The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-16
Chief Executive and Party
Visit |. w. w. Strongholds
And Tell of Duty of Hour

| in the afternoon and were met by the
town band with a very large part o1
the citizenship of that section. Sen
ator Grant of Clearwater county, ap-
peared as spokesman for the citizens
of Elk River and the governor and
his party were guests at a dinner al
the home of Senator Grant
At 2:30 the people gathered upon the
main street of Elk River where a
speakers. stand had been erected for
the occasion. Senator Grant called
upon District Attorney Smith of Clear
water county, for few remarks and
he advised the people that the officers
of the county would do their utmost to
see that the civil law was maintained
and asked that the people of Elk Ri
YER cooperate with their officers in
maintaining the same; that in the ev-
!, eilt that the county authorities need
ed any assistance they would call up
On the governor of the state for as
| sistance, and in the event that the
state and county officers were unable
| to maintain civil law that the militia
would be called and that martial law
would prevail.
A WOman's Brave Deed
The presence of the /. w. VS. was
apparent at this meeting, there being
quite a distinct division of the people,
indicating the division of the people
in the community. There appeared to
be some tension in feeling, probably
brought about by an incident which
had happened the evening before.
Mrs. Ivan Thomas, whose husband
was employed away from home and
wass required to be away at nights,
had for some time past been annoyed
|by certain members of the I. W. VS.,
sheXclaiming that they had made
practice of "peeping Tom" and hung
about her residence much to her an
noyance On Saturday night she
heard some one prowling about and
taking flash light and a gun with
her she went out doors and caught
foreigner in the act. His name was
not obtained. She marched this in
dividual, at the point of the gun, down
town and turned hm over to the town
marshal. He is now in the hands of
the sheriff. This apparent tension
present in the crowd caused the state
officers to talk straight from the
shoulder and not mince words in the
known presence of the |. w. WIS.
Takes Oath of Office
Secretary of State Doughterty when
called upon, advised the people that
on January 1st last, that he together
with the other state officers, had
sworn to uphold the laws of the state
of Idaho, and that the governor and
his counsel had come north to assist
in seeing that they were upheld. He
told the people that it was not the de-
sire of the civil officers to be partial
to any one; that each individual that
interferred with the other mans
right to labor in peace was breaking
the civil law and would be dealt with |
accordingly.
Power of the Government
The governor in addressing the !
crowd pointed out that we were at a !
crisis in the history of our nation, !
that those things which the stars and |
strips stand for were now hanging |
in the balance; that our country, our
labor, our crops, and our lumber re-
sources were needed and that if not
given freely that the government had
the power to take them; that it had
the power to commander everything
that individual owned, except his wife
and children. Turning to one of the
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