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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-07
COVE BOOSTLETS

The year just closed has been
quite successful one for Coveites.
The chicken men have had good
prices for eggs; the berry grow
ers had good returns, fruits of
all kinds like apples have brought
good prices. All have made mon
ey and looking ahead and plan
ming for bigger things for 1921.
The invocation by Rev. BroEow
at our community dinner was in
spring and touched responsive
cord in every heart present. It's
clear, ringing sentiments was like
the touch Of a master hand upon
the harp as it swept the cords in
one grand harmonious strain.
Such was his wish and hope for
our community.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-07
BANKS CUT
down WAR PAPER
1900 Millions Decline to tt41
Millions, Says Federal
Report.

Washington, Holding by federal
reserve banks of paper secured by gov
eminent war obligations declined from
nearly 1900 millions at the open.
ing of the year to 1141 millions on
December 81, said the ANIMAL review
issued by the federal reserve board.
AT the end of the year, out of a total
OF 27191 millions of discounted bills,
about AZ per cent was composed of
paper secured by United States war
obligations, against 67 per cent of a
total of 2231.2 millions held on the
first Friday Of the year.
The gold reserve, according to the
review, shows little change at the
end of the year, as compared with the
condition IL months earlier Although
considerable gold was exported to
South America and to the orient early
in the year, 1t is explained gold ship
ments from England in anticipation
of the maturity of the Anglo-French
bonds on October Is were responsible
in measure for subsequent recov-
cry, - that on December 80 the
amount was only 3,3 millions below
the total shown on January 2.
Increases In capitalization of exist
Ing member banks and accessions of
new members were responsible in part
for an increase in the paid-up capital
of the federal reserve banks during
the year from S7.4 to 1913 millions.
This correspondent to an increase of
over 411.O millions in capital and sur
plus of member banks.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-07
irish Reprlsals snocz BRITISH.

Loudon.-Public opinion received a
shock when the details of the burning
of the Irish town Of Middleton. Satur.
day, were made public. The shock was
particularly felt in quarters where it
had been supposed that martial law
in Southwestern Ireland would put an
end to such reprlsals. Nowhere is
there outspoken approval of the pun.
ishment melted out to the Irish village
by Major General Sir Edward Strick.
land, and there evidently is some re,
luctance to indorse this method OF
keeping order.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-07
BURTON
Continued

Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Tonneson
left this week for Portland where
Mr.. Tonneson has business inter
ests; they expect to be gone a
month.
Some fourteen of the young
folks from Burton, Portage and
Vashon were entertained last We'd
nesday evening by the Misses Sci
ma and Helen Nelson at their
spacious home west of Burton. A
number had been school mates of
the young ladies, so a pleasant
evening was spent it. reviewing
old time incidents, present doings,
and enjoying the music which is
always a pleasant feature at their
gatherings. Late in the eveing a
delicious luncheon was served.
A scow is at the Burton dock
being loaded with railroad ties
from Pankratz Mill, which will
be delivered to the boat at Tacoma
Friday noon: these ties go through
the Panama Canal to some point
on the Atlantic Coast, and from
there will be loaded on cars and
shipped to Pennsylvania. The
shipment consists of 10000 #. of
ties.
Mr.. Pankratz thinks his mill will
be running all winter.
The Ladies Aid will meet Thurs
day afternoon, Jan. 18th at the
home of Mrs. A. j. Marsh and Mrs.
Cook will be hostess.
Mrs. Jensen of Tacoma visited
Wednesday and Thursday with
Mrs. A. Hunt. Mrs. Jensen has
sold over six hundred dollars
of her fancy work in Burton in the
four years that her work has been
selling here.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-07

over again, in strange world, with
entirely different standards for meas
uring men.
Roosevelt cut his eye teeth in polit-
ical leadership in the corrupt ma
chine-run legislature of New York. He
could not have chosen a more thor
ough school for instruction in the hid
den, muddy springs of parties and pol,
itics. His experience at Albany put
realism into his idealism and made
the academic reformer over into the
most intensely practical politician we
have had in the presidency.
He decided at the outset to act in
each office as If it was to be the last
that ne ever would get, and for nearly
Is years after he left the legislature,
Roosevelt could not have been
elected to anything in the boss-ridden
state of New York. For a long time
he was "Shelyed" on the civil service
commission at Washington, until re-
form mayor of New York appointed
him on the four-headed police commits
sion; but 1t was soon single-headed so
far as the public could see, and that
head was fun of teeth for police graft
ers and lawhreakers. AT thirty-eight
The most he could ask of the Repub-
lican politicians, with any hope of get
ting it, was the assistant secretaryship
of the navy. The entire administration
sighed with relief when at last he went
off to lead his Rough Riders.
In five months he was back from
Cuba in the far more troublesome role
of a popular nero. The New York ma
chine was in such sore need of good
name to pun 1t through the pending
election that it met him at the wharf
and humbly laid at his feet the Repub.
iican nomination for governor But in
the governorshlp he realized the worst
fears of Boss Plat that he hnrbored,
as the boss naively wrote him, "vari-
Gus altruistic ideas, and that he was
80 little loose on the relations of CAPT
tai and labor on trusts and combina-
tons and the right Of man
TO run his own business in his own
way"
The only thing to do with this wild
engine was to turn the switch and
shunt It on to the side track of the
vice presidency, Roosevelt loudly pro-
tested that he wanted to be reelected
governor. And while Plntt was trying
TO push him on to the national ticket
Mckinley and Hanna just as earnestly
tried to push him back on to Platt
The Republican national convention
tose up AID rowed his nomination,
lingIng him, IN spite Of himself, upon
he tide chat led to fortune.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-07
WhSHINeT[N| state
NEWS Or INTEREST
Important orGgrHehces OF Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.

AS a New Years greeting, residents
If Vancouver were given notice that
on and after January 16 gas will cost
s1.90 thousand feet, and the mini
mum is raised from so cents to $1.25.
Quinault Indians have sent letter
to the commercial organizations OF Ho-
GUAM and Aberdeen asking them to
use their influence In stopping the
Strengthening" of salmon by the hatch
cry on the Quinault river.
When completed, the Skagit river
power project at Seattle will develop
100000 horsepower and the total cost
will run between s5O,O0O,0O0 and $780,
100000, according to Carl F. Uhden,
chief engineer of the project
Dates for the second annual Inland
Empire high school champion basket
ball tournament to be held In Spo-
kane under the auspices OF the Spo-
kane Amateur Athletic club, have been
announced as March II. IS and 10.
The Canadian steamer Canada II,
which, 1t is alleged. arrived at Seattle
on December 20 with 200 cases of Can
adian whiskey, has been ordered con-
fiscated and sold under the provisions
Of the prohibition enforcement act.
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce
has telegraphed members of the Wash
ington delegation in congress asking
that efforts be made to include Ameri-
can salmon in the list of articles to be
protected by the emergency tariff law.
Jay P. Graves, owner of Waikiki
Jersey breeding farm near Spokane, Is
to give dozen or more young Jersey
bulls OF distinguished lineage as do
nation to the cause of better dairy
herds throughout the leland Empire.
An appeal to the people of Seattle
to have odd" jobs done at this time
to provide employment for the 1000
men and women out of work In the
city has been prepared by the Seattle
chamber of commerce unemployment
committee.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-07
CENTER

Mr., and Mrs. j, Hansen enter
tanned on New Years Day, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. TherkelSen and Mr.. and
Mrs. Nels Hansen and family from
Seattle.
Mr.. Billie Minor has returned
to Vashon from Montana and
while here will make his home with
his brother Ray.
Miss Bessie Butcher who has
been spending her vacation with
her father on Sunshine Ranch has
returned to her school work III
Ferndale, California.
Mr.. and Mrs, John Marshall
have moved in the house just south
of Mrs. McCarren where Mr., TAX,
atsulli used to reside.
Mrs. Huston and children have
returned home again. after several
days of city life in Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert TherkelSen
dined with Mrs. E. c. Allison and
her boys on New Years Day.
George Mccormick went to Ev-
erett last Saturday to attend the
foot ball game between Everett
and Dayton, Ohio. He came home
with THAT grrrand and glorious
feeling for Dayton went home
licked. "
The Heath bunch, large and
small, old and young were very
pleasant callers last Sunday after
noon at "Fernwood."
Mrs. II. Henderson entertained
the Get Together" Club of Ellis
port OH Thursday afternoon of this
week.
The regular meeting of the Cam
ulos Club will be held this Friday,
January 18th at the home of Mrs.
Graham Malone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey are moving
into the little cottage just south
pf rnDta,, cbrrnh
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Williams,
Mrs. c. Williams and Mrs. Wylde
formed a party that motored to
Kent on New Years Day where
they celebrated at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Davis.
Mr.. John Podich was host to a
number of his friends on New
Years Eve. To close the enter
tainment he served an elaborate
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-07

chicken dinner at midnight, Every
one had a most enjoyable time.
Mr.. and Mrs. J, Dunlap had a
Watch Party at their home on
New Years Eve, Mr.. and Mrs.
Austin Taylor and Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Taylor from Vashon Heights
were included among the guests.
Mrs. Howard Rodda is in Seattle
with her mother who is very i'll.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-07
Idaho-House offIoers seIeotad.

Boise, Idaho.-At the 10th legisla
tive house caucus, Peter G. Johnston,
Bingham county, was selected for
speaker by reclamation; Dave Bur.
rell, of Ada county, chief clerk;
Arthur W. French, of Boise county, an
eX.service man, was the unanimous
choice of the caucus for sergeant.at
arms.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-07
ROOsEVELT's HOME SHRINE
Birthplace of Former President in
New York Dedicated

New York-The house in which
Theodore Roosevelt was born at 28 East
Thirdeth street, in New York City,
will be dedicated as national shrine
Thursday, the second anniversary Of
his death.
In the presence of foreign diplo-
mats and Americans of many walks,
MajorGeneral Leonard Wood, a warm
friend of the eX-president laid the
cornerstone and ]. J, Jusserand,
French ambassador, will deliver an
address.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-07
Suspicious Symptom

Doctor He II be up in a day
or two, Mrs. Jones. Why all this
distress?"
Apprehensive Wife-"I was so
afraid, doctor; all night he was
practising the harp on the bed
rails"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-07
Taking No Chances

Browne-"W What caused you to
withdraw all of your money in the
bank2"
Towne-" Every time 1 entered
to make deposit | found the
cashier with his hat on.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-07
DobbIn Appointed to Highway Body

Salem, Or.-Goyernor Olcott ap-
pointed Jay II. Dohbin of Joseph, Wal
Iowa county as member of the state
highway commission to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of the late
r. e. Riddle. Mr.. Dobbn is promin
ent livestock man of his section.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-07
The Bugamist

A June bug married an angle
worm;
An accident cut her in two.
They charged the bug with big
amy;
Now what could the poor thing
do?
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-07
PORTAGE

Mrs. Fred Niland's niece, Miss
Emily Mcpherson of Colby came
over to take her sister Louise home
to spend week with her parents
AZ Christmas time. The following
Thursday she returned with her
sister Euphemia and stayed over
New Years with their aunt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred inland enter
tanned at dinner New Years, Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Davies, |. M.
Rushton, Miss Mabel Hayes and
her brother Elmer, Miss Myrtle
Calhoun, Miss Emily Mcpherson,
md Miss Euphemia and Louise
Mcpherson of Colby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pitts of Nlleta
spent New Years with her parents
III Tacoma.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-07
Lane Under Clinic Observation.

Rochester Minn.-Franklin X. Lane
former secretary of the interior, Is un
der observation of the Mayo clinic fol
a general breakdown, 1t was said
hero.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25
MoTHERI OPEN
CHILD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Your little one will love the 'fruity"
taste Of california Fig Syrup" even IL
constipated. bilious, irritable, feverish.
or full of cold. A teaspoonful never
fails to cleanse the liver and bowels.
In few hours you can see for your
self how thoroughly It works all the
sour bile. and undigested food out Of
the bowels and you have a well. play.
full child again.
Millions OF mothers keep california
Fig Syrup" handy. They know a tea
spoonful today saves a sick child to-
morrow. Ask your druggist for genu-
Inc California Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children of
all ages printed on bottle. Mother
You must say california" or you may
get an imitation hg syrup.--Advertise-
ment
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25
II You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best

Have you ever stopped to reason why
1t is that 30 many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten! The
reason Is PLAINTIFF article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to q medicine,
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself. as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited. to those who are in need of it..
A prominent druggist says Take for
example DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root, a
preparation I have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many Of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has 30 large a
sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified Testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success Of DIR.
kilmer's Swamp Root is due to the fact.
30 many people claim, that it fulfills al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri-
nary troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive sample bottle Of
Swamp Root by Parcels Post. Address
DR.. Kilmer 4 Co.. Binghamton, N. Y,
and enclose ten cents; also mention this
paper. Large and medium size bottles
for sale at all drug stores. Advertisemen,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25
DON'T FEAR ASPIRIN
IF IT IS GENUINE

Look for Name "Bayer" on Tablets.
Then You Need Never
Worry.
To get genuine "Bayer Tablets of
Aspirin" you must look for the safety
"Bayer Cross" on each package and on
each tablet.
The "Bayer Cross" means true. world.
famous Aspirin, prescribed by rhysi-
cians for over twenty-one years, and
proved safe by millions for Colds, Head.
ache, Earache, Toothache, Neuralgia,
Lumbago, Neuritis. and for Pain In
general. Proper and safe directions
are In each unbroken "Bayer" package
advertisement.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25
Got 'Em Guessing.

Miss Alice Robertson. the only wom-
an member Of congress as the records
put II, was In conversation with a
group OF male members including Rep
resentative Towner OF Iowa and sew.
erai others. Something made Miss
Alice peevish at the way part of the
house was acting.
I'm not the only old woman In this
house." she said as she looked around
the group defiantly.
Now the question that Is agitatina
those present is exactly who Miss Alice
looked at at the moment. There are
as many different versions as there
were members present.
Common sense Is the gift Of heaven !;
enough OF IL is genius
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25
There Was No Reply.

Robert Perry, age six, is the son
Of Paul Perry, of Greensburg. Like
all boys of school age, he Is of an
lnquisitive turn of mind, and frequent
ty asks questions of his father which
bring only a grunt in reply.
At dinner the other evening Rob-
ert was eating steak.
Papa, what is steak? Where does
Il come from?"
That was an easy one for papa.
and he promptly responded:
From cows, son."
But he was not prepared for the
neXt one:
From our two cows, papa? 2"
indianapolis News.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25

l continued using it until l had taken
eight bottles. Now am very well and
can do my own homework. can gladly
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham' medicine
to suffering women. - Mrs. BERTHA
LIERING, R. F. D., Ravenswood, w. Va.
The ordinary day of most housewives
is ceaseless treadmill of washing,
cooking, cleaning, mending, sweeping,
busting and caring for little ones. How
much harder the tasks when some de-
rangement of the system causes head
aches, backaches, bearing down pains
and nervousness. Every such woman
should profit by Mrs. Liering's expert
ence. Remember this, for over forty
years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has been restoring health.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25
Daily Short Story.

Potiphar Wampoodle had words with
his wife at breakfast about the way
the eggs were cooked.
"Im tired of this sort of thing" he
river"
So he did.
He loafed around the river front,
kidded the boatmen, and even accepted
little guaranteed hootch.
1t was very late when he wended
his way homeward.
Then he had words with his wife
about some alleged pork chops he
found on the supper charlottesville
Courier Journal.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25
Make Your Own OPPORTUNITIES.

When you feel the fancied greater
opportunities of other fields tugging
at your sleeve just hold short COM
munion with yourself and remember
that it's the man and not the line which
achieves success. You will then de-
eide that there is nothing better than
the work you are doing and that you
make your own opportunities by the
spirit you put into your task every
day of the year.-Selected.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25
A Civil War Veterans
Advice
SOMETHING WORTH READING

Plentywood, ont.--"Over fifty years
ago had an awful bad cough--had It for
five years. was advised by an aunt OF
mine to try DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and one bottle and half
cured me entirely. have used this rem
edy ever since and have recommended il
70 many, and it has been q success in
every case.
II am an old Civil War veteran 70
years OF age and can truthfully say I
don't believe there il better cough med
icine than the Discovery this side OF
Paradise. WIN. l.. Pierce, Box 43.
Ask your druggist for this Golden
Medical Discovery, which has been sold
for over 80 years. IL can now be obtained
In tablet us we'll as in liquid form. Write
DIR. Pierce, president Invalids' Hotel in
Buffalo, N. T.. for free medical advice.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25
First weather Man."

An Englishman, Francis Cation, was
the first real weather man. Cation
was Il cousin of Charles Darwin. He
was born in England in 1924. Whether
he was really able to forecast rain
and sunshine with more accuracy than
his successors Is an open question ;
but ii is certain that he was the first
to attempt the charting, on a large
scale. of the progress of the elements
of weather. The methods devised by
day
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25
She Understood.

A man well known In Indiana poll
ties recently made trip to Chicago.
leaving instructions with his wife to
forward mail care of his friend. Mr.
Adams, whom he expected to visit
Later events. however, caused him to
change his plans. hence the telegram
his wife received read: Send mall
care Congress hotel. not care A DAM"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25
Time Kept by Standard Clocks.

lime Ncpt ny STANDARD CLOCKS.
The time of the whole of the United
States east Of the Rockies is regulated
by three standard clocks kept in an
underground vault at the naval obser.
vatory i'm Washington. These clocks
are wound by electricity. and their
beats are transmitted electrically
throughout the observatory; the vault
is never entered except in cases Of
emergency.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25
BOSCHEE'S SYRUP

Allays Irritation, soothes and Heals
Throat and Lung Inflammation.
The almost constant irritation of a
cough keeps the delicate mucous men,
brane of the throat and lungs in con.
gested condition, which Boschee's Syrup
gently and quickly soothes and heals.
For this reason 1t has been a favorite
household remedy for colds, coughs,
bronchitis and especially for lung
troubles in millions of homes all over
the world for the last fifty-five years,
enabling the patient to obtain good
nights rest, free from coughing, with
easy expectoration in the morning.
You can buy Boschee's Syrup wherever
medicines are ld.-Advertisement.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25
Happy Marriage,

What Is happy marringef" said
George AIDE at a wedding breakfast.
"A happy marriage he went on,
SIS one wherein the husband endures
discomfort and doesn't complain. while
the wife doesn't complain and en-
dures discomfort"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25
cutieura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub In Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This is
only one of the things Cuticura will do
If Soap. Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet purposes. Advertisement.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25

II you use Red Cross Ball Blue In
your laundry. you will not be troubled
by those tiny rust spots. often caused
by inferior bluing. Try 1t and see
advertisement.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25
Spud Murphy's Girl.

Spud Murphy says: II don't mind
that girl of mine bein' stuck on her
folks, but I'm darned IL know why
she thinks that every time l call it's
up to her to bust out the family album"
The Leatherneck.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25

Keep Your Troubles to Yourself.
IF you wastes too much time tellin'
yoh troubles" said Uncle Eben. "soon-
er or later yoh friends Is gineter
lose patience an say dey serves you
right"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25
cynIei

The principal trouble with matri-
mony Is that you can't marry a girl
and still want to sit alone with her
In the dark.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-11-25
SUFFERED SEVEN
LONG YEARS
Finally Relieved by taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Ravenswood, W. "For seven lono
years suffered from a female tronhie

and Inflammation SO
that l was not able
to do my homework.
| consulted several
do tors but none
seemed to give me
relief. ] read in a
paper about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound so
| decided to try it,
and before the first
bottle was gone l
fOI1y,d ovroof raI;af 40