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Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
Hobokcn. N. J. Jun. 12.

AAONOhNMH aNH HHH "ttAAH Editor News,
 Douglas. Alaska.
 Dear Sir:
 Last August | visited Treadwen which adioius your town and. while walking around after visiting one of thc mining mills. ! met man who gave me very pleasant smile. While ! did not think much ot the matter at Che time, it came Co me later and now | imagine | can see that smile both day and night. It hovcrs before me throughout the day and at night it beams at me over thc foot Of che bed 40 tho time ! prctcuded Co not notice thc owner of Che smile. but now ! am sorry ! was SO prudish. The man was some where between GO and 55. probably about Co. There was nothing sug- gcstiyc iu his smile further than its fricudlincss.
 Now. Mr. Editor | win give you my name tn confidence and if you can find Che owner Of that smile and if he Is a real nice man. one that would bc worth a second thought on my part. or one that you would re- commend me Co enter into corres- poudeuce with. you can reveal my name Go him and it he win write Co me. | agree Co answer and by an cX- change of letters we win be able to learn more of each others inward feelings. Provided. of course. he is not a married man Go start with. and if he well. about an ] can say Is that his wife had better hobblc him.
 Now. about myself. The fact that ! was seen and smiled ot in Trcadwen as tourist does not indicate that am wealthy. ! am 3S years old and have been engaged at school teach ing for 10 years without missing a term. The journey west and north did not cost me a cent as ! was there as the companion of another lady and she paid all Che bills. How ever. ! have some money saved -it takes four figures to count it. But as ! heard while in Alaska that nearly every man there Is a mine owner. it Is not likely that my lit- Gle savings would cut much figure with him -I mean che man who smiled at me as he looked as though bc might be a wealthy man in dis- guisc. If he owns a claim and needs some money Co buy machinery or build cute little cabins. my little dot might come in very handy.
 In appearance am about Che av- craze sizc-135 pounds neither tall nor short and am, as the man who smiled at me win probably remem- ber. very neat and we'll formed As Co the rest well. ! win tell an it correspondence is established Beg rinE your pardon for thus address ing you ! am
 Very respectfully,
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
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call on the Stroller and submit him self Co investigation as to his merit and general worth, the latter will coufide to him the name and street number of the Hoboken school teach CT.
 10 will not be a surprise if a dozen old hulks call in response Co the in- vitation but the Stroller did not de- vote the early part Of his life to agri- culture not Co know wheat from chaft or Early Rose potatoes from bull thistles. The man who gets tha, name and address will not be a slouch.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26

The Stroller believes hc knows thc identity Of thc man who smiled at the Hobokeu school teacher and if he Is right in his conjecture. she win do we'll to forget him in day light and throw a shoe or hot water bottle at that smile the next time she sees it beaming at her over the foot oi che bed Put a skirt and bas- kct hat on a hitchiug post and that same man would both smile and tip his hat Co it. When he Is in a store and sees a bolt Of calico lying on a counter. he smiles at it. He will walk four miles Go see pair of long stockings hanging on a clothesline. If it was Che habitual smiler. he Is not a mine owner. He and the Stroll Ter are about the only men on the Island who are not mixed up with mining in some way. either working iu or for the mine or owning a pros pcct back some place in the hills. And Che Stroller knows it Was not himself who smiled for he has not smiled since be was married 25 years ago.
 There is glaring possibility that the man who smiled did SO on im- pulse and not with Che intention of being classcd as a "masher" He may have seen something about the Iady-possibly her "rat" showing that caused him to smile, but as she conndcs in her letter that she Is very neat. it could scarcely have been her "rat." Or recollection of some anus ing incident may have flashed across his memory just as his eyes met those of the lady and his face may have taken on a wreath that he might have been wholly unconcious of At any rate. if the man who smiled was neither of the two men mentioned. he was a mine owner and possibly a future millionaire. W NhotNeI ne la' there is no doubt but that the say ings of the Hoboken school teacher would be Of great aid to him in buy ing machinery for and building cute little cabins on his claim. It is a saie bet that the man who smiled, whether he meant it or not. needs Che money.
 One thing is certain and that is that the man who smiled, fl he knew what he was doing a line on his actions at that time-knows his own identity and. provided he is not the chronic smiler who tips his hat to a boat because it is "she. will
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26

To the Members of the Douglas Fire
 Department:
 The Stroller noted with bangs Of regret that Che last ball given for the benefit Of your department was not as largely attended as the occasion, Che high class entertainment offered and the worthiuess Of the cause mcr- ited. Now. In an sincerity, the Stroll Ter ventures the opinion that the bachelor members of your depart meut are largely Co blame for the at tendance not being what it should have been. There is a possibility that too many Of you single members went Co the ball alone, not through lack of gallantry SO much as through care lcssucss. Too many single men im- agine. after they pass 20, that the beau gallant acts should be perform ed by callow youths who have just begun shaving who are just out of Che gandering stage This is a mis- take. Women have often told the Stroller. In strict confidence, of course. that Che most interesting per tod in a mans life is when he is be- tween % and 40. While he has not been told that lately. he knows the feminine disposition has not materi- ally changed since he could qualify as being in the interesting period.
 When the Stroller was a bachelor he was known as the greatest gall lant between Pea Ridge and Possom Trot and on the occasion of a bach elors' ball he always saw Co it that Susan B. Anthony, Lydia E. Pink ham. Mrs Winslow of soothing syrup fame. who was a widow. and other single ladies were provided with es- corts even 1T he had to look after the whole bunch himself
 More than once has the Stroller chartered a Concord coach Co carry lone females who would otherwise have remained at home Co weep the evening away on lonely pillows. Co bachelors balls and he hopes Che locals will be as cousidcratc.
 Another thing the stoller was wont Co make speciality Of and that was he would have all the children In Che community who were shy on nurses, assembled and he would herd them, foregoing the pleasure Of Che ball, in order that the mothers could lay aside dull care and have a pleas ant evening.
 After the hall IS reached it is not recherche on the part of those giv- ing the ball to permit ladies to sit around the wall like cootcrs on logs. Dance with them and say you cn- joyed it and that it was Che time Of your life even 1T the dance reminds you Of the days you were employed in am elevator and handled four bush el sacks of wheat.
 Bachelors do not know it but af- ter they quit being bachelors. they cut little ice this side Of Che grave.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
MEET WEDNESDAY,

The Ladies Pioneer Society of Douglas will meet next Wednesday afternoon at 2:3O at the home of Mrs. John Feusi
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26

The above letter was received by the editor of the News iu a late mail and. as the editor never troubles himself with affairs Of the heart. either his own or other peo- plgs'. he turned the letter over Co the Stroller as being more in his line.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
PIANO TUNER

GEORGE ANDERSON-ESport.
 % years experience. High Grade Piano Players and Pianos for Sale and Rent Address Box 99l. Juneau. Phone l4 8
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-26
COUNTY CLERK Is
STUDYING

County Clerk r. M. Fisher solved
the problem of charging the storage
vauIt-space under the court house
and making a better place to pre-
serve the records. Instead of having
them in a damp place where they
were warping and rotting, they are
now in a dry place that is ventilated
and roomy The waste places in his
own department on the ground floor
have been converted into storage and
working spaces, and system has been
introduced where there had been
lack of it before.
In recording the county commits
sioners' proceedings and preparing
the statement for publication, Mr..
Fisher has broken away from the
time-honored custom of making the
record as clumsy as possible, and has
made it read straight to the point
like rats TAIL This saves work,
book space and money, and is what
people call efficiency; thing
much sought for now days in pri-
vate business, and equally desirable
in public matters.
You can read the commissioners
report now without being bored by
the clumsiness of it. Find it on
page six of this issue.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-26
A Picture With a Mission.

Only by understanding the con-
ditions into which our American
army is soon to go and then pre-
pairing to meet the results of those
conditions, state Sergt. doc" Wells,
who appears at the Isis theatre Sat
urday, Oct. 81, can the situation be
handled? 1t is, he believes, to the
Red Cross that we must look for
our solution.
Not until the United States begins
to read her causualty list, will she
realize the thing which has happened
to her. Canada did not until many
of her men were gone never to come
back.
The Canadian government official
war pictures which Sergt. Wells ac-
companies have many interesting
features, especially the battle of
Ypres, the battle of Somme and the
battle of Jutland, which are shown
in an animated block system.
Pictures of trench fighting, charg-
ing the enemy trenches, and modern
bombardment are included in the
Wells films, as we'll as battle
above the clouds between German
and French aeroplanes. adv.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-26
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

Notice of sale of real estate under
execution.
w. A. Beakley, plaintiff, VS.. G. W.
Parrish, defendant.
BY virtue of an execution issued
out of the district court of the Sixth
judicial district, Bingham county,
State of Idaho, wherein w. A.
Beakley is plaintiff, and G. w. Par
IRISH is defendant, upon judgment
rendered the twenty-fourth day OF
September, A. D. 1917. for the sum
of $72.25, United States gold coin,
besides costs and interests, / have
this day levied upon all the right,
title, claim and interest of said de-
PENDANT, G. w. Parrish, of, in and
to the following described real
estate, to wit:
Lot seven CD and the southeast
quarter of the southwest quarter OF
section six, township three (3) south
of range thirty-six (36), e. B. M,
standing in the name of Geo. w.
Parrish, on the tax roll of Bingham
county.
Public notice is hereby given that
/ will, on the seventeenth day of No
vember A. D. 1917, at 10 o'clock
a. m. of said day in front of the
court house door of the County of
Bingham, sell at public auction for
United States gold coin, all the right,
title, claim and interest of said de-
PENDANT G.. w. Parrish, Of, in and
to the above described property, or
so much thereof as may be necessary
to raise sufficient money to satisfy
said judgment, with interest and
costs, etc., to the highest and best
bidder. I.
Dated October 10, 1917.
A. H. SIMMONS,
Sheriff.
By FRED T. HINES,
adv. 1874 Deputy Sheriff.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-26

with an almost fatal accident. The
ladies were returning from Black
foot in a buggy, and got as far as
the Snake river bridge, when they
found they were between two auto
mobiles. The automobile in the
rear ran into the buggy with such
force, that the buggy was sent to
the other side Of the bridge, directly
in the path of the approaching car.
The ladies in the rig, with great
presence of mind, managed to get
the team out of the way and avert
another accident. All escaped in
jury except Mrs. Allison, who is in
a delicate condition.
Hiss Helen Barrus had her ton
sils removed last Friday and her
health is very much improved.
Charles Packham, Joseph Merrill
and Levi, Orson and Arthur Man
waring have purchased sheep.
Adam Yancey went to Pocatello
on business this week.
Mrs. Alice Yancey is distributing
home cards for the food administra-
ton campaign.
The schol board has rented the
relief society hall for the use of the
primary grades the remainder of the
year. The hall has been thoroly
cleaned and made comfortable for
the little folks. New heaters have,
also been installed in the regular
building.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-26
GRANDVIEW

John Cooper, Ancil Rupe and Joe
Maxwell marketed grain in Sterling
the first of the week.
l. N. Meyer is laying in a supply
of coal for the winter.
Miss Clemmie Edwards drove over
to Grandview Tuesday afternoon.
G. A. Line was business visitor
in Blackfoot Tuesday.
Otto Brewery, who has been work
ing for G.. A. Line the past month,
left for Blackfoot Thursday.
All threshers in the community
were obliged to- stop running on
Tuesday afternoon on account of the
severe wind
Ancil Rupe commenced hauling
his beets to Sterling Wednesday.
Joe Maxwell brought in load Of
wheat from his dry farm Monday
and Tuesday Harold Meyer went out
to bring another load for him. Joe
reports 100 bushels from the dry
farm.
Coyotes seem to be unusually
thick this fall. People report seeing
punches of six and seven along the
roads and thru the sage.
Ed. Sommercorn is digging his
potatoes and storing them in D.
Wiltamuth's potato cellar.
1t sure was cold Thursday morn
ing. Just secen above zero. Did
you drain your car, or don't you
wish you had? A small per cent of
the potatoes were frozen. John Jen-
sen and Ralph Davis each report the
loss Of the apples in their orchards.
The Red Cross auxiliary of Spring
field held their business meeting at
the school house Friday afternoon.
All the officers were retained for
the coming year, they are as follows:
Mrs. Ralph Davis, chairman; Mrs. I.
N. Meyer, vice chairman; Mrs. David
Wiltamuth, secretary; H. K. Wiley,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-26
INVENTOR is A BOSTON
MAN

A resident of. Boston and an
American by birth, has an invention
now receiving the attention of a
congressional committee, as import
ant to the word now as was the
discovery and application of the
power of steam century ago.
This new invention is called
Garabed, after the man who de-
veloped it. and it is claimed that
1t solves the problem of taking free
energy from the air and setting it
to work just as effectively as a
cataract takes energy and puts it
across space on copper wire to
turn machinery or Danish darkness
at some other place. A machine has
been tested before a large congress
sional committee, and they promptly
recommended an appropriation to
conduct exhaustive experiments with
larger machines to be constructed as
quickly as possible.
It is claimed that Garabed will
drive trains, steamships, battleships,
aeroplanes and other machines with
out the use of coal or other fuel,
and at greatly increased speed. 1t
is claimed that Garabed will revolu-
tionize the means of obtaining and
applying mechanical energy, and
that an airship propelled by it could
go around the world without stop
ping for fuel or energy. 1t could
leave New York at breakfast time
and be in London for lunch and at
Berlin for supper.
Stories of Garabed read like fairy
tales just as did stories of electricity
and steam in their day, and while
congress refused for years to adm
ventors in those lines, it gave hear
ing to Garabed, was convinced, made
a large appropriation of money to
help develop it, and asked that the
work be pushed with all possible
speed to enable America to use the
new energy to help win the war
When the war is over and the
important inventions of the war
period are released from military
secrecy, it may be found to have
been the most fruitful period of our
national life.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-26

treasurer. The members have made
six dozen towels, which are to be
sent in the next box from Blackfoot;
one sweater, one helmet and one
muffier have also been completed.
The next sewing will be pillow cases.
any one wishing to sew apply to Mrs.
Snyder. Those wanting yarn and
needles, see Mrs. Harris. Those hav-
ing towels will please finish them
and hand to the secretary as we
want to send them in as soon as
possible. The next regular meeting
will be at Springfield, November Q.
Frank Westfall spent Friday night
at the Meyer home. He left on the
train Saturday for his old home in
Missouri. After short visit with
his people he will enter the military
service.
Joe Maxwell and Harold Meyer
drove to Pocatello Sunday evening.
Joe went to visit his sister Mrs. Nor
gan, who arrived in Pocatello last
week from Texas. He has not seen
her for ten years.
A Mr.. Dial from Shelley will carry
the mail on the rural route from
Sterling, beginning his duties Oc-
tober %. Mr.. Thompson resigned
sometime ago.
Arnold Nugent came out to see
his family Sunday evening.
Every man, woman and child that
Is available is assisting in the labor
of harvesting beets and potatoes.
G. A. Line broke an axle to his
car Saturday morning, which made
it necessary for him to postpone a
trip to Blackfoot that day.
Mrs. I. N. Meyer and Mrs. Harris
church services and the pic
mic dinner at Springfield Sunday.
F. L. Stroschein finished digging
potatoes Saturday afternoon.
Art Johnson disposed Of his hay
crop recently realizing $11O0 from
the sale of it.
Archie and Shaler Aldous are
picking potatoes for D.. .Wiltamuth.
Luther Satterfield was over from
Fort Hall Tuesday looking after in
terests here. He stated that he ex-
pected to bring cattle here to feed
in a month or six weeks from now.
Henry Jones and family drove to
Tyhee Sunday afternoon.
The directors Of the federal farm
loan association held a meeting at
Sterling Saturday night.
Taylor brothers spent Sunday with
home folks in Blackfoot.
Sam Davis is digging his potatoes
and storing them in Art. Johnsons
cellar. Mrs. Davis expects to move
IN pOcatn1l0 ahont NOVnm hnr
where she will spend the winter.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-26
POLUHNI

A cub reporter at Des Moines re-
Gently got into the room of Poluhni,
the clever magician who Is to appear
on the lyceum course here November
1. He wanted story for his paper
and also wanted to have Poluhni
give free show for him. But the
magician told him there was nothing
doing in the free show line, that he
had been engaged by the lyceum
committee to give his only program
at the auditorium. The newspaper
bud secured his interview, but still
fingered and fingered. His visit was
getting to be tiresome. Finally
Poluhni asked to see the notes he
had made and as he looked over
them he said he couldn't allow such
stuff to be printed. The magician
struck a match, fired the notes and
threw them into the crate. The re-
porter backed out of the room
abashed, "Stop!" shouted Poluhnt.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-26
Will Drive an Auto Blind
folded 80 Miles an Hour

Poluhni, who will entertain No
vember 1 on the lyceum course, will,
at p. M, give his wonderful test
in mindreading at the post office.
He will allow committee to drive
and write and secrete a letter and
on their return he will drive over
the exact route and find and read
the same while blindfolded. Poluhni
carries $4,000 stage setting and
for ninty minutes gives one of the
best programs of music and magic
this side of the mountains. In all
the towns where appeared
this season they say it was the best
they have ever saw. You try and
be out at p. M, November, and
see him drive this auto blindfolded
as it is wonderful act.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-26

And are you also going to steal?"
He opened the reporters coat and
pulled out hotel inkwell and
supply of stationary. The reporter
rushed out of the hotel and toward
the office to report his failure. But
feeling in his pockets as he went
down the street he found the notes
Poluhni had apparently burned. He
had his story and he had secured
the free show after all. Poluhni
received great story in the paper
too.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-26
HOUSE WIVES WRITE 1T

Housekeepers are invited to send
us suggestions for economy in the
management of the home, whether
it applies to cooking, washing, cloth
ing or whatever it may be that will
help solve the problems of the great
economic changes confronting us.
Our office force find it hard to
keep up their work and-haYe prac-
tical things for the home economics
department that do not become mo-
notonous, and that do not border
too much on the impractical. Most
of the recipes for cooking deal with
things found in the kitchens and
larders of city homes rather than
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-26

RICH

Claude Brown has the rock layed
for his house and is ready for the
roof to be put on.
Ralph Thompson has his beet crop
out.
G. A. Burriston is having bad
luck with his cattle this fall.
John Cameron went to Blackfoot
on business this week.
T. W. Paul left last week for
American Lake, Wash, with the
second contingent Of Bingham boys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Burriston will
leave soon for Shelley, where they
will spend the winter.
John Cameron has had bad luck
with his potato crop this year and
a large per cent froze in the ground.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-26
FARM FOR SALE

One hundred and twenty-five acres
of sub-irrigated land half a mile
from Strang, Idaho, all fenced, about
IS acres under cultivation, $25 per
acre. The land is suitable for rails
ing alfalfa seed and has alresdv
stood the test. Want to sell on &C.
count Of old age and illness Ad-
dress James Larson. care Elijah
Phillips, Aberdeen. Idaho.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-26
GROVELAND


Thursday afternoon Mrs. Burr
Whiting was surprised by Mesdames
Levi, Orson and Arthur Manwaring.
The afternoon was spent in sewing
and a dainty lunch was served.
Arthur Manwaring has purchased
King car.
Last Saturday Mrs. William Hurst,
Mrs. John Herbst, Mrs. Allison and
Mrs. Roy Howard and children met
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-26

homes in the country or little towns,
and again, the present situation re-
lating to foodstuffs calls for compil.
ing recipes emitting the use OF
things that are to be tabooed be-
cause of the desire Of the food COM
mission to cut down their use.
II you have an idea to contribute
to the rest of the population Of the
county, please send 1t in. u
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-26
HAVE YOUR PIANO TUNED

Thomas s. Ashworth, an experi>
enced piano tuner and repairer from
Salt Lake City, will visit Blackfoot
and district about October 27. Leave
orders for work at Hotel Eccles.
adv. 145-2p
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-26

How much do you love your
country, measured in terms OF Lib
erty bonds?