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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23
BIRDS SING AT HIS WILL

I. s. Metcalf, in the Cleveland Plain
 Dealer.
 11OSEPH BELMONT has been whist
 ling and thrilling, chirping and whistlng again these 20 years for his living. Now he has someone else to do it for him, and he's happy. He has IS canaries at the Priscilla this week, ana they are singing for him four times day.
 Its much simpler than it sounds says MT. Belmont. Any bird will sing what it is taught to sing. Tie parent bird teaches it's young, and the young pass on the art in their turn That's why different species have their own peculiar songs. No bird sings a brand new song. Occasionally and I think. by accident, he picks up new note or q new trill, but he uses mostly. what his ancestors used before him. I didn't dis cover that German barber in Cleve- land taught me
 q was getting shaved here one day. and he had music box going. It had but one tune, The Last Rose Of sum mer.' and there was a bad note in the last bar When the music box was through, heard the song repeated, note for note. bad note and all. in a bird whistle. I sat up. father and all, to de- mand what sang, and he opened closet door to show me a canary in cage. Then he told me that the bird, young one, whistled nothing but The Last Rose of Summer because it had never heard any other tune in its life. and it set me to thinking. That was five years ago. and for 15 years and more I'd been whstling bird songs on the stage. and maklug bird song records for phono- graphs. I undertook to train canaries.
 First I learned that they won't sing in the summer. but they will learn tunes, and they learn them more readily if they Sit Iii tic dark while the tunes they are 10 commit to their bird mem ories are played again and again. In a couple of years I was ready to tRke the road with my troupe of canarles, and after a few false starts they did nicely. They krfow only three tune. My Old Kentucky Home Just a Song At Twi- light and "A Perfect Day but they do know them well.
 "rhey learned them, not from my wh;stling, although l did whistle some, but from hearing these tunes scores. per- haps hundreds of times. on the flute or on a little collapsible organ. There couldn't be much moro monotonous job
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23

Henry watterson, in the Louisville
 Courier-Journal
 1O EFusED information touching IN\ matters of moment and concern the Congress, exercising it's constitutional function, has institn- ted committees of investigation, to be told to disperse as if they were a se- ries of mobs. At this yate-the people complying long shall it be before Cromwell goes down to the capitol not to make a taking speech, but to cry "Git, you varmints, git.''
 I am saying nothing that I durst not say to the President face to face. Nor with the least malice or i'll humor. His panegyrists often couple his name with that of Lincoln. wish he had little of Lincoln's humor. humanity and common sense. One night Lincoln came out of the White House to take his carriage. It was raining cats and dogs. A sentry was pacing his round out side the portico, drenched to the bone. Why don't you walk under shelter?"
 
 walk heree replied the soldier. "Who ordered you?" asked Lincoln. My captain said the soldier. Lincoln looked quzzically. That reminds me- said he, that I am commander-in- chief of the army and I order you to come in out of the wet" MT. Wilson never forgets that he is commander in-chief.
 I would do the President no in justice. I would not add the weight of a feather to his awful responsi- bility. Surely I would not obstruct him in the work of winning the war to which I invoked him upon the go- ing down of the Lusitania. But I re- ject, loathe and spit upon the plea that, because of the war, the press should abdicate it's duty to the people and the people should lie down to be tramped under the feet of the military That is the road to despotism as odious as if it led to Potsdam.
 That war involves autocracy I un-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23
GUNMEN UNDER WAGES

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 The official statement was made so re- gently that the last traces of gunmen had been removed from New York that the trial of Brooklyn gunnlan for nur- der provides extraordinary contrast. Tho principal witness in the case is Ralph the Barber who short time ago mads confession following his arrest, admit ting participation, alone or in colabora- tion with other employees Of an organl- zation, in 9 murders within few years.
 The confession received some additions while Ralph was on the witness stand, details to complete his description or the murder and blackmail corporation. Among tke most interesting was his statement of the wages paid the gun,nen employed by the directors of the organ.- zation, which has operated under the eyes of the police for some years. If a gunman had wife or wife and family week, while unmarried men were paid only $10 weekly.
 Credulity was severely strained In ac- cepting the original story of the young gunman and the expectation was some what general that when the time came to back up his words lie would tell somo- thing else. The trial, on the contrary, has added this detail of the weekly sea a of employees of an organization he claims to have spent recent years with, giving names of fellow employees who were paid the married mems rate because they had dependents other than wife and children The most surprising circumstances III the case is not so much that men can be hired to kill at regular weekly wage in New York, but that for years such an organization could exist and conduct profitable business under the noses of the finest police in the world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23
HIS SOLE oBJEcrr

From the Kansas City Star
 Something for you, sir?' asked the salesman.
 Certainly not' sternly replied J Fuller Gloom. Young man. do loot: like person who would enter store when he wanted something? No, II there was something for me I woutt have to be htched to post outside while someone else come In and pnr- chased the desired article. I am ir reality touring the country on bet that win find store where turtle headed clerk won't ask me if I want something.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23
Snrprised at Magnitude

T spent several days this. week down in Mobile said Capt Frank S. White, Chickasaw Shipbuilding plant and was surprised at it's magnitude. Few people realize just what it is going to mean to the state and to the south. Already a number of boarding houses and homes have been erected and the foundation for the great works has been laid. It will be but one of the links between the Magic and the Gulf City,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23

blame as was made to appear, and results are being obtained from the sudden speeding up order. In the meanwhile there must be no relaxing of interest on the part of the farmers in the increased acreage prop aganda. Bumper crops will be need ed to feed ourselves and the allies As great as food production was in 1917 even greater will be imperative ly demanded this year.
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 The old d-fashioned bandit was a pie turesque fellow, compared to the modern type who is so well groomed bandit until he holds up the estab- lishment and motors away with a suitcase full of money.
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 The pleasing tale of little George Washington and the cherry story has been pretty thoroughly discredited, but the people who make novelties for Georges birthday don't care hang for that.
 There are a great many persons with German names occupying impor- tant positions in Washington It is presumed that the acid test has been applied to their patriotism.
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 Will Rogers, the cowboy actor and regular guy" That wasn't what the editorial writers said about him, but that was what they meant.
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 It is hard matter for the father of two or three sons who are officers with Pershing in France to under stand how the Kaiser has the ghost of a chance to win this war
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 There are indications that the bol- sheviki backbone is beginning to stiffen, but it will never compare in that respect with the French and English backbone
 The late John l.. Sullivan had an ambition to go to Congress, which
  otherwise distinguished career.
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 The Savannah Press thinks German spies should be sent to a place where the climate is far less salubrious than that of Fort Oglethorpe. Ga.
 < # * Soldiers will be permitted to drink in the homes of friends. Still, no fight ing man expects his friends to pay $10 quart for the stuff.
 # 4. E4 There is always something to be thankful for. American flags are no longer being worn on the collars of village cutups.
 # % * Will nothing induce the Russians to 1 stop fighting one another long enough 1 to take a look at the advancing armies of Germany?
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 After glancing casually through | Life one gets the impression that Sec retary Baker is a smaller man than Tom Thumb.
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 Shipping supplies to Canada in ex. change for cold waves strikes thin blooded mortal as poor business
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 Another reason why the Austrians | want peace is the alarming shortage of beer in Austria.
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 So far the food shortage hasn't seri- ously affected the hot dog" industry. i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23
Are the Bolsheviki
 Determined to Fight?

INVITE a navy no longer capable WV of action, and vast army which has become a disorganized |rabble, the bolsheviki have issued Icall for armed resistance against the Germans, who are calmly invading Russia and gathering in loot as they
 go.
 Was ever a country in worse state? The bolshevik leaders, call them Ilunatics, traitors, German agents, or what you will, have merely succeeded in making bad matters worse by try ing to bring about peace with a ruth less military power which secretly Iderided their ambitious dreams, and having dropped all further pretense, lis now giving free rein to its lust of power and conquest which for time, lat -Litovsk, it yelled under spacious phrases which meant noth- ling.
 The news which comes from Russia
 is so conflicting it is impossible to
 learn what is happening there, and the ultimate purpose of Germany in
 the invasion of northern Russia is
 still matter for speculation. It is pointed out that the large quantities oe guns, war supplies and other ma tc1ials, reported taken by the Ger mans without opposition, can be of little practical use on the western front, and the capture of prisoners merely complcates Germany's prob lens in dealing with Russia.
 Who can picture the shame and hu- initiation of patriotic Russians, view ing the woeful plight into which their country has fallen? These peo- pie might be able to work out her salvation with the cooperation of the allies, but they seem powerless, or apathetic, before tho bolsheviki. It is inconceivable that the Russian peo- pie will permit Germany to do as she pleases with them. Considering the difficulty of maintaining lines of communication, as the Germans ad- vance further into Russia, guerrilla warfare would become increasingly effective. The deluled bolsheviki have neither the brains nor the means to offer an organized resistance, but there are still millions of patriots in Russia who can harass the invaders if they will.
 There may be an abject equalization which will make it unnecessary for the Germans to proceed further in land than Petrograd, yet if the Rus sians should continue to resist, Petro- grad would probably mark the limit of the invasion. German armies can never conquer all of great Russia, if Russia will only fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23
KNOCKING THEM OUT

From the Nashville Banner
 Senator Chamberlain, too, has gone to a sanitarium for an operation. Before they get through with attacking the administration and it's War plans and achievements, the hospitals are likely to be filled to overflowng.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE TANK

We much admire the clumsy tank, For which we have John Bull to thank,
 Who sent it in to battle. It waddles on it's awkward way And neither shot nor shell can stay
 When bullets start to rattle. But, sooth, 'tis not pleasure craft, Although 'tis built like Mister Taft,
 'Tis hot and close and smelly; The wonder is the daring crew Who man the thing and ''see it through"
 Are not reduced to jelly. If we should wish to take the air And gaze upon landscape fair
 With Grace or Maud or Myrtle, We'd be propelled by gasoline In touring car or limousine
 And not steel-clad turtle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23
SCENTING A CLUE

From the Minneapolis Tribune.
 It Is announced that the government. wants l0c0 goats. Is that why some Of : ficinAs are making such q determined ei- fort to get Secretary Bakers?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23

BEGINNING THE DAY-Oh. what thing is life! What mysteries arc in it! What miracles arc wrought by it! How it leaps and thrObs at times! How it basks. How it sagx and almost goes out! Great God. what 2 gift it is! Keep it flaming. Keep 1t clear and straight and true and clcan!-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23
A Ynrd of Ice

T was talking with a friend who re- gently was in St. Paul, and he said that there was going to be one of the great est ice crops ever harvested in the north west said Sam Earle. Evidently the cold weather has been the means of making the lakes and rivers helpful in tine way of storing up cold for next sum mer. He stated that the river had g inches of ice. That is going down pretty deep. If we get an inch coating on Lakeview we think 1t is some freeze Just think of it being more than award thick. But in spite of the intense cold, my friend said he never suffered, as the air was so dry. There was no snow dur ing his stay in St. Paul.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Daily Up Against It

DAhg tp fhEathot "
 l hear great deal in the papers about the freight congestion and the delays of shipments by the railroads said Robert Vail. who is connected with the Vest ern Newspaper union, but little is said about the delays that are experienced. even when the express method is used. happen to know what delayed trains and deransed service means as the com pany for which I work Is daily up against getting out matter to the week lies. The war has made it hard for us to give the prompt service that we once prided ourselves on. We are doing all in our power to meet the needs of the out-of-town publishers who use plate matter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23
STRANGE. IF TRUE

Did you ever meet a real honest to-goodness Kentucky colonel?"
 Yes, and I got the surprise of my young life"
 How was thatT' s 1.1 e.zIfs His favorite beverage was butter milk" s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23

Strange it is, That nature must compel us to la- mcnt Our most persisted deeds.
 Antony and Cleopatra.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23
QUICK ACTION

QUICK ACTION T understand you were in train wreck
 Yes, but not seriously injured How long did it take damage suit lawyer to arrive on the scene?" < "One occupied a seat across the aisle and fell on top of me. He had his note- book out before we got to our feet" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23
Member of the Associated Pres.

Mtmbcr or the AabOcAAteu NFeHs
 The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunuay newspaper in birminsnaln carrying the Associated Press dls- patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches creaited to II or not otherwise credited in this paper an6 also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication of spe- served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23

Washington bureau. 2O7 hibbs build ing.
 European bureau, 6 Henrietta street, CovsnL Iarden, London.
 Eastern business oftlce, Rooms 4S 10 Do, inclusive, Irlpuns puiluIns, New York city; western business office, Tribune building, Chicago. The ;. .. Beckwith speclai Ageney, agents Tor 1oreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23

BOSS OF THE WORKS Did I understand you to say your cook was named Wilhelmina?"
 ''Yes. I gave her that name myself" "In honor of Hollands queen?" NO. I merely lit upon 1t because it's the feminine of Wilhelm She's the darndest autocrat you ever saw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23
A TRICK OF THE TRADE


 "The critics said some hard things about your new play" "so they did replied the manager. That doesn't bother me any. My press agent is expert with the shears He can cull enough compliments from a column roast to make it appear that the play is a great success"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23
MISLEADING THE YOUNG

MISLEADING. THE YOUNG Here's an example of what happens to parents who tell yarns to their children. The family doctor was paying a pro- fessional visit to Mrs. Joneson He set his handbag down on table and pro ceeded to feel the lady's pulse As soon as his back was turned little Bessie stole to the table and tried to open the bag. Bessie" said Mrs. Joneson, reprov- ingly, let the doctors satchel alone. Little girls mustn't have so much curios- ity."
 q just wanted to see if there was baby in it." said Bessie
 DIRECTIONS a
 up, ss
 Up, The cost of living hops; Down,
 down, IT
 down
 Our wee bank balance drops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23

TELEPHONE Bell tprtyatc exchange connecting ell Gerartments) Mnin 430O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23
NOTHING NEW

NOTHING NEW
 This stump speaker is never at a loss for something to say"
 That doesn't commend him to me-" said the grouchy citizen. "There are lots of people in this world who can talk all the time, but have never had sem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23

-"In Rama was there a voice heard lame ntation and weeping, and great mourning. Rachel weeping for her chill dren, and would not be comforted. be- cause they are not" This verse out Of the Bible telling of the sorrow in Bethle- I hem after the slaughter of the inno- cents by Herod. describes that which rests above the lands through which the
 German armies have marched,
 l Every night when I come out on the but truthful cartoon of Raemaker's
 which sets forth better than anything
 know what it must mean to be in the pathway of the Prussians. It is the picture of dead mother and babe, lying across her bosom. with the signifi- passed"
 l Oh, sweet little nymph. who gave me down the aisle By your childish inno- cence. and for the sake of your very helplessness, I hereby swear that I will do everything in my power to try and arouse the people to the crimes perpe- trated against children by the German hordes and thereby save our own pre- cious ones from the danger of having to ; suffer as Belgium, Serbia and Poland have suffered. because the fathers of this lard. Knowing the peril. will rise up in f their might and wipe out the butchers {, who have no pity even though the cry ! of a child pleads for protection.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-23

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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-09-06
Linden Item.

The drive made by Mrs. A. W.
Longfellow for the Salvation Army
service fund. resulted in raising
$45.70. Our quota for Gold Hill
precinct was $36.
Mr.. Mike Smith who has been
sick at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. McAllister for several months,
died Monday, August 26. Short
services were conducted at the
home by Mr.. Berriman at Hoo
o'clock and the funeral was held at
2 o'clock at Southwick. Interment
was in the Southwick cemetery.
Mrs. j. P. Alexander returned
Friday from two weeks visit in
Spokane.
A farewell party was given Earl
Langdon Saturday night. A large
crowd attended and the evening was
spent in a social manner with sing
ing. Ice cream and cake were SER
we'd. Earl went to Moscow Monday
to join the Latah county boys bound
Tor camp Lewis.
Miss A ma Smith went to White
bird Saturday to resume her school
duties for the coming year.
Mrs. j. P. Alexander, Mr.. and
Mrs. Addison Alexander, Miss Car
RE Allen and Mr.. Arlie Allen mot
ored to Lewiston Sunday in Arlie's
car. They spent the day at the D. l..
Bailey home.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Alex
ander September l, baby girl.
Mr.. A. R. Wall and son Granvill
were called to Moscow on business
the first of the week.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-09-06
SELECTION OF POULTRY FEED
Reduce Cost by Using Low-P Priced Sub
stitute 0ratns-oats Are Cheap.
er Than Corn.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
While farmers. as rule, have fed
their poultry the grain that was cheap
est on the farm, many poultry spe-
cialists and most small poultry keep
ers have been accustomed to use their
favorite poultry feeds without consid-
ering either the quality of the sup
ply or the possibilities of using cheap
er substitutes.
Under normal conditions. corn In
nearly all parts of the United States
is the cheapest poultry feed. At the
present time. oats are nearly every
where cheaper than corn. When corn
goes down to $3.50 bushel, oats
should be rs cents and barley $1.20
a bushel to give the same value for
the money fed to poultry. as corn.
The common characters and condi-
tons Of grain which roughly determine
their values as poultry feeds are cas-
lily estimated by the eye. or by weight
or bulk In measure or containers of
known capacity.
Good cracked corn is hard. bright,
clean, free from soft and chaffy par
ticles. Corn that is crushed (not
cracked), and shows much soft. chaffy
and scaly matter. should be rated pro-
portionately below good cracked corn
in feeding value. Cracked corn In
which any considerable amount Of
greenish discoloratiOn appears should
be rejected as unfit for poultry.
Oats with the hulls on are at once
seen to contain more indigestible mat.
ter than corn and wheat. Again. the
indigestible hulls covering oats make
that grain less palatable to poultry
and its feeding value must be discount
ed.
Oats weighing less than the United
States standard of 80 pounds to the
bushel should be discounted in price
according to the shortage in weight
while for weights above the STANDARD
the usual discount In price may b,
reduced
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-09-06
Southwick Items

A farewell social in honor Of Miss
Edith Faris was given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Faris at their home
last Friday evening". A general
good time was enjoyed by every
body. Miss Faris will be greatly
missed by the young people of the
community and we shall hail her
home coming with joy after her
term of school closes.
The people of Crescent enjoyed a
picnic and some public speaking
Sunday.
Mrs. Hechtner of Fairview atten-
ded quarterly meeting and visited
with old friends Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Benjamin spent
Sunday afternoon at the Faris home.
The stork was caller at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Kazds
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. C. Conner were in
town last Wednesday.
Mr.. Hoppe says his wheat aver
aged sixteen bushels of grain per
acre. Mr.. McCIelland estimates his
yield at twenty bushels. VIM.
Hewett says his fall grain averaged
twenty five bushels to the acre.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-09-06
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

maae at home, as good linen raDncs
are scarce and very high In price.
But unless one wishes to wait until
the very end of the season, when
mark-down sales have brought prices
to reasonable level, making things
ut home Is q less expensive method
Of dressing than purchasing them
ready to wear, and certainly more In.
dividuality is possible.
The sketch offers a suggestion for a
linen frock. which may be developed
in white with soutache braiding In
navy, yellow or other color. or the
gown may be In color with white
braiding. 1t is a slip-0ver affair, an