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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-07-20
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY WAS
RIGHT BUT DIDN'T KNOW TT.

When prosecuting attorney or any
other attorney has a case won and
don't know it, he may be regarded as
rather hopeless. This is particularly
true when the case in question in
wolves a very ordinary misdemeanor.
Early in 1920 Schwarz Brothers
cashed a check for a young mar
whose name will not be mentioned in
print The young man had no funds
in the bank and refused to make good
the check. Failing to obtain any sat
isfaction from the writer, Schwarz
Brothers asked the prosecuting attor-
ney to prosecute. This the prosecut-
ing attorney agreed to 10 Schwarz
Brothers waited several months and
nothing was done, so they became in
sistent.
The prosecuting attorney, some fiji
teen months after the check had been
written, brought the case to trial be-
fore Judge Travis. Another local at
torney represented the defendant and
had practically decided that there was
little hope of winning the case. His
plan was to go into court and ask the
judge to be as lenient with his client
as possible.
The attorneys appeared in court and
the attorney for the defendant, as a
last resort, read an Idaho statute, Sec
ton SOB, where it was stated that
"An indictment for any misdemeanor
must be found within one year after
its commission"
The judge asked the prosecuting at
torney what his answer was, and the
prosecuting attorney had no answer
He stated that it was his belief that
4ha 14a4rafa fa- ISposfatsOne fOrl
three years. He admitted that he
was beaten and moved hat the case
be dismissed, which it was. '
Now, as a matter of fact, which the !
defendants attorney fully realized,
Section 8703 as above quoted, applies
to misdemeanors prosecuted by indict-
ment only. And this case was not
prosecuted by indictment, but by the
ordinary complaint filed in justice
court. Indictments are filed only in
grand jury cases.
There is no limitation for the filing
of a complaint in justice court on a
m-isdemeanor charge.
1t was the A B G of law in a case
where the defending attorney knew
that he was wrong, where the prose-
cutting attorney was absolutely right
but didn't know ii.
The check was only for 500 but it
represented hard work and hard earn
ed profits on the part of people who
we're right in expecting protection I'M
der the law. The man who committed
the misdemeanor went absolutely free
because the prosecuting attorney
didn't know the law and was too care
less to look it up It would be cheap
er to employ an attorney for every i'm
dividual state or county case, than
permit such a prosecutor to serve as
a public official.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-07-20
to luck. Look and listen every

trust to luck Look and listen every
time.
If-you trust to luck, you are not
giving yourself and your passenger
a fair deal. A professional gambler
will bet almost anything, but he v
wagers his life. He might lose a lot
of money once and then recon- his
losses in another venture. But every
n of us know that when he loses
his life he is going to stay dead.
The man who was killed at a cross
ing yesterday. had no desire to die.
There was no end of things to make
life worth while. The man simply
followed In the steps of thousands
who made the mistake of yielding to
a quick impulse of trying to beat a
train yer a crossing.
Sober second thought would have
saved him; 80 we close this little s~-
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-07-20
CAUGHT I'LL LIMIT

One of the most pleasant and sue
cessful fishing trips yet reported is
that of Mr.. and Mrs. e. d. Nye and
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Rudeen, who re-
River. 1t took them only a short time
to catch the limit, the remainder of
the time being devoted 10 motoring
and a short inspection of the Valley
of the Moon" They returned more
than pleased with their short outing.
Arco and the Lost River country is
only one OF the many delightful outing
spots easily reached from American
Falls.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-07-20
CAN'T FOOL FARM
RUREAu.

We learn through the New York
World that Congress Resents the
SIG, 000, 1000 Farm Federation Lobby"
this in a special dispatch which
might be even deliberately aimed at
the destruction Of The American
Farm Bureau Federation, now found
trery annoying to certain members of
the national legislature, who speak
for interests nDDossd &c agriculture.
A great hue and cry is raised about
the enormous salary paid to the per-
sonnet of the Farm Bureau Fedora
ton, J.. R.. Howard, the president, is
quoted as receiving 5000 a year,
and the Secretary, Mn Cl~overdale, re-
ceives$12 900; the treasurer, and as
sistant secretary get IS, 200; Gray Sill
yer, the director $12, 900 and so runs
the list covering the department of
marketing, the legal department, the
information department and so on
1t is shown that approximately $751;
600 a year is spent in salaries. These
startling figures may brighten the
farmer, who has no conception of such
fabulous salaries, and perhaps he may
revolt, is of course the hope.
As a fact, the cost of the whole per-
sonnet does not foot up the salary Of
any one of hundreds of the great
business organizations who would like
to destroy the Farm Bureau Fedora
ton, put an end to the farm bloc and
yank the tiller of the soil back into
the yoke.
1t is said the Bureau has grated
itself upon the Federal organization;
made possible the Smith Lever act;
then senators who form the bloc have
operated much more efficiently in the
interest OF the heArt Of America than
the independents Who roll the pork
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-07-20

barrel without dictation.
If there is anything wrong with the
Farm Bureau it will be corrected, but
he body will not be d~isintegrated.
The farmer has Just fell his
at the present time.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-07-20
HOT DAYs-HERE AND THERE

We sizzle In the Twin room, an smother on the porch. Ola
Sol 10 mighty reckless with his pesky little torchi But soon
wen roll from under, an there1l be the twilight breeze ill
we set around an wonder If there's better days than these. ra
A Teller ort TO think about the everlastin' fame, in the pit
that's so internal, that I hate &c. write its name-But they tell
us it is real, an we got TO run the chance of payin' fer our
mcanness, where they wear asbestos pantsl
It's fooishness to grumble when the suns a little hot, with
nothin' wuss to bother, than to hunt q cooler spot-while we
face a possibility that's likely to occur. of sweatn' on, forever.
in the place we're headed fer. :. ia ~
-So-we better be contented with the tan that's on our
hide,-it beats the condagration where they serve a TELLER.
friedl An I had ruther Hnger
where the weathers apt 10 n@
change, than to settle down
Ter ages "a . aaashlas sQQkia- @
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-07-20

peal with a solemn warning that now
is the time to call a halt and cross
crossings cautiously.
Evening star., 1922-01-29

away Africa It has multiplied now
into an annual crop Of forage Of about
$10.000,000, and its popularity still in
creases on the thirsty, wind-swept
plains Of the great plains states,
where less hardy plants wither and
die under the brazen skies and scorch-
ing heats of some summer days.
Lead, zinc and copper have taken
heart because of better demand and
some consequent stiffening in price.
Activity in oil is growing, and re-
cent rains in portions of the south
west made possible the resumption
Of drilling in more generous fashion.
OF all commodities, oil has the least
need to take thought of the morrow
for as regards the future It's calling
and election are as sure as that Of any
mythical saint who never existed
Mathematically stated. it has in time
the certainty Of a demand increasing
in geometrical ratio. to be met by
only possible supply at its present
rate Of going.
Lumber shipments in December
stacked up well. and paper mills were
fairly busy.
Industrial activity in general moves
at slow pace, and the persistent
prophets of near" prosperity are
having a hard time holding on to
their dwindling regulations.
Evening star., 1922-01-29

reached an accord on the near aud
middle east, but it is always
nearly" the consummation is
still All head. Such an accord. salts
factory as the Franco-British one
on Africa (struck when relations
were extremely strained). would
be: q great boon to the republic
the near and middle east, a great
boon to the whole world. For
Franco-British relations respect
ing the near and middle east are
a great deal more dangerously
sensitive than most people are
aware.
The United States Of America
The most important domestic
business Of the week was the
proceedings of the national agri-
cultural conference. President
Harding opened the conference on
Monday with truly great speech,
wherein he drew the broad out
lines of a generous agricultural
policy, which should contemplate
removal of those financial disa-
bilities under which the agricul-
with other industries, labors. The
devising of such a policy Is. says
the President in effect. a national
concern: not the exclusive con-
cern of a class. nor (before ut
tering the dreadful word the
President made a significant
pause) of a bloc.
The President indicated his ap-
proval of the cooperative idea
CfraCSaH iroy nrf ~
dissemination to the farmers of
market reports. "a cooperative
marketing bill Is, understand, on
the program of the republican
leaders for this session: and the
Department of Agriculture is per-
fectinS a system for the collec-
ton of market data and it's broad
casting by wireless.) Perhaps the
most significant sentence of the
Presidents speech was the follow
ing:
There should be developed
thorough code of law and busi-
ness procedure. with the proper
machinery of finance, to insure
that turnover capital shall be as
generously supplied to the farmer
and on as reasonable terms as to
other industries"
The final report of the confer
ence will be a document of great
interest.
The House republicans in
caucus on Thursday instructed the
House ways and means committee
to report a bonus bill with all
speed possible. The caucus made
no suggestion as to how the
money for bonus payments should
be raised. 1t is said that majority
sentiment in the House now ia
vors some form of sales tax. Mr.
Fordney told the caucus that
President Harding favors a bonus.
On Thursday the House passed
the anti-lynching bill by vote Of
230 to 119. Seventeen republicans
voted against the bill and eight
democrats for it. The bill defines
a mob as three or more persons.
Considerable opposition to it in
the Senate is expected. on the
ground that it usurps states
rights.
It is understood that the ques-
tion is emphatically an open one
as to whether or no our govern
ment shall accept the invitation
to the Genoa conference.
A perfect st. Lawrence OF Amer
lean bootlegger whisky is re-
ported to be flowing into dry On
tario.
Evening star., 1922-01-29

and postal rates, highe- taxation,
etc. It is to be hoped that that
document will at least be lucid and
specific.
The French are not in a mood
to brook evasion or delaying
tactics.
X X X X
Austria-The Austrian cabinet
has resigned. The situation is
loaded with T. N. T. The pan-Ger-
mans are aggressive. The people
are suffering hunger and other
miseries. Perhaps the wild Vienna
riot of several weeks ago was but
a faint earnest Of what's to come.
Should the situation get complete
ly out of hand. the allies cannot
plead that they have done their
best. Their plans for Austria are
excellent; they have inexhaust-
IDLY delayed to put those plans in E
execution (the cabinet remains.
but the situation is no less pre-
carious).
X X X
Death of the POpe.-On Sunday,
the 22nd. Pope Benedict XIV died,
and on Thursday, with the pomp
and circumstance always associ-
ated with Vatican ceremonies,
(Noble, Swiss. and Palatine
guards in medieval costumes.
cardinals in violet robes of
mourning. etc, etc.), the body
was laid to rest in the crypt Of st.
Peters. 1t is idle to speculate as
to who shall be the next pontiff,
seeing how often the truth of the
popular saying has been verified.
He who goes into the conclaVe
Pope. comes out cardinal" The
college Of cardinals meets on Feb
ruary for election of a new pom
tin Pope Benedict favored a
policy OF gradual rapprochement
with the Quirinal. 1t is question
of great political Importance
(though. of course. restoration of
the former papal temperatures is not
imaginable) whether Benedicts
policy.
Russia.-There is a report that
the soviet government has drawn
up, and for presentation at the
Genoa conference, a bill of dam
ages against the allies (for rem
dering aid to kolchak. Denekin.
Wrangle. Yudenich Seminov, other
white chiefs. for invasions Of ST.
IBERIA, Murmansk. Archangel. for
several other little things) Of a
figure so staggering that Frances
claim Of four billion dollars against
Russia seems like small change
in the comparison. There's humor
of a comic sort in Moscow.
DR.. Nansen says that the total
number of persons in the Russian
famine area threatened with death
by hunger is 100000. He says
that the transportation system is
incapable Of moving enough grain
to save more than 100000. Nam
sen, II any one. ought to know.
but his estimate seems good
deal more dismal than those re-
ceiVed from American relief
agents, dismal enough as these
latter are. in all conscience.
X X n X
Near and Middle East.-We keep
hearing that the French and
British governments have nearly
Evening star., 1922-01-29

migration law by Congress. d1e
pointed out that had the literacy
test been applied when his father
came to the United States he
would probably not have been adj
mitted, and statedi There are
today many people seeking admis-
sion but unable to gain it because
OF the test who would be far bet-
ter citizens than many who meet
our present requirements. What
we need to do is properly to edu-
cate for citizenship the millions
Of aliens now with US and the
hundreds of thousands being
yearly admitted to this country Of
opportunity"
He advised Congress that to ac-
complish this, the scope OF the
work ot.-tha bureau Of naturalisa-
Evening star., 1922-01-29

few kings left in the world par
doned about 700 hardened crimi-
nails last year on the understand
ing they would ship to America.
That is the class Secretary Davis
Is keeping out. He is urging Con-
gress that our new citizens from
abroad should be hand-picked on
the other side.
Secretary Davis is giving vel:
come in the name of the United
States government to the best
artisans and workers from all the
world, impressing upon them the
standards of labor here and the
opportunities for advancement and
for educating their children, with
himself as a notable example of
how far an immigrant boy may
climb
Evening star., 1922-01-29
BY HENRY w. BUM.

BY HENRY w. BUNN.
TINE following is a brief
summary Of the most Inn
portant news Of the world
for the seven days ended
January %:
The Washington Conference
Hughes original two resolutions
which contemplated publicity for
commitments" relating to China
were expanded into four, and the
four were adopted by the commit
tee on Pacific and far eastern at
fairs. 1t remains to be seen
whether publicity will have the
same effect on improper agree
ments that it had on the naughty
ladies of King Arthur's court. A
wicked agreement with a speck
of modesty or self-respect should.
Of course. seek oblivion and re-
fuse to be listed or filed with the
secretary general Of the confer
ence, and it should be unthinkable
that any Of the signatory powers
should ever invoke an agreement
not listed or notified as per the
resolutions. Time only can tell.
At last, on the 23d, the commit
tee on Pacific and far eastern af-
fairs addressed itself to the ST.
explained Japan's actions and
policy in and with respect to
Siberia and the northern part of
the Island of Sakhalin. He re-
iterated, in phrases repeated SO
often by Japanese spokesmen as
to have become stereotyped, the
intention of Japan to withdraw
reliable guarantees shall be forth
coming of security Of Japanese
residents and Japanese property
in the maritime province and Sc
curity of the Korean frontier. and
to withdraw from northern Sakha-
lin as soon as satisfaction shall be
obtained for the Nikolaievsk mas
sacre from a responsible Russian
government. He expressed q hope
that the negotiations now in proc
ess at Darien between representa-
tives of the Toxic and Chita gov
ernmentS may have an issue such
as to justify withdrawal Of Jap
anese troops from the maritime
province without more ado.
I'm conclusion" he said, repeat
ing a time-honored formula. 1.-The
Japanese delegation Is authorized
to declare that it is the fixed and
settled policy of Japan to respect
the territorial integrity Of Russia
and to observe the principle Of
non-intervention in the internal
affairs of the country, as well as
the principle of equal opportu-
nifty for the commerce and indus
try of all nations in every part of
the Russian possessions"
The next morning Secretary
Hughes reviewed American ac-
tions and policy in and with re-
spect to Siberia. While not i'm
pugnins Japanese motives. or
questioning the honesty Of the
Japanese declarations, he ex-
pressed dissidence from Japanese
views and regret at Japanese
policy. Finally. with the great
est friendliness," he expressed a
hope that Japan would find it
possible to carry out. within the
near future. her expressed inten-
tion of terminating finally the ST.
berian expedition and Of restoring
sakhalin to the Russian people"
Thus in the time it should take
to say Jack Robinson" the great
Siberian question was discussed Of
To be flippant just once. as one of
the younger myrmidons Of the
Evening star., 1922-01-29
Building Up Morale of Labor
To Keep America Prosperous

We are in competition with the
workers OF every other part Of
the world, he points out. and if
market we must meet them with
more and better goods. He chal-
lenges the American workmen
who do an honest days work for
an honest days pay that they
must not let slackers and shirkers
disgrace them. He brushes aside
the old fallacy that restricting
output helps to keep wages high.
THE more goods we turn out, the
more wealth we create" he says
to the American workmen. The
good workman who restricts his
own production to the output of
the poorest workman, Secretary
Davis reminds, must pay more
himself. because the American
workingman is the principal
buyer, Each man must produce
the utmost according to his skill
and ability, he tells the working
man. At the same time he tells
the employer that human strength
has a limit, and the man who tolls
with his hands can no more work
at top-bent every day of the year
than the professional or business
man or the musician. Allowances
must be made for human frailty
in the day laborer.
+ X X \
The so-called living wage is not
enough for the workman who pro-
duces more and better goods, Sec
retary Davis insists. "A mere
living wage is a beggarly allow
ance for a public as rich as ours
to pay a worker as skilled and
thrifty as our American wage
Garner" he argues. "It is no
longer enough for the man who
tolls merely to exist. merely to
be able to meet the fluctuations in
the cost Of living. The time has
come when we have to forget the
living wage and base our calcu-
lations on the saving wage"
Talking directly to the Ameri-
can business men, Secretary Davis
assures them that if they want to
bo prosperous the workman also
must be prosperous, because the
workers are the buying public, and
the public must be decent1y paid
to become a ready buyer. when
the workman saves, as he has
been doing Of late. it is the coun-
try itself that saves" is his new
thought to American business.
So he couples this much-desired
situation as something that both
tho smploye1 and the emplaya
Evening star., 1922-01-29

need some more potent stimulant than
futile speculative sentiment. which
marches up tho hill one day and
marches down again the next. afraid
Of Its shadow and taking constant
counsel with its fears.
Fortunately. heavy exports Of corn.
cotton, wheat and meat products fur
nish the sustaining sentiment. We
are not to forget that these large
grain shipments abroad are made pos
sible by the elimination for an indefl-
mite period Of Russia as the granary
of Europe. When that distressful
country comes back we shall feel the
effects Of her ancient competition. The
fortunes Of the growing winter wheat
crop hang largely upon needed moist
ure in the southwest and the west
from tho Texas Panhandle to Ne
braska- At this writing in such Sec
tions whore 1t is too dry the plant Is
in poor condition to face the wintry
blasts.
Evening star., 1922-01-29

British delegation might say,
Quick work. what?"
British Empire.-Sorrow for the
death OF Lord Bryce is certainly
as keen in this country as in
Britain. He was more endeared to
Americans than any other Briton
has ever been. His most i'm
portant work as practical
statesman was in the capacity of
British ambassador to the United
States. His most important liter
ary production was 1.-The Amer
lean Commonwealth" which is
one Of the classics dealing with
American political Institutions.
comparable Democracy in Amer
ica." But his curiosity was not
confined to America-it was uni
versal as to time and space. In
the words Of Pericles, "The whole
world is his sepulchre." The
committee on Pacific and far east
ern affairs of the Washington
conference devoted half of Mon
days session to eulogies Of him.
ever befell the memory of great
man.
Michael Collins, head Of the
provisional government Of SOUTH
ern Ireland. and Sir James Craig.
premier Of Ulster. met in London
the other day. quite by accident,
with result that after few min
utes' conversation several difficult
ties in the relations between Bel
in al 20
ed insoluble were in fact solved.
The mutual boycott has ceased
and boundary and railway Ques-
tions are In an easy way of set
tlement. Common sense is your
only wizard.
Some reports aver that the mod
crates are recovering the upper
hand in India; others that Gandhi's
star is still in the ascendant.
sent abroad through the press a
multitudinous raven "croak"; it's
all up with the British raj says
my lord. unless his program
(restoration tosthe sick man of
the Golden Horn of all his spirit
ualities and most of his temporal
tiles. including all Asia Minor and
Adrainople) be adopted. Lord
Northcliffe has been in India ten
days and should know all about it.
1t was reported the other day
that nationalist agitation in Egypt
had practically ceased, but now
comes a tale OF fresh uprising
100 dead, 1000 more injured. The
report (Which requires verifica-
tion) states that British troops
squelched the insurrection.
X \ + X
Germany.-On Thursday Chancel-
lor Wirth made his eagerly await
ed speech announcing his taxation
program. The chancellor hopes, Of
course. that his program Is enough
Of a compromise to save his off,
cial head and drastic enough to
satisfy the reparations commits
sion. The speech seems to me Gre
puscular and the taxation propo-
sails therein vague and inadequate.
Yesterday (Saturday) the repara-
tions commission was to receive
the German governments proposal
Of a schedule of reparation pay
ments divided into payments in
gold marks and in kind) and that
governments plan of fiscal and
financial reforms-balancin Of
the budget, reputation or aboli-
tion of subsidies. higher railway