The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-07
SEVERAL REPORT SEEING
SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS
WHO TALK OF TROUBLE
Home Guard Officers
Urge Attendance
Members Asked to Report Wheth-
er They Have Guns or Not and
IF So Calibre-Ammunition and
Needed Guns Supplied.

Vague /. W. W. msinuatiOns scatter
cd through the country have alarmed
tie farmers and it is believed that
they will result in getting a full at
tendance at the drill this evening. at
the Bickel schOOlhOuse, of all men,
bers OF the home guard company who
have not gone TO Boise to see the
members of the Second Idaho regi-
ment. Nothing tangible is known, but
several farmers have come to town
saying that they have seen men going
through the country, "cussing'' cOndi-
tiOns and talking of the necessity OF
Il general strike to advance "the
cause" and inculcate its "principles."
What the cause and principles were
seems not to have been described, ex-
cepf that it was said that the treat
ment OF the labOrers was not fair, and
the like. The result of this has been
that many farmers have bought guns.
The home guard company was or
ganized to act as an auxiliary society
to assist Sheriff Kendall and his dep
utieS in case of need TO enforce the
laws OF Idaho. IL was felt and is felt
by its members that an organization
Of this sort acting regularly under
duly constituted authority can ObYiate
the regulation of matters by mob viO-
lence. IL is felt that if the law is en-
forced, there will be no temptation to
usC mob methods to secure life and
property. For this reason, some 225
men are banded together in this city.
There is company in Filler and the
two companies in Buhl are getting to.
gefher. With the. county thoroughly
organized and working together any
mob outbreak can be effectively nip
ped in the bud at its inception.
A company member said this morn
ing: 'EThere may be no outbreak, in
fact, people are inclined to believe that
there probably will not be. In the
event that there should be one, most
people believe that Sheriff Kendall
and his deputies can easily handle the
situation. WOrkmen are getting big
wages and are mostly of an apparent
|. sensible sort, who would not be IL
able to be led astray by the lying mis-
representations of floating buns and
disreputable ruffians, who make their
living by selling their alleged influ-
cnce among honest workers to the
miniOns of the kaiser. Still, in the
event that a more unsatisfactory char
acter of wOrkmen should drift in,
who could be led by such cOntempti-
ble cattle, all feel that the people
should be organized to sustain the
law.
"The officers of the company want
a full attendance at the drills. 1t is
felt that in no other way can those
whose signatures are affixed to the
roll show that they can be depended
on in case of trouble. Industrial
organizers will feel natural and not
wholly unjustified contempt for those
whose patriotic interest i'm the pro.
lection of their own homes is shown
only on paper. In order to secure the
best results, the men who are to sc
out must know under whom they shall
: go and how they shall act. If they al
or practically all get out at the drills
the officers will know on whom {,
2 depend in case of necessity. For this
reason a full attendance is urgently
requested"
Another matter requiring immediate
attention is the number of guns in th'
: hands of members of the company
\ The officers are preparing ammuni
" ton for quick distribution and thu
= kind and calibre of guns for which /
must be available must be known II
order that confusion shall be avoided
, Every member is requested to at 0nc'
inform 1. A. Appel, at the Diamond
Hardware company, whether he ha
any gun, and ii so, its calibre. ThOs'
/, who have none will be supplied II
1 case of emergency. Ii is taken TO
! granted that all members know hOY
to shoot with more or less accuracy.