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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-29
VISIT OF GEO. G. STULL

Rev. G.. G. Stull who has been a5-
sent from Blackfoot for seyenteeA
years. returned Saturday evening 20
visit the old place and to condu 7
Sunday services and lecture on MO-
day evening.
At the close of the morning service
there was a hearty handshaking as
old friends went forward to meet MIN
and in only one or two cases did ne
fail to recognize the faces about him,
though all had changed more or less.
In the afternoon the writer took
a short walk about town with him,
and as we pointed out the old places,
he recited many things we had for
gotten in the gradual change that
becomes almost imperceptible to resi-
dents. Mr.. Stull seemed to love every
foot of the town, and found the keen
est pleasure in reviewing 1t.
on Monday evening he gave an IL
Illustrated lecture on the Philippines,
giving his personal observations COW
ering the long period when ne was
there with the army. 1t was very in
teresting and instructive, and was en-
joyed the more by old friends OF his
who remembered his departure tol
the seat of war and had never had a
visit with him since. Mr.. Stull was
assisted in handling the stereoptican
views by Mr.. u. Paxton, the electric
ian, who was also in the army in the
Philippines and recalled places as
they appeared upon the screen.
Mr.. Stull is stationed at FIT. Russell
near Cheyenne and has 5000 men
whom he serves as chaplain. He has
a wonderful memory for names ano
faces, and is able to call nearly all o.
them by name. He left on Monday
evenings train for Billings, where ht
attended the Dry Farm Congress ant
acted as substitute for the governor
of Wyoming who had place on the
program. Mr.. Stull served the charge
at Billings for several years before
enlisting in the army, and has reason
to- expect a pleasant time at ina
Mace
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-29

Nampa celebrated the arrival Of the
electric car line from Boise Thursday
night, $4,000 worth Of fire works
were exploded as well as some other
big guns. Rev. Ira Hicks the south
ern evangelist was the biggest, he has
been holding meetings here the past
three weekE. Nampa is still on the
boom and has the prospect Of becom-
ing the biggest and best city OF south
ern Idaho.
We are still picking ripe tomatoes
from the garden, there are cantelopes
and water melons in the cellar, Come
over and see us. The burnt district
is about built up again. Fine two
story brick buildings. The Nampa
bank will be the finest building IN
the city when, completed. Your old
friends ]. w. Givens, pres. and y.
A. resides here. When you are pass
ing through here drop us a line and
we will be pleased to meet you and
drive you out to our suburban home.
Mrs. Bumgarner joins me In best
regards to your self and wife.
Sincerely yours,
GEO. Il. BUMGARNER."
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-29
SOME ARTISTS HERE

Mr.. Charles Rowdon the Irish bar
itone singer and Miss Ethel Terry the
pianist who were here last March,
and made many friends by their
pleasing personality and their sweet
music, spent Thursday afternoon IN
town, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Byrd
Trego.
They have been in Butte most OF
the summer, and came down into
Wyoming and Idaho for few en-
gagements. They were at the towns
on the st. Anthony branch the first OF
the week and returned to Butte
Thursday night to meet engagements
there.
A number of persons who are low
ers Of music, gathered at "Sagehurst'
Thursday evening and had merry
time until the train went north.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-29
TEACHERS MEETING HERE

l
The following is the program for
the Bingham County Teachers meet
ing to be held here on Friday the 9th
of November.
High school 1.3O p. m.
Music.
Paper-Things Not Found in
Books, Superintendent Vincent.
Geography in the Primary
Grades, Miss Mary Seeley.
Paper-History in the primary
Grades, Mrs. Hit.
Paper-Geography in Intermediate
Grades, Miss Lillard.
Paper-History in intermediate
Grades, Miss Elma Anderson.
Music.
Paper-Geography in the Gram
mar Grades, Mrs. Lulu E. Smith,
Paper-History in the Grammar
Grades, Miss Phillips.
Paper-History in the High School,
Miss Mae Backus.
Paper-Geography in the High
School, Mr.. Van Mugs.
M. e. Church, 1880 p. m.
Music.
Address-Life of Abraham Lin
coin, Rev. c. A. Edwards.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-29
SCHOOL NOTES

Let us trust that no one will take
to heart all that the Juniors may say.
They are suffering from a very
severe disease, which is as common
among children as measles, bighead-
'edness. However, their friends need
not be alarmed for they will surely
out grow 1t. You all know that the
less one knows the more he thinks
he knows and the more one knows
the more he sees yet to learn. We,
the Seniors, feel that there is so
much to learn and so much useful
employment for our time that We will
not design to carry on any controyer-
sy with our fellow workers.
The girls basket ball teams will
be organized this week. They Will
begin practicing Immediately under
the instructions of Miss Anna Kiefer
who has kindly consented to act as
referee.
The two literary societies met
again last Friday. The constitution
and bylaws were drawn up and
adopted. Society No. l adopted the
name of "The Athenian Literary So
ciety," No. 2 the *. Y. 2 Society,"
The officers and program committees
were elected to serve for the period
of six weeks.
The Bingham Co. Teachers associ-
alton will be held at Blackfoot Fri
day, Nov. s. There will be no school
in the afternoon of that day.
With great interest the members
OF the Blackfoot high school listened
to the brief address given by Mr.
Stull last Monday morning.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-29
D. \. B|ETRAN.
UNDERTAKING & EMBALMlNG
Using the MICA PROCESS
in Embalming. Absolute Preser-
yatiye. Guaranteed in all cases.

John r. Foulks was up from Aber-
deem Wednesday.
Before selling call up 103 and get
prices on grain and potatoes. lati
The Methodist Aid society viii
serve a dinner in Odd Fellows hall
Nov. s.
When in the market with grain o.
potatoes call up 1913 and get prices al
Bond Bros. & Co. LOU
Now is the time to buy your plumes
wings, fancy feathers, etc. at Eva 3
Smiths millinery sale. ls-l
Ii you want money quick, get y
from the Parkinson Realty and IN
ment company, Blackfoot. 1871
Claud T. Barner was here This
week in the interests OF the Desefe'
News, preparing matter for tht
Christmas edition.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-29
FoRGER IN TOWN

A very sociable fellow giving his
name as C. e. Brown, gave a bogus
check in payment of bill OF goods
at w. r. Jones on Tuesday even
ing. He had bought about fifteen
dollars worth of goods and gave the
check for $24 receiving some money
in change. His identity was not
questioned because of certain
''smooth" representations he had
made while looking over and select
ing the goods, and as soon as he was
gone Mr.. Jones began to analyze the
matter and got busy looking for the
proofs. He let the pleasant custom
err get about thirty minutes the start
Of him, and on this he made good his
exit from the city.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-29
SOME FINE HOUSES

Nels Johnson who lives near the
Porterville bridge is having fine
gray brick house built, and 1t Is to
be completed in a few weeks.
Leroy Olson, the carpenter who
has built some Of the nice homes
about town Is now building fine
Ave room house for himself. II Is on
"a five acre tract southeast OF town,
and is to be modern in Its appoint
ments.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-29
WENT TO FEDERATION MEETING

The following named ladies' from
Blackfpot went to the district conven-
ton Of Women's clubs at Idaho Falls
the first Of the week for two days
meeting:
Mesdames Gagon, Bennett, Rock
wood, Mitchell, K. p. Brown, M. A.
and Byrd Trego, B. w. Holbrook.
Hill, Christy, w. G. and T. ]. john
son, Beithan, J. B. Davis, Peck, Hans
brough, Bolye, Chapman, Woodin
and Miss Alice Beach.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-29
FORMER BLACKFooTER WRITES

We have letter from friend Geo.
Bumgarner at Nampa that we want
to share with those who knew him
SO long while living here. After say
ing that he reads the Republican with
keen interest because It tells of the
doings of his friends here he says:
'While we like Nampa and would
not think Of moving back we will al
ways have kindly feeling for Black
foot and our many friends there.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-29
FAREWELL RECEPTION.

TIL farewell reception rendered to
Harold Parkinson and Eugene Cop
bley Monday evening was attended by
about $50 friends and a very enjoy
able evening was spent.
Most of the time was devoted 70
literary exercises and lasted until
about IL o'clock.
AS stated last week these Two
young men are leaving for missionary
work in Germany and the southern
states.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-29
KENTUCKY LIQUOR COMPANY

You can pur0hHte at The Kentucky
Liquor compAnyf the following
brands of California wines at $1.35
per gallon. Madeira, Toka, Reiling,
Angelica, Sauternes Muscatelle. 1stf
The Washington times., 1909-04-17
Creation of Competition Only Way
TO SoLUe Problem of Gas Monopoly

corporation so unwilling TO deal fairly
with the people? The trouble with the
brewers, for example, is not so much to
be looked for in the nature Of their
wares, as in the selfshness of a mo-
nopoly composed of greedy men. 1t is
so with the saloon keepers. What they
want is to sell all the stuff possible,
without regard to law. And they have
never given the faintest sign of re-
pentance till 1t seemed likely that they
might be put out of business and not
much of sign of repentance have they
shown even then. We see precisely the
same disposition manifested by the pro-
teCted interests at Washington They.
too, are wholly blind to the piainest
facts. 1t is with them simply a uues-
ton of getting all there is in sight.
The people may rage, but the tariff
can control Congress. It never occurs
to them that we may, before very long.
have Congress that Will be controlled
by the people, and by a people deter
mined to wipe out the whole protective
element in the tariff.
And new we have this gas company
actually-under CompulsiOn. OF course =
processing a very deep SOliCitude for I o
welfare of the people Tor whose rig its
il has never shown any regard at al.
Had there been willingness to N set
the people even nalI way, had there
been in the whole course of its his
tory even a pretense of a respectful
hearing Of the complaints OF It's pat
rOnS. the new company could hardly
have come into being. Eut il Is here
now, and 6O-cent gas is an actuality.
And the old company is waking up 10
the fact that the people are nos wholly
dependent on il, and may not after a
time, be dependent on it at all Com
petition has done the business. OF
course. the people should wait for the
new company and do everything in
their power TO make il success For
To it we owe the miracle that has hap
pened, namely, the conversion of the
gas monopoly in this town. 1t is as
yet only partial. For the people who
live off the mains of the new com
pany are not being bothered with the
attentions of the old company. But as
the mains are extended and more gas
Is served the manners of the monopo-
lists viii improve. And 60-cent gas will
be enjoyed by all our people. The VIC
tory has been won. 1t only remains
10 gather the fruits. The days OF
miracles clearly have not passel-In-
dianapolis News.
The Washington times., 1909-04-17
MORE WORK NEEDED
FOR COLLEGE BOYS

AS to the American college of TODAY,
1 agree with our critics that many col
lege boys do not now work hard enough.
The remedy lies, Of course, in giving
such boys more good work to do. and
In employing more instructors whose
duty II should be to follow them IN
personally in their work.
The remedy also lies in Increasing the
effectiveness of our systems of indi-
vidual advice-in brief. in individualizina
our methods of dealing with the in
dividuaL The remedy does not lie in
banfshing the work of the investigators
TO separate institutions, nor In differ
entiStiHg a colony of pedagogical neu-
ters, who can not generate ideas. nor
aod to knowledge. but who. as one
'masines, can therefore the better
teach.
We have enough Of the barren and
uhpFoductive minds at present among
our cOlSiSe teachers. We want rSore
nNlng and growing investigators than
We nave And we want our productive
investigators to dc more undergraduate
reaching than they do.-Prof. Josia d
Royce, In Science.
The Washington times., 1909-04-17
SPELLING REFORMERS SLOW.
LY PUSHING AHEAD.

Nothing daunted by the absence or
detection Of former leader, whose
present interests are cehtercd east of
Suez, the simplifed spelling board has
determined to keep pushing the good
work along But every push costs
money. Therefore the board has in
mind the establishment of a magazine
containing all the news of the simpli-
fed spelling movement" The move
ment is making progress slowly but
surely. II already has its little Jokes,
in fact. Here is one on Boston done uD
in the account Of the address made by
a distinguished educator and diplomat:
Andrew j. White. who had some
stories TO tell and had been awaiting
his opportunity, arose after the res
OlutiOn was off mems minds. and
spoke for while. Cne Of hts stories
was about a Boston family into which
a simplifed speller married. The
post-uuptial revelat tions came after
the honeymoon. the first time that
hubby wired home, ~Wfl not Teech
home til late tonite." The family
found the bride IN tears and she
band had TO pass spelling exami-
nation before he was admitted 10 his
wife's confidence again.
1t must have been with an eve to
preventing such little domestic Jars
that Mr.. White advocated the use of
a rubber stamp to print the legend
Simplifed Spelling on every piece OF
The Washington times., 1909-04-17

If a citizen of indianapolis who had
been dead, say. dozen years coulo
come back TO the city Of his love. he
would feel very much as Rip van
Wrinkle felt when he strayed or hmped
into the village Of Failing Water aIter
his long sleep in the mountains lie
would be brought face to face with
many strange conditions. But nothing
would so greatly astonish him as the
changed attitude Of the Indianapolis
Gas Company. The idea that II should
not merely confess but should actually
suggest that II was getting too mlch
money for its gas, that its patrons had
been overcharged, thar its meters were
too fast" ." would seem to him so utter
lv fantastic as 10 be beyond belief. We
have no doubt that our imaginary citi-
zen would very promptly conclude that
he had not walked up after all, that he
was simly dreaming.
But really the impossible hase come to
pass. The company which has for years
stoIidiy resented criticism. and refused
10 admit that anything could by any
possibility be wrong either with its
meters. its bills, or itself, is now so
polite and courteous. so zealously re-
consumer that people are wondering
what il can be that has produced the
change. OF course those Of US who
have lived through the war understand
perfectly well what has happened. There
is a new gas company in town with
scores of miles of mains. which is now
serving some Of the people. and Is uti-
mately 10 serve them all with 60-Cent
gas what we are witnessing is a vigor-
Gus and frenzied effort TO hold the pat
ronage Of people who till now have been
treated as though they had no rights
whatever as against the old company.
The reason for the conversion is plain
enough 10 those who are familiar with
the situation But the phenomenon
would be puzzling "a a man who had
fought a lifelong battle for decent
treatment and who had died under
the victorious despotism of the old
monopoly.
-;Mhateis- itraBe wondert that makes a
The Washington times., 1909-04-17
REAL EARTHQUAKES
ARE VERY FREQUENT

Systematic observation of earth
quakes is only about a quarter of a
century old. For fairly complete rec
ords of all the shocks occurring in dir
feTeut parts of the globe we can date
only from 1892. Before that date, says
Professor Turner. in the paper pub
lished by the London Times, from which
we quote, information could only be
collected on the spot, and was thus fire.
quently lost.
II was realized about ffteen years
ago, more or less, that a series of earth
quake observations, with delicate in
struments, could obtain records ot
shocks in any quarter of the glooe. and
identify the spot with certainty, even
# there were no witnesses Of tie actual
occurrence.
From the records of these observato-
ries II appears that there are every year
some 10000 minor shocks of earthquake
in different localities. Of all these only
sixty are Notwithstanding and obserV-
able from a great distance Such num-
hers indicate Immediately that, from
one point Of view. the italian earth
quake of last month cannot be regard
ed as exceptional 1t wSs one event
out of sixty per annum- What rendered
il disastrous was the existence of great
towns in the shaken locality.-Current
Literature.
The Washington times., 1909-04-17
SOCIETY ATTENDS :
WILSON CONCERT
Singer Makes First Appear
ance Here Since Complet-
ing Course Abroad.

One of the most fashionable audiences
of the year paid tribute 10 a new singer
and a social leader here many years
when many members Of the Capitals
social circles gathered to hear Miss
Flora Wilson, daughter OF the Secretary
Of Agriculture. sing yesterday afternoon
in the Columbia Theater. Miss Wilson
was assisted by Charles Waterous.
basso, Of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany, and Karl Klein, viOliuist
Miss Wilson has just completed a
course of four years study abroad. and
It was the first time Washington had an
opportunity TO hear her sing since she
made her debut on the professional
stage She was given cordial recep-
ton. Miss Wilson has a light voice,
pleasing IN its middle register. She re-
ceived many flowers, among them be-
ing a cluster of roses from Mrs TafA
Mr.. waterous and Mr.. Klein created
favorable impression
The Washington times., 1909-04-17
MISS EMILE FITCH BECOMES BRIDE OF
ALBERT pEDDER GERHARD
THIS AFTERNOON.

The social event of the day will be
the wedding this afternoon at O'Clock
in st. Johns Episcopal Church, OF Miss
Emile Campau Fitch TO Albert Pepper
Gerhard, of Philadelphia.
The rector of the church, the Rev.
Roland Cotton Smith, will perform the
ceremony in the presence of a large
gathering of relatives and friends OF
the young couple.
Chief Engineer Henry w. Fitch. ..
s. N. father of the bride. will escort
his daughter to the altar and give her
in marriage.
Attending Miss Fitch will be her sis
ter, Miss Alexandrine Fitch. as maid OF
honor AMI Miss Henrietta Fitch. an
other sister, and Miss Anna Pepper
Gerhard. sister of the bridegroom, as
bridesmaids. Little Miss Emily Pepper
Watts will act as flower girl
Sidney Young, of Philadelphia will be
Mr. Gerhard's best man, an dthe six
ushers will be Edward Dale, Arthur
Pardee, Charles McKeehan, and John
Brockie, all of Philadelphia: Paul Bed
ford, of Wfkesbarre. Pa, and Capt j.
a. Logan. of Washington.
Following the ceremony at the church
there viii be a reception in the home OF
the brides parents. on K street, for the
bridal party, relatives, and out-of-town
guests.
Among the out-of-tovn guests who
came to Washington for the wedding
are Mr.. and Mrs. John Pepper Gerhard
parents Of the bridegroom; his sisters
Mrs. Duncan Whelan and Miss Anna
Pepper Gerhard; DR.. George Gerhard'
William Gerhard, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Gerhard: Mr. and Mrs. George w Pep
per, Mr. and Mrs. David Pepper, Jr.'
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Franklin Pepper. Nh.
and Mrs. Henry Watts, Mr.. and Mrs
Alfred Stengel. Mr.. and Mrs. Philip IL
Brice, and Mr. and Mrs. Sidney =.
Wright, and others. all of Philadelphia
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen E. Harwood' Mr..
and Mrs. Marshalh Elliot, Mr.. and Mrs
Frand Baldwin, and Miss Latrobe, Bal
timore, and Miss Eloise Campau, of De-
trOit.
The Washington times., 1909-04-17
WILL THE REVISION BE COM.
PLETED EARLY7

There are some things more to be de-
Sired than prompt completion of this
tariff tear-up, and one is that when it
is revised 1t may stay revised.
The business interests of the country
will make a fearful\mistake if, in their
anxiety to press Congress to haste, they
go too far and induce Congress to finish
Its work with such haste that it will
not stand fire with the country. A re-
vision that will last for ten years Is
wanted. A revision that will have the
effect of plunging the country right into
another tariff campaign, and then into
another tariff revision session, would
be about as serious a calamity as could
overtake the nation
Let this prediction be set down and
remembered:
If the Senate passes the Aldrich bill
Just about as it has been reported from
the committee, the House will accept
it with little change; and it will become
law. The result will be that it will be
the one overshadowing issue in the Con
gressional election next year, and that
election viii be so close thai the whole
country viii be filled with tariff worry
the entire year 1910. If, as a result on
the campaign the Democrats shall con
troll the House. they will have to set
about their work of revision at the So
sion beginning with December, 1911;
and that means that the bill could not
pass till well up into l9I2-the year
for the next Presidential election.
All that means the possibility of the
whole Taft Administration being frit-
tered away with two fruitless attempts
TO revise the tariff. A hasty revision at
this time will be fruitless; and a re-
vision two years hence, with Demo
cratic House and a Republican Senate.
would be even worse. If the Democratic
House, at the session of l91I-I2, should
pass a bill which the Republican Senate
should reject, that bill would be the is
sue in the Presidential campaign of
1912; and so the possibility Of stretch
ing out this tariff era four or five years
looms big and serious.
This is not a foolish specula ton. 1t
is the logic of the situation. and every
man of experience of public affairs will
see at glance that everything here
suggested is entirely within the range
OF probability.
The way TO prevent a long and de-
ranging agitation of the tariff is to do
it now and do it well. Satisfy the coun-
try Give the consumer the considera-
tion he is demanding and is going to
get-if not in this bill, then at the
polls next year.
The business of the country is in no
condition TO confront the serious pros
pect of a four OF FIVE year tariff agita-
tion. Prosperity wants settlement of
conditions before it will come back.
The very business interests which seek
III the consideration they can get
would far better take lower schedules
with assurance Of satisfying the coun-
try and allaying sentiment than to get
all they want now. and then having to
fight for three or four years to hold it
This is the practical phase of the
matter right now. Better a hundred
times TO remain here through the dog
days and make tariff for decade
than to get away June ! and-into a
tariff campaign.