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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-10-22

seven o'clock in
ELECTORS PROGRESSIVE
TICKET
FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR
PAUL GLADSTONE
Residence, Clagstone, Idaho.
(Vote for Two)
FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN CON-
GRESS
CHARLES w. LUCK
Residence, Lardo, Idaho.
r. H. RETTIG
Residence, Filler, Idaho.
FOR GOVERNOR
HUGH E. McELROY
Residence, Boise, Idaho.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
G. E. B. ROBERTS
Residence, Rupert, Idaho.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
FINS BENTLEY
Residence, Lewiston, Idaho.
FOR STATE AUDITOR
CLARENCE VAN DEUSEN
Residence, Boise, Idaho. d
FOR STATE TREASURER
CHAS. o. BROXON
Residence, Boise, Idaho.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
WILLIAM A. LEE
Residence, Blackfoot, Idaho.
FOR SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION
CHAS. w. MORRISON
Residence, Rigby, Idaho.
FOR INSPECTOR OF MINES
JAMES w. CAPLES
Residence, Salmon, Idaho.
FOR STATE SENATOR
(Vote for Two)
FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVES,
FOR COMMISSIONER LIST DISTRICT
FOR COMMISSIONER End DISTRICT
FOR COMMISSIONER Bird DISTRICT
FOR CLERK DISTRICT COURT
FOR SHERIFF
FOR TREASURER
FOR PROBATE JUDGE
FOR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
FOR ASSESSOR
FOR CORONER
FOR SURVEYOR
FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
(Vote for Two)
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
FOR CONSTABLE
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

THE PRAYER OF THE ARMY MEN.
At the going, when We stumble up the
gangWay to the ship.
While We wish, and curse the wish. that
we could stay;
On the Channel, a. We watch the yearn-
ing ellis Of England dip.
Help us. Lord. to hide our stckened hearts
away!
On the marches-on the marches with the
busters on our feet,
when our kits weigh not much less than
half ton.
And our one idea OF Heaven II . place
Give us strength. Lord. tn our thirty
miles are done!
Through the weary, starlit vigils when
we guard the sleeping tents.
Where they huddle grey behind ~ In the
gloom,
Bid US challenge every phantom that our
fear Of death invents;
Keep our ears alert to hear the creeping
Doom!
In the trenches, with the bullet-ridden
earthworks squirting dust.
And the peering rifle muzzles splitting
In the sweating bayonet charges. with the
thrust and wrench and thrust.
Hear us. when we. dying, call upon Thy
name!
In the winning. in the losing. In tho
triumph. the despair.
Be we victors or the holders Of defeat,
Keep M mindful OF the honor Of q nation
that We bear;
Lat our souls. Lord, be above the fate We
Kenneth Proctor 1lttauer in L.slie's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
Globe Sights
By THE ATCHJooN oIOBR

War began in the Garden Of Eden.
A kimono is a wrapper with a college
education.
Trying to hurry Is the nearest approach
to speed some men ever attain.
Talk to any man long enough, and he
will tell of his great fortitude in sick
ness.
Considering the ordeal Of cross-examina-
ton. comparatively few lawyers are whip
ped.
The Young Thing who knows more than
her parents is on the way to find out q
good deal. -
1t Is a farmers notion that weeds
wouldn't grow very well II they were a
profitable crop.
A married man has trouble enough
headed his way without the added suffer-
Ing OF a charivarf.
Among the other fifty-seven varieties,
there is the bore who always has the fig
ures to prove It,
1t might also be well to give the grand
stand credit for much Of the charity OF
this chilly world.
Among other serious transportation
problems Is that OF supplying shoeleather
Tor family Of half-grown kids
If it were left to a vote, the strident
tones Of an alarm clock probably could
qualify as the most damnable noise.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.

IFrom the Chicago News1
game
It's good reputation that can't acquire
s spot.
Entertaining a hope is no disinterested
act of hospitality.
An enemy Ia a man who Injuries you,
then refuses to forgive you.
When a man gets lonesome he BEGINS
to realize what poor company he is.
When a mans wife hears him call her
maid an angel. the fly season Is at hand.
Our idea of q fool il q person who pays
twice for the same brand of experience.
Some men manage to make z little noise
In the world by rafting their huceatoEs
bone4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

get your tail curled he will be terribly
Jealous, I expect"
Billy Pig sat down feeling a little
frightened. even with all Of Mr.. Dogs
assurance that it would hurt only he
least bit, If at all.
All the time MIR. Dog went on talk
ing and telling him what a beautiful
tail he had to curl.
Mr.. Dog had been heating the curiinr-
iron all this time. and when IL was hot
enough he wound Billy Pigs tail
around it.
Billy Pig squealed loud enough to be
heard a mile and Jumped, and Billy
Goat. who was standing outside wait
ing. poked his head in the door to see
what had happened, and out came
Billy Pig. humping into him and over
tney rolled on the ground.
mr.. Dog burned his paw when Billy
Pig jumped. and he was barking az
loud as he could. telling Billy Pig he
was careless fellow to jump and spoil
everything when 1t would have only
hurt one little bit longer.
When Billy Pig and Billy Goat got
on their feet again. Billy Pig kept dane
ing about and squealing with pain.
Come in here," called Mr.. Dog, s.If
you had not jumped you would b. All
right now. was just going to put
hurt when you jumped"
Your tail is curled." said Billy Goat.
1T looks little red. but it ID curled."
bniy Pig stopped sqealing when he
heard this and tried to look at II.
Come in : and look In the mirror 4"
sida Mr. Dog, land assure you I win
not hurt you again."
Billy Pig went in slowly. but kept b,e
face toward Mr.. Dog.
His tail was curled. but the pain was
not gone. and Billy Pig was not ss,r" e
ever would. -
Don't you think II looks han6.or. ~
asked Mr.. DOG.
Yes" answered Billy Pig. ..but II
nnrss = great deal to look Handsome;
1 would rather have It strafGht.'s
Your tail win never uncnri. ..,A
NJ. DOG. 1t yin curl naturally All the
rest OF your days. and you should be
very grateful to me for makinr Won
such handsome fellow
may feel that way tomorrow" said
tsniy Fis: - he walked away. ''but {
S Se4s nor;-Sc cpyrisht. 1s1x. By he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
From, Other Pens
NATURE HAS. HELPED.

MAJ O1SGI mas 2GAE ELL.
General prosperity in this country
is still measured largely By the boun-
tifulness of tho crops. The farmer
ts q basic producer AID basic con-
samer. When good timeo come to
him they are likely to be shared by
the workers in. other industries. The
crop. estimates for. 1914 point to a big
return to the farmer. The yield per
acre and the total yield of nearly all
the crops are greater than they were
in 1913. and contrary to the common
rule. prices are higher in spite of the
more abundant supply. This better
ment does not OF course, apply to cot
ton. The cotton crop il $4,000. 900
pounds bigger than it was q yedr ago.
but the price. owing to he restriction
of foreign markets. has fallen from
l8 cents a pound to- ,6-a- cents. Th6
cotton growers are of the greatest suf2
ferers in this country from the Euro
pean war. But fortunately their
product will keep and may be sold ul-
timately at a much higher price than
is now obtainable. The corn crop has
practically no change in price. The
wheat crop has increased 226, 600, 900
bushels, with an Increase in price Of
1872 cents: the oats crop has increased
100000 bushels, with an increase
of 4.6 cents in price, and the rye crou
has increased 1.283,O00 bushels, with
an increase in price Of ia cents.
There is strong evidence Of q swing
toward good times in these figures
The administration did not act as
providence's advance agent in these
recoveries nor could upsetting legisla-
ton retard them.-New York Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
Jayhawker Jots

Only a casual perusal OF the rural
papers is needed to disclose the fact
that this is the "open season" in Kan
s2s for oyster suppers.
Attention is called by the Olathe
Register to the fact that this world is
full of men who reward their enemies
and punish those who have befriended
them.
The country did not go broke while
the stock exchange was closed. notes
the Newton Kansan-Republican, but
some of the Wall Street brokers had to
dispose of their automobiles.
Sabetha woman, according to the
Herald, has such vivid natural dreams
that she thinks they are the truth and
tells them for such. Many rumOrs
might be accounted for in that way.
A man bought an automobile On the
ground that he would not have to buy
any clothes any more, tells the Sabetha
Herald, as he would be under the car
most of the time and nothing would
show but his shoes.
Luxury kills more people than pow
erty. insists M. A. p. in the Downs
Times, and he continues: Late hours.
heavy eating and right down laziness
are some Of the many evils with which
the wealthy have to contend.
Excellent suggestion to mothers.
daughters, wives and sisters, by Will
Townsley in his Great Bend Tribune:
BEFORE giving man a Won neCktle,
why not offer him half dollar and let
him go around and pick one out him
self?
And the chances are that Chauncey
Waltz of Pleasanton, Linn county,
isn't much Of a dancer. But there are
exceptions to all rules and his may be
a case where there's something in a
name. He may be able to trip the light
fantastic with the best Of them.
"A girls basket ball game" defined
the sporting philosopher within the
hearing Of the Emporia Gazette, "con-
sists of the ball rolling across the floor,
while all the girls run and dive at it.
squealing the WHILE Which has old
Noah Webster skinned for picturesque
definition, thinks the Gazette.
A woman from town was visiting in
the hills last week, reports the Potato
Hill correspondent of the Atchison
Globe. She wore one Of the new FASH
ionable short skirts. and when seated
was forever pulling. it down. That's
the trouble with these new short
skirts. she said; you never know
where they are"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

hafee county, Florida, "a miles OF ma
cadam and shell roads have been built
From 1911 to 1912 land lying along the
road increased in value so an acre.
while even land a mile away from the
road showed an increase Of 80 an acre.
Down in Spottsylvania county. VIZ
'ginia. II miles Of road have been I'M
proved with the result that land which
formerly sold for on an average OF
$24.74 an acre, was within three years
taken off the market at an average OF
$44.H an acre.
In another county in Virginia. Din
widdie county. this rise in land values
IL again shown to follow the improve
ment Of the roads. Here 125 miles OF
road were built and land between five
and ten miles from the city Of Peters
burg advanced on an average from
$15.25 to $40 an acre. Land ten miles
from the town increased in value an
average of 1852.
In New York the same thing has
followed the building Of good roads.
Land values have increased in direct
to the improvement OF the
roads. In Franklin county 124 miles OF
road were built with the result that
adjacent land showed an increase OF
27.8 per cent after the roads were built
Similar figures could doubtless be
shown for every county in the United
States where roads have been inn
proved. Good roads are valuable from
a purely economic standpoint. not to
mention the social benefits that they
bring
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
Kansas Comment


When does q reformer cease to be
q reformer and become . public nut-
sance asks q Newspaper. There 10 NO
doubt that many Ssre sSs s.s Are WITH
their ideas or rather an idea. A real
dyed in the wool reformer seldom has
more thanssone idea. He sees . cure
all for every political ailment in this
one idea and insists upon its being en-
acted into law. The more insistent.
the reformer becomes the moro, of q
nuisance the public regard him. How
ever. reformers are necessary. Renee
dial ideas are necessary. Whether
they be nuisAncee or not there 10 =
place for tho reformers In our poll
tics Usually q reformer ceases to be
q reformer wl1bn he gets office but re-
formers are not frequently elected"
Atchison Champion.
ANOTHER SOUTHERN PROBLEM
Dr.. Booker washington IL out with
a fear that after the war II over the
black man viii be overrun In the south
by immigration. There = something to
this but not enough to be particularly
alarming. It II tue that the country
is going to be overrun with tmmtgra-
ton after this war and It IL true that
q lot of this will 90 to the south. will
swarm up from the canal. But it IL
true also that there II room for lot
Of new people in the south. The old
families will never develop that section
Of the country. It must be done with
new blood. The immigrants will be
aliens for a time but, they will be as
on they will 5Ostle the negro aside in
many places. but good temper Will
master the situation. 1t Is useless to
be issuing alarms. 1t II time to urge
the people to make adjustments-Law-
renee Journal-World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
Euening Chat

"Be Sure You're Right Then"
The Cynic. immersed in his book.
chuckled gleefully.
Don't be a pig" commanded Mol
ly. share it,
It's from Stockton's That Same Old
Coon" said the Cynic. amenabIy.
Listen:
But you were SO positively sure.
this time, that it was Haskin's COON
AS to bein' certain about that
coon, jfst tell We that there's nothing
a mans more like to be mistook about
than thing he knows fur dead sure.
1T reminded me of an incident in
the office today" -Gded the 'Cynic.
You know that old character we have
who puts addresses on in our ship
ping room. He was one of the first
employees that the old man had. and
we held to him for sentimental rea-
sons. He sure is a character.
The other day there was an order
going west 1t was a hurry order at
that. Today We got a wire asking
where 1t was Finally We found that
our friend In the shipping department
had sent that package to another city
down south. The old man was wild.
and demanded an explanation.
planned our gallant shipper. The ship
ping ticket got lost and knew it was
a hurry order so just sent 1t along.
I was dead sure the address put on
that box was right
THE old man swallowed hard. The
next time you lose a shipping direc-
ton you get another one and be dead
sure he said.
but expostulated the shipper, I
was dead sure"
knows somehow. when the laughter
for him. know that my mind has a
curious trick Of fastening itself firmly
to something.-it mLy be a telephone
number or the memory of the place
I've put something. or the street num-
Der of a house,-in such a way that
I'm dead sure I'm right The result
is that I go gaily along wholly unwft-
ting into some trap of my own max
ing"
ITS the same psychological trickery
that makes boys point fire arms at
their friends" contributed the Author
man. They are dead sure that the
gun isn't loaded. but the gun goes off.
1t il recognition of the same thing
that makes men accustomed to han
ding weapons never to be dead sure
of anything about them except that
they are not to. be pointed at any
body or anything for fun"
I'VE might amend the old proverb, -
suggested the Cynic, ITO BE sure
you're right ana then f1nd out Il you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

And now Congressman Gardner of
near Boston is worrying because he
believes that the harbor defenses of
New York are totally inadequate to
protect that city from attacks by
dreadnoughts such as Great Britain
or Germany possesses. Such brother
ly love might have been expected from
Philadelphia, but hardly from Bean
town. Still, when nation Is SO
threatened as IL the United States just
now, state lines and local jealousies
are likely to be forgotten. But does
Congressman Gardner know that To-
peka II absolutely without any kind
Of either land or watef front defenses
Whatsoever?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
On the Spur
of the Moment

HIS Choice.
If e'er wed.
The bachelor said.
I'm going to cop q queen.
A beauty bright,
Good to the sight.
A perfect girl, ween.
She must be kind
And have q mind
That's brilliant through and through.
And must have grace
And handsome face
No other Lind Will do.
And she must cook.
Right by the book.
And love her Homework well:
And she must stay
At homo all day,
No idle gossip tell.
He locked around,
But he never found
The girl that he looked for:
There was none such,
He asked too much.
He died a bachelor.
Signs OF the Times.
And now the Germans of Milwaukee
have learned that Paul o. Husting
whom they elected to the United States
senate On the Democratic ticket. IL or
French. not German. descent. Donner-
wetter!
Society women are knitting socks
hubby will probably continue to go
around with his suspenders fastened
with q single nail.
William Of Wied, former king OF
Albania, has Joined the German army.
Having been king Of Albania, he IL
afraid of nothing.
General Villa is in favor Of peace.
but, il anybody objects. he would much
rather fight for 1t than to obtain 1t in
any other way.
go back to Mexico again. Some Of
them must have spent most OF their
lives there.
A colored minister was one morning
relating the miracle OF the crossing OF
the Red Sea. and explained that the
melting of the ice on the Red Sea en-
quilted Pharaoh's army while the chill
dren Of Israel had passed safely over
on the ice before sunup. Right here
the old preacher was challenged by a
colored school boy. who said: But.
preacher. my geography says that no
ice forms within certain distance of
the equator. and the Red Sea is with
in that distance" Thar tits! Thar
'tis!' cried the exhorter, IT knew when
I was givin' that 'splanation some of
you young folks 'ud come along to Spite
the old theology. But the time was
speaking of was before there was any
jogerphies or any equator. either"
nggerin'.
The bookkeeper sat on his ancient
stool and fingered like all get out.
His forehead was wrinkled. his eyes
were dim and his patience was
put to routl
He sighed as he tore up his balance
sheet with the sigh of q man in
pain,
And silently took up another sheet and
started ali over again.
Far into the night did he toll away and
ever again and anon
Did he reach for additional pads OF the
- good while PAPER to figger on. q
The far distant bells tolled the mid
night hour and he muttered in
deep suspense:
IT'S almighty queer. but Il stiIl am
:. shoft nine dollars and sixty
For fifteen long years he had held his
stool. he was trusted and tried and
true;
But now for the first time in all his
life he labored the whole night
through.
And they carried him off to the hone
less ward for the balance he'd
surely missed
He couldn't quite figger how he could
fill his better halls Christmas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
Journal Entries

Snap judgments are more often
wrong than light.
The man who might have good rea-
son to be conceited usually isn't.
'Bunc is what the other fellow
passes out. Yours is the real stuff.
= =
Two may be able to live as cheaply
as one can extravagantly.
=
The faint heart who fails to win tho
lady fair might also be classed among
the lucky guys.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

uueerlv enough when tho hOueq 100
reached the question In dlspute go
mot Submitted for aoctgioa- n fnet e
wss not thought Of again for 1nontt
and. itswas Jessiess mother who $40
to the father:
Jest let = girl alone. pa, and slsefn
find a man to love, and one to love
her. even IL she has to have the help
OF ~ old red fox! Don't jump outer
your boots when tell you that Jessie
II engaged!"-(C opyright. 1914. BY
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

H. j. Corwine, the state parole
agent. swats large mali squarely on
the head with his observation that
fathers and mothers are responsible,
in the main. for the delinquency of
children. Kansas has law that per-
mits of their punishment for the dis
regard of their duties. But 1t is only
applied once in a great while. 1t IS
one of the good laws of the state, and
should be enforced more generally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

Lodz appears to be the Dixmude in
the eastern arena of the war. 1t has
been taken again by the Germans. In
other words, the struggle between the
Russians and the Germans is of the
same general character as the one be-
tween the Germans and the French
English force. 1t is pushing back
and forth over the same territory with
neither side getting anywhere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

Typhoid is one Of the preventable
diseases. Figured in dollars and cents
It costs Kansas more than $1,000 900.
And the typhoid death rate here Is of
about the same proportion as it is in
other sections Of the United States
Therefore, the state board Of health
would appear to be perfectly justified
in asking the legislature for an ap-
preparation Of $4,000 a year with
which to fight this disease. Large re-
suits are sure to be obtained from
such an application Of some Of the
states money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

England and France have apollo
gized to Switzerland for their recent
violation Of her neutrality. And this
will probably close the incident. Why
doesn't Germany follow suit and apol-
ogize to Belgium, or what little is left
af herr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

How the gentlemen with munitions
of war to sell must be licking their
chops as they contemplate the assem-
bling Of congress! With the war in
Europe as an object lesson on the need
that a nation has for an adequate de-
Tense. their picking will be particu-
larly rich and easv
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telling his mother where he was going
went along with Billy Goat to the bar
ber's.
Now. the barber was old Mr.. DOG.
and when he saw Billy Pig coming
along WITH Billy Goat he was very
much pleased, for never before had 4
pig been to his shop. although he had
tried many times to have one Of them
come in and have a curl put in his tail.
Billy Pig watched Billy Goat while
Mr.. Dog trimmed his whiskern and
then curied his horns, although Billy
Pig could not see that Billy Goats
horns curied one bit more than when
he sat down in Mr.. Dogs chair.
He did not wish to be impolite.
though. 90 he said he thought Billy
Goat looked very nne. indeed. and II
he could look half an well himself. he
should feel repaid for coming.
You will look handsomer." whis-
pered the nattering Mr.. Dog. II should
not want Bully Goat to hear me nay
-, INIT goa are nauch sln6r foo1kfnG
4o1loW thar my Gon4. an1 whan xen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

II a multiplicity of rulers bespoke
an efficiency Of administration. Mexi-
co. just now. would be the best-gov-
erned country on the face of the earth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

Santa Claus could have ransacked
his pack a dozen times and found
no more satisfactory present for the
Kansas farmers than the dollar wheat
which has just appeared on the holi-
soav cCoOa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

A couple of more extra distinctive
Iron Crosses, please, for the Kaiser's
sons. Two of them recently beat their
commands to safety in the eastern
theater Of the war by fleeing to the
rear in an aerODlane
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full DAY
trlerraph report Of that great news or
ganization. for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The state Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

One of the brightest pages in the
history of these United States will tell
of the relief that their people extended
20 the Belgians in their hour of ira
vail. Have you done your part in con-
tributing to this almost necessary
charity9