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La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1919-04-19
/ B01ChaO IN 0IOTG dGITAN. John Glr0QlSO

Dal signor Emilio F. Crosse, segre-
tario del'ltalia Irredenta, CT viene
communicate il seguente resoconto del
banchetto aIlavv John Garaguso che
moi motto voientieri pubblichiamo:
l banchetti coloniaH, su per giu, 81
somigliano tutti; quelH che escono
dalla cerchia ordinaria, meritano spe-
ciale menzione; fra questi il ban
Ghetto in onore di John Garaguso da-
to al ristorante Leoncavallo la sera
del 10 aprile u. S.
Chi John Garaguso? I'm raro e.
sempio di costanza di lavoro, un gio-
vane che, attraverso mile diffcolta,
povero solo, ha saputo aprirsi una
strada, sostenuto solamente dalla sua
volonta di ferro dalla fede mel sue
cesso sicuro e immancable. Non c'e
La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1919-04-19

1t is a fortunate and happy thing
for me personally to look back upon
twenty five years of active professio-
nal work at the bar and almost
twenty five years upon the bench and
to feel that / have the sincere friend
ship Of so many of my Italian fellow
citizens; and l hope when young Mr.
Garaguso arrives at my time Of life
he will feel, as | do, that life is weii
epitomized by your great Italian poet
Carducci when ha says
LA vita breve, ma il monde e
bello."
When look around upon the young
faces about me, l wonder what may
interest you, for l have prepared no
set speech for this occasion, and 1
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-07-11

=, the county officers do not feel that
it is reasonable, such communities
will be asked to get together on rea-
sonable terms for the sale of their
gravel or suffer delay in getting their
road work done. In one or more
instances the commissioners seem to
have the choice of condemnation pro-
ceedings to get gravel for COM
munity or cut them out and leave
the road work there till the COM
munity can vouchsafe the sale of
gravel at reasonable cost.
Work in the northern end Of the
county is proceeding in three local
tiles, between Woodville and Shelley,
between Firth and Goshen, and is
being organized between Shelley and
Taylor.
According to information already
received, the work of grading where
is done by contract, costs from rs
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cents to 30 cents per yard where
there is little or no lava rock. Where
there Is considerable lava in the way
it adds to the expense, but wherever
it is possible, they fill in and bury
the rocks in their native places.
they grade up rather than cut down.
They build the road above snow line
to make it secure for winter use.
Where the grading is being done
by hiring direct by the county it
costs in the average just a little
more than that done by contract,
tut they hope to reduce the cost
somewhat when they get the organic
alton to working steadily and sift out
the poor and unsatisfactory workers.
The grading done at the Springfield
hill at as low as 10 cents yard was
fine soft material on down-hill pull
most of the time.
Continued of page eight
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and the work is progressing steadily.
The men who refused to work for
the present prices were given the OPP
portunity to come back If they de-
( sire and some Of them returned to
the work, but permission was not
given to the leaders or agitators to
return to the work.
The management considers that it
is dealing out the peoples money
fairly on the present schedule.
Construction work is being con-
Quoted on the contract plan by
Charles Stone on a piece Of work
south west of Aberdeen on the
American Falls road. He is working
three teams. Each of these contrac-
tors mentioned has organized his
working force and does not care to
employ any more teams.
We have information indicating
that the teams receiving $3.50 a
day earn as high as SIS a day where
the working conditions are the best
and where they encounter rock or
where they have to make long hauls
they earn few dollars less than that.
According to the information we
have, they have to work very dill
gently to keep the average high
enough to make expenses and any
margin for profits. When the grade
is completed, the work Of placing
the top coat of gravel and clary, or
gravel and black sand will be carried
on as heretofore mentioned.
In the Riverside country consider
able black sand will be used in the
top coating. 1t is very heavy and
does not blow away and when mixed
with gravel it does not change pre-
ceptibly from year to year. Samples
of this combination are found north
and east of Thomas and no repairs
ever seem necessary on those pieces
of road.
The county has studied the COM
bination carefully and Is seeking to
initiate those pieces in laying top
coating.
In the Aberdeen country there is
considerable clay or hard pan and
this will be used wherever they can
get it. 1t is not the intention Of the
management to place rock surface
constructed road at this time. Some
of 1t will have such a good wearing
surface of clay or hard pan that it
will be left for the present with that
ID of q surface rolled hard when
wet.
The surveying for this construction
work is being done by M. H. Christ
ensen of Shelley and only enough Of
engineering work is done to guide
the graders 80 that no labor shall be
wasted
The management drills its work
ers so that each yard Of dirt that is
moved shall be moved the shortest
possible distance and dumped alb
soutely in line where it Is to remain.
A gravel pit has been secured on
the Mcknight farm by the side Of
the Mackay tracks at Moreland, and
a loading station is being built there
to put gravel on the cars to ship to
the Aberdeen country, there being no
suitable material there that can be
delivered as cheaply as to move 1t
from Moreland on the cars. Other
gravel deposits are being investigated
and some will be acquired. Where
the owners or the community put too
high price on such deposits that
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-07-11

to our needs and conditions, and that
this paper would promise to keep its
hands OF because the editor would
know that he did not know as much
about bodybuilding as the commits
sioners and their paid experts, and
we further recommended that since
the public did not know any more
about bodybuilding than the editor
of this paper does, that they too,
keep their hands off of road matters
and that we all 60 on about our re-
spective occupations to make as
much crops and money as we could
to back up the value of the bonds
and to pay the interest on them.
That Time Has Come
We believe the time has come to
make good on that promise and on
that proposition as we made it to the
public. We are certain that the COM
missioners know more about how
and what to build than We editor
does and We still think there is no
man or set of men in the county
aside from the men now making the
roads, who know as much as the
commissioners do. We know further
that last winter when we were try
ing to find a man who displayed any
more than ordinary knowledge about
road-building that We could not find
such one, and we do not believe
any have been born and raised in
these few months.
We Are Doing 1t Now
2 For the information of the public
we are publishing in this issue con-
siderable information about how the
road work is being done, and it is
true so far as we have been able to
determine by diligent research and
observation. We shall publish more
in the next issue, setting forth all
the facts we can gather about the
work and the accounting system, and
the cost of the different parts or
sections of the road work as it pro-
crosses. Z,
You Can Help Js -
In the meantime we ask the in
dividuals who have observed things
which they think worthy of investi-
cation, to tell us whaS they know tr
what they are pretty sure of, so we
can investigate. We have acted on
a good many such reports and state
ments, and the road article on the
first page of this paper is the answer
to good many of those matters.
There will be more Z.
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THAT is THE WAY
WITH OUR ROADS

A good many centuries ago, a GER
tain emperor of Rome established
some new things in government,
created courts that dealt out justice,
hired men to fill public Offices, who
would serve the public faithfully in
the interest of the public, built
some roads to speed up traffic, and
did many things that pleased the
populace. They praised his enter
prise, they lauded his methods Of
administering justice, they found the
roads profitable and convenient, but
when he sent out tax collectors to
gather money to pay the expenses of
these things so that he might pay
living wages to those who worked in
the public interest, they slew the tax
gatherers and rose in force and
drove him from the throne.
They Went Thru Our County
When John Jacob Aston, the great
fur dealer of New York City, fitted
out his overland party to cross the
continent and establish trading
post at the mouth Of the Columbia
river, he put in charge of the expe-
dition, man who was strictly honest
end conscientious, but who had never
been accustomed to carrying on large
operations involving great expendi-
lures. He had always been a man
of small means, who thought and
dealt in small figures and small
sums. Mr.. Aston gave him a letter
of credit authorizing him to issue
promissory notes on the house Of
Aston, redeemable in cash on pre-
sentation to any of his trading posts
or at the head office in New York
City. These notes of exchange
passed at face value in commercial
transactions wherever the name Of
Aston was known, and as the expedi-
tion travelled along the Great Lakes,
down to st. Louis and up the
Missouri as far as civilization ex-
tended, he coull !dy and hire every
thing he wanted on those notes
created by himself. He had so many
little losses, issued so many more
bills of exchange than he ever
dreamed of needing, that before he
got to the Rocky Mountains he was
discouraged, thought he had "broke"
Mr.. Aston with his ever-increasing
expenses and losses, and he wanted
to give up the undertaking and 60
back, and would have done so had he
not been reproached from day to
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day by other members OF the party,
who advised him that Mr.. Aston ex-
pected all such bills and losses, and
was making this investment cheer
fully out of a vast fortune that was
steadily increasing. When Mr..
Aston finally learned that the whole
venture, including the expedition
that went by sea, was lost, he merely
heaved a sigh of regret for the poor
fellows who suffered the hardships,
and he took his wife and went out
to a theater.
You Read About the Battle
In the spring of 1917 when the
French general staff planned drive
on the west front, expecting to suf-
fer a frightful slaughter for few
days, they permitted some of the
French office-holders and politicians
to come out to view the battle. These
men who had never been in battle
and who had never seen the streams
of wounded men as they came bleed
ing from the field, were so shocked
at the sight that they got IN til, tele-
phone lines and kept the wires hot
with their appeals to the French gov
eminent to stop the butchery, saying
it was worse than the world had ever
seen before, and that the army would
soon be annihilated il It tept on.
They kept up this appeal so long and
so piteously, that the French army
was finally called off when they were
making a successful drive exactly
as the general staff had planned.
The Germans themselves acknowl-
edge that they were whipped and
were only making the best of des-
perate situation. The appeals Of the
politicians who, knew nothing of
what they were talking about, pro-
longed the war one year and three
months, till the Germans were gotten
again into that same desperate con-
aitiea.
We Told You Last Winter
Last February when the people OF
Bingham county were all talking at
once about what kind of roads to
build il the bond election carried,
when no two men could agree and
no one man could get even his own
approval for any particular kind Of
roads to be built extensively enough
to afford relief from the conditions
that existed, this paper announced
that it was in favor of authorizing
the bond issue, of having the county
commissioners travel over this state
and others If they wished till they
had seen all the different kinds of
road construction that they wanted
to see, till they had learned all they
thought they needed to know to
judge correctly what kind or kinds
of roads to build in this county with
the materials we have and with the
needs of the different localities and
their materials, and after they were
fully satisfied, that they should come
home and organize their working
forces and buy their machinery and
tools to build any and all the types
of roads they thought best adapted
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horse team with fresno and so cents
per hour, for laborer.
The men working for the county
have asked for raise of rs cents
an hour and refused to work for
anything less and work was shut
down. Other men we're employed
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You Can Help Us
How the Road Builders.
Are Making Highways

Continued from page one
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1919-12-24
PRETTY LEGEaD or CHRIST
o'o-Fetk Tale Relates That ssarr
Danced and n!rea ssna Or Day
o. Fis Erth.

When ths cfst!d 81 NarareTh w7ae
born the srn. according ~ Ne R-grsxl .sssa
legend. "ieayf ia the heaveas ard
tie starr aroune II daaesss3- 4 rtac~
caiaE over tnoIz'&ia af.G forest. gYea
the rotten stump Atoss3 ftraigat s. ri
hthlfhy On the srsea Hillside. Is4e
grass was bet9og fzreyi qsstl4 oJea h.tss-
soras. Incense sweet ~ usyrrli rezz -
ed upland naG forest, birds sar.g e5-a
the mountain top and ill gavs ft&akA
20 the sreat God
II s nanght bE, an oI1-fo,k ,aie. tm.
II has truth hidden az lin heart. ferr
strange, subtle force. II e-,jg1g ot gy4.s-
isl good viii. Il Isssw-t$5ga Kindness.
seen to animate cs,,4 and raasl a.ike
when ihI 4a5<lts tsissate 70 ts.e
"heayesl-se,t !9s1aeiina. as t,sa yr,sgt.
Drnrnmond. calls the Infant Clsr..st-
Whea TIE three @tze ysEa res5e fray-s
the east .a,n< ~ ~ - - ftsei- ees-v a
die-boEs were three cask41.s flied T~ u
gold ard fraakilca..e .e AID tly~r1sl. 70
be laid AZ tire re4- oF s9sa ta&z 1c--
cradled babe of Ee'Al4-sarn. h.. =
ming with this ol5. t3a sogrney t.ga
spirit of giving crcrr ito -ae Wills
heart As the rza 4 came laar.ns
gifts, 50 DO we also; c'frs +ha- -
IeTe want, rsfts that G-v - 70; AID
fragrant with friends, ?. .rtts -kat
breathe love, gifts that "a a4 SER "=.
r..
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1919-12-24
CHRISTMAS FACTS IN BRIEF
Day Celebrated as Christian Festival
for Centuries-HoiIy Once
a Sacred Plant

Christmas day IL the anniversary Of
the birth Of Christ. and has been cele-
brated as Christian festival for sew.
eral Centuries. The Christina slide lasts
from the 9th 0t December To tie Gth
Of January, the twelfth day after
Christ's nativity.
The origin ot the Christmas tree IS
obscure; the though, Of Christ rs the
Light Of the Wvr,ti and the Tree ot
Life may have given rise 10 the light.
bearing ur,-, or the popular old belle.
that every Christmas eve trees bios
sotned ard bore tr4it, may have been
the foundation OK he clst"I:l.
Gift.stslns Is, ut cugrAe, the echo
Of the Wise Mes gifts; aud mjnce
pie, ,urke, aud Plum pucdi--s are
modern rrl.es nt the pagan !eas,s.
Santa Claus known 10 every child Il!
every LAND III his I'D vosli Il the per
sonitica,ion o. the sp!r., Of loving and
giving.
The holly, Synonymous Of Christ.
mas, was sacred plant, and The mis-
u"I4se mysterious ilaat. SUPPOSED by
the nncieu, pra!ds 20 have suIae mys.
tic power Of Apal!:ig and preventing
misfortune. Ii WAS never allowed 10
touch the ground. hence IL. modern
superstition tia; It Is utlucky FOR
nistleioc huusA 10 fall from It's place.
II was dedicated 70 the Goddess OF
Love, Which eAEluaEs the custom OF
kissing under tie .ais,ieioc.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1919-12-24
Greatest Convention
II History Of Party.

! The greatest political c0nven
ton ever held in this country
that is a fact assured with re
spect TO the Republican couven
tion at Chicago the eth Of June
While it has long been plain
that the convention would be one
of exceptional magnitude, it has
become more clear than ever
that this will be the case aince
the national committee at its re
cent meeting at Washington,
where The time and place were
fixed. discussed in general way
the plans for it.
With the announcement of the
time and place, demands for
seating have already begun to
dow in to the convention com init.
tee. headed by National Com
mitteeTan A. T. Hcrt Of Ken,
lucky.
Not only is there nation wide
interest stirred among republi
cans but the fact the women are
to have so prominent a part in
the campaign this year will tend
to bring about alarge attendance
of women at the Chicago conven.
tion.
National Chairman Hays said
there was no doubt the forth
coming convention would be the
greatest one ever held in this
country.
Mr.. Hert expressed the same
opinion Mr.. lIert said that he
had never before in his politlcal
life had such a great early de,
mand for convention tickets.
The convention com mittee will
he called together soon by MIR.
Heyt and it will begin active
planning for the convention. The
standing committee OF news.
paper correspondents at the
Capitol will have Representative
present to make known the
wants of the press.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1919-12-24

4sact@s- enrap1s ssEnx a5cne the Mig
t1eto~ Is that ,hs1ga u hs.sss0mx s.sss-
~ a1 4as@ eszr han -aN sree sE xaiea
Il G-9=E~ Eet IL assss eerYses d. ns,s
s4F@@ before D~s.sasser. Maybe rG4sc
Il ip-ca 2zss i hsz 20 sxs4t ~ fssd g4ss.n
t4ss. trresg al sAsrEsaee eanrSf rtfsen
earfy. TIE vrry nane -nastassa..~
ss@gs s9gszS- isssa o< ~ tass<zE.raasra.
II ne Azsgis S@Lna ianxraxe -n-Ess.~
i--ez-:gs .slasS1s, AID Il cncneS n lid wsa-
-&- tAe siGvzzies< time u .Ae year.
Tie gathering s< assxeses0e xas q
very itzsEs@s-rAaE err~11Scy A1anGy r..
aZe.e1t I'-z31s- Ah-SEr 9ve 9ays asrsr
tt.@ Eex Easac they sascA@e an xr1-e-
y .-oesfsss.aEs 70 tie forest x1s1 raassss
II alt&- o. straE hsaceagh tA@ nae-sg
= ,sJlete"4-e'-sGsinS eak .h<T ne9s9 Gzs<s-
The &TA-EsrGi6 wox.Sa ASryesd sks eaS.
&E4- with .=weaest kn.se. rszssTe gEs.s
sacred -91&s-Ietoe- TSs oeas<x ssEsS.. ssss-
ssea-a tAa Tree azc c1uxas tie gxsns
ugo1 & white e2osh- far. Il s.sr-ss1
- IL -fs2cfsEi the ssr-A- II sas m esE.en
q misfortune 10 The land
AID stlls Is aoghsse<& the rxaxzn wy
;; " Sill The cEasta.E TO ha1x Il srsssa
ta= cei.iay and why Ii Is snpcse.s 10
adse It's t,s2arr. II /. tsScAes ths a..r.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1919-12-24
Attorney General Palmer j.

Attorney General Palmer is &
bum Euesscr. Some time age
he proclaimed, and the publ.
ate il up with ayidity, that AZ
the result OF his activity against
the proii,eers there would scor
follow drop OF 10 per cent in
the cost OF living, but We arc
still waiting for the drop. More
recently he made another guess.
TO the effect that the removal O..
government control from the
whca, market would bring down
the price of .lour. Again be
missed it, wheat and t'our are
making record 5000, for high
attitudes. The Attorney Gerer.
nj is not ser iously after any
profteers. II he were. he would
go to the Treasury Department,
and demand the income tax
returns, where he would find
all the needed evidence m to the
identity Of the proitsers and
the extent OF their otIeading.
butsuch step would be striking
ia at tho Wilson administration =
spending money, ard no loyal
mocra,ic Job holder under the
administration n d would do n trick
like that, no matter how much
the general consumer was being
skinned by the very emincn,
gentlemen who are doing il and
wAacking up with Mr.. Wilson $
administration.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1919-12-24
A SEAS0NABLE SERMONETTE

G Cheerfulrcss IS 4 personal posses
son. but you can
n Hand some of IL on % those whose
weary crab lives
r Eerres. uangi, aut n grim s,rus.
gle To exist. whose
Inheritance Is la.our and sorrow
stranger 10 Joy,
S So, IN kindly spirit 70 forth. seek.
and lind some Il
T These Jdyless uHes Bring some
cheer into thor lives.
N Make /; a Christina resolve that
you VIII, out II your
4 Abundance or ~u.'icicucy. make,
with kindly hcar,, the
S Sun ~ shine a. Christmas IN enc
poor home q; least.
o 10 this. ard IT, decd shall bring
you such sp "a, Joy
A And satisfaction that the -clurm-
hrance Of Il NH make
Y Your own Clr>iinGs n "harpy"
one In deed aaj In truth.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1919-12-24
THE CHRIST CHILD

Across the snow the koms lights glow
From this myriad hearts AsiSfst-
And through the street with EOsseasae
fest
The chr,st-chi,d wsiks tonishl
Al silent xatss. eatstts He waits.
To nnd 4 fitting apoi
Be thine the shame. II through thy
blame
The chns,-ehi,d sn.srs not.
Where Joyous se.ss from cAicrsn's .
throsis
The old glad aong begtn.
Where love impels aad k!ndness dweiIs,
TIE Christ child enters Ia.
Where hate has room. pride sits tn
gloom,
And wrong invokes unrest,
Though green tbs walls and bright the
hails.
He cannot be = gues.
But where tie thought that angels
brought
To earth's enreptGred ears
Good viii 10 men and peace. again
The Chr.st-ctild. listening. hears.
He turns His feet With welcome sweet
Enters. and tag sh,des
Angels know bert EDs sUch are htest
Through all the CEr.stmastides.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1919-12-24
W. have the old. fashioned no

W. have the old fashioned no
tion that In any controversy
between the CO ordinate branch
% OF the government vitality
affecting the interests Of tht
nation that congress, ~ q whole
or either OF its houses, as II
may be affected, should have the
dominant voice ia determining
the question at issue. II is evi
lsnt that the founders Of our
government had this thought in
mind when they framed the cen.
stitution and made the senate q
check in restraint upon the
president. 1t has been a rare
occurance indeed in the history
of our government when the
president failed to acquiesce in
tIlo Seudtt uCleI uiii 6tioh VI
questions atissue between them,
aud thus recognizing the great
principle OF popular government
as ID rests in the constituted
representatives OF the people
OF late years however a persist
ent effort has been made TO nulli
fy the senate's restraint upon
the executive head OF the gov
ernment. On the ground of the
fundamental principle involved
right thinking citizens must bo
found on the side OF the senate
in the present controversy be
tween that body and President
Wilson, for the latter has order
ed il to function under his direc
ton and as he wills it, wher.
clearly. he is wholly outside OF
his constituted powers in the
demand. The senate can tax,
orders from one source only
the people. The senate need not
even seek a compromise with
President Wilson On the question
at issue-and should not. IL
the parlanee Of the day, it mus
simply tell Mr. Wilson where he
get of as a usurper, and let &c
at that. The people will deeid,
the right OF it later.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1919-12-24

The government is not issuing
ho'uds now. but just the same i,
IL A alding to the national deb,
riuht slong This increase n,
the close Of the present fiscal
year six months hence will run
somewhere between three and
four billion dollars. The cash ia
being raised mostly on treasury
certificates, thoued some comes
from the sale o! VAT g savings
stamps. Both, however, are in.
terest bearing national Obliga'
tions, and none less burdeusome e
upon the taxpayers. The GOV
,ernment more than y year after
the close OF the war is spending
money at the rate Of ncarly u
billion dollars q month ana the
service We are getting for it Is
worse than what We used to Get
i. back In the good old days when
snapublican party ran things
oy the ,Iion = whole year on
trasaRaat' W.were denounced
money. We bellies being "ex.
=. pewer realizes the app,Sople'
~ ssarnal doom and + N srin
oeraaa clean up of all The ' ...I
wa''s waiting On ito order. .p. y