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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
HILOSOPHY FOR THE PLAIN MAN

From the Baltimore American.
 7clHE Athenaeum. writing recently
 on MT. santayana, perhaps the
 most literary of living philoso- phers, has this comment:
 'Mr Santayana is not the cleverest nor the most learned, but he is, we think, the wisest philosopher of our time. We are here using the term philosopher ill it's broadest sense. a sense that would in- clude Anatole France and Thomas Hardy as well as William James and Professor Bosanquet. MT. Santayana's wisdom does not consist in saying All is vanity lie says, Some things are desirable, others less so.' 7"
 It is not vain repetition. in modern times at least, to speak of the ''wisest" philosopher. That word in it's simplest meaning signifies "a lover of wisdom;" but, even as early as the days of Plato and Aristotle, it seems to have implied perhaps as much as the possession of them. In later ages the term denoted sometimes an original thinker, sometimes a student of philosophic systems, in either case being with foibles like common men
 Thess was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache pa-
 tient5
 The AaiSsg of the professed philoso- pher fnAy gsFhaps partly be traced to a laek or ffwsGy of definition of the term lpnsieae0fs Plato Aristotle, Thomas &fsl:.sAs. Bacon, Kant, Jonathan Ed sgaris. William James, giants in the his s6Y4 sr philosophy, all conceived their ste8s differently from their predecessors; anG tfa ulain man, especially during the saxg g4slerntion, is driven to ask, "Is man s4fs nsarex the heart of the central mys- fsrv vf existence for all the disputation Ho ul1s4pate questions which has gone o from the time of ancient Athens 10 gae present day? Has all this subtle req < 5nlng solved one single problem for 1saakinag'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
FATAL. DOSE

Prom the FhiIzdelphia Bulletin
 George Ade. said at d Chicago we'd ..szG sreAkfast-
 -Th< great and good Socrates was married 10 a scoid. other wise. per h@psl he would have spent more time at home and less time in the market place finding fault with the Athenian govern m~nf-
 This thought occurred to me at a school where I asked bright little girl.
 How did Socrates dies'
 e He died the little girl replied. from a dose of wedlock.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
Illness of Caruso
 Causes Deep Concern

ACCOMPANYING somewhat face NJ tiously on the fact that Caruso has more doctors attending him in his illness than President Wilson had, the New York Tribune nevertheless pays a tribute to perhaps the greatest tenor who ever lived.
 Later bulletins from Caruso's bed side indicate that his condition is seri- ous. Fortune has smiled on the fa- nous son of an Italian chef. His ca reer has been one of unbroken suc-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
INAUGURATION THAT COMES Hrc

From the New York World.
 Witnessing the inauguration of MT Harding for out-of-town visitors is an- parently going to involve some cost and discomfort Of celebrating New Years Eve in New York Hotel rates have been doubled; with virtually all the hotels exacting a weeks stay as a condition of making reservations, and with March { more than two months away. two of the leading Washington hotels report their accommodations sold out" Improve ident or impecunious visitors will have to sleep on cots or commute from Bal timore. for which the railroads are mak- ng arrangements.
 That the hotel facilities of the capital should be taxed for the occasion is. of course, not remarkable in the circum- stances. The candidates for cabinet ap- pointments would doubtless fill the shoreham, and certainly the aspirants for diplomatic positions would congest the Willard. After the office-seekers are provided. not much is left for the plain people. and that at extortionate prices. But the American citizen is not pilxer when it comes to seeing "a show in
 Nv York or an inauguration at Wash
 sAn; it may come high but he is ready to pay for it.
 And why begrudge either the expense or the inconvenience? Is not the golden age about to return, under an old guard administration? Is not the land to flow with milk and honey after March 4 Why count the cost of seeing the cere- monies which usher in the new era?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
Eastern Organization Is at the Old Game

CONGRESS is not going to cut N down representation in the south ern states because the Society for the Advancement of COlored People, an eastern organization knowing nothing about conditions in the south, asks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
As to Pedestrians

Many of the new sections of the
 traffic code adopted yesterday are ex-
 mobile accidents in Birmingham to a great extent said John Taylor com missioner of public safety. "The one about pedestrians obeying the traffic policeman as well as the wheel traffic will, believe, help great deal Many |of the accidents in Birmingham turing the past few years have been caused by pedestrians stepping off of the curb fright in front of an automobile CT wagon"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
100 Per Cent Goaf

When the proposed improvements on the Birmingham Water Works company property are finished, the equipment If the company will stack up 100 per cent besides that of water works companies in other cities in the same class with Birmingham" said Harry Horner, su> perintendent of the company. During the Investigation of the company's properties. the engineers graded the property 90 per cent. When these im- 'provements are completed, it will te perfect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
No RUSH TO GET HOME

T understand you gave a perform ance at prison during Christmas week"
 Yes" said the eminent tragedian, and I found the convicts an ideal audience"
 "Appreciative. eh?"
 Yes. very appreciative; but better still, not single person left the hall to catch suburban trains or trolley cars before the final curtain fell"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
ADRTFT WITH THE TIMES

RoBBING DEATH OF ITS STING When all the smiles have turned tc
 frowns
 And all the laws are blue, And joy is driven from the towns And from the country, too, I hope I shall be far away Beyond the realms of space, For that will be woeful day For all the human race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Rabbits Buy Books

Birmingham peoplpe are daily talk ing more interest in raising rabbits and pigeons for their own use, ~says Gaines Kelly, "and they are also be- ginning to realize that good bit of money can be made in them, too, be- sides having the delicious fresh meat which pigeons and rabbits afford.
 "A boy living out near me purchased two rabbits from me last summer and since that time he has raised enough young ones to have meal every once in while and was able to sell enough to buy his sehcool books in the fall l only mentioned that to show the money that can be made by raising rabbits even on a small scale, and the business is on the increase in Bir- nin.yham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
WITH RESERVATIONS
From the Outlook.

From the OuttooK.
 An advertisement in . Brooklyn newspaper will awaken a responsive chord in the breasts of readers who have household pets that are insistent on their privileges:
 Cook wants position, family of two; will not open and shut door for dogs and cats to go in and out. Address,
 etc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
He Likes Cobb

T had heard and read great deal about Ty' Cobb, the famous baseball player" says Fred Phillips, and I had seen him in action on the diamond, but Ihad no idea that he was really such fine fellow until I was thrown with him intimately at the Delta Duck club where he was a guest.
 "He is the kind of man who just falls into anything the crowd wants to do, and while he may have plenty of assurance when facing a pitcher or eluding the throw of the catcher in stealing bases, in private life he is a modest gentleman and not at all as sertive He certainly is some man phys ica1lvv,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
A MORNING PRAYER

The old year is dead. Forgive. Lord. what was done aniiss. Forget thou, and heIr me to forget the faiI- ures. May no shadow from the past fall across my path. ns I hopefully ,and prayerfully struggle onward. Amen. NJ. s!SB.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
THAT KIND OF PERSON

THAT KIND OF PERSON 'Yoy don't seem to like Dorfling." T don't"
 What do you know against him%'
 Well for one thing, he owns severa, hundred jazz records and his idea of good reading matter is gossip about the movie starsp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
EXACT KNOWLEDGE

Well, little man, where has Santa Claus goner asked the kindly old gentleman.
 ITO his office" said the precocious youngster. His telephone number is Green Hill 476s, and if you want to see him you'd better call him there, as he told mother when he left the house this morning that he wouldn't be home for lunch"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
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NOT nENATt RED

From the tT6rstaA P6s,. We are eating pIse of fruit cake from time to tirrsa that Nas evidently conceived in sin and wsckgsaness. but it's mighty
 fine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
Why He Opposes yenixeIos

We Greeks do not deny that Ven izelos is a big man." said Harry Greenwood, but we resented the ex- pulsion of our king and the refusal several times on the part of Venizelos to permit the holding of an election to decide what the nation did want. The longer that election was put off the worse it was for him, because the feel ing of the people was becoming strong CT and stronger.
 The rule of Venskelos was a hard and dictatorial one and that is what the Greeks resented. 1 agree with the editor of our Greek paper, the Atlantis, Polyzoides, who says: 'Yenizefos may have followed the secular foreign and nationalist policy of Hellenism with more success than his predecessors. but he killed Greek civil liberties as no Greek has ever dared to do; and that settled him for all time.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
NATURAL DEATH NOWADAYS

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 When an Obituary notice reports that a man dies of natural causes, it should also give the name of the "stick-up. man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
Currie a Live Member

"In the published lists of the newly elected officers of the Kiwanis Club said James L. Davidson, one of the wheel horses in the club, q notice that the name of W. A. Currie was omitted from the board of directors. T don't suppose the omission makes so much difference to Currie, but a list of the new board without his name is certainly incomplete. Currie is the old- est memper of the present board in point of service and his work for the club has been of such character that the members are glad to honor him for the part he has contributed toward
 making the club so successful in it's activities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
UNWEICOME VISITORS

Thrice welcome to my lord the sun
 Who dissipates the gloom And makes the flowers of the soul
 In fresher beauty bloom. When clouds obscure his shining fac
 And icy raindrops fall, A troop of pessimistic thoughts }
 Are almost sure to call. PAUL cooKa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
SECRET OF GENUS

To win success with tongue or pen The best plan seems to be, To say the old things Der again But say them differently.
 Boston Transcript To. win success upon the stage The best plan seems to be To make the sterm reformers rage By daring nudity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
Demand for Brick

T feel sure that the worst is over" said John W. Sibley. We makers of face brick see real slit in the clouds with light shining through it and we are going to follow it with head up. Mobile is going to build her first apartment house. Some enterprisins outsiders have come there, bought the property and financed the deal. Br- mingham's to furnish the 500,0 of face brick, The common brick may be gotten nearer home. With Mobile getting into the apartment house happen next. Inquiries for brick arc good and altogether the industry is in better form than in several months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
WORTH CULTIvArING

How rich is Mir. Grabcoin?" He must be quite wealthy" "Yes?"
 Several artists have told him he would make magnificient portrait study
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
MATERIAL IS PLENTIFUL

"This Englishman spent only one week in America. yet he thinks he knows enough about us to write book.
 Don't be too hard on him. Quite an entertaining volume might be written about the experiences of foreign visitor in America while trying to To- cate a drink"
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-14

Coles Hot Blast Heaters and
Ranges now at Peoples Coop. adv.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-14

yields. The dry land barley was bad
ly injured. All grain crops show up
better than last year because there
was little lack Of irrigation water this
season, while last season serious
shortage was rather general.
Potatoes show little change the
past month the high expectations OF
the early season being seemingly wen
grounded. The production in the
state is estimated az 3,246,O0O bushels
or 1876 per cent of last year. Sugar
beets also made satisfactory progress
the past month. The total out turn
will be the heaviest ever produced as
the acreage is largely increased and
growth has been very good
Apples promise a very fair crop OF
excellent quality. Picking was just
beginning the first of the month.
Beans are yielding better than aver
age but the acreage is still becoming
smaller. Tomatoes yielded well but
the acreage is smaller than usual SC
that production has slumped some
what below last year. Cabbages show
an excellent yield, 8 tons per acre
but the acreage, never very large, 1:
reported less than usual. Onions are
reported averaging go bushels pei
acre with an acreage 9 per cent less
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-14

than usual Grapes are yielding ex-
ceptlonally well and quality seems
good Pears proved better than ex-
pected.
Pastures and ranges are very good
over most of the state and late alfalfa
growth is producing a considerable
amount of feed Some will make a
light fourth cutting
Glover seed continues very promis-
ing with condition at harvest Of 9S
per cent Alfalfa seed yield is esti-
mated as 40 bushels per acre com.
pared with As bushels last year.
This was interpreted as meaning 12,-
900 acres with a production of $4,000
bushels OF seed last year and the
same Interpretation now indicates
10 800 acres and 77,42O bushels of
seed. AS little threshing has been
done this estimate is purely prelimin
airy.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-14
SERVICE NEEDS
MORE RANGERS

Ogden, Utah, October 10, 1920:-In
order to I'll vacancies in the ranger
force OF the Forest Service, the U. S.
Civil Service Commission announces
an open competitive examination for
forest ranger on October %. In
Idaho the examination will be
held at Boise, Burley, Challls,
Emmett, HALEY, Mccall, Mackay,
Montpelier. Pocatello, Salmon, st.
Anthony and Weiser, in Nevada at
Austin, Elko and Ely, in Utah at
Cedar City, Ephraim, Kanab, Logan,
Moab, Ogden, Provo, Richfleld, Salt
Lake City, Vernal and Widtsoe, and
In Wyoming at Jackson, Kemmerer,
and Pinedale Persons desiring TO
take the examination may secure ap-
plication form 1912 from the Civil
Service Commission, Washington. d.
c., from the Forest Supervisor at any
of the examination places above men
toned, or from the District Forester,
Ogden The Commission urges that
applicants secure this form immedi-
ately.
The work OF the forest ranger is
largely outdoors, In mountainous
torested regions, and the Forest Ser
vice Is particularly anxious to secure
men who like mountain work. are will
Ing to endure hardship II necessary,
and can take care OF themselves and
their saddle-horses in remote regions.
Applicants must be able-bodied, and
are required to pass a medical exami.
nation; and must be between the ages
OF twenty-one and forty years Per
sons entitled to preference because
OF military or naval service are re-
leased from age requirements. Rang
ers must be capable OF performing
such manual labor as fighting forest
fires, and building cabins, trails. and
telephone lines. They must have al
least common school education, and
know the rudiments OF compass sur
veying, timber scaling and estImat
ing, land laws. and the livestock in
dustry. A good fund OF common
sense and some experience IN kindred
lines OF work such as engineering OF
numbering, will materially help appli
cants
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-14
CHEERFUL WORDS
For Many a Lehl Household.

To have the pains and aches OF a
bad back refnoved-to be entirely free
from annoying, dangerous urinary dis
orders, is enough to make any kidney
sufferer grateful. The following advice
OF one who has suffered will prove
helpful to hundreds OF Lehi readers.
Mrs. Nettie McAffee, East Fifth
North ST., Lehi, says: Il have used
Doans Kidney Pills and so have
others OF my family and they have
always been good. Whenever my
kidneys have been out OF order and
sluggish and, when my back has been
lame and achy. have bought Doan's
Kidney pills at the Lehi Drug Store.
About a box has always put my kid.
neys in good shape, giving me fine
relief"
Price coo. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. McAffee had Foster-Milburn
Co, Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y. adv.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-14
OCTOBER 1sT CROP
REPORT FOR UTAH AND
THE UNITED STATES

U. 8. Department Of Agriculture
Bureau Of Crop Estimates.
Salt Lake City, Utah,
October 8, 1920.
Utah will produce 5,s44,0OO bushels
OF wheat this year or 266 per cent
more than last year. Spring wheat
this year yielded about 24.0 bushels
per acre compared with $40 bushels
last year. This increase is greater
than that shown by winter wheat due
to larger proportion of the crop
growing under irrigation. Less than
10 per cent OF winter wheat is irri-
gated while over 7S per cent OF spring
wheat is artifcially watered. The
unirrigated portion of the spring crop
probably will not average more than
10 bushels per acre as much of 1t was
a total failure.
Oats will probably average 42.0
bushels per acre. This crop is 81
per cent irrigated so was not as much
affected by the unfavorable effect of
the weather on the dry land portion.
Barley is n per cent irrigated and
this portion is making excellent
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-14
Fairfield items
BY Miss LaVetta Thomas.


Misses Ida Anderson, Winnie Hack
ing. June Berry, Messrs. Clarence and
owen Ault and e. ]. Peterson motor
ed to Fairfield Sunday.
Miss Minnie Clark is spending a
few days at Murray with her sister
Mrs. William l.. Cook
Mrs. W. II. Cook was Salt Lake
visitor the past week.
-
Mrs. Wallace Anderson Of Lehi,
spent Saturday and Sunday here
with relatives and friends.
Mrs. ]. s. Reid Of Provo, is visiting
with her daughter, Mrs. David A.
Berry.
Mrs. Lysander Berry and Mrs. o.
E. Hacking attended conference at
Salt Lake City, Sunday.
Florian Welcker was Salt Lake
visitor Wednesday and Thursday
Misses Avilda and Catherine Cook
motored to Lehi Saturday.
w. L. Berry and Eugene Strick-
land we're Salt Lake visitors Friday
Saturday and Sunday.
Beet digging in Fairfield com
menced Monday. Nearly everybody
is very busy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hyrum Cotton and
family are spending the week at salt
Lake City visiting Mr.. and Mrs. John
w. McMills.
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Coles Hot Blast Heaters and
Ranges now at Peoples Coop. adv.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-14
ADDITIONAL JURORS
ARE DRAWN

The following additional jurors
were drawn to serve In the Fourth
district court during the October
terms and reported for service yes
terday, the 18th day of October, at
10 o'clock a. M: John p. Mcclure,
Provo; p. H. Alfred Lehi; Russell
T. Homer, Provo Bench; James T.
Frans, American Fork; Joseph n.
Paxton, Springville; John ID. Wood
house, Lehi; Eli b. Hawkins, Ameri-
can Fork; James II. Barrett, Ameri-
can Fork; Peter f. Anderson, Provo;
George Boyd, American Fork; VIM.
E. Burraston, Goshen; George Il.
Burgess, Alpine; Samuel II. Cornaby,
Spanish Fork; Caleb Tanner, Provo;
Harry GRANGE, Pleasant View; Carl j.
Knudson, Provo Ether Carson,
Fairfield: Homas A. Davis, Provo
Bench; Joseph Armstrong, American
Fork; VIM. Thornton, American
Fork
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-14
BLESSED Is lie

yes" said the philanthropic doctor,
Il find more pleasure in giving than
in receiving"
II should think you would" gulped
the patient as he swallowed the medi-
cine with a wry face "The stun
cert'nly tastes like hell"
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-14
THE PLIGHT OF THE WORLD

"No more crackers, Efie. One is
enough"
Just one more, mother. My dolly's
starving"
Hocus-What is your favorite book
Pocus-My bank book; but even
that has been lacking in interest OF
late Woo boo.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-14

Nora-"Pshaw! I'm sure wen miss
the first act We've waited n good
many minutes for that mother Of
mine"
Milton, dmpatiently) - Hours !
should say"
Nora-"Ours? Oh Mllton!" she
cried, and laid her blushing cheek up
on his shirt front.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-14
HEAPEn UP

Our little cares will soon grow double
And multiply as sure as fate,
For when we're In peck OF trouble
We neer get cheated In the weight
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-08-26
GIRLS JUST NEED INITIATIVE
Then Industrial Welfare commissio
Saws They Win Excel Men

Brush up your initiative girls.
That's all you need to do to excel
the men as Industrial workers.
Many of the big employers Of the
state say that girls, when told what
to do and how to do 1T, perform the
labor much better than men. But
that they must be told how. The
fhen may not know how any better
than girls, but they go ahead and do
it. They use initiative.
The Industrial Welfare commits
sion Is now making survey Of hours
and wages of girls in the factories
Of the state. Forty towns have been
covered completely. Miss Bresette
and her office force will begin the
tabulation Of figures Immediately. 1t
will be several weeks, however, be-
fore results are finally known.
"Initiative is what the girls
need" said Miss Bresette. "And I
am not saying this In the way Of
criticism. But everywhere I 90 the
story Is the same. The. employers
brag on what good workers the girls
are when they are told how to do
things. But they are slow In picking
up the work without being shown"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-08-26
HOME AFTER IS YEARS
James Winters Visits His Parents
After Long Absence

Reading (Pa.) Eagle: To cele-
brate their Goth wedding anniversary
!. ands At -the same. .ltime greet their
con, whom they have not seen
in 35 years. was the happy exper-
ience Of Mr.. and Mrs. Christian r.
Winters of Centerport. The aged
couple did not recognize the visitor
when he stepped into their home and
he had to relate number Of his boy
hood stunts before they were con-
vinced that he was their son James,
who left here in the spring Of 1885
and homesteaded at Abilene, Kansas.
This was his first visit east in 35
years.
Mr.. Winters parents are 81 and SO
years old and both attribute their
good health and longevity to keeping
employed and taking care of their
bodies. He promises to visit them at
least once year during the remain
der Of their lives.
Mr.. Winters resides on his 160-
acre farm northeast Of Abilene and
with his good wife are enjoying the
fruits of their industry and frugality.
Mr.. Winters finds the east very back
ward in improvements, especially
municipal, but farmers Of the east
are buying modern machinery and
and doing good work. He
is expected home in a few weeks.