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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-02
Driving the Devil Around

1t is said of the Chinese, that they drive disease
(the deviD out Of patient by using shockingly
strong medicine, and sometimes they even beat it
out--that is they beat the devil out of somebody
The primitive way Of washing clothes was to soak
them in cold water and then beat the dirt out of
them 1t was pretty hard on the goods, but they
lasted quite while at that. Then they brought
soap and heat their ad and the dirt let loose and
flowed away with the suds. This worked all right,
but it was an endless amount of work Juggling water
in and then Juggling it out after the worst of the
work was done. The Gem State Laundry is
equipped SO that the water runs in of itself, runs
out of its weight the clothes are washed by the
whing motion Of hot suds, dried by the centrifugal
force without any wear at all on the goods finished
off by hot air tanning them for few moments, and
ironed by the use of rollers without any rubbing or
friction on the clothes Talk about people going
broke, this laundry is installing machine that
breaks the water without the use of chemicals, and
will soon be piping hard water into the building but
washing all clothes with soft water A modern
laundry is one Of the remarkable things of the age
and Of greater interest to the average person because
it is possible ITO incorporate much of the science and
convenience of the laundry in the home. Visitors
at the laundry will receive hearty welcome and will
be given the freedom of the house
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-02
Local Men Beating the King of Egypt

1t is recorded of Rameses one of the rulers of
Egypt, that when he wanted to send written in
structons to four Of his bankers in different parts
of the empire he had scrbes working in relays for
four months to make the four copies to forward to
these banks sub-treasures. But the Egyptians
had no typewriters and knew nothing about carbon
sheets. Of old Rameses had been ruling his empire
from Blackfoot, he would have walked into the
Short Hand shop at No. SO West Bridge the Early
office, and dictated his message of thousand words
in nine minutes, and while he read the headlines of
the morning paper the shorthand man would reel
off twelve copies at once the typewriter by the
use of carbon sheets, and when he whisked them
out of the machine they would be ready for his
majesty to sign and drop into the mail In case he
wanted fve-hundred or ten-thousand copies, the
shorthand man would use the wax stencil and reel
off copies as fast as he could turn the crank. The
Short Hand shop can accomplish in an hour what
it took writing squad six months in the days Of the
famous Rameses, and yet people hesitate about 60
ing in to introduce themselves to the Davis boys
who have Rameses beaten city block. Besides all
this they repair typewriters and overhaul them,
making them like new
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-02
The Biggest Show in Town

In years gone by, men sacking potatoes for ship
ment, became inoculated with the germ of profteer
ing and "stove-pped" their potatoes, and in that
way won bad name for Idaho producers of the
lowly spud. A man at Blackfoot named Pende-
bury declared against this form of burglary and said
it was possible to make more money have more
fun and multiply the number of friends and satisfied
customers by sorting trainload of potatoes into as
many grades as commercial centers demand, and
sell them all, from the little baking potatoes up to
the largest sizes, to people who want those sizes.
So Pendlebury and his fellow-farmers organized the
Blackfoot Potato Growers association, built big
warehouse to handle spuds mostly on the gravity
plan, put in mechanical sorters that weigh every
potato and put it into the sack where the others
are OF its own size, move the potatoes by mechanical
means, sort them the same way, load them on the
cars mostly by mechanical leaders, and hurry them
off to customers, who will be satisfied when they
open the sacks and dump them On this plan they
can store potatoes cheaply and at proper temper
ature they will keep WE'LL and do all the work of
handling and sorting at such low expense per sack
that it has set new pace in the potato business
Their warehouse half block long is being extended
so it will reach from street to street, and every bust
ness man in Blackfoot owes it to himself to go down
and study the efficiency of the potato house. Every
farmer owes it to himself to study it and see how
he will apply some Of its principles to his own az
fairs at home in handling heavy crops or storing
them. When he sees what is being accomplished,
he may see where it will pay him to handle his own
crop thru the association. We used to- hold an
annual fair and exhibit at the fairgrounds and invite
farmers to come in and examine their own products,
paying four bits for the privilege. We now invite
everybody to visit some of the places in the town
where some very practical and very modern methods
in operation to make money and keep It in this
county instead Of wasting it as we used to do The
big warehouse is on South Broadway, by the
Mackay tracks, at the potato spur. Run in by
squads and flocks, there is room for thousand at
once.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-02

What to Visit in Blachfoot During the
Festival and ROUNDUP

Blackfoot IS not so compact as Jerusalem was but
visitors in the city find some very interesting
up-to-date things that good as the famous
"sde shows" and far more profitable to visit be-
cause based upon scientific discoveries that bring
them up to perfection Of operation that furnish
profitable study for others. Men from the cities
visiting Blackfoot find modern things they did not
know existed, and people from our own county will
find pleasure and profit in getting acquainted with
the lines Of service and the machines and implements
they can bring to their own assistance when they
wish
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-02
Marvellous Improvement in Photog-
raphy
raphy

In the olden days, only the wealthy or famous
characters could have pictures of themselves. 1t
took days and weeks for an artist to paint picture,
and it only within the last two or three genera
tons that photography got to working Look in
your fathers old album and you will find some old
tntypes and daguerotypes, the first photographs
that were made Then for fifty years artists could
only print pictures when the sun was shining Most
Of them still wait thru cloudy days till the sun comes
out 50 they can 60 on with their work. But the
Hassing photos are not dependent upon the weather
He has machine that captures sunlight from the
waterfall both day and night, cables it into town
and prints pictures at his will. He touches the
button; it does the rest. This IS only one Of many
Of the wonderful steps in science which the Hassing
Studio has in daily operation, and Mr.. Hassing or
his assistant will be glad to exhibit them to visitors
during the festival and roundup. If Mr.. Hassing
should be out taking pictures in the crowds the lady
in the office will show you the machines, and take
your picture if you wish.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-02
Having a Heck Of a Time

The ancients regarded lightning and electricity as
the wrath Of the gods, and sat back in much fear
Of the final Judgment during thunder storms Our
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-02
An Emperor's Birthday Dinner

If Julius Caesar had taken notion that he wanted
dates to at his birthday party and there
were no dates at the corner grocery the delica-
lessen, he would have called in scribe and had him
spend day making an order on sheet of papyrus,
and then he would have dispatched galley across
the Mediterranean, rowed by slaves chained to their
seats. Thru day and night they would have rowed
for the southern Shores and those that fell dead
from fatigue would have been replaced by other
captives, and the round trip would have been made
in some ten days, but Caesar would have had the
case of dates. Now suppose that Mrs. Felt was
getting up special dinner for Mr. Felt's birthday,
which is the fourth of March, and she wanted ton
of dates for his dessert and there were not that many
in town when she went shopping the afternoon of
the third. If she went to Bybees for her goods,
they would speak to the wholesalers in Ogden and
have him express ton so Mrs. Felt could get them
in the morning. By the time Louis had finished his
dessert he would sit back and say, mot any more
thank you there were just enough and none left"
There would be dead galley slaves, no long
voyages, no seepless nights. Bybee's are there with
the goods, or if they haven't enough their modern
business facilities enable them to supply the demand
in time to save the day.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
No Crime Waue, Says Enright

H'HERE crime Police Commits
sloner Richard E. Enrght positive
information to 500 Brooklyn Academy
night
Only few hours later highway robbers
men pursued their trade undisurbed
policemen.
There is of population of 100000 people,
sald "a certain Of But the
New York the smallest in relation its population
the world"
After thus casually revising the figures Commits
soner stated that there would be
1919 than there 1918 He did divuge
arriving at this conclusion.
Even murder indicative of
right resumed AT least of the homces the work
of degenerate and the others regular police
did not mpa to his hearers whether this had anything
with ecen homicides remaining unsoved) Why,
rural communities of Suffolk and Nassau Counties the
metropolis cards and spades when crime
Brooklyn Institute Forum rules
after addresses to questions of those
Enrght had questions him, he pleaded
gagement' and left in hurry.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
Bartender Is Sho
REISENWEBER'S

A new Revue will open at Rcisen-
weber's, Fifty-eighth Street and Co.
lumbus Circle, on February IS. The
held of artists has been secured to
secure the most novel and capable
performers, so that the new produc-
ton will overshadow all attempts in
restaurant entertainment. Charac-
ter1zed by an extraordinary cast of
pretty girls and principals.
The music is by Louis Silvers, the
staging by Earl Lindsay and lyrics
by BUD De Sylvia. Miss Loretta
Rhodes. the fascinating prima don
ma, will support Midgie Miller, who
has been the subject of profuse
praise in her other Appearances at
Reisenweber's. To supplement the
other numbers the Crane Sisters
Will appear for the first time in New
York and will introduce fascinating
songs and dances, while the Norrie
Sisters will help to enliven the eve
nlng by futuristic presentations of
the light fantastic and melody. Ed
die Myers, the juvenile, will further
add to the attractiveness of the new
Revue, and Margaret SEVERN, the
incompatible toe dancer, will again
win the hearts of the audience bv
new characterizations of dancing.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

creasing, since they are free to marry
and bring forth children, and the in
dividual defective who pays the speci-
fled penalty for his crime steadily
progresses in criminal proficiency. In
stead of putting him under the care
Of skilled and kindly doctors, he is
under the influence of shrewd, un-
scrupulous criminals; yet if the doctors
should have as good success in their
efforts as the criminals have in theirs
it is fair to conclude that our supply
of criminal detectives would soon dis
appear.
This is radical treatment, but we have
tried the other kind of treatment long
enough to see that it won't work. From
other points of view besides the
criminal it is clear that the need is
Imperative for graphing with the ques-
tlon of the mental defective, and trying
to free the community of him. And
from the criminal point of view alone
we should not need to have so many
policemen by a goodly percentage, even
if we went no further in the matter
than to ordain that such mental dafec-
tives as are convicted of crime should
be immured until cured
Copyright by Princeton Press published hv .r
rangcmcnt with Twenty first Century Press
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
The Origin of Coffee Drinking

The ordinary coffee plant is a native
of Abyssinia, and as such was used as
a beverage, both in the wild and cul-
tivated state, from time immemorial.
It was carried into Arabia about the
beginning Of the Fifteenth Century.
From Arabia it was carried to all parts
of the Mohametan world by the Mecca
pilgrims, who found in it happy SUBJ
stitute for the alcoholic beverages for
hidden by the Koran. The first au-
thentic mention of it by European
was by German physician and travel
ler on his return from a tour through
Syria in 1878. 1t was brought to Ven
ice by a physician in 1891 1t was re-
ferred to in 1921 by Burton in his
Anatomy of Melancholy" as follows:
"The Turks have drink called coffee,
so named from a berry black as SCOT
and as bitter, which they sip hot be-
cause they find by experience that that
kind of drink, so used, helpeth diges-
tion and promoteth alacrity." The first
coffee house established in Londan was
IN 1862. Coffee was heard of in France
in 1858. and became fashionable in
Paris in 1669.-Spokane Spokesman Re-
view
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

welfare of each along natural lines.
Naturally. it would have to consider
uneconomic laws or restrictions involv-
ing unfair commercial advantages or
unfair determinations against the nat
ural products of other nations.
Germany, the great offender, would
have to seek admission by making good
in all the obligations imposed by the
peace terms finally arranged, or be
economically crushed to an extent that
would destroy her as an industrial
nation.
Tired of Political Failures
Discussing business mems attitude
toward all the present-day problems,
Mr.. Lewis declared that "business is
more interested in peace prosperity
and development than any other class
on earth" He said that the world
had grown tired of the failures that the
statesmen and politicians had made
in the past, and that business would
take great part in the solution of
problems in the future.
John Graham Brooks, author and
economist, warned the diners to watch
carefully the progress Of labor.
He said that labor all over the world
IS going to try some government itself.
Professor Brooks said that in all
labor circles there is a "growing con-
servatism against all radical things" ;"
DR.. 4. +. Slosson, editor of the "In-
dependent" said that the theory of free
trade has been proven worthless and
the cause Of much difficulty, and that
regulated trade" was the order of the
UaV
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

ney Miller's saloon, 116 Union Avenue.
where Cannon was bartender.
Persons passing the saloon heard the
shot and saw Gannon's assailant dart
out the door. A crowd pursued him
through Lorimer Street. He boarded a
trolley car, but leaped off at Powers
Street and ran to the corner Of Leon
ard Street, where his pursuers, who by
this time included several policemen,
lost sight of him. A house to- house
search.in the vicinity failed to reveal
the fugitive. He is described as about
five feet five inches tall, about thirty
years old ana wearing long overcoat
and soft brown hat.
Cannon was rushed to st. Gather
ines Hospital. He died fnw hours
afterward without having regained con-
seriousness. The police are not certain
whether Gannon's slayer was bent on
robbery and became frightened after
he had shot the bartender, or the
crime the result of quarrel.
Cracksmen Also Busy
While holdup men and gunner were
plying their trade in Brooklyn, cracks
men and burglars had by no means
been idle. The biggest haul was made
in the office of R. Tyson White e. Son,
800 Bridge Street, Brooklyn. Three
safes were ripped open and one of
them rifed Of $3.50 in cash and ST 600
in Liberty bonds. The other two con-
tained nothing of value
The police believe the same burglars
entered the clothing store of Ferdi-
nand Mckee, of 1l2 Myrtle Street, lust
around the corner, where several hun
dred dollars worth Of clothing was
stolen.
Sometime during the early morning
the home of Samuel Cohen, 1856 West
Thirty tirdst Street, Brooklyn, was bro
ken into and a small safe cracked. Lib
erty bonds and jewelry worth $3.50 re-
warded the thieves
In the meantime, Sheftall was being
grilled at Brooklyn Police Headuuar-
ters IN an effort to determine his true
role in the paymaster robbery was that
of victim or confederate. Confronted
with the picture of "Charles Tharles"
from the rogues' gallery, Shcftall
freely admitted it was his own, but
insisted that the fact that the forgery
charge against him ten years ago was
dropped be not overlooked.
His Record as an Aid
He threw out the suggestion that the
bandits who stopped the taxicab and
covered him and his two assistants with
guns may have known Of his former
trouble and counted on his being ar
rested, thus giving them time to cover
their own tracks.
Sheftall told Captain of Police
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

hme' Galli-Curci Charms as
Nioietta i'm ga r.

La Traviata" was the ono.
Ssented by the Chicago ComnIpmera opera pss-
Lexington Theatre vester6any etG6any at Che
noon, with Nine. Galli-CnrsS alter
Fioietta. Almost needless ~ as The
auditorium was filled to Tho cay -he
an audience which gave voc;feiannit Unit by
preston of approval. eious ez-
NerdIs opera is cast in tho
tional forms of an old~r de de, conven-
calculated to make a nowersy,,, ussy, little
b,.t l,ol'ai Al appeal 10 audiences of tod.
- ou1 .he arr OF Nine. CALI Curci msnss
~ ~, 1--we. 1--WE again. Her Violetta is ssss rsss
1mpresona mp .: ton, ,piquet and alur;saa ;sal
aiio raglc g1 IN her self-sacrifce s' ,sS
deatn. The ease and fiexibility of ,aa s.a
singing gives the music a qualjty M !,
spontanelty that makes it " seer q
natural expression of her mood " T.
fler hands 1t is not outmoded !"
Mr.. Stracciari, as the father C;o,.
Germont, torn between familv pssi so
and compassion, gave an adm;rsmSee
lmpersonatlon. He has the bsasSe
combination of distinction of beas,yy a,sSy
and fine voice, which he uses ss a;,s
discretion. His singing in the ses.n1 MA
act won spontaneous and hearty sNouu .n
plause a9-
Of varying merit was the perforn
aRce Of Mir. Dolci as Alfredo '''li. u;.
singing was sometimes marred 'L.s i.'
forced tones and unevenness. In ~
duet in the last act he achieved greo,.s
fluency and tonal beauty than 6a
before shown, though his singinc -
the aria in the first act was spirited
Mr.. Polacco conducted with entbns,
asm, and with wealth Of accent and
contrast. The opera was produced with
high degree of finish in all its ,a.
tails, and was sumptuous in settins-
and costumes.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

Coughlan that he had "knocked about
pretty much all over the world. He
served three-year enlistment in the
5th United States Cavalry some years
ago. He is thirty-four years old
Captain Coughlan said Sheftall re-
fused to make known his whereabouts
during the time between leaving his
assistants on the way to the subtreas-
ury and his reappearancc there for the
payroll money. The taXicab Sheftall
hired to take him from the subtreasury
to Todd's shipyards was stolen
Wednesday from Broadway and Thir-
ty-first Street, it has been learned.
Sheftall's wife was in court when he
Dietz( assistant auditor of the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation. Dietz said
he was not convinced that Sheftall had
helped in the robbery. He added the
paymaster had come we'll recon-
mended.
Murder in Manhattan
The latest murder to puzzle the
police is that Frank Curtis, of TOO East
Eleventh Street. He was shot in the
back Of the head early yesterday
while walking on Second Street near
Avenue A.
AmhPU3 otthimself. -eaebDhout1c Dc
Policeman Casetti found Curtis on
the sidewalk He asked Curtis, while
waiting for an ambulance, who shot
him.
"Nobody," said the wounded man.
DO you know you are likely to die ?"
asked the policeman.
"What is that to you?" Curtis re-
sponded, and that is all that could be
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
Two Hundred Flowers
I'm Dandelion Rloom

If you pluck dendelion, YOU tb;rl
you have single flower, but in real;ty
you have from $50 to 200 flowers. hs.
cause each golden ray in the rosett.
is a blossom in itself.
A weed?
Well, maybe it is according to III.
farmer or the suburbanite. But i'm
agine how empty and dull the roadside
would be without it.
Sometimes we put our finger on ono
trait or characteristic of a successful
person and say, "That is why ne has
accomplished so much"
But it isn't any more true than that
one of the golden rays makes dande,
lion.
1t takes many, a great many diferen.
habits to form up our life. and uuon
the coordination of those habits viii
depend in great part our success or
failure
But first of all in the study Of
habits is to sort out the good from
the bad. Then eliminate as rapidly as
possible those that are harmful re-
membering that the older a habit is the
harder 1t is to uproot Bismark Trib.
une.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

gotten from him. He died in Belle
vue Hospital an hour later.
The police learned. they say, that
Cults quarrelled with two men in an
East Side dance hall the night before
and they believe one of them followed
him out and shot him.
The Old Slip police station was no.
titled yesterday morning that the cigar
store of j. w. Surburg at 1856 Broad
way, had been entered during the
night and S55 taken from the cash
register.
While the loot was small, the crime
is a source of worry because it is the
first robbery in long time to be per-
petrated below Fulton Street. In the
minds Of some it presages an invasion
of the financial district by burglars
and cracksmen.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
Ousting Ground Squirrels

BY combating ground squirrels Idaho
farmers saved over $1,25O,OO0 in crops
during 1918. twenty-five counties and
4,O25 farmers cooperated in stamping
out the squirrel pest, and as result
277,751 acres were cleared of the
rodents.
1t is estimated that this ground
squirrel eradication work in Idaho saved
3 per cent of the total crops of that
state which formerly went to pay the
yearly rodent tribute. AS one farmer
phrases it, Il used to consider that the
squirrels had mortgage on 25 per cent
OF my crops, as they devoured one
fourth of all I produced. Now after I
have cleared my farm of squirrels |
harvest and save 100 per cent of all the
crops l grow."-Cheyenne Leader.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
MARIE ANTOINETTE HOTEL

The residents of the upper West
Side are beginning to appreciate the
restaurant service at the Hotel
Marie Antoinette. Due to the do
mestic problem, many families are
dining regularly in it's restaurant,
which has been put in charge of a
leading French chef. The new ser
vice is excellent and moderate and
the surroundings are distinctly
agreeable.
An exceptional orchestra supplies
music for dancing in the Palm
Room every night except Sunday, on
which night there is an organ re-
cltal. The grill room is open until
midnipht