Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-01-04

Inc clearwater HepuDllcau Will
plead guilty to being poor; the pub
Usher has been unable to buy lot Of
Liberty Bonds, but we have given to
the Government freely of our news
paper space and the Government has
appreciated this, acknowledging that
the newspapers donated millions of
dollars worth of advertising space for
the first Liberty loan. Patriotism is
not measured by the amount of dol
lars one can dig up, but by the quail
ity and character of the effort the in
dividual puts forth. Some of the best
patriots in this nation cannot buy a
Liberty bond, but they are doing all
they can in every way they can, and
making sacrifices daily for the coun-
try John D. Rockefeller might buy
the entire Liberty bond issue and not
be patriot. 1t is simply question
of doing all one can. That's the test
and measure of the patriot.
c. e. Perkins of Fraser was in Or
ofino Wednesday. When asked about
his neighborhood in regard to war
activities, Mr.. Perkins said: II do
not knoy of a single unpatriotic per-
son in our part Of Clearwater county.
Our people are doing their best all
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most splendid thing to say of ones
home people-not one disloyal man
or woman; not one Stacker; not one
hanging back! Isn't it fine? Can
other communities say as much? We
can't say it here in Orofino. We have
a few slackers, few disloyal people,
q few selfish people who are not do
ing all they are financially able to
do. We have just a few who are out
right disldyal, and who are doing all
they can against this country. And
everybody is ashamed of them, and
| the hand. of all @ood men and. women
is against them. and will be from
1 now to the end Of time. -.
IN another column we publish q
letter from Leon Perkins. Read it
and then reflect that Leon is doing
this FOR you. He, with millions of
other boys; some from Clearwater
county, are suffering, are Offering, If
need be, their lives for you and me.
How much we who, for any reason,
are left at home ought to appreciate
this sacrifice, end how gladly we
I ought to make whatever sacrifice we
are called on to make; how cheerful
Fly we ought to comply with the sug-
gestion to save certain foods, and
what wretched towards we are II we
do not do our level best every day the
war lasts and our men are facing
death for our sake. How we ought
to count it, not duty, but q privi-
| lege, to aid the Red Gross; how we
ought to pour out our dollars for Lib
erty Loan bonds, and give to the "
M. c. A. freely. and literally To do
less than our best is base ingratitude.
The Orofino Highway has been up
held by District Judge Steele. The
case was brought to see if there was
not way out of the present expen-
sive and unsatisfactory mess, but the
court seems to take the view that the
district is regularly and legally Gre
ated, and unless the law Is unconsti-
tutional the people are stung. A de-
:eision in one of the south Idaho Dis
trict courts last week was to the en-
feet that the highway law is uncofi-
stitutional. This may open the way
out of a bad mess. Orofino Highway
warrants are practically worthless,
and the decision from Judge Steele
has not put any value into these war
rants. Just before going to press we
called up the Bank of Orofino and
was told the bank was not buying
Oroflno Highway warrants. The peo-
pie are almost unanimously in favor
Of getting back to the county form of
government. They have@had all they
want of highway districts.
The Republican has it on very
good authority that the cofferdam,
which cost the people $500, should
have been put in for one-third of the
money. Had the people employed a
home man like Mr.. Dillow, who is an
old bridge builder, the work would
have been. pushed and about $1,000
saved. But home labor seems never
to get any consideration when the
Blake machine spends the money.
Look at the Nease cruise, for exam
pie! Home men were branded as in
competents and unreliable and not
permitted to bid, even though they
offered to do the cruising for 7 or s
cents an acre, while Mr.. Nease got a
contract at IL 1-2 cents an acre. The
home men would have done an hon
est job, and all the money kept at
home. Does it look like square and
honest deal? -
4 A prison cantonment has been
started at Leavenworth, Kansas, in
which will be lodged slackers, spies
alien enemies and other war often
ders. The cantonment, which will
provide for 5000 prisoners, will con-
sist of twelve buildings and will be
i constructed as an addition to the
present disciplinary barracks. It will
1 be surrounded by barbed-wire
fence 16 feet high and will cost
I $236,000.
1 Somebody remarked the other day
in the post Office lobby that some OF
the soldier boys were not satisfied.
A woman, who knows how the aver
age American boy is not made ia
mind, and does not obey, made this
very wise comment: THE trouble Is
that too many Of these young men
were never taught discipline at home
and they find 1t hard when they are
brought up standing under military
discipline.
The Government warns us that dis
loyalty may be found anywhere, and
asks all loyal men and women to keep