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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-03-06
Sale Brings Big Prices.

The Doss Rosegrants sale,
which was held Tuesday at his
place west of this city, was a
huge success. Horses sold up to
$400 a span; cows brought up to
500; registered Poland-Ch
hogs up to 800. Mr.. Cranke
paid 800 for fine brood SOW
with which to start bunch. Con
sidering the quality of hogs Of
fered, however. they should have
brought more money, as this
prairie is destined to become a
great pure-bred stock country
for all kinds of live stock. Harry
Cranke cried this sale and things
went with the usual snap and
business-like movement his sales
generally have. The thing was
well advertised and a good crowd
of buyers was in attendance.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-03-06
Give Local Play March Is.

The Young Peoples Glass oi
the Christian church Sunday
school will present comedy
drama, "When Irish Eyes are
Smiling" at the Nezperce opera
house on Saturday evening, Mar.
Is.
Miss Edith Wright, whose mus
zeal and literary talents and abil-
ity are not only well known to
all our people, but are pointed
to with pride by this her home
community, has adapted this
clever stage production from
a widely-read novel of the day,
and selected the actors for the
several parts because of their pc
culiar adaptability. These con
ditions give unusual assurance Of
a superior home-talent show, and
it is safe prediction that a
packed house will be present
When Irish Eyes are Smiling. =
The acts will be interspersed
with numerous good special num-
bers, under the direction of Miss
Cole, the detail Of which, as well
as the cast for the drama, APP
pear in a display ad. in this pa
per.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-03-06
Much Basket Ball.

The basket ball season openet
late this year and will close will
the state high school tourna:
ment at Moscow on March Ia
and Is. In the meantime the To-
cal high school bunch is losing nc
time in getting over all the games
possible-and the first team has
won every contest it has entered,
with a fine outlook for keeping
up the pace to the end.
On last Friday evening the
high school second team tackled
Hos husky town team, which is
doing very clever work and has
a record Of no defeat this season
and the Nezpercers lost; Ilo pill
ing up 62 scores while the locals
pocketed only Is. The game was
played at llo, where the hall is
much smaller than the big gym
the boys are accustomed to here,
and this was something of a ham
dicap. A return game is schedul-
ed at this place on the evening of
the 14th.
On last Saturday evening the
Lapwai and Nezperce high school
first teams put on a lively ex-
hibition at the local gym before
a fair crowd Of fans, but the Wis
itors let the first half get away
from them, with a score of IL to
2 in Nezperce favor, and never
had a chance of overcoming this
lead. The final score was 25 to
Is, in favor of the locals.
The second team will line up
against Kamiah''s high school
bunch here Saturday night, and
a very warm scrimmage is antici-
pated, with the odds in nobody's
favor. Kamiah s five is coming
up to take home the scalps of
their Nezperce rivals and it has
been demonstrated that the Nez-
percers don't like to have their |
scalps taken. The game will be |
worth seeing, and the old gym
should be packed.
The local first team will this
week make its first journey to
outside points, and is billed for
Culdesac on Friday night and
Charleston on the following even
ng. The results of these match
IS will be awaited with no little
locally.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-03-06
Fred G. Hicks.

About three weeks ago the
subject Of this sketch was severe
ly stricken with heart affec-
ton, from which he had been a
sufferer for some time, and two
weeks ago he was taken to q hos
-pital at Moscow and there under
went an operation for compli-
eating ailment. He had so far
recovered from this that on last
Tuesday he started to return to
his home here. On reaching
Lewiston, his condition became
worse and he was taken to the
White Hospital and there on the
morning Of the 5th instant the
end came.
Fred Hicks, a son, and Judge
III. w. Niles, an old neighbor and
friend, went to Lewiston yester-
day morning and returned last
evening with the remains. The
funeral was conducted at 2
o clock this afternoon from the
Contiued on last page).
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-03-06
John Booth Returning.

A letter received Monday by
Mrs. Frank Collins Of this vicin-
ity, from her brother, John M.
Booth, dated February 5, states
that his transport was sailing
from Brest, France for home, on
February 20. He does not give
further details, but it is presum-
ed the organization to which he
belonged, the Mobile Veterinary
Section, 316 Trains Mounted Po-
lice Of the 91st Division, was en-
barking on that date. He has
doubtless reached a United
States port by this time, and his
old home friends here gladly ex-
,pect him to soon be with them.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-03-06
TWO PIONEERS CROSS
THE GREAT DIVIDE.
Judge A. G. Johnson Died Fri
day and F., g. Hicks Yes
terday.-Both Widely
Known.

This community was this week
called upon to participate in the
funerals of two pioneer citizens
of the prairie, who have had a
mans part in bringing this res
ervation from the primeval state
down to its present development,
and giving them the final fare
well, we recognize that we are
taking leave of men above the
average in community affairs
and cannot easily find others to
take their place.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-03-06
Bible Class Meeting.

The JUNIOR Bible Glass of the
Brethren church held their class
meeting at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. johnson last Tuesday
evening. Devotional services and
business session were held, fol
lowed by refreshments. This
class extends a cordial invitation
to all and always welcomes new
members. The next meeting is
to be held April ] at the home of
Mrs. Olive Cox.
Mrs. A. r. Fike, Teacher.
Mrs. Olive Cox, Pres.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-03-06
Judge Adams q. johnson.

Hon. Adams G.. johnson passed
to his reward from the home of
his daughter, Mrs. j. B. McCully,
in Cottonwood, at | O'Clock Fri
day morning, February %, as the
result of the infirmities of old
age. He had been quite feeble
for many months and the end
was not unexpected. The Judge
had been making his home here
since returning nearly year ago
from the Soldiers Home in Boise,
until a few weeks ago, when he
accompanied his daughter to her
place of residene in Cottonwood.
The remains were brought to
this city last Sunday morning,
March 2, and at 80 p. m. Rev.
Claude B. Martin opened the fun
eral service for the departed pat
riarch at the Community church,
where a large concourse of old
friends were assembled for the
final tribute to the honored dead.
Following the service at the
church, the body was conveyed
to the Nezperce cemetery and
there consigned to its final rest
ing place.
Adams Getty johnson was
born at Sharon. ILL.,, in 1889. He
enlisted in the Union army in
july, '61 and faithfully served
his. country throughout three
years and nine months oil the
Civil War. On October 80, 1866,
he married Miss Mary e. Hague
at Mt. Vernon, ILL.,, and to them
two children were born--the late
DR.. II. G. johnson, of Portland,
who died in 1918, and Mrs.
Emma II. McCully, Of Cotton
wood, Idaho, who survives. He
had ten grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Judge johnson aud his wife
came west in the early Eighties
and settled on the Deshutes
River, and here Mrs. Johnson
died in 1885. At the opening Of
the Nez Perce reservation, Judge
johnson took up homestead
of Nezperce and from
that time on was noted figure
in the working out Of the desti-
nies of this section. He served
as commissioner of old Nez-
Percc county, and was elected to
the lower house Of the legislature
in 1910 and assisted in the legis-
lative enactment which created
Lewis county. At the succeed
ing election, in 1912, he was
chosen state senator from this
county and made a creditable
record in that session. His later
years were spent in retirement
here, but he never ceased from
public activity until a stroke Of
paralysis took him out Of the
harness some two years ago.
The life of Adams G. johnson
was one worth while and en-
braced many deeds that will long
keep his memory green in the
hearts Of those relatives and
friends who now mourn his de-
parture to that country from
whose bourn no traveller re-
turns"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-03-06
Glen and GUY Norris of

Glen and Guy Norris, of We
ippe, who were recently dis
charged from the army at the
military spruce camp near Sc
attic, arrived in this city Sun
day, EN- route to Winchester to
take jobs in the big lumber mill
there.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-03-06
Income Tax Expert Coming.

Income Tax Expert Haight
will arrive in Nezperce this even
ing and may be found at the
County Auditors office through
out Friday and Saturday by any
one desiring information OH MAX
ing out their income tax report.
This service is free, for the ask
ing.
The Washington times., 1919-10-03

BY EARL GOODWIN.
A Condition which win Rstad ths Progrsas 9,
II Not Speedily Settled.

Two very bitter letters from Government enpo1e IS
widely separated departments typical Of state 81
affairs which Congress must recognize and amehorate
we viii have Government without men and women &.
carry on the necessary departmental work
One letter comes from scientist IN the BuIeau 81
Standards where the best technical ia America al
working out the to great problems at salaries lower
than wages paid in steel mills.
The other letter comes from a clerks woman With
famywho is ordered to move from her house because 6
has been sold.
The scientist also has seen his house sold ever b-
head !" and can actually find no place to i've.
Neither the scientisnor the clerk has been able io
aass savings sufficient to buy home which would be
ideal thing.
This Government offering scientific men employment 81
field where they can do the best work and can accom-
pish great good for all the people Of the country refuses
to pay than half what these worth The con
sequence is that the Government is paying meager sa
aries in ffycent dollars privately endowed scientific ns
tutions wiz gradually draw the best men away from hs
service Of the general public.
In the case of Government clerk Whois hunting for -
apartment she finds $35 apartments furnished scanty and
renting for $125 MONTH No wonder she writes, We als
In despair and amount Of investigating win help u.s.
Of course, investigations win not help her
No drastic rent law viii help her either for he law
which makes it unpopular to invest in apartments and
homes viii prevent builders from erecting MORE hones
If all the apartments in Washington today should lower
their rent to 81 month, it wouldn't help her because there
are not enough to go around now.
These conditions viii hurt the advance Of the Govern
ment
The scientists should be paid what they are worth not
One-half what they are worth.
The clerks should be paid what they are worth not half
Congress should pass SCIENTIFIC and constructive
rental law not that makes people sleep in the parks
And there viii be niche in the Hall Of Fame for him
who finds way to make the building Of homes popular
avocation. If we had MORE places to live, prices wouldn't
be quite high
The Washington times., 1919-10-03
THE MOUSE MADE THE ELEPHANT OBEY.
(Continusd from First COlumn.) }

CONTINUED from First Column.)
never dreamed that his theory Of the atom would Be
ceeded BY che proof Of subdivision million times smaller.
You can know more Of the theory Of than Napoleon
for the Corsican never heard Of flying machine sub
marine OF a hundred-mils gun deadly gas shells
You know in any branch Of study and information
more than any that lived for you can BY appo
ton know ALL that has been known and add 70 that what
you yourself can individually discover.
And opportunity is yours greater than existed fog
the demand is greater
You are standing the shore Of infinite possibility
It is as if you were a small island called Demon
srated knowledge On every side Of you ocean, and that
ocean is Unknown Facts.
You can sail your boat in any direction. +
You can avail yourself Of every faVoring wind
All you need is the energy, the enterprise the deter
mination to put out from the shore.
Don't be afraid Of anything Don't like the silly sls-
phant be ntimidated by any little mouse And don't Be
afraid Of big things There is NOTHING bigger than the
human intellect when intelligence avas itself Of its God
given powers
The world, the universe is full Of things to do Of
problems TO be solved Of knowledge to be gained Part o
that work belongs to you. Do it,
The Washington times., 1919-10-03
THE HASKIN LETTER

the short life Of the tufkey-trot.
This dance was an inevitable re-
action to the long years Of rather
stupid dances, in which people
did nothing but waltz and two
step. Dancing was indulged in BY
scarcely anyone over thirty when
the turkey trOt hit the country
seven years ago and practically set
the whole continent in motion.
From it evolved the One-step and
the fOX-trot which, being Fhythmi-
cal without being vulgar, are gtill
with as. For three or four years
dancing was the most popular
pastime known. Everybody
learned the new dances, from
grandmother down. Then there
came q period when the attend
anee at the dancing academies de-
clined; people began 70 be a trifie
bored and to have indigestion
from so many tea and dinner
dances, and so there came q lull.
Birth Of Jazz.
Jazz was purely accidental, the
find Of a cabaret man while visit
ing New Orleans. According to
one dancing masters story, this
man was walking through the
poorer quarter of the city one
evening when the sound Of Curl
Gus music made him come to q
stop and listen. From the inside
Of a shabby little restaurant it
came - strangely diseordant and
yet rhythmical, so that he could
scarcely keep his feet still. He went
inside and found that the noise or
music or whatever it was, was be-
ing made by a band of four
negroes, known as Razz's band.
One played a baritone horn, one
a trombone, another a cornet and
another an instrument made out
of the China berry tree, which he
did not recognize but later found
to be common throughout the
South, where the negroes make it
themselves. Ut is much like a
claronet, but has one peculiar han
dieap: it can be used only when
the sap is in the wood, so that
after a few weeks it has to be dis
carded and a new one fOund.)
The cabaret man realized that
he had found what he was hunting
foT-something new. II was not
long before Razz's band was play
ing in a frst-class New Orleans
restaurant, and from there it rap
idly made its way to Chicago. In
some way Mr.. Razz's name became
converted into "jazz," and thus
made its way all over the world.
However, a negro waiter who was
questioned regarding this story
said it wasn't true; that jazz was
a term familiar in the negro vo-
cabulary ard we'll known through
out Africa as well as our own
South.
So one can believe whatever he
likes, for it really doesn't matter
now that jazz, and its favorite
child, the shimmy, are doomed TO
die.
The Washington times., 1919-10-03
lie SEEIIMY SE4UFFLES OUT
By FREDERIC J. HAsKN

satisfactory answers. "HoW did
you know there was going to be
such demand for dancing space
when you started making your re-
pairs in August" one man was
asked, for instance. "We just fig
ured that another dance wave was
about due" vas the only answer
he would make.
Others, however, said they
thought dancing was the inevita-
bic reaction to the soberness Of
the war. To this the visitor face
tiOusly suggested that the county
was sOberer now than it had ever
been before, and to this the hotel
men replied that that, too, was a
reason.
Dancing, they affirmed serious
ly, was a substitute rather than
an accompaniment to booze. One
restaurant owner whose place has
become tremendously popular since
he had it remodeled for dancing,
gives all the credit to the Asso-
citation of Dancing Masters which
recently met in New York.
This association has been hold
ing meetings regularly from time
to time, but this year is the first
time it has made a distinct and
endurable impression. In fact,
heretofore, most Of the public has
been ignorant that this association
existed, although 1t is very large,
having thousands Of members all
over the country, some Of whom
have been teaching dancing thirty
to forty years. It was this associa-
tiOn which declared that dancing
must be reformed or die an un-
pleasant death, because every
where municipalities were taking
steps to stop it and thousands of
people had become alarmed and
did not know whether they should
dance or not.
What Masters Stand.
In its closing sessions, the as
sociation declared that It stood
unitedly for:
Dancing that is decent and be-
The Washington times., 1919-10-03

NJ EW YORK, Oct. Son with
IN the dance, but joy must be
refined, is the slogan
which is now being carefully OBJ
served throughout New York. The
shimmy is going, if not gone, and
Jazz is permitted to hold forth
only during good behavior. All the
syncOpation was removed from the
waltz at the beginning Of the sea-
son, and the old familiar Strauss
airs are now in high favor.
Yet, in spite Of all these re-
forms, dancing is now more popu-
lar than 1t has been since 1914.
PrOpriety, instead of killing it,
has strengthened its position in
society, and by making the cabaret
safe for the debutante, the caba-
ret owners have succeeded in re-
gaining a large percentage of
what they have lost on account of
prohibition.
Everybody is preparing for a
big dancing season. The studios
Of the dancing masters are
crowded with fiuttering ladies and
fiustered men, the New York
hotels are remodeling and enlarg-
ing their dance spaces, and the
tailors and retailers of evening
clothes are, as one admits him
self, getting cranky because they
have so much business.
Every Evening Booked.
One Of the largest hotels here.
announces that, with only a few
exceptions, it has its dance rooms
booked for private and club dances
for every evening Of the entire
season.
Another large hotel has con-
verted its Louis XVI dining room
into an imprOmptu ball room BY
arranging the tables so that as
soon as the dinner hour is over,
the center of the room may be
cleared, the carpets rolled back,
and a smooth, polished floor
placed at the disposal Of dancing
guests. By this means the hotel
expects to increase its capacity to
$4,000 dancers.
Simultaneous with these reforms
and repairs is a new movement to
stimulate the wear of evening
dress among the dancing popula-
ton. During the past few years,
according to a hotel man, there
has been a regrettable tendency
on the part Of both men and wom-
en- 70 attend hotel dances in busi-
ness clothes, and this has had the
effect Of cheapening the enter
tainment.
While the war was in progress,
especially, men were inclined to
make it as an excuse for escaping
a dress suit, so that they have now
gotten out Of the habit. While
this is TO be deplored, in the opin-
ion Of the hotel man, they are
willing TO concede this point and
permit the Tuxedo TO grace their
floors.
Dance Wave Due.
Questioned as to the cause Of
the sudden new craze for dancing,
the hotel men were unable to give
The Washington times., 1919-10-03

o.-Do you know Of a town that has no
doctor? C.. T. p.
Ave have q report from Canadensis,
Pennsylvania, 20 the effect that Il is a
community without a doctor.
Q.-Do you have 20 get a passport 20 90
70 the Philippines or Java? r. c.
A.-Ths Philippines are q part Of the
United states and no passport Is required
in visiting them. Java 10 a Dutch posses
sion. Before going there apply for a pass
port through the clerk Of your nearest
United states district court
o.-Why are nails called eight penny"
or ten penny" nailG? q. r.
A ten penny nail was originally .
gize Of which Q hundred could be bought
for ten pence. An eight penny nail was
logically, . nail Of q smaller Bisa.
The Washington times., 1919-10-03

yond any possible eensure Of
church and municipal authorities.
"For the improvement, where
possible, Of the standards Of our
profession. For the discourage
ment Of all efforts to introduce
Jazz or other music that tends to
degrade or sensualize dancing.
For the encouragement Of dane
ing as an art, as a social accom-
plishment, and as q relaxation and
exercise. We consider dancing
the poetry of motion and a natural
expression Of the delights Of
music"
One dancing master who was
found teaching a little girl in his
studio the other day stopped long
enough to declare that dancing
was as necessary to q child's edu-
cation as arithmetic. "You viii
fnd," he said, "that all the great
things in the world are done by
men and women who possess a
keen sense Of rhythm. In some 1t
is born and cannot be suppressed.
In others it is not, and it must be
cultivated. Look at this pupil"
He nodded toward the little girl,
who was stading aWkwardly on
one foot and clutchinR a fold of
her little white dress. "She is stiff
as a poker, and l must labor over
her for hours TO make her learn
three consecutive steps. What if
she grows up like that?"
"But why do you insist upon the
death Of jazz ?" the dancing mas
ter was asked.
Jazz Is Not Music.
Because it is not music" be
declared Indignantly. Nothing
but cowbells and noise. Well what
kind Of dancing do you get-noth-
ing but jumping around, which is
insulting to the intelligence. Then,
too" he added, in more practical
vein, anybody can do the SHIN
my; they don't have to be taught"
No dance which is essentially
vulgar can live long, according to
this master of dancing, and as an
illustration of this he points to
The Washington times., 1919-10-03

Q.-How large are the original drawings
Of cartoons that appear in the newspapers?
c. p.
A-Cartoons ere usually drawn two or
three times a. large as they appear In the
paper, but this depends on the method Of
the artist. II he wishes his lines to appear
hne, and II he works In a great deal Of de-
tail, he Will make his drawing on larger
scale than II he uses a few lines. II will
then reduce and present the effect he de-
Biros.
o.-what can be done to prevent the
hands from peFBpirinE7 p. s.
A-The following lotion Is highly re-
commended: Cologne, 4 ounces; tinctuEe Of
belladonna, ounce. when this has been
rubbed In ana absorbed, powder the hands
with orria root or taleum powder.
The Washington times., 1919-10-03
Correction

An error crspt into this col
umn yesterday rejecting seri-
ously upon Emergency Hospital.
In Italie Type there appeared q
statement that an error Of a hos
pital employe was indicative Of
the policy Of the hospital" This
should have read mot indica-
tive Of the policy Of the hospital. "
The Washington times., 1919-10-03

Try your hand at writing
lines for these:
Married, in Hood River, Ore,
Charles Oxley and Miss Delpha o.
GOodpasturs"
Married, IN Topeka, Corn. Harri-
son A. Bangham, Of Camp Funston
and Mrs. Ruth L. Bangham, 81 Az,
bion, Mich"
Married, at the home of Wrs-
Frederick III. Shadd, Miss Eth
Shadd, Of Pasadena, and Mr.. Arthur
P. Roe, Of Phoenix, ARK"
The Washington times., 1919-10-03
HEARD AND SEEN

Our distinguished contsmuor.e-.
the Mt. Carroll, Illinois, 1lirror
prints this burning piecs:
Clarence Fulrath SAYS he
1rOze TWO Of his ears q the
cemetery while ATTENDING e.
Verne Wilson funeral Friday.
Which leads rs 70 believe he
some ears in reserve.
@The Serbian Minister and
Grouiteh, with a small part
friends, died at the Cafe ST.
last evening before going Do
theater. -EVening Star.
Would Ban UndFes8od ChiGt
Headline, Washington Post.
Make your own comment
The Washington times., 1919-10-03

GREE MILK FOR FRANCE.
has no appeal for Ameriea q
long as We pay IS cents . quart
for It here.
The Washington times., 1919-10-03
WHATEVER YOU WANT TOKNOW

The Times H attempt questions of for
reader All replies mailed the inquirer your
ton Information Bureau Frederic Haskt
A feg questions ansUsred here.
The Washington times., 1919-10-03
The Mouse Made the Elephant
Obey
Obey

Each One of Us Has Little Nice We Are Afraid Of But If
We Only Knew It They Cannot Harm Us in the Least.