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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-30

A Chinese statute enacts that debts
which are not collected on New Years
eve cannot subsequently be recov-
cred; but, according to recognized
usage creditor who has vainly pur-
sued debtor all through the night
may still follow him after daybreak,
provided he continues to carry his
lighted lantern as if he believed l.
was still night.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-30
WAS LAID LOW BY
FLU LAST FALL
NOW STRONG AGAIN
Pensacola Lady Came Near Dying,
Was Left in Weak Rundown Con.
dition. DrecO Built Her Up Again

Il had severe attack of Flu last
fall and came near dying-almost had
pneumonia. For months afterwards
] was very weak, pale, listless, had
no strength, and could hardly get
about but today I'm we'll and strong
since taking six bottles of this won
derful tonic Dreco,' are the words of
Mrs. Conley of 319 West Government
St., Pensacola, Fla.
Before this sickness | was quite
stout; never had an ache or pain,
enjoying perfect health but hitter
wards l was full of pain all over. My
liver wouldn't act and l had to keep
taking medicine all the time. would
get so dizzy that it seemed | was go
ing to pitch forward all the time. |
had the backache almost all the time,
and my limbs and joints also ached.
Had no appetite; was restless all
night long and would get up of morn
ings all worn out from my nervous
ness, and with vile taste in my
mouth.
1T is all different now, for Dreco
has put me back to where | was be-
fore | had the Flu" | have gained
10 pounds, have a grand appetite,
sleep sound and awake refreshed. NV
liver is active and the dizzy feeling
has completely disappeared. / feel
full OF energy all the time and 60
about my houswork with feeling of
pleasure. Dreco is a great tonic and
strongly recommend it to any one
who is weak, nervous, or rundown. !"
This is just another sample of what
Dreco can do for weak, nervous de-
billtated systems, sluggish livers,
constipated bowels, weak kidneys,
and over-worked stomachs. Try Dre-
co today-you won't be disappointed.
All good druggists now sell Dreco
and it is highly recommended in
Lakeland by Jewett' s Drug Store.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-30

There's no end of folks to do the
easy jobs of life, but there's no great
surplus of those who can successfully
tackle the difficult tasks. Why? Oh,
it's so easy to drift and dawdle! II
takes energy work, brain fibre pluck,
grit training, high ideals and special
preparation to win the fights worth
while. Happy the youngsters who
early get it into their noodles that che
who would have the crows eggs must
climb the tree" and "shirt sleeves
rolled up lead to success. "-Moder-
ator Topics.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-01-30

The business Of tea-blendin g is Pc
culiarly British. For more than one
hundred years Mincing Lane has
blended, tea for the hole world and
brought the work into the region Of
an exact scienc.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06
THE PUBLIC TOOK A HAND.

(New York Sun and Herald)
You can not buck the government. 50
said Grunau, the Chicago head of the
outlaw strike, as he prepared to give
up the fight. What he might better
have said is that nobody can buck
the people and go unpublished. The
action of the administration to end
the strike was a trifle, so far as re-
suits are concerned. when compared
with the unpopularity of the strike
The people treated the strikers with
the indignation and contempt which
their lawless acts deserved. The
public stocked engine fires so that the
trains might be run. The public suf-
fered with patience all the discomfort
which railroad strike entails. The
public encouraged rhe railroads to
stand their ground Grunau talks
about the government because he was
arrested for violating the Lever act
His own personal woes have given
him distorted idea of what the strik-
ers were bucking
Another of the strike bosses, Nc
C..
whose name he assumes in a ludicrous
way n his demand that the strikers !
be taken back without discrimina-
ton and with full seniority rights |
THE public" he says. have been in
nocently dragged into the controver- !
sy.' And again: "The public demands |
the immediate resumption of railway
traffic" Both of these statements are
true. The innocent public began de-
the resumption of traffic as
soon as the lawless strike was begun:
md it backed up its demands in every
way it could. with results quite oppo-
lite those which the Messrs. Grunau
md McHugh expected. They suppos-
d that the public would lie down
md be kicked as usual Instead Of
hat the public did the kicking, with
he resultant bowls that issue from
ne leaders of the unjust and there
ore unsuccessful strike. h
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06
REPUBLICAN, PARTY OF IDAHO IN
CONVENTION.

The state convention at Occur
dAlene last week completely sustain
ed the contention Of the supporters of
General Leonard Wood that the SEN
timent throughout the state was over
whelmingly in favor Of the general for
president. In view of this fact, the
action of the majority in according
Senator Borah, the chief supporter Of
Hiram Johnson, a place in the dele
CATION, and also another delegate who
is probably for Lowden, displayed a
spirit of liberation not often found IN
political convention. But it was not
without difficulty that this happy sit
uation was brought about. Since
there was no Johnson supporters in
the convention, and no Johnson senti-
ment in the state, there was feeling
in some quarters that Senator Borah
should not be one Of the delegates.
This feeling was intensified by let
ter from the Senator to Monte b.
Gwinn, in which he practically elm
mated himself in the event the con-
vention was controlled by the Wood
forces. saying that he did not desire
a place in the delegation to be elected
to the Chicago convention if it was
controlled by Wood men. However.
through the good offices Of wise poll
teal heads in the convention, the
radical opposition to Senator Borah
was Modified and the senator himself
seems to have reconsidered his de-
cision. with the result that Idaho will
be represented in the Chicago conven-
ton by Senator BOrah Ca Johnson |
mani. six solid Wood men and one for |
Lowden
Another matter that smouldered |
throughout the convention and threat
ened at the last moment to burst into
flame was the opposition of the ex-
service men to the reelection of John
W. Hart to the position of national
for Idaho. A resolution
Mas offered against the reelection of
Hart, but it was ruled out on a point
IF order and adjournment Immediately
hereafter ended the incident so far as
he convention was concerned. There
$ nothing to indicate the attitude of
he delegation to Chicago on the ques-
ion of electing Mr.. Harris successor,
nut il is evident that Mr. Hart him
elf could relieve the tension and con-
ribute to party harmony in the state
" declining to stand for reelection.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06
SMITH TAKES A RAP AT THE ES-
THETIc FASTENERS

The sacred precincts of the Yellow
stone national park must not be in
vaded, not even section that is now
a swamp. for the purpose of providing
storage for water to irrigate Idaho
land. if the super cultured class of the
far east who occasionally visit that
wonderland or live in hopes of doing
so, have their way. Congressman Ad-
Olson T. Smith is the author of a bill
which provides for the construction
of a reservoir in the southwest cor
ner of the park TO provide water for
farmers in eastern Idaho. The pro-
posed reservoir would occupy swamp
land now Stunned by sightseers, for
it possesses no natural attractions,
and is chiefly notable as a prolific
breeding ground for mosquitoes The
fact that a reservoir would transform
this waste land into a lake that would
prove an attraction to the park
does not appeal to the querulous east
erners, who insist that nature must
remain undisturbed even though the
landscape would be changed for the
better through the construction of the |
reservoir and thousands of acres of |
arid land in Idaho would be made pro-
iuctive. The American Civic associ- !
alton, which has headquarters some
where in New England, has protested |
against the passage of the Smith bill. |
N presenting the bill to the house
Smith reviewed its pro-
isions and pointed out the advan-
ages it would be to the farmers of
IDAHO, who would pay all the expense
# impounding the water and then
aid his respects to those who would /
lock the enterprise in the following
language:
1T is just a question Of whether
congress is willing to allow the
farmers living in eastern Idaho to
build reservoirs at their own ex- ,
pense to save for irrigation pur-
poses the snow and rain which
God Almighty sends for all Of us
or whether a few splendid but 4
overly esthetic people. so far as Z
the western country is concerned.
who are living in luxury in Bos-
ton. New York, Philadelphia. and
other eastern cities, and who ap- q
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06

, land that my windows, being left open,
instead of letting in the light, had on
ly served to let out the darkness. He
used many ingenious arguments to
show me how l might, by that means,
have been deceived. l own that he
puzzled me bit, but he did not salts
fly me; and the subsequent observa-
tions l made as above mentioned,
confirmed me in my first opinion.
The event has given rise in my
mind to several serious and import
had not been awakened so early in
the morning, I should have slept six
hours longer by the light of the sun,
and in exchange have lived six hours
the following night by candle light;
and the latter being a much more ex-
pensive light than the former, my love
Of economy induced me to muster up
what little arithmetic ann master of,
and to make some calculations which
now submit to the public for uti-
ity is, in my opinion. the test of value
in matters of invention.
Taking for the basis of my calcula-
tons the superstition that there are in
Paris a hundred thousand families
which consume in the night half a
pound Of candles per hour, I calcu-
lated that, by the economy of using
sunshine instead of candles, the city
of Paris might save every year the
immense sum of three millions OF
pounds. English money.
If it should be said that people are
obstinately attached to old customs,
and that it viii be difficult to induce
them to rise before noon, and that
consequently my discovery can be of
little use. I answer, Don't despair"
l believe all who have common sense.
as soon as they have learned from
this paper that it is daylight when the
sun rises, will contrive to rise with
him: and to compel the rest. would
propose that every morning, as soon
as the sun rises, all the bells in every
church should be set ringing; and if
that is not sufficient, cannons should
be fired in every street to wake the
'luggards effectually and make them
open their eyes to their true interest.
All the difficulty will be in the first
wo or three days. after which the
reformation win be as natural and as
'asy as the present irregularity.
)blige man to rise at four in the
morning, and it is more than probable
hat he will go willingly to bed at
light in the evening. For the
reat benefit of this discovery thus
RELY communicated and bestowed by
lie on the public, I demand neither
lace. pension, exclusive privilege nor
ny other regard whatever. l expect
My to have the honor of it.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06

parently have little interest or
sympathy for those of limited
means who are trying to build
homes for themselves and families
on the arid lands, are to be per-
united to make it possible by de-
feating this legislation for these
hardy pioneers who are reclaim
ing the desert to lose ten or fifteen
million dollars worth of crops
each year
These worthy people are just
as much entitled to the use of
this water as they are to the air
and sunshine. If we enact this
legislation, the farmers win con-
struct the reservoirs without cost
to the government to store suffi-
cient water for irrigation purposes
to insure a bounuful crop, the
food supply will be increased for
all the people. and the country
generally will be benefited"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06
India to Absorb More Silver.

When it is realized that approxim-
ately one-fifth of the human race
uses the silver rupee for its currency,
and that the piece enjoys distribu-
ton greater than any other silver
coin, the Importance Of any regulation
affecting the rupee becomes appar-
ent. Furthermore, the Indian gov
eminent is the worlds greatest con-
sumner Of silver, and by its own action
mas fixed" a minimum price for sill
yer purchases. AS long as India sus-
Lains this arrangement it viii be pos
'iole to dispose Of silver to that coun-
Try at prevailing high prices.-Bureau
If mines.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06

No wonder the democratic voters
are showing but a dull and listless
interest in the presidential primaries
They seem to be up against choosing
either Wilson or son-in-law McAdoo;
seem to be confronted with a White
House effort to keep the presidency
in the family. 1t is not surprising the
democratic voters want to take to the
woods, and either hide in the tall tim
Der or go a-fishing on primary day.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06
THE OPEN SHOP PRINCIPLE WIG
oROUSLY DEFINED.

There appears to be widespread
determination on the part Of both
employers and employees to stand
squarely and mmovably upon the
open shop principle, and it is I'M
fortunate that as much can not be
said for the leaders of organized la
Dor, for the principle must eventual
ly be accepted and respected as one
Of the inherent rights Of American
citizenship. The right to life. liber-
ty and the pursuit Of happiness" GER
tainly Includes the right of employers
and employees to agree upon terms of
employment without the Interference
or dictauon of any other Individual
or organization. Even grant that the
terms and conditions of employment
may be adjusted through the inter
vention of labor unions to the advan-
tage of both employer and employee
that can not affect the absolute right
of both to act Independently if they
so desire Years ago during the ad
ministration of President Roosevelt
this principle was strongly stated in
the report Of commission appointed
by the president to investigate condi-
tons in the anthracite coal region of
Pennsylvania, from which the follow
ing is an extract:
THE right to remain at work
whore others have ceased to work,
or to engage anew in work which
others have abandoned, is part of
the personal liberty of - citizen,
that can never be surrendered.
and every infringement thereof
merits and should receive the
stern announcement of the law.
The right thus to work can not be
made TO depend upon the approx
al or disapproval of the personal
character and conduct of those
who claim to exercise this right"
Having laid down this incontrovert-
rble principle. the commission pro-
'eeded to issue the following order,
which, reduced to the parlance Of the
present day, is the open shop"
"That no person shall be refus-
ed employment or in any way
Disseminated against. on account
of membership or non-member-
ship in any labor organizations
and there shall be no discrimina-
ton against or interference with
any employee who is not "A member
Of any labor organization. by the
members of such organization"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06
ANOTHER OBLIGATION.
CMining and Scientific Press)

CMining. and Scientific Press)
Before the services of our soldiers
and sailors are compensated in a
commercial way and their splendid
response to duty degraded by meas
urement in dollars, it were well to
recognize the obligation owing to
those who. out of meagre savings.
subscribed the money needed in the
hour of national crisis. We remem-
Der that the people who bought Lib
erty bonds were told that these would
never go below par, they were the
most gilt-edged of all securities. they
were as good as wheat: yet we note
an advertisement in a street car Of
fering to lend $40 on a $50 bond. to
be repaid at the rate of 81 per month.
which means that in year the holder
of the bond viii lose 81 on his princi-
pal and 81 or more in interest. maxi
ng him pay Sc for a loan of S46 on
$50 worth OF government credit.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06
WOOD CONTINUES TO INCREASE
HIS LEAD.

The victory of General Wood over
Senator Johnson in Maryland was
clean-cut and decisive, the general
carrying every county in the state ex-
cept the one in which is situated the
city of Baltimore. 1t is significant, as
shown in this case and also in Michi-
gan, that Johnson is strongest in the
large cities. while Wood is cores
pondngly strong i'm the smaller cities
and the. agricultural sections. In
other words, in the centers of radical
ism and revolutionary agitation John
son is strong. but where conservatism
and the best American ideals prevail
Wood has his greatest strength. Dur
ing the past two weeks there has been
much talk around Washington and
other eastern political centers to the
effect that republican national leaders
agree that General Wood cannot be
elected, but no details are given to
support this assertion, which suggests
that this simply is another case of the
wish being father to the thought.
This effort to discount the real and
growing strength of General Wood
was met the day following the conven-
ton in Idaho by Senator George H. /
Moses. Of New Hampshire the gen
erals campaign manager with a |
statement i'm part as follows:
General Wood has gained at
least SO delegates in New Jersey.
Ohio. Massachusetts and Idaho.
and at the proper time he will
have far more than this number
from those states to add to his
growing list of delegates. He will
go into the Chicago convention
with at least twice as many dele
gates as any other man openly
behind his candidacy and with
scores of others for him at heart
and waiting only for the proper
moment TO swing into his column.
These delegates are for Wood
and viii not listen to any attempts
to manipulate them for other
candidates. on the first ballot
General Wood will have far more
than any other man and when the
states where he is second choice
begin TO throw their strength to
him on the second ballot no one
VIII be able to stop him and he
viii go over with a noise that will
startle the whole country
81 can not believe that respon-
sible republican leaders are going
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06
Franklin's Daylight Saving Discovery

While sojourning in Paris as the
representative of our government
Benjamin Franklin made a discovery
regarding the value of saving day
light as a means of promoting econo-
my which does not involve changing
the clock to make it effective. AL
Though made many years ago, Frank
Inns discovery is doubtless unknown
to many of our readers and it is
therefore given as timely contribu-
ton to the daylight saving argument,
believing that it will strengthen the
position of those who contend that
changing the clocks has nothing to do
with the case. Here is Franklin's
discovery as told by himself:
was the other evening in a grand
company where a new lamp was in
troduced and much admired for its
splendor; but a general inquiry was
made whether the oil it consumed
was not in exact proportion to the
light it afforded. No one present
could satisfy us on that point, which
all agreed ought to be known: it be-
ing a very desirable thing to lessen, if
possible, the expense of lighting our
apartments. I was pleased to see this
general concern for economy, for ]
love economy exceedingly
l went home, and to bed, three or
four hours after midnight, with my
head full of the subject An ac-
cidental sudden noise walked me about
six in the morning, when l was sur
prised to find my room filed with
light, and l imagined at first that a |
number of those lamps had been |
brought into it. but rubbing my |
eyes. J perceived the light came in at
the windows. / got up and looked
out to see what might be the occasion
of it, when l saw the sun just rising
above the horizon, from whence he
poured his rays plentifully into my
chamber: my domestic having negli-
gently omitted, the preceding evening,
to close the shutters.
looked at my watch. which goes
very well. and found that it was but
six O'Clock; and, still thinking it
somewhat extraordinary that the sun s
should rise so early, looked into the {
almanac, where found it to be the
lour given for his rising on that day. I
looked forward, too, and found he r
vas to rise still earlier every day till e
oward the end of June; and that at {
10 time does he retard his rising so n
ong as till eight o'clock t
Those who, with me. have never e
cen any signs of sunshine before g
ioon, and seldom regard the astro- fl
Omical part of the almanac. will be n
5 much astonished as l was, when fp
hey hear of his rising so early. and a
specially when assure them that he OF
ives light as soon as he rises. I am
onvnced Of this. I am certain of
~ fact. l saw it with my own eyes.
nd. having repeated this observation al
lie three following mornings I found lus
ways precisely the same result. al
Yet so it happens. that. when Ii,
,eak of this discovery to others. I leo
IN easily perceive by their cOunte- aft
lnces though they forbear express en-
g it in words. that they do not quite er
'lieve me. One, indeed, has assured su
e that I must certainly be mistaken ha
to the circumstances of the light We
ming into my room: for 1t being tai
ell known that there could be no sill
int abroad at that hour It follows tr,
at none could enter from without, Of
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06

copper and brass are to be utilized
for many purposes heretofore I'M
known, and that the market will be
expanded to an extent that will
quicken mining operations in many
fields, encourage the search for new
deposits. and in general restore con-
hdence and stability throughout the
mining sections Of the west.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06

The public experience of one of the
presidents appOintees to that re-
sponsible body, the railway labor
board, according to information
brought out in the senate, began as an
instructor in young ladies' seminary
and he is related by marriage to Mrs.
Wilson. wife of the president.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06

to. throw away their opportunity
to do their part in naming the one
man who would assure republican
victory in November. They did it
in 1912 and again in 1916 because
they did not want Theodore
Roose, and the country and re-
publican voters know we'll what
happened"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06

The democratic party was never so
much alive, walls New Freedoms or
gan. Correct. Never so much alive
with democrats who are going to vote
for the republican candidate for presi-
dent in observation-disclosures CPa.)
Herald.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06

When we think of the last seven
years. it occurs to us that it is not
the original cost of electing a presi-
dent so much as the upkeep that
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06

The League of Nations" says Mr..
Fosdick, lis a going concern" - the
word going" in this sentence being
evidently a misprint for "gone."-Bos-
ton Evening Transcript.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-06

The man who boasts Of being self
made probably believes that an hon
est confession is good for the soul.