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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-20
TOWN SPROUTS OVER NIGHT
Modern Mining Town Springs Up Sud-
denly In Coal Region In
Kentucky.

Knoxville, Tenn.-Like towns built
in the West during the wild gold fever
rush of the days Of 40, model mining
town has grown up over night in
the center of the virgin field in Harlan
and Letcher counties, Kentucky.
Sixteen hundred houses will be COM
pleted within fifteen months, say Off
Gals of the United States Coal and
Coke company, subsidiary Of the Unit
ed States Steel corporation, which Is
behind the project.
At present 100 eight-room houses
are under construction. After these
are completed the building Of the 9TH
ers will begin. Forty-eight million feet
of lumber altogether will be used.
A total of 25OOO0,O00 feet of lumber
was bought at cost of approximately
$150,00O.
A temporary commissary building,
24O feet long by go wide, is also now
being erected. The permanent COM
missary will be constructed after the
construction of the 1000 houses Is
completed. It will be of brick and
will cost between 100000 and $685.
900.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-20

giving the public the worst of If, that
all manner of legislation was enact
ed to give the roads the worst of it
and put them under severe discip-
line. A different kind of men rose
to power in railroad circles, and poll
cies were reversed, but adverse leg
isIation went on for so long that
railroads ceased to be profitable in
vestments, and the roads had trouble
to get money at all for improve
ments. They simply had to get along
as best they could, and the period
of rapid development of business
thru the years 1908 to 1911-12 kept
the roads full of business and there
was some car shortage, but not
severe enough to bring people to
studying the matter enough to find
out where the trouble originated.
Equipment was not kept up, rolling
stock was badly worn out, new cars
and engines were purchased in
scanty numbers because of lack of
funds, and during the stagnation of
1913-14 conditions did not warrant
the expenditure of money If the
roads had had it. Then came the
war with its squirt of business, which
the roads acting independently were
unable to handle. Then came our
own participation in the war with
its multiplied burdens of transporta-
ton, and the roads pooled their
management in a day and multiplied
their efficiency and saved the coun-
try by criminal combination done
with the full consent and approval
of the government, and all thinking
men who have studied the problem.
Every engine is being overworked.
Every train crew is being worked
for all that is possible, and agita-
tors are now trying in the face of
our national danger, to compel the
roads to operate shorten trains and
give employment to more trainmen.
New cars and engines are being built
as fast as possible, but they all have
to be sent to Europe to rush supplies
from the seaboard to the fighting
lines. A thousand miles of tracks
in aCnada have been torn up to get
rails to lay in France to haul army
supplies over. While the U-boats
have been sinking ships on the seas,
railroad managers have been sweat
ing blood to get more shiploads to
the seaboard and to keep the raw
materials moving to the factories
that are making war supplies.
And in this great crisis that will
be acute for months to come, men
who know little or nothing of the
difficulties are saying the roads
ought to be made to furnish the SER
vice. We repeat it, they ought to
be made to do it, and all honors
await the man or set of men who
can find the way to make them do
it, or rather, to- enable them to do
it, for they are straining everything
to the limit. and now the national
board appointed to decide what
commodities shall have right of way
first, have listed 500 kinds of freight
that must wait till the first neces-
sites have been forwarded-thoseI
things on which depend the holding |
of the lines in France and Belgium
and Italy.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-20
OUR HOME GIRLS CAN
OPERATE RAILROADS

The next few months is expected
t. be the greatest crisis in history in
the operation of railroads. Railroad
men say that if they can keep from
being swamped for the coming
winter and spring, and keep the al
lies supplied, they can meet any
emergency that is likely to come
after that.
Roadmaster Rothas was up from
Pocatello last week and in CONVEX
sation with the editor of The Re-
publican, he said that even the high
school girls of our county can help
to win the war by helping them to
keep the railroads moving the
freight that just has to be moved.
The necessity is so great for cars
and engines to be kept working, that
railroad men are moving heaven and
earth to keep freight going, and
every man that can be released from
some other job to do work that a
woman cannot do, is one score more
for final victory.
Mr.. Rothas said that high school
graduate can take a course in teleg-
raphy and in from four to eight
months be doing the actual work of
operating the road. Four months at
the school of telegraphy at Portland,
Ore, he said would fit the student
to go into an office as an assistant,
and two or four months in that posi-
ton at salary of $50 a month,
would fit him or her to take a re-.
sponsible position at $50. Some
have reached it in six months from
the time they entered the school and
are making good and releasing
man for other duty.
The girl who wants to have hand
in the great struggle of the age, anC
who does not want to work as a
domestic nor nurse nor anv of the
other places that are open 80 her,
should consult the nearest railroad
agent or operator and talk it over
with him. We do not mean that
the girl who is not capable of these
other things might succeed at rail-
reading, quite the contrary. The
railroad needs the best brain there
is, but railroad man with his keen
knowledge of people can judge of
persons and give some good advice
to a high school graduate who is
about to stake all that he or she has
on preparation for an untried job.
The railroad of the world are get
ting into a rundown condition just
at the time when there is so much
depending upon their successful OPP
GRAFTON, and it is plain to everybody
now that If the railroads fail us. we
shall fail the allies, and If we fail
to support the allies, we lose the war
and everything else with it. There
fore the girl or boy who enlists in
the railroad service renders SER
vice to the allies and adds that much
to the total Of our fighting weight.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-20
NINE FIELDS MENACE NORWAY
Ownership Of Drifting Agents Of De.
structIon Is Matter Of
Doubt.

Christiana.-Drifting mine fields are
reported along the whole Norwegian
coast from Listerland eastward. OF
Halo, 20 mines were seen drifting
north to Christiana ford, and from
Halvo many explosions have been
heard.
The drifting mine fields are sur
rounded by a mass Of drifting wreck.
age. Norwegian motor boats have
salved many casks of wine, margarine
and whale oil.
The ownership Of the drifting mine
fields Is a matter Of doubt. Certainly
nobody is anxious to claim them, for
they do not conform to the rules Of
The Hague convention, which pre-
scribes that mines shall be SO con-
structed that they become harmless
when adrift.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-20
A STUDY OF WORDS
AND OF MEN

It is said that the Shoshonee In
dian language has no word to ex-
press what is meant by the English
infinitive ito live A person desir-
ing to convey the thought of leading
a normal life can come closest to 1t
by saying "sit around" A well-to-do
half-breed who owned large and
profitable ranch at an oasis in Ne
vada sold out and prepared to go
to San Francisco to live. On being
visited by relative he was asked,
"You go San Francisco and sit
around?" The wealthy half-breed,
knowing the insufticiency of the
language and the native estimate of
a good and pleasant life, replied in
the affirmative.
One of our Blackfoot men who de-
veloped an oasis in the Idaho desert
Of this valley has just sold out his
ranch and admits that he Is going
to California, but those who know
A. Written would never accuse him
Of going anywhere to sit around. He
has been a bundle OF energy all his
life, and has spent quarter OF Q
century developing the resources OF
this community. 1t would be nice
If he could tone down and sit around
while and give the rising genera
ton the benefit of his advice and
council along the lines in which he
has won success, which when named,
reads, honesty, industry, modesty
and generosity. his efforts being ap-
piled to bringing the elements to-
gether for raising good crops and
fine animals and making right use
Of them after the raising. The
whole Written family are alike in
these matters, and If they go to Cali
fornia to "sit around the Snake
river valley will lose something it
needs. But the Whittens are in
terested in the rich lands in the Mud
Lake country and we believe, in
some water power sites that are In
the stage of development, and at the
approach of spring it would be graft
flying to see them coming back to
Idaho to sit around.
Whitten's Successor
Farley Price has bought the Whit
ten ranch, and he will move across
from Rose to Wapello and sit
around. MT. Frlco anu Ills SOOU
family will need to fill large mea-
sure to keep up the reputation Of
the Written ranch. They too, have
been engaged in making blades Of
grass grow where none lived before,
and having sheep flourish on the
blades. Mr. Price is man who
reads and reasons and plans care
fully, and sheds benefits wherever
he operates.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-20
HOW OUR RAILROADS
ARE HANDICAPPED

A good many people are saying
just now that the railroads ought
to be made to furnish cars and en-
gines and to haul the goods and
supplies which the people want, and
that is true. The railroads, on the
other hand, would like to see it
done. They would have great re-
spect for any one who can do it.
A generation ago the railroads
were plundering the people and had
been doing it for a long time, and
people got it so well imbeded In
their systems about railroads always
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-20
PUTS "PEP" INTO CHICKENS
Vaccination, as Advocated by the Uni.
versity Of California, Seems to
Be Success.

Pomona, Cal.-Vaccination of chick.
ems, advocated by a University of
California poultry expert, and tried out
here by Henry Boon on his 500 hens,
Is a remarkable bit Of Hooverism, &C.
cording to Boon, who has reported that
his hens now scratch SO energetically
for worms that he has to feed them far
less than formerly.
The poultry association here also
advocates vaccination, asserting it pre-.
vents disease, causes the fowls to lay
more eggs and gives them an astonish.
ing amount Of pep" to scratch for @
living.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-20
DOG TAG is COUNTERFEITED
St. Louis Woman Is Arrested on
Charge Of Having License Not
Yet Issued.

st. Louis.-Mrs. May Smith Of 2S15
Olive street lost her dog. She adver-
tised the fact, giving the city license
number 2,242 as a mark Of identified
ton. The dog was recovered.
License Collector Alt read the ad.
His records showed that the highest
number on licenses issued by his de-
partment was under 1900. He noti-
fed the police.
Mrs. Smith was arrested on a charge
Of having counterfeit license and an
unlicensed dog.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-20
ExEMPTs ONLY ! OUT'oF 20
Draft Boards Decisions in Industrial
Cases Usually Upheld by
President Wilson.

Washington.-Only one in twenty
appeals to President Wilson for draft
exemption on industrial grounds has
been decided in favor of the applicant,
1t was said at the provost marshal
generals Office. In other cases the
president has ratified the judgment of
district boards that the applicant was
not Indispensable to a necessary war
industry. About eight thousand ap-
peals have been received, but only a
small proportion decided.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-20
American Product DISPLACED.

Japanese cotton yarn is replacing
the American product which formerly
dominated the Hongkong, China, mar
ket, Uncle Sans consular agents re.
port. Exporters in this country, how.
ever. are still supplying high grade
yarns In China.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-20
Pictures Appeal to Arabs,

Pictorial advertising posters help
greatly to sell several lines of Amer
lean goods in Alden, Arabia. The high
ty colored posters appeal strongly to
the natives, according to one of Uncle
Sans consular agents.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-20

Lady mayors certainly are making
good, for now that one has success
fully held down the post others are
ready to follow suit. Florida had the
honor of electing within it's bounds
the first lady mayor in the country.
Now Warren, Illinois, quickly follows,
electing Mayor Garfield, who has al
ready proved her executive fitness.
With the war in full swing, we will
probably have ladies holding down the
various municipal Offices, from city
chief to doorkeeper of the municipal
building.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-20

1t costs Uncle Sam $1S pair for
shoes for Private Stuckey, of the
Sixth Engineers, but the government
figures he Is worth all the extras he
costs. The shoes are No. 1917, made
to order. Stuckey is 6 feet inches
high, weighs 235 pounds and is ~
years old. He was one Of Jess Will
lard's trainers for three years and
fought the Kansan 10-round bout in
1911. His friend is feet A inches
and wears a 61a shoe.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-20
HANCOCK DESCENDANTS
ENLIST IN THE SERVICE

San BernardinO, Cal.-Ffve
great-great-grandc hildren of
John Hancock, signer Of the
Declaration Of Independence,
have Joined Uncle Sans army
service from this city. The men
are brothers, the fifth to join be-
ing DR.. A. e. Hancock, who has
received a commission as first
lieutenant In the dental section.
The others are Bedford Han
cock, Walter Clyde Hancock,
Leslie Hancock and Alvin J.
Hancock.
There are several cousins of
the five brothers, also Hancocks
and descendants of John Han
cock, in the selective draft con-
tingents from San Bernardino.
The Hancock family helped to
build San Bernardino in the fif-
ties.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08
NEGRO BOY IS
KILLED BY FALL
Attempting to Board Auto
Truck, Robert Perry
Falls to Pavement.

While trying TO climb upon a NOV
ing automobile truck in the BOO
block on Alameda avenue Thursday
morning. Robert Berry. 1904 Man
Kama street. negro school boy, II
years OF age. fell To the street pave
ment snd was almost instantly killed.
According TO detective Ed. Mebus,
who was travelling on Alameda in a
jitne a short distance behind the
truck. the boy had been riding on an
ice wagon. and when the wagon drew
in at the curb. the boy jumped off and
made for the truck. which at that
moment was passing in the same d.
rection- With his school books in his
hand, he was trying to jump up on the
floor OF the truck. when Mebus saw
him fall to the street. striking his
forehead upon the pavement
skull Is Fractured
Hurrying to the spot. Mebus found
that the boy was unconscious and
that blood was flowing freely from
his nose and mouth He was rushed
to the emergency hospital at police
headquarters, and was examined Ly
Dr. John Hardy. who pronounced him
dead The boy is said to nave sus-
tanned fracture at the base Of the
skull. a post norton was held At
the Peak morgUe this afternoon.
Henry Evans. a negro. was the
driver Of the truck, which Is said to
belong TO the FL PasO Refining COM
pany. He was not taken into custody.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08
Demands News In 4
Herald Extra Be Taken
From Shoemon's Windou

8. ". McCOllom. native Michigan
shoe surgeon SOS Mesa avenue,
flying the flags OF the United States.
Great Britain and France over his
door. and holder Of his part Of the
last Liberty loan. was coasidera bly,
surprised and panied, he said. Thurs
day morning. when a big man entered
his place and advised him to take
down from his window 4 copy of an
extra edition of The FL PasO Herald
which scattered the news OF the latest
evolutionary development in Russia.
Mr. McCOllom wondered what sort OF
procedure was in movement. when the
CratuitOus advice was uttered that
the sheriffs office would be notified
al once.
Shortly afterward, Mr.. McCouom
said, n deputy from the sheriffs Of
flee came up an cOunseled Mr.. Nc
Collum to remove the extra" from the
window, which was done. The deputy
said two telephone calls had been re-
celved at the sherifFs office on the
subject.
What thought directed the man who
demonstrated with the shoemaker at
the posting Of a piece OF news that all
FL Paso held in its hands and that the
press OF the world published stimuli
taneously. was not learned. The man
with the advice disappeared immedi-
ately thereafter
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08
GIRLS! TRY It!
HAVE Thick. WAN.
BEAUTIFUL HAIR
Every particle of dandruff
. disappears and hair stops
coming out.
Draw a moist cloth through
hair anddouble its beauty
at once.

Your hair becomes light, wavy.
fluffy. abundant and appears as soft.
lustrous and beautiful as a yoUnG
girls after a 'Danderine hair
cleanse" Just try this-moisten a
cloth with a little Danderine and
carefully draw 1t through your hair.
taking one small strand at a time.
This viii cleanse the hair Of dust.
dirt and excessive oil and In just a
few moments you have doubled the
beauty OF your hair.
Besides beaUtifyinE the hair at
once, Danderine dissOlves every par
ticle OF dandruff; cleanses. purifies
and invigorates the scalp. forever
stopping itching and falling hair.
But what will please you mon VIII
be after ? few weeks use when you
will actually see new hair-fine and
doWny at first-yes-but really new
hair growing all over the scalp II
you care for pretty, soft hair and
lots Of It, surely invest a few cents IN
a bottle OF KnowltoH's Danderins at
any drug store OF toilet counter, and
Just try it
Save your hair, Beautify It! You
will say this was the best money you
ever spent.-Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08
COUNCIL CHECKS
ELECTION VOTE
Transcript of Returns to Be
Forwarded, Then Bonds
viii Be Offered.

Returns Of the recent election, in
which FL Paso voters decided that the
city sell three 100000 bond issues.
were canvassed by the mayor and city
council IN weekly session Thursday.
The vote was; Street paving bonds,
AS for and 172 AGAINST; school bonds.
4S3 for and $50 against; waterworks
bonds. 453 for and 1856 against
The city clerk is now preparing the
transcript Of the proceedings leading
up 10 the election. This will be for
warded TO the state attorney general
for approval. following which the
bonds can be placed on the market
Files Paving Cost
City engineer B. NJ Williams filed
acceptance and final estimates OF cost
OF paving as follows: Bassett avenue,
from Cotton avenue to Piedras street,
cost TO property holders S36.046-5g. to
city S5e11-21. and TO railroads S1226-55:
East Missouri street. from Lee street
to Dallas street, cost TO property hold
ers 100000
Clipped 374 Persons Hair.
The monthly report OF the board OF
health. filed at the meeting. showed:
Deaths p. including Il Americans and
l. MeXlCans. and births %. including
six Americans and l. MeEicans: food
condemned 80 pounds of meat. IS
pounds of fruit and vegetables and 20
pounds Of sea foods. persons having
hair clipped 374; persons disinfect-
ed eli
Sanitary commissioner l. n. HuIlum
reported having had hauled during
the week 577.50O pounds of garbage.
$4,000 pounds OF ashes and $4,000
pounds Of manure.
Petition Referred.
The following nerition was re-
ferred: Alamo Machine company. for
gasoline station at Alameda and san
Marcial streets.
City engineer p. n. Williams filed
his acceptance and approval Of paving
OF Virginia street. from Olive street
10 Mills street.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08
MRS MARY BROWN, ARKANSAS
WOMAN, HERE 8 YEARS, DIES

Mrs. Mary Brown. widow OF the late
DR.. ". T. Brown, OF Altus, Arkansas.
and the mother OF Mrs. E. r. Lee Of
1914 Grand avenue. this city, diei
Wednesday evening at $50 at o local
hospital. after an operation She had
been sick for eight days
Mrs. Brown was born near Little
Rock. Ark. IS years ago. and came to
FL PasO with her daughter eight and
one half years ago.
Funeral service Will be held at
Peaks Undertaking chapel at 3 o'clock
Friday afternoon. conducted by Rev.
Q X Campbell, OF the Asbury Metho-
dist church. Interment will be in
EVerEreen cemetery.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08
CLEANS THE BLOOD
TONES THE NERVES

The gratifying results attending
the faithful use OF the new medicinal
combination. Hoods Sarsaparilla be
fore eating and PepJiron after eat
ing. are seen in pure blood, stronger
nerves. improved condition Of the
y hole system.
They are results that make this
course Of treatment the most eco
nomical for sufferers from impure.
impOl erished blood, weak. unsteady
rerveS-nO other accOmplishes SO
much for each cent expended.
Hoods SarsaparilIa and Peptiron
aid each other. and TO take both is to
derive a four-fold benefit.
II a laxative is needed in connec-
tiOn with them. the gentle and thor
ouEh Hoods Pills should be used
Adv
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08
MRS. J. E. MURPHY DIES
SUDDENLY IN EAGLE PASS

News was received here Wednesday
evening Of the sudden death at Eagle
Pass. Tex. Of Mrs. J. F. Murphy. wife
Of J. z. Murphy. we'll known here for
many years in his connection with
the Ainsa wholesale grocery house.
Mrs. Murphy died at o'clock Wednes-
day and the funeral was held Thurs
day at Eagle Pass. MI. Murphy Is a
brother OF Mrs. W. L Brown. 1025 East
Boulevard. this city.
Mrs Murphy moved TO Eagle Pass
last June to join her husband. who
has 4 grocery business there with his
brother. II. A. Murphy. Miss Gene
We've Murphy, daughter OF the de-
ceased came here this fall TO attend
school and make her home with Dr.
and Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Murphy was
Miss Alma Patton, formerly OF I.uling.
Tex She married her husband here.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08
NAYLOR HEARING OFF TILL
MONDAYS DR. WAYS BODY HELD

Due 70 the nlness OF Justice J. N.
Beaver, preliminary hearing on the
complaint Tiled against R D Naylor
was continued Thursday until Mda-
day morning Naylor is charged with
murder IN connection with the death
Of DR., D. q Way. Of AshsvilIe. N. C..
brought 70 the emergency hospital
Tuesday night from the d. R Francis
hotel suffering from a skull fracture,
and dying Immediately thereafter.
the body OF Dr. Way was stiii held
by undertakers Mclean, Simmons &
aaruoru thursday morning who
said they had no Instructions to ship
It kilograms received by Justice Of
the peace James NJ Deaver Wednes-
day from DR.. J. A Way, a brother Of
the deceased at Waynesville, n. c.,
and w F. Randolph, Of AsheYille, n.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08
FL PASOANS TO MAKE
AUTO TRIP TO DEblNG

Castor CobienCz, New York renrs-
sentative OF the White House, Is "a 81
Paso on q visit TO his brOthar. lLyrtfi
Coolentz. and friends Sunday. IA or
Ger 70 snow the visitor the big CARTON
meDt at Deming. SIyrtil CoblsntzE and
JAKE Miller VIII take a party Of
friends. including the visiting New
yorker. IN their Packards. 70 Deuafne.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08
HAM AND BACON PRICE
IS CUT N CHICAGO

Chicago II NOV. S-PEioes Of ham
and bacon % the Consumer ware cut
five to ten cents by the Illinois food
administrator today. The govern
ments complete cOQtrol OF the packing
Industry lends Importance to the an
nouncemenL While for the moment
the cut applies only 70 Chicago and
suburbs, prices eventually VIII serve
as tho standard for the whole country.