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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-23
District No. 8.

Will include all territory in North
Dakota and Montana not enumerated
in n and tWo.3 =
B. A. Fish. Towner sss,540
Grace Hoster, sScobey, Mont. ..9SS,96o
John M. Benoit, Fairview.
Margaret Wilson, Bottineau. .995, 200
Miss Ida. O'Keefe, stanley ..~..994,090
Miss Daisy Rowan, Minot ...977,44o
II. N. Kramer, Kenmare $50. 897, $50
e. S. Brynjolfson, Willow City. 705, 100
Miss Ruth Slunaker, Tioga ...69S,S0O
Edna Coulter, williston, ...655,790
Engrid o. Sehrn, Lansford: ..520,450
Mrs. H. ]. Anderson. gilbert
son Mont. ........ 330,430
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-23
District No. 2.

Will include all towns in the fol-
lowing counties: Cavalier, Towner,
Rolette, Pierce, Ramsey. Benson, Nell
son, Wells. Eddy, Foster, Griggs and
Steele,
F. A. Mcdonald. Milton 49,. .sss,sso
Mrs. M. S. Rankin Devils
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-23

Z. B. Hanson. Munich .so4.ssol;
Jennie Hildermyr, Petersburg. S91, 500
Donald Bucklin, Z Rugby $500. S23, $50
A.. O. Engen, York ....... $685. $50
Mrs. Hulda Story, Leeds. 80. $3.50. 800
Maude Pinkerton, Langdon .5.617.400
Esther Peterson. Barton A 865, 700
Lester 1saacs0n, Perth ..... $40
Alex Mason, Webster. $50. I, SOL
C.. e. Kirkpatrick, Rollette isis, 14o
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-23

tho application has been accepted at
AS. soon as additional requirements
have been complied with the charter
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-23

i will be granted and a drive put on tor
more members. H ~ 49,
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

The better class Of workers get away
from these dreary districts to snug
cottages and pretentious houses o.
the hillsides and up the gulchcs.
The mill tenements are as unhome-
like within as witltout-nothing but
the rudest furniture Of living in
congruously mixed up with pianos,
graphophones and washtubs, with
dirty babies ,sprawling on the floors
and rolling out the doors and into
the streets. Despite the environ
ment, the human stock of these low
ly districts is vigorous. The men are
stocky and muscular and the women
sturdily moulded for motherhood.
There are no signs of malnutrition;
no evidences of lack of food; and Of
a Sunday the men doh the most up
to-date clothing and the women
blossom forth in expensive raiment.
The crowding in these dingy
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
The Hills and Valleys

On the hills is sparsity Of popula-
ton, in the valleys such crowding
as Is not surpassed elsewhere in
America. Above is the cleanness
and wholesomeness Of the primitive
world; below the dirt and squalor
OF the human warren. From vallcy
moor TO hilltop one passes from the
oompiezity Of the Industrial age to
the simplicity Of the rustic era.
Above, the world seerns good and
inc'a; bolow, it appears dubious and
'nrbid In the hills reside the homo
geneops old American stock. tal
'hy life In leisurely fashion: in IT,
valleys swarm and jabber all tn
races and tong1es Of the alien worl4
IN bedlam of social and ccononia
'~sraction. On the hcights tIrer
are no modern problcms", in th
"epths there is nothing else.
Where the blue MononnaheIa fro.a
inc south unitcs with the brown Al
sgheny from the north 10 form the
0n'o il Pittsburgh city, straddling
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
At the top OF the page,
some Of the great steel shops
in the Pinsburg strike dis
trirf.
The picture ADORE sho,os
Gourishing truck gardens un-
der the shadoso Of the great
TaiLLs themselves.
at the left--lNo strike in
'his alley.

places is often awful, but there
seems to be little relation between
lhat fact and the earnings of the
workers. Thrift concentrated solely
on the amusement of cash is not
altogether a virtue. The foreign
workers are willing, with the ex-
ception of few extravagances, to
sacrifice all present good and we'll
being to the accumulation of money.
With such a goal, high standards of
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

living are Incompatible and appar-
emily excluded. Crowded together
like animals in a stockyard of their
own volition, decency and cleanli-
ness are impossible and sanitation
forgotten. Most attempts to i'm
prove living conditions among the
foreign masses have failed. Often
when houses have been provided
with bathtubs they are used for
coalbins and other storage pur-
poses. Then the plumbing gets out
Of order, the householder has a big
plumbing bill to pay-and after
that he wants no more modern
houses. All he wants Is place to
sleep, place to eat and a place to
work. His thoughts are always on
the old home in Europe and the
pile" that will take him back one
day, there to live in ease and COM
fort. Of course, marriage, children
and their responsibilities often come
to dissipate the initial purpose, and
then begins the phase of mergence
into American life, higher stand
ards, little home up in the bills
and living for living's sake. To the
men Of the squalid tenements the
strike really appeals as a chance for
more money-not more money fer
better living, but more money f,r
the stocking, the money belt and
the bank-more money for the life
in the old homeland.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
By Theodore M. Knappen

~ ITTSBURG'S industrial re-
+ e'on. the vsrson of tn. war
for the control Of steel, , A
naturally one Of the M Ist
picturesque sections Of Ame' ica,
and viewed in the mass the works
Of man have but added to N ature's
work. Into setting Of mag sive hills
md deep and marrow valleys
coughing three great rivers and
any tributaries, VIII ere Nature
c..ilded- solidly and hugely, came
augh, sturdy and inc Iomitable men
ID rear in time the hard, toilso me
.Custries of iron az i'd steel that pro-
-uce the foundatie ms and the fabric
of the physique of modern civsliza-
on. Most un'lovely in themselves.
he intermina' ole smoking mills, fur-
l.aces, coal 'yipples, oil we'll derriclls,
Tailroads that slash the hills, and
he myriad towers and stacks that
cies'ce the sky, Stag dumps that re-
fmble and rival glacial moraines,
Il contribute to scene of Impress
re grandeur, shrouded by smoke
y day and glowing with the fires
: creation by night.
The steel giant, as symbolized by
ihttsburgh, is colossal octopus
nose tentacles reach out through
all the valleys roundabout from the
city itself and grip the rustic hills
:, coils of relentless industry work
.og nightly in iron and coal and
as. The capital of steel is thus not
compact city that excludes the
country but rather one that pene-
rates and encoils it for a hundred
miles. The farmer from his corn
;'elds and pastures looks down upon
cities and towns that have length
rather than width, and the stripped
worker at the blistering furnaces
and forges has but to look upward
to behold fair and quiet country
side. From the great spaces Of the
generous hills and plateaus it is
but a step to the construction and
congestion of the huddled work
shops and habitations that intrude
upon the rivers on one side and
gouge and hang onto the hills on the
other.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
4 Continuous CITY

Up the Monongahela on either
side of the stream are Homestead.
Duquesne, Braddock, Rankin, Nc
Keesport, Glassport, Dravosburgh.
Clarion, Monongahela City, Donora,
Monessen, Charleroi and so on, in a
continuous city. Up the Allegheny
are such places as Sharpsburg, Etna,
Tarentum, New Kensington, AS
pinwall, Breckenridge and Nationa,
and on the tributary streams scores
Of busy towns that work in iron and
steel. In all Of them, the majority
Of the lowlier workers live in mean
houses, chiefly frame, and usually
painted dull gray, that front on
'dirty streets, leading from the mills
In the larger places there are
rarely any yards, but in the small
er towns, even in the company
houses" all but the most recent Of
which are extreme in their ugliness
and monotony, there are patches of
yards, but they are always Uttered
and uncared for. They do not look
Ike hoEes-they are only bunk
houses for families or boarders, no
matter how substantial they may be.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Great Blacksmith h Shop

The mills and plants are rude
places and the making of stee, is at
best hard and dirty work, and often
dangerous. 4 steel mill is, after all.
nothing but a great blacksmith shop
"a place Of smoke, fire, heat, steam.
noise, cinders and SCOT, where MAN.
moth machines annihilate time and
multiply power in dim and murky
bays under griny vaults. Fascinat-.
ing to a spectator as is the colossal
process Of smelling iron from ore
and steel from iron and the concen-
tration of prodigious mechanical
force that beats it into shape, it is
only a dirty job to the common
yorker From the dirt and CRIME
Of the mill the unskilled worker
goes unmoved to an ugly home in a
dreary street. In lovely world in
the hills all roundabout he lives and
has his being in the dank valleys.
To him a strike vaguely points
the way to the hills. 1t varies the
monotony of serving with the stimu-
alton of protesting. For a time he
gropes into a world of thought and
qiews life outside the shop and the
human den. A strike is an epoch in
his life. 1t is grand variant from
the dull round of humble work, even
II it leaves him poorer. 1t demon
strates the Importance Of his labor
and dignifies for him his part in the
human drama. 4
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Neac Cottages

The steel companies feel the re-
proach of these squalid dwellings
and the gray lives Of the dwellers,
but they hardly know how to go
about improving conditions. Never
theless, they are building more and
more cottages, varied in design,
thoroughly modern and low in rent.
Almost every mill has it's athletic
field and recreation grounds for the
children, and spacious washrooms,
ample lockers, shower baths, lunch
rooms and cafeterias for the men
are coming in. A little more time
and they will be introduced into all
the mills. Hospital facilities, emer-
gency and permanent, are generally
we'll supplied. Community gardens
have been established to give the
people a chance to get away from
their confined districts, and attempts
are even made to beautify the open
spaces in the mill yards. But so
long as the poorer houses remain
they will be occupied. The long
hours Of the steelworkers doubtless
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

all The rtvers--the hxain and head of
70 q octopus. It has grown out Of the
9alleys for It's better residences, but
the business district is piled into
them and is close against the innu-
merable mills, around which are
built the endless rows Of houses in
which the workers live. These are
usually two-story structures, abut
tir.g directly on the streets, contrast
Ing strangely in their more or less
unkempt-though by no m an 8
wretched-appearance with the trim
office buildings and great stores that
rival the hills in height.
All the life and activity Of the ten
uous valleys flow into this tense and
pulsing city. Just as the rivers con-
verge here, so converge the railway
lines in intricate yards and ternai
nals-not only from the surrounding
territory, but from half a continent
In these yards are collected and
thence dispatched to the ends of the
earth the greatest initial traffic the
world has yet produced. The rivers
themselves do not escape the law Of
toll that is upon all this region. Ur
and down their canalized loops
move, day and night, long tows of
coal barges from the countless river
mines.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

have something to do with their in
difference to their home surround
ings.
There is danger that an account
of the worst conditions will give an
erroneous impression. 1t needs to
be remembered that probably not
more than a third of the mill men
live in the poorer class of houses.
The other two -thirds-mostly Amer
icans-live' in better houses, provide
better and enjoy more of the good
things Of life than most of the wage
workers in such cities as New York
and Chicago. They earn largely
and spend freely.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
4 Traffic Problem,

Inc mills are generally on the
water fronts of the rivers and
creeks. Close to them and parallel
ing the watercourse is the main
street of the town, with the dwell
ings Of the unanchored workers
crowded closely above or below. In
getting from one valley to another
by anything like direct road ire
mendous hills have to be crossed.
and the municipal engineers have
hard problems TO solve III getting
passable grades for them as we'll
as the city streets. In Pittsburgh
itself inclined railways are resorted
to in places, the traffic being low
cred and lifted by what are in eff
feet huge elevators. Trestles and
bridges are everywhere. Popula-
ton, factories, railroads, business
houses and residences all tend
toward the valley floors, so that
great congestion exists in proximity
to the open country. The result is
that many Of the working people
are grouped more closely together
than in most factory towns and live
where pleasant surroundings are al
most impossible. In these long and
narrow towns it is impossible to
traverse them without seeing the
worst sections more easily than the
best The nearness of the work
mems quarters to the mills, which
the topography encourages if it docs
not necessitate, to large extent
contributes to the slatternly appear
ance of their habitations, with
smoke and SCOT everywhere.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-07-22
Water Troubles
and Grazing Trespass

Edward Capson and P. w. Nelson
were tried Saturday in the probate
court for trespass upon the leased
land of the Southeastern Idaho Graz
ing association, and both were held
to answer in the district court.
Alfred Buttcane, arrested for un-
lawfully taking irrigation water, on
charge of Michael Barclay, will be
heard in the probate court Wednes-
day, July 23.
A. O. Lemon, arrested on charge
of Dr. c. A. Hoover, will be ar
raigned this week on a charge OF
destroying a water ditch.
Charles H. Patterson, escaped
from the st. Anthony Industrial in
stitute, is being held for arriagn-
ment on charge of burglary, on
complaint Of Mrs. Henrietta Taylor,
who found the young bandit in her
ranch house and turned him over to
the sheriff.
Victor E. Lindquist was arrested
for interference with water distribu-
tion, but no time has been set for,
his arriagnment.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-07-22
Experts Inspect Arco
Colonization Lands

State immigration Commissioner
O. H. Barber went out to- Arco Sat
urday morning in4 cQrnrany with a
committee of soil experts to deter
mine the merits of farming lands on
which settlers are being advised to
file.
For several months, the Union
Pacific railroad has been colonizing
in Butte county, and many soldiers
have been brought in carloads, most
of whom made entries on dry lands.
Investigations disclosed the fact that
it was very doubtful enterprise for
men with money, and more doubtful
for men without means, but many
men considered it safe venture to
take such lands.
Mr.. Barber secured the services Of
Byron Hunter, the dry farm special
ist from the University of Idaho,
Professor Hitchcock, the soil special
ist from the same place and l.. c..
Aicher, the dry farm specialist from
the Aberdeen experimental farm.
They went to Arco prepared to
make series of soil tests in each
locality, so they can advise men very
definitely at to what can be accom-
plished farming those lands without
water. r
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-07-22
Fires Destroy Forests
and Threaten Towns

Forest fires in northern Idaho and
western Montana, some of which had
been burning for weeks, broke out
last week with irrisistable fury under
the lashing of high winds. The
forests were very dry and burn like
chaff. Millions of feet of white pine
have been destroyed Several towns
are being threatened by the flames
namely st. Regis and Atherton in
Montana.
: The forestry service and private
protective associations have more
than 1000 men in the field, but their
efforts seem unavailing since the
fires have such a start and are prac-
tically everywhere.
Eighty American fire fighters have
crossed the Canadian border to help
fight a great fire that threatens the
timber east of Porthill, Idaho.
Men are constantly being added to
the fighting forces, and some army
trucks and fire fighting equipment
are in use. A large fire in the
Thunder mountain district in CEN
trail Idaho is out of control and men
were being sent there from Cascade,
Saturday.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-07-22
Mondell Gives ''Dry"
Program A Setback

Observation-Disclosures to call
up the prohibition enforcement bill
late Friday after passage of the
agricultural appropriation measure,
were cut short by Repu ublican Leader
Mondell, with a motion to adjourn.
The house adopted the motion to
adjourn with whoop, after word
had been spread that it was the in
tention of the prohibition forces to
resume consideration of the measure
at an extended night session.
After the adjournment, "dry"
leaders seemed much incensed be-
cause the night session would not
be held and gathering about Repre-
sentative Mondell demonstrating
with him for his action. A hot ex-
change of words passed between the
leader and the "drys."
The measure will come up again
Saturday, but failure to get any con-
sideration of the bill Friday was re-
garded by the "drys" as certain to
delay it's passage until next week.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-07-22
Shall Bingham
Build Reservoir

Some Of the upper counties of the
Snake river valley are subscribing
funds for building a reservoir in the
mountains for storing water for sum-
mer use. 1t will supplement all the
water rights and make them secure
against such seasons as this one.
There are a number Of sites al
ready surveyed, and application for
permit to use one might be granted
if we make it. We have had and are
now viewing demonstration of the
necessity and the value of such a
reservoir, and If a feasible plan were
laid before the people of this county,
they would probably sign up for lib
eral amounts as fast as they could
get to the desk.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-07-22
Stock Buyer Adopts
Blackfoot as Center

Virgil Patterson of Ogden, Utah,
who for thirteen years served the
Cudahy Packing company as a stock
buyer in western states, has come
to Blackfoot to operate under his
own title in the stock market.
Mr.. Patterson, principal in the
Virgil Patterson Co., Offices with the
Thorstenberg Realty company, left
the Cudahy company about a year
ago with the highest recommends
tions from it's officers. He will make
his home in Blackfoot permanently
and move his family here as soon as
he finds himself we'll located and has
found home.
During last week Mr.. Patterson
commenced work in Bingham county
by shipping out three cars of lambs
from Springfield, bought from A. j..
Snyder, the Fackrell brothers and l..
H. Meyer. These went thru the St..
Joe, Mo. market. The Patterson
company will specialize in feeder
lambs and cattle.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-07-22
July "a To Be
Celebrated as Usual

The matter of closing business for
the twenty-fourth of July was taken
up at the commercial club governors
meeting Monday noon, and decided
to announce that stores would close
as usual for that day. 1t has always
been customary to close shops Aand
attend celebrations about the county.
Some of the provision stores intend
keeping their doors open Thursday
morning till 10 o'clock. -~--.-..
Moreland is holding the principal
celebration for Pioneer Day. They
have base ball game with the Po-
catello Elks, who expect to bring
along a crowd. Moreland will fur
nish sports, a bazaar. fishpond and
a program.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-07-22
Moreland Will Cele-
brate Twenty-Fourth

Moreland is planning for a big
time on the twenty-fourth. A nice
program has been prepared to partly
fill the morning and bazaar and
fishpond also promises much amuse-
ment.
The afternoon will be given over
to sports of all kinds including a real
bali game between the Pocatello
Elks and the Moreland team. A
purse of money has been provided
to furnish prize money to contest
ants. who compete for prizes. !.
The folks from all around are in
vited and Moreland is prepared TO pe
royal hostess.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-07-22
Persistence Necessary

Our delegation in congress is do
ing everything in it's power to assist
and to help formulate such legisla-
ton as may be beneficial to the arid
states and Idaho. It is hard to
make any promises or forecast just
what will happen, but one thing is
certain; earnest, persistent work
every day will accomplish it's object.
1t will cost 100000 to re-
claim all the arid, swamp and cut
over lands of Idaho. The Idaho
Reclamation association was not or
ganized for a year; it intends to stay
on the job until Idaho is reclaimed.
Having no state appropriation, It is
Continued on page two
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-07-22
our ATTITUDE
IS APPRECIATED
Enlightening Articl . :
| About the Indian
| Take Well
BUSINESS rs CITED

A we'll educated young Indian wo.
man Of Blackfoot has written . let
ter to this Office, saying she approves
of the enlightening articles this
paper publishes from time to time
regarding the Indians and their
activities, and adds some thoughts
which she thinks would be source
Of satisfaction and benefit II We
would pass them on to the public.
This lady endorses what we have
been telling our white friends about
treating the Indians just the same
as they treat other people. We have
been asking them to adopt our ways,
and good many Of us have gone
right along maintaining a different
attitude toward them; as II they
were not people Or not like others
or possessed of the same feelings and
sentiments. We teach them or Of
fer them certain code of manners,
and then do not apply them our
selves. In business we have accepted
forms but we switch from them to
something different in dealing with
Indians. When they have learned
Jul IC0SAAA6o, 0AA OAsOA q 0SOAO,
bank or office, they often meet with
rebuffs or sights indicating that
they are not expected to practice
what our schools have taught them.
For example, an Indian takes his
paper and examines the market re-
port, and brings in load of hay.
He finds "a customer and that GUS
toner proceeds to dicker for the hay,
while If it were a white man on the
load of hay, the same customer
would abide by the market price of
hay and pay according to the scale
weights.
If an Indian brings in some oats
to sell, and the market is, say $3.50,
the average buyer first tries to
dicker with the owner and buy 1t
for a lump sum. If it were white
person, no such effort would be
made. She says that when the
Indians go to- Howard Henderson,
the buyer at the Blackfoot Farmers
Mill, with one sack or many, Mr..
Henderson waits on them; weighs it
up and pays them off according to
market price and it is more salts
Continued on page eight
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-07-22
Two More Soldier
Boys Have Returned

Thomas Cecil Tanner, son of Mr..
and Mrs. T. c. Tanner Of Moreland,
arrived home Monday afternoon,
July IA, after year and two
months army service in France. He
was with the 46th company Of goth
engineers.
A brother of Mrs. Tanner, Guy l.
Peck, who was with the 47th COM
pany of goth engineers is also home,
having arrived Thursday afternoon.
The two boys went to France on the
same boat and were mustered out OF
Camp Russell together.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-07-22
Opens Office for
Insurance and Loans

Fred T. Hines opened his office in
the Johnson building Saturday morn
ing in the room formerly occupied
by the White Transfer company. He
will handle life insurance policies
of the Capital Life of Denver, and
loan money tina the Hibbard
brothers of Pocatello. He has re-
papered and relinoleumed the place,
put in new desk and stenographer's s
table, and is ready for business.