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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-03-14

several weeks during the early
spring there are more boys playing
marbles at the various stations than
there are people operating the road,
and they take infinitely: greater risk
than the employees. They play by
the side of the rails and become so
absorbed in the game that they
scarcely notice a passing train. If
a marble goes over the rail the boy
goes over after it as quick as a flash
and generally without looking up to
see whether he is plunging under the
end of an on-coming train. Should
the boy be killed or crippled the
operating department of the road
would have to make an accounting.
The local agent would be censured
for allowing the boys to be there and
would probably lose the position he
has worked the best years of his life
to attain; but what can man do
He can explain matters to the boys
and show them the danger, but they
will play on without any delay. If
he drives them off they will soon be
back. If the same bunch does not
come right back, others do, and he
has to repeat the driving. If he
uses more drastic measures he gains
the i'll will of the boys and their
friends, and it is not the policy Of
the road to be offensive to the pub
lie whom they serve. The problem
Is one for the public, the parents and
the boys themselves to make study
of and to solve. A few days ago the
local agent at Blackfoot had laborers
level off little patch of ground
in the street near the depot for the
boys to play on and helped them pat
it down and get it in condition for
their game. If boys must play, and
they must if they are ever going to
be Of any account, why should not
the town provide marble grounds the
same as they do tennis grounds and
baseball grounds? 1t is not justice
to the boys nor the public nor the
road to make it encumbent upon the
boys to risk their lives every time
they play game. We commend this
matter to the thoughtful people Of
the town and the road to find a hap
py solution of the marble grounds.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-03-14

upon which they have the right to be-
and minors and children, following
the example of their elders, also
flock upon the tracks, engines and
cars, turntables and other property;
and the saddest and most heartrend-
ing of all railroad casualties are
those which result in the death and
permanent serious injuries to min
ors and children who frequent the
yards and play on cars, turntables
and engines of railroad companies.
When you look at the statistics is it
hardly believable that in as highly
a civilized country as ours such
things are permitted, but the author
tiles and the parents of these minors
apparently take no action to pre-
vent this fearful roll Of death and
misery that is occurring every day
and every hour on the railroads of
this country. The railroads them
selves cannot take any preventive
measure, for the reason that they
have no law back of them giving
them the right or authority to ex-
clude those trespassers from their
property"
This editorial deals with the sub
ject of trespassing on the railway
right of way. The article lead to an
animated discussion by all present
as to how best to bring about GER
tain needed legislation, which would
provide an incentive to the local Of
ficers of the law whereby they might
receive a portion of such fines az
were collected from trespassers whom
they arrested on the right of way.
The fact was brought out that be-
fore a law, making it misdemean-
or to trespass on the right of way,
could be made effective, public OPP
"OulO hotC " DC OuuCdtCu W
the dangers of such trespassing and
the necessity for preventing It.
However, in order to get this mat
ter before the legislative bodies of
the states which our road traverses
and to bring it more forcibly to the
attention of the general public, a
committee was appointed to look in
to the framing of law which
should have for it's aim the accom-
plishment of the purpose above men
toned. This committee consisted of
Mr.. L. D. Abbott, Mr.. F. w. Rothas
and Mr.. A. Roberts.
1t was also suggested by Mr.. Rey-
nolds that copy of the editorial
above mentioned, be sent to the To-
cal newspapers in this territory ask
ing them to publish it, so as to enlist
the interest of the public-also that
this article be written up in the
form of bulletin and posted in all
of our depots.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-03-14
TEACHING CRUELTY.

It's a pity that so many of our
farm journals lend themselves to the
cause of cruelty. For example,
when one of these agricultural papers
devotes three pages, illustrated with
pictures of steel traps and their VIC
tins, to encouraging youth to take
up, for profit, a course of action that
involves one of the most merciless
forms of cruelty, we wonder what it
implies on the part of those respon-
sible for its management. Nothing
so brutalizes man as deeds of in
humanity The lad who can deliber-
ately subject any living creature to
the torture and lingering anguish of
the steel trap must, when once he
realizes what he Is doing, either stop
it or pay the inevitable penalty in
the moral degradation Of the finest
thing about him. his sensibility to
i:ijustice and wrong. The steel trap
with its relentless and deadly fangs,
gripping as in vice of FIRE the
wretched creature enticed by human
cunning to its hell of pain, Is worthy
of a place only in an age that tolera-
ted the thumb-screw and the torture
chamber. This same paper has
column devoted to the Sunday school
lesson in which we are told that by
the flood" God had washed the earth
of its foul wickedness" Not in bitter
ness, or to say singing thing, do
we suggest that the paper that would
induce its young readers to one Of
the worst forms of wickedness would
do we'll to leave out the columns on
religion. The frightful incongruity
can only offend its more thoughtful
and humane readers. These words
are written only after letter to the
paper We have in mind brought no
evidence of appreciation of the in
fiuence for harm 1t was exerting.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-03-14
SAFETY FIRST MOVEMENT.

The monthly meeting of the Safe
ty FIRST committee at Pocatello on
March Bird dealt with many ques-
lions, but none of more vital i'm
portance to the public than the mat
ter of trespassing on the right of
way. Statistics show that more peo-
pie are killed while trespassing on
the railroad right of ways than
all passengers and employees togeth-
her 1t is a stratling statement that
more than half of the death by rail-
way accidents are preventable and
preventable by the public. A tres
passer on the right of way is one
who is there without any business or
without. any necessity for it. The
man walking along the tracks instead
of walking on the road, street or
pavement is a trespasser. The boy
playing marbles along the tracks is
trespassing; the loafer at the depot
watching the cars go through; the
person who crosses the tracks be-
tween streets instead Of at the cross
ing where all possible safeguards are
provided is a trespasser. The fell
low who steals a ride on some part
of the train not intended for carrying
passengers and gets killed is listed
among the trespassers.
Ever since the bright weather be-
gan, boys have been busy playing
marbles about the depot. It Is SO at
every depot on the system. For
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-03-14
SUPREME COURT IN QUESTION.

The Supreme Court may have been
right in undoing the verdict of the
jury that passed upon Jack Sayer's
case, but the people Of this communi-
ty will not soon forget it. We are
not aware of what the evidence was
that went before the jury and the
Supreme Court, but the people of
three counties in Eastern Idaho
know pretty we'll what was the evil
dence in the preliminary, and they
know very we'll that Sayer belongs in
the penitentiary and it is wrong to
ever let him out.
If the discriminating evidence was
not before the jury in the trial we
want to know why it was not intro
duced If it was not reported cor
rectly to the Supreme Court we still
want to know If the Supreme Court
can set aside the verdict of the jury
that sees the witnesses and hears the
testimony, what is the use of having
juries at all? 1t was shown by the
evidence that Sayer was responsible
for Mary Robb's taking the steps that
led to death, and now it appears that
while he was at the penitentiary he
was driving the hack to town and
back, and court seems to regret that
he has served nearly year already"
Last spring a fellow at Burley
poisoned girl he had betrayed, and
was let off with light fine; the fed
eral Judge paroled him rather than
let the father pay the fine, the pur-
pose being to let the offender out
where he could earn the $500 him
self. Failing to make the payment
he was sent to serve it out. There is
an old saying, These married men
must stand together" and it seems
to be true.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-03-14
THE PARTY PLATFORMS

In this issue of the paper we pub,
lish the platforms of both parties
the Republicans making plain state
ments of how they propose admins
tering the city government if elected
and telling just what they will I'M
dcrtake They represent the body at
which the criticisms of the Bull
Moose platform are directed, and the
record is open to inspection.
We assume that the reader has
perused both platforms and has OBJ
served that the Bull Moose condemn
the Republicans for high taxes, for
the improvements that have been
made in the three years just past,
and for all the needed improvements
that have not been made. They find
that there is still mud and water in
streets and they promise to see that
this condition is changed. They will
see that no weeds exist in the streets
which is very commendable thing,
they will clean up the town and they
will secure a more adequate water
system as soon as finances will
permit"
This falls rather flat when it is
remembered that the administrations
they condemn have been pushing dill
igently on those very things. We ask
the readers time to make very
brief review of the past four years,
the period criticised by the Bull
Moose platform.
At the mass convention held in
1909 for nominating the city ticket,
a platform was submitted that prom
Used four things-the purchase and
Improvement of the cemetery by the
city; the laying of walks; the
building Of sewer system and a
City Hall. The city was in debt but
very little, and the platform propos-
ed bonding the city for sewer, city
hall and cemetery, and this was done.
About twelve or fourteen miles of
walks have been laid, and the city
had to lay the crossings and grade
up to them, and 1t has filled in the
low places in the streets where the
filing seemed most urgently deman-
ded by the volume of travel.
The past three summers the weed
question was considered. The first
time it was given up FOR lack of mon
ey to cope with it, and the past two
seasons the moving machine was OPP
Grated on part of the town and the
work of cleaning up the cans, wires
and other things that obstruct
mower was prosecuted
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-03-14
SPRINKLING DISTRICTS

The matter of sprinkling districts
referred to in the Republican plat
form published in this issue, is one
that has been lying dormant for a
long time. When last agitated it
was proposed to tax all sprinkling to
the abutting property, but this was
opposed by men owning business
houses which they rented, the ex-
cuse being that the tenants would be
benefited but would be unwilling in
many cases to pay the extra expense.
1t would complicate matters SO much
they did not want that system fol-
lowed. The sprinkling that has been
done was on the business streets and
was paid out of the taxes. People
in the residence district received no
benefits from it except as they might
find better conditions along the bust
ness street when they come up town.
People along Shilling avenue and
other places where there is great
deal of travel and much dust have
wanted to establish sprinkling die
tricts, keep the dust down and pay
the bills themselves as they would
other taxes, but the city has declin-
ed to transact the business for
them. The plank in the platform
referred to, stands for enabling peo-
pie to have streets sprinkleG in such
districts as may be willing TO pay
the expense.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-03-14
TRESPASSING ON THE RIGHT OF
WAY

The Railway and Engineering
Review for February 22nd, has an
article entitled Special Bulletin on
Trespassing," which was the subject
of earnest consideration by the Safe
ty First Committee which met at Po-
catello recently and is copied here
, for the information of our readers.
1t is worthy of the attention of all
persons who ever go near a railroad
track, and reads as follows:
The Special committee on Rela-
lions of Railway Operation to Legis-
lation has issued bulletin on tres
passing on railway right of way.
The circular begins: The Interstate
Commerce Commission reports that
during the year ending June 80, '12I
31S passengers and 1896 railway en-
ployees were killed. 1t reports that
during the same year, 5434 tres
passers we're killed by railroad
trains. To save the lives of the pas
sengers has been passed, and is pro-
posed, which will involve the expen-
diture of 81, 100000, 900 with an an
nual cost of more than $75,O0O,0OO.
Those vast sums must be repaid by
the public through freight and pas
senger rates. To save the lives Of
the 5434 trespassers, legislation pro-
hibiting trespassing and providing
penalty therefor is all that is need
ed. This will cost the public moth
ing, and will save to it the vast econ
omic loss involved in the constant
death of its citizens. Following this
appear three exhibits" of which the
first shows facts and opinions regar-
ing trespassing, developed by those
who are in touch with the safety
movement on railways; the second
shows that these trespassers are
principally workers, not tramps or
hoboes. and the third exhibit gives
the conclusions of a trained obser-
yer, presented to the National Con-
ference of Charities and Corrections,
as to the effect of the existing lack
Of legislation on vagrancy. One of
the most impressive portions of the
whole argument is comprised in the
following extract from Exhibit A"
All laws should have for their pri-
mary object the protection Of the cit
izen, the children and those who are
mentally unbalanced, and the pre-
vention of all injury to members of
society. The absence of laws pre-
venting and making it crime or
misdemeanor to trespass upon the
tracks and property of railroads,
where there is constant danger, in
duces people to expose themselves to
the dangers, and walk along the
tracks, and to climb on engines and
cars, where they have no legal or
moral right to be, where they are
liable always to be brought into con-
tact with powerful and dangerous
machinery, where, of necessity, en-
gines and cars must be operated,
and that can be operated nowhere
else. In the absence of such pre-
ventive laws, the average citizen is
lead to believe that railroad tracks
and property are public highways
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-03-14
PENDLEBURY INCONSISTENT

OuT ITlSuu Jdmcs IcuulcuuIy 10
rushing into print lately and yet try
ing to stay out of it, This week he
sends us a statement concerning an
incident at the Asylum which is prob
ably true, and asks that it be pub
lished. 1t will not be published in
this paper for two reasons:
First, it is subject for the super
intendent to act upon if he will act
and to have laid before the board of
directors if the superintendent ig-
nored it.
Second, no man gets his communi-
cations into the Idaho Republican if
he accompanies such communication
with discourtesy. And Mr.. Pendle-
bury closes his communication with
a statement rejecting upon himself
and the paper too, in these words:
There is no lies about this So
plese print the truth for once in your
Valuable Paper.
This carries with it the inference
that what he has written before may
not have been true, and that all that
has been published in the Republic
can, up to this date was not true.
Mr.. Pendlebury names RESPONSE
BILE citizen who has knowledge of a
patient being mistreated by an at
tendant who was not az the time
under the eye of his superior in the
corps of Asylum management. In
stead of going to the medical super
intendent with the information so
the misconduct of the attendant
could be investigated, he would rush
into print with it and by that means
help destroy the morale of the in
stitution besides leaving with the
public the inference that the mana
cement had knowledge of and per-
mitted such things.
If a man shall accidentally see a
person held up and robbed does he
keep still until the paper comes out
and then inform the public through
the press of what happened week
ago. and leave the inference that
the county or city government is
conducted wrong? This Is on par
with Mr.. Pendlebury's conduct.
We have copy of the rules gov
erning employees at the Asylum and
we presume they are enforced as
well as they can be. Rule reads
"All employees must be KIND and
respectful to one another, and ES-
PECIALLY TO THE PATIENTS. NO
ABUSE WHATEVER TO PATIENTS
WILL BE ALLOWED"
We have forwarded Mr.. Pendle-
bury's letter to the medical super
intendent for his information, and
marked copies of this article will
reach the members of the board, so
we think the purpose which Mr.. Pen
dlebury had at heart or should have
had will be accomplished-that is
the greatest degree of protection
given to the patients.
Sometimes it is difficult for per-
son to make clear analysis of his
own feelings and distinguish sharply
between desire to aid the weak and
helpless, and to knock against what
is being done. We commend this to
Mr.. Pendlebury's earnest reflection.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-03-14
CURRENT EVENT MEETING.

The Economic Department of the
Current Event club will meet at the
v. |. s. rooms Monday afternoon at
5 O'Clock.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-09

Las Cruces. n. NJ, Jan. 9.-The mar
rage of Miss Esther Sheldon to J. L.
Crump, of Birmingham, Ala, took place
at the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. II. Sheldon, on Griggs street
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Clyde
Campbell. pastor of the First NJ. L.
church, IN the presence of the family
Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ. Pool and Misses
Hester Day and Marion Wade. The bride
was married in her handsome blue tray
cling suit. The couple left on the 4:3O
train Tor Birmingham, Ala. The bride
came here three months ago with her
parents, brother and sister from near
birmingham.
FIorenciO Candelio and Miss Genobeba
Rico were married in the Catholic church
Tuesday. The groom has until recently
been a clerk in the store of the Smith
James Mercantile company, while the
bride has been a clerk IN the dry goods
department of Henry NJ. StOes's store
on Main street.
Aeiano Torres and Miss Inez Gonzales
were married in the Catholic church here
this morning.
Master Thomas Royal Hayner, son of
Frank NJ. Hayner, school superintendent
OF DOna Ana county, received the first
parcels post package delivered at this
postoffice.
Warmer Weather at Cruces.
The thermometer stood at IL below
zero Wednesday morning. but warmed
up considerably through the day.
Pipes were frozen yesterday morning
and many houses had no water during
the entire day. This morning the Their
mometer was 3 above zero at o'clock.
Sixteen Below at Brazito.
Word received from the reclamation
camp at Brazito states the THERMOMETERS
on Wednesday morning stood at Is be-
low zero. All provisions were frozen,
even the bottles of extract were frozen
This morning the thermometer at that
place registered only 6 below zero The
employees were unable to do surveying
yesterday, but are at work today.
Miss Blanch Blickenstaff, after brief
visit with her parents IN northwest Las
Cruces, went to Santa Fe to visit her
sister, Mrs. J. ii. Wagner, on her way
to Oklahoma City.
Rev. Thomas R. Mitchell. pastor of
the Presbyterian church, who has been
sick, is again able to be on the street.
Thomas Tate. who has been quite III at
his home on Las Cruces avenue, is i'm
proved.
Edward Ehle is suffering from an at
tack of grip at the Elks' home on Main
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Fl. Sims have returned
from a brief visit in FL Paso, making
the trip in their auto.
Mrs. J. W.. Bouts of SacketOOn, Can
ada, is a guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ford.
The FL Paso Herald auto man arrived
here last evening despite the snow and
cold. The Herald readers here appre-
ciate having The Herald delivered to
them early each evening. and especially
these cold evenings, when it is too cold
to be on the street.
Engineer Doyle started up the valley
yesterday to do some work for the recla-
nation service but found the cold
weather beyond his endurance by the
ine he reached DOna Ana.
State engineer James a. French has
returned to this place, after a brief stay
in FL PasO.
Homer J. Gault, of the reclamation
office here. went to FL Paso today.
Phone / for automobile-cheap- rates,
quick service. LOngwen.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-09
SEEK TO KEEP ARMY
ON A WAR BASIS
Radical Changes Are Proposed In Ar
raagcment Of Commands AZ
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Washington, d. c., jan 9--Gat nefed
al the war department by special Or
der of secre tary Of war Stlmson are
most of the army officers IN actual
general command for conference
which is expected to have imDortanI
results N shaping the future Organ2-
zatiOn of the army.
Brig. Gen. CrOzier outlined the raol-
cal changes proposed TO be made IN
the existing organization OF the army,
The purpose. he said, was TO MAINTAIN
q military establishment hereafter on
a war basis, not in the matter II
number of troops but in the arrange
ment of commands and the creation Gt
tactical units 50 that q splendid mech-
anism would always be ready TO re
spOnd at a moments notice TO the
call OF danger.
thus. instead Of the present sys-
tenn whereby the commander Of
military department finds himself with
several regiments OF infantry at one
point as many cavalry at another a
number OF seacOast defences to cars
for and little or no field artillery, one
brigadier general will be placed IN COM
plete charge of a brigade with It's prop
er complement Of each branch OF the
service, which would be capable o.
speedy concentration ana utilization as
a brigade when required
Brig. Gen. L l. Steever, command
ing the department OF Texas, is here
from Fort Bliss, attending the con-
ference.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-09
WILSON SEEKS MORE
VIEWS ON CABINET

Trenton, n J., Jan 9.-Besides talk
ing ever a number OF CABINET posi-
biiities with senator's HOke Smith, Of
Georgia. and Thomas P Gore, of Okla.
houaa- president elect Wilson discussed
with the senators a program for the
extra session, including tariff and cur
rency legislation
Both senators departed with their
Inns sealed The president elect spoke
of his conference only in general terms
He said they had discussed the whole
ground OF an extra session program
we discussed, as do all my visitors
he said, all the names Tor the cabInec.
L could think Of, just to get their
views"
Rsiterating that he had arrived at No
specific conclusions, he added
I an sincerely seeking to get the
point of view of these men am not
asking for conclusions, but merely
want to talk things over with them p
Senators OGOrman, OF New York.
and CulberSOu, Of Texas, wiz confer
today with Nh. Wilson at the state
house