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The Lovington leader., 1916-09-15

Mr-f'tu Newspaper Union NsNs S.rsIl.
Washington. The first session OF
the Sixtyfolrth Congress, which ad
journed September \. was concerned
chiefly with national defense. Tbs
crisis in Congress- over the inter
national situation followed Germany
naval order 10 sink armed bellig
erent merchant ships without warn
ing Introduction OF resolutions warn
ing Americans to keep off armed mer'
chantmen caused President Wilson TO
halt diplomatic negotial ions and go 10
the Capitol To demand 4 showdown,
The resul, was tabling OF the Gore
resolution in the Senate by vote OF
Us to II on March ), and OF the Nc
I.emore resolution In the House by o
vote OF s76 to li2 on March l.
Immediately afterward the Presi-
dent sent TO Germany and read 10
Congress a note threatening to sever
diplomatic relations unless the Ger
II an government immediately effect
ed modification OF its methods OF
submarine warfare
When the savel fell Congress had
directed reorganization and re.equip
n,ent of the army and navy, for de
i,nse of the country AT the unprece-
tented cost of $685.. .ooo,o00, with au.
thorizations that will increase the to-
tai In three years to nearly 100000
900, With all other expenditures. ap
preparations were brought to the
grand total OF 1867 So 6s2, the great
est aggregate In tn" c0un,ry's his
tcry. and exceeding that for the last
fiscal year by more than half a bill
lion dollars.
Expenditures necessitated by pre-
Iaredness and the ca ling into action
Of military forces TO meet the Mexican
emergency. demanded revenue legia
lation In the closing days OF the ses
sion. Congress responded by doubling
|
an inheritance tax. munitions tax AM
miscellaneous excise taxes to rails
: $205. 900 and by directing sale o
$i30,000,000 Panama canal bonds.
Congress established a tariff con
mission a government shipping boar
to rehabilitate the American me-
chant marine; a workmen's compenss
ton commission to administer a ne'
uniform compensation law; farr
4 loan banking system; child labO
1 law. enlarged the system OF self-go'
9 eminent in the Philippines and enac
ed many other important laws whic
, had been contemplated by the admir-
-, istration
The Lovington leader., 1916-09-15
Mexican Train Blown up.

New York.-Thirty-four passengers
were killed and scores injured when
Mexican bandits dynamited a train
bound from San Luis Potosi TO Mexico
City on Aug. 20. according to a de.
tailed report received In this city.
Manual Zepeda, former governor oi
San Luis Potosi, was hacked to pieces
by the bandits, who carried off ten
young Mexican girls as well as 1000,
900 pesos Of constitutionalist cur
rency. The outrage occurred at 10
coque. a station On the National rail
way.
The Lovington leader., 1916-09-15
chie,oo Grain and Provision Prices.

Chicago. Wheat > red, $l.500
l.5lia; No. 3 red. $l.iln soy, No.
hard. $l5l "a l.55H, No. . hard
$l.4Gha q l.53.
Corn-No. . yellow. S7M SSc: No.
yellow, S4la9S6isc; No. 4 white, SAG
S5hc.
Oats-No. 3 white. 4GhGFac;
standard. &6h@47Hc.
Rye-No. 2. $l.20G1,22.
Timothy-$3.50GA75.
ClOver-$7 .O0Ql4.00.
Pork-$27.75.
Lard-$l4.60.
Ribs-3l%.400l4.06.
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Price Of Flax.

Duluth. Minn. Linseed on track and
arrive, S2o2i2; September. $2.hlA
asked, October, s9.02i2 bid; Novem
ber, sos bid; December, Se.o2'l.
The Lovington leader., 1916-09-15
Vegetables.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS
Metal Market Prices.

Spelter, Denver-$9.23.
Copper, casting s27..5.
LeaN, New Iork-$6.6o
Bar silvcr-GSc.
Boulder, Colo - Tungsten concen
tra,es, 60 per cent, SIS to 81 per unit
Crude ores, GO per cent, $l5 to Sl,.5oi
% per cent, s9.io to $40; 10 per cent
$3.50 to S. per unit.
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Live Poultry.
Eggs.
q graded No | net y.

Eggs. graded. No. net. +.
y. B. Denver ...........-i "a u
EGGS, graded, No. 2 net. +.
o. B. Denver ...........lo Ul2
EGGS, case count, misc.
cases less commission Esq -;
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SPORTING NEWS

At Cedar Point. Ohio, Johnny Xii.
bane retained his title OF feather
weight champion by knocking out
CLANCY in the third round.
Duke Kahanamouk equaled his own
world record for 100 yards at Homo
lulu, winning the national swimming
championship for the distance in
S. ID seconds.
The accident at the Welsh.White
fight at Colorado Springs Labor day.
when a section of the outdoor arena
collapsed. injuring 200 men and won
en-. resulted In the cancellation OF
plans to purchase the Wichita base
ball franchise In the Western league
Freddie Welsh retained his title OF
champion lightweight pugilist Of the
world at Colorado Springs after going
the full scheduled twenty rounds with
Charlie White of Chicago. Referee
Billy Roche of New York awarded
Welsh the decision on points.
At London Solly Joel refused $3.50.
600 which has been offered for his
famous race horse. Pommern, by a
prominent foreign buyer. This is an
advance of $4,000 over the present
record price ever paid for stallion
100000 having bought Prince Pala
tine.
Nine thousand attended the frs
day OF the Roundup at Idaho Falls
Idaho, establishing record for thu
celebration. In the twO.mile profes
sional cowboy relay race Allan Drum
heller OF Walla Walla. Wash, brok'
his own worlds record by three
fourths of a second, His time wa
3:50A.
GENERAL
A blanket test case OF the AdamsOl
eight.hour law is planned.
Mrs. Henry White. 62, wife of tn
former ambassador to France an
Italy died at Lenox. Mass.
A bronze statue of Lafayette, prs
sented to the city OF Fall River by tn
Calumet Club was unveiled at Fa
River, Mass. after a parade in whic
thousands of citizens participated.
The most phenomenal drop ever r.
corded in one day on the sugar mark'
occurred when beet sugar droppe
from $3.50 a hundred pounds to $6.7
and cane sugar dropped from $3.50
$715.
Telegraphers employed by Il
Northern Pacific railroad were awar
, ed increases in pay, shorter hou
+ and other working advantages in Il
, settlement at st. Paul of their d
, mands on the road, thus averting
threatened strike.
E.P. Ripley, president of the Atcl
son, Topeka & Santa Fe railway, d
clared in a formal statement that 4
Santa Fe does not intend to comp
!. with the Adamson eighthour law, I
u Gently enacted by Congress to ave
a threatened railroad strike. until {
S dered to do so BY the United Stat
t Supreme Court.
q The Presbyterians have collect
" nearly one.half Of the $l0,O00.OO0 ful
q for aged and disabled ministers Al
n their dependents. the total havi
'. reached 100000. It was announc
at Philadelphia.
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Fruit.

Apples. Colo, fancy. box ..l.OoI .Oo
Apples, Colo, choice. Il box .6OI oO
Blackberries, Colo, crate. 200
Cantaloupes, Colo, crate. lJ0a2 2.Ol
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Butter.

Creameries. eN. lst grade, ID 81
Creameries, ID grade, h.. -
Process .......... -
Packing stock ........ -
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COLORADO
STATE NEWS
DATES ron COMING EVENTS.

Sept. Is-ls-Iiarvest Festival at Num-
sept. le11-state Fair at Pueblo.
Cheyenne Wells
Sept. si-.s-Agriculturai and Live
stock show at Hoiyoke.
Sept i:s-stats Convention b. Y. q. .
at Trinidad.
sept 2s-J0-Third Annual Pine River
Valley and southern Ute Indian Far
at lEnacio.
Sept 30-HaTvest Festival at Briggs
dale.
Oct. is-Annusl Poudre canon Picnic
at Fort Collins.
Jan 2O-21-Annual western STOCK
Show at Denver.
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HAY AND GRAIN MARKET.
GRAIN.

Wheat. ch. mill, 100 lbs. buying. .l.t.
Rye. Colo, bulk. 100 lbs, buying. Lon
Idaho oats, bulk, buying ...... l,6O
Colorado oats. bulk. buying .....l35
Corn chop, sack. selling ........ 10
Corn In sack, selling ........... L.
Bran, Colorado. per 100 lbs.
selling ................. .l.lo
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Flour.

Flour.
Selling Prices.
Standard Colorado, net ........ WV
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List Of Appropriations.

Appropriations tor all purposes
The Lovington leader., 1916-09-15
s1,626,43s,2l0
APPROPRIATED
RAIL TRoUBle AID FOREIGN
WAR HIGH LIGHTS OF SIX
rY.FouRrH CONGRESS.
MAKES 252 new LAWS
PRESIDENT PLEDGES RENEWAL
OF RAILROAD LABOR LAW
CONSIDERATION.

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EAST RuMANiA WAR INFERNO.

Grand Total. ...........3 .3l.G3,,Ss3
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20

know how he could make the proposed
increase. Then he grinned and said
that he had to have some kind Of
dope" for campaiga purposes.
The average farmer is no fool. He
knows that tax values are not fixed to
suit the unreasonable and emotional
ideas of petty Office seekers. Mr.
Leeper cannot fix arbitrary property
values for Clearwater county, out of
all proportions and without regard for
property values in other counties of
the state. Mr., Molloy, serving as a
democratic assessor of this county,
testifes that it is preposterous and
absurd to talk about it. He says he
realized that when P H. Blake, for
political purposes, prompted by an i'm
proper motive, called a council of the
leading democrats of the county. and
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20

The charge is absolutely true. But
tennis has never interfered with the
official duties of Sheriff Sullivan
Sheriff Sullivan is also guilty of going
in swimming many times during the
summer Isn't that awful? Sheriff
Harper was never guilty of such an
outrage against the people of this
country. Tennis!
What Sheriff Sullivan should have
done was to have hired bootleggers to
bring in booze from outside points,
like his predecessor did, and have
permitted May Patterson and LaDuke
and all the rest of the bootlegging
horde at Elk River to continue their
Hellish business instead of commit
ting the awful offense of playing ten
mis-. AS a matter of fact Deputy
Auditor Reese, a democrat, plays ten
mis- with Mr.. Sullivan, and the Trib-
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20

about taxation, or the laws governing
taxation. He knows nothing about
the theory of taxation, or how the
values are equalized by county and
state boards. He is but piece of
human putty in the hands of James
w. Bake. pinched and patted. knead-
ed and moulded to suit the unholy
and biased and distorted whims of a
scneming mind Truly has the car
toonist pictured Roy Leeper as a
Punch or Judy, a plaything in the
hands of Jim Blake, his individuality
gone, a mere rag doll that utters only
the words of the political boss.
Roy Leeper explain! As well ex-
pect him to explain a problem in
geometry, or the Darwinian theory of
creation; as well ask him to tell YOU
about the science of astronomy, or I'm
ravel the mystery of electricity; as
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20

une. to be consistent, should demand
his removal on the ground that he is
not doing as some of the old gang did
spend his time boozing and neglect
ing his official duties. Tennis is a
most healthful and eleva ling game,
the playing of which makes one better
able to perform clerical or inside
work; county officials ought to play it,
and TO crit else them Tor doing SO is
the heighth of absurdity.
The Tribune wants Sheriff Sullivan
turned out for democrat who will
run the office "like Harper did," 1t
has cost money to enforce the law.
Cut that out. Sheriff Sullivan has
worked hard to stop bootlegging
The Tribune says this is nonsense, and
so does May Patterson and LaDuke
and Mike Tobin and that class.
But the Orofno Tribune cannot show
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20

well invite him to tell you why grass
makes feathers on goose and hair on
horse as to expect that he can give
sane explanation of how ne can in
crease Clearwater county timber $4,-
600, 600 and get away with it.
That he has the monumental gall to
propose it; that he would reflect on his
own sanity by making such claim,
is absurdity run to seed. That he
never solved the problem, and does
not know anything whatever about
his own proposition is glarlngly man.
ifest when, confronted by farmer,
he publicly admits that he cannot tell
how on earth 1t can be done.
Mr. Leeper has condemned himself.
He has exposed his own fallacy. He
has fallen in his own ditch, for he is
guilty of deception, and by his own
mouth has he confolnded himself.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20

under a pretext that he thought Mr..
Molloy was favoring timber COM
panies and untrue to the people, told
him, Molloy. that they proposed to
put him on record. Mr.. Molloy testi-
ties that he told them it was useless
to fix arbitrary values for Clearwater
County because the state board would
cut them to harmonize with similar
classes Of property turnout the state.
That is true today. 1t was true with
p. H. Blake, whose assessment of
timber was reduced five per cent.
Governor Alexander, cog in the
Blake wing of the party, voting for
the reduction.
Let us stop ard inquire what the
state board would have done had As
SCISSOR Hinckley pushed timber values
of this cour tv up 600. 900 higher, as
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20

even 10 need of Sheriff Harper, for
any constable could have served the
few papers and performed all the
other work performed by Sheriff Har-
per And yet the Tribune holds up
Harper as model. and asks the peo-
pie to condemn Sullivan because it has
cost something to enforce the law as
compared to Harper's record of ineffi-
cheney ard no enforcement of the law.
Harper was expensive, mere lux
ury, at any price; Sullivan has been
worth many times the cost of main
tanning his office.
Let us be fair You know that it
costs nothing to let farm lie idle.
There is no expense bills. and no
labor But how about it when you
run FARM
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20

Sullivan has been fair with all.
Under Sheriff Harper. pointed out
by the Orofino Tribune as a model,
Elk River was seething, fostering
leprosy of immortality and vice and
violation of law; under Sheriff Sui
livan this has been stopped, and Elk
River is as clean and decent as any
town in the state of Idaho.
Under Sheriff Harper, endorsed by
the Tribune. bootleggers flourished at
Weippe, Fraser, and Orofno. Under
Sheriff Sullivan the law is enforced
And yet the Orofino Tribune holds
up the Harper administration as a
model and complains because Sheriff
Sullivan has not conducted the office
like Harper run it. For all that
Harper did there was no need of Roy
Leeper at Elk River, and less use of
Frank Sisk at Orofino. There was
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20

Roy Leeper proposes. Boise county
has tried to force an arbitrary and
unfair assessment of timber past the
state board for the past two years and
each time has been reduced 80 per cent
as it should have been. No honest
citizens will advocate the robbery of
one class of property for the benefit
of other property owners. The hon
est man wants nothing but a square
deal. Tie honest man will not ask a
county assessor to rob the timber com
panies any sooner than he will ask the
sheriff to graft from vice and and
apply the o ey towards the educ
ton of the farmers taxes
Of course Roy Leeper cannot ex-
plain. He has no conception of his
own proposition. He not origin
ate it. He knows absolutely nothing
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20

Kamiah Progress: Alexander is a
very versatile fellow. When he talks
to the sheep men he lambasts the
fruit industry and when he talks to
the fruit men he lambasts the sheep
men, and this week, when in Lewis
ton, along way from any Carey pro-
ject, he told how he vetoed the Carey
act appropriation, etc. He also soft
soaped the Lewiston fellows by tell
ing them that he vetoed their live
stock show bill because the money
was to be appropriated out Of the
wrong fund. understand. We
heard him tell in South Idaho why he
vetoed the various bridge bills in
the state-we are waiting to hear his
version when he gets in community
where one of them Is located. for in
stance, the Kamiah bridge.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20

where Sheriff Sullivan has failed to
make good. The Tribune cannot
show one single instance where Sheriff
Sullivan has not kept faith with the
people, and not one place where the
office Of sheriff is not being conducted
in accordance with law.
The law says the office must be
kept open all the time. Harper ig-
nored this law. Sheriff Sullivan has
obeyed this law. The law says the
sheriff must diligently seek out often
ders of the law. Harper ignored this
law; Sullivan has obeyed this law.
The law says the sheriff must file
itemized expense accounts. Harper
disregarded this law; Sullivan has
obeyed this law.
Harper permitted the Blakes to use
his Office to vent their personal spite
on those who opposed the machine /;
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20
he vetoed the work
~ IL Il ingmen's COmpen-
satiOn Bill, a measure to Pro-
tect those who labor.
Governor Alexander does not an
swer these questions. He can
not answer them.

The Governor claims credit for saw
ings made in the pure food department
under the administration of j. X.
White. Mr.. White was an active en-
ploye of the department lcng before
Governor Alexander took office. More
over, he was appointed to the position
by the state board of health and not
by Governor Alexander. Mr.. White
is republican and it is known that
Governor Alexander wanted demo-
crat in the place. He had another
reason for having opposed White and
that was because DR.. Falk, Secre-
tary of the board of health, wanted
White appointed; and during the 1914
campaign Mr.. Alexander stated that
the first thing he would do after he
was installed in office would be to
''f re Falk" He did not do so be-
cause the health board would not stand
for it.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20
LAWN TENNIS VS.. BOOTLEG WIISKEY

Referring to the Office of sheriff the
Orofno Tribune of last issue said:
1.-THE figures show that the office
has cost more money than heretofore 4;
that the work has not been better
DONE"
The people know that this is not
true. Sheriff Harper did not enforce
the law; he was responsible for the
Elk River mess, and was himself un-
clean. He made mockery of the
Office. He encouraged others to vio-
late the law against bootlegging
Sheriff Sullivan has enforced the
law. He has done the work better
than Sheriff Harper did it. As a
matter of fact Sheriff Harper did not
do the work at all.
Further on the Tribune charges
Sheriff Sullivan with playing tennis
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20
ROY LEEPER CAN'T EXPLAIN HIS SCHEME
TO ADD 100000 TO TIMBER VALUES

John Buescher, we'll known farmer
living below Ahsahka, had a public
sale last week, and Roy Leeper, Jim
Blake's candidate for county assessor,
attended. During the sale Mr. Leeper
made speech in which he told the
farmers how he proposed to increase
timber company taxes in Clearwater
county $4,000 900. While he was
speaking Andy Shaw, farmer of the
Ford's creek section, interrupted MIR.
Leeper with the inquiry:
''That is all right, Mr.. Leeper
We know what you have, proposed to
do, but what we would like to know
is how you are going to do it,
Mr.. Leeper stood in blank bewilder-
ment. He could not explain, ar
sheepishly admitted that he did not
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20

In regard to the San Francisco fair,
the Governor has never made public
any statement of the expense of his
commission, which has given rise to
many surmises. He would have been
quick to charge all sorts Of things to
Republican executive under any cir
cumstances. He talks of cotton socks,
but he went to San Francisco with a
gold braided staff and when the man.
agement of the fair gave a banquet
for the Idaho people on Idaho Day,
the invitations given him were distrib-
uted largely to his San Francisco
Jew friends, thereby leaving out a
number of Idaho people who were in
San Francisco at the time.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20

Petrograd, Russia, is of course tn /,
largest dry city in the world, and
Toronto, Canada, with 400, 900 popu-
lation, becomes by the Ontario pro-
hibition act the largest dry city in
America. By this act the province
will be under absolute prohibition for
three years, then plebiscite will be
taken on the question of its remaining
dry permanently.
Ontario reverses the method of the
states going dry. The provincial
legislature first enacts a prohibition
law, then submits it to vote of the
people.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20
cisco Fair appropriation of 500, 600
which was spent under his administra-

The State Highway commission ap-
pointed by the Governor entered into
arrangements with certain counties
under the terms of which the counties
are to be reimbursed for certain
share of money expended in highway
construction. This now totals S83,
600. That expense must be met by
the state, and is directly chargeable
to Governor Alexander's administra-
ton. Road building is to be com.
msnded, but construction Of fiction
bearing on state finances for political
effect. is not.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20
Gov Nose Alexander, the Million Dollar Fizzle
Alexander'S Consistency.

The legislature appropriated $4,000 for
the Lewiston Livestock Show. Gov. Alex
ander vetoed it. Later he visited Lewiston
and apologized, saying he did not under
stand the situation A few days later, at
Standpoint, he said he was glad he had vetoed
the Lewiston Livestock appropriation bill.
is SUCH A MAN FIT FOR GOVERNOR?
WHY DID HE NOT INVESTIGATE BE-
FORE HE ACTED, and why does he later
play the HYPOCRIT?
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20
A total tax levy in 1916 and 1915

was 81, Z65, OOO. The revenue from
other sources for one year and nine
months was $40, 391 or total of ST.
S05, 3sl. There had been expended for
the year and nine months under
vouchers approved by the governor,
81, 1888, AGA, leaving deficit Of $28, 083.
Estimating the expenses of the re-
naming three months Of 1916 at $500, :
600 and making reasonable estimate
on the expenses for the three months
there will be total deficit Of about
$275, 600. Adding that amount to the
sum spent under the state bond issue,
together with the $s3, 900 due counties
and the $50, 900 San Francisco fair,
all Of which the Governor ignores,
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20

Governor Alexander is claiming
credit for all the work done by the
state administration the past two
years, although it has been Republi-
can by virtue of the fact that state
business is conducted by the state
boards that are composed of Republic
cans with the exception Of Governor
Alexander.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20
makes a total of $6Os, 900 that must be
deducted from any saving he claims.

OF the saving of SsO5, 900 claimed
by Governor Alexander, $685., 600 he
says, represents reductions in levies
and $270, 200 by his vetoes. The Gov
ernor cannot legitimately claim credit
for the $535, 900 reduced levies. which
were made by a republican board. and
after these are eliminated and he is
given credit for his vetoes, it is four
that instead of having made a saving
he has run far behind, including the
deficit created by his arbitrary action
which is represented largely by a
threat to call an expensive special
session of the Legislature held over
the board Of equalization.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-20

The Governor insisted on reduced
levy in 1916 and the board Of equali-
cation finally yielded to his argument.
The net result of the Governor 3 policy
in that connection is that the revenue
of 1916 will fall short by around
$500, 900 of meeting bills approved by
the Governor rs member OF the
board of examiners under Legislative
appropriations approved by the Gov
ernor.