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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-24
WHEN JOHNNY COMES
MARCHING HOME.

The people of Idaho should be
very busy on small but important
matters between now and the time
when Johnny come marching home
from the war. If folks at home do
not shed some of their slovenly ways
of doing things, Johnny is going to
be very much disguised when he gets
home, and will have scant patience
with their unsanitary, infatuated
ways. The result will be that
Johnny will be both glad and sorry
for few days, and will then become
restless and consider two things One
thing he will want to do will be to
get the folks to clean up some of the
unsanitary things about the place.
On the farm in particular and in the
villages, he will be shocked at the
condition of the clubhouse, and will
suggest immediate action to abate
the nuisance. If the folks respond
and act upon his suggestions, he will
love the old home and will do much
for it, for he will be full of ideas
that are new and hopeful. If his
ideas are treated with indifference,
he will soon find some place where
he is more in demand, and the home
will lose him and all that he held in
store for it.
The returning soldier will study
the drainage from the stable and
stock yards and pig pens, and their
relation to the drinking water and
in many cases will order that a new
well be drilled deep into the earth
to get below the surface drainage.
He will not stand for the dirty
chicken house and the filthy pig pen,
the mussy COW barn and milking
with filthy hands that get partly
bathed in the milk. He will say
that the family must be protected
against taking one drop of such poi
son into their systems, and that the
people who buy their milk and butter
are entitled to protection against the
same thing. Johnny will tell them
of many things that happened on the
sea and in sunny France and Bel
GUM and along the Rhine, and the
family will worship him for all Of
this, but when it comes to doing
things at home, Johnny will take on
slightly military habit and calmly
tell the members of the family what
to do, and in that hour will come
the test OF their breeding, their quail
ity. IL they are simply a set of
willy-nilly hero-worshipers, wishing
to sit down and be entertained with
stories Of struggles fierce and wild,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-24
BEET TOPPER AND
BEET FULLER DEMONSTRATED
Continued from page one

winter to consume their hay and beet
tops. A farmer having seven acres
of average beets and twenty-five tons
of hay can feed a car load of beef.
The average car of cattle is about
twenty or twenty-five head. A steer
will eat. about one ton of hay and
two tons of beets and will gain
about $50 in value. That gives the
farmer $25 for his ton of hay and
$12.50 per ton for the beet tops and
he has the benefit Of the fertilizer on
the place and that alone is worth a
good deal. A Montana syndicate
has purchased large number Of
steers which they are distributing
among the farmers in this valley,
who will enter into a contract to feed
the animals and care for them as
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-24
CARNIVAL TO AID BLACK
FOOT FIRE DEPARTMENT

Wortham's Great Almo shows will
be in Blackfoot the week beginning
October Z. During this week there
is to be what is known at Fire Mans
week and 10 per cent of the receipts
will go to the Blackfoot fire depart
ment
With the money received from
this they are going to purchase new
chassis for the old chemical engine.
The chemical engine is now drawn
by hand and the new investment will
add greatly to Blackfoot's fire de-
partment ef
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-24
SQUIRREL CAMPAIGN SAVES
Farm Bureau Uses Six and Half
Tons of Poisoned Oats-COunty
Agent Plans Greater Drive
for 1919.

According to the reports which
have been collected by County Ag-
ent Monroe during the past two
weeks, the squirrel eradication cam
paign which was launched by the
County Farm Bureau this spring re-
suited in a saving of 74,285.5O to the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-24
POLLED DURHAMs FOR SALE

One COW, solid red. to calve soon;
one roam heifer, bred middle of Au-
gust. Good individuals registered on
both Pollsd and Shorthorn books.
Also several grades from ga to
1916 pure.
F. L. VENEER,
adv. 10-3p Aberdeen, Idaho.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-24
HORSES FOR SALE.

One 4-year old gelding, one 5-year-
old brown mare, one 7-year-old
brown hare, one 7-year-old bay mare,
all fat and weighing about 1850
each. All broke to W ,rk double. o.
F. Ala, Blackfoot r. 2. 9tf
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-24
BoIsheviki Hold American.

Washington. - The United States
government has asked Sweden and
Norway to ascertain the truth Of re-
port that American Consul General
Poole has been placed under arrest
in Moscow by the Bolshevik.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-24
THE
FARM BUREAU OFFICE

The Bingham county farm bureau
has been remodeled, and re-arrangedl
in way that it adds a great improve-
ment to the inside of the building.
A new exhibit stand and on this
will be shown farm products Of un-
usual interest. Il
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-24
Allied Forces Enter Tchita.

Tokio.-A contingent of British cav
airy, together with troops belonging
to the command of General Semenoff,
the Cossack leader, entered the town
of Tchita in the Transbaikal, Septem'
Der 6. ri
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-24
,rain growers of Bingham.

grain growers of Bingham.
Regardless of this saving the wheat
farmers in the dry sections reported
that the squirrels took toll OF ap-
proximately $4,000 this year. This
loss of $40, 900, according to Mr.. Mon
roe, does not represent the total loss
in Bingham County this year from
the squirrel pest for the reason that
there are great number of farmers
in the dry sections who are not men,
bers of the Farm Bureau and who
did not secure poison through the
County Agents office and conse-
quently it was impossible to secure a
complete survey for the county.
During the distribution of the pois-
on this spring, each farmer was ask
ed to give a report of his losses for
last year. These when totaled show
ed that over 100000 worth of wheat
was destroyed by the pests during
1917. Taking into consideration the
increased acreage for this year, the
sum of the reported losses and saw
ings for 1918 practically tally with
the loss of 1917.
The report as tabulated by the
County Agents office shows the fol-
lowing interesting data:
Loss from squirrels in 1917. ..$101 400
Loss from squirrels in 1918 $4,000
Poison bait used in 1918 1870 lbs.
Acres poisoned in 1918 ...........1Q034
Saving for the year 1918 ....S74,285.50
Poisoned bait ordered for 1919
900 lbs.
In practically every case the re.
port shows that the farmers desire
their amount of poisoned bait be
doubled next year. This fact indicates
that the dry farmers realize the val
ue of cooperative war on the
squirrel pest and a more extensive
campaign will be carried on by the
Farm Bureau next year. At the pres
ent time the County Agent is COM
piling an address list Of all the farm
ers located outside the irrigated Sec
ton. These men will be notified OF
the 1919 campaign and will be given
an opportunity to place their poison
order at an early date. The poison
will be secured during the winter
and will be distributed among the
farmers in time to start the fight
with the first opening of spring.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-24
French Students Reach America.

New York.-Sixty-two French girls,
advance guard of 100 who have been
awarded scholarships in American
colleges as part of a movement to-
strengthen the ties of Franco-Amerl-
can relationship, arrived here Thurs
dNy.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-24
RETURNED TO SALT LAKE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Madsen re-
turned to their home in Salt Lake
Thursday, after spending the past
two weeks in Blackfoot.
Mr.. Madsen is president Of the
Western Loan and Building company
at Salt Lake, and has been here on
business.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-24
HORSE AND cow LOsT-REWARD

A light bay saddlehorse branded
T 8 on right hip. One small Jersey
COW branded L F combined on left
side. A reasonable reward will be
given for the recovery Of either or
both.
THE IDAHO REPUBLICAN,
81 Blackfoot, Idaho.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-24
$3.50 FOR THE RED CROSS

Mrs. M. B. Watson made and sold
beautiful camisole, with a Gro
cheted yoke, thru the Golden Rule
store and Melted a sum of $3.50,
which was turned over to the Red
Cross.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-24
Americans Sink Two U.Boats.

Americans Sink Two U-Boats.
Havana.-TwO enemy submarines
were sunk by an American bark when
she encountered them 200 miles from
her port of departure, according to a
story published in the newspaper, Ell
MundO.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
SELF-FLAGELLATION

fighting The original note of con-
fidence sounded from Washington gave
way to explosive irritability. The aero
plane inquiry was stirred up again when
General Wood, back from France,
raised picture of German planes
practically running wild over the Ameri-
cam trenches.
Even the Liberty motor was given a
black eye. Senator New seconded Cen
eral Woods plea for an army of five
million with demand for universal mill
tary training, saying that Americas
lack of preparedness had heightened the
war.
The storm burst loudly in the Senate
on the sixth day of the great battle
American pride, stung at being unable
to help stop the Germans, showed de-
sire to find goat" From aeroplanes
the hunt shifted to Secretary Baker. SEN
ator Sherman shifted the gears thus:
"When the Secretary of War returns
to his native SOIL" he said, Il trust that
in the light of bursting shells and the
roar of German cannon he will have
ceased in his heart to be pacifist."
Secretary Baker being out of range of
Senator Sherman's voice, the attack
went little nearer the heart of the Ad-
ministration. Senator Fall, perhaps
mindful of the fact that the Overman
bill was still to be considered, said
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

time mentioned American units, saying
that they were driven back through the
forest district west of La Fere, along
with French and British troops.
A third announcement of American
troops in the battle came from London
on the sixth day of the battle At that
time Americans were again fighting
shoulder to shoulder with their allies in
the vicinity of Roye, between the Disc
and the Somme
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mans themselves had previously devas-
tated, so that few natural obstacles
faced the advancing Germans.
Then, too, considerable doubt exists
as to whether the British were we'll pre-
pared with trenches as far back as the
Germans drove. British officers in
America are quoted as saying that the
British had fifteen miles Of trenches
ready, but the Germans went nearly
thirty miles. The loss of British guns
also suggests that trench warfare was
little followed after the Germans broke
through, though other reports saw tina.
the British had never intended to hold
their advanced positions permanently.
correspondent to one of the London
dailies, moreover, is quoted to the effect
that the men and tanks he saw one
afternoon were clearly not engaged in
trench warfare.
German Views
GERMAN views of the battle add an
extremely interesting touch TO the
news'of the week. First, the Germans
announced that very large part OF the
British army had been "beaten." Hin
denburg made congratulatory remarks
to the Kaiser, who passed these on tc
his wife and others, while Hindenburg
was further decorated. In addition, the
Kaiser made himself the leader of the
German armies for the first time in the
war-evidently willing to claim all
credit for the victory" But on the
seventh day of the battle the franker
but less communicative Won Ludendorf
made an enigmatical remark. "a great
battle has been fought and victory has
been won,' he said, "but nobody can
foresee what will result from it,"
Coupled with this comment is a story
that before the drive the Kaiser and
Won Ludendorff quarrelled violently. 1t
is generally thought that the plan os
battle being followed is Won Luden-
dorf's, for it is we'll known that Hinden-
burg is an 'Easterner"
The week ended with the British at.
tacking between the Somme and the
Ancre, while the French were giving
slightly toward Montdidier.
At this writing-the eighth day of bat
tle-the French have given up Mont
didier, greatly extending the German
salient down the Disc; the French have
attacked and made gains against the
German left flank at Noyon; new Ger
man thrust has developed around Arras
and Lens, and indecisive fighting con-
tinues along the Somme.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

"I do not think the President himself
can be reached in any way except by
the knowledge that the people of the
United States are finally getting infor-
nation which apparently he has not yet
assimilated.'
Outside of Washington the irritation
was voiced in the utterances of Colonel
Roosevelt. Writing in "The Kansas
City Star" he said, in part:
England is at this moment fighting our
battles, just as she is fighting her own;
yet, although three years have passed since
the Lusitania was sunk and year since
Congress declared that we had formally
entered the war, America is still merely
an onlooker.
"We this ignoble position to the
folly and the procrastination of our gov
ernment and its inveterate tendency to sub
sttute rhetoric for action"
The seventh day of the drive, a criti-
cal one with the armies, saw another ex-
plosion in the Senate Again the Presi-
dent was target, being accused this
time of playing war politics in Wiscon-
sin. The airplane programme also came
in for closer scrutiny in the midst of Bit
ter personalities, greatly in contrast with
the unity reported from London.
To the man in the street the issue
was not so vague. He saw the enemy
clearly. To him the sole. need seemed
to be to kill Germans. So he tried to
enlist.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

Strikes have ceased. recruiting has
sprung up, differences of opinion are for
gotten in the tension of what is felt to be
perhaps the crowning battle of democ-
racy against the Hun.
What of Washington and America?
America, helpless to help bar the road
to Paris and the Channel ports, turns
in mood of self -hagellation and wants
to know why preparations for war are
i.o.. going better. America watched the
bulletin boards and got sore"
This new temper came with rush
toward the end of the first week of
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the Germans desired to block a possible
Allied blow this spring. 1t is also sug-
gested that pressure at home was fore
ing the Hohenzollern dynasty to risk it's
fate upon the outcome of an immediate
engagement-an explanation which goes
far toward showing why Germany should
attack now rather than hold the de-
fensive and consolidate her gains in the
East.
Then, too, Washington reports such
double objective as this: If the Germans
win, they win the war; if they lose, they
show the Allies how difficult it will be
for the Allies to win in the same sort of
warfare.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

was to start and were ready for it. At
five o'clock in the morning German
artillery blast of unprecedented intensity
commenced over fifty miles of front be-
tween Arras and La Fere. All manner
of shells, particularly those bearing gas,
were hurled not only upon tho British
first lines, but also far to the rear, cut
ting heavily into battle communications
Ranged twelve yards apart, thousands of
German guns of all calibres in five hours
completely cleared the way for heavy
infantry attack, which in the first day
of battle practically captured the entire
British line. Austrian and Bulgarian
troops and heavy Austrian artillery are
said to have participated in the prepar-
ations and attack.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Strategy of the Battle

WHEN one has admitted the evident
purpose of the Germans to divide
the British army from the French and
ultimately capture of Paris, if not the
Channel ports, he has roughly outlined the
general development of the battle during
the first week. The battle of Picardy
might therefore be called the Battle of
the Hun Triangle" For, if one will con-
slider the line connecting Arras with La
Fere as the base of a triangle, and
Arniens, the great local objective Of the
drive, as the apex Of that triangle, it will
be seen that the German smash was
roughly directed toward the apex along
legs of the triangle-down the Somme
and the Ancre in the north, along the
Disc in the south.
Hence in the north the German attack
originated between Monchy and Cam
brai, its minor objective on the way to
Amiens being Bapaume. In the south
similar stroke started from St. Quentin
and La Fere, Ham being the minor OBJ
Jectiye en- route TO Amieng.
The battle in other respects is both
like and unlike previous German often
siyes. Before the Marne the Germans
attempted great fanking movement,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
From The Sydney Bulletin

territory they recaptured slightly more
than all that was lost in the battle of
the Somme
On the other hand, German losses are
estimated at around 100000 men in
week, with the Allies losses under
100000. These estimates are corrobo-
rated at this writing by many details of
the battle.
The seemingly large losses of British
guns are ascribed in some quarters to the
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

at this writing
still continues.
The attack be-
gan on Thursday,
March 21, a date
which the Ger
mans say was
chosen long ago
and stric ii y
abided by. The
Allies knew to
the day when it
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

don, proud of the
heroic rear r-guard
action Of her
S ons w h i g
mourning the in
evitable casualty.
lists, reports all
England solidi-
fled behind the
gov r n m e n t
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

lea. Paris, challenged to vindcate the
steadiness of Allied morale in the face of
the greatest German attack, laughed at
the seventy-mile "mystery gun Lon
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
German Objectives

THE German objectives have been
variously paraphrased in the past
weeks by Allied commentators. Clearly
the Germans desired to capture Paris on
the one hand and reach the Channel
ports or the other, by taking Amiens and
dividing the British forces from the
French. They expected to crush the
British army, which they felt could not
stand the test of warfare in the open, and
then roll back the divided Allied forces in
a monumental rout.
In addition, according to some critics,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

Amiens as the goal
Progress of the Battle
T N A week the German attempt went
through the phases of an attack, a
partial break through, a slowing up,
and a check by Allied counter attack in
the north, while the Allies fell back
further in the south. Allied strategy
was ever to retreat in good order, Kill
ing as many Germans as possible. Ac-
cording to General Maurice, chief di-
rector of military operations at the War
Office, only twice in a week were the
British in critical danger. The first
time was on Saturday, when the Ger
mans crossed the Tortilles River and
nearly reached the line on the Sommc.
The second time was on Monday, when
.the Germans took Courcelette, raising
similar danger.
The German offensive was first slowed
up in the north after the Somme had
been crossed. Meantime the British
pivot at Arras held firmly In the south,
however, the German advance down the
north bank of the Disc compelled the
French to fall back from their lines
northwest of La Fere, giving up Noyon.
For days the Germans strove desper-
ately but in vain to divide the French
from the British in this region. Hence
the greatest German advance of the
week was made here-nearly thirty
miles.
The danger here was all the more
serious owing to the fact that the
French and British armies made laison
in the region of the Disc. Furthermore,
the British had only recently taken over
this sector, so that the defenders fought
on ground comparatively strange until
French divisions were thrown in to aid
Then, assisted by the river and the ridce
to the south, the French drove the Ger
man attack into a salient westward
Hence the farther west the Germans
went the more the French potentially
menaced the German left flank with the
Allied army of mannuvre.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Other Phases of
the Great
War
The Telegraph Cannon"


THE greatest mystery of the war.
which later developed into perhaps
the most notable technical triumph since
the U-boat, came to light on the third
day of the great
German drive.
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NLL Shells from large
/XW calibre field gun be-
l gan to fall upon
Paris, although the
~ "A shortest distance to
* ~= the front was over
J. sixty miles. Follow
esssssk- ing an almost uni
versal expression of
disbelief that any gun could shoot so
far, the French located it in the for
est of st. Gobain, more than seventy
miles from the capital A fuller dis
cussion Of the possibilities raised by the
telegraph cannon" as we'll as picture
of Paris under it's weird attack, is given
elsewhere in The Review.
Russia Starts Back
THE desperate conflict on the West
ern front against German domi-
nance finds a strange echo in Russia this
week. To the utter surprise of the AL
lied world comes the report that the
Bolsheviki have retaken Odessa from the
Germans after heavy fighting
Even in the Ukraine, whose Rada was
the first to sign a German peace, the
worm has turned and the greedy Ger
mans meet strong resistance in their at
tempts to seize food. No definite con-
nection is seen as yet between these ac-
tivities and the announcement earlier in
the week by Ambassador Francis that
the United States would support any
Russian element that would resist the
invader
Moreover, uneversal military service
will be the rule in Russia if Trotzky has
his way. The Bolsheviki are reported
organizing an army of 100000 men to
resist internal aggression Forces un-
der General Korniloff are reported de-
feated by the Bolsheviki.
The U-Boat Toll Rises
\ PPARENTLY making an increased,
effort together with his brothers on
land, the U-boat during the past week
materially increased his toll. The Brit
ish lost twenty-eight vessels (sixteen
large); the Italians, eight (three large)
the French, six Zone large); the Spanish,
two.
The seizure of million tons of Dutch
shipping by the Allies brings strong ex-
pressions from Holland.
On the Other Fronts
SECRETARY BAKER holds the fizst
review of American veterans of the
great war behind the lines in France.
London. Minor operations continue
among the Americans on the Western
front.
Italy and East
\ N AUSTRO-GERMAN drive threat
ems in Italy, where air fighting con-
tinues orisk. In Palestine the British
cross the Jordan and capture Essalt.
thirty-five miles northeast of Jerusalem.
On the Euphrates northwest of Hit, the
British capture or destroy practically all
the Turkish frontier" taking Khan
Bagdadieh and 5000 prisoners.
Fighting breaks out along the French
line in the Balkans
Labor
7 ABOR news of international inter-
est is contained in the report that
members of the British Seamen's and
Firemen's Union have refused to man
vessels on which representatives of the
Inter-Allied Labor Conference were to
sail to America
Food
III DOVER asks reduction in wheat
consumption of one-half in order tc
aid the Allies. The French, it is said, arc
going into battle on a greatly reduced
ration. The Senate passes bill MAX
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

lost most of it's momentum and Allied
counter attacks had begun What fol-
lows is, therefore designed to picture
the first week of the decisive battle, which
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

udy VI Tie great
G e rm an drive.
Shells from d large
calibre field gun be-
gan to fall upon
Paris, although the
shortest distance to
the front was over
sixty miles. Follow
ing an almost uni