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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-12-05

her mothers side she belongs to the
Stuyvesants and Fishes.
Last spring Mrs. Vanderbilt's daugh
ter, Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt
was married with much pomp and cere
mony at Blltmore to Hon. Francis
Amherst Cecil, former secretary of the
British embassy at Washington. Her
mother thereupon departed for a long
trip In Europe and it was confidently
asserted that upon her return she
would yield to some one OF her many
suitors.
Well, Mrs. Vanderbilt came back
from Europe the other day, declared
herself to the customs officials as a
plain farm woman" and proceeded,
for the first time on record, to talk
about her personal affairs for publica-
ton. And here are some of the things
she. said, after intimating that matri-
mony had no place in Der program:
am having little house built for
myself on our estate down In North
Carolina, and the mansion goes to my
daughter and her husband. They are
also going to forsake what is called
society life and aid me In operating
my dairy. My Biltmore home has been
really an immense dairy farm for some
time now. l have 200 head of blooded
cows. and l am going to take a per-
sonal interest in developing these to
the highest degree of perfection. In
developing my farm, / am not only
getting a great deal of pleasure out OF
life, but / also feel tAat 1 am doing
something for my country
The life OF a society woman" is a
hard one; 1t consumes a vast amount
of energy. And what does ii give in
return? Nothing. But dairying brings
in handsome profit, and you see
tangible as result of your
effortsi / have never cared for society.
1 have always been interested in doing
things that I thought amounted to
We are born with the
creative spirit, and II we don't do
worth while with 1t, IT is
This writer will not here try to
answer the questions raised, either d.
rectly or Indirectly, by Mrs. Wander
bilt. Obviously several large volumes
would be necessarily the questions
can be answered at all. General OBJ
which are naturally sug-
sested would seem to include these:
Most Americans doubtless would |
-hink her lacking in common sense II
she had decided for society and against |
Biltmore, especially as she can easily |
combine the best of both city and coun-
-ry life. She is wise to build herself |
| little house,; the mansion is pre-
)osterous as a country home. No doubt
he dairy herd can be made paying
Investment; 1t will not, however, pay
or the upkeep of Biltmore. This
Lady Bountiful" can of course accom-
'lish wonders for the community. And
Ter sentiments do her credit.
Reports in the American and British
'ress would seem to indicate that the
'ld-time English country-estate life is
apidly breaking up, owing TO heavy
axation and financial difficulties. In
his country, however. a popular trend
oward life in the open, both in recre-
ton and residence, Is a sign of the
ines in the cities II is noted, too,
hat many women Of wealth and social
osition are seeking in business an
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-12-05
Inaugural Parade Possible

Washington,-An old time inaugur-
al parade still is among the posi-
bilities for next March a. President
Coolidge wants his Inauguration to
follow the modest lines of the Hard
ing inauguration ceremonies of 1922,
but he will not object if there is an
elaborate parade in keeping with the
dignity of the office. When it comes
to the question of reviving the inaug-
ural ball, the president and Mrs. Cool
idge are standing pat on their veto.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-12-05
Catnip Lure

A biological survey Of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture developed lure
a number of months ago and it is now
using 1t extensively In the western
states In trapping cougars and bobcats,
which prey on live stock and game
The department, unable to find any
company which manufactured catnip
oil, grew catnip and extracted the oil,
getting a little over a pound to the ton
q green plants. The practice now is
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-12-05
Cave Land Withdrawn

Washington,-In an executive order
800 acres of public land twenty eight
miles from Fairplay, Colo, was tenn
porarily withdrawn from homestead
entry because of discovery of a ma
tural cave within the area. The cave
will be examined to determine wheth-
er it has sufficient scenic quality to
be preserved as national monument
or recreational area.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-12-05
QuiUer in the FIiuuer

The minister had dictated his sermon
to new stenographer. The subject
was 1.-THE Joy Of Youth" and he
quoted as his text well known SEN
tence from the One Hundred and
Twenty-seventh psalm.
Being better acquainted with mod
ern transportation facilities than with
ancient archery, the typist rendered
the passage, Happy is the man that
hath his fiivver fun of them"
Which, after all, simply expresses
the sentiment in more literal way
Continent.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-12-05
Ratification Asked

Paris,-The French government has
decided to ask parliament to ratify
the Geneva protocol for security and
disarmament despite the fact that
France is acceding to the British pro
posal to postpone discussion of the
protocol by the council of the league
of nations.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-12-05
Preachers Ready Wit

The famous English evangelist and
preacher, Rev. Rowland Hill, was born
in the year 1T44. He was one of the
last Of school of preachers famous
for the quaint and witty remarks ut
tered from the pulpit, such as the
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-12-05

TO mix the catnip oil with oil of pc
trolatum, which prevents the scent
from escaping too rapidly. This COM
bination is now used regularly by the
government hunters--Scientific Amer
lean
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-12-05

!: ! :: :: : ! ! ! ::
inS DICK TO the SOL
LII Ia Is there to be a new kline
III ~ of country life In Amer
B4 lea?
pG IN And will the Handed
NIEj aristocracy" of the future
be able to make the farm
pay financially7 These interestins
questions-and others that naturally
suggest themselves--are raised by Mrs
Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt of New
York, Bar Harbor and Biltmore wher
she says:
I am going to live at Biltmore. Many
women in America are firing of the
empty round of mere social affairs
Before long we may see country life
in America similar TO that we now see
In England. And when this interest
becomes general / can think of no
more remarkable country for home ex-
fstence than America. There would
not be so much unrest and unhappi-
ness II people took a real interest in
ife--and l know of nothing more in
teresting than developing a herd of
zoo blooded cows TO the highest degree
of perfection.
The Mrs Vanderbilt who says these
things has been described as "Amer-
ica's most interesting widow George
w. Vanderbilt, who died about ten
years ago, was her husband. He was
grandson of Commodore" Cornell
us Vanderbilt (1794-1877), the founder
of the family and the accumulator of
the first of its many millions. George
w. was born In 1862 He didn't have
IN pyn lfx~,n
time to travel and study. His name
will be remembered in New York city
for several benefactions. who's Who,
before his death. concluded his auto
biography thus:
Purchased 100000 acres of noun
tain land on French Broad river near
Asheville, N. c., and laid 1t out as a
vast park; erected mansion and
stables; stocked this estate and spends
much of his time In experimenting its
improvement"
Biltmore, one of the finest country
estates in the world, is in the Appalach-
ian highlands of western North Car
DINA, "The Land of the Sky" long
famous for its beauty and climate. The
Farm" consists of about 5000 acres
on the French Broad Man was not
satisfied with nature; hills were
moved, lake dug and forests plant
ed. The mansion is modelled after the |
historic Orleans chateau of Blois, pos /,
sibly the most beautiful In France. |
The architecture is French Renais-
sance. The banquet hall Is so by 60 |
feet, with 70-foot ceiling. A tapestry |
gallery, 75 feet long. contains the finest |
private collection In the world. This |
opens onto a library, 62 by 40 feet.
In front of the mansion Is a three-acre
from it ramp leads TO the
piazza of the main building.
In the case of the Cecil-Vanderbilt
1t is understood that the
United States gains a citizen Instead
# losing an heiress. 1t is stated that
Yrs. Cecil inherits under a proviso
n her fathers will that she must re
ain her American citizenship.
This "most interesting widow" looks
bsurdly young for the mother of
married daughter of twenty-four and
etains her striking physical charms.
I has long been social gossip that
here are many suitors for her hand.
he married in 1898. Her father was
,ol George Warren Dresser and on
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-12-05

outlet for their Z,
ergies and talents
On the other hanl
the 1920 ce n su
shows that for tn
first time In our his
tory more than hal
our population nov
lives In urban terri
tory. This move
ment from the coun
try to the city is still
going on The oncl
much-vexed "isola
ton" Of the farm hal
been largely RENE
died by the tele
p h on e, automobil,
a n d "a do. B u
country life has mo-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-12-05

Aviator-There's something wrong
with this plane. If il keeps up, we're
lost.
Passenger-Yes and what IL II
doesn't keep up?-Life.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-12-05
NeWsNOte
From All Parts of
UTAH

Salt Lake,-Beaver furs are still
taken in Utah and during the past
two years there have been turned
over to the fish and game depart
ment hides to the value of S5925.
which amount was paid over to the
state treasurer by Commissioner
Madsen, who sol the hides for the
amount named.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-12-05

Salt Lake,-A deficit of $4,000
was allowed the State Fair associa-
ton by the state board of examiners
to meet expenses of operating that
department in excess of the receipts
of the recent state fair Three other
deficits are to be considered at this
session of the board Tuesday after
noon, the early session being con-
tinued for that purpose.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-12-05
The Program?
By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

S AMERICAN Society" go
ing Back to the Soil?"
Is there to be a new kind
Of country life In Amer
lea?
And will the LANDED
aristocracy" of the future
he able IN mako tho darn,
Evening star., 1924-04-10
The Tax Reduction Bill.

It is recognized that the tax
reduction bill which the Senate will
eventually pass is likely to be very
different in detail from the meas
ure which Chairman Smoot has
brought in.
Now comes the time for compromise
and amendment Of the committees
plan. There are demands from repub.
licans, especially the farm bloc, for
substitute schedule for the Mellon
rates. The democrats will propose
substitute rates, and some Of the more
radical republicans will offer amend
ments differing from the farm bloc
rates. the committees bill and the
democratic proposed substitute.
The life of Senator Smoot, in charge
Of the bill, promises to be far from a
happy one for the next few weeks as
he seeks to defend his bill against at
tacks from front and rear and flank
But there is comfort to the public In
the thought that the country is on the
fair way to getting tax reduction.
Evening star., 1924-04-10
Germany at the CROSSROADS.

Germany stands today face to face
with her destiny. She must make
choice between the honorable way OF
fulf1llment OF obligations or accept the
stern consequences OF deliberate de-
fault. The report of the Dawes COM
mittee Of experts brings to an abrupt
end the long period Of evasion and
misrepresentation. BY imposing upon
her people a burden "tolerable and
commensurate" she can pay the debt
she incurred by the crimes Of war.
And Germany must pay or the allies
will crush her utterly, with no one to
shed a tear or lift a potent voice in
protest.
Evidence that there is realization in
Germany that the crossroads have
been reached is found in the editorial
comment OF leading Journals and in
the guarded utterances OF high OFF,
cials. The Dawes findings have been
greeted with no such outbursts OF
protestation as have attended previous
demands by the creditor. nations.
severity OF the terms and rlaneuvering
for further negotiations, but there is
no demand Of consequence that the
terms should be rejected. Vorwaerts,
one OF the most influential of Ger
man newspaper. declares that rejec-
tion would be 4 Catastrophe piece
OF stupidity" and even Hugo SHINES
Duetsche Allgemeine 'Zeitung says It
behooves the government to give the
report objective and intensive exami-
nation" Some Of the papers still harp
upon the idea that the Ruhr must be
evacuated as a basis OF negotiations.
but it is doubtful if any one in Ger
many longer cherishes a delusion that
France and Belgium could be brought
to agree to such a program. Can
we march into the Ruhr and drive out
the French?" Vorwaerts asks. IF not,
then there is only one path to free
dom left and that is indicated in the
experts report"
1t is too early to expect an official
expression from the Berlin govern
ment, but an interview given by DR..
Stresemann, the foreign minister, to
the London Daily Express may be ac-
cepted as indicating the direction Of
the wind. He referred to the report
as "momentous document" and said
he and his colleagues realized that it
was e-product of earnest and i'm
partial men. After that it would be
difficult to make a charge of unfair
ness stick. Decidedly, there is hope
that Germany is beginning to see the
light.
Evening star., 1924-04-10

proposition 1t has been found most
satisfactory to the public to have the
reasonableness of switching charges
as Of freight rates determined by the
Interstate Commerce Commission. AS
general proposition the railroads
prefer to make an. agreement be-
tween themselves on matters Of this
nd and it remains for shippers TO
take THESE cases up with the Com
mission.
If, as the author OF the bill and the
District committee say, freight switch
Washington. they have no doubt been
much too high for many years and it
is surprising that the matter has
not been brought up for adjustment
before. 1t sometimes happens that
shippers and merchants who pay the
freight and all other charges Of trans
portation are not keen in having these
charges as low as the law requires be-
cause they pass the charges on to
their customers and to seek readjust-
ment OF the rates by the Interstate
Commerce Commission involves ex-
pense and uncertainty. II Washing
tons switching charges are unreas-
enable they constitute a serious
freight discrimination against the
Capital and put the charge on its
population. The matter should be
watched to note what kind Of An
agreement, If any, the railroads enter
into and if 1t is not satisfactory to
people who pay the freight the matter
should be taken before the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
1t is possible that something is
brewing in the whole matter Of rail
road freight rates to Washington. The
Washington Newspaper Publishers"
Association filed complaint some time
ago with the Interstate Commerce
Commission that freight rates on
newsprint paper to Washington were
not only discriminatory but unreas.'
enable in the meaning Of the law.
That case and others involving the
charge Of freight rate discrimination
against Washington are pending be-
fore the Commission.
Evening star., 1924-04-10
April

There seems to be a cloud upon the
brow Of April. She is not the merry,
smiling maid OF other years. When
this fair damsel Of the spring would
come to town in days that are no
more the trees would burst in leaf
as though to give applause. Fruit
trees would fling out symbols OF their
joy. dandelions would splash the lawns
with gold, robins would sing their
welcome and Rama catesbiana, whom
most men and all boys call the bull
frog, would. with his sisters wives
and aunts. shout a symphony from
swamps.
But in this spring fair April is not
herself. She came with blasts OF
wind, snow and thunder. In her face
was wrath that rivaled March. In
stead of Joyous showers. quick-fol-
lowed by the sun, she gives us dour
days OF rain. Instead Of filling the
sky, the town. the fields with merri-
ment, she covers them with gloom.
Some wayward peach and pear trees
have feebly garlanded themselves in
pink and white, but the great family
Of trees that bloom are waiting for
April to cheer up and bid them don
their flowery gowns. We, too, are
waiting, April, for thy mood to change
from gray and cloudy melancholy to
sweet grace!
Evening star., 1924-04-10
Canada Asks Repayment
OF Rum-Pact Courtesy

Approval by the Canadian parlia-
ment of the treaty governing the eff
forts of this country 10 deal with rum
running outside of the three e-mile
limit has been granted upon the
grounds of morality and interna-
tional good will, but a voice has been
raised to suggest that if the people of
the British commonwealth are to act
upon motives of that kind they are
warranted in asking little reciproc-
ity.
Specifically the complaint is that
this country interferes with Canadian
affairs unduly when it refuses to per"
nit the shipment of liquor across
American territory from Skagway to
the Yukon. When people on this side
of the border consider how the great
prolongation of Alaska southwark
cuts or Canadian territory from the
sea, this complaint seems reasonable.
and it is all the more reasonable W hen
one remembers how Skagway STANDS
at the head of a navigable bay that
reaches across American territory al
most to the Canadian line. Surely IL
this government could find a way 70
permit British vessels to bring stocks
of liquor under seal into American
harbers, it can give far-western Can
ada a little leeway on the narrow
strip of land that separates the sea at
Skagway from Canadian territory
Just beyond.-Detroit Free Press.
Evening star., 1924-04-10
Two Kinds of Peace
Available for Nation

There are two kinds of peace ad-
vocates in this country-those who
desire peace of preparedness and
those who demand a peace of unpre-
paredness. In the latter category are
found the, persons who propose to
abolish war by disarming their own
nation physically and morally. Many
of them are sincere, but most of them
are dupes of clever propagandists
serving foreign paymasters. These
disciples of subtle men and women
who work under carefully prepared
secret orders, having become more
fascinated by an idea, seem to have
abandoned their reasoning faculties
when they pinned their faith upon a
supposedly magic formula
I'VE will neither arm nor fight if
war comes" many of them say. That
Is a direct invitation for war to come
from any quarter. 1t is a notification
to the world that so far as these par
ticular Americans are concerned the
nation is waiting to be .plucked
American principles have been some
what highly regarded by the world
at large as well as by certain Amer
leans of some renown-Washingto
and Franklin, Lincoln and Roosevelt,
for example. But some pacifists of
the present-day type do not deem
them worth fighting for or even worth
supporting against destructive prop
aganda-
The insidious poison at work in this
country has been implanted by master
hands at the business of destroying
democracy. 1t should be recognized
for what IL is. The many good peo-
pie who are -misled, or half misled,
by those who administer this poison
should recapture their reasoning pow
ers and so shake on the influence Of
Evening star., 1924-04-10
Stone Selection Approved
Generally by Press of US

gests. that lack Of political motive in
the choice of Mr.. Stone may prove the
best politics in the end"
'Of recognized ability, unhampered
by political debts and with a courage
that knows no defeat, Mr.. Stone
should do a fine job of housecleaning
ir the Department of Justice" as
serts the Little Rock Arkansas Demo-
crat. At any rate, the Wichita Eagle
says, stone has his chance and the
country will pray that he improve the
position of Attorney General"
The Springfield News assumes that
"he is a man with iron nerve, else
he would have no liking for a mess
which is his TO handle-men are he
roic who step into such a job" The
Albany News mentions further that
Mr.. Stone accepts the office at a
large financial sacrifice and the pub
lie will be generally pleased by his
appointment" The Albany Knicker-
booker Press characterizes Mr.. Stone
as mot only lawyer of outstanding
aoillty. but a scholar and courageous
is convinced 'the President has found
a man who answers all the require
me nts, who has satisfying record
and Is not lacking in hearty indorse-
ment.''
The Cincinnati Times-St thinks
the appointment is not snowy one,
but admits sit will probably impress
the people as very reasonable and
satisfactory choice, particularly un-
der the conditions now existing in
Washington" The Lynchburg News
notes that it will give to the admin
tstration even more decidedly anti
progressive caste than it has hitherto
had, because "Mr. Stone types the
ultra-conservative school of the re-
publican party" But the Hartford
Times imagines that "the ultimate
verdict 'will be that President Cool
idge has chosen we'll" The Schenec-
tady Gazette insists ''it will be a
small man and a small cause that will
quarrel with the President over the
man he has selected" The Buffalo
News concludes his appointment re-
establishes public confidence in one of
the most important departments of
the government"
Evening star., 1924-04-10
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

gress. His name is James Henry Mac
Lafferty of San Diego and he is
poet Of acknowledged distinction,
though his occupation is the prosaic
one of an automobile insurance man.
MacLafferty is serving his second
term in the House. He has written
three or four volumes of. verse main
ly devoted to glorification of the
golden west. They were pronounced
by the late Joaquin Miller to be meri-
torious in the highest degree. Mac
Lafferty began life as a commercial
in fraternal work. He is ffty-three
years old and the son of Baptist
preacher.
Gen. Lord, director or the budget,
not only breaches economy. but prac-
tices 1t. He scorns the handy little
memorandum blocks turned out by
the government printing Office for
every depa rtment, division and bu-
reau of the government and uses In
stead the waste paper that accumu-
ates on his own desk. Letters not
needed for the files are torn up and
used for scratch pads. Lead pencils
are never thrown away till they are
whitfield to the last inch. One Of Gen.
Lords minor accomplishments is his
memory for figures, no matter how
long. He can tell you. off the reel.
that the annual budget for 1925, now
before Congress-. totals 3t.s45,7s1.-
971.06 and is exactly $31S,410.916.36
less than the amount of the pre-
liminary estimates. To the precise
penny, Lord knows by heart every
major figure in the budget since IL
was established three years ago.
Barbara Frietchie up to date. as she
was rendered on place card at re-
cent Washington luncheon-party,
where a certain Chinese malady, now
epidemic in America was the piece de
resistance:
Who touches a hair on yon bobbed
Dies like a dog-mah-jong she
said"
~ r
At Toxic there's a sentimental ef-
fort afoot to circumyent the scrap
ping" provisions of the Washington
naval treaty. Among the battleships
which Japan must dismantle is the
veteran Mikasa, Admiral Togo's flag
ship when he defeated the Russian
feet in the battle of Japan sea. Be-
cause of the patriotic memories at
tached to the Mikasa, it is desired to
preserve her from complete destruc-
ton. To that end il has been pro-
posed that she be kept afioat like an
other "Ironsides" and, denuded of her
obsolete fighting equipment, serve
henceforward as headquarters for the
American-Jap Society. The Toxic
navy department frowns upon the
scheme, fearing it may look like an
attempt to save ship Japan is
pledged to scrap.
X x
The Thirteen Club" OF Boston,
Mass, has conferred honorary mem
bership upon Curtis d. Wilbur, Presi-
dent Coolidges new Secretary of the
Navy. Only people whose given name.
middle initial and surname total thir-
teen letters are eligible TO Bostons 8
Interpretations organization.
Copyright, 1924