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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08

there are now before the country the
demands for control of the
floods of the Mississippi river and
harbor improvements of great magni-
tude; building vast reservoirs for ir-
rigation and storage of floods; drain
age of swamp lands; foresting vast
stretches of uplands; building trans
continental auto roads, and the states
vie with each other in seeing which
can get the most money out of the
treasury for any of these things and
for public buildings whether needed
or not.
Some of the new expense items in
our state government, either adopted
or proposed, are the home for deaf
mutes, orphans home; reform school,
this is in great need of extensions and
of being made into two institutions
so the criminally inclined may be
segregated from the mere dependent
child; home for erring girls; home
for the aged; agricultural experiment
stations, and then there are the
mothers pension act, the old age pen
sion and various other meritorious
things claiming attention, and each
one is being pressed forward by a
class of more or less influential peo-
pie constituting part of the constitu-
ency. AS these things are disposed
of and placed upon the list of things
for which your tax money is expend-
ed, other things will arise to cloud
the horizon of the man who breads
expenses and taxes, but to give cheer
to the optimist who believes in hav-
ing the government money perform
all the good things it can be made to
do, and you will never see the time
when your taxes will be any lower
than they are now, except on condi-
ton that you own less property, and
if you still have an income in it's
place, they will get you on the pro-
posed income tax which will be in
operation at no distant day, designed
to extract money from those who
have found ways to evade the pay
ment of taxes under existing laws.
Your taxes were high last year.
They will be high in 1918, and in
1914 and fifteen and sixteen, and on
into the future as far as the paying
ability of man runneth You may
just as well make up your mind to
pay heavy taxes and say you like it.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
tuntins q Hat.


A WOMAN ,anHui Sti, k n hat on her
head as yo,i stick II stamp on letter
There Is m ingenious machine that
sticks stamps on letters at the rate OF
several thousand an hour But nobody
has invented II machine for sticking
hats on the heads Of women man
IAN buy u hat in five minutes. but no
woman would dream of buying a hat
In less than an hour Often woman
will acquire Il splitting headache IN
the attempt to find one hat to suit
her out Of hundred. and not seldom
she carries away the headache with
nut II hat on it The hat hunt Is only
a small part of the daily agony of shop
ping. and yet many man would rath
er cut his throat than engage in Il hat
hunt AZ n dispHSSionate spectator Men
prefer To hunt the fox or the stag. the
tiger or the lion, the grizzly or the
grouse y tiger hunt is not nearly Sc
perilnuS as Il hat hunt London Opin
ion
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
Persistence Won.

Jones. a former man about town. haG
become so poor that often. donning his
shabby evening clothes. he had either
to bone his friends for a dinner or &C
hungry Tins Jones dropped in ON a
former crtny one evening and said:
Il thought Id just drop ill., knew yob
were giving Il dinner. and heard tina,
your guests were Just thirteen So. ms
your wife is superStitious about thu,
number. | thousht-ha. ha!-Td jus,
drop in
But" said the host. you're quite
wrong. Jones We are not thirteen
We are just twelve"
Jones, as he drew off his shabby old
OvercOat. said:
'Well. I'll stay anyhow. If only to
laugh your wife out of her supersti-
tiOus within" Washington Star
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
IDLE GOSSIP IN THE PULPIT

L. Bush Livermore, the editorial
writer of the Pocatello Tribune. has
had something on his mind lately and
takes occasion to express himself
| thusly:
Once upon time Pocatello school
teacher charged one of the most
prominent fraternal orders in the
Gate City with violating certain laws
of the state. The teacher "heard"
the statements and repeated it as
true. There was not the slightest
shadow of basis for the charge.
Not because the lodge desired to
humiliate the teacher, but because
they deemed it their right to be abb
solved, the lodge demanded an invest
igation. The result of that investi-
cation was such that the teacher,
much against his will, of course, was
compelled to appear in person before
the lodge in open session and apollo
gize.
The other day at Caldwell sensa-
tion-loving minister of the gospel per-
haps disheartened over his inability
to swing the spot light in his direc-
ton by orthodox sermons on abstract
subjects, made the charge that gross
immortality existed among the school
children of that town; that it had
been found necessary to double-lock
the doors of the school houses to pre-
vent their being used as designation
houses at night; that scores of child
rem of school age were infected with
venereal diseases. His charges nat
urallyy created profound sensation.
The Caldwell school board called
mass meeting and an investigation
was conducted, resulting in an ad-
by the preacher that a ply
sician, whose name he declined to |
give, and who probably existed only
in his inauguration, gave him the in
formation upon which he based his
sensational statements. The preach
er stands pat in refusing to give the
name of the physician and there the
matter rests for the present.
Viewed from half across the state
by one who pretends to know some
thing about Idaho and her people
as well as grown ups,-it
appears to this paper that the Cald-
we'll preacher accepted for granted an
idle and untrue street rumor and
gave it publicity from his pulpit as
gospel truth
Since Guttenburgs time, newspap-
ers have been criticized and condemn
ed for printing incorrect items. BY
the very nature of things such Incl
dents have occurred and will continue
to occur so long as there are liars on
earth.
The newspaperman' lot is not a
happy one. He hears, for instance of
some occurrence; he does not reduce
1t to writing and smear" 1t under
a scare head; he first INVESTIGATES
sweats blood often while holding an
ssue for confederation. Three times
'ut of ten the street rumor turns out
% be false and the newspaperman,
iisheartened at the failure of a good
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
YOU CAN HELP
PURE FOOD
CRUSADE
BY HOLLAND

Z VERY ONE appreciates
II the Importance of pure
food. All appreciate the
danger in adulteration, the
risk in substitution.
You can aid the pure food
movement and at the same
time aid yourself. How?
Merely by buying articles
that are Of known purity and
merit.
How can you know these ar
ticles? By watching the ad-
vertising columns In this pa
per and in other papers. Man
ufacturers who advertise
have confidence in their goods
and are willing to have
themselves and their prod
ucts known. Makers Of sub
stitutes and "just-as-goods"
usually hide behind anonym-
ity or use meaningless firm
name or brand.
PROTECT YOURSELF
BY PROTECTING
THE PUBLIC.
There can be no better
guarantee of the purity and
merit Of an article than the
fact that 1t is widely adver-
tised.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
How Spaniards Eat Eggs.

A Spaniard would not dream of al
lowing an egg - boil three minutes
One minute ut the outside is enough.
the egg. In fact. Deing just shown the
hot water II is then broken open and
the contents poured into glass, the
Spanish epirure drinking it Off as
though 1t were a draft of wine II
he hasn't glass handy he simply
breaks open one end of the egg a,d
gulps the contents down that way
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08

Rad business, brothers; and wh.is
you are considering it, pity the poor
newspaper man who is compelled by
the very nature Of things, to trust to
hearsay for all or almost all the facts
he wites about. Consider, III you
please how easy 1t is for him to be
imposed on.
And consider, also, by the mass Of
matter he turns out. how infreQuent-
ly he errs.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
That In a Padant.
"Pa. what's n padant:"

"A pedant. my son. is the sort O.:
man who sees Il little hoy about to CRY
and asks. Young man., why this lugn
lrious face" Then the little boy is al
most frightened into a spasm BY the
thought that something terrible has
happened to his face Birmingham
Age Herald
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
lndjscretion,

"The Parvenus arc positively furious
at that society reporter for saying
there wasn't EARRING note in their
last a ffair."
Il suppose the poor wretch didn't
know they made their money in pre-
serves Town Topics
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08

erly placed. X, mr.t DO one of tt..se
two things or suffer the consequences
Here is the best way to avoid tran
BILE of this sort:
Keep guard on your lips"
BY this we do not mean that you
should suppress information; but Won
should give nothing but reliable in
formation.
A good newspaper man would
rather interview man of few words
than man, who, in the parlance of
the craft, runs off at the mouth"
Such man is sure to go too far
say something that he will be sorry
for or that is untrue. The man who
uses few words, when asked by a re-
porter for a statement, revolves the
matter in his own mind; he picks out
the fe"est words to convey the larg-
est number Of cold hard facts. AMI
that man is forever afterward loved
by reporters.
MI,
The contrary was probably the
trouble with the Caldwell minister. |
He possibly became worked up"
when he was writing his sermon, he
possibly took chance" on stretch
ing point in order to give his per-
grafton the necessary dramatic ap-
peal.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-08
Small Boy PhilosonhY.

A small boys philosophy: IT don't
mind school, but l do think it's a silly
waste Of time asking you questions
when they know all the answers al
ready never ask question II !
know the answer. Manchester Guard
ian
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05

bedhat would
T. daddy
Mole lovely Molle.
~ the family lives Island
The white which family stands big
other interesting The
nice home
Mole the
mind letting the kitchen when has
t will
better
building She
in the hay filed boxes in which the hens lay their
and found four nice
Biddy's old filled
families
When
Bddy motherng
kittens Moie through With lifted
wanted dnap the Kittens her
stable.
whenever hen poked its beak into the stable chased away
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05

In his native town Jimmy had al
ways been popular with young and
old, but when he was sent away to
boarding school he was for a time
too homesick to make friends. His
first letter was little more than a
wall
I'm way behind the other boys in
everything" he wrote dolefully.
"Tisn't only studies, but its gymna-
SUM and banjos and everything. |
don't believe they'll ever have much
use for me-"
But the second letter, written af-
ter few weeks in the new school,
was quite different in tone.
Pm all right" he wrote to his
mother. THE boys say they'll teach
me all they know, for they're proud
to have me here. | can stretch my
mouth half an inch wider than any
other boy in school, and my feet
are the longest by fully inch. So
you needn't worry about me any
more"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05

Did any one of the housewives
ever try deep breathing for that
tired feeling" Try it when you
feel languid and depressed and
note its exhilarating effect. Stand
before an open door CIR window or
better still step outside and with
the shoulders thrown we'll back to
give the lungs room to expand take
long deep breaths Of the pure air.
Do this often and your work will
be easier and your days brighter.
God has been lavish in the amount
of pure air provided and we need
not economic in it's use for the
supply is inexhaustible.
Our duties as housewives are
wearisome and seem endless but
we can not change the conditions
and do not think we would wish
them changed 1t is necessary that
we should have health to be able to
do our work we'll and l know OF
nothing equal to breathing deeply
of pure air to keep the system in
good condition. 1t is an infallible
remedy for the blues and for this
reason if for no other should be
practiced daily and if praeticed hour
ly so much the better. If we We're
to breathe deeply all the time di-
sease would be rare and spring few
er, melancholia, depression, the
blues and kindred ailments would
not trouble US.
When we meet with discourage
ments, when everything goes wrong
and our nerve tension has reached
the breaking point, when the limit
OF our endurance seems near, let
us resort to deep breathing, and
then when the oxygen has well per-
meated the system let us put on oul
rose colored spectacles and count
our blessings. Do this and note
the effect.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05
How to Fluff the Hair.

Hair in the dog days is tryingly fiat
ard stringy. 1t can be fluffed and
made to stand out we'll from the head
even without curling by brushing it
with an outward twist of the wrist
that lifts the hair up from the scalp.
For this brushing divide the hair into
strands and go over the head in cir
Gle; then begin farther up and continue
unit! all the hair has been lifted and
iightened.
If this style Of brushing is kept up
daily or even several times week the
straightest and stringiest hair soon be
comes dry and easy to puff out from
the face.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05
How to Use Cold Cream Jars.

These jars are we'll worth saving,
washing thoroughly and putting aside
for many incidental uses. AS recep-
tacle for nails, screws, tacks, ETC., they
often find favor with the man Of the
house. In the sewing room they are
useful for holding small buttons, hooks
and eyes, etc. In the kitchen they are
excellent for keeping clean and dry
small quantities Of whole cloves or
peppercorns. These jars are also in
valuable where an individual luncheon
is to be carried. Wine jelly can be
carried in them or small portions Of
prunes or other stewed fruits. The
screw covers that many OF them have
make them practically leakage proof.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05
SWEET CREAM CAKE

Put the ingredients of this cake
togeoher in the order named. One
egg' one cup sugar, three-fourths cur
OF thick sweet cream, one-half cup
sweet milk, one-half teaspoon salt,
two cups flour, one teaspoon cream
OF tartar and one-half teaspoon So
da slfted in the flour, one teaspoon
vanilla
Filling: One cup sugar, one-half
cup cream, one square of chocolate
and pinch of salt. Cook until thick
and put on the cake while hot.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05
rF you are a woman of moderate

F you are a woman of moderate
means and feel bit discouraged
when you find your furniture and
draperies bit shabby be cheered
by the knowledge that chintz is enjoy
ing an extraordinary vogue If you
cannot afford to recover chairs and
sofas with the lovely brocatelles and
the rich velours. then turn to the
.chintzes, which invite you to try an
excursion in economy that should
bring joy to every member Of your
family-unless you are not wise in Sc
lecting colors and patterns. Before
making any purchase or even examin-
ing materials it is well to learn some
thing about the various weaves.
Many Of them are copies Of designs
that are famous since they are associ-
ated with periods in history memora-
BILE for artistic achievement Repro
ductions of the old English block
prints are interesting, but not always
practical or beautiful. With their
famboyant birds and garish flowers of
abnormal size they cause the shopper
to wonder who will buy them. but in
their right places they are quite &C
ceptable. Combinations Of blues and
reds, layenders and blacks also raise
question Of their possible usefulness,
but they are displayed so confidently
that it does not require a prophet to
predict that many a crime against
good taste in interior decoration will
be committed in the name of chintz.
Among the most alluring patterns
are the copies of period designs, espe-
Sially those that were common in the
days of Louis XIV. and the first en-
pire. Some OF these are expensive.
and it is the price that will cause per-
pleXity When the adventurer in econ
omy seeks material with which to
transform the dingy room that must
be done over before the spring rush of
housekeeping.
After admiring the costly cotton fab
RIGS the housewife may find exactly
what she wants at reasonable figure.
The domestic chintzes vary from 25
cents yard to S1.25 or even more, but
1t is possible to obtain something quite
SNlAo4oSIOIy Lux lcSS lllGu w CSulS.
1t is always economical to obtain
the greatest degree of comfort for the
least possible outlay, and when it
comes to making old furniture mas
querade as new the old chairs that
are favorites have chance to remain
in their accustomed places. With new
chintz covers they will be doubly well
come to all. and the first care should
be to choose colors that will not soil
too easily, but that does not mean that
beauty should be sacrificed or that
anything like cold OF dull hues need be
selected. With the thought of pleasing
the men as well as the women Of the
family due consideration should be
given to the value of contrast and to
the proper massing of the dark pieces
Of furniture SO that the room will not
have q notified or piebald appearance.
SO easy for it to acquire when chintzes
are used.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05

A cup of flour meansa measur-
ing cup filled with flour which has
been sifted and dipped into the cup
with a spoon and scraped off level
measuring cup should always be
should be used or the proportions
may not be right. They are glass or
tin with IA, 1-3, 10, and ga mark
ed with the lines. The glass cup
may be used for cold materials and
the tin for hot liquids
A teaspoonful of baking powder
means a teaspoon filled with bak-
ing powder and scraped off level
with knife.
A cupful of butter is measuring
cup filled with butter packed firm
ly and scraped level over top with
knife, also a tablespoonful of but
ter is packed in and scraped level
with knife. Butter is never melt
ed for measuring.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05
How to Serve Chops.

Enhance the attractiveness of NUT
ton chops and the mashed potatoes
that usually accompany them by form
ing the potatoes into mound and ar
ranging the chops like crown around
Them. Decorate with watercress or
mint or, If neither can be obtained,
with parsley. The dish will be even
more attractive if the mound of po-
tatoes is brushed with butter before
adding the chops and the platter con-
tanning it put into the oven to give the
mound q fine brown
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05

There's difference in time, you
know, between this country and
Europe" said gentleman in New
York to a newly arrived Irishman.
For instance, your friends in Cork
are in bed and fast asleep by this
time, while we are enjoying our
selves in the early evening""
That's always the way" exclaim-
ed Pat. ireland niver got justice
yet"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05

1t is related of George Clark, the
celebrated negro minstrel of forty
years ago, that, being examined, as
witness, he was severely interro-
gated by the attorney, who wished
to break down his evidence.
You are in the negro minstrel
business, l believe" inquired the
lawyer.
Yes, SIR" was the prompt reply.
Isn't that rather a low calling?"
Il don't know but what it is, sir
but it is so much better than my
fathers that l ann proud Of it.
What was your fathers calling?
HE was a lawyer replied Clark,
in tone of regret, that put the
audience in a roar. The lawyer let
him alone.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05

On certain California ranch, in
the rush" season, the men were
kept busy practically day and night,
working in the field till dark, and
after that being obliged to look al
ter their teams.
lone day the employer was about
to drive off in his auto for a trip
to the city, when one of the
hands, recent arrival, threw in a
bundle beside him.
Whats this" demanded the boss
Going to quit in the middle of
the season? You've got a cheek, too
to think I'll take your bundle"
"Quit nothin," returned the 9th
er. 81 want you to take them blank
cts in town and trade 'em for a
lantern. l don't need no blankets
ON this job"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05
How to Make Good Roof.

To cover any wooden roof. such as
dog kennels, summer houses, ETC., get
large piece Of strong brown paper
and tack it down. Make sure there
are no holes in it for the wet to get
under. Then give it two coats Of paint.
This will last several years and is al
most as good as tarpaulin and much
cheaper.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05
BUTTERMILK DoUGHNUTs

One and one-half cups suar, one
tablespoon lard, two eggs, pinch
of salt, three cups buttermilk and
one heaping teaspoon soda. Flour
to roll.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05
The Housewives Corner

dissolve the powder in gasoline, put
the article to be washed in and
let soak half an hour or more, wash
out With the hands as you would in
water and rinse thoroughly in clean
gasoline. Do not wiring but' squeeze
dry
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05

If we wear a contrasting colored
apron when sewing it will lessen
the strain on the eyes. When sew
ing on black goods wear a white
apron and when sewing on white
goods wear black apron especially
when sewing at night.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05

Always wash white silk waists,
gloves and ribbons in we'll or spring
water and rinse in hard water. Raj
water makes white silk turn yellow.
Do not have the water too hot, heat
also turns it yellow. Put a very
little bluing in the rinse water.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05

Strange, amt it, the new kinds
of ailments folks has?" remarked
Farmer Smith after reading his
newspaper. Nov, I've been a-read.
ing an advertisement in here of a
new medicine, and it says it's very
good for a sluggish liver"
Liver trouble amt no disease
pa" responded Mrs. Smith. 81 re-
member grandfather having liver
trouble when l wasn't more'n ter
year DID,
81 was a-sayin' that this medicine
was good for a sluggish liver, Mar.
tina Ann; and what beats me is
how them slugs gets inside the
liver, anyhow"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05

Mrs. Homer-Dont you think
your husband is rather headstrong
for an invalid?
Mrs. Neighbor-Yes, and the doc
tor is to blame for it, too.
Mrs. Homer-Indeed. And why,
pray?
Mrs. Neighbor-He won't allow
him to take any nourishment but
goats milk.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05

There was a determined look in
her eye as she marched into the OPP
tician's shop.
II want a pair of glasses immed-
lately" she said Good strong ones
too"
GOOD strong ones?"
Yes. l was out in the country
yesterday and l made very pain
full blunder.,
Indeed. Mistook stranger for
friend?"
NO. a bumblebee for a black
berry"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05
For Sale

If you are looking for five acre
tract of land with coy small
house on it inside the city limits of
Extra at low down price call at
I've Journal Office quick.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-05

Strawberries for canning shout,
be gathered ON a bright sunshin,
day, never right after a shower.