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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-15

House bill No. 353-Amended to an.
proprlate $4,000 for E. s. Whitewav
Tor work performed on state contract.
House bill No. 155-Appropriating
relief of $603.14 for E. L. Overiorde. :
House bill No. 156-Appropriatinp re.
lief of $s9S.35 to Charles Schattner.
House bill No. 263-Appropriat;n
$S,O72.S9 for relief of First Nation al
bank at Moscow.
House bill No. 207-Granting relief
Tor pack salary of Minnie Priest Dun
ton, former state law librarian.
House bill No. 317-Appropriating
$25O0 annually to farm market bureau
for clerk hire.
House bill No. 386-Authorizinz ad-
valorem tax levy to raise 100000 per
annum to meet state expenses.
House bill No. 316-Appropriating
funds for maintenance Of state educa.
tional institutions.
House bill No. 222-Appropriating
$6S9,715 for maintenance of various
state departments.
House bill No. 111-Appropriating
funds for minor state departments.
In the house
House bill No. 1926, by Monson-
Making annual continuing appropri.
alton for state militia of $4,000, but
eliminating compulsory military service
under draft.
Senate bill No. 6O-Creating state
board of architectural examiners.
Senate bill No. Ss-Regulating use of
proxies in county and state political
conventions.
Senate bill No. 204-Providing ap.
plicants for state loans shall pay all
necessary expense to secure same.
Senate bill No. 193-Appropriatin
$4,000 for supreme court law library at
Pocatello.
Senate bill No. 221-Compromise
workmen s compensation act.
Senate joint resolution No. Sub.
mitting constitutional amendment to
abolish the office of state superintend'
ent of public instruction.
By decision Of the attorney general
the Portneuf county division bill which
passed the senate and house, but was
held by the president had failed to pass
on account of the fact that when the
senate voted upon it the measure was
in possession of the house, was held
valid and if signed by the governor will
become law. 1t creates new county
out of Bannock county.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-15
TO PENSION indian
WAR VETERANS
FR0M'59 1921
MEASURE WAS PASSED BY CON-
GRESS LAST SESSION AND AP-
PROVED BY PRES. WILSON
TWENTY DOLLARS A MONTH
Applies to Veterans Widows-Idaho
County Indian Fighters Share in
It's Benefit.

The session of congress just closed
passed the Indian war veterans pension
bill and under its provisions the men
who fought in the late Indian wars
will come under the pension provisions.
This will take in Idaho county citizens
who fought in the Nez Perce war, some
thing like a dozen of whom are now
living. In case of their deaths their
widows will be entitled to draw pen
sions. Whether or not back pensions
will be allowed is not known.
The passage of the act by congress
ends a fight extending over long
period of years for recognition Of the
Indian war veterans, who made many
sacrifices in establishing civilization
in the west.
The law as passed provides pen
sion of $40 month for the veterans
and the act applies to the widows.
There is not yet available copies OF the
law in the specific form in which 1T
passed. but the congressional record
Of March 3 shows the status after
amendment.
The bill was passed by the house in
February, 1916, and by the senate IN
Nav of that year. Then the bill with
the senate amendment was referred 10
conference committee.
The committee has been engaged
since last May to reach an agreement on
the amendments and llnally agreed ex-
cept as to one which provided that IN
case the war department had no record
of service of the individual in an In
dian war, then the state records or
other proof should be accepted. TINS
amendment had been made by the
senate in order that the act would ap-
ply to volunteer service in Indian wars
in Utah in the late Cos, where the names
of the volunteer participants had never
reached the war department. 1t was
ON acceptance of this amendment by
the house that the vote above referred
to resulted and with its acceptance the
bill was ready for transmission TO the
president, who promptly signed IT.
One of the amendments to the house
hill that also caused considerable dls-
pute in the conference was one that ad
reduced the period of service from ~ ~
to 30 days in order for the applicant 10
qualify for a pension under the act.
The act covers all Indian wars IRON
January /. 1859, to January /, 1871.
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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-15

Idaho and Lewis, respectively, until the
officers of Selway County have been
appointed and qualified as herein pro-
vided.
Sec. s. The temporary county seat
of Selway County is hereby locat ted at
the Village of Kooskia, within the said
county; Provided, That at the general
election in the year 1918 the question of
the permane ent location of the county
seat of Selway County shall be submit
ted to the electors of Selway County
and shall be determined by majority
of the electors voting on such question
at said election.
Sec. 8. That the county comms mssion-
ers of Selway County shall, immed lately
after their appointment and qualifica-
tion, as provided in Section Five (5),
meet in the temporary county seat of
said county and organize for the trans
action of business, and provide d suit
able place within the limits Of said
county seat for the accommodation of
county Officers, the safe keeping of
county records and property, the custody
of prisoners and the regular and proper
Transaction of public business. They
shall also at such meeting divide said
county into three (3) commissi oners' ,
districts and shall establish precincts
for said county and appoint officers
thereof, who shall hold their respective
offices until their successors are elect
ed and qualified: Provided, however,
That where, at the general election of
the year 1916, officers were elected in
precincts established in the territory
comprising Selway County while the
same was part of Idaho or Lewis
Counties, such officers shall continue
in office for such part or all of their
respective precincts as said board of
county commissioners may prescribe
during the full term for which they
were elected.
Sec. 10. Within ten (10) days after
the qualification of the county commits
sioners of Selway County, the board of
county commissioners of said county
shall meet and shall appoint two dompe-
tent accountants, one of whom shall be
designated to act in settlement with
Idaho County and one of whom shall be
designated to act in settlement with
Lewis County, as hereinafter provided,
and the Boards of County Commissioners
of the counties Of Idaho and Lewis,
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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-15
CONGRESSIONAL DIST. FOR STATE
Idaho County In the First District
Where Other Counties Placed.

If Governor Alexander signs senate
bill No. 73 by Hill, Stevenson, Cum
mings, Jackson, Evans, Curtis and
Kinsolving, Idaho will be divided into
two congressional districts, the First
and Second, for this measure passed the
legislature Thursday. Under the pro-
visions of this bill the First district
will be composed of all the northern
counties and two west central counties
or Adams, Boise, Boundary, Bonner,
Benewah, Custer, Canyon, Clearwater,
Gem, Idaho, Kootenai, Lewis, Lemhi,
Latah, Nezperce, Shoshone and Wash
ington. The second district will en-
brace Ada, Bannoek, Bingham, Bonnie
vile, Bear Lake, Cas5ia, Elmore,
Franklin, Fremont, Gooding, Jeffer-
son, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka,
Owyhee, Power, Twin Fails and Teton
counties. Each district will be entitled
to one congressman and shall elect him
from the votes cast in the respective
districts.
At the present time Idaho is electing
its congressman at large. Both of the
congressman during the past two years,
Addison T. Smith and Robert nj. Nc
Cracken were from southern Idaho.
The present congressman are from the
north and south respectively, Burton l..
French from the north and Congress
man Smith from the south.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-15
'|PEP' CLUBFORN led
FRIDAY NIGHT OF
LAST WEEK
YOUNGER BUSINESS MEN FORM
ORGANIZATION TO PUT GRANGE
WILLIE ON THE MAP
ASSIST COMMERCIAL [ CLUB
Also the Ladies Civic Club-Prominent
Men of State and County Honorary
Members-The Creed

With view to aiding III the work OF
all branches of civic Improvement in
the city number of the younger busi-
ness men and clerks met last Friday
evening at the fire station and organ
lied The Pep Club, adopting as
slogan: I've re rearin to go!
The slogan pretty well typifies the
hope and aim of the organization and
the members thereof have already
launched two or three commend lble en-
terprises which when fully developed
are certain to result in mutual welfare
for the people of the community. The
organization plans to work in harmony
and conjunction with the Commercial
club and the Civics club in the general
betterment of the city.
At the meeting last Friday night the
following officers were electeds DR..
Frank Wood, president; Chester Arnold,
first vice president; P. A. Wright,
second vice president; Don Fisher,
secretary and treasurer, and Harold
Harris, director of publicity. The
executive committee is composed of B.
Anger, DR.. @. W. Slusser and G. ii.
Wood.
Six new members, including men
actively identified with a number of
the city's best established commercial
enterprises, were voted into the club at
the first regular weekly session held
last evening at the fire station. A
number of citizens and business men,
anxious to join in the good work pro.
posed, have already communicated with
various club members with a view of
listing under The Pep club banner and
it is quite likely that the membership
will be doubled at the meeting next
Wednesday evening.
Honorary members of the club are
Hon. William f. Borah, Hon. Wallace
n. Scales and Hon. James F. Ailshie.
At the meeting last night number of
propositions were taken up and discussed
and plan outlined. A committee was
appointed to investigate the matter on
securing grounds for baseball park.
| The object of the new club, which
seems to be meeting with hearty ap
proval on every hand, is we'll outlined
in the following:
The Greed of A Club.
| am your friend. Whoever you are
am your friend.
/ come to your midst, breathing the
oxygen of optimism, imbued with ideals
and inspiration, and eager with en-
! Continued on page 5.)
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-15

Continued on page 5.)
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-15

The Kerr sale held Monday was well
attended and articles and stock brought
very good prices.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-03-15

ATTY. A. S. Hardy left this week for
Portland where he will VISIT WIN n''
family for q week or two.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-01
The New York Papers on Various | loplcs

comfortable but il must be far worse beiore
tho commission can find approval for de-
rarture toward Socialist government so
sweeping as it advises.
"The Public" New York; is irritated
nv quite another matter, one to when no
other reference has beeh found, and whicn
therefore runs without present contradlc-
ton. "The Public" says
MANY moor subscribers to the Liberty Bonds
on the instalment plan will find themselves
unable 10 make the heavy second payment
ON June 2s. The penalty of failure is heavier
;han that imposed by a usurer
The would-be bondholder who does not pa!
nromptly forfeits all payments already h'aue'
Had nc these terms are, they would not
coll for criticism if the purchasers had maze
,b.;r bargains voluntarily. But many have
not. Many employees were subjected 10 '"e
same form of coercion which was resof'eo
n 70 secure marchers in preparedness pa
rades They will probably look upon their
forfeited payments as the price oi more
or less heightened tenure Of their JOBS.
In view of these facts, there is douotiul
m.r;t in the announcement that small IN
v.stors will be given the preference IN Al
,o,,ing purchases. The government would 40
ho,,.r 20 release at once the coerced ones
;rc,ud;np some Of its own employees from
,hs;r nledses. II there is TO be no conscrip'
,;or Of the fortunes of the wealthy let 'he'e
h. none of the earnings of the poor
"The Globe" gives an impartial view oil
the threatened ship strike. 1t says:
Unless the deadlock between the snip
uriyhts and their employers is broken
.wenty-one shipyards in New YORK ana Ne"
Jersey will be tied up next SATURDAY Inc
mon declare that unless their employers
Grant -. conference on their demands they
will quit work 10000 strong at the end OF
the week.
The men ask for an increase IN wages ana
Standardization of conditions IN all the
plsnts. The shipyard owners have fatiy re-
fused not only to grant the demands but 10
enter into any negotiations with their men
Even granting, for arguments sake, that the
demand, are unreasonable, IT is difhcuit 10
understand why the employers should DC so
SGT against discussing them with their men,
New-York tribune., 1917-07-01

"HE exclusion of Miss Marie Spiess-
man from the st. Louis Red Cross
- unit which was to proceed to France
has caused the German-anguage press to
ask whether our government knows two
kinds of citizens. Miss Spiessman is
American-born, but the State Department
refused her passport tccause the Entente
governments would not permit her or any
one else of German parentage to enter one
Of the countries on the Allies side. The
German Herold" demands to know wheth-
err this exclusion applies to the sons OF
German-Americans when the time comes
for them to go to the front. and Mr.. Rid
der. of the -Zeitung," has written
several caustic editorials on this question
The illinois Staats-Zeitung" still flies
the flag on its editorial page, but 1t has
changed the quotation under it. Formerly
il said with Decatur: "Our country; IN her
intercourse with foreign nations may she
ALWAYS be in the right; but our country
right or wrong" but now, after reviewing
the course of the Administration since the
outbreak of the war. it says
Our Administration is wabbing from one
vision into another, and the illinois Stats
Zeitung" can no longer follow in this path
New-York tribune., 1917-07-01
EUents at Large

At random. writer's find much that is
right and much that is wrong in the world
of events. The picketing sutfragists are
generally a scandal 10 the press. The
Kansas City Journal says they went too
far" The Chicago Tribune calls their
pcketing bad tactics" and advises "the
hammered danes at Washington" to chuck
their banners, quit decorating the sidewalk,
bride their tongues, and buckle down to
serious, practical and soundly patriotic
work.
THE Louisville Courier-Journal" would
have liked to have seen Colonel Roosevelt
in Eondon in place of General Pershing,
having in mind the tremendous, inspiring
effect upon nations of that vital personal
ity. THE Virginian- Pilot" and The Nor
folk Landmark" from down Secretary
DanielS's way, assert earnestly that the
press" is bounding the Secretary, but
that the Secretary can well afford to be
contemptuous of the snarls and snappings
of handful of chronic complanants."
New-York tribune., 1917-07-01
The German-AmeriCan Press

these societies are not American but Germau
is right II will be considered an admis~
son that the fact that the German Empirs
and the United States are at war influences
them in a way which will be interpreted OF
course. to mean that the fate OF Germany
affects them more than that Of their own
country.
The Milwaukee Herold" and th9
"Cleveland Wachter und Anzeiger" have
been attacked, partly because they still enn-
ploy men in the editorial departments who
are not American citizens. The formet
says it follows good advice that came from
Washington when it was said that the dis
charge of German employees just because
they are Germans would be a disgrace.
The Cleveland paper declares that the owr'
ers are born Americans and that those
editors who are still aliens cannot exert
any influence on the editorial policy Of the
paper
The Chicago Abendpost" declares that
the only way to raise larger crops Is TO
seize the land in the West which is still
held by spectators and till it curing the
war. A few millions lent TO young farmers
with practical experience would have far
better results than all the labor devoted to
"plots" and vegetable gardens
New-York tribune., 1917-07-01
The Columbus Dispatch

Churchill for an aggressive naval policy
by the Allied fleets provoked applause
from several New York dailies. The
World" says. under the heading "ln War,
Attack"
Winston Spencer Churchill speaks for per-
haps a majority of British bue-water ex-
merits in urging a naval offensive. with the
United States, the Entente has such a pre-
ponderance Of big ships that II might well
risk some Of the older ones in such an at
tempt on the German navy as must ap-
neal 20 seamen Perhaps the time mas
conoe 10 "dig the Germans out like rats as
Mr.. Churchill once said in a much criticised
statement.
The one sure rule in war is TO attack when
possible. The Entente is attacking on iand'
At last with substantial results. Its I'M
mense fleets are fairly tuggng at their
anchorages TO get at the enemy. Unless as
Mr. Churchill hints, the naval powers "lsh
the submarine to demonstrate the futllty OF
eco.s they should attack the German navy
on the surface, and under water, and IN the
air above. in overwhelming strength.
"The Sun" however, disagrees IN this
tone:
When Winston Spencer Churchill, former
Firs, Lord Of the Admiralty, urges aggres-
sive action by the fleets of Great Britain
France and the United States against 'he
German naval bases he utters the thougn' OF
the man in the street, VINO knows hoth'hs
.hou, the mine fields that protect the ap'
nroaches 10 those bases ..
,. cburcbill overlooks the fact that II
, the pre-dreadnoughts could get 'n'ooen VI.
mine fields their guns would De ou'rA"s.'
nv the German ordnance, and every snip
,yould be sunk unless the action were aoSn-
doncd and safety sought in fight.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-01

At which time the Senator, then boy OF
thirteen, was running about barefooted IN
Linn County, not more than fifty miles dis
tant. "The Register" cannot but regard 1t
unfortunate that just as Iowa is coming to
the front in this time of stress with a man
lk. Hoover, another Iowan should try to
make him out a foreigner, and speak OF hlm
as "some Hoover" Iowa is proud OF Hoover.
And 1.-The Kansas City Journal printed
in the Senator's home town, declares;
. Under the circumstances it was mean ana
contemptible for Senator Reed to impute
base motives to Hoover for volunteering IN a
patriotic service for which he is singulariy
we'll fitted.
The possibility of nationwide prohioi-
ton appears to excite little editorial COM
New-York tribune., 1917-07-01

back over the path the nation has taken to
make sure that every turning was right
and logical. THE Tacoma News-Ledger'
points out that Germany is welded to the
idea of war as solvent for national
troubles, and that Germany already Is
preparing for another war which shall
make secure the expected prizes of this
Cne.
The News-Ledger" adds:
Germany's dream is of an expanding en-
pire and not Of world peace. . That is
why the world must fight or give in to Ger
many.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger" be-
lieves that only when the Germans are
thus chastened in their ambitions for world
New-York tribune., 1917-07-01
The Abuses of
War Charity

TIME abuse of war charities is pIct-
ured not merely as a possibility, but
also as reality, by Barry {. Smith,
secretary of the Bureau of Advice and In
formation of the New York Charity Or-
ganization Society, as voiced in The Sur
vey."
Numerous societies which are acting as
collection agencies and as dlsbursers OF
the publcs gifts are handling millions OF
dollars without any responsibility to the
public, according to Mr.. Smiths authorl-
tative indictment. He elaborates on the
indictment in this tone:
There are at this time and have been
during the last two and half years large
number of war relief organizations raising
money in the United States. Somewhat over
eighty have been sufficiently investigated by
the bureau of advice and information OF the
New 1Ork lnaTlly 'NN'NN' ~
enable that bureau TO certify that they are
worthy of support. Tremendous sums OF
money have been secured by them, wide pub
licity has been obtained.
Organization after organization, committee
after committee. has sprung into existence,
appealing for millions upon millions to feed
the starving, to shelter the homeless, to re-
lieve every imaginable suffering. Little has
been said of the expense Of providing either
service or relief Demands have been press
ing; to meet them quickly and adequately,
large sums had to be secured without delay.
The war relief organizations are largely
collecting agencies so far rs their work in
the United states is concerned. Funds
contributed are either sent abroad for dis
bursement, or are expended in the pur-
chase Of supplies which are themselves
shipped abroad, where the actual work
among the sufferers is done. Therefore
no expense for service necessarily appears
in the accounts of the American organlza-
ton beyond the expense of collection and
shipping.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-01
Serious Objection

The Times" is not less distressed. Tn
9ef the caption "Untimely Zeal for Pro-
milton" II says:
10 iSrn the food sdrlinistration bill, a. the
~'' moment % the House debate upon II,
-N ttfiet prohibition measure, without
''hunz the coEt a. all, n going too far. II
s,trly unreasonable.
hpsri from any other objection 20 the at
'm'nt o. an Out-snd-oyt prohibition
azure 70 bill designed 70 conserve the
''''ht food supply in time Of great peril,
Prospective loas 70 the revenues Of the
"'' 'gm derived annually from liquor
' open 20 serious objection.
-" demands Of Winston Spencer
New-York tribune., 1917-07-01

TINE metropolitan newspapers have
attacked with will the prohibition
legislation now taking shape in Con-
gress. "The World abandons its recent
apologetic role in behalf of the Admins
'rstion and reviyes its power to attack.
Prohibition is the red flag that did it.
The Mail" has been consistently against
Prohibition Of beer and has this week con-
tnued It's plea for the use of beer for
Eorkingmen. Golfers Weekly" is in its
senent, taking the prohibition side vigor-
o0sly. To quote some Of "The Worlds"
Indignant lines from under the editorial
captions rs Personal Liberty to End
and "A Perilo1s Policy:
Acting chiefly under the influence Of a
''by as pestiferous as any that ever ap-
'sared a. Wash ngton, the House Of Repre-
''ris,!ves exercised despotic powers without
'1evie. Al one stroke it decreed the death
great industry, wiped out an immense
property, menaccd more than a million OF
nsh with unemployment, threatened the
ihsheisi ,ystems Of nation, states and cities
arc With Prussisn disregard Of personal
nsh's undertook BY legislative fat alone to
''nnesr and direct me habits and customs
4" free people