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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
WOMAN'S EXTRAVAGANCE

From the Brooklyn Eagle NH HANTHIPPE was hurrying out to M\ look Nat a procession and couldn't find her mantle Socrates said, Take mine" Xanthippe refused. Then the philosopher exclaimed: "In that case
 to see but to be seen" The epigram is inn mortal It is recalled by our modern philosopher, Chauncey Mitchell Depew
 declaration that Women wear fine clothes because the men like to see them You know none of us care to see a woman in homespun.'
 Age revels in generalizations. Depew
 is s7. Our guess is that he can never theless remember the time that he cared
 to see a pretty girl in homespun, and never figured how much her dress had cost. Yet between youth and age great gulf is fixed.
 "Girls. clothes" declares the retired statesman in a significant interview, ''are they always dressed up to their means. The0responsibility if responsibility you
 can call it, is about equally divided be- tween the men and the women. If they do wear silks and other costly things,
 that helps industry and is a good thing" The argument might be elaborated. Her bert Spencer says that al laltruism re- quires an equal amount of egoism on | which to exert itself How could fathers | and husbands ever develop their all truism. ever acquire to the full the habit
 of unselishness and sacrifice. so desirable i in fathers and husbands, if daughters
 and wives were to take different course? They never could. They never
 would. And since it is more blessed
 to give than to receive. they have the | better end of the game.
 Incidentally, Depew is a cynic on the feminine initiative generally. He boldly asserts that nine-tenths of the married women will vote as their husbands tell
 them. He has to admir- that the single wcmen will vote as they please. But epr-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
Ford's Path of Success
 Brings But Faint Praise

r HENRY FORD,, although one of JIJl the most successful men in America, has been accorded more faint praise than has fallen to many men of his generation accomplishing as much as he has done.
 There are persons who claim that the Dodges made him. If that be the case, one naturally inquires why the Dodges did not make themselves a little greater than their creation.
 He has been charged with being the "shrewdest advertiser in America as if that proved him lacking in some other quality of greatness. Why not accord him this tribute without reser- vation if he deserves it?
 A New York banker said Ford was foolish in lowering prices on a dull market. MT. Ford's answer is this {: Better to stop the cancellations and the overhead expense when may than wait till I must"
 When he announced his $5 minimum wage several years ago, many con servative business men held their breath in amazement. Ford got the pick of workers and an efficiency sys- tenn eliminated the man who did not earn the $5.
 It is dangerous for ones reputation to do something out of the ordinary. It's success proves nothing to the masses who insist on following the beaten path.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
Modern Church Called
 a "Middle-Class Club"

TT is apparently much easier to say 1 ll what is the matter with the church than to suggest remedy. In a paper written by Jesse H. Holmes,
 president of the National Federation
 of Religious Liberals and professor of
 the history of religion and philosophy
 at Swarthmore College, the statement is made that the church of today has
 little meaning and no real message.
 Its Junction." Professor Holmes declares, "has shrunk to that of social club for middle-class people of comfortable incomes, in which it teaches mildly middle-class personal
 morality and feebly asserts certain
 medieval theological formulas which it does not understand and is not real ly interested in. Yet the Christian church" says Professor Holmes, Eff there can be said to be such a thing, is the only world-nation, and if it can be aroused to it's real meaning, it still is the hope of the world''
 It does not require a very ob-erv- ant person to see that in America there is little of the deeply religious spirit. That sermons have become perfunctory and attendance at church an empty observance which is often evaded for the pursuit of pleasure is apparent in most of the larger cities. This may CT may not be the fault of the churches, but when a nation loses interest in spiritual things, it is only through the churches that this interest can be revived. What should be done and how it should be done, are ques- tions that now concern every relieious body in America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
DESERT TOURING, A NEW SPOKT

From the New York Herald.
 A\ the geological survey. entitled.
 Water Supply Paper 4s0-A," studying its maps, route directions and illustrations, the reader is inclined to think that tourists eager for a new sport may venture on a motor run across what the report characterizes as "the hottest and most arid area" of the southeast California desert. not because there is no other way of reaching an objective, but because of the adventur4 of travelling 100 miles across the most dangerous desert stretch on the conti- nent
 The report-it is really guide gives the results of surveys, road map ping, water hole marking and guide posting of the region, the first selected for work designed to include all or the desert trails of California and Ari- zona. Many means of travel are now safely used in the region covered by the guide; prospectors still hold faith in their burros, the cowboy travels from water to water on his horse, motor trucks cross with supplies for mining camps. automobiles carry mine owners, and although foot travel is unusual, casual laborers travel the desert from one valley to another on foot
 It is well to remember that safety as annIied to desert travel is used in a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
HARDING SCRAPS LEAGUE

and Borah indicated a change of front.
 Now comes the Des Moines address. clear ing up all doubt. Yesterday at the Iowa capital Senator Harding was an irrecon- cilatle, whatever he may proclaim him. self elsewhere today or hereafter.
 It remains now for hundreds of thou- sands of republican friends of the League
 of Nations to decide whether they are first republicans and then believers in the
 league, or believers in the league first and republicans afterward. On their de- cision should rest the question whether they will vote for Senator Harding or Governor Cox for President next month. If this be the final decision of the re- favor staying out" if, to his mind, fantastic association of nations" is preferable to an organized, going, effec- tive League of Nations, it would be the
 last word in inconsistency for one like
 William H. Taft longer to support him.
 The senator bids defiance to very large faction of his party. He joins in person the senatorial cabal that swore to de-
 stroy the work of the VersailieS confer
 cree before that work had been taken
 form and which from that day to this
 has lost no opportunity to mako par
 tisan capital by maligning Amerca's
 representative at the conference
 So far as MT. Harding has tho power
 to do so. he has -scrapped'' the Leagna of Nations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
From the Argonaut.

From the Argonaut
 WN HHILE books of reference will
 ing of money was by Pheidon king of Argos. in s95 B. C., it must not be supposed that there had not existed a keen appreciation of the value and uses of money for centuries previous to the introduction of coinage. The an cient Egyptians had a gold and silver standard of currency and their money was in the form of gold and silver or naments, rings and nuggets, the value of which depended upon weight. The Greeks improved upon this by marking the weight upon the gold and the silver nuggets, soi that it would not , be necessary to weigh them at every place. Next came the gold, silver, and copper nuggets of graded uniform sizes and value. After that there was the molding and stamping of disks made from the precious metals.
 Some of the first coins were enor- nous, the idea apparently being to dis courage the greedy from attempting to accumulate and carry around too many of them. There were copper coins as large as dinner plates. This inconveni- ent style had to give way to the demand for smaller and more convenient forms of currency, and the giant pennies soon dwindled in size to meet the popular demand.
 The earliest trace of the use of gold as unneY is tn be fnund in the pictures
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
Race Suicide" and
 the Housing Shortage

TACNIG an increase in rent nearly Il twice as much as she used to pay, a Philadelphia mother appealed to the legal aid bureau of the depart ment of welfare, stating that she and other tenants are raising Americans for America, but have no place to put
 .-.a..
 Her petition found instant favor. It was forwarded to the Philadelphia adjustment commission for an imme- diate investigation. Whatever was done in behalf of this woman and her neighbors it is to be hoped that in at least one case the rapacity of land lords was checked.
 The objection to children has be- come a national scandal. They are not wanted in apartment houses. Couples who have ch2dren and can not afford to buy home are at the mercy of property owners. Their op- portunities to move when rents are raised to exorbitant figunes are limi- ted. A man and his wife might con- tEive to shift for themselves in one small room, but that is out of the question when they have several chil- dren. They must make the best of a bad situation.
 There is an increasing tendency in America to'keep down the birthrate. The trace suicide" against which Theo- dore Roosevelt preached is revealed in the latest census figures. Children are not desired by some people be- cause of the expense and trouble of rearing them. Others who want to sraise Americans for America" are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
WHO sCRAPPED THE LEAGUE.

From the New York World.
 | Senator Hardings most conspicuous 1 infirmity is strikingly illustrated by | this reference to the manner in which the treaty was disposed of in the Sem | ate:
 l T and others set about to protect the country with the best safeguarding res- | could consent to anything like ratifica- l tion And afterward the President scrapped his own League and refused to permit the Senate to ratify."
 What T and others actually did is plainly set forth in the record. For
 months q and others" urged and voted for amendments and reservations to the treaty which they knew would make ratification impossible and which if &C., cepted would invalidate the agreement. 'I and others loaded the covenant down in this fashion with the knowl-
 edge that all of the no-League repub- llicans who voted for the reservations,
 and most of the democrats, would op-
 pose the treaty as thus mutilated Rejection was finally accomplished, 49 to S5, the majority lacking seven of the required two thirds. Of those fa- voring ratification twenty eight were republicans and twenty-on one Hemocra ts.
 most of the latter yielding to what they
 considered the only terms on which the League could be had. Of those in op- position twenty three were democrats
 and twelve republicans, the latter com prising the wrecking crew with whom T and others" co-operated loyalty in ripping the covenant so that it really satisfied nobody. This is how T and others were defeated by tho President.
 who refused to permit the Senate to
 raj tify."-
 There never was an honest purpose
 on the part of republican senators to ac-
 cept the treaty. The irreconcilables
 made no secret of their hostility, but 1T
 and others" led by MT. Lodge arrived
 at the same goal by indirection. What
 T and others" voted for was not the
 treaty. It was document plotted all
 over with cowardice, treachery and falsehood. The democrats who reluc-
 tantly favored it evidently believed, as
 no republican did, that. even so, some good might come from it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
Splendid Cooperation

The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company is to be congratulated on their splendid cooperation and the excellent service that they rendered in carrying the crowds to and from the fairgrounds,' Dr. J. s. Moffat said yes terday. Persons wanting to go either to or from the grounds were kept wait ing a very short time and most of the time car was always ready.
 This was valuable asset in making the fair a success. Few people want to take that long ride if they have to stand in crowded street car to get there, and then wait an hour to catch one coming back, but the efficient way in which the company handled the crowds would not leave room for complaint by the most dyspeptic grouch."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
COINS OF MANY METALS

of the ancient Egyptians weighing 3n metals. But there is no actual record that these rings were known as coins with fixed value.
 Iron, according to Aristotle, was onco extensively employed as currency Lead has also served as money--in fact, it still does in Burma. Copper has been
 more widely employed as money than
 either of the two last mentioned metals. The Hebrew coins were composed chief ly of it, while down to 26s B. c. the sole Roman coinage was an alloy of copper. Tin money was once used in England. probably on account of the rich tin
 mines in Cornwall. Early English coin ages contained much of this tin money. principally in the form of farthings and half-pence.
 Silver formed the basis for the early Greek coins, and was used in Rome first in ass B. c. Mediaeval money was first composed of silver.
 The Swiss people were the first to date their coinage. They introduced the
 dated coin 400 years ago and the style
 was adopted in all countries in very short time.
 The coin of the smallest value ever issued is the mite" so-called. such as the widow of the Bimle contributed to
 the poor. It's shape was hexagonal, and it's value about one-fiftieth of a cent. It would take 5000 mites to make one A r, n dollar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11

deterred by the hostile attitude of apartment house landlords and owners of residential property.
 The heartless landlord cares little for what reduced birth rate may mean to the country, but the unpop- ularjty of the stork is viewed with grave concern by everyone who is in- terested in the natural increase of population without depending on a steady influx of immigrants from the Old World, many of them of doubtful value as citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11

rlculture or trucking Tn a state Ike ours, for here pasture is abundant and stock thrives in high degree. All the staple crops yield great har- vests and market facilities are far better now than ever before.
 Under improved conditions, the scale of prices for farm land ad- vances materially. Agricultural land that can be bought this year for $50 an acre will easily sell for S75 a year or two hence, and for $1O0 with in the next ten years. Settlers that have tried it, especially those who have located within thirty or forty miles of Birmingham, will bear out the assertion that investments such as those referred to almost invariably prove profitable.
 Now is the time for an active movement in Alabama to secure homeseekers by thousands.
 As the humorist of the Washington Star points out bootleggers no longer wear boots As matter of fact they are heavy purchasers of silk shirts and motor car now and then
 < * x
 Birmingham was dazzled Saturday by bevy of beauteous movie stars who gave evidence of being pampered creatures !. # #
 Who will be the next misguided repub- lican to try conclusions with Dr. wilson7 2
 New traffic laws for Birmingham will not safeguard hapless pedestrians unless some way is found to make the reckless motorist take them seriously # T. George Greet has gone to Mexico Just before leaving Washington he dined with the President What do you make of that, Watson? In turning his back on the League Of Nations. Senator Harding snubs three- lquarters of the world * a. # The theatres are still open in soviet Russia, but it must be hard to enjoy grand opera on an empty stomach. E F E The lemon profiteer has made his bow to the public. He shows a pronounced yellow streak
 It is estimated that the American peo- pie are swindled out of $500, 0OoO year. By tn" way, the Spanish prisoner" is still dcing business # # :. A man was arrested in New York the other day for barking like dog. For tunately tnere IS no law againSt crow ing.
 x # x The democratic administration is blamed for nearly everything except the recent earthquakes in California and the base ball scandal
 # # ;.
 Tom Watson's opinion of the Atlanta it in his own paper.
 x 4 <. A New York reporter who came south to find out how we "hot-headed south erners" would prevent women from reg isterng, should by all means be invited to attend a badger fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
MIR. MUNsEY CARvns HIS BABY

.
 MIR. MUNsEY CARyEs HIS BABY From the New York Tribune.
 It would be poorer world that held ? Sun, with its own peculiar javerins of light to jingle the retinas of readers. There is bound to be apprehension among old faithfuls of the Dana tradi- tion at MT. Munsey's announcement of the carving of his Sun and Herald into it's component twins and the death for all time of the old morning Sun. But MT. Munsey has shown his wis com before. and why not again now? A job for a Solomon. yes For the new Herald to come must unmistak ably be assigned to the tribe of Bennett and the task will be somehow to transfuse the old Sun blood into the new Sun oG the evening and satisfy a jealous an1 knowing army of critics.
 ~ Can the natural prestige of . moG0e ing paper as a leader of opinion and . definer of news be shifted to an even- ing paper? That he may succeed in his daring endeavor and that the light of the old Sun may lose nothing by be- coming setting instead of rising rays, will be the hope of every one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
WONDERS NEVER CEASE

From the Minneapolis Journal. \
 Speaking of landlords who are also human beings, an alderman in Wood stock, Canada, has built twenty five houses, accepts only tenants with six or more children and knocks off a months rent for every new baby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
' NO VOID
From the Philadelphia Inuuir

From the Philadelphia Inquirer. "The football hero steps into the ach ing void left by departing baseball."- Birmingham ge-Herald. Unfortunately expressed, as we un- derstand the situation. Departing base
 ball has left an ache, it's true but we would scarcely refer to it as a void"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
NO SURRENDER.

William Watson in the London Times. Stand fast at last. weary Nation, 'Gainst Inward foes that plot thy fall. Etand flrm--for that way lies salvation.
 And no way else at all. Or yield-and be yet harder smitten.s Yield-and then find twas worse than
 vain!
 iield-and still yield; and in fair Britain
 Let some foul Lenin reign. Nay, yield no more. O weary Nation, Weary, but proud and mighty stiIu In thine own hands is thy salvation,
 Thy Fatesin thine own will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
.NOTHING TO WEAR,
From the Arkansas Gazette.

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 If Coolidge really hasn't bought a suit in eighteen months and didn't pay but $40 for his present one, it is easy to understand why he is not touring the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
A MORNING PRAYER

A MORNING PRAYER
 v.,a me not into temptation, but. God. if in my wilfuiness l walk therein. grant that | may not fall' md if | fall, lift me to my feet ana love me and forgive. Amen.--M' $. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
EVIDENCE ALL IN

From the DetrOlt NeWs.
 While prisoner charged with selling old eggs was on trial in Kansas City one of the eggs dropped to the floor of the courtroom, taking the case from the jury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
Likes His Home Town

w. P. G. Harding, governor of the federal reserve bank has not forgotten Birmingham. Speaking of the sub treasury, whose functions the federal reserve branch here will take on, he said T am glad, indeed. to be able to make this announcement on the occa- sion of my visit home. No matter how long l am away and no matter how sell dom l get back to Birmingham it is always home to me. It will always give me great pleasure to do anything I can for my home town or to bring it to any kind of cheering news.
 The subtreasuries have been abol- ished so far as name is concerned but their functions remain and in their ex- ercise by the federal reserve branch here, Birmingham's ambition of fifteen yeaS standing is gratified. So am l."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
Lighten the Toll

"The Delco Light System. for use on farms, at display at the State Fair last week, was one of the most inter- esting things that I saw" said Frank I.edbetter. Had they had an electric lighting system equal to that twenty years ago l would never have left the farm Farming conditions must be ideal where one can tighten the toll and the drudgery be removed by the installation of so complete an electric system.
 The reason so many boys have gone to the cities is because the parents have not tried to tighten their work by adding modern methods to the farm plant. When this idea becomes gen. eral over the country there will be no need of back to the farm move ment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11

pends on pranetal influences. Even with
 men politics is often a matter of heredtty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11

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No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11

Glory is like n circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge tse'' Till, by broad spreading, it disperse ''
 nOught.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-08-03
u. S. RETAINS WORLDS
YACHTING SUPREMACY

Sandy Hook, July 28.-The Amer
ica's cup stays in America. This was
decided shortly before shutdown yes
terday when the American defender,
Resolute, captured the 1920 regatta,
three to two, by defeating Sir Thomas
Lipton's Shamrock ~. in the final
race.
The defender outsailed the green
sloop decisively, boat for boat, in the
last contest Of a tempestuous series
the closest and most hard fought In
the history of the precious trophy
crossing the line at 1852 unofficial
time), only about rs minutes before
expiration of the six-hour time limit.
Indeed, the last half of the race was
race Of the defender against time,
with the fate of the contest resting on
the wind, for the challenger was about
one mile astern when the American
sloop flashed over the line.
"We all did our best-skipper, de-
signer and crew-and we have been
beaten fair and square," said Sir
Thomas.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-08-03
NOTICE OF ISSUE OF ATTACHMENT

In the District Court of the Eighth
Judicial District of the State of
Idaho. in and for the County of
Boundary.
Harry b. Kinnear, doing business un-
der the firm name and style of Kin
near Hardware Company, Plaintiff,
VS.. Bethlehem Gold Mine Company
Ltd, Corporation, Defendant.
State of Idaho, County of Boundary
SIS.
Notice is hereby given that an at
tachment issued out of the District
Court of the Eighth Judicial District
of the State of Idaho, in and for the
County of Boundary, in the above en-
titled action, on the 10th day of July,
1920. against the property Of the de-
PENDANT Bethlehem Gold Mine Com
pany, Ltd, Corporation.
Dated this 10th day of July. 1920.
]. B. BRODY,
(SEAL) Clerk of the District Court.
Clerk of the District Court.
Dollie Bruce, Deputy Clerk.
july20aug9-3t
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-08-03
E. r. HENDERSON,
Probate Judge.

'ottum & Wilson, attorneys for Plain
tiff, residence and p o. address,
Bonners Ferry, Idaho. jly6-ag10-6t