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Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-03-02
NOTICE


Public Sale of Stock For Feed
TO M. V. REEFS, AND ALL WHOM
IT MAY CONCERN:
YOU AND EACH OF YOU are
hereby notified that | will sell at
the Ranch known as the "Old Nit
chell Ranch" near Mountain Home,
Idaho, on the 18th day of March,
1912, at two o'clock p. M, at pub
lie auction for cash in hand, the fol-
lowing described animal, to wit:
One bay gelding, about ten years
old, weight about nine hundred
pounds, branded ar" on right Shout
der.
That said animal will be sold to
pay the undersigned for the feeding
and caring for said animal from the
10Th day of September, 1911, up to
and including the date hereof, amour
ting to the sum Of $43; that $28 OF
said sum is more than sixty days
past due, and the balance of said
sum is reasonable charge for keel
ing said animal since said time up
to the date hereof that the proceeds
of said sale will be applied upon the
payment of said amount and costs of
this proceeding, and the balance, If
nny, will be paid to the owner of
said stock.
Dated this 18th day of February,
Mar Mar G. A. Bach.
Mountain Home, Idaho.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-03-02
LADIES

The Spirella Corset improves the
figure, subdues unnatural lines, and
Jrings out the grace and beauty of
form. The celebrated Spirella Boning
retains its shape permanently-al-
ways resilient, comfortable, support
ng. Appointment at your conven-
ance. Send card or phone
MRS. G. Il. BOYER
Mountain Home, Idaho.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-03-02
Child Training
Paper Read By Mrs Dora Hall Before the Progressive
Club of Mountain Home

cold by lying on the floor.
Many children are averse to going
to led early because they want to
continue their play or perhaps want
to 1isten to the talk of the older
reople.
When it is possible, mothers should
take the children to bed themselves.
If there is an especially precious
hour in the day, it is the children s
bed time The days happenings and
excitement are now over. There is
mystery about the darkness that ap-
peals to the little ones seriousness.
Between the age of three and four
the child's mind is filled with ques-
lions. When you answer these ques.
tons in disjointed and untruthful
manner you not only confuse the
child, but they lose their conf
in you. Remember that your child
has perfect confidence in you and in
everything you say. He believes moth,
er and father know everything. Some
times a child asks the same question
over and over. Probably he did not
understand the first explanation.
When your child asks question
Which yCu are sure he would not
understand, tell him frankly that you
can not tell him now, but when he or
she is older you will explain to them
what they wish to know. And if you
have always been honest with them
1t will satisfy them. Be careful not
to tell them more than they could
find cut for themselves. Furnish them
With the means to find out the an
sNer in the sphere of their own
knowledge. To lead children early
to think is the first and foremost OBJ
ject of child training. Children who
lave been given early in life the
habit of right thought, are started
on the path to real activity.
Bodybuilding is the principal bust
ness OF the mother, during the Sec
Cid year and the dreaded second
of her baby's life. The four
things most important are the foods,
the water the exposure to sun and
heat The child must be outside,
but must not be exposed to the
scorching heat of the sun. If the
l. C1t1 SO cares for her child that
ne has good digestion as his capital.
with regular habits as the foundation
Of character, she need not worry
about disposition or many other
Kings. +
The child of this age needs much
more to build her body than the reg
liar bottle food or mothers milk. The
hid of this age who does not have
he proper food cannot have a norm.
u growth of bone or proper develop
nent of muscle. This is the period
where properly cooked cereals, poach- {
ID eggs and toast, barley and oat
neal gruels, and soups should be
dded to the diet.
DR.. Dixon, the Pennsylvania state [
commissioner of health, little more {
han year ago published statistics
howing that twenty-three per cent {
# all deaths that occurred in his state
or the year were babies less than {
ear old. He claims that these
eaths, in large majority at least
re unnecessary. He declares that t
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-03-02
self had been whipped.

self had been whipped.
Do fathers and mothers who spanl
ever think what little while the
child has had in which to become
acquainted with the requirements an,
duties of this world? How it has
come here stranger with powers
so weak and uncertain to properly
or properly remember? That its very
faults are in large measure due
to the inheritance from father or
mother, and to the environment in
which the parents have placed it?
Have they ever thought that the child
has been ushered inc a world, the
path OF which may prove bright and
suhshiny for the little feet or may
be veritable den of thorns?
A spanking nay restrain child
from the commission of certain acts,
but may not greater evil be wrought
by the spanking? An adult not infre-
quently feels i'll after a siege in the
dentists chair. The pain and the
overweight nerves are sufficient to
account for this Yet the adult does
act SUI er as sensitive child may
suffer after a spanking. The shock
20 the system, the pain, the grieved
heart. all are tearing at the health
centers CT the child, as Is that most
disintegrating of all forces-anger.
The quiyering flesh, the throbbing
nerves, lear, dread, all cry out and
when parents seak of child being
beautifully subdued" after a spank
ing, think of the loss of vitality,
The shock the sensitive system has
undergone, the fear which continues
20 look from eyes swollen with weep.
Ing, and marvel at parental blindness
and lack of understanding.
Just as we can accustom ourselves
o almost any situation or condition,
so can the unruly child accustom or
harden itself to frequent spankings.
He soon learns to bear manfully the
physical pain knowing that it will
soon be over and that he will be free
to enjoy himself until he reaps the
reward of his next outburst.
have this then, to say to the par
your child from the be-
ginning. Give yourself to the study
Of its ply steal condition, its food
Ind exercise, its vitality. Where
'cur own know ledge cannot aid de-
ects in its makeup call in those who
10 know, and remedy the defects to-
lay, not tomorrow. Make your
child the most interesting study for
you have ever had. Teach
ourself throughout Out of the |
mouth of babes then you shall gain
Wisdom.
Until all parents pursue some |
course of this nature We are certain |
o have heroes of defective children,
children who are not in themselves |
responsible for their imperfect physi- |
'al condition. Since they are not re-
ponsible all the more that we above
Who have gained the greater emf
fences, should leave them to STUN
lie into the activities of adult life,
Infitted in bodies or characters to
ssume its responsibilities.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-03-02

these deaths are the result of moth
ers being physically, mentally, moral
ly, and socially unfit for the burdens
OF motherhood, If all the mothers OF
the neighborhood would organize a
club meeting once week, giving
personal experiences, they would get
much knowledge and much improve
the state of affairs. These mothers
could have trained nurse come in to
give them a talk and any physician
would now and then meet with them,
giving them hints alon general
health lines on the care of children.
Three thousand nine hundred and
twenty nine babies died in New York
City, in the summer of 1909 of dia-
rhetic diseases. If the mothers of
these babies had known how to take
care of their babies and how to
feed them, they need not have been
sick If they had known how to take
care of them after they were sick, ii
they had called in competent physi-
clan, or If they had appealed to the
Board of Health, the majority of these
babies might have lived.
Some of the authorities believe that
infantie paralysis is a germ disease
and that the germs enter the body
by way of catarrhal conditions in the
air passages. In any case the child
should be kept free from all infiamma-
ton of the nose and throat
In closing this paper | wish to say
few words on discipline and the va
rious modes of punishment. Discipline
is a word of numerous definitions
Discipline is more than obedience to
rules. True discipline in it's largest
sense Is the formation of character.
Beyond all question the faithful do
ing of an unpleasant task is a valu-
able discipline. There is an exhaust
less fund of information and discipline
that may come to the child through
the loving intercourse with thought
full parents. For every sharp word
brushes a bud that is trying to
push out into the world of knowledge.
No child can really thrive where
force or angry words or blows are
the dominatory power of home dis
cipline. Is it possible to have any
kind of successful home discipline for
boys or girls in which kindness and
love are not the paramount laws?
No soul ever rose to full possession
Of its powers through threats. No
soul ever blossomed into complete
beauty save by knowing through ex-
oer.ence. Threats of punishment make
1 courageous child defiant. They
stimulate a curious child into activ
ty to see what will result. These
same threats coerce a strong willed
$Hllu lltO Udltle 10 see VINO VIII come
'ut best. and they are the beginning
If lying and deception with weak chill
lren. The very first element with tru-
y just control of the child soul are to
'e found in winning it's respect and
folding its confidence. All the dis
ipline in the world, all the systems
e ised by humans to make the child
to law and order, are
where the first effort is
lot to win respect and trust. Make
he child love and respect you before
tempting to discipline and control
t. Win its confidence, and then JUS
ice, not injustice, will prevail |
elieve in proper discipline of chill ,
rem, just as | believe in the Just ,
iscipliEe of adults who have not .
earned self-control, but | hold this f
be true: that if we are to exer-
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-03-02
Continued from last week.

tCOntlnued from last week.
In order to make effective the pro-
hibition of kissing, parents them,
selves must adhere to the rule. at
least imprinting only kiss on the
forhead.
Every mother knows that her baby
needs exercise. that it can not grow
and develop and be healthy without
1T. But there are many mothers who
do not know just how to exercise the
baby. A growing baby, especially one
that is past the age of fifteen
months, demands abundant exercise,
and for this reason should be given
plenty of freedom.
The normal child, when it is happy,
Legins to play, and this exercise
fits 1t for the tasks of later life.
The first plays of childhood are mus
Gle and brain developers, and are the
most important elementary forms of
character-building.
Childhood is the play period of
life, and comes before the real &C.
tivities of life begin, thus preparing
and familiarizing the child with move
nents which are said to be ire
sistable force or instinct. If you
would have your children happy,
keep them everlastingly playing. A
child plays because it is his chief
business. 1t is his normal effort to
understand himself through free self
expression.
One of the best methods of inocu-
lating morals and building up char
acter Is through we'll directed play
Play is in reality preparation for life
beyond childhood The girl plays
keeping house in imitation of her
mother, and learns along the line of
her natural vocation in life. She
rocks her doll to sleep as her mother
cares for the baby. The boy with |
his blocks gets the rudiments of con-
struction.
Children play at things they see
their mothers and fathers doing, and |
what the child plays he is trying to
understand; therefore a child playing
mother, is trying to understand the
mother-love and the relation which
exists between the two.
A child two years old should go
to bed at six, or at the very latest,
seven o'clock. Having the afternoon
lap should not be made an excuse
for evening privileges. The sleeping
time is the growing and energy pro
ducing period of the day.
Too much emphasis can not be
placed On the subject of sleep in
connection with healthy children. Res
ular periods of sleep, without playing
CT exercising to the point of ex-
hausticn, are vitality important Let
the little ones be put to bed at night
before they are limp with sleep
mess. To be aroused and shaken
and dragged up stairs in a half con-
scious state is not good for the child,
and must have a harmful effect on
he disposition and temper Further
and even greater injury may result
rom late sitting up by the little ,
'ieeper's falling from it's chair, droop- I
ng forward or to one side in such
Way as to twist it's neck or back, {
-atsiDg strain; or it may take {
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-03-02

else just power over the child, we
must be absolutely certain that we
are capable of it. We must know
ourselves before we know the child
or Influence ii into proper soul
growth. Punishment must be re-
formatory or it is worse than use
less. Bodily pain inflicted by another
only arouses rebellious feelings. 1t
is impossible to discipline the con
science by applying the rod. The
duty of a parent is not to exercise
authority, but to lead the child to
govern himself, and If this can not
he done by the power of love and
appeals to reasDl It can net be
done at all. | believe every one of
our children are really actuated by
the desire to do right. They are all
fun.l0v.ng children children who make
mistakes, who sometimes do wrong,
but are not matic us. aelieve every
bloW ever given child has by SO
much lessened his respect for him
self and in proportion his ability to
make the most Of himself. have
heard parents speak of a good whip
ping, as II there was ever such
thing. Whippings rob children of
their self respect, they humiiate
them, and this humiliation does not
tend to the upbuilding of strong,
happy, forcible characters Both
pain and fear lower the vital forces
they rob of strength and vitality
they make children cowardly at
heart and weak in body. A chila
who has been subdued by a whipping
is a child whose vitality has been
lowered, whose system has received
a shock from which it will not en-
tlrely recover for, perhaps, several
days. ! do not believe that a parent
can have any right to do this, to
lnJure a child's health, even for q
time, on the plea that 1t is for the
childs welfare.
Another reason have for decidedly
of punishment, is be-
cause it tends to make child re-
bellious, to excite, and therefore
strengthen i'll temper and revenge,
and to have less respect for the pa
rent, because it feels that the parent
1as taken a mean advantage of its
lelplessness and inability to defend
Itself II | were to whip my chill
lren | should by that act acknow-
edge, or so it seems to me, the fact
hat | could influence and control
hem only by the exercise of phys
cal force, instead of by intelligence
md reason. | should place the
'ody above the mind, both in the
,hild and in myself.
hS IucStlou VI government Oh GILL
lren is a perplexing one, and some
lines requires much ingenuity. A
leighbor said to his son: "Now,
charles, if you disobey my commands
@ain ! will whip you or you will
ne, the command being that the DO
ome directly home from school. But
e returned late as usual that night.
When he did come, the father met
nm with a whip, saying: Il told
GU If you were late | would whip
on or you would me- and, taking
If his coat, he handed the boy his
Ihip with these words: Now whip
ne, fer If ] had brought you up
ightly you would not have been
isobedient." So the boy was com
elled to apply the whip, and years
fterWards he said that whipping his
ather was greater punishme nt to him
han 1t would have been IL he him
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-01
PAR|S|ENNE KILLS
AMERICAN RIVAL
FOR HUSBAND
Mrs. J. E. Bridgeman Shot BY
French Writer
SURRENDERS TO POLICE
Slayer Is Wel-known Playwright
Who Resented Theft OF Hus-
bands Affections.
SURRENDeRS TO POLICE

Paris, August Rivalry between
two women, one American and the
other French, over the affections OF
the latter's husband, resulted yester-
day in the murder of the American,
Mrs. James f. Bridgeman wife of the
cashier of the New York Life lnsur-
ance Company paris branch) d.
Nine. Bloch, who did the shooting, is
a novelist and playwright. She
gave herself up to the police.
Mrs .Bridgeman was separated from
her husband a short time ago owing
to her relations with NJ. Bloch, and
Mr.. Bridgeman began suit for d.
yorce. stating that NJ. Bloch had been
meeting his wife for years. She then
vent to live in a small! apartment
neac The Madeline.
Nine. Bloch. Who has known OF the
meetings between her husband and
Mrs Bridgeman .or some time, went
to Mrs. Bridgeman's apartments yes
terday to try to persuade her to have
nothing more to do with NJ. Bloch. .
Mrs. Bridgeman admitted Nine. Bloch
to the apartment and the latter intro
duced herself
"Win you give him up" she asked
Mrs Bridgeman.
Never" was the reply. Il have
him and | will keep him.
Nine. Bloch then drew small re-
volver from a handbag she carried
and fired at Mrs. Bridgeman. The
first shot went wild. The second
struck her in the head and she died
almost instantly.
Nine. Bloch cody replaced the re.
volver in her handbag and went out,
saying to the concierge az she pass
ed ~ have killed my rival
She went to a flower market near
by and handed over the revolver 10
the first policeman she met. telling
him what she had done. She was
taken to the police station where she
said
II will explain everything in court
This woman broke up my home, she
has monopolized my husband for two
years and he has been running him
self for her. do not regret what
have done. This is an act Of ven
gence which has liberated me-
Mr. Bridgeman was seey at his
home in the St Colud and said that
he had done everything possible to
keep his wife from getting into troub-
lie, but had given up the task as hope
less.
Mrs Bridgeman was formerly Min
ME Bernhart of Milwaukee and was
about 80 years old. The Bridgemans
we're married in Paris twenty years
ago and had a son of eighteen, who
is in London. Nine. Bloch has three
small children at her home in Neu-
lily.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-01
LAW OF THE ROAD
Vermont Statute to Prevent Acct
dents and Disorder.


The local police have had difficulty
recently in enforcing the state statute
governing the rules of road traffic.
Inasmuch as the safety of the high
way travelling oftentimes depends on
these rules, they gain an added i'm
portance They were not passed
merely to insure order but to provide
legal rule to prevent accidents by
directing traffic. The local police
have recently distributed printed
copies of the law The law follows:
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont.
Section l. A person driving or rid
ing a horse or other draft animal or
operating an automobile or motor We
hicle who meets on public highway
person riding or driving a horse or
other draft animal or person operat-
ing an automobile or motor vehicle,
shall, when il is safe and practicable
so to do, seasonably turn such horse,
or other draft animal or vehicle to
the right of the center of the travelled
part of such highway so as to pass
without interference. A person driv-
ing or riding a horse or other draft
animal or operating an automobile or
motor vehicle shall. on overtaking
horse. draft animal or vehicle, when
it is safe and practicable so TO do,
pass on the left side thereof, and the
person riding or driving a horse or
draft animal or operating an automo-
bile or motor vehicle overtaken by
person riding or driving a horse or
IN an
tomoble or motor vehicle shall, when
it is safe and practicable so to do,
turn TO the right so as to allow free
passage on the left. A person riding
or driving a horse or other draft ami
NAL or operating an automobile or
motor vehicle shall, at the intersec-
ton of public highways, when safe
and practicable so to do, keep TO the
right of the intersection of the cent
ers of such highways when turning
to the right and pass TO the left or
such intersection when turning to the
left. The operator of an automobile
or motor vehicle shall, upon approach
ing a crossing or intersecting high
ways. a bridge, sharp turn, curve,
steep decent or brow of hill have
the automobile or motor vehicle un-
der perfect control and give timely
signal with a bell. horn or other de-
vice for signalling, and person who
violates this provision shall be fined
not more than one hundred dollars.
A person operating an automobile or
motor vehicle on a bridge or pablo
highway, where there is not an UNI
INSTRUCTED view of the road for at
least one hundred yards, shall when
it is safe and practicable so to do.
keep his vehicle on the right OF the
center OF the travelled part of the
bridge or highway. A person who vi
olates a provision of this section for
which no penalty is herein otherwise
provided shall be fined not more than
ten dollars.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-01

BERKSHIRE LEAGUE GAMES.
Bennington To Meet North Adams At
Morgan Park Tomorrow Afternoon.

The Bennington baseball team has
some interesting games to play in
the near future Tomorrow the team
will meet North Adams at Morgan
park in a Berkshire League game.
The game will be called at the usual
hour, o'clock The next Fowler
park game will be with the Pittsfeld
team. On Monday, August 5, the
Chinese students from Honolulu, who
recently won an thinning game from
the home team, will return for an
other contest.
BY winning from Bennington on
Tuesday and from North Adams yes
terday the Pittslield team has how
come within striking distance of the
league leaders and it will be neces-
sary for Bennington to play good bali
tomorrow. To lose a game at this
stage of the race would take a large
chunk off from the lead that the
Huckleberry outfit has held during
the entire season.
The Pittsfield-Nor Adams game
was played at Pitsfeld yesterday af.
ternoon and Pittsfield won to 4
Pittsfeld batted McRobbie for
hits with a total of IA bases and
played a sharp game in the field