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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-06
POLICE OF JAPAM.
They Get Little Pay and Few Gifss
For Their Efficient Work.

Though the police of Japan are
worse paid than those Of any coun.
try in the world, they are consid-
cred as efficient and faithful as any
that can be found, for in that coun-
try ability and loyalty to duty are
never made too dependent on
money.
But this is only one reason For
the efficiency of the japanese police.
The other is the fact that the great
er part Of the police officers belong
to the old samurai families, the
junkers of Japan, who, as ques-
ton Of principle, despise filthy lucre.
The Japanese polieeman's only
weapon is the sword, and the rob-
bers usually carry the same arm.
The patrolman's pay is IS to $12.5O
month, and he has to serve ten
years at least before reaching the
salary maximum. For special ex-
peuses he receives a monthly allow
anee of SO to S.. Detectives and
polyglot policemen who can serve
as interpreters receive an addition
al $3.50 to S. per month. The av-
erage policeman, even if he serves
his whole life, never gets beyond the
monthly $3.50. His only chance
of increase is the capture of mo-
toriOus criminal. which earns for
him bonus of $25 to $50.
In the rural districts the disci-
pline is less rigorous, and the police
man is allowed to accept from the
farmers gifts in the shape of fruits
and vegetables. Sometimes rich
people erect at the gates of their
estates modest lodges where the po-
liceman can live rent free. SINH.
larry people in the city sometimes
offer the policeman some cheap
rooms IN their houses. OF course
in these cases estate and house have
a first claim to the officers protec-
ton. His name is placed on the |
gate or door beneath the name of |
the landlord, useful hint for thief /
and robber.
The sergeant starts with SIS
month and can reach $50. The civil
service examinations leading to this
much envied post are very rigorous.
One often finds among the candi-
dates graduates of the law college
of the Imperial university Of To
kyo.
After five years continuous serv-
ice the policeman has a claim to an
allowance amounting to One-haH of
his regular salary. After fifteen
years he receives a pension.-Japan
Magazine.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-06
Kamiah Mai Carrier Hnrt

John L. Acrea, mail carrier on
the Kamiah rural free delivery
route No. /, sustained a fractur-
ed hip in a runaway accident on
the Glenwood grade last Thurs
day afternoon. Mr.. Acrea was
descending the grade when the
neckyoke gave way and the team
ran down the hill. He was thrown
into the rocks in such a manner as
to receive a fractured hip. DR.. G.
II. Bryan was called and reduced
the fracture.
Carl Schwartz will serve as car
rier on the route during the per-
iod Of Mr. .Acrea's being out Of
service.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-06

Silk is the great industry Of
northern Italy, and the plains Of
the quadrilateral are dark with null
berry trees. The mulberry tree is
the hardest worked piece Of timber
In the world. First its leaves are
skinned off for the worms to feed
on, then the little branches are clip
ped for the worms to nest in, then
the large limbs are cropped for
charcoal, and the trunk has not only
to produce new crop Of leaves and
limbs for next year, but must act
as trellis for grapevine.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-06
Big Reception to Soldiers at no.

Ito, Sept. IA reception for
the men called to the colors under
the selective draft was given last
evening at the Odd Fellows hall
by the Ilo- Vollmer Red Cross aux
iliary. The reception was attend
ed by more than 300 residents of
the prairie country and among
the speakers were Prosecuting At
torney s. 0. Tannahill, of Nez-
perez; Prof. Case, 10; Prof.
Campbell, Vollmer; w. II. Har-
vey, civil war veteran.
A musical program rendered
during the evening was much en-
joyed.- Tribune.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-06
Fletcher News.

Mrs. Arthur Furnish 8 sister,
Miss Fitsimmons, of Charleston, is
here spending her holidays at the
beautiful Furnish summer home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt were enter
tanning company last week.
Martin Meek is making a sue
cess of using the caterpillar for
threshing purposes.
The little combine has come to
stay. 1t threshes fifteen acres a
day with two men and eleven
horses, and the cost is twelve hun
dred dollars and three years to
pay it in. So it is an easy propo-
sition to the small ranchmen. The
big combines are also popular this
year but the old fashioned
thresher is not so popular as of
old when we all loved to see
threshing time come. with lots of
noise and big crowd, everybody
jolly, and a big feast for every- /
body II was a jovial time amongst |
the neighbors with lots of good /
cheer.
/. ?. Raglan, of Central Ridge
came to Ilo last week to buy oaso-
line, using his big truck. He stop
ped at Fletcher whence Mrs. NJ. ].
Chapman accompanied him home
for a few weeks visit with rela-
tives there.
Arthur Anderson is hauling hay
from the old Henry Duuck home
Itead for Mrs. Carrie Duuck at j
Fletcher. +
John MePeak is running two big
ombines 20 harvest his big grain ]
r0ps. i
.. 4. Way and Jack Allen are ! 5
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-06
Deepest MIns IN the World.

The deepest mine in the world ia
the MORO Velho, in Brazil, the low
est galleries Of which are 5000 feet
below the surface. The MORO Vel
ho is gold mine worked by an
English company. The gold bear
ing vein descends into the earth
like a great knife at an angle Of
forty-five degrees. The normal tenn
perature at the bottom is only 113
degrees i. and by ventilation is
kept down to about 100.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-06

The figures "ss" play weird part
in the rise and fall Of the Stuarts.
James III. was killed in fight near
Bannockburn in 1883, Mary Stuart
was beheaded in 1888, James II. Of
England was dethroned in 1858,
Charles Edward died in 1888 and
James Stuart, the "0ld Pretender,"
was born in 1888, the very year that
his father abdicated.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-06

Truth, honesty and fair dealing
has always been the motto Of the
Cold Storage Market. is II the
truth that beef cattle are selling
at the same price now that they
did three months agof II. b.
Brown.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-06

Employer-Haven't you got any
thing else to do besides calling up
girls on the phone all day long?
Employee-Well, you see, was for
merly a street car conductor. EN-
ployer-What has that to do with
IT. Employee got into the habit
Of ringing up the fair.--Philadel.
phia Ledger.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-06

FOR SALE One -Hous-
er combine in good condition, ON
the Jim Black homestead near
Mohler, will sell at sacrifice-only
$500. Call up or write Charles ii.
Snyder, Lewiston, Idaho, or Phone
944 Lewiston.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-06
American Also Use Dogs In War.

American Also Use Dogs In War
Washington, Aug. 20.-Airedale
and shepherd dogs of America, at
tentionl Your chance is coming
to save the lives of thousands Of
American boys in the trenches.
When the war dog bill of Sena-
tor Brady, Idaho, becomes law,
the airedales and shepherds will
be called on to do their bit.
Miss Anna ii. Tracy, trainer of
war and police dogs, interested
with Senator Brady, Secretary of
War Baker and the war college
in getting the dog ''selective ser
vice" bill passed, today told the
United Press of what the CANNES
share in the war viii be and how
they viii be trained and sent to
France.
"Our war dogs, she said, must
be loyal, brave, courageous and
hardy. They must have keen nos
es and no nerves.
They must not mind heat,
cold, water, dust or mud, and
must have tremendous endurance.
Blood tells In war dogs, and ex-
perience has proved airedale and
shepherds the best.
Three or four months inten-
sive training viii fit an intelli-
gent dog for the trenches. Our
war dog battalions probably
would be trained just as our men
are, first In cantonment camps
here, then under trench masters
in sound Of the guns.
Their greatest service viii be
in tracing wounded and missing
men in No Man IS land. They will |
save the lives of hudreds of Ameri-
can boys.
Stretcher bearers often do not |
know when a man is dead. Train |
ed dogs know instinetively and in
fallibly. War dogs often refuse
10 leave a man the stretcher bear
RS consider dead. :,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-06

The airedale is particularly quail
flied for the service demanded in
this intensive warfare, and if tax
en- when young, is the most easily
trained dog known. Those here
abouts not familiar with this won
derful type of canine, are invited
to visit the kennel at the Herald
office, where some fine specimens
may be seen.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-13
I'VE Have an Account Here"

I'VE Have an Account Here
amid a shower of crystal. The girl
made him out beyond the show case.
ooh, I've had such run' she
said, and then she drew back
abashed, for Ned had risen to his
feet and the customer, seeing that he
was not her acquaintance, Mr.. Blair,
was somewhat embarrassed.
81 am a transient substitute" exc
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-13

within view Of the romantic dreamer.
Ned was in a fair mood for visionary
conceptions. The girl had stepped in
amid his musings as if purpOsely fill
ing out the picture framed in his airy
train Of thought.
She looked animated, her eyes
were sparkling, her cheeks were suf- 4
fused with exercise. Her breath came
quick. She wore a waterproof, and
as she threw back its hood and shook
off the gathered raindrOps Ned
thought of some beauteous fairy
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-13

= - . sss $50 as'
HIS IDEAL
BY Jessie Ethel Sherwin
80
Copyright, 1917, W. G. Chapman.)
Happy man! You've got every
thing worth having in the world ex-
cept a wife"
ooh, that will come along in due
time" chirped Ned Dawson, in his
usual bright, happy-gO-lucky way.
mo star in the zenith to date?
questiOner Rodney Blair, drug clerk.
mot a start" asserted Ned stanch-
". You see, I haven't had my for
tune long enough for maneuvering
mammas and designing daughters to
get on to the fact.
"Thereu be a horde when you get
into high society, Ned" warned his
friend.
mot going to do that at all" as
serted Ned. I'm for a year Of travel.
I've always longed for it, now I can
afford to indulge the ambition. After
that, settling down, maybe. When l
do, III not belOoking for any high So
cial debutantes. Some sweet, charm
ing, natural, sensible girl is my sort. "
Hard to find in these giddy times. 3"
Maybe, but I'll search for her.
Going?"
For an hour. If you'll just keep
store until 8 o'clock it will be an i'm
mense favor. There will not be many
customers a night like this. If they
come, wait on them if it's showcase
stuff. If it's prescriptions, stack them
up until I arrive.
very good" nodded Ned compla-
Gently, and selected the best cigar
from the case and seated himself
comfortably in the ragged, cush-
toned, but comfortable chair behind
The Washington times., 1917-09-05
The Meaning of the Parade
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Washington will not soon forget the remarkable process
sion that passed along Pennsylvania yesterday after
of the President Wilson's disregard of wartime dan
gers his brisk stride at the head of marching Governments
the members of the Senate and House military steps Sena
tor Bankhead in Confederate gray beside Senator Nelson
the blue uniform of the Union Speaker Champ Clark in
arm with former Speaker Joe Cannon housand of District
militia volunteers regulars and they for whom the parade
was originally organized-the drafted young mena these
Will on recollection always quicken the imagination For
they constitute living embodiment of what America has
stood for since the beginning of the Republic and what she
always will stand for In the family Of natOnsdemocracy
and human liberty
Picture such parade in any other country-especiay
European county Would the head of the government
appear in civilian clothesi Would he not have mf
form and ridden charging horsef Would members of the
cabinet have been walking afoo alongside the rank and file
Of the officials clerks and senographers, the and
women Of the nation in that neither studied
nor artificial but natural because democracy not pre-
tense here, but fixed traditionf
Would any military parade anywhere but in the Capital
OF the United States present in company with the soldiers
the women and children for whom after all those Of
military fitness going forth to fight for whom they
willing to give up their lives if necessary that the ideals Of
America be preserved The ideals of Aercaf Yes that all
created free and equal that all nations free and
equal and have right to the pursuit of fe liberty and
human happiness undsturbed To maintain these prin
cples the troops mobilize mission than which our own
history has known greatea mission OF preservation
For this generation is the trustee whom fathers gave
the ideals Of America heritage To have tolerated
pney the invasion OF our rights would have been breach
of that trust.
So America marches not "rung Glass; or a militars-
tic party capalistic regime but democratic America
its and There banners of hate boasts
of power rckng greed conquer merely for the sake
of conquerng battle criest totally unlike any
parade that history has told about that or nations
would themselves have gathered for occasion of such
national significance But it spoke by its very silence It
spoke of quiet determination of readiness to make the
preme sacrifice of patriotism that is born of generations
of enjoyment of human liberty It the vanguard of
great army marching for liberty in the greatest Of all cru
sades. Onward Christian Soldiers!
The Washington times., 1917-09-05
A Misunderstood Missourian
Certain Editors Misunderstood Ne,
~Certain Cartoonists Misunderstood Ne,
Everybody Misunderstands Me-"

The above picture of the Senator from Missouri and the
lines underneath it written by Tad the eminent
toonist.
Some newspapers misunderstand Senator Stone, and
Senator Stone msunderstands newspapers But the
nation Is fortunate in having him in the Senate.
all the Senators agreed everything and everybody
in power said An is perfect that would NOT be good
thing for the little people.
Men like Stone of Missouri La Toilette Of Wisconsin,
Congressman Bae the farmer representative from North
Dakota important because they do get up in while
and say NO everything is NOT perfect and I'll tell you
why"
Socrates called himself gadfy. He stung the people
and made them think.
Mr. Stone Is gadhy Health long life and power
70 hm-even II we do disagree with him sometimes.
he mskes the other Senators think and give
The Washington times., 1917-09-05
About Arrangements and Some Who
Also Marched.

The people of this city have to be proud Of the
committee who planned the parade Messrs GUIDE and Co
umbus and the many who worked with them deserve the
1t was demonstration Of the capacity of Washngtons
business men-a mark of their efficiency There
hitches long waits confusion of orders, but well
organized and welexecuted procession of military and
civilian bodies
Government departments the march! Didn't it
strike you oddly that many thousands of the men and
who marched in those departmental divisions Of the
parade should have lost their right to vote because they
to Washington, many who cannot afford to keep
dren must remain votess their fathers and
mothers aref 1t didn't right 1t isn't right And
day the spirit of justice, that has not departed
from this question but is merely dormant will be
awakened to correct the injustice. But it is well to remind
those who led the procession the of executive and leg
isatve power that behind them thousands of vote
less people. They also marched
The Washington times., 1917-09-05
A Very Intelligent Young Woman
Writes About the RhinOcerOS
Continued From First Column.)

and the aeropane In the big powerful brute standing
belly deep in the water the army that walowS in
the mud of Flanders In the bird that lives upon the
back of the rhnoceros see the small 120mile minute
aerOplane that flies up and warns the army.
The rhinoceros could be attacked from the rear or
the flank and slain if the bird did not tell him Of the
enemy creeping up and the army could be destroyed
there were aeroplane to tell what the enemy was
doing.
The rhnoceros rapidly is becoming extinct, and
cannot be found in Europe. Armies also will
become extinct. Brute force, used only for killing like
the brute force of the rhnoceros and army will
to exist.
The bird that lives on the back Of the rhnoceros
and the aeroplane that warns the army will live on and
will use them in creating-not killing The bird
already has taught how to the aeroplane to fly
and for this lesson alone is willing to let the bird
live.
Man is killing off the rhinoceros and in few years
the few that live will be Gagged where they cannot
brute force to kill Man is rdding the world of auto
Gratis, and in few years THE AUTOCRAT who now
is using brute force to kill will be Gagged.
If you do not print this letter. send it to the men
whom Congress has given $640OO0OO0 with which to
build aeropanes and tell them that the they give
the army in the mud of Flanders enough aeropanes the
the army will be out of the mud will be out
of mre and blood, and the Kaiser will be harmless like
the rhinoceros in the iron barred pen in the zoo.
E.R
The Washington times., 1917-09-05

~
" ment in the hearts Of
millions of people is
voiced IN a song it is caught up
and echoed from coast to coast.
And it is this response to the
feeling of the moment which
makes the new, patriotic song,
"Send Ne Away With a Smile"
such a tremendous success. Read
it, and you will see why at once.
Sing it, and you will keep on
singing.
Little girl. don't cry, I must say
good-by.
Don't you hear the bugls call?
And the fife and drum bid the
fellows come,
Where the flag waves over all.
Though I love you SO. 1t Is time
TO go.
And soldier IN me you'll md,
When on land and sea they need
boys like me.
You would not have me stay be-
hind.
Chorus.
Send me away with a smile, little
girl.
Brush the tears from eyes of
brown:
It's all for the best, and I'm on
with the rest
or the boys from my own home
town.
It may be forever we part. little
girl,
And II may be for only a while;
But II night, dear. we must, In our
Maker we trust.
So send me away with a smile
"when leave you, dear. give me
words OF cheer,
To recall ip time OF pain.
They will comfort me, and will
seem TO be
Like the sunshine after rain.
And mid shot and shell, I'll re-
member we'll
You've the heart OF a soldier, too,
And that through this war I am
fighting for
Ny country and my home and
you"
In these days when hundreds
Of thousands Of our boys are
leaving for France, or else going
into the various training camps
Of the country, this song Is nat
urally on every lip. 1t echoes In
every heart
These young soldiers have an
instructive dread of feminine
tears. They don't want to re-
member their wives or sweet
hearts, their mothers and sisters
saying good-by to them with
sighs and sobs. They want to go
with heartening words of cheer
still ringing in their ears, and to
recall the smile on the faces they
love.
They take that smile as a good
omen. 1t is a talisman that they
will carry close to their hearts,
for it is a source of strength and
comfort to them to know that their
dear ones are confidently looking
forward to their triumphant home
coming.
We all know how it is in any
undertaking. If our friends say
with complete assurance. "Why, of
course everything is going to come
out all right" we Immediately feel
a new impetus from their optim-
ism. Their belief in our ability to
win nerves us to fresh endeavor;
we have an easy sense of mastery
and feel that We can cope with any
Eituatian
The Washington times., 1917-09-05

FIRST of all, E. W., you must
remember that for the time
at least, men with depend
ents will not be required to go to
the front. That is the duty of
young men withou: such obliga-
tions.
The two husbands I mentioned
went because they considered it
right to go. / admit that ad-
mired their wives much more
than admired them. l feel, very
strongly, that for the present, the
first duty Of men with wives and
children or dependent parents is to
those wives and children and de-
pendent parents.
We have today, in this country,
millions of young men with no ons
depending upon them, who are
ready and eager to go to the front.
It breaks our hearts to have them
20. But as men must go, these
young men, all authorities agree,
are the ones to do It.
In saying this, we do not for a
moment forget their mothers and
the girls who love them. We are
looking, because we are forced to
do SO, solely at the economic side
Of the question.
The War Problems Of
Men With Dependents.
For the present, therefore, the
problems of the majority Of hus-
bands are these!
First, what they can do at home
to help their country.
Second, how they can best pre-
pare, now, for the possible de-
mands on them which may come
later, II the war is prolonged.
Most Of them know the answers
to the first problem!
l. They can either add to or help
to conserve the country's food
supply.
2. They can join cur Home De-
fense Leagues, and get the ben
eft Of such training as these give
them,
3. According to their incomes,
they can buy bonds or assist our
war charities.
The answers TO the second prob
lem are equally simple-on paper.
/. They can try to get into and
keep in a good physical condition.
2. They can, and must, set aside
some part of their present in
comes for the benefit OF their de-
pendents in case they must leave
them. If necessary, they must
greatly curtail their present ex-
penses in order to do this.
In the case Of husbands who,
like the two of whom ] have al
ready written, feel that they must
go 10 the front, these things can
be done:
1. If their wiveS are trained
workers Ii. e.. if they have worked
before marriage and have a value
in the working world), they can
undoubtedly find work again.
Many married women / know are
looking for positions today, THAI