Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, June 1, 1923, Page 4

| YOU SHOULD” KNOW THAT we have men’s athletic uhderwear at only 69 cents a suit. THAT we can sell you men’s union suits, summer weight at 98 cents. THAT we can sell you honey in bulk for 15 cents a pound, THAT we have hard wheat maccaroni for twelve pounds the dollar. THAT some new silks are on the way that are the rage for blouses. THAT tissue ginghams are only 68 cents per yard. THAT had it not been for the umpire the married men would have won. THAT choicé oranges are only fifty cents a dozen. THAT we have cups and saucers also plates only one fifty per set of six. THAT we have a good overall at only $1.69 per pair. THAT we are agents for the famous W C C cor- sets—none better. THAT we have had more rain in May than for twenty years. THAT we have sold almost 150 trimmed hats. Why? Because the price was right. THAT we have shoes for men at only ‘$2.98—good work shoes. THAT we have men’s oxfords at only $5.00. THAT is it cheaper to go to Lewiston by train now, counting everything. THAT Calument baking powder is pure cream. sak and not phosphate and only 33 cents per can, one pound. : THAT Brookfield cheese is better than any other and we always have it fresh. THAT Highland Coffee is a high grade coffee and ranks with the best high grades and only costs you 40 cents ‘per pound. THAT our store is the busiest place in the county and that your business is appreciated. r THAT this space will contain news that will be of eaten importance to you. Watch for it next week. ‘ ’ THAT we have shipped this year 687,642 eggs and can, ship more. | Legsett Mercantile Co. FARMERS! | . ATTENTION! BRING IN YOUR SMALL LOTS OF WHEAT LEFT OVER FROM SEEDING, EXCHANGE IT FOR FLOUR, AND BE ASSURED OF HAVING OLD WHEAT FLOUR TO RUN YOU THROUGH HAR- VEST. Silver Loaf Hard Wheat Patent Guaranteed Prairie Flour Mills Co. ACETYLENE WELDING BATTERIES Threaded Rubber INSULATION IN WILLARD BATTERIES WILL LAST THE LIFE OF THE PLATES OR IT WILL BE RE- PLACED WITHOUT CHARGE BY ANY WILLARD SERVICE STATION Service Garage P. H. Dye V. A. Dye DRIVE IN: WE’RE EXPECTING YOU MAGNETO AND GENERATOR WORK Wm. Buettner AUTO ODD DESIGNS ON TOMBSTONE Cow’s Portrait and Other Emblems on Marker Over Grave in Con- necticut Village. “All Ready, Mr. Cady,” is the Im scription to be seen upon the tomb- stone of Gurdon Cady in the Ever green cemetery, Central Village, Conn, Jersey cow, Rosa, which had a re markable record for the quality cf her milk, This record, “two pounds fif- teen ounces butter from thirteen quarts of milk” is carved upon the stone, On aother surface is the old violin ‘from which he extracted dance Tousic for many years, Under the in- strument is the legend “At Rest.” . Cady was the fiddler and the mas- ter of ceremonies at hundreds of dances throughout the state of Con- necticut and he was a well-known per- sonage. “All réady, Mr. Cady,” has reference to the signal which was al- ways given to iim to start the dance, While he was not averse tu taking an occasional drink of liquor, he wus @ stickler for the proprieties at the dances, and would not tolerate drink- ing or the disorder which sometimes goes with it. He built his own grave and placed g slab over it, and Jn his will directed that the grave be opened atone, On another surface is the old cronies. When they did this they found two bottles, one for each, and.a note directing them to drink heartily, which they did. The stone over the grave was of his own design. SUPERSTITION NOT ALL BAD Harmlees Little Beliefs That Do No Harm, and Even Make for Cer- tain Amount of Joy. More people are superstitious than one ordinarily might think. Many peo ple say they are not superstitious when they are; théy will hot admit it, but nevertheless these same people will not walk under a ladder and they have a queer feeling when a black cat crosses their path—that is, many of them do, Then, again, there are many people who are superstitious and do not know it; they are led this way and that way unconsciously by some little faith they cannot account for in something they know nothing about. “Well, after all, what harm is done? What would theré be to Halloween if it were not for superstition? What would there be tu the average wed- ding if it were not for the little su perstitions What the bride and her at- tendants have about it all—what would there be to a wedding, aside entirely from the sacredness of the ceremony, things? The world Is gradually outliving the superstitions that vexed it and caused much unhappiness, but there are some superstitions that we mever want to outlive—the superstitions that make for-Joy and call for more of the kind that can do no harm.—Marion Star. Not Awed by Size. Ted's father was a minister, and, according to some of the nelghbors, he was a typical preacher's son, Any- way, it was true that Ted was known among the boys he played with as a fighter of considerable ability. A boy that was any ways near Ted’s size hesitated for some time before he came to blows with him, One day recently Ted got in trouble with an older and biggér boy and it looked as if he might get thé worst of it. “You better come on; Ted,” one of his friends advised. “That kid is too big for you and you'll get hurt. Look at ‘tm how big he is!” ‘Ted sized up his enemy and sneered im complete disdain: “Say,” he called to the other boys, “I wouldn’t care if.that guy waa bigger than the church debt—I ain’t afraid o’ him!”—Kansas City Star. Eclipse Frightened Greek Army, ¢ The ancieut Greeks and Romans be Weved firmly in signs and portents, and they regarded an eclipse of the sun or moon as ap evil omen. Nicias, the Athenian general, was sc terrified by an eclipse of the moon that he dared not defend himself from the Syracusans, in consequence of which hig whole army was cut to pieces and he himself was put to death. The Romans would never hold a public as- sembly during an éclipse. A very general notion obtained among bar barjans that the sun or moon when in eclipse has been devoured by some monster, and hence the custom of beat- ing drums and brass kettles to scare away the monster. The notion of the ancient Mexicans was that eclipses were chused by sun and moon quar rels, in which one of the combatants was beaten black and blue, Tree Stumps Centuries Old. Stumps, said by the geological sur vey to be 10,000 years old, have been excavated from a depth of 40 feet below the present surface “ot the ground at Washington, D, C. It is said that they have probably been immersed {n water ever since some stupendous conyulsion buried them, Kept constantly wet, they would be preserved indefinitely, Four of these stumps were more than 14 feet in diameter and 54 feet in girth. The bureau of standards asserts that they are the remnants of trees of tropical growth, indicating that the site of Washington was, in the long ago, a tropical location. No portions of the tree trunks he longing to these stumps were found in the excavations excepting the short if it weré not for these) Beside this there is a portrait of his | | “Human Hearts.” AREAL PLAN FOR WORLD HELP Fred I. Kent of American Bankers Association Initiates Move to Grapple With Problem. SUGGESTS TERMS OF U.S. AID Proposes European Economic Agree- ments—Better World Business for America in Return for Credits and Partial Debt Cancellation. Agreements by Europe to make, in exchange for American financial help, economic reforms that will insure Profitable international business for the United States, 1s the basis of a plan for world rehabilitation worked out by Fred I. Kent, chairman of the Commerce and Marine Commission of the American Bankers Assoclation, Mr. Kent, as a delegate of the associa- tion, recently laid this plan before the meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce at Rome. He pointed out that the United States has no right to attempt to dictate to Europe, but that “when {it comes to loaning our money we have a right to demand satisfactory agreements before we do so.” He continued: How America Gan Come In “As America has not the right to demand that the budgets of Huropean countries be brought into order, that inflation be stopped, and that mutual undertsandings between the Allies and Germany be developed, these matters can be approached only on the basis of what America has that she can give to Europe in exchange for agreements which she believes, if carried out, would result in increasing the trade and commerce of the United States in sufficient volunie to justify such ac tion. ‘ “From the standpoint of America the two questions of primary impor- tance are, what! !.xation will be neces- sary to meet the requiremopts of our government, and, second, what income will be left to the American people after the payment of taxes. If the Allied debts are paid in full the peo- ple of the United States will not have to meet Liberty bonds outstanding against them through taxation. If the buying power of Europe is not restored the*total national income of the peo- ple of the United States will be less than otherwise. If a portion of the Allied debts can be cancelled in ex- change for agreements which will promptly place European countries on a sound economic basis, the restora- tion of the buying power of Europe will be greatly accelerated, andthe total national income of America will be increased,” An improvement in foreign markets for American products is an essential element in Mr. Kent’s plan. He says: “If, after deducting taxes necessary to cover the portion of the Allied debts cancelled, the increase in the total# national income of America is greater because of the greater buying power of Europe hrought about by means of such Cancellation, the people of the United States would be the richer, There would seem no doubt but that everyone would vote for cancellation if it would assure greater national net income, with economic : peace \and greater happiness for all peoples. “The real question, therefore, is whether it would be possible to co- operate with European governments along such lines that, in exchange for cancellation of a portion of the Allied indebtedness to the United States, they will give agreements aiming to correct those things in their coun- tries at present economically unsound. It 1s not conceivable how mere can- cellation could be anything but harm- ful, unless accompanied by economic readjustment all along the line. “Further, agreemenis along the Mines mentioned could not be made effective unless the whole reparations tangle ig settled. At the same time, therefore, that negotiations are being carried on {in connection with any possible trading of the portion of the Allied indebtedness Sgainst agree- ments that will lay a better founda- tion for progress toward prosperity in Europe, positive agreements must be made between the Allies and Ger- many in connection with reparations that can and will be lived up to, A Loan to Germany “A loan to Germany of sufficient aize to restore her economic situa- tion and enable her to make progress toward paying reparations, and which came ahead of reparations, with a stabilized Europe, would be abso- lutely good, and if made at the re quest and for the benefit of the European Allied countries, it could undoubtedly be placed in America. “The constant friction which bas extsted between Germany and _ the Allies because of the reparations would be eliminated. Confidence would be restored to the peoples of Europe, whose badly shaken morale \s probably the greatest obstacle in the way of accomplishment of those things necessary for stability. “No force exists In the American Government which would permit ne- gotiations such as those outlined. But the American Congress is the servant of the American people when the peo- ple choose to make it so. It is con- ceivable that the effect of an aroused public opinion over co-operation with Buropean nations to restore the busi- ness of the world would cause the members of the new American Coa- Poadessordostectorte ete decterteet gress so to express themselves as to warrant the Administration in under- taking negotiations subject to later ratification by Congress.” 2 Concrete on the Farm One of the largest. fields of usefulness of concrete on the farm is in building tanks, troughs, bins and cisterns, bog wal- lows, dipping vatsand manure pits. Also, a concrete stave silo, like the block and monolithic structures, is wind proof, rot proof, and fire proof. When you decide to build with concrete see us. Madison Lumber & Mill Company POOLIOPO DO POOPED HOH Simon Bros. Wholesale and Retail BUTCHERS Dealers in Hides, Pelts, and all kinds of Poultry COTTONWOOD, IDAHO ODDS reierr eeneecestececeeteceetecectentecrndecetetereetete ct ntecentetete ated etede aero terete o> Nims’ Pool Hall QS Cigars Tobacco Soft Drinks and Candies Paapeeadeedeete odeetestestoete ee oe i a es te a Was the most direct trans- continental route when it was blazed —and IS NOW But it’s easier to “negotiate” now than then, and the REDUCED round trip SUMMER EXCURSION FARES in effect daily between May 15 and September 15 over the UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM will make it very attractive. Study this table. Denver. . .00 Buffalo $115.62 Sis ci “288 Loui ” . ‘6.50 Phisdelpbia 139.92 Chicago . .81.00 NewYork . 14240 Detroit , . 100.62 Boston., . 48.50 Cincinnati . 101.30 Atlanta . . 112.55 Toronto . . 108.75 Montreal . 127.75 ith corresponding fares to other important centers. Final return limit October 3lst. Liberal stop-over privileges going and returning. A side trip to Yellowstone at small additional P cost will afford the experience of a life time. 4 Call us by phone and let us make all your arrangements, it costs no more and willsave you lots of worry. GEORGE POLER, AGENT Cottonwood, Idaho ’s along trail From the North Pole to the South Pole, but Royal Bak- ing Powder-went with Ad- miral Peary—Amundsen has it with him now. It went with Scott to the South Pole. Stanley had it in darkest Africa. Royal is the only baking powder you can buy anywhere under the sun. 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