Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, August 17, 1923, Page 3

~ 3 alll<- (SAYS ALKALIE IKE.) Hay! Gad! Everybody’s givin everybody élse good advice nowadays. Corretin’ th’ other feller’s sins is our main oceypashun. “Work harder-perduce more”—every galoot they c'yn get his name in the papers is advocatin’ it—fer the other feiler. What th’ feller who owns eight autymobeels says ain’t got much. weight with th’ feller who wants ter jiggle roun’ in er Ford with er self start- er an’ er chattel morgage on it, The biggest hawg allus gets the most swill, but that don’t keep th’ runt frum tryin’ ter git er leethle. - Hay! Gad! Ef we don’t look out we'll talk each other ter death. Furst its one thing, then ’nother they preeches about. Wen Gooden wuz in this hear neck o’ th’ woods erbout er year ago he askt the peepul to lect him to kongress so’s he culd put er tarif on wheet so’s everybody wats’ perducen it culd erford to give their Fords to ower junk man an’ bye theyselves booiks an’ dodges. Well, bye th’ grace of public ignoranse an machine polertike he wuz ’lected by Gad. When he got ter Wash- ington everybody wux ’specten him fur he told em he wuz cumen ter show them durn canuks whether er not they wuz goen to send eny moer wheet in hear and rewen ower farmers. Th’ next thing we herd Frank’d dun joined er block of sum sort uv which he wuz th’ hed an’ th’ tarif’d gone over big. Wats happened everybudy noes and Borah told him so. Th’ price er wheet’s gone down so bad thet all the farmer hez got left of ther Fords is th’ rattle an’ the’ morgage. Hay! Gad! wouldn’t thet jar yu? Eny 6 year ole kid wuld a’knowed thet yu kant raise th’ price uv wheet buy maken th’ other feller sell his ’en to th’ same feller you’re tryin’ two sell two. Now hees hol- lern fer th’ nu president ter kall a extra kongress to fix er price fur. wheet, see’en his tarif Bill isent wurken. Hay! Gad! were is it goen ter stop? wat he says’d sound er durn site better’d if sum won else’d say it fer him. Ef we wur er farmer an’ we culdn’t git moren’ 80c fer wheet wat cost us 90e to perduce, yu no wat we’d do? Yu’ don’t eh? Well, durned if we no either. Ef it wuzent fer th’ fact thet peepul can still buy A number One slab wood cheapern they kin make jit theyselves the kuntry’d be rewn’d ard everybudy’d be leten his wiskers grow an’ turn holgeeveek. Hay! Gad! Its a helluva fix we’re in an’ |’am in faver uv senden men to kon- gress next time wat knows wat they’s talken arbout wen they sez its going to rase th’ price uv wat th’ farmers perduce. Thet kind er talk just rased votes an’ nothen else. >> Hussman Lumber Co. HOME SUILDERS AND BUILDING DOCTORS. CONSULTATION FREE, Friends of Youre in Yellowstone Park To Yellowstone Park Only $34.32 Round Trip from Cottonwood Geo. A. Poler, Agent, Cottonwood, Ida. U GEORGE MEDVED Issued Every Friday and entered at Postoffice in Cottonwood, Idaho as second-class mail matter. Subscription one year ; Six months - (Strictly in advance) INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS Copy for change of ad must be hand- ed in by Wednesday to insure change FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1923 WILL HAVE THOUSAND SPANS Bridge Connecting Florida Cities Is to Be in Many Respects a Re- markable Structure. A thousand span’! Where from— where to? New York to Liverpool is perhaps suggested, as you undertake to calculate mentally how far a thou- sand spans like those of the Queens- boro bridge in New York would reach, It is no such ambitious project, how- ever, for the thousand spans of this bridge would not cover the distance | from the Woolworth building to Sandy Hook, The spans will be very short —only about 14 feet each, but even 80, it will be some bridge! A mere $2,000,000 will build the 14,000 feet of structure and 16,000 feet of approaches, which seems a modest sum for so much bridge. The Gandy bridge, as it Is cabled, will be the largest undertaking of Its kind in America, with two exceptions —the Flagler-Key West extension and the structure at Salt Luke City, Utah. Its purpose fs to shorten the distance between Tampa and St. Petersburg, Fla., 388 miles. How long does it take to drive 88 miles? How must does It cost? Many could answer the first question—very few could correctly answer the last. The Gandy Bridge company is betting $2,000,000 that at least 2,000 motorists a day will spend 75 cents rather than drive an additional 38 miles to go from one of these Florida cities to the other.—Popular Mechanics Maga- ; zine. WOOD STRONGER THAN STEEL Process That Has Been Found of Re- markable Value in the Construc- tion of Airplanes. Plywood is wood of any variety that has been cut by a machine ‘into thin layers and glued together again in such & way that the grain of one layer runs at an angle to the grain of two ad- jacent layers. The strength of a ply- wood panel, In two planes, greatly ex- ceeds that of steel. With some wood, | by combining cuts it 1s even possible to get greater resistance to stress in all three-planes than steel affords, al- though it is rarely necessary to go | so far. Ordinary wood used for airplane construction is not required to with stand stresses in more than two planes. What plywood means to air plane construction is well illustrated In the case of the Haviland machine. Before that method of using wood was invented the best airplane wing rib weighed 7:95 ounces, and was capa- ble of sustaining a load of only 91 pounds, Since then the plywood rib used on the Haviland weighs 5.12 ounces, and will carry a load of 274 pounds, Horses On the Decrease. Man’s chief beast of burden, the horse, has decreased in numbers in the world at large about 11 per cent In the last ten years. Figures just made public by the United States De- partment of Agriculture show a falling off in the total head in 85 countries from 116,500,000 to 108,550,000. The decrease, however, occurred largely in Russia, where the decline was nearly 50 per cent, and the United Stat where the total has dropped from 23,- 145,000 in 1914 to 20,559,000. Russia's total in that year of 34,700,000 has dwindled to 18,507,000, giving the United States the greatest number. Gains were shown in Argentina, Can- ada, Spain and the Scandinavian countries. GEOGRAPHY LESSON The foundation stone for the first Moslem mosque to be built in France has just been laid in Paris with elabo- rate and impressive ceremony. The kingdom of Nepal, that lItes at the foot of Mount Everest, is un- known to the world except by the re ports of natives. NO MORE RATS or mice, after you see RAT- SNAP. Its sure rodent killer. Try a Pkg. and prove it. Rats killed with NAT-SNAP leave no smell. Cats or dogs won’t touch it. Guaranteed, 35c size - 1 cake - enough for Pantry, Kitchen or Cellar. 65c size - 2 cakes - for Chicken House, coops, or small buildings. $1.25 size - 5 cakes - enough for all farm and out-buildings, storage buildings, or factory buildings. Sold and guaranteed by TURNER DRUG STORE HOENE HARDWARE Snare ahs, son aaaapage menace ude INSECTS BREED IN MILLIONS Progeny of, Some: Flies Might. Even Be Counted In Bililone, Before the End of One Summer, The wonderful profusion with which sbe distributes living things is one ef nature’s most astonishing feats, We are accustomel to regard as fairly densely populated with human beings: our own country, for example, contains nearly 50,006,000; China about 400,000,000, and the whole world nearly 2,000,000,000 men, women and children, says London Tit-Bits. But mankind is one of thé smallest of nature’s races, A’ single cupful of pond water may contain more IIving creatures—not counting microbes or plants—than the entire human popula- tion of the earth! | Prof. J. Arthur Thomson has de- clared that there are at least 2,500,000 different kinds of insects and it is certain that the Insects of the world, if all were put into one gigantic scale pan, would easily outweigh the whole of the rest of the population, both human and animal. The greenfly that destroys our rose- bushes breeds at a stupendous rate. All those we see are females and they give birth every few days to teeming broods of youngsters, which are full- grown In a matter of hours, Huxley calculated that if the prog- eny of a single greenfly all survived and bred, they would In one summer outweigh every man, woman and child in China, It is lucky that the green- fly’s enemies—chiefly young ladybirds have appetites sufficient to keep the pest In check. APPEAL FOR FAIR TREATMENT How Portugal Makes Her Citizens Thoughtful of the Value of Her Forests, Travelers in Portugal report that in many places where tlinber trees are to be found—in woods, parks and gar- dens—one sees the following inserip- tion, headed “To the Wayfarer,” “Ye who pass by and would raise your hand against me, harken ere you harm me. “Tam the heat of your hearth on the cold winter nights, the friendly shade screening vou from the summer sun, and my fruits are refreshing draughts, quenching your thirst as you Journey on, “I am the beam that holds your house, the board of your table, the bed on which you Me, and the timber that builds your boat. “I am the handle of your hoe, the door of your homestead, the wood of your cradle, and the shell of your coffin. “I am the bread of kindness and the flower of beauty. “Ye who pass by, listen to my prayer; harm me not.” Nature's Wonderful Work. A pair of rats will have 100 young ones in a year, and as the young can breed at the age of four months, the family, including children and grand- children, would number, if unchecked, 2,012 in a year. It seems that nature first invented ways of letting animals multiply rapidly and then, becoming frightened of her handiwork, devised means for keeping them in check, But these figures are as nothing when we turn to the lower walks of life, Professor Lorande observed one famlly of tiny microscopic creatures for five years. ‘These minute things multiply by the simple process of splitting up into two complete living parts, and they do It once every sixteen hours. During the five years the famlly pro- duced millions of generations. Had all survived their combined mass would have been 10,000 times as big as that of the earth, Origin of Welsh Language. While some Welshmen claim that the Welsh language was that spoken by Adam and Eve, others more modest only insist that it was one of the original languages spoken at the Tower of Babel. Some cynics admit this, and tell the story of its origin thus: One of the masons at the top of the tower had plenty of mortar but no brfcks. The tower had reached such a height that he could not make the man below hear him when he called for more bricks. At last the latter, with wide-open mouth, called up: “What? Then the mason, exasper- ated, threw down a trowel of mortar which, lodging In the throat of the man below, resulted in his speaking Welsh for the first time, and accounts for the guttural character of the lan- guage. Secret of Glassware. It is probable that but few persons who admire the Irldescence of ancient glassware know that the prismatic hues displayed are a result of the decay of the glass. When disintegration sets in the substance of the glass splits into exceedingly thin laminae, which, as the sunlight traverses them, give rise to a splendid play of colors. As in the instance of the leaves of a for- est, these delicate glasses signalize their approaching dissolution by be coming more beautiful. Hostelry Famous in History. Near St. Martin’s church, Canter bury, England, is the Ship Inn. Ac cording to the London Dally Tele- graph, this establishment is to be closed and has been referred by the Canterbury licensing justices for com- pensation. The inn dates back to the WHO INFLATED. os THE CURRENCY? George E. Roberts Gives Com- mon Sense Explanation for Currency Increase and Decrease. GOVERNMENT. TOOK NO PART Due te Changes In Supply, Demand and Prices of Commodities Caused by War—Federal Reserve Not to Blame. The mistaken notion that the cur rency {a inflated and deflated by the government in the United States trom motives beyond the understanding of average people is effectually set at r by George EB. Roberts, noted banker and exponent of sound money, in an article in the Journal of the American Bankers Association. “There has been inflation by the governments of Germany and other Buropean countries, which have 1s- sued money for the purpose of paying their expenses,” Mr. Roberts say: “The United States Government has done nothing of this kind since the Ctyil War. “There is a genuine need for elas- ticity in the volume of currency, and for machinery to adjust it to the legit- fmate needs of the country. The meana provided are the Federal Re- serye Banks, authorized to issue cur- rency to their member banks, either in payment of deposits or for loans. Side-Tracked Like Freight Cars “More currency is needed in Sep tember, October, November and De- cember than in January and February. As business slackens, currency nat- urally retires from circulation, Money accumulates in the member banks and they send it in to the Reserve banks, which in effect retires it, as freight cars are retired when trafic falls off. “What caused the great inflation of credit and currency? It was due pri- marily to the war, which made ex- traordinary demands upon the indus- tries and caused a great rise of wages and prices. It was inevitable that more credit and money would “be called for to carry on business, “The boom year of business that fol- lowed the armistice was likewise ab- normal. The end of the war released a great many demands that had been held in check. The foreign demands upon us at first increased. There was a temporary stimulus, but the volume of business was abnormal and could not be sustained. Agricultural pro- duction in Europe revived, the prices of agricultural products moved back toward normal, importations from the United States. fell off, prices declined, “deflation” began. “Some say ‘inflation should not be permitted,’ but if war occurs inflation is unavoidable. Recruiting armies makes a labor scarcity. Contractors bid above going wages to attract men. The war industries did the same and the peace industries raised wages to hola their men. Governments of Eu- rope sent representatives to this coun- try to buy food and they bid up prices on the grain exchanges. Higher levels of wages and prices meant that more credit and money was required te handle business. More Business, More Money “The increased Issues of currency was a result of allowing business to go abead, upon the rising level of wages and prices. When a factory pay-roll doubled, twice as much cur- rency had to be furnished for it When cotton rose from 10 cents a pound to 30 and 40, more currency was required to handle the crop, and so all around the circle. “Deflation did not come by an act of the government or the Federal Re serve authorities in suddenly with drawing money from circulation. De flation came naturally when business fell off and prices declined. Just as an increasing volume of business ‘at higher pricea called more currency Into use, so a decreasing volume of business at lower prices released cur- rency from use and caused it to re turn to the Reserve banks. “There has been absolutely nothing new or strange in these price move- ments related to the war. Inflation and deflation have been just as al- ways when wars have occurred. The only new factor has been the popula tion. That is always being renewed, and most people do not learn by the experince of others. When Dard times come it is always the thing to lay the blamed on somebody, and this time the Federal Reserve System has taken most of it” AMERICAN SAVINGS INCREASE New. York.—Continued imcreasge ip the savings of the American people fe indicated by the latest national compilation just completed by the Savings Bank Division of the Ameri- can Bankers Association. Savings de posits in banks and trust companies of the United States were reportéd at $17,300,000,000, June 80, 1922, the last ayaflable nation-wide figures, as com- pared with $16,620,000,000, June $0, 1921. This is an increase of $680, 000,000 or 4.1 per cent. ina The number of sayings depositors, as indicated by the number of a> counts, shows an increase of 4.9 per cent, with the states reporting for the first time in 1922 excluded. The thira angual report of the Savings Bank Di- Vision on school savings banking also time of Queen Elizabeth, and a lease dated 1587 was produced in court, showing that in those «lays the house was let by the corporation to an al- @erman at the nominal rect of 4. ws increased Américan thrift, “L, t 29 pupils having savings accounts dpring the school year of 1921-1922 ay against 802,906. < i T'S. always a good time to buy Good- year Tires, for, as this chart shows, Goodyears are ed ss ely low, in and year out. But now is the best time, because- low 1914 prices, and their qui now is better than ever DR. J. E. REILLY Dentist Office, Nuxoll Block Both Phones DR. J. D. SHINNICK Physician and Surgeon Office over Cottonwood St. Bk, DR. WESLEY F. ORR Physician and Surgeon Office in Simon Bldg. Both Phones DR. C, SOMMER Graduate License VETERINARIAN Deputy State Veterinarian Residence North end of towa Both Phone KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Cottonwood Council, 1389 Meets the first and Vednesday of each month. Visiting knights welcomed George Terhaar, G. K. Barney Seubert, F. 8. SPPPOLTILLOOS00000000 O00 FOSO0GOOG0 000000000659 06® KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS McKinley Lodge No. 38 Meets every Tuesday evening. R. M. Matthiesen, C. C. John Homar, K. R. and 8. FELIX MARTZEN Secretary Treasurer COTTONWOOD N. F. L. A. If it is a loan you wat we can accommodate you. 5% per cent for farm loans. . Insurance in the Northwest- ern Mutual.—the policy holders company’’With* a ¢lean record and insurance at cost. The less fire the less cost. The more fires the more cost. Every’ poli¢y holder can Gut down ‘cost in a mutual by“care- fullness and fire prevention. CONTRACTOR & BUILDER Estimates furnished om any class of Work. Repairing promptly done. 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