The Nezperce herald., June 05, 1919, Image 2

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THE NEZPEROB HERALD
Official Paper of Lewis County
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Thursday, June 6, 1919.
W. P. Conger ft P. W. Mitchell
Editors and Owners
Entered at the Nezperee, Idaho, Post
office as Second-Class Mail Matter.
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Two advertisements appeared |
ANYWAY FOR THE PUPILS
SAKE.
lately in a New York newspaper,
one of them calling for a teacher
of mathematics history and psy
schology, at a salary of $65 a
month. The other one called for
a colored barber at $30 a weeK.
There is no particular reason
why the barber should not get $30
a week. Milk wagon drivers are
getting $35, and they don't need
to know more about driving than
any farm boy knows. A quick,
1'ight-fingered barber needs, as
much dexterity as a milk wagon
driver, and deserves as good a sal
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But we are sorry for the teach
eïr of mathematics and! history.
$65 each calendar month means
$15 a week. The barber who gets
$30 for pruning whiskers may he
glad he knows nothing about
mathematics or history. In Wash
ington a teacher has to work 25
years before qualifying for a
wage of $1300 a year. In Chicago
a teacher cannot get $1,000 a year
before putting in 17 years in the
states the
And in Illinois a high school
profession. In 23
teachers average less than $100 a
year.
teacher who tried to persuade one
of his pupils to stay and finish
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his education was met with an ir
refutable argument. "I have
job in a mine." said the boy.
am making more money without |
an education than yon are mak
ing with one.
We are told sometimes that
teachers deserve no more than
they get. If this is true it does
not improve the situation; it only |
makes it worse. If the type of
education that young America is
getting is worth more than is paid
for it, so much the better for
young America. We may sympa -
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. thize with the teachers, but we
may rejoice that young America
is receiving a high standard of
educational opportunity. If, how
ever, the education received is
worthless, why not offer a price
that will buy an education worth
having?
At the present moment, the
development of the rising genera
tion marks America's greatest
crisis. Unrestricted immigration
has made this country an ethnolo
gical freak show. By offering
salaries which will attract teach
ers whose personality and attain
ments will be a really uplifting
force we may guarantee to the
America of the immediate future
the perpetuation of the ideals and
standards which are at present in
danger of passing to the discard.
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IT WONT WORK.
There are those who express a
fear that the trend of internation
all events is leading to friction be
tween, America and the British
Empire.
Those who express this fear do
not really feel it. They are really
afraid that there will not be frac
tion. When they mention it in
tones of assumed apprehension,
they are really suggesting it, try
ing to foment, it. It is simply the
latest form of pro-Germanism.
It is not fear. It is dying hope.
There is too much that is Anglo
Saxon among the fundamentals
in this country for such an aspir
ation to materialize.
The very khaki that onr sol-1
diers wear follows the color
adopted for the uniform- of the
British army. The whole system
of jurisprudence that guides our
legal institutions is founded on
Blackstone.
The movements that constitute
the strongest reforming influenc
es in our social life—what are
they? The S. P. C. A. The Sal
vation Army. The Y. M. C. A.,
and many others. Where do they
come from?
The Salvation Army was fouid
ed in London, and has its head
quarters -there. The Y. M. 0. A.
came to birth in the same city,
and is directed therefrom thru
out the world. And as for the
S. P. C. A.—what other civiliza
tion ever rose to the height of
forming a society for preventing
cruelty to dumb animals ? r J he
R. S. P. C. A. was founded in
London, where it is still establish
ed. and our S. P. C. A. is its very
robust eldest child.
The principal of representative
government was brought here
from England shortly before it
became a reality there under
Cromwell. It suffered temporary
setbacks—in England under the
Stewarts, and here under the Ger
man king George III. But the
principle was vital, and could not
die. It lives today in equal vigor
on both hemispheres.
And no pro-German monarchist
or bolshevist can drive a wedge
between two nations which trace
their growth to such an origin.
DEVELOP THE RESOURCES.
The Columbia river basin is the
most fertile of opportunity for
human endeavor in the world, and
the system of natural waterways
which, it contains is unique.
it
it had been otherwise we would
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probably have developed the v.il
l®y' s natural advantages more
completely. We would have felt
1 the need of supplementing na
ture's generosity by construct
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in £ navigable canals and provid
in g more artificial irrigation. It
is only when men feel handicap
P ed that the 7 make the most of
I what they have,
% using their rivers and con
uectmg them with waterways
400,000,000 Chinese have manag
ed t° do without railroads. P»y
I canal systems the Europeans have
made the very most of the Rhine,
Danube, Rhone and Loire. I We
were more blessed by nature than
they, and for that very reason
we did not feel so great an irn
P ulse to enhance by our own ef
( forts the affluence of opportun
ity and resource which we found
waiting for us.
This is not a plea to the citi
zens of this prairie domain to
Jl 2 ht lanterns and prowl about
I with microscopes looking for a
chance to change or enlarge some
thing in this locality. But it is a
I fact that the very opulence of
stupendous natural resource of
ten acts as a stultefier rather than
as a tome. And at this time,
when work for disbanded armies
is vital not only to onr prosper
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tiy, but to the stability of civic
institutions, we have less excuse
than ever for permitting any
where a rock to remain a rock, if
it can be made into a garden.
POPULAR POET
AT CHAUTAUQUA
Marshall Louis Martina Comaa on Laat
Day.
Marshall Louls M 8taff of
the Kausas City star an(1 cout r lbutor
to niany of the natlonal magHZ i ne «, u
to be in the West this year on the
j Chautauquas. "Who's Who In Amer
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lea" rates him as a poet and writer,
but the Chautauqua platform haa
claimed him because of his brUllant
For the Relief of Rheumatic Pains
When you have stiffness and
soreness of the muscles, aching
J joints and find it difficult to
move without pain try massaging
the affected parts with Chamber
Iain's Liniment. It will relieve
the pain and make rest and sleep
possible,
talent as a humorist and lecturer. He
■peaks with a delightful Southern
drawl, tells stories with unusual charm
aud recites a few poems from his
latest book of verse, "The Wishing
Gate and Other Poems." But back of
all this he has a splendid lecture of
real luspiratlonal value.
We can fill your wants at once
at the Gem State Barber Shop.
JdERflltDS
Items Not Intended to Hit or Miss
Anyone in Particular but Just to
Remind You
That July also brings us 2-eent
letter postage again.
That the Huns are not even en
titled to the praise of being good
losers.
That the saloons will run until
July 1st, and then the saloon
keepers will run.
That the number of fish taken
do not always signify the pleasure
limitations of the outing.
.That Jess Willard tips the
beam at 260 pounds and had to
reduce to reach this weight.
That one's own happiness is
measured by the happiness he
brings others, and we can't alter
the rule.
That we are glad Hawker is
safe. His magnifieant disregard
for his life may he foolish, hut
it is inspiring.
That, while the soda fountains
exist, the United States will not
be entirely dry. It will only have
,a different wetness.
That for a study of the depths
of pessimism observe the child
who comes down with measles Gie
first week of vacation.
That life in a summer cottage
would be delightful were >t nol
for the cups without handles and
the saucers that do not match.
That the cost of the war to the
United States was over $21,000,
000,000. And the money amount
was the least part of what it cost
us.
That while the Germans are
considering the peace treaty, our
army of occupation is considering
what a privilege it would he to
occupy Berlin.
That in expectation of the pres
ident 's return congress should at
least purchase ,a beautiful
doormat with the word "Wel
come" upon it.
That the question, "How shall
we get 'em back on the farm?"
seems to be as difficult to
as the question, "How shall
keep 'em on the farm?
That it is hoped that the dis
position of the railroads will im
prove the disposition of travelers,
which has suffered severely
der government ownership.'
That the world is waiting with
deep anxiety for the college grad
uate's view of the peace treaty
and the financial situation and
the problems of reconstruction.
That Venus and Jupiter shine
close and brilliant in the early
evening. It is strange that
are not obliged to pay a luxury
tax for having two evening stars.
That the Germans style the con
ditions of the peace treaty
ous. " We wonder how they would
describe the condition in which
they left Belgium and northern
France.
That if some day you were to
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How Threads
Make Better
Batteries
The Willard Threaded Rubber Insulation is one of the
most important of many marked improvements which the
Willaid organization has made in the automobile starting
and lighting battery. °
The reasons why it means so much to you as a ear
owner are, briefly, as follows :
1. Insulation is considered by many electrical engin
eers the most important single factor in the efficiency and
long life of electrical apparatus.
2. Jn a storage battery the most important insulation i
between the plates—
Because the plates are the very source of the electrical
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energy.
Because the life of the plates and their continued ef
neieucy depends largely on the insulation.
Because it is sealed up inside the battery and cannot
be repaired or renewed without tearing the battery apart
3. The better the insulation, the better the battery
4. Willard Threaded Rubber is better insulation for
two great reasons.
■A. It makes possible, what has long been a dream of
all battery engineers :
A practical way to use rubber—the most durable
insulating material known—for insulating automo
bile starting battery plates without either decreas
ing the voltage in cold weather or increasing the
size of the battery beyond practical limits.
B. It makes the "StHl Better Willard" the only auto
mobile battery which can be shipped from the factory and
stored by the dealer in a BONE DRY condition.
HEST0N&MILLER
Willard Agency and Service Station
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hear a sound like thunder, and in
response to your amazed inquiij
were informed. "Oh, that was on
ly prices falling," wouldn't you
be delighted?
JUDGE ALDEN COMES
WITH GREAT LECTURE
Massachusetts Jurist Is of Mayflower
Descent.
Judge George D. Alden of Massa
chusetts, a direct descendant of John
Alden and Priscilla, Is one of the lec
turers of national prominence coming
to Chautauqua this year. Formerly a
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prominent member of the bench In
Massachusetts, be is now one of Amer
ica's leading lecturers. He has coma J
to be regarded as one of the great
powers for good In this country In the |
molding of public opinion and In the |
shaping of character.
His subject this year Is "Needs of I
the Hour." With a fund of rare wit,
absolute originality and a driving
forcefulness that carries conviction, ;
this lecture is a masterpiece of the
platform. _ __
War Mothers.
There will be a meeting of the |
War Mothers' Association Satur- !
day, June 7, at 3 o'clock in the
Red Cross rooms, and every moth
er that has or has had a son in
the service is requested to be pres
ent.
Any mother, step-mother, or
mother of an adopted son, is eli
gible to become a member; also,
any mother living in Lewis coun
ty whose son went to the service
from some other place is eligible
to membership. Come. .
Mrs. C. W. Yates, Pres.
H. G. Sasse, editor of the Fer
dinand Enterprise, is now putting
in his Sundays as an umpire in
the Prairie Base Ball League—a
real, if not always pleasant diver
sion from the daily grind of news
paper work—and he did the
umps" job on the Nezperee
Grangeville game in this city Sun
day.
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Everett Covey and Floyd Jor
gens went to Spokane last Sat
urday to bring back a hunch of
horses belonging to Ivan Jorgens.
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want you to know all about us and
methods. And we want to
know you and your needs
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Dressy Part of
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