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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-31

pressions hitched to the tail of 6
newspaper article it is a sign that the
editors motives in running the ar
ticle were entirely mercenary, and he
may or may not indorse the senti-
ments expressed therein.
4 & 4
When General Sherman said war
was what he said it was he did GER
tain old established resort a gross
injustice. He'll Furnishes only the
wicked, while war Furnishes innocent
and guilty, good and bad, alike.
q 4 8
Here Purley," said a well-known
citizen, addressing his son, who was
off for the Big Burg, "this is a roll
of $4,000 in Mexican money that /
have been saving. Take it, and if
you find you can't keep well without
betting on a fake horse race while
you are in Chicago, go to it, with my
blessing"
While Mr.. Bryan was speaking be-
fore a Chautauqua last week, one
small boy down in front made himself
by sitting very still and
giving the speaker his most earnest
attention. After the program was
,ver someone asked the boy if he en-
Dyed the Peerless Leaders lecture. |
Yes" he replied, 'but my, wouldn't |
you hate to have so much face to
wash ?"
"What is roost, dad? asked Lit
lie Bill. "a roost, my son, is a pole
pon which chickens sit at night" re-
lied his father. "And what is
erch, dad?" "A perch is what
hickens perch on" "Then, | sup
ose, dad, chicken could roost on a
erch?" came the further inquiry.
OF course" was the smiling reply.
And they could perch on a roost?"
Why, yes" replied dad 'But if
nickens perched on a roost, that
ould make the roost perch, would
t it? But, if, just after some chick
rs came along and roasted on the
erch and made it roost, then the
,ost would be a perch and the perch
ould be a roost and some of the
lickens would be perchers and the
hers would be ROSTERS, and
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-31

The religious community of Bisbee,
Ariz., used TO scatter it's energy and
money in ~ churches Of ~ different
denominations, with II preachers. The
Rev. John ]. Prichard, who is in the
business Of travelling around and
merging churches, went there and
united those IL churches into one big
congregation, known as the Union
Church, with one preacher instead of
IL. The cost of maintaining the one
church will be only trife more than
one-twelfth of what it cost to keep
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-31

If the plural of sheaf is sheaves,
And the plural of leaf is leaves,
And the plural of chief is chiefs,
And the plural of brief is briefs,
And the plural of beef is beeves,
And the plural of thief is thieves,
And the plural of gaff is gaffs,
And the plural of staff is stats,
And the plural of calf is calves,
And the plural of half is halves,
And the plural of hoof is hoofs,
And the plural of roof is roofs,
And the plural of shelf is shelves,
And the plural of self is selves,
And the plural of wharf is wharves,
And the plural of dwarf is dwarfs,
And the plural of fife is flies,
And the plural of life is lives,
And the plural of strife is strives,
And the plural of wife is wives,
what sort of language have we,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-31

In the primary campaign The Index
has maintained neutral attitude, be-
lieving that while certain candidates
for state and county offices are better
than Others none of them is objec-
tionable. In one instance, however,
The Index feels that an exception
should be made. We believe that
l.. " Patch of Payette, candidate for
lieutenant governor, should be given
the support of Gem county Republic
cans. Mr.. Patch is with the boys
down on the Mexican border. He has,
of course, been unable to make cam
paign. In point of ability and up
rightness of character he measures
up to high standard. From a party
standpoint he is deserving of the
honor. Because of his patriotic res
ponse to his country's call he is
doubly deserving. He has been as
sured by his superior officers that
leave of absence will be granted him
to attend to his official duties during
the session of the Legislature. In
view of these facts, he should receive
the biggest majority on the ticket.
Certainly, Gem county Republican
voters, who have known Col. Patch
for years-know he is capable,
straightforward, square-will not fan
to rally to his support to man and
place an X after his name on the pri-
mary ballot.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-31

up the IL different ones, and it's eff
cheney will be greater, it is believed
Nobody is going to grumble about
the kind of mergers the Reverend
Prichard is making. No one will go
into court to complain that he is set
ting up religious trust in those
towns. Everyone knows that almost
every small town has too many
churches and that they would do bet
ter if consolidated into one big
church.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-31

nine guilty men to escape than that
one innocent person should be sent to
death. Anything less than giving
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-31

man fair chance to prove his limo
cence is deep wrong against law and
society.-K. c. Star.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-31

President Wilson now gets up at D
o'clock in the morning. Secretary Iu-
multy says it's for work, but the
chances are it's to get the paper and
see what Gov. Hughes has said about
him.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-31

When you see 2t23, f34, t2eot, 34pd
xylf, wet-sat, medtol and kindred ex-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-31


Why do they boil 'em and then call
'em roasting ears?
q q
As was suspected last winter, that
Scent substitute for gasoline has been
gathered up and suppressed.
4 q z
Last weeks press dispatches stated
that the Bulgarians had taken kas-
toria, and the Greek children were
crying about it.
If there is any man on eartn that
needs the consolation of religion at
this time, with print paper + cents a
pound, it is the man who owes news
paper and refuses or neglects to pay
4 = =
After all, photograph isn't as bad
as some people. You canshut phon-
ograph off by showing lever, but
you can't stop some people short OF
first degree murder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
Sossiettv

The lokal soshial whirl is very quiet
at present. but then it al1us is along
this time in the spring every year jest
between hay and grass as we mite say.
Miss Amelia Tucker our raining Sos
siety queen has sent out invites to a
se1eckt musikale to be give at her home
next Saturday evg. at which songs will
be sang & pieces playd on the melode-
um after which a light co1lashion will
be served. Then as amt invited says
they're glad of it being as Amelia's
musikales is turrible tame a fairs.
Mrs Cy Hoskins entertained the
Bingville Sowing Strike at her home
last Thursday afternoon and all Mrs.
Hoskins served to etc was crackers and
tea and the tea was so weak the tea
taste couldn't be deteckted skeercely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

its purity hard to ackt mean lords as
purity girl as Alice is.
Mrs. Jerusfy Perkins has our eddy
toriul thanks for a hot mince pie which
she brung to the Bugle offs tother
day right hot from the oven and left
on our desk. We thankt Jerushy in a
fitting manner and when she had de-
parted we set down and ct the hole
pie at one setting and it peard to set
well too being as we sufferd no internal
discomfort therefrom. Come agin
Jerushy.
Hen Smiley purchased pr. of boots
at Hen Weathersby's store last wk. and
after he wore EN- a few times he dis
cuverd to his consternasl1ion that they
was too tite. Hen wouldn't take EN-
back and so Hen now saws if eflnybud
dy desires a pr of new No. Q cowhide
boots he will undersefl Hen Weafhers-
by's store on same.
These seems tofhe. about all the per
sonals & Lokals Mkt" that we can
scrape up this wk We persoom we
could of scraped up more if we had of
had time to of got around and the get
ting around had been better than it is.
but when a person has to waller around
in two #. or more of snow & slop to
scrape UP Personals & Lokals Mkt"
it amt what you mite call emmy plea
shure & we'd ruther do without than do
that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
FIRE DEPT EDDYTORIUL

We take our trenchunt eddyto-
riul pen in one hand & our. head
with a bad cold in it in tother to
dash off a red hot eddytoriul on
the worth1essness of the Bingville
Fire Dept at the present writing.
We desire to inform the general
community & everybuddy else in
this vicinity to who it concerns
that this town is jest as well off
at the present minnit with the Fire
Dept it has as if it diddent have
none a tall and we know what we be
talkin about to for we got our in
for1nashion from headquarters.
Tother day we happend to be
passing the Town Hall and out
of mere CURIOSITY we looked
through the winder of the base
ment where the Fire Dept is kept
and was amazed & surprised to
find out that all it consists of at
the present time is three wood pals
and them half full of frozen ice.
About a yr ago our Fire Dept
consisted of - new wood pals
for our brave fremen to fife fire
with in a emergency & now there's
only three pals out of the duzzen
left. We went right on the hunt
of Jase Tucker chief of our Fire
Brigade to put a few pinted quest
shions at him. Jase wassent at
home but his wife told us that she
thort he was down to Hen Wea-
therby's store and so he was.
Jase was close up to the stove
down to Hens playin checkers
with old Dad Henderson who had
went to sleep whilst Jase was
thinkin over where he would
moove next. We askt Jase pint
blank what had became of all the
wood fire pals of the Bingville
Fire Dept except 3 and Jase said
they had been borried by various
persons who had been hard up for
wood pals at home and that they
had failed to return the pals &
as fur as he (Jase) was concernd
he had went and forgot who had
borried EN-.
Then we askt Jase if he diddent
think he was exseeding his othorit-
ty as Chief of the Fire Dept by
unlocking the door of the Town
Hall basement and permitting
folks to lug off the pals in thai
manner. Jase said praps he was
but be that as it may, it wouldn't
ihappen agin being as he had went
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

and lost the key of the basement
and being as the door was locked
he couldn't git in hisself even if
he wanted to. Then we turned on
our heel and went away in deep
disgust.
Spose for instants, a fire should
break out in Bingville tomorrer,
or the day after that or last night !?
What would be the result with
stitch a slack Fire Dept as we have?
Well tell you what would be the
result :-Jase Tucker and the rest
of the brave members of our Fire
Dept would run up and down The
SIS and holler & ying their hands
and tear their hair while the hill
blamed town went up in smoke
like as not. We all ort to remem-
Der that hollering and ringing
hands & tearing hair don't extin-
gish no flames. Neither does three
worter pals half full of ice locked
in the Town Hall basement.
Look at the awful hollycaust we
had in Bingville only last wk !
Enos McCracken went out to his
henhouse with a lit candle to ketch
fowl Satterday night for Sun
day dinner and the henhouse
ketched fire and burnt to the
ground before his very eyes and
was a total loss & no inshurants
and now his hens amt got no
home. Well, that henhouse might
of been saved if we had of had a
efeshient Fire Dept & not only
that but the same thing is liable
to happen agin emmy time.
This amt theory but condi-
shion which confronts us, sub
scribers, & something ort to be did
about it. Let Jase Tucker dig
around for that key until he finds
it and let them as borried the nine
fire pals bring EN- back or be per-
secooted. When that's did our
Fire Dept will be restored & not
until then. Let us be ever reddv
to fife the fiery tungd monster of
flame and thus perserve our homes
and hearthstones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
Lokals & Personals
Mkt

Eph Higgins our P NJ says there
was a postal card mailed by a certain
party in Bingvilie to a certain party
over to the CO. seat and all he could
read on it was the address which was
plain enuff but tother side he couldent
make head nor tail of. Eph says a
person ort to be ashamed to write
misable hand like that and it jest goes
to show they amt got mulch ejjuca-
shion
Lem Ouiely says he don't think mulch
of the seats Lem Brown Our handy car
penter advertises to put in chairs being
as the seat Lem put into chair for
him bruk through 1st time he set down
on it. On tother hand Lem Quigly
must weigh nigh onto 300 lbs. & when
he sets down in a chair he ort to set
down gentle.
Mrs Amir Haines polished her stove
up spik & span last wk and she says
she amt got the stove polish often her
hands vet Mrs Haines is a awful tidy
woman about the house but she says
to keep things pickt up like they ort to
be she has to Jest foller Amir around
the house every minnit he's inside of it.
This is probly the reason Amir spends
most of his time at the barn with the
stock where he feels more to home.
Hold Slocomb went to the CO. seat
totner day and the LIST place he headed
l.
where he eft three orders of clam chow
der at one sitting being as Hold is a
turrible hand for clam chowder & says
he cant git enuff of it but we calkilate
he did in this instants being as he come
home sickern a dog and has been sick
ever sinst Enuff clam chowder is enuff
and too mulch is a plenty, say we.
Abe Witherow's wife cut Abe's hair
last wk. and it made stitch change in
Abe that when he went down town
folks skeercely knew him at lst. For
spell there was a good cal of exsite-
ment being as everybuddy thort if was
a stranger in town, but it turnd out to
be nobuddy but Abe after all.
There was some of our subscribers
who complain that they diddent git
their copies of the Bugle last wk and
have askt us for a explanation of the
reason The only explanation we have
is that for some reason or other there
wassent enuff Bugles to go round and
somebuddy had to be mist, so why not
you?
Miss Alice Woods. sister TO Mrs. Lige
Green was visiting at the Greens but
has went home Miss Alice expedited
to remain a cupp1e OF wks., but stayed
only 2 days Mrs. Green thort Lige
showd Alice too mulch attenshion and
told Alice she calIilated she had better
depart. Our sympathy is with Lige-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

skin coat and hung it up on sapling
beside the road and had jest went into
the brush little way outen sight and
was about to begin to chop when he
heerd Yves shoot
When Ranse seen it was his bearskin
coat that Yves had shot hole through
and Jared it to the ground and then
seen Yves sneakin up on the coat he
fell i'll behint him and hit him turrible
clout from behint.
Ranse stood over Yves and cussed
him until fly wouldn't of lit on him
supposing it had of been warm enuff for
flies He told Yves he was fine bear
hunter not to know bear tracks from
huming tracks and unless Yves prom
Used to pay for damaging his bearskin
coat he would knock him down as fast
as he got up. Under the circumstances
Yves promised, then he piclzt up his ri
file outen the snow and returned to
Bingville in deep disgust.
Well, Yves has one consolashion-he
hit what he shot at ennyhow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
Country Correspondence

Widow Jordan is sprucing up a good
deal of late. Roomer says the widow
is fixing her cap for Sim Hardness, a
respectable bachelor of here It is the
general opinyun that if she ketches Sim
she wont ketch mulch
Ben Gibbs had bundle to come on
the stage from the CO. seat last wk.
but what it was we amt found out, but
will endeavor to do so and let you
know next wk Ben is purity close
mouthed about it but the stage driver
will know whether it was ticker or not
Miss Mary Ann Green the bell of
Happy Valley had a narrer excape to
her pretty foot while ironing last wk
Mary Ann nearly dropt a sad iron
on it
Eph Foster lost two dimes outen a
hole in his pocket tother day. Eph says
the SHOWS so deep he prob1y wont find
EN- until spring and probly not then
Snide Emmons informs us that for
two cts. he would subscribe for the
Bugle being as Jim Petersby who he
used to borry the Bugle from every wk
has quit taking same and this is a good
cal of a inconvenience to Snide who
feels lost without it
Our P o. was closed two DAYS last
wk being as our P NJ was home nurs-
ing bad cold. EXCELSIOR.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
CALAMITY CORNERS

Jim Hill of Sorrow Hollow passed
through here recent looking for a COW
of his who strayd away, but hassent
found her. Jim probably never will if
she was a good COW.
Zeke Snodgrass went to sleep in his
chair before the fire tother evg. with a
lit pipe in his mouth and his whiskers
ketchd fire, but the flames was distin-
quished without emmy serious damage
except it left awful oder in the house
Mrs. Gid Hawkins aint going out
mulch to soshial doings this winter be-
ing as she has been so TUX I'D with
homework that she amt had time to
make herself emmy new clothes and amt
got nothink fit to wear
Mrs. Cid Wheeler has a setting of
Plymouth Rock eggs which she will
sell to whoever desires a setting. Please
call before they deteroarate
Bill Wilson says a woods kitty has
took up its quarters under his wood
shed and so fur as he is concernd it
can remain there in peace being as he
wont poster ii. Bill says he had a ex-
perients with a woods kitty two years
ago & lernt his lesson then.
R. U. ON.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
SHOT,!
That's Whot Wes Woodruff Our
Expert Hunter 6 Trapper Done
to a Big Black Bear Up on
Sawridge MountaIng!---
PartickIers of this Existing Ad-
venchure as per Below!

Being as last Thursday was brite &
fair Yves Woodruff our expert hunter
& trapper thort he would take a hunt
up along the side of Sawridge Noun
taing to see if he couldn't shoot rab-
bit or somethink for stew, SO Yves
he loaded up his ole muzzle loader ri
file and started
Yves left Bingville acrost lots and
struck into the woods and up the noun
taing side west of town. The snow
was about 10 inches deep and the side
of the mountaing was turrible steep
and as result Yves had to pause every
few feet to rest & git his breth back
Bye and bye he got awful tired of wal
lering up the mountaing through the
snow so he struck along the side so as
to come out into ole wood road where
it would be better goin.
Well, when Yves come out into the
road blamed if there wassent the tracks
of bear jest fresh made goin up the
road Yves 1ookt turrible sharp ahead
and craned his neck for quite a spell
as he stood there, but the bear wassent
in site
Then he examined the tracks close
and calkilated that the bear had passed
by not moren few minutes before be-
cuz the snow wassent even froze in the
tracks it had left Yves he examind
his trusty rifle to see that it was in
II, l.
on the bears track with his finger on
the trigger.
Yves haddent follerd the bears tracks
more'n half mile up the road until he
happend to glance ahead and there
| about so yds. from him was the big
gest black bear he had ever saw in his
born days. When Yves seen it the ami
NAL was standin up on its hind feet
near the road quiet like with its back
to Yves like as if it was a lookin ahead.
! Yves said he calkilated that bear stood
over six #. tall
Yves dropped on one knee in the
snow, TUX keerfu1 aim at the bear lest
betwixt the shoulders, and when he got
the rifle sights jest right puld the trig-
ger.
! There was a loud report and the bear
dropt outen site into the deep snow.
| Then Yves run lords the bear as hard
as he could run until he got within a
few yds. of it when he slowd up being
as Yves thort he mite only of wounded
the bear instid of KILN it outright But
the bear diddent move in the snow so
Yves moved leetle mite closer.
While he was sneakin up very keer-
full to git a better look somethinl1 hit
him a belt on the head from behint
| that knockt him flat into the snow also
unconscious
When Yves come to and set up there
was Ranse Hi1lyer his next door naber
standin over him and usin langwidge
which amt fit to print even in the
Bugle.
1t seems Ranse had left Bingvi1le
ahead of Yves follering the wood road
up .Sawridge and takin his axe along
to cut down tree for hrewood. When
Ranse got to where he was a going to
J cut down the tree he TUX off his bear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
Mintzmeet FOR Sale

went and made up more mintzmeet
for my own use last fall than I have
emmy use for, and fearing sah1e will
spite on my hands am willing to sell
some Of it I amt real shure some of
it amt spilled alreddy, but you'll haft
to take that chanst. See me for mintz-
meet MRS. IKE DOOLITTLE.
Bingville.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-06-18
AUTHOR OF WHISPERING
 SMITH" THE MOUNTAIN
 DIVIDE" STRATEGY OF GREAT RAILROADS" ETC.
SYNOPSIS.

Little Helen Holmes, daughter of Gen. eral Holmes railroad man, is rescued from imminent danger on scenic rall- road by George Storm. a newsboy. Grown to young womanhood, Helen saves storm, now a fireman, her father. and his friends. Amos Rhinelander, financier. and Robert Seagrue, promoter. from a threatened collision Safebreakers employed by Sea- grue steal General Holmes survey plans of the cut of line for the Tidewater, ia tally wound the general and escape Her fathers estate badly involved by his death, Helen goes to work on the I1de- water. Helen recovers the survey plans from Seagrue. and though they are taken from her. finds an accidentally made proof of the survey blueprint. storm is em- ployed by Rhinelander. Spike, befriended by Helen. in his turn saves her and the right-of-way contracts when Ssagrue kid maps her. Helen and Storm win for Rhine lander a race against Seagrue for right of-way. Helen, Storm and Rhinelander rescue Spike from Seagrues men. Spike steals records to protect Rhinelander, and Storm and Helen save Spike from death in the burning courthouse. Vein in Superstition mine pinches out. Seagrue salts it and sells it to Rhinelander. The mine is relocated. Rhinelander gives Hel- en and George each one-third of the Superstition mine stock Seagrue's scheme 10 prevent payment for the mine is spoiled Helen. restored to home and so- cial position, saves her departing guests from a threatened collision by 2 wild ride.