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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-12-08
cHlNA's MODEL CITY.

The first model city Of China,
which may be the means of starting
4 great reform in the housing meth
DDS Of the nation, is about to be es-
tablished under the name Of San
Men Wan. The site lies on the
coast between Hongkong and Hang
chow and the movement is headed
by wealthy native who has OBJ
tanned some government assistance.
A huge Confucian temple is to be
built and will be the heart Of the
city, which will be governed accord
ing to the ethics Of the Chinese
sage. Parks and wide streets are
being laid out, waterworks built and
banks established. Homesteads will
be granted in the suburban districts
to encourage farming, the fishing
industry will be developed and mines
will be developed and exploited.
Modern roads are to be built and
canals and bitches dug, both for
transportation and for irrigation
purposes.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-12-08

Proof That 1t Was Known to the An
clients, but Was Lost for Many
Centuries.

One Of the great secrets which the
ancients took with them into their
forgotten graves is the process of
manufacturing asphalt Of the kind
found in the ruins of Babylon In
some respects the substance is SUI
perlor to the most improved kind
today, and while it is presumed the
asphalt beds of the ancients were in
Egypt, few records are available
telling us whence they secured their
material, it is stated.
Modern asphalt paving dates
from the year 1912. 1t was then
that a Greek physician, Doctor Eiri-
nus, discovered the famous beds
near Neufchatel, and shortly after,
the great asphalt rocks in the vicin-
ity of Geneva were unearthed.
Count Sassenay was the first to
lay asphalt pavement in Europe,
and the test he made in 1882 was
followed by various other expert
ments which in 1888 led to the dis
covery that the refuse from gas
works could be turned into pave
ment.
American road builders have been
using asphalt for scores Of years,
and in most cases they have fol-
lowed the process Of the famous
Claridge patent, which was used in
paving Trafalgar square in Janui
airy, 1864.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-12-08
PRESIDENTIAL GOLF BALLS.

When President Harding drives
a golf ball into the rough he might
as we'll consider it lost and shoot
another. The caddies search for
these presidential balls with tremen-
dous zeal, but with little direct re-
suit. The reason is that the Presl-
dent uses a special ball marked with
13 stars and his initials. When a
caddy runs across such a ball it Of
fers him an almost irresistible temp
tation to slip it into his pocket or
under stone, for he knows he can
get $50 for it from some tuft hunter
The fact that as much as this has
been paid for these souvenirs is re-
sponsible for the circulation of the
foolish story that President Harding
uses balls costing $50 apiece.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-12-08
BARE FLOORS GAINING FAVOR
innovation That Has Many Advan-
taees Is Being Taken Up by
Interior Decorators.

Some decorators have found
enough courage to come out brayely
with the conviction that houses can
be furnished attractively and even
richly without any dust-collecting
floor coverings whatever. They are
recommending attractive tiled floors
for halls and living rooms, libraries
and dining rooms, and floors of this
sort are in harmony with certain
types Of rather extensively built
houses. The tiled floor is, Of
course, a simple matter to keep in
condition. 1t is simple matter of
water and a mop, and with this type
of floor there is none of the dread
i'sJ problem of periodic waxings and
llackings, scrapings and refill
lngs.
The complaint that the floors are,
cold can be removed, at least so far
as appearance goes, if the tiles are
Of warm coloring and interesting
finish
When the idea was first brought
forward of using linoleums and oil
cloths as covering for anything save
kitchens, bathrooms and possibly in
nurseries, it was not received with
much enthusiasm by most persons.
But the notion is appealing to many
more persons now. Providing the
tones are simple and harmonious,
good covering of this sort is much
to be preferred to a cheap, ragged
or inharmonious carpet or rug. The
dining room that must do service as
a refectory for children as well as
adults would be very much more
easily kept clean if this selection
were made.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-12-08
DIDN'T WANT TO MISS THAT
Youngsters Perfectly Natural Curl
osity to See the SaIamander at
Its Particular Work.

Arthur still took people at their
word, SO OF course he had not yet
been graduated from the kindergar-
ten. One morning the teacher, who
had obtained a small salamander
for the sand pile, took the children
UP to the table to see it and tell
them all about its habits. In the
course of the explanation one of the
urchins attempted to touch the am
phibian and the teacher reproved
him by saying, Mustn't touch the
salamander, Billie; they make nice
pets"
Presently she felt that they had
seen about enough and so she led
them to their chairs, all going will
ingly, except Arthur, who hung
back.
"Come back to your chair now,
Arthur the teacher requested
9'Why are you staying to look at the
salamander so long?''
"I'm awaiting to see it make q
pet" replied Arthur solemnly.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-12-08
SIMPLICITY IN MANS FOOD
Human Being Can Live on Almost
Anything, According to the De-
auctions Of J. Henri Fabre.

J. Henri Fabre makes it plain in
his "More Hunting Wasps" that the
man who first thought Of crushing
wheat, kneading flour and cooking
the paste between two hot stones was
more deserving than the discoyerer
of the two hundredth asteroid, and
he states that "the discovery of the
potato is certainly as valuable as
that Of Neptune, glorious as the lat
ter was"
Fabre was nearly ninety years old
when it occurred to him that the
world belongs to the kind of stom-
ach that is independent Of special
ties, the Detroit News recalls. He
shows that if the swallow required,
in order to live, one particular gnat,
this proud harbinger of spring
would die of starvation, as would
the lark were his gizzard able to d.
gest only one seed, invariably the
same. Man can live on almost any
thing, and hence his ability to en-
dure the greatest hardships in I'M
frequented regions. The dog is
omnivorous, and therefore cosmo-
politan.
1t is the narrow menu of the wasp
that leads Fabre to bring forward
the theory that anything that in
creases the human alimentary re-
sources is discovery of the first
merit
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-12-08
MUNICIPAL HEARsE.

In Munich, Germany, hearse serv-
ice has been communicated" and
will be carried out by means Of
gasoline automobiles exclusively in
the future. Heretofore, the service
has been partly in the hands of liv-
cry men, who furnished horse
drawn hearses and partly Of the city
which owned a number Of electric
hearses. The change from electric
TO gasoline hearses was due to the
fact that the electrics were about
worn Scientific American.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-12-08
QUITE $3.50.

"See that 20 boxes of German
dyestuffs were stolen from Ho-
boken warehouse the other day."
Suppose the robbers hope to
dye?"
Possibly, Watson, possibly; con-
sidering that the robbery was evil
IDENTIFY the result of a color scheme"
Buffalo Express.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-12-08

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF che ear There ie
only one way 70 cure catarrhal deafness.
and that is by constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused BY an in
famed condition OF the mucous lining OF
the Eustachfan Tube. When this tube is
Unnamed you have rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing. and when il is entirely
closed, Deafness IL the result Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to its normal condition hearing
viii be destroyed forever. Many cases of
deafness are caused by catarrh, which is
an inhamed condition OF the mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces OF the
system
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine. Cir
culars free All Druggists Use.
+. J. CHENEY s. CO.. Toledo. n.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-12-08

EUREKA REBEKAH LODGE
No. 81 meets first and third
Tuesday of each month.
Mrs. Sylvia Richardson, N. G..
Mrs. Lena Emerson, Rec. Sec
Mrs. Minnie Ellis, Finan. Sec.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-12-08
THE QUICKER THE SOONER.

Motorists there any ordinance
limiting the speed Of autos in this
town?
Native-Gawsh, mol You fellers
can't git through Squashville any
too quick fer us.-Boston Tran
script.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-12-08
APPLYING COAL METHODS

A man had just bought a postage
stamp at the drug store.
s'Three cents" said the proprietor
when payment was preferred
."How's that?" asked the Gus
toner.
saThe government is about to put
the price up, and We are simply
anticipating the market. Portland
Prass-
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-12-08
a MODERN THIEF.

Mrs. Lerret (excitedly reading)
-Proftere & Cowger's store was
robbed Of $3.50 worth of clothing
last night.
Mr. Lerret (sarcastically) They
we're lucky, at that. They might
have lost a whole snit.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-12-08
REpLANTINe FORESTS.

With more than 174,250,0o0
acres Of national forests in its care
the United States government is re-
planting denuded areas at a rate Of
1000 acres a year, one nursery hav-
ing capacity of 100000 trees an
nually.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-12-08
P. o. GATES, Song Leader.

P. o. GATES Song Leader
p O. Gates Los Angeles Call song leader will
music for the meeting the Christian church, which win
Sunday morning Gates strongest song lead
in the country and his solos have become soos
he singers II hear him will not fail
hear him again He will sing of his great solos
first solo.
The Hope pioneer., 1921-02-10

that rejection was most significant.
In substance, he said, there was too
much evidence that North Dakota
would remain in a state of political
controversy for years. The bonds
were excellent securities, but he
advised that where politics were
active and ever existent as they
would be in North Dakota that his
clients, the bond houses, should
hold off. The inference is plain
enough. One of North Dakota's
most influential interest serving
politicians had called upon that at
torney. It was not unnatural that
the attorney should gain the i'm
preston politics would be bitter in
this state for some time to come.
Other peaks were passed, though
in the progress Of the people to-
ward fruition of their program. 1t
was noteworthy that at the time
the press was full of the Fargo
bank incident, with it's deliberate,
baseless insinuations directed a.
gainst the Bank of North Dakota,
the State Auditor, known through
out the state as an opponent of the
administration and the Industrial
Commission, demanded entrance
to make an "audit" of the Bank of
North Dakota.
The Hope pioneer., 1921-02-10
Block Sale of State
Bonds by Tactics

Next F. w. Cathro, Director
General of The Bank of North Da-
kota, negotiated a sale that would
lead to the disposal of seventeen
million dollars in state bank, rural
credit and industrial program Sc
curities through two of the largest
bond houses in America. In pas
sing it is noteworthy that, at the
time these bond houses were ex-
tremely anxious to underwrite the
bonds. There was no question as
to their validity or the soundness
of the credit which they represent
ed.
The deal was up to the point of
consummation. But, in the mean
time, an influential man of the
state, a servant of Big Business and
philosopher Of the exploiter bent of
mind, went back east. There he
conferred with certain interests.
Following upon that incident, the
bond houses attorney advised re-
lection of the North Dakota secur-
tiles. The reason he advanced for
The Hope pioneer., 1921-02-10

him out. The wheat strike that fill
lowed will go down in history.
AS the consequences of that or
deal, however, hundreds of the
smaller banks throughout the state
were faced with extreme difficulties
The farmer was right; he had
been robbed. He was entitled by
every law to hold his wheat for
betterment in prices; to give the
market gambler abetted by the
great banks taste of their own
medicine. The situation made
rough going for the smaller bank,
however; in fact more than score
of them closed their doors.
And had it not been for the
Bank of North Dakota this state
woulti have trembled under the
crash of some $50 to 800 banks.
1t would have been blow at the
credit Of the state from which it
would have been years in recover
ing. In that fact lies the present
tactics involved in the political
tutions. Politicians acting on the
orders of the system want to bring
widespread reputation and ruin
ON this state. They know the cost
to themselves. They are willing to
pay it. Ii they don't and the state
industries succeed their losses i'm
illcgitimatc profits of exploitation
will be even heavier.
Ii the crash can be brought about
and made SO devastating that no
man, woman or child in the state
can escape it's consequence, the pre-
sent administration elected in OPP
position to the system will be charg-
ed with the responsibility.
The politics of this conspiracy
thus is as simple as it is monstrous.
The Hope pioneer., 1921-02-10
Why CathrO Baked
Mock In0uisitiOn

Therein lies the explanation of
Mr.. CathrO's attitude on the stand
and the cause of his citation to ap-
pear before the house of represen-
tatives on charge of contempt of the
house. The members of the inves-
tigating committee, with the COM
parable audits of both Bishop, Bris-
man and Company and the audit of
the Industrial Commission itself at
their hands; with the opportunity
offered for a direct examination of
the records of the bank in the in
stitution itself, were bent, through
their attorney, in belaboring the
banking system of the state to point
of crash.
The rules under which the COM
mittee proceeds were drawn up by
its attorneys. One of the notewor-
thy of this set of rules is the now
famous Nj. IL. 1t reads:
Witnesses shall be examined by
consel employed by this committee,
provided, however, that if men,
ber of the committee wishes to
question witness, permission shall
first be given by the chairman of
said committee, and provided, fur
ther, that if it shall appear to the
chairman that such question or
questions are not propounded in
good faith, he shall refuse to per-
nit same to be asked unless direct
ed to do so by a majority of the
committee"
Another rule which would have
the effect of holding up operations
of the state institutions is particul-
arily significant in relation to the
committee attorneys insistance
that records from the Bank of
North Dakota be brought into the
hearing. 1t was the possibility in
volved in this rule that prompted
the Industrial Commission to issue
an order permitting officers of the
bank or of the Industrial Commits
sion to take documents and papers
into the investigating room, but not
to permit them to go out of their
possession. The rule reads:
"All documents, papers and ex-
hibits offered and received in this
investigation shall Immediately be
filed with and kept in the custody
of the secretary of this committee
until the same shall be annexed
the report of this committee and
filed with the house of representa-
tives."
More than irony is implied in
this rule:
"The proceedings being in the
nature of an investigation, and the
controversies incident to the av-
erage trial being absent, the c0un-
sci for the committee are directed
The Hope pioneer., 1921-02-10
Driving the People
On to Calamity

The history of the recent period
of what Wall Street characterize
ically Gales "deflation" is tragical-
ly familiar to the North Dakota
farmer and laboring man.
The relation of the Federal Re-
serve system banks to this so-called
"deflation" is apparant.
1t was a ruthless process, what
ever may be the argument for the
economic policy involved.
The North Dakota farmer is
aware that in effect the great banks
ordered the smaller banks to sell
The Hope pioneer., 1921-02-10

sion in its possession. This audit
agreed with that of Bishop, Briss-
man Co., yet so far as analysis is
concerned the committee has not
moved. The committee in fact has
not accounted representation, al
though it is difficult to conceive how
an examination of so complicated
structure as a bank can be made
without expert assistance of that
sort.
In the proceedings of the COM
mittee, however. lies the revela-
tion as to the purpose of this in
quiry.
From the beginning of the in-
quiry the questioning of the COM
mittees attorneys has been obvious
ly directed at making F. w. Cathro
director general of the bank, refuse
to answer certain questions.
The tactics involved are shrewd.
Knowing Mr.. Cathro is a banker
and placed in confidential relations
with hundreds of bankers and bank
ing institutions throughout the
state, it was not at all problematic-
al that he would prefuse to reveal
affairs that might shake the conf
dence of depositors in those banks.
The time, as perhaps, the inspir-
alton for the inquiry was apt. Pub
lie confidence in wheat belt banks
could easily be shaken. It would
be a daring thing indeed for Mr..
Cathro to reveal the condition of
certain institutions. Noteworthy,
too, is it, that many of these banks
that would have been thrown into
the spotlight of disastrous publicity
had the committee had it's way with
Mr.. Cathro were institutions Off
cered and directed by bankers op-
posed to the present administration
and the idea of state ownership of
industry.
Mr.. Cathro pointed out repeated
ly on the stand that the members
and official representatives of the
committee were at liberty under
his orders from the Industrial Com
mission to call at the bank and
make any investigation that they
might see fit.
Accounts would be opened for in
spection and every courtesy and as
sistance shown the inquisitors. He
did object, however, to dragging
these records out into public to be
distorted and lied about in the
press. In short, it was a violation
OF common sense, to say nothing of
the trust devolving upon him thru
the relations of the Bank of North
Dakota with the other banks of the
slate. There could be no foretell-
ing the consequences to scores of
institutions were this to happen.
The Hope pioneer., 1921-02-10
How the System Would
Throttle a State

1t is axiomatic that the oppres-
sed people will bear their burden
only up to certain point. Then
they will turn on their oppressors
and institute reforms or fnudamen-
tai changes that will relieve them.
Whereupon the battle between the
exploiter and the exploited, the
kings and the commons, begins.
. North Dakota is the test tube
wherein the reactions Of oppressed
and the oppressor may be best OBJ
served in American history.
The people conceived the idea
that. state elevators-in other
words the utilization Of their COM
mon power-would help solve the
problem Of marketing grain thru
which the exploiters robbed them
of their birthright.
State elevators were fought and
checked with the powerful backing
Of the System at every turn and
corner.
Eventually the rising power of
public opinion put the representa-
tives of that vast body of farmers
and laboring men in power who de-
manded relief. Whereupon the
vast, illimitable resources of the
commercial autocracy of not only
the state, but the nation were un-
leashed to checkmate the idea that
private privilege was not absolute.
The state, through the legisla-
ture and the Industrial Commission
organized q state mill and elevator
system.
The state organized the Bank of
North Dakota; bank whose prime
motive was service to the people at
large, rather than mere profit max
The Hope pioneer., 1921-02-10
Financial Crash Sought
To Blame People

uc pcoplo, lu0 pOllLlClduS dI6ucs
will not stop to make calm, dis"
passionate judgment as to who
should bear the responsibility for
such smash. The whole crash
could be laid upon and would be
laid upon the peoples institutions.
1t would teach the people to let we'll
enought alone and stay out of busi-
ness.
Thus at a time when the state
bank is beginning to function
load is thrown upon it that would
tear to it's very foundations any
bank of like size in the world.
The Bank of North Dakota is
standing up through it all. From
out OF this storm of propaganda
directed at it in these perilous
times, it emerges day by day sound
as a rock. And in the meantime
the conspiracy RACES around it.;
more violent, more bitter in pro-
portion to the growing desperation
OF those who would destroy it if
they could.
The crux of the conspiracy lies in
the so-called investigation of the
Bank of North Dakota by a COM
mittee appointed by the majority
islature.
The tactics Of the majority men,
bers of this committee have been
so obviously inspired by prejudice
and a desire to make political pro-
paganda rather than ascertain a
true audit of the bank that the mi
nority members have withdrawn
from participation.
Two attorneys, known through
out the state for their opposition
to the present administration and
the policy and purpose of the Indus
trial Commission, not only were
hired by the house committee to
conduct the inquiry, but were en-
powered and did draw up the rules
under which the committee is act
ing.
These rules and the conduct of
the so-called inquiry has led to the
frequent and general charge that
it is merely kangaroo court.
Witnesses from the Bank of
North Dakota have been fatty de-
MED the right of counsel.
Proceedings in the house COM
mittee's hearings have been as in
volved in their methods as they
have been open in their designs to
discredit the Bank of North Dakota
if possible.
The committee had in its pres
ence an audit of the Bank of North
Dakota made by Bishop, Brissman
and company, engaged for the pur-
pose by the state auditing commit
tee, composed of a majority of
members opposed to the present ad-
ministration.
Bishop, Brissman and company
made an audit and commended the
officers of the bank for the efficient
way in which the affairs Of the in
stitution were conducted. Balances
were found to be correct and all
funds properly accounted for. In
effect if the object of the Bishop,
Brissman and company audit was to
make political capital, the effort
fell flat.
The committee has this audit be-
fore it: yet it has made no attempt
to analyze the audit itself.