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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-12-06

We cannot but admire the perfec.
ton Of the world. How wide, how
rich! Every faculty of man is called
forth to subdue its fruitful soils, Its
navigable seas, its mountains of met
al and stone, its forests OF woods,
its animal life, its chemical ingred-
tents, its powers of light, heat, at
traction and life. Man in the pres
ence of all these forces seems but a
young child. His expanding mind
cries out, What does it all mean?
Where did it all come from? What
is its destiny?"
These thoughts have been the won
der and entertainment of the human
Esprit from all ages, and ever will be;
yet the problem which they suggest
can never be fully solved, except as
the spirit gradually awakens to the
knowledge and appreciation of Gods
divine Providence in and through
and above everything, operating for
mans good, caring for his children
as loving Father.
Why flow the rivers, but to make
glad our fields? Why sparkle the
fountains, but to quench our thirst?
Why shines the sun, but to bless us
with its warmth and light? Why bios
som the flower, but to cheer and up
lift us by it's beauty? Why sings
the bird, but to fill the world with
music?
Oh, may the teaching of this
Thanksgiving address lead us to
more perfect recognition of God in
everything. Let us place implicit
trust and confidence in His guild
ance and protection, and strive to
render ever more and more that low
ing service of praise and thanks
giving which so delighted Him.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-12-06

lists after their first harvest by set
ting apart particular day. From
that year to this, Thanksgiving day
has been regularly observed. Dur
ing the Revolutionary war a day of
national thanksgiving was annually
recommended by Congress. In 1864,
President Lincoln himself appointed
the day and since that time each sue
ceeding President has done the same
But some Of you may ask, Why
should we be thankful? What has
God done for US especially that should
call forth this extra service OF thanks
giving?
Ny brethren, look around you; con-
slider first the blessings that have
come to our nation.
While other nations have been in
throes of war distress, we have en-
joyed peace and plenty. Our govern
mental affairs have been wisely and
judiciously administrated. Progress
in the arts and siences in the num-
berless inventions Of the day is self
evident. The harvests have been
abundant and those who work with
hand or brain, have reaped a
well-merited reward. Never has there
been time when truer and broader
views Of religion were held and wo-
men who gave of their time, labor
and substance. He has blessed US
with confidence and respect of the
community. He has blessed us in
choosing us as channels whereby the
little may be taught of his love.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-12-06

done In the country-he said. 81 an
going to have an education" HI
fou ght his way thru college and grad
uated from Wesleyan University al
Middleton, Connecticut. He wal
$1,000 in debt and very anxious te
take some post graduate work, but
you don't care for details; he has
paid that $500 and interest, and
has done lot Of work in Washing
ton, Oregon and Idaho. Whitman
College at Walla Walla. Washing
ton conferred on him the degree Of
D. D., which he says in jest means
Donated Dignity"
He has been minister since 1880,
and his work has been in Idaho since
1889. For more than twelve years
he was presiding elder. He did much
pioneer work in Northern Idaho
where the harbingers of civilization,
the peaceful Indians and the turkey
shooting stock man from Missouri
and Arkansas, were the principal
He knows the country
of the Two Wallas (Walla Walla).
The Inland Empire, watched the
growth of the Occur d'Alene trubles,
can tell good stories of The Elijah of
The Occur d'Alenes, and has brush
ed shoulders with men in all stations
and conditions afforded by our Red
Men in the tepes, cattlemen in camp,
well-regulated towns, and mining
camps run wide open"
He Is the author of a book entitled
Blazing the Way" which he had
in 1905, and tells OF con-
ditions he witnessed and work he
did in Idaho, and as you read the
book you can put your hand on the
men" he describes, If you are at all
with the geography and
characters of Idaho.
We are not advertising his book,
but now that we think of it, the
price is dollar, and you may be able
70 get it of the author.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-12-06

eyes,"
Yes, my brethren, God Is still the
great Sustainer Of all life.
In the words of the Psalmist:
HE covereth the heavens with
clouds,
and prepareth rain for the earth |;
He maketh the grass grow upon the
mountains, Co.,
and green herd for the use Of men;
He giveth fodder unto the cattle,
and feedeth the young raven that
doth call upon Him"
And yet God works by natural
laws which He himself has provided,
and in them he -withdraws from the
observation of the thoughtless null
titude that fails to recognize His pres
ence.
Season after season in unbroken
succession the harvest is renewed.
The corn and wheat is freely dealt
to all creatures and never-broke sill
ence with which the old bounty goes
forward has not yet yielded one word
of explanation. Nature everywhere
testifies to the infinity of it's Author.
l do not except the most common
thing. Behold the humblest little
wild flower! To produce it all nature
conspired together. Into itself 1t re-
ceives the influence of all the ele-
ments-light, heat and moisture.
Sun, earth and ocean met to pay it
tribute. Oh that we could awake to
a fuller realization of this never
ending miracle Of Nature!
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-12-06

. A special service of Thanksgiving
was held at the Episcopal Church
Hast Sunday evening. and some music
rendered appropriate to the occasion
by the vested choir. The church
building was taxed to its greatest
seating capacity by the large con-
sregation. Following is a synopsis
OF the sermon delivered by the rec
tor, Rev. Award Chamberlaine:
In everything give thanks, for
this is the will of God in Christ Je-
sus conserving you. I Thess. Wis.
1t is eminently fitting that at this
time the people of our great Com
monwealth should observe, with
greatful and reverent hearts, Gus
tom which has come down to us
hallowed with the traditions and
sanctifed with the memories of the
past.
The prosperity of our country
during the past year has been mag
nificent. Our harvests have been
bountiful; our flocks and herds
have thriven and multiplied; our
mountains have freely yielded up
their treasures. Health has abided
in our homes: peace has brooded
over our community. The fire Of pat
riotism have burned with undimmed
brightness. and the social, education
al and spiritual uplifting of our peo-
pie is as noteworthy as it is exalting.
The year has truly been a blessed
and happy one.
Therefore, we do well to gather
in our social places of worship, as our
President has advised, and devotedly
give thanks to our divine Father for
all the blessings which we have en-
joyed.
Thanksgiving day is exclusively an
American institution, and has been
observed from very early Colonial
days. Geo. Bradford of Mass. in the
year 1921 made provision for the re-
joicing of the New England colon
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-12-06
Eastern Teachers Here.

Miss ANGELA Mcdonald came here
recently from Michigan and Is teach
ing at the Wapello School. She
boards at Jas. Mackie's.
Miss w. Davie OF Michigan has
opened school at the upper Tilden
district and lives at Mr.. Cooper's.
She was in for examination last week
and she and Miss Mcdonald took q
trip to Ross Fork Saturday to see
the Indians and witness the issuing
of rations and the payment of few
thousand dollars due them. Both
Of these ladies declare they like Ida
no with all Of Its dust and long dis
tances thrown in.
Miss Emma Skinner who teaches
at Goshen, was in for examination
last week, and was granted certif-
cate.
Twenty-one teachers were here for
the examination, making sixty who
have taken the work since August. A
good many have left the county, and
II other localities are getting our
teachers away from US with better
pay or better treatment, 1t is up to
us to find out what 1t is and match
1t. other articles In this issue viii
give trustees few pointers they
might do we'll to consider. Our
school houses are not receiving the
attention they should.
The following is a complete list Of
the names OF teachers who were In
for examination last week:
Winstead Davies, Tilden.
Angela Mcdonald, Wapello.
Emma Skinner, Goshen.
Edna Anderson, Idaho Falls Dis
trict 81.
Rena Anderson, Shelley.
Anna Monson, Iona.
Nellie Manson, Stevens.
w. J. Roark, not located.
Isabel Hanna, Presto.
Edeth l.. Philips, Idaho Falls.
Enid Relson, not located.
Mary Grinam, Idaho Falls.
Anna Heines, Idaho Falls.
Evelyn Mokler, Idaho Falls.
l.. r. Switzer, Idaho Falls.
Charloth r. Davis, not located.
Helen C. Johnson, Idaho Falls.
Catheryn Shonnessy, Idaho Falls.
M. ]. Abelson. Idaho Falls.
Virginia Adams, Idaho Falls.
Lydia e. Peile, Idaho Falls.
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Against the Sunday Law.

| In view of the strong effort now
being made by the National Reform
Bureau headed by the Rev. DR.. Tufts
to create a sentiment throughout the
state which shall demand of our next
State Legislature that the present
State Sunday law shall be made more
restrictive in it's provisions, would 1t
not be the part of wisdom to study
more closely into the character of
this legislation? 1t is commended that
all that Is aimed at In this law Is to
enforce civil rest day; but is this
true? The Fourth of July is a civil
rest day with purely civil founda-
ticn. Would the advocates of Sab
bath law be satisfied with such a
rest day? Certainly not! That Is
just the thing they do not want.
Every purely civil holiday has as its
foundation some important National
event, such as the declaration of the
Nations independence; the birth day
of its heroes, etc., but what civil re-
ason underlies the enactment of Sab
bath laws? No reason whatever
Upon what foundation then do
Sabbath laws rest? There can be but
one answer and that Is a religious
basis. We are wholly dependent up
on divine revelation for our know
ledge of which day Is Sabbath or the
manner of It's observance.
The selection of every seventh day
as day Of rest is not suggested by
In nature. The birds sing,
the flowers bloom, the showers fall,
the grain ripens on the Sabbath just
as on other days.
The only reason for Sabbath rest
is given in the command of God
which says The seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord Thy God, not Of
the State.
That Sabbath laws are religious
in their application Is further demon
strated from the fact that all per-
sons in orded to avail themselves of
an exception when provided, are re-
quired to give evidence that they
conscientiously" or "religiously"
observe some other day as the Sab
bath or Lords day. No purely civil
law exempts for religious reasons.
1t is also significant that the demand
for Sabbath legislation always comes |
from religious people.
The Rev. DR.. Tufts Is radical
and the Reform Bureau
which he represents ia the evolution |
Of a religo-political movement or
yanized in 1868, and known as the
National Reform Association, the OBJ
ject of which Is stated to be ITO
secure such an amendment OF the
OF the United States as
will declare this nations allegiance
10 Jesus Christ 800 and 80 indicate
hat this Is Christian nation and
place all (not Sabbath laws only. but
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alb Christian laws. institutions and
usages Of our government upon an
undeniable legal basis in the funda-
mental law of the land" II is to be
seen from the above statement that
the securing OF Sabbath laws is the
beginning Of very significant and
extraordinary revolution in the exer-
else OF governmental power in the
realm of religion, which contemplates
the establishment of every religious
dogma and usage and institution by
the civil law. II therefore we are
not willing to accept the logical Sc
puence of this movement why should
we take the first step which may
make the second easy, and even ap-
parently necessary?
That we may not be misled as to
the ultimate end sought by the Nat
ional Reform Association in securing
the committal of our legislators to
the principle Of religious legislation,
l shall quote the words Of one of the
secretarys of the association, Rev.
M. A. Gault, as follows:
1--WE need to correct our most un-
fortunate attitude under the First
Amendment which restraints Con-
gress from prohibiting the free ex-
ercise of any false religion such as
Mormonism, Oneidism, pagan idol
airy, etc." - Christian Statesman
1898.
But who shall decide what religion
is true and what is false?
l wish also to note that this de-
mand on the part of church leaders
for the protection of the Sabbath is
a radical departure from the senti-
ment entertained by the evangelical
leaders of earlier years such as
Charles Wesley, DR.. Adam Clark,
Luther and others.
The noted commentator, DR.. AL
bert Barnes said: IF we can have
4 Sabbath sacred in its stiffness and
It's associations, maintained by
lealthful popular sentiment rather
han by human laws, Christianity Is
'afe in this land and our country is
safe. If not, the Sabbath and re-
igion and liberty will perish togeth-
II. Practical Sermons.
Alexander Campbell, the founder
# the Christian church said: There
ore to command unbelievers +** to
'bserve in any sense the Lords day
8 anti-evangelical and contrary to
he gospel. Memories of Campbell,
vol. /, page 528.
Mr.. G. H. Sturgeon, the great Bap-
list divine, once said, your Sunday
ills and all other acts of Parliament
eligion, seems to me to be all wrong.
i've us a fair field and no favor and
ur cause has nothing to fear"
This is in perfect accord with the
words OF George Washing
On when he said, Every citizen Is
to God alone for his re-
gious faith and should be protect
1 in worshiping God according to
lie dictates of his own conscience"
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MOSTLY Fools?" Or Merely Acting
Foolish, Which?

(Rev. w. w. Van Dusen of Idaho
Falls.)
| Was it Carlyle who made an esti-
mate of the number of the human
family and then added, mostly
FOOLS? / do not endorse this rough
and unkind conclusion, for l do not
believe it to be true, and yet who of
us is there but must admit that many
persons, including ourselves, some
times act very foolishly? Does not
the average person display during his
short and uneven life, large amount
of folly? If the judgment of people
is sound, is it not true that the con-
duct is often out of harmony with
the judgment? In illustration of this
what shall we conclude as to the con-
duct of many people regarding the
highest and best things in life?
What are some of the best things?
They are those institutions, facts of
being, memories, and associations
which always have been, and still
continue to be, in the highest sense
helpful to human happiness and we'll
being. Among these must be count
ed the home, the school, the church
life, good literature, uplifting music,
polite manners and refining and
purifying associations. Yes, we will
add money to the list, for as a medi-
UNI of exchange and means of OBJ
tanning good things 1t may be fairly
counted in the catalog of good
things. In our best and most thought
full, and therefore most honest moods
I am sure we must confess that the
foregoing list contains the vital and
most valuable assets Of mankind.
Yet how frequently do we see peo-
pie abusing a part or all of these
valuable possessions! 1t is often the
case that undue stress is laid on one
item to the expense or even ruin of
others. Here Is a man, and his num-
Der is large, who gives free play to
his baser nature in his desire to have
a good time" right now. He does
he now wishes to do. He
may be hard worker for most of
his time, and he succeeds in saving
some means, but in his desire to
have good time he yields to his
weakness, and In few days will
squander all his earnings of the past |
several months in the saloon or at
the gaming table, or In some other
form of physical dissipation. What
q good time" he has of it! AS a |
result those dependant on him suf-
fer inconvenience and want. His
near friends suffer chagrin. He him
self suffers remorse. And yet he will
do the same thing later on. II this
man is not fool" he acts like one.
Take case of different type.
This person Is a rancher, a well-to-
do man with growing family, liv-
Ing in the Snake River Valley where
Nature has done SO much for its
people. This man is earning and re-
ceiving good living, and each year
he Is saving money and getting
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The San Francisco call., 1907-06-25
|. RI AMI LOVER ARE
RELEASED FROM JAIL

OAKLAND, June 6.-After having
rsen detained In the city prison for a
LAY and night, IL year old Stella Foy,
Who ran away from her home in Gin
innsi TO join her lover Charles Nell
son, with whom she was arrested in
this city, was released with the latter
this morning Acting Chief of Police
Petersen received instructions to free
the pair from Constable NJ D. Parker
Of Cincinnati. who informed the local
authorities that there would be no
prosecution.
Nelson came 70 Oakland about three
months ago, having left Cincinnati be-
cause OF the objections Of Miss Foy's
father and mother to his attentions to
the girl. A few days ago Miss Foy left
the home of her parents and started for
this city TO Join Nelson. Her father
Immediately took steps to cause the
arrest OF Nelson, whom he charged
with having enticed his daughter from,
home. Nelson was arrested at 1885
Twenty-fourth avenue and later the
girl was taken into custody as she left
the train at the Sixteenth street depot.
On being notified that Nelson and his
daughter were in custody, however,
Foy relented of HIS determination to
prosecute the former, and this morn
ing came the request for their release.
Miss Foy VIII e Is years of age in
August and declares that she will mar
~ Nelson the moment she is her own
mistress
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-25
SAN MATEO SUPERVISORS
REJECT COURTHOUSE BIDS

REDWOOD CITY, June 24-The board
of supervisors of San Mateo in special
session today SHE'D at the bids offered
by contractors for the restoration of
the county courthouse. Believing FIVE
active and rival firms were out for the
contract, the revelation that but two
had taken up the proposition has put a
bee in the official bonnet and the deal
will be probed. BY unanimous vote the
figures submitted by w. F. Hanrahan,
street contractor of Palo Alto and
San francisco, of $174,S40, and the
American Hawaiian construction COM
pany of $4,000 were rejected sum
marily.
The appearance OF but two bidders
on the contract has set the tongues of
the countryside to wagging and the
prompt action of the county officials
does not come a surprise.
All the bidders have been notified
that the matter is off, that clean sheet
has been turned down and brand new
set of figures will have to be forth
coming or the big job will not be
awarded.
The construction of the courthouse
formerly cost the county about $780,
600, when it was constructed by the
Hawaiian company. 1t was later rem
dered a complete wreck by the earth
qudhC, liiC Oily SdiNdSe ptlDS III the
steel dome and unbroken stones. Now
the two rejected bidders are ready to
reconstruct the building with the ma
teriaI at hand for practically the same
figure along the old lines, with the ex-
ception of steel construction through
out. The former builders placed a bid
of $4,000 and Hanrahan one of STA
$40.
But s150.000 has been set aside to re-
store the building, this figure being set
by the architect employed by the county
as ample for the purpose and the
money was raised accordingly by bond
election. In the words of a member of
the board the cause for the action is
revealed He said: But two bidders
entered the field. Their bids were very
close and above. the expected figure.
One is street contractor of Palo Alto
and the, other company is the one which
put up the old building. We have de-
cided to readvertise to see what can
be done. We will advertise for bids to
be submitted Monday, July 2S. We.un :
derstood five men were in the field and
the appearance of two came as a sur
prise. The opinion Of the board was
unanimous"
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-25
NEGRO FUGITIVE SHOT
To DEATH BY POLICE
Supposed Burglar Attempts
to Escape and Bullets
Stop Him
PROWLS IN A HOTEL
Breaks Away From Captors
When Found and Taken
Into Custody

OAKLAND. June 24.-Attempting to
escape after having been arrested a.
burglar young negro believed to be
O. A. Bloomfield was shot and fatally
wounded by a pursuing policeman early
this morning at Eighth and Franklin
streets.
Information was received by the po-
lice that negro was prowling through
the halls of the Brunswick hotel, and
Policemen Dame and Smith were sent
10 investigate. A5ey found the negro
in q hallway in NineN street and placed
him under arrest. AS they started of
with him he broke away md ran down
Ninth street to Franklin >ad turned
down Franklin toward EightS, Dame,
after calling on the fugitive to halt,
fired shot at him. At Franklin street
the chase was taken up by Policemen
McCready and Fife. and as the negro
reached the corner of Eighth and
Franklin streets both policemen fired at
him.
One of the bullets struck the fugitive
IN the back and penetrated the lungs.
He was removed to the receiving hos
pital, where he died without having re-
gained consciousness. In the morgue a
meal ticket bearing the name o. A.
Bloomfield was found in the negro's
clothing.