The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-01-03

while the Californians, having ar
ranged petition, signed by schoo
children whose signatures reach out
for miles, and by mostly everybody
else in California, are pulling every
string with the officials of Philadel-
phia and of the state of Pennsylvan-
ia, to get favorable action. The con
gressmen at Washington are being
importuned constantly to intercede.
President In Panama.
President Taft and party are off
| for Panama. AS we'll as Mr.. Taft
likes Washington, and with only a
few more weeks more to stay, he
could not withstand the delights of
Panama. The president was often
called the travelling man of the
Roosevelt Administration, but dur
ing his own term of office he has not
delegated the josh to any of his sub
ordinates. In the bigness of his
heart he felt that Governor Wilson,
ought also to enjoy Panama, and of
fered a warship to the incoming
president for that purpose The
worlds finest and most instructive
trip is drawing people by the thou
sands and the Hamburg-American
line has pressed some of its best
ships into this service. According
to the recent message of the presi
dent to Congress 81 per cent, of the
excavation work at Panama has been
completed, and SO per cent of the
concrete of all the locks is also in
place. In few months the bed of
the canal will be simply a basin of
water, stretching, the expanse be-
tween the oceans, and the army of
workmen will disappear A great
many congressman are spending their
Christmas at Panama with their fam
lilies,
NO More Dead Letter Sales.
1t has been the custom for many
years for the Post office department
to collect all the unclaimed packages
from the dead letter office, and hold
an auction. Different packages were
listed in printed book, and brief
description of the contents was CIV
en-, then the auctioneers, without al
lowing examination called for bids,
and the person making the highest Of
fer secured the mysterious package.
Sales have always been well attended, |
and some of the purchases proved to
be bargains, while others were a per-
feet hoax. This year the merchants
of Washington protested vigorously,
and the matter was taken to the At
torney General, who after careful
called the sale lottery,
and it was declared off on the very
it was scheduled to occur.
There were $4,000 packages listed.
Short Cut to Equal Suffrage.
Congressman French. of Idaho pro-
poses in bill recently introduced,
that the right of all women posses
ing the qualifications of age, resi-
dence, property, or education, requir-
ed of men to make them legal voters,
be extended to women in all states of
the union, at all elections for men,
bers of the House of Representatives. i
Mr.. French's idea is that as congress
men are purely federal officials con-
gress has the power to give the bal
lot to women in their education.
Government Reclamation Work.
The reclamation fund has amount
ed to 100000, 900, and the receipts
from the sale of public lands is con-
stantly adding to the amount The
SECRETARY of the Interior says that in
the government work, great care is
exercised to have plenty of water to
supply settlers at all times, while
there is great risk on many private
of an insufficient water
supply during dry seasons. Uncle
Sam is delivering water on different