should not do it Only possible
argument can be urged against the bin that is the
aesoH q the restricted district" But that is only
part q the BIN The popular given to the bill
ha perhaps attracted attention away from general
tWDose and focused the restricted district phase
Tint is question concerning which moral citf-
zeHs may entertain honest differences of opinion but
"s afscre that al immoral people are also against
the biz while all those favor it are Of unques-
toned morals
Outside Of this question the bill proposes an eff
feetiyo Of dealing with houses of prostitution and
designation. We have way at present of dealing
vita them Inmates Of such places may be driven
from place place but is difficult to punish them
under present statutes
Cities and towns exercise police powers COW
eng the defects Of the statutes but generally they
do not There is nearly always hidden influence in
towns which protects rather than Furnishes such vo-
latoss p deconey II among them are aot pro
Arizona republican., 1917-03-02

tected the police courts inclined regard the
offenses lightly except where the defndant is
without friends or influence We have seen how such
things managed in Phoenix
The property owners influence is often barrier
of protection. Under this bill the becomes
sponsibe for the made of his property and he is
given special Involvement see that it is not used
for immoral purposes The bill also by making the
reputation of place and its inmates admissible evil
dence veil around which offenders hide
in Arizona
Regardless of amy honest differences there may
be subject of the district the other
legislation proposed will be beneficial time
should be lost in making it effective
Arizona republican., 1917-03-02

Catch-all inn; Nancothan or old Val
ley; Burays bridge; and the beauti-
fully wooded grounds of TreTeife the
hin Of which is capped by an ancient
Cross"
A short walk east from Penzance
brings one to Narration, OF Market
jew, so called because the Jews once
piled the tin trade there. South from
here is St MichaeFs mount, the an
GENTLY renowned kits described by
Di0dcIus Siculus. Writing Of the tin
trade as pursued forty or fifty years
before the beginning OF our era. Do
dcIus says These prepare the tin.
working very skillfully in the eartn
which produces it. Then, when they
have cast it in the form Of cubes they
carry il into q certain island adjoining
to Britain, and called kits. For during
the recess Of the tide the intervening
space is left dry, and they carry over
abundance of tin to this place in their
carts From thence the traders pur-
chase the tn OF the natives and trans
port it into Gaul'
fFdmonds discovered a bronze fur
mace in Narration. brought there by the
Phoenicians and used in smelling tin
Re says: TIE period when Mounts
Bay vas first visited b. the Pheon. ans
is supposed to Ge more than three
thousand wears ago. for the tin so com
mon in Palestine in the time of Moses,
was not dug from that land, but i'm
ported by the, Tyrions from some re-
mote islands known only to themselves,
respecting which Herodotus saws. It is
nevertheless certain that our tin is
brought from these extreme regions
Thcse islands are not allowed to be
The British Islands, of which the only
part ever distinguished fer the export
OF tin is Cornwall About 1913, Mara
zion was plundered ana burned by
body of armed men who landed from 4
fleet OF French warshios.
Writing in 1908. w. II. Hudson, the
naturalist lamented that the Lands
End and vicinity was being parcelled
out for building purposes, and prayed
that it might be saved from private
ownership, for not Stonehenge, nor
Mona, nor Senlac. nor that hoary fame
where Britain buries her great dead
nor any castle or cathedral, or tower
or river or mountain or plain in all the
land draws us so powerfully as this
naked moor and rude foreland with its
ancient dim memories and associa-
tons.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-02

"Landlubbe" the the nnards under
craft able watch traffic the surface of the The
picture illustrates done This photographed through
the submarine and idea the
value OF the instrument The scale shown the photograph enables the
craft through
the enables the launching
Arizona republican., 1917-03-02
SHRINE TEMPLE
To Be STARTED
IN TWO MONTHS

The projected Shrine temple, about
which members of the order have
been dreaming for years, is coming
INTO reality SO fast that it is fairly
making the most ardent dreamers
dizzy. Steps have been taken which
VIII mean the starting of the work.
cn the building within the next 60
days.
The ilustrious potentate of the
order in Arizona, II. A. Morgan, has
appointed a committee 10 further the
work In fact the committee has
statred action, and within few
weeks il is expected the necessary
cash needed To commence operations
will De on nand The committee
which has the affair in charge is
composed of Neil Z. Bailey of Jer-
ONE. as chairman; \. A. Belts Of
Phoenix. secretary; A. G. Hulett OF
Phoenix, Vic Hanny of Phoenix. W
G. Foster of Phoenix, Hugh Camp
bell Of Flagstaff, Epes Randolph of
Tuckson and II, A. Morgan of Will
cox
a conference Of the committee viii
be held within a day or So when "A
SUD committee will be appointed
made up from one member Of each
county in the state. This sub-com-
mittec viii see after placing the
bonds in their various counties, the
bonds being placed in proportion to
the Shrine population
Outside aid as to the finances will
not be asked by the Shriners. They
viii raise the entire sum of 100000
from members OF the order.
The new temple contemplates quar-
tiers for the various other Masonic
bodies Il thep caer to take advantage
Of the offer II the offer is not ac-
cepted. the interior plans will he
changed slightly. In addition to lodge
and committee rooms the temple will
maintain an up-to-date suite Of club
rooms.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-02
LANDS END IN
FORE: BECAUSE
Of SUbSEA WAR

WASHINGTON, D. G.. Feb. 2e-The
drawing, bN the German submarines,
of an interdicted line from Lands
End to John o'Groat's" attracts atten-
ton to both these extremities OF the
British Isles. Regarding the former
the National Geogra pnic society in a
statement issued today from its head
quarters here says.
1T Is probable that nowhere on this
globe VIII the lover Of seascapes find
old ocean in wilder mood than off
Pearl Point the group Of rocks form
ing the westeste point OF the land OF
Cornewalls' and the southermost tip
Of Great Britain. The rage Of the At
lantic at this point gave the artist
Turner the material FOR one Of bis
masterpieces
"A large cavern. called the Lands
End Hole about $50 feet i'll length,
runs directly through this promOntorv.
Twenty five miles toward the south
west the Scilly Isles may be seen in
clear weather A stygian panorama is
presented to the traveller who stands AT
night upon this point OF rH5s To
the south the low clouds are seen to be
lighted up at short intervals by the
binding flashes of the Lizard lights
me most powerful of ali mariners
landmarks, casting a reflection over
seventy miles Of sea. while in front
stream the lurid shafts of the Long
ships tower Further away to the east
/ the awful blackness is punctlred by
/ the revolving light on Wolf Rock.
The tongue of land Of which the
I promotory is the tip is pihched bv two
| bays-St. Ives to the north. and
4 Mounts Bay to the south, the distance
miles In this lingui-formed area, com
/ prising some 40 square miles. are tc
/ be found hundreds of ancient ruins
/ the delight of the archaeologist and
antiquary. Cairns, cromlechs. barTows
and sepulchral urns and Druidic tenn
! pies or "henges," are found in profu-
! sion, side by side with time Worn sym
/ hols of the Christian religion. Richard
! Edmonds secretary for Cornwall to the
/ Cambrian Archaeological association
( published in 1862 an excellent treatise
on the antiquities of the district.
ITO this territory in days remote
came the rich phoenician merchants To
/ exchange their trinkets for tin; the
Roman eagles, too, swooped down upon
the warlike Cornish; the piratical
Danes occasionally CverTan the land;
and il was here that the bluff Saxons
overthrow the army of Howell the las.
of the Cornish kings. Here also the
Christian faith daNned upon England
/ Long before the proselytizing of st
/ Augustine and his monks the Cornish
| Britons had their church and the an
cient symbols of their religion may still
| be seen on the moor and by the way
sides
| Ten miles east of penzance. the
! road leading to that haunt OF od-tim,
p, hue cancers disclosing at every ster
! some sight of interest TO the pedestrian
! who passes THE First and Last Inn il
/ England: the Tahlei;en, a large gran
lite block which tradition says served
/ as dining table for the Saxon kings,
| the old Semen Church; a burial
ground formerly used by the Qualers
the Druid circle. BoscaWen- un; the
Arizona republican., 1917-03-02
UNIVERSITY ISSUES
MINING BULLETINS

Many University of Arizona mining
bulletins have been received by the
chamber of commerce. To date they
cover the following subjects:
Artimony, Ariz ona, Asbestos Build
ing Stones. Celestite and Stroniarite
Coal in Arizona, Copper. Copper Sell
ing. Gems and Precious Stones. Gold
Placcrs OF Arizona. Gypsum, Iron,
Lead Lime Rocks, Magnesite. Man
ganese. Mercury (Quicksilverl, Mica.
Unsatisfactory of Arizona. Min
ing Education. Minerals iscellane-
GUS. Molyodenpm, Santa Cruz County
Resources, Safety Bulletins January
February. 1917: February, MAY. De-
cemher, 1870, State Safety Bulletins.
Samplirg Methods, Selling of Lead
and Zinc. Spanish Bulletins. rhe
Needs of BETTER Mining Education.
The Scope Of the Work of the Arizona
State Bureau of Mines, Tungsten,
Nan2dium Zinc.
Hire a little salesman at The Re
publican office. 4 Want AID will see
wow customers than Won can.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-02
THE EFFECT OF kNowlEpce

couple of cubrpen referring to the ap-
preaching marriage of mutual friend to a charm
Ing girl Of another city
"A case Of love at first sight, eh?' asked
No. said the other. Second sight The first
time he saw her he didn't know she heiress."
The Fortune Hunter
Arizona republican., 1917-03-02
HIS BEST

Minster-'And do you forgive your enemies?"
Penitent-fWell. l can't say exactly forgive
Them but | do my best to put them in a position
where | can sympathze with them."-I.iee.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-02
An Art Commission

The most frequent objection we hear to proposed
legislation that entails expense upon an
ready overburdened state. That objection does
lie against measure Senate Bill 12l introduced by
Senator Wilkinson the request of the State FEEDER
alton of Women's Clubs The bill is for the creation
of an art commission among whose duties will be that
of acting in advisory capacity in the planning
public buildings of the state counties and towns
bridges and other structures whose utilitarian pur-
poses will be nterfered with if they made
oratve well. The commission would have another
perhaps a primary duty We suppose that of sup
cruising the public collection of works of art But
chiefly interested in that function Of the
mission relative to public buildings
We are too young yet in America to have created,
established or adopted distinctive style of archtec-
ture, either in buildings bridges Those structures
in this country art as a We
reach rather bindy the beautiful architec-
ture and piles which are evidences only
OF an ambitious but yet barharic taste.
Architecture has passed and repassed the same
stage. From the hut in which only comfort was
sought we went to magnificenee Of exterior and
had the PaIthenon and other classic which
all exterior. There was time as Mark Twain
writes in describing the Tai Maja when the archi-
tect also be jeweIer. Then came the gloomy
maggfcence of the middle ages and since then there
where any pretense Of architecture was made
congiomeration of all schools.
Puritan severity distinguished nearly all public
buildings in this country until within the last half
century. Many public structures since then have been
the work of architects who though jewelers. were
artists but few architects artists Few Of them
are creative They build what they taught and
now and then, one more ambitious strongly mngles
his lessons and creates monstrosity
We do not like to lind fault with our public
structures, but we viii speak Of two bridges. The
Center street bridge is design but its
length massiyeness and severity make it ornamental
The Tempe bridge was Intended be ornamental but
'4at effect has been spoiled by the 'gingerbread'
work Of the structure and arches OF
the lower which libel it giving it an appearance Of
flimsiness.
An art commission composed of competent
members without cost " the state would have en-
balmed in both these enduring structures hauty
which they have not
Arizona republican., 1917-03-02
SlN||VDLER TAKES N
PEOPLE IN PHOENIX

Endeavoring to stop a flow Of letters
inundating the Minneapolis postoffice
al rate Of from four to ten thousand
a day. the postmaster general a second
tine has issued an order to posimas-
tiers directing them TO withdraw and
return all mail addressed 10 the Ma
iioral Mail order Brokerage exchange.
$50 Globe building. Minneapolis. Min
nesota- This action grows out Of a
novel endless chain letter scheme
started last fan. This order has come
70 Postmaster 5. J. Nicholson Of
Phoenix.
Someone chose the name o. The Ma
warded b. their profits during the past
ar
Last year saw also tremendous
strides in an industry which had here
tofore been in its infancy-emhroide
ard laccs The closing Of he European
market to American buyers caused a
Doom in the local industry Al least
four big American houses nave opened
branch malufactnreries in Manila and
each month sees a big increase in en-
hroidery exports to tho United States
4 group OF astute American business
re1 who got into the field early arc
making a fortune in the export of en-
broidery and laces 10 the United
States.
There is another business which has
brought big profits to the Philippines
though to a limited group. That is
shipping. Inter island shipping com
ranies have not Shared greatly in this
"rosperitr since their rates are limited
B." government control. But y few
vnpturesome spirits who have bought
ard sold shins. have mace enormous
profits. One Of them. Filipino was
q government CLERK ten years ago ~
twenty dollars a month. His shipping
operations in the period since the open
ing Of the war have netted him nearly
t-o million dollars. ard he enjoys the
distinction OF paving the largest in
ccr1e tax in the Philippines.
All these facts together have con
spired TO make the year one Of the
most PROSPEROUS in the history Of the
islands. No year will show sncn 4
favorable balance Of foreign trade a.
1915. Even to the Totail merchant
whose chief business has becn Will
Americans. has this prosperity extend
ed. American purchasers. fearful OF
the future. have perhaps economical
} more than in former years. but th'
aggregate. Of their purchases. consider
I ing the exodus Of government EN-
nloves. has been little behind former
years. As a consequence. American
merchants reported that their holiday
: trade would rank with the best the,
+. ever experienced. What difforenc,
there was, could be ascribcd TO short
age on stock due to the very uncertain
Shipping and transportation means t.
the islands
Arizona republican., 1917-03-02
CENTRAL AVENUE AND WASHINGTON

CENTRAL AVENUE AND WASHINGTON
There's corner there's corner in our busy little
Where there's always something doing. and you'd
better look around,
Watch your step and take the crossing at frsly
little run
Or some FLYER win be putting all your bones on
the bum,
Kneumatism's got no showing a such as this
Where the fretful swarning with their gaso-
lineous hiss
If you've lost the joy of living and hope is dying
down.
You had better shy this busy little town.
For car has liule patience with foot that's got
corn,
And its hearlessness is spoken by the barking of its
horn
So, if WEAKNESS is you then you'd better stay at
home
And arrange to do your trading on the darling
telephonel
Then hurry up young
Step along, old onei
Snoring cars wanting by.
Don't be staring the sky
Or you'll get shadow the eye,
#. Pafford.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-10
BUSINESS SITUATION
IN WEST is GOOD
Small Decrease in Classification
of Freight Because of Short
age of Shipping Facilities
CHICAGO. Nov. 10


The general business situation as reflected
through the business of western railroads
shows a small decrease in most classifica.
tions of freight. although this is because
of a shortage of cars and shipping facilities
1t is understood that II the railroads were
able to meet shipping requirements at this
time business would be larger than at the
corresponding period year ago
There is some hesitation In some lines
because of war conditions and accruing
uncertainties, but these do not appear to be
as serious as would naturally be expected
throughout western sections where crops
have been unusually good and where trade
is not disturbed as greatly as at the sea.
board sections. 1t Is expected that all
lines of trade will show a nervous dis
position as long as the war lasts and as
long as the Government Is engaged In it's
huge buying operations.
In the dry goods trade. and kindred lines,
business has entered well into the holiday
quarter, and for the next two months a
good movement of merchandise Is predicted.
ReadjustmentS to new conditions have
cleared the atmosphere of many uncertain.
ties 80 that merchants are displaying more
freedom in making future commitments. At
the larger distributing points the number
of visiting merchants so far this month
shows "a noticeable increase over the same
period year ago.
|. Demand for certain classes of merchandise
by these interests has developed a scarcity
In many lines, which Is Unprecedented
Merchants are finding that they are unable
20 buy hardly any commodity in large
1ulntities, and this is causing frequen,
trips to the wholesale districts in order ts
keep their stocks complete Collection,
at present are reported sood hy moet whole
sale concernsa