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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-06-15

plunge. 1t make the water look so
cold, and the jump becomes momen-
tarily more of q task. The more our
people mold back from a normal
standard of living the harder II will
be for them to pay war expenses.
The less diversion they take the less
bravely they will look danger in the
face. The more they retrench the
less they will sacrifice. II they go so
far as to pinch down on the child
ren's education expenses-we shall
all have reason to be sorry and
ashamed. The only American way
to enter this war is to enter 1t game
ly and make the sky the limit.
Every good thing for ourselves or
our communities that we deny now
will be a victory for Prussianism
without fight. Evey intellectual
advantage we now overlook will
mean more Prussian victories. Every
inch we back down from a normal.
healthy standard Of living is an ac-
knowledged step back from the
menace of Prussianism. Every word
of doubt that shakes our faith will!
aid and abet the Hindenberg resist
ance. Every chautauqua seat that
is empty in the big tent next week
will be a German triumph.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-06-15
NO TIME TO
RETRENCH

One of the mistakes in thinking
that we unwarlike Americans have
] been making is in taking everything
including ourselves, too seriously
Wego about paying for the war az
we enter as II our lives depended
upon it, and as tho we had to have
that kind of stimulus to make us
disgorge. If the war should last
10 years and cost us hundred bill.
lion dollars we should all feel much
abused. We have had things all our
own way for SO long we acquired
an idea that we possessed special
treaty with Providence.
The first thing is to raise money
That Is proper. But the next thing
is not to hide away the rest Of our
coin and quit using it. The first
change in our lives is to cut out a
lot of luxury, but as it is not pos
sible to agree on what is luxury, we
are coerced by our advising brother
hood to cut out everything that isn't
food or shelter This is retrenching.
Having built up an enviable stand
ard Of life, for which we will fight
II approached in the right way, Gas
we have now been), it is up to us
whether we will go so far back of
our lines for safety that we will
lower our proud standard of living
before we know it.
There may be some folks who will
now be unable to attend the picture
shows, some will quit smoking, a
few may fOrsake a summer trip,
while others will throw down plans
for building, and even some may
eschew the chautauqua-all for econ
omy, all because war loans and war
financing make it difficult to amass
money. The people of this country
always did live high, and yet mighty
few Of us ever knew what it was to
be fat broke. You can hear at any
anecdote gable the telling of mar
vellous experiences Of being fiat
broke If the others knew what it
meant they wouldn't swallow it for
tall stuff. Being broke is a novelty,
or was. Being broke is dandy way
to find out how much bend there is
in mans back bone. Being broke
is a direct challenge to whatever is
heroic and game in a man. And no
nation is going to rise to heroism un-
til it is broke and fighting for life,
as France is We shrink from being
broke, naturally, but we will not do
much in this world war until we are
ready to go the full limit.
Retrenching is the same thing as
holding back from cold water
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-06-15
AN IDAHO BOY WITH A VISION

Strange things seem stranger in
the telling and it is therefor astonish-
ing to set down here that the chair
man of Pocatello's chautauqua pub
licity committee is lad of 13 years
of age. Fathers and mothers of ex-
ceptional youngsters, attention.
One year ago C. A. Matteson, gen.
eral manager of the Ellison-White
chautauqua system, was confronted
by a young man of IL years who de-
sired to know If there was anything
he might do to help make the chau-
tauqua a success in Pocatello. Mr..
Matteson concealed his doubts and
replied that possibly he could find a
way for the boy to earn season
ticket to the performances.
But / don't want ticket or any
thing" spoke up the applicant, "all
our family have season tickets-but
] want to do something to help make
the chautauqua a success"
So they gave the boy some tickets
and he sold so. He organized a
squad of other boys to assist him,
and he infused into them also the
spirit of pure service, unrequited.
Surely he attained his purpose, to
help make the chautauqua sue
cess"
The young leaders, name is Eugene
Barnes, and he is this year chairman
of the publicity committee of Poca-
tello. Mr.. Matteson was in Blackfoot
Wednesday, He had just come from
the Gate City, and was still chuck
ling over the experience of having
seen, boy of 13 rise among the eld-
erly committeeman and make his re-
port on publicity work and tickets
sold, and by the way, he has already
placed more chautauqua tickets than
any person in Blackfoot to date, so
far az we have heard tell
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-06-15
WHATEVER YOU
WANT

Taking Bingham county as an ex-
ample we know that in countless
communities over a territory that
only a few Americans ever live to
see half of. certain leading spirits
are pushing home the Liberty war
loan unto the people and each of his
own free patriotic will. And we fur
ther know that the large majority
of the people are taking bonds so
their money can help down the per-
nicious kaiserism of Prussia, which
threatens the world as a plague.
This Liberty loan is far more i'm
portant than we have had time to
consider. It is the barometer Of our
spirit. II it should fail of subscrip-
ton we might vainly sacrifice mil
lion men and not eradicate that blow
to our nationalism. All later efforts
would then be latter thoughts, and
forced to it at last" If it should
fail the burly Teuton's laugh would
not fail to float across the waters to
offend our ears
IT is largely what you want, Mr..
Citizen: do you want to be one of
the points of division in your coun-
try in it's trial of loyalty? Would
you like to think for the rest of your
life that you had contributed to a
loss of naional pride? Would you
like to face your neighbors the day
after the Liberty loan failed, and you
with any money? Would it comfort
you then to know that many like
yourself had ''let the o,1er fellow
do it," If it makes good without you
do you want to feel like piker?
If it don't make good without you
do you want to know what your
striving brothers think Of you? Do
you want to realize when it is too
late that money is only valuable
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-06-15

This space paid for by the Gem State Lumber Co.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-06-15

In reproducing the following state
ment from Howard e. Coffin, we be-
lieve we are performing a public and
patriotisc service. Mr.. Coffin is a
member Of the advisory committee
of national defense, and accordingly
his words have the weight of au-
thority and of clear-headed vi
sion. II you agree with Mr.. Coffin
then please call this to the attention
of your neighbor.
Because of an impending possible
shortage of foodstuffs we have hys-
terical demands for economy in ev-
cry line Of human endeavor. Waste
is bad, but an discriminating econ
omy is worse.
EVERY mercantile business and ev-
cry factory I'm America is q part Of
our great national industrial ma
chine, which, I'm time Of war, is even
more important to the progress of the
country than 1t is i'm times of peace.
"The hue and cry raised in the in
terests of economy, while well-inten-
toned, is very apt to have an exactly
negative effect from that intended.
An indiscriminating economy is
worse than waste.
All Are Essential.
"The closing down of normal pur-
chases to the line of bare necessity
is bound to choke the flow of our
national trade to the lowest livable
minimum.
Business is a great chain of in
terlocking enterprises. The jeweler
is just as important part of this
chain as is the grocer, and likewise
the shoe merchant, the clothing mer-
chant, the milliner, and every mer-
chant who purveys merchandise
which is purchased in normal times.
IF men and women stop buying
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-06-15
NOTICE OF BOND ELECTION

To the qualified electors Of school
district No. SO, County of Bingham,
Idaho:
Notice is hereby given that
special election will be held on the
tenth day of July, 1917, at the school
house for the purpose of voting on
the question as to whether the
trustees of said district shall be
authorized to bond said district for
the sum Of $500, to bear interest at
5 per cent. per annum. Interest pay
able semi-annually, said bonds to be
payable and redeemable first day Of
July, 1927.
Optional after two years.
Said bonds to be issued for the
purpose of building and equipping a
school in said district No. 68.
The polls will be opened at l
O'Clock p. M, and close at 5 O'Clock
D. M, of the same day.
WILLIAM DELZER,
Clerk of the Board of Trustees,
District No. 6S, County of Bing-
ham, State of Idaho.
Dated the thirteenth day Of June,
1917. 48-4t
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merchandise they have been accus-
toned to buy, we shall very shortly
have a series of failures among Am
erican merchants which will be far
reaching in its negative effect. Ev-
cry part of the great national indus
trial machine must be kept doing its
part, otherwise the efficiency of the
entire machine will be greatly les
sened, and II there was ever time
In the history of our country when
we needed greater industrial activ-
ity than at any other time, that is
surely now.
The best policy any household
can practice is the stoppage of waste
and of indulgence in needless ex-
travagances, but to carry the issue
to point of depriving ones self of
the usual conveniences and necessi-
ties Of life Is entirely uncalled for,
and can only retrOact In an injurious
way. Depression in any one line of
business brings something of disas-
ter into every other field of COM
merce.
"The declaration of war can have
no real effect on business. What
bad effects are apparent are purely
psychological. Our markets are the
same in May that they were in March
and April. We have as many peo-
pie to feed and clothe and entertain.
Their needs have not changed.
Outlook Not Gloomy.
''The declaration of war is not on
ly going to bring back to us the mil
lions and millions of dollars that
were advanced to Europe in the ear
lier stages of the war, but is going to
set loose additional millions within
our own country. In so far as ma
terial prosperity is concerned, the
outlook never was bigger and bright
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-06-15
MANY GOOD POSITIONS

Can be had by any ambitious young
man or woman in the field Of rail-
way or commercial telegraphy. We
want a number Of young men and
women to prepare for the telegraph
service to fill vacancies caused by I'M
usual drafting Of young men for Sig
nal corps. Prepare to help your
country. Write today for full par
ticulars. The Railway Telegraph In
stitute, Portland, Ore. (adv47-4t
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lMMIMM MT
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er. All we need is sanity in our daily
habits and an open business throt-
tie, and we will all share in the
good times which existing conditions
must produce.
"In a consistent reasonable way
business and social matters should
go on as usual. There always has
been in this country tendency
among certain classes of people to
live beyond their means. We do
not need to have war conditions to
make the correction of this error nee
essary and important. 1t does, how
ever, sometimes take such serious
conditions as war to bring these peo-
pie who spend beyond their means
to their logical senses. For these
people however, who form the great
majority, and who enjoy what they
can afford, there is very little nee
essity for change in spending hab-
maintain their position in society
and in business, and their is no rea-
son why they should wear less dia-
monds or less jewelry, or poorer
clothing, or poorer hats, or poorer
shoes than they have always worn,
because they have the means to at
ford them.
Eliminate waste and practice rea-
sonable economy, but be ever guided
by the fact that unemployment and
closed factories brought about by fit
rul and ill-advised campaigns for
public economy will prove a veritable
foundation of quicksand for the Sc
rious work our country has in hand.
Business depressions are always bad,
but doubly SO when we have a fight
on our hands. The bests way we
can avoid business depression is to
work little harder, earn a little
more and buy in the usual way"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-06-15
NOTICE OF SALE OF
FAIR GROUNDS

The board of directors of the
Southeastern Idaho Fair association
have directed the undersigned to adj
vertise for bids for the sale of the
grounds and the buildings Of said
corporation in Blackfoot, Idaho. All
bids must be for the entire property,
real estate and buildings. Sealed
and directed to the secretary at
Blackfoot, Idaho, on or before July
S, 1917.
The directors reserve the right to
reject any and all bids.
w. H. STUFFLEBEAM,
455-5 Secretary.
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when spent at the right time?
Looking ahead, Mr.. Citizen, would
MT you feel heap. sight better when
1t is all said and done to know that
you had done your darndest" any
way!
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-06-15

Mazda daylight lamps are being in
stalled in hotel sample rooms to en-
able statesmen to display their goods
to the trade in their true color val
'ues.
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performing public patriotic service Mr. Coffin member Of the Advisory
and earheaded vision with Mr. Coffin then please call this the
attention of urneighb
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-21

SANNNAA'
tive OF the S. S .Parmalee Company, Of
Macon, is.inzthe city today &
y
Mrs. J, B. Turner, of Macon, is to
arrive in the city Friday to be the
weekend guest of Mrs. C M. Mc-Ken-
zie.
Miss Thelma Paul has returned to
her home at Leesburg, after visit
to Mrs. Carl Newell and Miss Claude
Bolton.
Rev. ard Mrs. J, P. Wardlaw of
Macon who have been the guests OF
several days of Col. and Mrs o. T.
Cover, left today for Atlanta, to hear
Billy Sunday
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-21
1--WE SYRUP OF FIGS"
TO CONSTIPATED CHILD
Delicious "Fruii Laxative" can't harm
So tender little Stomach, Liver
,o-s ,s and Bowels. ,-s

Look at the tongue, motheri If
coated, your little ones stomach, liver
and bowels need cleansing at once.
When peevish, cross, listless, doesn't
sleep, eat or act naturally, or is fever
ish. stomach sour, breath bad; has sore
throat, diarrhea, full of cold, give
teaspoonful of California Syrup of
Figs" and in few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, undigested food and
sour bile gently moves out of its little
bowels without gripping, and you have a
well, playful child again. Ask your
druggist for o bottle of california
Syrup of Figs" which contains full
directions for babies, children OF all ages
end for grown-ups.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-21
IVIl ltE yyUUIJ NIUUH
YANEEDED In TOWN.
THOSE RESIDING ON THE FARMS
sHouLD TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF EAT NEEDS AND
SEND 1T IN.

Those who live on the farms where
there is supply of wood ought to
take advantage of the needs in town
and send in as much as possible and
send it in a hurry. If there is a
colored man, boy or two boys and a
team Of any sort on the farm and plen-
ty of wood in the woods, the whole
force should be put to work getting it
loaded and sent in So
The Dispatch pledges itself to sell
every load of it and sell it at "a rea-
.sopable price ii those. who want to
keep a team and man and boy busy
will get out after it and send it in.
Wood of all kinds, whether it be cut to
stove lengths or not will be accepta-
BILE, We can take and handle whole
logs. All the lightwood picked from
the woods. will be IDEAL and is desir-
able. Of course, stove wood is the
item, but anything that can be. brought
can be used
Those who will get after it will be
doing the community service, for
enough wood is needed to run the town
without useing a pound of coal if it is
possible to get it. Please put your
idle team and boys to work and send
in what you can. Don't wait to find
a sale. Come to the Dispatch office
whit right now. The Dispatch is not
in the wood business but it can place
all that can be sent in.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-21
Sing a, song Of cretonne,

Sing a song Of cretonne,
Now Milady's. fad;
Striped, or checked or dotted,
Overshot CT plaid,
Dazzling wj5h wferd color
Nc rainbow ever had.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-21
SAGE TEA KEEPS
YOUR HAIR DARK
When Mixed With Sulphur 1t Brings
Back Its Beautiful Lustre
At Once

Gray hair, however handsome, de
notes advancing age. We know the
advantages of youthful appearance
Your hair is your charm. 1t makes or
mars the face. When it fades, turns
gray and looks streaked, just a few
applications of Sage and Tea and Sui
phur enhances its appearance humid
red fold
Don't stay gray Look young!
Either prepare the recipe at home or
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-21
Mrs. j. w. Haslem is spending to-
day in Macon.

/ Mrs. J. J. Rooney will represent
the local A. R. G. Chapter at meet
ing of chairmen of Red Gross mem
bership committees which VIII be
held in Atlanta tomorrow oultrie
observer. ffs
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-21
NEGRO is KILLED
:. ........ BY A WHITE MAN.
MfLLARb BRAGG sTABs FRANK
10 GRAY 70 DEATH AND THEN
ESCAPES-TooK PLACE 4
SATURDAY NIGHT.

8il =. sA 2tf y ~
AMERICUS, Ca, Nov. Willard
Bragg, son of Police Captain John M.
Bragg, stabbed and killed negro
named Frank Gray late Saturday nigh
and Immediately made his escape.
1t is believed lhat he has left the
city
This killing took place in front OF
Tinsley's restaurant on Lamar street,
butchers knife being the weapon
used.
The negro made a remark to which
Bragg, Who was drinking objected.
on ,ksFuGl )t,lIt
When the negro repeated it, Bragg
rushed into the lunch stand, seized a
knife, ami then made an attack on the
larkey. Death resulted several hours
later At least, this is the version of
it reported to the pnlbce Bragg's 7ex-
planationaof it is not known now, OF
course.) ,ei9a10 s9otc
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Newell, Miss
Claude Bolton and Mr. Cula Newell
mctored to Leesburg Sunday and
spent the day
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-21

get from any drug st6tG q so cent Bot
tie ofWyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound, WI WHICH & is merely the old time
recipe improved by the addition of
other ingredients Thousands of folks
recommend this ready-to-use prepare
ton, because it darrkens the hair so
,-2.-.,..rally and evenlyI You moisten
a sponge Or soft brush with it, draw
ing this thru the hair, taking one small
strand at timely morning the gray
hair disappears; after another appli-
cation or two, its natural color is re-
stored and it becomes thick glossy
ana lustrous, and you appear years
younger
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound
is a delightful toilet requisite 1t is
not intended for the cure, mitigation
or presentation of disease
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-21

Miss Nelly Smith who is attend
ing South Georgia College at McRae,
will spend Thanksgiving with her
parents, Rev. and Mrs. w. F. Smith,
and will have as her guest Miss Grace
Smith of Claxton.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-21

Sing a song Of cretonne,
Foil for costly rings,
Which slim fingers whiteness
j To ones notice brings,
While soft wcoFs Transforming to
Comfy seeks and things.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-21
DECIDED IMPROVEMENT Al Vi
CAMP SEWER NOW

GiRFIE5EFsNYVlLLH, S; Co Noyr21 WITTY
additional deaths are reported at
Camp Sewer today, but the medical
headquarters camp announced that
conditions showed decided improve
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-21

/ Mrs. J. J. Rooney will represent
the local A. R. c.. Chapter at "a meet
ing of chairmen of Red Cross mem
bership committees which viii be
held in Atlanta tomorrow oultrie
Observer. ia
Miss Nelly Smith who is attend
ing South Georgia College at McRae,
will spend Thanksgiving with her
parents, Rev. and Mrs. w. F. Smith,
and will have as her guest Miss Grace
Smith of Claxton.
FEMlNlNITIES
Now if ever is the time when we
need smart dress that will be warm
enough to wear without a coat if we
like and yet one in which we will not
roast if we don a wrap.
AS luck would have it, one-piece
dresses are having a big vogue, all
their own, so it will not be hard to
find just what we need. 81. {
Of course there are cccasionsGand
occasions boo to- G5l 90
We may need gown for dressy af-
fair, or cur wardrobe may be shy of
tailormade type or mayaiesire a
chic little frock for morning wear. :
The great majority OF Nafterhoon
dresses are straight and simple the
little dress we all know and like, with
& change in the collar, a different
fashion at the wrist, broad belt low
down instead of girdle, and in some
case a tight underskirt with straight
and unvoluminous tuinc rather than
pinafore.
Black velvet and black satin play
a big part in these little gowns, mix
cd with another material, either white
satin, gray satin, crepon de scie, inou-
sseline de sole, touch of fur. or
some very delicate embroidery
never any of the coarse wool work
embroidery seen in some houses 4
! Sleeves are long and generally in
the lighter weight material of the two
Used; the neck in many instances
shows little roll collar of satin or a
straight band of fur, which is not car
ried all the way around but left the
chin with an open V in which a bit
CT embroidery could be inserted. The
skirts end at the ankle, and although
without any superfluous fullness they
are not tight. Simplicity and slim
lines are. the maipe-things to notice,
all'2:1 to good coloring and very beau
tif''l materials, @
j. Nc material is more. popular just
now of blue serge. H
In fact. one we'll known modiste
claims that it is ever in request in
arnong her clientele.
no the tvnicaI American girl there
is no color more becoming than navv
hue, and it is doubtful if anything
but the impossibility of obtaining it
will ever drive it out Of fashion.
Embroidery and metal trimmings
are the newest decorations that fash
icr permits at present,
A blue serge for example, might
have collar and cuffs and pockets of
gray, and a motif might be carried
cut on each in dull colored embroil
cry. fs
The impression of such costume
well worn, is a very good one, and
PROFESSIONALLY it is enc that will be
general among world Of quietly
dressed but well bred women.
There is nothing in it that is at all
daring and yet it has no trace Of
dowdirass; moreover, it suits the old
CT woman as we'll as it does a girl and
that means much where fashion is
concerned