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tions similar to those of it's bigger
sister. one of the chambers being
200 feet high and 800 feet broad.
Vhe temperature and moisture in
the air are so even that you can
walk a great distance without feel
ing tho least fatigue until coming
out into the open once more. But
II you happen to be one of those
rev folks who do not indulge in
hikes you'll certainly feel the re-
suits of the long walk after sitting
around for few minutes.
In Page County, Va, is Luray
Cave, where many things Of interest
areSto be found. One room in this
cavern is called the Fish Market. on
account Of the fiat, fishlike stalactftes
that are arranged about the walls.
and many visitors have declared
that they can recognize the forms Of
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glisten in the torchlight, while in
what is called the Cathedral there
is a stone organ formed of different
lengths Of this substance, which
upon being struck with a piece Of
metal gives out musical tones. Simple
music can be played upon it, and Of
course the various echoes cause it to
sound like several instruments being
played, each Of them in Just a little
slower time.
Numerous other fairly large caves
are to be found in our country, as
there is scarcely a section Of it in
which none is found, but the three
mentioned are the most famous ones,
so we now pass over to Europe for
more interesting items about caves.
The largest one in Ireland is Fin
gals Cave, situated on the Island
of Staffa, off the coast, and original
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room to hike around in this cave
for most of the floor is of water,
but when the sea is calm a nice
boat trip can be taken into its
depths. Fingal's Cave is. AZ feet
wide at the entrance, % feet wide at
the end and sc feet high, which, of
course, makes it seem quite small
after speaking Of our big inland
caves, but it must be remembered
that this cavern was formed by the
waves Of the sea alone, SO this fact
makes it very remarkable.
England and Scotland have many
caves, though most of them are
small. Along the rocky coast Of
Scotland can be found caverns
formed by the waves, but in the
Peak Cave, Derbyshire, England,
there is much of interest. One pc
culiar thing about the English caves
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greater number. When first ex-
plored it contained fossil remains of
rhinoceroses, lions, hyenas and other
wild beasts now found only in parts
of Asia and Africa. This seems to
indicate that England was once a
tropical country. Stone axes, ham,
mers and other implements also were
found, showing that the people Of
that day lived in caves. Peak Cave
is not a very large one, as it is only
about a mile in length and 600 feet
below the surface.
The deepest cave known in the
world is one found near Fredericks-
hall, Norway, it being 1900 feet.
Think Of it, almost two miles deep!
But it is worth the long trip down
int6 its depths, &or many of the
wonders of nature are to be seen
there However. when it comes to
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America Has Largest Caves

halls and domes, some of which
are ITS feet wide and 1875 feet high.
This great cavern has many small
lakes and rivers, the best known of
these being Echo River, which re-
verberates an echo to an untold dis
tance, repeating the sound Of your
voice until only whisper is heard
at the last. The fish in this and
the other bodies of water are white
and have no eyes. There are also
crickets, bats, flies, beetles, spiders
and other queer blind creatures to
be found here, and it is interesting
to watch them when they are taken
out into the light. Being blind,
their movements are quite slow and
cautious when compared to their
kind that live out in the open. In
taking hike through this worlds
largest cave the guides light up the
way SO that many beautiful things
can be seen, such as the Star Cham
ber, where the lofty ceiling is
studded with snowy crystals that
glisten like diamonds. When white
men first discovered Mammoth Cave
they found many stone arrowheads,
risses Of torches and other relics
which indicated that it had once
been meeting place ior the Ind
ians, and for all we know countless
numbers Of war dances may have
taken place in the famous Star
Chamber just mentioned.
Wyandotte Cave is another one of
our great caverns and ranks next to
Mammoth Cave in bbth size and i'm
terest. It is in Crawford County,
Ind, and SO Ear has been explored
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7 ONE of the peculiar forma-
tions of the earth are more
interesting than caves, and

interesting than caves, and
many are the adventures
that have been had by the explorers
Of these often mysterious caverns.
The very word "cave" seems to
have strong attraction for every
body. Some of the best and most
interesting stories have been writ
ten about adventures in caves, so
they have always been well adver-
tlsed on our library shelves. And
then we must remember that caves
were the only homes Of many people
who lived in the undiscovered parts
Of the world thousands Of years
ago, and this in itself adds much
historical interest to these NATURAL
tunnels under the surface Of the
earth.
So far as is now known, the
United States caniay claim to hav-
:as the largest caves in the world,
and first among these is, naturally,
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. It is
only about eighty-five miles from
Louisville. Upon visiting its depths
It Is easy to see how the word man.
moth II coupled with it's natural
name. for parts Of it have been ex-
plcred for = distance Of over 16o
miles and maps made SO that the
suides themselves can't get lost.
. hes trsin body of fhc cave IL only
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each year are dead in this country
alone" she said.
DR.. Hassler urged that both citv
and county districts be zoned. and
that maternity centers, clinics and
hospitals be established for each
community.
The second indictment for the
high mortality rate came from DR..
Mary A. Cooke, of Philadelphia. who
said that "the old-fashioned nurse
who refuses the Doctors advice IN
caring for babies should be blamed
for many ills among children.
She is prone to dose the baby with
all kinds Of things. even IN the faca
OF contrary ORDERS" DR.. Cooke SAID
"She imagines the child must be fed
and must be hungry"
What the War Taught
The third charge came from DR.. J.
W. Webb, Of Indianapolis, who de-
clared that "the World War has
taught America that better care
must begiven babies if they are to de-
yelop into stronger men and women.
The recent draft boards were
Mortified to find that more than one-
third Of our young men were physi-
cally unfit" said DR.. Webb. ut re-
mains Tor the family physician to
give his personal advice and care
z we would increase the moral and
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Even Though the Democrats Had
Last Chance, the Republicans
Show Up Favorably

asks her to ride home from the
shopping district in his motor car,
she feels incensed at her husband
for not having limousine which she
can use every day in the week. She
thanks the neighbor kindly for the
lift and then complains all evening
to her husband because he hasn't
bought her car.
The Democrats are the accommo-
dating neighbors who are thanked
profusely for the six legislatures
which have ratified the Federal suf-
frage amendment, and the Repub-
licans are the relatives who, being
responsible for twenty-nine of the
thlrty-five legislatures that have
ratified, are scolded and nagged un-
mercifully because the thirty-sixth
state has not yet ''come across"
The suffrage plank in the Demo-
cratic platform is very nicely
worded. 1t indorses the nineteenth
Federal amendment and congratu-
lates the thirty~tive states that have
ratified it. The Republican suffrage
plank takes for granted that women
have already become part of the par
ties and hopes that a Republican
legislature will come across with
the thirty-sixth ratification neces-
sary in time for women to vote in
the fall. Senator Watson, Of Indi-
ana, chairman of the resolutions
committee, in his speech introducing
the platform commented upon the
fact that the Republicans were re-
sponsible for twenty-nine of the
thirty-fve legislatures which have
ratified.
Even the Democrats carry the
idea that the Republicans just natu-
rally owe something to the women on
the suffrage matter. They urge not
only members of their own house
hold, the legislatures Of Tennessee,
North Carolina and Florida, to rati-
fly, but they add, "such other states
as have not yet ratified the Federal
suffrage amendment to unite in an
effort to complete the process of
ratification and secure the thirty
sixth state in. time for all the women
in the United States to participate
in fall elections"
This is reminiscent of the time when
President Wilson appealed to have
the Federal amendment pass the SEN
ate as a war measure, when he must
have known that it was the Repub-
licans who were going to give the
greater number of votes to the meas
ure, even though the Democrats at
that time had a majority in the
Senate.
In one account of the women at
the Democratic National Convention
~ WHO odAu ClIdC tIlCy WeIS 1IlOTo
interested in policies and principles
than in the candidate. This would
seem to have been true from the
nomination.
They Helped ''Cet'' Reed
One point upon which the Demo-
cratic women claim victory was the
unseating of Senator Reed, of Mis-
souri,, although that is generally
credited to Wilson enmity. When it
comes to paying off a score Mr..
Kipling was right in his assertion
that "the female Of the species is
more deadly than the male" And
Senator Reed may be reminded of
what that other poet said about "a
woman scorned"
The women Of Missouri claim the
credit for Senator Reeds defeat.
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ssERTloNs that the high
infant mortality rate and
: poor health of American

children are "blotch" on
the medical profession, and that
every effort should be made to cut
the death rate, were made by three
speakers at the sessions recently Of
the American Institute of Home
opathy in convention at Cleveland.
The first discussion of the mortal
ity rate followed an address by Dr.
Margaret Hassler, Of Reading, Pa,
who declared that mortality in
America is the second highest in the
world, even though the country
boasted Of medical advancement.
Americas Poor Showing
1T would seem imperative" said
DR.. Hassler, that every available
factor for safety be enlisted when we
are confronted with the humiliating
fact that among fifteen enlightened
nations the United States stands
fourteenth in mortality, due to child
birth and it's complications"
DR.. Hassler explained that the
maximum infant mortality occurs in
Spain, with 1875 per cent, whereas
Anaerica comes. next, with las per
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Of the state. Heretofore the exec
utive committee has been made up
of men from the large national
committee. So far no woman has
ever held place as committeeman
from her state. Hence it would be
impossible for woman to be on the
executive committee unless special
provision were made for her. This
special provision was made by the
Republican Committee on Rules
and the rules were changed and
made to provide that seven men,
bers be added to the National Exec
utive Committee who were not on
the national committee. These seven
places were filled by women.
Women May Be Chosen
1t is entirely possible that some
time, not so very far distant,
women may be chosen by certain
states as national committeeman.
1t is then possible that they should
be appointed to the executive COM
mittee. The new provision that
they may be appointed from the
outside is simply a means of giving
them place and recognition until
such time as they may come to the
National Executive Committee the
same way the men do.
Now, the Democratic organization
is different. The national committee
has been enlarged so that it has two
members from each state, man and
a woman. The rules provide that the
executive committee shall be COM
posed Of thirty-four members, seven
teen men and seventeen women. The
women have a technical equal repre-
sentation on the Democratic COM
mittees. Furthermore, we notice that
the Democratic women haven't
enough faith in their equal repre-
sentation" to do away with their
very efficient Women's Bureau,
which is headed by Mrs. George
Bass. Will the representation in
numbers mean equal representation
in party activities and in getting
platform drafted; will it mean an
equal voice in choosing the party's
candidates? A comparison of the
two party platforms and summing
up what the women had to soy about
the choosing of candidates do not
indicate that it will.
nrcrs.J w
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Drafted BY a Woman

Taking the planks in both plat
forms in which women were inter-
ested particularly: The plank in the
Republican platform on the high cost
of living was drafted by a woman,
not as member of an outside or
ganization, but as a Republican
member of the advisory committee
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extra-legal affair with advisory
power only. These committees of
women will gradually go out Of ex-
istence when women have more
places and greater power in the
party's machinery.
The Two Committees
The Democratic women have
taken superior attitude toward
the Republican women upon the
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Mrs. GEORGE r. BASS,
~ chairman of the Wom-
ems Committee of the Demo-
cratic National Committee

women's separate committees. They
have a State Executive Committee
of Women equal in number to the
State Executive Committee. And,
besides, there are several women on
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business of representation on the
national executive committees. The
Republican National Committee is
composed of one member from each
state, chosen according to the laws
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By Hannah Mitchell
A ND now, which political
I party has given women
- the higher place? In the

party has given women
4 the higher place? In the
light of the parts they
played in the two conventions,
do the Democrats or the Repub-
licans attract the greater number of
new voters? Will it make much
difference to Mrs. Homebody
whether Mrs. Officeholder made a
nominating speech or presided over
9 national convention for a few
moments?
The Democratic party held the
advantage in giving minor recogni-
ton to it's women members in the
convention because it had the later
chance. 1t could check up on what
the Republicans did and give the
same number of plums to it's women
with few extras.
From the candidates selected by
both parties it would appear that
the women did not have much to
say about choosing the Presidential
candidates. Neither Harding nor
Cox was advanced as the ''women's
candidate" Neither had women's
department in his campaign organ
hation. General Wood of the Re-
publican prospective candidates and
William Gibbs McAdoo of the Dem
ocrats had the strongest support
from women.
Held No High Places
Of course, there were women sup
porting Harding and Cox, but they
were not prominent in either can
didate's organization and held no
important places in the conventions,
such as those held by Mrs. Douglas
Robinson, who was for Leonard
Wood, and Mrs. Kellogg Fairbank,
who was for Mr.. McAdoo.
AS to recognition of women in
the platforms Of the parties, meet
ing of the women in San Francisco
near the end of the convention gave
considerable credit to the Demo-
Gratis for being so nice to the
women. Several members of the
National League of Women Voters
attended this meeting and, while
that organization has not declared
itself in alliance with either party,
the members in San Francisco
let the Democratic women under
stand that the number Of it's sug-
gested planks which were accepted
by the Democratic platform makers
had swung mighty influence for
that party.
When the Republican platform
was announced in Chicago the
League of Women Voters sent out
a courteous little publicity story in
which it thanked the Republicans
for the recognition Of it's suggested
planks in the platform, and added
that it felt the Republican platform
committee had made a mistake in not
adopting the plank on appropria-
tiOns for maternity rare
Family Felicity
The way in which the women,
particularly some of the suffragists,
pick on the Republican party for not
doing everything they want it to
reminds one of some families. A
woman just naturally blames the
men in her own family for every
thing that doesn't suit her. If the
gentleman next door so much as
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mrs. JOHN SHERMAN
~ CROSBY, of the Kings
County delegation, at San
Francisco

Mrs. W. w. Martin, Of Missouri, an
alternate to the convention, appeared
and spoke before the Democratic
Committee on Credentials, the COM
Nnittee which rejected Senator Reed.
She said that the women of Mis-
souri, had prevented the Senator's
election. The fight of these women
was backed by other women in the
party who had listened to Senator
Reeds long speeches in the United
States Senate against woman suf-
frage. The Senator at those times
reused women as no other anti did.
His remarks were directed against
the whole sex, and no neutral could
fail to catch the implications of
some of his remarks, implications
which made any modern woman
mad through and through. Repub-
lican and Democratic women alike
had a grudge against the Senator,
and many of them feel indebted to
the Missouri women who opposed
him in the recent convention.
If the women did have as much
influence in Senator Reeds conven-
tion defeat as they claim they did,
this is the principal instance in
which women actually got into the
game and played politics in either
convention.
AS a School
1t was distinctly noticeable that
the Republican women were treat
ing their first convention as a
school. They realized that there
were many things for them to learn
and did not take hold as they might
have if they had realized how sim
pie it all was. Many of them knew
the game but believed that it was
the wiser part to look on for awhile.
Perhaps they realized that they
would be in a stronger position
when they had been actively in
things longer. They have never
held to the strictly feminist view
point that their sex must be repre-
sented in equal numbers and iden-
tlcal rights and Offices with the men.
regardless of their fitness and de-
sire to do so. One Republican
woman said to me before the con-
vention:
'The women Of the state are
taking more and more interest in
voting. But they are going about
their representation intelligently.
They do not vote for a woman Just
because she is a woman. They vote
for her if she is fitted to hold Office
according to their estimate of her.
"Wonien can be represented by
men. Take a case like this: Sup
pose man and woman were run
ming for office and only women
could vote, just as a test of the
women's vote. If the man were
elected he would represent the
women. The main idea is that
women want to be active in politics,
and when one of their number is
fitted to hold Office and is willing to
run we want her to have an equal
chance at the election along with
men who might run against her"
2 AS matter Of fact, Republican
women hold more Offices in the
state committees here in New York
than the men do, if you count the
tiona sinoiJo, m %hos. - a. I.
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the state committee, which is the
party organization and until a few
years ago was composed wholly of
men. The Republican women's sep
arate organization is sort of
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Mrs. KELLOGG FAIRBANK of Chicago (above). one of
1'A the McAdoo supporters at San Francisco
MISS MARY HOLLAND KINKAID (beloav) director of
- publicity Of the Democratic WomeMs Bureau
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1920-08-12

baton officers during the plea
sure of the court; said probation
officers having authority to act
only upon the request and under
the direction of the probate
court, and to receive such COM
pensation for services actually
performed as the probate court
shall deem Just and proper The
number of paid probation Officers
appointed and designated by the
court shall be as follows: In
counties in which the last school
census shows school population
of over Five thousand $4,000 not
to exceed two ~ probation OF
ficers; in all other counties not
to exceed one ~ probation offic-
err. In case a probation officer
shall be appointed, it shall be the
duty Of the Judge of the Court, IT
practicable, to notify said pro-
baton officer when any child IS
to be brought before the court; 1t
shall be the duty of said proba-
ton officer to make investigation
of such case; to be present in the
court to represent the interests OF
the child when the case is heard;
to furnish to the court such infor-
m alton and assistance ais the
court or judge may require; and
to take charge of any child before
and after the trial as may be di-
rected by the court or judge. Pro
baton officers provided for by
his chapter are hereby vested
with all power and authority OF
,heriffs, constables and police Of
ficers to make arrests and per-
form other duties incident to their
offices as probation officers.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1920-08-12
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE NO.
TICE.
Encouraging Delinquency Mis-
demean0r.

Section 159. In all cases where
any child shall be delinquent
child, juvenile delinquent per
son, or a juvenile disorderly per
son, as defined by this act, the
parent or parents, legal guardian,
or persons having custody Of such
child, or any other person respon-
sible for, or by any act encourage
ing, causing or contributing to
the delinquency Of such child,
shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor,
and upon trial and conviction
thereof shall be fined in a sum
not to exceed Three Hundred Dol
lars $4,000, or Imprisonment in
county jail for period Of not ex-
ceeding six months, or shall suf-
fer both fine and Imprisonment.
The court may impose conditions
upon any such person found gull
ty under this act, and so long as
such person shall comply there
with to the satisfaction Of the
court, the sentence may be sus-
pended.
Children to Attend School.
Section 100. In all districts of
this state. all parents, guardians,
and other persons having care Of
children shall instruct them or
cause them to be instructed in
reading, writing, spelling, Eng
lish grammar, geography and
arithmetic. In such districts, ev-
cry parent, guardian or other per-
son having charge Of any child !
between the ages of eight go and
sixteen (16) years, shall send
such child to a public, private or
parochial school for the entire
school year during which the pub
lie schools are in session in such |
districts: Provided, however:
That this chapter shall not apply
o children over fifteen years Of
age, where such child shall have
the eighth (8th) grade,
II may be eligible to enter any
nigh school in such district, or
where it's help is necessary for its
)wn use or it's parents support,
r where for good cause shown it
would be for the best interest of
UGH child to be relieved from the