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The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
PRESTO

George William Just, better known
as "Bill' began the New Year right
by bringing home bride. He was
married to Miss Louise Bittman of
Kimball at Pocatello Sunday.
Mesdames Larsen, Miller, Christof-
ferson and Peterson attended ameet-
ing of the state primary officers at
Shelley Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. K. Williams and
family spent New Years with relatives
at Firth.
James Just made business trip to
Soda Springs the first of the week.
Mrs. Bertha Aandahl is quite sick
at the home of her son Simeon Chris
jefferson.
A surprise party given at the Toll
ME home Saturday night was attend
ed by large crowd and all report
good time.
Miss Stella Boyle and Miss Dora
week.
Miss Dorrit Just returned to Boise
the first of the week after spending
week with relatives her.
Mrs. Betton is recovering from a re-
cent attack of appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tolmie were up
from Pocatello to spend the weekend
with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Vasatka of Fort
Hall spent New Years with relatives
here.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
LAND or SUPERB RAINB0WS
MarveIs of Beauty That Writer Tolls
Of. Seeing, Even at Night
In Honolulu.

"Aloha" one hears everywhere. 1t
means more than welcome" 1t ex-
presses good will and sympathy for
all moods, joy and sorrow, declares
writer on Honolulu in the Christian
Science Monitor.
1t rains as much as dozen times
a day, sometimes two dozen times {;
but the sun shines at the same time.
The only protection anyone uses is
Japanese paper sunshade. They call
the rain liquid sunshine"
And the rainbow At night even,
We have rainbows when there is full
moon. Who would ever think rain,
little : showers that would hardly
dampen a butterfy's wing, could pro-
duce so much beauty? Yesterday l
watched rainbow for nearly half an
hour, wide, low arch, flung, not in
the sky, but across the mountains; 1t
was so near l think I could have
reached the foot of 1t. The green Of
the mountain side glowed through the
radiant color and the valley seemed
to dissolve into color. L think the
most expert rainbow maker in the
world must live in Honolulu. II we
could only live on rainbows! We have
them every day, rainbows and flowers
and palm trees, mountains and wide,
blue sea.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
ACCORDING TO THEIR MEANS"
Century Ago, Evidently Meant
Mere Than They Do Now.

Fresh-laid eggs are frequently de-
posted on the contribution plate in
some of the backwoOds Episcopal
churches of the South. Which goes to
show that the spirit of giving hasn't
changed so very much in the 100 years
of the Church Missionary society just
being rounded out The first report Of
the society, dated May 80, 1923 was
dug up the other day, and while it
shows no contribution of eggs, score
Of other articles of merchandise seem
to have found their way to the plate
from people who gave according to
their means"
This report, for instance, shows that
back in 1921 David Snethen gave a
basket of groceries for the support of
the missionaries; Stephen North con-
tributed a medicine chest; William
Royland, a cross-cut saw; Joe and
John Needles, two sleeves; S. Masy, a
coffee mill John and T. Gully con-
tributed, alas singularly empty gift
"a safe. John Burson came along
with a tub, whether bath or wash Is
not stated. G. Buckley is credited on
the books with Deduction on hat"
$3.50; John McAllister donated ther-
mometer.
Among the other miscellanies are
hymn books, states, spades, shoes,
trousers, chairs, soap, brides and
locks. Finally, from one Richard
Markall there is hogshead Of tobacco,
which encourages the hope that some
good missionary Of the church IN his
lonely station afar of enjoyed COM
Portable smoke-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
MANY ARE ABSENT-MINDED
Great Numbers Of People just 40
Absrrant az the Famous Professor
Of the Jokesn,iths.

The absent-minded professor. favor
lite OF the humorists. is familiar to
US all His strange misadventures, his
tumbles into coal holes, his locomo-
tive difficulties as he walks with one
foot in the gutter, his use of his cane
for MI umbrella, and so On-all these
are the raw material OF the joke
smiths, observes the New York Trib-
une.
But real people, however absent
minded. we are told, are never SO
aberrant. No? What shall be said,
then of Charles Krudak Of Port Ken
nedy, Pa, who the other day took his
baby girl on trip to Philadelphia,
and when he got OF the return train
left her aboard? How could he for
get? The child was obviously not do
ing her vocal duty.
Without stopping to explore pos
sible connection between Mr.. Kru-
dak's experience and the fact that he
had just been to Philadelphia, let us
consider the case of Raymond Bent
ley, recently reported from Omaha.
This gentleman was to be married
the other day. To guard against his
weakness he kept saying, wedding,
wedding" to himself as he prepared
for the ceremony. But setting out for
the church he came to another church
where a wedding was In progress.
Mechanically he turned in, took his
place among the guests, waited
through the ceremony, congratulated
the happy couple and then returned
home. 1t Is pleasant to read that his
bride, young woman Of firm charac-
ter, instead Of fainting, presently ar
rived with a minister, and second
marriage occurred
The absent-minded professor Of
fiction surely has his rivals In real
life.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
Nuremberg Settled by Hesslans.

One Of the quaint spots Of Nova
Scotia is the fishing town Of Lunen-
berg, where the smell Of fish is over
all. Churches, fish flakes, curing plants,
steep hills, bold headlands, shipyards,
skilled fishermen and a slightly feet OF
fishing vessels. oxen and German-look-
ing faces, figures apd names, are the
characteristics. The place was set
tied by Hessians back in George Tvs
time, and marked traces of the early
settlers remain. The housewives are
20 neat that they even put lace cur
tsins at the cellar and woodshed
windows A prodigious changing OF
church bells goes on In Lunenburg
every Sunday, for the place has many
places of worship. From Lunenburg
come some Of the hardest and most
skillful mariners and fishermen in the
world, while the fishing feet and the
vessels built there have wide repu-
tatiOn.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
SYMBOL OF RUSSIAN TRAGEDY
The eourosoica, Popular Invention,
shows to What Depths the People
- Have Been Redwood.

A bourgeOica Is Z small sheet Iron
stove, writes Eleanor Franklin Esan In
the Saturday Evening Post. Or II may
be only a b-gallon gasoline can with
q little door ut one end and a hole in
the top to let out the smoke. 1t II an
institution in soviet Russia and is an
invention Of the kind of which neces-
sity is the mother ,sst& -
In the communist1c habitations Of
the ruined and homeless bourgeoisie 1t
takes the place Of both heating ar
rangements and the kitchen range.
Nearly everybody makes his own bour-
geoica out of whatever materials he
may be able to come by, and in social
circles it provides a topic OF, CONVERSE
ton of never-ending interest. Their
habits and the various methods en-
ployed to regulate them are matters Of
primary Importance.
It's name, bestowed upon It in from
to the general scheme Of things. 1t
burns nothing but tiny bits of wood
and is therefore very economical, but
when 1t is first set going it smokes
considerably, with the result that prac-
t1cally every bourgeois home in Russia
such as it is-smells as though its
fiues were badly out Of order.
1t is capable of bringing the average
winter temperature in a fair-sized
room up to zero. or maybe to 10 de-
grees above, and this is as much COM
fort as the bourgeoisie are expected to
require. This sounds like an exag-
geration, but 1t is not. 1t would be I'M
possible to exaggerate any phase Of
the tragedy that has befallen Russia.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
NATURAL MISTAKE TO MAKE
Name Mentioned Surely sonified
Nothing II Not the Presence OF
p" Some DIQnifed FRAU"

You can have too much Of any
thing, even roses" said the visitor to
the Woman. 1.-THE friends 1 was stay
ing with were botany fends. like
flowers, but l can't dissect them and
label them with foreign names. We
were out riding, and had come to
beautiful garden. They stopped the
car and talked botany for what
seemed hours.
Il was quite drowsy, when suddenly
my seatmate leaning across me, called
out: There's Frau Karl! 'WhereT
asked the one at the wheel, hating
the car There! There! In that gar
den; along the path to the left ex-
planned the third, while i craned an
inquisit1ve neck to see the dignihed
and portly dame their enthusiasm
made me expect to find strolling in para
sol-shade leisure through her grounds.
How perfectly wonderful to run
across q friend 50 accidentally said
I, relieved at the change Of cOnversa-
ton. DO let's stop for a moment to
call on herr Whereupon five sets Of
eyes surveyed me with amazement.
Call on herr cried the eyes owners,
all at once .On her? Why, it's
rose we mean, a Frau Karl Druschki y"
Journal.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
The Sunday Picnic.

The late Mrs. George Gould was
not narrow-minded, but she hated
any dissertation of the Sabbath.
One summer Sunday, while motor
ing In Lakewood, she came upon a
rich Lakewood family, the Smiths,
principal stockholders in the we'll
known Smith asbestos firm.
The Smith family was picnicking
The father and the three sons In
their shirt sleeves were drinking
whisky and playing poker, while the
daughters and the mother smoked
cigarettes and played bridge for high
stakes.
"'Well,' said Mrs. Gould, I
wouldn't have believed that you
Smiths had such faith In your as
bestos'"
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
According to Hoyle."

Edmund Hoyle Q672-1769) was All
English writer on whist and other card
games. he was the first man to sys-
tenlatize the laws of whist, and for a
time he supported himself by teaching
the game. His famous "Short Treatise
on Whist" appeared in London in 1742.
Rules for other games followed, and
his book Of games, which included the
"Short Treatise" has passed into
many editions. His name has become
proverbiaI, and "Hoyle" in common
speech means a book of rules and in
structions for card games. especially
the famous old hook edited by Hoyle
himself. The common expression "ac-
cording to Hoye" means following the
rules laid down in Hoyle; adherine
strictly to rnle IN amy game; FOLLOWING
the recognized sport or enterprise;
-pIsyinr ~, game.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05

There are sixty rug factories in re
king, China, employing over 200 work
men each and with capitals ranging
about $4,000. This is remarkable
increase on the figures recorded few
years ago, and is explained by the in
creasing popularity Of Picking rugs in
the United States. Direct buying is
now done by many large American
firms. In addition to this number,
there are numerous small establish
ments-estimated at over hundred
which each employ few score work
men and operate with small capt.
tai.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
Chemical, From Corn cob..

BY developing new methods OF OK
tracing furfural from corncobs chem
lists of the Department Of Agriculture
have greatly reduced the cost Of max
ing this chemical, which Is used in
the manufacture Of soluble and insol-
uble resins for stains, varnishes, In
sulating material. printing plates and
many other articles. Furfural has
been made commercially from oat
bulls and has been selling for about
30 cents a pound, but when made from
cobs it is estimated that 1t can be
manufactured at cost Of about
10 cents a pound. Oobs give the great
est yield Of furfural Of any of the
common agricultural materials that con-
tain it.-Department Of Agriculture
Bulletin.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
BY Way of Inference.

peaches and cream, bacon and
eggs, dry toast and coffee" said the
dininE-car patron with conspicuous
badge on his coat.
Yes. SIR" replied the waiter.
81 want three eggs, mind you, plen-
ty Of bacon and double order Of
toast"
Eyes. SIR" repeated the waiter with
a grin. Boss. Pm not saying the dele
CATION you're travelling with are drink
ing gentlemen. but you're the first
member OF the party who's showed up
in the diner this morning with an ap-
petite. Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
FISH THAT PROTECT BRIDGES
o1uooeis Ar Used Also in a Crest
Many PATS Of Europe for Build
Inc eAa WaiIA

When you pluck q mussel from the
Sssting place it has chosen under q
weed that fringes rock II does not
oeme away very easily, for the shell 10
SECURED firmly to the rock by means
~ a mass Of coarse threads.
These form the cable by which the
mussel anchors itself SO securely that
II can Withstand the force Of the
Utrongest seas.
In It's young days the mussel moves
about with the best Of them, but after
u short spell Of gadding about 1t set
rtles down In one spot for the rest OF
ITS existence.
So strong are the united threads OF
q colony Of mussels that engineers re-
.sponsible for building sea walls on the
continent make considerable use Of
rAem, says London Tt-Bits. II mus
cells can be induced to settle ON the
most exposed parts Of the structure
the roughest seas will do little harm
for they bind the stones together 20
tightly that there Is no fear that they
viii give way.
In England the bridge over
the Torridge at Bideford, In Devon
'shir could not remain standing II 1t
were not for the mussels which hold
- foundations together
When the bridge was In danger OF
Ewing way many years ago a genius
had the idea Of depositing boatloads
e mussels round It's piles. The e1-
pertinent was tried with success and
the bridge stands firm to this day.
Trssh supplies Of mussels are put
down from time to time.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
Can't Beat This Barrier.

The officials Of the town of North
Adams. Mass. are effectively enforc-
ing the antispeed ordinance with an
original road barrier. A policeman
stands at the side of the road with
a red lantern. Speeding drivers are
hailed and cautioned to use discre-
ton, providing they stop. If they fail
to stop the policeman blows his whis-
tie, and farther along the road belt
filled with short spikes, is stretched
across the highway. No one has run
past 1t as vet.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
Birds Travel Far.

Many of our feathered voyagers
make single flights of 500 to 700 miles.
and migrations Of over 1000 miles.
The annual pilgrimages Of such old
friends as the bobolink, the purple
martin, the scarlet tanager, cliff and
barn swallows, nighthawks and black
poll warblers all exceed 1900 miles in
both spring and fall. '-,' sSa IS
It IL rather humbling to think what
bravesand sslf-sumcient world. travel
a. ypsse ef,asr tiny feathsred; friends
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
Mystery Of Trees.

One of the most puzzling questions
in botany is, "Why or how does water
rise to the top Of tree"
Various explanations of the pheno-
menon have been proposed, but none
is regarded as altogether satisfactory.
One investigator attacked the problem
by. means of interesting and novel ex-
periments. For instance, he construct
ed an artificial tree Of plaster Of paris
and found that water moved upward
in 1t more than 40 feet high. Yet he
was unable to base any definite con-
clusion upon the results that he OBJ
tanned The water travels large part
of the way in film, between bubbles
on the one side and the wall on the
other But the physical properties of
the film are yet MISUNDERSTANDING
ton Star.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05

A visitor was admiring beautiful
monument in an ancient church. Gaz-
Ing at the effigies Of ruffled knight
and stately dame, with kneeling
train of children behind each figure,
he unused aloud: "Surely such sur
roundings must have a purifying In
fluence,"
Eyes, indeed, sir" was the startling
reply of the church cleaner, who had
walked up unobserved. MANY time
I've washed them images faces for
'em, when a flick of buster was all
that was expected of mel"
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
Land Of Queer Beasts.

Australia has long been noted for
the peculiarities Of the animal life
found there. Practically all the forms
Of mammalia which abound in other
parts of the world are missing. Their
places are taken by large marsupials
OF numerous varieties, these animals
being nowhere else Hspreaentedl ex-
espt BY the opossums q America.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
DAIRY MEETING

A final organization meeting Of the
Bingham County Bull Association
will be held on Monday, January s,
foot. Every prospective member
should be present at this meeting to
adopt the constitution and bylaws,
elect officers and furnish the neces
sary finances for the organization. go.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
That SiIenced Him.

Blackstone-Why do women always
like to parade their new ffnery before
their friends?
Mrs. Blackstone-For the same rea-
son, 1 suppose, that you men dress
up like drum majors At your lodge
conventions.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05

Mr.. and Mrs Fred Hi1liard and
daughter, Tavern, spent the holidays
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hilliard, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Kleinschmidt. They returned to Salt
Lake City Tuesday morning where
Mr.. billiard will take up his work at
the IT, of IT,
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
To D.t.c4 AduIterated Flour.

To Detect AouIteratoo Fiouf.
The presence of foreign matter -
-four can be detected by squeezing Q
handful lightly. II it clings together
it is quite pure, but II 1t crumbles away
It Is adulterated with chalk or whiten-
ing.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05

suNew Works FIRST Newspaper.
The first newspaper published h
New York WIS a weekly In 1736.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05

OF Daily IT houoht.
Perhaps the early grave which men
weep over may BE- meaatb .t e; Avs-
Byron.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-24
Farmer Browns Boy Makes Some
Queer Finds
Patient watching is the key
That unlocks every mystery.
Farmer Browns Boy.

Patient watching is the key
That unlocks every mystery.
Farmer Browns Boy.
It vaz the morning of the third
day after he had brought home the
young Horned Owl for a pet that
Farmer Browns Boy received his
first surprise. He had gone out to
see how his young prisoner was and
to take him a couple of mice which
had been caught in the barn. The
young Owl was, as you know, kept
n a box in the henhouse at night.
G.very nacraing the box was moved
oGt into TIE special wire-covered pen
which had been built for him just
outside.
80 Farmer Browns Boy passed
tbs pen he happened to glance at
the top of it. He stopped short, and
such funny look of surprise as
crossed his freckled face. Lying
on the top of that pen was the body
OF a Wood Rat
Now how under the sun did that
come there?" exclaimed Farmer
Browns Boy. "A Wood Rat be-
longs in the Green Forest. and never
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-24
Il BEDTIME STORY
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS

have I seen one around this barn
yard. What could have happened
to him He must have been killed
by some one. But even so, how
did he happen to be on the top
of this penn"
He wrinkled his brows as he puz,
zlsa over the matter. Then he
picked up the Wood Rat and looked
it over very carefully. He found
the marks of sharp claws, and then
he knew that one of the winged
hunters had caught that Rat,
ct must have been a Hawk"
said Farmer Browns Boy. yes,
sir, it must have been Hawk. He
must have caught it early this
morning somewhere, and accident
ally dropped it as he was flying
over here. Probably he didn't dare
O. down and pick it up again. Just
the same, it is queer. Yes, sir, it
is very queer. Anyway, it will save
me getting fresh meat for this little
Owl. I'll just take off this fellows
fur coat and use the body for food
for that hungry little rascal"
SO Farmer Browns Boy did just
this. The little Owl didn't show
gratitude, but he did eat that Rat,
every bit of him.
The next morning Farmer
Browns Boy received another sur
prise. On the top of that pen lay
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-24
THE OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS.
is THERE A REMEDY?

In a published report on school
matters I notice that State School
Commissioner M. M. Parks tells the
public that there are one hundred
thousand first primary pupils in the
state of Georgia. He aIludes to the
school children who are being
transferred from the mothers home
teaching to the school house train
ing. These are the primary sChol-
airs who begin at six years of age.
They are the youngest-the begin
ners-the very first grade. I pre-
sumo ColCred children are counted
in to prove the result of the school
census.
Anything DR.. Parks will tell the
public is absolutely worthy of re-
spect and confidence. He is no pol
itician. To prove this statement, it
is only necessary to inform the
reader that he might have been the
regular State School Superintendent
if he had so chosen-When Profess
sor Britain resigned and went to
the State archaeological institute.
He conditiCnally served to fill va
cancy,
These one hundred thousand baby
scholars add graetly to the perpleX-
tiles and infirmities of our present
public school system. | am the
mother of five children-four were
early in heaven. | claim to know
something about \ the anxiety q
mother feels for her offspring. To
start a child to a public school at
the age of six is risking more than
cnnd hoJ, S11n11l6 he N1na sod
with under existing conditions, and
the compulsory law in Georgia re-
Quires the attendance of all chill
ed city like Atlanta, Ga, to send
a child Of six to any public school
means exposure of life and limb
unnecessary to mention here. 1t is
an obvious fact-daily exploited It
is chronicled that forty thousand
children are due to start to school
in that city where there are no
school buildings sufficiently pro
vided to carry on our expensive kind
of education. Is that fact or fancy?
1t is we'll understood that Atlanta
is pulling down excellent plain
school buildings to build finer ones.
81 am not here to preach about
saving 1T me SplSSOI anu lio"A ''1
the bung"-but, in this connection,
[ would like to say Atlanta tax
payers should rise up and also say,
stop this six-year-old compulsory
education and you can find room
already for those who are older than
six years" 1t is plainly evident
that a little child of six years should
stay under it's mothers care a while
longer. An old citizen has re-
marked; "They are not able to look
after themselves at home Why
start them to school before they can
do without their hippens?" Hip
pens is the old fashioned name for
what we call baby napkins in mod
ern parlance). But you will say,
"Other states start children to school
at six" Granted that there may be
fool legislators in other states. as
we'll as in Georgia. One old mother