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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29
TREASURER EAdLEsOs SUB
AIITs BIENNIAL REPORT

Earnings and savings In the state
treasurer'a office totaled SI76.5i2Iz
for the biennial period ending Sent
80, according 10 the report filed
With the governor by John ". Eagle
son. state treasurer. Mr. EaKlaaon' =
report in part Is as follows:
As required by law. have the
honor to herewith submit my report
showing the financial transactions
Of the treasury department for the
biennial period ending September 30.
1915.
I'm submitting thIs report. II Is
with considerable pride that call
your attention specially to our sys-
tenn Of doing business. which ia along
the lines Of = large banking institu.
tlon. balancing daily. 40 that the en-
act condition OF any fund. or OF the
office as 3 whole. can be given a.
night.
We keep no monies on hand, de-
posting every dollar each day and
pay all warrants by check. We make
itemized reports. In duplicate. to the
state auditor 81 the close Of each
days business. showing receipts, dis
bursements and balance on hand
After the report Il checked. tbs aud.
itor certifies To It's correctness and
returns the duplicate copy to the
treasurer. This. together With the
other changes made in the system Of
handling the work Of the office. look.
Ing to the safeguarding Of the funds.
makes it impossible for wrong doing
without It being detected within )
very few hours.
The earnings Of the office for this
period IN interest on daily balances
and fees Of the office are sIz3.4s7-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29

ecutive was required. he called upon
the governor and said he stood pre-
pared to write check for $1,000 or
to advance the loan requested.
Lieutenant John NJ. Regan, who
returned from the border Saturday,
short time later presented the check
for that amount signed by his father
and made payable to the states chief
executive.
AdJutant General Moody announc-
ed today that the first and only Of
ficial review OF the regiment in its
entirety by the governor following
its return from the Mexican border
win take place next Monday morning
at II o'clock before a reviewing
stand TO be erected in front OF the
capitol on Jefferson street. The en-
tire state is invited to be present
when the grand review f. held.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29
IDAHO REGIMENT is TO
BE PAID IN FULL

Boise. Dec. 25.-The Second Idaho
regiment received a genuine Christ
mas present today. check for $4,000.
presented by Timothy Regan, pioneer
business man of Idaho. TO go toward
paying the troops the money due
them from the state. The check was
voluntarily offered by Mr.. Regan.
II was accepted by Governor Alex
ander. The chief executive added
q second Christmas present in his
personal check for $500. making
a total OF s65O0. which, with the
amount ON hand to the states credit.
viii meet the total obligation a
$7sss.sO.
This means that the regiment win
receive the other half OF the nav due
Its officers and enlisted men prior
to the time IT was mustered into the
service OF the United States. The
money now ON hand may be dIsburs-
ed to the regiment during the pres
ent week.
When Mr.. Regan learned through
the press, that following a conference
with the governor. an agreemep,
could not be reached toward advanc-
Ing The money owing to the fact thar
personal security from the chief ex-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29

Louis Seilbold. Washington CORES
pondent of the New York World
sends his paper the following
While various members of congress
are casting about to find some means
for curtailing the high cost of living,
the most drastic suggestion for ac-
complishing it comes from Senator
William e. Borah, the Progressive
Republican of Idaho.
III certain parties well known to
the public operating upon certain
boards of trade and stock exchanges, .
said the Idaho senator today in an
answer to question, "were sent to
the penitentiary for few months it
would have most wholesome effect
upon the question Of high prices"
The question asked OF one of the
few men in the Republican party
who has attempted to remodel its
point Of view SO as to bring 1t in
closer touch and greater sympathy
with the people was this:
Senator Borah, do you think that
speculations in stocks and trade
commodities is responsible for the
widespread complaint against the ap-
parently unwarranted extortion prac-
ticed in the production, handling and
sale Of articles OF food?"
Speculation Rules
Senator Borah replied without hes
itation:
There is scarcely an article OF
food that goes into the stomach, or
an article Of clothing that goes upon
the back but is now under the con-
troll Of monopolistic speculative COM
binations. There has never been a
time when monopoly and such a firm
and universal hold upon the neces-
saries Of life and upon the things
with which we clothe ourselves as
at the present time"
DO you believe that congression-
al investigation is necessary to de-
velop the fact and place the responsi-
bility?"
The senator shook his head mega
lively and said:
1T does not need any commission
sitting for eight or ten months to
ascertain the facts or place the re-
sponsibility for the extortion now
practiced.
THE facts are EARLY accessible
and could be secured by either the
federal trade commission or the de-
partment of Justice There is already
sufficient law upon the statute books.
both in the state of Illinois and at
the disposal of the federal govern
ment to send to the penitentiary the
gentleman who says he has purchas-
ed vast supply Of an article of food
with a view TO holding it for higher
prices and that the public be damn
ed So long as men can say such
things and get away with 1t 1t Is
travesty upon common sense to talk
about committees of inquiry and
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29
PRISON is THE PLACE
FOR FOOD GAMBLERS
So Says Senator Borah--T Thinks There are Plenty
Of Laws Now to Prevent Monopoly on
the NeceSSarieS of Life.

| time to evoke the existing laws in the
premises" I"
you appear to think it would moi
be difficult to establish the response.
bility for the increase in food and
other prices?"
SIX Men I'm Control
Why, the information is to be
obtained by anyone who cares to seek
It. For instance, stepped into a
clothing store yesterday to purchase
an article. l observed that the price
had gone up 20 per cent since / last
bought the article. Being a little
curious about the matter, / interro-
gated the salesman, and found that
there are about six men in the United
States in complete control of this
article of clothing, and that they had
met 80 days ago and, Just out of
compliment to their keen business
sense, had raised the price of it 20
per cent"
DO you thing this applies to food
stuffs as we'll as clothing and other
commodities?"
Certainly" replied the senator.
1T is being done with food stuffs
and through certain boards of trade
and exchanges, through monopolis-
tic combinations and through specu-
lation. in a perfectly bold and i'm
pudent way. Millions of dollars are
being extorted from the people on the
theory that the European war and
this and that have made the ad-
vanced prices necessary"
How do you suppose that an end
can be put to this practice?"
BY enforcing the law. After Civ
ing due credit to all other consider
ations that enter into the production
and handling of commodities and
foodstuffs, If the speculative and mo-
nopolistic prices could be taken care
OF, and that portion OF the cost elm
mated. the people would have little
reason to complain"
Not Political
While he did not say so in so
many words. It was evident OF the In
terviewer that Senator Borah does
not regard the food problem now con-
fronting the Democratic admins
tration as a political one over which
there should be a partisan division.
It Is his view that the matter is of
concern to all the people. irrespective
Of political opinions and affiliations.
and that II the Democratic party,
which has control Of the government.
should move to the abatement Of the
evils now being generally condemned,
such step would have the approv-
al Of Republicans in congress, or at
least those Of progressive tendencies.
He said that he had not thought OF
introducing legislation relating to the
matter. for the reason already stat
ed. that It is his opinion that the
government has at hand all the legal
facilities that are required.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29
PACKING HOUSE BURNS

Twin Falls. Dec. 27.-The packing
house Of the Modern Packing com
pany, one mile south Of this city,
burned early this morning. The
cause Is unknown. 4 loss Of $685.
OVO was sustained. Insurance Of
$4,000 was carried Meat Of all
kinds, hides and pickles II storage
were a total loss.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29

The l916-l7 figures are estimated
on the basis of actual enrollmnt I'm
1915. Thus the enrolment has In
creased in the biennium 35 per cent
In the last two bienniums since
1918 the enrolment has increased
from 1903 to 247O, or 90 per cent
II this has taken place in the last
four years OF comparatively slow
development in the state. what ga
going to happen in the wave of pro.
gress that is now felt in every corner
Of the slater
This Is not an exceptional rate
OF growth. The state schools of 10.
wa grew Just a little faster for a
period of four years during which the
population actually decreased a 1T
tie. What Is to come in Idaho. no
less alive than Iowa certainly, with
rapid increasing populatlon7 Let
us face the facts. and reckon with
the future!
Can Appropriation Stand Still?
Clearly department OF state bus
mess growing at such q pace cannot
be maintained even at par without
increasing funds. But In 1918 ap-
preparations totaled not less than
those OF 1913. What Is to be done
in 1877
rhe state has two alternatives:
To grant more funds or to throttle
growth and development.
Increasing Scope Of Work
Besides the increase in enrolment
the institutions are undertaking and
must undertake new lines of service
Ten years ago the University itself
was little more than a high school.
Now It is q genuine university. of
which the state will be increasingly
be proud.
The Technical institute at Poca-
tello two years ago was the Acade.
my Of Idaho with a fonr-year course
like any high school. Now Il offers
two years OF substantial college work
for graduates Of the high schools In
southern and eastern Idaho.
The Albion Normal school has de-
Veloped a strong department OF ru-
raj education-its most important
service to the state.
The Lewiston State Normal school
is pushing forward its pioneer work
in the training of rural teachers by
means Of rural training centera-A
plan which Is being initiated in many
places throughout the country.
Does the state approve OF its edu-
cational institutions keeping pace
with the population. industry. and
general progress?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29
LOCATION or FARM

NFstEH1E HE7H2N ~
Washington. Dec. 27s--Omaha.
Seb.' Berkeley. Cal. Spokane.
Wash; Springfield. Mass. Bmitl-
more. Columbia. 3 c.. Louisville.
Ky. New Orleans. Sc. Louis. 81.
Paul. MINI Wichita. Kan. and
Houston. Tex. has been chosen a.
locations Tor the ~ federal farm
loan banks. The farm board an
noaneed that district No. : win en-
erae washington. Oregon. Monta.
ma and Idaho.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29
THE FAMOUS KILLARNEY
GIRLS COMING JAN. q

On Wednesday night, Jan. 8, the
people of Montpelier will have the
opportunity OF hearing and seeing
the famous Killarney Girls at the
opera house.
The Killarney Girls have achieved
distinctive success throughout the
country. The program is varied
with songs. stories and other attrac-
tions typical of Ireland and Irish
life.
The Killarney Girls are by far
the strongest ensemble OF lady sing
ers on the lyceum platform.
Miss Rita Rich heads the company
as in past years and is one OF the
best singers and entertainers OF the
day.
Miss Werno. the wonderful SOP
rano, has gained international fame
as singer and reader.
Ireland has many claims on our
hearts and fancies. We love "Ould
Ireland for what sne added to the
JOY OF the world. Struggling In pow
erty. she has continued rich in Joy.
The Killarney Girls in the hope that
they have lifted the hearts. touched
the sentiment and love. will close
their wonderful program with a
''rale" Irish song, Killarney"
A capacity house greeted the Kill
larney Girls. The entire program
was a big success. 1t left the audi
ence in happy frame Of mind after
spending hours amid the laughter,
song, dance, and folklore of the Irish
people.-Pocatello Tribune.
Rita Rich and her Killarney Girls
were satisfactory to the extreme, and
were compelled to respond to en-
cores after every number.-Phoenix
(Ariz.l Gazette.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29
GROWTH OF IDAHO STATE
SCHOOLS HAS BEEN RAp

In Idaho, as In all other live west
ern states, the enrolment in the
state educational institutions is in
creasing by leaps and bounds as
shown by the four regular institu-
tions in a bulletin just issued by the
state department OF education:
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29

Tickets now on sale at the Jones'
Robson Co. Buy your tickets early
and be at the opera house promptly
at s:45 next Wednesday night. Ad-
SO and rs cents.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29

Of fourteen points, Clark scored ten
and Mcdonald scored the remain
der. Everyone on the teams worked
we'll, but seemed TO accomplish If
tie. The Soda Springs forwards L.
and r. Marriott. scored ali the Soda 5
points. r. Marriott being the big
surprise Of the Soda team.
Ty.n TH...svWs
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29

30. n compared with gsf.7gf,as
for the preceding two years. or an
Increase OF S4t,725.Gs. and We have
had many thousands of dollars less
20 derive earnings from aud on
which 20 make this showing. This
office shows q saving Of S3i.b6B.01,
during this same time. oSsT and
above that shown for the preceding
biennial period
The treasurer has always been
custodian of the capitol buildings and
grounds and has charge Of the buy.
inR Of supplies, making repairs and
supervising Of the help employed
~ the care Of the baiIalnEs and
grounds. A. such officer. there IL
shown \ saving Of $40. .z70.O4. a.
compared with the preceding bisn-
NAL period and. too. without In the
least reducing the efficiency Of the
service rendered =
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29

On Saturday. Dec. 20. the high
school basket ball team defeated the
Soda Springs team by a score Of 90
TO 81 A six dollar house witnessed
the game. which proved to be one of
the most interesting games Of the
year.
The Soda team played good ball
from the start. making two baskets
before the local team awoke to the
fact that Soda Springs was q wor-
thy rival. BY the end OF the first
half the Montpelier high school team
was ahead by a score OF II 20 ..
The second half opened with fast
er work. the local team playing bet
ter ball than In the first half. and
the game ended with the score Of
20 to q in the Montpelier teams
favor.
The high school had a decidedly
OFF night. vet pulled through the win
ner christoffersen made a total
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29
Nj. II. 8. BASKET BALL
Wins TWO MORE GAMES

The Montpelier high school team
defeated the Kemmerer high school
players on Dec. Is by score OF SO
to 16. At the last moment KEN
merer was substituted for the Rigby
high school which should have play
ed. but called the game off until
February.
The high school quintet were in
good form and never hesitated a
moment. the game being decidedly
one-sided. The whole team display
ed excellent form. The refereeing
of Coach Price Of Fielding academy
being the best seen in Montpelier for
the past two years.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29

Subscribe fer the Examiner.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29

Total earnings and
savings ....e.s.....tt7s.st2.lz
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-12-29

time to evoke the existing laws in the
premises.
you appear to think it would moi
be difficult to establish the response.
biiity for the increase in food and
other prices?"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-14
THE MISSION MEMORIAL SECTION.

In 1920 the brig Thaddeus, 164 days out from
Boston, brought TO Hawaii the first company
of that remarkable missionary group whose
achievements in Hawaii and the South Seas
have been one of the greatest things in Chris
tan accomplishment. This afternoon at the
new Mission Memorial, monument to the labors
Of this group and those who came after them,
there will be the first meeting of the Hawaiian
Board in the building hereafter to be the head
quarters for mission work. Tomorrow the
Cousins Society, made up of missionary de-
scendants, will hold its annual meeting, and
the formal dedication of the Mission Memorial
will occur on Sunday afternoon
1t is an occasion Of much more than ordinary
note in the life of the islands Tomorrow the
Star Bulletin will publish a special section de-
voted to the history and results of this pioneer
mission enterprise; to the Cousins and their in
teresting history; and to the new Memorial
building. The section will be illustrated with
unusually fine photographs.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-14
INTERMEDIATE SOCIAL
WILL BE INTERESTING

The intermediate department so
cial at the Y. NJ. C. A. Saturday even
ing is to be a unique one in that a
literary program viii be held before
the evening is given over to good
social time. The literary program is
to be furnished by the members Of
the different clubs. Percy Bull of the
Get Readys' will give a review of
current events: William Serrao Of
the Ell Globo Club will give dialogue
with several of the other boys Of the
club; Ben Hosea of the knights Of
Kamehameha is to give steel guitar
solo, while A. Towe Young will pre-
sent the All-Chinese baseball team in
action
The program is TO begin at 7:30
Saturday evening and it is hoped that
most Of the intermediates win be out
for the good time In store for them.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-14
PROMINENT N. \.
Minister WILL
ARRIVE in JUNE
Rev. Henry Sloane Coffin to.
Stop Off in Honolulu En-
Route to Japan

Rev Henry Sloane Coffin, pastor Of
the Madison avenue Presbyterian
church of New York city. and one Of
the most prominent ministers in the
East. will arrive in Honolulu on june
6 in the steamer Wilhelmina and re-
main 10 days in the islands before de-
parting for Japan in the Tenyo Maru
on June l6 rs
Aside from sightseeing while in Ho-
noIulu, Rev. Mr.. Sloane win get in
touch with the various phases OF
Christian work in the islands and may
deliver an address IN Central Union
church Arrangements in the latter
respect. however. have not been COM
pleted
Several classmates OF Rev. Mr..
Sloane at Yale university are now re-
siding in the territory. among them
being C. r Hemenway. Albert F..
Judd, j. r. Judd. c. NJ. Cooke and DIR.
W. D. Baldwin Of Maui. He may be
entertained by the Yale alumni dur.
ing his visit here.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-14
NOTED ENGLISH
PROFESSOR And
WIFE TO VISIT
William [. Phelps Win Deliver
Address During Celebration
of Punahou Anniversary

William Lyon Phelps. professor Of
English literature a. Yale university.
and Mrs. Phelps win arrive In Homo
lulu In the steamer Matsonia on June
20 land win spend three weeks in the
islands.
On the evening OF his arrival. Pro-
fessor Phelps will deliver an address
in connection with the celebration OF
the 18th anniversary OF the founding
OF Oahu College The address prob
ably viii be delivered in the Opera
house.
Professor and Mrs. Phelps plan 20
visit Hawaii. Maui and portions OF
Oahu during their stay. Many Homo
lulu Yale men are well acquainted
with the professor. having been In his
classes while at the university He
Is one Of the most popular professors
in the East and an authority on Rob.
ert Browning, the poet
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-14

be hopelessiy left behind in his class.
II only the parents can be brought to
realize the cost TO the handicapped
child In futile effort and neryestrain
and in loss OF self-confidence.
but. next 10 wrong feeding. the
most formidable enemy to the public
school baby is adenoids. II the homes
can be aided n discovering and to
take measures to remedy this diff
Guilty. so that the child has had time
TO recover and TO get built up some
what before he enters school, his
work would be greatly advanced. For
the "mistit'' and the repeater" as
well as the "incorrigibIe" are often
victims of most cruel circumstances.
When will our rlothers rise above the
selfish love thatawould rather risk a
lifelong handicap and menace to the
DEVELOPMENT Of the body and soul OF
the child than suffer with him a few
pangs in order that he may take his
place in the ranks? II is claimed that
a large percentage of the boys in the
New York reform schools are there
because of adenoids and eye defects.
These are responsible for nervous un.
balance and lack of proper control.
Our good friends, the district nurses,
can do more than anyone else to
break down this prejudice against the
simple operation required.
The schools should join hands with
any welfare work which has for its
object the. betterment of conditions in
the home. for upon the wise care and
all around nurture of the home baby
depends the very life of the school
baby. BY all means let us have bet
ter babies everywhere
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-14
VIOLENT CRIME ON THE INCREASE.

Side By side in yesterdays paper were pub
|ished two news items, both telling of murders.
Ia one case Filipino shot and killed fellow
conntry1nan and wounded Filipino woman.
ID another case Korean with one swift stab
Korean. One squabble arose from jealousy,
the other over 50-cent gambling game.
The week has been teeming with murders,
hrawls hold-ups, burglaries and other crimes
ofviolence and rapacity. The isles of Peace =
IRE peaceful so far as external relations are
concerned, but the increase of shocking crime
IS gravely alarming.
The Star Bulletin has drawn attention In
the past to the ease with which deadly weapons
IRE procurable almost anywhere in Hawaii, and
10 the total Jack of any effort to prevent these
Weapons, once sold, from being put to any use
The naamed passions of their owner or the per-
<oh carrying them may suggest. The mixed
md quarrelsome populations Of the islands,
With their readiness to enter violent affray,
|1rnisll police problem which is growing inn
0cnsely Sooner or later. il is going TO be
Necessary for the territorial government or the
1onnties to establish some sort of secret service
If the police cannot cope with the situation
70 locate persons who carry or have possession
0| deadly weapons, and to disarm such people.
Meanwhile, every possible restriction should be
brown around the purchase Of Weapons.
Life is getting as cheap in Hawaii as in the
|1unts Of savages and barbarians. The aliens
Who now brawl mostly among themselves are
beginning to menace the haoles" and the
menace will grow unless steps are taken to
heck il which are far beyond the Indifferent