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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-04-13
Church Announcements
COMMUNITY METHODIST CHURCH

| COMMUNITY METHODIST CHURCH
All services will be held 10 tn,
church next sabbath at tbs usua
hours.
A statement Of the expense!
incurred 10 the repairing Of the
church building will be made at the
morning service Sunday.
| The official board appreciates the
support OF the community and help
| OF those who gave money and labor to
the Improvements to the church
building
The Girl Reserves of Rathdrum
attended the services at the Com
munlty house Sunday morning.
They came in a body directed by
Miss Emily Hoffman, who is in
charge Of the work here.
Mrs. P. f. Rogers, Donna Rogers,
Eva Sanders, Everett Sanders,
Donald Layton, Gertrude Lathrop,
Grace Barnes Cecil Balkow and Rev.
and Mrs. j. G. Harvey attended the
Sunday School conference al Spokane
Monday afternoon and evening. P.
+. Rogers took the young people
down In his car.
Next Wednesday evening 10 the
class room, Mrs. Rogers and others
Will give a report of the Sunday
School conference. The meeting is
called at 1880 and all who are
Interested in Sunday School work are
urged to come.
At the morning service Sunday the |
pastor will baptze children and |
Infants.
The choir will give their Easter
service OF song at the regular hour of
'ervice Sunday night. Owing to
inconvenience Of repairing the church
his program has been postponed
rom time to time. The leaders and
he young people have been working
lard in their practices and will give
IS an inspirational hour; do not fail
o hear them.
We welcome you back to the
hurch next Sunday. Come and see
he building 10 its new dress: bri,,o
our friends and invite strangers.
j. G. Harvey, Pastor.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-04-13
A FEW SUGGESTIONS.

The Importance of cement
ing the bottom of the town
reservoir so that the water
supply may be saved from
loss by seepage and kept
clean and sanitary can scarce
ly be overestimated. 1t will
then be possible to clean the
reservoir whenever the need
is apparent without danger of
disturbing any pudding and
causing leakage. The work
need not be extensive. An
expenditure of approximately
a-thousand dollars would be
sufficient to complete the con-
crete reservoir within its old
limits.
Then the sandy stretch of
some three hundred feet in
the creek should be cemented
or piped to prevent supposed
loss by seepage there, if care
full investigation should prove
that the water lost is worth |
saving.
A small reservoir just above
the main works, only large
enough to catch sediment, or
of sufficient size to hold a re-
serve supply of water for fire
protection, as has been sug-
gested for years, is worthy of
consideration as another step
in improving the system. An
engineer stated a few years
ago that such an auxiliary
reservoir, 80 3oxS feet,
could be constructed for be-
tween $1,000 and $500. 1t
would be full at all times, be !
with a spillway and l
a pipe connection with the
main reservoir, the gate valve
to be opened only in case of a
big fire. .,
In the meantime the posi- a
oility of opening up springs
With a view to improving the
'treamhow in dry weather
:ould be carefully investigat- an a.
d and tested out step by step an !
an expense of few hun 81 !
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-04-13

WANTED-A good, steady. gentle
manly salesman To handle a Wards
wagon In Kootenai county. No exper-
fence needed. For full particulars
writes promptly TO DR.. Wards Medical
Company, Winona, minnesota Es-
tablished 1856. 4. M30Ap2o
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-04-13

AN eight-mill town tax levy, I
mills less than last year, will be all
that is needed this year. 1t will pro-
vide $500 for the pubic improve
ments fund and the same amount as
last year for all the other funds.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-04-13
CATHOLIC CHUROr /

lst Sunday OF the month, no Mass; End
and 4th Sundays, Mass at II o'cloc] (; srd and
9th Sundays, Mass at o'clock
Doctrnal Instructions for the hildren by
announcement. -
Non-Catholics are always wei G. bme Mt all
services. ID L. McElIigott I, Pastor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-16
FARM BUREAUS KEYNOTE

Prospect of composition of the diff faculties between officials of the Farm Bureau of Alabama and of the state agricultural extension service is grat- flying to the friends of agriculture in this state. While not being fully cognizant of the elements in the con- troversy, the average citizen instinct lively inclines to the side of the state agricultural service which has so long and so faithfully served the people of this state. The Farm Bureau is a new creation and needs to establish itself more firmly before permitting any sort of divergence between itself and those agricultural officials who have contributed so materially to Alabama's educational progress. The Farm Bureau is believed to be the solution of the farmers marketing problems, but it would not have sue ceeded so we'll had it not been for the cordial cooperation and hard work of the extension service and the NdlIOuS oCdIC anu NOuilCy dSCllIS, WllO almost literally took off their coats and did much of the heavy work of preliminary organization. Certainly the widespread confidence in the Farm Bureau represents but an offshoot of the confidence the farmers already had in the extension service. The Farm Bureaus leaders are new in the field, and they cannot properly an- tagonize any of the long-standing agencies of agricultural advancement. Cooperation is the keynote of the Farm Bureaus program, and surely the ability of its officials to cooper ate in their personal relations is the first proof that they understand the meaning of the term, cooperate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-16
GOOD WORK OF HARBoR BOARD

According to the chairman of the state harbor board, that body is pre- pared to go ahead with the work of port improvement, having been per- fecting plans pending the decision of the supreme court with regard to the constitutionality of the port aid amendment. The board has gathered much data relating to business handled at the port, its primary needs, the business to be most feasibly attracted to that port and other statistical data necessary for consideration of en- gineers in drawing plans for port inn provement. Referring to this, Chair man Miner says: "We have gathered in an immense amount of statistical information, which will be handed to our engineers at the proper time for their study. We have saved probably three months time by doing this work now"
 The board has also been Selling" Alabama's seaport to the country. Special advantage was taken of the opportunity afforded by the foreign trade conference at New Orleans, where interesting data was distributed among the several hundred business men and industrial leaders attending this meeting. The people of Alabama will be glad to learn that the harbor board has shown this lively interest in the matters entrusted to it. It is sound procedure always to keep ahead of the game. It is good for the state to have public servants who act along that line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-16
WHY BUILDING DECLINES

Rapid rise of building costs in New York City has caused suspension of building projects involving between fifty and hundred millions of dollars. The greater part of this is major con struction such as an $11, 100000 tele- phone building, a $10,000,000 struc- ture for Columbia University and a S4,OOO,O00 Hebrew orphan asylum. Construction in the country at large continues at the peak and this is es- pecially true of the South. But the tie-up in New York, where costs have produced dampening effect on pro- .iected construction, will be duplicated in other parts of the country if costs attain the prohibitive mark.
 Americans are paying a good price for materials and for labor. Their homes are costing them high sum, but they are willing to pay what they can afford. They stopped building before, however, when the costs be- came exorbitant and they will stop again under similar circumstances. Contractors have probably helped bring about the New York situation by active competition with one another for prompt supply of materials and for labor, There was a lot of that kind of throat cutting just prior to the collapse of the last imitation. That is a dangerous game for contractors to play, because it is of reverberating nature. It would be pity to have a halt called in the splendid building program of the South. It -dll be pro- longed to the extent that the Southern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-16
GERMAN OFFER REJECTED

That the real divergence among cer- tain of the Allies with respect to the separations problem is not so much in essence as in practical policy is shown by the unanimity of the rejec- tion of the German proposal of a cash payment of thirty billion gold marks. France and Belgium were very prompt in their refusal of the German propo- sal. Italy replied more leisurely, but her rejection was no less decided, while Great Britain came last with what amounts to rebuke to the Ger mans for trifling with the situation, and advising them to make new and more adequate proposals.
 Germany is said to be piqued by the cavalier tone of the British note. If Germany expects to win sympathy by her walls and laments, she shows a strange lack of knowledge of that psychology of which she has tried to pose as past mistress. Sympathy is not aroused by those who bewail their hard luck, real or fancied, but by resolute courage and determination to win through in spite of obstacles. Germanys conduct has tended to arouse contempt and not sympathy.
 Germany also shows strange lack of appreciation of the strength of the French position. If Germany were for one moment to place herself in Frances place, she would realize at once that she herself would not with draw on any such meager and inad- equate basis as the German proposal. France is in position to collect the separations in full, and in addition to reimburse herself for the losses, claims, outrages and sabotage not cov- cred by the treaty stipulations. If she withdraws without exacting the full letter of the treaty, she will show a weakness not expected of her, ex- ccpt possibly in Germany.
 The Allies have clung together through thick and thin throughout the discussion of troublous questions, and there is no likelihood that Germany can drive a wedge among them. Fur ther, it is understood that, whereas Germany two weeks ago held that thirty billion gold marks was the ut most limit of her ability to pay, Cuno now is preparing to offer payment of much larger sum, fact which in itself proves that Germany was lying in the former proposal. Meanwhile, it is probable that Germany stands to lose through cessation of Ruhr activi- ties far more than the sum she is trying to save by her demurs to allied demands,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-16
IT MAY BE A RED HERRING

Gossip to the effect that Mr. liar ding will enter the 1924 presidential campaign as a one hundred per cent. 'dry" should not be permitted to carry any insinuation that the Democratic candidate will take issue with him on this point. Prohibition is the law, and no national candidate, even were he so disposed, could afford to go before the people championing any thing less than full and complete en- forcement of the constitution and the laws, no matter what they are. No man can take his seat as president of the United States without first taking oath to execute the laws of the land to the extent of his ability, or with out swearing to uphold the constitu- tion of the United States at all haz- ards. Indeed, it would appear some what strange if candidate for our highest office should think it neces- sary to emphasize any particular item in the constitution as the special ob- ject of his solicitude, for he must SUD- port the constitution as whole. If MT. Harding should think it necessary to announce that next time he would advocate support of the eighteenth amendment, it would be tantamount to confession that the administration s best efforts have not this time been foI {n nd I1 lieved that MT. Harding would step into such trap.
 The question of enforcement of the prohibition law cannot be proper issue. The question of the enforce ment of any law or constitutional pro- vision cannot be proper issue, for the nation wants no man at its head who will not commit himself unreservedly to the enforcement of all law and the constitution. A president has no op- ton, and the obligations of his office allow him no option as to the execu- ton of the national statutes. There fore, any attempt to introduce the wet and dry issue into the campaign would be to confuse other and more pertinent issues. What this nation needs is wise and progressive ad ministration of its affairs at home and abroad. If prohibition is discussed, it must be for the purpose of obscuring questions which for one reason or an- other the Republicans desire to evade. Perhaps they fear their record. If so, then the Democrats should not al- low themselves to follow the red her ring, but to stick to the trail the Re publicans have left by which they may be run to earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-16
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
 MEN
The Mother of m omns Gray

One of the most famous poems in the English language is Thomas Grays "Elegy in a Country Churchyard," the poem that Gen. eral Wolfe spoke of with such ardent admiration before h i s death at Quebec. In the same country churchyard at Stoke-Po- gis. near Windsor, the home of England's royalty, Thomas Gray tenderly buried his mother, Doro- had showered upon the poet all the untold wealth of her love.
 Dorothy Antrobus and her sis ter, Mary Antrobus. in the days when they were young and rosy, prided themselves on being in style. We'll they might. for they kept a millinery store In London. Into the shop one day came Philip Gray, the owner of the building.
 I'm here for the rent" he said gruffly. La, Sir, la! the rent"
 Mistress Dorothy Antrobus cur tesied close to the floor, and looked up with such twinkling eye that Philip Gray forgot the rent in his thought of the fash ionable beauty. He had the good sense to come every day after that, but not for the rent. He married the lovely Dorothy, and came to live in his own house.
 Little by little Dorothy's beauty faded. Philip Gray grew grabbed and ugly. Twelve children made life one constant worry and work. Children died and sorrows multi piled. Thomas, the fifth to be born, was handsome boy, whom his mother loved dearly. She read to him by the hour and taught him to read. She led him to the best books, and in large part made him the poet that he became. She fought against death when he was sick. She saved money from her own needs and sent him to college. In fact, Dorothy Antrobus Gray, who had been a milliner, made Thomas Gray a learned man and a poet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-16
POOR BOYS WHO
 BECAME FAMOUS By Frederick HouK Law
William G. Fargo

One of the romances of Ameri-
 can life is the story of the devel-
 opment of the express business.
 In the beginning, the United
 States was such small, seacoast
 country that there was no vast
 volume of business demanding
 much transport by land. The coast and river vessels and tho
 stage coaches took the place of
 other methods of conveyance.
 With the expansion of the country
 into the undeveloped regions of
 the West. and especially with the
 rush of miners and some seekers
 to the Pacific coast. there sprang
 up need for transportation. Then
 came the days of the Pony Ex-
 press" a service in which such
 men as Buffalo Bill played bravo
 parts, hurrying on running horses
 from post to post, in constant danger. and often sitting in the
 saddle for day and a night at &
 time. The stage coach followed
 the Pony Express" and then
 came the railroads. and the full
 development of the express com
 panies.
 One of the men who played an
 active part in the days of the
 Forty Miners" in building up the express business between the East and the West was William G. Fargo. Just before the great gold-rush to California he estab- lished. in conjunction with his friend, Henry Wells, an express
 company that grew rapidly in im- portance. Then, with the discov- cry of gold, there came the great est need for the sure and safe sending of goods. Using his past experience as a basis, MT. Fargo set about the bringing together
 of the various agencies employ ed in the express business. and there
 by built up the great American Express Company. In addition to this, when the press of business became great enough to demand his, he established the Wells Fargo Company for the conduct of
 western business.
 The man who was thus active in building up one of the most needed aids to civilizing the Wild West" gained his first experience delivering groceries for grocery store. As a mere boy he saw the
 necessity of carrying purchases from one place to another quickly and safely. From the grocery
 store he drifted into service as q freight clerk. and here gained a larger idea of the carrying ser vice. Several years of this hard, practical work, both with freight and with express, led him, at twenty six, to conceive the plan of a new company that would give the best of service. William G. Fargo made himself successful merely because he carried into business life the lessons of de- l livery he learned as a boy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-16
PEOPLES FORUM
Advcrtises AIahamn

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Permit me to outline to your readers just few of the methods being employed by our company to herald the riches of our state and the attractiveness of it's enviable resources to the moneyed interests of the world. For the past year we have been carrying full-page advertisements in six of the larg- est national publications in Amer iea. These publications are read by people who might be interested in knowing the true facts about our great state. We have just begun a campaign of publicity for the individual communities of Alabama. For this work we are using the Manufacturers Record, which is recognized as the lead ing industrial publication in America We have told the story of Alabama in illustrated news form in more than one hundred of the most widely circulated pub lications in the country. Among these are such publications as the Country Gentleman, the Literary Digest, Scientific American, the official organ of the National Civitan organization, Commerce and Finance, Electrical World and Engineering News Record and Manufacturers Record. In addi- tion to national publications, we have told the story in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Indianapolis Star, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Moni- tor and others.
 We have four motion pictures being shown in every public school in New York City, every '. M. C. A. in America, and at private m t ngs and conventions throughout the land. These pie lures are also being shown in Eu- ropean countries from which we hope to secure desirable immi- grants to work on our farms and in our factories. Our pictures have been shown to private gath erings by representatives of our company in Chicago and other large financial centers. recent showing was made for a group of bankers at the Boston Civic Club and to a group of bankers in New Ork C1tN. Our nlSn-pOWereu radiophone broadcasting station has been a great help to us in an advertising way. Through this medium millions of of listeners in all sections of the United states, Canada and Mexico have listened to the Story of Alabama as it has been told by representatives of the leading communities of the state. Just recently we distrib- uted folder descriptive of our radio station. In this we devoted considerable space to an exploita- tion of Alabamas wonderful ad- vantages.
 While we believe that we have and are doing much towards en- Tightening the outside world as to the inducements offered here, we feel that there is need of more concerted effort. The proposed state organization will fill long felt want and will be an agency for much good, if it is accorded the unstinted and unselfish sup port of the entire state.
 w J. BALDWIN,
 Alabama Power Company. Birmingham, Ala, May 15, 1923.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-16
ONE TRICK DAY
. Separating Two Matches

Two large sulphur matches are held between the thumb and fore finger, one in each hand. The matches are then apparently pushed right through each other, back and forth as often as de- sired.
 The tip of the right forefinger was previously moistened. This causes the head of the match to stick to the finger. so that the base may be drawn clear from the thumb, which allows an open ing for the other match to pass through.
 As the hands are drawn apart and brought together rather rap idly, there is practically no chance of this infinitesminal movement being detected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-16
STUDY FOREIGN MARKETS

The attention of shippers is being aroused to the active demand for all sorts of American goods on the part of that group of countries known as the Windward Islands. Not vessel leaves Mobile for these places that does not carry variety of products such as lumber, flour, shoes, station cry, enameled ware, sanitary fixtures soap, groceries of all kinds, coal, wire mill goods and every variety of ar ticles that is used by Americans. The people there want the same things as ; are used right here in Birmingham and they are willing to pay the price There are two steamship lines regu. larly plying between Mobile and the >1Nindward Islands, one of them, the IAluminum line, being heavily engaged < in the importation of bauxite from the Guianas. These ships make as many as dozen stops among the | Windward Islands on the way to tho Guianas, delivering cargo of variou: kinds. Trade is as regular with these people as the banana business is with Honduras. The domestic void is being filled.
 How soon there will be an acute need of foreign trade for our surplus cannot be foreseen at the present height of the domestic demand, but ! that it will be needed eventually all Aknow. Alabama will get as much of the export trade as it goes out to get how and cultivates regularly. One
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-16

when he wants it. It must be culti- vated the same as trade with ones neighbor in the same city. The op- portunities for exports out of Mobile are endless. It is just as much the part of Birmingham manufacturers and jobbers to study those opportuni- ties and act on them as it is to study and operate on strictly domestic trade opportunities.