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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-02-11
Ordinance Number 80.
BY w. G.. WHITTLE.

An ordinance prohibiting gambling
by the use of slot or card
machines. dice, cards, and every
other contrivance. appliance or
mechanical device within the cor
porate limits of the village Of
Oakley, Idaho, and providing
punishment for the violation
thereof.
Be it ordained by the Chairman
and BOARD Of Trustees of the Village
Of Oakley, Idaho:
Section One. Every person. who
has in his possession or under his com
trol, either as owner. lessee, agent,
employee, n ortgages or otherwise,
or who permits to be placed, main
tanned or kept in any room, space.
nclosure or building owned, leased
or occupied by him, or under manage
ment or control. any slot or card
machine, or any other contrivance.
appliance or device, upon the result
Of the use, playing, operation or act
ion OF which monev or other valuable
thing is staked or hazarded. and bv
means whereof, or as result of the
use, playing, operation or action of
which, any merchandise, money, cred
1t, representative, or article of value,
checks, or tokens, redeemable in. or
-exchangeable for, money or other
thing of value, is won or lost, when
the result of use. playing. action or
operation of such machine, or other
contrlvance, appliance or device is
dependent upon hazard or chance, is
guilty of misdemeanor.
Section Two. Every person who
plays, deals, carries on, opens, or
causes to be opened. or wEo conducts
either as owner, employee or lessee,
whether for himself or for any other
person, any game of faro. monte.
roulette, lausquenet. rouge ct noir,
ronde, or any game played with
cards, dice or any other device. for
money. checks, credit, or any other
representative of value, within the
limits of the village of Oakley, Idaho,
is guilty Of ~ misdemeanor.
Section Three. Anv person who
knowingly permits any of the games
prohibited by the preceding section
to be played, conducted or dealt in
any. house or building, or on any
premises owned or rented by such
person, in whole or in part. within
the village of Oakley, Idaho, is guilty
of a misdemeanor.
Section -Four. ANY person violat-
ing any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall upon conviction there
of be fined in any sum not less than
ten dollars $4,000 nor more than
one hundred (Sl0OOO) dollars, and
upon default or failure to pay such
fine shall be imprisoned in the village
Jail, at hard labor, until such fine
shall have been paid allowing two
dollars for each day so imprisoned.
Section Five. This Ordinance shall
be in force and take effect from and
after the 29th day of February, A. d.
1916.
Passed and approved this the first
day of February, A. d. 1916.
GEORGE RITC HE.
Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
IADCnNr
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-02-11
ACADEMY NOTES.

OF late, especially since the new
forms of amuse nlent have started
IN town many inquiries have
come to the faculty members and
principal regarding their attitude
toward these amusements as they
affect the students of the Acad
envy. Through this column they
take 1.-THE opportunity OF giving
definitely their attitude upon this
matter.
For the most successful further
ance of the cause of education,
there must be Il congenial relat-
ionship existing between the
school and home. The teacher
must know the parents and
must also have co operation.
We will look after the school
end OF the work and the parent
should look after home end of the
work, which means in High
School that there must be at
home some energertic study and
diligent preparation of at least
some of the subjects taken in
school.
Any student, who is making
his school lite worth while, both
III his subject and all school acti-
vities, positively cannot be out
more than two or three. nights q
week for amusements or other
wise and carry his work in
creditable manner. The night
! for amusement is Friday and
proper amusements are ALWAYS
amply provided for that night.
Then Parents, if your boy or
girl is not doing AS well in school
as they should be, look to the
way they spend their time first
at home, then at school, because
the Academy has all students
time supervised either in class or
in preparation in the study room.
The program rendered last
Monday morning was a highly
entertaining one. at times it par
took OF the nature OF comedy,
which brought hearty applauses
from all the students. Approp,
riate programe for Lincoln's aud
Washingtons birthday are to be
rendered in the near future.
The Academy boys play Basket
ball at Albion tonight, good
fast game is expected AS the boys
are all in good shape, while the
Albion team is composed of old
stars from the normal.
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ITO Entrymen on the
Oakley Project"

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
That i'll justice to those Oakley
settlers who are not in default AS
to payments called for by their
water contracts, and in Justice
to all Oakley interests, and to
provide the necessary moneys
to maintain and operate the
Oakley system. IN conformity TO
Paragraph Six (6) of your orig
inal Water Contract with Twin
Fall Oakley Land & Water Com
pany, and pursuant to the terms
and provisions of your Extension
Agreement with Twin Falls Oak
ley Land & Water Company, on
and after the lst day of January
1916,
mo water shall be delivered
to (you) the purchaser from
said irrigation system while
any instalment of principal or
interest Is due and unpaid from
the purchaser to the Company
or while any toll or assessment
is due and unpaid from the pur-
chaser to the Oakley Canal
Company"
Dated. December 22d, 1915.
TWIN FALLS OAKLEY LAND &
WATER COMPANY.
By q. l.. EDWARDS,
Nice-President.
Y. n. ToWNER,
Secretary.
IRRIGATION BoNDHoLDERs
PROTECTIVE COMMITTEE.
DEPOSITED OAKLEY BONDS,
BY II. PUELICHER,
Chairman.
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FLOODS CREATING HAVOC.
People Of Arkansas Driven From
Homes BY HIGH Water.

Little Rock, Ark.-Arkansas City is
facing destruction as a result of the
precarious condition of the Chicot
levee. Two-thirds of Lincoln, Desha
and Chicot counties are covered by
water which is flowing through a
GSzen breaks in Arkansas river levees.
About 1000 residents have fed from
Arkansas City, which is now cut off
from all communication. The water
is six to eight feet deep in the main
streets of the town and is expected to
go higher. There are 500 homeless
and hungry persons there.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-02-11
REASON FOR
DEMOCRATIC
DESPONDENCY,

Washington, Feb. 9. From
the West and the Northwest
comes the interesting rumor that
large numbers OF Democratsrefuse
to follow MIR. Wilson's sudden
Change from pacifism to militar-
ism and that they are planning
to join with the few Republicans
who favor peace at any price in
an independent political move
ment which will nominate BRYAN
and Ford as presidential ticket.
The originators of the plan ad.
NIT the larger portion of what
ever support the ticket may
secure will come from the BRYAN
element OF the Democratic party,
but they are hopeful that enough
Republicans will join them to en-
able the Bryan-Ford ticket to
several States in that country,
the territory in which this gov
ernment movement IS springing
up is naturally Republican and,
with the reunion OF Republican
strength which has taken place,
has been counted sure TOR the
nominee Of the Chicago convent
ion. II Bryan-Ford party
should gain any considerable
number OF electoral votes, either
there or elsewhere, it might re-
suit that no candidate would
gain a majority of the electoral
college and that the choice of
President would again be thrown
intothe House OF Representatives.
the first time that such a thing
has happened, it is recalled, since
the election of John Quincey Ad-
ans.
In such an event each would
cast one vote-to be determined
by the maj joriry vote Of its repre-
sentation it the lower branch of
Congress. This would produce
a Republican President.
wenty-four States have Re-
publican majority in their Con-
gressional delegations. They are
Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho,
Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massach-
usetts, Michigan, Minnesota.
Nevada, New Jersey, New York,
New Hampshire, New Mexico,
North Dakota. OHIO, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Dakota, Vermont, Wash
ington, Wisconsin and Wyoming
wenty States are Democratic
IN their congressional delegat-
ions. They are Alabama, Arizona,
Arkansas, olorado, Florida.
Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Ken
lucky. Louisiana, Maryland,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
North c Carolina, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and
Virginia.
Three States are tied. They
are Nebraska, Utah and West
Virginia. And one State, ali
fornia, has a delegation in n
gress comprising three Republic
ans, three Democrats, two
Progressives, one Progressive
Republican, one Independent and
one Prohibitionist.
Consequently. the report of a
Bryan and Ford movement
arouses only an academic interest
among Republicans here-while
the Dem ocrats are already so
despondeit over their prospects
at the nextelection that nothing
can add to their gloom.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-02-11
After American SUGAR.

Berne.-After ests blishing mo-
nopoly of the sugar trade, Switzerland
will again attempt to import large
quantities from the United States. The
annual sugar imports amount to 40,-
100000 francs.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-02-11
Public Sale.

A Public Sale will be held next
Wednesday, February 10th. at
A. G. Shades ranch at Churchill,
and includes 80 head of brood
mares and work horses; % head
of cattle, farm implements and
machinery, etc. Sale at IL noon
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Ten regiments of Indians will
be recruited in Canada as part
OF the Canadian contingent of the
British army.
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nished in such a case for consideration
of the State Department must be made
under oath and signed by its author.
Scores of statements under oath. some
OF them many hundred words in length.
were cabled in the American diplomatic
code to Washington.
When the matter is grave formal
statement of the facts is always re-
quested of the offending country. AS
soon as the evidence has been accumu :
lated and when the formal reply is OBJ
fained-or If il is not obtained within
a reasonable time--then the case 10
ripe for public action by Secretary of
dent and government of the United
States. Not until this stage does the
procedure become public property.
The American notes" in the Falab a
Lusitania. Arabic and Ancona cases
were all predicatcd upon elaborate in
dependent inquiry. The record in the
Lusita nia case accumulated prior to
the dispatch of the first note to Ger
many would fll volume as thick as
the average dictionary, and practically
every word of it was cabled to the
state Department in code.
The American public may often won
der why as much time elapses between
the occurrence of an event like the
sinking of the Lusitania and official ac-
ton by the United States Inasmuch as
the practice of assembling an involved
set of facts for a big lawsuit takes
months, as "A rule. it is remarkable that
the government, in crises of such grave
possibilities, is able to act so quickly
In the submarine cases, the United
states has announced it's stand within
from three weeks to month after
each disaster
The following is a set formula used
to Introduce the famous American com
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STATES

of large STATS of highly specialized
men which are busy all of the day now
and much of the night. They are the
chiefs of the American consular force
within their several Jurisdictions, and
the consular service is represented in
practically every community and in
every large port in the world. OF
course. consuls as well as ambassadors
take over" the interests of the belltg-
erent nations
At the embassies at London. Paris.
Berlin. Vienna. Rome. Constantinople
and Petrograd large increases Of the
regular EN- bassy STATS have been neces-
sary. At London there are normally
three secretaries of embassy and some
five or six clerks: now there are seven
secretaries and twenty clerks. At Ber
lin there are now five secretaries of
embassy. whereas usually there are
only three. From two to five "dip1o-
matte agents" who rank as assistants
to the ambassador. who perform spe-
cial duties made necessary by the war
and who for the most part are men
been added to the embassy STATS at the
principal European capitals. Now at
London, Berlin or Paris in this capac-
ity are John B. Jackson. Chandler Hale.
Schuyler, John A. Garrett, Percival
Dodge, John Gardiner Coolidge, Will
liam II. Buckler, ]. Ridgely Carter.
Louis Einstein, George Rives and
'toTBt - " e1tZcl, All OF WHOM nave
had wide diplomatic experience either
as ministers. secretaries of embassy or
in the State Department at Washing
ton. Messrs. Hale and PIERCE are for
mer assistant secretaries OF state.
At many of the large consulates cor
responding additions to the personnel
have been found necessary. At Beirut.
gin Syria. Turkey. the staff of the United
States consulate normally consists of
a consul general and seven clerks; there
are how thirty persons employed there
and all kept busy. When Americans
cou't be obtained. they have been en-
ployed to recruit the consulates up to
the needed emergency strength. Re
naming aecessities Of personnel have
been met by employing attaches of con-
stlates closed as the result of the war.
So large "a stan is necessary at Berlin
because of the large property interests
OF many citi.sens of France and Great
Britain In Asia Minor. many of whom
have fed. The United States consul is
guardian" of their property. Also
there is large immigrant population
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the official American code. AS at
times from $50 to 275 cable messages.
some of them very long, have been
received daily, the task of their trans
lation is a considerable one. Notwith-
standing the fact that official tele-
grams are always repeated, errors of
transmission creep in. Not infre-
quently. therefore, the department $
code experts are compelled to spend
many weary hours deciphering the
cipher.
Even in times of worst confusion.
with the utmost demands upon tele-
graphic facilities in Europe. America n
official messages have been promptly
transmitted There have been few de-
days of wire advices passing in the
name of the United States government.
Messages from Constantinople come
through the Balkans into Switzerland
and thence through France to the cable.
Communications passing from the
countries of the central powers over
lines and cables of the allies are mes
sages from American diplomats and
consuls Messages from Germany. Aus
tria and Turkey direct are wirelessed
from Germany
In PARKWAY British colonies. in Cam
ada, New Zealand. Bermuda. India and
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in other ways the monthly expenditures
of the United States for the bellice-ent
governments are very large. Payments
of rents for official quarters. charges
of maintenance and on upon official
property of all kinds in enemy territory
are all met by the United States am
bassador. In few cases. however. Is
the actual money for payment of Ger
man bills in England transferred to
England. Literally speaking. the State
Department has become an international
clearing house. England's expenses in
Germany are matched against Germanys
in England on American books. Only
the balances are settled and the set
Elements are made with the State De-
partment at Washington.
When the war began the task OF
looking to the safety and necessities of
the huge American population in Eu-
rope was an enormous one The streets
outside of American embassies and
consulates were crowded with thou
sands of Americans clamoring for as
sistance in returning to this country.
The pressure from this source has les
sened as time has passed and as the
number of Americans in Europe has
been reduced to those having business
there.
The individual American cases which
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Australia there are prison camps in
which the German and Austrian popu-
lation of these dependencies have been
concentrated. One of the largest tasks
assumed by the United States is that Of
making regular inspections of all these
camps.
In Great Britain. France, Algeria,
Italy, Russia and Siberia there are the
camps of the German and Austrian
prisoners of war. numbering tens OF
thousands to the camp in many in
stances In Germany and Austria,
other tens of thousands of prisoners
captured from the allied armies are
held. At these large prisoner commu-
mites regular inspections also are
made, and. about equally In behalf of the
prisoners of both sides. America is
spending large sums monthly. The bel
ligerent nations guarantee the money
thus spent, though the American am
bassadors have practically unlimited
discretion as to the amount and uses
made of the funds.
On behalf of the prisoners of war and
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WEIGH THIBABY ONCE AWEER

of many preliminary directions 1t gives
for seven or eight day campaign:
Communities wishing to give week
to the campaign, but preferring to
carry it on very simply, and without
considerable expense. or the labor of
many people. may find the following
program useful:
81. campaign of newspaper pub
licity in which each issue of each news
paper contains stories about Baby
week and articles on the care of the
baby. especially in summer; on the
milk supply. and on the conditions at
fectng babies in the community.
80. The collection of baby welfare in
formation. j. e.. information in regard
to the number of babies who were born
and who died during the last year; the
the deaths of babies. and information
regarding the conditions affecting ba-
bes
SO. Baby Sabbath. This is to be cele-
brated in the churches the first day of
National Baby week, and in the syna
gogues on the preceding Saturday; all
the clergy are to be asked to preach
sermons on the subject of the baby.
Sunday schools.
a. mass meeting. To be presided
over by some influential person who is
known to be a good conductor of meet
ings. On the program should be rep
resented city and county officials, wom
en- and men from representative or
CARNATIONS. physicians clergymen and
social workers.
80. Celebrations in the schools. with a
meeting at which principals. nurses. or
physicians give short talks on the sub
ject of the baby; children read compo-
sitions; Little Mothers Leagues give
demonstrations.
So Message to women's societies
a. Message to fathers.
IS. Beginning of follow-up work of
the campaign"
There are other directions given for
more elaborate Baby week campaigns
suitable for large cities Brief de-
scriptions are given of the better babies
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require special inquiry and action in
Europe, nevertheless. continue very
large. With the decline in the number
of relief cases there has been an in
crease in cases of quite another kind
and which are of character that fire.
quently entails involved inquiry. The
value of American citizenship in Europe
has gone up about 1000 per cent. and
hence there are hundreds of people who
seek to cloak themselves with the
American flag. 1t is vitality important
that every man and woman who is real
ly an American be secured in all the
rights of an American. On the other
hand, il is equally important that the
name of the United States shall not
be used as cover for belligerent duty.
such as spying.
One of the results has been stiffen-
ing of the passport regulations. 1t has
come to the point now when American
business firms desiring to send repre-
sentatives to Germany and Great Brit
ain are required to send two men, one
to Great Britain and one TO Germany
The State Department will not Issue
passports to any American, except in
very special cases. for travel In the
territory both of the allies and tho
central powers.
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of actual events. in the countries to
which they are accredited. The am
bassador in the one country also, as
far as possible. must keep in close
touch with the trend of affairs in the
other countries. Specific matters. too,
frequently necessitate extended CORE
spondence between embassies. A
courier system has resulted. Occa-
sionally some American citizen. whose
business requires him to make the trip
from capital to capital, is used for
courier duty More often an attache
of the embassy is assigned to the
service. In all cases. the courier pc
comes an official representative of the
United States government.
However. any development at the one
embassy which necessitates instruc-
tions to another embassy must pass
through the State Department at
Washington. All the other than in
formal communications between embas-
sizes also are transmitted through
Washington, even though this may in
volve cabling to America and cabling
back to the other embassy.
State Department cables are all re-
ceived at the departments private tele-
graph office in the War, State and
Navy building. Practically all are in
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been a safe place for the baby to live
in. Even now, existence for him is
full of pitfalls and dangers unless his
little life is regulated according to the
best scientific and medical knowledge
of the day.
Doctors and scientists. having discov-
cred the essential things that go to
make this world a good and safe one
for the baby, it is to help disseminate
this knowledge that a baby week will
be observed throughout the nation.
We do not know how long human
life would be if lived under ideal con-
ditions. DIR. Metchnikoff of the Pas
teur Institute thinks we ought to be
able to reach some such ripe old age
as 100 years. However this may be. it
is at least true that enough knowledge
is available today to enable every nor
NAL baby born to grow up and do an
honest piece of work in the world.
The children's bureau and the Cen
era1 Federation of Women's Clubs would
bring this knowledge to the door of
every American mother. whether she
be IN the congested districts of our
great cities, on the most isolated of our
small farms or in some prosperous
town or pleasant village.
Many organizations. notable among
them the Mothers Congress and the
parent-teacher associations. are doing
great work for all children. We be-
lieve that all such wise efforts will be
intellectually strengthened by focusing
the attention of the country for one
week upon the subject of the baby.
The baby soon grows beyond his
first year, however, and he needs the
nations thought all the way up. One
Of the best possible results that could
come from a week of concentrated pub
licity such as we propose will be the
permanent follow up work in the direc
ton of child welfare work that every
community will find to do"
The children's bureau has prepared
for general distribution all sorts of in
teresting instructions and suggestions
as to how community may celebrate
Baby week. Here is a sample of some