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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13
Snow Deepest For u Years

Logan-The heaviest January snow
measurement in seventeen years was
made Thursday by Forest Ranger II.
I. Rice in Spring Hollow, in Logan
canyon, Utah. Mr.. Rice made meas
urcments at the lower, middle and
summit stations. as follows: Lower.
"A inches; middle, SO inches; summit,
~ inches. Last January the measure
ments were 81, 40 and 40 inches for
each of these three, respectively. Mr..
Rice reported that the snow is packed
and has water content equivalent to
24.2 per cent.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13
Not From the Heart.

He had come home with breath
one of those breaths that makes fell
low about as popular with his wife
as a fly in a candy kitchen. The
hissus had company and tried to ease
him through the hall to the kitchen.
but he was feeling jovial and wished
to say cute things. SO he paid his
wife an unusually high-powered COM
pliment.
'Huhi !" she blurted. 'That didn't
come from the heart. That come from
a bottle indianapolis News.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13
Arita. Japan, Noted for Porcelain.

The porcelain produced at Anita.
Japan. Is much noted for its artistic
finish and durability, and is made Of
the white clay known as kaoiin. ex-
tensive deposits of which are found in
the vicinity. Pottery works in Arita
have been in existence since the Six
teenth century. Arita is in the west
ern part of the island Kiushiu.
about IS miles north of Nagasaki, with
which it has railway connection.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13
HMvL;l5lEE]
Too Much to Expect

A man took a house which proved
to be of the jerry-built order Of archi-
lecture, so much SO that one day the
rain came through the roof and
swamped the place.
When the landlord called for his
rent the tenant exclaimed. indignant
ly: 81 say, 1t Is too bad; the other
night the rain came through the roof
and gave me a regular shower bath.
You really ought 20 DO something"
sought to do somethingl" growled
the landlord. do you expect me to
provide you with soap and towels.
t0or
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13
Jan Cabinet lakes Stand

Tokio-The Japanese cabinet Thurs
day decided that Japan will maintain
the position that the disagreement
over submarine tonnage at Washing
ton limitation of ornaments conference
in no way affects decisions reached as
to capital ship tonnages. 1t was also
announced that the cabinet decided
against Japan yielding any additional
ground In the Shantung controversy
With China. An attempt to resume neg
citations with China over Shantung
will be made at Pekin.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13
To Ston Mine Fires

new method of checking fire In
mines is by means of boxes of fine rock
dust suspended across the roof of the
tunnel. Any shock due TO an expIo-
sion is sufficient to cause them TO break
away from their supports, and the
finely divided dust falls into the pas
sage and prevents the flakes from
spreading.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13
Ionu Time GROWING.

1t requires moro than century for
a cedar tree to grow large enough to
yield 30-foot telephone pole. The
eucalyptus tree will attain larger
growth in thirty years and Its wood Is
quite as durable.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13
Birds That STAY at Home

Most bird families do not Keep to-
gether but scatter upon leaving the
nest. But the bluejay, bluebird, the
kingbird and few others less gener-
ally known live together the greater
part of the year, says John Burroughs.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13
A Bio Reduction.

A certain young man, who was am
bilious to shine in the newspaper
world, did not last very long on the
paper In a Western town that gave
him his chance.
He was assigned to "cover" a fire
in a group OF ice houses near town.
After telling how they went up In
flames, he inserted this statement In
his story:
Accordingly twelve hundred tons
of ice were reduced to ashes"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13
Hunt Oil Wells With AIrpIanes

Airplanes are being used in South
America to search for oil wells in
swampy jungle land; where 1t bubbles
up the oil kills all surrounding vege-
tation, thus making aerial observation
easy
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13
Scientists Cross Fish Breeds

Scientists have succeeded in cross
ing behring's with white fish, the re-
suit being a fish as well favored as
the herring, but with fewer bones.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13

Let us listen only to the experience
that urges us on; it is always higher
than that which throws or keeps us
k.-Maeterlinch.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13

We have to play life's game viii
the hands dealt us. so why waste time
wishing we had the other fellow's7
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13

A pessfmist is one who is always ex-
pecting bad luck and is surprised when
It comes.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13
An Explanation.

A school teacher asked class Of
80 children, "What Is a duchessT
Thirty-one were discreetly SILENT
but an eight-year-old ventured, Some
body who talks Dutch"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13

When a man goes at things head
first. he often gets there with both
feet.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13
Civ. Him lime.

give Him Ine-
isn't Charley Castleton one of
Adele's former husbands?"
mot yet."-Life.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13

An authority states that a tsa Of
diamonds is worth $3.50, 000.0os. Re
member this and don't pay . cent
more.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13
Those Who Dance
Must Pay The Fiddler

There's settlement In profit or loss for
nearly every indulgence.
sometimes the pay day Is long deferred, and
In that case the settlement may bear compound
interest
Often payment In i'll health Is required for
the dance had with tea coffee during earlier
years. Sometimes the collection comes in sleep
lessness, sometimes in headaches, sometimes In
high blood pressure, or in nervous Indigestion
sometimes in all these penalties
Nerves won't always stand the VIII piping of
tea and coffees drug, caffeine.
you've been dancing to tea or coffee's fd-
ding, why keep on till payment time comes2 If
you're beginning TO pay, now, why not cancel the
contract?
There's an easy and pleasant way to avoid
tea and coffees penalties, THOUSANDS have found
who have changed to Postum 1t is delight
with any meal-rich. comforting and satisfying
and it never harms Even the little children
can have breakfast cup of Postum, with no fear
for what niay happen TO sensitive nerves.
Instead Of paying penalties for your meal
time drink, let it pay benefits to you by giving
natural health a full chance-and begin the new
arrangement today. Any grocer will sell you, or
any good restaurant will serve you Postum
Postum in forms Postum (in dns)
made instantly in the by the addition Of boiling
Postum Cereal Tin packages of larger bulk for those
prefer drink while the being prepared
made by boiling for 20 minutes
Postum for Health
There's Reason"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13

Quickly Increase Your Energy
and Bsautify the Cemplexion--
Easy and Economical to Take.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13

More than 1000 packages of cigar
cites were seized by raiding party OF
police In Salt Lake recently. Com
paints charging violation of the state
anticigarette laws are being prepared.
The annual report of Sergeant ]. II
Warden for 1921 shows a decrease in
the number of traffic accidents, fatal
injuries and an Increase in the number
of arrests for traffic violations. Dur.
ing 1921 there were eighteen persons
killed in traffic accidents. During 1926
there were twenty-three.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13

The financial condition of the state
is much better January 1, 1922, than
IT was a year ago. declares the state
cations of the state have been re
duced in the past year from more than
two and one-half millions of dollars to
slightly more than two hundred thou
sand dollars.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13

Farmers and dairymen Of the Nam.
pa district gathered recently to help
perfect a Nampa livestock loan asso-
citation. To complete tine association
IT will be necessary to raise So, 900,
and this city seems certain of making
its quota. When this amount has been
raised. assistance will be given by the
war finance corporation of Boise, and
money equalhng 10 times the paid IN
capital may be borrowed TO buy dairy
and breeding cattle to be shipped In
from neighboring states.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13

Members of the A. Il. r. club of the
University of Idaho are working tc
secure a memorial of the World war
for the university campus. The or.
ganization has already taken up the
matter with Congressman Burton L
French and Addison T. Smith of Idaho
The clubs decision for memorial IA
vors field pieces which saw service In
the World war.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13

Apple growers In Adams county, In
central Idaho, are well pleased with
the results in their orchards this year.
From 2000 acres more than $50O,0OC
worth of apples have been sold, or an
average of more than $3.50 to the acre
Some of the fruit orchards have given
a net return of $3.50 per acre.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13

The great menace of the drug habit,
which is said to be fast increasing
among young people in Idaho, was dis
eussed at a meeting of the Progressive
club at the Chamber of Commerce in
Boise, by J. l.. McClear, United States
attorney, who stated that he believed
It to be a much more dangerous habit
than that of drink
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13

Clyde Miller, Is years of age, a pu
Pill enrolled in the schools at Castle
ford, was brought to trial at Twin
Falls, in probate court, on a charge
of carrying concealed weapons. Two
revolvers and a bowie knife are said
TO have been carried by the accused
lad to school,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13

Are Positively Guaranteed
to Put On Firm Flesh,
Clear the Skin and Increase
Energy When Taken With
Every Meal or Money Back
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13

The county commissioners of Bonner
County sold one hundred thousand
dollars worth of 6 per cent road and
bridge bonds to a company Of Seattle
The price was par, accrued interest
and premium of s675. The proceeds
will be used for the construction and
improvement of roads or bridges.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1922-01-31
''Artifiicial
Gold''
(By U. $. Prcss)

Washingtonc Jan. 30-Modern
chemistry has shown that at least
some of the supposed elemental SUI
stances of the chemist, what he calls
elements, are in fact compounds. In
all ordinary chemical processes these
compounds behave like elements, but
it is nevertheless possible by special
are diisible into more simple suo-
tances This discovery has revived
i to some extent popular belief IN aich-
envy. an, there have been of la-c
many suggestions III the press that
gold may artificiallv and become $,
abundant as to destroy completes y
such utility as it may have as 4 me*
sure of value and a basis for curre',
CIV. A statement from the Geologica
Survey says:
Ono one has yet succeeded in max
ING gold or in obtaining it from an.
other chemical element The feat
can not be safely called Impossible
but it is fairly certain that ii an
chemist should succeed in transform
ing into gold some substance that m
hitherto been regarded as 81 slmpi
element, the process would be so dl
ficult and costly as to make gold f;
more expensive than the natur;
! metal'
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1922-01-31
Studying The
Science of War
(By e. S. Fressl

Washington, Jan. 30.-While the
Treasury is coming |'peace dollars =
and the Secretary Of State by and
with the consent and aid Of the Presi-
dent is fixing up peace treaties, the
Secretary Of War tells Congress tnat
his Department has instituted a care
full study ''of the Influence that mod
ern scientific deelopments will have
upon the technique Of warfare, esrec
tally with regard to aviation, gas anc
tanks ''He refers to the widely div
ergent views among professional men
on that subject, and expresses the
! hope that a reasonable doctrine viii
; be evolved to govern methods o.
training the armed forces ReguEa r
troops will be used next Summer 70
training 100000 National Guardsmcn
10000 reserve officers for train1n;
corps members, 10000 reserve Officers
10000 reserve enlisted men and 27,OO
civilians.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1922-01-31
Marshall Field
&C.,, Profits

Washington Jan. 3O.-A statement
from Marshall Fled & Co, Of Chicago
to q committee of Congress declares
that during the voa 1920 their total
net sales were +IS3,0O0, 900, net
rofits for the year after payment
Federal taxes amounting to S.39
cents on each dollars worth of sales.
The statement was made to contro-
vert an assertion that Marshall Flel<,
& Co.. made a profit Of 5000 per
cent on the sale Of knife purchase, !
in Germany for 90 cents. In making
this charge Chairman Fordnev assert
ed that importers were urging an un
fair fight on the American valuation
plan incorporated in the tariff bll
passed b. the House and now pend
! ing in the Senate.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1922-01-31
SAYS THERE IS AN INFLUX
OF ''PAUPER LABOR
(By U. S. Press)

Washington, Jan. 31.-Federal au
thorities lave had a serious problem
On their hands in enforcing restrictive
immigration. Time and again the
steamship companies have brought IL
great numbers Of immigrants rot en-
titled 20 land, and in nearly every
case the milk of man-kindness IN
the hearts of the officials has gotten
the better Of the intent Of the law
with the result that the bars have been
let down and the immigrants .shar
landed But this has produced .
strong demand in Congress in favor
of further restrictive legislation, ant
soc of the leaders, notably Congress
man Albert johnson, would shut out
altogether, immigrants who would
enter this country. Senator Harris
of Georgia, in brief speech, ma
cited statistics on unemployment tC
prove that conditions were aggravat
"a hv thc influx of what he terme'
:" "pauper labor
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1922-01-31
PREMIER BRANT|NC EN-
TERTA|NS DESTITUTE
Constituents
{By Associated Press.

Branting, the Socialist Premier of
Sweden, recently gave at his own cost
3 dinner to 800 unemployed men ami
vcmen of Stockholm. The Premier
end Mrs. Branting acted as host anI
uton by society women of the Capital,
amony them, Mrs George Branting,
the wife of the Premier son.
Later ir thee. evening, the guests
we're g:v,n hot baths and provided
With lodgings in the municipal lodg-
, :.g houses Of Stockholm
This IS believed 10 be the first time
tlat the premier Ct n European state
has personally entertained his desti-
tut; constituents When his guests
'as eaten their fill, Premier Brans1ng
addressed them on the economic con-
ditions N Sweden.
The Premier began by informing
them that neither this dinner nor any
other private or public aid etcnded
to men and women without work was
in any sense charity, but simply-what
was rightfully due them from those
who were fortunate enough to be
able to help. He said it was not
their fault that they were without
means of livelihood, but the fault Of
, Mr.. 8ranting warned his guests that
the efforts of the state to better So
cial and economic conditions could not
be epccted to lead to immediate re-
suits. 80
Abiding to the chaos in Russia, ne
declared that the slow w-moving efforts
= of the olG established government
system tc improve social conditions
: was infinitely preferable to the break
inc up Of the old system. The world
had seen where such course Jed.
But social solidarity, he continued,
demanded from every person tina; ne
help as far as he possibly could in re-
lieving the distress of the more un-
fortunate.
, u hope,' the Premier continued,
''that others viii follow this examprc
and that you will see thereby an ut
terance OF social solidarity when
breaks through all barriers.
The Premier's speech which was
:. delivered with great carnestness, was
: received by spontaneous and enthus
;. astic applause.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1922-01-31
TIE AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING
KN|CKERb0CKER THEATRE DISASTER"
DEATH LIST REDUCED RV
ELIMINATION

Washington, Jan. 31.-While the
city began the burial Of it's dead au
thorities are pushing Investigations of
the knickerbocker Theatre disaster.
A final check by the police showed
the death total from the crash to be
ninety five. OF a hundred and thfr,v-
three injured sixty-two remeained il,
the hospitals with dozen repor7cd
in a critical condition. Reductions
III the tCtal death resulted from Ten
tativc elimination Of eight names Iol
which tho police are unable to Ilns
any address, one erronenously report
cd dead and one duplication.
i Washington, Jan. 3l.-The final
check Of the police put the death lis
at ninety seven.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1922-01-31
BOSTON MOB
THREATENS To
LYNCH NEGRO
iRy Associated Press. }

Boston, Mass, Jan. 3I.-Sixty pa
trclmen, armed with riot guns, battled
against the frenzy Murray negro wao
barricaded himself in a house, wound
ed two p$trolmen and two negroes ami
only surrendered when the police brok e
down the door, Shouts of ''lynch
HIM were made by the crowd wnic.,
roughly handled the negro before cae
officers hurried him away in patrol
wagon.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1922-01-31
Of RUSSIA
SIMILAR To SOUTH
AFTER CIVIL WAR
by Associated Press.

Astrakhan, Russia, Jan. 31.-Once
prosperous but now ravaged by revo-
luton, :hc situation of this city re-
minds the visitor of the condition OF
New Orleans after the Civil War 1t !
is trying to regain its former prosper /
ity but the process is slow Even us
position Astrakhan resembles New Or
leans in some ways. The city is pitch
! ed an island on a point where the !
Nolga river divides into many small
er streams forming delta that extends
60 miles to the Caspian sea-
The commerce Of Astrakhan was
;once comparable with that of st. LOUIS
Memphis, OF OF New Orleans. 1t was
rich in furs, in fish, in caviar and
Itusv handling freight which traversei
the Volga. There was once food for
back, work aplenty for every man.
Today are seen the wrecks wrought
J, by combat, between The Imperial anG
rev olutionary forces, but nosympathy
is expressed with Communism. Sc we
inae had enough > said one Of the
workmen who, together with thousands
of his fellow and for IS days, just
after the Petrograd and Moscow rislngs
lin 1917, took to arms and besieget
the Cossack troops and the wealthy
, people Of the Getty, gathered in thu
Kremlin walls, in soldier barracks, anc
ether points at the heart of the bust
t ness district.
0 The immediate result of these Is
s DAYS Of carnage was the destructlol
Il of the Duma buildings, the Governor
+ house, the great bazaar, and severa
I blocks Of stores filled with drygood
9 And Persian and Turkestan carpecs
$. silks and other fineries.
) The ultimate result is indicated b.
= the bare, fire burned walls toca
,r standing gaunt and cheerless, with n
4 work "a the river and no food in tn
10 homes for these workmen. The pee
: 4plc have little money to buy anything
n The spirited horses which once I'll
N ed the horse market at the riversld
in have gone to the wars not to retut
d. or have been requisitioned for I'll
present Budenny cavalry, fe'
troops Of which are quartered here.
In the provincial hospital wnel
300 patients lay there was PRACTICAL
n broth tor famine refugees n'
'ouinine for fever sufferers. Dr.. Kal
L atowskv, the woman surgeon
,charge, said American relief was pror
ised but SC far it had not come.
he The OILY public gathering plac
ss opened seemed to be the moving pi
ill ture theater which was crowded W.
Is Young people and soldiers Of the Bu
lg emmy cavalry watching an utterl
villanous Italian tragedy.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1922-01-31
FEWER DEATHS FROM
TUBERCULOSIS
{By U. S. Press)

Washington, Jan. 31.-The Bureau
of the Census has issued definitely
encoura ging. reports regarding tuoer-
colosis. The figures show 10000 few
er deaths in the country from the
disease last year than the year before.
The tuberculosis death rate i'll the reg
;stration area of the United States III
1920 was 114.2 per 100000 popularlon
against 1856 for the same population
in 1919.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1922-01-31

Of METHODIST
MISSIONARY
LEADERS
{By Associated Press }

Memphis, Tenn, Jan. 31.-An infor
NAL conference of missionary leaders
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South is in progress preliminary TO a
formal meeting tonight OF bishops,
presiding elders and other representa-
.tives 20 take stock of the Centenary
Missionary campaign.
Washington, Jan. 31.-Much graft
fication that the Shantung controver-
}
| the Viii. SC, which was the first
off;a uncement that the Japa-
ne<Chinese had reached com
~ ~ accord.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1922-01-31
SENATOR KENYON
APPOINTED A
FEDERAL JUDGE
tBy Associated FreSs.>

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Ken
Won announced that he would accept
the appointment as Federal Judge 1or
the Eighth Circuit rendered by Pres
iident Harding The nomination was
sent to the Senate by the President
and immediately confirmed in open
session.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1922-01-31
WASHINGTON ARMS CON :
FERENCE NEARS
CONCLUSION

fBy Associated Press.t

Washington, January 31.-The VT
tual settlement of the Shantung ques-
ton and the final agreement on the
text of the five power naval treaty
brought the Washington Conference
near the conclusion of it's labors. :
pienary session is called for tomorrow
to announce the treaty
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1922-01-31
Youth I'm Saddle In
Portugal

Lisbon, Jan. 3o.-Youth is in the
saddle il the Portuguese government
now. Captain Cunha Leal, the new
Premier. who assumed office !asf
month is only :3 years old while Lieu
tenant Agatao Lanca, Governor OF
Portugal, is only 25.
Premier I.eal is aware that sen
tence of death has been passed against
him by the advanced elements who
participated in the revolution III Oc
tober last because Of his promise that
he will avenge the republican states