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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-07
WHEN MAKING OUT A CHECK
Take Time Enough to Write LegibIy
and Be Sure Amount Is Indicated
Clearly In Writing.

Do you know how to write a check
so that 1t cannot be successfully tam
pered with? Experts declare that
carelessness in that small matter Is
responsible for the loss of millions Of
dollars annually, the loss falling some
times on the individual and sometimes
on the bank. There are mechanical
devices to prevent the raising Of
checks, but their use is not general,
partly because of the expense, but
more particularly, probably, because it
adds one more to the multitude Of
things to be done.
For those who are daily taking
chances William G. Pengelly, hand.
writing expert In recent paper, of.
fers some valuable advice In the draw.
Ing of checks. His first suggestion is
to take enough time for the process to
be sure of doing good job. In filling
In the space for the amount in nu-
merals. write in legible figures. begin
ming close to the printed dollar mark
don't leave space for the insertion of
another figure. Then write the amount
In words, preferably beginning with
capital, at the left-hand end of the
line; don't write 1t so that the amount
stands in the middle of the line; hav.
ing written the amount properly, draw
a heavy line from the last letter to
the word Dollars" at the right. As
he says, "block the words in" so that
additions cannot be easily made either
at the beginning or at the end. When
the words are written clearly and with
an initial Of unmistakable identity, the
check-raiser has little opportunity for
his work.
Another safeguard Mr.. PengellEsug-
gests is the writing of the amount of
the check, either in figures or words, in
red ink, above or within the signature
at the bottom. In his experience he
has found this to be a successful safe
guard against fraud. But the all-im.
portant things are legibility of hand
writing and proper location of the
written amounts. Don't be in a hurry
In writing check. 1t is haste that
makes trouble.-Columbus Dispatch.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-07

The people Of Thomas have do
mated literally toward a new Pipe
less furnace which is being installed
in the meeting house. All are hoping
that the epidemic will soon subside
go the people can mingle together
again in the church and enjoy the
new comfort.
It is reported that Joe Peterson is
very i'll with pneumonia at the pre-
sent writing. =,
Leo Murdoch and family are all
recovering from an attack Of inhu-
enza. -,
The family of Alaf Larsen are all
suffering from influenza.
Mrs. Higgins will give family
party in the near future for her son
Edward who is soon to return home
from the training camps. The en-
tertainment will be given in the
large room in the basement In the
school house.
The last of the beets at the Rock
ford dump were loaded on the last
of December. The other dumps will
be finished up soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Evans enter
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-07
II Bit of France
/: and French F.:
BY Mrs. Byrd Trego.

Fremont Kutnewsky writes thia
entertaining bit Of his life at SaumerI
France, where he is attending q
school of artillery. Saumer is called
Somer and a distance from any Oh
the battle fronts. Free wrote thi6
especially for our France and Frencl
column, which was good of him.
know you will enjoy it:
81 love to visit with the French
'en famille,' as a part of the family.
They are such cozy and intimate
folk when you really break thru their
safety first lines of reserve. So
much, much, much more entertaining
than any of the Anglo Saxon or
Teutonic race. They are dramatists
in every day affairs. It is as good as
theatre to see them amusing each
other, Joking, relating incidents, say
ing sharp things about others and
each other, acting various roles.
Sometimes they will take turns sing
ing song.
On entering a restaurant you are
supposed to say 'boujour' to every
body at sweep and they give back
the same. When you leave it is the
same, if afternoon, bon soir' (boh
(n)swahr)
attend the restaurant du Lion
d Or. am friends with the two
women in charge. Whenever enter
or depart 1t means a Misunderstanding
bee. Oh, forgot to say, if you
know any persons at the table as you
enter, you 60 to them and grasp
hands. They don't shake as we do.
It's a hand clasp. And they don't
try to show you what power they
have developed in the wrist either.
well, evenings there comes an
elder daughter of one proprietress.
She sharpens knives or just visits.
I usually have cigarettes All smoke,
even younger sister aged about if
teen. But they won't let little Ro-
bert smoke. He's only seven or eight.
He probably confines his smoking to
some nook behind the garden wall.
Sometimes l play young Roberts
fiddle and all join in when I strike
a French popular tune. OF course,
have my vim blanc. (Father says
not to drink too much of that French
wine.") Why, in America they
uoA hAoW "AdI WlhO 10. Jlluh
when one makes himself drunk on
it he uses his imagination and
stretches his stomach. 1t will make
the head to spin slightly. No harm
in that. There is no such effect as
'grogginess' to be got from any Or
dinaary consumption of French
wines. They think over here that
whisky is too strong for anything
but medicine.
Vim blanc is hard to pronounce
and has two million American pro-
nounciations besides the French,
which is the proper one. But all get
results in any cafe in the land, so
why worry? 1t goes something like
this: van (n), soft sound of a, blah,
last sounded as in arm, quickly
spoken. Many soldiers habitually
order red wine for no other reason
than it's greater ease of tipping off
the American tongue. They say it
like this; vim roozh or win rouge.
81 am enclosing a letter from my
little girl at Gardiguan, because l
want to be sure to preserve it. When
come home l shall translate it for
you. 1t Is fine expression of the
French good will for the Americans.
"A most Merry Christmas to
Sincerely,
FREMONT"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-07
SOLDIER SETTLEMENTS IN
ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES

The department of the interior has
prepared brief, but comprehensive
summary of soldier settlement leg
islation of other English speaking
counties as a help to the people of
this nation to understand and deal
with one of the reconstruction pro-
blems which confronts us. The laws
have special value because in most
countries they are the Outgrowth of
several years experience, prior to the
war, with rural development under
which land was bought, subdivided,
improved, and sold to settlers on
longtime payments. Provision for
soldier settlement required, there
fore, only the broadening of a sys-
tenn of laws and policies already in
operation.
One important feature of these
laws Is the provision for cooperation
between the federal and state author
tiles in Canada and Australia, and
generally speaking, between the
central government and the local
authorities.
Australia, which has an area
about equal to the United States, has
a comprehensive scheme for co-opera-
ton between the commonwealth gov
eminent and the several state gov
ernments under which the states
provide the land and the federal
government provides the money for
reclamation, where this is necessary,
and for financing the improvement
and equipment for farms. Such CO.
operation makes the movement truly
national because it enlists all sections
of the country and mobilizes in the
service of soldiers public agencies
which have the practical and techni-
cal knowledge needed to secure the
desired results with the least effort,
mony and time.
Cooperation it is thought should
be the outstanding feature Of our
legislation. If the movement is to
be national in the fullest sense, every
state should provide opportunities
for it's sons and should contribute to
the expense and share in the direc-
ton of the movement. If this plan
is followed, state legislation Is as
necessary as federal legislation and
both ought to be enacted this winter.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-07
WICKS

The Davis A. Johnson family were
the guests at the Mackie no ne on
News Years day.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Davis and
family of Rigby, Idaho visited at tile
Powell home on Thursday.
Hester Thompson Is a victim OF
the flu at the present time, but is
getting along nicely under tho care Of
DR.. Mitchell.
Miss Jennie Sims was on the sick
list the last of the week and Cnalle
to resume her duties as assistant at
the county abstract office.
The school board has decided not
to reopen school at Wicks until a
later date owing to the sickness in
this district.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-07
Swarm of Embryo Laws
Soon to be Released From
State Legislative Incubator

of public lands have left the citizens
bitted towards the present system
which may be controlled by politi-
cal considerations in many cases.
Take Game Out of Politics.
With this wave of suggested re-
form has come also a suggestion that
the game department be recognized
along similar lines. A bipartisan
commission, which would select the
game warden is one of the sugges-
tons which has been made, aiming
at the present tendency to make of
the position a political lieutenancy
for the benefit of the governor.
For the first time in many years
indications are that there will be
only one or two county division
fights, if any, to come before the
Legislature. As many as five count
les have been created at sessions
heretofore, and at present there are
forty-one.
May Divide Owyhee County.
Division of Owyhee County by
consolidation Of part of the north
end with the south end of Canyon
County, to include Nampa, has been
suggested by some of the citizens of
Murphy, who were disappointed in
losing in a fight at the last election
to remove the county seat from Sill
yer City to Murphy.
As the result of a similar situa-
ton in Valley County, citizens of
Mccall may sponsor plan to an
mex part of Idaho county, so that
Mccall would have the support of
a majority of the voters in the coun-
ty in county seat fight five years
from now, according to surmises
made by visitors to the Mccall Sec
ton.
For Educational Changes.
Few recommendations will be
made as to educational legislation,
it has been learned, the policy of the
department of education being to
work along conservative lines. No
further effort will probably be
made for adjustment of the office
of state superintendent in view of
the loss of an amendment for this
purpose at the last election. As the
object of the amendment was to pre-
vent duplication of authority as be-
tween the office of superintendent
and the commissioner of education,
a law to more clearly define the du-
ties of these officers may be pre-
sented.
Appropriations for the education
al institutions, in view of the high
er costs of operation than in form
er years, will li''ely he higher than
heretofore, it is believed.
Extension of the farm mar1et bu-
reau's operations so that it will have
a more direct relation to the markc'
ing of farm products is said to Re
one Of the new ADMINISTRATIONS
ideals in its prorr"r for further
legislation. Coupled with 'hiS Gov
ernOr-elect, D. w. Davis has let i
be known that he is in favor Of bond
ed warehouses as y means Of bet
ter protecting the farmers interests
State Highway Tax.
Instead of bonds the administra-
ton will be cOmnelled to authorize
a state highway tax or some other
means of providing highway funds
for the coming bi-ennium, as the
state has already reached the $1,000
900 bonding limit, imposed by the
constitution. An amendment to rem
der more flexible the states ability
to expand to meet increasing costs
was lost at the lost election. 1t pro-
posed basing the states indebted
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-07

tanned at a dinner party on Christ
mas day. The following were the
guests Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Ward
and son of Idaho Falls, Mr.. and Mrs
w. E. Brown of Rockford and Mrs.
H. E. Brown. Mr.. Ward returned
home the following day but his wife
and son remained to spend the
Christmas week.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-07

ness on the assessed valuation, linn
iting obligations to ~ per cent of
the valuation. Whether or, not an
other such an amendment will be
offered in solution of the problem OF
increasing the states ability to bond
has not been indicated in any of the
political gossip.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-07
St. Mihiel Party.

One infantry company at the end
of several hours advance found that
1t had cut off several score of Germans
In a wood. The Germans didn't show
any fight. Most of them didn't even
exhibit enough nerve to come out and
surrender. When 1t came time for the
captain to make his periodical report
to his battalion P. c., this sentence
concluded the message he sent back:
"Have about a hundred friendly
troops in woods On my right. Paris
Stars and Stripes.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-07
RETURNED TO SCHOOL

Lewis Stevens left Friday for Mos
COW, where he will resume his studies
at the university
He has been spending the holt
days at the home of his parents
Mayor and Mrs "A. B. Stevens.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-07

Mrs. Murphey, who lives at the
east end Of the Kirkpatrick lane west
of Blackfoot, is very low with chronic
heart trouble.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-07

Lewis Stevens was a Pocatello
visitor the weekend.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-02

the Nespers, and went out into the
front. However, the Southerners' lead
was short lived, and before the trolley
bridge was reached Kelly and his part
,ner had this event tightly seWed up,
and rowing we'll within themselves
went to the finish easy winners by
nearly ten seconds. Times, minutes
3S l-5 seconds and minutes AZ sec
onds respectively.
To-day's winnings give Kelly sew
enty-six victories earned in amateur
races open to the world. This is a
record in itself
The senior eight-oared shells saw
the Undine Barge Club, of Philadel-
phia, Union Boat Club, Of New York,
and the Fisk Red Tops. of Chcopee
Falls, Mass, lined up in the order
named, numbering from the west
shore. This was the third race of
the afternoon for four of the Union
men, and they were fatigued
Undine caught the water first, CLOSELY
followed by Fisk. The Union coxswain
did not have his boat pointed properly
and was faulty thereafter in his steer
ing, which put the New Workers. be-
hind. Started then a great fight be-
tween Undine and the down Eastern
ers.
At the head OF the island the Phil
adelphlans had come up even, and dur
ing the finishing squirt drew half a
length ahead of the Fisks Although
thoroughly tired and despite the poor
steering, Union came into a credita bic
third. Time. 5 minutes 84-5 seconds.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-02
Paulist A. c. Men Triumph
In Caledonian Club Games
The Summary

common, St Christopher Club az yards1 r'iaS .
I. conway. Mornngsde A c. Il vardl Soc
9na th;r.j NJ; " Cohen, rhsn M9hawk A. G. q yards0
yards). fourth Time, 10 is seconds.
SSo-yard run (novce) Won by ] HAYDEN
Pauilst "A. c.; w. Scott, st. CHRISTOPHER
Club, second; P. Hagman, Jersey Harriers
1hlrd r. Fox, Paulist A. c.. fourth Time
'5,hermeA. st. Christopher Club as yards, !:
j. McAu'ey Knights of St Antony (55
ynr9s , second Il. Wiggcr, Paulst A. G. Ca
yards)' third W: Powe, Alpha p. c. c. (27
YARDS, fourth. Tine. 2:l9 40.
p Soo.yard run 'handicap)-Won by II.
n. Grifen, Paulist A. c. (l3 yards). second !:
j. Warburton, Loughlin Lyceum ,l4 vardsl
third G. Leon, st. Christopher Club rs
yards), fourth. Time. 33 seconds
r, one-mile walk lhandicap) Won by I.
Baskin. American Walkers Association (55
seconds Louis Labowitz, unattached I5
seconds) second; Joseph Pearman. New
York A. c. (scratch). third c. Mertins.
Mohawk A. c. (25 seconds). fourth Time,
100 2-5. ~'
y ISsSa, TwS,miIe gr,: run (handieap)1 by A.
Costello. Paulist A. c. U15 yards second ;
p. Flynn. Paulst A. c. (scratch), third
b: Spear. Paulist A. c. OPS YARDS, fourth.
LINE, J.lf'6.
One and seven n-eghth mile medley relay
race thandcap) Won by st. Christopher
Club 'W StokeIcy, c. Sherman, e. Macon
non and S; Jackson), (63 yards Paulist
a. I. 'E. Haupt J. Hoey, H. Wigger and
j. Losero), Cl yards, second; BROOKLYN
A. A; Is. Herzig. !. Ober, l.. Buxbaum and
II. ao, ,Bro"ser), (9o yards) third Time.
Running high jump (handicap)-Wor bv
S. Staines, Morninsside A. c. @ inchesc
with feet inches D. Rosenberg Glencoe
A Z. 70 inches), with > feet 6 inches. sec
ond II. Davis. jr., Mohawk A. G. e
,lnches). with feet 3 inches, third A. Gel
Ter, Glencoe a. c. 6 inches), with feet
inches. fourth.
POINT SCORE
~ Morningside a. c., 13 Mohawk A e.
D; American Walkers Association, S; Glen.
eoe A. G., knights of ST. Antony. 4:
Jersey Harriers. ., New York A. G. ..
ioughlin Lyceum. .; Brooklyn A. A. ..
Alpha Physical Club, /. ''
New-York tribune., 1919-09-02
Al Hulsebosch Captures
Two-MiIe Handicap; St.
Christopher Club Is I'd

track calculated to be fifty yards
short in a onc-mile race accounted fo~
the spectacular times in the annual!
track and field games of the New York
Caledonian Club, which were attended
by SIX thousand spectators at Wash
ington Park, Maspeth, Long Island.
yesterday The times surprised the Of
ticials on hand who rectife them in
order that they might conform with
normal competitions.
The shortness of the track was de-
cidedly evident in the two-mile handi-
cap run. when Albert Hulsebosch. Paul
list Athletic Club, starting from the
1lO-yard handicap mark, was timed in
minutes As seconds. The timers
marvellcd at Hulsebosch's performance.
but when they were predicting a record
for the athlete they were notified that
the track Was short abor+ five yards.
They thereupon changed Hulsebosch's S
time to minutes IA As seconds, which
is much faster than the Paulist boy
has ever been able to show for the dis
tance.
incidentally the other PauIist BOYS,
Jack Costello, Pat Flynn and Bobby
Spear, raced home behind Hulsebosch
in this contest. Flynn was the scratch
man, and the short track unouestiona-
bly, robbed him of a chance to canture
first honOrs.
Hulsebosch finished twenty wards in
front, a much tired athlete, while Cos
tcllo's greater strength enabled him to
beat Flynn for second place by inches.
FLYNN was running exceptionally strong
at the end, and he would probably have
succeeded in catching Hulsebosch had
the distance been Of regulation meas
urcment.
The st. Christopher Club accounted
for the one and seven-eight tbs mile
medley relay race, handicap, princi-
pally through the fine running of Sid
ney jackson in the first leg" at one
mile. Jackson gave his team an ad-
vantage of fifty yards, and this lead
was badly needed, for the Pauist Ath-
letlc Club, which finished second, cut
down half this margin.
The 3OO-yard handicap run went to
Harry Braverman, Morningside Ath-
letic Club, who showed considerable
skill IN skirting the sharp and loose
clndered corners of the track. He
started from the S-yard mark, but rap
idly cut through his field to win with
q q, strong burst of speed by two yards.
harry Griffin, also a Paulist represen-
tatlve, weakened in the final stride. but
finished second.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-02
McCregor the Great
Takes Feature in Trot

HARTFORD, Conn, Sept. l.-Mc-
Gregor the Great, Walter Cox's great
trottcr, defeated field of seven horses
in the feature event, the Chanticleer,
for 2:10 trotters, in the opening card
Of Grand Circuit racing at Charter
Oak Park to-day. The best time was
p:0T34. Cox mannuvred his entry in
front at the start of the first heat,
and he was never headed in that heat
CT the two following. Echo Direct.
pil0tcd by Brusic, took second place
in each heat.
the 2:09 trot furnished the most
thrilling finish of the day, when in the
first heat Labe Riddell, Tara's Hall and
Gentry c. tore down the stretch neck
and neck. less than a head separating
the three trotters al the finish The
best TING was 2:l0, made by Tara's
Hall in the second heat. Labe Rid
dell won the other two and the race
Ante Guy was not in condition for
the scheduled match race with Lu
Princeton, and Mabel Trask was sub
stituted. Lu Princeton defeated the
famous mare in both heats. Bes.
time, 2:06 y. The track was fair, al
though muddy on the home stretch.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-02
Champion O'Dowd Beats
Ted Lewis at Syracuse


SYRACUSE. N. Y, Sept. Mike
ODowd, middleweight champion, won
a decision victory over Ted (KiD
Lewis, former welterweight champion,
IN ten rounds before the Syracuse
City Athletic Club tonight.
Lewis put UP game fight but was
outclassed in seven of the rounds.
Onlyin one round, the fourth, did
Lewis have the better of the argument.
In this session he landed several telling
blows on the midleweight champion's .
head, but without halting O'Dowd's
rushes
1t was expected that Lewis, the bet
ter boxer of the pair, would stand the
champion on and attempt to take the
bout on points. Instead the former
welter titleholder mixed it with
O'Dowd IN every round risking all on
the off chance that he might land the
. and win the middleweight title.
chance
New-York tribune., 1919-09-02
international League

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New-York tribune., 1919-09-02
BOllland Has Close Call
Winning Fast Time Prize

Max Bohland. the national 'cross
country champion, had to show his best
speed to win the fast time prize in the
seven mile handicap road run held by
the Young Mems Christian Association
Of Rye, n. Y, yesterday. Bohland
started from scratch and cut down his
field of forty rapidly to finish in fifth
place i'll 35 minutes "a seconds.
This time proved only five seconds
faster than that of Joseph Rolla. Mo-
hawk A. c., the winner, who was allotted
Il six-minute start. All Fleischer un-
attached. finished second, with Joseph
Durzy, Cygnct A. c., third. The team
prize went to the Mohawk A. c.. while
Frank Martin was the first Rye boy to
complete the distance.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-02
Chick Evans Sets Mark
For Shawnee Golfers

SHAWNEE E-ON-DELAWARE penn
Sept 1.-Five consecutive rounds for
fraction less than rs was marx
Charles Evans, jr., former national.
amateur and open golf champion. es,
tabllshed for others to "shoot at" when
ne lett the Shawnee Country Club to-
night: The genial Chick came here
last Saturday in company with f. G.
Grace, president of the Bethlehem Steel
company, and Paul Mackall, and this
TRIO, IN company with r. s. Worthinc-
ton, secretary of the home club. have
ooeen engaged in the closest Kind of
four-ball matches. "''o -
On his first round Saturday Evans
1fse.ea or "A and he supplemented
rorn ma. I'ah Two y more 74s yesterday This
but came back with a Is for h;s 10 e., =,
circuit. 1'i n4S 1ast
New-York tribune., 1919-09-02
Brooklyn Eleven Wins

Batsmen had all the worst os
argument in their struggle with T.
bowlers in the Metropolitan Leag
championship game between T.
Brooklyn and Kings County Crics
clubs at the Prospect Park ParA.
Grounds, in Brooklyn. yesterday, "
the result that both sides were put o.
for less than fifty runs. Brook
was returned the winner by the us
row margin of eleven runs, after Il
missing Kings County for the sms
total Of 3s
New-York tribune., 1919-09-02
bloomington Captures Flag

PEORIA, Ill, Sept. 1.-The Three-I
League closed its twentieth annual
championship season to-day, with the
bloomington, H., club the pennant
winner by margin of slightly more
than twelve games. Peoria finished
second, and Evansville, Ind, was third
Both in attendance and in the sale
of young ballplayers it has been the
greatest season the league has had in
ten years. Total attendance in the six
cities will run close to 100000.