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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
Decrepit Old John Shebec Took
But One Dose and Did Some
Great Stunts.
GLIMPSE OF DICKS" STAR
seniIe Cripple Overlook Trolley Car
and Would Have Defeated Police
FIivver II the Street Crowds
Had Not Hampered Him.

Chicago.-John Shebec, who Is u
wears old, discovered the elixir OF
youth the other day. Before taking
he was stopped, lame, decrepit, hope
lessly senile. After one desc he was
able to hop a speeding street car,
OUTRAGE a flivver. and stand on his ear.
Mr.. Shebec was first observed by
Detective Sergeants Bierndt and
Janaczak at Western avenue and Madi-
son street. He was llmping.
"Give me a quarter for carfare,
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
ONE THING TO DO.

The Brown family were on a weeks
holiday, and for five days it had rained
necessarily. They were all gathered
in the sitting-room of the Deodars.
and Willie was watching the raindrops
splashing against the window panes.
Look, pal" he exclaimed suddenly,
there's a man carrying some wood.
What's he going to dO?"
Mr.. Brown scowled over his news
paper. ''Going to build an ark, j sup
pose Tit Bits.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
The NORTHERN LIGHTS

The name aurora borealis" was
first used by Cassendi. who, in 1921.
observed one in France and wrote a
description of II. The aurora" Is
periodic in its manifestations. the
finest displays being at intervals of go
years. and less marked ones ar inter
walls of ten or eleven years. II is as
serted that the greater and lesser dis
plays correspond with the increase
and decrease of spots on the sun. This
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
Extortion Practiced in Paris
Arouses Americans.
Frsneh Authorities Tell Them the
Remedy Is in Their Own
Hands.

Paris.-The effect of the high cost
Of living In Paris upon tourist trade,
rs indicated by the growing frequency
Of complaints of extortion by Ameri-
cans visiting France, is occupying the
attention of the government.
The authorities hold that the tour
lists have the cure largely In their
own hands, exaggerated prices being
due In large part to indiscriminate
spending by visitors. aided by the
spendthrift tendency Of French prof
iteers.
II is admitted that abuses prac-
tIced In amusement resorts, where
meals. wine and dancing are provided.
have their effect upon prices In rem
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
OBJECT OF EDUCATION

Education is more than the mastery
Of a number of mental tricks. Edu-
cation may teach person how to
earn a living but many pupils. often
the best. cannot be persuaded that
earning a living makes living itself
worth while; they will turn from 1t
to any irrelevance, good or bad: while
those who can he persuaded are by
that very persuasion made stupid,
which certainly is not the aim of ed
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
Elixir of Youth
Found inChiCagO

please" he asked them. Bierndt
started to explain that transportation
in this City of the Horn may be pur-
chased. theoretically, at nickel ride
and, if one is travelling in the sub
urbs outside the precincts of the city
hall, at cents. He meant to follow
up this information with a remark that
the old mans two-bit demand was
bit exorbitant. He was interrupted,
however, by a citizen who burst from
the corner saloon.
He Sees Star.
"You old rascal, just gave you
carfare," shouted the man.
AHA" quoth Bierndt, "come with
me-"
He exhibited his star. One casual
glance at the glittering elixir worked
marvellous transformation. 1t pene-
trated the ancient's system instanter
and invested his feet with a zest for
voyage.
The next instant Shebec was ten
yards away. The instant after that
he was scarcely discernible for dust.
Holy hastel exclaimed Bierndt.
THAT guys exceeding the speed limit.
What he needs is pair of brakes"
The detectives jumped into their
flivver and tore after the vanishing
Shebec. About a block ahead was a
street car, travelling at the rate of
numerous miles per hour. 1t saw
the ancient chasing it and tried to get
away.
"Too burned Slow"
No useI With an easy leap Shebec
had achieved the step. Then he
looked behind him and saw that the
police fiivver was making better time
than the street car.
you're too burned SLOW" said he to
the conductor-and off he jumped. The
particular section of the metropolis
into which the ancient leaped was a
bit populated. The abundant citizenry
impeded his progress and made
straight running impossible. In the
zIgzagging which ensued the flivver
had time to catch up and Shebec was
apprehended. In his pockets were
found twenty 81 bills and about So in
coins.
81 think I'll enter that bird in the
indianapolis sweepstakes next year.
said Bierndt at the station. "He run:
without gas and never has tire
trouble. He's the fastest thing l ever
saw in pants"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23

evolution brought about ny the cruue
ant-breeding methods of the Indians
and extending through untold cen
turtles. Luther Burbank, in order to
prove the truth of this theory, car
ried the plant through evolutions ana
produced perfect ears of corn IN the
miraculOusly short period of Is years.
Public announcement of the expert
ment. which has been proceeding
quietly ut Mr.. Burbank's experimental
farm in California since 1903, anu
which constitutes one of the most no
table achievements of the plant wiz
ards life, has just been made.
1t was the savage Indian, says Mr.
Burbank, who gave us, here in Amer
lea, the most important crop we have.
1t was the Indian who found the wild
grass teosinte, covering the plains
and developed it into corn. Or, TO
turn it the other way around, it was
the desire of the Indian for food
plant like this that led the teosinte
grass, by gradual adaptation, to pro-
duce maize. On Mr.. Burbank's farm
there grows, today, this same teosinte
which the Indian found. 1t bears
tiny ears with two rows of corn-like
kernels, on a cob the thickness or
a lead pencil, and from two to four
inches long-slightly less in length
than an average head of wheat.
From its earlier stage of pod
corn. in which each kernel was en-
cased in a separate sheath or husk like
wheat. teOsinte represented. no doubt
q hard-fOught survival and adaptation
| like that of the Towering violet. And
when the Indians came into its en-
vironment it responded to their infiu'
ence as the pansy responded to care
| and cultivation i'm its new dooryard
home.
| Where teOsinte had formerly relied
upon the frOsts to loosen up the
ground for the seed, it found in the
Indian friend who crudely hut effec
| lively scratched the soil and doubled
the chance for its baby plant to grow
Where 1t had been chOked by plan
enemies, and starved for air and sun
light by weeds, ii found in the Indian
a friend who cut down and kept of
It's competitors. Where it had beer
DESTROYED by the animals before il
maturity, it found the selfish prOteC
ton of the savages as grateful a
though it had been inspired by al
truism.
Planted in patches, instead Of strua
Cling here and there as best it coul
before, the teOsinte grass found 1t
multiplication problem made easie
through the multitude of pollen grain
now floating through the air. And 81
by slow degrees, IL responded in IL
new environment by bearing more
and bigger seed. AS the seed kernel
increased in numbers and in size, tn
cob that bore them grew in length
From two, the rows of kernels il
creased to four. to six. to eight.
fourteen. Here again the selfish m
lives of the savages served to hel
the plant in it's adaptatiOn-fOr Onl
the largest ears and those with ii
best kernels were saved for seed. s
under cultivation, the wild grass a
most disappeared, and in its plat
there came, through adaptation, Il
} transformed Indian corn.
This, in brief. summarizes Mr.. Blu
banks theory Of the original evol
ton of teosinte into corn. How mar
: centuries were required to bring abo1
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
Wool Gin of West

Winnipeg, Man.-The wool clip for
western Canada this year will be in
the neighborhood of 100000 pounds.
Alberta's wool clip is estimated at
100000, which is about the same as
last year. Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and British Columbia are expected to
contribute about 100000 pounds to
the total.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23

with old-fashiOned severity. fio"
average inferred by means Vi -
ed observations one of the u, h.
calculated that In the course "
career his chief had given 9ll.2" :.
ings, 121.OOO hOggings, 2O9'w "A.
todes. 10000 tips with the ruler. =,
200 boxes on the ear and 2''W 80" -
by heart. Ii was further ca'' -.
that he had made boys knee' y" A
700 times. kneel on sharp '' -,
wood 6.0OO times and wear c,.r
cap 5000 times.-Mancheste'
dian.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23

ucation. There is I'm everyone hun
ger of the soul. or the self, which can
be satisfied only by some kind Of mys-
teal belief. and by life in terms OF
1T; this hunger must be expressed
somehow, and all education must be
seen as a means of satisfying it.-Lon-
don Times
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23

phenomenon is generally "'a" 81
I'm the following way: A di" :" .oe|
pears on the horizon shorty N
twilight and gradually aSSu'' -.lss|
shape of an arch having pH" ,rruA|
color. with its concave slhr ms d
earthward. From this arch rsllos|
light shoot forth. passing l.o'" sioldI
to green and then 10 bri'Il"m "a css|
The name aurora hOrealls' "n 80
orally referring to the northern a. No.
also is applied to IA siinlia, "a 4
non visible in the vicihi"
South pole
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
Heavenly Dust Cloud
of Vast Bulk Is Found

London.-Dr. A. Pannekeck, a
Dutch scientist, has been demon
strating the existence of an IN
conceivably vast object in the
heavens. Its mass, he says, Is
OOOO.OOO.OOO times greater than
that of the sun. He calls it
celestial gas or dust cloud.
Doctor Pannekeck says this huge
body is situated in the constei-
lation of Taurus and his esti-
mate of its size is greater than
many estimates of the combined
mass of the whole universe IL
self.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23

either let at rentals of from 300 to
1000 per cent higher than the average
before the war for furnished apart
ments of the same class, or rented at
an increase of 200 to 300 per cent
above the average for unfinished
apartments, with the proviso that the
tenant buy the furniture at excessive
figures
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
Economic on Shoes.

Small Edwin-Papa. did hear you
tell mamma we would have to econo-
miZe?
Papa-Yes, my son.
Small Edwin-Well, you might be-
gin ~ buying me a pony; then i
shouldn't wear out so many shoes.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
$4,000 Home for Whit. BAT.

New York.-A $4,000 home for
white rats will soon be erected by
the Wistar Institute of Anatomy. The
building will be entirely devoted to the
housing of the thousands of rodents
kept by the institute for 1t biological
research work.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23

control. Guffey, Gillespie and the old
directors attempted to fight for places
in the reorganiZed company. llde-
water asked for their designations, ana
called for a receiver.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
Another Definition.

Willie-Paw, what is meant by
pride goeth before fall?''
Paw-That is when a fool is show
ing off on a motorcycle my son.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
Stevenson's Prayer.

Give us to awake with smiles, give
rs TO labor smiling AS the sun light
ems the world, so let our loving KIND
ness make bright the house of our
abitation.-StevenSon.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
Bows Life Work.

What the boys life work should be
and will be is subject worthy Of
the constant consideration of parent
and son from sun to sun.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
German Teachers Record.

Thomas Dibdin tells in his "Biblio-
mania" of a German pedagogue who
had for 81 years prior to his death
superintendent an institution in Suabia
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23
Route Of cioaret

Houte OF CI9dret.
The Cigaret route leads to the land
Of Telltale Fingers and No Jobs.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-07-23

IE only plant which botan-
lists have ever considered
as an ancestor of our pres
ent cultivated varieties of
maize is the wild grass,
teoSinte. They have long
believed that the presence
of Indian corn or maize in
America represented an
The New York herald., 1921-11-27

$50 Sofa Bed Suits. imitation
leather, three pieces $S9.A
$3.50 Tapestry Sofa Bed Suits.
three pieces ............ 1883
$500 Sofa Bed Suits. imitation
leather three pieces .......... 1857
The New York herald., 1921-11-27

SIS Sewing Tables, Mig finish. .sl4.9S
81 Tabourettes. Mig finish ,. l.29
$l2 Smokers Stands, Mig finish. 7.49
SIS Telephone Stands. Mig. finish. l4sS
$50 Writing Desks, Mig. finish. . 1898
SIS Bookcases, Mig finish. ~ 3.S9
$40 Library Tables, Mig finish. 24.S9
SIS Parlor Tables. Mig finish. 49,. 8A9
SIC Parlor Tables. Mig finish. M 1898
$24 Davenport End Tables. ....,. l4.4
$40 Music Cabinets, Mig. finish . 24.S9
$50 Tea Wagons, Mig. finish. .. lS.49
$50 Walnut Tea Wagons. ..... 32A9
SIS Smokers Stands. Mig. finish. . 9.9S
$40 Smokers Stands. Mig. finish . l2.49
SIS Oak Telephone Stands .... l7.49
$42 Telephone Stands, Mig. finish . 25.49
$4 Pedestals Mig. finish. ...... S9S
$28 Work Tables. Mig finish. w l6.49
$40 Fern Boxes. Mig. finish .. 24.49
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-07-01
WELL .PROVIDED FOR


There is food for thought in
the statement of the Manufacture
ers Record that the United States
has one-half the worlds coal and
iron area. one-half the worlds
railroad mileage, two-thirds of
the worlds cotton, one-third of
the worlds stock of gold and
one-third of the worlds wealth,
but only six per cent of the
worlds population. Certainly
there is no occasion for despon-
dency over the future of Ameri-
ca. All we need is a determina-
ton to make the best of our op-
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-07-01
DISCREDITED

John Shelton Williams, who is
now denouncing the management
of the Federal Reserve Board at
a time when he was a member,
would be given more credit If he
had made his protest public at
the time of the atrocities. or if
he had not himself been SO prom
inent in the attack on the Riggs
Bank-an attack that resulted in
a verdict of acquittal as soon as
the case went to the jury.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-07-01

$500 feet to east and west quarter line
Of Section Seven ~, Township
Thirty-six 1850 North, Range two
CD East of the Boise Meridian;
thence north Eighty-nine (S9) de-
prees and Thirty-nine 1897 min utes east
One Hundred (100) feet to land
heretofore conveyed by the State of
Idaho to Frank Zelenka; thence north
Forty-three t43) degrees east Two
Hundred Thirty-two and Seven tenths
(232.7) feet; thence north Thirty.four
GA degrees west One Thousand Three
Hundred and Twenty 1880 feet to
place of beginning. containing Ten llO)
acres. more or less, and being part OF Lot
Two ~. Section Seven ~ Township
Thirty.six 1867 North, Range Two ~
East of the Boise Meridian. Appraised
value $1,000 per acre.
TERMS OF SALE
All of the purchase price cash on day
Of sale. The State reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
BY order of the State Board Of Land
Commissioners.
l. H. NASH,
State Land Commissioner.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-07-01
WHEN ANOTHER HOLDS THE
PURSE

We note that the Democratic
press is clamoring for a reduction
of Federal expenditures. During
the two years following the arm
istice, while the Wilson admins
tration was still in power, the Re-
publican Congress cut Democra-
tic demands for appropriations to
the extent of 81, 5OO,OOO,OOO, and
they did it without any approval
from the Democratic press. The
Republicans will continue to cut
expenditures until they get back
to as near pre-war level as pos
sible, but it is not likely that they
will be able to cut enough to suit
the Democrats, now that the
Democrats no longer have the
spending of the money.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-07-01
LEGAL NOTICES
STATE LAND SALE

Notice is hereby given that on
Saturday, July 16, 1921, the follow
ing described tract Of land belong
ing to the Northern Idaho Sanitar-
ium and situated In Clearwater
County, will be offered for sale a.
public auction at the Court House
at Orofino, Clearwater County, Ida
no. at O'Clock P. M. Of said day.
tOwit: ;,
Beginning at a point Five Hun.
dred and Seventy-one (571 feet
south "a degrees East Of a point on
the range line between Ranges l
and 2E B. M. Township So North,
lightweight $3.50 feet south Of the
w. c. and NJ. c. on the left bank
of the Clearwater river; thence
south fifty-six (56) degrees west
a distance of Three Hundred and
Thirty $500 feet; thence south
Thirty-four (34) degrees east
(parallel with the public highway
on south and west side of Clear
water river) distance Of One
Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-07-01
OBSERVING DEMOCRATS"
HANG ON.

Perhaps it would help the gov
eminent get on basis of econ
omy and efficiency if President
Harding would dismiss a lot of
those heads of divisions of bu-
reaus who must have been re-
sponsible for a lot of the waste
of the Wilson administration.
Thus far the changes in personnel
have been limited to the heads of
departments and bureaus. The
government service is still run
for all practical PURPOSES, by the
supervisors next lower down, the
heads of divisions, who have d.
rect charge of the workers.
These heads of divisions are prac-
tically all deserving democrats"
placed in their positions for that
reason.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-07-01
BELGIUM BUSY

The Provinces of East and
West Flanders, Belgium, compris-
ing the Ght Mt district, exported
to the United States 100000
worth OF merchandise during
1921, compared with 1886, 600
during 1913, tle goods being
mainly rabbit skins and hatters'
fur, old bagging, chicory roots,
cotton goods. hops, thread and
flax waste. This district imports
from the United States $4,000
bales Of cotton worth $50, OOO, 600,
and $4,000 tons Of rock phosph-
ate from Florida. Approximately
10000 bales of raw cotton will
be consumed in 1921, about one
half of which is expected to come
from America. It would proba-
ably suit the free trader to have
this cotton paid for by Belgium
with manufactured cotton goods,
but it will not suit the Republican
party to bring that about, how
ever, much we may sympathize
with Belgium. As Mr.. Harding
we'll said: Trade can and ought
to be honorable, but it knows no
sympathy.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-07-01
NOTICE OF ATTACHMENT

In the District Court OF the Second
Judicial District IF the State of Idaho.
in and for the County of Clearwater.
The First National Bank of Charleston,
corporation, Plaintiff. VS.
VIM. Kitchen, defendant,
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given, That an at
tachment issued out of the above en-
titled court in the above entitled cause,
against the property of said defendant,
on the 18th day of June, 1921
Dated this 18th day of June, 1921.
JOSEPH KAUFFM AN,
Seal Clerk Of the d strict Court.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-07-01
INTERNAL TROUBLE

Mr.. Gompers continues to man.
fest concern over the activities OF
men whom he calls the enemies
of union labor. He overlooked
the obvious fact that union labor
can be hurt only by the unwise
activities of its supposed friends.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-07-01

Commissioner of Public Works
Hall has changed the proposed
location of the new asylum build
ing and adjoined it with the north
ern end of the old building. This is
as if should be and will meet with
general approval.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-07-01
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

Notice is hereby gwen that E sec
ond installment OF taxes for the wear
1920, in Clearwater County, Will be-
come delinquent on the fourth Mon
day in June.
Saturday, June 25th, is the last day
upon which taxes may be paid before
becoming delinquent.
EFFIE E. McCOLLUM
County Treasurer
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-07-01

portunities and a like determine
ton to prevent any interference
with those who are willing to
work.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-05-27
tTHE GIRL IN No. 20"

Screen plays are classed usually as
dramas, comedies and melodramas,
but the management at the Liberty
theatre promises a blend of all three
in THE Girl in Number 20 which
is to be shown May 80.
Frank Mayo, who will be remem-
bered as the star of THE Brute
Breaker" 'Lasca," and "A Peddier
of Lies, appears in this story as
Laurie Devon, a young man of
wealth who has collaborated with a
friend, Rodney Bangs, in the writing
of play When it proves a success
he is satisfied to rest on his laurels.
His friend, more ambitious, vainly
attempts to interest him in the writ
ing of other stage stories. Rodney
finally enlists the services of Devon s
sister, and together they plan to put
a thrill into Laurie's life.
One morning Laurie sees in his
mirror the reflection of a young girl.
She is holding a pistol to her head,
apparently bent on suicide. Devon
rushes to the adjacent building,
takes possession of the weapon, and
offers to aid the girl. She intimates
that she is pursued by an enemy
who is driving her to self-destruc-
ton. Then Laurie finds himself in
/ the midst of maelstrom of exciting
adventures. Just when the entire
story threatens to become a tragedy
a curious turn of affairs transforms
i it into a delightful comedy.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-05-27
"a TALE OF TWO WORLDS"

"A Tale of Two Worlds, which
will be shown at the Grand theatre
May %, reveals much for the
photoplay goer to be thankful for
In the first place, it has a story,
really gripping story OF love and in
trigue, in which a young American
is given the opportunity of his life to
exercise his intelligence and his phys
ical courage The spur for all his
efforts is an American girl who has
been brought to San Francisco 5
Chinatown after her parents were
killed in the Boxer uprising OF 1899,
This exciting tale is by GOuyeneur
Morris. one of the Eminent Authors
whose productions are being made at
the Goldwyn studios. 1t was direct
ed by Frank Lloyd.
A second point of satisfaction is
the acting of beautiful Beatrice Joy
as the American girl. Miss Joy, 1t
will be remembered, played the role
of "Bunty Pulls the Strings" Not
only is the acting in "A Tale Of Two
Worlds" excellent, but the produc-
ton itself equals any that has yet
come from the Goldwyn Workshop;
and this is no small praise.