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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08

delay Is that they do not carry the
goods In stock, and must purchase
them after your order is received. In
Chicago, for example, no mail order
house will sell to any person living
within the city limits, and the eason
for this Is that these oncerns Dur.
chase a large amount of the merchan-
disc they are selling from the retail
stores of the city, the proprietors of
which refuse to sell them the goods
except upon the condition that they
Ire not to sell to the people of the
city.
Here is the wall of a mail order vic.
tim taken from the columns of the
Crookston, Mimi, Journal, which ex.
plains this point:
Sir: l want to register my kick
right here on catalogue houses and
their misleading methods. / am
frank to acknowledge that l have been
duped to perfection. The only differ
ence between me and the other vic
Tins being that I am a little deeper
in and that l am willing to acknowl-
edge the corn.
ITO begin with, last fall I with her
who is now my wife. decided to MIR.
chase some stuff to furnish our new
home. Accordingly we ordered all
our furnishings of a-catalogue house
two weeks prior to our marriage.
which we thought would be plenty Of
time to get the goods around. But
by the Internal planets let me tell you
right here that all the correspondence
diplomacy, appealing and pleading has
succeeded in landing only a kitchen
table and later a mirror from Pitts.
burg.
our honeymoon has been a very
dramatic experience; cooking on an
gas plate, eating on a dry goods
box, sleeping on the floor and borrow.
a few necessary utensils of friends
and neighbors. No more catalogue
goods for us. We hope to get enough
more goods by April 1 to celebrate
all FOOLS day in a fitting manner"
"a VICTIM"
Mr.. Consumer, it is to our ad Ivan.
tage In many ways to buy honest
goods at honest prices of your honest
Iocal merchant. See what you are
Get what you are paying for.
Keep the money of the community in
which you live at home, and build up
your town instead of tearing it down
Or the benefit of the mail order
ouses of the big cities.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08

s"SNRh
! "You like it?" he asked. almost
eagerly.
Il love it, But" she sighed
how it makes one hate the city,
doesn't it?"
His eyes lighted. . Yes; and we're
going away from the city" he said,
with a ring in his voice. We're
through work to-day, and were going
there! Get your things on"
That day was a day of days, Win
ter reigned kindly. They crossed the
river, and spent the afternoon in the
woods and along the edge of the
marshes, returning long after the city
was aglow. They had dinner at a
cafe, for when one has finished a pic.
ture that Is to bring fame and wealth,
economy is a sinful thing. Back In
her studio they talked until late.
The windows were gray with the
cold dawn when he awoke suddenly,
and stared about him. In a moment
he was out of bed and had thrown
open the hall door. Smoke, thick and
sitting. drifted In. At the bottom of
the staircase-well orange light danced
and glowed. Throwing his clothes on,
he lifted the picture from the easel.
and staggered with it down the first
flight. The smoke made him choke
and gasp. The next flight was miles
long. At the bottom he dropped the
picture, and as it toppled against the
baluster he leaped to Beth's door and
knocked loudly.
who Is there?" came the question
at once.
1T is Mr.. Timson. The house Is On
fire. There's no danger, of course.
but you must come quickly"
Yes" she answered, family.
He buried his face in his elbow,
leaning against the wall. Once he
impetuously toward the pic.
ture, only to turn back. The crack.
ling of the flames drowned now even
the noise at the door. Then Beth
stood before him, white-faced, anxious
eyed, but unafraid.
Down the stairs. quick!" he cried.
I'll follow you"
You mustn't STAY she cried, fear.
FULLY.
THE picture" he answered, GO,
He seized his burden again,
M staggered down the hall, gasping
lurching. There he found her
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08

almost the exceptional order that Is
Is conducted on the theory that 1t is
possible to take an inferior job and
folst 1t on a credulous people by
means of a reduced price and the
honest reputation established by the
neritorious original which it shame.
lessly caricatures. These methods
have been crowned with success SOLE
ly by reason of the fact that mail or
der houses put more skill, energy and
money into advertising than do the
manufacturers to whom the American
people are directly indebted for the
best vehicles on the face of the earth
The mail order business is the
quack doctor of commerce. 1t prom,
ises much and guarantees nothing
The directions are always on the in
side, and you have to buy a non-re
turnable package before you can find
out what they are"
A. G. Enderton, of Walter, Okla.
writing to the Shawnee. Okla, Union
Signal, says:
& The mail order houses
are the worst offenders of the pure
food law that we have to deal with
They are the people who use shor,
weight tin cans and every year the
American public is cheated out OF
thousands of dollars by this alone.
y y " | see where some mai
order houses offer paint at about what
good oil is worth. Now, does anyone
think that a mail order house can buy
good paint stuff cheaper than anyone
Now suppose you find out wha.
crude petroleum, like what is pumped
out of oil wells cost. Very cheap, is
It not? That is the oil that is used
and what about the paint stuff? How
about Spanish whitening, with just
white lead to stick it together?
4 X"
The question of prompt delivery Is
mother question which mail order
louse patrons should consider. 1t is
llled promptly. The reason for this
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08

crouching on the top step. He put
the picture aside, and caught her In
his arms.
Hide your face" he said.
She struggled, sobbing. mo. no!
Let me go! You mustn't leave i'll"
"Ill come back for It," he answered,
quietly. Courage, little girl; it's Just
for a minute"
Then he plunged down the stairs,
past writhing tongues of flame. Set.
ting Beth upon her feet, he led her
across the street. On the stoop he
turned. II must 60 back" he said,
gently. 81 won't be long"
She waited and watched. fearful
and wretched for his sake. Presently
he returned empty-handed.
1T was no use," he explained. THE
halls are In flames"
"Oh," she moaned, Il wish you had
never seen me. It's gone-all your
work-and hope." She glanced I'D
miserably, to find his grave eyes smiI.
ing.
i1uoht huDhJ Hc WulSpeTtU, Ten
derby. I've saved what | valued most,
dear"
The color f1ared into her white face
and she swayed dizzily until his arm
went out and drew her to him.
Beth" he whispered.
She raised her eyes slowly to his,
They looked, he thought, like pale
dew-wet violets. He bent his face
her lids fluttered down, and their lips
met.
Little girl" he said, presently.
pretty well cleaned out. YOU
and |, aren't WEI"
Yes" she answered, softly.
ut wouldn't matter, if only you
could have saved the picture" she
said, dolefully.
Never mind the picture" he re-
piled, steadily. I'll do it again, and
Then he whispered: Look.
Above the sleeping city, toward the
east, a faint rose flush was dispelline
dawn's gray gloom.
"A new day out of the embers Of
the night" she said, softly.
He bent again and kissed her. and
FOR us, dear, a new life out of thu
ashes Of the old"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
qualifications.
e in any way talented"

us she in any way talented"
"Not in the least
Cant sing?"
mot a lick"
Dancer"
Nothing doing"
Never studied elocution?"
Wouldn't recognize the word"
Then what are her qualifications
for going on the stage?"
Three divorces, two scandals and
10000 worth of diamonds. "-Milwau.
kee Sentinel.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08

any, cheaper than your local merchant
can. First-quality, standard merchan
disc is manufactured on a very mar
row margin of profit, but the mail
order house can win and pay big divi.
dends on enormous capital If they can
sell to the people an inferior quality
and short weight quantity of merchan.
disc at the prices they ask. Your
local merchant could do the same
thing, but you would not buy the same
goods of your local merchant that you
buy Of the mail order house at an
equal price.
Here is an item clipped from the
Parma, Mich, News which shows the
nefarious system of the mail order
concerns, and how they victimize their
patrons:
"A farmer purchased two sacks of
binding Irvine of a large Chicago cata-
logue house, and upon it's arrival this
morning a ball was unrolled and meas
ured with a ball of Plymouth Irvine
sold by local dealers, when it was
found that the Chicago article was just
306 feet short of that sold at home.
There being ten balls in a sack, 1t will
be seen that the farmer lost 6,12O feet.
or over a mile of Irvine on two sacks
by not buying at home. Then, too,
the mail order house product was of
an inferior quality, being full of knots,
and one farmer standing near during
the measuring process remarked that
1t would never work on a binder. Now
wish to ask you, does it pay to
trade at home? If there is anyone
who Is skeptical of this story, Just
call and W. will show you."-Parma,
Mich, News.
Bankrupt stock, merchandise that
reliable jobbers would not handle be-
cause of its poor quality, the refuse
of the factories made over into cheap
merchandise. These are the things
the patrons of the mail order houses
are buying. Here is an extract from
an article that appeared in the Sioux
Falls, s. d. Leader:
"The mail order house selling vehi-
cles by the catalogue route, Is more
than a pirate, 1t is a turkey-buzzard.
It takes the freaks and failures tina.
have died for want of real merit, and
to stife legitimate business by .
the embalmed remains at a re-
iucGd price. j
"1'be whole ~nefarious mail order sys-
.em, in so far as it relates to vehicles.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
Slightly ~Carnivorous.

= "Yes," said the thin man, MUNICH.
ing his apple, I'm a strict vegetar.
ian."
"You mean you think you are" re.
piled the observant man.
"Wha do you mean by that?"
II mean that l noticed. a worm in
that bit of apple you just swallowed"
Home Magazine.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
Animated Poem.

Il don't see the editor" said the
caller to the editorial rooms.
NO. grinned the copy boy. HE
took a poem yesterday and hasn't
showed up since"
That's strange. Was it a long
poem"
"Oh, about five feet four. Maybe
you've Eel her writing the woman's
column at the third desk. They've
gone on their honeymoon, I guess
Home Magazine.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
Cause and Effect,

Gyer--My typewriter is suffering
from a severe cold due to the effeat$
of hypnotic suggestion.
Myer-How's that?
Gyer-The ~janitor washed her win.
dow yesterday, and every time she
looked at it she thought it was open.
Chicago Daily News.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
Nothing Doin'.

He was a sandy-haired and badly
freckled youth, but he had matrimo.
NAL aspirations just the same so he
proposed to the maid of his choice.
NO, John, there's nothing doin',"
she replied. I'm willing to marry, all
right, but | want a man that's all one
color.'-Chicago Daily News.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
Had to Keen the Cook,

Yeast-Why does he eat every day
at the club?
Characterization account of the
cook he has at home.
But If he doesn't like her, why
don't he changer"
"He can't"
What! Can't change his cook"
mo; you see, his wife's the cook"
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
Roots and Roufes

Village Shoemaker-What did your
old father say when you told him the
route from Kings Cross was mostly
underground?
Hodge Gust returned from visit to
London)-He said roots" mostly
was!
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
Between Neiahbors.

Those trains do make an awful
noise when they go laundering by,
don't they?"
yes, it's awful, isn't it?"
We'll, 1t used to seem so, but I
rather like the noise now; we can't
hear your photograph when the trains
are passing."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
Reversed

First Fly-That molasses must
have had alcohol in It.
Second Fly-Why?
Well, about all Fish ceiling doea
ish t fall down on me al the time
Life.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
All Is Vanity.

We have the horseless carriage,
The wireless and all that;
Also the loveless marriage,
But not the birdless hat.
Puck.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
The Man and the Workar.

There's a colored man and his wife
at the door looking for work"
But | only advertised for a lau,r
dress?"
Yes. they are her."-Home Mag,r
zins.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08

Eva-How desolate the old tree
looks in its ice mantle! Isn't this
where we used to string the CID ham.
mock?
Jack (reminiscently)-Yes, and this
Is where you used to string me.-Chi.
cagp Daily News.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08

Rudolph-May I have the next
waltz?
Milltcent-Certainly, l don't want ~,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-08
WHAT HE VALUED MOST
By Ralph Henry Barbour

Copyright. 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles)
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-22

1t is probable that the Oldest and
most compact book of reference in
the world-certainly the one most
consulted by the great ones of the
earth-is the "Almanach de Gotha,"
of which the publishers have just is
sued the one hundred and forty
fourth annual edition, consisting of
just 1,200 closely packed pages. It's
pictorial honors are this time accord
ed to the kings and queens of Den
mark and Norway, and admirable por-
traits they are. From this authentic
publication we learn, says the London
Chronicle, that the British people are
living-not under a Guelph dynasty,
but a 3maison de Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,'
which is a delicate question for the
ge~nealogists., But the editor of the
omniscient red-bound "Almanach''
rarely makes a mistake.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-22
Hands Across the Sea.

The only good result of the amaz-
ing blunder of the governor of Jamai-
ca in rejecting the very practical
offers of American assistance in re-
lieving the results of the earthquake
in that island is the opportunity given
for renewed expression of friendship
from the people of Great Britain. The
British are much more severe upon
cans, the latter being disposed to
laugh off the affair as a cranky ebul-
lition of an overweight adminstra-
tor. But in London and throughout
the British empire the humiliation of
the governors act and of the u.s.
founding manner in which it was
committed is keenly felt, and there
is haste to assure the people of the
United States that the sentiment of
the Jamaican governor does not rep
resent the feeling of the people of
Britain, who admire and appreciate
the generous offers of American as
sistance and who deprecate any inter
ruption of the good feeling between
the countries. With Secretary Root
fraternizing with the Canadian au-
thorities and with England raising a
great cry of protest against the ia
maican governors churlishness, re-
marks the Troy Times the upneceS-
Bary question, What effect has the
English-Japanese alliance upon the
British attitude toward the United
States? answers itself. The hands
across the sea seem still to be
clasped, and with no knife up the
sleeve. Blood is still thicker than
Jamaica spirits, particularly when the
latter are sour.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-22
REPORT RACE RIOT IN VIRGINIA
Several Negroes Reported Killed a,
a Construction Camp.

Roanoke. Wa report reaches
here that a race riot is in prog
ress at a railroad construction camp
near Thaxton, about fifteen miles
east of Roanoke, and that three or
four negroes have been killed. The
trouble arose over the discharge of
some workmen. There is no wire con-
nection with the camp.
The negroes have taken to conven
lent cover, from which place of
vantage they have been keeping up a
steady fire on the whites.
fhe whites are not sufficiently
strong to storm the blacks and nut
an end at nce to the sanguinary con-
flict. Both sides are %intrenched be-
hind trees and other natural fortifica-
tions from which the fight has been
precipitated with 0 or less. vigor
all day.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-22
Mrs. Bolton Dies.

New York, N. Y.-Mrs. Joseph B.
Cotton, wife of juror No. II In the
Thaw trial, died of pneumonia Thurs
day. This probably means the case
will be a mistrial.
The trial of Harry X. Thaw was
resumed Thursday morning, but
court had been in session less than Is
minutes when information was re-
ceived that the wife of Juror Joseph
b. Bolton was In a critical condition,
and a recess was ordered until 2 p. m
to enable the juFyman to visit her
bedside.
Mrs. Bolton Is suffering from double
pneumonia and early Thursday her
temperature had risen alarmingly. 1t
had been arranged that the attending
physician should keep the court Of
ficers constantly informed as to her
condition and when the session began
it was understood Mr.. Bolton might be
called away at any moment.
There was nc surprise, consequent
t., when Capt. Ricketts,, commanding
the court police squad, "a seen to
whisper to Justice Fitzger-
aid and the latter interrupted DR.. B.
D. Evans. who was in. the witness
chair.
Thaw Gets Many Valentines.
After the recess was ordered
Mrs. Harry Thaw, who had expected
to take the stand late this afternoon.
visited her husband in the Tombs.
Thaw received many valentines to-
day, many of them decided works of
art.
When Thaw came into court he
seemed to take a decided interest in
Juror No. IL, looking at him f1xedly.
Mr.. Bolton was serious, his eyes be-
ing directed to the floor.
AS Justice Fitzgerald took his place
on the bench Mr.. Delmas asked that
DR.. Britton D. Evans, the alienist, be
recalled for further direct examina-
ton.
"You have stated in your testimony,
DOCTOR said Mr.. Delmas, that on the
first three visits to Mr.. Thaw you
formed an opinion a S to his mental
condition. Was that formed in part
On oral statements"
YES"
Were the oral statements neces-
AIRY to form that opinion?"
"They were very essential
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-22
Published Weekly.
Experts.

One of the dangers of democratism
which this country has not wholly es-
capped is a consequence of the wide
spread assumption that the natural
equality between men signifies that
all men are equally able to do all
things. This view, it is true, has
been often borne out by the amazing
success of Americans, with no evil
dent special training, in the discharge
of public duties. Much good work
has been done by men who have
been elected or appointed to positions
requiring great special skill. not be-
cause they had shown that skill, but
because they were eminent citizens
or useful party men or men Of assert
i've genius who forged ahead to the
them seek. AS the nation grows and
the work of officials becomes more
complex, there is increasing demand
in all departments for experts. In
response to this demand have come
the reorganization of the consular
service, the assemblage at Washing
ton of a great number of scientific ex-
perts, the tendency in the post office
and other departments to leave COM
petent servants undisturbed by shifts
of party power, and the recognition
everywhere that men in public occu-
pations like those in private business
must be engaged and paid according
to their ability. To have this ability
they must be trained in their work.
Department heads in Washington are
calling for experts, and asking in
creased pay for those who have
proved themselves expert, says
Youths Companion. Friends of good
government in large cities are pro-
testing against the conduct of city
business by unbusinesslike men,
against accounting departments under
men who do not understand book
keeping, sewer departments under
men who know nothing of sewers.
The Improvement of all units of
American government-nation, state
and town-depends on the training
and adequate payment of men who
a do the public work.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-22
WALL STREET SPECTATORS.
Informed That the President Has Not
Changed His Views.

New York-Wall street has for
many days made much of a suppo-
sition that the attitude of the Wash
ington administration towards com
binations of capital vas to undergo a
revision. Visits to the White House
of capitalists, active and conspicuous
in the financial world, have given rise
to these conjectures of a treaty. There
is rather a notable concurrence in the
substance of several recent news dis
patches from Washington on this SUBJ
ject, which printed the information
rather belied the assumption of a
change in the administrations atti-
tude.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-22
THAW TRIAL ADJOURNED
DEATH OF WIFE OF JUROR
CAUSES DELAY.
The JURORS ARE RELEASED
Judge Expected to Excuse Bereaved
Juryman and Call More
Talesmen.

New York, N. Y.-As a result of
the death of Mrs. Joseph B. Bolton,
wife of Juror No. II, tee trial of Har-
ry Kendall Thay for the murder
of Stanford White was adjourned I'M
til Monday and the other eleven jury
men We're released from confinement.
This action followed a conference
between Justice Fitzgerald, District
Attorney Jerome and counsel for the
defense. 1t is possible that a mistrial
will be declared and a new jury en-
paneled.
Mrs. Bolton died just as her hus-
band reached her bedside, after court
had declared a recess.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-22
AMAZING REVELATIONS
GEN. kuROPATkiN'S HISTORY
HAS BECOME ACCESSIBLE.
Reorganization, Incapacity and Diso-
bedience Charged, and Russia
Was Not United, He says.

st. Petersburg, Russia.-Gen. Kuro-
patkin's history Of the Russo-Japanese
war, which was confiscated by the
Russian government, has at last be-
come accessible, despite the most ex-
treme precautions to prevent this
CALLING official Indictment from reach
ing the public. The work is remark
able for it's historic value as the clos
ing chapter of the wal from the pen
of the commander-in-chief, and for the
rlerciless criticism of the men and
measures which, in Kuropatkin's es-
innate, swept Russia and it's army to
defeat.
Most Amazing Revelations.
The vofuminous general orders, sta
~tistics, reports and other documentary
matter, with the conclusions" con-
stitute most amazing revelations of
disorganization and incapacity, and
even of disobedience Of specific and
urgent orders by certain general Off
GERS entrusted with high commands
in the field, notably Gen. Kaulbars,
against whom a formidable indict-
ment is framed, saddling upon him
entire responsibility for the defeat at
Mukden.
Why Russia Was Baked.
Kuropatki reasons for the failure
of the war az based chiefly on a com
parison of tn Warlike spirit of the
Japanese, their preparedness and
valor, which h says, had never been
seen in any previous war, and their
ability to maintain the numerical SUI
periority necessary to assume the of
fensive with the disadvantages of Rus.
STA, owing to the ~inadequacy of the
single track railway from Europe, with
commanding officers disobeying or.
ders, and in a hopeless state of con-
fusion and cross purposes. with a low
state of morals and confidence among
the troops, and continuous news from
home of internal troubles, and of in
suits and reproaches against the army.
A Pathetic Conclusion.
The general pathetically concludes:
THAT il Russia had been united and
ready to make the sacrifices necessary
to safeguard her dignity and integrity.
the valiant Russian army would have
striven till the foe was subdued."
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-22
Columbia Protests.

The people of Columbia were aroused
when they learned that the postofice
department. intended to change the
name of the postofiice at that place on
account of the trouble and confusion
that was constantly arising from the
similarity of the name Columbia" to
another postotfice in this State, Column
bus. Columbia is the name the town
has borne for nearly 100 years, and the
people protest most strenuously against
auy change.