The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-04-17


league told the state. convention in
North Dakota the other day that he
held unpaid post-dated checks TO the
amount of nearly a million and a
quarter dollars. 1t is understood that
the organization is offering so cents
on the dollar to some concern to
collect on these checks. A few years
ago league solicitors took post-dated
checks from farmers, where the far
mer hesitated because of the immed-
late outlay of money. 1t now seems
that the post-dated check is a pretty
hard thing to collect, it's payment be-
ing pretty much up to the man who
made the check. In the case OF the
league a good many farmers will take
the attitude that they did not set any
thing for their money.
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The German war leaders are drop
ping off one by one, the latest to join
the great majority being General
Erich Won Fallenhayn, who was minis
ter of war during the first two years
of the war, yielding his place to Won
Hindenburg in 1916. 1t is said that
the respective admirers of the two
war leaders, in Germany, are arguing
as to which made the blunders which |
they claim lost the war to Germany |
Hindenburg's admirers contend that |
the mistakes were all made before |
their hero assumed the leadership, t
and that it was impossible to over
come them, while the admirers of |
Fallenhayn claim that Hindenburg
gummed up the cards after their hero
had everything framed to bag the
whole world for Germany Both fail
to realize that there was never a day
when the rest of the world intended
to allow Germany to win the war.
German leadership mattered but little
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There is very little corruption in
the American government, despite tie
fearful outcries of some alarmists
who make their livings in the alarm
business. The bureau of engraving,
which has been the object of wild
rumors and charges, will probably be
suit of the Investigation is yet to be
There is, doubtless, some
petty larceny in the minor depart
nents, but the sum of it, at the worst,
q ON Tho ho, 0f
who have made fortunes
s smaller than the number of gam
,lers who have died rich The f:.ult
# all bureaucratic governments is not
teels the integrity of the bureau
rats, for it rarely doesthat, but that
hey instinctively make things easy
Or themselves and harder for Others
When the demand is made for the
overnment to take over one or an
Their form of enterprise, the demand :
eally is for the bureaucracy to take I
yer the control. All governments
lie more bureaus there are the harder
is to get anything done, not be- |
ause of corruption but because of
lethods. The government fails in
lsiness because it expects low-grade
erks, without experience or judg- :.
ent and without power to exercise !.
if they had, to perform services Il
hich private employers entrust only s.
administrators of long training and Il
pecial capacity in that line of work L
Lewiston Tribune 0
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The first week of May will be Ma =
)nal Baby week Merchants should
t in line with this movement 1t q,
It only gives a wonderful stimulus w
the welfare of babies but offers an sc
portunity for direct financial bene- OF
Everything available connected %
tn infants and their and their well %
e in your store should be featured. :.
New West Trade. ~
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Easter bonnets and fur coats were
newhat in evidence Sunday
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