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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-08-10
PLAN TO BUY
WATER, LIGHT

The directors and members of the
Kootenai Valley Commercial Club met
last night at six o'clock at the Inter
national hotel banquet hall and en-
joyed a fried spring chicken supper,
with corn on the cob, new potatoes,
and other locally grown fresh vegeta-
bles, served by w. w. Ferbrache. A
vote of thanks was rendered Mr.. Fer
brache for the excellent supper he
served.
Problems connected with the ac-
quiring of municipal water and light
system were discussed thoroughly and
it was the unanimous opinion of those
present that the city council should
buy the system of the Bonner Water &
Light Company if this system could
be purchased at a reasonable figure.
The city council recently employed
an engineer to come here and figure
out the value of the system of the Bon
ner Water & Light Company, less de-
probation. The valuation was based
on the present cost of material The
city council will probably make a ten
tative offer to A. H. Featherstone, the
owner of the Bonner Water e Light
Company, for the purchase of the sys-
tenn at a figure they consider it is
worth to the town. If the offer
is not accepted the town will proceed
with its plan to secure, at least, new
light system. 1t is proposed to devel-
op the power site on the Moyie river
even if the present water and light
system is purchased.
The plan to buy the Bonner Water
& Light system is argued because in
this manner the city could Immediately
begin to receive revenue, would be rid
of any competition and would not be
in danger of being held up on account
of being unable to secure supplies for
construction purposes. Then, too, it
is figured that if the present plant can
be bought right, it would not be nee
essary to raise so large a sum in a
bond election as it would if an entire
new system should be installed.
Before any definite steps are taken
the entire matter will be put before
the taxpayers and their opinions will
be acted upon.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-08-10
RED CROSS CLASS ENROLLMENTs
Teach Hygiene and Care OF the Sick
In September

III september
The Boundary County Red Cross
Chapter is planning to start the clas-
ses in elementary hygiene and home
care of the sick in Bonners Ferry and
towns throughout the county where
such classes, about September 1st.
The course consists of fifteen les
sons. Each pupil will be required to
have her own textbook. These books
will be supplied by the chapter at the
cost price, about so cents each. This
will be the only cost connected with
the course.
All who wish to enroll in the classes
are requested to send their names in
as soon as possible to Mrs. X. c.
Faucet, so that she may know how
many books to order and so be able
to have them here on time
The elementary course of instruc-
tion in hygiene and home care of the
sick has already been given in most
towns throughout the northwest. In
counties where they employ full-time
nurse, classes are conducted all during
the school year.
Every year, thousands of persons
many of them babies and children, die
because someone is ignorant of the
laws of sickness and health. The
lessons to be given this fall in Sep
tember are intended to set forth some
general laws of health, to make possi-
Bile the early recognition of symptoms
to teach greater care in guarding
against communicable diseases and to
teach some simple methods of caring
for the sick.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-08-10
Would Combine School Districts

A majority of the heads of families
of School Districts Nos. s., 16 and 10,
all in the vicinity of Porthil1, have pc
titioned the board of county commits
sioners asking that the three districts
be consolidated. 1t is understood
that the commissioners will act favor
ably upon the petition today
1t is planned by the consolidated
districts to hire two teachers and to
construct teachers cottage. It is
possible that school wagon will be
operated this winter also.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-08-10
Building Contractor Locates Here

~, mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Durose, OF
y, minneapolis, Mimi, accompanied by
tnelr two sons. Fred and Irving Du-
rose arrived here Sunday and plan to
make III Bonners Ferry their future home
Ihey will reside for time at the home
ol u their daughter, Mrs. Charles Roes-
Mr. Durose is a contractor and a
oullder and has followed this business
Ior many years in eastern states. He
zones here highly recommended as a
BUSINESS man and has been assured
rere OF considerable work. He says
seat he is prepared to make plans and
slve estimates on all kinds OF work
ana that he will do work by contract
UT on the commission basis.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-08-10
Basket Dinner Services Sunday

Services will be held at the Para
disc Valley church next Sunday morn
ing at eleven o'clock by Rev. e. R.
Henderson. All who attend are re-
quested to bring basket dinner and
to come prepared to spend the day
The general public is invited to join
in the services Sunday and the basket
dinner following.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-08-10

o. Rosebaugh.
Copeland precinct-C. B. Van AL
stine.
Naples precinct-J. S. Bond.
Addie precinct-C. J. Wagner.
Eastport precinct-John Sherman.
Boundary precinct-W e. Rath.
Boulder precinct-N J. Perry.
Continental precinct-A. Klockmann
Meadow Creek precinct-Boyd
Spring.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-08-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Byron S. Hawks left
Sunday for Spokane to spend a couple
of days on a combined business and
pleasure trip.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

in the Far East this statement is bv
no means surprising The American
wife who complains of her difficult
ties with ordinary dollars and cents
would appreciate her blessings if she
had to Wrestlc for time with =
system in which the number Of cents
given for a dollar varies from dav
to day, and 20 cents big money" is
an entirely different thing from 90
cents "small money"
Another important course seeks to
eliminate the drab baroness usually
found in Chinese homes. The paudv
dragons which precn their golden
scales in front Of shops and temples
would lead one to believe that the
Chinese need lessons in toning down
rather than in ornamcntation. But
the shining green tiles Of the roofs,
the swinging red lanterns and the
sclf-asserting dragons have no coun-
terparts indoors. The walls are
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

question is the problem Of explain
ing to newly arrived students the
hygienic reasons why their children
should not sleep with grown-ups.
The idea that mother and baby
should share the same bed is older
than the maxims of Confucius, and
more generally followed. Though the
rule of separate beds is enforced
rigidly in school, the faculty feared
that it would be disregarded as soon
as the students returned home.
They We're therefore greatly cheercd
when about half the school pur-
chased cribs before starting on their
vacations.
The students of the Huchow
School of Mothercraft represent
many different stations of life, the
chief point in common being reali-
zation Of ignorance and a desire to
Gispel it, Only eleven of them were
Christians when they entered,
though many more have since be-
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

reactionary efforts as the Kappist
rising.
And it is perfectly idle to suppose
that there is going to be any way of
changing Germany from without. II
there is to be a new Germany, if the
German people are actually to turn
their backs upon the ideas and the
leaders responsible for the recent
World War, then the revolution
must be accomplished by men who
belong to the independent Socialist
party. That it will be a rosewater
affair, or that the democracy which
results will be like, or even pleasing
to, our British and American ideas,
is not to be expected. The most that
one can hope must be that it will be
anti -Prussian.
BY contrast all other expedients
are certain to end as has that of the
Majority Socialists. The leaders of
this party were time servers. They
had been the servants of the old
regime before the war. During the
war they had voted the credits and
supported the anneXationist policies
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
The F Forces OF Democracy and Reac-
ton Metm a Struggle Which Had
NoDecisive Results

independent faction. But by con-
trast the Communists, putting up a
ticket for the first time, were able
to elect but two members, showing
that the Red strength in Germany
is not yet considerable.
Over 10 Reaction
The losses of the Centre or Cath
olic party and of the Democrats
have been more impressive. Unmis-
takably, large numbers of the men,
bership of these two organizations
have gone over to the reaction. The
result is that the old coalition, made
up of the Majority Socialists, the
Centre and the Democrats, has
lost that overwhelming majority
which it acquired after the cleo
tion of January, 1919. 1t may
indeed, find itself lacking in a
majority, while almost certainly any
majority it may be able to scrape
together will be too slight to prom
ise permanence.
In this situation it would seem
that there must be a new grouping
of parties. The possibility of re-
union between the two Socialist fac
tions is patent, and between the two
there is very great bitterness and
rot little blood, for the Ebert gov
crnment put down various risings
with a severity which is explicable
only when it is realized that the in
struments employed were the mill
tarists. Any coalition of the two
Socialist groups would certainly
mean the elimination of Ebert and
his associates and the new oriental
ton of the party policies. In point
Of fact, such step would almost
certainly be the forerunner of a real
conflict between the old autocracy
and the new socialistic and demo-
cratic spirit of Germany.
On the other hand, it is conceiv-
able that all the parties might unite
against the Socialists, the Centre
and the Democrats joining hands
with the Nationalists and the Peo-
pies party. But such coalition would
have in turn only an exceedingly
slight majority. if it could command
any numerical advantage at all.
Moreover, it is doubtful whether the
Centre, which contains very large
fraction Of workingmen, would
care to risk its existence and invite
an internal split by going over tc
the reaction. A fusion between the
two Socialist factions and the Cath
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
\ New Grouping Of the Socialist
Factions Would Mean the
Elimination of Ebert

first contributions to meet the terms
Of the Treaty OF Versailles. France,
Belgium, Italy are practically de-
pendent upon German payments to
balance their budgets. And there is
rot the smallest present promise
that Germany will pay. A few weeks
hence the Allies are to meet Ger
man representatives at the first
real conference since the war. This
conference is to deal with the great
problem Of Preparations, of Ger
many's financial obligations. But as
q consequence Of the election Ger
many can send no representatives
to Spa who will speak for any sub
stantial majority of the national
legislature.
No Real Government
In point of fact. so slender will
be the majority of any party, or
rather of any group of parties
which may take Office that mere &C
ceptance of the program laid down
by the Allies might spell ruin for
the controlling group in the Ger
man legislature. To all intents anc
purposes Germany will be without
q government, without a real lead
ership at the moment when the most
important conference since the Pari:
days assemblies. What her spokesmer
agree to in her name may be repu
dated by the National Assembly
to which they must report.
We are then in the presence O.
one more step in the direction o
ultimate chaos. Germany, by he
election, has demonstrated that tw,
strong currents are running in he
national life. The one drives towart
reaction, toward the restoration O
the old order, the renaissance of tn
army, the reenthronement of tn
Potsdam idea. The other not les
violently swirls toward somethin,
approaching a real revolution, al
actual overturning of the men an,
the system which led to the war, t
the humiliation Of Germany, to tn
approximate ruin of the natiol
which seeks to serve the old idol
and to attain the old ends.
If the reactlonaries win, German.
will become instantly dangerous 70
the whole world. Whether we have
new war or not, we shall have con
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

have distributed prints of some of
the famous Madonnas, and our
pupils treasure them as their most
valuable possessions. The childhood
studies Of Jessie Wilcox Smith and
the landscapes Of Corot are also
great favorites with the Chinese
women. Some Of the wealthiest
women in the school are cutting out
pictures from American magazines
to put on the walls of their homes
We seek especially to have them
choose pictures which will teach
reverence Of motherhood and the
sanctty Of child life
In the School Of Mothercraft some
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

women purpose for Jewett is the
passage of a stock law to regulate
cattle in the town, and in time they
will take up the question Of bond
issue for the improvement Of the
towns streets.
"We are going at the problem in
Jewett in systematic way" de-
clared Mrs. Atkinson, something
like women do with their housekeep-
ing. However, we do not expect to
make any violent departures without
first holding mass meetings and dis
cussing the questions with tax
payers.
"There is one thing certain, ar;
that is we purpose to have at lea
ore cleanup day month, and VIC
expect to see that it is lived up to.
"ln our town we have no political
factions. Nothing but the utmost
'rmony prevails, and we are rc
&C Ylng the best cooperation from the
mca. We haven't any mossbacks IL
our town. The men are all progre.
slVe, but they were entirely wlllir.
for the women to unl take the wor,t
OF running the city government.
Our only thought in running fol
the Offices was that we saw an op-
portunity 10 make better and NOR
attractive place in which to lv. acc
rear our children.
'Al in the world that was neede
was for the women folks to wake tin,
mon up and let them know that the,
were tired of allowing things to rUi
along in a rut
While she is serving as the Mayo
LOT Jewett Mrs. Atkinson expects
visit number Of the smaller town
of Texas in the hope of gaining idea
that will be Of some help TO her in
outlining plans for the town over
which she will preside for the next
several months.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

4 INOE lHc COWn Oh y JeWeJL, ! eX.,
came under the rule of women
~ several weeks ago much prog
ress has been made in civic
improvements, especially in the mat
ter of cleaner alleys and streets.
Mrs. j. T. Atkinson, the new Mayor,
is also municipal police judge, but
so orderly and law-abiding have
been the people of the town since
the women came into office that she
has not been called upon once to
hold court. This is regarded as a
remarkable record for town of
1000 population.
Besides its woman Mayor, Jewett
also claims the distinction of having
elected full City Council of women.
They are Mrs. r. H. Evans, Mrs.
Y. l.. Smith, Mrs. f. P. Harrison,
Mrs. Corklcy Evans and Mrs. Robert
Dotson. Each has jurisdiction over
a different work.
Mrs. Atkinson says that there is
every reason to believe hat under
the administration of women Jewett
will lead a quiet ard peaceful ox.
istonco. When asked as to what
prompted them to take affairs into
their own hands, she said:
1t wasn't because we didn't think
That the men could do what was
needed in jewctt. but things were
tagging in a civic wac, and +. was
finally decided that women could fin
the city positions to better ad-
lantaGc.'
The first thing That the women did
after being installed in office was to
institute cleanup campaign, and
according to Mrs. Atkinson, the
town is cleaner than the larger cities
Of the state.
One Of the next things that the
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
School for Mothers

Miss Joras grew so weary of these
two scenes every day that she de-
cided that something must be done
to eliminate them. The best way
to keep babies out of coffins, she
concluded, was 20 pu. their mothers
in school. When this idea was pro-
posed, however. other missionaries
declared that It was utterly impracti-
cable. A school fer mothers would
be novelty enough in any part of
tne world, they argued, but in CON
servative China the thought Of
married woman in school would be
looked upon as a new kind of for
elgn Joke. "Then let US make it a
practical joke" Miss Jones replied,
and few months later the Huchow
School of Mothercraft opened its
doors to an astonished city.
The institution as founded was
even more radical than Miss Jones's
first conception OF it. In the first
place, it became boarding school,
not a day. school, the faculty con-
cluding that best results could be
achieved only if the pupils actually
carried out their instruction in daily
wing. Then it emphasized It's
unjqueness by admitting the children
of the students and making them
an important part Of the course.
To-day, after Il year and Il half Of
work, the school has an enrolment
II thirty women and twcntY-four
ch1ldrrn-about az many aa ii can
accommodate in its present location.
The course ranges from the "threc
RS" IN biology, and from vail tint
ing IN the making Of household
budgets. Az sorne Of the students
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
\ HIS story begins with cof-
fns-and might have end
ed with them had it not

T. ed with them had it not
been that Miss Mary Jones
walked every day by a certain wall
in Chinese city. The coffins were
made out of Standard Oil packing
cases and they covered the bodies
of Chinese babies whose parents
were too poor to give them any other
burial.
Each morning would find a new
row Of coffins, lying side by side,
on the top of the city wall, waiting
for the scavengers to carry them
away. That was the chief thing
that Miss Jones observed on her
daily walk from the Baptist mission
compound. But she also noticed
that, sitting, unheeding the pres
ence of this perpetual object les
sou, were mothers feeding tiny
babies on hard, indigestible rice and
dressing them in bright red clothes,
which looked picturesque enough,
but which dyed and poisoned the
delicate skins.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

Of the iunkers. Called to power on
the morrow of the collapse, they had
promptly made terms with the old
order. They lacked the courage and
the conviction to undertake a real
reform, and when the radicals, the
extremists, led by Liebknecht, Rosa
Luxembourg and Kurt Eisrer, en-
deavored to turn what was o sham
into real revolution Ebert and his
crew turned to the army of the old
regime and let it loose.
Murdered by Soldiers
And the army repeated in Berlin
its achievements in Louvain. No
where in Belgium or Northern
France was there more wanton kill
ing, more inexcusable atrocities,
than in Germany following the revo-
luton of January and February
1919. Men and women who had
fought against the war during it,
who had openly opposed credits and
frankly demanded peace, were muir
dered by the tools of the old army
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

dition Of unrest, frontier ouarra,,
and further crises like that nro
duced by the German violation Os
the terms of the Treaty of Versaillo,
in sending troops to the Ruhr Tb;,
was, indeed, a typical example of ina
Junker method. In general we shall
have policy of onen defiance IN ~
the point of actual hostllites and =,
the same time passive h1t persist
ent effort TO evade and escape nar.
formance under the peace treaty.
Old Order Sill Strong
But il the reactionaries lose !,
the real Socialists gain the unns,
hand, their success can hardly coma
save as a detail in real domestic
struggle. So far there has been IL.
t, real progress in getting rid OF
the old order. The army is still 10.
tent and controlled by its notoriou,
leaders; the public services are chief.
ly in the hands of the old machine
The real battle has still to be fought
the battle which Ebert and the Ma.
jority Socialists abandoned We
have had for nearly eighteen months
little more than camouhace democ.
racy in Germany. The Majority So
cialists who have held Office have
held it only at the price Of leaving
things approximately as they found
them.
In sum, the real battle has still to
be fought if Germany is to be demo.
cratic. That any considerable nun.
Der of Germans-even Socialists
have Bolshevist sympathics seems
not to be the case. But the Ruhr
episode indicates how easy it is for
a general strike to drift into some
thing closely approz.matiug anar-
chy. After the election, as before,
Germany remains a problem fer the
rest Of the world. In her new ma
tional legislature there is less prom
ise of orderly progress than there
was in the old. Chaos has increased
its area rather than diminished its
holdings. Prophecy Is idle because
even the best informed observers
frankly confess their inability to
read the signs Of the times, yet
these same observers agree that the
prospects are far from encouraging.
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syadicate)
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

oave graduated from middle school
Wn'le others are unable to rcad and
write, the number Of courses Of
'cred is necessarily very large The
liiiterate pupils must study hygiene.
nome economies and the principles
Ct social service entirely by means
Of lectures and demonstrators, un-
til they have learned enough char
acters to read simple textbooks.
All the work, howcver, whether cle-
mentary or advanced, is directly r.
lated to the students life as mo h.
er and homemakcr.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

come interested. Two Of the women
have husbands studying at Amer-
can universities; another is the wife
Of Chinese y. NJ. c. A. secretary.
One of the most interesting STU
dents, the wife Of a Hangchow law
yer, had never even combed her own
hair or set her room in order until
she came 70 the school Attended
all her life by a slave girl, she was
utterly shiftless and entirely spoiled.
Reading one day of Mothercraft
School, her oXasperated husband
succeeded in persuading her 10 al
tend. When she finally consented TO
go, the Hangchow lawyer was 50
fearful that she would change her
mind that he carried her of tina.
sare afternoon, without even wait
ing for her to pack her clothes
Thoua ; she pouted at first over haV-
ing to make her own bed and 70
learn SUI menial art as orilnary
cookery, sDe mas since become one Of
the most Interested pupils. Neg
lected and unruly when he came
her little boy improved 50 TspldlF
in conduct that he is now ere Of the
most obedient children in the school,
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
The Household Budget

Arithmetic is taught by means Of
helping keep the household accounts.
Miss Jones soon learned from her
students that differences over money
matters caused an overwhelming
proportion Of the domestic clashcs in
Chinese homes. TO any one who has
tried to balance an expense account
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
Mothers and Their Children Go School Together


often dark, gloomy and entirely un-
relieved by pictures. In the wall
tinting class Chinese women are in
troduced for the first time to the
advantages of frightened room
and the psychological effect of vari-
Gus color combinations. Their ap-
probation of pictures shows an
artistic starvation that is almost
pathetic.
No Chinese Madonnas
eve were unable to find any
Chinese pictures anywhere in China
that exalt motherhood or childhood" +"
Miss Jones explained, Therefore we