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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
Don't Get Caught Shy

". Arthur Burgin. sales manager for
 the Standard Motor Company, says the
 prospects for business for the coming
 year were never better. "We have been most agreeably sur
 prised by the insstent demand for big
 cars. One of our big cars. the Vest
 colt. has been in constant demand and
 we have had no trouble whatever in
 placing this high class car on the mar
 ket here.
 cellent business. the number of peo- pie buying cars augurs well for the coming good roads bond issue. From all can gather there Is no doubt that handsome majority and from what I hear from other sections of the state the same sentiment prevails. "The one dang& all of us who are interested in the development of the state should most carefully guard against is the belief that so many Of l the other fellows are going to do the voting that there will be no need for us to take the trouble.
 'It is most earnestly to be desired | that every car owner and every other voter qualify, register, pay their poll l tax and attend to everything that is | necessary in order to be ready to vote when the election is held"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
Attempt to Prof1teer
 Charged to Undertakers

M GRUESOME statement has z A been made before the United States Senate that undertakers and others are trying to profit by the re- moval of Americas dead from France.
 T do not know whether or not the charge is true," Senator Thomas of Colorado declared, "but it is in line with number of circumstances that developed since the close of the war, showing there is sort of an organi- zation that is designed to derive profit from the plan of returning the bodies."
 Ther" is a strong movement in America among relatives of dead sol diers to have their bodies brought back and it is not surprising if cer- tain persons have seen the opportu- nifty to commercialiye the grief of be- reaved families. It is~a sordid busi- ness. Anyone can understand and sympathize with the feelings of those who lost sons, husbands and brothers in the war and wish to have the re- mains brought back and inferred in American soil, where loving hands may tend the graves. Yet, the heroes who sleep in France are not neg lected. Their graves are tenderly cared for and in great national cemetery will always be assured of the plcper attention.
 Apart from the difficulty, the ex- pease, the international complica- tions and the reopening of old wounds that would result, it seems better that our dead be left to sleep undis- turbed in the soil made sacred by their blood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18

Grady sent me over to Alabama to try to find Rube Burrows. the noted out law, and get an interview with him, and scoop the Birmingham Age-Herald, which was then owned by Frank oBrien and w P. Pinckard
 Grady patted me on the back and told me I would do the greatest piece of newspaper work of the period if I would get to Rube Burrows and have a talk and interview with him.
 To make a long story short, I was with the posse which chased him through Blount county. and week thereafter I followed him over into Lamar county, and. with the assistance of John Bank head, the present-day senator, who gave me letters to his father, Allan Burrows, finally caught up with Rube Burrows at a little place then called Gattman. Miss, just across the Alabama line. there talked with him and spent two hours with him and his nephew. Bur rows had little to say, but the nephew talked at length in his presence. The nephew was very proud of him. I put it all together and made a very readable. full-page story in the Atlanta Constitution the following Sunday.
 Of course the then Age-Herald called it fake. But it was a fact.
 Grady was delighted with the story. and from that day until the day of his death the boys upon the staff of the Constitution would always accuse me of being Grady's pet He was introductory the most lovable and enthusiastic and encouraging man ever at the head of great newspaper.
 # # x
 Grady was & when he died. Frank Munsey is an older man-perhaps O. more dignified than Grady, but a man of genius, and I predict that the New York Herald will again become the great newspaper of this country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
THE WORLD ALMANAC FOR 1920

The 1920 edition of the World Al manac contains great deal of in- formation in form that makes it in- stantlv available. The book has become indispensable in practically all news- paper offices. In the latest edition much space is naturally devoted to the war, including the peace treaty and the League of Nations. about which so many people are misinformed.
 There are statistics covering strikes and motor laws. sporting records. ship ping. war activities of various organ nations and political data. In fact. almost every conceivable. topic is treated.
 As convenient encyclopedia O. knowledge. the kind of informa ton the average person wants. the World Almanac has no superior. In fact, it is now regarded as standard work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
AN ACADEMIC DISCUSSION

From the Philadelphia Inquirer,
 Figuring out reasonable cost for clothing man. New Yorks flair prize committee" tan academic body as we understand it, which theorizes on econ omy without becoming vulgarly practi- can has specified the following: "Su.,, s22.S5; hat. 8 45; overcoat, sl9.S5: shoes, s5.9i; socks. 24 cents. and underwear s1.s s7.' It doesn't tell you where to gst 'em, of course. As we remarked paren- theticaily. this is merely '.an academic body which theorizes on economy, with out becoming vulgarly practical
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
THE DRAGONS TEETH
Sv Clinton Scollard.

By Clinton Scollard- When Jason into Colchis sailed
 In Argonautic days of old, To find, where many men had failed. The fair and fabled Fleece of Gold. His was a spirit stanch and boid A breast where valor glowed beneath; He came, so is the story told, Where had been sown the Dragons teeth Before his eyes he saw unveiled
 A forward field that wide outrolled. Whence rose, in furnished armor mailed A band with bodies evil souled:
 Alert they leaped from out the mould3 Their cruel swords they drew from
 sheath,
 A mad red menace manifold, This offspring of the Dragons teeth. And had he faltered. had he quailed.
 For him had been no honors scrolied; But at a sign the spawn assailed
 Each other~with vengeance cold;
 They slashed and slew till fold on fold They lay, as lies tne crumpled wreath;
 For them, that night, no requiem toseo, sThe red blood of the Dragons teeth. ENVOY Friend.. ih these lines you may behold
 A warning that the years beaueath: Beware. lest all things be controlled By hosts of the red Dragons teeth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
Will Urge Display
 of Birmingham Products

TN his annual report, which will be U submitted to the Birmingham Tariff Bureau in a few days, Secre- tarv-Treasurer O. L. Bum will again urge the erection of building in which to house exhibits of Birming- ham products. Mir. Bum has re- ferred to this subject in previous reports and in interviews published in the daily newspapers of the city.
 There is no doubt but an exhibit of Birmingham made products would be attractive to the home folks and visitors alike and it might result in bringing new industries to Birming- ham.
 It is doubtful if there is person in Birmingham who could call, off hand. the various articles made in the city, and ability to name half of them would be no mean feat. Ac- cording to latest statistics over eleven hundred different articles are made lin Birmingham ranging all the way from dentists burrs to engines, and they go to all parts of the United States and many foreign countries. Such an exhibit as could be col llected here with small effort and no great expense would be a revelation to the home folks themselves, and would demonstrate in concrete form the accomplishment of this, the youngest industrial city and the larg- est one, in the south.
 Birmingham has many things to show and showing them as suggested by MT. Bum would contribute large. Ily to the education of the citizens ir the way of industrial development.
 * < x
 1 One reason why Alabama is a bacS. ward state is the attitude of such mer as a well-known politician who said
 Why should I take an interest in the good roads campaign: The good roads people are not doing anything for my candidacy"
 * * x
 i Five men tried to hold up a retired army sergeant near Camp Knox. Ky. who had had 90 years experience as a regular" When the smoke cleared away the five men were standing disarmed with five pairs of hands raised. x E x
 The evidence thus far would indicate that Captain Detzer rather enjoyed him. self atsLe Mans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
Means Better school.

"The passing of the three-min school tax in District 5-A was good thing for the people in the community" stated pr, N A. Baker yesterday This is the fourteenth district in the county to vote favorably on the tax and l think it can be confidently stated that the other two will soon fall in line with the districts that already enjoy the benefits that are accruing from this tax. IL means better school buildings and better facilities in the communities and should be supported by all the citizens in the respective districts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
Invest in Life Insurance
 and Prepare for the Future
TT oMoRRoW is Life Insurance

TIT OMORROW is Life Insurance
 \ Day" in the national Thrift Week." January IF to "A.
 It would seem unnecessary to point out the advantages of an investment that everyone should make as mat ter of course, just as man pays his taxes, builds home, looks forward to the education of his children and in other ways performs the duties of citizen and head of family. Yet, a huge army of salesmen are em- ployed, who literally work night and day, to sell something that should . sell itself.
 If it were universal practice in this country to carry life insurance policy, it would not be necessary to say another word about thrift. The campaign for teaching the nation how to save and provide for the fu- ture could be abandoned instan.er. The number of women left without means to support themselves and their children would be reduced to a minimum. Men who are forced to all kinds of extremities when overtaken by sudden misfortune and unexpected expense would be assured that no matter what happened, there was a life insurance policy, an absolutely safe investment, which can be used
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18

scape gardener to improve the grounds of your country home"
 50 was,' replied Mir. Grabcon, but I changed my mind after discussing the matter with Mrs. Grabcoin She said the mans services would cost as much as a trip to Europe. It behooves everybody nowadays to practice thrift
 That's true. So you didn't hire him?'
 ''No. We are going to take the trip to Europe"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18

WltH i've tSSS was 6uiity VI 'i~~A>--o foolish remark or suggestion. l dare say we all have been guilty of doing this on occasions
 If you dig deep enough itno the soil in which homely sayings or proverbs are rooted you will find that all of them had foundation in the daily experience of life. Take for instance, "Oh, he is doing an egg dance,' to show forth one who was attempting a most risky thing, and it was born out of the fact that in the egg dance, which at one time was a custom in several countries, the perform CT was blndfolded. and required to do a number of intricate steps among a lot of eggs placed in figures.
 But the most curious to me of all the quips about eggs is the one, ''To take egs for money in the sense of allowing oneself to be imposed upon Originated at a time when. they were so plentiful as not to have any value.l Shakespeare who
 
 time or other to put his knowledge in a play in Winters Tale, says:
 Leon. mine honest friend, will you take eggs for money? Man. No, my lord, I'll fight
 In an old play, one of the characters remarks, 70 rogue. rogue, I shall have eggs for my money; I must suicide. ? At h1 for seif-destruction. for if he had lot of eggs he could live handsomely.
 Speaking of the price of eggs, in cu- rious roll of the expenses of the house. hold of Edward I. in the thirteenth cen tury. and communicated to the Society of Antiquares. 1895. is ,ne following item in the accounts: -Four hundred and a half of eggs, IS pence" I would bring this to the attention of the fair-price commission if thought it would lower | the present exorbitant rate at which they are selling: but I fear they would plead the statue of limitations on me and throw me bodily out of court. | But back to my text. Great is the | mystery of the egg for MT. Solentist
 start if you piease with blastoderm and
 work up, for this you can do: but so fal nc one has been able to Illuminate eiie lthing back of cell which gave it life. dc not wonder. then that the ancicpts 1 stood awed in the presence of the egg IT
 tha anciAnt Greek cosmogony. the a2bers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
THE MYSTERY OF THE EGG--By Frank Willis Barnett

hate to puncture popular idea, but egg-laying is not to provide nutritious food for the breakfast table. or to be used in the art of cookery in a hundred or more ways, or even to be used in the arts and industries
 The egg is for reproduction It is the beginning and the end of the cycle of life. This being true, it is hard to rorego the temptation to spring the old ques- ton, hoary with age, which still puzzles the scientists, as to which came first, the chick or the egg?
 No less a parsonage than the Hon. William Jennings Bryan, in one of his speeches, while paying tribute to the fruit of the hen as a source of mans nourishment, yet says, While the egg is the most universal of foods and it's uses date from the beginning. but what is more mysterious than the esg?'
 
 Yes sir-re-bob, I am willing to stand with him on this platform and to stnl agree with him that we can eat eggs. but we cannot explain an egg" This being true, it will pay us to consider it rot merely from the standpoint of breakfast food. but from all sides, and when a thing is an ovaf it means it's rather difficult task.
 
 It was Thomas Wentworth Higginsdn. the New England author. who visited us , few years back when the education board held it's session here, who in Out Door Papers rises to remark: T think 1 that If required. I should risk my fate on a birds egg" This is high praise in deed which he showers on eggs l The proverb, AS sure as eggs Git is always quoted in this ungrammatical form. is corruption according to Dr. De Morgan of the logicians announce ment of identity. 'sX is K" Then there is another old saying, From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step. from X 1 to eggs hardly so much;' but so far as I am concerned the last quotation is "dud" I much better understand the meaning of "oh. he is bad egg or AS full of meat as an egg
 ] I do not know who started the express sion, ITO put all of ones eggs into one basket" but it is eminently fit to nave found a place in the Poor Richard Al manac of Benjamin Franklin. that shrewd old colonial American whox homey say
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
THEIRS POSITION.

FATHERS POSITION. Don't you like to hear the wind whis- ting around the house. father?' T don't care about it particularly. daughter"
 "oh, pshawr'
 But, as between hearing the wind whistle and that fat-headed young Dub son honking his automobile horn for you to come out, I'd infinitely prefer the wind"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
IN THE LIME LIGHT

From the Louisville Courier-Jolirn
 The MT. Eastman who gave away sl1.- ooo,oo surreptitiously is discovered and is almost as widely known as Max or Monk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
HE GOT THE JOB

From the Home Sector.
 The colonel of coIored regiment in France charged the adjutant with se- lecting a suitable soldier to serve as orderly at his billet The adjutant combed the command for the proper man and finally found one who had been an elevator boy in hotel, smiling. grac- icus darky. neat and respectful
 When the man reported the colonel inn pressed upon him the necessity for tact
 Do you know just what I mean by tact?9 he asked.
 Was, sah. Wen it comes to tao Tse right on de spot Why, cunnel, jes' las week I went into the bathhouse near mah billet an foun' one of de madam selles there. I jest stepped back an says, Parson. monsieur' Now eff dat warn't tac', den I do know what is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
NOT NOWADAYS.

NUT NOW ADAlo- Here's question that was hardly worth answering"
 What is it?"
 s'The editor of an information column tells an anxious inquirer that bootleg pers do not as a rule wear boots."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
LIGHT UP. BROTHER,

of the sky with it's contents, segmented at tie surface of the earth, was SUD- posed to be or likened to an egg in the process of incubation.
 
 Eggs were held by the Egyptians as a sacred emblem of the renovation of man after the deluge. according to Hutchinson, and the Jews adopted it to suit the cir of their departure from the land of Egypt. Greeks and Romans looked on the egg as the symbol of the universe. the work of the supreme Divinity. If you are fond of mystery and looking for the mysterious, all you will have to do is to contemplate the egg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18

BEGINNING THE DAY - God grant that I shall not trifle with my aspirations. Save me from playing with my emotions. If dream let me execute. if l feel let me act. Deliver me from the pa raiysis and death which visit the soul when high emotions do not register themselves in good deeds. In Chrisf's name. Amen.--H. NJ. F..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18

Now, until l ran across it recently, never knew that a person who came In with five eggs" was guilty of making foolish remark or suggestion. dare say we all have been guilty of doing this on occasions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
MEANS TO AN END.
A,ej53,asA.

MEANS TO AN END. That guest who just arrived brought his golf sticks along with him.. Well, what do you infer from that?" He must be a man of means and leis- ure'
 Wrong on both counts. He's one of the hardest working salesmen you ever saw and transacts tremendous amount of business while playing golf with cap tains of industry"
 BADLY MISTAKEN church choir. "Yes?'' "The soprano got up to sing solo and the congregation thought she was trying to do the 'shimmy'
 "Impossbie!
 "Of course it was She was hurried home and a physician pronounced it one of the most violent chills he had ever seen"
 LIGHT UP, BROTHER! sDo you realize that smoking will shorten your hfe?" asked the reformer I've never thought about it in that way" said the comfortable old gentle man as he lovingly caressed the bowl of his briar But I'm sure it shortens my day. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18

Well, God give them wisdom that have it; and those that arc fools. let them use their talents.
 Twelfth Night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES

A STRICT DISCIPLINARIAN. We really don't know much about you, Noske; But shouldn't care, forsooth, to flout you, Noslle. They say you are an iron man" And built upon the Prussian plan, A leading clansman of tn clan
 Noske. And while wet do not call you friend. Noske, And don't know how your rule will end, Noske, We like the methods you pursue Tn dealing with rabid crew. That much, at least. we praise in you. Noske You tolerate no foolishness.
 Noske; You get results, we must confess.
 Noske. When red mobs on rampage go You do not argue thus and so, You fill them full of lead and woe.
 Noske.
 PRUDENT DECISION. Have you Dibb's tonic?" "No,' replied the druggist but we have Dubb's tonic. It's even better-guar- anteed td cure lumbago. weak back, house maids knee, corns, bunons and the flu
 Excuse me- I don't want any of it'' Why not?'' That tonic's entirely too versatile
 
 VERY THRIFTY. "You were talking of engaging a land-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18

Remittances can be- made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald VIII rot be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address
 THE AGE HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
PRUDENT DECISION.

"You were talklng of engaging a land-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-02-05
BISSELL CREEK

.Born--to Mr.. and Mrs. John Soran
Saturday, Jan. 81, an eight pound
baby boy. He has been named Frank.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warner Head and
Thelma have been confined to their
bed with influenza
Mrs. Ida Howard is home from
Caldwell, and is staying at the Robert
Howard home.
A bunch Of young people chariva-
ried Mr.. and Mrs. E. o. Bosteder last
Wednesday evening.
G.. Hurley of New Plymouth visit
ed It the Thos. Stone home one day
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edible Hylton of New
Plymouth have rented the Robert
Howard ranch for this, year and Rob
ert Howard and family will move to
Smiths Prairie.
johnson Craig went to Portland
last Friday with three carloads Of beef
cattle.
Mrs. Ben Howard and Mrs. Edible
Hylton spent Thursday with their sis
ter Mrs. Ival Hawkins.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-02-05
BRAMWELL

This is seven days Of dark, foggy
weather We can not remember .
time when such has occurred in the
last ten years in Idaho. Give us q
day Of sunshine.
DR.. Reynolds had the misfortune
to upset his car while driving in the
fog Monday evening. He had crossed
the sleigh bridge near the Wander
dasson schoolhouse and as he neared
the first culvert beyond, someway in
making the turn, the car went over
into the ditch. Luckily the car was
not damaged to any extent and the
doctor was able to proceed on his
way
Frank Newman and family accom-
panied by George Lucht and Arlene
Wells visited at the Elmer Newman
home near Emmett Sunday.
George Sprague and family drove
to the Deer Flat country last Thurs
day where they visited until Saturday
with their former neighbors, the J.
F, Allen family Mr.. Aliens folks
left here three years ago and have
prospered IN their new home. Doris
and Wilfred are attending high school
in Nampa this year.
f. F. Wells and family and Mrs.
Anderson greatly enjoyed a seven
o'clock dinner at the Rob Miles home
Tuesday evening.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-02-05
HAW CREEK
(Too late for last Week.

(Too late for last Week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gaylord Freeman ant
son were last Sunday dinner guests
at the l.. A. White home.
Mrs. p. M. Spratt returned home
Saturday from Colorado, where she
has been visiting her mother sor sew
srai weeks.
The Jay Sanders family, who have
been quite sick with flu. are now re-
covering.
G. Barthalow il haling hay this
week for Mr.. Spratt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Francis visited
one day last week at the Freeman and
Tennyson homes.
Mrs. w. H. Shane was a Sunday
afternoon visitor with Mrs. Rob Cor
don.
Butler Morris and Ed Francis are
hauling baled hay for Mr.. Spratt.
The J. Loe Reed family are on the
sick list this week with the flu.
Fred Shane and family and the S.
G. Knee family were Sunday dinner
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob. Gordon.
Owing to sickness and bad roads,
there will be no meeting Of the U. A.
Club. The next meeting will be Feb
ruary 18th with Mrs. Ed Francis. 1t
will also be election Of officers, so
every one come.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-02-05
CENTRAL MESA

(Too late for last Week.
The Frank Nicks family are having
siege of the flu.
Mrs. Williams is staying ut the
Brogan home while Mr.. Williams /.
helping Mr. Brogan with his work.
Jake Conrad is pruning |. o. Han.
kins orchard.
Quite a number Of children are alb
sent from school this week on account
Of sickness. Miss Johnson has the
flu and Mr.. Tcerink is teaching in
her place.
b, L. Limbaugh has the hay chop
pers this week.
Grace Cast is on the sick list this
week
The Brogan family have had tn ir
turn with the flu.
Mr. Kraus is helping Fred ScLadt
with his barn this week.
Frank Marshall called ut the Van
Zante home Sunday.
Elwood Schoening has the chicken
pox.
Layton Carey is working for Mr..
Heath.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Heath and
Harold called at the Edward lean
home Wednesday afternoon.
Mr., and Mrs. J. NJ. Hereth and