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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-03

The Methodist Episcopal church
gained 90,404 members in 1921. Be
nevolent enterprises of the church re-
ceiyed nineteen and a half millions
of dollars.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-03

Those who like their drink should
remember that whiskey was formerly
bottled in bond. Now it is bottled
IN an old barn or amid the foul odors
of a musty old straw stack.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-03

Wednesday was moving day and es-
pecially among the farm renters,
there were several changes. March
lst Is supposed to be the time when
spring work begins,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-03

The veterans bureau reports that
since the armistice $1,549,000 has
been spent by the government of the
United States for the care of disabled
soldiers of the world war.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-03

e. #. Crawford, who has one of
the best farms in the section south
east of Meridian, was in town Mon
day. He reports good outlook for a
Dig acreage to be put in this spring,
OF all kinds of farm crops, and is
very optimistic as to the future. Mr..
crawford keeps well posted on af-
fairs of the day and is specially in
terested in the discussion as to House
Bill II which gives grazing privil-
eyes. He thinks this VIII allow pri-
waite individuals to secure water
holes" and thereby tie up lot of
land that would otherwise be good
range. He thinks the bill should be
vetoed by President Harding.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-03

ter johnson: high, Mrs. q. 81 Frost.
Thrift, grade, Mrs w. r.. Baird !;
high, Ms q. g. Beam.
Secretary, grade. Mrs. A. J. Mat
cham high, Mrs. Fl. N. Yost.
Treasurer, grade. Mrs. ROY Mat
thews; high, Mrs. a. b. Stanton.
Program committee. Supt. Gould,
Chairman high school division. s.H.
GFondahl.
we aa1t meeting Of the executive
ehairtttalls will fie AT the residence cf
Mrs. Beam March 23d. at 3 3.3O.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-03

John Gruber, one of our best farm
ers, residing just east of Meridian, on
the state highway, will try the ex-
pertinent of raising some head lettuce
on small scale this year, and If the
crop is profitable he will go into it
heavy next year. He believes there
is prospect of good money for the Mer-
ldian community for the raising of
head lettuce, If proper market is
found.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-03

In 1918 there were % students in
the Gooding College. Now there are
173, with also lao for the rural life
school and 1913 for the farmers short
course.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-03

Those who declare the Washington
conference, was failure are merely
the ones who wanted it to fail, and
che wish is father to the thought.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-03

A Meridian man says someone in
the not distant future-if things go
along as they areis going to make
a fortune by the cultivation of fig
leaves. Going to be big demand
for them he says.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-03
GREAT WEALTH

Usually does not bring happiness, but a
little does, That little is in reach Of
every one who Will save regularly
OF life that give the most pleasure dav
after day. The luxuries, the frtlls,
may add little Joy, but only little.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MERIDIAN
Capital Surplus and Undivided Profits over 100000
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-03

Some fellows would get along bet
ter II their wives didn't have such
extrayagant husbands.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-03
Editorial Mention

The old-fashioned man used to carry
horseshoe for good luck. Now he
carries spare tire.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-03

Hiss lrma Reed, Of Boise, fl re-
ported AS being one of the many in
Boise now d with The I4revaiIfng in
is4eilza Miss Reed was employed iii
tdefidtaa last year as the English
teacher
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-03

5 SECONDHAND GOODS

SECONDHAND GOODS
Always on hand full line Of
Secondhand Goods of all Kinds, at a
Moderate Price.
ROATH'S EXCHANGE STORE
I'd Street, Meridian.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-03

They say skirts will be tighter next
winter. Well, they will have to build
thinner ladies If they do.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-03
THE MERIDIAN THEATRE
TONIGHT (FRI.)AND SATURDAY
TOM MIX in the
~. Night Horseman". -
Next Friday and Saturday Dus-
tin Farnum release.

There will be Paramount Aircraft
release each Tuesday. commencing
March 7th. Will start with VIM S
Hart in O'Mallory of the Mounted. !"
Followed by Wallace Reid release
The He'll Digger" Behold MY Wife
THE Little Minister"
ar SPECIAL COMING RELEASES:
Birth of Nation, The Kid. Over the
Hill. Queen of sheba, Connecticut
Yankee, Paradise, Thunderclap, Per-
jury. Foot Falls. The Lost Trail,
Shame. These are all good.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13

children" When q man has five
children suddenly handed to him
he realizes, what he did not be-
fore. what kind Of a job that
amounts to.
CLEMENCEAU tells Ameri-
~ can farmers that this coun-
try must come, closer to Europe
in order not to block prosperity.
Farmers are too near the big
war not to know what big war
MEANS. In that war prosper
ity went to Wall Street, steel
makers, shipbuilders. flying ma
chine grafters that spent a
thousand millions without de-
livering any fighting flying ma
chimes. AS for the farmer, the
government limited his price of
wheat, deciding at the beginning
Of the war that the farmer
should supply the patriotism by
keeping down his prices while
the others did the grating.
The farmer knows that If this
country is tied up with Europe's
finances he will pay the bill,
and that when war comes again
OTHERS will make the money.
You can't interest the American
farmer very.much In war.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13
TODAY

Continued from First Page)
be much cheaper the French will
not drink any more on that &C
count. So it is with Italians.
At one time, when wine sold
for tive or three cents full quart,
Italian farmers mixed it with
the oats of horses, believing it
gave them strength. But the
cheap wine caused no drunken
ness. That's one difference be-
tween natural wines and whis-
key. The whiskey drinker is
never satisfied. The wine
drinker, as is proved by entire
nations Of temperate men that
have drunk wine for thousands
of years, is not impelled to ex-
cess.
MRS. BORAM, who lives at
Wl Tiltonville, Ohio, has a
practical mind. The sheriff took
her husband on the bootlegging
charge. She said, 81 need him
to take care of my five children"
He said, That's no business of
mine" Then she sent the five
children to the sheriff and dis
appeared. Immediately the sher-
iff released the husband and
said, go take care Of those five
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13

In the next half century, Is not
abandoned by England without a
struggle. The stake Is too great;
the prize. too splendid. She does
not. and will not, let America get
hack her own without opposition.
She resents the ship subsidy bill;
she is opposed to 1t; her interests
work against it; her propagandists,
from ocean to ocean, are eager to
defeat 1t.
REPRISALS THREATENED.
For months. the English press
has voiced English opposition. The
bill has been set forth as "a grave
danger to British shipping" The
United States has been warned
that 1t does not need sea going
vessels, that 1t is a self-supporting
country, and that it should leave
sea-soing commerce. including its
own, in the hands of England who
is not self-supporting and needs the
business. We have been threatened
with "reprisals'' and retaliation"
In case the bill should pass.
Englishmen have been exhorted
in the English newspapers and re-
views to exert themselves against
the bill by diplomatic suasion."
But IL, in spite of all English If.
forts, the subsidy bill should pass?
Then I'VE the English should not
be doing our duty II we failed to
overhaul our magazine and provide
our gods with a sufficiency of
thunderbolts" The quotations are
from the English press.
The United States has been
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13

No greater delusion ever existed
than Is cherished by these men just
now. They seem to think the world
Is so fair and sweet that America 4
new ships may cross the seas as
they would an ocean paradise and
may dock in foreign ports as In
the havens of heaven. Without sub
sidy or Government protection
they imagine these vessels would
find even-handed justice enthroned
for their benefit in all foreign lands
perfect equity and honor awaiting
them in every difficulty. and car
goes ready to come aboard, regard
less of the interests of other ma
tionals. if only the Americans car
show cheaper rates or better service
DRUGGED AND BLINDED.
So saturated are these men with
foreign propaganda! So drugged
with the humanitarian fslsehoods OF
the emissaries sent over to deceive
them.
That business is as harsh beyond
the waters edge as at home. that
competition is cruel and sharp
across the seas, that trade rivalry
Ia increased and often embittered
by international differences. and
that foreign governments are more
interruptions in their dealings than
any private business man outside
the criminal courts-all these plain
facts seem lost to their view. As
in a dream, they cooperate with
the propagandists who would kill
the ship subsidy bill, scuttle. the
merchant marine, and abandon our
foreign commerce to any nation
that has the intelligence to take
II and the energy to retain it.
TEST OF AMERICANISM.
For these reasons. the ship sub
sidy bill is the real test Of Ameri
canism today. 1t is the present
declaration Of Americas CONNER
cial independence, long delayed but
here at last. It is Americas mod
ern charter to do for herself on
the high seas, what she for genera
tions has allowed others to do for
her. 1t is Americas bill of com
mercial rights. to carry her owr
trade and deliver her own goods
without let or hindrance from any
other nation, without tribute to
any other power.
Once understanding II, Ameri
cans who cannot rise to the emer
gency today. cannot find courage
to free this country from its com
mercial vassalage. cannot rouss
| themselves to exercise the preroea
tives that all other manhood ma
tions assert and maintain as at
tributes Of their sovereign power
those Americans have failed tC
grasp the ideals or recognize the
forces that by their presence per
petuate nations and by their alb
sence condemn great peoples to i'm
potence. II not decay.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13
Deeds Recorders Needs
Go to New Committee

The needs of the office of re-
corder Of deeds will not receive at
tention at this session Of Congress
II they depend upon a concurrent
resolution passed by the House last
June.
The resolution. which provided
for A survey Of the recorders office
with a view to furnishing badly
needed equipment. was referred TO
the House Committee on Rules. II
lay in this committee until yester.
day. when members decided that II
should have been sent to the Dis.
trict Committee.
Representative Fred ". Zihlman.
of Maryland. moved that the Rules
Committee be discharged of fur
ther consideration of the resolution
and that it be placed with the Dis
tric: Committee, and 1t was 80
ordered.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13
.CLEMENCEAU ENDS
TOUR IN AMERICA
Tigers Farewell Address In
New York Hotel Rouses
Distinguished Hearers.
By HARRY l. ROGERS.
Internatiensl News Service.

NEW YORK. Dec IA. nation
cannot be great one day and small
another
With these words OF warning
Georges Clemenceau. Tiger" OF
France, tonight brought to a ~closs
his three weeks tour OF America ir
a brief address before a brilliant
assemblage at the Hotel Pennsyl
| vania. A few minutes afterwards
he was aboard the liner Paris. ready
to sail in the morning for France.
ADDRESS is SHORT.
Clemenceau's address lasted less
than fifteen minutes. The great
Owen Wister. the author. presided
and on the platform with Clemen
ceau sat Miss Anne Morgan. head OF
the organization: ]. p. Morgan
Charles NJ. Schwab, and other dis
tinguished figures. Otto Kahn sal
on the edge Of the rostrum and Ber
nard Baruch lounged in a window
| seat.
The Tiger said in part:
have seen your soldiers in
this bloody, cruel war. / am a
witness for them il they need
any. have seen them on the
field of battle. I know what they
have done. and ] know from the
first moment the enemy saw them
and saw what they could do,
they did not want to go on with
war very much longer.
FLOWERY PROMISES.
We had been promised vhe end
of war, pity, generosity, all the
great dreams that man has been
promenading with himself under
the stars. We were told they
were going to be and we all be-
lisved 1t, and the soldiers above
all believed IL.
! do not suspect for q moment
there was in American minds any
other idea than this: That they
had accomplished their duty and
could leave the rest to other
times. They thought, seeing the
soldiers coming home. that they
were through. The trouble is that
| you were not through-at least
we were not. We were left to
struggle and suffer and we were
not paid and we had to bow and
spend money for reparatiens that
| Germany ought to have paid. but
which nobody has found ways to
oblige her to pay.
SEEKS NO FAV0RS.
We do not ask for anything.
do not ask fer pity. ! do not
ask for charity. I do not ask for
help. We want to do our duty
ourselves.
] have no advice to give YOU.
I simply say this: In 177s, when
you wanted to nberste yourselves,
YOU called for PHILOSOPHERS, and
you called for men; and with the
French ideas OF the eighteenth
century you made up that won
derful declaration OF Independence
which was more than a book. for
| IL was an act.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13
Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Jr. Says:
Says:
Rspmafions Commands Intense Study Of Oheials

mick 10 In Europe now ostensibly
visiting his mother. although cable
dispatches quote him ~ saying he
repfesents this Government In It's
international problems. especially
settlement Of reparsticns-
The matter OF reparations has
commanded intense study on the
part of officials Of this Govern
ment. II was the subject Of
lengthy discussion by the Cabinet
yesterday. President Harding has
given much attention to the subject.
The President privately. and In
his public utterances. the most re
cent his address TO Congress. has
expressed q desire for early ss-tie-
ment Of this problem.
The Executives views were given
added weight in Administration
quarters tonight after Il was
learned that Great Britain again
intends to sound out mis- Govern
ment's willingness 70 take some
action on allied debtA
There seems little doubt In Ad.
ministration circles but that the
conference win soon be called. The
French debt viii be among ths
first taken up and DISPOSED OF.
The conference may also be e1.
pected TO offer sofne sort e a
treaty guarantee for an Association
Of Nations, upon provision either
that the League Of Nations be dis.
banded. or sections Of the leagues
covenant obnoxious to the United
States Senate, be eliminated.
Besides our late allies, Il is
planned to invite Germany. Russia
Hungary and Japan to participate.
Copyright. 1879. c. v. Newspaper Serves.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13
American Subsidy Foes Drugged
By Propaganda, Says Hinman

accused also of trying to establish
by the subsidy bill, a monopoly
OF ocean shipping, though at best
with the new fleet. we could carry
only half our commerce, while
England carries nearly three-Quar
ters of her own.
If the official American desire
Is to conciliate Great Britain" say.
the Liverpool Courier, why Ii
such a desired end thwarted by the
introduction Of a bill which musi
injure her, which already hai
alarmed her. which cannot but
cause her the most intense suspi
cion of Americas motives for q
generation to Gomez"
EXPECT TO CRUSH.
when it has been a question
of the survival of the fittest." says
another English shipping authority
I'VE have invariably done our bes,
to crush or mold our opposition
and, as regards Americas new
merchant marine. we shall go on
doing it and expect her to do the
same by u.s."
Is England indifferent to the ship
subsidy bill? Is she ready to give
another English shipping authority.
up Americas carrying trade to the
Americans who make it? Is she will.
ing to let America deliver even half
Of her own exports to market? II
she content to share the freedom
of the seas with her kindred or
this side of the Atlantic? Does
she concede to America commercial
independence? Does she grant
America gladly the right to trans
port her own products, market hel
own goods, foster her own foreign
trade?
She does not-not for a minute
not even In her sentiments.
WILL KEEP UP FIGHT.
She allows. and we get, only tina,
part of our own which We take
and she will oppose the taking
oppose 1t as she has opposed and i,
opposing the subsidy bill, as she ha,
opposed and does oppose the busi
ness of our merchant fleet in for,
eign parts up to this day and a,
this very hour.
Within limits England has the
right to do these things and within
limits we have the right to frus
trate her. She Ia not to be blamed
excessively for what she does tc
thwart us: the chief blame on har
side attaches to the propasandists
who lie about thes, things to dc
ceive us.
SENTIMENTALISTS HERE.
On our own side, the chief blams
rests on those soft and sentimental
Americans who. in the press. a,
public meetings, and even within
the halls of Congress, let them
selves be misled, and misleat
others, regarding the designs and
purposes of Americas rivals on the
sea.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13
By GEORGE w. HINMAN.

We hear daily that England is
indifferent to the progress of the
ship subsidy bill; that the invisible
hands stretched across the sea to
entangle it are not English hands
that the intrigues spun by propa-
gandists to impede it are not Eng
lish intrigues.
ENGLISH CLAIMS.
England and English ship owners
are represented as willing to let us
make the trial. as confident that a
subsidy law will fail Of its purpose
as sure that in fair competition
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13

with this view, and is cautioning
either for abandonment Of the con-
ference idea. or delay In calling H.
1t is understood that the confer
tention OF the. allied Premiers'
meeting in London recently. Through
diplomatic sources. Il 10 understood
that the proposal has also been
spoken of tc representatives Of
foreign governments. which would
J. Pierpont Morgan. has just re-
Gently returned from Europe. after
making a thorough study OF Euro
pean finances and the reparations
question. Senator Medill McCor-
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13
Perfidy Leading
Europe to Ruin,
Declares BOrah
By WILLIAM e. BORAH,
United States Senator fFvm
written E.pre..Iy for Un


written Expressly for Universal
Service.)
COMMENTING on the Lloyd
~ George article In The Wash.
ington Times-Herald, I would
not assume to place the re.
sponsibility for present coudi-
tions i'm Europe as between
France and England. The task
would be invidlous and its ex-
ecution impossible.
Both governments are yield
ing to the same practices and
policies and striving for the
same ends which brought on
the world war. Oil. coal, ex.
ploitation Of helpless peoples.
seizing territory occupied by
foreign peoples. secret under
standings, huge ornaments,
imperialism, suspicion nursed
and nurtured by elimination
and recriminatlon Of leading
men, hate, war-samo old
bloody path, same inevitable
goal.
IL those interested viii sur.
vey the history Of Europe from
the Moroccan affair to the
deluge Of 1914. they will find
that that which is going OH
is so completely q reproduction
of that period. that it Is simply
stale plagiarism and tedious
imitation.
The foreign policies Of the
governments engaged I'm the
war are not founded on the
principles Of humanity. The
moving. compelling nerve. as
Of old. is not that OF protect
ing and serving humanity or
justice. but Of seizing terri
tory. crushing peoples and f.
Messing natural resources.
And what both France and
England ask Of the United
States is assistance i'm carry
ing out these policies which
they are now prOmulgating.
Neither one proposes In the
slightest to modify these poll
cies nor to humanize their pro-
gram. But what they want
is assistance to make success
full their grand scheme Of eN-
r.oitatiOn and worldwide inn
perialism.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13
Hylan Declares Khan.
Is Political Machine

NEW YORK, Dec. l2.-Mayor
Hylsn. on his return from Chicago
today. ISSUED a statement attacking
the Ku Klux Klan.
The mayor said that disclosures
day by day are rapidly proving that
the khan is nothing but an attempt
10 create a gigantic political ma.
chine.
He asserted that Interior motives
were responsible for the fomenting
OF the racial and religious animosity
which the khan encourages. In this.
he said. "the puppets OF privilege"
would be enabled to slip into pub
lie office"
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13
Strikes to Prevent War
Urged at Hague ParIey

THE HAGUE. Dec. .12.-Interns-
tonal strikes as the prevention Of
war was again under discussion to-
day by the delegates to the peace
congress.
Many delegates were emphatic in
the declaration that strikes were
the only sure way Of preventing
war.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13


they can retain
not only their
own share of
the worlds COM
merce, but even
what they have
appr opria a I e d
from America s
share.
These are the
r Q presentations.
They are false.
A business that
has handled $751;
900 900, 900 of
American trade
In the past, and
II undisturbed
would h q n die
twice the amount
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13
|HARD|NG DRY PARLEY
| SET FOR JANUARY
Governors viii Confer Here
On Enforcement at Earliest
Date Possible.
BY Universal Service,

President Hardins's conference of
State governors to consider pro.
hibition enforcement will meet in
Washington next month, It was
stated at the White House yester.
day.
The President regards the situa-
ton as SO critical that the confer.
ence will be held at the earliest
practicable date.
Prohibition organizations assert
that there has been a stiffening in
enforcement since the PRESIDENTS
statement.
Wet" organizations maintain the
Presidents decision will bring about
a realizatiin of the advisabllity If
modifying regulations.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13

mier Craig and
the other mem.
bers Of the Ul-
ster cabinet: the
local members Of
the privy coun-
Ill and the judges
Of Northern Ire
land. Sir Denis
Henry. the lord
chief justice. ad-
ministered tn Q
oath.
The new gov
ernor general re-
ceived, through
Cardinal Gaspar.
ri. papal secre-
tary Of state. a
cordial greeting
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13

conference may
be held in
Washington al
ter the holidays
It W as learned
yesterday.
The w hite
House Is under
stood to be eager
to call a confer
ence to open up
full an d frank
discussion OF the
questions of rep
arations. la n q
armarnents. etc.
The State De-
partment, how
ever. 10 not in
entire Cc0rd
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13
Greek-Serbian Alliance
Extended Another Year
By Inter.stional News Service.

By Internattonal News Service.
ATHENS. Dec. 1.-THE alliance
between Greece and Serbia gugo-
sIavia). which former King Con-
stantine In charged with violating
when he refused to enter the. world
war % the side OF the allies. has
been extended for another year. IL
was announced here today.
NJ. Alexandria was sworn in to-
day as the new Greek foreign min.
lister.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-13
Made Governor
Of North Erin

BELFAST, Dec. 12.-Amid pomp
and ceremony. the Duke of Aber-
corn was inaugurated as governor
of Northern Ireland today. The
ceremony took place in the court.
house here in the presence of Pre-.