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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31
FISHER APPOINTED
COUNTY CLERK

The county commissioners met on
Monday afternoon and appointed F.
M. Fisher county clerk to succeed G..
H. gHolbrook, who resigned last week.
ME Fisher nominated Willard Dance
fot his deputy and this was confirm
eds by the board. Mr.. Fisher said
that he wished to retain Miss Anna
johnson, who had been working as
typist, and he said he thought three
persons could do as much work as
four Had been doing, and that If he
was unable to keep UP with the work
with the deputy and one assistant
he could by hiring another assistant
during busy times. :.
ut was reported that w. III. Danil-
son and Charlie Hart had made some
offort to secure the appointment and
there were two or three others in
tefested in securing appointments as
deputy but did not push the matter
much. Stanley A. Lawrence, Of Shell
ley, was appointed deputy assessor
to- fill the place vacated by Willard
Dance when he accepted a place in
the clerks office.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31
RAISING MONEY FOR
PUBLIC LIBRARY

Definite plans have at last been
made for public library for Black
foot. Many other towns in the state,
some much smaller than ours, have
had their libraries for years and we
are behind in many matters of pure
improvement.
When we say public library, we
mean a library not only for the town
people, but for the people living in
the country as we'll. The ladies'
clubs, the Current Event club and
the V. I. s. have all long considered
this matter and have finally got
things underway. Considerable help
has already been pledged thru this
good work. The Kings Daughters,
under the leadership of Mrs. William
A. Lee, have voted to give $75 and
their help. The Boy Scouts and their
leader, Mr.. Beane, were kind enough
to put in the shelves. The P. E.O.
have offered help. Private individ-
uals have given books. The ladies
will be glad of help from any other
organization, church or lodge.
The proposition is in the hands Of
a library board, who have completed
plans for securing books both by So
licitation and by purchase, and sup
plies have been sent for. A book
social will be given at the club
rooms on April Is, at which refresh
ments will be served. The price Of
admission will be book or a silver
offering to aid in buying book. A
censorship committee has been ap-
pointed to pass on the books before
they are indexed, II you have any
books you do not wish to keep phone
or give them to Mrs. Powers or Mrs.
Neil Boyle.
The ladies hope to place this small
library IN good condition and will.
be ready to turn all books and sup
plies over when the proposed Car
negie library shall become a cer-
tainty.
Tuesday afternoon a club kensing-
ton will be held at the K. P. hall
and ladies are invited to bring their
sewing. Refreshments will be served
and each visitor is to put 25 cents
in the treasury for the library fund.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31
THE MEXICAN SITUATION

Washington was relieved early
this week to learn that the wild
stories from the Mexican border were
unfounded and that General Funston
felt sufficiently supplied with men
to carry on operations. Last reports
bring the good news that Carranza
has consented to our using the Mexi-
can railways for transportation of
supplies, but in giving this permis-
sion no mention was made Of our
being allowed to send guards with
the shipments. Villa is still at large
and our cavalry thought to be close
on his heels.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31
ACCEPTS NEW POSITION

Carl Bernstein, who has been EN-.
ployed as linotype operator for The
Optimist, left Wednesday afternoon
to pay visit to his home in Logan
Utah. He will return Saturday and
go up to Mackay to take his new
position with The Mackay Miner
under Editor L. E. Dillingham;. Mr.
Bernstein has made number of good
friends during his stay in Blackfoot
who will be sorry to see him leave.
He is a bachelor, and only by q
miracle has he managed to escape
advertisement in our bachelors col
umn. We hope his fortunes will turn
him again to Blackfoot.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31
JAMES YANCEY SPECULATES
ON PORKERS AND WINS

James Yancey, who lives out on
route four and has part of the old
Trego ranch, has had an interesting
year with porkers and has just sold
his second carload of fat ones. He
has another car load fattening and
some stock hogs besides.
Last summer he had 1876 hogs and
signs of cholera appeared. He had
them all vaccinated and lost 40 of
them. Just after the holidays when
hogs were low and wheat was high,
Mr.. Yancey went out buying hogs.
He fed them on chopped barley and
shorts, with some beet pulp mixed
in for a relish. In few weeks he
had a carload ready for market and
they brought 1850; the second car
of LOS head brought 1856 and he
will have the others ready in a few
weeks. He will keep only a few
over summer.
Mr.. Yancey bought gasoline en-
gine and pump for use in watering
the hogs, and Wednesday he added
washing machine and a grindstone
to attach to it. He is planning to
further complete his water smstem
so it will supply the house. He has
his field fenced with woven wire and
let's nothing go to waste that hogs
will eat.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31
BLACKFOOT MAN
LOSES BROTHER

DR.. H. w. Gaumer, of Blackfoot
was called to mourn the loss of a
brother the past week at the old
homestead at jennings, Kansas. j.
A. Gaumer, a resident of Eagle Rock
Idaho, in its early days, moved back
to Pennsylvania in 1888 and later
returned to Kansas where in 1878 he
and his family were driven out by
the Cheyennes. There they made
their home until his final summons
on the eighteenth of March, 1915.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31
STORE BURNS AT MOORE

Last Monday the store and hote
building at Moore was burned to the
ground, making loss of abou
$1,000 for the buildings on which
there was $4,000 insurance and So,
900 in merchandise.
The buildings belonged to Mrs M
E. Boyd, of Blackfoot, and the mer.
chandise to C. V. Long. We did not
learn the amount Of insurance car.
ried by Mr.. Long.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31

he was tying up his team, and on
slipping his hand again into his poe
ket found his purse was empty. He
called an officer and arrested them.
found the $35 on them which he had
just lost, and they also payed a fine
to the Justice court. They set up
the claim that Pope was putting up
a job on them but the justice knew
Pope well enough to take his word
and the circumstances against their
statements.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31
A CORRECTION

An employee of Belo Ball informs
us that he witnessed the Ball-Kirk-
patrick fight mentioned in our paper
last week and offered a correction
to the effect that Mr.. Ball did not
foul Mr.. Kirkpatrick as stated and
that Mr.. Ball did not ask to have
his opponent held until after he, Ball,
had been kicked. .a
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31
Pavement District Ordered

The city attorney was directed to
prepare an ordinance creating the
pavement district and the council
adjourned.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31
Gypsy Woman Pays Fine

Homer Pope drove into Shelley
one day last week and was accosted
by couple Of Gypsy fortune tellers
before he could tie up his team. At
first he drew his purse as If to in
vest something in fortune story and
then dropped it into his pocket again
saying he didn't want to employ
them. They frisked about him while
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31
THE CITY BUSINESS
Short Line Objects to Paving

At the city council meeting Tues
day evening there was protest from
the railroad company against paving
the street abutting their property.
They asked why the front of their
right-of-way should be paved adja-
cent to town any more than all
the rest of it. If the city wants to
pave in front of their stores and Of
fees let them do SO. Why does the
city lay out their paving nearly all
in string lying along their tracks
and not the back streets where the
citizens will have to pay 1t all. Why
not order paving put in away down
Bridge street or some other much
travelled thorofare instead of down
the tracks where there is little travel.
This was about the trend of the COM
munication filed by the road, and
the council received 1t coldly. Mr..
Pelkey thought it ought to be ig-
nored; Mr.. Bergman moved to re-
ject the protest and this was carried
by unanimous vote.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31
A Hog Suit

A civil suit has been brought by
Belo Ball against George L. Kirk
patrick, claiming SIS damage in a
hog deal, the complaint setting up
the claim that Ball bought brood
SOW at sale where the auctioneer
made the announcement for Kirkpat-
rick that certain sows in question
were approaching maternity. He
bought one that he understood the
statement to apply to and later sold
her at a loss to the butcher. He
asks the court to. require Kirkpat-
rick to repay him SIS and costs of
the suit. When the suit was filed
Mr.. Kirkpatrick was moving his
family to Moulton, and he is reported
to have deposited. money to settle the
case and gone ON with his moving.
but later found the roads worse than
he thought and returned. The suit
has been set for trial on the sixth
of April.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31
In the Courts

Abe Fisher, an Indian, was arrest.
ed on Saturday evening on request
of Chief of Police Lazier at Ft. Hall
Russell Cheney, of Arco, came down
the line Tuesday and was arrested
on a request from Arco. Somebody
had stolen some money and he was
suspected of the theft, but when ar
rested he had less than a dollar on
his person.
Belo Ball filed complaint against
James Kirkpatrick for allowing hogs
to run at large and Kirkpatrick pay
ed a fine of Ave dollars in Judge
noud's court.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31
COMMITTEE WENT TO BOISE

Sunday night DR.. Poynter, s. L.
Reece and l.. E Dillingham; took a
trip to Boise to go over some asylum
matters and consider plan. for an
administration bull ding for the state
institution at Blackfoot. They spent
Monday in Boise and returned that
night.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31
AROUND THE COURT HOUSE
Will Not Buy Fair Grounds

The commissioners and officers ot
the fair had a talk on the matter
of buying the fair grounds and the
purchase will not be made for rea-
sons given more fully in another
place in this issue.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31
BLACKFOOT MAN TO CHICAGO

Albert Blair, who has been for
some years with the Brown ldredge
Furniture company, will go to Chica-
go about the middle, of April to take
up three years course in dentistry.
He will be accompanied by his wife
and family and hopes to come back
skilled in the profession of his choice
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-31

Bernard Stevenson returned Mon
day from Kansas City and reports a
very good trip. Ingalls, Thorsten-
berg will return Thursday.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-31
in Answer to Question Can
ddate Endorses President
Wilson's Policy
HUGHES CAMPAIGN In
STATE OF INDIANA
President Wilson Leaves for
New York Tonight On
Final Tour
By Perry Arnold.
Omitted Press staff correspopde

Omitted Press staff correspondent
Columbus, Ind, Oct. 31.-Heckled by
q spectator who said he was ga personal
admirer," Governor Hughes today de.
clared in answer to question of wheth
er he would favor or oppose an EN-.
barge against shipments of munitions
of the passage of the McLemore reso
luton warning Americans:
81 am in favor of the maintenance
OF every right, including the right OF
travel and the right of shipments. 1t
is very important right that we have
neutral nation and it is very important
at this time. When the great war is
raging we should vindicate neutral
rights and maintain the integrity of in
ternational law.
''To my mind it is very thoughtless
policy that would surrender any of these
important rights because of any senti.
mental consideration, when we have the
vast necessity of neutral commerce and
the Importance of the rights of neutrals
to consider with respect to the future
of the United States. ~
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-31
BIG GET-TOGETHER
MEETING TONIGHT
Commercial Club will Have
Portland Speakers at To-
nights Smoker

The first of the big get-together
meetings planned in connection with
"Salem Week " will be held tonight in
the rooms of the Commercial club. Ii
is to take the form of smoker and
every member of the club is expected
to be present.
For weeks James Young has been
working out the details and all is in
readiness to make the evening one OF
profit and enjoyment to all who attend
+. j. Rupert is in charge of the ar.
rangements and has been hard at work
with his committee. The reception com.
mittee for tonight consists of Hal d.
Patton, Frank Myers, Joseph Baum.
gartner, Pete GRADER, Z. B. Millard
Theo l.. Williams, Walter Denton, Wal.
ter Spaulding, Cooke Patton, Will Nc.
Gilchrist. These gentlemen will give
each member right royal welcome and
seek to make the evening one of pleas.
ure for them.
Fortunate indeed was the committee
in arranging its program of brief adj
dresses. o. M. Clark, and W. V. ID. bod.
son, president and secretary respect.
lively of the Portland Chamber of Com.
merce arrived here late this afternoon
and will speak tonight before the club.
They will tell just what the Portland
organization is accomplishing and point
out lines on which the Salem club can
work to advantage. J. II. Albert and
George +. Rodgers will welcome the
Portland men in brief speeches and
will give them an idea of just what Sa.
lem is doing.
Secretary Mcdaniel of the CONNER.
cial club has sent written invitations
to each member of the club to be pres.
ent tonight for the music, refreshments
and smokes. If anyone failed to re-
ceive their invitation he wants them
to be present anyhow as this will be
one of the really big gatherings of the
gpasOn
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-31
Eleven Of Nineteen Members
Sign Flattering
Statement
FIVE OTHERS IVDORSE
WILSON BUT DO NOT SIGN
22 Of 80 Progressive Planks
Have Been Enacted
Into Laws /.

New York, Oct. 3l.--' Without n
candidate of our own for president, we
are unalterably in favor Of the reten-
tion in office of President Wilson, un-
der whose guidance and leadership
more progressive principles have been
enacted into law than we believe might
have peen accomplished had the pro
gressive party been in power.
The above Endorsement of President
Wilson was contained today in state
ment, signed by eleven of the nine
teen members of the bull moose reso-
mtiOns committee that drafted the pro-
gressive platform in Chicago. Five of
remaining members were said by deia-
.ocratic managers to be in accord with
the sentiments of the full statement,
but they refrained from naming a pres
idential choice. The statement said:
"We, the undersigned members Of
the resolutions committee that framed
the platform of the progressive party
on August 7, 1912, do hereby reaffirm
our unswerving allegiance to the pro-
gressive principles embodied in this
platform and do herewith call the at
tention of the American people 10 the
unparalleled achievement of progress
sive legislation secured during the last
four years.
''0f thirty three planks in the pro-
gressive platform of 1912, twenty two
have been wholly or partly enacted into
laws, OF eighty propositions embodied
in these planks, more than half have
been carried out by administrative acts
or by laws"
Then the statement names some ex-
amples of such legislation and contin-
ues:
"This is great national crisis. We
are progressives, supporting John M.
Parker of Louisiana for vice president
The statement ends with endorsement
of Wilson. r-
The signers are: John M. Parker, ex-
Governor Lucius f. G. Garvin, Rhode
Island; ex- Governor Carey, Wyoming;
Judge Albert ID. Nortoni, Missouri;
Hugh T. Halbert, Minnesota; Frank N.
Howard, Vermont; NJ. G. Baea, New
Mexico; James NJ. Ingersoll, Idaho;
Arthur G. Wray, Nebraska; Clarence
b Strouse, Indiana; W d Mccormick,
Texas
The five said to be indorsing il but
not signing it were William Allen
White, Kansas; George b. Hyson, Del
aware; Andrew j. Stone, West Virgin
it; William r. Farley, Alabama and
Isaac Newton Stevens, Colorado. Stew
ems signed a separate statement prais-
ing Wilson'S record.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-31
WILSON GOES TO NEW YORK
By Robert j. Bender.

Omitted Press staff correspondent
Long Branch, N. j., Oct. 3l-To drive
home the final blows of his campaign
for reelection, President Wilson will
leave tonight for two days in New York
state. From a political standpoint, his
address in Buffalo tomorrow night and
in New York City Thursday promise to
be of the highest Importance.
The "home guards of Buffalo and
New York have promised unprecedented
receptions at his afternoon and even
ing appearances in both cities.
With a personal statement from Presi-
dent Wilson stating that no postscript
or amendment to the Lusitania note was
ever written or contemplated and that
he personally strengthened the protest,
administration officials today felt the
controversy growing out of the charges
of Senator Lodge was definitely closed.
Beneath an exterior of optimism as to
the election outcome, the president 's
lieutenants quietly profess some uneasi-
ness at what they term Unprecedented
sums of money dispensed by the repub-
licans "to check the tied to Wilson"
The democrats claim that the repub-
licans have thrice as much money at
their disposal as have the democratic
managers. They point to national adver.
using at the last minute, "to create
using at the last minute, "to Greater
false impressions. Lack of funds, say
the democrats, makes it impossible for
them to reply and they claim to have
just about enough money TO "settle the
ordinary running expenses" Of the cam
paign from now on.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-31
FIGHT IN HEAVY |e!yOW
ALONG RUSSIAN fl2NT
Russians Attack In Strong Force In Vahynia and Fighting
In Carpahian Forest Is Continuous Despite Snow Storms
-Austro-Cermans and Turks Take Offensive in Calcia
---Rumanians Press Austrians Back in Transylvania

London, Oct 31-Heavy fighting has broken out along
the Russian 'front.' while bad weather is hinderng opera
tions in the west.
The Russians attacking in strong force in Vohy.
flla while the AustroGenans reinforced by Turkish
deachments have taken the offensive in Galica Battles
continued throughout yesterday from the region west of
the fortress of Luzk into the Carpahan forests despite
heavy snOwstorms.
The Russian war office this afternoon claimed the cap
ture OF AustroGerman trenches west of Luzk and the
repuse OF successive enemy attacks in Gaca The Ger
man war office on the contrary reported the fighting
the Lutzk sector resulted favoraby to the Teuons and
announced the capture of Russian positions on the east
bank of the Narayuvka river in Galcia by the Turks
On the TranSylvanan front the Rumanians continue
to press their offensive in the Ju valley and have cap
tured 300 more prisoners, it officially announced at
Petrograd. The German office claimed the repulse
OF all Rumanian attacks and announced the capture of
1920 Rumanian soldiers and Isl officers the Transy
vanian front since October TO- .st
Official statements from both sides reported no change
in the situation in Dobruda where the retreatng Russo
Rumanians are reported to be attempting stand against
Mackensen's army.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-31
Huges Invades Indiana.

rs Columbus, Ind, Oct. 31.-Candidate
Hughes made his second swing into In.
diana today. He was due for four
speeches, winding up at Evansville to.
night and tomorrow contributes five ad-
dresses.
While exceedingly confident of the
Hoosier state, republican campaign
managers want to concentrate their
heaviest artillery there because of the
desirability of electing two United
States senators. .
The Hughes special ran out Of but.
tons today. When the train left New
York six days ago, $4,000 were included
in its paraphernalia. But the demand
for the stickers has been so great that
the supply was reduced to mere few
hundred today. Mrs. Hughes herself has
distributed several thousand, throwing
them into the crowds that gathered ut
the rear end Of the train. She prefers n
special button, just issued by the ma
tlonal committee, with the single word
Hughes" across the white button in
blue letters, but with the "U' and the
"S" in the name made thrice as large
as the other letters and in red. From
a distance the button shows as Gus"
label.
When the buttons ran out today Mrs.
Hughes began distributing picture post
cards of her husband.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-31
Breckenridge Says
Jefries Is Lying

San Francisco, Oct 31.-Like DR.
Bailey's statement the utterance of Mr.
Jeffries is false, ait was also manu-
factured by the republican machine tC
discredit and injure President Wilson ;,
administration.
This is what Henry Breckenridge
former assistant secretary of war, said
today in San Mateo regarding the pub
lished statement Of John Temple JEFF
fries of Boston, supporting DR.. Charles
Bailey's letter declaring President vii
son wanted to add a postscript to the
"strict accountability" note to Ger
many.
"I say of Mr.. Jeffries or anyone who
comes forth with such statements, -
Breckenridge added, "that he is simp-
ly tarred with the same pitch. In view
of the statement issued by President
Wilson, see no necessity for comment.
ing further"
Breckenridge issued long state.
ment last night declaring he favors the
reelection of President Wilson.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-31
.STEEL'S PROFITS ARE
NEAR MILLION DAILY
Net Earnings Last Quarter
$5,8l7,O67-- Double That
Of Year Ago

New York, Oct 81 - The United
States Steel corporation this afternoon
declared an extra dividend of one per
cent on the common stock.
Net earnings for the last quarter were
$S5,Sl7O67 against $Sl, ,l26O4S the pre-
vious quarter.
The regular quarterly dividend of
l "a on common and "a on preferred
was declared.
Earnings of nearly $S6000,000 for
the quarter ending September 80 are
more than double the figure for the
same quarter of last year, which was
$3S,T10,644.
Monthly earnings were announced as
follows:
July. $25,65O,OO6, an increase of $1s,.
6O1,I over July, 1915.
August, $29,746,9O3, an increase of
$l6,S77,804.
September, $50, ,425, 1853, an increase of
$l6,631,S31.
Several days ago brokers were bet
ting steel earnings for the quarter would
be $95,Q00,000. Today Wall street es-
Inmates were $S5 100000 to $40 ,OOO. 900.
On the stock exchange today steel
sold up 1-2 to $119, while the street
heard reports that the extra dividend
would exceed one per cent. This report
was not given great credence and stee,
common settled back to lis SIS at the
close.
Dividends disbursed under TODAY 3
declaration total nearly $1S,OOO,OO0 or
$6,304,9l9 on the preferred stock and
$ll ,436,S06 on the common.
The quarterly statement showed a sur.
plus of $5l $780, 9,450, an increase of $33,.
S22,2O5 over lear ago.
The nine months figures issued by
the corporation showed net earnings of
1927 ,656,739, an increase of $l4S, ,53S. .23l
over the previous year.
Dividends declared this year total
$4S, l42, $50; common $29,2l7 1893 against
no dividends in the same period wear
ago and preferred $lS,919,57 unchanged
from the previous year.
The balance after paying all charges
and preferred dividends for the nine
months was $l6l ,905,550, equivalent to
3ls7 per cent ON the common stock
against Alb per cent for the same per.
iod one year ago. This is at the annual
rate OF 42.49 per cent on the common.