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Evening star., 1924-03-23
Cooks, Like Eggs, Uncertain.

From Kaspar, Stockholm
Our new cook always boils my
eggs hard"
COOK to stay that long"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-19
IA Note On The New Russian Poetry


There are six working days in the
week,
And boldly propose
To stage carnivals and professions
Every day Of rest,
In praise of the spirit Of Revolution
In the world.
(vassily Kamensky.)
Technically little change has taken
place in Russian poetry during the
Revolution. All schools Of Europe
are represented. The Soviet govern
ment, master-nominally, at any rate
of the printing industry, has shown
itself extremely indulgent (often too
indulgent, one is tempted to say) with
the poetic illusions Of all schools and
tendencies. Studios have been opened
for recitation, theoretic analysis and
esthetic discussion of poetry, antholo-
gies have been issued, magazines
have been published. When the
shortage Of paper is too great "oral
almanachs" do duty for printed ones.
Poetic production has increased to
proportions never before attained in
Russia.
At one end-on the right-are the
Proletarian poets, who seek, simple
ity, and the Symbolists, who seek
subtlety; in the middle are the Imag-
inists (Imaginistry), who seek rich
imagery, and the Futurists, who seek
the hidden contact of ASSOCIATED
ideas; at the other end-on the left
are those who, like the Suprematists,
seek the Zero point of art" and the
Nothingists (Nitchevoki, cart must
be destroyed!"), who seem to have
found it. Before the Revolution
Krutchenych thought this admirable:
Dir boor shtchill
oobyestchoor
skoom
Wy so boo
rlez.
And now Malyevitch thinks this SUI.
perb:
Dole Ele Lei Lee One Kon See An
Onon Koree Rec Koazambe Moena
Lezh
Sabno Oratr Tulozh Koaleebee Bles.
tore
Teebo Orene Alazh.
These quotations are as cryptic in
the Russian original as in the literal
English transcription. The theory OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-19

q, Laforgue, Complaint sur GER
tains ennuis.")
Disguised with the sitting circum-
ambient atmosphere, they retired
within their ego whence they exuded,
as it were, protective covering, a
subjective poetry that sought respite
in ancient Greece, in the far Orient,
in the infnity Of the Cosmos.
Too skeptic to accept official re-
ligion, they built up an ideologic logo
machy of "God-seekers" (Bogoiska-
tely) and "God-creators" (Bogostroi
tely). Masters of ancient and modern
languages and, literatures, thoroly
versed in old and contemporary phil
osophy, esthetic theoreticians of a
high order, prose writer's of great
power-it was in poetry that they
reached their full stature. Never be-
fore had Russian poetry assembled
such heights or sounded ~Buch depths;
never before had the Russian Ian
guage exhibited such subtlety, rich
ness, expressiveness. They brought
Russian poetry to a state of excel
lence that will compare favorably
with the poetry of any nation.
The Revolution shook them from
their torpor, but was powerless to
transform them completely. True,
they turned from dream to reality
they forgot their individual selves to
blend with the mass, but they were
not sufficiently assertive. 1t is with
their pre-revolutionary achievement
that their fame rests.
But if these men, entrenched be-
hind their deep rooted habits and
convictions, behave with reticence
and speak with reserve, the younger
poets fling caution to the wind and
bring their incorporate excuses into
the market place. Shershenevitch,
Mariyengoff, Kamensky, Polyetayev,
Yesenin, Guerasimov, Mayakovsky
throw challenge to the whole world,
exult in terror, blood, dynamite, bias
pheme Christ and God, denounce
Pushkin and Raphael, threaten de-
struction to the old order, call to uni
versal revolution, celebrate the reign
of labor. In a great outburst of revo-
lutionary patriotism they glorify the
Communist fatherland. The German
Expressionist poet has well expressed
their attitude:
Tag der Freiheit heiliges Russland!
oh, Tag der Wonne
Me hat Europa schoneren Tag, ME
unsere Jugend herrlicheres Ziel!
(Carl Ooten, Eur Martinet")
They sing paens to the new art and
the new life. Art and life are for
them indissolubly one.
Prikaz for the Army of Art.
The brigades of old men always
trudge on slowly
The same struggling step.
To the barricades, comradesl
To the barricades of souls and hearts,
:
Enough OF Jog-trotting;
A leap into the future!
Forward singing and whistlingl
Enough Of pennyworth truth;
Sweep clean every old notion from
your heart.
The streets are our brushes,
The public squares our palettes.
Into the streets, Futurists,
Drum players and poetsI
vladimir Mayakovsky.)
Dekret About Fence Literature, Deco
ration of Streets, Balconies With
Music, Carnivals of Art.
Come on, fellows
Poets, artists, musicians
Roll up your sleeves.
Yesterday the Tolstoys and Rants had
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-19

eAO OAIA SAAC pOCtAS LClt dU5OlfcS lHo
poet from the use Of comprehensive
language. The great Russian poet
Tyuetchev said:
A thought once expressed
Becomes a lie.
The poets of the extreme Left are
evidently determined to utter no lie,
for they express no thought. Poetry
is to be sung in a language newly
created by each poet, a language
empty of logical content but full Of
emotion to all those whose souls are
carry inteligibility, but communicate
emotion to al those whose souls are
attuned to receive it, and whose mood
and temper are congenial with the
poets own mood and temper.
Whether these chosen spirits be ten
or a million is of no consequence.
In the background of the rich po-
etic activity there is ain abundance of
speculation in the social theory of the
new art Ounatcharsky, Bogdanov,
Fritche, Tchukovsky, Shklowsy).
Russian society-and all other-is
passing from the He'll of Capitalism
thru the Purgatory of Proletarian
Dictatorship to the Paradise of Com
munism. To each different stage cor
responds a different form of ars (po-
etry, we know, is a prostitute-p oesia
una pttana-which is not the least
of her merits). Present Russian art
| is still wavering between capitalist re-
atty and Communist visions. 1t
would be therefore premature to draw
valedictory of Communist poetry
before it found full expression. OAR
ing experiments are tried and incom-
patible poetic elements often collide
and burst into explosion. A school
whose phylogenetic evolution, so to
speak, took some five decades else
where is now ontogenetically recapit-
ulated in five months. 1t is before all
else a period of preparation, fermen-
tation, incubation. 1t may be that
some attempts are hating and some
experiments crude; it may be that po-
etic circles are cluttered. But if the
great energy liberated by the tremen-
dous upheaval has not yet crystal
lized into definite shape, high enthu-
siasm sustains every effort, and, ac-
cording to the Communists, when rev.
olution is in full swing he who wines
! is an imbecile.
And perhaps they are right!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-19
We Are The Mob
BY OSCAR kANEHL
A thought once expressed
Becomes a lie.

We are the mob. Thank God.
To suit?
We have no more to loose
Than our chains.
We are the mob. Thank God.
To be moderate?
Tell it those,
Whose measure doesn't overrun.
We are the mob. Thank God.
Considerateness?
Recommend it those
Who are Iounging on cushions.
We are the mob. Thank God.
Patience?
Desire it from those
Who are eating from filled dishes.
We are the mob. Thank God.
Ever to toll only?
We have nothing in our body
Nothing upon the body.
We are the mob. Thank God.
Desire nothing more from us.
Recommend us nothing.
Tell us nothing.
We are the mob. Thank God.
Why keep it secret?
We are the mob. Thank God.
We will show it to you.
Translation by Pr
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-19
BY LOUIS LozowIcH.


4 the busy lecture season of 1918, GER
tain poster would have, doubtless, at
tracted your attention. for it an
! nounced to red Moscovy a discourse
of the famous Bolshevik poet. VASTLY
Kamensky. The title Of the discourse
was 1.-THE Career of a, S. of B."
I (Karyera Sukinavo Syna), and lest
you misunderstood the drift and pur-
port thereof parenthetic subtitle
came obligingly to your aid: @The
Story of the Russian Intelligentzia"
astoria Russkoy Intelligentzii).
The piquant incident is significant
Communist Russia is recasting old
standards in new moulds, and, in the
process, Intelligentzia comes in for
a heavy drubbing. Well deserved, it
must be admitted The Intelligentzia
dreamt the Revolution, gloried in it,
deifed it. From Hertzen to Plecha-
nov, from Lavrov to Internationally
the Revolution had been foreseen and
foretold with prophetic exactness-its
whole course can be narrated in ex-
tracts from their works. The Reyolu-
ton came, and behold the Intelligent
zia scatter precipitously to all corners
of the globe squealing pitifully its dis
affection. Well may the poet take it
severely and mockingly to task:
You trembled apprehensively
Like children in some happy expecta-
ton.
You welcomed the ruin and tragedy
And horror of new deluge.
And it came.
We hear reverberating thunders,
Eternal foundations crash into the
abyss.
Why then do you not plunge into the
storm Of events,
Intoxicated by the strangely terrible
hurricane?
Why do you still look sadly to the past
AS to some land of promise?
Is it not because the past has now
taken place of the future? Is it not
because:
The dream was welcome only from
afar
And originality pleased you
Only in books of poetic inspiration?
(Valery Bryussov, "Invective.")
Apparently, for revolutionary ardor
has evaporated at the first approach
of rough reality, and past prejudices
still hold the Intelligentzia in the
grip.
And who is this? Long haired
And speaking in whisper:
/! TRAITORS!
Russia is lost!"
Must be a writer
alexander Biloxi. "Twelye.")
And sticking out
From amidst the canon roar
Is seen the round-shouldered back
OF bespectacled, sickly
Intellectual.
A shaggy head
Is mutterng
Indignant words
About the Importance
OF Constantinople
And the Straits.
(Andrey Belly, "Christ Is Risen.")
The world is shattered to it's foun
dation, but the Intelligentzia still
cherishes its old illusions. Perish the
Revolution that the old prejudices
might survive. This is how the rene
gades are regarded by those members
Of the Intelligentzia who stuck to the
guns. But further distinction must
be drawn between the old and the
| young.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-19

the extreme poetic Left absolves the
poet from the use Of comprehensive
language. The great Russian poet
Tyuetchev said:
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-14
CENTRAL RIDGE NEWS.

Mat Diethelm and son of, Craigmont
are painting Mrs. Minnie Ragan ;.
house, where Chas: Coon lives.
7. A. Holmes and family of Peck
were visitors on the hill last Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Jim Tweedy and Thelma Goffi-
nett of Peck spent a couple of days
last week on the hill at the Goffinett
ranch.
w. H. Simmons went to Myrtle to
spend a few days with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Mat Ragan were down
from Spokane a few days, visiting
Chas. Coon and Grandma Coin. They
were accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs
Chas Coon Friday on trip to Win
chester, Cottonwood and the Grange
vile country.
Ernest and Nettie Lacey of Angel
Ridge visited at the Roy Melcum home
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Richardson of
Charleston spent few days at the
home of his neice, Mrs. Ralph Melcum,
returning to Charleston Monday.
John Schadt started his threshing
machine Monday.
Ray Berry of Peck and Melba
Knowlton of Lewiston spent Saturday
with his sister, Mrs. Ralph Melcum.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ingram of
Russell Ridge and their daughter, Mrs.
Joe Peterson, and children of Nezperce
and Mrs. Ed. Ingram and children
spent one day last week with Mrs. In
grams sister, Mrs. M. v. Pickett.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-14
PLAN AUTO TRIP TO FORKS
SUNDAY

The road committee of the Lewis
ton Commercial club yesterday re-
ceived advices from Frank +. Quist,
of the Kooskia Commercial club, to
the effect the Kooskia people are
much interested in the plans of the
Lewiston citizens for the trip next
Sunday over the new sections of the
Lewis and Clark highway and are
anxious to assist in every possible
way to make the trip enjoyable as
well as profitable.
"Tell them all to come and we will
give them the glad hand of welcome
and fellowship said Mr.. Quist. "We
have named committee to go to the
camp "a miles above Kooskia, and
will have all arrangements made for
the noon-day luncheon. There is a.
splendid swimming beach at the camp
and those who enjoy swimming should
bring their bathing suits.
"On account of the long drive from
Lewiston and the hour of departure
for many of the party, it is probable
the luncheon should be held before
the upper construction work is visited.
There will be ample time in the after
noon to drive to the end of the road
and for the parties then to return to
Lewiston that evening""
The eommittee renorfad Yesterday
that letters have also been sent to
Orofino, Kamiah and Nezperce, ask
ing those communities to organize del
egations for the trip. over the new
highway. The general meeting place
will be at the camp on the upper
Middle Fork and no effort viii be
made to have the delegation join en-
route or to even keep the Lewiston
in caravan stylc.-Lewiston
Tribune.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-14
FAIR WORK PROGRESSING.

Exhibits of grains and farm and
garden products are being collected
for the coming Lewis County Fair
and much other preliminary work is
being done, in spite Of the busy har-
vest season. Some of the finest pro-
ducts of the prairie ever shown will
be in evidence at the big event this
fall.
Z The general premium list has beer
made up and is in the hands of the
printer, and the list of awards for the
Boys and Girls Clubs Fair, to be held
in conjunction with the county show
is nearing completion and will be pub
lished at an early date.
With the Boys and Girls Clubs Fair
of the North Idaho district, covering
the ten northern counties, working in
conjunction with the county fair this
years exhibition will be two grand
events in one and far surprising any
previous attempt at county fair
here.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-14
ARRANGING FOR spILLMAN

w. P. Romans, secretary of the Ag-
ricultural Bureau of the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce, was in Nez.
perce Monday, while on a tour of the
prairie to make preliminary arrange
ments for the speaking tour to be
made in September by DIR. w. J. Spill
man of the u. s. Department of Ag
riculture. While here Mr.. Romans
stated that this trip by MFR. Spillman
was the result of years work on the
part Of the Spokane body to secure the
best man possible to explain to the
farmers in the Inland Empire the
world conditions in agriculture and
the future outlook for farming in this
country.
The agricultural departments of the
Idaho University and the Washington
State College are taking hand in
these meetings and Dean i. J. I'd
dings and others of his rank win
make the trip with DIR. Spillman. The
meeting at Nezperce will be held at
the Fraterna1 Hall ON the evening Of
September 23. This community will be
interested in having packed house
out to get the benefit Of it.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-14
THE COMMUNITY NEWS
Short Stories of the Weeks Events
In Nezperce and the Surround
ing Country.
ing Country

| The water scarcity is becoming a
disagreeable factor on the prairie The
ponds are most all dry and the wells
are showing serious falling off, and
harvesting is being somewhat inter
fered with.
That head lettuce is also practical
crop for this prairie is being proven
by the fact that Ferdinand growers
are now helping to supply the Lewis
ton market, where the drouth has left
a very short crop.
j. e. Frazier, an auctioneer of wide
experience, has located here and is at
present helping s. J. Boyd with his
blacksmithing rush. He has moved
his family into the H. G. Anderson
residence in the southwest part of
town.
The threshing machine of Alois
Wemhoff was destroyed by fire from
smut explosion Tuesday morning, on
his ranch four miles northeast of Cot
tonwood. A bundle wagon and 800
sacks of grain were also burned; with
no insurance.
Following day of severe wind and
much dust, light shower visited this
section yesterday evening and helped
the situation wonderfully by allaying
the dust and cooling the air. The
cloudy condition continues today and
more rain is in prospect.
During the past week forest fire
has been running through the cut
over section on and about Mason
butte, and had gotten seriously be-
yond control last Sunday threatening
farms. A shower yester-
day afternoon, however, practically
extinguished it.
A message received here by the fam
lily Monday morning brought the sad
news of the death of Mrs. Robert
Lewis, which occurred at her home in
Seattle Sunday night, following an
illness covering a period of two years.
She is survived by her husband and
TWO children. Her husband, the eldest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. Fl. Lewis OF
his city, grew to manhood in Nez-
perce and went to Seattle IA years
ago to make his home, and has been
IN advancing employe in the city fire
department. there since 1918,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-14
SMUT FIRE GETS THOMPSON
THREsHER.

A fire following bad smut explo-
sion on last Tuesday afternoon com
pletely destroyed the threshing ma
chine owned and operated by Martin
and Ole Thompson. The machine was
in operation on the Arthur Johson
ranch seven miles north of town, and
so completely did the fire envelop the
machine after the explosion that stem
uous efforts to save it were fruitless,
but further damage was prevented.
The Thompson brothers, who carried
no insurance on their rig, opened ne
gotiations on the following morning
for another machine and planned to
resume work as soon as possible.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-14
JUDGES FOR GENERAL ELECTION

West Nezperce precinct Receiving
EJudges-H. G. Paige, E. L. Schnell, T
+. Jacobs. Counting judges. r
Dunham, G. w. Kettman, P. j. Hart
nett. Polling place, city hall.
East Nezperce precinct-Re Receiving
Jndges-Wilfrid Waters, J. M. Belts
l. J. Rowe. Counting judges-E. B.
Carey, Bernice Thomas, Leslie Bas-
kett. Polling place, Prairie Lumber
Co.
ksHiah notwithstanding judges
Walter Benton, John Renshaw, Har-
ry W. Dissmore. Counting Judges
Z. H. Greenlee, Ida M. Reed, Mrs.
Beulah Wilson. Polling place, I. O.
10. F. hall.
Cold Springs precinct Receiving
judges, G. Jackson, D. H. Lowry,
Clarence B. Kaufman. Counting
judges-Wm. H. Hart, ]. L. Osborne,
Harley Higgins. Polling place, city
hall.
Winchester precinc Receiving
Judges-Fred Brinkman, Jessie M.
Kelly, Lula Marsh. Counting Judges
IN. @. Hall, M. B. Fox, F. B. Higley.
Polling place, Kaline hail.
Russell precinct -judges-Geo. Cert
je, John Albers, Henry Schlader. Pol
ling place, I. 0. o. F. hall.
Mohler precinct judges. M. ,Cud
dy, VIM Harbke, Glen Henderson.
Polling place city hall.
Central Ridge brecinct-judges-
3. H. West, A. D. Hunter, E. F. Gof-
finet. Polling place, school house,
Dist. No. %.
Fletcher precinct -judges-B. &C.
laufer, Mrs. Ben Finkel, Mrs. Toll
3rant. Polling place, school house,
Morrow precinct -judges-W Walter
sreen, w. W. Davis, j. o. Randall.
Polling place, Davis hall.
Reubens precin ct-judges Sam
Dean, @. R. Click, John Phillips. Pol
ing place, city hall.
Mason precinct - judges - julius
D. M. Radley, Eldora
lows. Polling place, Forest school
ouse. |,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-14
COMBINING 80 ACRES A DAY.

w. F. Johnson, the most extensive
individual farmer on the prairie, whose
place lies two miles south Of Nezperce,
is operating combine harvesting ma
chine which cuts 34-foot swath and
puts the grain from so acres in the
sack each day. This unusual feat is
accomplished with an attachment on
a regular 24-foot cut machine which
Mr. johnson and his sons rigged up
and put on themselves, and the acre
age covered is made possible by the
unusually light yield of grain this sea-
son. The machine would be unable to
take care of SO wide cut in the CROP
common to this prairie.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-14

barley, 1.55 to 1.57; oats, 1.55
Butter, 40c.
Eggs, 25c.
New potatoes, ESQ.
\ Gasoline is selling here at 28c.
The hog price holds strong around
10 cents, but there was no shipment
from this point this week.
There is a strong demand here for
good Milling Marquis wheat, and the
quality the prairie is producing this
year has the attention of buyers from
several points. 1t is getting premium
Of 2 to 25 cents over other varieties.
All indications point to a strength
ening market for feed grains and all
lines of feed stuff.
Just now one of the scarce items on
the local market is ranch butter,
though the demand is good and is be-
ing supplied to considerable extent
by the creamery product
The delivery of the new grain crop
is now starting in earnest. The Nez-
perce Rochdale Co. has received about
10000 bushels at this point and a
like amount at its Harris Siding ware
house.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-14

Delegates to County Convention
West Nezperce precinct-P. M.
Harding, s. L. Shoemaker, J. r. Dun
ham, A. A. Hunter, Mac scofield.
East Nezperce-Mrs. Ralph Jones.
Kamiah-F. H. Rehberg, Geo. Car
Isle, Ben Harris, Walter Benton, J..
F. Bridwell.
Winchester-H. A. Bruenn, A. Ka-
line, w. F. Seatz, N. G. Geddes, O..
Garten.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-14

The scarcity of water In this sec
tion is indicated by the low stage of
the Snake and Clearwater rivers,
which is near the record
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-14

You are invited to join the Lewis
ton expedition to the upper construc-
tion work on the Lewis and Clark
Highway next Sunday.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-14
Delegates to County Convention


West Nezperce precinct-C. w
Kettman, J. P. Sorenson, J. d. Me
Gown, E. L. schnell, Geo. Hines, Mart
Meincrs, Leo Robertson.
East Nezperce-L. J. Rowe, Nick
Laier, Fred Turner, Lillia Harbke.
Kamiah- Frank j. Reed, Ellis Stu
art, Geo. M. Robertson, Harry Mof-
fett.
Enthusiastically Gabrielson, d. s.
Mauk, John De Haven, Elmer Harris,
H. $. Graham, Charles A. Stevens.
Cold Springs-C. E. Clovis, G. E.
Mum, R. s. Matthews, Homer Moore,
w. G. Duncan. ~
Reubens-E. Webb
Russell-Pete Lauby, Henry Schla-
der.
Central Ridge-Roy Melcum.
Morrow-L. M. Costley.
Mason-Bert Tefft.
Precinct Committeeman.
West Nezperce-Ed Kinzer.
East Nezperce-Nick Laier.
Winchester-Wm. Cornish.
Kamiah--J. w. Robertson.
Cold Springs Harley Huggins.
Russell-Henry Schlader
Central Ridge-Oscar Nelson.
Morrow-W. w. Davis.
Mohler-E. d. Turner.
Reubens-Ernest Webb.