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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-15
American Legion Post
Organized at Central

A meeting of the ex-service men
was held in the Central City hotel
Tuesday evening for the purpose
Of organizing the Goldberg Thomas
post, No. l4O, American Legion,
and the following officers were
elected:
James E. Cody, commander.
Fl. Bert johnson, vice-com-
mander.
Clifford I. Parson, adjutant.
Wilford Fritz, finance officer.
Joseph M. Lord, chaplain.
Wynn w. Lund, historian.
Peter Zancanella, sergeant-at-
arms.
After the installation of officers
the meeting proceeded to the reg
ular order of business. A meeting
was called for Thursday evening of
this week at Up. m. for practice
drill, as the post is to attend the
funeral in Russell Gulch Sunday
of Alexander Klien, whose body
will arrive from France some time
this week. All ex-service mep are
invited to attend the funeral in
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-15
From GiIpin County
Central City observer)

! Oeutral Clty ODserVerl
Nick Johns was over from Idaho
Springs Sunday.
T. R. Cudahy left Thursday af.
ternoon for the east on mining
business.
Mike Whalen came up from
Denver Wednesday to look after
mining interests in the Pine creek
section.
Harry L. Eilmann left for Den
yer Monday morning to accept a
position with the state highway
commission.
W. G. Johnston, secretary Of
the Rara Avis Mining company,
was an arrival Monday from St.
Louis to look over the property.
Mrs. George McCauger and her
daughter arrived last Friday from
Nebraska to do some assessment
work on their claims in the Pine
creek district.
Commissioners Joe Borzago, R..
II. Hughes, and T. P. Atkinson
went to Denver Tuesday morning
to see the state highway commits
sion in regard to road work.
Julian Valentine left Monday
morning for Morrison, Colorado
intending to remain there if be
liked the place. Evidently it did
not suit him, as he returned to
Central Wednesday morning.
A marriage license was issued in
Denver last Thursday to David c.
Straight of Greeley and Miss
Ethel Dickerson of Bald Noun
tain. The bride is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Dickerson Of
Bald Mountain, was born and
raised in that town, and last year
taugh. school there. The groom
is a prominent citizen of Weld
county and is member of the
hoard of county commissioners.
Apex item: Eight inches of snow
fell last Friday night, which melted
by noon on Saturday. Rain COM
menced to fall Saturday noon.
There being snow on the noun
tains east and north of Apex, the
food waters in the Newton creek,
which heads northeast of Apex,
were higher than at any time since
June, 1894. The water brought
down much debris and trash and
choked across the avenue between
the Kurtz cottage and the Ever
green Office. Had it not been for
Messrs. Goldberg, Reid and Craw-
ford being at home just at the time
to remove the obstruction, the
main street of Apex would have
been washed out. AS it was, no
material damage was done.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-15
Something New
Something Different
Richer

More paiatable, hygienic, health
full nutritious, and costs no more,
In speaking of the new process
Prof. RE Washburn, former dairy
commissioner of Missouri, and for
years professor of dairying at the
University of Minnesota, says:
Repeated tests clearly sh ow
that it will bring out the flavor
and increase the tastiness Of the
product--that the presence of this
gas destroys bacteria in large
numbers, and prevents others
growing, an d strangely enough
causes Ice Cream SO made to stand
up better than would be the case
with the anne mix made with air."
r. W. McBRIDE's CORNER DRUG
STORE
Stove castings and ranges. 1920
Minar stroaf
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-15
Local Notes

--Go to Idaho Dainty Shop for
good eats.
Mrs. Ella Roy was business
visitor in Denver Tuesday.
Clarence Finleon returned Sun.
day morning from a visit in Den
yer.
Master Billy Stranb has bee n
Ill for several days with severe
cold.
Mrs. James Barlow returned
Tuesday from few days stay in
Denver.
rugs air cleaned. 1890 Miner
street.
Mr. and Mrs. 9. 8. Work re
turned this morning from a trip to
Empire.
Ralph Hancock md Milton
Oulton motored up from Denver
Sunday for visit.
DR. Alan D Fraser motored to
Denver early Tuesday NOR ming on
business for the day.
Howard Rowse Of Denver mo.
tored up in his new "bug" to spend
the week with his felix's.
Harry holland of Denver spent
the weekend with his wife and
baby at their cottage on Pine
Slope.
e. A. Brinkhaus, optometrist and
sptician, will be at Woodward
hotel week Of June 20. Phone
Idaho 1877.
Mrs. j. FL Nankervis returned
Monday night by the Keelor auto
stage from visit Of several days
in Denver.
James Hancock spent the week.
end with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. j. Hancock having come up
from Denver.
Plumbing and timing. 1920
Miner street.
w. j. Stull, of the Central CITY
Observer, was visitor in this city
Tuesday, making a pleasant call
at the Siftings- News office.
Miss Vida Seaton returned on
Monday night from Ainsworth,
Nebraska, and will spend some
time at her home in Dumont.
5 -+Gasoline and oil at 1920 Miner
street.
Mrs. jesse Mason and two chill.
-aren of Laramie. Wyoming, ar
rived in Idaho Springs the last OF
the week for few days stay.
Miss SOPHIA Clark and Mrs
Henry Beetles of Denver were
among those who visited in Idaho
springs during the weekend.
The slftings News for news.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-15


day for Denver, where he plans to
spend the summer. Being close,
he will occasionally visit Idaho
Springs.
Miss Elizabeth McCombs of
Marshalltown, Iowa, arrived Sun
day afternoon for an extended
stay with her aunt, Mrs. R. w.
Mcbride.
Mrs. E. l.. Wheatley, who spent
the weekend with her niece, Mrs
S. g. Hamlin, and family, returned
Monday with Mr.. Hamlin to her
home in Denver.
Mrs. Irene Moffat, who has been
spending the past week or SO in
this city, went to Denver Sunday
for short stay, planning to re-
turn in few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Carson and
family of Texas have arrived in
idaho Springs for the summer
months, as usual. They will oc
cupy one of the John Owen houses
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-15
Fumigators Conforming

in all respects to the Q. S. govern
ment standard as published in
Public Health Bulletin No. AZ to
be had at McBride's corner drug
store.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-15
Not Only a Delicacy to
Tickle the Palate, but a
Highly Nutritious Food

Being the only ice cream sold in
Idaho Springs made under the
carbonating process, for the sole
right of which for this district r.
W. McBride's corner drug store
has contracted with the Climax
Dairy company, Denver, Colora do
E. l.. johnson, photographer,
went to Denver Tuesday, and plans
to return Monday. He is taking
his studio outfit to Marble, Colo
RADIO, where he has decided to 10
cate in short time.
Prof. Duncan E. Clark and fam.
lily have returned from trip to
Denver, in their new hivver.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-15

Stove castings and ranges. 1920
Miner street.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Mental Clinics for Courts

Mental clinics may soon be a regu-
lar part Of court procedure in New
York. At recent conference of
judges, psychiatrists and welfare
workers DR.. Augusta Scott, psychi-
artist Of the New York Probation
and Protective Association, reported
that in an experiment extending over
six months sixty-one out Of 166 pris-
oners in the Women's Court were
found to have mental age Of less
than twelve years. Justice Levy, OF
the Children's Court, calling atten-
ton to the fact that so per cent Of
the men at Sing Sing are mentally
irresponsible, suggested that the
mental capacity of prisoners should
be obtained first, 'and when they are
found to be idiots, imbeciles or sub
normal be treated as such.
go convict and imprison man or
woman who is not mentally respon-
sible is stupid. And to release such
! prisoner after period Of punish
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
The Yellow Streak
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l am interested, like your cor
respondent Helen Peirce Mcdowell, in
knowing what is "yellow streak" as
applied to moral or physical cow
ard. Neither Webster's Dictionary nor
the Century throws any light on the
subject, and the sometime used syno-
nyms Of jaundiced or jealous do not
fit the case.
We had in the 11th New York Cavalry
during the Civil War genuine physi-
cal coward, a man born in New York
physique and apparently in sound
heabth, but never was man more out
of place than he was in q military
camp in war time.
Once, On the eve Of our going into
action, he disappeared, and was sent
back to us from a distance Of forty
miles. On another occasion, as officer
Of the day, failed to find any sentry
on the outpost. After my orderly and
l had searched we found him hidden
in the bushes and his horse tied up in
concealment. This was our coward,
and after that, being useless as q
sentry, he was detailed exclusively on
stable guard duty. Unfortunate mani
Being coward, he must have died
many times before his death. In my
work, "reminiscences of Boy in Blue,
I have discussed this case. But whai
about the yellow streak?
HENRY MURRAY CALVERT.
Brooklyn, April 2S, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
just Right as They Are

A visiting Polish artist frosts q
budding movement at Smith College
to reform women's clothes by saying
that they are all right as they are
He would not have them bit higher
or bit lower. In his opinion kirtles
stop at just the right point, the
artistic point Major de Kossak is
most enthusiastic about American
women. With such women America
need not envy the Old World its art
treasures.
It might be just as well to take
serious heed to the gallant majors
opinion. Much time has been vast
ed recently, and quantities Of print
paper, in useless discussions, deci-
sions, denunciations Of the clothes
that women wear. College profes-
sors have lectured, churches have
issued solemn warnings, and some
Pennsylvania cadets have gone 50
far as to threaten to go to the FIJI
Islands for brides.
Smith College girls commit them
selves TO middle distances plan q
campaign against extremes either up
or down. They are not aiming to
enshroud the ankles By no means
Charm. not daring, il to be their
snotto conservatiap with dash, ~
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Italy With Us on Yap

Italy follows France in supporting
this country's demand for q recall
Of the Yap mandate. Yap was nj
iottad to Japan by error. The text
OF the ALLEGATION shows this, for It
purports to make Japan the manda-
eary In the name and by the author
ity Of the five principal Allied and
Associated powers to whom Ger
many ceded her oversea possessions.
The United States didn't approve
the award. It never had chance
to approve it. Our representatives
at Paris had, in addition, made q
reservation regarding Yap when the
Council of Four was considering the
ALLEGATION of the German colonies.
Our right to be consulted both as
to the terms and the distribution Of
mandates rests on the fact that we
were one of the chief belligerents
and IN the case Of Yap were named as
one Of the cessionnaries. We haven't
surrendered any of our privileges or
claims as belligerent. We do not
ask for Yap or any other former
German colony. All we want is free
joint use of the cables terminating
on the Pacific islet and in the case
Of other ceded German or Quadruple
Alliance inundated territory equality
of commercial privileges.
Italy's policy is much the same as
ours. She believes in equality of
rights in the exercise of mandates
and full consideration by the man
date power for the interests OF asso-
ciate nations.
The Yap mandate will be recon
sidered shortly by the Allied Council.
The error in the writ Of assignment
to Japan will manifestly have to be
repaired. We are entitled to sit in
this council. With France and Italy
on our side and Great Britain also
inclined to recall defective alloca-
tion, satisfactory settlement seems
already in sight.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

Both exports and imports fell off
sharply in March, compared with the
corresponding month Of last year
Monthly exports to Europe fell from
$465,354,332 to $1e9, ,222,57S, and i'm
ports from Europe from $125, 5,410, ,704
to s76,798,2s6.
That was heavy decrease, reck-
oned and expressed in terms of
money value. It would be interest
ing and instructive to know, how
ever, just what the movement of
trade was in terms of volume of
commodities. 1t is possible that in
pounds and bushels there was little,
if any, decline.
In 1912 we sold $565,s49, ,271 worth
of manufactured cotton, and in
1918 $665, ,024,655 worth. There, sta
tisticians told us, was a substantial
increase in our exports. Yet in fact
the amount Of cotton exported did
not increase at all, but declined from
10,675,4 ,445 bales to 4,528,844 bales.
Again, in those same years we
sold, respectively, $28,957,45 and
75,305,692 worth Of corn. That
meant an increase Of 160 per cent,
but in volume the increase was from
40,03S,7 to 40,997, 1927 bushels, or
% per cent. The same was true of
exports of wheat, wheat -four, coal
and indeed most of our staple COM
modities. The great increase of our
trade wSs an increase in value, not in
volume. 1t meant rising prices, not
larger sales.
/ Similarly, no doubt, the present
decrease in foreign commerce is
largely a decrease in values rather
than in volulne-falling prices, not
diminished sales. Our statistics of
commerce would be more instructive
If they included the figures Of volume
as well as of value; at any rate, Of
the principal commodities.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
The Simplicity Of John Burroughs

| The simplicity which John Bur
roughs expressed in his will was the
right kind of simplicity. 1t was the
accurate expression Of that free soul
of his, one with the elements and all
nature. The funeral directions
which he gave were the fitting
period to his long life. The monu-
ment, a great, untouched rock, was
the only possible memorial which
would fttingly perpetuate his years
Of affectionate intimacy with the
earth and it's creatures, great and
small.
Such an example is good for all
of us, especially good in a nation
rather given to boast and display.
But let us not conclude that the one
remedy for all evils Of taste is sim
plicity. There is sort Of sim
plicity which is anything but, right
| if it is an affectation, pretense,
expressing no inward viewpoint, it
does not deserve the name. True
simplicity might well be defined as
an expression in manners and trap
pings and background which is ac-
curately representative Of a person
atty. A natural boulder would be
about the last monument to be
thought Of if the fame Of Henry
James, for instance, we're to be COM
/, memorated. Similarly, in life the
effort of every one should be to dress
and act in conformity with ones
character and traits.
There are families that belong in
Italian Renaissance houses and 9TH
ers who seem at home only in
Georgian brick. IF people only had
sense enough to desire their proper
backgrounds and architects taste
enough to pick the right one! Alas,
such sensitiveness is about the last
word in taste! It is given only to
the highly civilized-or the very
great, like John Burroughs.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
1t were. The lambrequins are to fall
before there is absolute proof Of con-
vex curvature, even though its ex-
istence may be suspected.


The New York-New Jersey port
treaty, signed yesterday in the pres
ence Of the Governors Of the two
states, opens up new era in port
development. To the end the CITY
government continued its obstructive
tactics. An injunction was sought
q few days ago to restrain New
xork's members of the joint Port
and Harbor Development Commits
sion from putting their names to the
treaty. But Justice Delehanty de-
MED the writ.
Local officialdom's opposition is
based on misconception Of the ma
ture of the port. It's waters are
largely within the area Of New York
City, and most of it's pier space also
is. But its terminal facilities are
centered now in the region west of
the Hudson, in New Jersey territory.
The port overleaps and disregards
state lines. 1t is bi-state in one
sense. 1t is national in another.
From an economic point Of view it
is unit transcending state, city and
county boundaries. It is recognized
as such by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, which enforces q single
rail rate for all parts Of the port
zone.
New York City would suffer ma
terially if this unit were dissolved
and two rival ports were set up and
maintained here. The eastern side
Of the Hudson has the lighterage
differential against it and also it's
marked shortage in freight terminal
accommodations. A port on the west
side Of the Hudson would inevitably
grow at our expense. The heart Of
port is no longer it's waterfront, but
it's railroad terminals.
The public-spirited citizens and.
associations which have worked for
unified port have looked far into the
future. They have had to contend
with city officials who lacked imagi-
nation and didn't want to abandon
old methods. But imagination and
economic foresight have at last tri-
umphed in the negotiation and sign
ing of the port treaty. We have here
the greatest natural harbor on the
Atlantic. We have let it grow with
out much planning or engineering
counsel, forgetting that the problem
was land one rather than a water
one. Now we have tied ourselves up
to a scheme of unified, scientific de-
velopment which promises to utilize
to the utmost the vast possibilities of
our unrivalled port.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

tho record Of Speakership By presiding
over an important inquiry outside the
region Of his particulsr and suficing
work. He was chairman Of the COM
mission which settled the difficult
question Of the limitation Of electoral
areas necsssitatsd By passage Of the last
reform bill It waa hoped that he might
render the state another service by pre-
siding over the committee designated TO
formulate . scheme for reform Of the
House Of Lords. The task would have
been a worthy winding-up Of public
career Of exceptionally long term
throughout which he has maintained and
added to the highest tranditions of the
Speakership.
A Chair for Canada
To one long familiar with the his
toric scene the absence Of Mr.. Lowther
suggests that one Of the jets in the
gas-lit ceiling has gone out, and that
never more shall we enjoy its old
efulgence.
Familiar lines In the Parliamentary
report throughout the session alter
natively announce that "The Speaker
took the chair" and "The Speaker left
the chair" Mr.. Lowther has observed
the familiar procedure under novel cir
cumstances. He has finally left the
chair he occupied for sixteen years with
honor and dignity, and next month will
"take the chair" to Canada, present
from the Mother Of Parliaments to her
doughty daughter assembled at Ottawa
Five years ago the Parliament House
at Ottawa was destroyed by fire, the
Speakers chair disappearing in the con-
hagration. The happy thought occurred
to some one at Westminster to have
made a reproduction Of the historic
House Of Commons chair and present it
to Canada. Mr.. Lowther has accepted
the pleasant task Of delivering the gift,
circumstance that will add much to its
acceptability.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
The Handicap of Success,

An Italian critic, Signor Gugli-
elmo Emanuel, some time ago
cleared his mind of fierce attack
upon the Anglo-Saxons because they
read so much. Individually they
read more; and more Of them read,
he declared. The net result he as
serted, to be unmitigatedly bad, for
it enabled second-rate authors of the
Hall Caine-Florence Barclay school
to make vast fortunes while real
artists languished in poverty.
1t is easy to become excited about
this problem of the derffocratization
Of literature. The basic facts are
all true. America has even out
stripped England in the size Of it's
reading public and the intense thirst
which it feels. Also, unquestion-
ably, more second to tenth rate fic-
tion is being produced than ever be-
fore in the history Of the world.
Such vast demand inevitably slim
ulates q supply.
But whether this economic wea-
pom of the reading mob really drives
away great books is very different
problem. The great painter, the
g eat writer, the great musician has
always been subject to temptation
not in his art so much as in a temp
tation to abandon it for a securer
livelihood. First-rate art has seldom
won enough contemporary fame and
recognition to make its creator COM
Portable, let alone rich. He has al
ways had his choice to make,
whether to obey his impulse to
create and scrape along or suppress
his greatness and win food and COM
forts by more practical trade.
Perhaps, in every age, great art
lists have been seduced by love Of
comforts and fallen by the wayside.
But their greatness may well be
doubted. Similarly to-day. Most of
the people writing to-day are writ
ing the best that is in them. I'm
doubtedly the money reward for
artistic endeavor is unjustly al
lotted. But so it always has been,
and one wonders whether there is
not sound sense in this plan of life
whereby the greatest creators re-
ceive but minor reward. Success
is the greatest sterilizer there is.
Who knows but that revision of
rewards whereby the first-class
writers would win the first class in
comes might not really reduce the
Nlevel Of production! Certainly much
more danger lies in that direction
than in any risk that a future
Shakespeare may be Led astray by
the call of movie" contract.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Funds for Prohibition
Why Should the People Be Asked
to Pay for Law Enforcement?

Why Should the People Be Asked
to Pay for Law Enforcement
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A short time ago attended a
lecture given by Colonel Dan Morgan
Smith, under the auspices Of the
Worlds League Against Alcoholism, in
the high school auditorium at Bing-
hamton, N. Y. Colonel Smith was COM
mander Of the "Lost Battalion" as
many may recall. After discourse on
his war experiences. he concluded his
address with an appeal for subscrip-
tions
have no quarrel with Colonel
Smiths gallantry or his intense patriot
ism, which believe to be 100 per cent
PURE. Nor do I take exception to the
way he camoufages the real point OF
his lecture. My quarrel with him and
the organization which sends him over
the country is briefly this:.
The government has seen At to make
the manufacture and sale Of alcoholic
liquor for beverage purposes crime,
and has amended the Constitution ae-
cordingly. The Volstead enforcement
act is supposed to uphold the amend
ment- If the government has not the
men to enforce the yolstead act or has
not appropriated sufficient funds to pay
for men to enforce the act, why must
we plain folks be asked to dig down
and pledge so much a month to do
what is clearly up to the government? +?
The Governor of New York State has
seen fit to invoke the aid Of the police
IF New York City to help enforce the
law there. Why not the same idea all
over the country?
There Is no question as>to whether
the Eighteenth Amendment is constitu-
tional. It is law, and all law-abiding
folks will respect it. So far, I can't
back up this Worlds League Against
Alcoholism, because believe taxes are
high enough. There ought to be enough
funds to enforce prohibition. I'll be
glad to do my little bit if Colonel
Smith will speak with the same en-
thusiasm ON the Fifteenth Amendment
in the South. HENRY L. BOYER.
Philadelphia. Pa, April %, 1921.