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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-07-22
"HELLO!"

Telephone News.
'It means little and provokes the
question: who is it?" says the Tele-
phone Gazette of Montreal. How
few telephone users make practice
of announcing their firm name when
answering telephone calls! It's good
advertising. 1t saves time for all.
Why not adopt it? If a trainman
called Hello" for every station on
the road stranger might reasonably
ask: Where do ! get OFF,
Reference to this matter has peen
made heretofore in the News. 1t is
an important matter and our repre-
sentatives should overlook no oppor-
tunity to impress its Importance on
patrons, first by seeing that no per-
son in the telephone office ever an
swers call by saying Hello" ana
second, by explaining to patrons when
ever chance offers that 1t Is waste
of time to use the meaningless WORD.
Here is a typical case: Telephone
bell rings and clerk takes down re-
ceiver. '.Heno!" he says. Hello!
replies the party at the other end OF
the line. SIS this Hammer & Knox
Officer" eyes, this is Hammer q
| Knox's," 'Wbo's this. talking?" This
| il Swift" Is Hammer there?" NO
he is out Of town." "Is Knox there?
Eyes, Mr.. Knox is here" Let me
talk to him please" Then Knox Is
summoned to the telephone and tht
business begins, after waste OF time
; probably sufficient to have covered
> the whole transaction had the answe
, been made properly, to say nothln'
of giving another patron who ma
= have been waiting to reach Hamme
g. Knox chance to get the line an
place an order.
d Now contrast the above with thi'
I Telephone bell rings and clerk take
q down the receiver, Hammer
n Knox's; Swift talking" he says, viii
- out any preliminary remarks. I'm
is Stowe. I want to speak to nj
u Hammer or Mr.. Knox" says the par
G at the other end. "Just amomel
~ please" says the clerk. He calls M
IT, Knox with the remark: "Mr. STOW
D. wants you at tho telephone" KIM
le takes the receiver and says. 9TH
Oh Knox. How are you Mr.. Stowe"
te Note the difference. The same val
70 in time saving applies to call 7
49, an individual, whether a business
q residence subscriber. Attorney Js
ny per answers his calls by saying. 1T
81 is Mr.. Jasper" His wife, answering
w. call at the residence says: This
~ Mrs. Jasper"
So The telephones great value Is
IT time saver and 1t attains ito b.
les value only when such time-wasti
sss practices as "Hello!" who is this
me ETC., are eliminated. There need
me no fear that subscribers will fail
see adopt the right method once its val
eo' has been explained to them.
be
III &l ---O------
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-07-22
ADJUSTABLE BUCK FOR LOGS
As Shown by Illustration It Is Made
by Forming Pair Of Tripods
for any Size.

The adjustable sawbuck, shown here.
with, will commend itself to everyone
who has to saw large or long logs. AS
will be seen, it is made by boring q
large hole in two Y-logs, and inserting
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-07-22

terrible treatment as these girls en-
dured. One wonders why the girls
should bear THE brunt Of the arrests
and their escorts suffer nothing, not
even having their names published.
Protection for children demands that
Children's Societies use less objec-
tionable methods than in this case
unless they are to do more harm than
good. Directors of such societies owe
a duty to the community in employ
ing as officers those who have bet
ter understanding Of what Is due TO
young girls and to their parents.
The purpose was undoubtedly to
save the girls, but the method does
not commend itself.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-07-22
, A VERY KIND GOOSE

Geese are always thought tobevery
stupid creatures, but perhaps tney
are so because they never had the
chance of going to school!
Just think how very stupid you
boys and girls would be If you We're
never taught how to do your lessons!
There are some geese which have
been taught to do things, however.
and they do those things in very
clever way, so that makes me think
that If every goose had the chance
Of going to school, no one would ever
call them stupid any more. Z
Just to show you how clever a
goose can be If 1t is taught in the
right way, l will tell you a story.
This particular goose lived II
| France and every Sunday, when al
old blind woman wanted to 60 t.
ch-rch, the goose took hold of hel
4 dress with his beak, and pulled he
gently along the road to the door Q
the church. Then, when the old wo
man was inside, Mr.. Goose spent tn
4 time in strolling about the church
| yard.
4 But when the church service wa
l. over he was always waiting at tn
n door until the blind woman came T
be taken back to her home
\, Once gentleman said to the Of
!. woman's daughter, Aren't you afrai
!, to let your mother come alone?"
Il 30, nog SIR" said the daughter
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-07-22
The Prevention Of School Fatigue

One Of the sitting positions to
which we alluded last month as heip-
ing cause constipation is the very
common habit of sitting on the lower
nart Of the back instead OF on put
to,ks and upper part of thighs. With
the former position, and sometimes
with the latter, children and others
"a often seen with chest dropped
forward so that between the crowd
nc down from above and crowdins
- IN the former position the abdom-
;nal circulation is greatly impeded
and digestive organs squeezed out Oh
Mace and shape. Corsets compress
ing laterally do no more harm'
fancy, than this vertical compression
in the corsetless. !,
II Is restful, literally so, to SIT ana
stand erect, and children trained 70
n become less easily fatigued. ms
does not mean that the backs OF seats
should not be used, but means that
tho SHINE should not be curved TOT
ward in using them. Schooi seats
with properly shaped backs are ne
cessary.
What and When School Children
Should Eat
important as are external and in
ternal cleanliness in preventing
school fatigue, no less so is nutrltlon
Each factor is so dependent on the
others that when one is neglected all
suffer.
|. Many children are started wrong III
the morning. Perhaps because they
slept in room with windows shut
or because of bad teeth or constlpa
ton that "spoiT' the mouth, or be
cause they lack that morning tonic
for. these or other reasons the.
have little appetite for breakfast. W.
have discussed these points.
| Too often it is because breakfas
is hurried snatch instead OF bein'
appetizingly served like the late
meals. Many children go to school i'm
properly bathed and fed owing to lot
rising, probably due to the late hour
the night before. In some forelgl
countries and in few of our ow
cities schools open at 8 a. m. Earle
hours both morning and night ar
better for children and for grown
UPS. We live too much by artlncla
hours both morning and night ar
; light. The question is. when WI
more parents adopt more wholesom
: hours for the children's good, an
: more wholesome food when they SC
, but one table, and furnish MOI
wholesome examples in some otne
particulars? :.
There Is, too, the fact that fe
some a hearty meal as the first ever
of the day is not indicated. nc
these and other reasons very many 6
{ to school Gas to other duties) witt
$ out enough to sustain them unit
1890 or 100 p. m. This Is the caus
s Of much "school fatigue" as we'll I
}, breaking down among Office worke'
and others.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-07-22
ANNUAL CANADA EXCURSION
August 4th

Via the Oregon Short Line Special
low round trip rates to Raymond,
Magrath and other points. Parties
desiring reservations should COM
municate early with o. s. L. agents.
Rates will be announced later or can
be had from agents. 4-3
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-07-22
SUBSTITUTE FOR STORM SASH
illustration and Directions for Making
One That Will Answer Pur-
pose Nicely.

A gooa substitute for storm sash
may be made by taking fortnight
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-07-22
DEPARTMENT OF CHILD HY-
GENE

BY Helen C. Putnam, ABB, Nd Ed
7 itor.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10
The People 5 Rostrum


past has been OF a very unsatisfactory
nature and something must be done to
regulate the operations of this branch
of our Industrial world. The first thing
to be one is to license each bee, just as
we do automobiles. and in case any
n of them collides with a law-abiding
citizen the bees number can be taken
and the proper penalty imposed.
The reckless manner in which bees hit
people and then run away must be
stopped; they must be made to under
stand that a bee has no more privileges
on the public highway thar any one
else. In discussing this important legis-
lation with a well-known lawyer yes
terday, he suggested that the man who
accepted the job of bee inspector at
81, 900 a year would get stung, and while
unseemly jests OF this kind were to be
expected, the matter is too important
to be made the subject of levity.
BEE LOVER.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10
OUR INTERESTS IN THE FAR EAST.

SfaHAT our relations in the Orient are not as rosy as they ought
to be is a fact that is very strongly emphasized in a page
editorial article in the New York Times, and it was signih-
cantfy dwelt upon in recent public addresses, one by SO conservative
and careful a man as Jacob A. Schif, the eminent banker. Our
trade in the Orient is a matter that deeply concerns not only our
commercial but our industrial and financial interests, and involves
the welfare of the American people. The time is not far distant
when we will cease exporting our agricultural products, for they
will be needed for home consumption. But we will require larger
foreign markets for our manufactures, and the vast expanse of
China offers illimitable opportunities for future trade. There is
grave danger that we will be shut out of this market. The process
has already begun in Manchuria, where Russia and Japan have
joined hands, and have already practically violated existing treaty
agreements. Tt is at this critical time that we should have strong
men at the head of our government and wise and patriotic counsels
in Congress, but there is an uneasy feeling that there is lack of
dscernment aud energy, and even weakness, where there should
be strength and breadth of vision. Secretary Hay was the ideal
statesman and diplomat. 1t was his note to the great powers that
made the open door in China, which Russia and Japan would now
slam in our faces. The American people have always been absorbed
in their State and national affairs, and have had no foreign out.
look. They are soon to realize that affairs in the Far East have
as much concern for them as affairs at home, and that they are
Intimately related TO the public welfare.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10
THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 10. 1910.
RAILROAD APPRAISAL RESULTS.

cTa HE progress report by the railroad property reyaiuation
commissioners, submitted to the Legislature by the Governor
yesterday, covers work begun last May, and it represents
the labor done in five taxing districts out of about five hundred
taxing districts in New Jersey, and p valuation only of the prop
erty of one railroad company in the five districts out of the LII
railroad companies in the State. This is exceedingly slow progress,
and, as the work done long ago ate up the appropriation by the
last Legislature, it is correspondingly expensive. Some idea OF
what the ultimate cost must be of an appraisal of all the railroad
property of the State may be obtained from the statement by the
Governor that the appraisal of the property of the New York Central
railroad, made by the companys engineers, involved a cost of over
100000. The commissioners say in their report that the task OF
making an inventory of railroad property in a State like New Jer.
sey is "one of great magnitude and difficulty" 1t follows, there
fore, that the retaliation work may reach a cost of 100000 or
S500000 and be extended over a period of years before it is true
aud complete The REPORT gives no idea of a limit of time or
expense. The extraordinary increase over previous assessed yalu-
ations in the figures given by the report for the five taxing districts
justify, in the Judgment of the Governor, the continuance of the
appraisal TO the end, regardless of time and cost, because, as the
Governor says. the large increase in the railroad taxes will in a
single year pay the whole expense. No doubt a different view will
be taken in the Legislature when the question of the necessary large
appropriation comes to be considered. 1t will be asked, also, if the
continuation of the expert revaluahon would not be a reflection
members were appointed by the present Governor.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10
Daddy Good Night Stories
THE POTATO BUGS SWING.
BY FAR MER SMITH.

II HIS is the story Ethers father told her last night:
4" Sing high1oW,. sing low-1ow; up and down we goi
"Jw wonder what on earth that noise is said Mr. Potato Bug rs he
gl the sofa and looked GU of h window.
- sight that greeted his eye a unused hin greatly. There were his
three dear children swinging high and low on the swing he had made for them
He noticed, however, that the swing a too low and q touching the ground
He knew that this meant the children would COR be in for him to help them
fix it.
He vas right for son lie heard them scampering IL p the steps, I'M he la
down again as fast as he could OF the lounge, so that he could pretend to be
fast asleep
HE was snoring away when the children came to where he was.
4" How can we wake him and make him think we were playing? asked
Faith.
Lets tickle his nose with a piece of stray and maybe he will think it
is a fly
so they got a piece of straw and tcked their fathers nose and he
jumped way up in the air.
9" What OIL earth are you children d DING to me" he asked.
"sOhr they all said at nee Are yu awake?
"You know a m awake. and what do you "a with mT he said.
"I know what you youngsters are up to; you var to see me climb that
little apple tree again while you tan down below and make fun Of me.
No-sir-e-e, you do not catch m 10 doing that again
"Ihen the Potato Bug children loo ked very sad n III stood III q ROY
around their father Then n by one,t they came up and gave him a big hug
and kiss
Come on. cor on he said You always get the best of me. You
won't laugh at ne, will you% They all promised and then he vent ut and
"fsng hgh-low; sing low-low; up and down We go
:" Look out and do not break your dear heads said Mrs Potato Bug, rs
she looked out Of the back window
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10
A Hint se NcGinnity.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Dear Sir-I notice that the EVENING
STAR is offering a prize for the best
suggestion for a nickname for the New
ark Baseball Club. From present indi-
cations 1 think it is a cinch that the
name 1 suggest should win the prize in
a walk.
Call the team DO Nothings,' for Ger
tainly that is just what is happening
right now. All the other teams in the
league are grabbing up player after
player from the big league clubs, while
Owner-Manager McGinnity is sitting
back and doing nothing
Maybe he has a lot up his sleeve that
he does not care to impart to the fans,
but there is one thing sure, and hat
is that McGinnity had better get a little
closer to the fans and give them q little
more confidence in himself and bis 1910
team if he expects their loyal support
his season. ARDENT FAN.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10
A HAPPY THOUGHT.

Because they were short on funds,
some of the lady members of a Bur-
lington church volunteered to paint
the edifice.
And the idea is not half bad. The
volunteer artists can be depended
upon not t paint the church red.
1t must not be thought that there
is any intention of ~intimating that
had any of the male members of the
congregation been assigned to- the
task they might have used red
paint, because such is not the case,
although it is impossible to tell
what might happen when there is
plenty Of paint.
Also, the ladies, if they can agree,
should be able to hit upon u har-
monious color scheme.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10
From BAyHEAD TO THE SHREWSBURY.

UF it is asking too much" as the Trenton Times asserts, to 90
to the Legislature with a request for the opening of q water
way between Bayhead and the Shrewsbury, a stretch of a
few miles, what may be said of the State work, now in progress,
on a waterway from Cape May to Bayhead, which is to cost $780,
600? The statement by the Times thatth right of way for a water
way between Bayhead and the Shrewsbury would "cost at least a
couple million dollars is a wild one. There are existing water
WAYS that can be utilized. and the land to be excavated is less
than a mile. The South Jersey inland waterway has it's northern
terminus practically lin the woods The terminus should be at
New York bay. The construction of an extension from Bayhead
to the Shrewsbury would give an increased public value to the
inland waterway in excess of the cost of the entire waterway from
Cape May TO the Shrewsbury.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10

chance to take advantage of all fu-
ture opportunities. Naturally he Ii
Respondent.
And despite the fact that this
mans chosen calling is a. humble
one and is not classed among the
dignified professions, nevertheless ii
does seem hard that a prison wall
should cut him off from all chance
to exercise his talents.
There is q tendency among Ger
tain classes, and particularly the
police, to look down upon burglars
and burglary, yet he must be hard
hearted, indeed, who does not feel
a little pity for a clever, middle
aged burglar who is sentenced to
prison for twenty-one years.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10
MORDNATE EXPRESS COMPANY PROFITS.

Y MAYHEM Thomas c. Patt was in the Senate he was a sentinel
WV against legislation to unfavorably affect the four express
companies. Evidently other capable sentinels have re-.
placed him at Washington, for there is not a hint of antiexpress
company legislation, and the parcels post proposition has received
no consideration, even at the White House. The strength of the
express company interests at Washington is the wonder of bust
ness men who are helping to pay the enormous profits of these con-
Germs. Last November the WelsFargo Company divided 100 per
cent. in cash and 200 per cent. in stock, and in February there was
an extra dividend of 30 per cent. The Adams Express Company
three wears ago paid to it's stockholders 200 per cent. in bonds, after
having seven years before paid them 100 per cent. in bonds. These
extrayagant profits represent an outrageous toll on business. There
is no trust that pays such profits. And this is the interest that
forbids a parcels post that would give to the people transportation
for small packages at reasonable rates and at the same time make
q surplus instead of a deficit for the postofice department.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Dear Sir-Isn't it really pitiable to
think that it is necessary for the grand
jury to go to the poor unfortunate pa
tients at the Overlook asylum in or
der to find out some of the conditions
that exist there? | refer to the testi-
mony Of Fred Merklin, given the grand
jury on Tuesday.
Why, if, as stated by Merklin,
the alleged free-for-all fight was re-
ported to superintendent Daniel NJ. Dill,
is it not a matter of record at the
asylum instead of 1t being necessary
to drag patients before a grand jury to
find out the facts?
C. G.. WELDON.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10
An InterminabIe Probe.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Dear Sir-Will there ever be an end to
the Investigations of the affairs at the
Hospital for the Insane at Overlook ?
1t seems to me that they are intermina-
BILE. and that no results appear in sight.
Now, there's talk about investigating
two more physicians. When, after a
long freebooter investigation, it was
decided to try DIR. Daniel M. Dill, the
superintendent, on charges of incom-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10
Bees Must Look Out.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
1t is gratifying to note that a bill has
been introduced in the Legislature pro-
vlding for the appointment of a bee in
spector, al a salary of $1,000 q year.
This important official position has been
allowed to remain untitled too long, and
it is high time that the bees of New
Jersey were made to realize that they
cannot go on as they have in the past.
The work of our bees for some years
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10
IT'S MIGHTY HARD.

A Woodworking middle-aged
burglar who was unfortunate
enough to be caught under circum-
stances which even his lawyer was
unable to explain vas recently sem
fenced to prison for a term Of
twenty-one years.
This man, who was always care
full, painstaking and successful, e.
model in his profession, now feels
that this one step, this moment of
ca~relessness, will cost him the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10
THE LORDS TO REFORM THE LORDS.

TT ORD ROSEBERY, a member of the House of Lords, is a prac-
teal politician and statesman. Unlike the great majority of
the Lords, he can see further than the end of his nose. He
knows that hereditary legislation is doomed, and perhaps, as a
statesman, he is not sorry for it. Lord Rosebery gives notice that
he will next Monday move a resolution in favor of an elective upper
chamber, to dispense with the immemorial privilege of a man born
in or elevated to the peerage to make the laws of England. A great
reform, originating in the House of Lords itself, would dignity that
body and have the happiest effect upon the relations of the classes
in England.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10
UP TO HIM.

"See here" asked the cautious
stranger. IF ] decide to stay here for
a week how much Is it going to cost
me-"
you can answer that best yourself
replied the clerk of the Florida hotel.
How much have you got?"-The
Catholic Standard and Times.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10
CARDS MARKED THIS TIME.

II see young Knox didn't make
any great Roadway when, with his
bride. he sought the parental for
giveness."
mo. but the secretary will come
around to it. He is not dealing with
a loduacious near-minister nor the
ambassador of a South American
republic this time, and he is sure
10 lose
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10

The STAR extends the priy.-
lege of these columns TO the
public and Invites signed COM
munications of not more than
one hundred words treating OF
topics OF the hour.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10
THAT'S SO. TOO.

isn't it wonderful how much m
upper legislative body can do for a
State?a
You mean do a state for don't
your
mo. indeed. l mean just what
| said. A State Senate is always
ready to stand between a people
and what it wants and Ito Senate
eyes, shouldn't have.