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The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-12-23
BESSARABIA; A CONEY
ISLAND OF HISTORY

Bessarabla. recently assigned 10 the
suzerainty Of Roumanla, has Tong been
a racial catch basin.
Her population was more than D.
000OO0 before the war, and included
Moldavlans, Little Russians. Jews, Bull
garians, Greeks. Armenians, Tartars.
Germans, and GypsIes; but that list
n short compared with the encyclo-
pedic procession OF Getae, Goths.
Ayars, Huns, Bessi (whence her
name), Ugrlans Humans, and Mongols,
10 mention but few. since the days
OF the original Cimmerians.
For Bessarabla. sloplng southwark
from the westward foothills OF the
Carpathlans between the Dniester and
Pruih, down 10 the Black sea ana
Danube delta, lay In the norma geo
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-12-23
PALESTINE. PIGMY LAND
WITH A GIANT HISTORY

Inc historic Holy Land where moved
the NaZarene whose birth will be com
memorated around the world tlils
week, Is characterized as "a tiny III.
Tie country" by Vlscount James Bryce,
IN a communication to the National
Geography society:
Enough the travellers hand books
prepare him to find Palestine small.
II surprises him by being smaller than
ne expected. Taking 1t as the region
between the Mediterranean on the
west and the Jordan and Dead sea on
the east, from the spurs OF Lebanon
and Hermon on the north to the desert
at Beersheba on the south, IL IL only
ITO miles long and so to 90 broad-that
is to say, II Is smaller than New
Jersey.
"Of this region large parts did not
really belong to ancient Israel. Their
hold on the southern and northern dis
r'ets was but slight, while I'm the
southwest, a wide and rich plain along
the Mediterranean was occupied by
the warlike Philistines, who were
sometimes more than match for the
Hebrew armies. Israel had, In fact,
little more than the hill country, which
lay between the Jordan on the east
and the maritime plain on the west.
King David, In the days OF his power,
looked down from the hill cities Of
Benjamin, just north Of Jerusalem, up
on Philistine enemies, only 25 miles
on, on the one side. and looked across
the Jordan to Moabite enemies, about
as far of, on the other.
Nearly all the events In the history
OF Israel that are recorded In the Old
Testament happened within q territory
no bigger than the state OF Connect
cut, whose area is $500 square miles
and into hardly any other country has
there been crowded from the days of
Abraham till our own, so much history
that Is to say, SO many events that
have been recorded and deserve to be
recorded In the annals OF mankind.
Nor is II only that Palestine Is
really small county. The traveller
constantly feels as he moves about
that Il Is a small country. From the
heights, few miles north OF Jeru
salem, he sees. looking northward, q
far-off summit carrying snow for eight
months in the year. II is Hermon
nearly 10000 feet high-Hermon
whose fountains feed the rivers OF
Damascus.
But Hermon Is outside the terri.
tory OF Israel altogether, standing in
the land OF the Syrians; so. too. Il Is
OF Lebanon. We are apt to think OF
that mountain mass as within the
country, because II also is frequently
mentioned in the Psalms and the
Prophets; but the two ranges OF Leb-
anon also rise beyond the frontiers
OF Israel. lying between the Syrians OF
Damascus and the Phoenlcians Of the
West.
Perhaps Il is because the maps
from which children used 20 learn
Bible geography, were on large scale,
that most of us have failed 10 realize
how narrow were the limits within,
which took place, all those great do
ings that Ill the books of Samuel and
Kings. Just In the same way the
classical scholar who visits Greece is
surprised TO find that so small n ter
ritory sufiiced for so many striking In
cidents and for the careers OF so
many famous men,"
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-12-23

v
ines are In Thy hand.-Psalm u:lb.
ID and solemn are the last hours
81 the dying year. Only a few
months ago a New Year was
unto US, fresh and pure from
great storehouse OF time. II
pent Us life upon the earth, and
Footprints will never be effaced.
departing year has brought to us
numberless blessings; II has
many noble deeds done. and II
lesn progress In many depart
Of life.
passing OF another year must
lslze to every thoughtful person
swlft flight Of time. Looking
yard over the past years Of our
hey seem 20 shrink to the size
|ads strung around a child's neck.
ing an Image Of mans career, the
pet Gees his days swifter than n
ers shuttle; his years swifter
an arrow, curving as II rises TO
I'll. What 10 mans life7 he asks.
q cloud dissolving In the sun
II is a summer brook swollen
ioden rains, but soon running out
leaving the stones bare again.
a tale that Is soon told.
fese last days OF the Old year urge
p husband well the time. that Is
given us. To O shrub a year
ns only a leaf 10 the vine. a clus-
70 the tree, q new ring Of wood.
70 man a year means a large
pon Of his life which has been
or wasted. Youth often hnthink-
throws all responsibilities on the
= TO come. To him everything
ls possible In the future. Then he
ks to have time for education.
? he Will practice economy and
T. let the present be prod gal as
ay' The morrow will suffice for
forming OF habits and the building
haracter SO dazzled by the fu-
the youth allows the years 10
through his hands. and the result
man who Is an intellectual infant
a moral feebllng. AS you pause
ana think over the past. you
realize that tho morrow holds
arrests which the labOrers called
rdays did not SOW and cultivate.
Q was an ancient custom OF put
an hourglass into the coffin OF
lead to signify that their time
run out--a useless notification 10
Better put the hourglass into
,ahd OF every living man to show
now swiftly the sands OF life do
But, after all. time is Of value
as we make the best use OF It.
We In deeds. not years; In thoughts.
lot breaths;
,Nhgs, not in figures on a dial.
lnould count time by heart-throbs-
Ae most lives
thinks most. feels the noblest. acts
he best.
. old year may hold our many
res many disappolntments. many
regrets. The New Year holds
o us hope and promise. for my
are In Thy hand. o Lord. II
. comfort US when we think OF
Drevity Of our years, to realize
'nuast the length OF Gods years.
nave but a short time to work.
u Is well to remember that In
mat We may be dilligent But
mas whole eternity In which
ork' and II is well 10 remember
also' so that we may cease from
l'hess and impatience at the slow
.ess OF His kingdom among us.
Christ has not ceased from His
npuen OF the world. nor has God
ueieated In His plans for hui
W. Tor the times OF men and
'' are In His hand.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-29
MAY THROW LIGHT
ON IDAHO MURDER
ALLEGED CONFESSION OF GAL.
RINGLING," RECENTLY AR
RESTED, is STRANGE

POCATELLO, Idaho-Peace offic-
ers here and at Brice, Utah, are in
vestigating with interest an alleged
confession made by a man giving the
name Of Al. Ringing. They see in
his reported statement considerable
light on the circumstances surround
ing the death of a man named Bar
tholemew, a sheepherder, in 1913.
Ringing, who asserts he is a son of
one of the circus operators of that
name, is held here charged with at
tempting to pass fraudulent check.
According to the alleged confess
sion, Ringing and another man
whose name he does not give but
whom officers at Brice say they
know, engaged in drunken brawl
with Bartholomew. Ringing is
quoted as saying he struck Barthol-
omew over the head with a billiard
cue, whereupon the other man shot
the sheepherder. Then, his alleged
statement continues, the two men
placed the body on q handcar and
conveyed it several miles from Brice,
it some distance from the
railway. Bartholomew body was
found in the fall of that year, about
six months after the time he last was
seen alive.
Bartholomew is said by officers to
have been in the habit of carrying
sums about with him,
and officers here doubt the theory
that he met death as a result of
brawl.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-29
IDAHO BULLETINS
IN GREAT DEMAND
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT
STATION RECEIVES 551 RE-
QUESTS IN ONE DAY

That bulletins from the University
of Idaho agricultural experiment
station are in demand from wide
area is shown by the receipt of 551
requests for bulletins in a single
days mail, Dean E. ]. Iddings an
nounced today While the greater
number of the requests came from
Idaho, there were 18 states represent
ed in the requests received during the
"a hours. Bulletins treating on vari-
Gus agricultural subjects are asked
for. All requests will be filled.
Subscriptions to the fund for build
ing home for the Phi Delta Theta
fraternity, "went over the top" today
when A. T. West, owner of the Mos
COW Telephone & Telegraph company,
took $500. Announcement was made
at the chamber of commerce luncheon
yesterday that the fund lacked 5000.
Today it is announced the full sum
has been subscribed and the house is
assured. 1t will cost 100000 and be
erected near the University of Idaho.
The Delta Gamma Sorority house
is nearing completion and will be
ready for occupancy with the open
ing of the university about Septem-
Der Is, is the announcement made to-
day.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-29
COUNTY TAXES
NEARLY ALL PAID
TREASURER HAS COLLECTED
WELL OVER HALF A MILLION
DOLLARS THIS YEAR

Taxes have been paid well in Latah
county this year. The time for pay
ing the last half of the 1919 taxes
expired July 1, but SO many pay
ments were received by mail the last
few days that it has taken much
time to register all, write receipts
and get the totals posted. Miss lone
S. Adair, county treasurer and tax
collector, and her force of deputies
have been busy since July l, on this
work. Less than $4,000 remains un-
collected of more than half million
dollars taxes due in this county for
this year. The total amount of taxes
collectable in the county are $685.
757 So, and of this sum, $685., 325.73
have been collected. The first pay
ment, which included half of the
realty and personal taxes, and in
which many paid the full amount,
totalled $360,564.91. The second
half" payments, made prior to July
1, totalled $168,760.82.
AS compared with the taxes and
for 1918, this shows a big
increase. The total for 1918 was
1882, 055.59, of which 1857 ,535 was
paid before it became delinquent.
all of the 1918 delinquen-
cies have been collected. The total
tax for Latah county for 1919 was
sc, 141.702 greater than the total tax
or 1918, an increase of about 40 per
cent.
Latah county is, and has been, for
a number of years, on a cash basis.
The county has no bonded or warrant
1t has been a number
of years since any warrants were
registered in this county.
The assessed valuation of the coun-
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-29
HARVARD HAPPENINGS
PREPARE FOR PRIMARY

HARVARD. - Arrangements are
complete for the primaries August
3d. The republicans will meet in
Stewards hall, while the democrats
have secured the sitting room Of the
Harvard Hotel for the day.
Misses Anna and Nettie Gleason
and Esther Horribly visited friends in
Moscow last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Nelson and
children of Bovill, who recently pur-
chased the E. l.. Meeks property in
Harvard, moved into their new home
Thursday. Frank Peterson and
family, who have occupied the house
during the past year have moved to
their farm one and one half miles
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-29
Popular Couple Married.

George T. Davidson and Miss
Emma Fredrickson were married
Wednesday afternoon by Judge Nell
son in the office of the probate court.
The groom is native son of Latah
county and resides on American
Ridge near Kendrick where he owns
and operates a farm. The bride is
native of Clay county, Minnesota, but
removed with her parents in early
childhood to the Troy neighborhood.
Both contracting parties have
large circle of friends who wish
them the greatest happiness. They
will reside on the beautiful farm
home of the groom.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-29
CHERRIES FOR SALE

All kinds of Sweet and Sour Cher
ries. Pick them from the trees at
zoe to 30c per gallon.
MAYHEM FARMS
Mrs. Ollie E. Harper, Johnson, Wash.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-29

east of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Stewart and
daughters of Bovill visited over Sum-
day at the H. W. Garfield home
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sexton were
visitors in Palouse Saturday.
The hay harvest is in full swing
and one of the largest crops in his
tory is being put away. Weather SO
far has been ideal fof haying and
farmers are making the most of it.
A. J. Queener is moving the Davis
Brothers hay crop on Meadow creek
to the warehouse in Harvard on his
truck.
Ray johnson shipped a carload of
wood to the Palouse Steam Laundry
at Palouse Wednesday.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-29
Early Crops Near Moscow.

"The earliest crops l saw on my
trip are those just south of Moscow
on the east road" said Tim Driscoll,
of Genesee, who was Moscow visit
or Wednesday evening. Mr.. Dris-
coll says some fall wheat in that sec
ton is about ready to cut with bind
ers, but that in the vicinity of Gene
see harvest will not begin for 10 days
or two weeks. In the "rimrock" dis
trict harvest has begun and the crop
is good. A few fields of fall wheat
near Moscow to the north and east,
are ripening rapidly and will soon be
ready to cut with binders, but these
fields are small. Harvest will not
begin generally in this district until
about August 10, it is thought.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-29
are visiting relatives in Bovill this
Mrs. Linda Harrod Endorses Cham
berlain's Tablets.

81 suffered for years with stomach
trouble and tried everything | heard
of but the only relief got was tenn
porary until last spring | saw Cham
berlain's Tablets advertised and pro-
cured bottle of them from our
druggist. / got immediate relief
from that dreadful heaviness and
pain in the stomach after eating.
Since taking two bottles / can eat
anything I want without distress"
writes Mrs. Linda Harrod, FIT
Wayne, Ind.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-29
Denies Robbery Stories.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho.-Reports
that robber or robbers have been
holding up automobile parties, prin-
cipally tourists, in the neighborhood
of Bull, Idaho, are pronounced UNI
founded by Sheriff A. M Sprague,
after an investigation of several
days. duration. The sheriff called
the reports ga press agent stunt"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-29
What To Do When Bilious.

Eat no meat and lightly of other
food. Take three Chamberlain's Tab
lebts to cleanse out your stomach
and tone up your liver. Do this and
within day or two you should be
feeling fine. j
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-29
Grizzlies In Selkirks.

KAMLOPS, B. Chg game is
very plentiful in this district this
season. Nine grizzlies and four
black bears is the bag of j. w.
French, who recently returned from
six weeks trip in the wilds of the
Big Bend country, in the Selkirk
mountains
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-29

ty for 1919 was $2O,162,669, which is
about half of the actual value of
property in the county, the total be-
ing close to $5O,OOO,OOO it is believed.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-29

animation, upon application therefor,
for the purpose of preparing for the
regular entrance examination in
March.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-29

A trial will be sufficient to convince
you of its lasting and permanent ben
efits. Investigation will not cost you
anything and spinal analysis may be
had for the asking. Get the facts first
hand and satisfy yourself, it may mean
years of suffering rolled away" and
the dawn of a new era to break on
your pathway. Phone 321, Browne
BUILDING.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-04-09

There is tide in the affairs of
men if taken at the flood leads on to
fortune" The same may be said of
parties as well as men. The republic
cans stand to sweep the country next
fall if no mistake is made in the choice
Of candidates. The presidential candi-
date must be an American, he must
be known to possess business acumen,
and he must have the confidence of
the people. Sunch a man can be elect
ed president hands down. 1t is no time
to select any demagogic politician as
a candidate for president. He must
measure up to the requirements de-
manded by the voters or he cannot get
anywhere. The republican party has
just such men to place before the
people at the fall election and it is up
to the convention to name that kind
of leader
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-04-09

The men convicted at Montesanc for
participation in the Ceftraliai .aSmis-
tice day parade murder, in which
Warren 0. Grimm was murdered with
out justification by members of the
l. w. w., have been sentenced to the
penitentiary for from % to 40 years.
Considering the crime for which they
were found guilty by jury these red
handed assassins got off easy Now
that the murderers have been sentep-
ced after fair trial no doubt the rad
ical element in the labor unions will
hold them up as martyrs, and use ev-
cry means in their power to secure
their release. A so-called labor jury,
that really heard only a portion of the
evidence, had the effrontery to declare
a verdict of not guilty in this case,
but that verdict was reached before
the men ever came to trial and no
matter what the evidence might have
been the same jury would have
brought in the same verdict 1t is not
facts that these people want, and some
of the boder agitators do not hesitate
to say SO. We have it from authority
that cannot be refuted that the re-
porter of the Seattle Union Record, the
organ of the labor unions at Seattle,
who was assigned to report this trial
openly admitted that he took no in
terest in the facts as presented by the
evidence. He stated that he was pro-
pOgandist and facts were of no inter
est to him. And that is the kind of
stuff the Union Daily Record dishes
out to its readers. That paper is pub
lished to stir up trouble and it hest
tates at no methods OF statements to
gain its ends.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-04-09

A carnival of crime seems to be
sweeping Seattle, or Probably more
correctly speaking it has been sweep
ing for several months. Killings and
robberies Of the bolfest nature are so
common that it must be crime far
out of the ordinary to attract passing
attention. The sehriff's office and the
police departments appear to be un-
able to stem the tide, and the gun and
yeggmen go on their merry way, max
ing hay by day and night. Seldom are
the guilty persons apprehended and
the ease with which perpetrators es-
cape arrest and punishment is an in
centive for more preparations. 1t is
dangerous for the Seattlite of law
abiding disposition to really feel safe,
as he is liable to be clipped on the
head in his own domicile. or be parted
from his possessions even il they are
behind barred iron doors.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-04-09

The editor of the San Poll Eagle is
a candidate for the legislature in Fer
ry county, and being a man Of more
than ordinary intelligence If he should
be elected he would take prominent
position in the next legislative body,
for it must be said that constituencies
are not always particular In their
choice of legislators, and the legisla-
tor of more than ordinary intelligence
is an exception to the rule in legisla-
tive bodies. The Eagle man has no hes
itancy 10 state in his paper what he
stands for in the way of legislation,
but has the idea Of a dreamer that the
happiness of a people can be secured
only through legislative enactment.
You cannot eradicate the follies and
weaknesses Of man by law, nor can
you bring happiness and content to
mankind by statute. Folly may be
curbed by providing punishment for
the guilty. and some betternlents can
be provided by salutary laws, but the
spiritual, moral and mental qualities
Of man are complex attributes, differ
ing in each and every individual, and
in order to provide a government to
meet the views of each and every in
dividual from which the individual is
to reap happiness 1t would be neces-
sary to formulate about as many laws
as individuals. There is nothing in
this Ethiopian dream of making men
better by legislation, or bringing to
the door of every man happiness
through the same process. Man is very
much master of his own destiny, and
whether he finds happiness or unhap-
piness in this life is dependent largely
upon his own disposition, his manner
of living and his relations to his fell
low men. If a man is a chronic
crouch. If he considers the world up
side-down and he alone is the chosen
instrument to rectify conditions, If he
sees no good in his nefghbor, If he is
envious of the success Of others, II he
is miserly with kind words and prodi-
gal with fault finding no laws that the
brain of man could formulate would
bring him happiness. In fact absolute
happiness is not a heritage of man.
Life is too strenuous and sorrow and
disappOintments unavoidable. But
much sunshine can come into life if
men and women would exercise the
gift that God has give them. Employ
ment of body and mind, disposition
to live up to the Golden Rule and
overlook the faults and weaknesses
of neighbor. pleasant smile along
the past of life with kind and cheer
ing words for all one meets will come
as near bringing happiness and con-
tent as is obtainable this side of the
grave. 1t is not laws to provide hap
piness that we want, 1t Is greater
recognition of the fellowship of man
and the fatherhood of God.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-04-09

The New York legislature has ex-
PEELED five socialist members Of that
body who were duly and legally elect
ed by constituencies in the several
districts they represent, after an ex-
haustive trial lasting many weeks.
Prior to the election of these social
lists and their taking seats in the leg
islature there had been no proceed
ings against them in the courts for
disloyal activities, and evidently the
majority in the New York legislature.
and very decided majority at that,
voted to GUST them simply OF the
grounds Of being members Of the So
cjalist party, and subscribing to the
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-04-09

unAmerican doctrines of that party
as promulgated at the convention of
the party held at st. Louis. 1t must be
admitted that as an organized body
majority of socialists openly and no.
tOriously opposed the government not
only during the war, but before and
since the war, and some of the radical
leaders even favored revolution, yet,
for one, we do not consider the mere
fact that these ousted legislators had
affiliated with and are still members
of that particular Organization as suf1
ficient and just grounds for their ex-
pulsion from legislature to which
they were peacefully and legally
elected They were sucn meagre mi
nority in the body to which they were
elected that their presence and their
votes could have had in no wise any
influence or force. Moreover, the cult
or ism that selected these men to rep
resent them has the same political
rights as the members of any other
political party. The expulsion of these
| men was dangerous precedent, and
lowed by the non-partizan league and
the Russian Bolsheviki, that are kim
dred in their aims and objects, the
suppression of freedom of expression
| and humiliation of all opposition.
Those socialists had the same, and
just as legal right to their seats in the
New York legislature as any member
elected by republican or democratic
voters. We may consider socialism as
| advocated and as it would be practiced
if that party were in power as men,
ace to our form of government but in
ruthlessly exercising the power of a
| majority as that power was in this
| case exercised is not going to eradi-
cate socialism nor does it reflect
credit upon the opposition.