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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-04-29
Deal With Jap Problem.

Washington, D. C.-Active work
by the organization of senators and
representative of II far western
states, perfected Wednesday of last
week to unite efforts for dealing
with the Japanese immigration
problem, will begin within the
week. Senator Johnson, Republi-
can, California, chairman of the
executive committee, announced
he would name as committeeman,
one senator and one representative
from each of the states. The first
work, it was announced, would be
to make a survey of the situation
with the expectation of submitting
information collected by other
states for possible action.
V. S. McClatchy of Sacramento,
representing the Japanese Exclus-
ion league of California, declared
that unless the Japanese were ex-
cluded they ultimately would
swamp the white races. He
declared they had established a
birth rate per thousand three times
as great as that of the whites and
that if further immigration were
prohibited for 100 years there
wonld be more Japanese than
whites in California.
"The Japanese today control
of all the rich irrigated
lands of California" Mr..
McClatchy said. "They will not
and cannot make American
citizens"
Under the so-called gentleman's
agreement, Mr.. McClatchy added
there has been no suspension or
restriction of immigration.
"We have done the extraordi-
nary thing" he continued, cot
passing to japan one OF our
sovereign rights of determining
who and how many may come IN.
The agreement should be abrogat-
ed. Why should we longer
surrender a supreme prerogative
of this character which is to our
detriment and ultimately
will be our undoing?"
Within the last three months
Mr.. McClatchy said, several states
had shown desire to CO. Operate
with California in enactlng anti
alien land bills similar to that
recently passed in California. In
Oregon and Idaho, he added, land
bills had been proposed in the
legislature but action on them had
been postponed indefinitely
because OF kilograms from Wash
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-04-29
Idaho State News Items.

Boise has a cut glass factory.
The contract has been awarded for
Blackfoot's new $3O0,0O0 water
system.
Idaho -four and Idaho beet sugar
are to be stressed at the Western
Products exhibition.
St. Maries Is to have a light and
power line from the Washington
Water Power company.
The farmers union held their
county conventi tion at Athol last
Saturday.
The proposed paper mill project At
Idaho Falls has been successfully
financed and construction is assured.
Vital statistics of Idaho show | 127
births 10 the state during the month
of March. This exceeds all former
records for any month.
Virgil w. Samms Of Pocatello is to
be surveyor general OF Idaho, accord
Ing to agreement reached last week
by Idaho represen tatives in congress.
Heavy frost Monday morning is
reported to have greatly damaged the
apricot. cherry aud prune crops of
southern Idaho.
A large body OF high grade graphite
has been discovered in the hills of
Idaho county. 1t is worth from $50
to $3.50 per ton.
The state convention Of the Idaho
department American Legion is to be
held In Kellogg August 4, 5, and 6,
according to announcement received
from the state headquarters.
Nine boys, from Ia to II years of
age. are charged with being lmpli-
Gated In the burglary of three Boise
grocery stores, one candy store, and
dance hall.
With almost SO per cent of the
people mem bers of churches, Moscow
claims the highest percentage Of
church members 10 its population of
aoy town in the northwest.
Plans are being made for bathing
teach at Lewiston. Building of a
breakwater to throw sand up over
'cSs on Snake river beach is prOpos-
Cl.
The state department of finance
las refused to take school warrants
as security for deposit of state funds,
'at will take state and county
warrants, and federal. state, county
aad town bonds.
Highway work is to be resumed
petween Craigmont and. Grangeville.
ar.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-04-29
SPIRIT LAKE

]. H. Guthridge Is the first mayor
of,the newly organized city Of Spirit
Lake, by choice of the voters at the
election held Tuesday.
Miss Nola Payne, principal OF the
high school, was called to Sentinel
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-04-29

James Hill secretary treasurer Of
the Ceur d'Alene Golf club, states
that the golf season will open at
Hayden Lake next Saturday.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-15

opposition is open, declamatory, and violent. We
are given. to understand that he would have the
United States remain aloof in form from a world
from which it cannot remain aloof in fact. Our in
terests are inextricably bound up with the interests
Of the rest Of the world, and neither philosophers
nor lawmakers can undo that fact. Sensible men
recognize the facts which exist, and adjust them
selves to those facts. That is what the nations arc
doing now. That is what Mr.SLaFollette opposes.
During the early period of the World War, he was
as much opposed to the participation of the United
States in that war as he is to the ratification of this
treaty. He would then have had the United States
remain aloof while the rest ofythe world was en-
gagged in the greatest struggle in its history, a
struggle which can not be interpreted otherwise
than one between right and wrong, and he. one of
the lawmakers of one of the worlds greatest ma
tons, would have had this nation remain solitary
and aloof, while such a contest was going on.
1t is not likely that Mr.. LaFollette's opposi-
ton will count for much. There was a time when
his word carried a great deal of weight throughout
the United States. Then he was not understood
as he has since become. Today he stands discred-
,ited, and while it is true that there are other ire
|conciliables in the senate, they are not irreconcili
able. because of his leadership, but because of some
peculiar phase of stubbornness which affects them
as it has affected him. The prospect is that the
treaty will be, ratified by a substantial majority,
not only in the United States, but in the parlia-
ments Of the other nations, and that it will 20 into
effect as a constructive work in the interest OF
world peace.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-15
WHAT DO YOU THINK
; >OF MAIN STREET?

/, Is it a true picture Of life in a
small town in the northwest?
Are the people it describes real
people?
The Herald wants to know what
its readers think of Sinclair Lewis
story and is going to offer $50 in
prizes to find out.
HOW. TO WIN A PRIZE
Read the story as it appears
from day TO day in the Evening
Herald. When the last installment
appears write q ktter to the main
Street Editor" Grand Forks. Her
aid, telling whether or not you
think the story gives q true pic
ture of life in Gopher Prairie.
and just why you have formed the
OpaRiOns you express.
To the writer who gives the best
reason for whatever opinion he or
she has formed, we will give a
prize of $40. For the second best
letter we will give a prize, Of s..
and for the next eve best letters
prizes of 81 each.
No letter should be more than
ESQ words in length.
The story is snch that you can
begin 1t any time. and get q good
idea Of the picture it paints.
Here's q chance o win u little
spending money just for writing u
short letter.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-15
SENATOR LAFoLLErTE OPPOSES.

AS was to be unexpected, Senator LaFollette is
opposed by the ratification OF the four-power treaty
relating to rights in and adjacent to the Pacific. 1t
would be difficult to name any particular constr,,c-
tive policy suggested or inaugurated by any admin
1stratlon for some time back which has not been
opposed by Mr.. LaFol1ette. He is the preten-
tIous, and possibly the conscientious objector of the
senate. As a general consideration, it NAV be said
that he is opposed to everything which he does not
originate, or which he has not adopted bodily from
the labors OF somebody else. He is opposed to the
new treaty because he says it involves the United
States IN an alliance with the only imperialistic
powers lett from the war, and morally binds this
country to go to war to protect the interests of
those nations in Pacific territory.
MI. Latollette does not appear to take into ac-
Count the tact that the contamination of this treaty
rs the only thing which makes warfare in the Pacific
or concerning Pacific affairs next to. impossible.
Without such an agreement, the relative rights Of
the several nations throughout a wide extent of
would have remained underlined and i'm
perfectly understood. Conflicts concerning the
definition of these rights were inevitable. It does
not follow necessarily that war would have result
SO, but the existence Sof a large number Of unset
tied problems OF very material interest was. a con-
slant menace to the peace Of these four nations.
The plefipotentiaries of the four nations, especial
~ interested have effected certain compromises and
certain agreements. They have agreed to- abide
by the decisions which have now been reached.
Assuming the ratification Of the treaty, the honor
sof these nations IS pledged to the maintenance of
these Agreements. That any one Of these powers
will violate its pledges u.s. so improbable as to be
next to impossible. Treaties have been violated
before but the recurrence of such a thing in this
case and under these circumstances IS q thing little
To- be feared. The tact IS, then, that the treaty it,
.deF Throughout A large portion of the earth's sur.
face To facilitate arnicable intercourse among the
four greatest powers, &s
Notwithstanding these facts; MI. LaFollette's
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-15
sYHoPa1s,

Carol Milford, a Minnesota girl, grad.
yates from Blodgett college near Min
neapolis, goes to Chicago for a year, and
returns to St. Pau to work in a library.
After being there three years she meets
DR.: Win Kennicott, Of Gopher Prairie.
and they are married.
through college, and her library work.
Sarol has ambitions to live in q smaller
community, where she might spread the
sospe! OF culture as she sees it. Gopher
Freirie is the usual small town, she
nnds, and the residents of the village
90 not quite approve Of her, nor favor
ncr ideas for changes in the wi
Carol quarrels with DR.. Kennicott be-
he does not give her a regular al
q for the household. He tells her
frankly that she feels herself superior
70 his village friends, n Is soaring
them away with her IDEAS.
Carols. finds that even Guy Pollock,
ylllage lawyer, with whom she had
harmlessly .ftrted a bit and whom she
thought was different, belongs to the
village and is satisfied there.
Carol forms the Gopher Prairie ORA
matte club. to present plays. She and
Dr: VIII go to Minneapolis to visit.
The play is a failure, so far as max
ing any dramatic impression on the viii
lage, Carol feels. and she gives up. her
enorts IN that direction. Miles Born
STAN and Bea Sorenson, Carols Nor
wegian maid, get married. 7,
A son is born to Carol. and for two
years she devotes her entire time to
caring for him.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-15

. 5p
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READY FOR


There's going to be a vacancy.nbove
you later on.
Some day you'll find the foreman or
the superintendent gone, ~
And are you \ growing big enough.
when this shall be the cases
10 quit the post you're holding now
and step into his place?
You do the work you have to do wits
ease from day to day, H.
Rut are you getting ready to deserve
the larger pay?
If there should come a vacancy with
bigger tasks to do.
Gould you step in and fill the place II
1t were offered you?
Tomorrow's not 80 far away, hor is
the goal you seek.
Today you should be training for the
work you'll do next week.
me bigger job Is just ahead, eadh day
new changes bring
suppose that post were ~vacanti noY
could you take charge OF thlhgs?
It's not enough. to know enough to
hold your place today,
It's not enough to do enough to- earn
your weekly pay,
Some day there'li be a vacancy with
greater tasks to- do
VIII You be ready for the place sewhen
It shall fall to you?
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-15
NO PUsSY-FoorING.

Plainly Postmaster General Hays is not afraid
TO recognize a situation when he meets it. He is
making no attempt to disguise the fact that there
is a war to a finish between his department and the
bandits, and he is preparing to handle the situation
without gloves.
Mr.. Hays has had a few discomftures in the
preliminary skiimishings. The outlaws. did a sue
cessful job in New York, because postoff;ce en-.
ployes there failed to obey Instructions and they
have dynamited and taken a steel coach by assault
after a very pretty defense by the occupants; bat
nobody need have the slightest doubt regarding the
way the campaign is going to end.
There is something very satisfying in the de-
tail OF a thousand marines to guard mail coaches
and the larger postoffices Of the country, for moth
ing IS more business like than the business end Of
q marines rife. The government is going to stop
the raids OF the bandits on the mails, and il the
Detroit Free Press.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-15
TEST IS SUCCESSFUL.

Cleveland. Dec. 15.--A series OF
tests conducted by the ,Cuyahoga
County Public Health association.
which just ended resulted In ,thirteef
newsboys gaining nearly a pound"a
week In weight. Eight tenthsss OF :
pound month Us the normal. Gsain FOR
BOYS OF their. age. 1t was statedAA
or two teams 0f newsboys, 4 score
IN all. which started out onrsn- wv
weeks test, thirteen finished. Durlns
the test the boys abstaineds tot
drinking coffee. tea and smoking, apu
drank a pint of mink a day.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-15

Everywhere Carol heard that the
war was going TO bring a basic change
In psychology, to purify and unIift
everything from marital relations to
national politics, and she tried IA ~
nit In It. Only she did not find II.
She saw the women who made band
ares for the Red Cross giving IN
bridge. and laughing q having 10 q
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-15

without sugar, but over the surgical
dressings they did not speak Of God
and the souls Of men, but of Miles
Bjornstam's impotence, of Terry
Gould's scandalous c~arryings-on with
a farmers daughter four years ago,
Of cooking cabbage, and Of altering
blouses.; Their references to the war
touched atrocities only. She herself
was punctual, and efficient at max
ing dressings, but she could not, like
Mrs. Lyman Cass n Mrs. Bogart,
fill the dressings with hate for enc
mics. 81 Il
When she protested to Vida, THE
young do, the work while these old
ones ait around and interrupt us and
gag with hate because they're, too
feeble to do anything but hate then
Vida turned to her: -,
IF you can't be revcrent, at least
don't be Sc pert and opinionated, now
when men and women arc dying. Some
OF us-we have given up so much, and
we're glad to. At least we expect
that you others sha'n't try to be witty
at our expense"
There was weeping. IS
Carol did desire to SEQ the Prussian
autocracy defeated; she did persuade
herself that there were no autocracies
save that of Prussia: she did thrill to
motion-pictures Of troops em~barking
in New York; and shA was uncomfor-
table when she met Miles B%jornstam
on the street and he crooked:
"How's tricks? Things going, fine
with me; got two new cows. Well.
have you become a. patriot Eth
Sure. they'll bring democracy-the
democracy of death. Yes. sure, in ev-
cry war since the, Garden Of Eden
the workmen have gone out. to fight
each other for perfectly good reasons
handed to them their bosses.
Now me, I'm wise. I'm SO wise that
I know | don't know anything about
the war, ~
1t was not q thought Of the war
that remained with her after Miles's
defamation but, 3 perception that
she and Vida and all OF the good-in-
~tenioners who wanted to .'do some
thing for the common people, were
insignificant, lbecauge. the common
people, were able to do things. for
themselves and highly likely to, as
soon as they learned the fact. The
conception Of millions Of .workmen
like Miles taking control frightened
her. n she scuttled rapidly away
from The thought Of a time when she
might no longer. retain the pogition
OF Lady Bountiful TO the B5ornstams
and Beas and Oscarinas whom she
loyedENand %patronized.
III.
It was In June, two months after
Americas entrance Into the war. thai
the m%ornentous event happened--the
visit Of he great Percy Bresnahan
the millionaire president Of the Vel.
vet Mootr Car Company Of Boston
slhe ,osse naLiy son who was alwavs
tot Pc mentioned TO strangers.
For two weeks there were rumors.
am Clafk lied 70 Kennicott. SAY.
gollysitt'll- be great to & tho o1gg
scout eh?" Finally the DauntIss.
printed a. on the front page WITH il NJ
jackson Elder. "
Dear Jack:
We'll, Jack. fSid I can make II.
IL - 80 TO Washington as d dollar
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-15

We may as well agree that disarmament won't
stop wars, since everybody, seems bent on conyinc-
ing US Of that theory. But il will make peace less
City Star. ErSs4
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-15

a Pennsylvania man prophesies a warm win
ter, basing his; forecast on observation Of hornets
nests. Anybody can have q warm winter BY mon
er.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-15
MAIN STREET 3 :; s.; s;s: !: a.: i ,:;;;:.

a year man for the government, in
the aviation motor section, and tell
them how much l don't know about
c~arburetors. But before l start in
being a hero l want to shoot out and
catch me a big black bass and cuss
out you and Sam Clark and Harry
Haydock and Will Kennicott and the
rest of you pirates. I'll land in G..
p. on June Z, on NO. u from Mpls.
Shake a day-day. Tell Bert Tybec to
save me a glass OF beer.
Is Sincerely YOURS. ~.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-27
BY EDGAR FRANKLIN

gardless of possible consequences An thony followed and snatched open the trunk.
 Mary had not expired. Her face was decidedly red and her eyes rather bewildered, but she struggled out with Anthony's assistance, breathed deeply several times, glanced at her hair in the mirror and then. being a thoroughly good sport. Mary even managed a small. wretched laugh.
 Back again." she said simply They'd discharged Felice. It's pretty awful. isn't it?"
 ton that was more twitch than any soon.
 And from the ominous region of the doorway came Wilkins warm tones:
 Well. that's all right, gentlemen, but he's busy now
 Hes not too busy to see me-" said an entirely strange voice. and heavy steps passed by Wilkins.
 Into the large room which had already seen so much suffering. the distinctly scared person of Hobart Hitchin was propelled by large. hairy hand. The owner of the hand glanced at him for an instant: and then for five terrific seconds stared at Anthony Fry. who after the first vio- lent start had turned immobile as Johnson Boiler himself
 "Mr.-what's your name?-Hitch- i'm" Dalton parked.
 Hobart Hitchin strengthened up with an effort.
 Fry" said he. "we-er-that is, I accuse you of the-ah-murder of Theodore Dalton's only son, Richard. alias David Prentiss!"
 Robert VininE halted his death march. man of but one idea in
New Britain herald., 1921-09-27

| managed to find a ticket for the fight. And I went" said Mary. and I hap pened to sit next to MT. Fry You went alone to a prize-fight % her father gasped.
 Tt was horribly tame" said Mary, but some men started a fight behind us, because MT. Fry spoke to me, I think, and that wasn't tame at all. For a minute it scared my wits out because I thought we were all going to be arrested. So when MT. Fry and Mir. Boiler decided to escape in taxi cab, I was mighty glad to go with them. After that Mir. Fry-turned queer,' Mary dimpled. He thought I was a boy and he wanted to offer me the opportunity of a life time.
 II don't know just what it meant, but I was curious enough to come up here and listen; and when I didn't appreciate what he was offering MT. Fry got mad. He told me he'd keep me here until I did so TT just went to bed and counted on getting out overnight, somehow. I tried it and I missed fire, and this morning when my wig came off he discovered that was a girl. That's the whole story; we've all been trying to get me out of here ever since-and I'm still here!'
 But the trunk" Hobart Hitchin put in doggedly.
 "I was in the trunk" said Mary We thought I could get to Felice's room that way, but Felice was gone, so Wilkins brought me back" She looked at her father steadily and al- most confidently. That weird tale
New Britain herald., 1921-09-27
laimed t-.eir attention.

claimed t---ir attention.
 "I don't know, Dalton" Anthony be-
 gan evenly, that I have anything to say in attenuation of what I have done. Evidently I lost my head, to the point of downright insanity. Brooding over the business was re- sponsible, I suppose. Your Celestial Oil has been cutting pretty heavily into Imperial Liniment this last year.
 "Humph." said Dalton.
 Last week-all day last Saturday, in fact-I went over the years bus mess and it fairly maddened me to see the falling off. I spent Sunday thinking and I am frank to say. Dal- ton, that by Sunday night I was all but ready to murder you. Toward midnight I conceived what seemed to be a means of forcing you into some sort of mutual contract. knew that talking was useless; I knew that fighting you openly was useless. At the same time something had to be done and that in mighty short order. Therefore, Dalton, I perfected the scheme of Kidnapping your daughter and holding her until you'd come to terms"
 Anthony strengthened up. The play full breeze saved him all the trouble or Speaklng- The 1atch or AntnOny bedroom door was not caught, and the breeze. striking it squarely, sent it open suddenly and cleanly if jerked back by a wire!
 And leaning forward in her chair, even now listening intently, Mary Dal- ton was revealed,
 Still Anthony did not move. He had not moved when, through the swirl that was before his eyes, Mary and her father came into the room. The girl had disengaged herself and she was rather pale-ah, and she was speaking to her father. l
 Dad she said very quietly. have | I ever told you a lie?"
 You'd be no daughter of mine if | you had" Dalton said simply. 1
 Then what happened is just this: | I wanted to go to that fight last night | and Bob wouldn't take me. He was so awful uppish about it that I de- | cided to go myself: I like a good fight, | you know. l didn't dare go as a girl. | so I put on Dicky's fishing suit-the | old one-and sneaked out the back | door, after you thought I was in bed. Then I got a messenger boy and
New Britain herald., 1921-09-27

about having me drugged was just to save me, dad, and maybe if the door hadn't blown open I'd have been home about and swearing to it. That's all. MT. Fry-Mr. Boiler. too-have been too nice for words" concluded Mary, stretching a point. There isn't a thing to blame them for-and never could have believed that Mr. Fry was capable of a lovely lie like that"
 Since seven that morning. at which time Mary's absence had been discov- cred, Theodore Dalton had been breathing in terrible spasmodic gasps Now, as he faced Anthony. he breathed deeply - breathed deeply again-and turned Anthony's tottering world quite upside down by suddenly thrusting out his hand.
 Well, by gad, Fry" he beloved. II knew you were crazy, but I never suspected you were man enough for that! I'd swallowed that tale almost whole and I'd made up my mind to wipe you and your bottled mess off the map together"
 "I know" said Anthony
 But if there's one thing that hits me right where-I live" vociferated Dalton, its a man who will chuck his own every earthly interest aside to save a woman's name and-put it there. Fry! You're a man."
 A little uncertainty, because he was dazed and dizzy, Anthony grasped the hairy hand. It was not so, because it was impossible, but-he and Dalton were friends!
 Beatrice was within a yard of her