The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-04-29

| 1OSerVerS.-Malan (ldanO) enterprise
We at this moment have personal
reasons for recalling a bit if phil.
psophy once rdvanced by Mark Twain
TO the effect that if one has worries
and troubles he can quickly forget
them by buying and wearing a pail
of shoes that pinch ths feet.-Council
| lIdaho) Leader.
With the exception of deposits in
Africa, Idaho has the largest phos-
phate fields in the world, lying east of
| ST. Anthony in the TeutOn range.
Idaho phosphates are considered rich
est owing to a higher per cent Of
phosphate than the African field.-St
Anthony Peak Chronicle.
The agricultural department says
that milk Is so Plentiful that it can be
fed to stock Don't know where he
cot the information, but we wish who
ever gathered the statistics would
communicate with our milkman-
maybe he'd come back to prewar
prices.-Ely (Nev) Times.
Nampa is installing a new unit to
Its city water pumping plant And
someone remarked that probably
Nampa did not have much confidence
In the new beer-permitting edict from
Washington, consequently she needs
lots of water-Caldwell Qdaho) Tri
bune.
In 1920 there were 1141 newsp ipers
which suspended, went broke, or weIs
forced to consolidate with another
paper for lack of support. And yet
no doubt each one OF those papers
was an ardent booster of its particular
region. Funny old world, isn't it?-
Delta (Utah) Chronicle.
Possibly it's a little trying on some
people to earn enormous incomes and
then have the government step in and
annex a majority of 1t in the shape
Of excess profits tax. And still, we
wouldn't object to undergoing the or.
lesl a time or two, just for the sake
If experience.-Parma Qdaho) Re
view
If the oil output keeps on decreas.
ng and the auto supply keeps on in
,reasing, the outlook is that the big
I'll companies will switch consider. |
lbie in a few years from gasoline to |
llcohol And then, maybe, the autos |
will be dancing a Jig around the cor |
lers on one wheel.-Brigham City |
Utah) Journal.
A marriage permit in Chicago costs
/ 50.and a dog license $780, and the |
ounty clerk wants the price of mar
iage licenses raised to a level with !
he permit to keep a dog. But he
Orgets that a dog license lasts year /
nd marriage licenses-well, you know
ow Chicago divorce is.-Richmond |
Utah) Recorder.
A New York man complains to the
olice that "tall, handsome man
tho smokes cork-tipped cigarettes"
Did him a large section of the Grand
entral terminal for $1,000 and dis
ppeared without delivering the goods.
Yell, there are some railroad stations
lat wouldn't be worth as much as
lat delivered.-G (Nev.) Tr.
me.
These old-time saloons making
uif of selling nothing but grape juice
Id soda pop are a delusion and a
Iare. The grape juice and soda pop
ey sell will give you the same old
and any time you are think
& of strOlling around to one of them
st to see Satan rebuking sin 1t will
just as well to leave all but two
rs at home.-Gardnervil (Nev)
ecord-C Courier.
A cuckoo is a bird that never builds
J own nest, but always lays its egg
the nest OF some other bird. Our
untry is crowded with cuckoos, all
ry busy laying eggs. They meet and
IT They harangue each other. They
rise the house of Uncle Sam. They
k. Who was George Washington,
yhow?" They tell each other that
ivate property is highway robbery.
at is merely because they haven't {
Y and wan yours and mine without