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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-05-12
Attends Superintendent Meeting

Mrs. G. w. Flood, county superin-
tendent, returned Monday evening
from the annual conference of county
superintendent held at Moscow, and
the panhandle spelling contest at
Occur d'Alene. Miss Redfield, state
superintendent of public instruction.
calls the county superintendent to-
gether each year for a week of in
struction and counsel. The place of
meeting is one of the state educational
institutions. The opportunity thus af-
forded to those in charge of the
hools in the various counties to dis
cuss mutual problems and became ac-
quainted with the educational oppor-
tunities that Idaho has for her young
people is of incalculable benefit, and
tends to unity the various parts of the
state. The latter part of the week
through the courtesy of the CONNER
cial clubs of Moscow and Lewiston.
the superintendent were taken in
autos overland from Moscow to Lewis
ton. The wonderful wheat fields
through which they passed and the
panorama of fields, orchards, cities,
river valleys. and plains that met their
eye at the top of the famous Lewiston
grade was a revelation to the visitors
from the southern part of the state.
The various sessions of the confer
ence were devoted to discussions of
the new school laws passed by the last
legislature and now in effect, certi-
fication of teachers, county contests,
and other allied subjects. The super
intendents were also addressed by
Miss Countryman, public health nurse
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-05-12
Senior "Sneak Day.

After carefully planning all of the
details of their annual SNEAK day.
Abe seniors gathered at the postoffice
about 8 o'clock Tuesday morning. The
fine rain aided in concealing the evil
dent purpose of such an early class
meeting. The seniors were AIDED into
two cars and started toward school
One of the boys had gone on and
walked to school with Miss Wenz, the
faculty advisor. Upon the approach
of the cars he politely aided Miss Wenz
into the Nash and they were off. The
party headed for Creston. b. c., and
had splendid travelling. The entire
class was present upon landing in the
Canadian village and they all set to
eating with a vengeance. The chief
amusements OF the day were eating,
purchasing souvenirs of the trip and
dodging the police. The party started
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-05-12

vey made by the federal department
of labor to obtain the actual purchases
of food by families in industrial cen
tiers. Nothing was added to or de-
Quoted from the items so listed but
trained government dietitians slightly
modified the proportions to give them
the highest possible nutritive value.
The Loyal Legion investigators
started with these authoritative guam
titles. They priced them at the retail
stores of the communities tabulated
The quantities and prices were then
extended, footed and averaged. with the
results given. The figures represent
no theoretical result but the actual
amount now being paid for veritable
food eaten by real people.
1t should be noted that the table
embraces food only and by no means
reveals the cost of living; also that
the comparison of communities would
probably be quite different if rents,
car fares, gas. telephone. fuel and so
on were included The Legion pur-
poses to continue the investigation and
to incorporate these other items in
future summaries which will be made
public month by month. Headquarters
of the organization is convinced that
the disclosures will have a powerful
and helpful bearing upon the wage
problem.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-05-12
|. |. |. |. MAKES INVESTIGATION
OF THE AVERAGE FOOD COSTS

The Loyal Legion of Loggers and
Lumbermen will publish in the May
Al Bulletin summary of food costs
carefully compiled throughout April
from data obtained by them in Is typi-
cal lumber centers of the northwest;
and therefore really covering the
whole of the lumber producing area
of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, in
which territory the Legion operates.
The table following shows the actual
average daily retail cost of food suffic-
lent to maintain in vigor and on an
American standard of sustenance,
representative working family of five
persons, mother, father, girl of eight
and boys of twelve and ten.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-05-12
Round Prairie School Program

The pupils of the Round Prairie
school presented an entertainment at
the Settlers Association hall last Sat
urday evening.
There are only seven pupils in the
school but they put on an entertain
ment of dialogues, recitations, songs
compositions and folk dances that was
a credit both to the pupils and the
teacher, Miss McAndrew
After the close of the entertainment
the children served a supper consist
ing of sandwiches, pie and coffee and
a collection was taken for the Junior
Red Cross.
After supper dancing was INDUCED
in for several hours and all went home
feeling they had spent pleasant eve
ming. Mrs. E. d. Traver.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-05-12
KENT WINS
FIRST HONORS
is HIGH POINT WINNER AT INTER-
COUNTY TRACK MEET
AT STANDPOINT
TWO ATHLETES GO TO MOSCOW
Kent and Boileau to Represent School
at State Meet.

The Boomers Ferry high school track
team made a splendid showing at the
panhandle track meet held at Sand
point last Saturday. The local team
scored 22A points with a five-man
team Standpoint and Occur d'Alene
took first and second places respect
lively in the meet. each school being
represented with Is men.
Teddy Kent, scored 1874 points
which entitled him to the individual
honors of the meet. He won the 100
yard high hurdles, the 220 yard low
hurdles, tied for first place in the
pole vault with Boileau and won sec
ond place in the so yard dash. Nor
man McQuaig, Occur d'Alene's speedy
Splinter, won second highest honors
with 16A points, and Eckholm, of
Standpoint, was third with 10 points.
Kent won the high hurdles by 35
feet and the low hurdles by fully 20
feet, showing perfect form in stride,
action and leap which was the result
of his careful and thorough training
under Coach Campbell. Kent and
Boileau tied for first place in the pole
vault each vaulting two feet higher
than their competitors. Boileau lost
his shoe in the low hurdle race and
did not finish. Welch and Ashby did
we'll in the jumps but could not com
pete with their much taller opponents
The meet as a whole proved good
one. Very fast time was made in all
the races and Fred Eckholm, of Sand
point, tossed the discus for new state
record and came close to the record
in the shot put. Picket of Standpoint
made a fine leap in the high jump of
5 feet inches.
The Bonners Ferry team was COM
posed of Kent, BoileaA, WEIGH, Wal
lace and Ashby. Fred Plato was
picked for the team but dropped be-
cause he would not train.
The Boomers Ferry team of two
boys, Kent and Boileau, and Coach
Campbell will leave for the state meet
at Moscow next Saturday. Over $50
of the best high school athletes in the
state have SO far entered for the meet
An error was made in the reporting
of the local high school track meet
held April 20, in regard to high point
winners. In this contest WEIGH was
first in number of points won, scor-
ing 10. Charles was second with IA
points and Kent was third with IS
points.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-05-12
GIRLS GIVE DINNER
sect Together" Banquet Served by
Operators at Guild HAN.

Standpoint Review-Local telephone
operators Friday evening entertained
employees of the Interstate Utilities
company from this district at a four
course dinner served at the Guild hall
at $50. John F. Davies of Spokane
general manager of the company, was
present for the affair, and gave an
excellent talk on management views
of service problems, a general dis
cussion of these following the dinner
service. The operators prepared and
served the dinner.
Besides Mr.. Davies, out-of-town
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-05-12
Two Live Stock Deals

A deal was closed on Thursday of
last week in which Col. A. ]. Stein
metz sold for Tom Ames a flock of
SO head of sheep, Walter A. Waters
being the purchaser. Col. Steinmetz
also closed a deal between L. F..
Kuntz and Tom Ames in which the
latter purchased the registered Short
horn bull known as Kootenai Chief
This is a fine animal of his type, and
a bull that any energetic farmer
would be proud to have at the head of
his herd.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-05-12

Gardens plowed. Call on or phone
II. r. Purdy. apr Ali
1t will pay you to patronize Bon
ners Ferry's new secondhand store
Swenson and Hubble, Props. We buy
and sell all kinds of secondhand
goods. Located in the former X. V.
Times building, Main street. mar15tf
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-05-12

guests were present as follows: Chief
operators, Mrs. Ettena Wohlford of
Bonners Ferry, Miss Jennie Rosen-
lund of Priest River, Mrs. Viollette
thompson of Newport, Mrs. ]. Nash
OF lone, and Mrs. Effie Young of
Spirit Lake; linemen, William Wohl-
ford of Boomers Ferry and William
kirkland of Newport
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-05-12

from Boise, DR.. E. A. Bryan, commits
sioner of education, and President Up
/ ham of the university
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-05-12

For Sale-5 room modern house, ex-
cept heat. For sale cheap if taken
at once. Inquire Herald office apr21tf
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-05-12

AUCTIONEER-I am prepared o
give you the benefit of over 20 years
experience as an auctioneer. Ar
rangements for sales may be made at
either the First State Bank the First
National Bank, or the Herald ONCE.
Terms on application. Address P.
o. Box No. 33. /. CauSton, Boomers
Ferry, Idaho. adv If.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-05-12

back about 4;30 o'clock and lost time
waiting on the Ford to climb hills
without gas. After much trying they
finally landed in Copeland. Here they
blocked the county road while they
ate supper. In looking over the events
of the day and characters concerned
the hero" medal consisting of to-
mato can and a leather medal, go to
the Senior ambassador" who took a
shave before he started and then fell
through the customs office window at
Porthill. The party arrived home
about 7:45 D. M, worn out but happy
New-York tribune., 1921-08-28

author described the youth who became
tippler with alcohol His decline and
ruin are described in vivid sentences.
The writer continues: "One may count
IN France the number of deaths from
tuberculosis occasioned by alcohol at
100000 year. In this figure are found
at least $4,000 fathers of families.
Counting two infants in each home.
there are thus 100000 orphans in
France who each year pay their sad
tribute to the miserics and sufferincs
of King Alcohol so implacable in his
cruelty
even children know that hundreds
Of thousands of people die annually from
alcoholic drinking. Laborers work much
less efficiently and produce less under
its influence. The bad poison also
works for all sorts of crimes. 1t pro-
vokcs misery and unhappiness with
out name. Parents who drink do not
cease to quarrel among themselves, and
even frequently strike their children
without reason. In the place of rcceiv-
ing a morsel of bread or meat, one re-
ceives blows and kicks and bad words. ,"
Author Gives Illustration
OF Effect Upon Animals
The author described briefly how ami
New-York tribune., 1921-08-28
Little glasses for parents spell gveat troubles
for children-one of the Fren ca posters.

French family in which these bever-
ages do not form part of two of the
three daily meals.
"The contention that prohibition in
France should be all or nothing as
Am orleans have been able 20 exercise
it, always has been looked upon as
suicide to the cause here" NJ. Finot
said THAT would be going too far
in this country, and it is undoubtedly
true that it was going too far in the
United States. Of course Americans
are rot generally temperate with any
kind of alcoholic drink They have
come to Europe and France since your
prohibition laws and tried to drink
too much. Recently I was in Wies-
baden, where there were scores OF
Americans, and almost without excep-
ton they were making up for lost
time.
My information from America and
Americans" continued N. Finot, as
that a tremendous percentage are
against the prohibition of the less
harmful beverages. That is why ] think
you have gone too far in America. One
cannot change generations of habit in
a night. 1t takes time-years of time
and that is what we are doing here
in France. If prohibition OF strong
drink does not come soon it will event
ually come through a campaign of edu-
cation, ceaseless propaganda in which
we are enlisting even the school chill
dren against Frances greatest national
enemy"
Finot thinks that the methods en-
listed by "Pussyfoot" Johnson and 9th
ers in England are not only waste Of
money, but all wrong. There may be
immediate results, but what about
the reactions?" he asks And the reac-
tions, he believes, are sure to come, not
only in England, but in the great
United States, where the "dry'' victory
was an immature something built upon
an unsolid foundaton-at least so far
as light wines and beer are concerned
New-York tribune., 1921-08-28

when it will not repose elsewhere.
But perhaps the most subtle and
most patienS appeal of all against
alcohol in France goes out in a small
booklet to the school youth of the
country. This booklet has now been
accepted by the government and with
in a month will be distributed in the
schools. On its cover is seen the fig
urc of German soldier leering from
behind a bottle Of strong drink and
superimposed over all the familiar
skull and crossbones The caption
under this terrifying cartoon is the
German speaking: "That which we
were unable to do, alcohol will do"
There is some plain though simple
thought for the youngsters of France
in this booklet. which enlsts t<em
against the national enemy, M Finot
writes:
The tragic past of one of my young
friends awakes in my memory as |
speak of the crafty enemy which at
tacks the happiness and wcllbeine Of
our dear country. Paul D. was lovely
youngster. Everybody appreciated and
loved him. Good looking and solid, h.
was once the first in his class and
champion of football. One predicted
for him brilliant future And the
New-York tribune., 1921-08-28
Staff Of IS Grows to 76
and Great Network Of
Service Extends to Most
Remote Regions Of Nation

youth, abundant, decent, protected
from any form Of exploitation.
During the second year of the
United Statess participation in the war
the bureau attempted, with the CO.
operation of the woman's committee
CT the Council of National Defense and
its local child welfare committees, 10
focus the attention of the entire coun-
try on this program. In 1916, and
again in 1917, the bureau had CO.
operated with the General Federation
OF Women's Clubs in q nation wide
baby week campaign" The entire
year, beginning April, 1918, was dcsig-
mated "children's year" 1t had the
special Endorsement of the President.
During the year the attempt was made
to impress upon the people Of this
country the needs Of children of all
ages.
Chidrens year opened with g cam
paign for the prevention of infant NOR
taity and weighing and measuring
test, in which records were made of
10000 children. After consultation
with anthropolog statstcians and
pediatrists, some 100000 Of these rec
ords have been tabulated. This was
followed by a recreation drive, which
eliminated in a patriotic play week in
the autumn Of 1918. The third feature
OF chiidren's year was back to school
drive, designed to decrease child labor.
Eleven million women took part in the
children's year campaigns.
The international conference on
child welfare had a permanent purpose.
The ann Of this conference, which was
attended by delegates from Engalnd,
France, Belgium, Japan. Serbia and
Italy, IS well as by the leading author
tiles on child life in this country, was
to set forth by a consensus of expert
opinion minimum standards requisite
for child welfare, whether in times OF
war or Of peace. The minimum stand
ards finally adopted cover public pro-
lection o. the health of mothers and o.
children OF all ages, regulations for tha
safeguarding of children entering en-
pioyment, and provisions relating to
children in need OF special care.
During the eight years of it's exist
ence the bureau has extended an in
formation service to thousands ~
persons, many of them representing
agencies and organizations reachiny
other thousands.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-28

liquor-a fortyhve page booklet-ends
with the following admonition:
Thus down with our great enemy,
alcohol. Combat him with energy aid
heroism in order to prove that you are
good citizens of France And do not
forget this:
Each time that you succeed in dimin-
ishing the ravages and the unhappiness
that alcohol sows among your friends
and comrades you render service to
la patrie as much as if you had fought
at the front against the invaders of
France
"The grcatost among French patri-
ots-those who have done most before
and during the war to assure the vic
tory-havc all understood this truth:
France has but two large enemies-the
Germans and alcohol We have beaten
the Germans, but there remains the
other, threatening as each day passes
to become more and more redoubtabie. d"
According to NJ. Finot, statistics for
Paris alone show that certain cate
gories Of Parisians are extraordinary
in their drinking capacity. For ex-
ample, cooks are the heaviest drinkers.
absorbing between ten and fourteen
ounces of alcohol day. Masons are
close second to the "cuisniers," :"
drinking from ten to twelve ounces.
while carpenters, bricklayers, leather
workers and weavers are so close to
their working brethren in the proper
ton of alcoholic consumption that they
are almost as active in promoting an
industry which employs between four
and five million of Frances $4,000 900
odd inhabitants. The French barber
is also an active drinker, according to
the figures, as we'll as the French store
workers. And taking the laboring and
professional working classes as
whole, it Is estimated roughly that
each man consumes from fifty to 1870
quarts of pure alcohol year.
AS for light wines and beers and
elders, it would be difficult to find q
New-York tribune., 1921-08-28
As prohibition caEtoonist dep cts Asoloch
il, school pamphlet
A poster that has been widely
distributed

National Council Of French Women:
Nine. de Witt Schlumbcrger, president
Of the French Union for Woman Suf
frage, and host of others, including
Senator'S, Deputies, former ministers
and generals.
All the prohibition forces and the
suffrage forces have now joined ranks
with an array of influence seldom seen
behind any project in France The pro-
hioltlonlsts are for suffrage and the
sufragists are for prob ibition, and be-
tween the two the l'Alarme is their
joint prohibition suffrage organization,
which is out for both reforms-it mat
ters little which comes first. In the
opinion Of Jean Fnot, president of
| Alarme society, both are inevitable.
and the ranks are being augmented
rapidly by those who see the light.
While the well-known French writer is
the active president of lAlarme, Mines.
Millerand, Deschanel and Poincare are
its honorary presidents at the head of
a list Of names which should make the
enemies of votes for women and the
advocates OF hard liquor tremble in
their boots
Premier BRAND is said to have cx-
pressed his opinion favorably on the
suffrage question, but no sentiment on
prohibition has yet emerged from the
Quai d'Orsay. Prohibition as known
in France does not strike at light
wines and beer, the national table bev-
erages. 1t seeks to eliminate the
powerful hard liquors-eau de vie, CO.
gnacs, brandies, etc-which have such
high alcoholic content that their
widespread consumption constitutes a
menace to the nation, say the anti
alcohol forces.
The modus opcrandi of che French
prohibition campaign is unique. 1t
takes into consideration the national
psychology, which favors nothing alb
rupt. Thus the propaganda goes to
the schoolroom, where the children of
France may be acquainted with all the
brutal facts put forth in small book,
New-York tribune., 1921-08-28

effort TO secure in the Federal govern
itself with inquiries into the welfar
cf the children of this country. II
urging its creation societies and in
dividuals from every part of the coun
t;y, engaged in all branches Of worl
for the protection of children. ioine,
forces. Among those most active il
this effort were persons engaged IL
work for the protection Of children il
industry, who felt the need for Federa
stimulus in order to extend to all chill
dren the more advanced standard.
adopted in some Of the states.
Study of Infant Mortality
One of Chief Purposes
To investigate and report on all mat
ters pertaining to the welfare of chill
dren and child life among all classes
of people is the duty given to the
bureau by the organic act Especially
is it directed to study the questions
OF infant mortality, the birth rate. or.
phanage, Juvenile courts, desertion
dangerous occupations, accidents and
diseases of children, employment and
Legislation affecting children in the
various states and territories.
No definition of "child" is given
The Bureau Of the Census Classics
all under sixteen years of age as
"children" and in 1910 reported 81 ,22O.
36l children in this country But the
legal privileges and responsibilities of
adults, the Children's Bureau contends
are not attained in most states until
the age of twenty one, and physicians
testify that the growth and develop
ment of the body are not usually com
plcted before that age.
The theory upon which the bureau
was founded was that if the Federal
government furnished the information
states, local communities and ndivid-
uals would be enabled to deal more
intelligently snd sympathctically with
the subject and that they would take
whatever action might be required.
Challenged by the opinion of cx-
pcrts that the lives OF at least one
half of the 100000 babies under one
year Of age who die yearly could have
been saved, infant mortality was chos-
en- for the bureaus first original in
vcstgation. Field studies were made
in ono community after another as the
funds available might permit. In or
der ultimately to combine these 20
rate small units into a larger study Of
the socinl and economic aspects Of IN
fant mortality, they were all made
upon uniform plan
In these infant mortality studies all
babies born within given year were