Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, September 14, 1923, Page 4

ee ee fin i aoa Totes GE elusively: Cottonwood Mercantile, Winona and Cgtton- wood; Shoemaker’s, Nezperce; Moore’s Mercantile, Craig- mont; Reubens Supply Co., Reubens; Gilroy Mercantile, Kooskia. The melons are of fine texture and are strictly non-irri- gated. Melons are guaranteed to be ripe or another one EAT KAMIAH WATER MELONS Our melons can be bought at the fallowing stones ex- Our melons are grown under nature’s own formula. is given free to replace it. “NOTHING BUT THE BEST IS GOOD ENOUGH” ——GROWN BY—— Paul F. Corbett KAMIAH, IDAHO To most everybody 30x3% means USCO ‘ATURALLY USCO’S could hardly have de- livered such money’s worth —tire after tire—without making a clean sweep. It’s been a pretty performs ance every time—no two opinions about that. And no two opinions about what tire to get again aftera maa has once used USCO, United States Tires are Good Tires SERVICE GARAGE, COTTONWOOD, IDAHO FERDINAND GARAGE, FERDINAND, IDA. Northern Pacific Signals Cross ~ Half the Continent From St. Paul-Minneapolis, Duluth To North Pacific Coast INR CCE CH nine Nal i il ACEC half the continent—from the Mississippi River and head of the Great Lakes to the North Pacific Coast—the Northern Pacific is installing electric automatic block signals. This great undertaking is nearing completion. At the close of this year’s construction activities, all the main line of the Northern Pacific Railway from St. Paul and Minneapolis to Seattle, Tacoma and Portland will be protected by the most modern type of elec- trically operated block signals. In addition the important main track between Duluth-Superior and St. Paul-Minneapolis has the complete standard installation. Altogether, the Northern Pacific hes more than 2800 miles of track safeguarded with automatic block signals. The cost hasbeen more than $4,000,000. i Every possible care is taken to ive passengers on the Northern acific safe, comfortable, quick and completely satisfectory transportation service. In the last seven years the Northern Pacific has carried 60,000,000 people safely without a single fatal ident among its passengers. In 1923 the principal signal work on the Northem Pacific is being done on the Pasco Division, between Chenay and Pasco, Wash.—129 miles of track. Dakota Division, between Man- dan ond Jamestown, N. Dak.— 106 miles of track. Fargo Division, between Jamen town avd Fargo, N. Dak.—150 miles of track. On your next trip over the Northern Pacific watch the block signals, Notice the accuracy of their operation. They are representative of the scientific ecision, skill and gente which goes 0 © operation the North Pacific Ry. oy For tickets anywhere see GEO. POLER, Agent Cottonwood, Idaho e ‘ e the builders of the commonwealth by means of ‘side lines,’ such as selling i We Print Sale Bills insurance, collecting commissions on | fara Jonna, and trading in roalentate” a eases eh ti aN RCH RE Rice OO ti ie earner aet maaRNRRR NR Patt WAMPUM SOUND! By SAMUEL H. BEACH, President, Savings Bank Division, American Bankers Association, Although the United States is today upon a solid gold basis, we neverthe- less know of our own knowledge what inflation means. It would take long to recall in detail the bitter experiences which this nation suffered during the Civil War and the years which follow- ed it, and in our present easy condi- tion we might think 8. H. Beach such conditions could never again arise. But with such men as Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edison talking about commodity money there is no foretelling what may happen. One of the plainest lessons taught by financial history is that whenever a nation issues paper money with noth- ing back of it, that nation is on thy road to disaster. Look at Russia with its worthless rubles and Germany with its worthless marks. Think of what happened in France during the years immediately following our Revo- lutionary War. The common people of France rose in their might, tore down the Bastile, and made reprisal for centuries of kingly crime and oppression. The profligate court had piled up taxes un- til they were unbearable. The en- raged populace killed King Louls XVI, and also his queen, Marie Antoinette. But they only threw themselves out of the frying pan into the fire so far as finances were concerned. Unsound Money Tyranny At the very worst point of their cur- rency inflation they found themselves under the absolute domination of Robespierre. In order to meet the} growing scarcity of coin, paper money called assignats were issued. First 400,000,000 francs worth, then 800,000,. | 000 were added with the distinct un- derstanding that the 1,200,000,000 | would be the full extent of the issue. | This pledge was aoon broken and fur- | ther issues brought the total up to $,700,000,000 francs. Frightful depreciation was the in- evitable result; and legislation was passed making it a crime, with six years’ imprisonment as the penalty, if any one should refuse to take the pa- | per assignats at their face value. Just | | think of it! A French peasant after | working the entire yeay to produce a crop was compelled by law to accept | payment for that crop in paper mon- ey, which he knew to be worthless, or | go to prison. | It was simply legalized robbery. When the penalty was increased to | twenty years imprisonment the inevi- | table climax came. The Reign of Ter- | ror was at its height. Robespierre | was in supreme power. He suggested that more assignats be issued and if | the people did not take them the guil lotine should be the penalty. Robesplerre’s End ! This unheard of outrage was more | than the people could stand. An un-) known man arose on the floor of the | convention and denounced Robes-| pierre, reciting the heinous crimes he had committed, and so worked upon | the feelings of the audience that | Robespierre, the tyrant, became Robespierre, the convicted criminal. | Two days later he was led to the guil- lotine, France had learned her finan. | celal lesson well—that money must! have value back of it. The fallacy of unsound money is sure to confront us again. Never {a there enough of everything for all the | people. The struggle for existence is a real struggle, and those who find | themselves in the lower strata of hu- man society are ready at any time to grasp at fiat money or any of the oth- er things which misguided politicians hold out to them. My whole purpose is to drive home | the fact that danger lies ahead and to | urge every one to let no opportunity go by to use voice and influence to- ward keeping the wampum of these United States, as it is today, the soundest currency in the world. SOME BANK SALARIES Investigations made by the Missour! Bankers Association have revealed that 368 banks in the state in towns of under 2,000 population are paying | their cashiers and chief executives an | average of only $110 a month. Only 278 of the 1,162 reporting banks in| towns under 5,000 population pay the | president a salary. The report says: “It indicates that, even allowing for | the economy of living in small com- munities, the cashiers and managing | officers of those 1,162 banks, who re- ceive an average of $140 per month, either must have personal means to begin with, or must maintain the | standards necessary to their positions | as the leaders of their communities and 4 KEEP AMERICA’S re The Cottonwood Tailors He is Satisfied WE ARE HERE TO SATISFY YOUR WANTS IN OUR LINE. TAIL- ORING IS OUR BUSINESS. SUITS, OVERCOATS MADE TO YOUR SATISFACTION. FIT, WORKMANSHIP, GUAR- ANTEED. CLEANING, PRESSING, ALTERING IS ALSO OUR BUSINESS. COME IN AND LET US DO BUSINESS. YOU WANT OUR BUSINESS AND WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS : ‘Business is Geschaft | Richards & Son TIRES! TIRES! We Have Them? WHY SEND AWAY TO BUY TIRES WHEN YOU CAN BUY AT PRICES LIKE THIS? STANDARD OVERSIZE CORD TIRES THAT ARE GUARANTEED BY STANDARD MANUFACTURERS. 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