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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-05-03
Aftermath of Strother Will Case
How the Enoch Strother Fortune Was Made and Story
of Early Comstock Speculation and Chinese Cook

The ending at Virginia CITY Of the srotbr
will in which prominent Nevada official charged with
forgery connection with the distribution the $500 600 estate
brings story by the Carson News oher fortune
was made.
Sothe settled Comstock lode in the SIXTIES He
left the lode several and settled Iowa. died
nearly ago. His wife remained and within few
weeks his death she filed affidavit claiming widows
ton $1,000 from taxation reducing 5000 900 that much from
the burden taxation addition the reductions
regular She died short time ago. and
sud by remote heirs to set aside alleged WILL
aside after rather exciting revelations which that the
Superintendent the Asylum for the wrong side
of the walls
The in which Enoch Stroher accumulated fortune
which, owing to the alonehe entitled his
from void of interest.
Mr. Srother a feet tall weighed about 18O
pounds had swahy complexion and hair knky
curly He quiet reserved sofspoken but intensely
He observed that the Comsock
like tides and he calculated how money could be made
that fact and calculated right He observed
small inside and large outside the stock gambling game
observed that the insiders had the best of the game He could
get the inside and he resolved
he purchased controlling Baltimore
the American Ftclaimed be right the lode Being
patient he abded his time-watchng tide rising
tide he would start the Baltimore publish the fact and
would suddenly the stock quotations. and during the
% of the market he would deal STOCK the public
would accumulate low tide As the market FELL would
shut down the Baltimore, and wait for the next tide.
The of all mining stock booms America reached
1874 the Comstock The during
the late 7Os and early SOS and depth 1900 feet
the ledge that depth The big operators
focked the Comoc hired brass band and turned
vehicle paraded wined and dined But they could
maintain themselves at that depth with all their pumping plants
combined So about 1885, they reeated upper levels
turned to old workings and attacked intermediate levels Jim Rule
had been orman the Con- Virginia and knew where good
had been left being the big bonanza and Senator Jones
obtained lease of the Con Virginia and Rule charge of the
work. 1885, Con- Virginia consolidated with California and
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
Visit of Newspaper
Men From Idaho Falls

Five members of the staff of The
Idaho Falls Daily Post were guests
of The Republican office Tuesday for
an inspection of the plant, and a
study of the equipment and arrange
ment. They were B. H. Reed, who
is one of the owners of The Post
Fred O'Brew, foreman; o. e. Gay
lord, advertising compositor; L. F.
Byesley, makeup man, and J. H.
Montgomery, job printer.
The Republican bunch and their
guests composed dinner party at
the Eccles hotel, and spent part OF
the evening demonstrating the typo
graph to enable the visitors to de-
vine whether they would install one
or buy more type.
The Post is soon to move into a
new building, and has some new ma
chinery on the way to go into the
new home. They are considering the
new venture Of junking most of the
old materials that were standard be-
fore the advent Of the linotype and
the typograph and operating with the
machine-made type made new. every
day.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
Musical Program by
Current Event Club

The following program has been
arranged by the music section OF
the Current Event club, for Monday,
Sept. 29, at 4 O'Clock at the high
school.
Mrs. Frank DeKay, chairman of
the department, wishes to announce
that the music section will study
American music and American COM
posers this year.
Program
Current events of American music
or. composers.
Paper, Progress and Develop
ment of Early American Music
-.....-............,..M Mrs. Cecil Clarke
instrumental solo, American COM
poser Miss Ruth Rushfeldt
Vocal solo Mrs. Jackson
Paper, "The Pioneers of Ameri-
can Music" ..Mrs. Bernhisel
Groups of songs to illustrate early
American hymn tunes by Ma
son --..--.----..----..-....--C Chorus
Paper "Psalmody and Church
Music" Mrs. Guy Stevens
instrumental solo American COM
poser --.......... Mrs. J. B. Brokaw
Group of songs and chant to illus
trate early American church
uuSlC .-..---CluD CnOruS
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
AN EYE WITNESS
TELLS OF CHINA
Americas Policy in
China Contrasted
With Others
NATIONS GREEDY
]. d. Gillian

Mr.. Editor: l have but Just nov
returned from tour of inspection
thruout the lands of Japan, Korea
China and Hawaiian Islands. Pos
sibly some of your many readers
would care to listen to a story or two
which may be able to fetch to them
thru your columns
This trip took me thru the lands
now attracting so much public at.
tention all over the civilized world
the trouble Germany stirred up did
not die in Versailles or lin Europe
She has possessions in the Orient
lands and capitals raped from the
hands of the almost impotent
Chinese in their international settle
ment following the suppression of
the Boxer uprising Of few years
since.
England took Wei-hei-wei in the
north portion of the great Shantung
province, Germany seized Kaio-chow
in the middle eastern portion of that
rich region. l have been thru that
province pronounced "shondoong')
from one end of it to the other and
have knowledge of some of the re-
sources of the place.
In happy contrast with the actions
of both Germany and England is the
manner in which our own glorious
United States managed her amount
Of awarded indemnity which was just
as honorable as that of any other of
the nations concerned. The sum
granted by the court that adjudicated
the affair gave America some $14,-
100000 as the reasonable and right
ful share for damages done to prop
erty and to the injury of national
pride. Instead of appropriating that
little piece of pine money for pocket
change our Uncle Sam by the hand of
John Hay, author of the "Open
Door" policy for Asia said: mo,
China, we do not want your money;
we have enough of our own, and be-
sides you have need of it yourself.
Keep it for some better purpose"
China in grateful appreciation of
such a magnanimous deed hitherto
by any other nation,
took these millions and after rebuild
ing what the Boxers had DESTROYED
of our holdings there used the bal
ance for the erection of what they
'all Indemnity College," an in
,titution just outside the city of |
pekin. This school prepares men
md women for the higher college
md university training in Aemrica
whittier they are sent by the hun
lreds annually at the expense of the
'alance of $11,00O,00O or so. These
re the men who are being trained
or highest citizenship in their own
leedy land and they are making
'ood. Thus again is America the
Continued on page eight
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
Fire at Shelley
Destroyed Cafe

A fire that started at about 4.3(
Thursday morning and burned for
three hours, threatened to take in
the whole main street row of build
ings, was finally checked by heroic
efforts of Shelley citizens who all
ioined the fire department in the
common cause.
The Rogers cafe, in which the
blaze began, burned completely
down and with it, part of the south
wall of the Commercial Bank
building. The cafe loss is ap-
proximately $4,000, while damage to
furniture in slight degree was all
the loss suffered by the bank.
S. L, Reece and Mr.. Franklin, of
Pocatello, passed thru Blackfoot in
a car early Thursday morning on
their way to Shelley to investigate
any loss to the Commercial bank.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
WORKERS AID THE !.
SALVATION DRIVE
Captains With Their
Lieutenants Work
ing Diligently
RE AL TESTIMONY

Organizations in each community
OF Bingham county are at work to
raise a quota of the national Saliva
tlon Army home service fund which
Is to represent the amount of real
charity work the nation expects of
the salvation Army during the period
of one year.
Bingham county was rated at
$4,000 and the first half of the week
gave promise. Practically every SER
vice man in the county is solicitor
and there are many others acting
under F. e. DeKay and his captains.
Glen Fugate and Marion Jackson,
captains at Aberdeen, have reported
that they raised 5000 by Tuesday.
Stull Wright is captain at Shelley
and worthy quota is expected from
there.
Jack Reay, one of the ex-soldiers
to receive a letter and a request for
little work, turned in a few con-
tr1butions Wednesday, and said::~ II
haYen t passed up chance to give
something to the Salvation Army
since l came back from overseas. I
saw enough Of their work over there
to make me friend for life.
"One time at L'Hermitage, when
there were about 1000 men in line
to buy candy and tobacco at the Sal
vation Army tent suddenly shells
began to fall in the vicinity, and Of
course, each time one came over we
all had to 60 down as soon as we
heard it slicing the air. The two
Salvation Army girls and one man
kept right on giving out candy and
tobacco, and one of the girls came
out and told the boys, we will wait
on you men in line as long as you
want to stay. Only, il shell hap
pens to strike us, we'll have to be
excused That made fully 1000
Continued on page eight
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
TREASURER MAKES
A full REPORT
Homecoming Festival
Financed by Public
Spirited Citizens
LIST OF DONORS

| Accounting for the financial sidt
of the recent homecoming festiva
Treasurer George M. Jorgensen gave
the commercial club board of gov.
ernors the following summary, in,
cluding the list of contributors who
made the service mems entertain.
| ment possible.
Mr.. Dixey, as manager of the
roundup, paid one half of those
| amounts which were spent for the
roundup as we'll as the homecoming
feature of the celebration.
Contributors
Sum of 800: Seeger- Bundle Co.
Sum of $500: Blackfoot Mercan-
tile Co., Neil F. Boyle Hardware Co.,
Brown Eldredge Furniture company,
Brown-Hart company, First National
Bank, Kinney Mercantile company,
Rowles- Mack Company, D. W. Stand
rod & Co., Golden Rule Mercantile
company, Blackfoot City Bank.
Sum of $4,000: The Bon Ton,
Heasley Theaters, F. M. Bybee Gro
Gerry, Eccles hotel, Empire Cigar
Store, Jorgensen & Co., Anderson
Lumber Co., Central Meat Market,
Pearson & Co., The Toggery, De-
Kay's Cigar Store, D. H. Biethan,
Hemenway & Moser Co., Boise Pay
cite Lumber company, National Park
Lumber company.
Sum of $500: Bills Auto COM
pany, J. e. Estensen, Powers
Pharmacy, Hopkins & Curtis, Andren
Auto company, Bingham Motor COM
pany.
Sum of $4,000: Morgan and Bar
clay.
Sum of $500: G. s. Beebe.
Sum of $500: Beachy Shoe COM
pany, Blackfoot Jewelry, Potato
Growers association, o. Buchanan,
F. C. Christ, Leo Henesh, Idaho Re
publican, Skaggs Cash Store, Bing-
ham abstract company, E. M. Hubble,
Idaho Power company.
Sum of $500: Blackfoot Elec-
trio Supply company, G. v. Fisher.
Sum of $1,000: Lee& Adair, DR..
w. W. Beck, DR.. e. C. Bernhisel,
Bond Brothers, John H. Early, DR..
]. O., Hampton, Johnson Millinery,
Otis Miller, Montrose Rooms, Parkin-
son Realty company, Smith Barber
Shop, Marcus Mester, James Duck
worth, Arthur & Robbins, Auto |
Electric company.
Sum of $500: The Mode Millinery. |
Sum of $500: Clarke Transfer |
Guy Stevens, Blackfoot |
Continued on page eight
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
Sterling Comnun-
ity is Heard From


Mrs. Mote, the resident doctor Of
Sterling, was in Saturday and re-
ported the schools progressing with
fine corps of teachers and some
valuable improvements in equipment
over last year.
She reported new sons and daugh-
ters at several homes, son at the
home Of the Muirbrooks on the first
of August, son at the home OF
Bishop R. A. Ward on the nineth Of
September, a son at Abel Poulson's
near Springfield on the nineth and
son at John Cooper's on the sixth.
She reports the illness Of Mrs. Bert
Jones and an injury to the little
daughter of Mrs. George Andrews,
who received a severe cut in the arm
recently.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
Governor Davis Will
Lecture Here Saturday

Governor D. W. Davis will arrive
at Blackfoot on Saturday afternoon
and will address the citizens of Bing-
ham county at the high school at 8
o'clock in the evening.
The subject of his address will be
the league of nations, to which he is
very decidedly opposed as at present
presented to America. The Governor
responded to the duty of introducing
President Wilson to an Idaho audi
ence recently, to speak for the
league, and did it nicely. AS he lis
tened to the address he probably
would have liked very much to reply
to it,, He will do that at Blackfoot
Saturday night
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
Bought and
Sold Farms

John Gardner of Leslie has pur-
chased the twenty-acre farm Of his
son Roy Gardner and the twenty
acres owned by George Hill north
east of Blackfoot some five miles.
The purchase price was $500 an acre.
Mr.. Hill and Roy Gardner have
moved to the Aberdeen country and
Mr.. Gardner and family are occupy
ing their, new home.
Wesley Lantis, the foreman in
The Republican office has bought
twenty acres of Marcus Farmer ly1
ing on the south side of the Black
foot river mile from the Kennedy
addition. 1t is all in meadow and
has water right in the government
canal. The purchase price was $160
an acre. Mr.. Farmers only purpose
in selling it was to enable him to
concentrate his capital for use in
buildings at Firth, where he is man
aging the bank.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
Sugar Factory
Will Operate

A letter was received by F. E.
Seeger, president of the board OF
governors of the Blackfoot CONNER
cial club, Thursday from the Utah
Idaho Sugar company stating that
the factory at .Blackfoot would be
one of two factories to be operated
this fall by the company. Not to
close the factory here means con-
siderable loss, the letter said, and
added that an appreciation of the
support given by business interests
and beet growers in this county had
a great influence upon the decision.
The new hotel at the Blackfoot
factory is completed, and the best
system for conveying beets from
wagons to grinder is being COM
pleted. In making this change, all
the old trestles and bins were re-
moved.
If the factory operates this fall,
as it appears that it will, it will begin
grinding about the tenth of October.
The tonnage in the district is some
what less than in 1918, due to i'm
perfect termination and to drouth.
he long period of heat at the close
of summer has been favorable to
beet growth, and to making sugar in
the beet.
The Mexican laborers are still in
he county, and they are booked to
clip with the beet harvest. Most of
Lem were in distress last winter,
and the county advanced some fuel
and food for their use pending set
tlement CT responsibility between the
sugar company and the commissioner
of immigration. They arrived at an
understanding and the county treas
nry was reimbursed, and the sugar
company took care Of the Mexicans
in some way. One man who refused
to work was shipped to Ell Paso and
deported.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
Soldiers Exemption

The following question and an
swer is taken from the "Home Sec
tor" the new weekly magazine pub
lished by the editorial staff which got
out the "Stars and Stripes" in
France, official paper of the A. e. F.
Our First Question
Can you tell me if, in figuring in
come tax for the year 1919, a SOL
dier must include in the taxable sum
the amount he received from the
army as pay? If so, must he also
include sums received for commuta
tion of rations and quarters? In
that event, the income tax would
discriminate against those soldiers
who, however much it may have
pleased them at the time, were not
stationed within easy range of an
army kitchen. Olive Drab
Both soldiers pay and his COM
mutation of rations and quarters
should be figured in his income tax
return. He has, however, an ex-
emption Of $4,000 as person in the
military service, over and above any
civilian exemption he may claim. AS
a civilian If unmarried has an ex-'
emption og $1,000 and of $4,000 IL
married, a single soldier can claim
income tax exemption Of $4500, and
a married soldier of $500. But it
must be noted that il soldier, for
instance, is single and has yearly
income Of $4,000 of which $4,000
comes from his army pay, commuta-
tion of quarters and rations, he still
has $1,000 from his civilian income
on which tax is due, for his army
income is smaller than his army OK
emption and hence is not taxable;
larger than his exemption ($1000),
by $1,000. It is on that $1,000 that
he pays an icome tax.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
Charter Meeting
of American Legion

The next meeting of the American
Legion, Blackfoot post, which will
be held on October 6, at $50 in the
American Legion hall, is to be a re-
organization meeting to meet the re-
quirements Of the charter that has
inen issued by the state branch to
this post
This meeting will be made an
athletic smoker. Hogan Boice Is
slated to wrestle Carlyle Merkley and
some boxing bouts will be put on.
Besides this program cider and
smokes will be served.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
RARE BOOKS WANTED

If you have copy of Progress
sive Men of Bannock, Bear Lake,
Bingham, Fremont and Oneida
counties, IDAHO" published in
Chicago in 1904 by the A. w. Bowen
Co., or copy of the Report Of the
Governor of Idaho Made to the Sec
retary Of the Interior From 1878 to
$780," or any other old work on
Idaho please communicate with
either the Blackfoot Public Library
or the Idaho Falls Public Library.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
Stock Favorites
Will Entertain

The E. Forrest Taylor company,
with Mr.. Taylor as leading man, CON-
,mences it's winter season in Black
foot Monday evening at the Orpheum
theater. Miss Viola Hanes will have
leading part in the first play,
Johnny Get Your Gun," which had
popular run in New York City.
This is Mr.. Taylor's third year,
and it cannot be denied that he has
maintained a high enough standard
in his play-giving that the audiences
here have always welcomed his
visits.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
Mrs. T. II. Christy
Died in California

Mrs. T. H. Christy died at Los
Angeles on the eighteenth of Sep
tember following an operation for
appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christy were resi-
dents of Blackfoot for a number Of
years and moved to California seven
or eight years ago. He met with
some reverses in business, and now
comes this greatest of losses, in
which many people in Bingham
county will sympathize with Mr..
Christy
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
Members of Lennox
Club Entertained

The Lennox club entertained at a
reception at their rooms on Broad
way, Sunday evening, honoring four
of their members, who are leaving
to attend school this winter; Frank
DeKay, who has gone to Seattle to
attend the University of'Washington,
Clayton Hoover and Avery and For
rest Kennedy, who will enter Stan
ford University in California.
Music and dancing filled the. even
ing. Refreshments were served.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
Home From Summer
Tour of California

Miss Freda Sollenberger and her
brother Kenneth returned to Black
foot Sunday, from California, where
they spent the summer with their
parents, touring the state.
Kenneth has resumed his studies
in the Blackfoot high school and
Miss Freda left Monday for Bethany,
Nebr., where she will enter the third
year Cotner University.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
New Offices Opened

H. G. Johnson is about to open a
business of fire insurance and land
loans in part of the Biethan building
opposite the Isis theater, under the
title of the Land Investment COM
pany.
The room will be shared by the
Regal cleaners, w. w. Davis and
Bernard Stevenson for their down.
town office.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
LUTHERAN CHURCH

Our Sunday school meets at 10
o'clock, regular morning services at
II o'clock. We will also have SER
vices in the evening at 8 o'clock. A
cordial invitation to worship with
us.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
Made Money For
Salvation Army

The Wednesday, evening dance
given by the American Legion in
the Main street hall for the benefit
of the Salvation Army, netted $40,
which was turned over to the fund
now being raised in this county for
Salvation Army Home Service.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26

Wages can't meet high prices if
they're both going in the same direc-
tion.-Newark News
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-13

OF soldiers placed to watch Ito en-.
trance Yet even in their hearts
we're sull smouldcr.nr tbv pmbcrs
~ that fni,h that only needed the
demonstration OF divinity 90 rouso
u INTO such n hlazu as they hai
never known before.
Human SmInds do not mink in
terms OF immortality We must not
blame these heart broken loved
ones for their sorrow and their
despair Call It lack OF flln II you
Will but II was more lack 81 under
standing, II is ono thing to tel, a
person fact. hut by that telling
We are never sure mat they under
stand IT, We have "A better word
than understanding compro hen
siou--an cuyelOplug Of an idea hy
mental processes, We often hear
and think we understand, but fail
10 comprehend The same state
ment heard hy different people is
not understood alike by each or the
hearers Take these mon feared IN
a materialistlc, ritualisuc atmos-
phere--how shall W. expect them
readily To grasp the infinite, al
though they had long and poralst-
fllNlN b''H liUEItI NhNi tI 'lN 10
not better ourselves II Jesus
Christ should come among uS now,
and II the teachings ran counter
20 occur prejudice as IL did those Of
hat day we would be Just ms stub
born and hard TO understand. even
II wa did not reject Him moro bit
terly than did the phlrLsccs ~ old.
For today what we lack IN slavery TO
4 IL.
worship OF our own mighty intel
lcCts We seek to measure inflnity
hv fnIty. we propose to understand
God by our experience with human
bong we try to shape divinity 10
~ the material comprchcnWOns OF
mortal intellcct we try To- comprc-
hcnd heaven nnd the angels by com
parison with the things OF earth.
hut the love OF God and HE rcvcl-
ations have planted in the human
soul the germ or belief that can he
awakened to blossom into saving
faith This IN tho time OF year that
we SEQ the resurrection ot our
friends. the flowers, who for many
long months have remained hidden
In the sleep that resembles death
in their beds below the ground.
When tho warm sun and the grntc-
ful rains come the principle OF life
in them revives and comes forth
to glority the world So the conf
dence OF the child or God may be
covered up by the cares OF the
world, his hopes dimmed by tho
clouds OF advtrsity. his JOY hushed
by the coldness Of sordid world.
but faith is Not dead let the Mas
tcr's voice penetrate their souls. as
II did the senses OF these fSihful
women, and say Fear not" and
behold they call 10 mind an the
joys and hopes OF their brightest
days and go their way rejoicing.
The angels message was not only
the announcement that Christ had