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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-02-25

for the fair grounds, and possibly
another $4,000 eech year for main
tanning? Why, the idea is prepos
ferrous.
II the county treasury has such 9
surplus on hand, we would rather
have 1t expended in good roads, more
schools, bridges, a. county agent OF
something that is really going to
benefit us.
AS for interest thruout the county
there would not be the interest taken
there is now. The people are posi-
lively antogonistic against this. and
1t is certain they would not support
something which they did not wish
to have. AS for the past more peo-
pie from here, each year. attended
the Idaho Falls roundup, than the
Blackfoot fair. l do not know whv.
whether the roundup afforded more
amusement or Idaho Falls was not
visited SO frequently and they may
have considered that Blackfoot YVES
sort of commonplace. If we had
amusements equal to the Idaho Falls
fair we would also have a greatly
added expense Why won't this be
the case in the future, the Idaho
Falls fair usually comes first and
those who have attended it have
spent their roll and so they do not
go to the Blackfoot fair.
Graft, I've heard that comment on
every side. The officers of Bingham
county always have grated when
they had the opportunity. We can
go right down the list for years back
and name some who have not served
their duties faithfully, and how are
we going to know that the county
officials won't do so in the future.
Buying the fair grounds and entrust-
ing 1t to their supervision will un-
doubtedly give some of them ample
opportunity to do some grating. It
has been suggested that the tax pay
ers be admitted free, this would
cause such wrangle that no one but
taxpayers would be present and pos
sibly not many Of them. And IL
they were admitted so the taxpayers
represent the majority, would the
gate receipts from the others pay for
he care of the grounds. We hardly
,hink so.
And now to brj>fly summarize:
l. Blackfoot should buy the fair
2. The farmers cannot support
he fair, because it will not bring
hem the benefits they need.
3. II the county has any surplus
money it could be expended in better
Ways.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-02-25
IMPROVEMENTS our OFFICE
Home of The Idaho Republican Enlarged and
Renovated-Improved>E Equipment, More
Workers and More Convenience
Growth of Business the Reason

With the opening of the new yea,
The Republican told its readers tina
during the dull days Of January ant
February the home Of The Idaho Re
publican would receive a thoro goinf
over to get ready for big busy year
That everything needing repairs
would be put in good trim and Il
has been done. Seven busy weeks
In the work find it finished and We
want to tell you something about it
The accompanying diagram shows
the divisions of the quaint old stone
and brick house ON Taylor street
where The Republican has been pub.
lished the past few years, and by an
infinite amount of work 1t has been
made to conform pretty well to the
needs OF the business. The news
paper is now twelve and q half years
old, and has been under one manage
,ment from the day 1t started. The
Hles show a copy of each edition that
has ever been published, bound in
volumes of year each. The ledgers
show the totals of expenses and in
come for every month since it start
ed.s No person has ever worked for
the firm and failed to get his pay,
and no bill has ever been presented
against the business that was not
liquidated. No employee ever held q
job long on the paper unless he paid
his bills with the local business
houses from his weekly pay check.
The paper is never knowingly sent
to a persons address after such per-
son has requested it discontinued.
No business man in Blackfoot has
been more constantly on the job six
days in the week and resting Sum
day the past IL years than the editor
OF The Republican. Nobody has ever
yet secured or prevented the publ
cation of any article by intimidation,
or threats Of withdrawal Of business,
or ever secured one cent from the
management by blackmail, or threats
of offering harm, tho considerable
has been expended in fighting such
attempts.
The pubic have been very gener-
GUS with the editor for he went into
the business without experience and
without any appreciate business
training. He had it all to learn in
the hard school of experience where
he and the public had to adjust the
losses or injuries arising from his
own lack of preparation. Until re-
Gently the editor had to serve in such
a variety of work including report |
ing, editing, bookkeeping, proof |
reading, press feeding, mailing, col !
Letting, soliciting, it was difficult to
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-02-25
SHALL BINGHAM COUNTY
BUY THE FAIRGROUNDS?

AS Springfield pays its proportion
of the taxes CT Bingham county, il
is only just that it should be repre-
sented in whether Bingham county
kshall buy the fairgrounds. I inter,
Viewed several of our most promin.
TENT citizens with view of writing
fup their opinions as local items, but
1.-The most of them were rather re-
Iticent about having their names pub
lished in connection with it, SO ]
lam writing in my own behalf Just
how the people in this vicinity re-
gard this issue.
II the fairgrounds are purchased
by any one, it should be the city of
Blackfoot. Blackfoot and it's i'm
mediate vicinity derives more rev.
enue and benefit from the fair than
any other section of the county.
People from all poets of the county
assemble there and SO naturally it
advertises Blackfoot, its land and its
business. In some of the. counties
in Idaho, the fairs are financed en-
tirely by the business men in the
city. who contend that their business
is so increased during that time, that
what money they may have expend-
ed toward the fai- brings good re-
turns on the amount invested.
We, as people of this end of the
county, know that fair is a good
thing, but other than advertising
few products sent in by few, we
do not realize what the people. Of
Blackfoot do from the fair. If we
were to support fair it would be
to our advantage to support the fair
at Aberdeen.
have been informed that Is per
cent Of the gate tickets last year
were complimentaries, 20 per cent Of
which were given to Blackfoot bust
ness men and their families. This
proves conclusively that the country
people do not evince much interest
in the fair and it also shows that
the management expected the
country people to make good what
was given away in Comps" and also
that Blackfoot again was the favored
one.
1t has been financial failure. in
the past and. how .ould we expect
to do any better in the future? Prob
ably 1t will come under the SUPER
vision Of the county commissioners,
how could those three men hope to
bring the results that a body of
wide awake men spd the entire city
of Blackfoot have done? More prob
able tho that special office would
be created for some person or persons
to manage the fair, which will in
crease the expense of maintaining
and add an item to our tax list. We
are heavily taxed now with our new |
schools, bridges, etc, and are doing
It with sense Of qualification, when /.
we observe the results, but we can
not and will not support anything, I
which will drain us heavier and 1
heavier each year, and will bring no I
direct returns, except to those few
individuals who are drawing salary 6
Tor supervising the fair, and what
The business people may profit on.
Why should we then pay $4,000
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-02-25
BINGHAM COUNTY SHALL
NOT BUY FAIRGROUNDS

/ The proposition to buy the fair
grounds reminds me of the boy left
to care for a younger sister while
the mother went to club meeting.
After giving all he could think Of
to the crying sister and everything
she had asked for including the
butcher knife, he finally said, "Now,
what is it you think you want?"
Some very able men thought the
people wanted county fair and
would financially support one. It
should be plain to them now that
we were getting what we thought
we wanted
II it is fact that Bingham county
fair has always been a financial fail
ure, that is reason enough that the
tax papers don't want to buy the
spot. on which it failed. When a
man tries to sell me horse for less
than it is worth, I Immediately guess
that the man is hard up and the
horse balky. Tax payers would find
1t hard to pay their taxes with balky
horses
Additional proof that the people
do not really want county fair ia
the fact that they have permitted
one to fail for years.
Many doubt that there is a law
permitting our commissioners to buy
ground for a fair without first SUBJ
hitting the proposition to a vote Of
all the legal voters Of the county.
Do we, any of u.s., want to make
our county commissioners criminals
or do we wish to pay more taxes to
have more litigation and expense?
A lawyer friends says, 81 am in
favor of large attorney fees, when
they are coming my way" Tax pay
ers are safer with no attorney fees.
Any three commissioners who
would want to add the necessity Of
conducting county fair to the
labors now assigned to them by law,
and without additional pay, could
only be persuaded to take up the
added work with the hope Of graft
in some form. The form 1t would
probably take would be the appoint
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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-02-25

do very good work in any of 1t.
The greatest difficulty about writ
ing anything of merit is In being in
terrupted every few minutes while
doing it. In the remodeling OF the
printing house the past few weeks
one room has been fitted up for the
business office and another for the
editors office. II he stays inside
with the door locked and the cur.
tains drawn for half day at a time
the patrons may expect a better
paper. The rest Of the workers will
take care of orders for printing, will
collect the money and pay the bills,
and a reporter will do the local work
Of gathering news of daily events,
delivering packages, carrying proofs
to customers and other details that
keep somebody on the jump.
The Republican office is fitted up
for efficiency. Everything is planned
to give the best service in the short
est time. Every one on the force
plans to save waste Of time and ma
terials and to get results. Electric
signals are a part Of the means of
saving time and steps. Pressing a
button is quicker than walking to
another room and calling to some
body. A few simple signals made
by few touches of desk buttons car
ry such short messages as, 1.-THE
proofs are corrested," more copy
needed" Rush the proofs, / am go
ing to change magazines" foreman
wants the editor" Editor wants the
foreman" .Bookkeeper wants the
foreman"
One of the things that scatters
an EDITORS thoughts is the morning
mail dumped ON his desk. with the
accompanying temptation ito being
looking it over. Besides a lot of
papers there are letters with news,
letters with compliments; letters
with kicks; letters with checks; let
tiers with invoices and notices Of the
advance in the cost of paper and
other materials; requests for Jobs;
requests for sample copies, for back
of. the paper and for prices
of advertising space; opinions on who
ought to be the governor or deputy
game warden. Under the new ar
at The Republican office,
Miss Christensen, the bookkeeper,
goes thru the mail, and the editor
see none of it but such matters as
require his personal attention, until
after he gets his own work done. |
By this plan they accomplish more
and do it better.
Mr.. E. j. Potter, the foreman, is
What printers call the "cost finder"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-02-25

He studies carefully how long II
takes to set the type and build the
forms for the various pieces OF work
that are brought to the office. How
long it takes to put all the materials
back in place after the job is print
ed; how much for light, heat, power,
paper, inks, rents, wear on type and
machinery-in short the full cost VI
producing the completed Job for the
customer; in this study the whole
office force joins, and no job is ever
knowingly undertaken at loss or
without adding reasonable profit,
and no overcharge is every knowing
ly made for piece Of work. ADJ
vertising is not accepted except at
prices that afford a profit.
Some years ago a man operating a
printing house In BIackfOot became
ambitious to print all that was print
ed in town, and he cut prices to some
people and raised prices to others.
Being a good Jockey he made It
seem to win for while till his ma
chinery began to wear out and re-
pairs and renewals were necessary.
He made q speciality Of big bills
and posters and boasted that he was
doing about all of that class Of work
that was done In town, and he was.
But he did not know what 1t was
costing him., and he was unwittingly
losing money on what he was taking
the most vainglory in. He drove him.
self out Of business and 1t remained
for somebody else to do such work at
a loss or for customers to pay more
or to do without. The Republican
has always taken the view that il ma
chinery is to be operated at loss,
its competitors are welcome to sucn
orders, for some other customer has
to be overcharged to make up for
1t or the house loses. II each order
brings reasonable profit, success
is assured, and that Is what men
want in business.
It is the intention of all hands
around The Republican office that
the paper shall be better this year
than last; that it shall serve more
people and with wider range OF
service for all. The editor intends
that 1t shall meet the wishes OF peo-
pie whom he has had little time or
disposition to please. The attitude,
the friendly consideration and the
generous patronage of conflicting ele-
ments prompts such decision and
such action and we trust that the
local public, with some information
and more or less of opinions on the
subject, will approve.
Blackfoot needs big live news
paper, and 1t is possible to develop
one, but it will take something be-
sides local fights to do it. The spirit
Of cooperation will be needed along
with well organized working force.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-02-25
BACK FROM CALIFORNIA

Mrs. H. G. Taylor, who lives out
on route three, returned last week
from a three months visit in Cali
fornia and at various places in Neva-
la and New Mexico. Mrs. Taylor had
been staying pretty close for a good
while and just wanted to go and see
Ill the folks and stay as long as she
to in each place, and she did.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-02-25

4. It will create more offices.
S. It will afford ample opportunity
for grating.
6. No great interest will be taken
in the fair.
MRS. GEO. ANDREWS.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-02-25

Continued on page six
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1916-08-10
NC KAY SAYS WEEV|LS
ARE THINNING OUT.

Professor John F. Mckay of
the farm extension department
of the Mississippi Agricultural
and Mechanical College, has
just completed a trip over cer-
tain parts of southernMiss
and has issued an interesting
statement on the boil weevil in
the sectson visited. Prof. Mckay
says that the outlook for crops
is not nearly so gloomy as many
people have indicated, and he is
highly pleased with what he saw
after hearing numerous reports
about crops being cut down fifty
percent by the recent rain and
windstorm, Mr.. Mckay said;
"There are fewer boil weevils
in the cotton south of the tracks
of the A. & v. railroad in Miss
issippi than at any time since
the pest developed in that Sec
tion. Boil weevils are getting
fewer in south Mississippi, and |
am glad to say, after a careful
survey of the fields, that the
pest is far less active than at
any time since the weevils be-
gan to flourish south of the A. &
v. tracks. ("
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1916-08-10
CHIEF ENGINEER GAINS
40 POUNDS.
Almost Lost Hope of Getting Well
Takes Tanlac and Feels Better Than
in Twenty Five Years.

Tanlac to my mind, is tie greatest
and grandest medicine in the world
said o. H. Mahaffey, Chief Engineer
of the Life & Casualty Building
Nashville few days ago. / have
taken eight bo tiles" he continued,
and have actually gained forty
pounds in weight and feel stronger
and better than have in twenty
five years.
FOR two years Ihave suffered with
the worst kind of stomach trouble
and indigestion, and fell off in weight
from 2l0 pounds to 162. | am now
back at 203. which is almost as much
as / weighed before / was taken sick
About six weeks ago | got awful
bad off, and called On the doctor
and he told me l had an ulcer of the
stomach, and if was not careful
it might turn into cancer. He gave
me some medicine. | didn't seem to
get any better, and was afraid to eat
anythinS except little oatmeal and
sweetmilk, but in spite of everything
I could do, kept going down hill,
and got weaker and weaker every
day. got 80 disheartened one day
i told my employer it looked like
/ would have to throw up my job.
l was trying to hold on though as
long as could for I had a family
to support and 1 made up my mind
that just as long as l could drag my
self aronnd would stick it out.
One day my wife told me what she
had read in the papers, and what the
neighbors were saying about Tanlac
and begged me to try it. She had
read about man who had taken it
who described my case exactly and
he was getting lots better but had
tried all kinds of medicines, SO
didn't have much hope oft doing me
much good. Besides my doctor had
already told me would have to be
poerated on in order to get relief.
Something just told me though it
might help me, and l decided to try
it.
After had taken it day or two
! got 80 hungry just simply had to
eat, and 1 did eat, and you can be-
lieve me or not nothing seemed to
hurt me par tlcle. My wife said
to me Tanlac must be helping you
1t wasn't long before those awful
pains in my stomach and the small
of my back began to leave me. Then
noticed | began to sleep better
and / would get up in the mornings
full of life andeadyer to work. Tn
medicine seemed to take hold quick
er than anything / ever saw and
braced me right up. | am telling
all my friends abont Tanlac and Lope
everybody will hear about it.
Sold exclusively in Philadelphia by
City Drug Store; in Stallo by Stallo
Drug Co.
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1916-08-10

The State Board OF Par
dons are einmently right in
their criticism of a practice
prevailing among the cir
cult judges of this StateThe
jackson News thus states
the situation;
One of the most objection
al practices which they have
discovered in connection
with cases filed for consider
alton is that of circnit judi
ges of various districts who
have q habit OF sentencing q
prisoner to jail or peniten-
tiary for a term OF years
and of adding as a sort of
rider to the sentence that,
subject to good behavior,
they, the judges at the ex
piration of part OF the peri
cd of sentence, would sign a
petition for d release. Mem
bers of the board stated
frankly to day that in TAX
ing such action the judges
in their opinion, are taking
too much liberty with the
position they occupy. 1t is
for the Judge who has pre-
sided at the trial of a case
to determine the exact ma
ture of the punishment to
fit the specific crime, and the
attendant circumstances,
and to pass sentence accord.
ingly without holding strings
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1916-08-10
EDUCATE OR PERISH.

John Adams, the great old
New England statesmen of Rev
olutionary times is quoted as
saying; "We must educate or
we must perish" in one of his
speeches that used to be famil-
lar to school boys. There is far
more genuine meat under this
apparently trite, threadbare old
saying than the majority hav 9
ever thought, if indeed
they have stopped to think OF it
atall.
In the language OF Grover
Cleveland, we are confronted to-
day by 'a condition not a theory
especially in Mississippi. Gov
ernment statistics tell us that we
are now the poorest State in per
capita wealth of the 48 States;
that our farmers, upon whom we
all subsist, make less returns per
man from their lands than in
the other states and are one OF
the lowest in literacy. In other
words, in efficiency, which is the
l =
measure of a peoples material
success, in class Of 4S the state
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1916-08-10
TROUBLESOME FLIES

Don't allow them to hatch.
Spray garbage cans stables, etc,
with Ross 'sDead Quick" Spray,
1t kills the larvae. To prevent
mosquitoes. spray lightly on
pools of water, rain barrels, and
in cellars. To disinfect the
home, spray lightly two or three
times a month.
Sold in Philadelphia by Oity
Drug Store.
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1916-08-10
SPORTSMEN WARNED
State Game and Fish Commits
sioner Issues Statement.

In order to acquaint the people
Of Mississippi of his official course
relative to enforcement of the
| state game and fish law OF 1916,
z. A. Brantley, state commission
Yer who has resumed duty at the
state capitol headquarters, today
I issued the following, for which
he asks attention and consider
alton so as to save trouble all
round;
jackson, Miss. Aug, 1, 1915
To the People of Mississippi;
Since the initiative and refer
endum has been declared uncon
stitutional by Chancellor 0. b.
Taylor have returned to Jack
sou aud again opened the office
of game and fish comm issioner
and from this date on will see
that the provisions of the law
are enforced, and all violators
duly prosecuted who may violate
the law since this decision OF
Chancellor Taylor.
hope that since the law is
not in abeyance that all persons
who desire to hunt in this state
will provide themselves with
a hunters license as required un-
der section Is of the game and
fish law and save me the neces-
sity of having to call upon the
county wardens of their respect
i've counties to make aftidavlts
against those who violate the
law.
You can supply yourselves
with the proper license by call.
ing upon the sheriff of your coun
ty. All persons living within
the state will be permitted to
hunt upon their own lands with
out a license during open seasons
There seems to be considerable
misunderstanding as TO the pur-
pose and operation of the game
law. and since this is is true l
have decided to spend the next
two months travelling over the
state maklug speeches in explain
alton of the law and will be
glad to visit any county in tn e
state and m axe a speech explain
ing the purpose and operation of
the law to those who are inter-
ested.
The office will be in charge OF
my official clerk, Mr.. Paul Dees,
during my absence, who is auth
orized to look after any and all
business pertaining to the office.
Very respectfully,
z. A. Brantley,
State Game and Fish Commits.
sioner.
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1916-08-10

The referendum law, declared
unconstitutional by chancellor
Taylor has been appealed to the
Supreme court and that body
will pass on it early in Septem-
ber. in time to submit the game
and liquor law in November,
if the decision is reversed.
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1916-08-10

Of Mississippi stands at the foot,
not even excepting Arkansas,
with her Jeff Davises, her famed
"traveler," and ''slow train.
Begad! "tis pity tbs true It's a
pity" Nor is this all, in vital
crimes, in murders, to be PLAIN,
we stand at the head of the class
and are still get ting headmarks
to our credit every day.
First, we must realize that
this is fact, and we believe
our thinking people are begin
ming to do this. Now what are
you going to do about its The
culture and efficiency of State
are rated not from a few individ
uals, but from the general aver
age of its citizenship, then,
which must be raised in intelli-
gence and morality, which are
at the foundation of efficiency
and good citizenship. Evident
ly the only agencies that can do
this are those that educate the
school, the church the press,
the home. There must be an
arousing of all these agencies in
the State for direct purpose OF
bringing about the desired results
-Itta Bena Times.
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1916-08-10

The administration is doing
everything possible to avert the
impending strike on the 225 rail
road systems in this country.