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The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-10-05
LIZARD EGGS" CAUSE SCARE
Housewives in England Believed They
Were Being Sold Eggs of
Reptiian Origin. TIL Z .


It's misuse of words to say
trade is dull" Sales may be slow or
business bad; but trade liz never dull.
And truth even about trade can be
more fascinating than fiction. On
trade our very civilization stands. It's
trade that tempts men to war, and war
makes heroes, adventure; romance and
love! Trade-commerce- be-
| tween men and nations, in one of it's
myriad phases, Matched the plot for
every story ever written. So long as
men barter and sell and fight over their
possessions, comedy and drama will
find their plots.
Sometimes in trade there develops
the ridiculous For instance, English
housewives threw fit lately when the
alarm was spread that big lizard eggs
were sold in the markets and labeled
"hen eggs" They had been shipped
in from China and Egypt, the story
said, and excitement was so great the
women didn't calm down until an
agent from the geological society ap-
peared in the house of commons and
testified as an expert that England
wasn't being fed on lizard eggs.
London bought 250,O00,OOO eggs from
the East last year; many of these, he
said, were so much smaller than the |
average hen egg that the cry started |
about their being of reptilian origin. |
The tree-climbing Gecho lizard does
lay a fair-sized, hard-shelled egg-fit
for food-we are told. But she's not
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-10-05

cation of the ancient miracles recorded
in native folk stories regarding the
bearded white strangers from the sea,
their unquestioned military strength
and the interest that always is asso-
ciated with the exotic, all strongly
moved the native artisans and crafts
men to imitation.-M D. G. Crawford
in Arts and Decoration.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-10-05
Flicker Is Your Friend.

The red-shafted flicker or wood
pecker is a persistent enemy of the
ant family, says Nature Magazine
Many kinds of ants are extremely
harmful. AS wood borers they destroy
timber and infest houses. Worst of
all, they protect and care for many
aphides or plant lice, which are the
greatest enemies of trees, plants and
shrubs. AS many as 5000 ants and
ant eggs have been found in the stom-
ach Of single flicker.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-10-05
MAKING REPAIRS

A colored woman was slammed
onto the sidewalk by an auto. AS
she leaned weakly against a tele-
phone pole a young attorney rushed
up to her.
Tell me all about the accident"
he painted, "and I can get you dam
ages"
"Damages?" weakly questioned the
woman. "Say, son, Use got plenty
enough damages-what I need is re-
pairs"
Idaho has been damaged just as the
whole country has been damaged.
The thing to do is to make the nee
essary repairs and go on with the
building.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-10-05
Overlooked.

Two contractors, of a type unfortu-
nately too familiar, were talking of
some buildings which had collapsed
before they were finished.
well, Billerton," said one, you al
ways have better luck than 1 do"
Better luck? How's that?"
why, my row of new houses blew
down in last weeks wind, you know,
while yours weren't harmed. All were
mortar, same everything"
yes" said the other 'but you for.
get that mine had been papered."
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-10-05
RECOGNITION ACCORDED
AN IDAHO DEVELOPER

The Weekly Press Bulletin, issued
by the Porte Publishing Co., Salt
Lake. whose head, R. T. Porte, is a
leading factor in the Utah Press as
ISOLATION, in its latest issue contains
the following:
"The Bulletin notes with interest
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-10-05

Book donors for September: Rose
mary Cowen, Bessie Bernat, Mrs. E.
Truchot, Mary Bingham.
EDNA GILLESPIE,
Librarian.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-10-05

built to stand the wear and tear OF
laying eggs as big as hen fruit.-Na-
TONS Business Magazine.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-10-05
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BLACkFOOT PUBLIC LIBRARY

Following is he report of the Lii
brariaH for the month of September,
1928.
Loans - Bo6ksy 1901; Magazines,
"a; pictures, 16s; pamphlets, 81:
average daily circulation, 80; average
Sunday circulation, %; books lost and
discarded, 60; books repaired, 80;
books added to library by gift, 10;
number of cards issued to borrowers,
rs; expirations, SO; number Of Dor
rowers, 2141; attendance for the
1892; average daily attend-
ance, 1924; average Sunday attendance
So overdue notices sent, 20.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
Glacier Go, . Mev..-

Chased by n glacier which suddenly
came 1" activity sfi.r having bren In
sciiye for years. trio ~ Minnesota
geological student climbers hurrIedly
abandoned camp. Tn. students went
to Glacier National park Ia stud,
Heayers Peak glacier. pitching thrli
rnmp "a feet from the end of the Lea
wall. They were awakened by dull
rumhllng aud wish>alnyIlghi they die
covered widening crnrk some M
feet back on the rlnrier and Noted
that the wall NJ ics was advancing
They hnrrl~dly moved and hnlf M
hour lsfer the Ice foe had covered
their camp site. The he m",sd about
M feet down the valley, advancing
about "ns fooi minute.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
slipping In saskaseen.

Recently in Saskatoon. Saskatche-
wan. there was n homebrew contest
for women only.
And all Of these women were mnr.
ried women.
There Is law In Saskatchewan
which permits the making of home
brew only. and the women are given
licenses 10 allow them to Indulge In
this industry. There 10 keen competi.
ton among the ladies.
What of the women who sre not
married.? Would Il not he worth the
time of any ambitious aud thirsty
young man 10 seek these out so they
could he married ladies and home.
brew makers?
Doubtless II would-but the only
unmarried ladies the tourist could find
wer. In short skirts because of youth
and not fashion i-Exchsnye.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
privers Code Criticized.

Don't you-all up here have any
code far an automobile driver 10 user
asked the young man from Virginia
after he had guessed for the third
time nj what the driver ahead intend.
ri to do when he held. his hand out.
There should be laws to make them
use one set of signs.
''1'here, see that fellow. He has his
arm out straight. That should mean
he In going to turn To the right. But
You see lie Is only stopping. For thnt
he should have his arm turned up
straight from the elbow.
"If he wanted 10 turn In to the left
he should have swung his hand In cir
cles, TO Indicate that lie Intended to
pull around on his "wn side of the
rond. II things like that were rener-
ally used there would he fewer ncci-
dents."-New York sun.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
WORKED OUT AS HE PLANNED
shrswd Mining Promoter Knew Just
How Long Women Would kssp
Secret He Impaired.

The psychology of selling was prob
ably never applied hetter than in the
disposal Of the weismann Mining com
pany during the copper hooin of 1905
and 1907. Mr.. Weismann. who owned
all the stock. gave lawn party in the
western city where he lived Mt the
time. To this affair he invited all the
men In the town who had any money
worth his while. rs well as their wives.
Taking aside the ladies one At 4
time, he confided to them over n glass
OF lemonade the following:
Il would like to see you make
little pin money without any risk. II
l could trust You not to betray my con-
fidence by taking your husband into
my plans. don't mind you buying
100 shares Of Weismann Mining stock,
on which you will make 1000 per cent,
but II you should dlvulge this to your
husband he might buy several thou
sand shares and Interfere with my
plans in the market"
OF course. every lady gave her ga
cred promise. and broke IL before she
went To bed.
Weismann Mining. which Was listed
On an eastern market. was sold to the
last share before noon the next day.
Wall Street Journal.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
Serum for Snake si,es.

Sixty drops of venom. which will
form the basis ~ serum Ia cure
snake bites. were MIXED from ~ cop.
perhend and noccnsin snakes In the
Bronx zoo. New York. Experiments y
In Binxil. establishing that whisky IL
NO remedy for snnke bites. have led
Ia an Increased demand for serum.
Gronps ~ sober animals and groups
~ Intoxicated ones were bitten by
snakes In the experiments. The sober
ones o,iili,ed the irunks by five ar SIX
hours. Indicating that the Incren sesl
circulation due Ia nlcohol specded up
the work ~ the poison.
Serum has heen delivered by air.
plane In response Ia radio calls, and
II infnllible ms n cure II Injected
within six hours. according 10 Dlrec.
tor bIiimnr~ AZ the i,ronx roo.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
NOT so "HA'D" AS REPORTED
Il Must ss Admitted Old Caesar Got
Out Of . Difficult Situation
Rather Neatly.

After raking the lawn during warm
summer morning. old Caesar decided
that II was too hot to keep on, so he
went In search Of the woman Of the
house, who had hired him for the day.
mis- Lutte" he said, "Ah done got
= message dat NAH sister out here In
de couDtry's had had fall. and dey
wants me to come right away"
That afternoon the woman's husband
met old Caesar down town. why.
Caesar" he said, II thought you'd had
to go TO see yonr sister in the coun-
try"
"Yassuh, yassuh.' the old negro hur.
riedly assured him: "Ah done started.
sub; ynssuh. Den." he added In sud-
tlcn burst Of inspiration. "Ah done got
anndder message said she didn't fall
so had"
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
LeekIne.cIss. Country.

According Ia copy "f The Russian
Journal. EkonomItse Iirsknln Zlxu.
which has just bern received NJ Paris
hy n French socialist. the editors of.
fer months subscription fer i....fHD..
W0 rnbles. Fer y fwo.inonilk' sub.
srrIpiIon the price II 3Up,.sO rnhiss.
Th. apparent paradox In explained by
\ note saying that the difference In
price for the first nnd second months
subscription II due io the estimnfe,i
depreciation ~ the rubls is the next
four weeks. The rmount NJ this tis.
preriatIen In ~ uncertain. however.
that subscription prices ssnnoi he
quoted mare than IVA inonths In ad.
vsnre.--New York Times.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
KsseAJae &

y vas . Qu1et DoRtioA q dc 0ay y
the hair-dresslng establisAment IAs
Woman Who Saw was rather glad the
dryers weren't going full force, for 1t
gave her time to rest and catch the
snatches Of conversation. Close be-
side her two Iaded women, eternally
pursuing beauty with cold cream jars
and facials, were discussing what was
wrong with their complications.
"Aiame. can't understand it'll use
the hest creams and yet Harry tells
me It's waste of money--and when
a wOman's husband doesn't see any
improvement guess the cream isn't
any good"
Name just nodded her head-tlle
Woman felt thar she WIS too bored
TO offer her friend any suggestion.
She was ahont to give the beauty
seeking women up when Harry's wife
turned sharply and said: "Mame. !
have it, just know am too rough
with my wash cloth. Chicago Jour
nal.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
SAT OR sgea

A bee goes about searching for tho
sweetness In every flower. II flies In
the sunshine.
A bat flies by night and lives by dc.
vonrinH insects which are smaller and
foeblcr creatures than itself.
Intellectually speaking. which are
you,
For there are minds. like that of
Edwin Arnold. whose quest In for
sweetness and light. and there are
others who thrill only with tho tragic.
There are those 10 whom pain In
positive and happiness merely ncga.
tive. With them happiness simply
means the absence Of pain. ns cold II
the absence Of heat.
Sorrow undoubtedly has n kecner
edge than Joy. and the moro childish
our minds the more quickly We RI.
rpond 10 the unpleasant and the more
slowly Ne react 10 the delightful.
Il IL curious how we only apply the
term "a great play" 10 tragedy and
how we seem TO regard these things
that merely make I'm happy rather
spoisgcticaliy. There In good deal
of bat In us.
II might be- noted also that bees.
who collect NV. utness. store np honey.
while about all that bats do is keep
themselves alive and propagate more
bats.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
URGES USE OF WATER POWER
Prominent Engineer Shows How Fuel
Consumption Could Dc Cut BY
Its Employment.

t4 .I
A saving Of 10000 600 tons Of coal
. year could be accomplished II the
latent water power 10 the United
States were developed to capacity. DR..
Charles p. Steinmetx. chief engineer
u the General Electric company, de-
clared at 4 dinner Of the advisory
council Of the Federated Engineers
Development corporation, Of which he
u member.
The state OF New York could cut
It's coal bill for Industrial enterprises
and public utilities to one-third Of its
present cost, he said.
'.rhere is available in the state t..
100000 horse power, or saving Of
84.0O0.000 tons Of coal annually" he
said. "At present the consumption Of
fuel In New York is 54.O0O.OO0 tons q
year. The recent strikes in the coal
fields and on the railroads have shown
that neither one Of these public serv-
Ices can be relied upon, and the So
luton to the problem is for the state
to become Independent Of both.
''Ten million tons Of coal are saved
annually in New York through the use
Of water power developing 100, 600
horse power. The country ut large
uses 100000 horse power. an annual
fuel saving Of Sj.ih)0,O00 tons, and
there Is latent horse power Of co..
00.O0O. or saving Of 100000, 900 tons.
1t still would be necessary to use
100000 tons Of coal each year for
heating.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
Lakeside News
Geo. Bovee went to Yuma, Sunday
to take the train to Denver.

Geo. Bovee went to Yuma, Sunday,
to take the train to Denver.
Mrs. Struckmeyer and, Sylvia helped
Mrs. Bredwell cook for corn shelters,
Tuesday.
Mrs. Emma Ide is staying with Mrs,
Bovee while George is gone.
Miss Landon, the county nurse, Wis.
tied the Lakeside school. Friday.
Miss Carrie Carpenter Of Holyoke
is working for Mrs. Jess Critchlow.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Miell and Yer.
non. and Mr. and Mrs. Asher Uphouse
took dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. G. E.
Uphouse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bredwell entertained
at Sunday dinner Mr.. and Mrs. Struck
meyer and family and Mr.. and Mrs
C. o. Hecht and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schmidt were very
pleasantly Surprised Saturday by
their cousins from Chappell, Nebr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Ide entertained
at Sunday dinner Mr.. and Mrs
Thompson and family.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
KEEP WATCH FOR GREEN RAY
Majority Of People ~ The British
Isles On the kssn Lockout fer
Phenemenon,

Tue fad Of the moment N england
. watching for the green ray from
the sun which d shet out for sscoud
or two inst as The rim disappsars be-
low the horizon. You may also sea
the suns rim turn green or blush.
green; but 1t Ia the flash you should
watch for. The Scots In the western
Highlands know the green flash. They
cherish . belief that any person Who
has seen It not only knows his or her
own heart, but San see clearly into the
hearts Of others. =
Tourists over the British isles are
looking for the green ray and parties
are seen seeking positions Of vantage
where they can get the best lOOk at
the parting orb. Observations are e1.
changed later and those who claim to
have seen 1t are closely questioned by
others. The green ray Is not exactly
new discovery, but there Is a great
revival of interest in the alleged phe-
nomenon. Doctor Molder, a Dutch
scientist, has just written an elaborate
book on the green ray. and says he
saw II at llfracombe In July, 1907. The
late Lord Kelvin and Sir Henry Miers,
of Manchester, are other witnesses.
In 1892 Jules Verne published a re.
markable novel on this rare phenome-
non. The heroine was = young Scot
tish girl, who Was determined TO see
the ray. She saw II at last, from one
Of the caves Of StaYa. Having seen
1t. she saw into her heart and the
heart Of her lover.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
l.Isna Now sheer p.s,u,s.

The island ~ ''nit,hunk. in Bus.
sard's hay. Il io lr turned inio n sheer,
pasture. The heRd " the American
woolen company l. now the owner of
the greater part ~ cuit.hnnk. Ind
this IL n new ,eniuss ~ his In turn.
Ing the island pastures .,er In sheep.
SeIghboriug islands have long b~~n
used Tor sheep ps,inrInE. Tho snims,s
running wild for IN. greater part ~
the yerr. With y iliils ~,'ra feeding
during the winter.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
DOES " Paw TO worry
A0our AppeNoIctTiS7

Can appendicitis b. guarded against :
Yes. by preventing intestinal In.
fection. Tho intcstlonsi antiseptic.
Aficr.ikn hein on BOTH upper and
lower bowel renewing ALL foul. de.
caying matter which might start IN.
lection. EXCELLENT for gas on
stomach or chronic constipation. II
removes matter which you never
thought was IN your system and
which nothing else ean dislodRe. tine
man reports Il IN unbelievable the uw.
fnl impurities Adlur.ikn brought out
-F. N. Smith 4 Son. Druggists.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
"LI,,l. M.,h.r.~ w.rt In shI,,..

Youngsters Win use the Wide plaza
IN front ~ city hsil - y playground
In the evenings hs,e adopted y sys.
lem that mskss lighter hs iask NJ
those wha ioet sfter babies. under
shs systrs, "ns y"snsstsr Will herd n
Sronp ~ about twenty m twenty. nvs
wards IN The steps sud keen them
amused snd ssfe for N minutes or
10. Then shs IL relieved In turn by
another.
~ course, the system doesn't nj.
ways run along smoothly. There nre
1nHfrels about time and turn of work.
hut for the most part II enables MI the
Enst side ''lliil. moibrrr" 10 gct ~ u
turn nj plnylnr and roller skating with
nut nrnlecilnR their little broods.--
New York Sun.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
His Eecentrieity.

''Willism 4. Grimm. going yonier. Is
our most peculiar Citizen" related the
landlord of the Prtunia tavern.
when he gets II crouch an. and hates
everything an earth and in The waters
under the earth. l,e doesn't come NJ
Main street snlrllng and swapping NJ
folks VII" haven't done anything to
him. Instead lic goes down cellar or
up rarr"t Ut hoIie. and rr"wIs II onl
by n:.sclf. aud doesn't emerge into
publicliy until he hns goi rid of his
grump and feels like hclng civil to
eyeryhody mh" is civil to liim."--kun.
sns City Star.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
MINOR MUSINGS

No great man ever was great
hater.
Reforming. like charity, should be.
gin at home.
Hope without work Is like an auto.
mobile without an engine.
More people catch their death o
heat than their death o cold"
The world is full of failures who
mistake wishing for ambition.
Where the public thinks fast
talker is fast worker deep thinkers
have no chance. h
Women are great gossips, but did
you ever listen to group of men in
barber shop?
It's all right to love your neighbors,
but it won't last long il the loving is
all on one side.
ne IcStSuu SuCCSbS uOCo iiOt Sui ~
more mems heads is because more
men are not successful.
Great men fit circumstances to
themselves; contented men fit them
selves to circumstances.
Probably few persons are paid ex.
actly what they're worth. Some OF
them are paid good deal more.
pride goeth before a fall" but il
there ever was any reason for its exis.
tence, il also climbs up after fall.
Women are reported not to be
smoking as much as they once did,
but they probably never did smoke as
much.
Push and personality are not
everything. A goat has plenty OF
push and strong personality. but
who wants to be a goat?
Watch and pray" advises the old
uyLuus Out IL YOU want yOuT prayer :
to be answered it is well to do little
work while you're watching.
There never can be equality be
tween the sexes SO long as women re
gard fat as a tragedy and men regard
1t as something TO laugh about.
The only kind OF poor working
man" who is poor. is the poor work
or. Any workingman is rich who
loves his work. and anybody who ism,
workingman is a loafer unless he's
very old. or helpless. or crazy.
The average man is inclined tc
think an automobile is n playthinl
until the day he wakes up in a hos
pital and learns that his car wal
strong enough to break down a tele
phone pole. snap on an iron watel
plug and drive itself through bricl
wall.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
Details. Please.

Old Man Matthews daughter was
rel'ut-i Ia hc The sl"wesi.wliied and
lnxlesi rIrl IN the slnir of Oklahoma.
One ,lny her father enne In Ia find
her sprawlei In n rhnir with her feet
IN dangerous proAinit, To- the blazing
fireplace.
'Glt M. gal" he yelled. "i"u'rc
practically sinnlin' on n rcd.lot
conl"
(which fo"t. pawi" Lrawlcd Sal.
"pcnlhs "ii- ",c.--Amerlcnn Legion
Weekly.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
AMHERST NEWS


Norman Koenig returned from Mil
ford. Nebraska. where he has been
visiting relatives and friends.
On Saturday. January IA a six
pound girl arrived at the Louis Ian.
dreth home. Mrs. Pheister is staying
with them now.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Fulcher and son
Kenneth went to Denver to the Stock
Show.
Mrs. Edd Jacobitz and children re-
turned last Thursday from Christ
mas vacation which they spent with
their relatives at kenesaw. Nebraska.
George Heiliger. living west of Am.
herst. went coyote hunting. Sunday.
with his three hounds. but not having
any luck had to return without any
coyotes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hamilton went
to Lamar to take care Of the lumber
yard.
Miss Evelyn Kruger spent Sunday
with Miss Elenora Schmidt.
Tuesday evening the p. T. a. will
have a speaker from Fort Collins,
The Primary room will also give a
program.
Mr.. and Mrs. Senstock and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Naggetz and Mr.. and
Mrs. Keyser took Sunday dinner with
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodeman and family.
The boys basket ball team went to
Holyoke. last Thursday and played
Fairfield on the Holyoke floor. The
score was five to twelve In the first
half in favor OF Fairfield. The last
half was twelve to sixteen also In
Fairfield's favor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gehrinscr. Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Sasehorn and Mr.. and
Mrs. Oyan Meter took supper at the
J. Gentert home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Kayser enter.
tanned the Rook club Friday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Naggetz gave a
surprise party on Miss Margaret Gen
teri Sunday night. Quite number
OF the young folks from Amherst went
and enjoyed the evening In playing
games.
Friday. about fifty Of the friends OF
Mrs. Logan Spells gathered for sur
prise party nt 4. ". Wagncr's home
AZ about S o'clock they proceeded "a
Logan Spells home. The evening
was spent In dancing except during
an intermissIon. A. l2 o'clock the
ceremony OF lighting the birthday
cake. which was also "a surprise. after
which sandwiches. cake. pickles and
coffee were served.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-18
She Paid for the ou,Ino.

was eighteen. lie MAS twenty-five.
We went I" the Wheeling State fair.
He told me he would carry my purse.
as the IickI,ock,f> were at work "n
the grounds. lie seemed very liberal
all tny When we stepped from the
train In our home town he handed me
my purse. containing 1 cents. lie had
entertained me al my own expense.
was hroke an my firsr love affair
Exchange.