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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-12

ence, owing to the severe weather
and there are also several cases O
measles DR.. Mote is still under tn
weather with a threatened attack O
pneumonia.
ALIVE Nugent has gone to Butte t,
accept position for the winter.
Shelby Bartlett is visiting hi
mother, Mrs. Anna Bartlett. Mr.
Bartlett is employed with the Fal
Creek Sheep Company at Aberdeen
The Dewey sale on Wednesday. las
was well patronized, everything be
ing sold at a good price. Mr.. Dewe,
and family left on Mondays trai1
to make their future home in Can
ada.
| w. W. and Mrs. Hays visited with
San Shelman at Springfield, Wednes
day.
Don Geyer left on Tuesdays train
for Blackfoot to remove his family
to Sterling.
Arthur J. Snyder is buying Glover
seed and will ship car on Thursday
julius Teichert made business
trip to the Grove City Saturday in
the interest Of the Gem State Gar
age.
Mr.. Butler has his harness shop
in operation in the E. Parsons build
ing.
Mrs. and Mrs. I. N. Meyer returned
the past week from an extended visit
to relatives at Pomerey, Washington.
This is the first visit taken since
their removal here years ago, and
Mr.. Meyer stated in conversation that
he was glad to get back to Idaho,
saying the Gem State was good en-
ough for him.
School work was resumed again
Tuesday after the usual holiday va
cation. The Grand View school will
resume session next Monday. aa
John W. Herbert made hurry UP
business trip to Blackfoot Friday.
Pete and Mrs. Parsons have bought
the Will Lynch place and are now
residing there. We are glad to well
come them to our community.
Frank and Mrs. Hiatt are enter
tanning Franks father and brothers.
Mr.. Hiatt, Sr. resides at Burley.
Mr.. A. e. House will take care of
the distributing of the r. F. D. de-
livery temporarily. This accommoda-
ton to the farmers will start on Jan.
3rd, 1917.
The coal famine continues, and
car Of coal that came in Tuesday
for the school board was divided in
part with the business houses and
residents and went like hot cakes.
The equipment for the Gem State
electric lighting, pumping,
and air COMPRISING plant is now all
here, and the first electric lights
seen in Sterling will soon be in evil
1ence.
Correspondence will be sarted at
once with the Utilities Commission
and Power Companies for the install
ation Of power as early in 1917 as
possible.
Joe Parkinson of Rexburg, is here
cooking after his extensive sheep in
,erests
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-12
BASALT
PNEUMONIA CLAIMS
TWO BASALT INFANTS

The month old baby girl of Mr.
and Mrs. Doyle Jensen succumbet
Saturday morning at 1920, after 6
severe attack of pneumonia. The
child was taken i'll the first of the
week and DR.. Cutler was called from
Shelley on Friday to give medical
aid, but his skilled efforts were un.
availing. The funeral was held from
the parents home at p m. Sunday
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs
| V. A. Bailey passed away Monday
of last week after a brief illness
Cause of death was pneumonia, which
medical aid was unable to check. The
funeral was held from the residence
at 2 o'clock last Wednesday.
John H. Berg, who has been i'll
for three weeks without improve
ment went to Pocatello Wednesday
of last week to seek medical treat
ment.
Lac Hiatt was in to spend the holt
days. Lee is out trapping coyotes this
winter
Miss Emma Sorensen, who has
been employed in Salt Lake City
this winter came home to spend the
holidays. On her return she will en-
ter the L. D. s. hospital to take the
nurses training course.
Daniel Lees has been stricken with
appendicitis, and taken to the hos
pital in Idaho Falls for an operation.
A car of coal was received at Firth
Friday morning and within three
hours it was unloaded. When three
or four cars are needed for immediate
use one is just an aggravation. A
certain number of persons will get
left. The early bird gets fat load
and the. devil takes the hindmost.
John Johnson is able to be around
again Some time ago Mr.. Johnson
had the misfortune to split his foot
with an axe.
John l.. Johnson is at home again
after a trip to Lava Hot Springs.
Mr.. Johnson went to the Hot Springs
to wash his rheumatism away, and he
looks like new man, that is, more
robust and healthy.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-12
PINGREE

Miss Alice Fay has been quite sick
with the measles.
Mr.. Robbins, principal of the Pin
gree schools, was called to Mccain
mon Monday on business.
Mrs. P. H. Troutner went to Black
foot Monday On the train.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. i. Stevens of
Blackfoot were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Wade Quisenberry last week.
Miss Grace Felsted has been SER
iously i'll with the measles at the
home of her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. P. ]. Felsted of Thomas.
Mrs. Bair and Mrs. Swope were
the guests of Mrs. John Groom, on
Friday.
Rev. J. M. Anderson will hold di-
vine services at the schoolhouse, on
Sunday at O'Clock, January IA.
Everybody is invited to be present.
Allen Young is building an addi-
ton to his house.
O. B. Reddick and John Montgom-
cry went to Blackfoot on business
Wednesday.
The Pingree Literary Society met
at the school house Friday evening.
A large crowd was present and an
excellent program was given which
consisted of songs, readings and a
newspaper entitled "The Bazsaw."
After recess a debate followed. Next
Friday night the question, Resolved,
that "Woman's Suffrage Is not Of
benefit to the United States will be
debated"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-12
DYING BELGIANS FREIGHTED
HOME IN CATTLE CARS
Disease is Contracted

The Hague, Netherlands (via Lon
dom, Jan. 4.-The first reports di-
rectly from Belgians deported to
Germany who have been invaded
from the camp at Soltau, Prussia,
have been given to the Associated
Press. These prisoners were return
ed because they were almost in a
dying condition A number of them
who were interviewed while separa-
ted from each other agreed in their
stories of conditions prevailing in the
Soltau camp.
Seventy of the Belgians were sent
home in a crowded cattle truck at
tached to freight train. It took
two days and three nights for the
journey, usually made by express
trains in six hours.
They arrived home in an emaciated
condition, coughing, the greater
number of them bearing evidence of
having contracted tuberculosis.
According to statements made by
these Belgians, while in the civil
camp at Soltau they received at 500
o'clock in the morning soup of some
decoction made from acorns. At mid
day they received half liter Of soup
containing much water and few
turnips, carrots and shrimp, served
without bread or potatoes.
At 3 O'Clock in the afternoon there
was given to them $50 grams (slight-
ly more than half pound) of black
bread, had and often widowed. In
the evening, as at midday, they re-
ceived half liter of soup, some
times containing bran or brown
maize.
Under this regime the stronger
men went under and the weak soon
fell i'll, so that deaths occurred daily.
Two of the Belgians are said to have
become insane the first week. The
torment Of hunger drove them to
such extrmes that they crept into the
kitchen and collected pealings of po-
tatoes, turnips and carrots to eat.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-12
Deterioration of Eskimo
BY Contact With White Man
DiSCredit to "CiviIization''

1t is or ought to be little disquiet
Ing to all accustomed to think we'll Of
themselves as "civilized," in distinction
from "barbarous" or Savage" to note
the quick deterioration in the Eskimos
reported by Doctor Anderson as the re-
suit Of contact with white men.
OF course it is commonplace Of eth.
nOlOgy that such contact has always
been injurious and often fatal to print.
tive peoples, but usually the humilia-
ton Of this fact has been mitigated by
the possibility of saying that the print
tives suffered because the first visitors
were opponents of the vices rather
than the virtues of civilization-rough
sailors, for instance, or constituencies
traders ruthless in exploiting natures
untutored children. This theory would
be the better if in many instances mis-
sionaries of the most respectable sort
had not brought about changes in the
peoples they tried to serve which,
though different from those worked by
the sailors and traders, still led only
with more or less speed to extermina-
ton.
1t fails utterly in the case of these
Eskimos, who have had, as yet, asso-
citation only with white men who were
as little inclined to make money out of
them by selling cheap rum as they
were to change the ancient habits of
life dictated by experience as best
adapted to the arctic environment. Yet
they say that the Eskimos of Corona
ton island and Whereabouts have al
ready lost their pristine virtues and
learned both to beg and to steal.
Learned" however, is hardly the
right word. It would be more nearly
correct to say that they have developed
in a very natural way tendencies hith-
erto kept latent by circumstances. The
members of small, isolated clan do
not beg or steal from each other, since
all their property is practically owned
In common. The arrival Of aliens so
strange as to seem a different species
creates wholly new conditions, and beg
ging and stealing from them are only
of immemorial instincts
from which none Of us is yet free.
Natural man takes what he can from
a stranger with no more thought of
wrong than if it were bear or deer
he was despoiling-or than If he were
a spider taking possession Of fiy.-l
New York Times.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-12
THOMAS
Observation-Disclosures.

Hans w. Peterson and wife are
spending few days in Ogden, Utah
where they went to attend the fun
eral of cousin of Mrs. Peterson's,
a young man named Stone.
Ellis and Marion Kunz brother and
sister of Mrs. Paul H. Alfred return
ed to their home in Teton Basin on
Wednesday January g. They found
traffic on the Teton branch still open,
but report an excessive snow fall
even for that part of the country.
Joseph S. Alfred writes from big
Etchecher and Bidlegan ranches at
Goldburg, where he is employed,
stating that the Phasimeroi valley is
almost entirely without snow up to
the present time.
There was ten minutes of rough
house at the Thomas hall on New
Years night when E. A. Grover, the
dance manager, and Jack Sjostrom
came together in fistic argument
about close dancing, and then a
young man named Hall and Joe
Goodwin got into similar argu-
ment about the methods of the Grow
pummel one anothers anatomy for
some little time. However, as the
latter pair of combatants are OF the
feather weight class, no broken bones
or heads resulted. But two fights
on the floor at the same time formed
quite diversion for the spectators,
but caused them to lose some points
in each affair in their efforts to
watch both. The Grover Sjostrom
affair ended in scratched faces and
the final election of Sjostrom from
the Hall through combined efforts
of the two managers, Grover and
Covington. Mr.. Grove informs us
that three complaints have been filed
before the probate court in Blackfoot.
We presume that the merits and
dement's of the affair will be thrsh-
ed out before the newly installed
probate judge.
Bishop John r. Williams and wife
and his sister. Mrs. Lucy Fackrell,
spent the holidays in Greenville,
southern Utah, with their mother,
grandma Williams, whose health has
been failing for some time. Mrs. |
It dChIOll 10 tudt tllO oAo"-
fall here is light compared with
what they found there.
Leo Fackrell who is attending the
Rexburg Academy spent the holidays
with the home folks, returning to
school on Tuesday, January 3.
Neal Williams who is teaching
school at Chesterfield this winter was
home for Christmas.
Tommie Williams, Laura Coleman
and several other students Of the
Kicks Academy who came home for
the holiday vacation are still here,
owing to the fact that the Academy
Is Temporarily closed through an cpl
lemic Of measles.
John A. Anderson's family have
from the measles and are
discharged from quarantine.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-12

a load of coal this week, The Goa
famine is becoming quite acute here
Thomas Blackburn had car come
in this week but it did not go very
far.
A. J. Snyder is shipping car loat
of alsike clover and sweet clover
| seed to an eastern market, furnish
led by local growers.
Miss Oral Blackburn is confined
to her home with tonsilitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hosea Berg and fam.
lily are visiting with relatives in Utah
Mr.. and Mrs. Sommercorn are en-.
joying the visit of two of their
daughters during the holidays.
Miss Marian Snyder of Pocatello
is spending the holidays with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Ed
wards.
Henry Berg end children were in
Blackfoot shopping this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pitman, who have
lived on the Coumerilh ranch this
year left on Wednesday, and intended
going to Texas,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. V. Chandler
motored to Blackfoot on Saturday.
Miss Milbrey Pew is spending the
holidays with her parents.
Miss Ruth Judy left Friday for
Howe, where she will spend the
holiday season.
The Entertainment club gave a
dance Friday evening December 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Tanner are back
from their trip to Utah and Califor-
MIA.
The Presbyterian and L. D. s. Sun
day schools gave a Christmas enter
tainment Saturday evening at the
school house, which was well attend
ed despite the severe weather that
evening. Most of the program was
given by the school children who had
given the program before during the
week, but it was all very fine. Dur
ing the latter part of the evening
Santa Claus arrived and distributed
treats to ALL
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-12
SPRINGFIELD

(TOo late for last week

(Too late for last week.
Miss Glendora Malcolm of Black
foot is the guest of Mrs. Thoma!
Blackburn.
Miss Myrtle Wells has returned
from very pleasant visit with rela
tives at Rexburg., Idaho.
Joseph Coumerilh of Blackfoot is
here looking after his ranch since his
tenants have gone.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A. Line entertain.
ed their many friends at open
House. on Thursday evening at their
newly completed home just west OF
Springfield. Games were enjoyed by
all until a late hour after which
delicious refreshments were served
to the many guests.
Mrs. Leach took her daughter
Majorie, to Sterling on Saturday to
place her under the care of DR.. Mote
Majorie was injured a few rays ago
by pitch fork running thru her leg
when she and another playmate,
Dorothy Isaac, were riding on load
of hay with the men when the wagon
upset and the pitchfork ran into
the little girls leg. In Majorie's leg
a large piece of flesh was torn out
and the fork tine went into Doro-
thy's leg so far it had to pulled out.
Dorothy is recovering nicely but we
regret to report Majorie is not doing
as we'll as expected.
Peter Parsons and wife, have pur-
chased the Kelley ranch which was
formerly known as the Lynch place,
and have moved in and taken pos
session.
Leach and Bergman have shipped
in a. car of corn this week to feed
their beef stock. ]. Coumerilh also
has shipped in car of corn this week
for feeding stock. .'
j. A. Grover of Blackfoot, is visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. L. Mont Rich.
w. R. Leach is having an immense
granary constructed at his feed yards
to hold the grain and corn he is
shipping in. o. G. Sommercorn and
son are doing the work.
G.. l.. Andrews and Mr.. Sommer-
corn each report the loss of horse
this week. Mr.. Sommercorns died
from eating alfalfa chaff.
Bert Coumerilh has come back to
the ranch for the winter.
H. s. Pew went to Pocatello for
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-12
Arabs Have Many Virtues.

Travellers ascribe to the Arabs
many virtues. They are a proud and
earnest people, sharp-witted, courag-
eous, temperate and hospitable, but
when wronged are bloodthirsty and
vengeful. One Of their most striking
characteristics is their great love for
poetry. The children of the nomads
as well as the offspring Of the fell
labs are early taught to read, write
and calculate, as might be expected
Of the descendants Of that race which
gave us our Arabic numerals.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-12
McDOnaldVilIe

George Capson and family spent
New Years Day with Thomas Find
lay and family
Mrs. ]. G. Kinney went to Shelley
to attend the funeral of her brothers
son, Herman Bailey, who died on
New Years day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Croskey spent New
Years day with their daughter, Mrs.
v. r. Robinson.
Mrs. Jensen and daughter have re-
turned home after a pleasant visit
with friends and relatives in Utah.
Sarah Gray is on the sick list
this week. Little Alfred Gray is
down with the measles.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-12
GILMORE MINER KILLED
IN ENGINE ROOM BLAZE

Fifteen miners were caught in a.
trap and narrowly escaped being all
suffffocated when an oil fire started
in the engine room below them.
Thomas Thomas lost his life in at
tempting to make his way thru the
dense smoke. The fourteen men re-
naming stopped off a portion OF the
shaft they were working in by hang
ing up their clothes, and were i'm
prisoned for twelve hours, until the
smoke cleared enough to let in res
cuers.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-12
Health and
Big Business
By DR.. SAMUEL c. DIXON
Commissioner Of Health Of Pennsylvania
Efficiency is generally considered the
god of big business. Certain it is that

gre "a t corpora
lions have carried
organization to a
point which has
m a t e rail Y in
creased the effec-
tiveness of their
employees, there
fore it Is not sur
prising to find
that in all great
commercial a n d
industrial plants
there are well-or-
ganized medical
deDartmentS.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-12
GOSHEN

The stork paid a visit to the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Jones last week
and left them a bouncing boy.
Miss Floy Kartchner was called tc
Spencer last week to the bedside oil
her cousin, who is seriously ill.
Walt Peterson was business visit
or to Blackfoot last week He made
the trip in his car.
Carrie Hansen has severed her
connections with the Shelley Mercan-
tile company and has returned to
her home for a much needed rest.
W. M. Christensen has purchased
a fine new victrola for home con-
certs.
Mr.. Brookbush, of Ammon, has
moved to Goshen to make his home
on the old Nelson farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph M. Christen-
sens little girl is very low with pneu-
monia.
Mariner Bair, of Logan, Utah, is
visiting for few days with his bro
Their Irwin and family
Mr.. and Mrs. George G.. Allen, of
Rose, are guests at the home of
Hiram Hansen.
Sterlinf Hansen and Alma Holm
made a business trip to Idaho Falls
Saturday.
Mrs. H. A. Nelson has been con-
fined to her bed for the past week
with kidney trouble.
The Hansen brothers, who are
trapping for coyotes. report the snow
four feet deep in the foothills east
Of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. N. Johnson enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. George G Allen
Mrs. Hiram Hansen, Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Rose, Carrie Hansen and Eva
Holm at Sunday dinner on the Z.
David Staples, our new constable,
was in Blackfoot the first of last
week, on business
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-12
COYOTES

Let me remind you I have the
trick that gets them. Write me for
information. A. Eichelberger, Black
foot, Idaho. adv. 23-4
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-12
STERLING

R. S. leland, of the leland sheep
Co., is here again with the sheep,
after a visit to the home folks at
Arco. Mr.. leland recently shipped
a car of sheep from this station.
Considerable sickness is in evid-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-12

The old inhabitant says the time
was when you wouldn't see train
go thru Blackfoot in several days.
II 1t keeps on showing history may
repeat itself.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-23
Uncle Sans Thrift Thought For Today
= = = - = = ~ = :
= TO UTILIZE BREAD.

suggested by the United of
utilize stale bread and leftover milk:
French Toast.
whole milk salt
butter suitable
frying Dip slices of stale bread into the
they thoroughly and both
golden Serve hot with without sirup
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-23
FRISCO WOMEN
/: To train FOR
i. 5. WAR AID
viii Replace Factory Hands,
Car Operators and Chauf-
feurs When Needed

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14.-First
steps toward training women to fill
the gaps in labor caused by the war
draft were taken yesterday at a con-
ference of business men and directors
of the Young Women's Christian Asso.
citation.
Women will be trained in the en-
larged vocational school of the Y. w.
c. A. to take the places Of factory
hands, elevator operators, chauffeurs,
carmen and many other workers.
A permanent advisory committee Of
business men, headed by Col. Har-
ris Weinstock as chairman and r. B.
Hale as vice-chairman was decided
upon to work with the Y. w. C. A.
leaders in organizing this school and
in determining just what kinds Of
labor the women will be needed for.
The women will save the day, fill
ing places of labor undreamed of now,
according to Colonel Weinstock, who
has already begun a systematic in.
quiry into the needs of various in
dustries.
The advisory committee will be
made up of representatives of each
large industry. Among those present
at yesterdays conference were W. l..
Hathaway, representing insurance
men; President Jesse w. Lilienthal Of
the United Railroads, Simon Lubin,
Victor Klinken of the American
Bankers Association, and represen.
tatives of the Southern Pacific rail-
road, the Pacific Telephone and Tele.
graph Company, the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company and others.
Colonel Weinstock said last night:
"The increased demand for labor
brought about by the increased &C.
tivity in spending Uncle Sans mil
lions and the gaps created by the
draft is likely to paralyze certain
lines of trade and industry unless
these gaps are filled by women,
, Women can be used not only in
stores and offices but on street cars
and on elevators and in many places
where no one except they could be
used. Europe has shown us the way
in this.
"The Y. W, C.. A. tas for years con
Quoted an educational department
and vocational training school. No
definite cooperation with employers.
however, has been ATTEMPTED until
now. A force Of teachers will be
hired and the school enlarged in
many ways. The work will begin now
so that women will be ready when the
call for their services comes"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-23

The woman's liberty loan commit
tee has sent the following outline of
the organization and its work to the
various state councils Of defense:
The woman's liberty loan commit
tee consists of 10 members, appointed
by the secretary Of the treasury to
direct the activities Of women in the
sale of liberty bonds, and having head
quarters in the treasury building at
Washington.
State Organization
Each state, the District Of Columbia
and the territorial divisions Of the
United States all have a chairman
designated state chairman), nomin-
ated by this committee and the
woman's committee of the Council of
National Defense for membership
upon the executive board of the state
divisions of the latter committee.
This state chairman shall have &C.
tive charge and direction Of the lib
erty loan activities in her state, under
the general direction of this commit
tee All reports shall be made by
her to this committee.
The state chairman shall appoint
chairman for each county, such
county chairman to perfect organiza-
ton in her county in cooperation with
the state chairman.