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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14
HEIGHT THAT FEW ATTAIN
Not Many People Can Boast Their
Complete Guiltlessness Of the
"seven Deadly Sins"

The ''seven deadly sins" nre pride,
envy. lust, avnrlce, anger, sloth and
gluttony.
The fathers, the sages, the wise
men OF the world, handing down from
one generation to another through. the
centuries what they had observed and
learned, at last agreed that all oui
spiritual and mental mlseries, IA well
as most of our physical suiferings,
come from an indulgence In the
thoughts and actions included in tho
aforementioned list Of siEs.
Old.fashloned people used 70 keep
this list constantly before them, u
their spiritual and physical health
progressed or declined IN the measure
that they were able or unable to con
troll their thoughts and uppetltes.
In these modern days we ARE stu
surprised to learn that the list Of
seven deadly sins was ever even made,
and we are more surprised to know
that II Is Il list which really covers
the whole moral scheme OF existence
The man who caIr finally subdut
himself into n state In which he does
not break any OF the laws for which
the seven deadly sins stand MS in.
Engagements, may wen congratulate
himself. lie is what we would call 4
pretty good man, and we would Hike
TO have him as q nelghbor. Not TO be
proud, not 20 be envious, not to be
lustful, never to be avariclous OF
angry, nor TO be a lazy man nor a
glutton, means that you need fear nc
mnn or devll, and that you eertalnl,
shall not be afflicted with govt.
eBe good and you viii be happy
There's many Ii saying, but there Is
none better than that.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14
USE WHALE MILK

Salem, Ore.-Whale milk may some
day settle the question of milk supply
for Oregon, according to State Veter-
marian Lytle, who is entirely serious
in the matter.
"The milk shortage" said MIR. Lyle
"may be swatted some day by domes-
ticating the whale. With the whole
Pacific ocean ms u farm the domestic
Gated whale would put the Oregon
dairy business on a mammoth scale,
Whales are mammals, each of which
furnishes about a barrel Of milk at a
milking, and while at present they are
a little too shy to be exactly classed
as easy mixers, some day they VIII
be domestlcated."
Doctor Lyle suggests placing a
sheen or W on every lawn In Oregon
as n more Immediate means OF curing
the milk and wool shortage.
"A good sheep of long or medium
wool will give as much milk as a $50
mIlch goat, and II is the finest obtain
able for infants. In addition, from
SO to SO worth of wool car be OBJ
tanned. II the lamb Is raised, $40 can
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14
MIGHT CALL 1T ABOUT EVEN
CITY Brother Had Not a Great pea'
the Best OF His Relative In
the Country.

Or. Samuel Schwab claims that the
oldest good story Is the one about the
boy who left the farm and got u job
In the city. He wrote II letter 20 his
brother who had elected TO stick by
the farm telling OF the Joys of city
life, In which he said:
"rhursday we auto'd out to the
country club and we golfed until dark
Then we trolleyed back to town and
danced until dawn. Then we motored
to the beach and Frldayed there" The
brother on the farm wrote back:
yesterday we huggied to town and
baseballed all afternoon. Then we
went to Ned's and pokered till morn,
Ing. To-day we muled out TO the corn,
field and gee-hawed TN shutdown,
Then we suppered and then we piped
for awhile. After that we ~staircased
up 20 our oom and b~edsteaded until
the clock fived,
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14
SEA SCOUTS WE'RE PREPARED.

When England went to war with
Germany ON the fourth of August, 1914,
the British sea scouts were collected
In large numbers for some sea scout
ing practices and the regatta in he
Isle of Wight. So they were all ready,
with their camp equipment and kit
with their trek carts and boats, pre-
pared to go anywhere.
Without a moments delay, therefore,
they were able to respond to the call
of the admiralty and to proceed at once
to different c%oastguard stations around
Great Britain and to take over the du-
Tics of the coast guardsmen who were
Immediately modified for service
afloat.
Their organization in patrols, each
under it's patrol leader, was exactly
what was wanted for manning the diff
ferent c~oastguard stations. The boys
all knew how to signal, how to cook
their own food, how to manage boatsr
how to swim, how to keep order and
how to obey the orders of their lead
ers, so that they were already trained
for the service on which they were en-
ployed.
Therein lies the value of carrying
out in practice the scout motto "Be
Prepared"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14
NATloNALIsM is SCOUT AIM.

The fundamental law of scouting is
that scouts shall "do a good turn ev-
cry day" The most important point
Of the oath is that he shall help other
people at all times.
In that way he is putting a hole in
to individualism he is warning on sel-
fishness. We have the boy able to
help, and when a boy is able to help and
has been shown what helping is, he
helps.
We are looking for the boy who helps
together with the person who has
been helped, and we are creating in
the American boy that one quality
which is so needed today-solidarity.
We are trying to make the people
lnterlock. They won't interlock Ia %
minutes or % years, but this is tho
first step of real nationalism teach
ing the boy fair play, cutting down
the edge of his extreme individualism.
teaching him how he can do some real
thing for somebody else.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14
COAL COMING FROM ALASKA
Railroads Planned for DeveIonmen.
Of Big Fields in the Far
North.

Seattle, Wash.-De velopment of the
coal resources in ALASKA which have
been locked up through federal laws
has been greater In 1918 than In all
previous years combined. according n
advices received by the Seattle cham.
Der of commerce, due TO the construc-
ton of the government railway.
TIE first shipment of Alaska anthra-
cite coal to reach tidewater was de-
iivered at Cordova October "a An.
other shipment of 100 Tons Is now on
route to Seattle. The Alaska anthra-
cite railway has been completed from
tide alter on Boring river to the coal
mines Of the Alaska Petroleum and
Coal company. 30 miles.
1t is planned to extend this railroad
eight miles from its present tidews Ter
terminus to deep water on okale.
channel, Controller bay. where coal
a be discharged direct from the cp-s
to ocean carrienA
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14

Misunderstanding educators have
spoken of what education ought to do,
and have ~proponnded theories the bur
den of which has been that education
and life should be synonymous, one
part OF the United States has been ex-
perienclng sHch an ideal In actual
practice. In Alaska each schoolhouse
il n social center for the accomplish
ment of practical ends. Many of the
buildings, In addition to the recitation
room, contain also Kitchen, quarters
OF the teacher, and a laundry and
baths for the use of the native com-
menity
Every tedcher is n social worker.
every district superintendent, In visit
ing his widely separated schools, must
travel vast distances by sled over the
frozen, trackless wilderness. Ere
uuently he must risk his life on treach-
erous, tempestuous waters In a native
canoe or small power boat. He u
endure the violence of the northern
storms, the rlgors OF the arctic winter,
and the foulpes of the native huts In
which he must often find shelter.
Directed by Bureau Of Education.
This work Is carried on under the
supervision Of the bureau OF education.
and the details OF current operation
are reported upon by William HanfA
ton. He tells that there are In Alaska
approximately $4,000 natives In vii
lnges ranging from 80 or 40, up to 300
or 400 persons, scattered along thou
sands of miles of copst line and on the
great rivers. Some OF the villages on
remote Islands or beside the frozen
ocean are brought into touch with the
outside world only once or twice u
year, when visited by a United States
coast guard steamer on Its annual
cruise, or by the supply vessel sent
by the bureau OF education.
Many OF the settlements have M reg
ular mail service and can communi-
cate with one another and with the
outside world only by occasionally
passing boats In summe and sleds In
winter. During eight months of the
rear all the villages In Alaska, with
the exception of those on the southern
coast. are reached only by trails over
the snow-covered land or frozen rivers,
In spite OF the difficulties Of the
problem II United States public school
has been established In each Of sew
enty villages. In many instances the
school Is the only %elevating power In
tho community.
Tuberculosis, pneumonia, rheuma.
ttsm, and venereal diseases prevail &c
nm alarming extent In many OF the
native villages, and In its endeavor tc
safeguard the health OF the natives OF
Alaska the bureau of education main
talns hospitals In Ave important cen
ters. 1t employs physicians and nurs
es, who devote themselves to medical
and sanitary work, and provides medi
cal supplies and textbooks to tn,
teachers to enable them to treat mlnol
ailments and intelligently TO supervis,
hyglenlc measures. There are exten
sive regions Ia which the services Of
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14
BLIND SCOUT PICKS BERRIES.

That blindness is no handicap to pa
triotism has been proved by a twelve
year-old Berkeley blind boy, who for
two months worked side by side with
seeing lads in the berry fields near De-
coto, Cal.
The lad, BILLY" Swan, a student at
California School for the Blind, ac-
companied some 80 or more Berkeley
boy scouts into the berry fields and
put in eight hours of hard work six
days out of every eve since then
BILLY" earned enough money to pay
his own expenses and to contribute
to the support of his mother.
Approximately 5000 boxes of rasp-
berries have been picked by the young
workers.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14
MANY NEW WAYS
TO AID ALASKANS

n physician are not obtainable. Ac-
cordIngly, 1t often becomes the duty OF
Il teacher to render first aid to the
injured or to care for a patient
through the course Of a serious illness.
Supervise Cooperative store.
Another duty of the teacher IL to gu
pervise the cooperative store which Is
owned and managed by the natives,
who deal in everything but refrigera-
tors. Strange to say, the government
of the white man has to protect the
native from the white man himself.
To secure the native from the intru-
slons Of the INSCRIPTIONS trader, the
bureau Of education has adopted the
policy of establishing reservations to
which large numbers of natives can be
attracted and where they can obtain
fish and game and conduct their W
Industrial and commercial enterprises.
The settlement at Noorvik, on the Ko-
buk river, In arctic Alaska, is one of
the most conspicuous successes of this
policy.
With their advancement In civiliza-
ton the Esklmos living at Deerlng,
on the bleak sea coast, craved n new
home. Lack of timber compelled them
TO live In the acknowledgement novels
of their ancestors, while the killing of
of game animals made 1t increasingly
difficult to obtain food. An unlnhab'
tied tract on the bank of the Kobuk
river. Is miles square, Astounding in
game, fish and timber, was reserved
by executive order for these Eskimos
and thither they migrated in the sum
mer of 1915. On this tract insthe arc
tic wilderness the ~colonists, under the
leadership OF the teachers, within tive
years have built a village with wei
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14
SCOUTS HUNTING MILK JARS.

Twenty-Five thousand Stacker milk
bottles were piled in precinct police
stations In Cleveland, o., and 1,500 of
the younger boy scout who piled
them there crawled into bed, happy
with the idea that they had averted a
milk bottle famine that might have
forced resumption of the insanitary
method of delivering milk in cans
In addition, thousands Of house
wives were bordering appeals the
boys brought to hunt up all their
empty bottles
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14
NEGRO IS FATHER OF FORTY
Had Eighteen Children by First Wife,
None by Second and Twenty
Two by the Third.

st. Louis.-B. b. Banks, a negro.
who lives in Benton, st. Louis county,
says he is the father of 40 children.
Banks asserts that all his babies"
are alive. He says he has six sons
In France.
Banks was discovered In Division
No, 8 of the circuit court, where he
vas a plaintiff, In an action against
the Clover Leaf Casualty company,
seeking judgment of $500 for alleged
personal injuries suffered while EN-.
2loyed at a steel plant.
1--WE been married three times"
Banks said. by my first wife | had
Is children. She's dead. My second
wife had no children. I divorced her.
had % children by MY third wife"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14

who says so7" bantered Milo. II
have a 26-hour stopover. l was
going out to your place, hoping you'd
invite me to stay, and then take me
around to see the old places. Be
sides one apple butter sandwich
Is only tantallzIng when you haven't
tasted the Duncan brand for so long,
Sarah Jane for a moment was
tongue-tied with O rush of her old
childish dIfidence. "Oh, have a
heart I" he pleaded, as he took her bas-
ket from her arm. "I1m sur your
mother would bid me welcome"
"Yes,' assented Sarah Jane demure-
~, mother Is such a good patriot.
she'd do anything for a soldier"
1--WE a great mind to make you apoi-
ogize right now for THAT remark to an
old schoolmate, little s~ay-Jane," he
threatened as he helped her into the
roadster. I'VE are going TO cut out
all the hero stun. Tn not making an
international appeal. In fact, II Is a
sort OF domestic matter. I've bought
the old farm and I'm going to talk
business to YOU
BE careful - warned Sarah Jane
In a panic. I'm not a good driver
It just about takes all my mind
ooh, In a case like that, I'll take the
wheel, or else Wen stop at the old
hedge, under that big hedge apple tree,
and III tell You why ] did not come
sooner"
AS he drove through the sweet-scept-
ed lanes he set about giving, as he
termed It, a strict account OF himself.
And It must have been quite satisfac-
tory to all concerned, for while 20
hours' leave IL all too short, II was
still long enough to convince Sarah
Jane of his sincerity. or her love for
him she had been convinced years ago.
SO when he left for the front II was
with the understanding that when he
returned the old Ward farm was to
be again occupied by Wards, and If the
old copper kettle was not needed for
ammunition 1t was to have a place In
the Ward granary between seasons Of
apple butter making, when there was
any to be put up for winter use.
but
ter"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14
SCOUTS UNDERSTAND BOYS.

A while ago a scout in an eastern
city got into mischief of some SORT or
other and was being rather severely
handled. Chief Scout Executive West
found time to take a personal interest
in the case. That he was successful
is shown by what the scouts father
saws and what the scout himself sayss
"If there ever was a concrete Illus
tration of the good that can be done 81
boy through an understanding of boy
nature this is such a one. Your con-
sideration and encouragement at a
time when everyone seemed bent on
destroying his future because of a boy
ish prank have had wonderful results
He came back from the school i'm
bued with those ideas that lead to-
good citizenship, filed with a desire to
advance and exceedingly grateful to
you for moral support in the hour of
need"
"WeIl, dad, when I had my little
trouble up home everybody seemed
bent on kicking me down, and l Won
dered whether 1 had better run away
or jump in the river. Then you and
Mr.. West stood by me, and when l got
to the school 1 began to think it over
1 made up my mind that / would make
good to the men who stood by me-.
After talking with many boys 1 found
that I was about the only one who.
ever got any kind of encouragement
from anybody and concluded that /
was a lucky chap. Now l feel that 1
owe it to you ami Mr.. West to make
good, and l will"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14
Very Possible.

A Kansas City business woman the
day before Thanksgiving received n
box OF chrysanthemums, which she
proudly set upon her desk for the de-
lectation OF her fellow workers. The
NUNS really came from a rival busi.
ness concern, but when the other girls
wanted TO know who lei them she
only smiled and said, "the florist" In
her most mysterious manner
"Come. come they said. "Teil us
who"
II shall not" she bantered. "rm
married and Il wouldn't do TO tell the
truth about IT,"
"But," ln~terjectcd the office anthol-
oEy. perhaps the truth would make
you free"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14
ALLIED SUBS PERILED|

the crew thought she IA doomed.
The submarine was constructed TO
dive $50 feet, but hat was forgotten
as charge after charge exploded near
by. Finally she struck bottom Mt 800
feet and II was found she was not
badly damaged, She was kept on the
bottom until her commander was GER
tain the ~destroyers had gone. Then
she was cautiously brought to the sur
face.
'She don't need any more testing
after that experience" the comman-
der reported to the officer In charge Of
the submarine base.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14
Hoo weIahsd 7ta Pounds.

Keyser, w. ya.-The largest hog
ever Killed In this section OF West
Virginia. dressed recently, weighed
712h pounds. The mea viii bring
more than $50.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14

The development Of ore mining In
eastern British Columbia shows a
steady progress
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14

be obtained for it at three months, but,
of course, If the milk is wanted the
lamb must be sacrificed"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14

Sir Dyce Duckworth, n OF the best
known of England's prominent physl-
clans, served on the naval medicine
consulting board. He is active and
honorary member of many of the
worlds most famous medical socie-
ties. He sacrificed thousands of
pounds yearly practice by devoting
much of his time to the affairs of the
board.
laid-out streets, neat single family
houses, gardens, a mercantile company,
a sawmill, an electric light plant, and
wireless telegraph station which keeps
them in touch with the outside world.
Republican farmer., 1919-10-17
LONG TAKES FLING AT BIC
 COMPANIES

Boston, Oct. 16. Before large audiences at Brjdgewater and Mid dleboro, Richard H. Long, Dem ocrauc candidate for Governor, who fIayed Iassa chusetts corpora tions in general and the Edison com pany, the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Bos- ton Elevated Railway company in particular.
 He declared that these companies were fighting him tooth and nail. and that they were striving to prevent his election mainly because he stands for the graduated income tax. The grad uated income tax would give the State an annual income of between $50,- O0O,OOO and $75, ,0O0,OO0," he declared, and a large portion of it would come from these corporations who are op- posed to my election"
 MT. Long accused the New England Telephone 6, Telegraph Company of buying up the State Legislature; i; charged the Edison company with making over $1.O0O,OOO a year profit from waterpower for which it paid only s75,00O a year, and claimed tha: the 10-cent fares are the result of gross ulisnanagement on the part of the Elevated officials
 Mir Long also declared that the Bay State Street Railway Company, spent over a half million dollars in fees paid to friends of Governor Coolidge during the investigation of the road, and that Lieutenant-Gov- ernor Charming Cox received S3.0O0 of this sum for acting as an auc- tioneer for the company.
 He laid great stress on the grad uated income tax, and outlined his plan, which calls for tax of per cent. on incomes up to $5,0O0 and 20 per cent. tax on larger incomes. This income, which would be paid to the State, would be used by Long. accord ing to his statement, for the purchase of waterpower sites, the betterment of State roads and for State expenses in general.
 Among the other things, AIr. Long said that this tax money could be used for the purchase and building of street railways to be operated under government ownership and at a fVe-cent rate. He also advocated paying the returned soldiers an ad- Gitional bonus of $3G0
 MT. Long then declared that Cover nor Coolidge was not wagtng a cam paign simply because he is afraid to face the charges made against him.
Republican farmer., 1919-10-17

An apparatus for baking the figures which she fashions is included in the studios equipment
 MT. and Mrs. William Horton, guests of the Wallbridges here during the latter part of the summer, have gone to New York whence they will sail for France on Nov. 20 to renew their former residence of many years in Paris. Just before leaving Red ding they received a visit from their son who left this country with them when he was three years old and is now an officer in the British army.
 The next pay checks received by local dairymen from the Farmers Dairy Go. will be analytically scan ned in order to determine how the returns under the butter fat system of payment compare with those un- der the quantity system. It is fear ed that the test method will mean lessened receipts for the same Quan- tity of milk. If the apprehended reduction is a material one many producers say they will quit the busi- ness. The gloom, however, is not so deep or general as to prevent laughter at the expense of the town's s largest producer who, when the new
 
 hastened to change his market to Danbury. The laughter is melted by the fact that Danbury is about to also apply the test method.
 A bequest of $500 has been made to the Center Congregational church by the will of Mrs. Isabelle Underwood of New York. The testator describes is as being a memorial for her grand father, the late Joel Foster, who was a resident of Bedding and a deacon of the Center church.
 A meeting of the Bedding Franchise League was scheduled for today at the summer home of Mrs. S C. Shaw, it's president. The program included a lunch at noon for which the attend ing members paid 75 cents each for in the afternoon by three prominent suffrage workers, one of them being Mrs. 4. L. Livermore.
 Rev. MT. Benson, who ten years ago supplied the pulpit of the Center church for several months and who recently returned from Y. M. C. A. service in France, arrived in town last week with his bride expecting to obtain board with family of his ac- quaintance. The family had moved away, but the visiting couple found a haven at the Kilbourne bungalow on the west side which the Kilbourn es were just vacating.
 A tract of eight acres opposite the Brinkerhof summer place in lower Georgetown has been sold by George Hagen to Mrs. Emily Brown of New York for a building site The pur- chaser is a relative of the Brinker- hoff family.
 William Arnold and family have va cated the Rumsey tenement house and removed to Bethel
 Frank Meehan and wife have gone to Point Comfort, Va, for the benefit of MT. Meehan's health