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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23

THE estimated total wealth of the
United States, Great Britain, France,
Germany, Italy, Russia. Japan and
Austria Hungary is a thousand bill
lions. The estimated wealth of the
United States alone is half of that
amount. The total debts of the eight
nations is 257 billions, or more than
one-fourth of their total wealth The
debts of the nations not including the
United States is 233 billions, or forty
six per cent Of their wealth, while
the debt of this nation is but twenty
-four billions or less than five per cent
Of our wealth Great Britain owes 20
per cent, France 81 per cent, Germany
3l2 per cent. All this is according to
some statistician.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23

the others. Frank left his car be-
low and walked up narrow lane,
through a garden Of old-fashioned
flowers. fruit trees grape vines and
White LeghOrn chickens to vine
hung front porch. Repeated ringing
at the bell brought at last a neat
little old lady who was so deaf that
Frank could not make her understand
his errand. At last a faint, sweet
voice came from another room.
please come in here" IL said;
Granny is deaf and cannot hear"
The young man opened the door
Into a delightful living room. where
on sagging old couch before the
fire he found girl, wan and big
eyed, with soft brown curls tumbling
Into her marvellous eyes She was
racked with terrible cough, and be-
fore she could speak Granny gave
her a spoonful of medicine. AS the
old lady put the cup back on the
table she peered into 1t anxiously.
ats most gone darling" she said in
very deaf "And where the next's
coming from =" remembering
Frank, she put finger on her lip and
hurried out Of the room. The girls
face was suffuSed with bushes and
there was a palpitsting breath that
Frank did not like He told her his
name.
"Oh, how kind of Mrs Isham to
send you'll could not get any mes
sage to her-Granny is feeble and we
are not well known here-and-I took
a bad cold the day / was there last
| was showing your mother new
embroidery stitch, I remember"
"IIave you GOOD doctor?" he asked
abruptly
Granny is 1uy doctor-she has home
remedies-always helps me" the girls
voice died out as she fell asleep.
Frank Went out into the kitchen
and communicated with Granny by
means Of pencil and paper He was
so anxious about the sick girl that
he quite forgot his original errand,
and by The time he had telephoned
for hfs own physician and trained
nurse and brought carload Of ne
cessities and luXuries to fill the empty
larder had ordered ice and fruit and
flowers, Il was dusk and he looked
younger and happier than If he had
played a round of golf. But there was
latent anxiety in his eyes as he des
cribed The condition Of the sick girl.
81 shall take her South with me
as soon as She is able to GO" de-
clared his mother Il am going down
to Virginia soon and the change will
do the child good-and, oh, Frank,
/ found my thimblew
Frank stared.
Fright In my workbag, where the
child mad put it. There was a little
hole in the lining and IT slipped be-
tween the layers of silk, l shah look
more thoroughly next time"
Frank smiled sheepishly. ''Do you
know mother" he confded, 81 be
lieve that when l hunted the thlmbe
for you / discovered a wife for my
self"
And Mrs. Isham gave Viola the gold
thlmble for an engagement present,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23

On June 18th, S42,000,000 was
paid TO holders of the First Liberty
Bonds and Victory Notes in the
Seventh Federal Reserve District.
This is the semi-annual interest due
on tie two issues, Of which S1,129,-
242,500 worth was subscribed for in
this district. Holders Of large blocks
of these securities are taking adyant-
age of the low market rate on Lib
erty Bonds and purchasing more Of
the Government Bonds with their in
terest coupons. Every coupon clip
per has the same opportunity Even
the holder of $50 or 800 Bond,
Treasury officials point out, need not
be deprived of an opportunity to let
their interest money make money for
them. Postmaster George Crawford
announces that coupons will be ac-
cepted as cash at the Post Office in
payment for Treasury Savings secur-
tiles which are issued in denomina-
tions of from rs cents to $1,000. The
IS Stamp and the $25, 500 and
1000 Certificates yield per cent
comp0uL ded quarterly Thousands
of Liberty Bond holders are convert
ing their interest coupons into Treas
ury Savings securities twice a year,
realizing that it is the safest invest
ment
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23

A PROMINENT New York Socialist
who is out TO fn humanity with the
spirit OF brotherhood has been tarred
and feathered, rode on a rail, etc, by
a Malboro, N. Y, mob for abusing his
wife, a charming French girl, whom he
recently captured by cunning. .rascally
deception. II only the half told about
how he treated the fair and innocent
bride after getting her into this country
is true, then he got no more than half
the punishment due him. The trouble
with some Of these lovers Of humanity
is that their love for humanity doesn t
start or even arrive at home
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23

COLONEL BRYAN has started another
keep US out Of war campaign. The last
one landed us in the biggest war IN his
tory and left us with a war debt our
grandchildren will be paying. 1t is a
disturbing thought that every time the
Colonel talks in favor Of something we
always get the other thing, whether
his party or. the other one gets into
power,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23
Easy for "Flatfoots."

At last the fiat foot is to come into
its own
In a new step which is being intro
duced on Broadway's dance floors the
man with d "fathoat foot" comes
away with all the honors The one
step requires that the dancer push
himself forward and his partner back
ward in a sort of gliding gait, in which
the movements are executed after the
fashion OF lame giraffe.
People without fiat feet have "a hard
time conauering the new step, as the
need Of equilibrium is its supreme at
tribute.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23

SOME important notifications have
been made by the present Legislature
in the child labor law The most i'm
portant is the raising Of the educa-
tional requirements for regular child
labor permits. While heretofore
completion of the seventh grade. or
attendance of school for eight years
has been sufficient, the new law re-
quires completion of the common school
course or attendance at school for
nine years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23

legislators. The .''wets" were highly
pleased with the new measure and the
drys were correspondingly displeased.
The important feature of the govern
or's bill was the permission granted
for home manufacture of liquor. Then
the senate paid its respects to this
feature by passing an amendment
eliminating it. The bill, as it will go
to the assembly, then will, so far as
home brew is concerned, differ in no
respect from the Matheson bill
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23

FORTY per cent of the young men
attending the State University earn
not cent and are the lavish spenders
while attending school. A common
conclusion is, wen have to look to the
sixty per cent to provide backbone for
the country.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23

In addition to relieving the present
financial strain which many are feel
ing, refunding of government bonds
would afford opportunity for protecting
the persons who bought bonds until
it hurt, +" by bringing these securities
to par, One suggestion to this desir-
able end is to have the government de-
clare itself willing at some definite
future date to accept the long term
bonds at par in payment of income
taxes, tariffs, licenses and other debts
TO the government.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23

BUSINESS in a state of GONZALES
cence," says a headline in the New
York World, Wilson organ. That's
the condition business always is in
under a Republican national admins
tration right after Democratic ma
tional administration.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23
Discrimination

Recruit date Of the criminal BARI
l say, old top, do you believe In cor
poral punishment In the army7
Seasoned Soldier-Naw, the cor
porals amt q bad lot, but these dern
sergeants ought 10 have sompln' com
In 10 'em.--American Legion Weekly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23

Have you a book called the nlad,
written by man named Homer3 I've
forgotten his initials
Yes, ma'am," said the tactful book.
de2ler, no you know. ma'am, it's
quite a coincidence I've forgotten his
Initials, too
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23

PENHAPs an office some time might
seek the man if the man were not so
busy seeking the office that he's not at
home when the office calls.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23

THE introduction Of Gov. Blaine $
bill to take the place Of the Matheson
dry bill which was vetoed last week,
pretty fully occupied the minds Of the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23
For Sale.

House and two acres of land, good
well and cistern on place. also house
household furniture. Inquire of
2w' GEO. BAMBRoUGH, SR.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23

SUBSTANTIALLY two miles a day,
twelve miles al week. ofIconcrete
highway is being constructed in Wis
consin at the present time under the
supervision Of the state highway COM
mission, while between five and seven
miles a day Of other form of con-
struction and surfacing is being com
pleted The engineering department
of the highway commission has so
organized its working forces that.
under division engineers big projects
in different portions Of the state are
being carried on simultaneously.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23

No progress will be made in intro
ducing efficiency or economy into the
public service until the strangle hold.of
the bureaucracy maintained in the
name of The classified service is broken.
Because of the defenses built labout
this bureaucracy the new administra-
ton has aarcely effected an entrance
into most of the government depart
ments. Some day the people Of this
country win be called upon to deter
mine whether the government exists
for the benefit of the professional job
holders, OK whether the job holders are
servants of the people.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23

THURSDAY. JUNE %, 1921.
rs cents per month.
Serial No. rs sl.sO per year
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23
MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE.

Entered weekly as second classimatter NJ the
postofice at Mineral Point Wisconsin
under the act of October 3. 1871
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-06-23
The Hunt for the
Gold Thimble
By DORA NOLAN

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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-04-29
GOT THREE SUSPECTS
Officers On Robbery Clue Raid
Nearby Hills.

The Howell district east of
Hauser lake was raided Tuesday
and three men, said to be Herbert
Shepard, Clinton Shepard, and
William Howell, were captured
and lodged in the county jail at
CGur d'Alene as suspects in the
Post Falls bank robbery, according
to report given out by the officers.
Fingerprints of the captured men
and of four others, who were lett
in their mountain homes, were
taken and will be compared with
those found in the bank.
Spokane officers in the raid
which involved I5-mile hike over
the hills, were Roy Mason, Pinker-
ton superintendent; Detective
Roy Fordyce and Deputy Sherifis
Bradley and Hedger. They were
Joined by Deputy Sheriff SkogStad,
Johnson, Burroughs and
Farnsworth and others of kootenai
county.
The men captured we're all
heavily armed but were taken by
surprise and made no resistance.
They are also suspected of moon
shine operations, some evidences
of such activities being discovered
near their habitations.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-04-29
FROM OVER THE COUNTY
POST FALLS

Plnkerton detectives have obtained
finger prints and are seeking the trail
of the robbers Of the Valley State
bank. 1t was ascertained the loss
exceeds $4,000 including $500 belong
ing to the bank and the balance
being in Liberty bonds, money aud
jewelry which patrons had ia safety
deposit boxes, so of which were
stolen by the yeggmen.
A new garage 60xS0 feet Is to be
built of concrete blocks.
The sawmill will start next Monday.
The engagement of H. E. Wether-
ell OF Post Falls and Miss Vera
Roeder, both teachers in the Cheney
normal, has been announced.
Neil Peter Mcleod and Bertha l..
Bauer were married April 16 and VIII
reside at Latah, Wash.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-04-29
FIGHT AT chico
R. Grove Says Men Turned Cat
tie On His Land.

Occur d'Alene, Idaho. Rex M.
Grove of chico arrived in the city
one day last week with his head
swathed in bandages, covering num-
erous cuts and bruises, and swore to
complaint, charging Nlcodemus
Ihley with assault by means OF force
likely to produce great bodily injury.
When the complaint was sworn to
officers of the probate court called
the sheriff by phone to make the
arrest, and in his office at that time
was Ihley telling the sheriff his
version of the story. The case was
heard in the probate court.
According to Grove, certain road
ways, which are entirely on the Grove
property, were closed by Grove, and
Ihley and others bad torn down the
fences and when Grove went to ascer-
tain the cause of cattle being on his
land, Ihley urged his dog to attack
Grove, also running him down with
his horse and at the same time throw
iug rocks at him. and later beating
him over the head with clubs and
rocks.
Considerable litigation has been in
the courts regarding the property,
which at one time had been opened
up in tracts and streets laid out.
Later the court vacated the property
and Ihley and others claimed to have
been injured by the courts order.
On Monday R. M. Grove filed suit
in district court against John Ihley
and others, charging them with
malicously allowing stock TO trample
down bis crops on his farm at Chico,
and alleging that the defendant tore
down fences belonging to him and
left gates open, that stock could enter
his premises. He asks damages of
$1,000 and that the same be trebled
according TO statute.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-04-29
Fix Grade Teachers Salaries.

At an informal meeting Tuesday
night the Rathdrum school board
decided to adopt new salary
schedule for the grade teachers.
All members of the board were
present and permission was given
to publish the decision reached
before the regular meeting:
Under fhe new schedule all re-
employed teachers below the
eighth grade position will receive
SII25 for the nine months term,
including S99 bonus; newly en-
ployed teachers having complete
training will receive SIo8o, includ-
ing the Soo bonus, and the salary
for any newly employed teachers
having incomplete training will be
$1,000 including bonus of $94.
The salary of the eighth grade
teacher, who is principal of the
grade school, was fixed at sI245,
which includes the bonus.
AS in previous years the bonus
is made payable at the end of the
term.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-04-29
HARRISON

Arrangements have been made to
give all cattle IN the district the
tubercular test.
Harrison's quota in the Roy Scout
drive for Kootena aud Shoshone
counties, is $3.50.
The Harrison meat market has
changed hands.
An examination is to be held at
Kellogg for the position of postmaster
at Black Lake. 1t is a fourth class
postotfice.
In the school spelling elimination
contest Saturday. Amy Molde and
Madeline Knutson OF the Harrison
eighth grade, were selected to com
pete in the county contest at Occur
d'Alene.
The Boy Scouts took their first
spring hike Saturday. There are "a
in the troop.
The Harrison high school won the
debating Donors in the triangular
meet with Spirit Lake and Occur d.
Alele, which makes this school
eligible for further competition for
honors in north Idaho. The winning
quartet are Mason Wygant and Ralph
Peterson for the affirmative and
Marguerite Brdgeman and Roy
Magney for the negative.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-04-29
CGUR D'ALENE

James Hill secretary treasurer Of
the Ceur d'Alene Golf club, states
that the golf season will open at
Hayden Lake next Saturday.
j. Z. Dwyer was elected mayor at
Tuesdays election. L. M. Larson
was chosen clerk and A. Cook was
reelected treasurer.
+ The police last Saturday were seek
log thief who entered the rooms Of
Harry and L. A. Hart at the Hotel
Villa and stole watch and $40 in
change and ranSacked the room OF a
salesman at the Elite hotel, obtaining
SIG in cash. An automobile tire was
removed from the car OF Mrs. Frank
Roy.
Parties who were near the head OF
Hayden Lake April 2l, report seeiUg
nine large pure white swans there.
The launch was driven to within 100
feet Of the fowls before they began TO
move, and then they did not appear
frightened. The white swan Is a
rarity in this section, aud it has been
some time since So large a flock has
been seen.
The employees Of the Interstate
Telephone company 10 this city, Mrs.
Sadie Williams, chief operator at
Rathdrum, Mrs. Vera Phelps. chief
operator at Post Falls, and Miss
Yvone Lavigne, chief operator at
Harrison, met with General Manager
John +. Davies, 10 round table talk
on "How to Improve the Service and
Increase the Business Of the
Company" After the meeting last
Friday, luncheon was served in the
rest room OF the telephone office.
About 20 local members Of the force
were present.
The preliminaries in the Kootenai
County spelling contest, have been
finished, and the final contest will be
conducted at the Central school
building in Cpur d'Alene, Saturday,
April 30, at 1880 o'clock a. 10 under
direction of County Supt. Il. q.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-04-29
BaIIaSting Road Bed.

For som etime the Northern Pacific
railway company has had men
employed IN ballasting the road bed
between Rathdrum and VelOy, a
station lu Washington. IL is ID
iuile stretch.
The crew Of about l25 japanese now
has its work train on a siding a few
miles below town.
J. l.. DeForce, division superinten-
dent, stated 10 Spokane last week
that this piece OF ballasting is part
OF plans for ballasting much Of the
division. If the plans are carried out
the ballasting crew will be kept on
this division all summer. Due to the
unsettled railway condition, however,
the work is being authorized by jobs
rather than for the season.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-04-29

ington saying that such action by
the states would embarrass the
federal government.
In the house Representative
Baker, Democrat, California, pro-
posed an amendment to the censti-
tuition providing that no child
thereafter born in the United
States of foreign parentage shall
be eligible to citizenship in the
United States unless both parents
are eligible to become citizens of
the United States"
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-04-29
To-, on account OF the death OF her

Mo-, on account OF the death OF her
father.
A marriage license was Issued IN
Spokane to w. d. Buswell and Emma
Fleming, both of Spirit Lake.
Property owners are required to
collect and haul of rubbish at their
own expense.
Hazel & Weston Is the firm name
OF new partnership in the pool hall
business.
Ralph SprIggs, accused Of hitting
Supt. Calkins with his fist, pleaded
guilty and was fined $40 and costs.
The Rebekahs raised $94 by giving
a social for members, families and
the Odd Fellows.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-04-29
WAS QUIET ELECTION
New Town Board Takes Office
Next Week.

The Rathdrum village election
Tuesday was quiet, there being no
contest and but one ticket In the
field. or so voters registered 81
avalled themselves or the opportunl.
ty to cast their ballots.
The five men named by the
Peoples party convention all received
twenty votes or more and will take
office the first Tuesday in May, the
beginning of the new fiscal year.
They are c. f. Borell, JE A. Swanson
and Jacob Biemond, reelected. and
A. H Richmond and W. A. Poleson.
A bout dozen others, Including
several women. received scattering
mplimentary votes.
The election board consisted Of
Mrs. L. E. Tucker, Mrs. D. q. Lyon,
Mrs. J. W. Hurrell, judges, Mrs CHI.
Sheffield, clerk, and F. NJ. White,
constable.
The village election at Athol was
made interesting by an organized
effort to defeat the Citizens ticket by
writing 10 names on the ballot.
Every voter had registered and it is
said all but three voted.
A lively contest was also reported
In the election at Spirit Lake.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-04-29

Equipment is on the way for finish.
ing the road. Work has also been
started between Craigmont and Peck.
The town of American Falls is tC
be mo-sed to a new location to make
room for gigantic reservoir to
irrigate 400, 900 acres. Two million
acres will benefit by the project.
More than a million dollars worth
of state funds will be withdrawn from
state repositories during the month
of May 10 warrant calls. State
Treasurer D. +. Banks estimates
that approximately one third of the
states funds now in various banks Of
the state WI! be needed to meet these
calls.
Shipments to date of Idaho
potatoes this season taken from the
April IL report show a total Of 7472
cars, as compared with last year of
the same date of 6806 cars. Reports
Of shipments to date 10 the United
States for this season are, old crop,
167, 399 carloads; new crop, 593 cars
From San Francisco recently came
the news Of the death of George B.
Baldwin, formerly of Challis, Idaho,
at the age of 92. He had been a
mining prospector in Idaho, British
Columbia and Alaska for 70 years,
keeping up his search for the hidden
treasure of the hills until within two
years of his death.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-04-29

Egbers. At 1890 luncheon will be
served while the checkers are correct
ing the papers and deciding who are
the winners of the first, second, and
third prizes. immediately after
luncheopf medals OF gold, silver and
bronze will be awarded the successful
contestants, who will then be entitled
to enter the Idaho Panhandle spell
ing contest which will be held 50
C9ur d'Alene, May 9.