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Evening star., 1923-02-15
The Oppressed Sparrow,

Attacks .on, the English. sparrow
continue. Battaliens. regiments, bri.
gades Of men so over the top at him,
bomb him with epitl1ets and bayonet
him with their pens. A farmer gets
out his hammer. or perhaps his shot
gun; for the English sparrow. The
very name English" sparrow seems
to get him in bad with some folk, vet
this English sparrow has lived in the
old United States for more generations
than many proud American families.
He speaks the English, language as
we'll as or no worse than many of our
voters, and he sings as musically as
some Nocaiists who appear in public.
The sparrow. IL q busy; restless, noisy,
hustling and pughacious bird, and if
these are not exclusive American
traits of character they are traits
that we frequently find in other
things than. birds. He is also called
Evening star., 1923-02-15
THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON
BY HILLIAM PICKETT HELM.

struments, a combination that will
register height, temperature, humid
ity and wind movement. They go up
often from two to three miles In the
air."
what is the record height?' !
asked.
'The record was made over at Mount
Weather, Va. in the Blue Ridge. One
Of our kites went up about -FOUR
miles,
Imagine a kite flying more than
10000 feet above the earth's surface! !!
'Is there any danger from light
ning?" asked.
"Yes. SIR DR.. Marvin answered. en-
phatically. We have had our KITES
clear sky. That happens. Of course,
only, when they get up to great
What happens then?'
Tho wire fuses-disappenrs. 1t ineits
the ground. largely through his own
carelessness, was killed by such a bolt
Observers follow the kites with tele-
scopes. This Is necessary as well as
desirable. for at great attitudes the
kites disappear from the unaided gaze.
The instruments record weather condi-
tions on moving strip OF paper, wnicn
Is read and digested when the kites are
hauled back to earth. These records
In addition to kites. little rubber bal
looms are sent up daily by the govern
ment. These are of two kinds, the pilot
balloon and the sounding balloon.
1.-The sounding balloon" DIR. Marvin
explained, ,carries q set OF instruments,
carefully packed to prevent breakage,
and a parachute. The balloon goes up
till 1t bursts and the parachute brlngs
the Instruments. with their records,
back to earth.
nnanar.Ily ra color fha parachute
flaming red so that 1t will attract at
tention. A note Is attached so that
any one finding it may know where
to send it,"
How high do the balloons go?' !
asked.
DR.. Marvin's reply was almost as
founding.
Some of them have gone higher
than twenty miles" he said. That
means more than 100000 feet, or two
airplane has ever been able to push
Its nose.
"The use Of sounding balloons has
resulted in great scientific discov-
cry" DR.. Marvin continued.
when we leave the earth and
mount into the air the temperature
drops. as you know. The higher we
20 the colder it becomes
when we get up between 10000 and
4U,UVV 1ceL the IncFTnOHeISTS register
somewhere between 80 and 80 degrees
below zero. And here is where" the
discovery comes in.
with the aid Of those balloons we
have found that there is a definite
point where the air ceases to become
colder. II is no colder at twenty
miles high than it is at eight, or
slightly less.
between 10000 or 10000 feet and
100000 feet there seems to be no change
whatever in temperature"
Evening star., 1923-02-15
All Political Rules Require Re-
nomination of President Harding.

ho1uIndt1oA VI AACSluCAl 1dl ul1l6.
The statement by Senator Watson
that President Harding will be re-
nominated without opposition by the
republican party. and that he will
be reelected. is the subject of ex-
tended editorial comment throughout
! the country. Editors, without regard
to party Affiliations, agree the initial
part of the statement is urchallenge-
able. AS for reelection, we'll, there
| naturally they differ,
! Suggesting that all along it has
! been conceded MIR. Harding will be
/; the candidate. the Norfolk Ledger
Dispatch independent democratic}
feels that whatever may be the
| situation in 1924, it is too plain to be
| disputed that at this time the repub-
/ licans are about as radically out of
harmony as they could be. At pres
ent the situation is about this: The
| country is aweary of Congress, its
works and it's lack of works, and it
! is rapidly losing confidence in the
Administrations Willingness, or abil-
! ity. to help in Strengthening out
! Europe's affairs" That is very much
the viewpoint of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer independent democratic),
which is convinced "the Harding ad-
ministration will be the issue and
its head is the logical man to lead
the fight" Discussing Senator Hiram
Johnson as a possible primary oppo-
nent. the New York Times (demo-
cratic) asserts he seems to be moth
ing more nor less than an opportun-
ist If he looks like iron close OBJ
, servers detect the laths underneath.
! 1t is always curious to find mention
of Hiram Johnson among the pro-
gressives' and radicals like Mr..
Borah, Mr.. Brookhart and that
matchless machine manager and
hammer of the Supreme Court, Mr..
Ia Toilette" Holding that "it is not
time yet to choose the 1924 nominee .
the Des Moines Register Gndepend-
enO asserts Harding has time TO
rise to par" while the Milwaukee
Journal Independently insists that
"the question is not so much the fu-
ture of Mr. Harding as it is of avoid
ing disaster to the party that would
come if it went before the people
after it had repudiated the Presi-
dent" The WATSON statement has
served a definite purpose. the Colum-
bus (Ohio, State Journal (republican)
thinks. because II the President
"stepped aside there would have been
a great scramble Of candidates. wise
and otherwise
!, "Senator watson's logic is perfect
as squared with the book rules" says
the Knoxville Sentinel democratic. }.
"The republican party must stand on
the record it has made. 1t cannot
stand on the record of the admins
tration and repudiate the head of the
administration" The Fort Wayne
Journal Gazette (democratic). agree
w Hardin@ o wn,,Ia reaIiIr cr.He ~
Evening star., 1923-02-15
Over the TOP.

The Y. NJ. C. A. wins. In its cam
paign to raise $4,000 for it's 1923
budget it went over the top" which
is the strictly modern and popular
way of telling that this great Chris
tian association raised the money it
needs and some besides. In other
days a man writing current Ameri-
canese might have set it down thus:
THE Y. NJ. c. A. got what il went
after. and then some.' Today. in
stead Of doing all this. it, goes "over
the top" But no matter about the
phraseology. The good people Of
Washington have given to the Y. NJ
c. A. the money it asked and all the
givers, all the givees and all the mere
lookers-on are glad. May the Y. NJ.
c. A. continue on its useful way for
all time.
Evening star., 1923-02-15

. good many washingtonians who
have learned more about soft coal and
coke this winter than they knew be-
fore. II the hard coal restrictions arc
modified on March 1t may help the
situation. for March is apt3to give us
cold weather and even April may not
be altogether warm. And here is a
time to give thanks for the, open win
ter. A rigorous winter would have
multiplied our coal and furnace trou-
bles. 49,. .a
Evening star., 1923-02-15
SHOOTING STARS.
RY PIIILANDER JOHNSON.
4 Pleasant Place

4 Pleasant Place.
This world is still pleasant place =
Said Hezekiah Bings. 49,.
Though members Of the human race
Do some unpleasant things.
The snowy crystals lightly fan
And next the sunshine CLEANS
To bring the blossoms, one and all,
Forth from their land of dreams.
''The rainbows prisoned by the frost
Will find a glad release
When skies that have been tempest
tossed. 49,.
Their mutterings shall cease.
Though Pride may struggle to efface
The good that Nature brings.
This world is still a pleasant place,
Said Hezekiah Bings. ~.
Evening star., 1923-02-15

Freaks Of publicity are mysterious.
For several thousand years Tutankha-
men slept in oblivion. The opening of
his tomb brought him to fame in a
world wider than he had dreamed of.
but not as the monarch and lawgiver:
only as scientific specimen, scarcely
more important than the utensils and
materials surrounding him. -
Evening star., 1923-02-15

President Harding is rated in pri-
vate rumor as a golfer Of enthusiastic
purpose, but. moderate attainments
He may find satisfaction; in the re
mark OF Herbert Spencer after a de-
feat at billiards: "Sir, a reasonably
good game represents the, accomplish
ment of a gentleman. Such game
as you play can only suggest mis-
spent youth.
Evening star., 1923-02-15

One of the reasons for Ambassador
Harvey's international endorsement Of
) o'clock tea may have been the fact
that it can he secured without en-
barrassing questions involving the
three.mi,e limit.
Evening star., 1923-02-15

In the great drama of life. which
involves love and money, too mitch
is being assumed by the
snuggiers and the smugglers.
Evening star., 1923-02-15

The currency system Of Germany
compels considerable loss Of time
and energy in the mere matter of fig
uring a restaurant bill and counting
the change.
Evening star., 1923-02-15

The pastor who reminds people OF
religious doubts becomes famous. but
the one who, reminds them Of what
they can and should believe is the
more useful. ..-. ~.
Evening star., 1923-02-15
Causes of War

Some day the oil win all be drained.
Some day the coal will all give out.
When this condition 10 attained,
What will we have to fight about?
Evening star., 1923-02-15

Electrical invention promises. to
bring music and speech easily into
every horae. All we need are the
tunes and the words.
Evening star., 1923-02-15

Douglas Fairbanks says that viii
Hays is = fixer. Douglas has Il popu-
larity whi n enables him to claim the
superior advantage Of being a fixture
Evening star., 1923-02-15

President Ebert Is deprived Of the
privilege of waving his salary in
paper marks and taking a few tons of
coal. -
Evening star., 1923-02-15

Ambassador Harvey works like
man who paid as much attention to
the am. alarm clock as he does to
o'clock tea.
Evening star., 1923-02-15

Public interest is beginning to de.
mend that the prop be pulled out from
under propa ganda.
Evening star., 1923-02-15
Inspiring Interest.

~, AIsIsN H1AS 1Htcfc fcSt.:
1T took me a long time to get the
opposition editor out home to print
that extract from my, speech mur-
INJURED Senator Sorghum.
How did you manage ito"
Wrote it in a letter addressed to
somebody else, but apparently put
into the wrong envelope and marked
1t conspicuously, Not for Publica.
tion:l'a -. -
Jud Tunkins allows it's funny to see
a man carryin' a bulgy brief case an
tryin' to act as II it wasn't heavy
Evening star., 1923-02-15

Publicity these days appears TO be
as much concentrated on Florida for
pleasure as on the Ruhr for business
Evening star., 1923-02-15

The former kaiser might score a hit
by offering to go to the front. il need
be, to fight fer the present German
republic.
Evening star., 1923-02-15

France regards the letters "P. D. O."
as Of equal Importance with az. Q. w.
Evening star., 1923-02-15
interviewing = Loser.

Who is the best poker player in
Crimson Gulch?"
Il amt the best replied Cactus
Joe. ''Rut I'm the gentlest and kind
est"
Evening star., 1923-02-15
Rate by MaiI-PayabIe I'm Advance.
MARYLAND and Virgins.
All Other States.
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to Il or not otherwise credited
in this paper and also the local news pub
lished herein Az. rights OF publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1923-02-15

Hope" said Uncle Eben, ,"is like
some O. dem patent medicine adver.
isements-comfortin but misieadin'."
Evening star., 1923-02-15

The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning
edition, Is delivered by carriers within the city
at SO cents per month: daily only. 45 cents per
der. may be sent by mai, or telephone Main
5000. Collection is made by carriers at the
end Of each mouth.
Evening star., 1923-02-15
The Evening Star Nswspa per Company

Business Ofice. fith St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York Office 100 Nassau St.
Chicago Office: Tower Bnilding:
European ONCE: 16 Regent St., London, England
Evening star., 1923-02-15

Inc Minerva d III lIle ol SoII-
sress and the five wall panels by the
same artist In this building were
executed in 1896 and 1897. OF the lat
ter in his notebook he jotted down.
81 made them to go with the architec-
ture, to look as if made for the place
they occupy" and this they do. OF the
former he said, with his customary
note of humor: mot the greatest
thing in the world and not the worst.
II might have been 'fiuffy-ruffies'
posing as Minerva. About half the
price went in expenses" In 1884. We'd
der Illustrated the "Rubaiyat of Omar
Khayyam." A friend had brought him
the poem and read it to him at Peru
gia. and it had left a tremendous i'm
preston on his mind. Never before,
to gain quote Mr. Isham. had a book
of poems received a pictorial com
mentary so sympa thetic. SO beautiful
and SO illuminative." It was enor-
mously popular al the time; it is still
selling. In order to live while he was
making these drawings. Iedder Dor.
rowed money of q. banker in Rome at
IL per cent interest. But these draw
ings game him undying fame.
X X + X
In the National Gallery of Art is a
little picture by vedder, very charac-
Cup of Death" It shows, even bet
ter perhaps than the mural decora-
tions in the Library of Congress, his
individuality of style. the classic dis
tinction Of his work. Like the paint
ers of the renaissance, Vedder had a
great respect for FORM. He was not a
colorist. His works are of an intel
lectual rather than q sensuous quail
HIS kfAAhin - feS lxy io x1yifh
Michaelangelo, not with Turner. In
another way Vedder was closely re-
lated to the artists of that time, mas
much as he could turn his hand to
sculpture or goldsmith work or any
other craft, creating a bit of jewelry,
an deliberately decorated cup. model
ing bust or making a drawing, with
equal facility. Yes. Elihu yedder has
every right to be called an artist. and
II one wishes to fully understand
what that means let him read "The
Digressions OF v"-"written for his
own fun and that Of his friends"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-04-05

act favorably on it in the bond cleo
ZION to be held on the twelfth of
May, 1923, they too would agree to
close the subject and pay no further
attention to it.
In the meantime the Pacific Coast
Power. company have made applica
ton for the right to use the water
on the Idaho-Oregon boundary for
power purposes, and altho our filing
is ahead of theirs, construction must
proceed within a definite time or
we forfeit to them the right to store
the water. The election of May IL,
therefore, is the deciding factor as
to whether the Snake river valley
shall have a great reservoir that will
make it possible to water most of
it's arid lands or forfeit the oppor-
tunity forever.
Other speakers followed Mr..
Banks in giving information to the
meeting, including Chief Engineer
Weymouth, State Engineer Swend-
sen, Senator I. E. Rockwell, G. Ben
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RESERVOIR MEETING
Continued from Page u

dam by the side of the tracks of the
transcontinental railroad, a suitable
monument to his memory because
of the long service he had devoted
to reclamation in Idaho.
Mr.. Shepherd outlined the pur-
poses of the meeting and at a sub
sequent meeting at the commercial
club rooms, Engineer F. A. Banks
directed attention to maps, charts
and pictures on the walls, giving
views of southern Idaho and the To-
cality of American Falls, the pro-
posed dam, lake and townsite and
the geological formation of the site
of the dam and reservoir.
Mr.. Banks is comparatively
young man, a graduate of the Uni
versity of Maine, and already has to
his credit the designing and con-
struction of the Arrow Rock dam
on the Boise river and the designing
and construction of the Jackson
Lake reservoir south of the Yellow
stone Park in Wyoming, and has
done the designing and estimating
and had charge of such construction
work as has already been done at
the American Falls site. He is the
engineer who is accredited with
hurry-up estimate of the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-04-05

Ross and others. They made trips
out over the site of the dam, viewed
it from the bluffs, were driven over
the new townsite, and in the even
ing were banqueted at the Reming
ton by the American Falls CONNER
cial club, where further discussions
of vital questions were held.
The commission continued in ses-
sion on Wednesday perfecting the
details of the bond election and fit
tig them into the old laws and the
new laws recently enacted by the
Idaho legislature to make this great
enterprise possible. AS the import
ance of the reservoir is realized
by more people and more fully real
lied by those who have studied 1t
the most, great anxiety is enter
tanned lest it might fail of being
approved by two-thirds of the voters
in the super district, and the work
of more than ten years may fall,
and forever remain listed among
lost opportunities.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-04-05
AROUND THE COURT HOUSE
Continued from Page one)

hold their quarterly meeting next
week, and it is expected that a fair
board will be appointed then, or the
old board re-appointed or confirmed
for the coming year, and secretary
employed.
Miss Lila Liljenquist who has been
for several years employed in the
office of the assessor and treasurer,
has rendered her resignation and will
accept a position in Bannock county
handling the auto license and per-
sonal taxes.
Marriage ceremony was performed
on March 80 by Judge Good, for
Melvin Leroy Wallace and Mary
Maud Walker; March 31st for Lewis
H. Gates and Matte Elman; on April
End for Leslie Wheeler and Gladys
Leaker, all of Pocatello and Wyo-
ming.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-04-05

! an excellent reservoir site, and easy
of construction because it is all sur
face work with the bed rock either
at the river bed or merely covered
to slight depth with soil. A rail-
road track lies beside the dam site,
and engineers find it easy to deter
mine the costs of everything, but
the prices of materials and labor
for futures, and the prices that will
have to be paid for the property that
must be purchased for right-of-way.
Options have already been signed
for much of the property, many
people owning lots in American Falls
have signed agreements to exchange
for other lots in the new tOwnsite,
and there remain the Indian lands
and meadows and the white mems
lands and meadows to be bought or
appraised or condemned. 1t has
been found that all these lands are
subject to condemnation proceed
ings, including the holdings of the
Indians, if necessary, and work can
proceed without waiting for settle
ment of these transfers.
The government, the Oregon Short
Line railway, whose tracks and
bridge at American Falls are af-
fected, and the Idaho Power COM
pany, whose power site and present
and future power houses are af- :
fected by the proposed dam and
reservoir, have been working for
years on plans to make this reservoir
possible, and work on the power
houses has been held up pending
decision. Three years ago the gov
eminent commenced work on the
project thinking it had enough part
ners to justify construction of the
dam, but when the financial string !
ency came on, it's partners, the canal
companies, failed to make their !
payments, and the whole understak-
ing was held up. The contract with
the Idaho Power company had to
have payments made by January,
1922, or they were released from I
any further obligations in the mat
ter, and when the Idaho Reclama-
ton association and state officials
asked for more time in which to
consult the settlers and to formulate
some other plan for carrying out the
majority of the direc-
tors in the Bankers Trust company
controlling their affairs, were in
favor of giving them more time, but
now, after more than year OF
waiting, there is only a bare ma
jority in favor of giving more time
to try to perfect such plans. The
others want to close the door to any
further delay for this matter and go
ahead and develop the power plants.
The majority have only been able
to hold the situation as it is on the
promise that If the settlers did not
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-04-05
THANKS

The Blackfoot Rotary club, know
ing that the success of the DR.. Bar
ker lectures was made possible only
by the splendid cooperation of it's
many friends in the community and
realizing that it is impossible to
thank all such friends personally,
desires to take this method Of ex-
pressing it's appreciation to those
who in any way assisted in making
the affair the success that it was.
THE BLACKFOOT ROTARY
CLUB.
B. H. HUDSON,
adv. President.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-04-05
Grants Determination.

EVERY one has his superstition.
wrote General Grant. Zone OF mine
has always been when I started to
60 anywhere or to do anything, never
to turn back or to stop until the thing
intended was accomplished"
Uncle Els Observation.
when 'er man talks bout luck" re-
marked Uncle Ezra, che generally
means bad luck Cause when he's
prosperous he's gwinter take all de
credit fob his own smahtness. boston
Evening Transcript.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-04-05

Book donors for March: Mrs.
Jessie Woodin, Norris Kleinsmith,
Max w. Smith, Mrs. S. w. Wilson,
Mrs. Frank Just, V. L. Sturgill,
Rosemary Cowen, Claudia @. Muir
ply, George R. Mason, Mrs. Byrd
Trego.
EDNA GILLESPIE,
Librarian.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-04-05
BLACKFOOT PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Following is the report of the Lii
brarian for the month of March,
1928:
Loans-Books 1886; Magazines,
1862; Pamphlets, IL; average daily
circulation, 1913; average Sunday
circulation, "a; books lost and dis
carded, 25; books repaired, 72;
books added to library by purchase,
TO- books added to library by gift
81; number of cards issued to Dor
rowers, 80; expirations, 72; number
of borrowers, 2171; attendance for
the month, 6175; average daily at
tendance, 256; average Sunday at
tendance, 81; overdue notices sent,
Sc.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-12
ENGLAND FEELS RELIEF
 AT ABSENCE OF VIOLENCE
British Press Reflects satisfaction That no Outward Break Has
 Occurred in Germany.

London, Jan. t2.--(Iy Associated Pressl-An unmistakeable feeling of relief that the first 24 hours oi Frances Ruhr adventure passed with out breach of the peace was evident here today. Although the French movement continues 10 he widely condemned and deplored, there is no general desire to sec Great Britain's ally involved in conditions which would seriously add to her burdens.
 Although majority of the press opposes any cooperation by Great Britain in the Ruhr it cannot be fig nored that there exists in Great Brit oin strong anti-German sentiment.
 The Morning Post and the Daily Mail wish the French success and reiterate sn uncompromising distrust Of the Germans.
 The Post says.
 "The United States government can afford to take down the stars and stripes from the fortress of Ehren- hreitstein. but the watch on the Rhine which to Americans is the fragment of a song. to the French man means the holding of pass in the interests of civilization"