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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-02
Administrator Appointed

HdmInistratoT Appointed
Charles v. Critchfeld has been ap-
pointed administrator of Charles E.
Critchfield, giving bond in the sum of
$500 with Nellie Critchfield and Alta
zana Critchfeld as suretjes. The ap-
praisers are w. H. Ralston, George w.
McNabb and Miller Mendenhsu.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-02

Fundamentally there is no such
thing as private action. All actions
are public in themselves or In their
consequences. B0vee
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-02
First and Final

First and Final
b. NJ. Critchfeld, guardian Of James
r McElroy, has filed a first aud final
account in probate, showing the fol
loving Received. sl,345.67, paid out
the same sum.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-02
The Ransom Estate

TIC HdHSOm E5tate-
Ralph P. Ransom has been appoint.
ed administrator Of John H. Ransom,
giving bond in the sum of $1,000, with
Bessy R. sanderson and Martha e.
Ransom as sureties.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-02

Turn thysef to the true riches and
learn TO be contcpf NI:b little. Seneca
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24
A Hot Sermon.

One Of the most forceful, straight
from-the-shoulder sermons preached
from an Orofino pulpit, was delivered
Sunday evening by Elder johnson, of
the Christian church, on the subject Of
good citizenship. He said that good
citizen must believe in law enforce
ment, and must himself obey the law;
that from personal observations he was
convinced the laws were not being en-
forced; that liquor was being brought
into Orofino on the reservation in
vic olation of law, and urged the people
to wake up and see that the officers do
their duty. The speaker said that he
had discovered that bootleg booze W; S
retailing for about SO quart, and that
some people were making money
violating the law. He told of recent
incident that happened at local hotel
when three drunk men had to be
elected, and that a lady not only
kicked the drunks out but threw the r
booze after them.
| He told of certain man who had
tried to engage room to be used for
gambling purposes, and he made il
plain ihat the citizens need not expect
! the officers to act unless the people
themselves show that they want the
laws enforced. He said that the mar
who patronizes the bootlegger is JUS
as mean a citizen as the fellow who
sells bootleg liquor, and was sorry The
law did not make it as much of a crime
to buy as to sell.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24
Open Whiskey Greek Road.

F. E. Bashaw of Whiskey Creek
meadows was in Orofino the first OF the
week. He said it looked favorable for
the completion OF the road up Whlskey
creek, there being four miles yet to
open, with funds now available. 1t is
seventeen miles to Orofino for their
mail. The post office department has
twice granted post office in this dis
trict but nobody would take the Office
and it has fallen through. They will
probably make another effort. There
is no school out there, but what use
would a lot of bachelors have for
schools, anyhow? 1t would be good
place, however, for single school
teachers of the feminine gender.
Work on the new road will start in
May with 50, 500 available.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24
Judge Steele Takes Notice.

Judge Edgar Steele, during the first
day of the district court meeting Mon
day in Moscow, took judicial notice of
the Clearwater Republican 'booze
list" from Elk River, and the Daily
Star-Mirror quotes the judge as saying:
The court stated that records pub
'lished showed that much liquor was
beng brought into Elk River, in the
vicinity of Bovill, and could not con-
ceiye that such a condition could exist
without full knowledge of the viola
tion OF the law being prevalent.
The court knows that the condition
at Elk River, as shown by the records,
could not exist without the knowledge
of the county officials, just as every
man and woman in Clearwater county,
who has grain Of sense, knows that
the court knows what it is talking
about. If the Clearwater county off.
cials will resign, as they should do il
they feel they cannot do their duty, and
owe to the people if they are so incom.
petent they can't do the work, and the
people will give the Republican the
power to name new county officials,
we will guarantee to produce results
that will leave no doubt about the true
condition, not only In Elk River, bu,
here in Orofino. There are men in
Clearwater county who can deliver the
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24

out and said, SIS he did last week in
defense of the lease deal, that he had
personally investigated Mr.. Thompson
from A to and knew that he was the
only man on earth who could be trust
ed to build roads for Clearwater coun-
ty, as long as honest men like Pat,
elected to serve the "dear peepul, :"
etc., held the fort. 1t would have been
cheap political sop, tossed out to the
people, an insult to their intelligence,
but that would have made no differ
ence, provided it fooled the people in
to endorsing the ring. 1t would have
been lie, rank fraud, but that would
have made no difference, if it fooled
the people. II would have been Just
what the clap trap that is being ped
died about the Nease deal is-a rank
jobbery OF the taxpayers of Clearwater
county, an insult and grave wrong to
the working men of our county; a
wrong to the business men of the coun-
ty, who are injured because large
and valuable contract has, through
skulduggery and sham, been awarded
to one outside cruiser without permit
ting resident of the county, however
honest and however competent, and
however able to give bond, to bid on
the work.
And the Tribune, a paper that be-
longs to the ring, has the effrontery to
brand as timber tools every man who
protests, not against the cruise, but
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24
BULL MOOSE
in OROFINO

j. H. Gipson, state chairman of the
progressive party in Idaho visited
Orofino Monday night, comforting with
a number of local progressives, and as
many republicans as he could meet,
talking over state politics. Mr.. Gipson
found the most peculiar situation Mt
Orofino that he has encountered in the
entire state, according to his statement,
for SO determined are the progressives
to do nothing to prevent n cleaning up
in local politics at the coming election
that it was with the utmost difficulty
that Mr.. Gipson could get anyone to
act as the provisional chairman of a
progressive club, it being necessary
for the party to have at least commit
tee in every county to look after the
billing of speakers, hiring Of halls, and
such work. Jack Harlan, county
chairman of the progressives last cam
paign, made 1t plain to Mr. Gipson that
local conditions were SO intollerable
that he was opposed to any movement
looking to a division in the ranks of the
republicans this year, and personally
proposed to work for the greatest
possible unity. Mr.. Gipson encouraged
the progressives in their determination
to clean up local conditions, asking
only for committee to look after
necessary work, as above mentioned,
and T. j. LaForest finally agreed to ac-
cent the raSpOpS;hi1itv
Mr.. Gipson seid she prograssivas
+" ia again mai-e sti enlo lien 20
elect Martin governor and Paul Clag-
stone U. S. senator, and would put out
a progressive ticket in practically
every county in the state. He did not,
after reviewing the situation, insist on
county progressive ticket in Clear
water county, and it is positively GER
tain none will be nominated, unless the
Blake gang, hoping to split the opposi-
ton, succeed in getting some of their
tools to pose as progressives and put
themselves up as proeressives. If a
progressive ticket is put UP be sure
that it will be of the court house varie-
ty, child OF dishonor and of prema-
ture birth.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24

goods.
Judge Steele declared that liquor
violations in Latah county were a dis
grace, so what must he think of Clear
water county where conditions are,
without exaggeration, thousand times
as open and flagrant. 1t is disgrace,
and it is pity that Idaho hasn't a
governor like that man West down in
Oregon, who would make the Clear
water county officials wake up or put
the county under martial law until
there was assurance that the laws
would be enforsed. The situation in
Clearwater county is going to be called
to the attention of Governor Haines,
and demand made that he do his
duty. There is more reason for mar
tial law in Clearwater county than
there has been in some OF those Ore
gon towns.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24

ness way, and in behalf of the people
OF Clearwater county the Republican
extends congratulations. Surely it is
more pleasant to approve than to re-
prove, to praise than to condemn, and
it will be happy day for the Republi-
can when all business in Clearwater
county will be done in the same credit
able manner that this road contract has
been let Why not? -
The county officials, regardless of
their politics, will find the Republican
just as ready to approve faithful public
service as it has been to condemn the
other kind This paper is contending
for nothing but honest, clean county
government, and if that iustifies the
charge that we belong to The timber
companies, alright. II we win the
fight, and county business is done on
the square, and graft is eliminated, the
matter of ownership of the Republican
need not worry the taxpayers. What's
the difference? The Republican is
contendlng for system that saved the
taxpayers $2,340 on little road con-
tract, or the difference between a nom
competitive bid of $3.50, and COM
petitive bid of $6,640. The difference
between county printing at ten cents a
line to a paper that belongs to a court
house ring, and run for this ring, and
county printing at three cents line on
its merits, by any paper that will do the
work in business-llke manner for the
people, uncontrolled by party bosses.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24

against the methods pursued, as a
''tool OF the timber interests. And if
the Tribune is right then the Republi-
can is timber tool, and proud of it.
With hundreds of other citizens of
Clearwater county this paper is against
the methods pursued by the court
house ring. Like hundreds of others
this paper stands for the same methods
in the matter of cruising that the board
has followed in the matter of the All
sahka-Elk River road, and has gone in
to this matter thus prominently be-
cause it illustrates exactly the position
OF the Republican on county business.
The board, IN refusing to accept a
lone bid, shown by subsequent bids, to
be excessively high, and calling for
other bids, has saved the people
enough to build considerable more
road, or enough to pay the salaries of
some of the county officials for some
months, or to pay a lot of interest on
outstanding warrants, and more than
all this, has SO acted as to meet the ap-
proval OF all the taxpayers of the coun-
ty. They have done their duty, have
done it so well that criticism would be
silly and harmless, and make the critic
look like fool. They have done the
work in a way that precludes charge
OF graft, and in manner that inspires
confidence and respect in the hearts OF
the people. 1t is clean, open, honor
able public business, done in busi-
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24

Repeatedly has the Republican tried
to make it clear that the editor of this
paper has no personal feeling, no emf
nifty, no ill will towards any county
official in Clearwater county. And in
criticising the official acts of officials
there has never been any personal
feeling on the part of P. l.. Orcutt
towards any person. Nor do we today
bear any malice towards any of these
officials, regardless OF what they haze
done, or attempted to do to the editor
of this paper. For their foolishnesf we
have had feeling of pity. Whe9 they
have lost their heads, resorfed to
violence, and attempted @ answer
argument, facts and records with silly,
foolish personal abuse, and hava made
themselves ridiculous in the eNes of
thinking people, it has not mada the
editor of this paper angry, but raj ther
amused us, for long experience has
proven beyond doubt that men reSort
to such tactics only when they hive
nothing better to offer, and usr rhlly
when they are licked, to quote ex-
President Roosevelt, "to Il frazzle.7
The Republican has always tried to
be fair. 1t has realized that whatever
charges it has made would be accepted
by the people only when absolutely
proven, and the Republican has gone
after this case just as it would conduct
case in court of law The only
difference is that instead of jury of
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24

Twelve, we have been talking to jury
fof 5000, the entire population of a
county. And we have asked the people
to accept only such things as are
proven beyond the question of doubt.
All through the Republican has been
'fontending for principles. 1t has been
Insisting on business methods, on the
elimination Of graft, extravaganza and
favoritism. It,has been contending for
a square deal for the people, and has
hoped for an opportunity to prove to
the county officials and the people that
this paper is not actuated by desire
to find fault, and looking only for an
opportunity to criticise. This oppor-
tnnity is now presented, and it is with
real pleasure that the Republican ex-
tends its congratulations and pats the
county commissioners on the back.
What has happened?
Listen! At former meeting this
spring the board decided to build some
1900 feet of very bad road, an extern
sion of the proposed road from Ahsah-
ka to Elk River. So they advertised
for bids. And when the time came
there was just one bid, that of Carl
Thompson of Ahsahka, in the sum Of
$780, The board went over the
proposed road and decided that the bid
was excessive, rejecting it, and ordered
the clerk to advertise for new bids.
This was done and Tuesday, this
week, was devoted to the opening of
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24
Get Pat To Sing 1t.

A popular chorus around the Clear
water county court house:
Any little job that's a nice little job
is the right little job for me.
don't want job
Like the rest of the mob,
Who toll persistentlee.
I'd like job with nothing to do
But draw my salaree.
But any little job that's a nice little
job is the right little job for me.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24

the new bids, of which there were
three, as follows:
Carl Thompson, IS, $4,000.
w. H. Burtrand, S,95O.OO
And a company bid from F. H. Lam
phier, Jack McLain, Andrew Jensen
and Emil Oppligger, four good, square
laboring men who bid s6,64O, or s2,34O
saving over the first and lone bid by
Mr.. Thompson. Had the board done
with this as they have in the matter of
timber cruising, and in the buying of
steel road culvert, and county printing,
and blank books, and that old Jail, and
thousand and one other shady tram
sactions, they would have closed the
deal with Thompson. Had they done
as they did in the Nease cruising deal
they would have sneaked off to Ahsah-
ka and, without giving others an op-
portunity to bid, have closed the deal
with Mr.. Thompson. They could have
excused themselves by saying that in
their opinion, nobody but Mr.. Thomp-
son is competent and honest; that some
of these other fellows may have read
the Appeal to Reason, instead of the
Orofino Tribune, or had some time
eaten slice of Armour's ham and
therefore were tools of the meat
trust, or had ridden on the same train
with George Rubedew and was there
fore tool of the timber trust, or words
to that effect, and could not be trusted
to do this work. Pat could have come
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24

Hon. G. H. Martin of Standpoint,
progressive candidate for governor,
has started his campaign, and will ad-
dress the citizens Of Moscow Saturday
evening, April Is.
A case Of Idaho state travelling IL
brary books has just arrived. Books
issued or received at any time except
Sundays. The case is at Miss M. E.
Caudell's near the Orofino Trading Co.
store.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24
TIMBER SALE
MEANS RAILROAD

While some might refuse to accept,
and brand as hot air, the statements OF
Orofino papers relative to the proposed
government timber sale east of Oro-
fino, nobody will for a moment refuse
to accept the statements of Uncle Sam.
For that reason the Clearwater Repub-
lican is more than pleas ed to receive
from the government authorities at
Missoula, the following article relative
to the proposed sale, showing, as it
does, that the proposed sale d yes mef
new railroad from Orofino into the
Weippe country, and a mammoth saw
mill somewhere tribu ary to the timber.
The article in full follows:
The government is now advertising
for sale one of the largest bodies OF
timber ever offered in one lot in Dis
trict of the Forest Service, which in
cludes Montana and northern Idaho.
This proposed sale will provide for the
cutting Of 100000, 600 feet of saw tim
and about $4,000 cedar poles, worth at
the present time, as appraised by the
the governments expert logging engi-
neer, somewhat over $l,OOO,OO0. The
timber is located on tract of about
$4,000 acres on the Clearwater National
Forest between the North Fork and
South Fork of the Clearwater river
near Orofino, Idaho. The tract is di-
vided to allow bidding on smaller
unit including 1865, ,00O,OOO feet on about
10000 acres, or on the entire tract.
OF course it will take a considerable
length of time to cut this large amount
of timber and it is proposed to allow a
cutting period of IL years for the por-
ton of the tract, or for the entire area,
20 years. This is necessary to finan-
cially justify construction of over 30
miles of railway to reach the tract, the
large mills to saw it into lumber, etc.
The government has been preparing
for this sale for about year, making
very detailed topographic maps, esti-
Inmates, ETC. The timber will be adver.
tised until August |, with the object OF
giving any person interested good
opportunity to look the tract over
During the long period which the sale
will run, there is likely to be con
siderable increase in timber value
the contract will provide for readjust'
ment Of stumpage prices at intervals as
the sale progresses, thus while the
timber is now worth about $1,000, 600
il is prabable that considerable more
than this amount will actually be added
to the revenue of the United State!
while it is being cut. The state o
Idaho will benefit in the sum OF a
least s35O,00O by this sale as result o
the regular provision that 25 per cen
of all receipts from forest resources
are turned over to the state for distri
button among the counties within tn
National Forest areas for use of school
and road purposes in those counties
An additional 10 per cent is also de
voted to road construction where
will benefit both the settlers and tn
National Forest. The probable rise il
timber values will greatly increase tn
states share Of the returns from tn
sale also.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24

This week completes the Elk River
booze list record up to March |, 1918.
By this time there is probably enough
additional, if business kept up, to
supply material for a week or two
more. But whether or not the Re-
publican publishes more Of this record
is not material. Enough has been
furnished the public to open their eyes
to the real condition in Elk River, and
to suggest what is going on all over the
county. 1t will be remembered that
some people were terribly shocked
when it was discovered that somebody
was bringing in an occasional grip full
from Cottonwood via Gilbert. And
now the record shows that in short
time more than 1900 barrels of whis-
key, beer, gin and wine is known to
have been openly shipped into Elk
River, half carload at time, an
average of twenty barrels day for the
entire summer of 1918, and among the
shippers, not because the Republican
says SO, but because the records show
it, we find county commissioner, and
deputy sheriff, and the post master
of the town, as importers of "wet"
goods, along with May Patterson and
Georgia Madris and Messrs. LaDuke
and Smith and Roop and the rest OF the
crowd.
And the county officials want the
people to believe that they can't find
any violation OF the law. These Off
cials want the people to believe that
there is nothing the matter, dismissing
the proposition with the charge that
the Republican is liar" They try
to prove this last proposition by ar
ranging little affair down in Orofino
where 190-pound deputy sheriff is to
beat up the editor Of the Republican,
and another deputy sheriff is to "clean
house," with the remnants after the
first deputy sheriff gets through, and
after that offer the remains of P. L.
Orcutt as exhibit A, convincing a con-
elusive proof that May Patterson and
Georgia Madris and LaDuke and Smith
and County Commissioner Torgerson
and the deputy sheriff and all the rest
of the 'booze list" didn't do 1t. There
is the record. II is public. And yet
they didn't do it. The Republican be.
lieves that these men, county officials,
and the lumber jacks, bohunks, the
French pimps, the gamblers, the pros.
titutes and bawdy house keepers
shipped that booze in to be drank by
somebody, and that it is not presump
ton nor exaggeration to conclude thai
at least a part of it was bootlegged out
And il the authorities can't see any
violation Of the law isn't it strong pre-
sumption that they do not want to seei
Or, if they do and don't, will anyone
j contend that they are competent
Georgia Madris, the record shows, or
July 81 and q, 1918, shipped in and re
ceived 16 barrels of beer. And thu
/ people of Clearwater county are pay
] ing deputy sheriff some $50 month
and he can't see it. The Republican
, without ever visiting Elk River, coult
) find it, and the people all over th'
county have seen the proof, but th'
county officials Of Clearwater count,
couldn't see it. And yet they woul,
; be insulted il the Republican suggested
, that they are incompetent or crooked
E The people are invited to take tn
E records for what they are worth. Stri
them Of any connection with the Re
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24

Sheriff Harper has completed some
substantial improvements at his home
near the lime kiln, having moved the
house back onto good foundation, and
making other changes that will make it
q very desirable home.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24
ELK RIVER "BOOZE LIST" DISGRACE TO CLEARWATER CO

publican. Just take the cold facts that
these records proclaim, and, in the
light OF common sense, without malice
or hatred, without personal feelings
against Mr.. Leeper or others, weigh
the facts and measure up the officers
by these facts.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-24

Beer shipped to Elk River alter Oc'
tober II, 1918.