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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-03
Wants To Buy

can say that ! am greatly In
favor Of the county buying the fair
grounds. as
The county should conduct the
county fair and make it q financial
success as well as successful other
WISE .5e
The county commissioners can do
much toward this by taking advant-
age Of the opportunity that now pre-
sents itself. The old addage is, "Op-
portunity knocks once at every man
door" This may be true also Of the
county, This golden opportunity
may never present itself again.
The county fair is absolutely es-
sential to the development of this
county and also the Gem state.
We must have a fair grounds then.
If this one is demolished can the
county buy the ground and build one
as good for the same money? No.
If the terms Of the present owners
are, quoted, correctly would be in
favor of the county buying the fair
grounds as business investment, IL
for no other reason. as
There is a better reason, however.
The county fair is q necessity and
it should be financial success. There
are reasons that can be removed IL
it hasn't proved success In the past.
The county commissioners are the
kind of men the people want. AS
they have shown by their wish that
the people would tell them what they
want. The people want men to look
after their welfare. 4.
What will Bingham county do
with their fair without fair
ground?
What would Blackfoot, as a city,
do if the fair grounds were destroy
ed?
There must be some public place
of entertainment provided. Who is
going to do it now that present own
ers of the fair grounds have tired?
The able commissioners will if they
are the men take them to be-. The
county has all the chance in the
world to make a failure successful
and no chance to lose, as they have
the same course left to pursue that
the owners expect to take should the
county fail to grasp this opportunity.
Let's give it a fair test and see
what can be done. Who is there in
Bingham county that would like to
see the fair grounds sold as city
lots? There is no tomorrow even
for the county, but just today.
I'm very doubtful If the county
fair could be successful under the di-
rection of any but the county. People
take more interest in things that they
have interest in. Every citizen is a
part of the county, hence the county
fair must be success or the short
age will be taken out of the peoples
purse. They are bound to give it
better support than they have in the
past.
Now is the time for the county to
get busy. am satisfied If the county
does it's part the people will do their
part. Everything is success until
proven a failure. Success requires
work.
As citizen of Bingham county I
urge the commissioners to think
twice before they let this opportunity
pass and from a personal viewpoint
would hate to see the fair grounds
become a vague remembrance.
MRS. s. e. ROUNDY.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-03

would do the lmpO9BlDl0
Yes, Bingham county should buy
the fair grounds, and then as far as
possible put them into immediate and
continuous use. II this can be done
we reiterate and with emphasis =
purchase the fair grounds. But X
these grounds are only to be used for
a week or so once q year, then le..
somebody else own them. Already
we have far too many public grounds
and buildings that lie idle part of
the time. Think of the money in
vested In public buildings that are
not used to their full capacity, school
houses and churches for example.
But how, you say, can the, fair
grounds be used? What is to be
done with them to make a profitable
Investment? says somebody else, who
measures every proposition from a
money viewpoint, and fails to take
into consideration the real good OF
any public enterprise. And this real
good is anything that adds to the
sum-total of the communities happi-
ness, Such as public Fairgrounds,
supervised SO asto develop character,
municiple markets that make the ex-
change of commodities less difficult
and less expensive, and other things
that provide something good for the
public that is needed and could not
be afforded individually. t,,s.o. !
Yes, purchase the fair grounds and
then induce every person in the en-
tire county to help in making 1t the
most favored spot in the county. Not
only use the grounds for county fairs
but for market centers, where PEG.
pie can meet often to purchase and
sell their commodities. Install In
it market bureau for all crops and
commodities produced in the county
Make it an all the year round place
| for demonstrations of the latest i'm
proved methods in home, farm and
office work. Statesmen are always
willing to demonstrate their goods
Make. it a place where the resources
of the county are always on display
and above all, make it home-likt
where the poor, the rich, the illit
erate, the educated, young and ole
are made equally welcome.
Part of 1t could be used for 9
public playground, not only for the
children OF Blackfoot, but for all the
boys and girls of the county. Il
would make them anxious to visit
their county seat, which would be o.
an educational value to them. Amuse
ments could also be arranged fol
older people. A public reading room
] is always appreciated. In, fact 81
many things could be done that the
people would gladly pay small ad
mission price which would help pay
running expenses. Even If it did moi
pay expenses, and If there were ne
admission fee, its educational value
would make it worth while No one
would want the government to turr
the post office department over tt
private management just because il
finishes each fiscal year with de
fiicit.
And probably its greatest value
would be in making the entire county
more united, causing the people Il
think in larger units, doing away
with local prejudice which would
make Bingham county the best thru
out the intermountain region because
the welfare and betterment of the
whole county would become the ain
of all the Bingham county people.
| T. B. BEARNSON.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-03

The editor Of one of our magazines
says, What can you do? What
one especial thing could you dor
and adds, Every boy and girl should
be taught. to do some thing that
could be turned into money" Our
girls could fill shallow boxes with
good soil and plant pansy and petu-
mia seed, care for teh plants and sell
them for money to buy the seeds
for next summers garden, and sell
the flowers all summer. Just see
how good you feel to earn money
Let the son plant tomatoes and
what he likes now. There is beauty
in the growing spring time in the
kitchen window that we enjoy. Let
the boy and girl see which can be
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-03
BETTER HOMES DEPARTMENT
The Republican Pays 81 Each Week for an Idea
ON What You Have Planned to Increase
Your Crop Yield or Make Home More
Beautiful City Lot or Farm

made the most beautiful and profit
able for the year. The parents buy
ing what they use from both at the
market price, all to be delivered In
good condition.
The nice even brown rows that
hold SO much of promise are equal
the delicate green OF the lettice,
fern like carrots and graceful pea
vines are close rivals in beauty to
any flowers-then they add the good
things to eat all the year.
Yes, indeed, would say well
cared for vegetable garden Is q point
ahead of the flower garden, but let
us have both.
MRS. H. p. PETERSON,
Blackfoot, R. f. d. 1.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-03

These figures slightly favor the
Shorthorn. It must be recognized
that these are extreme weights, and
apply to animals fitted for the show
ring. Yet this fact should not af-
feet the fairness of she comparison.
Interesting steer weights are those
of the old American Fat Stock show,
covering Is years between 1878 and
1894, as published by the Kansas
state board of agriculture. The aver
age weights of the two-year-old
steers for IA years were 1,765 pounds
for the Shorthorns and 1872 pounds
for the Herefords, while the average
weight for all breeds was 1851
pounds.
There have been many large
weights recorded for cattle of each
of these breeds, but they are abnor-
NAL and do not give true measure
of the size to be expected under fair
conditions.
Ohio State University.
G. 8. PLUMB.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-03
HE WILL PAY YOU

Do you want to take somebody's
note for an obligation? We have all
the kinds, colors and forms of notes
you could wish for. We sell one or
thousand at time. Ask to see
them at The Republican office.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-03

We need good roads and better
streets. II we have any money to
spare, use 1t where people can get
some good out Of 1t.
Shill Bingham county buy the fair
grounds? No! Most decidedly No.
MRS. w. T. BROWN.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-03
Board of Town Commissioners,
Ben Air, Maryland, February / Z

Board of Town Commissioners,
Ben Air, Maryland, February II.
4 1916. Did
Mr.. Byrd Trego, Blackfoot, Idaho.
Dear Sir: In reply to your letter
of recenta date, to Mr.. Hanway, will
say that for 80 years prior to 1905
an annual county fair was held here.
1t was forced to. discontinue exhibi-
tions on account of lack of funds due
to poor patronage. At no time was
it ever conducted by the county. The
property is now owned by an asso-
citation known as the Hartford County
Farmers association, and 1t is in
practically the same shape as when
fairs were held. It is yearly the
scene of matinee races, picnics, etc.
Yours very truly,
HALL L. MUNNIKHUYSEN,
Secretary"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-03

"Office OF County Clerk Of Merrick
county, Central City, Nebraska,
February IL, 1915.
Byrd Trego, Blackfoot, Idaho.
Dear Sir: Yours of February s,
at hand and will say that the Mer-
rick County Agricultural & Fair as
ISOLATION is owned by an association,
and not by the county, and never
was owned by the county, but they
are still having an annual county fair
in the county and are very much
alive at the present time.
.'The first attempt at having an an
nual fair was a failure, but later they
reorganized and are still holding an
annual fair.
Hoping this answers your inquiry
fully, am
very truly yours,
JOHN McKENDRY,
Deputy County Clerk. y
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-03-03
The Fait of the
Blackfoot Fair

Air, Maryland and at Central City,
Nebraska, had been operated by the
county governments and had gone to
the dogs. Immediately upon the
publication of the article, we wrote
the mayor of Bel Air and the county
clerk of Merrick county, to see IL the
statements we had published regard
ing them were correct, and we re-
ceiyed prompt replies indicating that
neither of them was correct. The let
ter from the mayor and the county
clerk follow:
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-12
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.


A Proclamation. by The Governor.
/. Henry u. Hatfield, Governor OF the
State or West Virginia. pursuant TO the
Constitution and Laws of said State, do
hereby proclaim, announcing 10 the voters
OF the State Of West Virginia. that on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday In
November, in the year One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Sixteen, there will DO sub
mittcd for ratification or rejection an
amendment to the Constitution Of said
State as follows, to-wit;
PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
That Section twenty-three Of Article
eight OF said Constitution as 1t now Is be
altered and amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
ers shall be elected by the voters Of the
county and hold their office for the term
OF six years. except ut the first meeting
OF said commissioners they shall designate
by lot, or otherwise, in such manner rs
they may determine, one of their number
who shall hold his office for term of two
wears one for four years and one for slN
years 30 that one shall he elected every
two years. But no two Of said commits
sioners shall be elected from the same
magisteriaI district. But il two or more
persons residing In the same district shall
receive the greater number of votes cast
at any election, then only the one OF such
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-12
.GHILT0N'S MOTIVE
IS QUITE SELFISH
Wants to Have First Regiment
Go to Camp So as TO Help
His Street Railroad.

CHARLESTON, Oct. 12.-It Is es-
timated that Senator W. L. Chiffon
and former Governor W. A. Nc
Corile's street car company which
operates an interurban line from
Charleston extending past the mobili-
cation camp at Kanawha City where
the Second West Virginia regiment
infantry is encamped. has pronted
more than 100000 by the soldiers
having been held here so long.
Open charges are made about camp
that Senator Chilton's efforts to hold
the Second regiment here were due
10 selfish reasons. and now that the
Second regiment is said 10 be sure
10 move TO the Mexican border, Sena-
tor Chiffon. assisted by Congressman
NJ. NJ. Nicely, is seeking to have the
First infantry ordered in the same
camp to take the place OF the depart
ing soldiers.
The street car company refused TO
reduce the rate ia camp from ten
cents to five cents for the soldiers.
and every time a private comes to
town and returns by car. he is re-
quired to pay three-ffths OF his days
wages to the company. II is estimated
that considerably more than one-half
OF the soldiers pay went to the COM
pany. and the monthly payroll is over
100000. This. in addition to the
civilian traffic induced by the location
Of the camp. has made for Senator
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-12
BIG EATERS GET
KIDNEY TROUBLE
Take Salts at First Sign of
Bladder Irritation or
BaCkaChe.

The American men and women
must guard constantly against kid,
ncy trouble. because we eat too
much and all our food is rich Our
blood Is filled with uric acid which
the kidneys strive to litter out. they
weaken from overwork. become slug
gish: the eliminative tissues clog and
the result Is kidney trouble. bladder
weakness and Il general decline in
health.
When your kidneys feel like Jumps
Of lead: your back hurts or the urine
H. clody. full OF sidiment or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night; II you suf-
fer with sick headache or dizzy. nerv-
Gus spells, acid stomach. or you have
when the weather is bad.
get from your pharmacists about
four ounces of Jad Salts; take ia
in glass of water before
breakfast for few days. and YOU
kidneys will then act fine. This ia
nous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice. combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to flush and simulate
ologged kidneys; TO neutralize the
acids in the urine so II no longer is
source of irritation, thus ending
bladder Advertisement.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-12

persons receiving the highest number Oh
votes shall hc declared elected and the ppt-
son living in another district who shall
receive the next highest number OF sotrs
SHAH b" declared elected. said commits
stOners shall annually elect one Of thnlr
number rs president. and ench shall rc.
ceiNe four dollars p"r day for ais scrvIrr
in court to hc paid out OF the county
treasury; provided. however. thnt SAID
payment Of four dollars per day shall nor
exceed the sum Of four hundred dollars
per year for each commissioner: and prO-
vided further that such compensation MAY
Ice in .rased in any county by the assent
Of majority Of the votes cast on tho
question at any general or special clcr.
The proposcc amendment is designated
ms County Court AmenduBent and on the
official ballot TO be voted ut said election
will he printed the following:
BALLOT 0S CONSTITUTIONAL. COZ NTY
COURT AMENDMENT.
Amending Section twenty three Of Article
FOR ratification Of county Court Amend.
ment.
Against ratification of County Court
Amendment.
Those favoring the rn,iib'ation NJ said
amendment will vote For Ratification or
County Court Amendment" and those or.
posing will vote against Ratification Of
County Court Amendment"
Given under my hand and the
Great Seal of the state at the
Capitol. this seventh day Of An.
tSEAI.) gust, III the year Of our Lord One
Thousand Nine Hundred and Six.
teen. and of the State the Fifty
fourth
HENRY d. HATFIELD.
BY the Governor;
STUART +, REED,
Secretary Of State.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-12
UNION VETERANS
VERY BADLY USED
Clau>c Sncuilcd In.

out 70 me letter its oxtraordinary
provisions
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an enemy by such officer or enlisted
man or by troops with which he was
serving at the time OF such action"
The amendment further provided
that in case the board shall find that
said medal was issued for any cause
other than that hereinafter specified,
the name OF the recipient shall be
stricken permanently from the medal
OF honor list. If a member OF the
army, he shall be reqired to return
the medal TO the war department for
cancellation; and the law even goes
SO far as to provide that II Union
veteran is found in possession Of
modal condemned by this board 1T
shall be mlsdemeanor for him TO
wear or publicly display the medal"
Not only therefore, are the repu-
table medalholders OF the Twenty
seventh Name thus attacked by this
Democratic legislation but the valid
ity of every medal of honor issued
by the United States is questioned.
As soon as the new law was passed
the secretaries OF war aud navy be-
gan to certify medalist benehclaries
to the pension bureau, but upon the
passage Of the army bill the war de-
paTtment withdrew these certificates
and notified holders to return them.
The pension commissioner returned
TO the war department all the papers
received from it: and this situation
existed until about two weeks ago.
when the certificates were returned
to the pension Office, and number
of additional certivcates have been
Issued. The pension commissioner
then gave public notice of the grant
Ing Of special pensions to 100 men
and since that time forty-seven more
pensions have been granted. the to-
tai number probably reaching 200.
To Rob the Grave.
OF the 3.732 honor medalists, only
305 were living at the time the bill
was passed, outside Of the Twenty
seYent hMaine The Overwhelming
majority OF soldiers TO whom the
medals We're issued died long ago.
ana their medals are either buried
with them or preserved as heirlooms
by their families. All these medals
are subject to cancellation by the
board OF general officers of the war
department. II review discloses
them not to have been issued in ac-
cordance with the terms Of new
law which is materially different from
the law under which the medals were
issued.
Secretary Baker. upon the passage
of the army bill, promptly appointed
a board of general officers to inyesti-
gate the medalists, of which Major
General Nelson A. Miles is chair
man. This board held one meeting.
and Immediately found itself in the
midst OF a legal mess which. it may
be presumed. is as disgusting to its
members as II has proved to be TO the
few outsiders who are aware OF the
facts.
It is said that the board informally
scanned the provisions OF the special
pension law and was at once moved
TO inquire what possible service
soldier could render that would be.
as the law phrased it. above and
beyond the call of duty"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-12

uro ~, s,,,.,,,
~ r. ~. S."tus OF me medalists of
n"u VIZ -Seyehth Maine infantry
", ~. ,a''' :, SUBJECT Oh animated dis
n"Sn''in hese were nine month
-, 'oae term OF service was
"Do", W rNp'Ie' ~neh the regiment
T"' uIutIea 10 Arlington Heights,
,,,. Il,'t i. arrived June -. 1868,
pi'l"'"'"'N 70 osinE sent home to be
mustered OUT While the regiment
M"s ~ lnaI place President Lincoln
requested II TO remain in service a
Sllort '!lhe longer because Of Lees
!nhaSlon oi pennsylvania. About
""' officers and enlisted men yolun-
tenr"d 20 remain ana did remain at
Arlington Heights. across the Foto-
hl'c from me White House. until the
result o. tue battle OF Gettysburg
was known. The remainder Of the
regiment $50 men, declined TO re-
man and were sent home July 4
Iincnln'> Promise
y was the promise Of President
Lincoln that these volunteers should
be rewarded and this promise was
confirmed IN q general order 81 The
war department. In the issuance oil
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-12
For q Muddy Cnmnle,inn.

Take Chamberlain's Tablets and
adopt diet of vegetables and cereals.
Take outdoor exercise daily and your
complexion viii be greatly improved
within few months. Try it. OBJ
tainable Observation-Disclosures.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-12

Chiffon an enterprise more valuable.
and until recently less talked about,
than his Gold Hin enterprise OF
which the press Of the country took
notice last year,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-12

commissioner of pensions. the Ger
uacute constituting mll and sur
rci"nt authority 10 the commissioner
81 pensions for the payment lay him
70 the beneficiary named in such Ger
lilcate the special pension provided
Tor"
During the debate upon this meas
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-12

Clausr snrnI,.d /,
Ihr legislation "aici thl- at
tempt 20 pass disCredlt upon ~"
most glorious figures u ihs civil
var "as sheaked int" me national
asithsr "c' ~ conference u never
hSd been made subject 81 debate
Y either branch nor Has me "a
!sience q tAr amendment known mn.
~ thr report q ~" coni"r"rS was
before thr senate and i ~as then too
late 2 defeat me amrndn>n' without
endangcrns The whole biii,
For several years me militar, r.en
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-23

HEARST HELPS.-In the Jewish
foreign relief fund William Randolph
Hearst is down for a payment Of
$1,000. Is it fair to assume this is
the same William Randolph Hearst
who owns the Atlanta Georgian and
who used that newspaper to add fury
to the whirlwind of passion and hate
that ended in the death of the Jewish
manufacturer, Leo Frank?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-23

Ill Ill., under the Act OF March J. 1873. D.
THE OUTLOOK.-It looks bad for
Denis in Chicago this year. With
the Trib, Herald and Exam. and the
News, Post and American all plug
ging the G. o. P. game, and the
Journal playing Thompson on one
end and Wilson on the other, thereu
be nobody for Wilson but the folks.
At that, the News is the fairest to-
ward Wilson of all the G. o. P. papers
in Chicago.
But then, maybe public opinion
will mould itself this year.
GOOD THEORIES. - Young ma
tiOns, like the newest babies, profit
much by modern advantages. There
is Cuba, which, according to her in
heTited traditions, should deal with
criminals after the manner Of the
middle ages.
But Cuba, although only recently
made a republic, is setting older
countries an example in prison con-
strUctiOn, management and disci-
pline. At present her prisoners make
their own clothes and work on the
government roads.
A new prison which is now being
planned by Col A. H.. AguiTre, the
warden of thethree Havana prisons,
will be a model of scientific arrange
ment and it will be constructed as
far as possible by the cOnviCts.
Col. AguiTre is at present in the
U. S. getting posted on some of the
fine theories in which we are long"
We have plenty of theories about
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-23
THIS is THE LIFE!

ITO - F1E LIFE.
The Walker Brothers who have
the mail contract between here and
HarbOr received a "jacken up" the
other day by the department for car
rying letters without full postage on
them The boys are continually
worried about the situation as they
hate to refuse a neighbOr the favor
Of carrying a sealed note a few miles,
yet. it has put them in bad with the
department. Patrons Of a route of
this kind should not expect the mail
carriers to do anything that the pos
tai regulations fOTbid.-GOld Beach
LAr.n L IInhn