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Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-15

The Fraser Grange is live and
useful organization, as anyone must
admit. Other communities should
take notice and do likewise.
The Grange has planned a commu-
nifty fair next fall; will assist the
Red Cross today, and in a dozen other
ways is making itself felt for good to
the county. Such an organization
ought to appeal to every farmer in
the county, and the organization
should enjoy rapid growth in men,
bership.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-15

There is something doing in this
section this spring in the bean and
corn business, judging from the in
creased amount of bean and corn
planters and cultivators the farmers
are hauling out of Orofino. Every
body doing it.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-15

At the rate the socialists are ''fr-
ing the decent, brainy, patriotic
members of their party, there will be
nothing left but l. w. w., anarchists,
buns, loafers and failures. A lot of
socialists are placing citizenship
above partisanship, and doing all they
can for their country.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-15

The war is doing one thing worth a
great deal-putting the Socialist
party on record and showing it up
In its true light-a party of dis
loyalty and treason.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-15

If tie Oronr bridge liers were
damaged by dynamite it will show up
when the water goes down. Now
keep your eye peeled for the spot
where the dynamite hit
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-15

1t is an awful calamity for Uncle
Sam to compel farmers to raise in
creased crops of $3.50 wheat, ten cent
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-15

We have discovered a new German
ally. The weeds are working over.
time to curtail the crop yields next
fall. Swat them with hoe, and do
it when they show their first peris-
cope.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-15

The Seward Blade says if you
can't figth or won t fight, plant some-
thing to feed the man who will fight.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-15

Raise your son to be Stacker, ant
you raise vagabond and scrub.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-15

Stop raising scrubs. 1t does not
pay. Reason enough.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-15
Notice of LAKES Due

Taxes become due the first Monday
in July. June 80 is the last day to
paw.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-15

Build q silo. There's a reason.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-15

OREN CROCK EFT.
Tax Collector.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

The insects therefore are great tories. They
worship the past even more attentiyey than
Mr. William Barnes. The caterpillar weavcs
its cocoon precisely as its h-great-grandpar-
cnts did. The wasp lives exactly as the wasp
fathers did in the time of Pharaoh. The pray
ING mantis builds nest for her eggs of hollow
tile construction, so they will stay warm
through the winter, just as her ancestors did
four thousands years ago. There is nothing
new in bug life. A bughouse Is the most or
binary of domiciles.
The old-fashloned entomologist caught his
bug stuck pin through him, embalmed HIM
IN alcohol, cut him open at leisure and wrote
q learned treatise over the carcass. Not so
Fabre. Literally he lived with his insects. He
studied his beetles and ants and bees and
grasshoppers from the egg to the death-usuai-
Nv a violent and tragic death-and he set forth
with the imagination of Dunsany and the
wit of Shaw the DRAMAS of their little lives.
His method is revealed in the new Grass
hopper book in which several chapters are de
voted to that familiar insect songster, the
cricket Untroubed by theories about birth
control, the mother cricket distributes some
SIX hundred eggs beneath the surface Of trc
earth. Each egg is like a little ivory caskct,
he size Of a small grain of rice with
hinged lid al one end. In a few days the lid
bursts and out pops the baby cricket, like
miniature jack-in-the-box. and starts clawing
and scrambng his way into the sunshine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

Immediately troubles begin for the baby
cricket and his regiment of brothers and SIS
tiers. The ant and the lizard descend upon
hem and gobble them up by the dozen. Later,
crown to adult life, the survivors of these
early raids fall victims to the hungry toad
and 10 p wasp, who, a strict vegetarian herself,
seeks fresh meat for her babies. The cricket
existence seems unduly precarious, but were
it not for these murders, in year or two we
should be wading knee-deep in crickets. All
he so-caed civilized nations would have to
stop slaughtering one another and go to
Strengthening crickets.
The baby cricket is about as big as flea
and almost white in color. At first he hops
about with an activity which later obesity
greatly subdues. he grows rapidly and turns
beautiful FURNISHED black. lie Is a vagrant.
ANY leaf gives him shelter But in the autumn
lie digs a burrow to escape the cold, and
through the winter sits snugly at the bottom
Of his nine-inch tunnel
The spring brings him out and his song is
heard again. The instrument is horny plate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

The praying mantis is one OF these. She Is a
beautiful little creature, with her slender
figure, her elegant bust, her pale green color
ing and her long gauze wings her triangular
face. with its dainty pointed muzze that
seems made for billing and cooing.' She likes
TO stand demurey erect, with her foreegs up
raised in an attitude of devotion, but once let
another insect appear, and up go her wings
like great sails, the forelegs, tipped with sharp
hooks and armed with murderous spines, shoot
out, the tip of the abdomen curls upward and
rises and falls with kissing sound. The
praying nun suddenly becomes a sort of DOGGY
man. and any ordinary insect stands parayzed
with fear until this ghostly apparition SEXES
it and begins to devour it, biting first at the
neck to reach the cervical ganga
This genial lady is a grea. eater of husbands.
Fabre observed one mantis who secured and
cobbled up seven husbands in the course of a
fortnight.
The habits Of the mantis are but an incident
in society where murder is practised gener-
ally as fine art. In the struggle for existence
among the insects there are no amenities, no
pretence Of live and let live. The mother
cicada seeks a dry asphode stalk for her nur-
scrv. With her sharp egg-laying instrument
she inserts her eggs one by one in the stalk.
At her heels comes tiny fly, bent on similar
errand With unerring instinct she pokes her
little eggs into the apertures made for the
cicada's eggs. The fly babies are Matched
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15
1sSSSaiYY t fH1islttSSSSssyszsW
Books. Common and Preferred
Bv HAROLD KELLOCk

He makes his music much as we might do by
pressing a thin metal disc out Of shape and
letting it spring back again. His days Of
vagabondage are over. He remains at home,
ave for the adventure Of seeking wife
After marriage the bridegroom cricket will
DO well TO leave home As quickly as possible
He gets horribly henpecked. THE father is
knocked about and crippled; his violin Is
smashed to bits" The male crickets who re-
main celibates are the long-lived ones. They
continue TO chirp long after their welded oreth-
rem have given up the battle
Fabre makes it plain that the ladies rule
in the insect world, and they are relentless and
cruel. Let the anti-sutfragists get what com
fort they can of it, for they get little enough
these days OF al the insect wives, only the
tumble-bug ladies tolerate their husbands.
These fat, Jolly beetles, husband and wife, seal
themselves up in a hole in the earth and feast
together amicably for weeks at a time. But
cruelty to husbands is the rule Indeed many
of the insect ladies make frugal practice OF
eating their husbands.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

first. and they crave aiDumnous nour"o.
Right at hand is a cicada egg for orsSD
What could be faircr? The fly BABY vi
fat. and the cicada oaby is never even H'.
Often the murders are progressive.
grass grows thick and green, drawing !"
ishment from the earth says faors'
locust crops il. The mantis makes & n,'
the locust and swe!Is out with eggs wn''. y,
laid in three patches, 10 the number OF =
sand. When they hatch, up comes inc 90
lays an enormous tribute on the oIOOo. -
Next appears q bird, the wryneek' 'ns
lcnqo Of the Proyeacaax, so-ealled oee1-
his scientific method Of darling DIS 'AD
long and sticky tongue across a p iVssa
ants and then suddenly wiindrawlns
black with the lined insects W"
mouthfuls as these, the wryneeA w. 81" !. a
gracefully fat in autumn.
delicious, roasted. ss.sl
when the table is cleared af'er %" - 4
meal and all is quiet and my oooy ~ a.,
the time being Of its physiological ns'" IA
times succeed in picking Up mere =, @'' "a, 4
a good idea or two; and it may wen - y. "A
mantis. the locust, the ant anu slse3
creatures contribute to these sua's "a "A
Of light that flash unaccountao'y 's -. n
mind Bv strange and devious pA.~ as
hoys al suuplied in their respective va wa,
drop of oil that feeds the lamp o. Val n
Perhaps it is easy to be phil0s0p'"
one has. 50 to speak, the last bite
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

We humans have never taken the insect
world seriously, except perhaps m the matter
Of the pestiferous activities Of the mosquito
and the house fly. Some
4 GLIMPSE '.'''o'0'' 'n[, ~. ..;.,.a'
OF bCu-hA-ND Of the ant, who is really
notorious robber and
murderer and devourcr Of babies, and others
have held up as a good example that slave
driver the bee, with Its poisoned sword. As
for the rest of the great community OF bugs
it is generally held too contemplate for notice
In fact. the term bug" as applied to human
denotes person of giraffe intellectual reac-
tions. a bughouse is place of mental dis
orders.
j. Henri Fabre, the French peasant natural
list. who was the real discoycrcr Of the bug
world. died two years ago, leaving behind some
ten bulky volumes Of his Souvenirs Entomolo-
gioues." Az the time of his death about half
a dozen books had been produced in English
from this treasure-trove of patient observation
Additional translations arc still appearing a
few months ago Mn. Alexander TeiXeira de
Mattos produced Iahro', Life Of the Cater
pillar" and now comes has "LIc of the Grass
hopper" Dodd Mead & Coz.
In Fabrc we discover that wc must reverse
sr idea Of bugland There is nothing ira
tional about il; in fact 1t is a society Of stern
and terrible realities, the members Of which
are guided by instinct instead Of intelligence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

TNHE Man Of Sorrows. some cal
him. He was President Of the
United States during the most
critical period of its existence, when the
people of this country were fighting a
bloody war among themselves to deter
mine whether the nation should endure
as it had been founded. Yet Abraham
Lincoln lives to-day not only as the
savior of the Union, the Great Enamel
pator. but also as a teller Of funny
stories. The greater part Of these stories
date from the period Of the Civil War,
when. harassed and worried, facing
alike the enemy and the disafection and
disloyalty of some of his own advisers,
he still managed to present not only
brave face. but a smiling one.
Americans respect and revere the
memory Of George Washington; but
thew love the memory of Abraham Lin
coin. For here was man who was
noble without being austere: man who
knew sorrow and Encouragement. but
never bitterness. who could be serious
without being solemn. who could cheer
his followers as well as lead them
truly. the Happy Warrior.
Humanity loves Abraham Lincoln be-
cause it is grateful to him, not alone for
what he did. but for what he was. War
is always a tragedy, and men instinc-
tivelv turn to any one who can DO even
little to tighten its gloom. This war is
no exception. The governments of the
warning nations are doing their utmost
TO encourage economy to cut down all
useless expenditures. to suspend all
superfuous activities. Yet no govern
ment has closed its amusement places.
England has placed all automobile own
ers upon an allowance Of gasolene, and
is talking Of placing its entire popula-
ton upon rations, but the theatres Of
London are open. and never played to
better business. Coal is a luxury IN
France. In order to reduce its consump-
ton as much as possible the French gov
ernment has ordered all shops closed at
six. to save electricity, and regulated
the amount Of current that private
users NAV consume. Nevertheless the
music halls and theatres Of Paris are
allowed to remain open, and the two
opera houses continue their regular per
formances.
Like many Americans who have seen
France in war time, l was at first
shocked at the apparent frivolity Of
Paris. finally spoke to one Frenchman
/ about ia young officer. why /
asked him, when France is fighting for
her very life when your men are dying
by hundreds every day, does your gov
ornment allow all these theatres to re-
main open, and why do your people at
tend them in such crowds
He was silent for a moment. MY
friend" he said slowly, 1T is better to
laugh than to go mad We know well,
now. what sorrow is. If we can forget,
even for little while, it is we'll
/ shall never forget one vaudeville
performance l saw in France. 1t was
staged in one of the galleries Of the eta
del of Verdun, forty feet under ground,
four miles and half from the German
lines One end Of the gallery was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

mont after being on duty for eight days
and nights. The performers were all
soldiers, including two professional aero
bats. a concert tenor, and the star come
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

LOCKED by a roughly built stage. The
audience was composed of French sol
diers. two or three hundred Of them,
back for brief rest from service in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

front line trenches. There was even an
orchestra, Of six pieces The players
were six stretcher-bearers, who had
come back that day from Fort Douau
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

dian of the Nouvelle Ambigu Music Hall
of Paris. There was motion picture
play, too, thrilling marine melodrama,
with the usual ravishing heroine, stern
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15

We humans have never taken the insect
world seriously, except perhaps IN the matter
Of the pestiferous activities of the mosquito
Imperial Valley press., 1917-02-21

will go, but few o. them hope to
stick"
Ray Schalk, premjcc American
League catcher, will ne Rowland's
"first string" He Will have as assist
ants "Jack" Lapp, Mayes Linn, and
Gray, a youngster. The latter comes
from Wichita.
At first base Rowland has his prob
lem. This was the stumbling block
last year. There are five candidates
for the job-Ness, tourriCr, Has
brooke, Henry and Jourdan. Ness
filled the place during the latter pat
of last season and Rowland announces
that the man who gets the job will
have to beat him. Fcnrnicr, heavy
hitter, is weak as a fielder. Jourdan,
Henry and Hasbrooke are youngsters.
Jourdan comes from st. Joseph, Md,
where he hit over 300 ald stole more
than 80 bases.
Eddie Collins will be found at sec
ond base. Last year Eddie was field
captain, but there is possibility that
Imperial Valley press., 1917-02-21
CONTESTS
FOR MEXICALI BOUT

The boxing contests at the Imper-
ial Athletic Club, which are usually
held every two weeks, have been
postponed from Friday, February %,
until the following Friday-March 2.
This change of date was made on
9ccount of the bouts which are to be
held in Mexicali on Washington's
birthday.
This change of date is greatly ap
preciated by one Of the contestants in
he main event, Ray Gibson, as he
has been out of the harness for
several months and appreciates the
fact that he will have to be in the
very best condition when he meets
Battling Nick" the pride of San
Diego. Nick has met and defeated
some of the best boys in the country,
among the number being Battling
Nelson, former champion lightweight
of the world. Furthermore, he has
been filling engagements as fast as
they are offered, which is once or
twice a week-and so is always in the
pink of condition.
Gibson has appeared in the squared
arena in Imperial several times since
he left the Coast. Upon coming to
Imperial Valley his intentions were
to retire from the ring, as he had
defeated all the welterweights on The
Coast. But the lare of the padded
mitts proved too much for him and
he has listened to the entreaties
Of his friends and will endeavor to
grove that the saying, "They can't
come back" is fallacy.
In addition to this star event, Man
ager Stewart of the club will have
another battle royal on the program.
This was introduced in Imperial at
the last meet and proved such a sue
cess that the fans have demanded an
other be served them.
One of the preliminaries will be
between Battle Royal Red, the white
boy who made such favorite of him
self at the last contests, and Dusky
johnson, the only colored boy left in
the ring when the bout was stopped.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-02-21
L. & s. Thursday.

Who was it who said that the ro-
nance of today is found in the bus
iress world? George M. Cohan has
gone one better--he has proved that
the best field for farce is that same
hustling American business. world.
Having already proved it in bis Get
Rich Quick Wallingford," sheShas pro-
duced another farce called 1T Pays
to ADVERTISE" which comes to the
L. & S. Thursday, with 1.-The repu-
tation of being another sllfWalling-
ford" While the piece is accredited
to Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter
Hackett, there is said to be appar-
cnt throughout it's action the skillful
and individual touch of Mr.. Cohan.
The force is said to have all the dex-
terity of a game, and to keep the
audience guessing, and even when the
fun is at it's fastest the fundamental
common sense back of it all helps to
give the necessary touch.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-02-21

field. "Happy" Felsch, also slugger,
will be in center. Rowland viii give
several athletes a chance for the
right field job. Last year Shane Col
Inns held won this position. He is an
in-and-outer.
Among other candidates are Eddie
Murphy, formerly of the Philadelphia
Athletics; Memo Liebold, formerly
with Cleveland; Ross Eldred, secured
from the Coast, and Bruno Haas,
drafted from Wilkesbarre.
The pitching staff, which was some
what Of disappointment last sea-
son, will not see much change. Row
land viii be equipped with such right
handlers as Joe Benz, jim Scott, Ed
Gle Cicotte, Red Faber, Elwood Mar
tin and Mel Wolfgang. Faber and
Scott were out Of condition during
most of last season. Martin is the
cnly newcomer. He comes from Oak
land, in the Coast league. For port
siders, Rowland has Red" Russell
Williams and Danforth.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-02-21

Rowland will relieve him Of this, as
he believes Collins hitting was i'm
paired by the worries.
On the other side of the diamond,
Buck Weaver will play either short or
third base. He can deliver in either.
Candidates for the other JOB are
Terry, McMullin,, old timers; "Swede''
Risberg and Bruce Hartford. Risberg
comes from the Vernon club Of the
Pacific Coast league and is said to
be bear at the shortfield position.
If he makes good on>his press notices,
Rowland's troubles will be at an end
on that side Of the diamond and Buck
Weaver will play third. Terry and
McMullin will do in a pinch, but both
are light hitters and below champion
ship calibre. Hartford was drafted
from Des Moines and is said to have
the making of a big league short
stop. He formerly was with Cleve-
land.
Joe Jackson, one of the hardest hit
ters in the league, will be in left
Imperial Valley press., 1917-02-21
COUNTY CHARITY HAS
SEVERE CRITICISM AT
HANDS STATE BOARD

followed in Alameda and Santa Bar
bara counties, through which relief
is administered by private charity So
cieties acting as paid agents for the
county.
San Francisco grants no public re-
lief to adults. These cases are re-
lieved either by private agencies or in
public institutions, the county con-
cerning itself only with aid for chill
oren through a Widows Pension
Bureau. The work of this bureau is
highly praised by the state board.
The following program is set forth
by the board as a means of correcting
present weaknesses:
Relief officer or officers definitely
appointed to administer relief.
ADEQUATE supervision and investiga-
ton Of every case.
Proper supervision so that aid will
not be given after the need Of relief
aas passed.
In The past year California apant
100000 for The public relief Of dc
nendcnts. OF this amount $780, 900
epresonvs the expenditures Of coun-
les, and $4,850,OO0 wa the amount
pent by the state. The state talsea
are almost exclusively Of the bl;ad
1sarc, feeblc-minded and also hc,9a
rph&nz, half orphans and abandoned
hildlcn. The responsibilities of he
ountias in poor relief IS that Of thc
are e al other dependent classes 10,
ared for by the state, and, in adji-
ion, cooperation with The state 70
he care Of orphaned children,
In most counties, the board repolts
sopendent children are inadoqae ely
ared for, the authorities being lax
9th in suoplemeatinG the state aid
COR orphans and in providing for de-
endent children not eligible for St .
id. However, The board commends
he work of Alameda, Los Angeles
md San Francisco counties IN ;his
connection.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-02-21
TO PUNISH HUSBAND
WHO FAILS To keep
HIS WIFE PROPERLY

According to recent announce
ment of the State Humane Associa-
ton, the present law in California
provides no punishment for a shift
less husband who refuses to support
his family. Such man may also
demand and receive a share of the
earnings of his wife. This condi-
ton was brought about by decision
of the Appellate Court last Septem-
ler declaring the earnings of wife,
when applied to the maintenance of
herself and children, to be commun-
Imperial Valley press., 1917-02-21
(By United Press)

Sacramento, Feb. 21.-The method
of dispensing charity in most coun-
ties of the state is severely criticised
by the State Board Of Charities anC
Corrections in a report today.
This method which consists of re
lief being given directly by the coun-
ty without other investigation or su-
pervision than that of the supervisors,
is followed in these counties:
Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras.
Colusa, Del Norte, Ell Dorado, Fresno
Glenn, Humboldt, Inyo, Kern, Kings
Lake, Lassen, MADEIRA, Mendocino.
Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Monterey
Nevada, Placer, Plumas, San Benito
San Bernardino, San Mateo, SAINT
Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanis
laus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuo
lumne, Yuba and Yolo.
"The studies made" says the state
board, "show that this method is
thoroughly unsatisfactory, because re
lief is too often given without com
plete and accurate knowledge Of the
facts of the case. Supervisors ar,
lusy men. Obviously they cannot Sc
cure intimate knowledge of the details
of each poverty case. This method is
3 failure, rot only form the viewpoint
Of the proper treatment of The poor,
but because it is wasteful-both o.
money ana of human life. County
funds are expended without exact
knowledge of the real circumstance
Of the eases aided. Relief is fre-
cuently given 20 those unworthy q
it, while the worthy are oTcri0okod.
Investigation shows that many Of the
supervisors know nothing Of the peo
pie whom they were helping. Cases
have been found of persons draWin~
aid from the country when they dld
rot even live in the cou2ty helping
them. Other cases of shameful neg
lect of young children and infants
have been located and brought to the