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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
BASEBALL LEAGUE PROPOSED

To Editor Journal: With the near
approach Of the baseball season, it is
time for the Shoshone fans" TO be-
stir themselves if the city is to be on
the baseball map this year
Shoshone is large enough and the
interest in baseball here is of sufficient
extent to warrant a better system OF
handling the sport than has been in
vogue heretofore. Baseball can be
placed on a legitimate. commercial
basis in this city that will make it
self supporting, but this can be done
only by organization and the appliea-
ton of business methods.
\ movement is already on foot TO
form team and believe the business
men should back it up. A small
league would help baseball in this
section a great deal Say Jerome,
Gooding, Richfeld and Shoshone get
together and form a league by itself.
If this proposed league is to organ
lied. now is the time to take the nee
essary steps: and if ShOshone wants
to start it off on the right foot the
local '-1ans" should get together at
once and make arrangements to prop
erly finance the project. The success
Of a baseball season depends largely
upon the start that is made. 1t will
be easier to hold the interest of the
public if the season is inauguTated
with a league series of first class
games, than arouse such interest after
portion of the season has drifted by
with mixture of good bad and indif-
ferent exhibitions which are to be eX-
pected when a manager has to make
his dates with any sort Of teams that
he is able to get
Baseball is a game worthy Of every
possible announcement. It is typi-
calIv the national game of America 1t
is the most popular of all our out door
sports. and is freer than any other
from objectional points.
Let's put Shoshone on the baseball
map this year, and give her position
there that we viii be proud Of. Now
Won sports get busy and work this
over in that dome of yours
\ B. 3. BUG.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
SPENT THIRTY YEARS ON
o. S. L. IDAHO DIVISION

POCATELLO. April. 2.-Aother old
time railroader has passed TO the Val
ley of the Shadow, and he is remem-
bered by the old tranimen Of Pocatel-
10. Last night the Tribune received
a wire from Boise stating that Clar-
ence E. hickman died in st. Lakes
hospital, in Boise, yesterday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock
Deceased was one of the old school
and was one of the first engineers 10
puu a train over the Short Line in
the early days of the road. He was
a compatriot of all the old boys, such
as s. b. Staley. who is now in Mon
tana. and who worked with Hickman
out of Omaha; George Olmstead. now
Of Caldwell: Denny O'Brien, l. D.
Brown and many other pioneers, who.
because of their years. are now out
of the service. and they relate many
interesting associations connected with
deceased. Hickman retired number
Of years ago and was on the pension
list Of the Short Line
He was a man about IS years old
and retired from the service Of the
short Line in 1906, after having been
on the Idaho division over thirty
years. He spent fifty-three years Of
his life in railroading. His wife sur
wives him and lives in Boise
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03

o From all over South Idaho come
@ reports of splendid prospects for
bumper crop. The unexpected
o frost may nip buds later on in the
spring but day by day the danger
Z: from this source is lessened.
o This spring, as is frequently the G
Z. case, throughout the midwest G
Q and in the east great damage has &
9 been dealt the fruit crop by un-
q: timely freezing weather which &:
9 followed a mild winter.
9 Up-to-date the conditions Z;
Q around Shoshone could not be &
. better from the standpoint of g
9 fruit production.
Inspectors have been keep
@ ing tab on the various orchard G
. districts seeing that spraying is G
o properly done. So thorough has
o been this line Of work on the part
o Of the state that practically all z
9 the spraying is now done volun- 9
&. tarily by owners Of orchards who 9
O thoroughly realize the impor- g
9 tance Of it.
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
NEW RURAL ROUTE
FROM SHOSHONE
HUNDRED PATRONS REQUIRED
IN DISTANCE COVERED OF
80 MILES.

Robert Neill, [. S. Post Office IN
spector, was here Tuesday for the
purpose of investigating the proposed
rural route out of Shoshone, covering
the irrigated district north of town.
It is believed that the route will be
allowed. The character of the road
to be travelled in covering rural
route is somewhat. of a decisive fac
tor. 1t is seldom that a splendidly
graded highway, such as Mr.. Neill
found in the proposed rural route is
ready Tor the carrier.
This route will require a daily trip
of 80 miles and to secure the service
100 names of patrons or heads of fam
lilies residing in the territory embrac-
ed must be signed to the petition
which is being circulated by Fred
Gwinn.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
NEW ACREAGE SOWN IN
GRAIN ON COUNTY FARM.

W. D. Vredenburgh, in charge of the
county farm as well as his own hold
ings adjoining. will SOW about one
hundred acres of grain on the two
places this spring. Preparations for
putting in the crop are almost COM
pleted. Most of the land is new to all
crops but it has carried grain before in
parts.
The appointment of Mr.. Vreden-
burgh to take the county farm was
agreed upon by the county commits
sioners two weeks ago when the for
mer manager, r. L. Griffith, deter
mined to give it up. The new manager
will use the grain produced in the
fattening of hogs, a business started
on his own ranch last year which has
become highly profitable.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
INCREASING TILLAGE ON
NORTH SIDE OF SNAKE

f. G. Bennett a well known Twin
Falls North Side man. was in Sho-
shone Wednesday He reports crop
preparations in the south end Of the
county as going ahead at a record
pace. and that acreage under crop viii
be the heaviest in the history Of the
tract. Many new settlers have ar
rived. particularly around Jerome and
on the first segregation. One of the
best signs of the times. so Nj. BEN
nett states. is the fact that lot OF
hitherto idle land is being planted TO
crcDs ny the farmers who have moved
across from the south side Of the riv-
er and rented ranches.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
"LAW" IN IDAHO.
(Pocatello Tribune.D


1t is noted that Judge Walters of the
Fourth judicial district, will not up
on his retirement, be a candidate to
succeed himself. but will return to
private practice of law.
He is one of the ablest judicial
minds and fairest judges in the state,
but whether. under the peculiar COM
pilation of travesties that is called law
within the state of Idaho he can ac-
complish as much good in private
practice as he can as a judge in pro-
tecting the public against flatulent
enactments, is a matter of serious
doubt. The people of this state should
be secured against the bulk of the
measures and decisions that burden
the statutes.
Under certain existing conditions,
well known to every attorney, it is a
handicap to lawyer and client to in
stitute an action, and until decisions
that are not law are done away with
a better system win not prevail.
The highest respect should ordinari-
" be felt for the judicial body, but the
observant individual often calls into
question the decisions that are colored
by politics, or dissensions that are ap-
parently based on ulterior motive.
The practice is not specific. 1t is all
too general.
1t is far from our disposition to take
a gloomy outlook of legal procedure,
but we are speaking an opinion that
is wide and generally felt. Justice and
equity. based on sound and substan-
tiaI law, are in precarious condition
as a rule. and until the judiciary is
separated from politics, a legal square
deal will be something of an accident
at the best
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
MISS BURNSIDE
IN BAD Accident |
THROWN FROM BUGGY AT BUHL
AND SERIOUSLY
INJURED.

Miss Bess Burnside while driving
last Sunday near Bull was the vic
tim of a runaway team and was
thrown out of the buggy, sustained
a badly sprained ankle, which is now
in a plaster cast.
The accident occurred north Of
Buhl when a man riding a motor
cycle attempted to pass the buggy.
The team, frightened at the COM
motion, became unmanagable- As the
buggy swerved to one side, Miss
Burnside was thrown TO the ground
The wheels passed over her and by
some stroke of good fortune, no bones
were broken. She is at the home of
a relative in Bull and cannot return
to her Shoshone home for week or
two.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
MISS WATERS BECOMES h
THE WIFE OF C. n. FISH

Miss Maud Waters. who went from
Shoshone a month ago to visit a sister
and other relatives in the State Of
Montana, also had another purpose
in view when she departed, for on
Friday last Miss Waters became the
wife of C. H. Fish. The announcement
of the wedding came back to Shoshone
on Saturday to the brides mother.
Mr.. Fish is a travelling salesman and
had made this town on his rounds
during the past year.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03

pie Of the state to do his best to re-
duce taxation and so far as his power
could extend he has done so. He has
been thoroughly in earnest upon this
feature Of his administration and has
seen that many steps have been taken
to avoid leaks in all the state depart
ments. Governor Haines viii be apie'
shall he be the nominee of his party
to look this taxation issue squarely IL
the face and he believes ana ms
friends believe, it has no terrors Wnich
he Standpoint Review
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
GOVERNOR AAINEs, CANDIDACY

Governor Haines has been an honest
a,d painstaking official. There has
heer no wreath Of suspicion attaching
20 his administration He can 60 be-
So,s The people with clean hands and If
tsv,tinn shall be the political issue of
tbe coming campaign he will meet it
sa,,srelv and with no effort TO side
step He VIII show where the people
themselves are at fault for soou oeai
of their high taxation and place lhe
blame where ii belongs.
Governor Haines promised the peo-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
ESCAPED PRIsoNER.

Sheriff Zug has been advised by the
penitentiary authorities to keep q
weather eye out for one J. L. Chafn'
q iailbird who took much stock in the
ea~lv-bird worm tragedy, making his
escape at five O'Clock in the mornliis.
The missing man tips the beam az
riasat around i30 pounds q years oiu'
five feet, five inches high, biotehy
complexion. a. reward OF $50 IS nuns
up for Chadn's apprehension.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
ART EXHIBIT.
Famous Paintings to Come to Sho-
shone Next Week.

The Study Club has arranged for an
art exhibit beginning Tuesday after
noon, April Z.
The exhibit is collection of oil
paintings loaned by the Society of
Women painters of New York.
It consists of SO objects most OF
which have been exhibited in large
art museums of the Eastern cities.
There are four pictures in this col
lection by our Idaho artist, Geo. L.
Schroeder, of Hepburn.
These pictures are all for sale and
will be delivered at the close OF the
current exhibit Prices range from
SO to see.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
THE WAY TO SELL.

There was advertised last week in
the Journal a lot Of secondhand farm
machinery for sale Early SATURDAY
morning it was all sold as the result
of the notice of sale. If around the
place there are articles Of any value at
all and still the articles are not needed
why not sell them this way. The cost
is trifling-one cent a word.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03

A London aviator took two pigs up
with him. won't the pork be high
when pigs begin to fly. for they are
the most unlikely birds that ever got
into the sky"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03

There are fifteen candidates for
governor Of Oregon. one would
serve says an exchange The fact IS
that all would serve.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
NORTHWESTERN TO BUILD.

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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-04-03
FRUIT PROSPECTS GOOD.

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-31
The Difference to Her.

Are you going to associate with
him after this?"
'T shall have to come in contact
with him more or less in business
way
II wish you would sever your bust
ness relations with him. I don't want
you to have to speak to him or to rec
ognize him when you meet him in the
street. I am afraid you will be con-
taminated."
My dear, don't be foolish. I have
been associated more or less with him
for five years, and I'm not contain
mated. He's no worse now than he
was three years ago. You knew then
what he was"
Yes. but his wife didn't know I
knew about him then. l couldn't look
her in the face If you should go on
being friendly with him now"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-31

er outlet through which the money OF
those who toll could flow into the cof-
fers of The financial parasites of New
York who do no useful work.
There was a republican administra-
ton in Washington two years ago.
This year what difference! Secre-
tary of the Treasury McAdoo has an
nounced that the peoples own money.
the great treasure resting in the vaults
of the treasury department, is at the
service of the farmers for moving this
years tremendous crop. Every penny
that is needed will be sent into the
great agricultural districts to help in
the useful work of getting the crop to
market.
The result is known already. for
Secretary McAdoo did the same thing
last year. and the same history will
be repeated.
Interest rates will not go up There
will be no money stringency. The
farmers will not be compelled to lose
part of the fruits of their toll to the
money trust. For the money trust is
no longer in a position TO eNtort this
tribute. II cannot stand the competi-
ton OF the government treasury.
In fact. as President Wilson has
said about the business condition of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-31
William Brady,M.D.
The Little Girls Weak Ankles.

Scores of girls from eight to 16
years old are wearing arch supports
or ankle braces on the suggestion of
UNQUALIFIED advisers, and laying the
foundation for much future trouble
from "pronated" feet, or weak ankles.
IL you should discover that your
arm is growing weak would you put
it in a splint and think no more about
it? OF course not. On the contrary.
you would endeavor to strengthen it
by proper exercise, or else you would
go and show it to your doctor. A weak
arm deserves no more careful manage
ment than a weak foot.
The Signs.
Little girls with weak ankles are
apt to wear off the inside of the heel
and sole more quickly than the out
side. They turn out their toes too
far, when walking. They tire too soon
when playing. They complain of pain
in the calves, knees. hips or back.
These pains are more in the nature
of dull aches-fatigue pains-and too
often parents dismiss them hastily as
growing pains"-as though 1t could
hurt TO growi
When the little girl stands erect
in front of the observer IL will be
noticed that her ankles are inclined
to roll inward, one more than the
other perhaps. II she stands on her
feet for any length OF time she will
assume a slouched posture, in the
effort 10 favor one or the other foot,
and the faulty posture throws the en-
tire skeleton out OF plumb. so that
spinal curvature sometimes follows.
Prevention of Weak Feet
The shoe should have a straight
inside line the toes should be near
~. IL not quite. touching when the
shoes stand aside by side with the
heels touching. This is the normal,
position OF the foot.
The heels should be wide. long and
low, preferably spring" heels, and
the heels must not be run over very
long without repair. II is a good plan
10 have a quarter-inch lift on the in
ner border OF the sole and heel OF
each foot.
The child must be urged TO toe
straight ahead in walking, and not out
ward. This prevents the tendency to
inward rolling of the ankle when
The heel and toe drill performed
regularly I'm bare feet night and morn |
Ing toeing in, like a ballet toe dan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-31

Like stenography, it is necessary to
know the word Alright first to read it
correctly. To show it's difficulties, the
same sign represents the sounds, o, on,
eu and V, and the reader has to know
which of these sounds is intended.
In the new writing words are spelled
separately instead of being run togeth-
er with phonetic letters. This will
greatly facilitate tyepsetting and al
low the construction of a Turkish type
writer.
Each soldier is being taught the new
writing, with the idea that he will in
troduce it in his family on returning
to his native village. His interest in
public affairs and sense of national
unity will also grow with the reading
of books and papers. This is the work
that Enver Pasha, the war minister,
has undertaken.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-31
WIsDoM,s HARVEST.

In the face OF an impending world
conflict the United States is today in
better position than any Of the grea'
powers OF the world, says the Chicago
Herald.
Whence comes it that, with the
world trembling with the threat o.
war. this country feels secure? Why
is not the United States one OF the
reluctant nations that may be drawn
into a conflict that il would give al
most anything to avoid?
II comes from the wise policy inaug
urated at the beginning OF the govern
ment. II comes from a constant ad.
herence 10 the spirit and the letter OF
the weighty counsel OF George Wash
. ington that we should have no 'en.
tangling alliances with other ma
tons.
Germany wants no war. but her ALI
ance with Austria may drag her into
it. France wants no war. but the alli-
ance with Russia may embroiI her.
England wants no war. but the "en-
tente cordiale" may bring her into con-
fict
The outstanding fact OF the Euro
pean situation today is that four great
nations that do not want war may be
dragged into it by their alliances. The
outstanding fact Of the American stu
alton today is that We don't want war
and there is no probability of our hav-
ing II
How different it would be II We had
an offensive and defensive alliance
with England or any other great ma
ton or group OF nations, What anx-
iety all over the country, What posi-
bility Of being forced into q war with
which we had no sympathy. a war be-
gun on grounds wholly dispropor-
toned to the tremendous conse-
que1ces that may ensuei
At times in our pride Of progress,
the wisdom OF the fathers seems weak.
We think OF r. as largely unsuited to
the exigencies of a newer time, as the
product Of men with a necessarily
narrower outlook than ours.
Then a situation like the present
one rises. a situation whose bigness is
only matched by the bigness OF the
men who anticipated and provided
against just such a contingency over
a hundred years ago. Then we realize
that a great principle has been handed
down TO US that is worth millions in
men. billions IN money.
Seldom, II ever. does the modern
statesman ascend the lofty peak OF
patriotic vision which George Wash
ngton assembled when he gave Amer
ca its wisest watchword-'-No entang-
cling alliances"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-31
LOSSES FROM FIRE.

Fire insurance is a good thing, but
insurance companies are not elee-
mosynary institutions. They pay
losses, but they pay them out of mon
ey collected from the people. The st.
Louis Republic reminds its readers
that every building that burns in
Missouri burns at the expense of
Missourians," says the Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The situation is the same in other
states. Kentucky losses are paid by
Kentucky people. The insurance
company which adjusts the loss and
sends its check to the insured may be
located in England, but the money
that is sent to meet the loss is not
English money. II is Kentucky money
which the company has collected from
policy holders-and it collects not on
~ enough to pay all losses, but
enough TO pay the expense of opera
ton. Whether rates are high or low
the people pay the freight" and the
effect of the settlement of a fire loss
is merely to take the burden off one
mans shoulders and distribute II
among a large number of men.
Property burned is property de-
stroyed, wiped out, obliterated from
the sum OF the nations wealth. a
house may rise phoenix-like from the
ashes,7 but it is not the same house
It may be furnished with insurance
money, but the household goods which
went up in smoke have not been re-
created. The building and furnish
ings may be better than the old. The
owner who had the fore
thought TO insure may be even little
better off in a financial sense than he
was before, but If such be the case IL
is merely because a great many peo-
pie are a little worse off. The insur-
ance company simply has paid out
some money that il had previously cob
lected. The company loses nothing
by the transaction. The loss falls on
the insurance public and the COM
pany makes its rates in accordance
with its losses.
The loss is fully covered by insur-
ance" IS a deceptive phrase. for. as
the st. Louis Republic puts It, fire loss
Is nothing but loss. Therefore the
fewer the fires the smaller the loss
and the smaller the tax on the com
II these facts were generally
there would be more in
terest manifested in fire prevention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-31
CAPITAL Comment
BY CLYDE n. TAvENNER
CONGRESSMAN from the Fourteenth District.

the country. the crop-moving money
stringency was largely psychological
Just as soon as the Wall street bank
ers found that the government was
ready to supply money for crop NOV
ing, they also found that they had
plenty of money in Wall street to
send to the west.
They were even willing to allow the
use of this money at normal interest
rates. So the country banks were
not compelled to ask the treasury for
anywhere near the amount of money
that Secretary McAdoo estimated
| would be needed to move the crops.
His mere announcement made the
breach in the dam holding the reser-
voir of money in New York, and that
money flowed out freely and cheaply
20 the farmers.
The same story is being repeated
this year. In announcing the readi-
ness of the government to furnish
funds from the treasury to country
bankers, Secretary McAdoo was also
able to announce that in many impor-
tant farming districts the banks would
need no additional money, since there
was plenty of funds in the banks avail
able for this purpose.
Not only was Secretary McAdoo
thus able to perform a great service
for farmers, a service which ranks in
Importance with any other thing done
by the Wilson administration, but he
made it a matter of profit to the gov
eminent as well.
Following his new policy, he charged
banks per cent interest for the use
of the government funds. Last year
in all S37,3S6,N00 was sent out to the
banks-all that was called for, al
though the original offer of the treas
ury was to supply $5O,O00,0OO immedi-
ately and another 100000, 900 if found
necessary later.
every penny of these deposits was
returned to the treasury by April L of
this year. And in addition Secretary
McAdoo was able to write down on the
credit side of the governments ledger
the amount of $267,S44, the interest
paid by the banks.
This year again interest will be
charged, but at the same low rate of
. per cent. The government will profit
and so will the farmer and everybody
will be satisfied except the usurious
heads OF the money trust.