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The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
vnsAfe TO TEASE SWANS
sete Drsak the Ordinary
Man's Ls0.

swans can ny at the rate Of 100
miles an hour. No one knows how
lens they can keep on the wing but the
Nip from Scandinavia to Britain seems
70 be merely q pleasant huttsr. They
Pass from one Ade Of Canada 70 the
1eA(f IN huge Aocks at certain times
e the year ind At very high attitudes.
X II not sAfe to tease or ssek t.
niliaYity with swans In summer time
when cysnetS, ~ young swans arc
called. are about, says London T1t-Bitk
9hS male. swan ID very pugnacious
then, q ! bather In the Thames found
70 his cost quite recently.
There Is traditional impression that
. blow from a swans wing will break
an average mans leg, and there IL on
record a case Of the death Of q fox
from such blow.
The force Of the swans wing blow La
emphasized in a story from Bucl1ing-
hamshire, which records the attack of q
male swan on boat being rowed near
the nest. The pinion str lck the gun
vale Of the craft, and as result was
laid bare to the bone, being stripped
of both feathers and skin.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
LEGEND Of CYPRESS TREE.
Mythsisey has Many Interesting
p 6tsrlss Concerning It-May Have
Dssn We'd at cruelAxIon.

The story mythology tells Of the
cypress tree u that Oyparissus, son Of
Telsphus, while hunting one day -acci'
dentally killed one Of Apollo's favorite
stays. He became 20 filled with re-
morse at the mishap that he begged
Apollo, his dearest friend, to put him
out Of his misery The god compass
sionatsly mstamorphosed him into q
tree hence its name. Its floral mean
ings are despair, mourning. or sorrow.
Cypress wood was used In the con-
structlon Of st. Peters gates at Rome.
After eleven hundred years use they
were taken down, comparatively new,
to be replaced by brass.
Cypress was said by some to have
been the wood the cross was made
from, while many refer to the material
as hewn from oak; but the aspen is
the more generally accepted as the
wood used for the cross Of the cruel
nXiOn.
According to the Missouri Botanical
Bulletin, the oldest known tree In the
world Is bald cypress growing In
Santa Maria del Tula, Mexico. 1t Is
about 126 feet in circumference and
from 1900 to 5000 years old
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
PLANTS THAT HAVE "SlGHT"
Either That Sense or instinct Which
Would Seem to Answer. the
III Same Purpose.

We know that plants are sensitive
to light and darkness. Many Of them
move during the day to turn the
faces of their flowers always to the
sun. Others open only when the day
light Is dying, and when the moths on
whom they rely to carry their pollen
are abroad.
Climbing plants such as sweet peas,
seem to fling their tendrils IN an al
most uncanny way In the direction Of
anything that will serve as a support.
A scientist engaged recently in TAX
ing photographs of leaves through the
microscope was surprised to discover
that some Of them showed hundreds
Of little round patches, each Of which
reflected the image of some object,
Just as do the facets Of the compound
eye of an insect. Closer examination
proved that each Of these patches con-
sisted Of cell. whose rounded outer
wall formed perfect lens.
Each cell was. In fact, perfect eye.
It was tempting to jump to the con-
clusion that plants could see. Actual
ly they do not The "eyes" serve quite
Z. different purpose. A plant lives by
the process Of bottling up sunshine,
whose action produces chemical
changes within the leaves and the
stem. The leaves focus the suns rays
and enable the work to be done e0ec;
lively.
Plants are sensitive to light simply
because when the sun shines the
chemical changes within them 80 on
with increased speed. Climbing plants
ind supports BY cropping. The tsndrils
follow the sun. and as they move
round they touch and hold on to any.
thing suitable that lies In their path.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
SeasIckness a ThInu Of the Past.

The day when a CROSSE Channel jour
ney or long voyage will become a
real delight rather than Ito many a
distressingly trying discomfort is at
hand, comments the Westminster Ga
zette.
Engineering has accomplished this
by the perfection Of what is known as
the gyroscope stabillzer, the first of
which, in this country, has been con-
structed by the Metropolitan Vickers
Electrical company at their Trafford
Park works, Manchester. The man
ner in which the gyroscope steadies
a ship is simple. If wave comes
along and seeks to push the ship over
in one direction the gyroscope quietly
pushes it back, exerting an equal
force directly opposite to that Of the
wave.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
FIFTY.FIFTY

Capital is simply accumulated labor
in a negotiable form, and labor Is
nothing but negotiable capital In an
accumulated form. In a way, both
are the same and you can't hurt one
without hurting the other. When a
man goes out and labors a day for
one dollar or FIVE dollars, he Is a
laborer. After supper he dolls up
and goes out and spends that dollar
or FIVE dollars-and then he Is either
Q capitalist or a damn fool, depend
ing On what he spends it for. Equal
ity between labor and capital is and
always must be based on the funda-
mental principle Of good wages for
good work and good work for. good
wages. It's f1fty-tifty proposition
ealome Sun.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
LONDON THIEF USES CANDLE
Burglar AIways Carries stumP and
Matches In Cigar Box and
Leaves Them.

There II an old-fashioned. burglar In
London who has mystihed New Scot
land Yard detectives for a long time,
the Cincinnati Enquirer says.
At every home he breaks into he
leaves a cigar box. About two dozen
tigar boxes have been collected BY the
police and deposited at various stations
In the north and northwest suburbs.
The cigar box IL used az q candle
stick. He puts the stump Of candle
and some matches in the box, and
when, in the early hours Of the morn
Ing, he forces the catch Of window
and enters a house he lights the can
die and quietly makes search for
Iewelry.
Having filed his pockets with all the
valuables he can find he leaves the
tigar box with the candle and the
matches on a chair or table and gees
home. go sr -s -. -.s-- ~ ,sai3 !
Nobody has yet been able to fnd out
anything more about this mysterious
burglar. The police think without
prejudice) that he is an old man, who.
after leading an honest life for some
years, has returned to the evil habits Of
his youth. They base this theory on
the supposition that If he were young
man he would despise such an anti
Quated thing as a candle and carry an
electric torch, but, being old, he cannot
bring himself in line with the ideas Of
the modern burglar. -
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
MUCH LIKE ORDINARY BOY
fnuiJsh Lord 40 . Youth sueeumbed
to the Temptations Of a Straw
berry Patch. 'assG4 !

The best Of berries figures as a tn
iumphant tempter in the biographies
Of statesmen. Years ago at Elton there
was spacious garden near the school,
celebrated for the size. and flavor OF
Its Strawberries, and the proprietor
made 30 many complaints Of loss that
Mr.. Austen Leigh was deputed BY the
head master to catch the offenders.
He kept watch, and swooped down
upon one offender as he emerged from
the garden. There was a tussle In
ditch, then the boy broke away,
crawled to the middle Of the road.
sat down, and solemnly addressed Mr..
Leigh as "You beast I"
The result was the appearance be-
fore the head master few hours
later of Lord Randolph Churchill. One
cannot imagine such an escapade In
the youth Of Mr.. Gladstone, but there
Is note of Lord Morley's at Biarritz
In 1891: "Mr. G. did not appear at
table today, suffering from a surfelt
of wild Strawberries the day before"
Manchester Guardian.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
NEW HOPE FOR SIGHTLESS
French Scientist Asserts That u 10
poss!bIe for Persons to See
Through Their Skins.

A Frenchman has lately startled the
world with the extraordinary theory
that the sightless may ye. see-through
their skins
Tba scientist is Doctor Farigoule,
and he points out that there Is no
scientific law which In itself opposes
his rneory that man may be made to
see through his skin, even though he
| cannot do 30 with his eyes.
There is scientific proof that two
creatures which have no eyes at all
can yet see These are the ordinary
earthworm and a certain beetle which
only comes out at night.
Many living things without ears. or
any apparatus corresponding to ears,
seem to have fine sense of hearing.
1t is a well-knowD fact that our skin
not only feels, but breathes, and to
as the kidneys in expelling waste mat
ter. Doctor Farigouls states that the
skin 10 an organ Of sight, not as
efficient - the eyes, but better than
nothing.
It Is not suggested that q man may
close his eyes and suddenly see
through his skin, but 1t 10 asserted that
q man who cannot use his eyes may
be trained to use his akin instead, and
by this means distinguish colors and
shapes and even read figures and let
ters.
scientists are learning new things
about the human skin every year. 20
that these wonders may yet come true.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
The Main Point

Mrs. Wombat had another cook and
the first dinner was a sad affair. The
potatoes were soggy, the steak was
raw and the odor Of scorched soup
greeted Mr.. Wombat as he entered
the front door. He knew this signal
Of yore, but advanced cheerily.
Allows the new cook?" he asked his
wife.
Mrs. Wombat put 1t all into a very
brief sentence.
"She can't cook y
Nothing, however, could dismay the
incorrigible optimist.
perhaps we can cure that" he said.
1.-THE question is-will she stay
awhileY
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07

American People Seem to Care for
Nothing but Wheels az Method
of IocomotIon.

Recently the Department Of Com
merce announced that automobile pro-
duction for May totaled $4,000 pleas
ure cars and 42,S17 trucks. Now there
is issued q corrected statement show
ing that there were manufactured In
that month a total Of 350,180 passen-
ger motors and 1888 trucks, says
the Cleveland Times-Commercial.
Conservative estimates have placed
the number of automobiles In use In
America at the beginning Of 1923 at
between 100000 and 100000.
That means machines equal to approx
imately 10 per cent of the population.
Using the old basis Of FIVE persons to
| a family, we discover that about half
the families In the country can ride
In their own automobiles.
Since January 1 there has been pro-
duced in the United States total OF
approximately 100000 new passen-
ger cars and about 125.0O0 trucks. The
Increase has been substantial each
month. For instance, in January pas
senger cars manufactured totaled 228,-
zoe. so it will be seen by making COM
PARSONS that the industry has shown
remarkable activity.
Unless there should be change IN
the situation, obviously new passen-
ger cars manufactured this year will
reach the record number Of about
tS,6O0,OoO, with 10000 trucks. Con
sfdering these figures with the total
cars in use At the beginning Of 1923.
one need not be an expert mathema.:
flciln to discover that within another
Ten years this will literally BET nation
On wheels II the present rate Of pro
'ductton continues
These statements may indicate sorry
day for "Dobbin" and the "Old Gray
Mare" But they certainly reflect the
general prosperity OF the American
people. ~,
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
PINGREE
} o 90 o 90 O 90 O O O G

VIM. Paul and Oral Garlic return
ed last week from the coast.
Oral Howell, who was with VIM
Paul and Oral Garlic, returned few
| days ago, also his brother, Harry
who has been in Washington for sew
eral months.
Terrell Rich made business triI
to Blackfoot last Thursday.
Fern and Rilla Garlic have return.
ed home after an extended visit in
Utah with friends and relatives.
Clara Barlow has returned home
after a couple of months visit in
Utah.
Viola Garlic went to Sterling last
week, where she is visiting friends
Ethel and Eugene Hale of Spanish
Fork, have bene here visiting with
their sister, Mrs. Myrtle Bradford and
family, and returned to their home
Thursday. 1877 G..
Mrs. Dan Cutting of Sterling has
been here visiting her. daughter, Mrs.
Chase Rich, also her daughter-in-law
from Salt Lake. gvor
Mr.. and Mrs. Atwood are the proud
parents Of an infant daughter, born
on August 81. ysts s.. ,
School will commence here next
Tuesday. Mr.. Arch Grimmitt from
Moreland will be PRINCIPAL and Miss
Bernie Morgan Of Blackfoot and Miss
Fern Carlile. Of this oplaNe will teach
the other grades. srjnsGs -,-s.i,e..... i.
: r Mr.. and Mrs. :WAdso Ruisenberry.
who. live north Of Riagrse, have a
good farm and .raise oyeIxs nice fruits
and berries, but theyface specializing
in bees and the .prolpction .ofgvery
fine honey. They started just two or
three years ago, and spent several
hundred dollars. in stapds6d bee box
es, sanitary cans, etc. s1Thear honey
is packed, in cans with their seals
on them, and they have regular custo
mers, in Pocatello and ether places
where they take It in their car. They
like, the work and intend to continue
in the bee business, ,stf al, a. {
E., S. Buchanan made business
trip to Blackfoot last week. ~, -. 4
Henry Mills is ins Ringree at the
home Of Mr. and Mrs. Bedford. The
Mills family are former resident Of
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
Order Has Spread.

The Order of De Molay was organ
lied in Kansas City, April l, 1919, by
Frank S. Land, secretary Of the social
service and employment bureaus al
the Scottish Rite temple. Since that
time the movement has spread from
coast to coast and to several foreign
countries. De Molay is an order for
young men between the ages Of sixteen
and twenty-one. 1t is sponsored by
the Masonic lodge. The order is based
on the closing events in the life of
Jacques de Molay, grand master OF
the order Of Knights Templars burned
at the stake in 1929 by decree Of Philip
the Fair, king Of France.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07

Plngree but now live in Salt Lake.
Chance Knoodle, who has been very
sick for over month, is some better
at present. Hopes are extended for
his speedy recovery.
Abbie Caldwell has gone to Salt
Lake City, where she will Join her
sister, Nettie, who has a good posi-
ton as stenographer.
Irene Frank, the 13-year-old dauph-
ter of Mrs. Frank, left last week for
California, where she will attend high
school this winter. She will also
take studies in violin music.
Editha Rich and Clara Peterson
and family have made an extended
visit in Boise.
Clark and Norma Pharis were Sum-
day visitors at the home of Mrs.
Pharis' parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Syl-
vanus Caldwell
Some Pocatello friends visited at
the Grimand home last Sunday.
Gladys Parsons and Elaine Ander-
son of Thomas, visited in Pingree
one day last week.
L. d. S. conference will be held
here next Sunday.
Mrs. Young and daughter, Celia,
have gone to Blackfoot after a pleas
ant visit with Mrs. Young's sister,
Mrs. E. S. Buchanan and family
They will visit friends and relative,
a while longer before returning to
their home in West Virginia. Miss
Young may accept position in
Blackfoot and remain indefinitely.
The Misses Gladys Parsons and
Elaine Anderson of Thomas and Edna
Fackrell of Pingree had a very en-
joyable time as guests of Miss Susie
Duncan OF Aberdeen.
There will be big dance here next
Saturday night, September 8. A very
good time is expected. Moreland mu-
sic will be furnished.
, The Stake Officers Of the Primary.
Mrs. Duckworth and Mrs. Barrier Of
Blackfoot, Mrs. Parkin of Thomas,
met with the Pingree Primary last
Friday. Some. very good Instructions
were given. New songs fahti games
were pract1ced. 80. :: fya:sss- - -. 60
Miss Esther Laviolette has been
visiting at the home of Mrs. Chase
Rich theapast few weeks
'g'Felix Grimaud, who wasslfurt 8 few
eweks ago by q horse falling With him
Is n 1.-THE hospital at Pooatello. Hopes
are extended for his speedy and per
recovery. 'se-'z7-'," .ss5'z7...e.@
Hazel Lunsford, who has been here
on a visit, returned to her home In
Utah. She was the guest Of Lovil
Cushman. 3g9g So ga ~ ~
We are pleased to report Frank
az being well and out
again. 49, ~ s.o- a-.@s-1a.
The Primary dance and apron ba-
Laar given by; the Primary Officers
here last Wednesday night, was en-
|cyed hy all. .-a,-@s s-'i
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
Entitled to Peace.

"Thls Is the arena Of the Colosseum"
announced the tourist doing little
lecturing for the benefit of his wife,
"From yon grim portals the lions en-
tered. Yonder sat Alexander the
Great to supervise the combats."
Don't display your ignorance" re-
torted his better half. Alexander the
Great was never In Rome"
HE was"
HE was not"
The husband subsidized.
"All right, my dear, won't dispute
you. This arena has seen enough bat.
ties"
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
His Misinformation.

They were dining at a fashionable
restaurant, the Customers Man an6
the Gossip.
"See that man over there?" said the
latter.
Eyes"
"Well, he is James R. Smith from
Peoria, ILL.,"
"Indeed!'
Eyes, he's just made 100000 In the
market"
"Well, dear boy" said the Custom
ers' Man, you're wrong four ways
"Indeed?"
"Yes-his name is Howard R
Jones'"
"Yes?"
"And he is from Springfield, Mass"
"YesT to,
"And the amount was not $500 600"
Nor $3.50. ~ 3. f.. So
ut was $20.000."=-
'Yes?" y zreLy..n
"And he lost it."-Boston Globe.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
Strange Experience.

One evening after l had finished
helping mother dry dishes decided
to- read my story book. began where
/ had left oH--about the middle Of the
book. Soonsl fell asleep. IAdrsamsd
Of strange story something Ike the
one wasarsadins. dreamed to the
end Of the story. The 'He1t day when
T. Anishedsmy book 4 found It WIS lx-.
actly a. my dream had been and also
ended thasame wAy.EC Chicago journal.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
DOES ADVERTISING PAY?

Ask the man who kept the Victrola
dog in that attentive attitude.
Ask the man who taught Ivory Soap
to stay on the surface.
Ask the man who found the voice
with a smile.
Ask the man who discovered it was
best to Electrify.
Ask the man who keeps cool IN
alphabetical underwear.
Ask dad; he knows.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
Wanted Il Settled.

The old man regarded his last un.
married daughter critically.
Let me see, Alice" he reflected,
young smythe has been calling on
you regularly for six or eight months,
hasn't her
- YES. father" simpersd Alice.
continued her parent, ~ he
asks you to 1Aysy him when he comes
'tonight ~ hin to - me. Under
btandF
l.YeAs gigglsd Alice. 'But suppose
he de01Qt ssk me to marry himY ~
"HAf rAAecttd papa. I'm that
etse ~ tell him I want to Sc him. "
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
,,ner,.,,ns Uss o. Radio.


Britain II behind In the development
u radio and the authorities are being
criticised for their failure to promote
radio communication on 4 world scale,
and With permitting France, Germany
and the United states to occupy this
nsld to the exclusion Of England. II
ID pointed out that France Is planning
q great station at Pondicherry. India,
and that In July she will open high
power station at Buenos Aires. Later
in the year two other stations will be
ready In South America. These viii
be in direct communication with the
French station at ct. Assise, with
Naiien N GeiTl:an: and 9Th Long Is
land, NV .'G":. Fro! s. Ass Sc
y
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
me truth HSips.

.women," observed tie man who had
lust failed to better q pair Of si1es'
"sre funny animals ~. ~ ss 80.
"Yeahr' absently replied the fellow
who was nursing along three treys.
"Yeah-no, I'm out OF this pot. Yeah.
II YOU want to get away with anything,
lust tell them the truth because they
Won't believe It. ! told my wife I
was going to play poker tonight and
she pretty near laughed her head on
she knows blame well I've. gone TO
a lecture at the Y. NJ. g. A. I'm such
a. darn liar. American Legion
yry.II.dg A.NJGs 80. iijNe T-diz- -is
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
cement for China and oia.s,v.re.

;. A cement for mending broken china
and glassware may be made as follows :;
Mix q cupful of milk with cupful
Of, vinegar. thensseparate the curd from,
the whey and mix the whey with the
whites Of I've eggs, beating the whole
thoroughly together. When II 10 well
mixed sift in;sa little quickllme and
stir until the mixture IL Of the CON
sistency Of thick paste. Cement made
n this way dries quickly.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07
canada's Urban Population.

The population Of Canada is about
equally divided between city jewellers
and country dwellers. The total urban
population is given as 4,352,773 and
the total rural population 4,4S5,71O
In Prince Edward Island and Sas-
katchewan the rural population runs
about rs per cent Of the whole.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07

THE --latest In wirsisss direction find
! ers has been installed % the steam
ship Mauretania. With this device It
u possible to ascertain In few SEC
fodds ships bearing toward any one
land wireless station. II touch Is Sc
cured with two or more stations, the
s1set position of the vessel is found
by cross bearings. The value Of such
d sdfrection finder in thick or hazy
weather II obvious. 3'' ~. ~
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-09-07

.'''l ~ H..a.,'* .''', ~,
- %tjs Sp' Ea5'i ag3''l
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-13
IMPROVEMENTS URGED
At CAMP ALFRED VAIL
BY GEORGE II. MANNING
washington Correspondent of
Perth Amboy Evening News.)

Gefln HIIlDOJ GfchhiiS NCNS'J
WASHINGTON, July-An attempt
will probably be made by Senators
Edwards and Edge of New Jersey
to have congress at the next ses-
sion make an appropriation for re-
placing the old temporary buildings
at Camp Alfred Vail, near Red Bank,
N. j., with permanent Ekructures
and put the camp on a permanent
basis.
This matter was placed forcefully
before the New Jersey senators yes
terday in letters from the Rotary
Club of Red Bank which has endors-
ed the plan and takes the position
that 1t would be in the interest of
government economy because 1t
would eventually cost much less for
maintenance, fire risk, fuel, light
and power for a permanent camp
than to keep up the old dilapidated
buildings.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-13

PASSAIC, N. j. (By NEA Service)
Can cash bring out genius?
Can money stimulate ambition?
Julius Forstmann, wealthy philan-
tropist, and his wife wanted to find
out. So they set aside a fund OF
$250,000 to assist the youth of the
country ito attain to a large meas
ure of self-realization and social
usefulness"
And now they are swamped with
applicants. So great has the rush
become that q special office has been
opened with a large corps of work
ers to handle the claims.
Boys who want to get an educa-
ton and can't afford it, men who
have a pet invention but no money
to put it over, visionaries who would
rearrange the world, if only they
had the chance-are all striving tc
get their share of the fund.
Back of 1t all is the memory of a
boy who died when he was Is. Car.
Forstmann was the son of the phil
anthropist, a millionaire textile
manufacturer here, and it is to his
memory that the fund has been
named the Carl Forstmann Memoir
iaI Foundation .