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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-11-29

Beautiful indian Maiden Here Escapes
From Angry Lover and is Seen
NO More.

There are several quaint Indian
legends as to the name of Skagway,
Alaska. It's site at the foot of the
cleft through the mountains is SUBJ
ject at times to the descent Of a
strong north wind. The imagination
of the Indians wove about it fanci-
full Interpretation, says the Detroit
News, and so they tell Of beauti-
full Indian maiden who appeared at
this point and who was adopted by
the tribe and given the name of
skugus.
A brave Indian youth fell in love
with her. The two quarreled and
Skugua fed up the mountain, pur-
sued by her lover, and eventually
the whole village. But she outdis-
tanced her pursuers and at the sum-
nit disappeared in the mountains
and was never seen in the flesh
again
Later she appeared to her lover
in dream and told him if he would
honor her memory and if the In
dams would let no stranger come
she would watch over him and
them. They guarded the secret of
the pass for many years, and when
the bitter north wind swept down
through it they would exclaim:
~0h, Skugua, have mercy upon us r
When the avalanche took place on
the Chiikoot trail that buried many,
they said "Skugua is enraged Y
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-11-29
MAKES RAPID HEADWAY
Add This Fact to Your Store Of
KNOWLEDGE.

NnoWicuSc.
Kidney disease often advances SC
rapidly that many persons is firmly
In its grasp before aware of its prog
ress. Prompt attention should De
given the slightest symptom OF kid
ney disorder. If there is dull pain
in the back, headaches, dizzy spells
or tired, WORKOUT feeling, or if the
kidney secretions are offensive, ir.
regular and attended with pain. pro-
cure a good kidney remedy at once.
Thousands recommend Doan's Kid
ney Pills. Read the statement be-
low.
Joseph Chase, retired farmer, 1901
Wallace Ave-, Occur d'Alene, Idaho,
says: "a few years ago was trou-
bled with my kidneys. My back was
the worst source of the complaint;
1t ached badly across my kidneys
and the kidney secretions passed too
frequently. Hearing so much about
Doan's Kidney Pills got couple
boxes. They brought good results,
helping me in every way and my
kidneys were soon strong"
60c, at all dealers. FosterMilburn
Co. Mfrs. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-11-29
CROOK HARVEST
THREE BILLION
Experts Figure Cost for Dishon-
esty In Nation During 1922
Was $50 Per Capita.

New York.-Dishonesty In the
United States last year paid an army
OF burglars, robbers, forgers, bucket
shop operators, confidence men and
common thieves more than $1,000
| 100000.
! Conservative estimators place the
sum at $685., 100000. That is APP
proximately equivalent to the internal
revenue receipts of the federal gov
eminent for the fiscal year 1922. 1t
is greater by $500, 900, 900 than the I'm
ports of the country In 1921 1t is an
average tax on every man. woman and
child in the country of more than $50
q year.
Lose $3.50, 900 900.
Merchants throughout the country
last year. wholesalers and retailers.
marked off something more than $780,
100000 In bad accounts They charge
this loss to operating expenses and the
honest consumer foots the bills. Rail-
roads Of the country last year paid
az, 100000 in claims for goods lost by
theft or burglary They retrieve that
sum in higher rates.
During 1910 and the early part OF
1920, according to an expert, piracy in
the New York harbor and docks
amounted to 100000 year and
probably half as much for other sea
ports Of the country. While that loss
IS now reduced it is still considerable.
ne says. jewelers. alone lost more
than 100000 In robberies In 1922
Ten train holdups and twenty mail
truck robberies from April s, 1920, to
April 80, 1921, yielded bandits haul
of United States nah worth $1,000, 800
Railroads Of the country last year
paid claims of nearly $12,500,0O0 for
thefts of freight In 1921 this loss
was more than $20,O00,000
Chicago's theft and robbery loss in
1922, exclusive of automobiles, as re
ported by the police department, was
1901 TOO, of Which $2.173.952 was
not recovered Daring 1921, In Phila-
delphia, with approximately IL per
cent Of the country's population, TO-
2O6 robberies and larcenies were re-
ported, with loss of 81, 509,9SS, ex-
elusive of automobiles. OF that sum
81, 269, 1924 was not recovered. In the
same year 1882 automobiles were
stolen and 1881, with value of ST.
6S6,716, were not recovered.
Autos Not Recovered.
In five cities in 1921. New York,
Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and Los
Angeles, 8,42O stolen automobiles were
not recovered. On one day last year
December 20, New York's list of stolen
property totaled $41, 1897, and philadel.
phia's 2e,529-a loss for the tive
cities at a rate Of $25,000,000 year.
Bradstreet's records for 1922 show
that 1856 failures of business firms
were due directly to fraud and specu-
iation.
Every other man In the jails and
of the country is there
for crime against property. OF the
Ill ,49s prison population shown by
the census of 1910 there were 5000
robbers, 1900 burglars 10000 thieves.
a total OF $4,000.
Before the war insurance experts es
simated that there were three bur
glaries for every fire. Now they ex-
pect seven burglaries for every fra
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-11-29
SOFT FOB THE soys

Americans as a race are becoming
shorter in stature. So claims DR..
B. P. Willard, spinal expert. He
blames it partially on school seats
that cramp the growing child. Doc
tor Millard is crusading for cush-
Toned seats for school children. A
new idea, and worthy the serious
consideration of school boards. Pu-
pills might have less "fidgets' and
generally better nerves and concen-
tration il they didn't have to sit on
oak boards. It is impossible TO
spend too much for comfortable
shairs and beds.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-11-29
FEAT OF aIcYcLIsT


Riding from the first platform Of
the Eiffel tower to the ground on a
bicycle was the daring achievement
Of young Frenchman. In the first
leap the bicycle covered 40 steps.
The remaining ZIG steps were COW
cred at the rate Of from 10 to 20 in
each jump. In less than one and
one-half minutes he had covered the
entire distance of so yards and was
only slightly scratched on one leg
as he rounded post at the bottom.
Not burr on the bicycle was
loosened.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-11-29
BARNARD VARIETY


The Observer happened along
High street the other day just in
time to hear two men walking al
his side talking over hunting trip
that they had taken together last
winter, when one of the men asked
the other: "How many ducks was
it you got2''
well" he said, in sharp tone
Il got seventeen" Much to his sur
prise the man asked, wild ducks ~
well, not exactly" was the answer,
but the farmer who owned them
was. columbus Dispatch.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-11-29
THINKING 1T Oven

An old woman was giving lee
ture to the village ne'er-do-well ON
the evil effects of strong drink.
'Do you know, John,' she said,
you are robbing yourself Of years
OF your lifes"
Il don't know about that, Jane, !"
said John. Eve reached sixty
seven, an it doan't look like kiln
me YETI
mo; but, john" answered Jane,
'Sif it hadn't been for the drink 70
might ha' been seyenty-seven by
now"
John promised to think it over.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-11-29
FOOD IN L.APLAND

The people Of Lapland have their
own peculiar diet and seem to
thrive on it, the reindeer being their
main dependence. The skins give
them clothing, the blood is used in
sausage, pancakes and Cruel, the
abundant marrow in the bones is a
substitute for butter, no real but
ter being used in that country.
Flour is imported, but the bread is
made by fermentation, and great
quantities Of black coffee are used.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-11-29
MIRRORS SMASHED IN EGYPT
Women Death Mourners Also Break
!. Choicest chlnawsre and Turn
Pictures to Wall.

When a member Of an Egyptian
household passes away, every mirror
in the house is taken out and
smashed, together with the choicest
of chinaware to be found in the
house.
1t is always the women who do
the breaking, while the men sit
quietly in room on the lower floor
Of the house and smoke.
Professional wailing women go to
the home which has suffered a loss
as soon as the news reaches them.
They are not invited, but go of their
own accord, taking with them drums
upon which they beat loud tattoo.
When the family, the professional
mourners and the friends are all as
sembled at the house of mourning,
the preparing of the house in honor
of the dead begins. All Of the pic
lures are turned face to the wall,
the furniture is carried into the
yard, the mirrors are taken out and
smashed against stone, and the
choicest china suffers the same fate.
While the women wall and break
the mirrors and china they beat
their faces until they are black and
blue, and tear their hair until they
are completely exhausted. !.
During all of this time the menl
have been silent, not even shedding
q tear.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-11-29

eend your name and address plainly
written together with cents land this
siip) to Chamberlain Medicine Co, Des
Moines, Iowa, and receive in return
trial package containing Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for coughs, colds, Group,
bronchial, sauv and whooping coughs,
and tickling throat; Chamberlain's stom-
ach and Liver Tablets for stomach trou-
bles, indigestion, gassy pains that crowd
the heart, biliousness and constipation;
Chamberlain's Salve, needed in every
family for burns, scalds, wounds, piles,
and skin affections; these valued family
medicines for only 5 cents Don't miss Il
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-11-29
Halls Catarrh Medicine

Those who are in run down" condi-
ton will notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are in
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh is local disease, it is greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRII MEDICINE con-
sists of an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves by local application, and the
Internal Medicine, Tonic, which assists
in improving the General Health.
Sold by druggists for over 40 Years.
+. j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-11-29
MIGHT EASILY BE SO

"They keep that closet carefully
locked
Must have skeleton in it.p
I think it is something more in
Iereatng." Louisville Courier
journal.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-11-29
GOOD REASON, CERTAINLY

did that woman give any reason
for attempting suicidsT
Yes, yer honor"
ssWhat was it?'
"She said she wanted to kill her.
self. - Chicago Record.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-11-29
SPEAKING OF REVENGE

Oar aim a great deal Of satisfac-
tion in revenges," said Uncle Eben.
@Smashin' mosquito is heap o
work an de job dom look much
after it's finished II
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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13

flated crop prices. They can not pos
sibly win there and they are going to
look about for place where land values
are more nearly based on what they can
get for their crops.
A striking object lesson is contained
also in the fact that the only districts
III the country where even inflated land
values have failed to bankrupt the farm
ers, are those where dairying is given
preference and hence divcrsification of
farm crops is practicedN who're generally.
In the large dairyi'.r districts of Wis
consin. Michigan, Illinois, Kansas and
other dairying states, the farmers are
pulling through" 1t is chiefly the conc
crop' farmers on high priced lands. eaten
up by interest charges and mortgages
who are collapsing as the crop markets
slump.
South Texas will one dav be the great
dairying center of America. Bv proper
diversification. practically every crop
can be grown here. The lands TODAY
are pitifrlv cheap in price by COMPARE
son with the lands in more advertised
farming regions. Hence it is certainty
that before manv wears have passed
South Texas lands will make rapid
advance in price and undergo an I'M
precederted development.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13

ly. and sometimes not even then. from
Southern ports to the great commodity
markets of Europe. there arc now fixed
dates for sailing from designated ports
and that these dates are being kept
come what may, or come nothing.
Formerly it was sometimes a case Of
Come nothing" and then given ship
sailed not. In other words, there had
to be certain amount of cargo before
the ship would turn screw. It. was
cargo that made the mare 60.
That system was its own worst
enemy. Shippers. with no assurance
that their goods would be moved speed
| lily upon reaching a gulf port. were I'M
willing to take the risk Of long delay.
Even though the freight rates were
lower by the gulf route, the saving thus
effected would be negligible as COM
pared with loss that might he in
CURED through fluctu'tion OF market
prices while goods were being held up
on this side waiting for some ship to
get full cargo. So. many Southern
shippers sent their goods via New York
they were assured of quick haul from
that point
Somebody with a brain or two con-
ceived the idea of adopting a definite
schedule for ships sailing from the gulf
ports to the United Kingdom and Con-
tinental Europe. Some marplots pro-
fessed to fear that this change would
result in a heavy loss t. the govern
ment. Possibly the Shipping Board took
the view that the government was al
ready losing so much. on its ships that
a little more wouldn't hurt. But it is
more creditable to that body to assume
that it saw no element of risk in the
venture; that it realized that the South,
concerning whose effective demand for
shipping facilities there could be no
question, would patronize the shorter
and cheaper route if it were made de-
pendable.
In any case, the change was made,
and gratifying results, according to re-
cent reports, have appeared and are
multiplying. At first some OF the ships
sailed with light cargoes. But they
sailed as per pre-advertised schedule
and that was convincing to many
Southern shippers who had been rout-
ing their exports through New York.
What the regular sailings from gulf
ports will mean to the greatest territory
thus directly and dependablv served, any
landlubber ought to be able to figure
Oft for himself without the aid of
chart
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13
SARCASM!

Like the cold bleak breath Of a win
ter morn.
When the warmest OF the spring
and summer are gone;
Not a glimpse of the gladness Of life
is there,
The embrace of the %ky and earth
seem bare.
And so with the heart that has felt
the sting.
That carcasm huris on a meteor
like wing.
Then the voice as a human being wild
speak.
Till YOU hate the strong and despise
the weak.
Sarcasm's lash is sharp and strong,
It's wound is deep, it's. healing hong.
1t Kills the love that is in the breast.
Till life itself is time-worn jest.
And they whose words both cut and
bite. go
Are scum Of scum, and black as
night: y 49,
En- Satan closes the gates Of hell
That the scum in his domain shall
never dwell. ''. -
BY G.. O. L.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13
Yesterdays answer /:
EIGHT MARRIAGES IN TEN
STARTED ON DEBT,

OF every ten couples that are u,ar-
ried, only one couple will have enough
money saved to furnish home. An
other Of the ten couples beginning
married life will furnish their homes
wholly or partly on credit, to a large
extent on the partial payment plan.
The foregoing is the gist of re-
port made by n home economics ex-
pert. The report adds that 40 per cent
of the yearly salary of young mar
lied man is necessary to furnish a
home comfortably in the average
American city. For man earning
$50 month this would mean $I20
Failure of young men to maintain
savings accounts or make other invest
ments before marriage necessitates the
adding of debt to romance, and is un
doubtedly one of the factors in the
divorce evil.-Burlington Gazette.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13
PRESIDENTIAL PREPAREDNESS

Not always does Providence so order
human affairs that mans wisdom in the
adoption and practice of sound prin-
ciples is made Immediately manifest. AS
long as life and its tasks run smoothly
for a given individual, it is not apparent
Just what vital role, if any, given prin-
ciple is playing in the scheme of things
with which he is identified. But let
an Unforeseen event, a Providential hap
pening. disrupt that scheme, and then
the adverse consequences of ignoring
sound principles are at once obvious.
Before his election the late President
Harding announced that in the event OF
his reaching the White HorAe he would
depart from an old practice in the rela-
. tons between the vice president and the
executive branch of the government as
a whole. Under the old practice the
vice president was largely figurehead ;
his position was almost sinecure. He
presided over the Senate; that just about
summed up his official service to the
country.
Mr.. Harding realized that this prac-
tice was faulty. So, he promised that
in the event Of his election he would
take advantage OF the vice presidents
genuinely governmental talcnts-would
make him real part of the national adj
ministration.
That promise was fulfilled with ad-
mirable fidelity. Mr.. Coolidge became,
at Mr.. Harding's request, a sort of
coadjutor to the President He took
part in the intimate details of admin
;stering the national government. He
became an adviser, a helper, in some
respects a right-hand to his chief.
If Mr.. Harding had lived to finish
out his term, the practical value of the
principle which he put into operation
in giving the vice president Something
10 do" might not have become manifest.
There would have been no definite way
of measuring the worth Of Mr. Cooiidge's
counsel and other assistance.
But Providence took an unexpected
hand in governmental affairs-and now
the former vice president, with measure
of experience such as perhaps none of
his predecessors i'll that position had an
opportunity to gain, steps into the
presidency exceptionally we'll equipped
to Garry on" Even those who differ
from him in political views admit-in
fact voluntarily assert-that he is equal
to the task that Providence has shifted
TO his hands.
1t is not discrcditablc to President
Coolidge to express the conviction that
his fitness for the position of chief cxecu-
tive of the nation is due in some measure
to the adoption and practice Of a sound
principle by the man whom he succeeds.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13
Pungent Paragraphs

Motorists dispute the right of way
with locomotives only once.-Detroit
News. p
New Hampshire nermits divorce OH
IA grounds. all b;.."f grounds.-Wor-
cester Post.
Another way TO stepping on the gas
is to shut down the refineries.-
Omaha World Herald.
1t is to be hoped that at that horse
back wedding love was in the saddle
Toronto Star
All that the hard-boiled egg needs
usually is for some two-fisted guy to
crack it.-New Orleans Times Picay-
unp.
The American girl is said TO be "at
a low ebb." The first poem Of the
as-yct-unnamed poet laureate Of Min
nesota might be called THE Ebbing
Of the Debs. st. Paul Pioneer Press.
This is colorful are. between the
whites and blacks. the Reds and ninks.
the other fellow being yellow and our
selves green with envy. and all of u
singing the Blues.-Lansing State
Journal.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13
Poets Corner
THE GOD OF WAR.

War. with your staff of lesser gods
attired in battle array.
Marching out on our peaceful earth.
filled with lust-to STAY.
What is your bloody conquest for.
why is your sword laid bare?
What can you seek. as indemnity.
when you wreck our lands so
fair! -
The lives Of innocent people, women
and children and men. s
To be slaughtered like sheep in a
pasture; is that what you ask
of them?
Brother numbering brother, laying
their fields waste. ...
Feeding on dripping bodies; yours
is bloody taste.
Your staff's horde Of bloody fiends,
who follow you silent and grim.
Gathering spoils as they make their
way through the battles hide
Gus din.
Death is your grand field marshal;
starvation, your aide-de.camp;
Misery is your chaplain: disease IS
your adjutant.
With hordes of other evils that fol-
$500 low uionS IN your wake,
The filth that ruins everything that
you may overtakc.
Your steed is shod with. fire its breath
has sulphur smell
Brought from your reservation
down in the depths of hell
Does the sight of suffering people sat-
isfy your eyes? .
Is death and devastation your idea
of prize?
Do screaming shells and dying means
sound musical to you:
And laundering guns. and flashing
steel. are they appealing foo?
Oh God of War. lay down your blade,
and let us cleanse this stain,
Give suffering humanity chance to
rise again.
Assemble your grand warriors, and
end this useless war
Give mother Earth her children, and
give them peace once more.
by c. o. B.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13
SHIPS FOR THE SOUTH

The United States Shipping Board
has discovered the South. Perhaps it
was 4 matter of necessity; in that case.
NECESSITY spells cargo However,
the fact remains that now. for the first
time in this country's maritime history.
regular. scheduled sailings-"guaran-
tced sailings," if you pleasc-are being
made from gulf ports.
New Orleans newspapers tell the
story in all its gladstone details. not
overlooking even the conditions that
used to be so distasteful to public or
gans all along the South Atlantic and
gulf coasts, 1t is announced that. where
as ships formerly sailed semi-occasional-