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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-06
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Odhicy eNiioi 'nos W.
Melvin Craner of Twin Falls was
an Oakley caller, Friday.
Miss Erma Larson worked last
week for Mrs Rosel Hale.
L. A. eNlson has been driving
good-looking Ford coupe.
The sheep shearing season is on at
L A. Critchfields corrals.
John FRANKIE was a weekend cali
Ter from Cottonwood creek,
Elmer Franzwa was business
caller from Burley, Saturday
Harrison Collins was in from the
sheep camps for the weekend.
Harrison Barrus came in from AL
bion last week enroute to Moscow.
Miss Rhoda Boren has gone ID
Burley where she has employment
Harold Anderson and Noel Ell
quist were callers from Burley,
Thursday.
b. f. Cowles transacted business i
matters in the county seat, last
Thursday.
Mrs. Ray Molyneux went to Salt
Lake City last week for hospital
treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Boren of
Twin Falls were Decoration day Wis
itors at Oakley.
Miss Stella Catlin left Monday of
last week for Moscow, where she
will visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Williams
and Mrs. j. w. Elquist were here
from Declo, May thirtieth.
company is planning to begin drill
ling for water west of Oakley, soon
Jesse Bedke returned Saturday
from Logan, Utah. where he has
been attending the Agricultural col
+ lege
Mr.. and Mrs Rosel Hale went to
Pocatello last week for a few days
visit before going on to Salt Lake
City for conference.
j. c. Boren and family and Mrs
MI CaIk ,I~x
Wednesday of last week to attend
conference and visit friends.
Miss Pearl Bee left last week for
her home in Salt Lake City after
spending the school months here :
with her aunt. Mrs. Edwin Stock.
If land and water at $4,000 per
acre, twenty years time. at per
cent interest, interests you, get in
touch with w. IL. West, Churchill,
Idaho.
Mrs. George Durfee of Starrh's
Ferry, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Craner of
Paul and Mrs. Joe Taylor of Pocatel-
10 were Decoration day callers at
the Davidson home.
A surprise party was given We'd
nesday evening of last week in hon
or of Howard Prices birthday
Games and refreshments were fea-
lures of the evening.
p c. Lind came in Saturday from
Lynn, Utah, with load of hogs
which he sold here. Mr.. Lind re-
ports a good rain and snow at Lynn
The snow was tire inches deep.
Yours for Fire Insurance SER
vice. Earl Whiteley.
A number of cases of whooping
cough are reported in town.
Mr.. and Mrs H. A. Grohosky re-
turned from trip to Salt Lake
City last week
Parcel Post your Cleaning and
Dyeing. LOrimer's City bye Works,
Boise, Idaho. (A1s-sm)
Miss verness Nelson and Miss e.
len Simpson went to Boise Thursday
Of last week TO attend business col
lege
We want 100 families TO locate i'm
one of the best dairy, fruit, farming
aid livestock sections i'm the West.
w. Ii. West, Idaho representative,
I'hurchill, Idaho.
A party was held in the park Sat
irday of last week. Those present
we're Henry Grohosky. Miss aMrgar-
Il Grohosky. Wallace Laurance Hy-
'um FairchiId. Orville Clark. Myron
Wilson, Miss Maxine Voyce. Miss
-enore Elliott.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-13
Brief Nature Studies
By J. OTIS SWIFT

The discovery of extensive Indian flint mines at Coxsackie, N. Y, by Jefferson D. Ray and their exploration by State Archaeol- ogist Arthur c. Parker recall that quarries of aborigines have been found in many places. Dr. W. H. Holmes recorded pits twenty-five feet wide in solid Arkansas rock. There were quarries in the District of Columbia, and in the South such mines were called Spanish diggings, under the impression that 1sayages could not have made them. s'tl,E.
 In Ohio is Flint Ridge, where beautiful stone was quarried to make into such ex- quisitely clipped arrow points, knives, spear heads, scrapers, celts and axes as those Mrs. Edward Antenen, No: I'll Lefferts avenue, Brooklyn, recently presented the writer, a collection given her late husband, a gentleman of artistic tastes, by nephew who gathered them at Monroeville, o.
 Dr. Arthur c. Parker in "Ihe Arehaeologi- cal History of New York" tells the story of these scattered ancient mines and describes the tools, a hammer-store and fiaker, with which the flint was worked. For larger im- plements stone anvil, pad of skins and pitch ing tool were added ,ssa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-13
JAPAN NEEDS SOME CASH

Japan hopes to sell a fair-sized bond issue in the United States. It is evident that the national policy of that country takes no cognizance of any political or racial pique that may have developed as result of our exclusion act. On the contrary, there is every evidence that the imperial policy is still one of conciIia- tion, as is wise. After the feeling on the subject has died down, it is not only per ceived, but freely admitted that this gov ernment was strictly within it's rights and that it's act is not to be interpreted in any manner not intended.
 Nevertheless, the American investing public is aware that there is always the possibility of war. Recognizing this feel ing, the Japanese government uncondi- tionally guarantees and endorses the bonds and agrees that they shall be paid in time of war as in peace, irrespective of the nationality or status of the holder of any such bonds. Inasmuch as they are short-term bonds, redeemable 1T 1926, their solidity is all the more estab. lished. Whether in war a nation would remember it's financial agreements witt citizens of the enemy nation is a matter for speculation. Perhaps there would be a moratorium with payment and accrued interest entering into the treaty negotia- tions. This would not be following the letter of the agreement, but in war what would one do? Still, it is altogether like ly that the bonds will be a perfectly safe investment, for war with Japan is not SC imminent a possi ibility as some have held
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-13
Music
By DR. FRANK CRANE

Nothing is good that cannot be set to music.
 Music is the final test of everything.
 Deep in the core of all truth is a singing spot-a point which, when touched, gives forth divine harmony.
 When you find the correct answer to a problem in algebra you hear. this melodious harp-tOne.
 When Newton discovered the law of grav- itation, when Kepler first perceived the laws of the stars, when Watt saw the steam engine in the Yapor clouds of the tea kettle, when Elias Howe invented the sewing machine, and when Kant conceived his categorical impera- tive, in each instance this supernal music was heard.
 Whatever your religious creed may be, very probably there is but portion of it that is divine truth, while the remainder is human error. By this you shall be enabled to judge what part is true-you can sing it. Any ele- ment in your faith that cannot be put to mu, sic is of not much importance. q
 For instance, the church, no matter what it said in the cold prose of its formulas, was never able to sing a hymn concerning the eternal damnation of infants. We couldn't sing that and lot of other items of belief, so we had to let them go. >7e
 As. civilization advances we do more and more things to music. aa
 Restaurant keepers have found out that food tastes better when there is an orchestra by. Some of them, it is to be feared, econo- mize in the kitchen to spend in the cabaret But the fact remains that the grossness of a hundred men feeding is removed by few fiddles, and what was a mere sensual grat- ification becomes a spiritual festival In the school room the teacher knows how much better tke class In calistnepies performs, with how much more enthusiasm and unison, when they swing arms and legs to the tune of piano than when they move in silence.
 There is something about music that tends to make work become playa and that per haps is the most needed secret of life.
 Soldiers will march longer md feel fatigue the less if they step to band music.
 And why should this truth not be applied to all work? Why should not carpenters drive nails and run planes, masens lay brick, dig gers handle spades, plastercrs spread mortar. ploughmen tread the furrow, harvesters toss the hay to the now, and all laborers relieve the odium of toll by rhythmt and to the sound of marking of tunes?
 It was in the program of that dreamer Fourier "to have all the more irksome and monotonous tasks of life made cheerful by noble strains"
 When we shall have outlived this cru of competition in society ands sshall~ have organ- ized into an intelligent eo-operation, then shall we use how much more music in our common life
 The most serious charge brought against the American people is that they are the poorest singers Gin concert) in tho world. In crowds we are possessed by dumb devil. F The first lesson democracy ought to learn is how to join in the chorus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-13
GRADE SEPARATION NEAR

There is public qualification over the more lively prospect of grade separation at downtown crossings. Judging from printed reports, the city commission has receded from it's underpass program and has given consent to the construction of vladucts. Without entering into the en- glneering merits of the two plans, there , is no doubt that, from the viewpoint of appearance, viaducts are far more sight ly and ornamental. It is probable that they are also more easily kept in san itary condition. If there is no engineer ing obstacle in the way of their con- struction, and it is not held that there is, viaducts will be acceptable to the traffic of this community. Indeed, the people of Birmingham have suffered so long that no form of relief would be lightly rejected by them.
 There is contemplated at this time the construction of viaducts at Twenty fourth and Eighteenth streets. These two separations of grades will materially expedite the movement of traffic be- tween north and south sides, and will greatly accelerate the development southward of business, which has been hemmed in by crossing Instructions. , The city commission should not, however, c4tHcE eAPLlCIC4y Or lmpllcIbEy1 enter lIlCO any agreement with the railroads re- garding any stipulated Celay as to the separation of grades at Twentieth street. The city's volume of traffic de- mands this separation at no distant date. Let there be no delay in the construc- tion of the two viaducts agreed on, but let there likewise be no agreement on the part of the commission to extend a prohibitive mortmain over any future construction.
 The public is duly appreciative of the successful intervention of the Chamber of Commerce in this deadlock. Especially is the gratitude of this community ex- tended to General Sibert for his valued and expert advice on this khotty ques- tion. His approval of the immediate program outlined above indicates to the people of Birmingham that their welfare is being advanced and not hindered in any essential degree by the selection of crossings to be acted on. If the near fu- ture holds the promise of freedom of this municipality from the grade crossing incubus, then indeed has something been done officially to promote the commu- nity welfare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-13
Retire To Learn
By JOHN CARLYLE

A University of Michigan professor, after twenty-six years of teaching, retires to ''study and travel"
 That's the right action of a normal man. No man ought to retire to rest. There is little time for rest in the present world. There is too much to do.
 Even after twent>-six years of intellectual toll this man is going to give the rest of his life to study and travel"
 Many of us cant travel. We can all study.
 This teacher and others like him have ar- rived at real~achievement in life when they have learned that it is always time to study.
 They have learned a great and important lesson when they have come to recognize that we never do learn but little, that we never shall know very much, that no man can know but fraction and that the field of learning is unlimited.
 The saddest slight, when it is not the most disgusting or absurd, is the sight of a man who is so stupid that he thinks he knows 1t all.
 Learn how little you know. That is the first lesson.
 The major intellectual purpose of our lives is to make a dent on the wall of ignorance which surrounds us.
 Our business is to approach life and its lessons with an humble and contrite heart Our business is to sit at the feet of those who have learned more. Our business, intel lectually speaking, is to fit ourselves so that others may sit profitably at our feet. The great danger of retirement for mer who have succeeded in affairs, is that they shall let their minds retire with their bodies If the mind ceases to be active, ceases to at tempt to learn, then retirement is not better than death.
 Life is not worth living without intellectual exercise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-13
Watching The Pdrade
By JOHN PILGRIM

Seems to me I've found flaw in the Good Book. Somewhere in it this statement is made-I am aware that am not quoting verbatim: xsilg
 "No man can by taking thought 7ndd a cubit to his stature"
 But Bill did.
 Not physical, flesh, blood and bone cubit, of course. But he has become about twice as big a man as he used to be and he is grow ing in size every day. He did 1t all hg taking thought. One thought at time
 T needed the money" said Bill. Needed it badly. knew had to earn it. There was but one way to earn it and that was to make myself more valuable"
 He wasn't used to thinking. He says him. self that he had been taught lot of little tricks-just like monkey-so he could feed and dress himself and buy cigars and get on the right cars. But he did not really think When he came to the conclusion that think ing was the one thing that could get him out of his hole he was confronted with a diff. ficulty.
 He did not know what to think about.
 Finally he settled on one spot at which the office was weak. He had tough time con centrating. He would begin to think, and his vagrant mind would ramble up to the Skague. nay country, down to the docks, over to the ball game and then home. But at last he. got it trained, so that he could sit down and wrinkle his forehead and really think. For some time the thinking did no good, but by and by he began to strike pay dirt. But 1 had to make one rule," says Bill "Just one thought at time. I'm netllgeared for more than one"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-13
Transferred Fears
By a. ADpINoToN nRuCE

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 Today, thanks to the researches of medical psychologists, it is pretty generally known that the phohias, or morbid dreads, which oppress so many people, usually have their origin in forgotten experiences of fear-ex- citing character.
 small boy, for example, is one day thrown into panic by being attacked by large dog. The dog is beaten off by neishhors, per haps- without having inflicted on the small boy any bodily injury whatever.
 Time passes, and the boy forgets all about the fright the dog caused him. But, arrived at manhood. he suddenly discovers that he has an unaccountable dread of dogs. He cannot bear to have one near him. His dread may persist and become so extreme as to impel him to seek medical advice to overcome it. , Nor, in many cases, will even medical skill be of real help to him unless, through some psychological method of mind-tunneling, the forgotten cause of his dread is recalled to his memory. Then the resulting dread may come to an end of its own accord.
 All this, I repeat, is nowadays pretty gen erally known. Not so we'll known is the fact that this seh-same experience, instead of giving rise to a morbid dread of dogs may give rise to a dread of something entirely different.
 If the dog attacking the boy were, let us
 
 may develop a dislike, amounting to posi- Ftive dread, not of dogs but of the color brown, And transferred fears of this sort are more common than most people suspect.
 In readable and informing book of recent publication, ,Dr. William $. Walsh's 'aThe Mastery of Fear" several striking instances of transferred fears are given. Thus:
 "A lady of a nervous temperament was shocked by collision between two street cars. At the time the motorman rang their bells repeatedly.
 Here was a complex situation probably sufficient to arouse emotion. However, the emotion detached itself from the incident as q whole and eentered itself on the bells,
 "EveF after the lady had a phobia for bells; not only for street car bells, but for bells of all kinds, as church bells, alarm-clock bels, ambulance, police and fire bells."
 The principle on which fears may thus be transferred from a major source of fright to some minor feature associated with 1t, is known to psychologists as the principle of the |eiple that people may experience intuitive likings or dislikes for other persons when meeting them for the first time.
 Something in the appearance or manner of these other persons raises subconseious memories of earlier aequaintances greatly liked or disliked. The memories are not raised sufficiently, however, to permit conscious rec ognition of them, and accordingly the emo tions connected with them are unwittingly transferred to the people now being met.
 Obviously, in the case of morbid dreads, this transference possibility complicates the problem of their cure. But always a cure re- rBains possible if their relation to forgotten distressing experiences be kept in mind, and resort had to psychological analysis for the purpose of bringing the forgotten experiences back to conscious recollection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-13

at certain seasons, but which must quick. |ly find suitable shell to which to cling land against which they may build prompt fly their tiny houses of shell; otherwise they perish. The fresh shells, scattered lover bottoms of the proper nature, serve las the friendly foundation on which the |spat. may start their domestic arrange |naents. <,
 P lis of importance to the state. as a source of revenue that these artificial beds be kept productive, for the beds are
 marked off and rented out to oyster men who pay the state so much per bar
 rel for the privilege, and each of whom
 has his own boundaries within which he is supreme during the period of his rental.
 It is important to the canning industries
 on the coast, and to the shippers of fresh oysters that the supply be kept plentiful and uniform. Otherwise, industries that
 have been encouraged to spring up in south Alabama may suffer. It is also important to Alabamians who like oys- ters. It is a wise policy from every point of view that the artificial beds be continually renewed as their condi- ton requires
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-13
RENEWING OYSTER BEDS

It seems that the south Alabama oys- ter plantings have been somewhat neg lected of late, and that extensive areas of bay and sound have ceased to yield. As many people know, there are both natural bedsy where the oysters, if de- pleted, replenish the supply of them selves; and agtificial beds which produce only when they are kept supplied with fresh shell. Ig is thought that the arti- ficial beds are subject to sedimentary deposit which eventually covers the old shell so that the young swimmers, or spat, after a year or two, can find no congenial surface to which to attach themselves. It might be explained that the very young oysters are microscopic creatures, literally swarming in the water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-13

themselves be established and assured. This can be done only by expanding the tonnage, not only by direct. ;soIici- Nation, but also by such rate adjustments las will permit shipments to follow the lshortest, most convenient and most ex-
 peditious routes. Mobile is located adv
 mirably to serve a wide territory, which her inhibitions2 of rate disparifies and the like have hitherto obstructed. This latest order of the shipping board rez moves an important impeachment from the pathway to the goal of Mobiles
 destiny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-13
REMOVING RATE IMPEDrMENTs

The seaport of Mobile has recently taken a new grip on world tonnage, as a consequence of a shipping board order placing gulf ports on parity with Att lantic ports with respect to shipments originating on the Pacific coast. Pre- viously the steamship rate to the At lantic ports from Pacific ports on cer- tain classes of tonnage was 40 cents, while the rate to gulf ports was 45 cents. The rates are now on an equality, with the gulf ports free to enjoy their nat ural advantages of location, for reduced mileage and consequently reduced time en route is a major consideration on many kinds of shipments.
 And so, one by one, the shackles that have impeded the development of Mo bile and other gulf ports are dropping off, or are being smitten off by the ag- gressive and alert policy of the shipping board, rate commissions, and the various service of the traffic bureaus The ship ping board from the beginning has fol- lowed the principle of equal opportunity to all ports, so that the natural advan- tages that any port might enjoy by req son of location, rail service, terminal facilities, steamship lines and the like might be turned to the benefit of the producing territories served by each port. Jnasmuch as the gulf ports were most tightly bound by these shackles, the gulf ports have enjoyed the greatest benefit from their removal
 This is of particular significance to the seaport of Alabama, which is being equipped to handle an anticipated ton mage greatly in excess of that now en- joyed. Inasmuch as the states credit is loaned to furnish the funds for this construction, it is highly important that the ability of the facilities to pay for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-13
Sleeping On

Don't matter where Lifes leading,
 We've never long to stay, And we're speeding-oh, we're speeding,
 Through the living world today, Scarce time to say Good Morning
 Till Night falls, cold and gray It's just the long time. story:
 The people of the Past They had their dreams of glory
 And thought their world would last But Night is born of Morning
 And Night now holds them fast. Still speeding on forever,
 And with the world we go; We fear no fires of summer, Nor head the winters snow; But the world that seems unheeding, Still loves it's children so! Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-13
, The Right Word
By OUTFITS NIOHoLsoN
THE REGENT TEST (Find the Error in This Articlo) The Eighth Sentanca

(Find the Error in This ArticIe) The Eighth Sentence
 The words effect and affect are not always clearly understood. Effect means to make or bring about; as, He is going to effect new he will make a new set of rules for the office.
 The Ninth Sentence
 A comparison is now in order, the sub jects being the eighth and ninth sentences in the recent test.
 The eighth read as follows What effect did it have?" From the foregoing explanation it is easily seen that the right word is effect. But the ninth sentence, "Did the remark affect your plans?s is also correct. Affect means to change or influence; as, Did the remark make any change ih your plans?
 The Tenth Sentence
 It read as follows: "Take the report to the president" ought to be easy to understand. In the mean speaker, and in Uhe meaning of bring is the idea of approach. have a book and I want this book to be 'Take this book (away from mel to MT, Smith"
 I know Mr. Smith has book, which I want, so say, Bring the book to me"
 Yesterdays Error
 Wrong The rake has lain on the lawn all of the morning.
 Right The rake has lain on the, lawn all the morning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-13
Y EsA sMz FUN 9H~I| Ia5zR S
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Dear Mir. Fun SAop Editor-

I've heard men say they quite adore Girls simply dressed and shy, So when I venture on the street, A modest froek wear l. I've heard men say their ideal girl Is one who loves to cook, So countless hours I spend with range And culinary book. I've heard men laud the seemly maid Who seorns naughty drink, So, shuddering, from horrid hootch And cigarettes shrink But . somewhere there's a catch, I'm sure Else can you tell me why The other girls have men galore While not one have I?
 Margaret Mcbride Hoss.