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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-10-25
FRANK E. DEKAY
A GOOD SHERIFF
ADVERTISEMENT
(From the Aberdeen Times.

tFrOm the Aberdeen Times.
Business men and ATTORNEYS
throughout Bingham county who
come in very close contact with the
courts and the county officials assert
almost without exception that Frank
e. DeKay lis the best sheriff ever
elected in the county" And there
is good reason for this.
With the exception of a brief
period when he was seriously ill and
when it was necessary for him to go
to hospital for treatment, in an
other state, Sheriff DeKay has been
in constant attendance upon the dut-
les of his office. While both his dep
uties are efficient men, he has never
theless attended to most of the i'm
portant business of the office him
self.
Other sheriffs have sometimes
lived in remote parts of the county
visiting their Offices only occasionally
and sometimes absent therefrom for
weeks at time leaving all the Of
fetal business to the hands of their
deputi es. This condition of affairs
has in fact been the custom rather
than the exception.
In the case of the present sheriff
he has been on the job himself and
there has been little or no fault
found with his conduct of the office.
If sheriff's sale was advertised for
any particular hour at certain date
it took place on hat date and at the
hour named. Attorneys who do a
great deal of business through the
sheriff's office say there has never
been another incumbent of that Of
flee who has taken such pains to
secure prompt and efficient service of
legal papers and that Sheriff DeKay
has established The reputation of
never making mistakes.
The sheriff stands for the enforce
ment of the law and today Bingham
county is known as the dryest local
option county in the entire state.
The record he has made in this re-
spect is reason enough why he
should be reelected for the coming
two years.
Frank e. DeKay Is man who is
especially fitted by natural DISPOSE
ton and temperament to make a
good sheriff He reaches conclusions
quickly, he is afraid of no man or
combination of men. He acts as
quickly as he thinks and his judge
ment is always good. In his private
life, in a business way and officially
he is known as man of positive OPP
inions and the unwavering courage
of his own conviction. Yet he is not
a harsh man, or one without SYM
pathy for the weaknesses and pee
uliarities of other people. His treat
ment of the unfortunates entrusted
to his care by the courts of the coun-
ty has been both generous and help
full. The prisoners in the county
Jail have found Sheriff DeKay to be
their friend and more than one man
has gone forth from that institution
during his term of office to lead a
better and a different life.
Sheriff DeKay Is Untitled to re-
election and If he is not returned to
that office after the November cleo
tion the people of Bingham county
will make very serious mistake.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-10-25
WOODROW WILSON,
Democratic Candidate for Preside

Democratic Candidate for President
for behalf of the Republican examined and testified
as follows:
Question: Did did History of the Ameri
People, 1898 when the Democratic
party in power, THOSE FATAL YEARS OF DEPRES-
SONa"
Answer / did
Question: Did did describe the terrible conditions
in those the following language pages 25 and 236 of
V1Rme "A had the
mining and the agricultural
and SOUTH and Men of the idle everywhere and
dled with Of despair All of the larger cities and manufacture
teemed with unemployed wokngmen who WITH
THE UTMOST DIFFICULTY KEPT FROM STARVATION by the
systematic efforts of organized charity?"
Answer: did
Question Did did after describing this distress in
detail relating millions of gold
pay foreign creditors these words MOT UNTIL
THE YEAR 1897, WHEN THE REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRA-
TON CAME IN DID THE CRISIS SEEM TO PAST?"
Answer: did.
The Republican party asks better witness against change
hom sixteen of Republican prosperity years
Wilson, candidate
Tor president
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-10-25
SPOKANE EXCURSIONS

Nov. 8, 10, II, %, %, Via<Ore7
gon Sncrt Limo for National Apple
ssnoszys National Grange meeting and
American Mining Ccngrese. See
agent fer. rates and further oGrti-
culars. 20 A.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-10-25
RECORD OF MORE THAN n CEN.
TURY PROVES THIS BEYOND
ALL POSSIBLE DOUBT.
A HOME MARKET ASSURED
Fallacies of Professor Wilson's Argu-
ment and of Democratic Free
Trade Exposed by Facts
American Farmers Have
Always Benefited bya
Protectice Tariff.

. The Democratic Tariff bill,
courageously vetoed by President
. Taft, PLACED CEREALS ON
4 THE FREE LIST.
. A vote for President Tai. and
Z the Republican ticket is the safe
: guard Of the farmer against the
5 entry into the United States, duty
Z free, of the products of the great
) fields of Canada and other grain
growing countries.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
old.Tfme Market pava.

"Market-day," for ages an institn
ton in England, still exists in certain
localities, and may still be studied
with interest by the tourist who visits
Halifax, Nova Scotia, or Charlotte
tower, Prince Edward Island, where
large enclosures and roomy market
houses are maintained for the benefit
OF the country people. and such citi
zens as have established a regular
market business. Everything from
live stock to a bouquet Of flowers may
be brought here for sale, the owner
being allotted suitable place and
charged small fee for his accommo
dation, and while most of the market
people are far from being especially
rustic In their dress or speech, the
variety, and sometimes the peculiar
ity Of their offerings still suggest the
important part which the English
market and its legal control played
in the local and business life of three
centuries ago-"Nobility Of the
Trades-The Farmer" Charles Win
slow Hall, in National Magazine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
Cur Dogs Get JOY Ride.

Los Angeles-Mrs. ]. M. Herndon,
a wealthy Pasadena woman, went to
Venice Saturday in her largest tour
ing car, drove to the dog pound and
told the keeper to lead out all the ca
mines confined there and she would
give them joy-ride. AS the invita-
tion included himself, Poundmaster
Jaeger was not long in getting out the
animals-about.. Is ours of all descrip-
tions.
They jumped all over the automo-
bile and Mrs. Herndon, but she
seemed to enjoy it and directed the
chauffeur to speed up and the run be-
gan. The homeless dogs and their
keeper were driven Is miles along the
beach and back and then brought halt
way to the city before they were re-
turned to the pound.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
BOLT HITS OBSERVATORY.
Lightning Plays Havoc Early Sunday
on Council Crest.


on Council Crest.
Portland bolt Of lightning crash
ed through the lookout platform Of
the observatory on Council Crest dur
ing the electric storm at 2 a. m. Sun
day, set fire to the structure and
played havoc with the electric system
that had been installed on the Crest.
The bolt struck about three feet
from the station Of the searchlight.
It drilled hole in two by-four tim
Der, splintered the plank beneath and
after setting fire to the observatory
leaped several hundred feet to the
house of Arthur Duchamp, proprietor
of the Crest, melting the electric
switch above his bed and giving him 9
fright as it ran about the metal of the
bed in which he was lying.
The flames started in the observa-
tory were quenched almost immediate
ly by heavy downpour Of rain. Aside
from melting the electric switch in
Mr.. Duchamp's house, the lightning
burned out fuses and fixtures at sew
eral places and linemen passed large
part Of the day repairing the damage.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
Origin Of English Royal Academ,

Origin OF English Royal Academy.
The yearly "show" Of works by liv
ing artists which is held at the Eng
lish Royal academy from the f1rsi
Monday In May to the first Monday
in August owes its existence to a
meeting Of painters which was held al
the Turks Head, Soho, on November
IL, 1853. The knights Of the brush
and palette resolved that "once year.
on day in the second week in April
at a place that should be appointed
by a committee for carrying the de
sign into execution, to be chosen an
nually, every painter, sculptor, en-
graver, chaser, seal-cutter, and med
alist may exhibit their several per
formances." It was also resolved that
''the sum Of one shilling be taken
daily Of each person who may come
to visit the said performances" -
"The Royal Academy" Oscar Frichet
in National Magazine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
OHIO HEADwATERs RAGING.
TorrentiaI Rains Flood Pittsburg Dis
trict in Few Hours.

TorrentiaI Rains Flood Pittsburg Dis
trict in Few Hours.
Pittsburg-For the second time this
week the Pittsburg district was flood
ed by one of the heaviest rains in
years. In less than six hours the pre-
cipitation was nearly three inches.
The torrents have crippled transpor-
tation facilities, while inestimable
damage has resulted in dozen small
towns.
Turtle creek, near here, rose II
inches an hour. Families living in
the lowands Of Turtle creek, Brad
dock, East Pittsburg. and Wilmerding
were endeavoring to get household
goods to safety, while merchants.have
moved perishable goods to second and
third floors.
Horsemen dashing frantically down
the Redstone valley often with water
up to the saddle girths, made q jour
ney OF nine miles in time to save the
lives of hundreds Of persons at Smok,
. mining village. Aside from the
great quantity of water due to the
cloudburst, it was feared huge res
ervoir was about to let 60.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
kansa. to Have Now Primary.

Kansas to Have New Primary.
Topeka, Kan Whether Roosevelt
or Taft Presidential electors shall go
on the Republican ballot in the Mo-
yember election must be left to the
voters, and not taken into the courts,
according to the decision Of the SUI
preme. court handed down here.
Roosevelt adherents brought man
damus proceedings to compel county
clerks to place the names Of Roosevelt
electors on the ballot for primary cleo
ton OF August 6. According to the
decision, the Roosevelt Party electors
will remain on the primary ballot.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
Passengers HLucIy Escape

Passengers Lucky Escape.
A traveller In one Of the Londol
tubes attempted to board train after
1t had started and the gates were
closed. He got his feet under the gate
and hung on until the train ran into
the tunnel. Here he was knocked on.
and but for the prompt action OF the
engineer he would have had both legs
cut on. He wrote q letter Of complaint
TO the company, whereupon they had
him Summoned" for breaking one Of
Its regulations. and the court fined
him $3.50 and costs, which amounted
TO 1910. The item describing the case
n the Londch Times was labeled "A
Lucky Escape" Evidently from =
heavier 1ns. New Fork Press.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
PREACHER WANTS ATHEIST.

Methodist Pastor Says People Need
Another lngersoII to Stir Them.
Chicago-"Oh. God, send US another
Bob Ingersoll to arouse the people, +
was the plea made by Rev. Charles B.
Mitchell, pastor Of st. James Meth
odist Episcopal church at the Des
PLANES campmeeting Sunday. They
sit in the pews with dull, dead, in
difference that breaks our hearts.
at would be better if they threw
bricks at us, as they did at Wesley,
but, they don't even talk back. This
Is an age Of doubt. We ministers
need more than Apostolic succession
n this scofing, Indifferent and Cod
less age. The pendulum, ! believe,
will soon begin the swing Dack
again.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
Yiem for 1912 Estimated Il
1,597, 900 Handrsdwiseht.
1911 Crop, Though Short. Lsft Sur
plus On Hand-tilgh Prices
Forced Economy.
Estimated Production This Year.
Compared With 1911 Crop.

Portland, Or.-There will be no hop
famine in the world this year. In ev-
cry hopgrowing country the prospects
are good for large crops on the acre
age. The United States will produce
about $50, 900, bales or AZ, 900 bales
more than last year, and Europe will
have about 1.125, 900 hundredweight,
or 269. 900 :shundredweight more than
in 1911. The total worlds crop is es-
timated this year at about 1,597, 900
hundredweight, which 10 $50, 500 hun-
dredweight more than was grown in
1911.
A year ago figures that were COM
piled showed probable shortage Of
800. 900 hundredweight in the worlds
supply. The estimates were substan-
TALLY correct for the market advanced
more or less steadily until the price Of
hops reached 245 cents on the Pacific
Coast. The statistical shortage, how
ever, was apparent rather than real,
because the high price caused the
brewers to economize, and their re-
quirements were not as heavy AZ in
previous years. That there was more
than enough hops to 60 around has
been demonstrated by the fact that
there are still several thousand bales
of the 1911 crop unsold on the Pacific
Coast, and the price Of these is stead
lily declining. There have been sales
Of several lots recently at 20 cents by
growers who might have obtained 45
cents last winter.
If the short crop Of 1911 was more
than sufficient the much larger crop Of
1912 is likely to leave surplus on the
market. That is why the price pen
dulum is swinging backward. New
crop contracts opened in the spring
around ~ cents, and since then the
decline has been uninterrupted.
The price Of the 1912 crop is now
20 cents. Whether or not the market
will 60 lower will depend on various
developments. The crop has not been
made anywhere in the world yet, and
there is ample time for disaster to
overtake it somewhere. Up to the
present time, however, everything has
been favorable.
Beer sales in the first half Of this
year did not show the increase that
was recorded in the preceding five
years. The brewery output barely
held its own in the first part Of the
year, and has lately decreased.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
PRECIOUS RELICS IN DANGER


Father Ehrle. the wsIl-known his.
tofian. who has been project Of the
vatican library since 1896, Il shortly
to retire from his important posi-. and
Monsignors RAFT, director Of the Am
Ibrosixn library Of Milan. has been Ne
Consequently destructive Bird, Held
lected BY the pope to succeed him.
The manuscripts contained IN the
vatican library number, over forty
thousand and surpass not only In num-
Der but also In value and interest those
of all other libraries In the world
combined because they have been ac-
cumulated since practically the begin
ming Of the Christian era. It will be
necessary for Father Ehrle to remain
in charge for at least another couple
of years in order that he may hand
over to his successor these manuscript
treasures. which must be identified
one by one.
The pope, on the suggestion Of the
retiring librarian, has awaited himself
of this detailed examination OF manu-.
scripts, which takes place whenever a
new project is appointed, to reform the
methods heretofore adopted for their
preservation. The manuscripts are In
closed in low wooden cupboards called
"armadii." about Eve feet high, the
doors Of which are richly decorated,
according to the plan in use for cen.
turtles in Rome, which was to combine
art galleries and libraries and thus
give room to hang pictures on the
walls over the books.
While every precaution Is taken for
the preservation Of the manuscripts
from moths and dampness this old sys
tenn Of keeping them has its great
drawbacks IN case Of fire, as the cup
boards are naturally not flreproof.
Father Ehrle suggested to the pope that
every cupboard when possible should
be converted into strongbox or safe
perfectly ffreproof and that two OF
three large rooms should be specifcaL
" built with walls covered with steel
plates or other nOn-inflammablet mate
rial, to which the manuscripts that can
not be kept in cupboards could be re-
moved.
His suggestion has been fully ap
proved by the pope. who still recalls
the IRE IN the vatican, which but for
the Intervention Of the Italian firemen
might have had disastrous results,
and the necessary arrangements have
now men made to have the vatican
manuscripts preserved in such a way
as to insure their safety and integrity
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
Opium SmuggIers Caught.

Opium Smugglers Caught.
San Francisco-A plan Of the United
States secret service to arrest opium
smugglers on the steamship Korea,
was partially successful, when Lee
Chong and Wong Fl, Chinese menu
bers of the crew, were arrested here.
A white man. supposed to have been
a member of an opium-smuggling ring
which the Federal officials are seeking
to break up, escaped. The arrest of
the two Chinese was brought about
through secret service agent who
boarded the vessel at Honolulu and
gained the confidence of the smugglers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
NEW TRANscoNTlNENrAL LinE
canadian Railroad 10 connect Hud-
sson's Bay With Pacific

eanadian Railroad to Connect Had.
sson's Bay With Pacific.
Edmonton, Alta.-Forty engineer.
ing crews. consisting Of 500 men viii
Teams and pack horses, will be sent
into the field ct once to make nrelim.
lnary surveys for the Northern Terri
toriai Railway company's line from
Edmonton to tide water It Fort
Churchill on Hudson's bay. This il to
pc part OF : system Of /, 45O miles.
from the Hudson's bay country to Port
Essington on the Pacific Coast con.
Meeting Edmonton with Lac La Biche.
Fort McMurray and Lake Athabasca
q. G. H. Neville, c. E., chief en-
gineer or the company, which il
financed by British syndicate and
capitalized at SAC, 900, 900, has covered
every portion of the proposed route
and is fully satisfied upon the enpi-
neering problems presented in the con-
struction Of the system.
Plans are under way to begin grad
ing work early next season, when the
laying OF rails will also be carried on.
and in two years, according to present
calculations, the line is to be in opera
ton from Edmonton to the shore of
Lake Athabasca, opening to CONNER
cial development the vast mineral and
timber wealth of Alberta's farthest
north. The company will then pro-
coed with the construction of the line
in the province of Saskatchewan.
The Edmonton cutoff will be built
later. The line from Lake Athabasca
westerly will tap the rich agricultural
resources of the newest north, contin-
uing thence to the Pacific Coast.
The Northern Territorial Railway
company will operate line of steam
ships from its Hudson's bay terminal
to some British port. Engineers in
the employ of the corporation have
made q study Of the construction of
ice-breakers in the Baltic and are now
working on designs of vessels capable
of meeting the abnormal conditions
which prevail on the bay. They will
also superintend the building of the
feet.
The completion Of the railroad
means the opening of q vast empire,
which only a few years ago was re-
garded as barren waste and useful
only as hunting ground for the fur
trader and the sportsman.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
portI.nd leads Whsat Exports.

Washineton, D. c.. Nearly one
fonrth 81 the wheat exported from
~ United States during the fiscal
wear that ended June 80 last, was
shiDped from the port Of Portland.
snd once more Portland rounds out
M vaar = the leading wheat export
IND district in the country, according
Is statistics.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
Americans Win In France.

SHSSFIS0US VIII w rIaUC0s
Rheims - Several members of the
American Olympic team took part in
the games here in competition with
the best French athletes, and carried
off the honors. Leo Goehring, Mo-
hawk A. c., won the standing high
jump, clearing the bar at feet
inches.
David s. Caldwell, Massachusetts
Agricultural college, won the 300
meters run in / minute 81 1-5 seconds.
James Thorpe, Carlisle Indian
school, captured the 10 meters hur-
dies race in Is As seconds.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
EXCISE TAX BILL
PASSES SENATE
Democrats and Progressives
Combine on Measure.
Reciprocity Law 10 Dead-Income Tax
As Substitute Lost-Tariff Conn
mission Made Permanent.

Washington, u. C.-Dem0crats and
Proeressives united again in the SEN
ate and by a vote of So to 10 passed
the Democratic excise tax bill, ex-
tending the present tax on corpora
tions to the business of individuals,
private firms and co-partnerships.
Attached to the measure also by the
aid of Republican votes, were amend
ments for the repeal of the Canadian
reciprocity law and the fixing of a
two-dollar ton tariff on print paper,
and for the establishment of q per-
manent non-partisan tariff commits
sion.
On the passage of the excise bills
the bills were supported by the fol-
lowing progressives and insurgent Re
publicans: Bourne, Bristow, Clapp,
Crawford, Cummins, Gronna, Jones,
Kenyon, LaFollette, Nelson, Poindex-
ter, Townsend and Works.
The measure was changed from the
original house bill only in minor par
ticulars, except for the addition of the
Canadian reciprocity repeal and the
permanent tariff commission provis-
ion. 1t will 60 back to the house for
the approval of that body and it is be-
lieved an agreement soon will be
reached so that a perfected measure
can be laid before the president.
The excise measure would levy upon
all persons, firms or co-partnerships,
an annual tax equal to one per cent Of
net income in excess of $4,000.
Senator Cummins' permanent tariff
board amendment, which was carried
in the wool fight and then lost in the
final upheaval when the La Toilette
bill passed, was attached to the excise
bill by a vote of 38 to 20. All Re-
publicans except Hepburn, of Idaho,
supported it.
The chief fight aside from that over
Senator Borah's income tax measure,
came upon the Canadian reciprocity
amendment offered by Senator Gron-
ma, of North Dakota.
The amendment adopted by the SEN
ate, 81 to &c, provides for the COM
plete repeal of the reciprocity law
and for the establishment of duty
of 81 ton on print paper imported
from Canada in place Of the present
duty of $375. The duty on chemical
wood pulp is fixed at sone-twelfth of
one cent a pound dry weight, if I'M
bleached, one eighth of one cent a
pound if bleached, and the duty on
printing paper at one-tenth of one
cent pound, if valued at not above
three cents a pound; two-tenths OF
one cent apound if valued above three
cents and not above five cents a
pound, and u per cent ad valorem if
valued above five cents pound
The senate changed the excise bill
so that the tax would not apply to la
Dor organizations. agricultural asso-
Citations or fraternal insurance organ
izations. A plan to check the to-
bacco monopoly by special excise
tax on production above a certain
amount, offered by Senator Hitchcock,
was defeated.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
Wheat Crop to Be Bumper.

Seattle, Wash. Washington's 1912
wheat crop will total about 38, 600, 600
bushels, 1000. 900 bushels more than
last year, according to the estimate
made by c. ]. Holset, chief grain in
spector of the public service commits
sion. Figures obtained from al parts
of the state Indicate crop Of $780,
900 bushels of oats and 5000, 900
bushels of barley. Newspaper re-
ports from the fruit districts indicate
large yields Of all kinds Of fruit.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-02
DifferentiaI Is Settled.

Seattle, Wash. The grain commits
sion of the Merchants Exchange has
established the differential between
sacked and bulk wheat at four cents,
one cent more than last year. The
wider spread is due to the fact that
grain bags this season cost III cents.
the highest price ever paid in the Pa
cific Northwest.