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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03
HAS DECIDED OPINIONS

]. J. Spicer, formerly of Blackfoot
and Moreland, but now of Weiser,
Idaho, in writing business letter
to the editor of The Republican, add
ed the following cordial expression
regarding the character of our paper.
Perhaps he will not care if we pub
lish it: "A
please let the good old Idaho Re-
publican come on. 1t is too good
a paper to discontinue. l decided
more than two years ago that it was
the best weekly paper in Idaho and
in fact the best / ever read and that
is saying good deal, for have read
a great number in the west and far
southeast. In fact l regard The
Idaho Republican far better than a
great many dailies. Its editorial
page can't be beat. l have obtained
more good sound common sense from
it's editorials than from all other
papers combined and think so much
of it am filing every copy for future
reference and think | can get many
valuable pointers while writing for
other papers in eastern Oregon and
southwestern Idaho.
Your writings hit the nail on the
head in every line and hope you and
your paper will grow stronger and
prosper more and more as the years
roll on is the wish of,
Yours respectfully,
4 j. ]. SPICER.
P. S. We are both having good
health, better than for many years.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03
BASALT


Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Wilburn
Robertson a baby boy, Sunday, Oc-
tober %. Both mother and baby are
doing fine.
Andrew Christensen is the man
who purchased the Tuft farm instead
of r. T. Quinn as was stated last
week. 1t will only be a matter OF
a few years until there will be no
Basalt-it will be North Firth. We
are getting closer together each year.
The Davis brothers recently pur-
chased new threshing machine for
their dry farm. They are nearly as
bad off now as before as the old
engine hasn't power enough to pull
the new machine successfully.
Mrs. J. w. Curd drove to Idaho
Falls, Friday, in Joseph Bybee' s
FORD; on their way back the car
sustained a punctured tire. Mrs.
Curd got out to make an inspection
of the car and some way lost her
purse containing $12.
Harry Whitmill and family left for
FAN view and Payson, Utah, in their
new Saxon car. They will visit with
relatives for a week.
]. e. Thompson, of Salt Lake. is
here to dispose of some city lots thru
our new real estate agents, Lester
Nelson and Joseph Bybee.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03
THE CUB SAYS

L. S. Harvard, who is farming part
of the Trego ranch selected medium
sized potatoes for seed last spring
for one acre of his land. On the
rest of the land he planted the seed
just as it happened to come. The
acre of selected seed produced SO
sacks more than the land where the
unsolicited seed was planted. His
profit was about 500 for selecting
the seed for one acre.
e. T. Shelman, of Springfield,
operates garage and well drilling
outfit. He has just recently returned
from the sinks of Little Lost river
where he drilled several wells. One
for Holland brothers 1853 feet deep,
one for Mr. Blake 101 feet deep, and
one at 10y Nelson's 23S feet deep.
This one is seven miles southeast of
Howe and it took Mr. Shelman IL
days to drill it. The formation was
mixture of clay and gravel and
loose rock Mr.. Shelman undertook
drilling well at A. w. Nichols in
Arco pass, but after digging to a
depth of $50 feet, thru lime rock,
they gave it up. Mr.. Shelman will
drill several wells in the Springfield
country this fall. One for the Ster-
ling school, George Thurston, G. A.
Line and H. K Wiley. Mr.. Shelman
handles gas, oil and air at Spring
field. He also has a good black
smith shop and lathe and repairs
autos that go that way.
George Pugmire, of Springfield,
raised LOG sacks of potatoes on three
fourths of an acre. He sold them
in Pocatello early in the fall for two
cents a pound, making the income
at the rate of 1882 per acre.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03
DO YOU LIVE IN A SHACK?

You don't have to, l will build you
home with all the latest improve
ments, including built-in ironing
board, kitchen cabinet, breakfast
nook, automatic dumb-waiter, china
closets, collonade, disappearing beds
or modern heating plant, at figure
so low it will surprise you. 1t costs
no more to- be, up-to-date. 1t costs
you nothing to investigate.
By careful planning your old home
can be made more comfortable by
the addition of any of these improve
ments. When shall I call to talk it
over. Phone $50, J. j. Quillin, 457
North Ash street. adv, 15tf
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03
CHRISTMAS LETTERS

You will have number of Christ
mas letters to write, some before and
some afterward. Those presents must
be acknowledged nicely, and it is
best to use distinctive stationery.
Your thanks will look more real and
more impressive.
Now is a good time to get pre-
pared with a supply of headed sta
tionery. You can afford a few dol
lars to appear prosperous any day,
for that counts for something.
You don't have to wear a white
collar to church; you don't have to
vote in November; you, don't have to
have your own printed stationery
but it's more satisfactory to do So
The Idaho Republican for artistic
print.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03


each year a part of the interest ac-
cruing on money received from the
sale of state lands. He proposes that
as the interest is received from the
loans of interest money, that part
of it shall be re.loaned-not all of
it spent. He proposes that we shall
adopt this program of thrift that
shall insure our living within our
means and slowly but surely increas-
ing our capital and the earnings from
our capital.
He also proposes that we shall
sell off the state lands faster than
we have been doing if we can find
purchasers, and that calls for con-
stitutional amendment. We are to
vote upon that amendment next
Tuesday, and it does not mean that
we are to squander the states in
heritance as some say, but merely
get our idle capitalize wild lands
to earning something sooner than
it would otherwise do. 1t means al
so, that the wild lands are to be made
into farms and homes faster ii pos
sible, and that they shall be yielding
an income for the state by means OF
taxes.
1t would be better for the state
to sell lands on 40 years time than
to let them remain in their wild
state yielding nothing. During the
40 years, the purchaser would be
paying 6 per cent interest to the
state, and that alone would amount
to two and a half times the pur-
chase price. Therefore, the state
had better give man title outright
at the end of the thirty-ninth year
than to have had the land in its wild
state all the time and been receiving
no taxes from the improvements or
the land itself for an indefinite per-
iod.
By every rule of reasoning, Mr..
Davis's plan is a good thing and is
what we western people need to in
corporate into our private as we'll
as our public business. 1t is time
for Idahoans to discard the old plan
on which the first settlers and placer
miners worked, namely, to mine out
the surface gold and leave the coun-
Try. Ills SIdIo 10 W NC IA0 POI AAoii
ent home of a civilized people who
are to have a government and fixed
places of living and fixed modes of
life, and it is childish and foolish
for us to shirk the responsibility of
laying strong the foundations of a
government that we know must last
or be a reproach upon each genera
ton that shirks the task. Davis Is
the man with plan.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03
j. e. KELLEY'S ANNOUNCEMENT

/ am the Democratic nominee for
county commissioner for the first
district, and desire to inform the pub
lie that if elected / shall give my
best efforts to this part of the public
service.
l am a farmer and have been a
resident of this county Is years. Six
years ago / was elected chairman of
the board of directors for the Snake
River Valley Irrigation district, and
at the end Of my term was re-elect-
ed without opposition and am still
serving.
l think the greatest problem be-
fore the county commissioners is the
roads and bridges, and I am in favor
of pushing road work vigorously
when the material is moist enough
to pack, and stopping work when it
has passed that stage. l think road
and bridge work should be done so
it will be more lasting, even tho the
initial cost is more. / favor making
culverts longer, so that the width
Of the road bed will not be broken
by them, and / am emphatically OPP
posed to handling such work in a
way to center the employment among
a few individuals when there are
other taxpayers able and desiring to
share the work and give good service.
J. e. KELLEY,
adv. If Shelley, Idaho.
Butter is necessary to the STAFF Of
life and good wrappers are necessary
to good butter. Idaho Republican.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03
WICKS


William Kinds finished harvesting
his beet crop ON Tuesday. and con-
sidering the many disadvantages
with which the beet raisers of this
section have had to contend the past
season, the yield was fairly good.
Some of the real live Hallowe en-
spooks were out in our vicinity on
Tuesday night and turned things
tOpsy-turvy. 1t may require the as
sistance Of carpenter to- put some
of our buildings together again, but
we hope the "spooks" enjoyed them
selves for, at is an ill wind that
blows good to nobody"
Mrs. Charlotte Anderson and fami-
ly, of Blackfoot, motored out to the
L. w. Johnson home ON Sunday.
Sunday guests at the Powell home
were Mrs. Charles La Fever and
daughters, Irma and Elsie, of Black
foot, and Ross Fletcher, Herman
Wanman and Maurice Shaw, of
Moore, Idaho.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hyde enter
tanned Mr.. Hyde's father, of Cres-
cent, Utah, for several days last
week. Z.
Miss Alice Beach, of American
Falls, was weekend guest of the
G. A. Powell family.
Mrs. ]. G. Thompson and daughter
Hester visited with the David A.
Johnson family on Sunday.
H. C. McGonagle was a pleasant
caller here on Tuesday evening.
A., ]. Teney, who has been ailing
for some time, was quite i'll the first
of the week, but is somewhat improv-
ed at this writing.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03
Why 1 Am for Hughes

81 am for Hughes because with my
own eyes:
81 have seen the destruction of a
nation; with my own ears | have
heard the cries of that bleeding
agonized remnant of what three years
ago was the Mexican people.
81 have seen under the auspices OF
the Democratic administration, or
ganized government destroyed in a
sovereign state-whose greatest mis-
fortune at this time is to be our
neighbor.
Il have seen authority destroyed
as certainly as if we had taken the
machinery of administration into our
physical hands and broken it. And
in regard to all this I have seen in
stalled an organized campaign of mis-
representation where the wrongs of
this sister nation are concerned
whereby the cries of the people have
heen stifled their agonies concealed,
their rights-their human rights
trampled to earth.
Il have seen the House of God pro-
famed, the ministers of Christ cast
into ignominy, holy women defiled.
And last but not least
81 have seen our citizens whose
right to protection there is as indis-
putable as that of the sons of Eng
land, Germany, France, Spain, Japan,
of the fruits of honest
labor.
"Our women have been outraged,
our children tortured, our men left
to lie in their blood. Now, with the
help of God and confiding in the
greatness of our nation,
l hope for the vindication of our
honor where other nations are con-
the performance of our
duty where our own people are con-
cerned.
81 am for Hughes-becaus l be-
lieve man has arisen who, as our
chief executive will safeguard our
most precious poss ossion on land and
sea-at home and abroad-our ma
tional honor!"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03

1t has been found that the sup
RENE court of Idaho is best balanced
by having one member from the
north, one from the southeast and
from the southwest. The only
to continue this arrangement is
by electing John @. Rice, of Caldwell.
Advertisement 1872
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03

be indefinitely postponed.
The Democrats Of Thomas report
having held a rousing and well at
tended rally last week. B. Harvey
Alfred was the principal speaker
From his experience with Mexican
character and the conditions of Amer
leans in Mexico he was able to give
the audience some valuable and en-
tertaining information.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03
THOMAS

Mrs. Edward van Orden is slowly
improving, but is not yet considered
entirely out Of danger.
Republican speakers came out to
Thomas one night last week for the
purpose of holding rally, but as the
audience failed to put in an appear
ance the speaking Of course had to
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03
COYOTE AND BOB CAT BAIT

Coyotes and bob cats easily caught
with nice little trick in trapping
and preparation l send out at 81
a quart or trial bottle for SO cents
and will include a free package of
bait to be used in connection with
this scent. Such animals as skunk
and mink are dead easy marks for
it. To those who wish reference be-
fore dealing with me, l can fur
nish to your entire satisfaction as l
have been here and at Pocatello for
two years. Address A. Eichelberger,
Blackfoot. Idaho, or call at the Club
Cigar store for goods. adv. 15-2p
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03

A vote for John G. Rice as Justice
OF the supreme court is vote for
character, efficiency and high legal
standards i'm the highest court i'm the
state. Advertisement. 1872
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03

Quality 10 the thing, in butter
wrappers as we'll as in butter. The
first sale is on looks, and repeat
orders ON taste. Idaho Republican
wrappers add to the appearance and
preserve taste. adv.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03
MRS. o'sHAUGHNEssY SPEAKS

Mrs. O'Shaughnessy, wife Of AM
bassador O'Shaughnessy, who was in
Mexico so long during the outrages
there, and whose report on conditins
was ignored by President Wilson and
Secretary of State Bryan, speaks her
mind on the presidential situation as
follows.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03
HE OFFERS A PLAN

d. w. Davis, Of
American Falls, is
the Republican can
didate for governor.
He is the man who
proposes that this
state shall set an ex-
ample of thrift and
economy by investing
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-03

Butter is necessary to the STAFF OF
life and good wrappers are necessary
to good butter. Idaho Republican,
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-01
AN UNDERWORLD PALACE.
Wonderful Things to Be Seen In the
Luray Caverns


Halfway up the Shenandoah valley
are the Luray caverns, an underworld
palace built by the busy hands of trio.
king waters.
Aladdin, We are told, was once per.
m1tted to enter cave which exhibited
such decorations that its glory both
dazzled and affrighted. But Aladdin
never beheld anything more wondrous-
ly exquisite than the water built archi
lecture of Luray.
Ihe Throne room is canopied with
curtains woven of diamonds and pearls
The Saracen tent has more than orien
tai splendors Of richest damasks and
golden samite, which drapes the crys-
tai couch in festoons of magic beauty.
Titania's veil is woven of petrified spi.
ders' web, while the ballroom seems as
if set to celebrate a marriage between
the gods.
The visitor to Luray today shares the
sentiment Of another visitor of long
ago who exclaimed, Mortal hath not
made the like nor human fancy con-
ceiyed thing more magnifcent."-N
tional Geographic Magazine.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-01
PICTURES IN THE HOME.
Have Them Appropriate to the Rooms
In Which They Are Hung.

Pictures add a great deal to the
beauty of a home if they are selected
with taste and care. They do not
have to be expensive to be beautiful,
many delightful reproductions of the
works of the old masters being on
sale nowadays at prices within the
reach of the most modest pocketbook.
Before putting up q picture on your
wall be sure that it has some meaning
and some beauty Also it should be
appropriate TO the room it is to adorn
For instance. family photographs have
no place on the walls of a living room.
They are too intimate a decoration for
room in which strangers as well as
friends are apt to be entertained. Re,
serve family photographs for the bed
rooms or den"
Select for the living room landscapes,
reproductions Of still life, ideal heads
and faces and good photographs of
masterpieces. Such pictures are not
only instructive to the family, but
they may form an interesting topic Of
conversation to the friends who are
entertained in this room.
The music room of course should be
adorned with good photographs Of en-.
while the library calls aloud for por-
traits of literary and other public men
Exchange
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-01
SEAL OF THE TREASURY.
Meaning of the Latin Inscription on
Uncle Sans Paper Money.

Many persons and even those with a
the Latin language, find hardship in
translating the Latin that is on the
dollar bill as well as on all denomina-
tions of currency issued by the United
States. This Latin is in the great cir
Gle of the seal of the treasury of the
United States and that seal is near the
middle of the right hand half Of the
bill. The legend on the ssal is The,
saur. Amer. Septent. Sigil.," being an
abbreyiation of the Latin, "Thesauri
Americae Septentrionalis Sigillum. "
meaning THE seal of the treasury of
North America"
In addition to the Latin Inscription
on the seal there are number of sym
bolS on the seal, stars, a balance and
keys. The thirteen stars represent the
thirteen original colonies. Justice. the
blind goddess holding the balance. has
always been favorite with the de-
visers of state seals. The first design
submitted for the great seal of the
United States had this device in full,
but it was omitted entirely from the
one finally adopted The designers of
our treasury seal used the balance
alone as an emblem of justice Keys,
in secular heraldry, have been used
from remote antiquity to denote offices
of state Washington Star
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-01
Daily Optimistic Thought.
Truth may be smothered but not AZ
nguieh od
Christian Endeavor in Warm Weather

Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Perry and Miss
Mary Morrison fine leaders in Pomo-
ma visited the Press Superintendent's
home recently.
This is our last article in August.
September means the approach of fall
in northern states. Here it is usual
ly one of the most summery we have.
So there is yet need of warm-wcather.
keeping-at-it religion.
Many pastors are returning from
well-deserved vacations. Among
them has been Rev. Smith of the
United Brethren of Tampa, bringing
with him financial support from
friends in the North, as that their
new church building Will soon be COM
menced. This item we get from
The Tampa Times.
How many read the article. IooIl.
ing Death in the Face" by DR.. Clark,
in the last Christian Endeavor World,
Let us rejoice that he is able to
write for us again.
lnterlachen, in Northwestern dis
trct, IS again trying the have-a-so-
ciety plan. Mrs. Bischoof is prpsi-
dent, Miss Clarene Fraser, Treasurer
Mr.. VIM. Zorn, Rec. Secretary and
your humble servant, Cor. Secretary
Rev R. c. Drisko, who is filing The
Congregational pulpit this summer :s
an ardent worker.
This bright item is lust in from
our press reporter, Miss Elizabeth n
Burlelgh, of the Congregational so.
ciety of Tavares: Last WednnsJa,,
evening we had a transparency ne an
object lesson. A large C. r, nonn m
gram was cut out of the bottom, If
a pasteboard box, then covered y, u,itb ~
red tissue paper. This was covoroJ
with a heavy dark paper and stooJ
on table with strong LIGHT be5iUg SSGOd
1t. As each member took na,.t r.t'''u y
strip of the heavy paper was t6r, p-r, oF
so that at the close of the moo+imn [la Eit
the whole c. f. was lighted Eng Eng
within, We used the ionic CT 1m,,
Beauty and How to get it so Il rue @
good Illustration" This i+or, ~ was as
good for it shows how, how IS Is
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-01

make the illustration, and thus others
can "sit up and take notice." The
Tavares society holds Wednesday
evenings instead of prayer-meeting.
Visiting other societies is a very
popular fellowship plan this summer.
it would be a good one for all the
year, only in winter folks seem to be
too busy at home for cultivating
the exchange plan. Recently the De-
Land Endeavorers, of East Central
district, visited Presbyterians. And
the latter enjoyed it so much that
they began right away planning to 60
down to Sanford and see how they
were getting along.
Plans were all made for organiza-
ton of a Christian Endeavor socie-
ty and the Sunday before the organi-
zation was effected the Baptists
started a B. Y. P. u, and as there
was but enough for one society, that
ended the inter-denominational work
of ours getting a hold in that small
community. This is the report from
one of the districts recently.
Here is fine item Mr.. Lehman
sent. "Christian Endeavor societies
with nearly 25O members have recent
ly been formed among the young men
of the National Guard in camp in
South Carolina and Georgia" Why
not at the Florida encampment
grounds Black Point?
GRACE A. TOWNSEND.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-01
A Costly Tuft of Feathers.

On the apex of the crown worn by
the Prince of Wales on special occa-
sions is curious feather, or, rather
tuft of feathers, the top of which is
adorned with a gold thread. The value
of this feather is estimated at S5O.OOO,
and it has the distinction of being the
only one Of its kind in human posses
sion. Twenty years passed after the
first hunter set out to procure the
feather before it was attained, and
during that period more than a dozen
hunters had lost their lives in the
quest The costly tuft is of periwak
feathers, and the extraordinary danger
incurred in procuring it was due to
the fact that the periwak. for some I'M
known reason, is to be found only in
dense jungles in which tigers make
their lair
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-01
Then She Felt Better.

To the great relief of the neighbors,
the snobbish and unpopular Jones
family were moving.
While the furniture was being
brought out some difficulty was ex-
perienced in removing a planoforte
from an upper room, and some one
proposed getting it through large
window and sliding it down.
Then came suggestion from the
Jones next door neighbCr, who had
long fostered the deepest enmity to-
ward them, though until now she had
attempted to conceal it.
NO" she said acidly, all her pent
up bitterness at last showing itself in
her tone; "let it come out as it went
tn-on the installment systemr'-Lon-
don Mail
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-01
FAMILY AVOIDS
SERIOUS SICKNESS
By Being Constantly Supplied With
Thedford's Black-Draught.

McDuff Val suffered for several
years" says Mrs. J. B. Whitaker, o.
This place, "wiih sick headache, and
stomach trouble.
Ten years ago friend told me to try
Thedford'S Black -Draught, which | did,
and found it to be the best family medl-
cine for young and old.
keep Black-Draught on hand all the
time now, and when my children feel a
little bad, they ask me for dose, and il
does them mere good than any medicine
they ever tried.
We never have a long spell of sick.
ness in eur iaHlily, since we commenced
using Black -Draasht."
TheNerd's Black-Draught is purely
vegetable, and has been found to regll
lata weak stcmachs, aid digestion, re-
lieve indigestion, collie, wind, nausea,
headache, sick stomach, and similar
symptoms.
II has been in co lstant use for more
tilaa R years, and has benefited more
tllsa million prople.
Ycur druggist sell. and recommends
Black -DrauGft. ri only 25c. Get a
Package -daV. NC 1923