Idaho County free press., 1923-10-04
This Week
A Giant Airfish.
Mr.. Eel-Worm is Here.
The Devils Ink Stain.
Your Eye and Auto
BY Arthur Brisbane

The United States built a giant dir
igible in England. 1t fell, killed 60.
Another, built in Italy, fell, killed "a.
Recently, the u. S. Zeppelin ZR-1,
built here by the U. S. government,
flew over New York and started for
Philadelphia, having first travelled
100 miles over New Jersey. Those
who think the government can't do
anything and must always hire pri-
vate assistance, take notice.
That great machine, looking like a
silver coated fish, slowly travelling
through the air above New York, was
warning to the six millions of that
city, and the whole country.
In the morning, with the sun OBJ
scured by clouds, the air giant was
barely visible. Had the captain Cho-
sen to go few thousand feet higher,
it would have been absolutely invisi-
bic.
Such traveller, coming out of the
misty dawn, above the edge of the
ocean, would first make itself known
by dropping enough bombs to destroy
New York, enough deadly gas TO kill
three-quarters of the inhabitants.
The next war win be an air war.
This country should be ready for 1t.
Important. Bad news for farmers
in rapid spreading of the eel-worm di-
sease, imported from South Africa.
The eel-worm, fatal 20 alfalfa and
other plants, in two years has spread
from eastern Oregon to California an"
Colorado.
Kansas, great alfalfa state, Colora-
do and other states, should fight this
enemy as they would Asiatic cholera.
The tiny deadly pest might cost farm
ers hundreds of millions yearly. !.
Yesterday you could buy a thousand
million marks for $10O. In 1914, one
thousand million marks were worth
$3.50, 100000. German money, then
worth two and a half million dollars,
is worth 81 now. That's what war
does when you lose. But that won't
discourage the next war-like nation.
The castle of Wartborg is closed for
lack of money to keep 1T in repair.
The public can no longer see the room
in which Luther translated the Bible,
nor the big black spot on the wall
made by him when he threw the ink
well at the devil.
American Lutherans perhaps will
contribute to repairing the old castle
and supply ink to freshen up the ink
stains, which have doubtless been
made fresh many time in the past.
1t is a pity to let the old stories die
American school children saved 3d.
100000 in the last school year. The
money is nothing, the saving HABIT
is everything.
To teach children that poverty is
slavery, and can be avoided by rea-
sonable saving, is the first duty OF
parents. The second duty is to teach
children that after they have saved,
they must help others.
Exercise your eye muscles, and avoid
automobile accidents. That's the ad-
vice given by DR.. Needles. When you
are in d car going forty miles an hour
YOU go about fifty-eight feet every
second. Unless your eye can roll from
one side to the other at least twice
in a second, you can't keep track OF
both sides of the road and travel safe-
lv at that speed. Prizefghters, f1ers,
automobile drivers, all require eye ex-
ercises TO strengthen the eye muscles.
At best, they get weak with old age
And a closed car requires better eyes
than an open car.
The Prince of Wales, under the name
of Baron Renfrew, is in Canada rest.
ing. In spite Of his disguise a crowd
met him when he arrived. The Eng
iish know the value of Canada now
and in future. The real England may
be Canada some time, with the BTU
ish isles maintained as central Dus'
mess office In Europe
AS the great Roman empire saw the
seat of power change from Italy 20
Constantinople, so Brftons OF another
century NAV see their imperial par
lament and whatever Is left OF the
r val family transplanted in Montreal
or Australia.