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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-12
RUINED RHEIMS A LEAVE
CENTER.

There is an air of almost pre-war
rosperity just now about the ruin
French town of Rheims. Though
y rocked and she'll torn by wanton
.oche gun fire until it bears no re-
-mblance to the hesutifui city Of
w years ago it is scere of great
-tivity. Taxicabs and other We
..-cles rush madly about the Streets
4vements are filled with little ia
.es in front of rudely constructed
lies which are crowded all day ard
.e into the night. Improvised ho-
IS are jammed to overlooking, and
.lndreds of booths filed with war
,avenirs line the curbs OF 'he prin-
pal streets.
All the activity has been caused
the city being thrown open as a
ave center to American soldi9Hi ana
her members of the a. E =,
Every train :. reaching Rheims
-.ngs its quota of soldier sightseers.
elost of the boys are soloicrs who
rived during the war back Of the
les. Their duty having kept them
iiles away from the fighting line
.Iese soldiers are intensely interest
in viewing the effect IF the Ger
AN shells. They are having their
yes opened for the first time to the
rrible devastation and demolition
ceaked on the unfortunate northern
ection of France by ruthless amy.
The government sends the soldiers
lto Rheims on leaves which ran
ON three to fourteen days in
,ength. As they arrive in town, well
are men take them in charge. The
.an are assigned comfortable cots
I'D provided with clean blankets,
I'D gwen information. regarding the
various sightseeing trips arranged for
nem.
The camp where the soldiers are re-
teived is situated in the heart OF
le of the city's most beautiful
--rks, Les Promenades. Four huts,
.ch Is feet wide and 100 feet long,
oouse them from 500 to 1000 meals
cry day at about one-third the
ce charged by French restaurants.
odging is furnished the visitors free
ID four large trucks are used to
Try them to the various points of
b. terest.
After viewing the wrecked cathed-
81 and beng shown the tremendous
'amage done the town itself, the sol
4lers are taken out to the old trench
wne1e they load themselves down
- h Boche helmets and other souvo-
10 send home and then are driven
a section of the famous linden
arg Ii t which the Allies tried 50
g TO break through.
Zen women workers and four men
axe up the personnel of the well
are organizations of entertainers
tovlde amusement in the evenings.
General Didier, the French COM
andant at Rheims is cooperating
h the workers in caring for the
oldiers and is showing a lively in
rest in the welfare of the Ameri-
N troops who visit the city.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-12
BOBOLINKs MAY BE SHOT.

Rice growers of North Carolina,
nth Carolina, Georgia, and Flori-
sustained loss of $15O,OOO last
| from the depredations of rice
Is, known also as reedbirds or bob
ks. This fact determined by in
7hGations of the Biological Sur
2, Tn ed States Department of
'iculture.
he control measure is shooting
birds in the rice belt or in mi
ton to it. Therefore, the Sec
.ry of Agriculture, under authori-
of the migratory bird treaty act,
authorized the shooting of bob
ks, under restrictions. The
ooting must not begin earlier than
and hour before sunrise and
st not be continued after sunset.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-12
STANDARD
DRY GOODS co.
F Gth ST., Next Bank of Commerce
Americas, Ga.
500 Reward, 500

The readers of this paper will
pleased to learn that there is at lea
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and
acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces of the System thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work The proprietors have SO much
faith in the curative power of Halls
Catarrh Medicine that they offer One
Hundred DoAars for any case that it fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo.
Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-12
WHITE SILK STOCKINGS AT 90

Famous "Burson" make, full fashion
ed stockings, in white only, all sizes,
Value $3.50; very special here now
at CSC pair.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-12
He TIMES-RECORDER
ESTABLISHED 1879
Published By

The Times-Recorder Co. Gnc.)
= fthur Lucas, President; Lovelace
Gve, Secretary; w. S. Kirkpatrick,
Treasurer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-12
BEAUTIFUL
AT IL 1-2c.
CLUNY |

Pure linen laces in handmade pat
terms; I'll widths from Sd to 2
inches wide and worth all the way
up to 25c. Choice of about four
thousand yards at IL lie.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-12
The Standard
NO BETTER VALUE ANYWHERE

Than our Mems Oxfords at $4.95,
and our Ladies' Low Shoes at $500.
Knowing our stand of all leather
shoes and reliable workmanship,
don't these shoes sound pretty good
to you? They come in all feathers
of black and tan-all style heels and
according to today's market every
pair is worth double the price we
are asking for them.
Ladies Low Shoes, all sizes. at $500
Mems Low Shoes, all sizes, at $4.65
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-12
High Price for Idaho
Food is Investigated

BOISE, Idaho, Aug.-Proceeding
under instructions from A. Mitchell
Palmer, United States attorney gen
eral, ]. l.. McClear, United States
district attorney for Idaho, today put
in motion the machinery of the gov
eminent to ascertain the cause of the
high prices of foodstuffs in Idaho.
He announces that the investigation
will be rigid one, and that the Of
ficials of the government purpose to
sift the reasons for high prices to
the bottom and conduct a vigorous
prosecution where evidence warrants
action.
Under the instruction received, the
district attorney is directed to i'm
mediately employ all the facilities
at his command and to make use OF
all available sources of information
to seek our dealers guilty of hoard
ing or destroying food to keep up
prices, or who are acting in violation
of the antitrust laws.
It is likely the retailer, whole
saler and middleman will be required
to state the profit upon which goods
are sold in an effort to find out who
is responsible for the high prices.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-12
Young Forger Gets
One to Fifteen Years

Ref Burton, the boy who caused
County Attorney Adair and Jailor
Daley to go before Governor Bam-
berger of Utah, for extradition
powers to bring him here to answer
trial on a charge of forgery, waived
his preliminary and appeared in
Judge Governs court chambers Fri
day. He plead guilty and was given
a term in the penitentiary of from
one to fifteen years. His home is in
Nephi, Utah.
The complaint was made by F. E.
Seeger, who had received bad check
for $3.50, but Burton had also gone
back to Utah leaving 500 board
bill unpaid at the Anderson board
ing house and several other bad
checks were taken by Blackfoot mer-
chants from Burton, according to
reports made to Mr.. Adair. The time
of his visit in Blackfoot was the mid
die of July.
After prosecuting this case Mr.
Adair stated that he had large col
lection of "no-fund" checks at his
office, and would waste no more time
notifying the persons guilty of pass
ing such checks. He had been lenient
with many, but they had not re-
sponded properly,>he said, and hence
forth he will have them summarily
brought into court on criminal
complaint.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-12
The Danseuse and
The Kewpie Man

1t was Above affair between the
cute little dancer in the California
cabaret and the kewpie man across
the way. How long it brewed, don't
know, but it climaxed Friday evening
in the cabaret tent when Justice OF
the Peace Belo Ball united the pair
in wedlock according to the laws of
the land.
Early in the evening, tho it was
a blustery one, the people began to
come to the carnival grounds with
vaguely expectant looks in their
eyes. They were mostly men. AT
ten-thirty, the fated hour, the tent
was packed and damned. 1t took a
shoe horn and couple of strong men
to get the justice inside where he
could do his duty.
1t was a pretty wedding, just like
my wedding, and the bonds were
formed in the accustomed way. The
bride wore a shiny, shimmering cap
and a lingering draperied gown. The
bridegroom wore a very happy ex-
preston.
Then he went back to his kewpies
and the show went on.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-12
LIGHT ON SHANTUNG

WASHINGTON, Aug. I'm line
with his positive assertion that docu-
mentary evidence is in existence
proving that the American peace
delegation stood three to two against
the Shantung provisions of the
treaty, Senator Borah has introduced
a resolution requesting the president,
eff not incompatible with the public
interest,"" to send to the senate any
written protest that he had received
from other members Of the delega-
ton. Specific mention is made in the
resolution to a. letter written by Gen.
Bliss ond behalf of himself, Mr..
ansing, and Mr.. White. Senator
Borah also asks in his resolution for
"any memoranda or other informa-
ton in the possession of the Ameri-
can peace commission or any MEM
Der thereof, with reference to the at
tempt of Japan or her peace dele
gates to intimidate the Chinese peace
delegates and to control the action of
said Chinese delegates thru and by
means of intimidation.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-12
Department Slow to
Declare Food Surplus

WASHINGTON officials of
the air department are now busily en-
gagged in attempting to "pass the
buck" in placing responsibility for
the departments amazing delay in
declaring food surplus until large
quantity of it had deteriorated to
such an extent that it had to be sold
at great loss to the government.
Various witnesses appearing before
the committee on war expenditures
have testified to the fact that it took
the department half year after the
signing of the armistice to declare
that food surplus existed, but each
witness has placed the blame in a
different spot, and now comes Cen
eral March, chief of staff of tire army,
who says that surplus could have
been declared in February instead of
May, but that the attitude Of the
secretary of war, who desired that
the Gamers should be protected
against flooded market, had doubt
less prevented the quartermaster
corps from announcing it at that
time.
Chairman Reavis pointed OFT that
altho rehabilitation of troops had
commenced almost Immediately upon
the signing of the armistice, 1T had
taken the administration six months
to commence rehabilitation OF food
supplies.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-12

Mrs. Mabel Priest, who has been
bookkeeper at the c. w. & M. office
for almost two years, has resigned
her position and gone to her ranch
at briggs, Idaho.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F.. Hendrie and
daughter Josephine and Mrs. Ethel
Williams and little daughter Dorothy
went to Heise Hot Springs Sunday to
spend the day.
Mrs. Daniel Harrington and sons,
Everett and Russell and Mrs. j. W.
Chapman and son Drew, returned the
last of the week to their homes in
Salt Lake City, after visit with the
H. A. Harrington family here.
H. G. Evans of Lemhi stopped of
at Blackfoot the last of the week on
his way home from Omaha, where
he went with shipment of stock
He stopped to visit his brother
Charlie and found him at home ill
but improving.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-12
FOUND
1919 AUTO LICENSE, AT THIS OF
foo 31tf.
STIRRING HER UP

The statesmen are the men who
keep the world from falling fast
asleep. The good old world would
love to quit, and shut its eyes and
snore bit, and let the spiders please
themselves by weaving cobwebs Ger
the shelves. The world would like
it we'll enough to dodder on with
shopworn stuff, and not buy anything
that's new until its shelves were bare
to view. No doubt if it could have
its way, the world would drone the
live-long day, and leave its business
to chance, and gather mildew on Its
pants. But, ah! The salesman,
keen and fit, he prods the world and
chivvies it, and gladly squanders rail-
road fare to keep the moths out OF
its hair.-From the Mergenthaler
Lines o. Type News.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-12
TRYING TO FIX
THE PRICE OF HAY
Final Committee Meet
ing at Idaho Falls Will
Likely Settle 1t
REPORT IS COMING

Maud Muller on summers day,
Raked the meadow, sweet with hay
Made Mailer Il summers day,
raked IT, rieeGow sweet with "dy.
The judge rode slowly down the inc,
smoothing his lcrse's chestnut rlane.
They were considering m )mentors
questions, and pormentous lucs.i"ns
are still Under consideration. 81 III
ers war. TO know what price + fix
on their hay and not be sorry st:er-
wards. Buyers want to know wi at
to do with thei stock and nht lie
CORY they did not take the other
plan.
Stockmen have been shipping east
The prairie states have had en- album
dance of rain and they have more
feed than they know what to do with,
so they are specializing on western
cattle shipped in at great sacrifice.
Last winter we were making money
feeding up our beet tops and other
fodder and now when there is a
great shortage of water and fodder
all around us, we fancy that there
will be demand for hay at fabulous
prices, and perhaps there will. But
there is danger that feeders will be
getting out so fast that we. shall have
hay left over next spring when grass
comes. We don't say there will be-,
but it may happen.
There have been some meetings of
the farmers and stockmen to talk it
over, and it was expected that some
decision would be reached at the
final committee meeting at Idaho
Falls Monday the eleventh. If re-
port of it is not in this issue it will
be next time.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-12
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IIlII[IIIIIIIIl[LIIl
Incoming Yanks
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS !!IZlIllZgIZHIZIIHlI
Near Yet Far Away

, Sgt. George D. Thompson, son Of
w. G. Thompson, who went into the
army in April, 1918, returned to
Blackfoot Saturday morning. He
spent fifteen months at Fl. Douglas,
where he was sent at the very first.
He was detailed to duty in the post
hospital, and later the base hispital
established there to receive home
coming wounded and sick men.
Sgt. Thompson is married man.
Mrs. Thompson has helped make the
Idaho Republican for the many
months since his departure, but moth
ing would avail to get him released
sooner. Near as he was to his home
he was yet as far away as the diff
ference is between civil and army
life. He is glad to be in Blackfoot,
needless to say.
Chief BOsun's Mate
Sam Mulville, who came home to
Blackfoot Tuesday, may without un-
due familiarity be addressed as
"Mate." On discharge from the navy
he held the rank of chief bos'n's
mate, a post of responsibility on a
man-of-war. He spent two years and
five months following the sea, and
during the last fall his vessel was
in the North sea.
Clarence Larson arrived in Black
foot Friday. He was in the 9Th in
fantry, 9Th division, and served most
Of his time in France at the port Of
Brest. His time of service was a
year and day. He is now working
at Frenchy's cafe.
Half Way Home
Word was received Sunday by
Mrs. T. s. Riley that her son Peter
Riley, who was overseas thirteen
months, had arrived at Newport
News from Brest. He was in the
motor repair department Of the
quartermaster corps. Having been
sick for some weeks in a hospital at
Brest, Peter came home in a casual
company.
Back to Starting Place
w. A. Clark (colored), who served
two years in the army and was over
seas with the A. e. f., returned to
Blackfoot Friday. Clark was work
ing here on the railroad when he en-
listed and SO returned here.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-12
MALES GREATLY IMPROVED

Special from our OrinOco Edition
CARMELWLLE, AMAZ o N A,
April 20.-This capital today cele-
brated the thirteenth anniversary OF
the All-Women's Republic. A pretty
feature of the exercises was the
parade of 100000 males who have
been serving the republic as house.
workers. Their neat, bright appear
ance was a. revelation to old-timers,
who remembered the ancient BUSH
ness streets of 1880. In a speech ar
the government candy palace the
president of the Republic pointed to
this fact as proving that even those
who have been regarded by heartless
science as hopelessly inferior can be
improved by rigid discipline temp
cred with kindness.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-12
SAFE AT LAST

When we were young and in our
prime, we had simply rotten time.
We dared not loaf single second,
because the future always beckoned,
and when we sneaked a day for fish
>f14 we knew twas crime against am
hilton. Now life is beautiful and
glorious. No more the future lies
before us. Each day for us is simply
splendid, because our foolish toll Is
ended. No more with jobs we are
entrusted. We're safe because we're
old and busted. Mergenthaler
Lines O. Type News.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-12
ITALY RIPE FOR
YANKEE TRADE
Premier Nitti Tells of Italy's Eff
forts in War; Says Kingdom
Awaints American Business
DESIRES CLOSER RELATIONS

ROME, Aug. S.-Francisco Nitti,
the Italian premier, in an interview
today dealt at length with Italy's eff
forts in the war and her ambitions
for the future. Particular stress was
laid by the premier on Italy's desire
for closer economic relations with
the United States. He declared that
Italy was ripe for exploitation by
American business.
Il find no difficulty in speaking
plainly" said Signor Nitti to the cor
respondent. Having been in America
and seen the work that America has
done in all branches of human en-
deavor, know something of the
great institutions that she has built
up, industrially, socially and polite
ally. 1t is therefore with feeling
of great pleasure that | communi-
cate to Americans this message as
the head of the Italian government.
There is no conflict of interest
between us. We are today two
democracies striving for a still fur
Their realization of the benefits of free
Governments"
Continuing, the premier said:
"It was in the aim to perpetuate
free institutions that Italy threw in
her all. No country suffered more
from the conflict or bore the sacrifice
with greater will. Half million
dead testify in silence more strik-
ingly than any other evidence of
Italy's startling spirit. AS a million
disabled, living in pain, constitute
another of our offerings in the cause
of freedom. Five and quarter mil
lion men sent out to battle out Of a
35,000,000 population in 1915.
Every available man in Italy was
called to the colors.
Had America been called upon to
contribute this proportion she would
have summoned 100000 men to
arms. Italy's army was given will
ingly-eagerly- the altar of
liberty to bear witness that right is
more precious than peace.
Before the war our annual ma
.tional debt amounted to $4,000, 000,-
900; our advent nito the war has
seen it rise to $16,0O0,OO0,000. In
comparison with other countries war
debts, it might not seem stupendous,
but when keeping in mind Italy's
resources, it represents the greatest
sacrifice of them all. Italy's national
wealth aggregated but $20,000,00O,
900. We surrendered all but one
fourth of it in the war, and had we
been called upon for further sacrifice
we would have willingly given, even
the limit of our existence"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-12
The Advance Man
Celebrated Birthday

I. L. Peyser, advance man for the
Browns Amusement company, had
something sprung on him while ne
was in Blackfoot. He usually keeps
far ahead of the show, but here
where they play Idaho Falls and Po-
catello next, he happened to be
around for the week.
On Friday the show bunch called
him to the carpet and presented him
with $50 Howard gold watch,
straight from the cases Of Mr.. Christ.
It was his birthday, and this was how
the showmen showed that he was
their friend.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-12
Holders of Enlarged
Homesteads Happy

s. A. Busenbark was in from Will
low creek the last Of the week, and
reported the holders of the enlarged
homesteads happy over the prospect
Of getting report Of their claims
soon and the privilege OF taking
control.
They filed on them three years ago,
and have been waiting all this time
to have them examined and classified
before they can make exclusive use OF
them. Mr.. Busenbark has a $40
acre claim, and Prof. Vincent, Ora
Beesley, the Stranger brothers and
others have claims.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-12

lib oli IhO oliCoDCollC " llilu OuI
what they could learn in short time
while seated at home resting.
Dentists Dare to
1t used to be considered unpro-
fessional for dentists to advertise,
but the idea is passing. 1t is still
considered unethical for doctor to
advertise, but the public have never
been able to find out why doctor
moving into a new town should not
place card in paper to tell them
who he is, what he is and how to
ring or find him. They think that is
better than for him to open
an office and then sit down and wait
for months or years for people to
find out by accident or chance, that
he is there and can furnish the SER
vice they are needing. And the peo-
pie expect the doctor to pay for such
announcements or advertising and
not to ''spong" 1t from the printer.
There was an old custom that said a
doctor must not advertise, but people
noticed that he fixed it with the old
time publisher to mention his name
in connection with every case he
could, such as, "Dr. Nimrod was
called Monday afternoon to the bed
side Of" or There is a new baby
boy at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Tit
comb, DR.. Nimrod attending" The
public got wise to all this kind of
stuff and knew that something was
wrong. Either that doctor was pay
ing for having his name tackled on
each time, or he was sponging that
much advertising fro ma publisher
who hadn't the backbone to treat all
news as news and all doctors alike,
SO In either case 1t was rejection
on 10th parties.
New Way Of Advertising
There is difference in the old
and the new way Of advertising. The
Ola way for each merchant to repre-
sent that his goods were best. Under
that plan the doctor could not very
well follow suit and say that he could
have them sick the best, or the
undertaken could not very well set
up the claim that he could lay them
out best and bury them best when
death came; neither was 1t in good
taste to show anxiety for business
that meant sickness or death to the
customer, SO they did not advertise
at all. But the new way of advertis-
ing contemplates telling people what
you do or what service you have, and
where or how to find you. 1t goes
without saying, that they do not wish
you any harm, but when sickness or
death comes, it is very substantial
aid to be able to get information
quickly and without any guesswork,
so the desired service can be secured
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-12
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to the many friends and
neighbors, who SO kindly aided us
at the time of the loss of our little
son Melvin in a passing that came
without warning.
The aid and loving sympathy of
those about us softened the cruel
blow and we are indeed grateful.
MR.. and MRS. ROY ROONEY.
adv.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-12
VIOLATES HIS OWN ORDINANCE

Councilman Quillin parked his car
within twenty feet of fire Plug,
(hydrant,) and on being cited to ap-
pear in court he measured the dis
lance and admitted that the fine was
on him. He therefore a.d the fine
in coins of the real without defalca-
tion or discount, and is now follow
ing the practice of the small boy in
playing dare base-he gives em
wagon ROOM" and the fire wagon
can run in and. hit h OF at any time
so far as his car is concerned.