Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, July 20, 1923, Page 4

m5 a meoey oe “pAUL REVERE RIDES AGAIN Patriotic Observance in Which City of Boston and Other Communi- ties Tako Part. In a patriotic observance the city of Boston, with the co-operation of several adjoining communities, in ac cordance with an annual custom, com- memorated the famous midnight ride of Paul Revere. The celebration in Boston began’ the night before April 19. “Patriot’s Day,” when a descend- ant of one of Paul Revyere’s contempo- raries hung a lantern in the belfry of the Old North church, just as was done on the night of April 18, 1775, Then on April 19 the ride to Lexington was repeated by a man on _ horseback, dressed to resemble Paul Revere, and who followed the route taken on that historic occasion. The messenger de- parted from the quaint little house in North Square where the real Paul Re- vere plied his trade as a silversmith, the crowded Italian quarter the old house stands undisturbed among the modern buildings that rise above it on all sides. In spite of the momentous conse quences of that 18mile ride in the Bighteenth century, comparatively few persons saw Paul Revere as he raced from hamlet to hamlet to spread the alarm of the British advance. The population, of course, was small; and besides, the only thing which the light- est sleepers could have seen as they tumbled from bed was a flurry of dust and a dim figure disappearing in the dawn. TOWN CRIER NOT OBSOLETE Villages Along the Rhine Still Employ Him as a Dispenser of Gen- eral Information. The town crier is still an estab- shed institution in towns and villages along the Rhine. With drum and bell be summons the housewives to the windows and sings his news in a whining monotone: “Officers of the French forces order that all lights shall be out at 10 o'clock. No one allowed on the streets after that hour. Herr Bingen has re- ceived a new shipment of women’s underwear and shawls which he will sell very cheap. The dollar ts worth 15,500 marks to day. One German killed and two wounded by the enemy sentries In Essen. Twins were born at the house of Herr Gortzen, who lives by the fountain in Bismarck- platz.” The echoes die away down the nar- row streets; the windows and doors slam; the bell rings again as the old man plods down the rough pavement to the next corner where the story {s sung all over again. And so on until all the village has heard the news, Dogs Efficient Guardians. The treasures of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts are guarded each night by two giant police dogs who are trained to refuse to accompany anyone but the watchman who has charge of them. At {Intervals each night they are led through the darkened galleries. All employees have been cautioned against remaining in the building after hours because of the danger of attack by the powerful canines. But for the inter- vention of the watchman recently, an official of the museum, who stayed un- til late in the evening, would have been torn to pieces, The Dance. Silver wreaths and snow white waistcoats, tulle and gold-tipped ciga- rettes, satin slippers and pearl studs, hampagne punch and rubber plants. Introductions and orchids, waxed floors and interminable waltzes. ‘“'Neath a South Sea Moon” and three no-trumps, stepped-on toes and Invitatlons to dinner the following Thursday, wilted collars and strawberry ice. A gather- ing of stags In the pantry, promises to telephone the next morning, the host surreptitiously glancing at the clock every five minutes.—From Life. Handicapped. A New York friend of mine re- turned from his golfing the other day. “Tiave a good game?” he was asked. “Rotten!” he replied. “What was the trouble?” “Oh, It was all my caddy's fault. He had the hiccups. Every time he hiccupped, I'd miss my stroke; and every time he didn’t hiccup, I'd miss it just because I was waiting for the hiccup to come!” — OChristisn Work. \Knew Him First. Our days of courtship were short and I had met few of my husband's relatives before we were married. Jane is fond of her uncle Fred and had not seen him for several months when he came home to visit, and I said: “You don’t know this man, dear, do you?” Jane readily answered: “That's my uncle. I knowed him ‘fore you did.”— Exchange. Natural Question. Two recent arrivals in a small coun- try town entered a druggist’s shop to buy some distemper for coloring a wall in their new residence, A nervous-looking assistant came forward. In reply to the question: “Do you keep distemper?” he stammered: “lg ft, is it for dogs?” Doge Brought Them Together. A new family had moved into our neighborhood. They had a small boy and also a dog. Our son had a dog. The first day the boys became chummy. On being asked how they got ac- quainted so svon, son said: “O, our dogs interduced us.”—Exchange. creak sts THE HIGH COST OF CHEAP MONEY Widows and Orphans Among Chief Losers From Unsound Currency. E. E. AGGER CITES EXPERIENCE Speculators Rather Than Inves- tors and Producers Win From Currency Depreciation. The losses and costs borne by the government and the people of the United States from unsound money experiments, from colonial times down, doubtless total more than our staggering World War appropria- tions, it is declared by B. B. Agger, an authority on economics, in the Journal of the American Bankers’ As- sociation. “Cheap money,” he says, is very costly, since frenzied finance, speculation and business disaster have invariably followed in the wake of unsound currency. He cites his- torical experience showing that wid- ows and orphans were among the chief sufferers. “New generations of adults, like children, have to learn over and over again that, when playing with fire, one runs the risk of being burned,” Mr. Agger says. “Indulging curren- cy heresies constitutes such an adult playing-with-fire. A glance over our own historical experience would dem- onstrate this to the most ardent ‘easy money’ advocate, but such advocates are usually those to whom history is ‘bunk.’ Soft Money Advocates Seek Profit “Unfortunately those who are will- ing to kindle the kind of conflagra- tion involved in ‘soft-money’ experi- mentation are not the only ones hurt. Indeed, they may extort an advan- tage for themselves. But the record {s all too clear concerning the mass of people. Heavy losses, injustice, disorganized production and numer- ous other evils are inevitable. “Unsound money projects impose heavy costs on the government itself. The first effect of cheap money is to raise prices. Mounting prices mean that, to meet its needs, the govern- ment must appropriate always larger sums, Again, dallying with unsound money weakens the government’s credit. Prospective bond buyers be- come hesitant when currency depre- ciation is threatened, because there is danger of agitation toward the pay- ment of government obligations in the cheaper money rather than in specie. Any such weakening of goverment credit means lower prices received for bonds, consequently greater burdens on the Treasury. Assuming that, in the end, sound principles triumph, the indulgences of the unsound currency days leave further costs to be met. If paper money has been issued it must be redeemed. If a government be unwilling to stoop to repudiation it must raise much more in taxes to pay for the paper money than it re- ceived at the time of issue.” The total effect of paper issues in increasing the cost of the Civil War Is estimated at about $600,000,000, Mr. Agger says, continuing: “Much more serious than the costs of unsound currency to the govern- ment are the heavy direct and indi- rect costs imposed upon the people. Our productive system is controlled through prices, and the upset of prices, caused by a depreciating currency, in- terferes with the proper harmonizing of the different lines of production. Price changes are not instantaneously or uniformly effected throughout the whole system. The result of an in- flationary movement is a stimulation of speculation and over-investment in some lines, with inadequate develop- ment in other lines. The period of speculation seems a period of prosper- {ty, but how false and unsound is such prosperity is disclosed in the stress and agony of the inevitable period of liquidation which, Nemesis-like, foi- lows on the heels of the boom.” Wealth Unfairly Re-distributed Mr. Agger then describes “the dts- tressing effects of an unsound money on the distribution of wealth among classes and individuals. Cheapening money through inflationary expedi- ents is a gigantic fraud upon the cred- {tor classes as against debtors. All those dependent on fixed incomes, or receiving specified sums in terms of money, are penalized when the pur- chasing power of money is depressed. In like manner the stockholder profits at the expense of the bondholder—a tact which implies a rewafd to the more speculatively inclined at the ex- pense of the conservative. “Advancing prices cause discontent and give rise to agitation and unrest among those whose incomes caunot Promptly be adjusted to meet higher Ulving costs. Strikes are fomented and production is curtailed. Bvery- body shares in these burdens. Lack of stability in money also undermines and weakens habits of thrift. A cor- rosion of the moral integrity of the people is inevitable. Dishonesty is stimulated and a desire to gain by speculation rather thaa to earn a live- “hood by productive and useful labor sauses a marked deterioration in pop- jor habits and character.” ‘COLOR 1S IMPORTANT FACTOR Interesting Experiments Have Shown That Light Paint Is Best for Ships’ Bottoms, Some interesting results have been obtained by J. Paul Visscher in his study of the fouling of ships’ bottoms. These results indicate that the color of the paint used is an important factor in determining the amount of fouling. Plates painted with different colors were exposed in sea water at the Beau- fort laboratory and the development of the growths was observed over a pe riod of several months. The plates were identical, except for the color used, and since all factors influencing them were the same, it may be con- cluded that any difference in the amount or the nature of fouling was dependent on color. These colors in- clude white, black, yellow, red, green and blue. The results show clearly that there was much more fouling on the dark’ plates than on those with lighter col- ors. The contrast between the white and black platés was especially marked. Barnacles, which constitute a large percentage of the total amount of fouling, were especially affected by color. They were found only on the blue and black plates and were more abundant on the’black, Hydroids were also practically confined to the dark plates, The results are apparently explained by the fact that at the time of at- tachment of the larvae to these forms the organisms are negatively photo- graphic, that is, they ténd to go away from the source of light. This expert- ment is in accord with observations made on the growth on ships’ bottoms where the densest growths are found in regions least exposed to light. The notes and tentative conclusions are at present based on a limited amount of evidence, and it is expected that the | problem will be more thoroughly in- vestigated through experiments in which many of the less-known factors may be more definitely controlled.— Fisheries Service Bulletin. PLACED HIS BET AND LOST Waiter Took a Chance, but Evidently It Did Not Happen to Be His Lucky Day. An old darkey waiter had served a modest but quite perfect lunch to two elderly and thrifty-looking guests. He had inquired how each dish sulted their taste, whether it had been sea- soned properly, if it was hot enough or sufficiently chilled. The check was presented at the close of the meal. It was $8.40. One of the guests glanced over it and placed a $5 bill on the tray. The waiter disappeared, all smiles, and returned with the change—a $1 bill and 50-cent plece and a dime. He put the tray at the guest’s elbow and waited doubtfully. He watched the dollar bill slowly withdrawn and then, after a painful pause, the 50-cent plece. The tray, with its lonely dime, was shoved toward him. He picked It up, looked at it sadly and gave a long sigh. “Boss,” he sald, “I gambled and I lost.’—Judge. Monaco Gambling Metropolls. Monaco, on the French Mediterra- nean coast, is the smallest independ- ent state In Europe, having an area of only eight square miles, but con- taining a population of 23,000. The principality, once considerably larger than at present, belonged to the Gri- mald! family, but fm 1861 Prince Charles III ceded the greater part of it to France. Monaco’s hereditary sovereign Is a prince, who is assisted in governing by a council of state. The prinéipal city is Monte Carlo, famous for its casino, the two others being Monaco and Condamine. Two Good Stories. Frederic Almy of Buffalo, N. Y.: “One of my favorite stories is that of the Frenchwoman who complained that she had been grossly insulted by an American with whom she was trav- eling. On inquiry it appeared that they had traveled alone in the same compartment for an hour and that he had-not once looked at her.” “If I may give two, I like also the story of the suffragist who cried out. “The Lord is with us, and with Her on our side we cannot fail,”—New York Herald. Boots. Father bought a palr of hip boots, im anticipation of the coming fishing season. ‘The boots greatly interested Ann, his three-year-old daughter, so one day when mother and father were preparing for a journey downtown, and mother was putting on her Rus- sian boots, Ann turned to father and said: “Daddy, why don’t you wear your boots, too?” Exasperation. One day while walking home I was much annoyed to find a dog following me. I turned two or three times and tried to frighten it away. When feel- ing that it was not coming back, sud- denly I heard soft footfalls. YT turned and said: “Will you go home?” Imagine my embarrassment to find an unknown man walking behind me. —Exchange. Forest Maps. Of the 181,799,997 acres included within the boundaries of the national forests, 20 per Cent is accurately mapped and 56 per cent has been cov- ered by rough reconnaissance, says the annual report of the forest serr- ice, United States Department of Agriculture. On about 24 per cent no Pes, yore, Bes Pee John Deere Har- vesting machin- ery, including Grain Binders, Corn Binders, lows Sul ry i 2 5 e satisfaction. You will like the de- pendable service they give. Our ads bring big results. We repair all makes of bat- teries. Cottonwood Garage. 80-tf We have 16-inch slab wood for sale at our mill. “ Hussman Lumber company. 27-tf Hemstitching. Mail orders prompt attention. Pauline Steltz, Genesee, Idaho 29-4 The Farmers. 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