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Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-04-26
DOES MODERATE DRINKING PAY1

DOES MODERATE DRINKING PAY2
Answering the argument Of the
moderate driaker that there is GER
tain quantity Of alcohol which can
be used without danger. DR.. Henry
Smith Williams, the wellknown In
ysstgator. says:
"Conceivably that is true, though It
Is not proved. In any event no man
,an tell you what that safe quantity
is-if safe quantity there be-in any
individual case
But this much ] predict with con-
hdence: Whatever the safe quantity
OF alcohol for you TO take, you will
VnQuestionably at times exceed II. In
tolerably wide experience OF men
and OF many nations, / have never
known a habitual drinker who did not
sometimes take more alcohol than
even the most liberal scientific est
mate could claim az harmless. There
fore, believe you must do the same.
Il am bound to believe, in the light
OF what science has revealed, II you
take alcohol habitually ~ that you
are tangibly threatening the physical
structures OF your stomach, your liver,
your kidneys, your heart your blooe
vessels, your nerves, your brain; u,
that you are unequivocally decreasing
your capacity for work IN any field, be
1t physical. intellectual or artistic;
(3) that you are In some measure
lowering the grade OF your mind, dull
Ing your higher esthetic sense and
taking the finer edge of your morals;
80 that you are distinctly lessening
Tour chances OF maintaining health
and attaining longevity, and (5) that
you are entailing upon your descend
ants yet unborn a bond OF incalculable
misery.
Such, / am bound TO believe, Is
the probable cost OF your moderate
indulgence IN alcoholic beverages
Part of that cost you may pay in per
son; the balance will be the heritage
Of future generations. AS a mere
business proposition, is your glass OF
beer, your bottle OF wine, your high
ball, or your cocktail worth tbs
price?"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-04-26
L. G.. ROSE,
Parma, Idaho

MANUFACTURER and SALESMAN
= - = -
FOR SALE: One sCrrel my folr
Y ars old. D. BaEer, Ielephcn
133-v. L u
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-04-26
Thn Trouble With Golf.

Queen Victoria once induced Count
Shuvalov, the Russian ambassador, to
try game of golf ut Balmoral The
Russian did try, but after innumerable
misses he turned round to one of the
bystanders and said:
ZACH, monsieur, it would be very
nice game if the ball was ten times
larger. Now let us 20 home"
But what he said in Russian to him.
self is not recorded.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-04-26
Rough Wooing.

Courtship and marriage customs
among the Greenlanders were in early
times simple and unceremoninuS. We
are told that when 4 lovelorn youth
made up his mind rs to the girl be
wanted 10 adoTn and be useful in his
hut of ice and snow be went to her
house. seized her 10y the hair or wheF-
ever lie could secure good grip on
her ANA dragged her To his own do
main. where she was expected 10 stay
without any further marriage cere
mony. If an aliiuent bridegroom he
would perhaps sooJhe her lacerated
feelings by presenting her with new
lamp.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-04-26
CANCER OF SOCIAL VICE.

A large number of cities are at his
time graphing with the cancer Of 90
cial vice, There is one thing we may
write on the first page of the record of
this war: Always there will be a peril
to woman 60 long as society is IN
league with the saloon. The back door
OF the saloon is the front door OF the
brothel, or leads to the home OF purity
where the brothel will find its victim.
Exchange.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-04-26
Felt Safe.

On Jimmie's birthday his mother
gave him n knife. A little friend told
him that he ought TO give his mother
a penny, 50 that it would not cut their
friendship. whereupon Jimmie replied,
ut won't cut anything else, so / guess
II won't cut our friendship."-Delin'
GATOR
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-04-26
WHY We CAN'T FLY
The Reason Man Is Unable to Rise
In the Air Like a Bird.
HE LACKS THE BREASTB0NE.

In the Bird II ls Very Massive and
Developed Like the Keel of Yacht,
and Therein Lies the Secret Of lts
Enormous Wing Power.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-04-26
MURDER IN BEER.

Just booze, that's all, WAS the rea-
son given by Carl Boyer, a one-armed
sailor, for the murder by him Of
George Brisbin, in indianapolis, on
November 20. 81 was drunk: he was
drunk: and guess that tells il" the
murderer said. They did not quarrel
with each other; the booze--otherwise
beer-quarreled with them. Boyer
was the buyer, and for the seller In
diana stood responsible. Brisbin paid
the price; and another Brisbane, ed
Iting a great newspaper, keeps on
pleading for men to drink more beer
and less whisky. What's IN 8
nameT' II beer, there's murder in It.
The National Advocate.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-04-26
The Way Of TX.

"The doctors who attended me after
nv automobile accident told me was
full OF grit"
ayes; understand they removed q
great deal Of the road you were hold
ing in your teeth Baltimore Amert-
Cnu
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-04-26

Employ thy time well If thou mean
o.. ia Gain leisure and, since thou art
not sure of q minute, throw not away
an hour, Franklin.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-04-26
| OFFICIAL TEMPERANCE INsTRuc,

llON.
The following manifesto has been
Endorsed by tie minister OF education
In Germany, and is being sent out By
the German health office TO be posted
in public places:
Do not give your child Q single
drop Of wine.
Not drop Of beer.
Not drop Of spiritA
Why!
Because alcohol IN every form and
even in small doses Injuries children
How?
F1rst-It checks their physical and
intellectual development
Second - Consumption Of spirits
brings with It exhaustion and causes
WEAKNESS and inattendon In school
children.
Third-AlcohoI helps increase dis
obedience to parents.
Fourth-It causes sleeplessness and
premature nervousness.
Fffth-It causes infant mortality.
Sixth-It Beakens the body's powers
Of resistance and prepares the ground
In this way for many sicknesses.
SEVENTH increases the duration
of various sicknesses.
Eighth--It swakens thfrss continu-
ally, and can in this way make men
habitual drinkers.
PROTECTION OF HOME.
Our chief object Is the protection
Of the home from whatever hurts or
destroys. We have learned through
the stern yet ofttimes pitiful logic Of
events that alcoholic drink is the
great Misunderstanding. heart-breakins
evil. We are working for the over
throw OF the legalized liquor traffic.
Our last national convention unani-
mously voted to use its extensive
equipment and It's utmost influence IN
the effort to secure an amendment TO
the national constitution in accord
ance with the resolution introduced IN
congress by Hon. Richmond Pearson
Hobson OF Alabama, prohibiting the
sale, the manufacture for sale, trans
portation, importation or expectation
for sale OF beverages or foods contain
ing alcohol.-Lillian NJ. n. Stevens,
president National W. @. T. o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Mail Soldiers Gifts Early!

There will be a verltable deluge of
Christmas gifts for our boys in France
that is a foregone conclusion. Relatives,
organizations, individuals who have no
relatives or friends in the expeditionary
forces, but who want to help make Christ
mas memorable event for them, will send
parcels The notification Of Postmaster
General Burleson and Secretaries Baker
and Daniels that all packages must be
mailed before November 10 is therefore
timely one.
The labor of handling these parcels
which will be imposed on the postofiices
will be tremendous They must be securely
wrapped and packed; but wrapping and
packing should be done so that examina-
ton of the contents will be easy, for each
package must be inspected here to make
certain that it contains no forbidden
articles. Senders will facilitate the hand
ling Of the gifts if they address them
plainly and carefully and cooperate with
the postoffice authorities by wrapping and
packing them according to the directions
issued Each package, to be delivered in
the Christmas morning distribution, must
be marked Christmas Mail" 1t must
bear, in addition to the name and address
Of the consignee, the name and address
Of the sender in the upper left hand cor
ner. Above all, the earlier the packets are
made up and deposited in the mails the
better.
II there should be any doubt in the
minds Of those who wish to send Christ
mas remernbrances about what to include
in the packages, a list recently compiled
and made public by the Red Cross would
furnish helpful suggestions. This list,
recommending dried fruits hard candy,
handkerchiefs, writing materials, playing
cards and games, pipes, cigarettes, to-
bacco and the like. is as suitable for the
men in environments and on snipboard as
for the men who will soon be in the
trenches cover there" No liquids, moth
ing packed in glass, nothing perishable or
easily crushed should he sent.
The loving care of relatives and friends
may be depended on to keep the gifts them
selves appropriate and to assure variety.
But whatever IS sent, the cardinal rule
must be, "Do your Christmas mailing
earlv,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07

Germans as their brethren. The Germans
have disgraced their profession, and all
who follow the sea look upon them in
Stinctively as a sort Of outcasts, and Will
continue to do so long after the war is over.
So Mr.. Havelock Wilson's proposal is
not altogether visionary. The spokesman
of the French delegates at the late con
ference was loudly appauded on all hands
when. he said that Germans were I'M
worthy to be seafaring men, II was
manifest that this was the general feeling
of tho assembly, and If the neutral dele
gates expressed themselves in a more
measured way than the others they
nevertheless made it clear that they felt
keenly the shame the Germans had
brought upon their calling.
All that Mr.. Havelock Wilson hopes for
may not be achieved, but it will certainly
go hard with the German sailor after
The war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
The German seaman's Prospect

Az the recent International conference
90 soofarors of all grades in London a
,es,lution was carried unanimously ex-
pressing horror and indignation ct the
brytal crimes perpetrated by the com
randers and crews Of submarines belong
inc 70 the Central Powers" and pledging
Inc Allied and neutral delegates alike ito
support any action calculated to put an
end 10 the present measures adopted by
the commanders and crews of those sub
marines"
There we're many who did not think the
resolution drastic enough. What was the
use Of denouncing what the Germans had
done unless some punishment were threat
ened? It was suggested, for instance,
that the murderers should be prevented
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Phyllistella


Tie old souls love 70 see her come
With tawny tresses-sunlit hair
That calls their youth back from the shadow,
As pennons call the sailor home:
Aad so they say. those aged men,
we are not old, as once We were:
Ha we are young again"
And they-old wives grown garrulous
With age--are silent al her look.
Like sunlight bssking IN the meadow:
They ssy,-"Csn she be one OF US?
Ny heart, when She went down the stair
You could not hear step she took
Can she be what We were?"
Young men, outrageous IN their mood,
That think 70 drain the open sky
And drag the blossom out OF nature
They stand bewitched there, wher. she
stood.
They cannot tell row she IS gone,
What hour It was when she went By;
What mirror caught the sun.
The child within the cradle CRIES
II she forget. 70 stoop, and breathe
rosy kiss upon the creature.
What gave the !ove-look 70 her eyes!
What is that crescent light they hsy.'
doubt they never looked on death
Or dirt into grave
ERNEST RHYS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Food Deliveries by Motor Truck

The endeavor to convey foodstuffs from
the farms to consumers by way Of the par
eel post is said to have worked well in
some localities, but the operation of this
scheme has not been sufficiently extensive
10 afford any especial relief from the high
cost of living There is in bill pending
before the House Of Representatives a pro-
posal which should extend the plan 50 that
1t may be Of genuine, measurable service
10 residents of large cities TO which are
tributary large sections of farm country.
This scheme gives 70 the Postoffice De-
partment the power to establish special
motor truck collection and delivery of farm
produce. superintendent of motor truck
delivery are to be stationed by the depart
ment in large consuming centres. With
them will work the country postmasters.
Machinery will be established to make
known to the public the foodstuffs the
farmers have for sale, and orders will he
placed through this postoffice agency with
the farmers. II is expected by the depart
ment that the time of delivery Of produce
can be cut so that delivery can be made
the day the order is placed.
The officials who have been working out
details Of the plan believe the cost of hand
ling the foodstuffs can be greatly reduced
by the employment Of motor trucks instead
Of the railroads and the city parcel post
deliveries The handling required for a
bushel Of potatoes, say, win he much less
than under the present methods, where,
first, the shipment must be collected by the
rural pOstman. taken 20 the railroad sta
ton and unloadcd, loaded into train, I'M
loaded at its destination, loaded again into
the city parcel post truck. and finally UNI
loaded again at the customers residence.
The officials figure that some shipments
underwent fourteen distinct landings,
which number can be cut TO six or seven at
most. In addition TO the saving in cost Of
transportation and time, they believe the
motor trucks will extend the radius OF
operation from approximately six miles
from the city postoffices to fifty miles.
Within fifty miles Of New York City
indeed. within far less distance than that
from The Bronx, Brooklyn or Manhattan
are rich and flourishing farm lands,
producing good crops, some of which, under
present methods Of distribution, rot on the
ground or spoil while awaiting the action
Of commission men, thus becoming a loss
10 the farmers and rendering no benefit to
the consumers. If the proposed motor truck
delivery served no other purpose than TO
bring vegetables, butter and eggs 70 city
purchasers while they were still fresh IT
would be a benefit. If by lessening cost Of
transportation and handling It can effect a
reduction in the price Of the foodstuffs,
while rendering good profit to the farmers
and the government. as those who propose
IL assert if will, it will be an all-round
blessing. Congress should pass the bill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Uruguay and Argentina

Ii is significant. though not surprising,
that the flag OF Uruguay should have been
displayed in the great demonstration in
favor of break with Germany at the
Argentine capital the other day. Distin-
guished Uruguayans carried their flag. The
traditional bond of fellowship between these
two countries, separated geographically by a
river at the mouth of which is Cruguay's
capital. while Argeatiua's lies up stream
naturally brings them together in foreign
policy. and since the United States entered
The war Uruguay has been foremost in the
movement to consolidate East Coast senti-
mcnt in favor Of the Allies.
This attitude is based chiefly on the broad
consideration Of mutually Of interests
among all the sovereignties in the Western
Hemisphere. Uruguay showed a pronounced
inclination TO break with Germany on the
initiative of Brazil The participation OF her
citizens and some ~ her public men in this
latest demonstration al Buenos Ayres sug-
ecsts tina, she will not delay long about TAX
inc ilr stand with Argentina should that
country sever relations, as now seems in.
eyltaple.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Higher Army Grades

There may he some purely sentlmeh'a'
objection TO the revival Of the grades OF
lieutenant general and general for ordi-
nary military use. Americans, always
n little Jealous in their bestowai OF
military distinctions, have been accustomed
TO think OF these grades as excepuonal re-
wards. granted for eminent service. Grant,
Sherman and Sheridan were the only Civil
War heroes TO rise TO the rank OF general.
The grade of lieutenant general was be
slowed on Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and
Scbofeld for Civil War services. After
the Spanish war Miles and Corbin were
made lieutenant generals, and the title
was also given to the chief Of the General
STAFF at a time when that newly created
Office was filed, successfully, by men who
had distinguished themselves in the war
with Spain or in the suppression OF the
jngurrection in the Philippines. Reluct-
apcs 20 continue this grade in time OF
neace led 10 its second abolition about ten
years ago.
We are now once more at war and are
preparing to make war on a scale dwarf
inc all our previous military efforts. NO
heroes have vet emerged on whom Con-
o,ress. after tie old fashion, could confer
these euper-grades, always reserved as spe-
cial recomitions. But the conditions OF war
have so changed that We are compelled 20
create higher commands without waiting
for great achievements and 20 put those
ordinarily inaccessible titles TO routine
usa. We are conforming cur army ned
organizations to those Of France and Great
Britain. with whose armies ours are 10
Generate ON the Western front. We must
also conform our scale Of commands IN
an essentials 20 their scale.
We have now. except through tempo
rarv appointment, no army officer OIL
HIGHER rank than a major general But
according to European usage a major gen
cral normally commands only a division.
We need lieutenant generals 70 command
army corps and armies and we need gen
erals TO command groups OF armies. Both
France and Great Britain have one grade
higher than gener1i-that o1 marshal OF
field marshal. We do not need marshal
lust now. But for practical military rea-
sons our high commands IN France ought
with that exception, to correspond IN dig
nity with the French and British high
commands.
Even after the way ends our military
establishment viii never shrink to the
PROPORTIONS Of the old army, easily COM
manded by major generals, with a major
general as chief Of staff. A. a people we
are usually able TO shake of sentimental
preiudices when they stand in the way Of
common sense progress. Few Americans
VIII object, We believe, if Congress gives
MS all the generals and lieutenant generals
which a modern military organization re-
ouires. Any readiustment Of grades Will
no welcome which may help, even indirect
". TO win the war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Artistry and Alienation

There is significant phrase ~ ore o.
John Syuge's books Speaking OF the spirit
ue!ity and widness OF the peasants Of ne
west OF Ireland, he remarks: There is AZ
affinity between the moods OF those people
and the moods OF varying rapture and DIS
may that arc frequent in artists and n
certain forms of alienation" These peasants,
descendants Of the ancient, bards that were
chased 10 the West, are said 70 be born poets.
Synge noted in them the quick changes from
gloominess to gayety, and SAW the relation
Of these changes and the Celtic dresmines'
70 the genius that has shown itself among
these people.
Especially acute was his realization that
such traits bear some relation 20 manic
Oppressive insanity. though he did not under
stand that the genius is not insane but sps'
clslly predsposed to insanity because OF rs
delicately organized nervous system. When
the genius becomes eIinicslly insane 10
ceases, perforce, TO be creative artist Az
the confusion about genius and insanity
unnecessary II these simple facts De a."
in mind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
River Roses
From The Tyr

From The Lpri-)
By the lssr in the twilight
We were wandering and singing;
BY the Isar, in the evening
We climbed the huntsmans ladder and sat
swinging
IT, the fr-tree overlooking the marshes,
While river met with river, and the ringing
OF their pale-green glacier water filed the
evening.
by The lssr, in the twilight
We found the dark wild roses
Hanging red at the river, and smmering
Frogs were singing, and over the river closes
Was SAVIOUR Of Zee and Of roses; and elim-
mering
Fear was abroad. We whispered: no one
knows Us,
Let US hear what the snake proposes
Here in this slimmering marsh."--
D. II. LAWRENCE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Teutonic Stubbornness

The difficulty however, in getting the Ger
man people, in their present state of mind, to
believe that proposals about democracy are
rot meant to destroy German independence
in Europe is much greater than most people
think Adsptsbility is not German charac-
teristic; stubbornness is.
That the Allies will win the war Is clearly
a matter of very powerful logic, but Just
what the conditions of victory will be no one
can gee with certainty at this time. The
longer the war goes on the more radical will
be the changes in all the countries And this
is particularly true o, the United States. The
var has upon US the effect Of forcing proc
ess We shall reach conditions of deyelop-
mcnt which George Washington saw TO be
desirable and probable, and of which Abra-
ham Lincoln dreamed.
We will become economically independent
OF Europe. We will experience a more thor
oush welding together OF our people. A
stronger patriotism will develop. Coopera-
ton II politics and industry will be estab-
lished. Our position as a world power will
be assured IL will be as II We had grown
twenty years in night, century in a week.
These are results which will only be inten-
sifed the longer the war goes on. And they
are great results, worth even more to US than
this war is going TO cost US, and in that
sense We cannot fail to win.
But we are going to beat Germany lust
the same, and the result will be a spread of
democracy in Germany; and though il will
probably leave the small German states in
existence, il NAV 10, bc as thorough con.
version of the people as We should hks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Loosed
From The Lpie)

From The Lprtc)
Mine III. wooden workbench, mine the rusty
bowl,
Mine the muddy f.ld-pa.h trsmpled TO my
Mine ears dull o, hearing, eyes that never
To the feld-lark's whistle or the blazing
skies
But on! the gypsy kissed me beside the haw-
thorn tree!
And from this moment never son Of man
I'll be,
Mine the waning wonder in the reeky dark,
STOPPING shoulders dropping, soul s-thirst,
a-hark.
Clod shut in furrow, swallow in a room,
Hungering its heart out IN the dusty gloom
But Oh, the gypsy marked me with running
water clear!
And shall be FREQ man er. tn. first OF
the year,
Dronc that saw the sunlight. and that spied
star
Longs to fare yet farther where immortals
are;
Give me wings, oh comet; speed, oh soaring
bird
To the realms o, stardrft, to tn. songs I'M
heardi
For on my lips the gypsy Sc. her red mouth
warm,
music Of charm,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
| Did Not Know

(Frorn Po,frV)
I did not know that ! should miss you,
So silyer-soft your loving came
There were no trumpets down the dawning
There were no leaping tides of fame
Only a peace like still rain falling
On a tired land with drouth foredons,
Only a warmth like light soft lying
On a shut place that had not sun.
did not know that should miss you
| only miss you, day and night,
Silly. as earth would miss the rainfall;
Always, as earth would miss the light.
MARGARET WIDDEMER.