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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-28
FOR THE LUNCH BOX.

A tempting midday lunch means so
much to the little folks. How proudly
they open their baskets before their
school companions and how fine they
feel with these delicious sandwiches.
cocoanut ndwiches-Butter thin
slices Of bread, sprinkle generously with
shredded Cocoanut and sprinkle sugar
over the cOcoanut Cut sandwich cross
wise 1T Is easier to handle.
Apple Sandweh--Thin slices of raw
appie between the buttered bread. May
onrase can be used in addition to the
butter or In place of the butter. Nut
meats raisins seeded of course), pitted
dates. bananas (sliced thin and well
covered rs with apples to keep edges
from turning dark. can be used
To Wrap Them-Twenty- five creme
paper napkins can b" purchased At the
Decent store for 5 cents and are lovely
10 wrap the sandwiches In; used to clean
the hqrds and mouth afterward,
A half-pint milk bottle with a wide
mouth talso supply Of the pasteboard
cags), sterilized each dav. can be filled
from the family supply of milk and looks
so cute and tempting in the lunch bas-
ket
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-28
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Green lamps just installed at police
headquarters are said to have been or
dered q years ago. Must have been a
mail order.--Cleveland News.
President Gompers says he works IS
hours a day. At last people will begin
to understand his unpopularity with
some of his followers. -Charlesto
News and Courier.
A Columbia. S. c., sportsman sent a
wild turkey to President Wilson and
was fined $40 for killing the bird out of
season, Such a case calls for executive
clemency-Peoria Transcript.
The floating debt of the country, we
see by the papers, has been paid up.
Presumably by use of the sinking fund.
Greensboro Daily News.
The money in circulation totals S.,
$50, 1882, S66, or $3.50 per capita. We'd
like to become one of those per capita
fellows for just once in our life.-Syra-
Cuse Herald.
Mr. Hoover's studied Vagueness as to
his party affiliations will remind most
of us of that goat in the baggage car
that had chewed up his delivery tag
Worcester Telegram.
Denmark is putting in the most pow
erful wireless in the world. The next
time Doctor Cook comes along she'll
be able to check him up before she
hangs any flowers on him.-Syracuse
Herald
Tennessee announces the founding Of
a womans bank. We feel, however
that many women will continue to take
more stock in the stocking. Columbia
Record
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-28

party and a coalition of conservatives
and liberals The result can not be
safely predicted in advance, but IL is
significant that already the British
newspapers are INDUCING in speculation
concerning the makeup of the next
cabinet. This speculation generally
conceded the premiership to Arthur
Henderson, the labor leader"
Lansing's Resignation.
Secretary Lansing's resignation is
even more sensational than Mr.. Bryan's,
for in addition to the sudden retirement
itself there is the dramatic fact that
it was asked for in most bewildering
circumstances.
The charge of usurpation made by the
president against the secretary of state
Is without precedent in the history Of
the executive department, and the coun-
try will not rest satisfied with the
cryptic correspondence between Mr.
Wilson and Mr.. Lansing. There will
be general demand for a bill of par
ticulars to explain the presidents ex-
traordlnary action.-New York World
(Dem).
Although the break is sudden, 1t
comes as the elimination of older dis
agreements. The disclosure some
months ago of Mr.. Lansing's views con-
corning some aspects of the peace ne
gotiatiOns at Paris, very frankly ex-
his relations with his chief have not
been altogether harmonious The cor
respondence published this morning
fully reveals the long suspected dishar-
mony. The president had found the
secretary not always inclined to OBJ
serve his wishes and instructions; the
secretary had been panied by the scant
heed paid to his official counsels. That
state of affairs was sufficiently grave.
1t amply warranted the proffer Of or
the demand for, Mr.. Lansing's resigna-
ton
The immediate cause of the rupture
was not of that adequacy. 1t is OF
| course. true that the convoking of a
cabinet meeting and the ascertainment
of the views of department heads is a
presidential prerogative. But the presi-
| dent was ill., the business of the govern
| ment must go on Mr.. Lansing said
| that he summoned the members of the
cabinet in conference because such con-
| ferences were necessary for the trans
| action of interdepartment business; he
| tried to do his duty, and without
| thought of assuming powers exclusively
| belonging to the president, Has the
constitution suffered injury from the
| course he has pursued? Has the struc-
ture of the government been weakened
or impaired? We can not believe it.
The people of the country, we are
| confident, have felt all the more secure
| from the knowledge that affairs were
moving in their accustomed routine in
| Mr.. Wilson's Illness was measurably re-
lieved The public sympathy, we feel
sure, will be given to Mr.. Lansing in a
very considerable degree because of the
general conviction that in the circum-
stances Of the case the possible irregu-
larity of the method chosen for bring
| ing about cabinet conferences might
with great propriety have been over
looked by the president.-New York
| Times 0nd Dem).
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-28
BEING DIFFERENT

The unique the outstanding the successful is the ono
that does things differently.
Service" has be the wahword of business and
the quantity and quality OF service marks the dividing line
between and failure
One merchant adverses brand of cheap goods and his
competitor adverises another brand OF the goods at
higher figure and gets the business because he thinks add
that difference price than eliminated by the OTTER
ence in the quality OF service
The great industrial institutions converts to the theory
service They figured that trained and physicians
to care for the health of their employees good investment
and that the in production than make up for the
of maintaining the service
There service for another in the family there is
service for each other the orders there for
the employees the payroll establishments In
cases has been found that service cheaper than neglect
The kind OF service the world needs the service OF all
for all without thought OF return and without consd
Grafton of reward
There has been decided broadening the sympathy Of the
people caring the past years The awakened dormant
feelings and inspired the people to- rally to one another because
tragedy brought many of them very close together
We should suffer this spirit service OF good will aud
fellowship pass Of lives and be consigned to the scrap
heap of things might have maintained with profit but cast Oft
after the close OF the
The who would do his ncghbor an evil turn soon
becomes we'll known his community The who would
take advantage of his fellow trade establishes
reputation for himself with those who have dealings with him
The who seeks occasion do good turn is equally
we'll known He is pointed by many persons per
haps more, he is regarded as different.
The who does favor for his friend and for the
stranger who willing do much for anyone that passes
his way may think that he will escape the reward OF performing
the service secretly but there reward the inner conscience
that cannot be avoided,
in the long would as profitable to sit up nights
thinking way do a kindness can be done and
gotten away with before the whom il is done aware Of
il. it is to plan and scheme for unfair advantage:
What becomes OF the Boy Scouts when they grow up
How many of the odd Scouts live up to the creed the
juvenile order by doing good daily? 1t said be good
exercise the kind that will keep you young mind and body
and strong in moral fiber.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-28

suits Of this poison, or have been left
worthless and miserable, that one state,
several years ago, provided bonus
Tor eradication Of the plant This
worked very well and nearly a million
collars was distributed when the state
discovered some dishonest people were
planting loco weed in order to obtain
bonus for destroying it. That nut
a stop to the bonus plan. Loco is SO
generally recognized as a pest how
ever, that good deal of individual at
tenlion has been directed toward its
eradication.
Another plant which cattle get hold
OF with disastrous results Is the moun-
tain laurel The department of aeri-
culture has long list of tragic stories
showing that mountain laurel is not on
congenlal terms with the digestive sys-
tens of animals.
IOne rather unusual tale is that of
Ihne cows that ate laurel wreath
Which cemetery caretaker had thrown
NO their pasture. Evidently the cows
va no faith in signs, or they might
ftave known that laurel wreaths sug-
gested funerals, But that association
was NOT formed in the bovine mind
until too late.
In another case six Angora goats
in the Washington Geological park were
made very sick by eating sprays of
mountain laurel which visitors had
picked on the road and then thrown
into the goats Enclosure. This, con-
servation of material was not appreci-
ated by the keepers, and after a valu-
able monkey died from a similar cause,
the laws of the park We're amended to
prohibit mountain laurels inside the
gates
Mountain laurel does not kill so many
animals as the loco weeds because it
is not so prevalent where they are apt
l.,, rF,t4,
strength of its poison When eaten by
animals it is usually fatal.
After loco weed the plants respon-
sible for the greatest losses in live
stock are the larkspurs and death cam
us The danger of stock becoming
poisoned is less now than it once was,
partly due to greater familiarity with
! the sources and remedies of poisoning,
and partly to the fact that a great deal
Of the open range lands are taken up
| by farmers and inclosed for fields and
pastures. Then, too, live stock is more
| valuable and therefore better cared for
| than in the past.
Even with all these tendencies to
ward safety, the losses of stockmen
by poison are considerable. Colorado
estimates that its annual loss is 81 600, =
600 and this figure is undoubtedly
matched in other Western cattle states.
! It is impossible to quote any accurate
| figures, as no record Is kept of the
deaths of stock from this cause.
The department of agriculture l.
working all the time to lessen this
danger to animals. Every spring Dr.
! Marsh and his assistants leave their
office in Washington and set out for
! the mountains of Utah, where they
/ have an experiment station. They work
| there and among the stock farmers of
J the West until October. when winter
| IrVa then, hapty INa
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-28
DANGEROUS PRECEDENT

t. has been inmaed the utilities commission
grants the Memphis Street Railway company the right charge
7cent fare will be equivalent guaranteeing the company
per the investment fixed 81 S49 1t had
been thought that the reduction of the valuation from Sl50
when explained that $00O0O worth OF stock given
away would Scent fare yield reasonable and
that certainly 6cent fare would be adequate for all purposes
But find that the valuation decreases the OF interest
increases with the result that Memphis railway securities
may become the best investment of OF the public utilities
in the country The city bonds yield only from A per
cent and this ordinarily considered fair return The danger
Of the departure of the utilities commission is in making
ruling which in effect the guaranteeing fixed
the investment This return if the precedent established
will be maintained spite OF high OF operation negligence
necency and any other that contribute excessive
and diminished revenue being necessary only increase the
rate OF fare in order to maintain the average
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-28
Public Discussion
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To The News Scimitar.
You are a gem, A real sparkle are
you,
He who can say as much as you said
In your editorial under above head and
yet say as little deserves a crown. To
be able to say a thing and yet not say
1t Is Q talent few possess. But the talent
enabling one to not say what they really
do say beats them all Souls with but
single thought, hearts that beat as
one, and that one WILSON'S" defies all
description, makes one realize his own
inability to express his appreciation for
something magnifiCently done or said
and leaves him forever a debtor to the
person doing or saying it, | see the
light between the lines and heartily APP
prove the sentiment of disgust which
sickens every red blooded man In the
country, | am a life long Democrat,
but God deliver US from Wilson before
we actually perish Yours very truly,
JOHN II CALDWELL
Mammoth Spring, Ark.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-28
MONDAY, MARCH /, 1920.
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)

Copyright 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Mercury rules strongly for good today.
according to astrology Saturn and the
sun are mildly adverse.
1t is amost suspicious sign for pub
LEFTY and is read as denotng great ac-
tiVity among writer's.
The stars seem to indicate a merg-
ing of interests that unite the business
and editorial branches of periodicals
aid newspapers.
1t is sway most promising for mes
sages and should be beneficial for dip
lomatic negotiations.
At this time malefic influences may
be strong for the king of England the
sun being affected by Jupiter and near
the conjunction of Mars.
Political chaos is foreshadowed for
the next few weeks and many men may
find their stars of destiny treacherous
Losses in public funds through fraud
or forgery are foretold and there may
be much discussion regarding wasteful-
ness
This is read as an unpromising day
for those who would seek positions or
would better their status.
Since the ingress of the winter quar-
ter took place in the seventh house,
tie foreign relations Of the United
States should be more and more salts
factory,
Saturn today threatens prolonga-
ton of bad weather. Seismic disasters
are Indicated
Switzerland and the West Indies may
have a period of great depression,
Again race troubles seem to be indi-
Gated. and the seers counsel the prac-
pf -
hood.
Pulmonary diseases win FOCUS the at
tention of physicians during the later
months of this year
Fires in theaters or places Of amuse-
mcnt seem to be presaged by the stars,
Persons whose birthdate it is have
the augu-y Of a busy year with travel
| and change.
! Children born on his day are likely
to be quick and sensitive. They should
be also extremely lucky.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-28
90 NNINl9 t9I'IdsE(D9(s1s9ISVNs tQ2Is0N1
THE HOUSING PROBLEM.

o The News ScimItar

To The News Scimitar;
As | mention you in this letter ad-
dressed to the president OF the Nine
teenth Century club, | thought it proper
that YOU should have copy Of the let
ter.
Mrs X. l., Jordan:
My Dear Madam; A recent editorial
in The News Scimitar in regard to the
high cost Of building and referring par
UCuiarly to lumber, etc, II occurred to
me to raise a question that might be of
some interest to the ladies of the Nine
teenth Century club.
Now, while lumber and other building
material is high we can see no relief
under present conditions and only a
panic would cause a large downward
tendency.
A large part of the cost Of building
now is that of labor, aud the labor
people are demanding continually short
cr hours and increased wages and at
the same time asking why the products
of the farm are not decreased in price.
The only way in which the farm prod
ucts could be made lower would be thai
the farmer work II hours day In order
that the working man might have
cheaper food, but the point | wish par
ticulary to make il this: The bank
clerk and other men In like positions are
between the upper and neither mill
stone, the labor union on the one part
and the prOfiteor on the other.
Now | will get down to the gist Of
what | intended to have You mention
to the ladies' and 1t is this That a
number Of our people who a few years
ago could build and occupy handsome
homes will no longer he able to do so,
and in order to house the present and
coming population OF Memphis II will
be necessary for these people to double
up. that is 10 say, many of them are
now Occupying eight and nine-room
houses and they must abandon a little
false pride and make many OF them
irtn arartwcuts Some are doing this
already and many others should do SO,
as number Of these families only con-
ST. of husband. wife and one child.
You will. If course, see that | am
not writing in the interest OF the lum-
hor business. hut stating a few facts
for your consideration | can see no
lower uriocs in the near futur" Very
resDeCttulN, J 7. JORpAN.
Note Recausc NJ the wisdom ~ his
advice and the weight to which his
ounion Is entitled we take the nrivi-
lcEy N reproducing Mr. Jordan's letter
I'm 10" h"Nof that good may result from
publicity. Ed
The diameter Of the largest Rsteroid
is supposed not to exceed $50 miles.
These panctoids number more than 2So
and new ones are constantly being dis
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-28
uODOCH0DC FOR THE
llOl\OOOOl l. COMING DAY
STARS INCLINE
DON'T COMPEL
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 90, 1920.
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate

copyright, lH2G, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
This is day of special promise to
mortals, according to astrology Venus
rules strongly for good and Mercury
upholds the benefic sway. while Mars
alone is adverse
1t Is a rule under which love affairs
should flourish for It makes for sus-
ccptbility and romance.
Weddings and engagements have the
most. promising rule, since prosperity
is forecast as well as constancy and
devotion.
Women have the best sort of guidance
from the stars as they are posted
during this CCnfiguration and the year
should bring them many of their hearts
best desires.
Letters written during this aspect of
Mercury are held to be most fortunate,
whether they carry love messages or
merely bear business contracts
The theater should benefit greatly
from the planetary government which
seems to indicate that women Will do
much to improve conditions on the
stage.
There is an suspicious sign for hotels
and restaurants which win profit great
" through some novel eXpedient that
becomes fashionable.
Much travelling is prognosticated for
women, who will organize from coast
to coast, thus beginning to attain new
power in the business world.
Patience is counseled by the seers
at this time. for they forewarn that
women will be impetuous and daring
in big enterprises, owing to the influ-
cnce of Uranus which controls the psy-
chic faculty,
Rest and relaxation will be impera-
tive during the early spring days when
peculiar dangers Turk in fatigue and eX-
haustion
Astrologers predict many strange in
ventions that win greatly alter the
everyday life of Americans. one OF
these will be as epochal as the tele-
phone, it Is prognosticated.
Persons whose birthdate II Is have
| the forecast of an active. prosperous
year. Money and property will prob
| ably increase,
| Children born on this day are likely
10 be exceedingly talented and clever
| These subjects of Pisces are generally
! very popular and they progress rapidly
In any profession they adopt
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-28
SUSPICIOUS.

Say" said the irate visitor, you had
something about me in your paper that
has Gotta he corrected"
IF the item was wrong" the editor
smoothly replied I'VE shall cheerfully
do as Won request"
II told one of your reporters I saw a
beautiful Goldfinch perching on a twig
just outside of my bedroom"
"Well---"
And when the item came out in the
paper 1t read goldfish
THAT isn't so bad"
oh isn't it, though? Well, ever since
1t was in the paper friends of mine
have been hanging around our house
thinking l have private supply Of
something to drink in my cellar"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-28

a surprise to many
politicians IN View
of the fact tuat
Mrs. fahbank has
been lattd AS Il
progressive Rcpub-
uCan. IN 1912 when
the Bull Moose par
~ had Ruosryel, as
its CandlGatr Mrs.
fairhank was chali.-
man OF the woman \
finance committee.
She supported the
party actively until
its demise. directing
the collecting OF
funds and the or
gaization OF woman
workers When the
party blew zip she
spurned the oiu he
-. a. -. =. Ia ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-28
WHO'S WHO
IN THE DAYS NEWS

Mrs Kellogg Farhank, nationally
known as suffragIst, has been ap-
pointed "A member 81 the executive
committee Of the Democratic national
cou,., l'f,.o The appointment came as
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-28

The information that Joe Bailey bartender may be
interesting but nearly effective his candidacy for
of Texas the that he OF them
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-28

publican party and joined the ranks OF
the Democrats She Is an author and
II playwright and is very pupuiar in
social circles in Chicago, her home city.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-28
Daily Editorial Digest

SHIS column is designed to reproduce without
~ bias the latest comment by the leading news
papers and periodicals on the questions of the day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-05-25
SEAT SALES FOR TAFT
LECTURE ARE STARTED

The ticket sale for the lyceum lee
ture by William Howard Taft started
with a rush today. High school and
grade students are hot on the trail of
everyone who has no ticket to hear the
former president, when he speaks at
Happy Canyon next Tuesday night.
The lecture constitutes the last num-
Der of the high school lyceum course
and holders of season tickets will be
admitted without extra charge.
1t is planned to have a reception for
Mr.. Taft after his lecture, giving Pen
dletonians a chance to see the great
man personally. The fact that he
comes as a lyceum lecturer and not as
politician is an interesting feature of
his visit.
Other places are reported to be
charging $3.50 and $500 admission to
the lecture but the price for adults
here will he only $3.50 student tick
cts are as cents. Those on the high
school sales force are; Evalyn Davis.
Irva Dale. Iyda Mcdonald and Nor
borne Berkeley. Others may be add
cd. Grade statesmen have not been
chosen.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-05-25
STATION
AT HERM|STON SOON
TO Be DISCONTINUED
Lack of Support From Federal
and State Funds Caused by
Congress Disagreement is
Held Responsible.

The government experiment station.
located at Hermiston for over 10
years. is to be discontinued June 30.
because of lack of funds, according
to orders from the federal govern
ment.
The support for the station is from
federal and state funds. the federal
funds being derived from the western
irrigation and experiment station
funds. These funds, because of a dis
agreement among members of a con-
ference committee in congress as to
the size of the appropriation. have de-
creased to such an extent that three
stations must be closed, and the Herr
miston station is one. Oregon has en-
tered a plea for more funds but Sem
ator McNary says there is little hope
that the request will be granted.
The station, which is under the
management of Harold x. Dean, has
done much to aid the farmers of the
Experiments are carried on
and new methods used. Umatilla
county farmers are expressing great
regret that the station is to be discon-
tinued.