The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-22
DR.. Mackay and Mr.. Weaver spent
Sunday amid the buck ponds.

MT. NIX VI Mdckdy, was DublucSl
visitor here Monday and Tuesday.
Orion N. Andes was Firth Wis.
itor here Monday.
Cecil Lint spent sunday at the
duck ponds.
Christmas post cards and booklets
at the Racket store. adv
w. H. Felstead of Preston, Idaho,
was a business visitor here Sunday
T. G. Mays spent the fore part OF
the week in Salt Lake on business
H C ~ Rich was in town on bust
ness Tuesday.
Get the habit, come in and look
around. Racket store. adv.
w. T. Potter was business Wis.,
itor here from Idaho Falls Monday.
o. D. Bartlett was a business Wis
itor here from May, Idaho, the first
of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. G.. Greenwich of
Pocatello, were; visiting here Sum
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. U. Burnett of
.nallis, Idaho, spent Sunday in
Blackfoot.
Mrs. Roy Longley and two chill
dren are recovering from an attack
OF the nu.
Lee billiard Is working at the
Brown-Eldridge Furniture store tenn
porarily.
Come and get your choice of hats
at the big sale. Mode Millinery. adv
A. C. Hyde was an Idaho Falls
business visitor here Monday and
Tuesday.
Fred Hansen Of Shelley, spent
Sunday in Blackfoot visiting with
friends.
Miss Marie Burgraff resumed her
work at the Kinney Nero. company
Tuesday morning. -.
DR.. and Mrs. Wheeler returned
Wednesday from few days visit
at Lava Hot Springs.
j j. Fearheller, auctioneer. Sat-
isfaction guaranteed. Phone saw
or 252. adv. Is tt.
John Chapman, who has been i'll
with influenza is somewhat improved
at this writing.
Miss Ruth .3lomquist was visiting
here with friends the fore part of the
week. -
Lars w. johnson of Mackay was
down the first Of the week attending
to business Matters
r. N. Stockstager, superintendent
of the Union Pacific Life Insurance
system, was a Blackfoot business
visitor Monday.
Miss Viola Wallice of Mackay has
accepted a position with the O. s. L.
railroad company at the freight Of
fee. j
]. H. Marshall, manager of the
hotel at Mountain Home, spent the
fore part Of the week in BlackfOot
visiting with friends.
Do your Christmas shopping early.
Racket. store. adv.
Miss. B. Barlow returned Wednes-
day from st: Anthony, where she
has been visiting with friends and
relatives.
James Christensen and sister,
Ellen, of Sterling, were visiting in
the city with relatives and friends
Monday.
Miss Eula Palmer resumed her
duties at the Blackfoot high school,
after spending short time visiting
with her parents at Wapello.
Mrs. Ralh Adair and Mrs. Thy
burg went to Ucon, Idaho, Tuesday
to attend the funeral of their niece
Ruth Forbes. n
Mrs. G.. Lofquist went to Firth
Tuesday to visit with her mother
few days before making her home
here.
Mrs. Guy Priest and Mrs. Will
Thompson Jr.. returned home Tues
day from Indiana, where they at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Priests
husband.
Mrs. H. c. Bond is here from
Mackay at the home Of her daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Lonely. Mrs.
Lonely and two children are i'll.
Mrs. Bond will remain here until
they have fully recovered.
Many people do not understand
the why" of the low rate charged
by the government for insurance on
soldiers, SO that an explanation will
probably be appreciated by many.
The soldier was charged the regular
civilian rate for a monthly term pol
icy which furnished protection from
month to month, and the deficit to be
collected from all the people along
with other taxes. The private life
insurance companies either did not
write soldiers at all, or else provided
that in case the soldier was killed
only the premiums paid in would be
returned, or else charged an addi-
tional premium to take care of the
war hazard as these companies could
not tax the people for the deficit as
the government cold. The Mutual
Benefit Life Insurance company, re-
presented in Blackfoot by G. S.
Beebe, charged $3.50 additional
premium on each $1,000, of insurance
and paid the full amount Of the pol