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The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14
COLONIZATION OF
ALL STATE LANDS
California Is Planning to go Into the Business
Of Selling Land---A Measure Idaho Should
Adopt at This Session Of the Legislature

California Development Board has
this to say regarding land speculation
of the Northwest;
"Most OF the farm land in this en-
tire country have been disposed of
with a speculative instead of an agri-
cultural interest.
"We have watched the land manipu-
lators in the state try 10 oyercapital-
ize the land so grossly that they shot
beyond their mark and couldn't sell it
at all Meantime, the land lies idle
and the men who want to till it are
idle or employed far less profitable to
their families and the state"
How the New Land Plan Will Work.
John Smith buys a farm from the
state Under the proposed plan he
will pay per cent on the principal,
the cost of the land as it came to
him, annually for thirty years. For
the first FIVE years he pays nothing.
At the end of the period he owns the
land The state will supply equip
limited amout-on the same principle,
under rural credit. And some form Of
rural credit will be devised to tide him
over for the first few years while
crops are maturing or during emer-
oenciee
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14

During the long years of this legal
controversy, the American Federation
Of Labor has supported the hatters in
their position that they have the right
to ask friends and sympathizers to
point with the men withholding pat
ronage from unfair employer.
This position has been indorsed by
the United States Congress by its
passage of the Clayton bill. which
provides nor shall such organizations
Qabor unionsl or the members there
OF, be held or construed to be illegal
combinations >or conspiracies in re-
straint of trade, under the antitrust
laws"
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14
LETTERS OF APPROVAL

Its long way to Wallace, the way
the train goes, through portions Of
three states, in fact, but the Labor
Unions of Wallace are Of the right
sort-and are willing and anxious to
aid in tie tip-building Of a labor paper
at Boise as witness these two letters
just received from that prosperous lit
tie city-the home of the best paid
laborers in the United States:
Wallace, Idaho, Dec 81, 1914
The Gem Worker,
Boise, Idaho,
Gentlemen:
Yours Of the 10th inst. at hand. read
and the Union subscribed for $500
worth of papers. ($5.OO enclosed)
One copy TO be sent to the Public
Library; one copy to be sent to the
Hope Hospital; one copy to the Pro-
vidence Hospital; one copy to the
Wallace Hospital; and one copy to
the Carpenters Union, No. 220, all Of
Wallace, Idaho.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14
FAVOR COMPENSATION

Jefferson City. Mo.-A commission
appointed by the state senate 10 in
vestigate the question of vorknen's
compensation favors this principle,
and makes the following recommends
tions:
An elective workmen's compensa-
ton act.
An act creating the Missouri indus
trial commission.
An act providing for the organiza-
ton OF corporations on the mutual
plan TO insure against employers IL
ability.
An act levying tax Of S per cent on
all premiums for employers liability
insurance for the support Of the indus
trial commission.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14
CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION

given to claas of more than one
hundred members Of the organization.
The class meets twice a week, on
Thursday evenings and Sunday after
moons. It begins its work the FIRST
week in December and will go until
the end of April
The course includes such subjects
as an outline OF the History OF the
Labor Movement, with special re-
ference to the garment industry Labor
Politics, Labor Legislation, and Work.
mems Insurance; the Legal Rights
Of Trades Unions; Practical Problems
and Methods OF Union Activity both
in time of strike and in time OF peace.
These subjects are being treated partly
through carefully arranged lectures
given BY such men as Morris Hiilquit
and Jacob Panken, lawyers we'll
known for their services to the gar
ment workers union; Meyer Lendon,
another labor lawyer who was elected
to Congress last November in the
Twelfth New York District; I NJ.
Rubinow, the foremost american au-
thority on the subject Of insurance
against accident, sickness old age and
unemployment; AIeernon Lee, Edu-
eationai Director Of the Rand School,
and others. Besides the lectures,
there are class sessions IN which the
students, meet IN small groups, review
ti,e topics dealt with In the lectures
ard receive instruction il elementary
eivics, methods of union work and to
some extent in grammar and compost
ton
Great interest Is being shown. and at
the last moment the number Of union
members applying ior admission to
the class was more than could be ac-
eonlnaodafed Il IS expected that the
course VIII he repeated on . larger
scale next season and il will probably
he ended to other eities where the
I e 8 W q i largely represented.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14


California has new Colonization
plan that would be well for Idaho
to follow
California is planning to go into
the business of selling land to colon
lists at bedrock prices, on long-term
payments and with system of rural
credits to tide the new settler over
the emergency periods.
Based on gural financial systems
long successful in Europe and Aus
tralia, this proposed experiment in the
west is new in practice in the United
States and will therefore prove one Of
vital interest to other sections of the
country.
While details of the project are as
yet formative, depending on what the
legislature willSldo, the general plan
is to have the state sell undeveloped
lands of agricultural possibilities to
settlers on a twenty or thirty year
payment arrangement, with no charge
for the first FIVE years.
Payments will be made in the form
of S per cent annually on the principal.
and rate of interest to be determin-
ed in conformity with the cost of ad-
ministration.
Roger Newton Lynch, manager Of
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14
Respectfully,
d. H. DeLoNG,

A most interesting experiment is
being carried on in New York this
year by the international Ladies
Garment Workers Union, the srd lar
gest~ organization in the ranks Of
American Organizer Labor.
: The convention held at Cleveland
last june took up the question Of edu-
cation Of union members. it was
universally recognized that this union,
like many others, suffers from the fact
that very few OF its members have
any thorough understanding OF the
labor movement and its problems, so
that all the burden Of responsibility in
the international and the various
locals falls on comparatively small
number of persons, who seldom re-
ceive hearty and efficient support from
the rank and file. These so-calIed
leaders get ali the blame for whatever
may go wrong, while they receive only
to little credit for what they achieve
under such difficult conditions. The
delegates at Cleveland agreed that
the most necessary step to strenqthen
the organization for the great work
il has before it was to start work
Of systematic education Of the rank
and tile. After general discussion the
matter was referred to the General
Executive Board and a special com.
mite on education working hand IN
hand with il and they have since
worked out All elaborate plan
The international Union has enter
cd into an agreement with the Rand
School Of Social Science. a worxmen s
college located at 40 East Nineteenth
Street New York City and having
branches in various parts Of the
country, which has been doing Valu-
able work FOR education for more than.
eight years Under the joint direction
of the {aion and the School. 4 regnlaf
course q Instruction il now heins
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14
CONVICT ROAD LABOR

LouisvilIe.-In an address to the
County Judges association, Prison
Commissioner Sullivan stated that
contracts for employment Of prisoners
to contractors will be made for only
one year, instead OF four. as formerly.
in order that plans for road work may
be facilitated The people Of the state
have voted for convict work on roads,
but the proposal had not been adver-
tised properly and the vote was held
void. AT the next session Of the leg
islasnre, il IS proposed 70 remedy the
matter.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14
FEWER CONTAGIOUS DIsEAsTs

Harrisburg State health authorit-
les report that there were $1,000 less.
communicable diseases in PennsyI-
vania than in 1918. Typhoid fever de-
creased 20 per cent The general
death rate was only 14i per 1000 in
habitants, pronounced decrease
over conditions half dozen years ago.
Tuberculosis shows indications Of be-
ing subjugated Cancer is the only
disease which shows an increase. In
1906 there were 24471 cases Of typhoid
and s,ozl deaths; in 1914, 1852 cases
and 73l deaths up to November.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14
LOBBYISTS ART TO BLAME.

Columbus.-"The lobbyist or lob
byists who, in fact, made the real con-
tFibution to the shame and humilia-
ton of the state. are the ones who
should be punished, . said retiring Gov
Cox, in pardoning an ex-state senator
found guilty Of receiving bribes while
in the legislature. The lobbyist is
the real cuiprit. but so cleverly was
his work concealed" said the COVER
nor. that conviction would have been
impossible. In every case submitted
for investigation the trial at once. re-
yealed the tracks Of the lobbyist"
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14
START A COOP BAKERY

GaivestonAs a result Of the hak-
er's strike IN this city, organized labor
has formed a company 10 conduct =
bakery along cooperative lines II IS
started that 81. 500 has been subscribed.
and effort viii be made immediately
to compete with employers who refuse
their workers shorter work day
Trade union officials have been ap-
pointed On committee TO select
location order machinery and COM
plete other details
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14
ADOPT NEW WAGE SCALE.

San Franeisco.-The Chauffeurs'
union Of this city has agreed to the
following rates for motor buses:
Motermen, $3.50 per day, with 90 cents
an hour for overtime; conductors, So
per day, with 50 cents an hour for
overtime. This scale has been approv-
ed BY the international brotherhood
Of Teamsters, with whom the chauf-
fenrs are affiliated.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14
susTAIN ruBuRcuLAR pooR

New York.-The burden Of institu-
tional care Of the eonsumptive is be-
ing shifted from the private purse to
the general PUBLIC purse. according to
report Of the National Association
tor the Study Of Prevention Of Tuber-
culosis IN 1914, more than $50, 500 900
was spent n the United States anti
tuberculosis campaign and Of this suiii
oo.s per cent was derived from public
funds, compared with 50 per cent ii
1909.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14

Wallace, Idaho, Jan. 5th 1915
Mr. John Alden,
Boise, Idaho.
Dear Sir:-I take pleasure in writ
ing you to the effect that have the
Council in favor and they wish to do
all they can to help you in promoting
the welfare Of the workers in this
state,
We would like to do much more
than we are able to at this time, but
with your cooperation will be able
to accomplish great deal.
With that end in view | am going to
ask you If it is possible for you to
make reduction in the subscription
price for ten or more subscribers.
I shall be glad to and hope to furn-
ish correspondent from this section.
! am yours for success,
JAS. G. ARTHUR,
Secretary.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14
TO SELL employees STOCK

Chicago.-Is the American Tele-'
phone & Telegraph company the par
ent company Of the Bell system, pre-
pairing to unload" stock on employees
because of continued agitation for
government ownership? The company
has announced that employees may
now purchase stock in the company
for $110 share on easy terms.
Washington Representative Lewis
a member Of the House labor groupe.
is urging the taking over by the gov
ernment Of the various telephone sys-
TENS in this country 1t is proposed
that the interstate commerce commits
sion be instructed to appraise the
value of the lines. which would then
be paid for by the government under
this valuation. In a speech last week
the unionist made notable defense
Of the position which included his
tory Of the worlds telephone systems
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14

Club rates Of ten or more will be
made 10 unions desiring M subscribe
in a body.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14

Advertising is what makes a
paper pay and our readers can aid
US greatly IN the upbuilding Of
loyal labor paper in Boise by read
ing our advertising columns, and
when making purchases, saying II
saw your advertisement in The
Gem Worker, and realized you
wanted the trade of the working
people"
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-14

The Gem Worker is proving to
be a winner--both with the Labor
Unions and with the Boise busi-
ness men. Our subscription list
Is growing rapidly and is covering
the entire State Of Idaho; and
Boise's business men are quick 10
show their esteem for labor's
cause by using labor's paper as
an advertising medium.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-08-13

Despite the publicity given to
freak laws and the satirical comment
passed upon them by thoughtful
newspapers, Legislators continue to
make laws which are so absurd that
their enforcement is impossible, and
politicians bend the statutes to suit
their own ends and personal advanc-
ment regardless OF the good of the
state Wisconsin, which has been
more or less in the limelight for freak
laws, has passed law making it
compulsory for person to pay s.
for Il liccnse to give away cigarettes
Cigarette smokers who have been in
the habit of Cumming the makings"
or asking friend for cigarette
cannot do so without subiecting the
friend to a sixty-day jail sentence.
The legislature of Georgia has
passed a law to prevent legislators
fror entering the legislative halls ill
an intoxicated conditions. Although
Georgia is dry state, she is the only
state in the Union which has deem
ed it necessary to pass such lav.
The soft drink men of Georgia are
also up in the air over new soft
drink bill which has just been IN
troduced. BY this bill, every soft
drink stand in the state viii have to
pay License of from S25 to $50 a
year; every bottling plant shall pay
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-08-13
B LAZ|N N c OIL
ST RE AM 8 USED
IN NEW WARP ARE
HITS TRENCHES IN ROARING
RED WAVE OF SCALDING
FIRE

London, Aug. 1S.-A dispatch to the
Daily Chronicle from the north of
France says:
AN officer who was in the fighting
line when the Germans attacked with
blazing oil streams has given your
correspondent his Impressions of this
novel method of warfare. He said:
:" 4 don't think the use of these
flames any less formidable than that
of the asphyxiating gases. Their eff
feet at short range is much worse
but it is easier to find shelter from
them. The flame can not REACH long
way off, as is often the case with the
poison gases.
The flame is yellow with a blue
nucleus and is directed through
powerful air jet. 1t springs from a
ground level and expands into roar
ing wave of fire. Indeed, the flame
is very Ike that of the common bun
sen burner of the laboratory, only it
is yellower.
THE pressure of the air or gas
that is used to force the inflammable
gas through the jet must be enormous,
in view of the volume and fury Of the
flame. Many of the victims died
simply from the immense heat that
rolled forward in front of the flames,
which did not touch them.
The energy and courage shown by
our men in face of this terrible sur
prise attack was beyond praise"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-08-13
Oddities of Legislation

license Of 500 a year, all manufac-
turers of soft drinks shall pay a tax
Of ten cents per gallon on all syr ips,
twenty-five cents on all tinciWes
and Fifty cents per gallon On ali ex-
tracts used in soft drinks
Texas, also, steps into The light
with a curious perycrsIon of laws
for the purpose of reprisai, The wet
and dry forces Of Wichita Falls have
been about equally Giytlei Rec
emily the bartenders refused 10 y ote
for the candidates Of the labor I'M
ions, and now all ,as u UNIONS are
going to get even by voting out the
saloons and depriying the recalci-
trant tartonders of their jobs. Land
lords in the business section of ,he
town are going to be made to suffer
also. They turned down recently
petition to reduce rents. Now these
renters are going to vote out the sa-
loon in order to throw 27 vacant
store raems on the real estate mark.
ct and thus force down rents.
In Chicago a woman is urging the
passage OF an ordinance to force
miiAren to wear rubber heels on
their shoes.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-08-13
SCHOOL MA R N s
{ n R|CH { D BY
BIC OIL s RIkE
LUCKY BOSTON MAIDS ARE
JtBILANT OVER NORTH
END STRIKE

Oilton, Okla, Aug. l9.-The an
nouncement that the Metropolitan Oil
company has brought in a good well
on the Ella Harjo allotment, mile
northeast Of Oilton, will be received
with rejoicing among bevy of Bos-
ton, Mass, school teachers who hold
stock in the Metropolitan company.
IN fact practically all the stock is
held by women in Boston and New
York City About the only western
stockholders are George e. Black of
Tulsa, a well known figure in the oil
world, and Dick Brownlee of Oklahoma
City, former deputy United States
marshal and brother-in-law of Black.
Black has been one of the lucky
Oklahomans in the oil game He lived,
formerly, out in Dewey county and
was prominent in political circles. He
came to Oklahoma City and Tulsa,
after the oil game started, and has
organized a number of well known
ompanies, including the Carpathia, the
Hub, the New Pocohontas and the
Metropolitan. The first two named
secured good production, and now the
latter two are added to the list as the
Metropolitan is drilling the leases held
by the New Pocohontas.
The Carpathia company, which was
headed by Judge J. Il. Keaton of okla
homa City, recently sold its holdings
leases on the two Fixico allotments-
and cleaned up half million dollars.
The Hub company had leases on the
San Lucas allotments and sold them
to the Prairie and has leases also in
the southern part of the field.
The Metropolitan well is on the
south bank of the Cimarron river and
becomes the most northern producer.
1t insures the fact too, that the oil
sands cross the Cimarron river at
that point.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-08-13
A REAL FLESH BUILDER
FOR THIN PEOPLE
WHO WOULD INCREASE WEIGHT

Thin men and women who would
like to increase their weight with 10
or rs pounds of healthy "stay-there"
fat should try eating a little Sargol
with their meals for a while and note
results. Here is a good test worth
trying. First weigh yourself and
measure yourself. Then take Sargol
-one tablet with every meal for
two weeks Then weigh and measure
again. 1t isn't question of how you
look or feel or what your friends say
and think The scales and tape meas
ure will tell their own story Many
people, having followed these simple
directions, report weight increases of
from five to eight pounds with CON
tinued gains under further treat
ment
Sargol does not of itself make fat
but mixing with your food its purpose
Is to help the digestive organs turn
the fats sugars and starches of what
you have eaten. into rich, ripe, fat
producing nourishment fer the it's
sues and blood-prepare it in an easy
assimilated form which the blood can
readily accept. A great deal of this
nourishment now passes from thin
PEOPLES bodies as waste. Sargol is
designed to stop the waste and make
the fat producing contents of the
very same meals you are eating now
develop pounds and pounds Of heal
thy flesh between your skin and
bones. Sargol is non-injurious, pleas
ant. efficient and inexpensive All
leading druggists are authorized to
sell it in large boxes-fcrty tablets
to package-on a guarantee Of
weight increase or money back as
found in very package.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-08-13
$10U Reward, 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is
Catarrh. H1ll's Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system, there
by destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work, The proprictors
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for anya case that 1t fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address It. ]. CHENEY a. CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-08-13
A TEXAS WONDER

The Texas Wonder cures kidney
and bladder troubles, disso.ves gravel
cures diabetes, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism, and all Irregularities oL
the kidneys and bladder In both men
end women Regulates bladder
troubles in children. II not sold y
your druggist, will be sent by mail
on receipt uf fY$1.00. One small bottle
is two months treatment, and sell
dom falls to perfect cure. Semi
toI testimonials from this and other
s'stes. Dr. E. w. Hall. 1926 Olive
Street. St Louis, Mo. Sold by drug
gists.--Adv.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-08-13
Dependency Due to INDIGESTION.

About three months ago when I
suffered from Indigestion wnicn caus-
ed headache and dizzy spells and
made me feel tired and respondent
began taking CnamberlaiIys tab
let's writes Mrs. Geo. Hon. Macedon,
y. Y. This medicine proved to be
the very thing needed as one day's
treatment relieved me greatly. 1
used two bottles of Chamberlain's
Tablets and they rid me of this
trouble" Obtainable everywhere.
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LOWELL NOTES. e
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Miss Cleora Davis is visiting in
Guthrie this week.
G. B. Acton has sold his Ford car
to Frank Ingalls,, who lives west of
town.
Mrs. J. w. Lowell of Oklahoma City
is visiting friends and relatives here
this week
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pollard left
last week for a two months visit at
tte.r old home in Virginia.
Dr. Trigg left last week for a visit
with relatives in Illinois and Mis-
souri, DR.. Mitchell, of St Louis. is
looking after the sick folks" during
his absence.
The first lead of Elberta peaches
came to town Tuesday and they are
certainly dandies.
Mrs. Laura Weber is visiting home
folks at Crescent.
John Lowell and Wright Talliferro
visited Guthrie Tuesday.
Lowell is enjoying good business.
Lots of wheat is being marketed
here.