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The fool-killer., 1919-10-01
LOST THEIR BRITCHES.

On page 80 of the Literary
Digest for October 4th [ find a
picture that ought to bar that
magazine from the mails-if the
mails had any sense Of decency
about them.
The picture is a Photographic
print of two Roman Catholic
highmucks, Cardinal MERCER of
Belgium and Cardinal Jim Glib
bons of Baltimore, standing to-
gether in the doorway of a
Catholic hang-out.
And such looking things!
They look like they had for
gotten their breeches and come
cut in their night-shirts.
| called in Tom Watts to see
what he would say about them.
Tom can always fix things.
And Tom said their garb look
ed like they had broken into the
Irish cooks trunk and stole all
her p~ettlcOatS.
And the chains around their
necks look like somebody had
had 'em staked out to Craze.
Their hands looked like mon
keys claws, and their faces look
like the sWiyelled side of a
frost-bit pumpkin.
They look like two old crazy
women just escaped from the in
sane asylum.
All | can say is that if it takes
that sort of a makeup for them
to tote their religion in, I don't
want me some Of that sort.
If Belgium wants help from
this country, why don't she send
a man with breeches on to ask
for it? A man that has to
wear petticoats and a cow-chain
around his neck is a sorter sus-
picious character.
The fool-killer., 1919-10-01
A DEBATE
Between Mr.. OrthO DOx and Mr..
Henry Tick.
Reported by The Fool-Killer
Man.

Mr.. Henry Tick:-Well, Mr..
Ortho Dox, | understand that
you believe in the Immortality
of the Soul"
Mr.. Ortho Dox:-Yes sir,
that's right; I certainly do be-
lieve that the soul is immortal"
H. TT suppose, then, that
you think Jesus also had an i'm
mortal soul"
0. D.-Yes, certainly.
H. (which was the real
Jesus, the soul or the body?
0. D.-Why, the soul of Je-
sus was the real Jesus, just as
the soul of man is the real man.
H. T.-What part of Jesus was
it that died, his soul OF his body
O. D.-His body died-his soul
was immortal and could not die.
H. T.-Do | understand you
to say that the real Jesus did not
die?
O.. D.-Y-y-e-e-s, II reckon
so.
H. T.-Then the preachers
have been mistaken all these
years while they have beer
preaching that Jesus died fol
sinners? Is that your belief?
O. D.-No, | wouldn't say that
His body died on the cross tt
save sinners.
H. T.-But you said his body
was not the real Jesus. The
real Jesus-the soul-escapet
out Of the body and remained
alive, you say. Then the body
after the soul left it, was nothin,
more than a mans body
Wouldn't the body of any othe
man have done just as we'll?
o. D.-Why--er--I--don't reck
on it would.
H. T.-Why not?
0. d. don't know.
!, H. It's there anything els
about the subject that you d
know?
O. Doh, yes, but you go a
it wrong-you get me tangle'
up.
H. TT notice that you ar
pretty badly tangled up, but tn
trouble with you is that yol
were tangled before you started
Why don't you tangle me?
0. D.-I--I--c-c-c-c-can't. Yol
won't give me no chance. Yo0
took the advantage Of me RICH
on the start.
H. T.-How did Itake the ad
vantage of you? By having tn
truth on my side?
:, O. D.-Boo-hoo! You old mea,
thing!
The fool-killer., 1919-10-01
HOWDY, MISTER MARS!

Great whoop to glory!
Here is another Whoppln big
rat in the soup.
I see in the paper as how Pro-
fessor David Todd ,one OF these
here college-foundered scientific
upstairs, is going to go up fifty
thousand feet in a balloon and
holer over to the folks on Mars.
Dave says we have talked
about communicating with Mars
till he is getting tired of mere
talk and nothing else, and he is
going to cut loose now and put
the finishing touches on the job.
lie is going to actually swap
chin-music with Mars OF know
the reason why.
Dave says he intends to go up
fifty thousand feet and shake a
white rag. He says a red would
be better, only he don't dare to
use a red rag lest he be taken for
/ Bolshevist.
And it Mars was to see a BOZ
shevist up there in the air try
,ng to signal to him with a red
.'ag, he might get scared and fall
lean out Of the skies.
And then all of Dawes work
would be lost.
So he will use a White rag.
That is a jim-dandy of an,
idea. 1t is the very thing that
[ would probably do if [ didn't
have any better sense.
But still [ am sorter uneasy
about it.
They tell me that fifty thous-
and feet amt a very big start to-
wards getting to Mars. In fact,
the wise people who don't know
any more about it than I do have
wisely informed me that it would
take ten years for a message to
reach Mars from this earth.
Now if Dawes message can
carry all the rest of that dis
lance, it looks to me like he
could put in just a little more
powder and make it cover that
fifty thousand feet. | would go
farther than that, OF else I'll be
sarn-taked if | would start at
all.
But another thing that has
got me guessing is this: After
getting his message started
safely on it's journey, | wonder if
Dave aims to stay up there in
his balloon and wait twenty
years for an answer? Or does
he aim to come down and vote
the Democratic ticket about ten
times and go back up in 1889 to
get his reply from Mars?
1t is all very interesting and
very puzzling. If the people of
Mars get any hint of what kind
Of an uncivilized place the~earth
is they certainly will not want to
communicate with us. And
again, supposing we get COM
munication started all right, the
time required to get an answer
is going to spoil it all. Suppose
| send a message to Mars to ask
them if they would like to sub
scribe for The Fool-Killer, the
chances are | might be dead and
the paper stopped before their
Subscription could get here. And
if [ had to go up fifty thousand
feet every time | wanted to bor-
row a quart of Martin meal for
the evening hoe-cake, sarn-tak-
ed if [ wouldn't just go to bed
without my supper and let Mars
and Todd work it to suit them
: selves.
The fool-killer., 1919-10-01

like a mouse would get a square
deal in a conference of hungry
cats.
(Since the above was written
the whole thing has gone to
smash, just like it deserved to-
The fool-killer., 1919-10-01
MRS. P. A. NELSON, GIT

OCneI Gay 10 lave my Qedf
friend, Good News" appear not
only bearing a new name but al.
so wearing long pants. And
[ am not so sure now that
I am going to like the change.
I am quite sure | like the old
name best. However, as long as
you continue to serve your read
ers with the truth | shall not
find much fault with the kind-of
basket you send it to us in. We
are living in stirring times, and
no doubt we need a message
that will stir the people. So I
pray Gods blessings on The
Fool-Killer. | am enclosing a
club of four names, including my
own, also one dollar to pay for
same. EDITORS NOTE
Several readers have expressed
the same thought about the
name. | find that quite a num-
Der Of them like the old name
best. And for some reasons !
like it best myself. I regretted
to give up Good News" but
there were weighty arguments
on both sides, and finally "The
Fool-killer" won out. One rea-
son for going back to 'The Fool
Killer" was because that is the
name that | first built up my
business on, and it is we'll known
all over the country. You can
hardly find a postoffice in the
United States where The Fool
Killer has not gone at some
time during the past ten years.
[ considered that the fame of the
old name would be worth a good
deal in getting my new massage
before the people. Folks go after
a thing that is widely advertised
and we'll known. The three
words, His Masters Voice." and
the picture Of dog and talking
machine that goes with them, is
worth a billion dollars to the Vic
tor Talking Machine Co. That
trademark couldn't be bought
at any price. Same way with
"There's a Reason and many
other advertising phrases. 1t
occurred to me that I was throw
ing away a heap of valuable adj
vertising when I discarded the
name of "The Fool-Killer," and
that was one reason for taking
it up again. And then "The
Fool-Killer" is a name that is
just naturally easy to advertise:
anyhow. It is SO unusual and sc
unexpected that it catches the
eye and a person never forgets
it. | know it sounds harsh ano
coarse to some of the refined anc
estheticr natures, but we must
remember that the whip Of
scorpions" that Jesus used tt
drive the money-changers was
not a. very nice looking weapon
There is a heap of dirty work tt
do in the world, and it is some
times necessary to use coarse
tools and rough methods. 70,
can't fight the devil with sof'
words. Another thing, I have
written in "Fool-Killer style" *
long that I can't very well write
in any other style. It Away:
seemed that Good News" wa
too tame and conservative to g
along with my rip-snorting wa,
J, of saying things. And then
lot of things I had to say abou'
the immediate present were no
good news, nohow, and that sort
Ell made an awkward place in it
Then again, there are other pa
i. pers called Good News" bu
there is not any other Fool
Killer so far as | know. Tw'
OF three men have tried to star
a "Fool-Killer" and cash in OF
my popularity, but they sool
kicked the bucket. | guess [ All
the only man on earth with jus
the kind of a crazy streak tina
!, it takes to run The Fool-Killel
so why shouldn't I do the thin:
! | have a talent for?-ames Lal
4 hin poarcop Editor
The fool-killer., 1919-10-01

Ed Howe remarks in his plain,
blunt way that whenever you
find an editor calling on his
readers for funds to help spread
the truth, he has nothing but
falsehood and exaggeration to
spread. And | regret TO say that
the charge is so generally true
that The Fool-Killer stands out
as a shining exception. Now
roll in the scads, boys, and help
me spread the REAL TRUTH,
The fool-killer., 1919-10-01

S. J. OSLIN, Editor Eureka
Messenger, Mena, Ark have
just received The Fool-Killer,
The fool-killer., 1919-10-01

Kernel House is being silent in
about seventeen different Ian
guages.
The fool-killer., 1919-10-01

|. c. TRIPLETT, Charlotte, N.
CT have read your last issue
Of The Fool-Killer and am pleas
ed with it. Wish you would
send me several copies to distri-
butte here among some hard
heads. Think | can get you up
a club or two. Glad to see you
so outspoken on Pope Gregory's
graft scheme which he got up on
the Immortality of the Soul
question and commenced pray
ing people out of hell so as to
raise money for the Catholic
church. For several years
have been wondering why all
Protestant denominations do
not rise up against such graft.
How any man can preach "eter-
nal life through Christ only"
and then turn around and say
the sinner has it too, is more
than | can fathom in common
reason. | won't take up your
time by writing a long letter,
bat this is a personal letter to
encourage you in your work.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-09-20

been courteous, accommodating and
proficient. Their work in Moscow
was of high order, in fact it has
never been equalled here, and they
never refused to grant request of
the management or patron of the fair.
The Star Mirror voices the sentiment
of the fair management and patrons
in extending sincere thanks to the
able aviators and wishing them sue
cess and hoping they may come again.
~ - -
If the steel-workers should strike,
there would be great revival of the
steel industry in Germany Cessation
of gunmaking has caused depression,
and Krupp's men would be glad to
work while American steel workers
go fishing. Portland Oregonian.
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board. Can Moscow people afford
to have this happen? Why try for
big enrolment in the university
which is able and willing to do its
part, if the people here cannot find
places for the students to live.
1t has been suggested that mess
hall or boarding house be erected
and equipped something like the mess
hall built for the S. A. T. c. last year,
and meals furnished to students at a
reasonable price. 1t is believed that
100 students would take their meals
at such hall if it were located near
the university.
We would suggest that after Mos
COW has finished raising $4,000 for the
hospital in Boise drive be made for
an equal sum to build and equip a
mess hall near the university to feed
the students who have been unable
to find boarding houses, provided the
students now here can wait that long.
If they cannot wait others will come
later and. the boarding house or mess
hall will be needed next year if not
this fall. Is this matter of suf-
ficient importance to interest Moscow
people and arouse them to action?
Will the chamber of commerce or
some other organization in Moscow
take the matter up and put it over?
Let us start drive for some local
like this one, that
means something to Moscow.
NEXT YEARS HARVEST FEST
WAL
It is time to begin now, today, to
boost and prepare for next falls fair
The festival that closes today has
shown what can be done in Moscow
on short notice. 1t was not known
that Moscow would attempt fair or
festival until very short time before
the opening day Then it was a rush
to get the work started. 1t has sue
ceeded splendidly. The people have
been given fine entertainment of
good, clean sports, splendid music and
many excellent attractions. There
has not been a single case of drunk
enness or disorderly conduct. The
festival has helped Moscow and Latah
county. 1t has made better feeling
between the people of the surrounding
country and this city.
Let US begin to prepare now for a
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bigger and better fair next year. We
want livestock show and agricultur-
al fair We want exhibits from the
farms and the orchards of Latah
county. We want to encourage the
live stock men to have better live
stock and we want to begin now to
encourage them to prepare for next
falls fair We want the boys and
girls to have pig clubs and garden
clubs and poultry clubs and flower
clubs and rabbit clobs. To secure these
we must have liberal prizes, not one,
but several prizes in earh rlass.
We can have all of these and every
one will help the county and the town
and the citizens of both But the thing
needed most is harmony and coopera-
ton. Moscow has not as much of
these two very necessary qualities as
it should have. Moscow has number
of very willing workers when it
comes to anything of a public nature.
We need more men working together.
We ought to begin to get together
right now, while the memory of the
successes and the mistakes of the fair
closing today are fresh in our minds,
and organize to make greater success
and fewer mistakes next year.
spirit in Moscow for a drive" for
something local as we do for drive
for something foreign, we will have
won great success. Moscow never
failed in the drives for the Red Cross,
the Y. M. c. A., the Knights of
Columbus, the Jewish Welfare, the
war savings stamps or the Liberty
loans. Where Moscow is weak is in
doing things for Moscow Let US start
right now to rectify this mistake and
to make next years fair the biggest
and best ever held in the Inland EN-
pire Every man who has sugges-
ton for improvement, should an
nounce it right now.
Moscow extends its thanks to Lieu
tenants Symons and Russell, of Spo-
kane, for the excellent exhibitions of |
airplane flying they have given the
citizens of Moscow and surrounding
country during the week Both are
gentlemen of refinement, tact and
ability They tried to please the peo-
pie and they succeeded. They have
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CAPTURE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION IN 1920?

THE political center Of gravity il
the nation has shifted to the
states that lie between the Mississippi
River and the Pacific Coast"-New
York Times editorial.
This opinion is typical of an idea
which is rapidly spreading throughout
the country. There is feeling that
1.-The West is in the saddle for the pres
idential nomination in 1920
The fact that the West decided the
last presidential election has made it a
potent factor in future calculations
Moreover, the politicians know that in
case the woman suffrage constitutional
amendment does not become operative
IN time for the next national election
there are nevertheless, 16 states west
of the Mississippi which have already
given their women the franchise, add
ing an increment of some six million
votes, which might easily turn the cleo
ton one way or the other. Hence. the
Republican leaders of the East as well
as Of the West are seriously consider
ing whether it would not be good poll
tics to take western candidate.
1t Is significant that three Of the
most generally talked about presiden- !
tial possibilities for 1920 come from
the Far West. They are. United States /
Senators Poindexter, Borah and John I
son
The first mentioned, about whom
discussion is now center
ing, is from the state Of Washington. I
native of Tennessee and
graduate Of Virginia university,
Poindexter chose the Pacific North
vest as his field for life work, opening
!, law practice In Walla Walla, WASH,
n 1891. Later he was Judge of the su-
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4 perior court. and attracted much ia
vorabe attention by his judicial abli-
ty. In 1908 Poindexter was elected as
a representative from the state of
| Washington to the Sixty-first Congress.
gresslve Republican. In the senate to
which he was elevated in 1910, he was
a staunch advocate of measures favor
| ing the control and restriction of big
corporations, especially of the rail-
roads. He sought the conservation of
all natural resources of the country,
including water power, coal and oil
lands. Before the war he stood strong
~ for preparedness. and later he Wig
orously supported all measures of the
administration for the protection of
American rights. He advocated throw
ing the whole power of the nation into
the successful prosecution of the war.
Mr. Poindexter believes that Boshe-
viSm and all other movements destruc-
tive of representative government and
national spirit should be strongly TAX
en- in hand and that leaders in at
tempts TO overthrow our institutions
should be severely punished. He is
to any scheme for creating
hybrid government of the world where |
by Europe and Asia, in his opinion, |
would inevitably dominate this country
and control its policies.
Hiram Johnson, a native of Calif0r-
MIA, was governor Of the stare before
ne was chosen senator. He is extreme
y popular in that commonwealth and
VIII be strongly backed in his fight for
he Presidential nomination.
johnson was successful. after long
struggle. in Kidding California Of the
domination OF the Southern Pacific
COR years the political machine of the
ailway' held the state within its hand,
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and without the sanction and supper
or this great power candidates fol
state or judicial Offices could not bs
elected Johnson, first as counsel fol
interests opposing the railroad corpo
ration and later as governor, waged 9
bitter and unremitting warfare against
railroad domination. His final victory
was potent factor In his election ia
the senate in 1916. Johnson is Re-
publican, but generally regarded as
one OF the radical type. He has, like
Poindexter strongly opposed the
League of Nations.
Senator William e. Borah of Idaho
does not differ greatly in the degree Of
his achievements from the two other
westerners. Born in Wayne county,
H., Borah was educated in The COM
mon schools of that state and at Kan
sas State University. He was admit
ted to the bar in 1890 and devoted his
time 10 legal practice until his election
to the senate in 1907. Borah is one of
the most active figures in the United
States senate. His efforts largely have
been directed toward the proper de-
velopinent of the great natural re-
sources of the country. especially Of
the West He Is known as a progress
siye Republican, fearless In fighting
for what he believes to be right and,
ike the others included in this pres-
iential group. has opposed from the
start the League Of Nations covenant
From the Atlantic TO the Pacific
Coast is long jump for national poll
les to take. However, all precedenty
10th in business and politics, seem
'e vanishing in these days Of re-
bile readjustments, and the old
hat Presidential candida
necessarily come from east
issippi is no longer tenable.
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WE MUST CARE FOR STUDENTS

WE MUST CARE FOR STUDENTS
What are we going to do about
feeding the students enrolled in the
University of Idaho? That is a ques-
ton that should interest every one
and should be answered soon. There
are scores of young men here who
have not yet secured places to eat
their meals. They cannot come down
town three times day, for that
would mean walk of at least three
miles a day for meals. 1t is said
there are at least so young men who
have not yet secured boarding houses
and all of the boarding houses near
the University are filled.
This is a matter of vital import
ance. 1t is said that two members
of the faculty of Washington State
College at Pullman, resigned and left
Pullman because they could not find
homes for their families. A member
of the faculty here said that the
University of Idaho is in grave
danger of losing some students unless
places are found soon for them to
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MARKETS

*++++++++++++++++
The following market quotations
are the prices paid to the producer
by the dealer and are changed daily,
thus giving the public the accurate
quotations in all classes of grain
produce and meats.
Hay and Grain.
Wheat, Marquis, bulk. ...... so .06
Wheat, Bluestem No. l, bulk.
net, delivered to warehouses. 2.04
Wheat, White Club, No. 1, blk.
net, delivered to warehouses. 2.02
Wheat Fortyfold, No. 1. bulk
net, delivered to warehouses;. 2.04
Wheat, Red Russian, No. 1,blk.. 1.99
No. l Feed Oats, sacked, per
cwt net. Delivered to ware
houses 2.90
No. ] Timothy Hay per ton. 31.00
White Beams. per pound. ......... &c
spring lambs, per ID. ..-...... .9010c
Mutton, per lb 49,. -........5 @7
Eggs, per dozen. 1850. 40c
Butter, creamery, per pound. .65c
Butter, ranch, per pound .55c
New Potatoes, per pound. .3A @31ac
Spring chicken, per lb. ....... zoe
Old Monsters, per Id ..8@10c
Hogs, live W.T., light, lib. -. .16@17
Hogs, live w.t., heavy, lb. ...... .15c
Hogs, dressed, light, per Id. :. 20@21
Hogs, dressed, heavy, per h.. -. 10
Veal, live W.T., per h.. .9@10c
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SIDE LINE SALESMEN-WE HAVE
an attractive line of premium as
sentiments for live statesmen. Commits
sion from $500 to $4,000 per order. IF
you want an up-to-date line, write to-
day. Garfield Mfg. Co., 4003 Broad
way ST.. Chicago. Ill 303
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WANTED GENERAL FARM HAND.
A single man for general farm work.
Steady employment to careful. pains
taking fellow. Must have good refer
ences. A good home and wages as
sured. Apply to n. Williamson. 295tf
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WANTED-MEN AND TEAMS FOR
work on septic tank. Apply at Of
flee of City Engineer, First National
Bank building. 292tf
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WANTED MEN WITH TEAMS TO
haul lumber. One trip day. $3.50
per thousand. Write John c.. Cakes.
Kendrick, Idaho. 292-334
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WANTED-MEN. WOMEN. BOYS
and girls to pick prunes. Apply at
Washhurn & Wilson store. 289tf
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LOST-A TRUCK CHAIN, BETWEEN
Hagan & Cushing packing plant and
market in town. Reward. 293tf
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CANDY-BI PAY :

CANDY-BIG PAY - ADVERTISE
Men, Women. Start one of our
speciality candy factories in your
home, small room, anywhere. We tell
how and furnish everything. Grand
opportunity. Candy House, 1919 Ran
stead ST., Philadelphia, Pa 279-317
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HELP WANTED-Male

WANTED-A GOOD BRIGHT BOY
with wheel for office work and light
delivery. Inquire Adjutant Baldwin,
Hotel Moscow
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LOST

LOST-TWO PAIRS OF GOLDEN
brown rep portiere curtains, about
year ago, sent out on Moscow Steam
Laundry delivery, having been dry
cleaned. Return to Star-Mirror. 3OO-5
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WANTED TO BUY--GOOD FRESH
mich COW. Phone 295, Idaho Hotel
280tf