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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10
lFrom New York Evening world3

sTT HE Iawyefs' Club of this city, and :. business organizations in other sec
 & 1tions of the country, have launched . campaign of education on the duties of cit. izenship in the hope of awakening more general appreciation of the obligations to vote. The Evening World recently presented some startling figures disclosing most dis. eoncefting neglect of the highest of civic du- ties. There has never been time when there have not been slackers; but it is progressive disease.
 In 1896, 30 per cent of the voters went to the polls; in 1900, 73 per cent. in 1908, but 66 per cent; in 1912, but 62 per cent, and in the last presidential election scarcely more than 50 per cent discharged their solemn duty at the polls.
 Under these conditions it is not amazing that we are coming to- be ruled by bl0cs and cliques and minorities. X
 This progressive disease is due to three ele- ments. The worst of these are the people who consider themselves superior, intellec- tuals and snobs, who imagine themselves too good to mix with their fellow-rnen in the fights that must determine the destiny of the state. He who thinks himself too good to vote is not good enough to enjoy the privi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10
A PROMISE THAT NEEDS SALT

The people of Alabama are properly appreciative of the hope held out by the state highway engineer, MT. Keller, that there will be a paved trunk highway adown the state by way of Birmingham and Montgomery within two years. To be sure, the people do not understand why it is necessary to wait two more years for this consummation. Unless, of course, the work is to proceed at the same pace as the paving of the road through Shelby county. Although there are only twenty-two miles or so of this section, yet it has been under construc- tion for two years and is still far from completed. Indeed, the base course of crushed rock on this highway is so bad in places that the work of applying the top course of black-top has been sus- pended. The entire matter of the Shell by county highway has been mishandled from start to finish, particularly at the start, which should not have been made the way it was. There is no present prospect of the completion of even the Shelby county stretch at any early date, so the people of Alabama must not take the highway engineers promise too lit- erally.
 There are always many things, which layman cannot understand and which it is beneath an engineers dignity to dis cuss with laymen, which interpose themselves to halt highway work, es- pecially in Alabama. Of course, it may be the climate. Whatever it is, it is mysterious and plays havoc with road building. Sometimes there is an impress sion that laymen are not the only ones who would be mystified to discover the causes. The people should be duly grate- ful for the promises, for thus they will be enabled to enjoy the delights of an ticipation, even if not the delights of actually travelling over the state on good roads. --.<
 The state not only fails to complete new roads, but it also studiously neg lects state highways already established There is, for example, the Bankhead highway, the portion of which between Leeds and Birmingham has long been the subject of just generation on the part of those who have to travel it. Although it is the legal duty of the highway department to maintain the state roads, there Is no part of it's duty which is more com pletely ignored. The Leeds highway is not the only state road to be thus neg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10
cAMPAIGNTOINDUCEVoTERSToV ToV0TE

leges of American citizenship.
 Another clement suffers from ignorance, and musters it's strength from among the lower middle class, which has convinced It. self that whatever the results of elections, no good can come to it. These represent the cynicism of ignoranee4the philosophy of tho weddings who imagine that the interests stage elections as g mere meaningless show, as the patricians of old Rome staged shoWs in the Colosseum. And yet, nnder our form of government, the majority of the people and these are middle-eiass can have what they want and have the spirit to fight for at the polls.
 Another element. accounting in measure for the decrease in the percentage of 1920, are the women who cling to the old-fashioned notion that ladies lower themselves by par ticipating at the ballot box. And yet the women, more than the men, feel the eco homie pressure on tke homes. When thess come to understand that voting can mako a difference in. the cost of food and clothing they-will abandon their stupid alOofness.
 The Lawyers Club has undertaken com mendabIe mission. For the ultimate success of our experiment. in self f-g0vernment is ab- solutely dependent on an intelligent interest by all the voters in the issues of national campaiRns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHs

Adam was the first man to throw race.-
 Wise is the man who, can correct nais- take before he makes it.
 Some people find it easier to please others than to please themselves.
 The less money some men have the easisr it is for them to be good.
 Some men wouldn't take advice if it were offered to them in capsules.
 A blush is one of the few things that can not be eounterfeited successfully.
 A mans epftaph is about as much good to him as last years snowball.
 A woman's. interest in divorced man never lets up until she finds out why he was divorced.
 Isn't it queer how people who are not capable of giving advice to themselves to know the proper thing for yo0 10 dO7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10
Whither Are We nrlftingP
tor of The Age-Herald :

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 In your issue of Sunday. July 27, there ap- peared a long article from Judge Ben B. Lindsey. of Colorado, in reference to the case of Leopold and Loeb, the confessed murder CTS Qf young Franks. which is now being heard before Judge Caverly of Chicago, on whom reStg the tremendOus responsibility of rendering a verdict "
 Lest the writer be misunderstood, in the very outset of this letter. he insists with all the emphasis possible that he is not passing on the merits of the case in Chicago and is delighted that Judge Caverly's grave respon- sibility does not rest on his shoulders. The case in Chicago is merely the incident that has afforded an opportunity for Judge Lind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10
THE LAW IN MOBILE

The withdrawal of charges of bribery against United States District Attorney Boyles and the nolIe pressing of the case against him indicate that the charges were not substantiated by any credible evidence. Under the leadership of Mr. Boyles the rum ring in Mobile was thrown into great transformations Many have been convicted of conspiracy, briO- cry or violation of the Volstead act, and others are yet under indictment Be. cause of the complaisance of city and county officials of Mobile, law enforce ment developed into considerable of s farce, and the press of that city for a long time was the lone voice calling fol cleanup. The local officials scotfec at the press attitude and even enlisted in their behalf the voices of many prom inent in the city's activities
 When the local officials showed VerI clearly that they had no intention o' making even cursory inquiry into the sit uation, the federal department of justice took hand, with the result that whole sale arrests and indictments promptly followed. MT. Boyles was very active in this program, and naturally incurred the bitter enmity of the adherents of thu ring. There was a widespread feeling IT Mobile that the charges against him wer' part of a frame-up, and public beller II him was explicitly given at public meet ings in the city. The outcome of the pro ceedings in federal court vindicates tha confidence in the district attorney, anC paved the way for his immediate rein statement to the position which he vol untarily vacated when indicted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10

official incompetence, and not because of official ability and capacity. Indeed, the published records show MT. Harrison among the foremost of those who have killed the commissions public sessions with personal bickerings and trivial dis cussions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10

< 1T the choice were left to me, whether to nave free press or free government. I would choose free press'-Thomas Jefferson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10
MR. HUGHEs' sTUpIEp CARLEssNEss

Mir. Hughes non-involvementcy vacation naturally led him by accident to the chan eelleries of the wOrld.-Dallas News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10
I HE ACE-HER ALD

s1 Entered at Birminghaham. Ala. pest office as eafcnd-eisss matter. set of Congress Msrch S. 1873 FhEDNRIcK L rHoMPsoN. PRESIDENT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10

This newspaper denies having burlesqued prohibition, but on the other hand has con- stantly demanded law enforcement-Ed. Age Herald
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-24
BANQUET PLANNED
TO HONOR dixon
Friends From All over State
VIII Gather IN Helena
.Iauu&.

\ barQuc!, state" i'd, N ;Aur4c-
tor. viii be- rendered Ia Governor
HiNun In Helena on WsJuc-day.
@Iaruory :. 1925. marking III re
tirvmcnJ a. chief c<r,n..,r OF
H,ntara. accoIdint Ia adr;c,~ &c
,.;>cl hove. ana q n,.n her ~
Ho/.man reop!" are planning ia
attend.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-24

IFS al right t. consult Eou-
wother about marriage, buf it seems
hc modern girl has made Il pay 4
title more ~ waiting u little LONGER
and consulting a lawyer
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-05
CUTTING 10 BE SUPERVISED
Government Experts to Overlook Vast
Logging Operations in the Sierra
Mountains.

One hundred and sixty-seven million
feet of timber were recently sold on
the Plumas National forest Califor-
mia, according to an announcement
made by the United States forest
service. The timber covers about a.
900 acres in what is known as the
sugar pine-yellow pine belt in the
heart of the Sierra mountains Of Cali
fornia.
1t is estimated that this amount of
timber, together with the inter-miXed
privately owned timber, will require
eight years to cut and convert into
lumber Twenty-one miles of rail-
road will be built to connect with an
existing logging railroad 40 miles In
length. AS usual in this type of forest,
says the announcement, the logging
will be done by donkey engines, but
forest service men will carefully SUI
pervise the cutting so that all young
and thrifty trees will be left for future
growth. Only marked trees will be
cut and brush and debris resulting
from logging WI be piled and burned
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-05
PROVING IT'S MERIT

Pittsburg had street car strike
recently and the result so far as
traffic congestion was concerned
showed what happen to a large
city which is left temporarily
without transportation facilities.
The streets: were blockaded with
motor driven and horse-drawn vehie-
les. If anything were needed to prove
the advantage of tie modern street
railway system as the most efficient
an orderly method of city transporta-
ton, day in a large city without
such means Of conveyance would be
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-05
BEATING LAST YEARS RECORD


Last year the railroads handled
the heaviest traffic in their history
To date this year the railroads, as a
whole, have handled more tratric
than they did in the same period last
year.
The Southern Pacific Co., Union
Pacific and Santa Fe, the three
greatest western railroad :, sytems,
last year handled record breaking
amount of freight traffic through
unparalleled efficiency of operation.
With the cooperation of shippers,
the average carload for 1928 was the
heaviest in the history of the state.
The number. of cars and locomo-
tiyes under repair has been reduced
for The three months period of 1924
rs compared with the number for
the same period of 1928.
The Pacific coast, on account of
its great distance from eastern mar
kets and because of the perishable
nature of a large proportion of its
products, is particularly dependent
IN efficient railroad services,
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-05
EIectrifyinq War Vessels.

The electrification of warships is
now regarded as carrying with it I'M
questioned advance in efficiency. This
new mode of naval propulsion is less
than ten years old, for 1t was In 1913
that the collier Jupiter, the first
American warship to be electrified,
was commissioned. The Jupiter is
now the Langley, an airplane carrier.
The New Mexico was the first cap
ital ship Of any nation to be equipped
for the electric drive. She was COM
missioned in the spring of 1913. Her
electrical apparatus was furnished by
the General Electric company, which
has since electrified the California and
the Maryland, the latter acclaimed as
the queen ship of the navy. AT pres
ent two airplane carriers are under
construction, and these also are to be
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-05
HELP FOR OLD FOLKS

Old Age Should BE Happy-NOt a
Time of Sickness and Suffering T..
Too many people begin to suffer at
middle age with constant backache,
urinary ills and rheumatic pains and
aches Weak kidneys are usually the
cause and, if neglected, there is dan
ger of hardened arteries, dropsy, gra-
vel or Bright's diesease. Help your
weakened kidneys with as stimulant
diuretit before kidney disease gets a
firm hold Use Doans Pills. Thou
sands of old folks recommend Doan's
Here is Payette proof:
Mrs. r. l.. Brannock, 622 N Sth
ST., says: 81 couldn't sleep at night
on account of sharp stabbing pains
in the small of my back. Work was
out of the question for my back gave
out entirely with the least exertion
had severe headaches and dizzy
spells and at times / was almost
blind. My ankles swelled and my
kidneys acted too freely. After US
ing Doan's Pills l was cured perma-
nently."
Price coo, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Pills-the same that Mrs
Brannock had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs, Buffalo,
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-05
Connected Deity.

The young minister went walking
with his small daughter one afternoon
AS he turned toward a gypsy encamp-
ment his small daughter resolutely re-
fused to go that way. "Why don't
you comeT asked her father. 81
don't like the black women. Pm
'fraid of them" she declared as a
swarthy faced woman appeared. But"
insisted the young minister as he took
his daughters hand and walked along,
"you mustn't say things like that. God
loves the black woman just as much
as He loves YOU" Small daughter was
silent as, grasping her fathers hand
tightly, she passed the gypsies. Then
she stopped and said: "Well, daddy
If God loves the black woman it must
be just cause He made them Him.
self"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-05
NOTICE OF GUARDIANS SALE

Notice is hereby given that in pur-
suance of an order of The Pro
bate Court Of Payette County, State
of Idaho, made on the 18th DAY OF
May 1924, in the matter of the
guardianship of Jean Lucille Pence,
a minor, the undersigned will sell at
private sale to the highest and best
bidder and subject to the confirma-
ton of said Probate Court on or
after the 9th day of June 1924, all
the right, title and interest of the
said Jean Lucille Pence of, in and to
the following property. towit:
Lot Eighteen (18) in Block Nine
(9) of the original townsite of Fruit
land, Idaho, as shown on the official
plat thereof on file in the office Of
the County Recorder of Payette
County, Idaho.
Bids in writing for said property,
Or any part thereof, will be received
by the undersigned at Payette, Idaho.
Terms of sale, Cash.
Dated May 18th 1924.
WALTER G. PENCE,
Guardian of the person and
estate of said Jean Lucille
Pence, A minor.
First pub. May %, last June 5
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-05

With the coming of the first Of the
winter fogs in London, which often
make 1t impossible to see across the
street, the problem of how to minim-
lie this necessary, or unavoidable,
evil in the great public rooms of
hotels has exercised the ingenuity of
the managers. Each hotel now deals
with the problem in its own way, and
with varying success.
The Savoy hotel now claims to have
the finest and swlftest system In the
world for dlspelling the fog One hun
dred and fifty forced-draught, high
speed fans have been installed to be
used during the winter to pump out
any quantity of fog creeping in.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-05
sERENADE, OLD AND MODERN
Present Idea Differs Largely From
That Which Many older Peo-
pie May Remember.

Time was when serenades were JOY
to the heart and ear. Everyone was
pleased, excepting a few unromantlc
fathers who grew a bit fatigued after
the fifth or sixth one of an evening.
Those were the oftsung good old
DAYS" There were guitars, mandolins,
tenor voices and jew's-harps. Moon
light streamed through the trees. Inc
notes of a serenade were those of a tur-
tie dove. They came from group OF
young Romeos helping one another out,
The modern serenade has been re-
yived along entirely different lines. 1t
Is the outgrowth of a scheme to drag
young married couples and stay-at-
homes from their shells. 1t serves as
a wall of protest against any who show
signs of quitting the festivities Of their
erstwhile cronies For those who COM
NIT such crimes there must be a pen
atty.
The members Of certain crowds have
all been pledged by tacit agreement.
They band together In serenades after
round of merry making, and drive to
the homes Of the absentees. There they
shout taunts at those who deserted the
festivities Of the evening. First they
blow horns and sirens until all the
windows in the neighborhood go up and
shotguns have gained the range. Final
ly they break into a slow dirge. The
last stanza of this is sung as they move
on to the home of another offender.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-05

his wife, and Ona p. Hathaway and
Ernest Hathaway, husband and wife,
and Edward d. Bowman, defendants,
on the 18th day of May 1924 which
said decree was, on the 18th, day of
May 1924, recorded in Judg-
ment Book of said Court, at page
49, l am commanded to sell all that
certain lot, piece or parcel of land
situated in the County of Payette,
State of Idaho, and bounded and
described as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at Point which is the
NE corner of the SWA of the NEA
of Sec. 8, Township s N. Range 5
West b. M. Running thence South
964.7 it., thence North So deg,
West 1877 it., thence North So dag.
So West $50 it,, thence North As
Deg. 35' West 265 it., thence North
60 Deg. West 2SS it., thence North
IL Deg. So East 233 it. thence East
979.5 TT. to place of beginning and
the NWH of NEH of Sec. 8; The
SWA SEA of Sec. 4, Township s
North Range 5 w. b. NJ, Also begin
ming at point S5 TT. East and thence
North "a it. of the SW Cor. of the
oD "a DIV "a VI oeC. 4, township 3,
North Range w. B. NJ. Thence
running North 523 IT. thence East
200 it., thence South 523 it., thence
West 200 TT. to the place of begin
ming, subject to the right-of-way for
the Payette Valley Railroad, con-
tanning 921A acres according to the
Government survey thereof, to-
gether with bitches and water rights
appertaining thereto.
Notice is hereby given, That on !
the 14th day of June 1924, at Ill
O'Clock A. M, of that day, in front
of the Court House door in |
the City of Payette, County
Of Payette, l will, in obedience toI
said order Of sale and decree of fore
closure, sell the above described
property, or so much thereof as may
be necessary to satisfy PLAINTIFFS de-
cree with interest thereon and costs,
o the highest bidder for cash, law
'ul money of the United States.
JOHN T. JEFFERIS,
Sheriff
By A. w. CHRISTIAN,
Deputy.
Dated May Goth A. d. 1924.
First pub. May 22, last June II.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-05
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE ON
FORGET ,OSURE OF MORTGAGE

Dorothy NJ. Tilden, Plaintiff, VS..
B. c. Bertleson, and Ada Berthe
son, his wife, and Ona p. Hathaway
and Ernest Hathaway, husband and
wife, and Edward d. Bowman, De-
PENDANTS.
Under and by virtue of an order
of sale and decree of foreclosure is
sued out of the District Court of the
Seventh Judicial District, State of
Idaho, in and for the County of Pay
cite on the 18th day of May 1924, in
the above entitled action, wherein
Dorothy M. Tilden, the above named
plaintiff obtained a decree against
B, c. Bertleson and Ada Bertleson,
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-05
Birds Make Work for Plumbers.

A plumber working on stopped-up
pipe to the kitchen sink at the resi-
dence of j. r. Dicks, Plant City, Fla,
discovered that the pipe had been
clogged by pecan nuts dropped in the
top of a vent pipe by birds. The birds
gathered the nuts from nearby
pecan tree and thought they were
storing them in the hole, while the
nuts dropped down to the bottom of
the pipe and clogged the drain from
the kitchen sink, causing 1t to over
flow. A quart of nuts was removed
from the pipe.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-06-05
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, u. S.
Land Office at Boise, Idaho, May 5,
1924.
Notice is hereby given that VIII
liam A. Drinkwine, of French, Idaho,
assignee of S. Marie Burton, who,
on April .27, 1920, made Desert Land
Entry, No. 023770, for NEH
Sc n, Section 80, Township 9 North,
Range 3 West, Boise Meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make
Final Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before Martin
o. Luther, Probate Judge, at his
office, at Payette Idaho, on the 18th
day of June, 1924.
Claimant names as Witnesses:
Robert Y. Currin, Soren Gissel,
Albert H.. Coates, and George B.
Coates, all of French, Idaho.
:. BARTLETT SINCLAIR,
Register.
First pub. Mays, last June 5.