The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-14
ALL LATAH
CITIZENS
ORGANIZE
Gather from Every Com
munity to Safeguard
Life and Property
HEAR PATRIOTIC TALKS
Crowd Too Large for District Court
R00m-G0vern0r and Other Offic-
ials Deliver Speeches

CTOWO 100 1ATS0 ZOE DlSCl1ct COuIt
ROom-Govern0r and Other Offic-
ials Deliver Speeches
In the majesty of her aroused cit
ixenship Latah county spoke today.
From every community, even the most
remote, stern and serious men came
to Moscow to assist in the organization
Of the Latah County Protective assOci-
alton. They came in such numbers
that the district court room was
found to be wholly inadequate and an
adjournment was taken to the Moscow
City Park.
There the situation that confrOnts
the community was discussed calmly
and In all its aspects. The Latah men
were assembled for business They
were in session to let the world know
that they were ready and fully able to
take care Of their home affairs and
that they would permit neither I. w.
WIS, open enemies or parasites to in
terfere with the performance of their
full duty to the government in these
critical times.
After patriotic addresses by Gov
ernor Alexander, Secretary of State
Dougherty, Assistant Attorney General
Hindman and others, the citizens took
up the more serious work Of organiza-
tion-the adoption of constitution
and set of bylaws, the formation of an
effective organization, and the work
ing out of plan of campaign. G. B.
Green presided over the meeting.
There was little applause-few dem
onstrations of any kind. All present
we're In a serious mood. Governor AL
exander was introduced as the first
speaker.
Have Pledged ALI
Governor Alexander, in part, said:
I'VE have undertaken a great task,
that the whole world may be free; we
have pledged not only dollars and cents !
but our grain and our very lives.
Let me plead with you farmers
that when your wheat gets ripe you
protect it-protect it with your lives
if necessary. These fields of grain be-
long to the United States. You men
in the cities, let me appeal to you to
close your stores and help to harvest |
the wheat If labor is short Farmers,
don't let the wheat perish; don't let any
man put his hand on that wheat unless
you can trust him.
Keep Strangers Out
Let no strangers in your field. If
you have to work an hour longer, keep
the stranger out. This is not time to
say that the spindles of industry are
turning too fast.
"Is it possible that any man possess
ed of patriotism will talk of an extra
hour or 25 cents more or stop work
for lack of a white tablecloth to eat /;
from. This is not time to stop work
Ito be Stacker.
Idaho Can Govern Herself
uSIc dIt tlOu6u ulcu III lOduO dpio
to govern themselves not to have to
call upon the military. l do not want
the word to flash out to the world that
Idaho has called upon martial law. We
do not want people to say that Idaho :
can not govern itself. We do not need j.,
to do it yet. We can get troops when
we need them but do not let us call for !
them until we have to. +
"In Idaho there are enough law T
abiding men to overawe those who do n
not respect the law. Nothing can hap :
pen if the people, will not allow it,
Why He Came North ~
II came north not to oppress any
man but to bring the great standard of :
the state of Idaho; to bring you the !
promise that the laws of the state of :
Idaho will be enforced no matter what :
We have to do to enforce them. 4
Are you going to send your boys to I
he trenches in Europe while you let 4
men not even naturalized disrupt your 4
avs and interfere with your produc- 4
ion. i
Stand Back of Sheriff !
sThis is a government, not of men i
ut of law. You must stand back Of the Z