The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-05-28

or transient who is in Bingham
county on June 5, registration day
Official bill posters have been scat
tered thru the county giving the
names of the registrars at the eleo-
tion place of every precinct. Al
Riverside and Rich registration will
be made at Peterson's store, and al
the railroad station, respectively. in
all other precincts some one will be
at the usual place of election regis
tration to fill out cards for draft
registration.
Registering by Mail
Where the applicant is living away
from the place in which he would
vote he may register by mail, and
should at once secure blank from
Mr.. Fisher for this purpose, because
it must be at his own registration
district on June s. 1t should be mail
ed to the registrar Of that precinct
If any male resident Of Bingham
county now here is going to be alb
sent on June 5 he should make ar
rangements to send his card by mail
to reach here by that day. Travelling
statesmen and others should now get
their blanks from County Clerk Fish
er and mail them to their home dis
tricts.
Male persons who are sick OF
otherwise prevented from appearing
personally at the polling places to
register are authorized to have some
trustworthy person fill 1t out for
them and mail or take it to the
county clerk.
If you have passed the age of Fl
by June 5, or If you lack one day
of 81 on that day you are eligible
to be drafted and must register. The
penalty for not so registering Is to
be Jail sentence of not less than
one year, or a trial by court martial.
Personal Registration
Personal registration in Bingham
county will take place at the cleo
ton polling places, as stated, and
the male residents between FL and
80 inclusive of each precinct must ap-
pear and register on June 5. The
registrars will fill out the cards. The
applicant then verifies the answers
and writes his signature or mark.
He should in each case read over the
instructions and the questions and
know what his answers are to be so
as not to delay the registrar.
How to Answer Questions
The following are the instructions
issued for all those who must regis
| ter:
How to answer questions on reg
istration cards:
Read carefully before you go to
the registration table. Here you see
what will be asked. Study the ques-
tions. Prepare the answers in your
mind.
Questions will be asked for you to
answer in the order in which they
appear on this paper. These ques-
tions are set out below with detail
ed information to help you answer
them.
Do not write on, mark or other
wise mutilate these instructions. Do
not remove them. They should be
carefully read so that you will have
your answers ready when you go be-
fore the registrar.
All answers will be written on the
registration card in ink by the reg
istrar, who should be careful to spell
all names correctly and to write
legibly.
1. Name in full. Age in years.
This means all your names spelled
out in full.
State your age today in years only.
Disregard additional months or days
Be prepared to say "21" or "25," I"
not "21 years, months" or the
like. Give age on 1917 birthday.
2. Home address.
This means the place where you
have your permanent home, not the
place where you work. Be prepared
to give the address this way: 1882
Main street, Chicago, Cook county,
illinois,; that is, give number and
name of street first, then town, the
county and state.
8. Date Of birth.
Write your birthday (month, day
and year, on a piece of paper before
going to the registrar, and give the
paper to him the first thing. Exam
tple: august 5, 1894"
If you do not remember the year,
start to answer as you would If some
one asked your birthday, as August
S." Then say ION my birthday this
year will be Cor was) years
old" The registrar will then fill in
the year of birth. Many people do
not carry in mind the year they were
born. This may be obtained by the
registrar by subtracting the age in
years on this years birthday from
1917.
4. Are you (1) naural-born citi-
zen; (2) a naturalized citizen; (3)
an alien; (4) or have you declared
your intention to become citizen
(specify. which,?
| (1) If you were born in the
United States, including Alaska and
Hawaii you are natural-born citi-
zen, no matter what may have been
the citizenship or nationality Of your
parents. If you were born in Porto
Rico, you are a citizen of the United
States, unless you were born of alien
parentage. II you were born abroad,
you are still a citizen Of the United