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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-08
NEWSPAPER
CHANGE PROHIBITED

The American, in an effort to re-
establish itself under new manage
ment at Glencoe, Mimi, after suspen-
sion by it's former ownership, was
prohibited from doing so by the war
industries board. The plant was
moved from one building to another,
new supplies installed and was ready
to resume when it's right was con-
tested. Men connected with the new
management had been connected
with movments to delay and dis
courage war activities, and all these
circumstances combined to bring
about the cancellation of their right
to issue a newspaper.
Other Papers Suspended
The Roundup, published at Pine
dale, Wyo., has gone busted and
closed it's front door, Editor Patter-
son says the shrinkage in the volume
of business, coupled with the natural
handicaps brought about by the war
and paper economies, settled what
was doubtful proposition before.
The Weekly World, published by
G. e. Jones at Idaho City, has sus-
pended. Mr.. Jones announced that
it looked like hard winter ahead,
for newspapers, and he quite with
out trying conclusions with the win
try winds. The World has been pub
lished since September 20, 1858.
The Jerseyman at Morristown, N.
J. failed recently and was sold at a
bankruptcy sale.
The Daily News Of New Haven,
Conn. has suspended till after the
war. other publications that have
suspended are the Herald at Risen,
Ark, the Leader at Lawrence, Ind,
the Call of Burgettestown, Pa, the
Monitor, at Hampton, Va, and the
Times at Granville, Ohio.
Under the present epidemic of in
fiuenza, just about as many editors
die as there are newspapers that
suspend. Sometimes death is the
cause of suspension, but in most
cases, the Suspensions are due to
business failures or shortage of help.
Between deaths, draft and business
failures, newspapers are going out OF
existence at high rate.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-08
Our Writer in France
France, September %, 1915
BY Sgt. f. G. Kutnewsky

France, September %, 1918
Dear Mother:
If you think l am not having a
great good time of 1t over here-be
undeceived. am now writing in a
clean, coy tiled French kitchen near
one of those comfortable old fire.
places. From time to time two cats
make themselves at home on the
hearth plate; have good cigar and
am among friends.
/ am billeted with meunuisier-
a carpenter-builder. His family con-
sists of wife, Ia madame, and two
amiable jeunis files, one twenty-five
or twenty-three perhaps the other
perhaps seventeen. The younger is
learning English fast, but the elder
perfers French altogether and will
not talk with soldiers who me par
lent la francis" The women sew,
make dresses, in forward room Of
the home. The father has his shop
next door. 1t is in the center Of
town, just across from our company
mess tent, and near regimental head
quarters.
Well, we made friends from the
first. This morning l had depenner
with the family, coffee, good coffee,
and bread and butter. Then was
unable, with my rather slow-going
French to escape their pressing in.
vitation to dinner-so I decided to
accept fully. brought pen, ink and
paper, and / shall describe the
cuisine for you while have the OPP
portunity.
1t is larger than ours, and longer
than it is wide. There is one large
window looking out upon the rear,
cemented space, enclosed for next
door buildings, and with a large well
in the center. To the left is little
garden with cabbages, carrots and
plenty of tomatoes. They bring to-
matoes to my billet every day.
/ am opposite the window, one Of
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-08
SVSSTSSSSE
WICKS

The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. H Miller died on October % and
was buried at Blackfoot on October
80.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Miller and
family are visiting with Mrs. Eliza
beth Miller at Moreland.
w. H. Palmer of Blackfoot has
just finished drilling a well on the
school grounds.
The influenza epidemic which
prevalent in this district is now ON
the decline and none Of the cases
have proved fatal so far.
Most of the ranchers in this vi
entity have their fall work COM
pleted and most of the beet raisers
feel that hey are being repaid for
their efforts as the beet crop has
turned out better than was expected
in the spring.
Fred Haney spent the weekend
with his mother at Blackfoot.
Doris Dunn was weekend Wis
itor at her home here.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-08
MERCY MUNITIONS
NEEDED IN TRENCHES
Lieut.. Coningsby Dawson, Fight
ing Author, Makes Stirring
Appeal for Y. W. c. A.

Lieut.. Conlngsby Dawson, who wrote
Garry On" says of the war work
which the Y. W. c. A. is doing: "You
at home cannot fight with your lives,
but you can fight with your mercy.
The Y. w. G. A. is offering you just
this chance. 1t garrisons the women s
support trenches, which lie behind the
mems. 1t asks you to supply them
with munitions Of mercy that they
may he passed on to us. We need
such supplies badly. Give generously
that we may the sooner defeat the
Hun"
What Lieut.. Dawson says of the Y.
w. G. A. he might have said of all the
national organizations which are COM
ing together for the biggest financial
campaign that organizations have ever
headed. All the $17O,5OO,OO0 to be
raised by the seven great national or
CARNATIONS the week of November II
will be used to garrison and supply
the support trenches behind the lines.
They are the Y. NJ G. A.. the Y. w.
G. A.. the National Catholic War Coun-
Gil, Jewish Welfare Board, American
Library Association, War Camps Com
munity Service and Salvation Army.
American girls in various uniforms
mingle strangely with picturesque
Brittany costumes In France. The
American Y. w. c. A. has a hostess
house in Brittany where the Signal
Corps women live and hut where
the nurses spend their free time. Both
these centers are fitted with many Of
the comforts and conveniences Of
home.
"At tea given at the nurses hut
one Saturday afternoon" writes Miss
Mabel Warner, Of Salina, Kansas, Y.
w. G. A. worker there, "there was an
odd gathering-one admiral, a bishop,
Presbyterian minister, a Roman
Catholic priest, a doctor, an ensign.
one civilian and myself"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-08
First Victory Boys Work.

"Say, I'm via to you, all right" a
Western Union messenger boy whis-
pered to one Of the directors Of the
United War Work Campaign in the
New York headquarters. The direc.
tors desk had only just been moved
In and the work Of the big drive had
hardly begun.
I'm onto your stunt" the boy went
on as he swung a grimy fist over the
desk; you're goin' to give us fellows
that amt old enough to 60 to war a
chance to earn an give to back up a
fighter an help win the war. Listen !;
I'm in on this"
The crumpled S. bill he dropped on
the desk made him the first of "a mil
lion boys behind million fighters"
who are to be lined up as Victory Boys
during the week Of the drive.
There will be division Of Victory
Girls, too, and every boy and every
girl enrolled will have to earn every
dollar he or she gives to the war work
fund.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-08

those eight-squared French windows
with heavy wooden shutters outside,
and behind me is a cupboard, sevre,
thing except the fireplace and char
coal built-in bit of furnace along
side is of pale brown.
There are three doors, one leading
to the front door, on my right one
to the living quarters and upstairs
by way of little hallway, to my left,
and the other, which Is closed to next
door, / suppose, on my right. Next
this last, towards the window is the
| fireplace with heavy protruding
mantel piece, upon which are ranged
| a half dozen lamps of various de-
signed. 1t is about five feet wide
The fire is built between andirons
of a decorative nature, the nickle
parts shined well and upon large
fiat piece of mental, half inch
thick, that makes step up from the
floor of six inches.
All ashes and charred wood are
kept carefully away from the edge.
There is a heavily sooted water ket-
I tie swung in an iron hook just over
the fire and two flatirons on their
heels before the fire.
Next the fire place, is the built in
furnace, looking most like a sink.
1t had Dutch tiled surface and
three small square iron-framed holes.
Beneath are two fire-box mouths,
and on the floor in the center a box
for charcoal The frame slants back
from top to bottom, as the mantaI
piece does. Some place handy there
is bellows with which one refreshes
the fire occasionally.
Across the room is a large bin for
fire wood and another cupboard, or
bureau, carrying glass ware and
dishes. Foods are not kept here,
nor prepared here, only cooked and
eaten.
The chairs are of wicker seats and
those low backs, not made for lean
ing on. l find myself always tipping
them back on their frail hind legs
and putting them to risk of distruc-
tion-then | come to earth-and
wonder If the good people have been
worrying about 1t.
Above me on right and left are
high shelves, for preserves, pickles
and larSe jars. 1t is comfortable
place-the sort of kitchen I've al
ways dreamed about and couldn't
quite picture. My heavy frogans
with their hob nails make terrible
chatter on the tile floor. Everyone
here wears indoors a kind of slip
per, and on going out they put on
wooden clogs as we do rubbers, a
practice much revived, am advised
since the war Instead of apologize
ing for certain of their present dis
comforts they all say with a shrug,
"C'est la guerre."
forgot to say the windows are
nearly all built like doors-two PAN
nels Of three or four squares each
opening inward.
Yesterday walked out a. few miles
looking for chateaux and sketched
one for you, as enclosed.
am certainly at home. Even the
bits of French domestic conversation
of the madame and her daughters as
they go about their homework are
not unintelligible to me, nor strange,
nor unpleasant. l assure
With much love,
FREMONT.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-08

Hungary will be entrusted 10 the 10
cal authorities under the control OF
the allied and associated armies OF
occupation.
Seyen-The immediate repatria-
ton without reciprocity of all allied
prisoners of war and internal sub
jects and Of civil populations evacu-
ated from their homes on conditions
to be laid down by the commander
in chief of the forces Of the associ-
ated powers on the various fronts.
Sick and wounded who cannot be re-
moved from evacuated territory Will
be cared for by Austria-Hungary per-
sonnet, who will be left on the spot
with medical material required.
Naval Conditions
One-Immediat cessation Of all
hostilities at sea and definite infOr-
nation to be given as to the location
and movements Of all Austro-Hun-
garian ships. :.
Notification to be made to neutrals
that freedom a navigation in all ter
ritorial waters is given to the naval
and mercantile marine of the allied
and associated powers. all questions
of neutrality being waived.
Two-Surrender to the allies and
the United States of fifteen Austro-
Hungarian submarines completed be-
tween the years Of 1910 and 1918
and of all German submarines
which are in or may hereafter enter
Austro- Hungarian territorial wat
ers. All other Austrian submarines
to be paid off and completely dis
armed and to reamin under the sup
ervision of the allies and the United
States.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-08
VICTIM OF INFLUENZA

Jack Ryan, age fifty eight years,
died at his home in Idaho Falls Mon
day. after suffering from influenza
for several days.
Mr.. Ryan was born in Atlanta, Ga,
where he spent, the earlier part of
his life. Before moving to Idaho
Falls he was a joint-owenr Of the
Victory Cafe Of this city.
He is survived by his wife, and a
mother and sister, who live at De-
troit, Mich.
Funeral services we're held at the
Grove City cemetery Wednesday,
Nov. 6, at two o'clock, under the
auspices of the Masonic lodge.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-08
Why You Should Give Twice
What You Did Before

The government has fixed the
sum needed for the care of the
men in the service at $170,500, 900.
Unless Americans give twice as
much as ever before our soldiers,
sailors and marines in 1919 may not
enjoy their
5000 recreation buildings
1000 miles of movie films
100 stage stars
1000 athletic directors
$500 libraries supplying
100000 books
IS hostess houses
$4,000 big Brother" sec
retaries
Millions of dollars Of
home comforts
Give to maintain the morale that
is winning the war now
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-08
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL

Word was received recently that
Mrs. Fred T. Dubois is very i'll with
the influenza in Boise and was taken
to the hospital there.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-18
GERMAN ALIEN ENE-
MES MUST REGISTER

Among the regulations for the reg
istration of German alien enemies in
the United States during the first
week of February, are the following:
All German males of the age Of IA
years and upward are required to
register. Notice of time and place of
registration will be given by publica-
ton in newspapers.
The affidavit of each registrant must
be accompanied by four unmounted
photographs, signed across the face
so as not to obscure the features, and
the finger prints of each registrant
shall be taken.
Between 10 and Is days after reg
istration each alien enemy must again
appear before his registration officer
to obtain registration card, which
will bear his name and his left thumb
print. This card must be carried by
the registrant for future identifca-
ton.
An alien enemy who changes his
place of residence to another place
within the same registration district
must at once report the change to the
registration officer. No alien enemy
shall move out of the district without
a permit. Application for a permit
must be made upon a form furnished
by the Department of Justice, giving
full particulars as to date, reason for
change, and intended place Of resi-
dence.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-18
ACID PHOSPHATE PROFITABLE

Acid phosphate is proving one of
the most remunerative applications
for Missouri soils, according to the
results secured by the University Of
Missouri College of Agriculture.
While it has increased some in price
recently, the increases in crop values
have more than kept pace with this.
On the basis of four-year rotation
of corn, oats, wheat and. clover, the
phosphate during this four-year peri
cd has given an increase of 3.O3 bush
els of corn, 5.34 bushels of oats, Sol
bushels of wheat and 544 pounds of
clover hay, worth at present prices
approximately 500. The cost Of 400
pounds of acid phosphate at this time
from the local dealer is SIS. The pres
ent high price of nitrogen and potash
has made their use much less remun-
erative than formerly on most Mis-.
souri, soils. If acid phosphate were
available in sufficient quantity the
farmers handling average land would
do well to apply it alone. Unfortun-
ately the supply on the market is not
very abundant so that farmers inter-
ested in using this material for the
coming year should place their or
ders early.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-18
WANT PLEDGE FROM
ALL HOTELS.

A pledge from the proprietor of
every hotel, club, restaurant. and
public eating house in ten State to
observe meatless and wheatless DAYS
is the goal of the Missouri Division
of the United States Food Admins
tration. Reports have come to the
offices of the State food administrator
that some eating houses are not OBJ
serving these days. This is due, it is
believed, to some misunderstanding on
the part Of the proprietors.
"By meatless day we mean the
elimination of beef, pork and NUT
ton from the menus and the substitu-
ton of chicken, fish, oysters or rab-
Bit" F. B. Mumford, federal food adj
ministrator for Missouri says. eve
are asking the people of Missouri to
observe at least one beefless and one
porkless day week. Most of the
restaurants have shown a desire to
cooperate with the Food Administra-
ton, and patrons have shown a will
ingness to do without meat on Tues
day and wheat on Wednesday,"
More than half the hotels and res
taurants in the State have signed the
pledge card for wheatless and meat
less days. In Vernon county the pro-
prietor of every eating house and no.
tel except one has signed the card. 1t
is believed the other man will sign as
soon as he understands more fully
the purpose of these days.
Many restaurants in the State have
not yet received the pledge card, but
they are observing meatless and
wheatless days voluntarily. Pledge
cards are being sent out to those. pro-
prietors who have not yet received
them, and it is hoped by the State
food administration to have the sig
natures of every one by the end of the
month. ...
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-18

United States. There is room for
200,000,000 working, toiling men and
women, but there is not room for one
idler--male or female.
The dawdler and the idler, if they
do not produce should not be permit
ted to consume.
We have now enlisted in the army
Of the United States around one and
a half million soldiers.
The first thing is to equip these SOL
diers with artillery and everything
else that they need for fighting,
We went into this war to help the
Allies, and 10 and behold, we are ask
ing France to furnish US big guns.
France has no time to manufacture
big guns nor little guns for us. The
French must manufacture guns for
themselves.
The Red Cross, the Y. M. c. A.,
the Knights of Columbus, the liberty
fund. the rest clubs, the soldiers kit
societies and the comfort bag organi-
cations alone cannot win this war.
Big guns, big ships, big shells and
ability to dig trench and thrust a
bayonet will win this war.
Crozier said that the army would
be fully equipped with all sorts of
machine guns and other guns by July
1918.
Let Congress say to Crozier and the
rest of them to turn the factories of
this country loose now and get this
equipment into the hands of the SOL
diers by March Is or April l.
L L r. -
it cannot be done.
The iron manufacturing power of
this United States turned on this job
would furnish it in quick time if the
souls of all the people are aroused to
the necessity of action.
We were "bulled" a great part of
last year by the commissions from the
Allies, then we "bulled" the commits
sions from the Allies, and then we
"bulled" each other. Excuse the
slang, but the word alone fits.)
Let us have no more "bulling" in
1918. Let us get OH the job, from the
administration down to the humblest
laborer, and let US speed up the job
until it is over.
Let us make good to the world, in
act and in deed, the things of which
we boosted we would be able to do
and would do, and the things that
they hope we will do.
Moreover, let us realize in 1918 that
we are not fighting for France, that
we are not fighting for England, nor
for any other nation with whom we
are associated, but first, we are fight
ing the German empire to keep from
getting licked; and second, we are
fighting to break down system
which so long as it exists will be a
threat to our liberty and to the liber-
ty of all other republics.-Memphis
(Tenn.) Commercial Appeal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-18
HOGS CAN BE FED AT A PROFIT

Farmers have been asked to in
crease pork production by breeding
more sows and by feeding the pres
ent supply to greater weight. Will it
pay to feed hogs at the present prices
of corn and hogs? This question is
answered by the experience of actual
feeding operations. The University
of Missouri College of Agriculture
conducted feeding experiment last
summer to obtain, information which
would answer such questions. Sew
enty-three head of Poland China pigs,
narrowed in April and May, were
placed on feed about July /, so that
they could be. marketed during the
International Livestock Exposition at
Chicago the first week in December.
These pigs weighed 81 pounds each
when started on feed. They were
full fed on corn, 9 parts, shorts 2
parts, and tankage l part. The shorts
and tankage were fed in a slop once
each day. The pigs were on rape
forage until the forage was exhausted.
Corn was fed by hand twice each day.
A summary of the grain fed and
gains made shows that these pigs
made pound of pork on 3.9 pounds
of grain mixture. Figuring corn at
$1.40 per bushel on the farm, shorts
at $2.75 per hundred, and tankage at
SO per ton, the gains cost $11.15 per
hundred, not including the rape pas
ture.
The pigs weighed 2O2 pounds per
head on the Chicago market, and sold
for $3.50 per hundred. Allowing 50
per head for pasture for the season,
and not including marketing expense,
these hogs netted 1904 per head, or
a total of l$754.82 clear profit. Had
these hogs sold at S16.50 instead of
$3.50, the profit would have been
practically 81 per head. Figuring
corn at $1.68 per bushel instead Of
$1.40, the profit is $7.72 per head at
a selling price of $3.50 or $4.36 per
head net when sold at $16.50.
These figures do not illustrate ex-
tremes, but rather the average of
what may be expected by good feeding
and management. The rations used
and method of feeding are common to
every good feed lot. Following such
practice is the surest way to profit
in the hog business.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-18
MANAGING THE RAILROADS

The taking over of the railroads is
step away from old things. 1t is a
movement from the old way to new
ways. To be successful, it must be
handled by those who believe in the
movement and who have faith in its
success. The old railroad presidents,
no matter how able and efficient, are
not in tune to the new order of
things. Whatever they may say, and
they have been trained in kind of
oriental diplomacy, they secretly hope
that the movement will fail, for it's
failure would be the resurrection of
their dominion. Success of the move
ment would necessarily impeach, in
some respects, their management.
They are like Bourbons who have been
dethroned, offering their services to
the new regime, pledging loyalty with
their lips, but lacking loyalty in their
hearts.
For any of them to be placed on
guard would be unfortunate, for their
interest would not be in success, but
in failure. These men have, in the
past, represented the bankers who
have controlled the railroads. That
there will be sinister influences at
work to retain their control, no one,
familiar with the way they do things,
can doubt. These railway executives
receive very large salaries and claim
very great abilities, but, as any one
who has much to do with them knows,
their equals or superiors can easily be
found, 1t would be better to take
men Of less experience, perhaps, in ac-
tual operation of railroads, but whose
affiliations are right, whose minds
think straight on these problems,
whose views are in sympathy with the
movement, than to allow any Of these
executives to assume the livery of the
public service, and thus give those who
would rejoice in the failure of the I'M
dertaking a greater opportunity to
exert their influence from the inside.
Old patches on new clothes may spoil
the whole suit.--St Louis Star.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-18
FARMERS ARE ORGANIZING

The past three years has witnessed
the largest advance in the practice of
agricultural cooperation of any like
period in Missouri's history. The old
spirit of local fellowship, that former
ly manifested itself in orn-shuckings
and log-rollings, now expresses itself
in farm clubs, unions, oranges, mar
keting associations and community
team work in this "Land of Oppor-
tunity." Missouri farmers are organ
izing on practical basis today.