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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1924-08-01

The Boise national forest has bad
% Hres this seasoa, IL csused ~
persons camping or otherwise 90 the
forest, and III by llghtsisg. accefdisg
to report issued by the forestry
once. or the Da0-made ares, says
the report. six were caused by cigar
cites, cigars or mstches csrelsssly
thrown isto isflamabls material .a0d
five by unextioxuished caIapftes.
The man made ntes. declares tne
report. burned over 253 acres of forest
Land, and we're sxtinguished at sSc6st
OF $l184 81.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1924-08-01

The United States department OF
agriculture ia July report shows
that the average farm returns for
1928 was 81 ,020 as compared with
$715 for 1922. The 1924 returns
promise to be still better.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1924-08-01

Boston com mercial reports show
the wool market steadily improving
with marked price tread upward.
Over 80 per cent Of the domestic clip
10 sold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03

explanation is as good as any, but 1t
is not safe to lay too much blame on
the Indian. There may have been
some old settler on the creek or some
early landholder whose name was
Pimmit or Pemet or something like. A
case in point is Pencott woods, once a
fine forest beyond the Eastern branch.
1t was spelled Pencote, Pencoat and
perhaps Ponecot. But there was no
doubt that it was an Indian name, and
that the Pencote Indians held DOW.
vows there. A few years ago a man
was shown in the land Office at An
napolis the grant to this land, dated
1857. made to James Pencott. and he
named the tract Pencotts Invention.
The land came into possession of rela-
tives Of Pencott, who spelled their
name Pancoast, but that is another
story. Something like this may be
found in the case of Pimmit run.
1t is this run which made the
breach in the rock wall of the Potomac
at Chain bridge which we call the
palisades of the Potomac. Why people
call the rock wall Of the Hudson or
the Potomac palisades" is not easy.
A palisade was a fertilization made Of
stakes or tree trunks set upright, and
was so-called because "palus' is a
classic word for stake. 1t is from
"palus' that We got the palings with
which We built the front fence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03
Trip to Great Falls.

The subcommittee on the Great
Falls water project intends to make a
s.personal inspection of Great Falls
Nvashingtonians hope that the falls
will give the committee a roaring re-
ception. Sometimes the falls are in a
gentle mood. and again they carry
on as though they would light all the
electric bulbs and turn all the wheels
for a wide region roundabout. OF
course, it is understood that the great
power of the Potomac is not where
the water tumbles over 1.-The falls
but lies in the river because of its
fall or slope from a point above the
Great Falls to a point below Little
Falls. The committeeman will look
not only at the falls, but at the gorge
and if their legs are strong will sc
on to Difficult run.
The committee at the falls will
stand where Washington, Jefferson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03
Bridge and Domestic Infelicity

HumoristS in text and picture have
often treated of the card table as a
cause Of domestic infelicity. Conten-
ton between husbands and wives over
their respective skill al games or
chance. over questions of Judgment in
the playing of hands, or in the matter
of bidding has been truthful theme
OF discourse and drawing. But so far
as known 1t has remained until now
for proceedings to be instituted for
separation on the ground of infelicity
at bridge. A New York wife has ap-
pealed to court successfully for separa-
ton on the ground of troubles that
originated in an argument over Il bridge
game. 1t would seem that this was
the remote cause of the domestic fric-
ton. The row over the bridge game
merely started things. Doubtless there
were causes antecedent to the game.
Had there been perfect felicity there
would have been perhaps Il difference
OF opinion, but no quarrel. A wife may
bid five no-trumps in Il friendly game
contrary to her husbands judgment of
the value OF her hand, and while leav.
Ing him peeved. is not likely. if the
union Is a true one. to arouse him to
the point Of striking her on the nose
with such force that she required
medical attention. threatening to
throw her down the hallway of the
apartment building and chasing her
about the corridor and pulling her
hair" These eccentricities OF conduct
are averred in the New York case
Even the grosscst blunder at bridge
would not Of itself suffice to infiame
angry feelings to such a point. But as
a rule it is not altogether safe for mar
ried couples to play cards as partners.
They are safer as antagonists. Then
there is always some third party, some
outsider, to blame for bad fortune or
bad playing. And, furthermore, at
least one member of the family will
win.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03
Doubts Right of Service Men
To "Demand' Bonus of Nation

be that there are not more than two
bonuses that each can hope to obtain
from his country.
/ would not be unjust nor ungener-
Gus. 1t is. Of course. easy for those
OF us whose sole contribution to the
| success OF the war was the eating of
black bread to attempt to put our
selves in the place of the soldiers
who made the sacrifices and to say
that We would not do as they are
doing. Personally I am inclined to
believe that the bonus question should
be solved through compromise. Not
withstanding all tho manifest wrongs
and injustices which the soldiers suf-
Tered in comparison with the favors
that were enjoyed by those who re-
manned at home, I am anxious that
the service men shall not sell their
great birthright for a mere mess OF
pottage. Upon the other hand. ]
should be ashamed to be one of an
nize their valor. fortitude and service
in the hour of the nations supreme
need.
The history OF the republic reveals
| q constant desire to be not only just,
but generous. And Of this there can
be no doubt-that there will be in
fnitely more satisfaction all around
from a voluntary act carrying the
free-will offering OF grateful peo-
Pile than from anything which might
or intimidation. There is not much
difference. as a matter of fact, be-
tween holding up a man with a gun
and holding up the Congress with the
threat OF punishment at the ballot
box.
X X *
The government cannot afford to
be threatened into appropriating
money to every man who happened
to be young enough to-be in the ex-
peditionary forces, regardless of
whether the beneficiary needs any aid
or assistance at the hands of his gov
eminent. This would be claiming
ed. it would not carry with it any
generous sentiment upon the part of
the people who pay the bills. They
would feel that they had been forced
to pay. and. naturally, they would
lose that high sense of gratitude
which they now entertain for the
service men.
dition of legislation with reference to
those who are In sickness or in want
among the men who responded to
their country's call is far too narrow
and CONSTRUCTED TO meet the senti-
ments of the American people. who
desire to deal justly with the soldiers
and to express to them a sense of real
gratitude. A man should not be re-
!. CURED to prove that his disability is
of service origin. The American peo-
pie are quite willing to provide COM
plete or partial compensation and
disqualification to every needy and
disabled veteran. regardless of wheth.
err his misfortune is traceable to his
service. To my mind the bonus ques-
ton should be settled on the basis of
need. Give to every veteran who re-
quires aid. but do not grant gratuitIes
to all.
Copyright, 1924 by Twenty-frst Century
Press.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03
UNFOLDING the Mellon Plan.

Decision of the republicans of the
ways and means committee to bring
the Mellon bill into the House prac-
tically in the form in which it was
sent to the House by the Secretary of
the Treasury is the wiSeSt step they
could take in the circumstances. Con-
sideration in the committee demon
strated that the majority could not
expect to report measure framed
along the lines first planned. for their
views differed too widely from the
democratic ideas.
Once on the floor of the House the
bill will be wide open for amendment,
and no doubt will be amended. per-
haps radically. The democrats are
counting upon the support of the in
surgent republicans to amend the bill
until it's own fathers cannot recog-
nize it," they say. The only restraint
upon radical amendment to be expect
ed will come from the conservative
democrats. and not until the voting
commences will the extent of that be
demonstrated.
President Coolidge IS understood to
bold that the republicans should go
on with the Mellon plan, do as much
as they can to prevent too radical
amendment, and then let the country
place the responsibility for the legis.
lation where it belongs.
1t is desirable, of course, that the
legislation be enacted as speedily as
possible, but it should not be hurried
to the detriment of wise action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03
Uncle Sans Experts.

In the Interior Department appro-
priation bill, which has just passed the
House. increased appropriations are
carried for the patent Office. designed
to enable the commissioner of patents
to speed the work and reduce the con-
gestion from which the Office has suf-
fered for some years. Additional
clerks are provided for, and physical
equipment is to be installed to facili-
tate the service. 1t is estimated that
with these improvements and this en-
larged force the work can be brought
up to date in two years.
This is most coInmendable. but it
does not reach the zeal cause Of trou-
BILE in the patent Office, which is the
low scale of pay for expert and highly
trained examiners. The patent Office
force is peculiarly a technical person.
mel. So long as the government main
tains it's pay scale for that bureau as
at present it will; continue to lose
men from its force after they have
been developed into capable examiners.
SSIOi VI d IIldlcL duNdticS III ldtCo
the patent office will remain a train
ing school for patent experts. for the
benefit of the industries and the at
torney firms outside.
The same is true of certain other
technical and scientific branches of
the government. En- the Department
Of Agriculture, in the Department of
Commerce, in the Treasury, In prac-
tically every brarsch of the service
where scientists and technical ex-
perts are employed there Is a con-
slant drainage Of service which de-
pletes the governments personnel and
lessons the average of efficiency. A
few Of these men and women remain
faithful to the public service, from a
sense of duty, suffering the privations
due to poor pay when they might Sc
cure much larger: compensations out
side. Many. however. yield, not un-
worthily, to the temptation to take
employment in private organizations
at much higher salaries.
The truth is that Uncle Sam is a
poor paymaster. especially in respect
to his highly skilled workers. Con.
tinuation of this policy Of management
entails a constant loss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03
British Recognition of Russia.

One of the first acts of the new Brit
ish government, dominated by the la
Dor party, is to extend full and I'M
conditional recognition to soviet Rus
STA. This was in accord with the pre-
election demands of the laborites.
who have been dining into the ears
Of the preceding ministries a clamor
,or the restoration of international re-
lationS between Great Britain and
Russia. When Premier Macdonald took
office he faced this condition. That he
vas not heartily in favor of an imme-
late and unconditional recognition
vas evidenced by his hesitation. And
finally he proposed, or allowed to be
proposed by another official of his
ministry. a plan for a later recogni-
don, coupled perhaps with conditions
whereby Great Britain would exact
certain concessions in the way of
estorations and Preparations for in
.uries inflicted upon British subjects
and interests. Apparently the party
pressure has been too strong for him
resist, and now il is announced that
he act of recognition is complete and
without reservation.
British labor has been suspected for
~ome time of having been strongly i'm
,regnated with the soviet idea. After
he war agents of the communist or
,ariZation at Moscow became very
active throughout the United King
lom. Some labor groups were open
their demand for the adoption Of
particular features of the soviet ad-
ninistration. Great anxiety prevailed
. II conservative circles i'll England.
Yet apparently the fear of radicaism
has not had the effect of coalescing the
lnti-radical parties into a unit of op-
position. Division between the con-
'crvatives and the liberals has
brought about a labor ministry, which
now celebrates its access to office by
his act of recognition, which may
lead to further advances-or retro
gressions-toward radicalism.
The United States will not be af-
fected by the example of British recog-
milton. The refusal Of this govern
-nent to admit the soviet rule of Rus
'ia to relations with this country will
not be changed. The reasons which
nave been given for this refusal are
not in any manner or degree weak
ened. Nor can the action of the Brit
Ssh government, dominated by a labor
group that has heretofore proclaimed
.ts friendliness for and sympathy
With the communistic rule at Moscow.
erve as an argument in favor Of a
change of American policy. Russia
is it now is governed is beyond the
,ale of American recognition, even
though it has been taken to the bosom
# Great Britain by the stout arms of
he workers who, by Il political chance,
are in control at London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03

and many others thought a manufac.
turing city would rise. A dam above
the falls would turn part Of the river
into a mighty mill race, the water in
which would turn the water wheels
Of that time. Also great commerce
Of Maryland and Virginia in 1884 gave
authority to organize the Potomac I'm
provement Company, and this was
done. 1t was q lakes.to-the.sea plan
by way of the Chesapeake, the Poto-
mac, an Allegheny portage, the Ohio
and rivers and a short canal to Lake
Erie. The Potomac was made naviga-
BILE by short canals around Great
Falls and Little Falls, and by blast
ing channels through the rocky river
bed at Harpers Ferry and Seneca.
The committee will see remains OF a
milelong canal that enabled boatmen
to pole their boats around Great Falls,
and they will see ruins of the locks,
big examples of the engineering and
masonry of 40 years ago. From the
completion of the locks in 1878 the
canal was used until 1923. when the
charter of the Potomac Improvement
Company was surrendered to the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.
which, after many tribulations. built
the canal from Cumberland to George
town, which is still in use.
At Great Falls the committee will
stand on the site Of Maltidaville, a
name that has beer heard by few
ruins of Matildaville are visible. and
an old house, half a mile below the
falls, is believed to have been Ma
tildaville home. An act establishing
Matildaville was passed by the Nlr-
ginia legislature in 1890, and may be
read in Hening's Statutes, Fifteenth
Commonwealth. The act sets forth
that forty acres Of land at the Great
Falls Of the Potomac, in the county
of Loudoun. in the possession of
Bryan Fairfax, shall be vested in
George Gilpin, Albert Russell. William
Gunnell, Josiah Clapham, Richard
Bland Lee. Levin Powell and Samuel
Love, gentlemen, trustees, and by
them or majority of them laid off in
lots Of half an acre each with con.
venient streets and established as a
town by the name Of Matildaville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL

Dinner at Fort Pierce. This was
another OF President Harding's favor
lite stopping places. There are pic
lures of him at golf all over the hotel
old colored waiter takes your order
Tomato bouillon," you say. following
the carte du jour. But the waiter
does not bulge. Tomato bouillon,
please, you repeat: Yes. sir" he
was going to have some soup first"
Palm Beach! A name to conjure
with. The playground of the multi
millionaires. Palaces which would
put the dukes of Venice to the blush
burst upon you gradually. You motor
into West Palm Beach, thriving lit
tie community. But Palm Beach s.
across the lake.
Before you proceed further you stop
to greet an old friend. He is none
other than Col. John Temple Graves.
one or the great orators of the south.
fhe colonel can make mere words
sing with the musical quality of
Caruso. He is writing a daily epic
editorial down here on 1.-THE Palm
Reaches, calling them two flaming
gems in the diadem Of southern Flor
ida, or something like that.
1t doesn't seem exactly fitting that
so paltry 81 sum should have anything
to do with Palm Beach, but it costs
you exactly 80 cents TO get there
That's the toll they charge on the
bridge across the lake. and wonder
full view Of many millions Of dollars
worth OF yachts and houseboa is
thrown in for the one price. Palm
Beach is all that il should be-all
that Col. Graves says it is-and you
don't blame the mllionaires in their
| cottages" and the near-millionaires
in the Breakers and the Poinciana
which stretches it's stately length for
what seems to be half mile or more.
There are some wonderful bits OF
road between Palm Beach and Miami.
but you are dumfounded at the en-
gineer who laid it out. In d distance
of seventy miles you cross the same
railroad tracks about sixteen times.
The terrain is the same on both sides.
Some one suggested that it was done
to give you thrill. 1t does all OF
that.
Delray is quiet little place.
That is where Nina Wilcox Putnam
lives. and that is also where her
handsome literary agent, 80 re-
Gently a m-digGer, also lived uu-
til his wife started tossing brickbats
in the direction of the Putnam
menage. Nowadays Mrs. Putnam de-
MES hersef to all callers. Her new
ways will be. No more clam diggers.
No more house painters.
Miami. The end of the trail. And
fitting end. Miami has a delta
of beautiful suburbs-almost a hun
dred cities in one. The greatest
tribute Miami ever had was paid by
a woman visitor. who in mid-January
II wonder what winter is like down
here"
To her the illusion Of June in Jan
uary was complete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03
Local Place Names.

Old Westinghouse have to stand
guard against the substitution OF un-
authorized names for old ones. Some
folk are such modernists that they
will not stand for old names, but
sometimes a change Of name is made
because young people do not know all
they are sure they know and get
things wrong without meaning to do
violence. A few weeks ago a truck
went through bridge over a creek
close to the south end Of Chain bridge,
and several Of the newspapers had
stories Of the bridge-truck accident at
Plymouth run. Old folk rubbed their
eyes and said they could not keep up
with changes going on in the neigh.
borhood Of Washington. While it is
not unusual for an old creek to be
filled up and built over it is unusual
for a new one to flow into the land.
scape.
The run which comes into the Poto.
mac at Chain bridge, or which would
be better, the Little Falls bridge, is
Pimmit run. It has been Pimmit run
for surely 200 years, and there is no
demand that it's name be changed to
Plymouth, Provfncetown or Salem
run. No guarantee goes with the
spelling. 1t has been spelled every
way it can be, but the geological sur.
vey writes it Pinymit, and the geologi'
cal survey is sometimes as good q
speller as anybody else. Nobody seems
to know the origin Of the name. Gen.
orally it is said to be the Indian name
of the creek. and that the Pimmit In
dams lived on the creek. Perhaps the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03
MIAMI BEACH. Fla. February g.
Completing the Dixie highway jour-

MIAMI BEACH. Fla, February e.
Completing the Dixie highway jour-
ney:
Having left John ID. Rockefeller
grim and venerable, swinging his
way around eight holes Of the Or
mond golf course. there followed the
thrill that comes once in a lifetime
driving high-powered car down the
hard-packed sands of the Ormond-
Daytona beach. AT low tide this
sandy boulevard is 500 feet in width.
There is nothing in motoring to COM
pare with the feel of that smooth
surface under the tires. Seventy five
miles an hour,
That is all the old speedometer will
register, but you must be doing
ninety. You envy the racing cars
that have done $50.
Swinging in shore below Daytona
the scenery becomes more tropical
very soon the orange groves and the
grapefruit trees appear. The palmetto
scrub gives way to more stately
palms: the graceful, feathery Aus
tralian pines begin. There are many
bridges over many inlets of the In.
dian river. Fishermen are on the
bridges. Evidently there is jim
crow fishing law down here. for the
white people use one side of the
bridge and the colored people the
other.
A luncheon stop at Cocoa. a verita-
pie beauty spot facing a particularly
wide stretch of the river. bridge
across the river leads you to Cocoa
Beach--another stretch Of sand like
that at Daytona. Cocoa folks-one
is almost tempted TO call them
cocoa-nuts." because they are all SO
crazy about their town-teIl you
speed records on their beach that
Will make Daytona seem tame in
comparison
northern and western hunters prob
ABLY won't believe it. but il Is. new
ertheIess, true that literally hundreds
OF wild duck were to be seen sitting
on the waters of the Indian river
a!most In the front yard of the hotel
at Socoa. Ihey come there daily for
shelter and. of course, there is no
shooting allowed at this spot. either
from shore or from motor boats.
AS you swing once more onto the
highway il seems like a rainbow trail.
always there is a pot of gold-a
wonder city"'-just ahead Occasion
any you catch up with one of them.
on begin to realize what q hos
pitable state Florida is. Nearly all
the automobiles you meet still wear
iast years license plates-not only of
rIorida, but every other state in the
Union. You pass a small touring car
with a last years New York taXica b
II per on IT: You pas another with
there are other cars with signs crude
~ printed and reading License APP
piled For, License Lost" or Ii
cense stolen Anything goes.