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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-04
REVIEW OF 1906
WEEK ENDING JAN. 5. 1906


The new year dawned with thousand
people fighting fire IN Pacific Street.
Mayor Raymond called a meeting to
organize a fire department. CrlsWell d
Hill dissolve partnership. r. ii. McAtee
and Miss Lorena Rutledge, married at
Ogden Miss Lillian Powell and ID. II.
Mccullough, and Miss Mollie Frlckle
and Jas. Adams, Miss Eleanor Blthell
and David Hutchinson, married. Coolest
dav. 10 below. DIR. Hoover carved a
roast pig and cut his hand; took hike
to Zion to have it fixed. Fire at Dave
Morgans house. Hill & Thompson open
business.
JANUARY Il
The Armory buys piano. Sam Jones
at Pocatello. 1000 bunnies killed in a
drive. Brown-Hart Co. launched.
JANUARY 10
Chase Clark and Miss Jean Burnett
married at Mackay. Daughter born to
G. w. Hammond. Rising Steam Laun-
dry opened by X. Okomoto Workmen
began tearing down the old Snake River
Bridge. Charlie Hopkins died down on
the coast. John Danilson became dep
uty sheriff. Harry Bergman and Har-
nv Cannon open store at Ashton u. ..
Holley opened the new livery barn
back of the C. W. & M.
JANUARY rs
Son of J. III. Randall of Thomas died
Jan. 20. Marcie Hennifer and BENZ.
Harmon married at Thomas. Goshen
P.O. discontinued. New boy at the
home of Thos. Killian. Miss Jessie
Weaver died at Darlington. Three boys
tried for breaking windows at Riverside.
Scott McGill and Miss Florence Nc
Laughlin married. Steamer Valencia
goes down. Coolest day 2 below. BENZ.
Hancock died. Tattling Willie Earl
told. Sub station burned out and ev-
erybody rustled lamps or candles. Gith-
ems established the Shelley 1ndepend-
ent. Bingham County Democrat quit
business. The Idaho Republican moved
to Bridge Street, Brown-Eldredge Fur
niture Co. launched.
FEB. 2 a3.s 1s
Alex. Boyle and Hannah Galwich
married at Moore. New babies at the
Ahome of w. T. Lindsay and j. F. Grim
ett. W. G. Alfred of Groveland died.
Boyle Bros. & West sold out to Boyle
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Sylvia Wood, John Heaton and Miss
Carrie Fraker. Miss Cammie Standrod
died at Pocatelo.
G. A, Dobell left for tour of the
coast. Prof. johnson takes a trip to
Occur d Alene. Shelley has horse
show, Miss Edith lvie and David L.
Thorp married New boy at John Nei-
ders,Dan Jones loses thoro bred chicks.
Jas, Redman moved to Montpelier.
MAY Is
Charlie Paxton dies suddenly. East
ern Idaho Press Club organized at Poe.
atello.
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aAcKFooT. IDAHO FRIDAY JANUARY 4 1907.

daughter at l.. r. Aldrichs. Mrs. VIM.
Hancock died at Salt Lake. Albert
/ Lyons died at his home at Blackfoot.
Il. F. d. No. goes into commission.
APRIL6
Farmers begin spring seeding.
APRIL l3
A new boy at Oscar Wilde's. The
Idaho Republican interviews all the
| business men as to a commercial club,
and puts them on record j. T. Carruth
and Ed Bentley bot out the Blackfoot
Real Estate Co. Jos. Coumerilh returns
from Salt Lake. Rich & Peterson dis
solve partnership. T. l.. Jones, Ii l..
Braley and Will Heslop tell big rabbit
stories. Heslop gets the dollar The
Poky Tribune copies the story from the
Republican. The secretary of the V. |.
5. roasts the city dads, and the Repub-
lican sympathizes with dad A new
daughter at Robert Duncans. A new
son at Mr., Hazey's. Alvin Meakin was
buried. New baby girl at Susie Eng
lands. Married: M. j. Benson and Mary
Belnap. Louis Robbins and NJ. j. Ben
son leave for Europe. D. II. Biethon
incorporates the Arco LIMERICK Co.
Bart Hill and Miss Maude Bevans mar
ried. Mrs. Geo. Bumgarner and Mrs.
L. M, Capps were IN wreck at st. Mi
chaels, Nebraska returning from Kan
sas City. G. M. Bumgarner and family
and Geo. Bumgarner and family leave |
for Nampa. w. Il. Barnhert went to
Spokane. A. l.. Fowler resigned his
position in the post office. The Repub-
lican prints "booster' edition. City
dads had trouble with people on the east
side about the location of city lots, and
some refused to move their wells and
alleys. Sidewalks were all marked up
with chalk, and people kicked about
having telephone poles and alleys in
their yards. The ladies of Blackfoot
played the Tyrolien Queen, and gentle
men were admitted
APRIL 20
Miss Nettie Boyle and Geo. Ferris
w. G. Jenkins & Co. organic
eel for banking business at Mackay. i.
A. Sweet moves to Pocatello. c. Il. Kin,
ney q Sons Co. established. Earth
quake at San Francisco
APRIL 27
Mrs. A. r. Glessing returned from IL
linois. A. T Ryan and family return
from the big shake-up at San Francisco
d. I'll. Blethan returned from Oakland
and reported his daughter safe after the
Miss Alma Harris came
home from the Golden Gate, travelling as
d refugee. Earl Fisher writes home and
tells of things at San Francisco.
w. K. Curtis at Moreland had sixty
appletrees barked, and Stephen Farms
worth Jr was convicted Of dong it. Mr.. p
Curtis put on artificial bark and saved
many of the trees. New boy at d. j.
Grffiths'. VIM. Burroughs and Mrs.
Lucy M. Mcclure died at Moore Louis
Ferris and Miss Nettie Boyle OF Arco
DR.. OConnor Of Mackay
moves to Brooklyn, N. Y. Eugene Kim
oall moves to Nampa. Fire Department
received some apparatus. Mrs. W. e.
Barnhart goes to Toledo, la. VIM. Box
we'll & Son move to Mackay. Merchants
,nter into an agreement to close stores
1t $50 p m. Basket Ball Girls send a ,
carload OF supplies to San Francisco.
New boy at d. P. Pratt's. The Idaho
publishes stockman's edit
|
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daughter at l.. r. Aldrch's. Mrs. VIM.
Hancock died at Salt Lake. Albert
Lyons died at his home at Blackfoot.
Il. F. d. No. 4 goes into commission.
APRIL6
Farmers begin spring seeding.
April 13
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Notice to Our Customers.

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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-03-07
RANDOLPH TOWN MEETING.
Little OF an Exciting Nature.--contes,
for Road Commissioner.

Despite the lack OF exciting issues or
riyalries for oitice, 800 voters turned out
for the annual town meeting Tuesday.
There was just enough doi0g to make
things interesting. Ballots were had Tor
town clerk, first selectmen, road commits
sioner and town school director, that for
road commissioner being the closest, intro
ducing the same candidates that lined up
last year, with the same result. W.. Z.
Bryant defeated J. II. Wells, receiving ls0
votes to 10 Tor Wells. The present in
cumbent, h. A. Hatch, was reelected
town clerk, receiving i5s votes to ~ for
II. W. Vail.
Z. G. Clifford, second seleetman last year,
was elected chairman OF the board, but
declined and was excused. II. 5. Booth,
last years chairman, was then reelected.
He also declined and was excused. A. A.
Priest went through the same process.
Then, on ballot, II. A. Allen. third man
OF last years board. was elected first man,
receiving l2i votes to ~ for ii. w. Vail
and i3 for I. s. Chase. ID. II. Morse and
T.. 5. Hall were chosen for the remaining
places by acclamation.
IN the school meeting, the retiring di-
rector, Rev. l.. Z. Clarke, was defeated for
reelection by DIR. ii. l.. Newell, 10 votes to
IL.
The printed officers reports were ac-
cepted and adopted.
The selectmen were authorized 10 pay
from the town funds the deficit iu the
town highway account.
Voted SIS for observance OF Memorial
day.
Voted $500 for support OF Public library.
laid article on table relating to appro-
priation for soldiers monument.
Voted town tax OF i2c.
The town district voted i0c. special tax
toward retiring indebtedness, IN addition
- "a
schools.
The vote on license resulted:-Yes, ~;
no. 1si. The vote on this question in
Randolph the past few years has BEEN
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The complete list of town officers for the
ensuing year is as follows, the pound
keepers, surveyor OF wood and lumber and
fence viewers under tbs new law being
appointed by the selectmen:-
Moderator. ID. Denison.
Town clerk-E. A. Hatch.
Selectmen-H. A. Allen, ID. ii. Morse, 4.
s. Hall.
Listers-C. r. Granger, q. II. Temple,
G. s. Hail.
Auditors-C. r. Granger, j. W. Fargo,
A. A. Priest.
Tressurer-w. II. Dubois.
Collector-C. r. Granger.
Overseer-A. II. Beedle.
Trustee public money!. A. Thomas.
Constable--D. ID. Howe.
Town grand jurors-George ID. Hyzer,
d. ID. Howe, 4. ID. Camp.
Road commissioner-W. 5. Bryant.
Sextons-R. A. Smith, w. Il. Adams, 5.
X. Waldo.
Cemetery commissioners X. Waldo,
/. 8. Chase, j. W. Fargo.
School director, three years-H. L. New
ell.
Trustee Public library, five years.. F.
Mead.
Fence viewers Dix j. Camp, A. Il. Ed
son, q. d. Hyzer.
Pound keepers-G. ID. Hyzer, j. NJ. At
wood, A. w. Emery.
Surveyor OF wood and inspector Of lum-
Der and shiDges--L. Richmond.
Grand jurors-Luke Parish, II. V.
Fletcher, ID. II. Morse, Lyman Hutchin-
son, Irving S. Chase, w. A. Robbins.
Petit jurors-E. A. Thomas, g. w.
Douglass, Leon Drew, George w. Blod-
gett, S. X. Waldo, c. NJ. Waldo, Alfred
Bower. w. A. Jones, G. s. Smith, Alfred
Webster, Irwin Heath, Allen Chadwick.
ELECTION DAY NOTES.
"Joen Wells printed ballots were slow
in arriving, by which lapse his rival prob
ably proiited somewhat.
W. B. Wall was on hand, and actively
engaged, as Of yore. w. IL. Dubois and
N. l.. Boyden were missed.
The only espeechifying" was over the
choice Of road commissioner. Dana III.
Morse raised his voice in behalf OF J. b.
Wells, as did w. B. Wall, while Elijah Bal
louis plea for Bryant on account of his
ability to WELD the shovel proved prac-
tical one.
The vote throwing the deficit in the
town highway account onto the general
town expense means some injustice to the
incorporated district, which has to bear
about half of it, besides having its own
highways to care for. However, the bur-
den is not heavy enough to quarrel over.
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ABOUT 25 TOWNS
WENT FOR LICENSE
YES VOTE SHOWS FURTHER
FALLING OFF THIS YEAR,

INV w oSoteWn.--ooffc SVS tokos
up Burden Discarded by Barre
rown.--Four Counties pry.--elee-
low Beats Burke In Burlington.
Tuesdays municipal elections in Ver-
mont showed q further drift toward no
license, taking the state as whole.
About the same number OF towns as last
year voted yes, but several Of these went
by narrow margins, and others are 50
small that II will not be found profitable
to take out licenses. Between Is and 30
towns OF the 2i6 voted yes, including the
following Middlebury, Hancock and
shoreham in Addison county; Benning-
ton, Woodford and Arlington ia BEN
nington, ,Shelburne and 81. George in Chit
tendeu, Brighton, Canaan and East Haven
in Essex, Highgate, Richford, st. Albans
city and town In Frsnglin, Jay In Orleans,
Pittstord, Fair Haven, Rutland, West
Rutland and Csstleton in Rutland, Barre
city and Middlesex la Washington, YER
non and Rockingham in windham, Nor
wieh In Windsor, opposite Hanover, the
sea, OF Dartmouth college.
There is not license town In Caledonia,
Grand Isle, Lamoille, or Orange counties,
as far as reported. Morrisville and Hyde
Park in Lamoille changed fromyes to no.
The most remarkable result was Bur-
lington's no-license vote. BY n majority
OF i3l, the city declared itself dry, for the
first time under the present law. Colches-
ter tWinooski) also voted no. Barre
town, which was the oasis in Washington
county last year, went no, but Barre city
returned to the yes column. Montpelier
is no by larger vote than last year. Eut-
land, Bennington and st. Albans went
yes; st. Johnsbury, Brattleboro and
Northfield no. the latter by five votes.
Walter j. Bigelow, defeated last year by
j. 4. Burke for the Burlington mayoralty
by close margin, this year turns the ta-
bles on his rival. Burke was beaten by %
votes in the city's most exciting election.
II was Burke's trial for fifth term. The
Republicans, besides electing their mayor,
secure seven Of the twelve aldermen.
Montpelier and Barre elected their Citi-
zen's caucus tickets. Rutlsnd's new may
or, X. l.. Richmond, is Republican. He
defeated George c. Uhderhill. Citizen, by
a majority OF 1iS. The Republicans de-
!eated the Fusionists in Bennington. st.
Albans elected n. N Atwood, Republican,
for mayor, over c. w. Butterworth. by 100
majority.
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]. A. Harmon of Lizemore, West Va,
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former can gather his figures and data.
1t is a simple statement of things as
they exst-as they are in Birmingham.
Enter the dive!
passing hurriedly through the mot
ley assemblage that would bar the en-
trance, stand in the first partition, sepa-
rated from the den proper by swinging
door Greet the sleek and portly indi-
v!dual with the ralxish moustache who,
wping his lips with white apron, de-
sires to sell you a cigar. Note the labels,
the signs and crude ts-'bar-
relied whisky cents the drink. Hear
lust beyond the ribald song, the guffaw
OF the drunken, the loud laughter of the
'iollier' See, above the dividing door, the
onward drifting smoke, and catch from
beneath the innate odor Of the dive. And
then with mind in the proper frame, and
keyed up to comprehend the sights that
are about to be unfoded, swing back the
doors and gaze within.
1.-THE tobacco smoke In It's writing.
makes dim the globuar light. The
drunken fool with mouth expanded sleeps
heavily with head on table. Yonder sits
the 'fiend' drawn within himself in the
of man, hungrily awaiting the penny that
the merry idiot will throw his way. A
scrambling pushing, jeering mob theat-
ems to smash the counter, and would do
so but for the mandates of the 'barkeep,
who urges the gentlemen to have pa
thence, your time is coming See the mad
dened brute spring upon the throat of
his neighbor, to be brought, in turn, to
the sawdust by a cleverly delivered blow
of the 'barkeep,' who above all else de-
sir es peace Note the criminal eye that
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sweeps the building from corner to COR
ner, whose possessor cringes, changes his
seat, seeking always the darkest retreats,
the smooth fingered gent change the coin
of the helplessly drunk, giving in return
too little or none at all. See the keen
footed fitch a watch, and detected, plunge
headlong through the screaming crowd
scattering men right and left in his ter
rorized effort to escape with his pelf
Then note the calm as the bluecoat enters
to receive the description of the thief
See the hend' draw even closer within
himself or feign sleep. See the criminal
quietly rise and tiptoe his way to the rear
exit. See the drunken raise his heavy head
from the table and steer unsteadlly into
the cool air. Then the cop brushes out
again, and the natural chaos resumes its
sway.
Penetrate through another swinging
door, and behold the same horrible sights.
This is the negro section of the dive, but
more brutal Further through the dark
way follow a narrow path, and enter
the dive restaurant, where fume and
doors furously reek with one another,
and where on this side the negro, fat,
greasy gutterally laughs and satisfies
his appetite while on that sits the diver,
and him made dead drunk. Perhaps too,
there is a stairway, dark and treacherous,
that leads to the gamblers retreat, where
the inexperienced and lamb-like are
fleeced as expertly as on Wall street. To
see this sanctum you will have difficulty
in passing a 1iveried porter, who bows
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customed to, he would a tale relate to
make men stand Mortified, to move final
ly with a determination to do away with
the evil
From the very foundation" he says,
the entire structure is bad The dive
saloon was founded, or organized, per-
maps by some monied interest which never
approaches its horrid doors, for the
specific purpose of reaping a rich re-
ward from the sale of mean whisky to
the degenerate, the ignorant and the poor
OF purse With hardly an exception, there
is not a dive saloon in Birmingham
which has opened barrel of whisky
made outside of the city limits. They
sell the stuff that the chemist or the
rectifier has rendered imperfect.
when this person, employed by the
brewer or the wholesale dealer, has MAIN
tanned the proof and temperature of his
goods on par, he considers his entire
obligation to the government discharged,
and in return for his license may do
that which pleases him most. From one
barrel of pure whisky the 'rectifier' can
manufacture as many as three, five,
eight ten or twelve, this product be-
ing of the most inferior grade, a swallow
of which is sufficient to rob the mind of
intelligence, awaken In the breast the
devils that prompt to kill, do murder,
feed on blood, or glorify In its shedding
Cologne water, vinegar, prune juice, pep
per, coloring matter and chemicals are
made use Of until the original barrel
has grown to many times its original
size. Then the duty of the 'rectifier' is
complete. His preparation is barrelled
labelled-though not always as the pure
food bill demands-and carted to the
dive There 1t is dispensed to the fool
at the rate of cents per drink, and
the effect on the mind of the fool is
Al LII VII
is the kind of drink that the bad dive
dispenses, the kind which ruins homes
arouses the demons of crime blinds the
mind and stiles in the human breast
all that is good and pure 1t is said that
whisky has ruined thousands of men and
thousands of homes. just what percent
of the total is chargable to the 'rectifier'
cannot tell
This does not aspire to become a doc
ument from which the morallst or re-
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does not always have the tender heart.
Pity the wretch who is still within the
dive when the midnight hour comes.
His escort to the door is negro porter
and it's a negro arm or a negro boot,
perchance, that sends him headlong from
the door, out into the cold of a pitiless
night, without money, friends, or protec-
ton. His is the drunlSards' lot!
There Is an attache of the dive sa
loon known to the police as the roper
He is sometimes in me employment OF
the saloon, and sometimes does business
on his own account. 1t Is the function
of the roper to hail the middling' drunk,
escort him into the bosom of the dive.
there make him drunken still, and fitch
his coin by shrewd maneuver
1.-THE roper approaches one of the fell
lows merry with red wine. That he is
forgotten, causes some surprise, and a
moments embarrassment. However. the
roper is a good fellow, and is willing
to forget. The two shake hands, and
must have a drink. The roper buys.
Sometimes, as the case may be, 1t Is UNI
necessary for him to pay. Next, the
victim buys and scatters his change
about the counter. Soon. the victim is
done for, lies upon the floor, pennlless
The roper has gone for another fool
Stories of robbery have reached the police
on many OCCASIONS how the roper bor-
rows his victims money, or agrees to
keep 1t until the morning. Sometimes.
becoming sober, the victim complains.
But there is no clue to the villain in the
case.
1.-The Sunday dispenser is another well
known character He sells the thirsty
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A TOAST.

BY James Lindsay Gordon.
Here's to our first loves eyes." The
feast
Grows strangely calm and still;
The Jest on laughing lips has ceased,
The riot hushed, until
Over the wild. wine-sated throng
A deathlike silence lies
What was 1t hushed the jocund song?
Here's to our first loves eyes.'
Out of the mists of many years
Around this board they CLEAN
Lightened with laughter dim with tears,
Seen through a waking dream;
Black as the ravens glancing wing,
Blue as the April skies
Through silken lashes glistening-
Here's to our first loves eyes!
All, though they closed upon our view
To nevermore unclose,
What after-season ever knew
Eyes that were sweet as those?
And though they cause worn hearts to
throb
And make vain memories rise,
Choke back the bitter pain and cob
Here's to our first loves eyes,
Around the board the boards are gray,
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IN HAuNTs OF wILDRosE,

BY Ingram Crockett.
This is the spot where they in beauty
grew;
But now the sere leaves rustic meath our
feet,
Our roses dead; and yet in mem'ry sweet
AS on that day when walking, love, with
you.
We saw them standing here empearled
with dew,
Upon the marge of that wide sea of
wheat
Whose mellow ripples musically beat
The golden minutes under tJune's deep
blue.
SO let us keep them, all the roses rare
That with their loneliness make glad our
day;
What matter then. for wintry days OF
care,
What matter then, If skies be blue or
gray,
Our hearts shall be like gardens very
fair
Where fragrant blossoms shall be found
Away.
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and scrapes. demanding all the time, the
pass word, the open sesame"

and scrapes, demanding all the time, the
pass word, the open sesame.
Towards the reformation of the
dive" continues the experienced police
officer, "the present administration has
done much. Its horrors of today are not
the horrors of yesterday, by any means.
The pool table in connection with the sa-
loon is not tolerated. The tables whereon
dominoes and games of chance were for
merly found are removed. These tables
are now used for heads too heavy for
weakened shoulders. The saloon singer
is a parsonage of the yesterdays The
Sunday sale of liquors is cirmumscribed,
and a harsh punishment melted out to
convicted offenders.
But still the dive exists, and doing
its monstrous evil fattens. There are
still a few places in Birmingham where
over the same counter the white and the
colored thirsts are satisfied. There are
other places where in the same room
two counters are maintained, separated
only by an alieyway. There are numer-
Gus places where the negro is separated
from the whites by a swinging door.
There are several places where white
'barkeep' serves only colored patronage,
and the horrible intimacy is what re-
volts.
40 see the dive bedecked in all it's
horrid and gaudy colors, visit 1t between
the hours of and II O'Clock. The tur-
MOL, the horrible gluttony, the push and
JAM the ribald song, the drunken jest,
the fumes, the orders, the smoke, the
laughter, the piteous cries, and the
grinding cursesl Let not the kindly,
1orrid face of the 'barkeep' deceive. lie