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The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-08-05
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ST. and Mrs. Quincy FORSTER. ,
~ Eohr anf Mrs Ella Bird visited
81 8h0shou~ Fails SUNDAY
Nf and Mrs q Cafder. MI
a1i Mrs. q T. Rather. Mr. and Mrs.
& A kFohn. Mrs. n = hafnhaFt.
Miss Merle Davis and hf ana Mrs
Ffank Hltehis attended the funeral
~ Vera MAJ. iyraf old daughter Or
NJ and Mrs Lloyd Nicholson. which
eas held "Wednesday "a z ~ from
fta Brothren church ln Tuip faiis-
Nf and Mrs Leonard snria1n are
rnasis 81 tbs Ffank Richie home.
ia. Ivan Lincoln and children
ana Nisa Ruby Lineoln returned
home FRIDAY from = weeks outing IN
ffs mountains
M and Ms r l.arahe spent
from Saturday 10 Tuesday win feih
ri4es nnar Jerome Mr.. LaNAhes
ilttis afsfsr accompanies them home
club met wfth Mrs Dale chsp
u4n Wednesday afternoon Those
psasanf were Mrs Hube Eberaolc,
Airs Dave Hieh. Afs. John jarvis.
tlfs Jesse Bordrn 81 FLORENCE. Afi'
11na. Mfa VIII Lincoln. Mrs, y, l..
Dudley and mother The neat meet
inK wlIl DO ~iih Mrs. John jarvis.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A. krOhn and
Mrs. 81 y. Barnhart spent Sunday
az The hone 81 Mr.. and Mrs. W A.
claudia. near Twin Falls.
Wf and Mrs. Ffank hltchia aud
Gus and NJ and Mrs Leonard Snel-
SON sefe dinner guests Al the Dave
Hleh home SUNDAY.
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Nra Emma Miller Of Roberts.
Idaho. sas q dinner guest ~ the
b kaihflslsch home sunday,
Nsa Mary Auaser has returned
o. 70 Sampa where abe had been
iinE relatives,
Harvey shank gays a farewell
party At his home FRIDAY efehins "
( nor ~ iaaar Me. Nho soon etp0ets
al leave Tor Canada. fOurteen
galnx people snJoJed the evening
ira nrasisY uaa q dinuaf Eues.
5 lsy AZ the Tom Fafey home.
nfs. Emma Miller 81 Roberta,
ggshs. sbsaf aandas evening a. the
Ffe.i kaibfioiaeh home
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-08-05

VIZ
DON'T CARE
There IL entirely too much Of the
don't care" rpirif In this country.
and ID Is leading as psriiouziy close
10 The shoals Of disaster.
Just nov se are being repeatedly
told that there Is 70 be serious
sh0rtaFs n food this winter. Bu,
The warning falls ON deaf ears. We
80 right along Ia our earesr Of en-.
tragasant waste without thought OF
shat the future may bring
We don't care
Again 40 are warned that thsfs
Niii not be enough coal sboys xfoand
10 keep the people sarm until ncs.
sDrins. We hear. bat 80 DO not
need We DO not insist that meas
area be taken 10 Increase the output
4nd insure ita distribution.
We don't care.
There IL . dlsaatrou. shortage OF
rail transportation and the business
World h crippled thereby. Ss~spA-
pefs tell us thousands and thousands
~ loaded freight cars standing on
for days and weeks ~
time In order that profitssrinx spee-
uistors may Increase their unGodfJ
gains. We know u. but vs soon for
xet u.
We don't care.
8lnee tho influx Of enormous sums
u foreign gold into this country -
. result Of the war We as people
have plunged Into an orgy OF profit
gate spending that 10 appalling IN liz
fasininlty.
The habit OF thrift which 80 have
cultivated since the founding OF this
fepublie has almost disappeared. The
average man no longer feels the wis
ION or necessity OF outstanding his
.asiass when such action would do
ggiye him OF few temporary pleas
Irrs. We know that such . course
. but counting future trouble or dis-
sstsr. Hut today We are prosperous
iappy. care free. and
We dCn't care.
Ne see the hand OF fate pointing 10
he preeipiee OF Indifference. stsxna-
Ton ana ultimate dlsintogrstion. We
iear tho warning roar OF the storm
isadsd our way. We hear the voice
II wisdom calling upon US 10 halt IN
,ur mad pace before II II too late.
ut
We know that II Is an avoidsble
tate OF affairs. and that day OF stern
reckoning must surely come. but
Oh. we'll. who earssf
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-08-05
NEBRASKA MAJ coon PROSPECT

Al Mckinley. Who makes period
le trips 20 Omaha With sheep ship
meats. says that - Nebraska corn
crop never looked better That sec
fi1n Has received a sufficient amount
~ raia 20 give assurance OF abundant
harvest lie nays that the monthly
shipment az Ella million pounds OF
cold stofa.e mutton. which 10 impnftr
- FROM Ns~ Zealand. ~ having It's
telling effects on the markets.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-08-05

Donald. the s-year-oid son o. MI,
and Mrs. l.. X. Musssr, vas seriously
injured Monday afternoon. when be
siarf9d an electric washing machine
on the back porch Of the Ausser
home and ia some manner got his
arm into the ~Kinser. The arm vas
drawn Ia the machine above the 81
bow, and II was feared for . time
that Il would be necessary 70 smpa-
fats. However. circulation has boen
restored. and ills thought there sfii
lie NO serious fs.aIts. lie wss Inn
nsdlately taken 10 q Twin Falls hos
pltal. ~nsrs the Injured member vas
cared Tor.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-08-05

Ladiss' georgotts waists and silk
underwear. special prices. Costel-
los. Buhi---adv
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-08-05
MANY NEW TIES

We have a new shipment of
Ties, including Bows, Reversi-
bles and Four-in-Hands. Many
new patterns and priced low.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-08-05
KETTLES. DISHES

Binding Irvine. per pound
Potato Sacks, each ........-.....
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-08-05

BARGAIN IN USED PIANo-s226.
Costello Music House. Bull.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-21

Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow, over
whelmingly superior as it was to the
German High Seas Fleet, submarines
single handed were cutting the Al
lied communication so completely
that England was facing starvation!
Thus for four years-if not longer
the vital Importance Of submarines
should have been known to the Navy
Department, and yet it has failed to
supply the navy with single up-to-
date U-boat! The responsibility for
this astounding neglect is with the
Administration.
1t is admitted that a modern navy
must operate not upon one but upon
three planes. After eight years this
Administration continues to demand
hundreds Of millions for the surface
feet alone, despite the fact that this
fleet is unprotected from attack from
above and from below. Our navy as
whole is, therefore, one-plane af-
fair, as weak in the elements of at
tack as it is in the elements of self
defense.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-21
Defective Submarines

In his official confession to the
Naval Committee Of the House Mr.
Daniels supplies us with proof that
our submarine forces are fatally de-
fectlve. This condition is as aston
IshinC as it is inexcusable.
Admiral Grant, in his recent testi-
mony on the conduct Of the war, told
Of the unseaworthiness and weak
ness Of our submarines in 1916 and
Of his vain efforts to arouse the
Navy Department or the General
Board to intelligent action. Like all
other elements Of preparedness, to
call attention tn the matter the Ad-
ministration regarded impudcnt.
Confirming Mr.. Danels's tardy ac-
acknowledgement, there have been an
official reports that not one Of our
submarines built or building is
even approximately up to the stand
ard Of the u~boats used by the Ger
mans in the World War.
In April, 1917, Admiral Sims and
tke late Ambassador Page told the
Navy Department that the Germans
were winning the war by the use
of submarines alone. Despite tho
New-York tribune., 1920-12-21
place his name on the white stripes Of

place his name on the white stripes Of
Old Glory.
The man st the toy is responsible
for the actions of his suhordinates and
his caliber is usually to be Judged by
the conduct OF those under him, and
that any recruiting officer would dare
TO commit a sacrilege like this without
feeling that it would be in harmony
with the wishes of his chief is incon-
ceivable, and trust tina, the people
Of this country when this outrage is
called to their attention, will raise
their voices in protest at such dis
graceful procedure and compel the re-
moval of the incompetent who is now
at the head of the War Department and
who tolerates such indecencies.
REGINALD H. SAYRE.
New York, Dec 1S, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-21
The Best Peace Insurance

The highly inspiring response on
Sunday afternoon in the Metropoli~
tan Opera House to the appeal of
Mr.. Hoover and his associates for
, funds to save the destitute children
of central and southeastern Europe
is fitting beginning to the nation
wide effort to raise $33,0OO,000 for
the relief work which has been un-
dertaken.
When dire human want raises sup
plicaIIng hands let US thank God
that America is still America and
remembers no enemy. If there is
an American spirit which it is good
to foster and which constitutes the
true glory Of the nation, it is the
generous one that recognizes the
mandate to give anywhere and
everywhere when there is need. We
have been accused of being a senti-
mental people; let US rejoice over the
accusation if sentiment keeps our
hearts soft and our pockets open.
During the last twenty-five months
we have talked much of peace and
how to lay its foundations. One can
'"'oo cine no firmer basis than a con-
spicuous demonstration that when q
CO. comes 20 ana and lift up Amer
ica springs to help. We speak of
insurance against war. Can bet
ter policy be written than by apply
ing Christianity? 1t will not be
easy when the 100000 children
that we would succor reach mans
estate to confuse them into thinking
America is their enemy. The sureit
way to get rid of the burden of
armaments is to remove the likeli-
hood of weapons being used against
us. Leagues and agreements are
well enough, but the Hoover fund
and things like it are worth more
than all the documents and formal
treaties Of amity.
So give to the Hoover fund not
only to satisfy the claims of pity.
not only to enlarge your own soul, but
also because probably for every dol
lar given, you and yours will be able
to keep a hundred hat else would
go for ships and cannon.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-21
Terminals and Motor Trucks

"A fair and full trial for the mo-
tor truck in terminal service" is the
subject of an editorial in The Engi-
neering News Record. 1t points out
that the 100,O00,O00 tons Of less
than-carload freight passing through
the terminals are not only slowly
moved but absorb an inordinate
share Of the railroads gross revenue.
In Cincinnati there has been devel-
oped a system of interchange by en-
ploying motor trucks with demount-
able bodies, which has resulted in
striking economies and speed in load
ing and unloading freight cars. With
this demonstration OF successful
service it Is believed the time has
come 70 connect the motor truck
with existing terminal plants. en-
gineers,' says The News Record
"have directed their attention for
increasing terminal capacity to elab-
crate and costly Improvement. Is it
not their duty as practical econo-
mists to avoid these tremendous
costs and first develop to the utmost
method that promises large results
with little capital outlay?"
A fuller recognition by the rail
roads of the Importance of the motor
truck as an adjunct, and not a com
petitor, would help railway income.
There is fear among railways that
the advent Of the motor truck i'm
plies loss of business to the rail
ways. But such loss does not
necessarily follow. There is ac-
acknowledgement Of this in the remarks
of Colonel Charles D. Hinc and E.
+. Williamson before the Federal
Highway Council transportation
committees recently and in the ad-
dress Of Daniel Willard before the
Mechanical Engineers last week.
They concede the motor truck may
financially strengthen the railway
carriers by creating feeding lines.
In terminal operation it seems pos
sible to improve the service without
adding to the plant. The suggestion
Of The Engineering News-Record
seems extremely timely in this re-
gard. A system that has proved its
efficacy in Cincinnati, large ship
ping point, ought to be applicable
elsewhere.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-21
Tammany Responsible

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I have been reader Of your
very good newspaper for many years,
and like it because it has always been
very liberal and progressive. say
this as regular Republican.
The time has come, 1t seems to me.
TOR your paper to take permanent
stand against the corruption going on
in New York City. 1t is apparent that
the city has been turned over to the
criminal element to loot and plunder
The people have lost confidence in the
District Attorneys office and the Po-
lice Department. Crime is rising high
er and higher every day. The Hylan
administ tration has fallen down. Il
has been ignorant and ompetent.
The District Attorneys office has fallen
down, The Police Department has
fallen down. All due, in q very large
measure, to their domination by the
corrupt influences in Tammany Hall
Things arc worse now than during the
balmy days of Van Wyck and Croker
Lille and property are no longer safe.
If tho newspapers that are free from
Tammany's corrupt Influences do not
help the Law abiding citizens, can see
very clearly that something will be
done by these law-abidng citizens to
protect themselves. Z. G. CARTER.
New York. Dec. II, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-21
MIR. Wilson in Washing on

Mr.. Wilson's decision TO live on in
Washington after March does VIC
lence to come precedents, but it will
seem the sensible and proper thing
TO the general American public, that
likes its eX-Prosidents and wishes
better advantage could be taken of
their experience and talents.
As writer Mr.. Wilson has a
world Of activity before him. His
material is largely in the form Of
official documents on file in Wash
ington. Only by living there can he
have convenient access to this. A
public prejudice that demanded his
complete withdrawal from the scene
would be silly and highly unfair.
AS matter of fact, American sen
siment wishes there was some way to
make public use Of ex- Presidents.
Proposals to have them become Sen
ators for life has met much popular
support. Of course this is impossible.
except by the unanimous consent Of
the states, because of the unamend-
a3le provision of the Constitution
that all states should have equal rep
reservation in the Senate. But the
fact that the proposal is regularly
made is significant.
Whatever is or is not done however,
to provide fitting status for our
ex-Presidents, there will be cordial
approval here and now for Presi-
dent Wilson's making his home in
Washington as long as residence
there meets his needs. AS an Amer
lean private citizen he will possess
an interchangeable right to choose
his domicile and to exercise such in.
( auence as his fellow citizens in their
individual capacities wish to accor(
to him.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-21
The Haytian Findings

The marines in Hayti have been
cleared Of the charge Of killing
natives 'indiscriminately." Such a
charge was out Of harmony with the
record Of the Marine Corps, with its
high reputation for discipline and
self-control. American soldiers yield
y passion and fcrocity only under
the most exceptional circumstances.
The Naval Board Of Inquiry finds
that only two "unjustifable honi-
cides" were committed and that only
sixteen other serious acts Of violence
'v@re chargeablc to the marine per
sonnel. In al these cases the Of
tenders we're tried by courts martial
and convicted. As the occuration
has extended over more than four
years, this showing is creditable
rather than the reverse, considering
The trying character Of the service.
President Dartiguenave has said
that ne has no complaint to make
against the military occupation and
hopes that it viii continue. The
oetter native elements seem 10 be
fissatisfed chiefly with tho civil ad-
rniniatration, which IL regarded by
them AZ unsynpa thetic and nagginQ.
Recently the salaries OF the Pregi-
dent and other officials we're held up
~ . means of forcing assent To a
New-York tribune., 1920-12-21
The Salvation Army Girl
New York, Dec. 18, 1920.
} The Editor of The Tribune.

To The Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Under the caption "Tender
Tympana' find the man unprincip!ed
enough to condemn the lassies who
stand on the principal thoroughfares
throughout the city, in all kinds of
weather, for the benefit of the poor,
the Salvation Army girls" They use
tiny bell at this season to attract
passersby. and because Of this method
Of at'aining results he states that il
is unnecessary noise added to our al
ready noisy city.
When our soldiers needed nourish
ment and a CHEEKY word on the battle
fields, these brave women went out to
them under shell fire to comfort them.
They were II owe complaining about
the shrek and din of battle. What is
the t,nkling of bell compared to
noisy battle?
Perhaps if he were one of the desti-
tute orphans to benefit by these col
lections he would undoubtedly think
differently. My advice to him is to
try to eliminate his crouch, not the
noise. O. f FITZpATprCE
New York. Dec. Is, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-21
The Regulation Of Automobile

10 the Editor of the Tribune.
Sir: The efforts Of most estimable ner-
sons toward regulations of automo-
biles would be humorous if thew were
not so nearly tragic If His Honor
the Mayor really wants to do some
thing toward the regulation of auto
mobiles and The death toll they are
taking so regularly would it not be
Wise tor him to regulate the garage?
Ii New York had a police ordinance
that forced the garage owner, whether
the garage were a stora-e or service
garage, to turn in the number and
identification of every car that is in
his garage, unless the owner of that
CAL were able 70 present evidence that
that car had been reported within a
month to the police, and if it were nee
CESAR for the garage men to turn in
certificate of the mechanical condi-
slon of each car housed in his garage
II would do away with the necessi-,, :,
for the present inanc police inspec-
tion and it would do away with the jov-
riding by chauireurs and other unau-
thorized persons.
A time clock system Of the entrance
and leaving Of each car from the ga
rage. with penalty for the garage
owner if that time clock system were
not enforced, with q subsequent re-
port each month to the owner of the
storage and used time of that car,
would do away with the indiscriminate
running that so many privately owned
cars at present arc used for.
1t seems to me that on this basis
some sort of more intelligent handling
Of motor cars in New York City could
be developed. r., NJ. VANDv 1T.
New York, Dec. 70, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-21
The Pmitans

On December p, 1920, three hun
dred years ago this day, the May
flower came to anchor off Plymouth,
and the Pilgrims waited in the
storm and wet for chance to 90
ashore.
In honor Of this arrival, an event
destined to have large effects in this
and ether lands, many things in
the way of eulogy and others IN
the way of dispara cement are this
week being said and done. On the
one hand, VIC have the painting Of
pictures Of superhuman v.rtue, and,
on the other, caricatures that pre-
sent the founders Of the new state
as about the meanest of man
kind. For it is the fate of the Puri
tan to be judged with no detached
or impartial spirit. Few are neu-
trail in thought or word concerning
him. He is much admired or much
detested.
AT present the greater volubilitv
seel ith the admiring. We
do pretend to have kept COM
pl' cord, but our eye has fallen
on least a thousand recallings Of
the case Of the sea captain who was
hned III Boston for kissing his wife
in public on his return from =
perilous voyage.
A close second come indignant
references to Salem witchcraft and
toasts to the Pilgrim Mothers as
herolnes because compelled to live
with the Pilgrim Fathers. The story
OF the exile Of Anne Hutchinson and
OF the persecution Of the Quakers is
rctold with zest. The ancient widow
who usually sat in a convenient
place with a little birchen rod in
her hand and kept little children in
great awe from disturbing the con-
grcgation" is drawn out of her OBJ
scurity. Likewise, the ordinances
against whalebone in bodices and
rings in cars. Likewise the Joy ex
pressed by Jonathan Edwards over
the place to which the ungodly went
in after life. Then there is the
pitiful tale Of the woman who, be-
ing convinced that she had no hopc
Of salvation, drowned her child be-
fore it was baptized to be sure she
would have It's company. One
gathers that The sun never shone
and no one ever smiled in the Puli-
tan land as il lay oppressed under
pail Of indigo.
The laws that interfere with the
dispensation Of beverages is laid to
surviving Puritan influences, and
the defense that the first factox,
building In Plymouth was a brewe}A
New-York tribune., 1920-12-21

and that the Puritans may be said
to have invented rum are ignored.
The "blue law" scare is 80 diffused
that there is not time to be fair or
accurate. So great is the determ'-
nation to convict Calvinism that in
many circles it is scarcely safe to
mention that when John Knox visited
John Calvin at Geneva the one John
found the other John playing at
bowls on Sunday afternoon. So
the legend grows that the forebears
of New England were an impossible
folk.
One can imagine the men of the
shovelcrowncd hat, if they could
hear all the present clatter, relax
ing their supposed rigidity of coun-
tenance and smiling a little at it.
1t is true they tried to regulate
with exactness, but when in the
flesh they sadly realized they did
not much succeed.
The Hebrew prophets did not
have harder time in keeping
the Israelites from relapsing into
Canaanitish ways than did the cleri-
cal rulers of Massachusetts in pre-
serving the purity Of their focl1s.
New England, which first firmly
established democratic government,
invented representative government
in the modern sense and adopted the
principle of popular education, de-
serves some praise from mankind,
but not on the ground that the
Puritanism Of the books or of scat
tered Incidents was ever dominant
in its life.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-21
ruling Of the American fiscal con-

ruling Of the American fiscal con-
troller.
The occupation, at first forcible
one, has been sanctioned by treaty
which, many Haytians believe, was
imposed on the Haytian Congress
against its will. The treaty runs
for ten years and may be extended
for ten years more at the option Of
either signatory. We may stay in
Haytl for fifteen years. What the
country wants to know is whether
the treaty is being lived up to by
our civil representatives as we'll as
by the occupying forces. To make
the intervention tolerable it should
be pursued in full accord with the
compact and show results beneficial
to both Hayti and to the United
States.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-21
An Open Letter to Mr.. Hoover
To the Editor Of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: While it is heart-rcnding to
know that any children should be in a
starving condition, cannot under
stand why it is incumbent upon the
American people to supply the funds for
food for German children SO long as
the Hohenzollern family have millions
OF marks, according to recent news
paper accounts. We are told that the
former German Emperor has sixty SER
wants in his household and that his in
come Is sufficiently large to enable him
to enjoy much luxury. We have also
been Informed that the German nobility
and those Germans who made huge
profits during the war are able to pay
large sums for food and are patrons
OF expensive restaurants, of the thea
ters and of other places Of amusement
Under these circumstances I cannot but
feel that it Is the duty Of the German
people to feed their own children and
1t is our first duty to see that our own
chi dren and the children Of our allies
who were attacked by the Germans are
fed and housed MAUD NATHAN.
New York, Dec. II, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-21
The Prohtccrs' Paradise
CF'rom The PhsiodcipJio rnouarsy)

TFTom Tho Ph.lodclphid TnQWrer)
The trouble with the readustmcnt
OF business on sane basis Is that the
conscicnceless rascals who benefited
most from outrageous profltcering
tipped away with the game and left
the real business man holding the
bag. II IL this chan Yho, to a large
extent, will suffer the loss, and the
Encouraging feature of the situation
Is that spineless Department Of JUS
ticc has made it impossible to put
the irresponsible shoestrng worker in
a position where he will have to dis
gorge.