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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
FIFTY DOLLARS OFFERED FOR PRIZE LETTER
0NR0ADS AND TAXES CONCERNING FARMER
Eccles Hotel Offers Inviting Prize in Cash for the
the Best Letter Sent Into This Office
Before 10 o'clock March 20
ALL BINGHAM COUNTY FOLKS EIlc1B1 F

A prize of $1,000 is offered by tn.
Eccles Hotel of Blackfoot for thu
best short letter on How good roads
will enable the farmer to pay his
heavier taxes more easily
Length of Letter
The letter or statement must moi
contain more than 500 words and
need not contain fifty unless the
writer's want them. The one that
is considered best will draw the $50
check, and If the best can be said
IN ten words the writer will get SIS
a word. If 1t is said in fifty words
the writer will receive $1.OO a word.
Who Can Compete
Any resident of Bingham county
can enter this contest by sending
in the contesting letter. There are
no strings on the deal. If we can
read the letter it will be given fair
consideration, whether typewriter,
hand-written, with pen, pencil or
charcoal, we lay down no rules.
Any school lodge, church, CONNER
cial club, sewing circle, guild, hospi-
tai, relief society, ditch company,
firm or individual can compete.
Time Expires Soon
This contest is open till Thursday
morning, March 20 at 10 O'Clock.
Decision will be made at that time.
and the best letter will be published
In our good roads edition.
Eccles Hotel Pays the Money
When the prize is awarded, the
winner will receive a check for $50
from the Idaho Republican, but it
will be reimbursed by the Eccles
Hotel company, who takes this means
of getting the people of Bingham
county to studying the fruitful SUBJ
ject OF road taxes, to see in what
ways and in how many ways the
farmer will be repaid for his outlay
In good roads. The Eccles people
believe in good roads and they are
willing to put up some of their own
money to get you to study the mat
ter and see the advantages as they
exist.
monument TO Our County
Three years ago Blackfoot was
hesitating about laying pavements
and the Eccles brothers said they
would build fine hotel IL it voted
the bonds for paving, but If it voted
the bonds and paving down, they
would not invest in the town. They
wanted to pay paving taxes because
they knew the town would be better
for 1t. Now we have the paving, we
have the hotel, and some other build
ings erected because the hotel was
built Now they put in with us again
and challenge us to study the ques-
ton Of good roads from the farmers
standpoint and the $50 is ready for
the winner.
Get busy quick! 35-2
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
Frank DeKay Tells
of His Adventures
Saw Nearly Every Part of France
and Enjoyed it all 3,
Very Much
WOUNDED IN SEPTEMBER

AS we stated in our last issue
Frank DeKay Jr. is home from
France. Mr.. DeKay was in the 161s,
field hospital division, with which
company he served little over a
year in France, after having trained
four months in the United States
at Camps Green and Mills.
Mr.. DeKay's work in France often
brought him within the danger zone
and things were quite hot and in
teresting for him at times. It was
while driving an ammunition truck
that he was wounded in the right
arm, on the morning of September
rs and compelled to retire to a less
exposed position, that of a hospital,
where he was obliged to remain until
few weeks ago, when he was dis
charged from San Francisco. The
wounded limb is gradually getting
back to normal and it will just be
matter Of time until it is as good
as ever.
Mr.. DeKay says the efficiency in
the medical department of the army
is indeed something to be marveled
at, and justly worthy of the highest
praise. He has seen men and boys
brought into the hospital when all
chance of recovery looked absolutely
hopeless, and in reasonable length
OF time they have been nursed back
to life, by scientific care and skill
administered by the doctors.
From the time he was taken to the
hospital in France until he arrived
in San Francisco he was much
disappointed at not receiving
a single letter, altho he knew
there must be scores some
place in the country belonging to
him. He says the consoling feature
of it is that no one else is receiving
any, so it gradually becomes mat
ter OF course, but behind it all there
Is a little pang of loneliness that is
hard to overcome at times. A day or
so ago he was delighted to receive
a little package containing over 100
of the letters he had missed in
France. They had been following
him around and overlook him at
home.
Much to his satisfaction and edu-
cational interest Mr.. DeKay was
favored by accidentally seeing nearly
every portion of France, altho he
never had a days furlough after
landing in France.
Mr.. DeKay joined with several of
the Blackfoot boys at Boise and they
were together for nearly year.
Bert Pennington and Tom Bumgar-
ner were in his company until April
1918 and since that time he did not
see either Of them until he met Tom
after arriving home.
Mr.. DeKay just spent three days
in our city in the\past three years
and he finds mraked improvement
and expansion In the business dis
trict. The paving and the fine new
brick business houses on Broadway
and Bridge streets look progressive
to his notion. However, the resi-
dence districts have not grown as
rapidly, as he had anticipated.
Taking it all in all Frank wouldn't
take a good deal for all the exper-
ences of the eighteen months train /,
ing, nor would he give very much to
90 thru it again.
At present he will make his home |
With his parents here.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
WHO OAN VOTE ON BONDS

County Attorney Adair informs us
that anyone who is qualified voter
has the right to vote on the coming
bond election to authorize the sale of
bonds for road work.
A measure was introduced in the
legislature providing that a ma
jority instead Of two-thirds of the
voters could carry bond election,
but owing to the fact that no prop
erty qualifications attaches to the
voting privilege, the bill did not pass
and owners of property have that
added protection over and above the
majority. If.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
TAKING TREAT
MENT FOR RABBIEs

Mrs. e. R. Martin of Springfield,
who was bitten by dog affected with
rabies short time ago. is taking
treatments from DR.. McKinnon Of
Aberdeen.
A. j. Snyder was bitten by the
same dog and Is also taking treat
ment.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14
Methods That Make
and Keep People Poor
Lady Employer Studies Ways of Poor
People Who Work and Make
Nothing for Employers
LOSE OUT AND FIND FAULT
(By the Editor)

| Down at my home have quarter
of block Of ground to farm or cul-
tlvate In flowers and sheep-pasture.
and | don't try to do all the heavy
work myself. used to work nights
and mornings to keep myself from
getting too fractions, but am in my
hfty-first year now, and find am
getting quite gentle and don't seem
to need so much strong-arm work
to keep me down. I find I can write
better stuff and more of it If l forget
the yard and go to the office early
and just take a little exercise at
night. We hire somebody to clean
up the yard in the spring and one
spring We had five different BOYS on
the job and one man,
Speak Kindly and Spoil EN-
None of these boys belong to
wealthy families, and l don't sup
pose they would feel insulted If l
said some of them are poor. My wife
and | have been studying the Door
and studying why they are poor, and
we studied these several boys to see
how they work and how they care
for their tools, and we have kept
saying, mo wonder they are poor"
A couple of fellows who Are as
big as their dads, hired out to Mrs.
Trego and pitched in and raked
leaves and hustled around pretty well
the first shift, but / came home at
night and chatted with them little,
told them | was glad they had come.
and glad to have the work of of
my hands. I didn't know I was 60
ing to spoil them by extending them
that sort of a welcome.
The next morning l got out by old
sharp shovel and the file that use
to keep it keen and when they came
Mrs. Trego put them to trimming
some sod borders, but do you think
those big buffers would keep the
shovel sharp? No sir, they didn't
seem to know how to sharpen q
shovel. Said the shovel was sharp
enough; one would dig while the
other watched, then the other would
dig while one watched. Theoretic-
ally, one was to follow up and shake
out the sods to separate the roots
from the soil, but only one could
work at time. The other would
be examining fish worms and pebbles
and fumbling around, At the end
of the first shift had handed them
their money at the rate of rs cents
on hour; they left it to me to say
how much and l thought that was
enough and they seemed pleased.
The second shift when they worked
one at time 1t amounted to paying
worker SO cents an hour and it be-
came somewhat Of a joke. Every
effort to set each Of them a task BY
himself and keep him working alone
was a failure. They would always
find some reason why they should
double up on each job, and really
work one at a time.
Planned to Loaf Much
There was some ashes to wheel
up the alley, along the walk and out
along the street into the ruts. Their
plan for that was to have one 'oper-
ate the wheel-barrow and the other
DO the shoveling to load the barrow.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-14

Continued on page four
Evening journal., 1919-05-23
PENSIONS NOW FOR
THE WAR PIGEONS

PHILADELPHIA May e9s-peuons
are ponsloned the samn as soldiers IN
The United states Army,
This sldc-lisht on how the Govern.
ment takes care 0f lis ANNUAL friends
Was given by Colonel q, Mex. salis-
man, Acting Chief Signal Omecr, on
his visit here yesterday,
This Signal Corps maintains vet
erans' homo for earlier pigeon. that
were wounded or Rsyo distinguished
service In The war; he eaid. "Tholr
comfortable loft IN Potomac Park ia
known as Tho Hall of Honor Of lhe
American plruon Service. pigeons
with The Crulx Dc Ouerrr aud with tho
DISTINGUISHED Service Crosa have thclr
homes there,
"a pigeon onco admitted never does
work any more. They have a sergeant
OF tho signal Corps, who has seen nc
tive service on the other side, aud Is
therefore sympathetlc lover OF Tho
birds, In charge.
"plgeons assigned 10 tho Hall OF
Honor ara pensloncd by tho Govern
ment, A regular sustensnoo fund IL
provided. As long as they occupy tho
prlxa loft at Potomac Park they never
Evening journal., 1919-05-23
Man Loses Hope

For ten years suffered severely
from stomach trouble. The doctors
said ! had cancer Of the stomach and
nothing would do but an operation.
took my last round OF Mayr's Wonder
ful Remedy 2h years ago. Since then
sleep well, eat what want and feel
fine 10 Is a simple, harmless prepar-
alton that removes the catarrhal mucus
from the intestinal tract and allays the
Inflammation which causes practically
all stomach, liver and intestinal ail-
meniss including appendicitis. One dose
will convince or money refunded.
J. NJ. Eckerd. The Miller Drug store,
\. b. Danforth and druggists every
where.
Evening journal., 1919-05-23
To Wash Away Those
Wrindes and Crowsfeet

II your face IL disngured with wrinkles
dIspel every line. even tho most obstinate
by using n simple, homemade wash lotion
Merely dissolve an ounce Of powdered sake
lite In d half pint witch hahei--ingredient'
found iu any drug store. Battle the face
In this. and presto i--you scarcely believe
ygur own eyes when you look Into your
mirror and bebeld tho marvellous transfor'
forinationl
sa1olita so tightens the skin wrinkles are
literally pressed out Best Of ALL this re-
suit Is not purely temporary, for the. 10
tlon also has a heaithfui tonic action. which
sned Tissue, and added benefit may be cx-
pocted with continued use. Use this once
day for a whilc II cannot injure the
most delicate akin. The treatment itself
leaves no trace--no one gursses the secret
OF your increasing youthful appearance.
Evening journal., 1919-05-23
BAPTISTS SEEK
BETTER CLERGYMEN

DENVER, May 70 Raising the stand
ard Of Baptist ministers. 80 none but
well qualified men In education, lead
orship and backbone should occupy
pllplls Of tho denomination. IL among
tho recommendation IN the report OF
tho committee on Standardization OF
Tho ministry, which was TO bc pre-
scented to tho Northern Baptist Con
yentlon yesterday.
Several States, through the influence
has been used TO have poorly quall-
ied men ordained.
Or. J. G. Gambroll, president OF the
Southern Baptist convention. brought
greetings, and The announcement that
tho convention had voted overwholm-
ingly 10 reject the proposal for Joining
tho lntorchurch council. which has for
~ purpose tho oo-ordlnatlng OF the
activities OF the UNCONVENTIONAL
Evening journal., 1919-05-23

Why assume we are asked, that the
incomes OF the railroads under Gov
ernment operation must continue tc
fhin out 10 streak OF nolhingness
Nell because by all lhr tests Of hush
ness management and experience there
Is absolutely nothing ahead ~ ihy
railroads. tho way things are going
hut complete Disappearance OF net IN.
come. No net income In spite OF IN
creased freight rates and passenger
fares which havc loaded upun The
backs OF The American people new
transportation burden Of between a
billion and hillion and quarter OF
dollars year, No med Income, although
the Government must pay and ox-
pectcd TO pay The railroads out " their
earnings q rental Of some sQ000o0,ooQ
a yearl
The railroads. under Government
operation, are not going 90 get cut of
Tho Woods they are golne to get more
q cply into the woods when they pile
up operating costs higher and higher
on an actually diminishing traillc
when they keep moro men on the pay
rolls 10 handle less business than was
formerly handled when the record l.
not merely more pay 90 every man but
more men on every lob.
A recent Government report showed
that there weru $4,000 moro en-
ployces on The Government operated
railways than there We're IN December,
1917, the last month of private opera
ton. But the Government reports
also show that la February The total
net ton miles Of freight trafllo was a.
ooooooOoo lower than IN 1913; In March
81 was nearly 9.C0o00O000 lower.
Director-General Hines bous down
the whole story IN a table OF met ton
miles Of road day, revenue and nom
rcXenue aS folloNVss
Evening journal., 1919-05-23
Buifermiik Creates
Beauty Overnight
Delightful Now Vanishing Cream Con-
fsining True Buftcrmik Makes You
Look Years Younger or Money BACK.

The hrrt application Of Howard's hut
termilk cream VIII astonish you. II ere.
wonderful thing about A. n the fact that
whilst t turns the dullcst, tho most liieless
complexion 10 radiant beauty and makes
Is not the slightest sign Of ite use hitter
application. ft actually yanlsbes from sight
aud the most heated atmosphere will not
the skin.
There Is no secret about II nor is there
any doubt about the resuli-its Just com
wonderful cream gently mnssaged with -tAe
finger tips around the corners OF the eyes
and mouth.
tinn. obtain small quantity OF Howards
Buttermilk Cream at \. B. DanfOrths
on the money back II dissatisfied plan. The
directions, are simple and II costs so little
that any girl or woman can afford Il.
Evening journal., 1919-05-23
BECAUSE T0NALL HELPED
, OTHERS BOUGHT III.
Because II Helped Mo Rccommond
Tonoli.

Mrs. Gertrude Sehupp. OF Milwood,
Lancaster county, Pa, says:
Il am a widow and make my living nt
drcssmaklng. ! was troubled with my
stomach and could not cat much, had
difficulty with blootIng. used one
bottle OF TonRll and began to feel good
almost Immediately. VIII continue TO
use II as | feel suro II win bring me
around all right.
IL bought Tonall because II helped
others and as II benefited me, recon-
mend 10 for all stomach ailments"
Tnnnll IL sold hv
Evening journal., 1919-05-23
Down Grade Rail income

Anything that Is shootlns the chute'
at The rate OF a mile a minute The first
minute 4 mile and half a minute th'
second two miles a minute the third
and so on, Is going " hit The botton
pretty soon. That's about what th,
railroads have been doing Ia their pro-
Eresslvc Journey downward, They arr
still at II,
sun higher rate. won't save them
Higher rates will put another brake
on ralload twfllc, but by the SAND
token They VIII put moro slcam into
The downward shoot Of net income,
with expenses always soaring and
earnings always diving.
ness Is the hand OF death.
Evening journal., 1919-05-23
srnANNnEnnY CARNIyiL.

noSEBunG, ore, May 23 united
Prcssl Because the war clouds have
ocon blown away, and II Is combined,
this year. with a Victory" celebra-
ton, the ninth annual strawberry car
nlNl, opening here today. Is expected
10 be the banner event In The history
OF The festive association.
TWO days Of sports and amusements
viii make up the celebration, in con-
Junction with which Il being held the
tournament of Tho umpqua sports
mons association.
Tho strawberry carnival is one OF
southern Oregon's biggest annual
events.
Evening journal., 1919-05-23

In other words, oven last january,
while showing mora business than
January of 1918. did not begin to equal
1917. February, however, was mate
rally worse than February. 1917 and
1918 both. March, going sblll further
10 The bad. was 20 per cent worse in
1919 than IN 1913 and i0i7.
Evening journal., 1919-05-23
N. B. Danforth,

124 MARKET ST., VIII, Del.
nnd nll leading druggists Ia Delavars snt
Eastern Maryland.
Evening journal., 1919-05-23

have to work. but being soldiers, they
have to drill, Each morning ii good
weather lheS ,.rc taken far out Into The
country The sergeant releases them
and they coue TO Tho loft al Potomac
Park getting IN thls manner enough
exercises TO keep them healthy
Evening journal., 1919-05-23
churches Of tho country,

churches OF tho country
Dr. GanbrelI expressed himself
strongly against the "aclIeu Of The
Government during tho course Of the
war In permitting Tie Catholic church
and no other denomination to place
their representatives In tho army
camps both at homo and abroad"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-22
dad" Took Wars
as His Vacations
ScrUed IN Three, Including
Last, and Is Ready for
Another.

FORT WORTH. TEN. July 2l.-The
kcen-eyed youths from the United
states who helped turn the tide on Tie
western battle front were indefattaa
bic hghters-da rcdevils with the IRE
But take Dad" Lowden: his sixty
years became as twenty as he went
tearing into action. And he saw con-
siderable action. as his two wound
stripes attest
The pals Of this young old dough
boy called him Dad but the com
panE records listed him AZ Private
robert l-owden from Albuquerque ~
NJ lie is a cousin OF Governor Low
den. Of Illinois
Just back from France. Dad" ar
rived at the Camp Bowie hospital to
fecuperate. Like recuperating from
vacation" is the way Ire sees it. for
wars always did appeal TO him as
vacations.
Back in 1895 he took his nrst war
vacation In Uncle Sans service fight
ing spain. then in 1916, when Mexican
trouble developed. he enlisted and went
to the Texas border.
When the United States entered the
European war. Dad" hurried TO the
recruiting station. beating out his two
sons and n son-in-law for the privi
leSc Of first representing the family
In the gigantic conflict.
They all got in quickly. the sons
law is serving with the naval forces
abroad None OF the boys" has been
wounded however. and that's why
Dad" chuCkles when he looks At those
40 wound s~'ipcs That's one thing
he's go, on them" he SAYS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-22
PLANS TO GAIN LIBERTY
FOR CONV|CTS OF ARMY
Senator Chamberlain Offers Bill "a
Free Victims of War Courts
Martial.
UoTEs MANY INJUsTICEs
Measure Would Grant Complete
Amnesty for All Soldiers and
Sailors. Except Those Held for
Federal Felony.

WASHlNGToN. July oI.-Complete
amnHstN FOR AL soldiers. sailors and
marines convicted by courtmartials.
except thos" whose offenses would be
felony under Fedora statutes, was
propoSed in bill INTRODUCED by Sena-
tor Chamberlain. Democrat. of Oregon
and referred TO the Military Commit
The stories, coming 70 me-" said
80 ;h Cmambe rlain in statement
70 me senate. many OF them being
NeTihed %: the nutrages being commit
Yea asaims; young men through the in :
strumcntaiitY o. courtmartials arc so
horrible that some LEGISLATION ougbr 10
ne acted upon promptly to obtain re-
The fact tina, ALREADY IN. c1era,c,.
board has reduced the sentences in IN.
aggregate from 5000 years 10 roo
years Is proof positive that the sem
fences we're out OF ali proportion TO
the crimes committed These 5000
years ousht TO be wiped out or placed
at an ipTHduGihle minimum.
me terror inflicted upon our young
mn ny these sentences and also the
cr" nTbn sJ pract5cGd against them.
marx 20 some of the cruelti.s prac-
ticed against these sold ers in France.
senator Chamber!ain referred 10 the
ihFcstsation of crue.ties being mad.
ny House committee and sa ~ ~,
would discuss some cases o. cruoltv in
a speech to the senate at "A later day
era PershnE had made report TO
the war Department regarding Charges
o. or,utaHty against prisoners at the
pdslle ana prison farm No . i'm
france. Secretary Baker said he re-
GREETED that ne could not make the
,spoF, puolc Immediately. but added
mat ne would do so az soon as he had
had time 10 read it and collect from
oincers now in this country in forma
,,on FeEardinE steps taken to punish
General PershinE's report was said
70 nave citsd the results OF the court
nc. "a; 70; when was ordered after an in
otUn nao 6een taken promptly. Four
oLHcers and i've serScants were bcrora
been punished ~ ""' =
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-22
TENNIS TOURNEY STARTS
Playing OF Phelps Features First Day
Of Southern Championship
Mnfc M Ali

ASHEVTi.LE. y. c.. July 2I.-The
first round in mems singles OF the
Southern Tennis championship tourna-
ment play at the Ashvilte Country
Club this morning was featured by
Tho playing OF Esmond Phelp. OF New
Orleans. one OF the south's leading
players. Matches that attracted great
est interest were those between r. s
Mansfield. Of Atlanta. and T.. II. Burke
Of Ashev!llc: Rutledge Capcrs. OF Au-
rusta. and r. NJ Porter OF Ashevilic.
and F. w. Thomas. Ashcville. and H
LauEhlin New York
The results of the mornings play
are as follows:
W Mcmillan, Jr.-defeated bye:
Robert Johnson Ashcville. defeated
bye. Allen Ware. Knoxville. defeated
bye: T. S. Mansfield. Atlanta. defeated
t.. II. Burke. Asheville. SIS. 90. 6-i:
Esmond Phelps, New Orleans. defeated
Jerome Moore Atlanta. default: j. u.
Hunt. Jr, Atlanta. defeated V. NJ.
Manning. Greenviile. 5. G.. so, So;
RutledGe Capcrs. Augusta defeated r..
NJ Porter. Ashevillc. Ga. c.: +. w
Thomas Ashcvillc. defeated II. Laugh
lin New York, g. 6-3: Eugene Jones
Ashcvillc defeated T. {. Coke. Ashe-
willie. As. 6-l. rs; \. NJ Kennedy. At
lanta defeated Reeves Rutlcdge. Ashe-
Vile. 60. Ga Charles NJ Rogers.
Knoxville. defeated F. V. Capers Au-
rusta, Ga. So. 90; T NJ. Wilson Au-
gusta. defeated r. NJ Cleveland. Green
VILE. 81 60: j w. Erwin, Spartan
burg. defeated bye: Billy Coke. Ashe-
willie. defeated bhye: j. Ross Todd
Louisville. Ky. defeated bye.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-22
A PURE TABLE SYRUP
More Tempting Than Any
You Ever Tasted

Different in its rare rich favor-in
its mellow amber color-in it's fine,
wcll-bodied consistency--a spread that
is neither too thick nor too thin.
Domino Golden Syrup is different,
because you never tire of its delicate
cane taste. Sweet. but not too sweet.
a high-grade table delicacy for every
meal Of every day.
1t is fine food for the whole fam
lily. Children love it, and it is SO pure
and wholesome they can eat all they
like! Try 1t on bread, cakes, biscuit
and waf1es-you will like it!
There is nothing more really. tempt
ing and appetizing than Domino Cold
en- Syrup. You will find It in 1907.
and 25oz. cans at your groccr's. Order
some today. Domino Golden Syrup is
made by the American Sugar Refining
Company, refners OF Domino Package
uGars--Granulated, Tablet. Powdered,
Confectloncrs. Brown.-Adv.