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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-12
WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF
MORTAL BE PROUD?

ed and highly priced by President
Abraham Lincoln in his day and was
recited to B. F. Carpenter and he
wrote it down word for word as it
came from the martyred presidents
lips. According to Mr.. Carpenter the
beautiful poem was written by Knox.
Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated
March 4th, 1851, go years ago.
Oh, why should the spirit of mortal
be proud?
Like a swift fleeing meteor, like a
fast flying cloud
A flash of the lightning, a break of
the wave.
He passeth from life to his rest in
the grave.
The leaves of the oak and the willow
shall fade,
And be scattered around and togeth-
er be laid.
And the old and the young, and the
low and the high
Shall molder to dust and together
shall lie.
The infant a mother attended and
loved,
The mother that infants affection
who proved.
The husband that mother and infant
who blessed,
Each, all, are away to their dwellings
of rest
The hand of the king that the scepter
hath borne
The brow of the priest that the inter
hath worn
The eyes of the sage and the heart
of the brave,
Are hidden and lost in the sdepths of
the grave.
The peasant whose lot was to SOW
and to reap
The herdsman who climbed with his
goats to the steep.
The. beggar who wandered in sea rich
of his bread,
Have faded away like the grass that
we tread.
So the multitude goes, like thefflower
or the weed
That withers away to let others sue
coed:
so the multitude comes, even those
we behold,
To repeat every tale that has often
been told.
For we are the same our fathers have
been:
We see the same sights our fathers
have seen
We drink the same stream and view
the same sun,
And run the same course our faith
ers have run.
The thoughts we are thinking, our
fathers would think;
From the death we are shrinking our
fathers would shrink:
To the life we are clinging they also
would cling,
But it speeds from us all, like bird
on the wing.
They loved, but the story we cannot
unfold;
They scorned, but the heart of the
naughty is cold:
They grinned, but no wall from their
slumber shall come;
They joyed, but the tongue of their
gladness is dumb.
They died!-ay, they died; we things
that are now,
That walk on the turf that lies over
their brow,
And make in their dwellings a tran
silent abode.
Meet the things that they met on their
pilgrimage road.
Yea! hope and dependency, pleasure
and pain,
We mingle together in sunshine and
rain;
And the smile and the tear. the song
and the dirge,
Still follow each other, like surge upon
surge.
tbs the wink of an eye, it's the
draught of a breath.
From the blossom of health, to the
paleness of death:
From the gilded saloon the bier and
the shroud:
oh, why should the spirit of mortal
be proud?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-12

New use for umbrellas: for protec-
ton when sitting under the edge of a
theatre '~icony
We trust II won't be wooden ball
club. just because the president is in
the lumber business.
o
In eight months in Chicago three
thousand automobiles were stolen.
O.
At that the yellow gold which Berg
doll obtained was not so yellow as the
streak where his backbone is supposed
10 be.
Headline says two hundred thous-
and are kept busy feeding rats-just
the four-legged kind
Secretary Colby refuses to provide
Hiram Johnson with anti-Japanese
thunder
Fordneys greatest care just now is
TO see that his bill gets a rest from
the attacks made ON IT,
The greatest little finders in the dis
trict.-Journal classified ads.
Sam Gompers is very insistent that
congress appoint no commissions to
control wcges when it adopts a coal
control bill.
The Mackay- Smith to Boy-Ed we'd
ding in Berlin Is another of those in
cidents where love leads to an enemy
country Boy Ed left Washington I'M
der a cloud
Perhaps one reason why so few peo-
pie heard John Green on retail prices
is because they know all about them.
%
II half of the county's funds are
spent i'm four months, how much will
be spent in eight months?
That we'll drilling company which
goes after water is much more likely
TO be successful than those which go
after oil
All the HOLSTERS will meet at the
chamber of commerce rooms at 10
O'Clock this morning.
Escambia county hunters and fish
eilnen want to provide protection for
the fish and game OF the county.
O.
Pretty soon Or. Moncrief will be
convinced that Pensacola people are
slae he's here
O.
Kit Barrett, daughter Of the editor
on the Birmingham Age-Herald. de-
manded that her pet parrot be saved
before she would abandon a burning
ship BY the time the parrot was
saved the fire was out.
II one-piece bathing suits are for
children only, there1l be great re-
vision in ages.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-12
PRESS COMMENT
Pointed Paragraphs.

We are beginning TO like the para
graphic way of saying things. Long
editorials filling a column or more
might we'll be condensed into half of
the space. Sometimes preachers and
lawyers and other public speakers
might condense into fifteen or twenty
minutes what it often takes them
three times that Icing to express. True
it might not seem so profound but
it gets into the minds of hearers or
readers, just the same. For instance,
here is a chapter in a paragraph in the
Times Union:
"One cannot scare the farmer by
telling him that one can live on
canned things. Who produces the
stuff that fills the cans?" - Gaines
willie Sun.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-12
Wanted: A Cheap and
Comfortable House.

The shortage of houses which, as
one of the results of the war. prevails
throughout Europe as wei! as here, is
being met on a large scale in England
by a method of construction which
should be given a trial in Barlow,
where there is at hand a supply of
material as good if not supe " to
that found elsewhere. The method is
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-12
School Teaching Requires
Well Trained lndiyiduaIs-

Agitation in behalf of increased sal
aries for teachers is not confined to
any one locality or section. 1t is ma
} tion-wide and gaining momentum in
discussion.
AS professional people, and consid-
er1ng their responsibilities, teachers
are the poorest paid class of a peo-
pie In this country. The actual edu-
cation OF the youth of the land is en-
| trusted to their care, and this trust
IS one that cannot be computed in dol
Iars and cents; it involves the very
fundamentals of citizenship and
Shapes to certain extent the destiny
Of a child
Teachers are entitled to pay COM
mensurate with their services. No
sensible person will argue against
such a plan of compensation, and
"'thln the next few years the impor-
lance Will be attached to the teachers
position that it deserves. But the op-
poslte phase of this situation offers
1000 Tor thought and it should be di-
gested along with the arguments for
larger salaries.
There must be a general reorgani-
cation in the method of selecting
teachers before an efficient system of
eoocaclon can be perfected. In the
past, women and men have looked to
the class room as the last resort in
earning livelihood, and this is not
altogether relic at the present time:
teachers Of this sort can be found in
almost every community. Many of
Ihem are frank enough to. admit it.
Inc lawyer or the banker or the news
pdperman, even though a university
graduate, must serve an apprentice
SNIP before entering into a RESPONSE
Die position; but the teacher can pass
an examination and enter into a place
III the school system without other
proof of ability.
To teach requires more than n
knowledge of facts and the power to
lmpart them to others. The teacher
must be acquainted with human ma
Iufe, the Idiosyncrasies of the child
mind, and above all else be an example
as much as an instructor. This kind
OF teacher is worth his or her salary.
regardless of how large it may be,
and the public will not object to sub
stantlal increases for these, but the
man or woman engaged in education
al work solely for the money in it is
an impeachment to the cause of the
serVlng.-Florida Metropolis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-12
The Public Involved

! ne Public involved
| For the first time in history there
are railroads that are in danger OF
going to the scrap heap. A few short
lines have already been dismanteled
and some two hundred or more miles
long are in danger of being abandon
| ed altogether, their rolling stock dis
| posed of and their tracks sold for
scrap iron or steel. This danger is
not 50 remote. 1t is generally con-
coded that unless something is done
one railroad in Georgia if not two
must be abandoned. We mention these
because they are nearest to us. Other
| parts of the United States are not
better off than Georgia.
Men who have built railroads have
! often lost them but the communities
Through which they ran did not lose
them. They We're bought and oper-
ated by others and continued to serve
the communities dependent on them
for transportation. Now there is dam
ger to the people as we'll as to the
owners of the roads.
The war disorganized the railroad
systems Of the United States and
though some of the stronger roads
have come back some of the weaker
ones have not. An increase in trans
portation charges was asked and
granted and this increase did not hurt
the public when it was shipping COM
modities over the roads that were SELL
ing for two or three times their former
price. In proportion TO value the roads
were getting less for transportation
than under old rates and old values.
But the values of commodities have
been cut in half and now they cannot
island higher rates. But present rates
and present operating expenses mean
the ruin of the roads and the aban-
donment of some of them.
The only possible relief is in a re-
duction of wages. Labor in other lines
has been obliged to submit TO reduc-
tions because its employers were not
able to pay the old scale of wages I'M
der the new scale of values. We do
not know that it is true of all classes
of railroad labor but we do know that
it is true of most classes that wages
are Unfortunately high considering the
new level of prices and must be re-
duced.
The railroads cannot continue as
things are at present and the question
is whether they are TO increase the
cost of living to those whose wages
have been reduced or reduce the out
rageous wages they are paying TO
some of their employees. It is not SO
much a question between the railroads
and their employees as between the
public and the railroad employees and
il is not right that labor in other
branches of industry not receiving the
high wages of men who are getting
twice as much as they are in proper
ton to the value of the work they do.
Times Union.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-12

In eight months in Chicago three
thousand automobiles were stolen.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-12

At that the yellow gold which Berg
doll obtained was not so yellow as the
streak where his backbone is supposed
10 be.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-12

We trust II won't be wooden ball
club. just because the president is in
the lumber business.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-12

Headline says two hundred thous-
and are kept busy feeding rats-just
the four-legged kind.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-12

New use for umbrellas: for protec-
ton when sitting under the edge of a
theatre '~lcony.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-12

Secretary Colby refuses to provide
Hiram Johnson with anti-Japanese
thunder.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-01-14
BUSINESS CONFERENCE.

Managers of the three stores
of the Leggett Mercantile Co.,
located at Craigmont, East Port
and Cottonwood, Idaho, met in
Cottonwood last Saturday for a
business conference. The man.
ayers of the various stores pre-
sent were: o. E. Lawton, OF
East Port, w. P. Gillispie, of
Craigmont and II. C. Netzel of
Cottonwood. The gentlemen
talked over business matters
from various angles and outlined
their policies for the coming
year.
Mr.. Lawton was accompanied
here by his wife and son and the
Craigmont manager was accom-
panied by his wife, Mrs. Giles
pie. While here they were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Netzel.
They returned to their homes
Monday morning.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-01-14
JUDGMENT FOR s1s.633.

The case of the State Finance
company VS.. P. p. Puyear was
heard in the district court yes
terday. Judgment was rendered
in behalf of the plaintiff in the
amount of $18,633.01, with int
crest at z percent per annum.
The case involved the payment
of a promissory note in the
amount of 500, 300, given by the
defendants to the Spokane &
Eastern Trust company on May
10, 1920. and the note was secur-
ed by a chattel mortgage on per-
sonal property held by Puyear,
who has for many years been a
prominent farmer in Idaho coun-
ty. The note was afterward
assigned by the Spokane & East
ern Trust company to the State
Finance company.
In the complaint it is alleged
that there was made payments
at times on the note, these total
ing $4,084.09, leaving a balance
unpaid of S16,7l5.51, and action
was brought to recover that
amount together with interest.
The chattel mortgage covered
considerable property in Idaho
county, as well as what is known
as the Broder farm, near Top
penish, Wash, including, among
other things 100 head of steers,
16 yearlings, Al cows and 100
tons of hay. 1t was contended
by the plaintiff that a portion of
the mortgaged chattels were re-
moved from the county and state
and sold to strangers, contrary
to law and the terms of the
mortgage.
Puyear appeared personally in
court and confessed judgment
/ Attorney James E. Babb appear
ed in his half.-Lewiston Tri.
bune.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-01-14
COMMISSIONERS MET.

Saturday, February 9Th, re-
representatives. from the Green
creek, Fem and Keuterville high
way districts, met with the Cot
tonwood highway commissioners
to discuss road matters and pro-
jects for the coming year. One
of the main objects of the get-to
gether meeting was to get the
opinion and exchange ideas as to
the best and cheapest road con-
struction and maintenance.
1t is understood that the ques-
tion of wages were also discussed
by the representatives of the
above named highway districts
and we understand 40c an hour
for man labor and 81 day for
a team seems to have been con-
sidered a fair compensation by
those present. The highways
mentioned propose to establish
a uniform wage scale, so that
they may pay the same wages
for similar work done in their
respective districts.
Among those present were !:
Geo. Killmar, Greencreek; Jim
Crea, Fem; Barney Luchtefeld,
Keuterville; ]. F. Jenny E. l..
Jessup and August Schroeder,
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-01-14
TO HANDLE GOODS.

Tom Randall returned Monday
evening from a four days busl-
ness trip TO outside points and
while away made arrangements
with the McClintock- Turnkey
Co., of Spokane and the Lewis
ton Mercantile Co., of Lewiston,
whereby these two large whole
sale houses will in the future
handle the salad dressing now
being manufactured by Mrs.
Randall. Mrs. Randall only re-
Gently placed on sale a salad
dressing, the recipe of which is
of her own making. that has
been selling like hot cakes in the
various towns in, and around
Cottonwood and now desires to
get it in a larger field. In clos
ing a contract with the above
named firms her ambitions no
doubt will be realized, as these
two firms are among the largest
grocery wholesalers in the north
west and the fact that they have
accepted the agency also speaks
well for Mrs. RandalPs product.
The salad dressing is put up in a
Z OF. bottle and retails for As
cents. Several large shipments
have been made by the Randalls
during the past week.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-01-14
MEYER TAKES BRIDE.

Carl Meyer, son of Mr.. and
Mrs Henry Meyer, of Fem, Ida
no, was married at Lewiston
Sunday, to Miss Anita DeCour-
sey, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. M. DeCoursey, of Lewiston.
The marriage of this popuar
Young couple took place at the
home of the brides aunt and
uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. John P.
Kuhn of Lewiston, with the Rev.
Sommerville officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs Meyer are well
known in this locality, the bride
having at one time resided here,
Carl is a prosperous young farm
er of the Fem section. The
young couple will make their
home on the grooms farm. The
Chronicle wishes to be numbered
with their many well wishing
friends.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-01-14
AGED LADY PASSES AWAY.

<tuED lAsAD ] fAkSpELo - w ~ i .
Mrs. Frank Deters, mother of
Mrs. John Engel, died at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Engel Saturday, January Sth
after a lingering illness of six
years, being bedfast for one
year.
Elizabeth Hursman was born
in 1912 in Lohne in Germany
and came to the United States
in 1878. She was married to
Frank Deters in 1874 at Cincin-
natl, Ohio and they went to Cow
ington, Kentucky where they
lived for six years. From there
they moved to Myers Grove,
MINI. In 1901 they came to
Cottonwood and made their
home with their daughter. Mr..
Deters dieG in 1906.
Mrs. Deters is survived by two
children, Mrs. John Engel of this
city and Henry B. Deters of
Sank Centre. MINI. One sister,
Mrs. Josephine Kruse of Albany,
MINI. and eight grand children.
Funeral services were held
Monday morning from the Cath
olic church. Services being con-
Quoted by the Rev. Fi'. Will
brord. The funeral arrange
ments were in charge of Under
taker Nau.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-01-14
ELECTORAL VOTE CAST.

The four presidential electors
of the state of Idaho, chosen at
the general election on Novem-
ber 2, met in the office of Gov
ernor Davis at noon Monday in
Boise and cast their ballots for
Warren G. Harding for presi-
dent of the United States and
Calvin Coolidge for vice presi-
dent. At the same time the
electors of the other states of
the union were going through
the same procedure. Harry o.
McDougall, Mrs. Robert McCrea,
r. j. Comstock and Perry M.
Harding were the four chosen
electors and who held the meet
ing Monday. The casting of the
votes for the republican candi-
dates was purely a formality.
The only matter TO come before
the electors was the choosing of
Harry McDougall to carry the
votes of the electors to Washing
ton where they will be presented
to the prsidnt of the senate.
Perry M. Harding, one of the
Idaho electors, is a second cous-
in of the president-elect. He
polled the largest vote of any of
the four Idaho electors, probably
because many of the voters
thought that they were voting
for the presidential candidate
direct.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-01-14
NEWS FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.

NEWS FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.
Coasting is all the rage this
week and big crowds of young
folks and some who are not so
young, come out each evening
to enjoy the sport.
We understand a dog ordin-
ance is soon to be passed by the
village board, after that all dogs
will have to be tagged or Baker
III get EN- if they don't watch
out"
E. M. Ehrhardt left Wednes-
day for Stanton, Nebr., to visit
few days with relatives and
then accompy his wife back to
this place.
A party of bowlers consisting
of Marion Upton, George Lange,
Ed Simon, John Peyton and III. E
Holman went to Grangeville
Saturday afternoon and bowled
game at that place that even-
ing.
If negotiations which are now
under way do not miscarry Cot
tonwood is destined to be prov
ided with electric lights and city
water inside of 2 years, w. w.
Brown, of the Bank of Camas
Prairie at Grangeville, has filed
an application with the village
board for a franchise to permit
him to put in a light plant and
water system here and the ques-
ton is now being considered
prior to acting on his applica-
ton.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-01-14
POULTRY WORTH s4,453, 900.

That the value of the poultry
owned in Idaho exceeds by more
than 81, 100000 the value of the
hogs owned in the state is an
interesting item of the report of
the extension service of the Uni
versity OF Idaho. This report
shows the value of the hogs in
this state March /, 1920, was
$685. 800, while the value of
the poultry was placed at $4, ,453,
900. The report shows that
sheep excel all other animals in
number and value, with a total
vauation of $33, ,000,000 and beef
cattle are second on the list.
The extension service has been
working to awaken interest in
poultry production and keep
Prem Moore, former head of the
poultry department at the univ
ersity, in the field as an exten-
sion worker. That the efforts
have been successful is shown by
the report just issued, which
gives Idaho $4,453,000 worth OF
poultry to only $856,000 worth
of poultry owned in the state OF
Washington, with three times
the population of Idaho, is
shown by a recent report of live
stock owned in Washington.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-01-14
HELP PLENTIFUL.

In tearing up the floor of the
old Overland Livery barn, an old
land mark in Cottonwood which
is being torn down by F. G. Nux-
oil, and the lumber hauled to his
home ranch, an "honest to good
ness" bottle of beer was found
under the floor of the old office.
Several partly consumed bottles
of whiskey were also found, no
doubt stored away years ago for
some future use at that time.
Since the big discovery Mr.. Nux-
oil is daily receiving applications
for jobs to help dismantle the old
frame structure.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-01-14
BANK ASSESSES ON SHARES

The board of directors of the
Grangeville Savings & Trust
bank have levied a pro rata as
sessment upon all of the stock of
the bank of 500 per share, the
holders being as follows:
E. w. Oliver, 81 shares; Henry
Telcher, 20 shares; G. S. Stock
ton Is shares; L. Grabski, 5
shares; c. B. knorT, 5 shares |;
w. S. M. Williams, 5 shares; E.
S. Kilen, Is shares; Herman Won
Bargen, 10 chares; Laura ].
White, 10 shares; Alma Peter
son, Ia shares; G. S. Schmadeka
10 shares; r. w. Hawley, 5
shares; M. Glatigny, a shares
A. r. Kilen 10 shares; Lovernice
Johnson, l share; B. III. Decker,
l share; George II. Byers, l
share; w. II. Webb, IL shares
J. J. Janasco, 10 shares; S. S.
Mcpherson 2 shares; j. B. Leep-
er, 2 shares; T. ]. Morris, share
E. Chasset, / share; c. II. Ryan,
8 shares; F. A. Sprague, 3 shares
r. II. Russell, 85 shares; c. H,
Everest, l share; Verna Camp
bell, 10 shares; Beatrice AL
bright, 8 shares; J. A. Bradbury
5 shares; A. II. Hover, 10 shares
M. L. Ayers, 5 shares; Emma
Bentz, 8 shares; Olga G. Hof.
fard, 60 shares; r. II. Russell Jr
5 shares; p. p. Puyear, go share:
The stock will be sold at public
auction January ID.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-01-14
NEW OFFICERS IN CHARGE.

The new county officials cleo
ted at the general election this
fall assumed their duties at
Grangeville, Monday, havi N G
taken the oath of office on that
day. Many of the old officers
were reelected. Those having
charge of the county's affairs
for the next two years are as
follows:
Henry Telcher, republican,
auditor and recorder, holdover.
J. G. Eimers, republican,
sheriff.
Calvin Hazelbaker, republican,
assessor, reelected.
Otie L. Cone, democrat, treas
urer, reelected.
]. E. Byron, republican, pro-
bate Judge.
Luthe er Case, republican,
school superintendent.
Geo. d. Smith, republican, com
missioner.
Dale Clark, republican, COM
missioner, reelected.
Edward S. Vincent, republican
commissioner, reelected.
w. H. Eller, democrat, sheriff,
retiring.
Wilbur L. Campbell, democrat,
probate judge, retiring.
Margaret Sweet, republican,
school superintendent, retiring.
Seth Jones, republican, state
senator, and Lloyd Fem, republi-
con, representative, compri S e
Idaho county's legislative delega-
ton.
Judge Campbell, the retiring
probate judge will devote his
time in the future to law practice
Sheriff Eller, the retiring
sheriff has not announced his
future plans.
Miss Sweet, the retiring coun-
ty superintendent will devote her
time to farming.