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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-12
BE A GENTLEMAN

Be gentleman, young men, for
it will pay you golden rate of in
terest. You will never get anywhere
by returning surley answers. You
might be surprised to know that if
you should meet the president of a
railroad and ask him civil question
that you would get most courteous
reply Walk into the biggest concern
in any city, says an exchange and ask
for the manager. He will meet you
with smile and return the blandest
answer to your query. 1t is the ig-
norant cub in the country depot or
the window washer in big office
who hands back discourteous an
swers. The fellows who reach the
presidency of railroads and the man
agement of large concerns do so be-
cause. they are gentlemen and always
return soft reply. 1t costs nothing
to be a gentleman and besides, you
will find that such a route leads
down beside still waters and M
through green valleys. The churl
plows through mud of seldom and
breathes the dast of slavery. You
choose the gentleman or ehurl-Good
Citizenship.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-12

The guest CT honor at the house
warming at MIR. and Mrs. }. C.
Thompson on the old Dunn home
stead Saturday evening.
Mr.. Dunn came to this locality in
1864 and located his home IN 1878,
building a fine large house of pine
logs hauled from Mt. Putnam with
span of cayuses weighing about a
thousand pounds apiece. Some of the
logs were 80 feet long, and all but
three or four in the old house were
found in good condition and were
used again in building the new bung-
allow. It consists of nine rooms with
bath and pantry and a large porch.
The house rests on high founda-
tion and overlooks the beautiful
meadows and the river.
Mr.. Dunn's life has been rather
uneventful and happy. When other
men have plunged into speculation
or politics or tried new fields of en-
deavor, he has confined his operations
to things he understood and had a
chance to control. Somewhere in
his early life he learned these things
and added to it the virtue of letting
others govern their own affairs with
out his aid or advice, and it stands
the test of time.
The housewarming described else
where in this issue bespeaks the fine
spirit of hospitality he taught, and
the sweet home life he bequeathed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-12

musicians changed places so they
could all dance and play by turns, for
the guests made them believe the
music was sweeter after every change
of finguring. During short lull in
the dancing some of them prepared
to go for they discovered it was Sun
day. Little Virginia Just was sing
ing, Its a long, long way to Upper
rary," and when she finished the
musicians brought the dancers again
to their feet with that one impulse
they all possessed and if they knew
it was Sunday they just ''fuged"
what seemed a few minutes though
the clock indicated $50 and daylight
came to sustain the reputation of
the clock. BY 6 O'Clock all the guests
had gone, and every one passed the
threshold with feeling that from
10 to 20 years had been added to
their lives in those fleeing hours that
vanished unobserved.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-12
GIVEN FIVE-YEAR PENALTY
Caldwell Bankers Receive Sentence
and are Released on Bond

Five years in the federal peniten-
tiary was the sentence imposed by
Judge Dietrich Saturday in the fed
eral court on w. G. Simpson and s.
ID. Simpson, convicted of violation
of the federal banking laws.
The Simpsons we're president and
cashier, respectively, of the defunct
American National bank OF Caldwell,
and charged with having issued and
circulated false certificate of depos-
it for twenty-five hundred dollars,
which contributed to the failure of
the bank
After passing sentence, attorneys
for the defendants filed notice of ap-
peal. The Simpsons we're released
on bonds OF FIVE Thousand dollars
each. They will leave for their homes
in Texas Sunday.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-12
THE CENTER OF
IDAHO'S POPULATION

The Capital News has been looking
up the center OF ldahos population
and offers something interesting on
The subject. Get your map of Idaho
that you received from The Idaho
Republican and make a guess OF
your own before you read the article
and see how well you understand
where the settlements are. If you
have no map what have you done
with it? Maybe you have gotten by
without paying your annual assess
ment during the tax fight, and II SO,
hurry around and get one of the
new maps with the new counties
shown as created, by the present ses-
sion of the solons.
IF you were to guess the center of
population in Idaho, where would
you guess it to be?
Gust stop a moment before read
ing further and make guess. Is 1t
toward the southwest part of the
state? A little to the north of that?
Or just about Gooding, for instance?
1T is a bit amusing to hear the
guesses, and very seldom does any
one come anywhere near guessing 1t
right.
I'm 1880 the center of Idaho's po-
pulation was near the southern
boundary line of Custer county ex-
actly due south of Clayton which is
Just little to the west of south of
Challis, the county seat.
"In 1890, the center of population
for the state had moved mile or
two west, but several miles to tho
north so that it was quite close to
Clayton in the same county of Gus
ter.
I'm 1900, a big jump had been
taken and the center had gone to
the north so far that it had crossed
over the line into Lemhi county, and
Just little farther to the west than
in 1890.
"Now there is another good oppor-
tunity to stop again and make a guess
as to where the center had moved
during the next ten years until 1910.
Was it to the west, or did the rapid
development of the dry farming sec
lions of the southeast pull it back
again toward the south and east?
Perhaps you Think the north grew
more rapidly? Dut it must not be
forgotten that it was during the de-
cade from 1900 to 1910 that wit
messed the rapid giowll of the irri-
gated sections of Twin Falls, Good
ing and Minidoka counties.
las matter of fact, in 1910 the
center of population had moved back
into Custer county, but several miles
to the west so that it was due north
of Custer and almost on the county
line between Custer and Lemhi and
just about at the southwestern foot
of Estes, peak, near the source of
Warm creek that empties into Loon
creek" .
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-12
COUNTY OFFICIALS
HELD FOR TRIAL

In the preliminary hearing in the
case of the state of Idaho VS.. H. D.
Curtis, H. R. Plughoff, w. F. Horne
and L. A. Duvall, in which the de-
PENDANTS are charged with grand lar
ceny and enlightenment of Blaine
county bonds, Justice of the Peace
I. T. Osborn rendered his decision at
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
decision binds the four defendants
over to the district court and fixes
their bonds at $4,000 each.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-12
THE KNOCKERS PRAYER

Lord, please don't let this town
grow. I've been here for 80 years
and during that time I've fought
every public improvement.
I've knocked everything and every
body, no firm or individual has estab-
lished a business here without my
doing all I could to put them out OF
business. I've lied about them, and
would have stolen from them IL had
the courage.
I have done all could to keeI
the town from growing and never
have spoken good word for it. I've
knocked hard and often.
It pains me, o Lord, to see that in
spite of my knocking 1t is beginning
to grow. Some day I fear I will be
called upon to put down sidewalks
in front of my property and who
knows but what / may have to helI
keep up the streets that run by my
premises?
This, Lord, would be more than
could bear. It would cost me money
thought all have was made right
here in this town.
Then, too, more people might come
If the town begins to grow which
would cause me to lose some of my
pull. I ask therefore, to keep this
town at a standstill, that may con.
tinue to be the chief. Amen.-Wool.
back, (Neb.), Messenger.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-12
New Bungalow and Celebration a
the Dunn Farm After 40 Years

Saturday night witnessed one OF
! the most notable celebrations of the
completion of a new home that has
ever been given in the Blackfoot
country. 1t was on the occasion OF
the completion of new and commod-
ious home on the old homestead of
Henry Dunn where he or some OF
his family have lived uninterruptedly
for 40 years, and just about SO years
since Mr.. Dunn came to this locality
1t was especially gratifying to the
host and many of the guests that four
generations of Mr.. Dunn's family
could celebrate the event with him
that evening, and that large num-
Der of the pioneers of the valley were
present with their children and
grandchildren. The event was con-
Quoted throughout in the hearty
simplicity and good-felowship of the
early days; the greetings, the dances,
the music and the refreshments all
bearing out the spirit of the younger
days for the older set.
For the past few years the place
has been the home of Mr.. Dunn
youngest daughter, Mrs. j. C. Thomp-
son, who with her husband and fam
| lily were the hosts of the evening.
Mr.. Dunn was both a host and a
guest !tI he has a beautiful home
on North Shilling avenue in Black
foot, and although he was on the old
homestead where the children were
born, yet he was more than all others
the guest of honor.
1t is long story, this housew arm
ing of the sixth of March, for it has
to be viewed from 40 years ago down
to the present time and from Sun
day morning back through mists and
sunshine of a good mans life. It is
story of fortitude and square deal
ing down the lane Of two generations.
until the opportunity was found to
assemble for the expression of that
love and friendship that grows
brighter with the years. It takes
one back in memory and brings him
down the line again, richer for the
friends it gave. and made tender by
the ties now broken.
1t was due to the energy and orig
inality of Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson
that the old house gave way to the
new when it did, for they had to
build it in mid-winter if they did it
at all, and it was during the biting
cold of January that they moved out
of the old house into tents pitched
in the yard, so the carpenters could
build the new modern bungalow on
the site of the old home. Brave
hearts look only to results, and for
weeks in the winters cold, members
OF one OF the Oldest and most we'll
TODD families of the valley lived like
"sooners" at the edge of aforbidden
strip" awaiting the completion of
the one thing most desired-a home
built exactly as they wished.
The burden of BODYBUILDING falls
heavily upon the family treasury. hut
no matter how we'll fortified that may
be, the matron of the home takes on
the heavy responsibility when the
workmen retire and deliver up the
keys. 1t is then that the real test
of home-making comes, and that the
finishing touches as made or ordered
by the wife and mother add to or
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-12
HOUSE WARMING
AND REUNION

uCbldSl HUN TIC NdiuC VI Oh tudI
was done before.
For many days land parts of
nights preceding the housewarm-
ing, Mrs, Thompson wrestled with the
hundred problems of floors and walls,
the location of furniture, the places
for the pictures and other hangings
in short she scarcely slept, but
worked and dreamed and dreamed
and worked until the guests began to
arrive. OF course, anyone who has
built home and had a housewarm-
ing knows that while the matron was
making the house into a home, the
man Of the house was helping around
moving few tons of heavy things
and driving a box of tacks now and
lagain. Mr.. Thompson had his share
of these joys, and they were ably
assisted by Mr.. Frank Heese, who
had charge of construction and be-
anne so intereste in the individual
ity of the home that he staid and
helped put on the finishing touches.
AS the guests approached the house
facing the broad porch they beheld
in large red letters the word wei
come" and on entering they had the
same greeting on the walls, white
background laid with letters made
of that token of friendship, evergreen
needles. The decorations were in
Christmas colors everywhere and in
the arch of the great living room
were large portraits of Mr. Dunn,
and his first love, the mother of the
older children who was called to rest
quarter of a century ago. AS the
older friends and neighbors fingered
about the spot the tear of regret
mingled with sweet memories. The
three daughters and son all live in
the neighborhood. Mrs. d. A. John
son, Mr.. George Dunn, Mrs. Lizzie
Shannon and the hostess, Mrs. ]. G.
Thompson; the younger Mrs. Henry
Dunn and their daughter Blanche
and Henry Dunn, Jr., as we'll as the
sons and daughters of the others and
some grandchildren. Guests continu
ed to arrive until they numbered
about 165, and included the families
of so many of the old neighbors and
early settlers from some distance,
that it seemed as if they were all
young again and were only mas
querading in their gray hairs. Mr..
Dunn was very happy as were all the
company, and when the sweet tones
of the violin and the fine old piano
sounded through the house it seemed
as If every timber echoed response
that bid them rise and waltz.
1t was one of those happy hours
where everything moved with one ac-
cord; no noise, no discord, always
room enough and none to spare; one
dance suggested another, and hand
some girl and boy acting as clowns
quietly shared and Rugged one guest
after another as they danced, releas-
ing one to take another without re-
gard to age, sex or lack of beauty,
and SO the hours sped by until some
body looked at his watch and dis
covered that it was 1880 Sunday
morning and then they remembered
that they had been eating and sing
ing and slipping coffee with sugar and
cream, and all the time some were
dancing and others telling stories
and jokes. Time was too short to
see and hear all the good things that
were transpiring at once, and the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-12
CHOOSE "VET" MARCH 10
Governor Notifies Members of Live.
stock Examination Board to Attend

Idaho's new state veterinarian will
probably be chosen March Is. The
governor has notified the new state
board of livestock sanitary inspectors
that meeting will be held here on
that date to choose successor to v.
|C. White, the present incumbent.
There are said to be three leading
candidates for the place, although the
governor asserted last week he had
nearly 20 applications. The ones who
are said to be at the head Of the field
are E. G. McDaniels of st. Anthony,
E. A. Powell Of Occur d'Alene, and
]. H. Weber of Boise, present assist
ant.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-12
BOUNTY! BOUNTY! BOUNTY!
ON PREDATORY ANIMALS

The Soda Springs Grazing associa-
ton and The Bingham County Graz
ing association offer bounties on
wolves, coyotes, wild cats and
mountain lions.
From January first, 1915, to July
first, 1915, if killed within the fol-
lowing described district to wit:
Commencing at point on south
fork of Snake river where o. S. l..
railway loop crosses same near Heise,
Idaho; thence southerly on o. S. L.
railway to where said railway crosses
the Blackfoot river; thence up Black
foot river to east boundry line of the
Fort Hall Indian reservation; thence
south to the Marsh valley reservoir;
thence down Portneuf river to Kin
port on o. s. L. railway; thence on
o. s. L. railway to Alexander; thence
up Bear river to Swan Lake; thence
on Baribou National Forest boundary
to south fork of Snake river; thence
down south fork to Snake river to
place of beginning.
For each wolf, coyote. wild cat
or mountain lion killed within the
above described district between the
first day of January and July, 1915,
uo will no q houptv n folIouo.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-12

Conditions: That full fresh pelts
be presented to either N. e. Smell,
Soda Springs, Idaho; C. s. West,
Chesterfield. Idaho; ]. o. Morgan.
Blackfoot, Idaho; or F. c. Bowman
Idaho Falls, Idaho, for inspection.
That affidavit be made as to where
and when animals were killed. The
inspector will then remove both hind
feet and give order on secretary or
pay bounty.
SODA SPRINGS GRAZING Assn,
N. E. Smell, Secretary.
BINGHAM co. GRAZING ASSN,
Adv. 24-10 f. c. Bowman, Secretary.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-12

Vegetable parchment butter wrap
pers at the Republican office. adv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-31
HUNGARY FEARS
GERMAN CONTROL
Balks at Customs Union
Because She Thinks 1t
Means Absorption.
by Gable 10 The 7 hume ]

Zurich, July 30.-Negotiations for
concluding the Austro-H Hungarian GUS
toms union, which have been going on
for some time, are not making much
progress. Hungary is opposed to a
scheme which, she thinks. threatens
her economic existence. She would cor
sent to the conclusion of a commerce
treaty for long term of years on lib
eral terms, but considers the customs
union the first step to complete 40
sorption of the dual monarchy by Ger
many. This it undoubtedly is.
Austria is willing, even DESTROYS, TO
be absorbed, but Hung and Bohemia,
which form the major 4 the empire,
would take up arms 80 oppose any &C
tive domination OF ;ncir territory b.
Germany.
The "Berliner Neuste Nachrichten"
announces that the Kaiser is preparing
an eloquent proclamation to the nation
on the anniversary of the declaration
of war, in which he will recall deeds
of valor, encourage the nation to fresh
sacrifices and denounce the crimes of
his enemies. Arrangements are being
made TO celebrate the anniversary
throughout Germany to prove to the
world that the union of the German
nation is unbroken.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-31
Russia Carrying Out
First Campaign Plan
GBy Cable to The Tribune ]

Petrograd, July 80 dispatch 10 the
London Morning Post") Russia is
now, after a whole year of war has
passed only doing precisely what her
deliberate and considered plan of COM
paign for the Western front had long
ago laid down as the first move after
the declaration of war.
Particular attention was called some
days ago to the movement developing
between the Nieman and the Dvina as
being much more threatening maneu-
vre than either the Galician or Narew
fanking movements. Il is this new
development, apparently, which has
decided Russia. in consultation with
the Allies, to adopt the form of de-
fence which was employed against the
great Napoleon.
It is now quite accepted by the pub
lie that the Nistula line. with all the
cities and fortresses on it. should be
abandoned entirely Indeed. ! have
heard of good deal of destructive
work already accomplished by the
Russians in the neighborhood Of War
saw. apparently in preparation for
this move. Even fortiications on this
line are expected TO be evacuated and
destroyed. Progress of the fighting is
such as TO demonstrate that the Rus
slams have full command of their
movements and are executing orders
deliberately and thoroughly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-31
TURCO-BULCARIAN
PACT HANGS FIRE
Berlin Says Russia Must
Be Broken FirSt-WOuld
Force Rumania.
TBS The Tribune ]

Zurich, july 30.-Reports Of Turco-
bulgarian agreement are received in
Berlin with sbcpticiym. Count Revent-
low, IN the "Dcutsches Tag szeitung,'
declares the question is capital one
lor Germany and Austria. He says
mat the Central Powers must do every
ttning TO help Bulgarian ambitions in
Macedonla, because successful attack
by hungary and Bulgaria on Serbia
would give Hungary possession OF the
angie ln Serbian territory containing
ne famous Iron Gate Of the Danube.
ms would give "a common frontier to
hungary and Bulgaria. and allow direct
communication between German, Aus
Una and Coustautinople
But Won Reyentlow doubts that Bull
cara can make common cause with the
central Powers until the power of Rus
sia ma been broken. Berlin believes
Ihat u Bulgaria joins the Central
io"ers her action Will force Rumania's
hald and cause her 10 make decision.
DIeat indignation rs caused IN Berlin
Oy tre report that the Rumanian gov
eminent has imposed am export duty
u 3VO francs waC0uload on maize
an 500 francs on beans, plus 200 more
iof the Rumanian Red Cross. As the
herman grain merchants have made
contracts for millions of marks in Ru-
mania and have advanced 25 per cent,
Ms export duty, which is Simply dis
tulsed prohibition, means ruin. On
Iop Of the refusal 10 allow the passage
o. munitions for Turkey, il is regarded
~ Berlin as fresh proof that Rumanla
"ss an understanding with the Allies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-31
60 AER0S RAID
8 GERMAN BASES
Oil Works at PechelbrOnn
and Railway Station OBJ
ieCtiVeS of French.
tBy Cable to The Tribune. !

Paris, July 30.-No fewer than eight
aeroplane raids, extending from Ypres
to Alsace, and in which more than
sixty machines took part, are mentioned
in to-night's official report from the
French War Office.
The largest expedition, embracing a
squadron of forty-fve aircraft, started
to destroy the oil works at Pechel-
bronn, near Strassburg, but owing to a
cloudy sky only part of the aviators
reached their goal. The War Office re-
ports that 1903 bombs were dropped on
the works, but the damage done was
not ascertained.
A factory at Dornach, also in Alsace,
producing asphyxiating gases, was bonn
barded by a single airman last night,
while aviators from the Paris garrison
dropped forty-four bombs on the sta
ton at Chauny Department of Aisne).
The official report follows:
"On the Doth instant our aeroplanes
bombarded the Ypres- Roulers Railroad
near Passchendaele. the camps OF the
Germans in the region of Longueval, to
the west of Combres; the German lines
on the Brmont Mill. near Rheims; the
military station at Chatel, in the Ar
come, and the station of Burthecourt,
in Lorraine.
During the night of the 29th-30th
one of our ayiators bombarded at Dor
mach (Alsace) a factory producing as
phyXiating gas. To-day an aerial squad
ron bombarded the station Of FriboIrg.
Another squadron, including ten aero
planes from the Paris intrenched camp,
dropped forty-four bombs on the sta
ton at Chauny Department OF Aisne).
"A SQUADRON of forty-tive aeroplanes
set out this morning, having as its OBJ
jective the petrol works of Pechel-
bronn. between Hagenau and Weissen-
burg (Alsace). A cloudy sky and many
mist banks permitted only part of the
squadron to reach the goal. One hun
dred and three bombs were dropped on
the Pechelbronn works. In addition, six
bombs were dropped on the station al
DCtwiller, near Phalsbourg, and six on
the aviation sheds az Phalsbourg. Every
aeroplane came back safely
London. July 81. A Reuter- dispatch
from Amsterdam says il is officially
stated in Berlin that three allied air
ren appeared early Friday over Fri
bourg and dropped several bombs. One
civilian was killed and six civilians
were wounded. The material damage
done is declared TO have been urim-
portant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-31
WANTS COTTON CROP
BOUGHT BY BRITISH
1.-The Spectator" Suggests Way
to Relieve Southern Pressure
on President.

London, July 30.-Whatever action
the British government takes with re-
gard 10 cotton-whether il merely be
kept out of Germany or declared CON
traband The Spectator" expresses
the opinion to-day that the Southern
cotton growers should be recompensed.
THE pressure" this newspaper goes
on 10 say. (which the enormous cot
ton industry OF the Democratic South
can bring 70 bear on a Democratic
President is indeed the crux of the sit
uation. It may be the British govern
ment will find that a scheme OF COM
pensating American cotton growers by
buying a proportion OF their crop
above the British normal purchases,
is feasible. II this were thought pos
sible and right il would. we need hard
Is say. be an enormous satisfaction 70
Englishmen 20 feel that the scruples
Of the American government for prec-
edent and the grievances OF the
Southern cotton planters had been
satisfied"