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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-30
The Schools in the War Saving:
Campaign. W.

The first part of the work to be
organized in connection with the
great War Savings Campaign for
this year in the State of Idaho was
that in the schools of the state In
every school and in every school
room in the state of Idaho the teach
ers have taken up with their pupils
the need of Thrift and Saving ON the
part of all American citizens, both
young and old They have pointed
out that there are two great reasons;
the one is that the Government needs
to use the money thus saved in the
prosecution of the great war, and the
other is the Importance to the indi-
vidual later on of saving and accumu-
lating a capital or surplus which will
be needed and used by him in the
future. 1t was pointed out how the
Government had provided the best
plan yet devised for making the nee
essary saving, through the purchase
of Thrift and War Savings Stamps,
and the pupils were urged to start
a Thrift Garland add the two bit
Thrift Stamps as fast as they could
same money for the purchase.
For the most part the pupils have
taken up the work in connection with
this campaign with real earnestness
and enthusiasm Prizes have been
offered for the best records in the
purchase of Thrift and Savings
Stamps. This, of course, stimulates
interest. However, it is well to bear
in mind that the amount of Stamps
purchased is not necessarily cri-
terion of the interest and devotion.
1t is easier for some children to get
$4.14 for War Savings Stamp than
it is for some others to secure the
necessary 25c for Thrift Stamp.
After all the educational part of the
Noih Ihc must fdiuduAS VI dli~lO
teach the children to think about the
Importance and necessity of saving
and helping the Government, and
helping themselves Is of far greater
Importance than the money actually
derived from their purchases. After
all, the most significant thing is the
number of children in a school, or
in district, or in County who are
doing their part to the best of their
ability in this respect In other
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-30
EVERY SCHOOL
IS LOAN CENTER

The message of the third Liberty
loan--its meaning, purpose and OPP
erations-is to be carried to rural
residents of Idaho and the nation
through approximately 100000 school
house meetings on the night of April
12th-six days after the official
opening of the drive-Chairman
d. W. Davis, of the state committee
in charge of the drive, has been
notified 1t will be the first time in
the history that all rural school
houses will have been given over on
the same night to national govern
ment melting.
A letter sent by Secretary McAdoo
to all rural school directors In the
nation, asking them to cooperate
with their local Liberty loan orga-
nization in arranging Liberty loan
rallies for that night, has produced
a flood of favorable responses. Not
a single school official has declined to
assist in making the plan success.
Local Liberty loan COMMITTEES will
cooperate with the school officials In
arranging the meetings Speakers
who understand all of the details
concerning the loan campaign will be
provided. Schoolhouse bells will be
rung, bonfires will be lighted In
schoolhouse yards, patriotic songs
will be sung and other devices used
to enliven the. meetings Explana-
tory literature will be distributed,
and the hope of the committee is that
the MEETINGS will result in a thorough
understanding of the vital features
of the loan by all who attend.
Among the persons who have ac-
cepted invitations to campaign In be-
half of the third Liberty loan were
William Jennings Bryan, former Sec
rotary of state; Dr.. l.. S. Rowe, as
sistant secretary of the treasury;
Gaylord M. Saltzgaber, United States
commissioner of pensions; Charlie
Chaplin and William s. Hart, motion
picture stars; Miss Katherine Synon
and Mrs. Halle Linn Hill, of the
woman's Liberty loan committee; and
Mrs. Cora G. Lewis. of Kinsley, Kan
sas, who formerly was a member of
the Kansas state board of admin
stration of public schools.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-30
SCHOOL CHILDREN
TO MAKE SLOGAN
State Bankers Association
Hangs up $500 Prize for
Best Slogan to Use in
Coming Third Bond Drive

Through the courtesy of the Idaho
State Bankers association, the state
committee in charge of the third
Liberty loan bond drive offers a
prize of 500 bond to the school
student in this state, Is years of age
or under, submitting the best slogan
for the coming drive. Slogans can
not contain more than ten words
and must be in the hands of the state
committee on or before April s. This
is free-for-all contest in which every
school child in the state is invited
to participate. Slogans should be
placed in an envelope and addressed
to the Idaho State Liberty Loan
Committee, Boise" The sender
should include his or her address.
The contest offers an excellent OPP
portunity to secure handsome
prize and to help make the Liberty
loan drive success.
The following has been author
lied issued by the state committee:
ITO the School Children of Idaho:
We have received letter as follows:
THE Idaho Bankers Association
desires hereby to offer through your
committee to the school children of
the state of Idaho a one-hundred
dollar u. S. Bond of the third Lib
erty Loan for the most appropriate
slogan for use in the campaign of
the third Liberty Loan drive to begin
April 9Th, 1918.
1t Is highly desirable that the citi-
zens of our State should be fully
awake to the necessity of putting
over this campaign for backing up
the Government and our boys in
France.
Our own boys are freely offering
up their lives as a supreme sacrifice
for us at home, and the least we can
do is to come to their aid with our
money
I'VE must go over the top with
the boys.
Yours to win in the great struggle
for Liberty,
j. w. ROBINSON, sec'y.
The rules of this contest are:
l. Open to all school children
not over IS years old.
2. Give your name, address and
the school you attend.
8. Answers must be in the hands
of the Idaho Liberty Loan State
Committee at Boise not later than
April 6, 1918.
A The slogan or sentence must |
not contain more than ten words;
the shorter the better.
s. An impartial Board will be
called to Judge the answers and to
award the prize.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-30
The World Has Been Challenged by
Prussia.

oh, the sound of our sisters wailing,
Is waited across the sea,
And our brothers cry for justice
Comes plainly to you and me.
There is no peace nor pleasure
While misery stalks the land
While the sun shines on that demon
Who rules with an iron hand.
For who can rejoice and be merry
When their hopeless brothers mourn ?
Those who dance above such new
made graves
Must feel the peoples scorn.
What is the good of raiment,
Food, laughter, music and light,
When we never for a moment
Forget our poor brothers plight !?
And all men now are brothers
Who fight for the same cause;
Forgotten are the creeds and color,
While upholding righteous laws.
And when the last battle is over,
When the victory hard earned Is
won
When the shrek of shrapnel is ST.
fenced
And rusted is every gun.
All men shall at last acknowledge
The grandeur of liberty,
With Justice the only ruler,
In a world of Fraternity.
We can see this blessed vision
TO cheer US along the way,
But unless we give to the utmost,
We shall never behold that day.
We must give of our time and know
ledge,
We must give up each boarded
treasure,
We must give the lives of our loved
ones,
Give with unstinted measure.
For il we fail in the giving,
We shall share in Belgium's fate,
And the life we would save, will go
to its grave,
The victim of Hunnish hate!
We shall see our own sweet children
Begging for crusts of bread;
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-30

Shall see our own maidens rayished
Our own mutilated dead
Tis no longer a matter OF choosing,
Already we are at war,
And death is bitter, but some must
die,
Or a worse fate is in store.
Then support and honor our heroes,
Who go Somewhere in France"
TO oppose their bodies-a living wall,
Against the Huns advance.
Yes, honor the boys who scarcely
knew
Hardship or toll or pain;
They now meet Death in a hundred
forms,
Oh, may they not fight in vain!
Tis loyalty that will cheer them,
So give with willing heart,
And let them know that you think
of them,
Anu app C1IdIC luCli pdil.
The crushed Armenians call to U.s.
The tortured Slav and Pole,
The millions of men who have suf-
fered
That we may reach the goal.
But if we hesitate in giving,
Giving to the uttermOst,
Our liberty, strength and riches,
Will be but an idle boast.
For the world has been challenged
by Prussia
And if we mean to stay Free,
TO give, not in, "bits" but until 1t
hurts,
Is "up" to you and to me.
KITTIE NJ HARBAUGH.
Sunnyside, Idaho
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-30
Independent School District.
Continued from page y

| by the voters at the annual meeting
may vote taxes to build, repair Of
equip schools The only means pro
vided for Independent Districts t.
build school houses, purchase grounds
or sites for buildings, playground
etc. is by issuing bonds and these
bonds must be carried by a two
thirds vote of the district.
Section 129 Chapter 1853 laws OF
1911 as amended by laws of 1917,
page 179 Sub. 3 authorizes the Trus-
tees of an Independent District to
levy special tax, If necessary, when
added to money apportioned by the
County Superintendent will be suffi-
cient to provide funds for the main
tenanee of the schools for nine
months in each year. The special
taxes levied by the trustees for the
payment of interest on bonds and
sinking fund, for payment of bonds
at maturity, together with the levy
for the maintenance of the schools
shall not exceed 10 mills on the
dollar of assessed valuation. If the
district maintains rural school routes
it may levy an additional tax not to
exceed 4 mills for the support of
surh rural routps
They may also levy special tax
not exceeding | mill to maintain
grounds and gymnasium. In addi-
tion to the 10 mills that may be
levied by common school district,
the County Commissioners levy
against the district sufficient
amount to pay interest and create
a sinking fund for bonds of the dis
trict Sec. 80, Chapter 159, laws 1911
as amended by laws Of 1917, page
ITS.
In a common school district bonds
may he voted to the amount OF s
per cent of the assessed valuation
of the district Section rs, Chapter
159, laws 1911 amended laws 1917,
page 173.
In an Independent District bonds
may be voted to the amount of per
cent of the assessed valuation Sec
131, Chapter 1859, laws 1911, amend
ed laws 1913 page 526. 1t will be
noted from the foregoing references
that the power to tax and to vote
bonds is practically the same under
both systems, and that the fear ex-
pressed by some that the Independ-
ent District system would increase
taxes is without any warrant.
The advantages of an Independent
School District are these: First,
larger governing board. Second,
more liberal provisions in the man
neg of selecting teachers, fixing time
of commencing the school year, pro-
viding length Of school day, provid-
ing for rural routes and for schools
in different parts of district. Third,
having its own treasurer to handle
school funds Sec. laws 1917, page
179, Laws 1911 page $50, Sec. 127.
Fourth, District cannot be divided
except by vote of people.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-30
Urge Early Coal Storage.

The United States Fuel administra-
ton urges the early purchase and
storage of coal and coke for domestic
use Consumers are requested to
place their orders before April / for
reasonable normal requirements for
the year ending March 81. AS a
check ON consumers who might at
tempt to secure more than their
normal requirements of coal the re-
tail plan includes a system of reports
on deliveries by retailers.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-30
Methodist Apron Sale.

The ladies of the Methodist church
will hold an Easter apron sale in the
Bailey building Saturday March 80,
at 3 o'clock. Supper will be served
beginning at $50 o'clock, the
charge being so cents. 20 percent
of the receipts will be given to the
Red Cross and special contribution
will be made from the remainder for
the Armenian relief fund.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-30

Mrs. Wetherell will sing the Easter
solo, at the Baptist Church next Sun
day morning
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-30

TO win the war it is unavoidable
4 that the rights Of the individual
be infringed. 1t is unavoidable that
his personal comfort be temporarily
ignored, his personal property tenn
porarily conscnpted, his personal for
tunes temporarily impaired.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-07-26
PLACE TAXES UPON INCOMES
AND PROFITS.

In response to questions put to Sec
rotary Frank Morrison of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor by the Chris
tian Science Monitor. he replied as
follows on the impending revenue
legislation in congress:
con incomes and profits is where
taxes should be placed. 1t is impos-
sible to speak in detail of how taxes
should be distributed. 1t is a great
problem to be worked out by con-
gress
There is this to be said, however:
labor is bigger than taxes. Labor
conditions are going through many
changes. Before the war there were
hundreds of thousands of unem-
ployed in the United States and Can
ada. There were so many that when
a census was taken they did not dare
to make it public. The war has taken
up the slack. nothing more. There
are still, in some places, many UNI
employed laborers.
Men are getting good wages, but
their living expenses are proportions
ately higher. They are paying their
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-07-26
DISTRICT SECRETARY HARDY
VISITS LABORERS, RIGGERS
AND FASTENERS.

Just few more members than the
hall would comfortably house turned
out to the Monday night meeting OF
Shipyard Laborers, Riggers and Fas-
teners, to listen to message from
the district secretary, William Hardy
of Seattle.
Mr.. Hardy is Canadian, of Van
couver, B. c., and from his accent one
would conclude that he had just ar
rived from the tight little isle across
the Atlantic from New York. He Is
a pleasing talker and was possessed
of facts enough in regard to the or
ganization of which he is secretary to
hold the attention of the local men
for an hour. Mr.. Hardy gave in con-
siderable detail the growth of the
Shipyard Laborers, Riggers and Fas-
teners in a field which he said was
barren of union labor activities. me
members of his union had organized
that field, had added new and most
important factor to the labor move
ment, had brought results to the
membership, and were not only de-
termlneu Dut pIcpdiCu w AA" ~
field which they had lawfully pre-
empted. He declared this attitude In
reply to certain jurisdiction activities
which other unions are engaged In at
this time against the union he repre-
sented According to Mr.. Hardy the
Laborers, Riggers and Fasteners APP
proach very closely the 100 per cent
line upon Puget Sound and in British
Columbia. Within the last two weeks
organizers have brought into the fold
several thousand new members IN
California. The secretary wound up
his address by admonishing the mem
bers to place no credence in stories
of inroads that are being made or are
about to be made in the ranks OF the
union. As a matter of fact the union
holds every position that it has occu-
pied and is rapidly extending and for
tifying its claims.
The hospital contract committee
presented a petition which contained
several hundreds names praying that
the contract be annulled and advised
the members that they feel assured
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-07-26
MUTUAL LAUNDRY STOCKHOLD.
ERS ELECT TRUSTEES.

The stockholders of the Olympia
Mutual Laundry held the first regu-
lar meeting and elected new trustees,
Monday evening. Those who will
direct the business of the new CO.
operative laundry for the ensuing
term are as follows: p. NJ. Kendrick,
Fred Hudson, Levi Vaughn, +. G..
Cowan, Henry Bettcher, Dan Guiles
and J. o. Marts.
The stockholders met at o'clock,
heard the report of the treasurer, the
secretary and the president, reduced
the number of directors from nine to
seven and then proceeded to elect the
men named above.
To a considerable extent the meet
ing was congratulations session.
Many of the stockholders expressed
an opinion of the organization and
its prospects, all along one line-that
success thus far was god. and that
prospects were bright for recognition
in a business way to the full extent of
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-07-26
SECRETARY OF LABOR GIVES
REASONS FOR LABOR MOBIL-
IZATION.

Secretary Of Labor Wilson makes
this explanation of the general mobil-
ization of labor for war industries,
recruiting for which begins August
l under direction of the United States
employment service:
"Beginning with common labor,
this service will gradually take charge
of the mobilizing and placing of all
labor for war industries employing
100 or more workers. This will pro-
foundry affect all other industries and
all other workers. 1t will correct the
abuses and the troubles growing out
of the large labor turnover with the
consequent disruption of regular
work
Every safeguard must be taken to
protect tn standard of living and the
morale of the wage earners. Espe-
cially must great care be taken to
keep the age limit of those who enter
industry at a high level, lest we rob
our future citizenship of it's right to
growth and time for education. We
must also take knowledge of the dan
gers attendant upon the large en-
trance of women into heavy and haz-
ardous industries.
"The exigencies of war times
should not be made the occasion for
the breaking down of those stan
dards of hours, wages, and condi-
tons of work which are designed to
protect the childhood, the woman
hood, and the motherhood of the
present and the future
Experts tell us it takes from to
10 workers at home to keep one SOL
der on the firing line in Europe
Whatever, therefore, helps to mobil-
ize, distribute, and energize those
who do the work of our war indus
tries has become as important fac.
tor in winning the war as the Prov
ess of our armies in the field or our
navy on the seas"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-07-26
UNIONS AND SECRETARIES.

American Federat,On-Frank Morri-
son; A F. of L. building Washington
lor. P. o. BOX 1885, Tacoma. wash:
Olympia Trades COuncil-Fred Hud-
son. sos Columbia.
Ai Sed T Hrintine Trade: CounciiNF L.
scksmiths-Richard Anderson.
Boo!kbinders-Al Galloway. BIS East
Carpenters and Joiners-c. A. Gloyd.
Clerks A.sociation - Mrs. Bernice
Cook. and Waiter. c. Fields.
o' kkiesetr,sisns-claud Wolf. 1901 East
Josrneymen B.rber.-Paal Werner.
Mschinists-c. vanvlack. s54 Frank
Meat Cutters-s. L. Kaler
Musicinns-Elmer Jones.
Painters, Decorator. and Paper anE-
ersP M Ke and
Ziegler, Hancock street,
Printing Pressmen-H. L. Workman.
Sheetmetai Workers--J. 2. Harmon.
financial secretary; c. J. Wiseman, re-
cording secretary.
Shipyard Laborers' KigEers ana Fas-
ciaI secretary, Geo. W. Lish, Labor Hall,
corner Third and Washington. :,
Single Viewers Morton Bissell,
care Olympia Single company.
Shinwrivhts, Ship Carpenters and
Joiners &C. D. Adams, secretary 1913
ounce street; C. v. Ely. financial sec
rotary. ,,-
stage EmplOyes-Al Galloway" 80
East Fourth. -,
steam Engineers-A. J. Stocks. AIT
Tenth street. -
Transfers and ChanneurS--Lott NC
Gontgle 2O5L Franklin.
Typographical UniOn-Geo. l.. Levy
Recorder building.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-07-26
WORKERS EARN MORE:
THEIR WAGES BUY LESS

In comparing the increased wages
paid to the workers as compared to
the profits made by many of the in
dustries and the increased interest
exacted by the bankers, the Brewery
Workers Journal says:
There are any number Of indus
tries in this country paying all the
way up to 100 per cent on the money
invested. Even the banks are paying
their stockholders all the way from
10 to 80 per cent in dividends. And
then we meet some men who ask
what in blazes are those workmen
asking more money for.
Don't they know that they are
getting higher wages than ever be-
fore? Don't they know that the man
who invests his money during war
times performs a distinct patriotic
act? Don't they know that capital IS
entitled to greater returns than in
normal times?'
IF 6 to s per cent was fair re-
turn upon capital invested prior to the
war, and now 80 per cent is only
fair return, where Is the workman
who is getting three and four times
his former wages? Where Is the
workman who, instead of receiving
81 per day for his services has had
it raised to $12 or even $50 a DAY
"True, in some of the great steel
mills, working under conditions that
would discount Dante's Inferno. some
of the steel men receive what ap-
pears to be enormous returns FOR
their labor But after man mas
worked short time at his life-de-
stroying labor, he is ready to nave
friends send flowers, in care or the
undertaken.
"As a matter Of fact, when dollars
receive four or five times as much
for their use at present. worKmeh'
in all Justice, should also come along.
TT capital were satisfied with rea-
sonable return. the price OF many
commodities would come down ana
living he cheaper, but that is not the
idea.
dollars have no heart. they SIM
My perform the will OF those VINO
control or own them; while work
man has heart, is the power when
adds to the value of the dollar: and
vet some of the superfcially inclined
ask, What is the matter with labor!
Does labor desire to hog 1t all?'
1.-THE cost of existence to labor mas
doubled, tripled, in the past year or
two. and yet the worker is called un-
patriotic If he asks 6 per cent Tor us
use. 1t is true that many workers
have secured increases In wages, but
al, those increases have been swal-
lowed up in the increased cost or Nv
ing: leaving the worker no better
Of than he was prior to the raise
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-07-26
Il n. DONALDSON GOES TO PHIL
ADELPHIA.

At a delegate meeting of employees
of the local shipyards. held Friday
evening last in Labor Hall. r. N.
Donaldson, of the Sheetmeta' work
ers' union, was elected to represent
OLYMPIA before the War Labor board
meeting in Philadelphia the hrst
week in August. The board Will con-
slider the question of increased wage
demands in the shipbuilding indus
trv and the Puget Sound district will
be represented by five delegates
whose expenses will be paid by the
Emergency Fleet Corporation