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l0c Crepe Paper Flags. on
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Be and 10c rolls Red. White
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ribbon guards. earrings. etc.
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values. Special at SOC yard
street Floor.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13
CANDIDATES ARRANGE
FOR ECONOMICAL CAMPAIGN

At a meeting of candidates fol
county and legislative officers Of
Bingham county, held at the. Court
House on Thursday August 8, 1915
the following resolution was unani.
mously adopted:
That whereas, in view of the great
crisis thru which the nation Is pass.
ing, by reason of the worlds war
and the urgent need Of conservation
of both time and money on the part
Of all the people to the end that this
war may be carried on to success
full termination. l,4S :
Therefore, be it resolved, that 1t is
the sense of the candidates, for
county and legislative officers here
assembled, there being present and
participating in this meeting candi-
dates from all of the parties expect
ing to place candidate in the field,
that this campaign be carried on
with q minimum expense of time and
money on the part of the several
candidates and campaign committees
of all parties. g
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13

of hose and throw water with proper
force for successful fire fighting. The
length of hose now in use is 500
feet, and 1t will soon be increased
to 1900 feet. The hose can be con-
nected with an open well or ditch,
and most farms have water available
within that distance Of the buildings
and stacks. ,
But there are some problems about
taking such expensive outfits into
the country on swift trips. Acct
dents may happen. A fire may start
in town while it is in the country
Insurance rates based on certain
specified fire protection by the city
may not be effective or payable at
all il the fire engine is out of town
The towns people may not all be
willing to maintain fire equipment
to send in to the country when fires
occur, and if each one receiving SER
vice pays a suitable sum for it, 1t
might still be poor investment for
the city. If such equipment were
paid for by county taxes 1t would be
manifestly unfair to those who live
beyond the possibility of aid. But
there are large, thickly-populated
belts on good roads and telephone
lines, where much wealth might be
saved from burning II some definite
arrangements were made that could
be acted upon at the call of phone
Certain districts or canal COM
panies might by mutual consent raise
funds to pay for or to help pay for
duplicate equipment to be kept in
town and subject to call by anyone
who had helped buy it, and the town
could have the use of it when needed.
This would afford protection to parts
of the farming country and a double
protection to the town. Every mile
of good road built would increase
the possible fire protection for ad-
jacent residents, and the presence Of
the fire equipment subject to call
would interest more people in ex-
tending the good roads.
A couple of years ago long rick
of alfalfa took fire on the Stark
weather farm, and 1t burned for
hours, the whole neighborhood
gathering around with little power
to do anything. Such equipment as
we now have at the city hall could
have gone to the scene in about flf-
teen minutes. strung out hose to the
nearest irrigating ditch and extin-
guished the fire in a few minutes.
Last week a rick of eighty tons Of
hay west of Moreland, was struck
by lightning, and it burned more
rapidly, but the owner had a phone
in the house, and had he known that
the engine would come, and that the
hose would reach the water, thirty
minues burning is all that would
have been lost. The value of the
hay lost was about $1,000.
There will be other fires, perhaps
today, perhaps next week, and there
will be more of them in the fall and
next year. The avoidable losses will
by far exceed the cost of fire engines
and hose, and it is up to US to
spend some money and make ar
rangements to save these avoidable
losses. ,#
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13
=OUR POLITICAL ARENA

Editors note: At a meeting of
the candidates held last week, a reso-
luton was adopted saying they would
economic during this campaign, and
that is right. We commend them
for 1t Some said 1t would be econ
omy not to go out over the county
handing cards to everybody on every
lane and farm. They said that for
each candidate to go over the whole
county in liver to tell people what
office he sought was waste of time
and materials, and they are right in
that. The editor of this paper has
gone over the county many times to
hunt up everybody and to build up
an advertising service for everybody
that would reach all the homes. 1t
enables the candidates to convey
their special messages to practically
all Of the people quickly, and at
slight expense. If there is better
way of doing it in this generation
we hope to find it. We think we
have the most effective and the most
economical system there is.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13
POLITICAL NEWS

Senator Dubois is back from Wash
ington looking after the ordnance
and coast defence" Of the Democratic
party, nationally. The plan seems
to be to use the Democratic votes of
this state to carry out the wishes
Of gentlemen at Washington, even
tho it wrecks the state ticket.
H. F. Samuels of north Idaho is
the Non-Partisan candidate for the
nomination for governor and Frank
Martin of Boise the Democratic. On
the Republican lineup for governor
are D. w. Davis of American Falls
and S. P. Atherton of Twin Falls.
The following named gentlemen
have not accepted in the race for
nominations in Bingham county:
Louis Felt, B. Harvey Alfred, George
Lichleither, marry Bitton, Philip
Dance and Marion Ginger.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13
ARMENIAN AND
SYRIAN RELIEF WEEK

Owing to unavoidable delay in ar
ranging the appointments for the
various school districts thruout the
county the drive for the relief of the
stricken Armenians and Syrians will
be postponed just one week and will
commence, therefore, on Monday,
August 10, 1918, and it is hoped that
the drive may be completed not later
than Saturday, August "a. The
amount asked for is the smallest that
has yet been asked of Bingham
county and the people will not doubt
respond just as readily and cheer
fully as they have in the various
drives to which they have already
responded.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13
SOME CANDIDATES HAVE
MODERN IDEAS

There is a very successful firm at
Salt Lake City using the slogan,
Some people don't like u.s." That
brings out the question, "Why?"
The answer is that they get what
they go after. Their business is the
collection of debts for people. The
man who is evading the payment of
a debt does not like to have that
firm 60 after him, and when they are
done with him he doesn't like the
firm much.
This paper is selling advertising
service, and those who give our SER
vice good trial are generally sur
prised and pleased, because the SER
vice is so thoro the results are graft
fly -ng If you will observe, you will
note that the persons who seek to
belittle our service or who kick about
our prices are usually the folks who
do not buy it. Take for instance,
two merchants or tradesmen Offering
goods or service to the public. One
advertises, the other does not. One
succeeds right from the start, the
other drags along and has the blues
Which one is most likely to speak Ill
o fthe newspaper that carries the ad-
vertising? 1t is the one who saved
his money and kept down expenses
but the Newspaper does not speak
| i'll of him.
Some candidates like to advertise
We have space to sell in our paper
Looking at it broad and long it is the
most economical method of conduct.
ing a campaign. Men are already
predicting that we will oppose the
nomination of people who neglect to
advertise with us. They seem tc
have a poor opinion Of the press, OF
a poor memory of how we have done
in other campaigns. The average
newspaper might do that. The Idaho
Republican Is not an average news.
paper. 1t is different.
1t is not our business to carry
elections; it is our business to con.
vey information to the people and lei
then Judge what they want. We
have published complete list of all
the candidates land will do SO again
before the voting. If enterprising
candidates wish to receive further
publicity or present special messages
to the public our paid service in the
arena is for that purpose.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13
THE SOCIALIST PARTY
AND TREASON

In the congressional record of July
20 appears excerpts from literature
issued by the officers Of the Socialist
party at Chicago in February, 1918
in which they declare for the party
that betrayed Russia into the hands
of Germany, they declare they will
stand behind the I. w. w. on trial
in Chicago, ad that it was the duty of
the United States to arrange for q
peace conference to bring the war
to an end.
The literature was signed by Nor
ris Hilquit, Victor l.. Berber and
others of the national executive COM
mittee of the Socialist party.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13
War Summary
August 8

August 8
Franco British drive rends Hun
lines on twenty-five mile front; 100
guns and 1000 prisoners taken in
swift attack. Enemy fights stub
bornly at all points.
Federal control of meats is urged.
Monopoly international and illegally
manipulates other food prices, is the
| charge.
Cargo vessel is sunk by U-boat.
Hun submersible claims victim of
Cape Hatteras, eighteen Of crew
missing.
August 10
Allies make great gains Huns
cannon and 1900 men taken. Ger
mans recapture Chipilly at northern
end. Teutons forced back in Fland-
| trS sector.
Consider radical changes in draft
Secretary Baker would revise regula-
lions dealing with the deferred
classes. Urges prompt enactment of
new selective service act to include
men between eighteen and forty-five.
| Hun submarine sunk by yacht.
Armed British vessel sends Teuton
craft to bottom in English channel.
+, August IL
Hun fight panic stricken; 500
guns, $4,000 men taken.
Foe makes desperate efforts to
slow up allied drive. Furious
counter attacks fail; Noyon made
center of resistance to stem French
onrush; great confusion shown in
the parcip.tate retreat; allies gain
all along line.
Keys to the entire salient Collapse
Chaulns, important railway town in
the heart of the Somme taken by
Australian Canadians.
Huns surprised by allied blow.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13
MOVING POCATELLO UP
To BLACkrOUr

There, is talk of starting a truck
line to carry freight and express be-
tween Pocatello and Blackfoot to
help overcome the delay in railroad
transportation, assuming that there
will be more and more need of 1t
as war activities tighten, but there
is grave doubt as to whether trucks
can succeed, considering the present
condition of the roads and the prac-
ice of letting them get rough every
season for want of dragging when 1t
rains.
when a man considers operating a
truck line he must consider the de-
lays it will make and the damage it
will do to his car and the goods in
transit, to have the car humping over
thousand bumps to the mile day
after day. The goods to be brought
up to Blackfoot will be largely hur-
ry-up orders for grocerymen in the
Grove City, but the goods taken
down to Pocatello would consist
largely of eggs, fruits and perisha BILE
products that need to be handled
carefully and delivered direct, saw
ing all the delays incident to switch
ing, trucking and draying.
If such service were in operation
it would greatly increase the facili-
ties for getting our perishable pro-
ducts to market, and much of these
products that now go to waste could
be turned into cash. That brings
home to us again the fact that we
not only need roads but we need to
have them kept in repair after they
are built. We have the road built be-
tween the two towns, but we have
never had them properly maintained.
Road overseers have spent consider
able time securing signatures to
petitions asking for appointments,
and then neglected the roads 80
much that people have had to appeal
to the commissioners to get the road
work done on time or to get it done
at all. The service being rendered
by most of our road overseers is so
ordinary, and the orders given them
by the commissioners limit them so
much. it seems to take all the pep
out of road work, and as one studies
the condition Of the average road
culvert he is reminded Of the work
done by ten year old boys when they
had wanted to go fishing and were re-
fused permission.
There is no use in evading respon-
sibility, the county commissioners
and road overseers in Bingham
county will have to rise to the full
measure of duty and exercise more
pep and horse sense or be asked to
resign early in their administration.
In connection with that the people
of the county must decide what they
want, and demand it, and back the
officers in getting it done. 1t is not
sufficient to demand road repairs
and then refuse to put teams on the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13
SAVE THE AVOIDABLE
FIRE LOSSES

Bingham county is reaching the
stage Of development where its peo-
pie can have protection from fire
such as they have not had before,
and it is now in order to study the
question and provide such protection.
Before the war when the world
was full of materials, and labor was
going to waste, it might have been
sufficient to carry insurance and let
the insurance companies carry more
risk, and provide less apparatus for
extinguishing fires, but now 1t is
imperative that we save every sack
of grain and every ton of hay, and
all other materials that stand for
food or service.
Blackfoot has a paid fire depart
ment, and a motorized fire engine
that can travel quickly to any point
on good roads, string out . long line
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13
NOTICE TO RED
CROSS SUBSCRIBERS

All persons who signed pledges
to pay to the second Red Cross war
fund any amount of money are re-
auested to call at the bank where
they usually transact business and
make payment of any amount due
at this time, and not later than Sep
TENDER /, 1918.
All pledge cards signed for the
above purpose were distributed to
the several banks of the county
where the individuals were &C
customed to do business, for collec-
ton.
J. T.. CARRUTH,
Chairman.
GEO. F. GAGON,
80 Treasurer.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13
WATERWORKs MAY SELL

The city council and the Black
foot waterworks are trying to agree
upon an option for the purchase OF
the system by the city. The sum
of $4,000 has been named, and they
may come to terms on that amount
for an option so it can be submitted
to the vote of the citizens to deter
mine whether or not the transfer
shall be made.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13
GROVELAND
Correction

Correction
Last weeks news should have
read: Mr.. Earnest Hale and party
attend the funeral of the Howard
child at Turner last Tuesday, while
the other persons mentioned at
tended the meetings held by the
council of defense at the high school
Wednesday.
In our issue of August 2, in the
sGroveland correspondence, our state
ment that 4llis Lloyd had sold his
forty-five-acre farm to Joe H. Merrell
was not correct.
Jur writer at Groveland was evil
IDENTIFY misinformed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13

Mr.. Jeppson has had experience as
county CLERK and newspaper pub
Usher, and is now conducting an in
surance business and suburban farm.
II people are interested they can
learn how successful he has been in
each.
Mr.. Jeppson is one of the four
minute speakers and has three
brothers in the war, two uncles and
fifteen cousins.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13
A RENTER WANTED

A farmer in the Pahsemaroi valley
has 100 acres Of land to dent for the
season of 1919, and will furnish the
land cleared of brush, with water
right, house, pasture for work stock
and cow, and give the renter all the
crops. The land is being cleared
now and the renter should pillow 1t
this fall. Address e. v. Christian,
Goldburg, Idaho. adv. 2tf.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13

road when the overseer rings for
teams. There must be definite
policy, and then there must be CO.
operation in carrying out such polio
les.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13

Remembers! the men in our army
and the navy do not expect Inquiries.
Should we at home expect them?
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13
R. G.. Bills says he en-

n. ". blllS says uc ell
dorses the principles
laid down for road work
in this county by the re-
cent editorials in The
Idaho Republican, but
says the editor proposes
going pretty steep in ex-
penditures. He thinks
the amount mentioned
for bonding for road
work at the close of the
war, one million dollars,
NAV need trimming
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13

The man who fights for Uncle
Sam for $35 per is a far better man
than Jess willard.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13

down somewhat. He wants better
roads than we have now, but he
would want the people to decide how
much to expend and in what manner
unless they want the roads drag
ged when they are dry and cloddy
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13
CAMPAIGN CARDS

under this residence Of
the candidate office which
flation.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-11-01
WOMEN SUFFERERS MAY
NEED SWAMP ROOT

Thousands upon thousands Of women
have kidney and bladder trouble and
never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove TO be
nothing else but kidney trouble, OF the
result Of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss Of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp-
toms Of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get medium or large size bottle i'm
nediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
kilmer & Co. Binghamton, N. Y, for q
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-11-01
STEAM PIPE BURSTS AT MEMPHIS
Eiehteen-inch Main From Eleven Boil
ers Lets Go At Gas and E;ec-
trio company's Plant.

h Memphis.--The explosion of an 49,
inch main steampipe from eleven boil
ers at the Memphis Gas and Electric
Co. plant. at $40 am, October 28, dis
abled every concern in the city de-
pendent upon power.
The explosion Wreaked havoc with
the light plant, and put electrical
equipment of the entire city out of
commission.
Two negroes and engineer Crockett
were injured by the explosion
The huge steam pipe parted at a
joint and the escaping steam was
heard all over the city.
Superheated steam completely filled
the building Immediately after the ex-
plosion and It was impossible to ap-
proach the building for a distance Of
thirty feet. For two hours after tho
explosion the heat of steam of the
pipe kept workers at bay.
Breaking down of the light plant
stopped all elevators in skyscrapers
and other buildings. Railroad shops,
hospitals, department stores, newspa.
pers, printers and mills and factories,
not generating their own power, felt
the weight of the breakdown.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-11-01
HUN STRONG POINT
CLEARED BY YANKS
I'M FACE or ENEMYs STUBBORN
RESISTANCE AMERICANS CAP.
TuRE PRISONERS.
AvlATORS BOMB AMERICANS
In Addition To Attacking Infantr,
Germans Bombed Region Around
cIsrmont, Montfaucon and
Rarecourt.

With the American Army North
west OF verdun.--In the face of stub
born resistance, American forces clean
Cd up Bots de Foret, just west OF
Brieulles, capturing rs prisoners, many
Of them machine gunners, who fought
to the last. The fight for Bots de Fo,
ret began a week ago and has been
one of the most stubborn since the De
ginning of the Meuse-Argonne offen-
sive.
The Americans fought with deter.
mination. At times they fell back un.
der terrific pressure and then rushed
forward with all their might. They
reached the line crossing the northern
half Of the wood and completed their
task. Among the prisoners we're sew
eral officers.
The enemy chung to the wood with
tenacity, owing to the fact that the
cleaning up of this place endangcrs
the commanding positions of the Ger
mans to the northh
German aviators raided the Ameri
can front and back areas in the largest
force since the American offensive be-
gan on the Mouse. and in the Argonne.
-Four bombs were dropped near thu
American hospital in the neighborhood
of Rarecourt, one of the bombs tear
ing down an outbuilding. The glass
ends of four former French barracks,
now used by the Americans as hospital
wards. were shattered.
A Red Cross nurse, Margaret Saw.
yer, of Buffalo, N. Y, was blown from
her bed, but was not injured. All the
patients were taken into dugouts, none
of them being injured. Another Red
Cross nurse, Mabel Butler, of New Ha-
ven, Conn. was in the same building
with Miss Sawyer, but was not hurt.
Both Immediately went to the aid Of
patients.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-11-01

How many people are aware that
Count Zeppelin was not the real in
ventor of the Zeppelin? AS matter
of fact, Frenchman, Maurice Chew
reaux, conceived the idea, and 1t was
from his plans that the first monster
airship was able to fly. Chevreux,
who was a naval engineer, has recent
ly died; since the commencement of
the war he had practically lived the
life of hermit; sore say because of
his grief at being the innocent cause
OF placing in the hands of the hated
enemy such terrible machine Of war.
Ht resided for some years in Germany,
end was employed In the Zeppelin
workshops, and while so engaged de-
signed the six-cylinder motor, by which
Count Zeppelin was able to eventually
triumph over the difficulty of making
dirigible airship that would keep up
for hours in the air.