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The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-20
Be Patient.
(Cincinnati Enquirer ]

Cincinnati Enquirer.)
 There is a widespread popular disposition to plain of the slow progress that is being made toward dehation. Consumers naturally looking for low ering of prices and there is impotence because the reduction of the cost of living not what is desired and because of the seeming delay in the restoration of normal conditions in the economic life of the country. This desired recovery from the effects o the World War, in the natural course of things, i: far away, and it behooves every of to cu tivate patience and each do what he tC facilitate the movement back to normal
 The London Statist, in recent article said that 1t not until 12 years after the Napoleonc wars that prices in England down 50 per cent iron the peak of war times and never did reach their pre- war level. This statement prompted American authority to investigation of conditions in th country after the Civil War, with the discovery that ten after the termination of that strife that the 50 per cent point in recovery reached by prices
 Neither of these historic struggles was attended by approach to the destruction of wealth the demoralizaton of essential production, the infa tion of credits the worldwide disturbance of econ- omic conditions that attended the recent war. The national debts of the world have been increased more than $200 100000 since 1914 and it has been estimated that than $500 00O 900 % in value of mans production was dssipated in smoke and other war destruction and waste. All of this wealth Of which the world despoiled must be replaced before the foundation of credit can be re- stored to its normal support of industry and trade and before there be that defation of credits so much desired and so earnestly strven for. Every
 
 increase it's volume, but to decrease it's cost For it is not until both of these results are attained that prices can be brought back to even near normal
 This movement is effectively and substantially under way but much remains be accomplished Raw materials are cheaper and production has teen lowered in many directions. Bank credits are millions of dollars less than they were month ago and there has been vigorous liquidation in the com modty markets. Already it has been estimated there has been an average reduction of wholesale rrlces of 20 per cent and retail distributors nave lqudated more of their war-prced stocks this will be reflected in the cost of living all around as 1t has been in spots.
 The reconstructive energies of this country today are much stronger than they the Civil War anu the progress or our recovery would be much faster than it then, and faster than it is now were It not for conditions abroad which are so great handicap to our foreign trade Even there however despite after-war conditions much more appalling than here, considerable improvement has been made everything is moving in the direction of normal and all that is required is patience and cooperation
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-20
NEED FOR COAST GUARD VESSELS.

Tho long search for the Diana which resulted In finding that intrepid little craft at Lemesurer lsau lev Strait has again demonstrated the need TOT coast Cnard vessels in Alaskan waters This is need that long has been recognized, and one that freqnehty has been taken up by the Customs officials of Alaska A,d the probability is that this is the last winter that Alaska will be without at least one ceagoine enter and several smaller craft. The Alaska Gus toms District has been promised at least one ol e aree enters which are now being constructed at San Francisco and few of the Eagle boats that VIII be turned over to the Guard service from the Navy Department
 Construction of the seagoing cruiser cutters was delayed through the failure the first contractors at Everett before they had laid the keels Of the yes ses The contracts had be awarded again, and they went to San Francisco Work on the three or them is already progressing. At least one of these Wa promised to Juneau in October 1919 It is planned also as soon as the service can be recruited to man thc D gp 2l0ats to send at least two Of them, ana perhaps more sto Alaska.
 Alaska has had naval vessels for use in the sum mer timo bat the need for patrol boats in the late fil and winter is greater than in the summer This fact is recognized by officers of the Coast Guard service, and plans to meet the need have been H. process of development It is believed they will be worked out so that next winter we shall have the cutter and auxiliary boats.
 The need for larger Coast Guard Service alone all the American coasts is greater than ever before on of the tremendous increase in the amount of American shipping II difficulty should De encountered in recruiting the service it is not at all improbability that the recommendation of high Naval officials, and many of those in the Coast Guard serv ice that the latter service be attached to the Navy will be favoraby acted upon. If the Coast Guard service should attached the Navy and the latter charged with the work of rendering aid to shippin' there would least always be plenty of ships an' men available for the work.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-20

scientist says Niagara Falls will be dry in LULU years. He must mean the Canadian sde-the American side is already dry Columbus Dispatch
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-20
Luke McLuke Says

There are a whole lot of Club we men in this country who should be home clubbing their kids.
 Sooner or later every Wise Fish runs up against a bait that fools him.
 No matter what man buys, his wife knows that if she had gone for it herself she could have gotten 1t two cents cheaper
 A man hasn't any sense. When he gets engaged to a girl, tho poor fool thinks he did it.
 It is a good thing that pair of new shoes do not hurt your feet like they do your pocketbook.
 About the only time a woman doesn't change her mind is when she makes up her mind to change her name.
 We know one woman who didn't vote at the last election. She droYe up to the polling place in limousine and got mad because they wouldn't bring the ballot box out to her.
 A man never gets foresight until he gets so old that he has nothin to look forward to.
 Another Damli Once upon a time
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-20
INLAND WATERWAYS AND THEIR
 IMPROVEMENT.

The action of the railroads through permission allowed them by the Esch -Cummns Act, in raising the freight rates corn, wheat, meats and other commodities, the Mississippi Valley to the coast of the country from 60 per cent. to more than 1OO per the prevailing rates of half dozen years ago. is causing Nationwide attention to the problem of improving the inland waterways of the country to provide water haulage of products intended for export. The Government already is maintaining service of tugs and barges on the Mis- sissipp River and its tributaries and the Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers in Alabama. The service or the latter waterway is between Birmingham and Cor dova in central Alabama and Mobile on the Gulf of Mexico. The service the Mississippi River is 10 New Orleans It is believed that many other rivers be opened up for the transportation of products 10 seaports their mouths whence shipments may be made to the ports of the world and thus cheapen and facilitate transportation for export.
 In a speech made before the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington December 8, Secre- tary of Commerce Joshua w. Alexander strongly advo- cated the development of the inland water ways. He declared that the railroads probably would be able reduce freight and that the traffic of the country had become immense that they are able to handle all the freight that is offered for export and for domestic consumption in distant sections of the country. This he said seriously threatening the expansion of the countrys foreign trade. the Mississippi Valley is now the great production section of the United States.
 Speaking of the ascendency of the Mississippi Valley the producing of the United States Mir alexander said:
 The Mississippi Valley Association has
 had a careful survey made of the resources
 of the Mississippi Valley and finds that
 produces 75 per cent Of the wehat 50 per
 cent of the btuminious coal, AZ per cent of
 the lumber, 70 per cent of the cotton, 55
 per of the wool 69 per cent of the
 petroleum, 94 per of the iron ore, s5
 per cent of the corn Sl per cent of the hogs,
 g. per cen; of the sheep and "A per cent of
 the cattle.
 It contains 26 cities each with a popu-
 Iation in excess of 10000 and having a
 total population of about 1000. 900. It
 tans the second largest city in the United
 States and the fourth largest in the world.
 It contains the largest iron and steel pro-
 ducing centers in the country. IL is the
 ter of the packing industry. It is one of the
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-20

, largest builders of locomotives, passenger and freight cars. And yet the industrial devel- opment of this gerat valley, so rich in re- sources, is and will be seriously handicapped for the lack of adequate and cheaper trans portation facilities Without these facilities. whether by rail or water or both our foreign trade will be seriously affected and what ever causes affect our foreign trade will be felt by our American merchant marine
 There is great demand for our surplus cotton and foodstuffs. Not only in the lack of facilities to extend longtime credits of concern to the farmers, but if such credits are provided the price the farmer will re- ceive for his products will be very seriously affected by the high costs of transportation.
 All will agree that if we would build up and maintain great American merchant marine we must develop and foster a great foreign trade. The two go hand in hand. The Department of Commerce is deeply in terested in both propositions, hence my con cern as regards the transportation facilities of the Mississippi Valley for there the situa- tion seems to be most acute
 The larger part of surplus for export must come from this great region. The question is of vital interest not alone to that section but to the whole country. Hence gratified to know that the great commercial, industrial, and financial organi- cations affected are determined more than ever before to find outlet to the not only by the Mississippi River and it's tribu tares but by the Great Lakes as well.
 In other words, they are determined to bring the benefits of ocean transportation nearer to these great centers of industry and commerce and the only way to do is by developing these potential highways of con- merce and secure for themselves more ade- quate and cheaper transportation facilities.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-20
BITS OF BY-PLAY By Luke McLuke Copyright by Cincinnati
 Enquirer

Then 1t Happened! That man has a penchant for cut ting remarks" remarked the Cheerful Idiot irt Who has?" asked the Wise Guy. "The fellow who chisels epitapns on tombstones," replied the Cheerful Idiot. ia
 Firms Is Firms You can fool with some firms but don't try any monkey business with Ape & Ape, who have grocery store at Michigan and La Sale streets, Indianapolis, Ind.
 We'll, We'll! You may not believe it, but Pink Green, of Cynthiana, Ky, is a col ored man.
 "Tick, Tickl" Ann Tick, Public Stenographer,
 817 Pacific Building, San Francisco.
 Famous Stones Tomb.
 Kohinoor. Gall. Brim. SLlkriS Blarney.-Doc Lewstader.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-20

Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, Roebuck and Company, says times will be better when people become adjusted to the lower prices. He contends that the time is coming for smaller profits larger volumes of business He says smaller prices will create buyers and sales and sales more production to supply the demand and raore workers He contends that prosperity does not always attend high prices and extreme wages for a few people, but that it when all the people at work with prices within their reach. That condi- tion, he contends is coming and with it will come great progress in trade and development.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-20

there was a man who was alive to the fact that he was dead one.
 It isn't the High Cost of Living that keeps people broke. It is the High Cost of making an impression on the neighbors.
 It is wrong to say that women put everything they have on their backs Part of what they have is invested in stockings.
 There was time when Friend Husband killed his home with ms Club. Now things have changed, and Friend Wife is doing it.
 And by the way, what has become of the Q. f. girl who was bashful.
 Many a $2O,000 idea is born under a $249 hat. at
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-20

Another question that will have to ba tbresbed out some day is, who is better qualified than a physician to say when man should have whisky? - -(Pittsburgh Gazette-Tmes)
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-20

Prohibition Note The entire 1920 crop of seedless raisins already has been sold. The crop brought $60,000,00O
 Ho, Hum!
 The Anti-Everything League pro- poses to enforce a Puritanical Sab bath in this country. A few years from now the Police Court will be crowded every Monday morning with citizens arrested for smiling, whistl- ing and singing on the Sabbath.
 Safety First! We are gonna go hunting with M. T. Gum, of Fort Royal, Tenn.
 How Much! U. O. Nee, lives in Eaton, Ohio.
 Our Daily Special It Takes A Strong Man To Admit A Weakness.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-20

The big punch bowl kept in the Senate cloak room has been auctoned for $3 The man who bought II should be watched very closely by the Vol stead sieuths.-(Cleveland Plain Dealer)
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-20

The League of Nations committees in considerine Q ahehuments to the covenant, will save themselves ot or trouble if they'll just turn the job over to 0ehator Borah-(C Charleston News and Courier)
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-20

Travel by airship will likely become general but me rates are bit high just now. They ought to include funeral expenses-(4os Angeles Timeel |
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-20

Now the packers explain that the price of maa, held on high level because of the declining prices n byproducts. Are any of these by-products good D eat?-(Kansas City Star)
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-02-13
Used to Do 1t Then

4 In looking over some of the back
copies of the Gazette, published fif-
teen years ago, we notice that the
city fathers at some of their regular
monthly meetings, talked over the
proposition of macadamizing Main
street in Kendrick. Think of the agi-
tation that this old strip of mud has
caused during the past fifteen or
twenty-five years; the many heated
arguments that have originated from
it-not to mention the typhoid germs
that have flourished underneath its
sodden surface. The city fathers still
meet and talk over the matter of
building a strip of road that would
measure up to the rest of the progress
sive features of the town. They even
go so far as to pass an ordinance once
in while, but the mud we still have
with us.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-02-13
Charles Schultz Buys Farm

I'Albert Schultz of Medical Lake,
Wash, former resident of Potlatch
Ridge, sold 80 acres of his quarter
section of land to Charles Schultz.
The deal was made the first of this
week. The land lies one mile west of
Cameron and is one of the best i'm
proved farms on the Potlatch.
Charles Schultz, the new owner of
the property, has farmed the land for
several years as renter. He is well
pleased with his new purchase.
This land was taken up as home
stead by William Kruger and has
only changed hands twice in the past
forty-three years. He secured the
patent from the land office in 1882
Twenty years ago Albert purchas-
ed the quarter section for the sum of
$2400. The price whech he received
for half of the land from Charles
Schultz was $1O,5OO.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-02-13
A Terrible Place

"Hello. Is that you mother? Well,
l think I'm coming back to you soon-
There certainly is. John sim
ply won't listen to me. / want him to
leave the newspaper. All the
reason in the world. Why, dropped
into his office for him last night, and
of all the places in the world news
paper office is the most terrible, and
filled with ferocious men. l hadn't
been in the office two minutes until
one man with glasses, who seemed
mild appearing, where everybody
seemed to congregate, was yelling to
"kill something. The way he con-
tinued to order things "killed" all the
time was most bloodthirsty. He order
ed lot of these poor boys to "ham-
mer" things out and "shoot" them
along and "boil" them. Another fell
low was constantly yelling "spike it"
and a poor unfortunate was running
around looking for "cuts." A fluster-
ed man at typewriter seemed to
grow nervous after being reminded a
number of times about some ''dead"
line", and that they were ready to
start the bulldog" And when he
finally got through they told him
to rush it over for a "head" which
was going to have Changer" And
they didn't like his "slug." And an
other poor chap who seemed harmless
was told to "box" something, and
when he didn't seem to get along he
had to "bury" it. And then he was
sent to the "morgue." l told John /
positively would not stay there an
other minute.-Exchange
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-02-13
Pass the Good Word Along

Don't be backward about speaking
good word for this town-costs you
nothing, and it's value is beyond mea-
sure.
You may imagine that the weight
of your individual voice is little avail.
But you are in error.
Every good word counts-as does
every bad one..
Your individual opinion has great
weight with some, and reasonable
weight with others. There is no one
upon whom it does not leave its i'm
press.
When you pont out the beauties and
the advantages of this community
and the good qualities of its citizens
you stamp these facts upon the minds
of those with whom you converse, ano
they in turn transmit them to others
In this way the good work becomes
an endless chain, always travelling, al
ways boosting, always beckoning t.
the stranger to come where goot
words and deeds abound, and wher'
ill ones seldom heard or seen.
Every voice has it's weight, ant
yours is not the last of all.-Ne
Perce Herald.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-02-13
Delegates to Conventions

According to information received
by County Auditor Homer E. Estes
the first of the week, Latah county
will have seven delegates in the state
convention of the republican party
at Boise in August and four dele
gates to the democratic convention.
These figures are based on the vote
cast at the last general election.
The republican county convention
for Latah county will have 81 dele
gates, the number being based on one
delegate for each 80 votes cast in the
1918 election. The democratic county
convention will have but 40 delegates.
The state convention will be held on
the fourth Tuesday in August. No
date has as yet been announced for
the county conventions.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-02-13
1000 Ounces Strychnine

The Latah County Farm Bureau
has contracted for 1000 ounces of
strvchnine alkaloid and 200 ounces
of saccharine to be used in its cam
paign against squirrels in Latah
county during the coming season.
Prices secured are S1.63 per ounce
in five ounce tins, Sl.68 for single
ounces. and 35 cents per ounce for
saccharine.
Additional supplies will be pur-
chased as this becomes necessary.
These poison supplies will be dis
tributed at cost to farm Bureau
members and other interested farm
ers in communities that have had a
serious squirrel problem and adopt
squirrel control as farm bureau
project. Practically every COM
munity of Latah county that is or.
ganized for farm bureau work has
taken up squirrel control as one of
the principal lines of work.
The plan of distribution will be
to hold poison mixing meetings and
demonstrations in all interested
communities. Farmers will bring
their oats to the meetings and the
poison will be mixed there. A sup
ply of good grade muslin sacks
bearing poison liable and WARNING
has been secured, SO that eaci
farmer can carry away his poisoned
oats in a secure and properly label
ed sack. While it is expected tha
all interested parties will attent
the general community meeting
and secure their supplies at tha
time, arrangements will be mad
so that farmers who cannot atten
I or who find that they need addition
4 al.supplies may get poisoned bait o
] supplies from the farm burea
squirrel project leader of thel
community.
This plan has been in use for
number of years in some of tn
counties of Idaho and excellent RI
suits have been secured.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-02-13
Trapping Hens

This spring, along about garden
making time, if your neighbor's
chickens get too promiscuous around
your premises, and all your cries for
help from the mayor and village cop,
prove futile, there is very salts
factory way out of the difficulty. It.
might work on rabbits, too, but just
now we are talking about chickens.
Two citizens of Kendrick, who are
noted for their veracity, said that just
a common old rat trap cured the
chicken evil around their places-one
of those little, flat spring traps. A
grain of corn was placed on the trig-
ger of the trap and the trap placed
in conspicuous place on the back
porch. Any stray chicken that hap
pened along would naturally take 4
peck at the corn. The result was
results.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-02-13
Stanley Talbot Sold Store

Stanley Talbot spent the weekend
with his family here, at the home OF
Mrs. S. E. Grow. Mr.. Talbot sold his
stock of merchandise which he re-
Gently purchased at Astoria, WASH,
and has returned to his former posi-
ton with the Alexander store at
Lewiston. He is manager of Alex
ander's store and has an interest in
the BUSINESS. He sold his residence
in Lewiston before going to Astoria,
so his family will have to remain here
until he has secured residence again
in Lewiston.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-02-13
Couldn't Pay

A western buyer, asked to kindly
remit on the receipt of his bill,
sent the following letter:
81 cant pay this because I've been
held up, held down, sandbagged, walk
ed on, sat on, flattened out and
squeezed. First by the United States
government for Federal War Tax, EX-
cess Profits Tax, Liberty Loan Bonds,
Thrift Stamps, Capital Stock Tax,
Merchants License and Automobile
Tax, and by every society and organi-
zation that the inventive mind of man
can invent to extract what may or
may not possess.
l have been solicited by the Socie-
ty of John the Baptist, the G. A. R.,
the Woman's Relief, The Navy Lea
que, the Red Cross, the Black Cross,
the Double Cross, the Children's
Home, the Bachelors Home and the
Old Maids Home, the Dorcas Society
the Y. M. C. A, the Y. w. C. A., the
Boy Scouts, the Boy Knights of King
Arthur, and every hospital in town
and on top of that, the Savlatior
Army and the Associated Charities.
"The government has so governed
my business that l don't know who
owns it. l am inspected, suspected
examined and re-examined, required
and commanded, so l don't know wht
l am, where am, or why am here
All know is I am supposed to be al
inexhaustible supply of money fo
every human need, desire or hope O
the human race. And because I viii
not sell all have, or go out and beg
steal or borrow money to give away
l have been cussed, discussed, boy
cotted, talked to and about, lied about
; held up, hung up, robbed and nearl
, ruined, and the only reason l ar
, clinging to this life is to see what
hell is coming next!"