The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-02-22

Items That are Not Intended
to Kit or Hiss Anyone But
Just to Tell You

That the economical housewife
now carefully counts her spud.
before serving them.
That service pays-it draws anc
holds trade. Those who are toe
tired to give it are down and out
ers.
That as an effective method OF
national preparedness we suggest
the early planting of spuds-mOre
spuds.
That having overran the skies,
the cost of living is now recon-
noitering for even higher alti-
tudes.
That it pays to do it better-not
alone in dollars and cents, but
well the fellow who does it better
knows.
That bankers don I like the new
coins because they say they are
hard to stack. But we are not
running q bank.
That Cuba was not to be en-
tirely overlooked, and so started
a little war of her own, but il
died "a-bornin- "
That if villa gets to slOshing
around too reeklessly in Per-
shing's old shoes Uncle Sam may
vet be forced 20 pull the strings
That an exchange says man
should have a good excuse ready
before committing a mean act.
The average man has. He's the
excuse.
That anyway, Tom Lawson has
been swallowed up in a bigger
scare Verify, there is some con-
ISOLATION, even in our greatest mis-
fortunes.
That we are not a bit fiippant
when we express the ardent hope
that the federal Investigation of
the high cost of living doesn't
pave the way for yet another
boost.
That in these strenuous times
we forgot to mention in our last /
issue that Old St. Valentine made /
his periodical visit without Great
ing even a ripple on the bloody
waters.
That when there is no other
bone Of contention, it's in order
for two or more neighbor towns
to take a notion they want a new
county and then each lambast the
Dther for the county seat.
That some sensitive people are
beginning to wonder if q man viii |
feel any better IN the next world
after being blown up by a mine,
hen he would have felt had he
,een sunk by q submarine
That a Seattle firm has just re-
.eived a contract for building six !
teel boats that win help some to
move the crops of this section
Zach Of the vessels viii be 1896
Get over all, So feet beam, and %
eet 3 inches depth Of hold, with :
argo capacity Of 1900 tons. De ]
livery viii be from April to Sep
ember, 1918.
That there are Away some
nance for the unmarried. For
nstance-Willard Houser was
married recently to Mrs. Stella
Iouser, his step-mother, who is the !
mother of three children by Hous- .
RS father. The newlyweds re-
ide at Chapman, in Jackson c0un-
y, Ohio. BY Wizards marriage
o his step-mOther he becomes '
as well as half-brother
0 his own children.
That the people of the United !
Itates spent 1921, GAS, 900 for ice I
ream in 1916, according to the
ditor of the International Confec-
ioner. Figuring the population 3
+ the United States at 100, O0O,- :
90, the per capita expenditure
DR. the national delieacy was al
lost So in the IL months. The :
1tal quantity Of ice cream con-
1med was 208, 100000 gallons, or r
little more than two gallons for r
ach man, woman and child. y
[oral: Since Nezperce prairie R
its share of the ii
goody," why not have a cream q
y at Nezperce and manufacture g
III own7 81
At the Christian Church. s