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Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-11
NEEDS AUXILIARY PLANT

The Water Users association of the Salt River Valley have at last realized the necessity of an auxiliary power plant to tide the people of the valley over the low water period at Roose- welt dam. During certain parts of the year the water in Roosevelt lake has to be conserved and as result the problem of improving the power for uses of mining and other companies has become acute. The Ray people use an enormous amount of power, which during the wet season is readily met, but as the water is lowered in the lake some other unit must fur nish the lack of Hydro-electric power. To fill this gap the association has provided $600,00O for steam plant and the work of building the big plant will soon be under way. The Inspir- ation people, at Miami, have had to operate their own plant for some time, but are willing to pay higher rate than that set for hydro electric power if they are assured of a constant ser vice.
 Some time ago the Miner called at tention to the fact that under any con- dition an emergency plant would have to be maintained even if hydro-elec- tric power was possible from the Colo rado river. Even in Los Angeles, plants have to be maintained to guard against accidents to the big power lines that are carried in there from Kern and Bishop Creek.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-11
TURNOVER"
(From Through the Meshes")

(From Through the Meshes")
 The big problem before all big busi ness is to educate the public to un. derstand that large earnings are moi in the size of the individual profits on each sale, but rather in the mum, Der of profits on many sales.
 That it is not, for instance, the amount of the profit per pound of meat the packers sell, but rather the aggregate of the fractional profit on the number of pounds.
 It is what the average merchant calls turnover.
 It is gigantic task to get the pub lie to understand this, particularly when it is considered that even the average merchant does not understand this principle.
 But an unprejudiced understanding can, and must be, accomplished. It will require time, persistency and primer-like illustration.
 Here is one illustration:
 The most profitable item in a 5 and 1O-cent store is the one on which there is the smallest percentage of profit.
 This is candy.
 They only make 496 net, but they sell-tu1n-over-their stock complete every week, 52 times year.
 Now 52 times 49o is 2O89o on the investment; yet the customers of these establishments purchase their candy with a profit of cents on the dollar to the dealer, 2 cents on 50 cents, or less than one-half cent on 10 cents.
 It is all in the number of profits not in the size of the individual profit.
 Another illustrations:
 Some years ago, the late Cora Dow, Cincinnati, owner of group of cut rate drug stores, was sued by her re- tial competitors Ga group of manu facturers) for selling certain items below a fixed price.
 She testified at the trial that there was more money in selling Hoods sarsaparilla at 75 cents than at dollar a bottle.
 The judge, jury, the lawyers-no one in the court room knew what she meant.
 On further direct examination she explained that Hoods Sarsaparilla cost her 50 cents bottle wholesale.
 That in one of her stores she sold 20 bottles to five bottles sold by her competitors.
 They made only $2.5O on five bottles in approximately the same length of time that she made $500 on 20 bot tles-twice as much as her competi- tors profit, and all the while the pub lie was obtaining its supply 25 cents cheaper per bottle.
 An understanding by the people of this principle of turnover is the large question before big business and all business today.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-11
It Didn't Work

q see where a man claimed he kissed maid because she happened to be wearing one of his wife's hats" '"
 "The idea being, of course, that he mistook the maid for his wife"
 Exactly. But he overplayed his hand, though"
 "How was that?"
 'His wife says he quit kissing her seven years ago."-Birmingham Age Herald.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-11
THE TUCSON CITIZEN
 ISSUES ANNUAL EDITION

The Ninth Annual Tucson Citizen BOOST AND BUILD edition was is- sued September 30th. The edition is bigger and better than ever this year, covering the entire state, including northern Arizona, mines, agriculture, education, stock raising and the San Carlos project. There are more illus trations than ever before and all the articles have been written by a staff of trained writers. The edition this year was prepared by Allan B. Jay. nes, publisher of The Citizen, and A. H. Lyon, managing editor. It is a pictorial review of the progress of Arizona for the past year.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-11

Have You . Talking 1lachinsp A careful selection of ONE DOZEN 10 inch double disc Columbia, etc., Records CA se- lections) Dance, Band, Hawai- ian and Popular Hits. Records worth from 85c to $1.50 each FOR ONLY $500. You really
 get $12.50 worth of records.
 We sell a million records a
 year. Why not send us your
 records order today?
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-11
TEST RUN MADE
 BY CHEVROLET CAR

"FourNinety" Chevrolet covered 1922 miles on a measured gallon of gasoline.
 This test was held at Walla Walla. Washington by representative of the Walla Walla Union, who drove the car until the measured gallon of gasoline was exhausted. At no time was the motor stopped until the entire amount of fuel had been consumed.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-11
Magnets Save Iron From Rubbish
(From the Indianapolis News)

(From the Indianapolis News)
 Magnetic separators are now being used for the recovery of scrap iron from many kinds of waste material rubbish. By the aid of such apparat- us a great deal of refuse commonly discarded in the neighborhood of steel and iron works can be made to yield a considerable amount of iront-as much as 50 per cent being obtained from refuse from steel works in some cases.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-11
MELANCHOLY DAYS

Oh, the signing winds of autumn
 And the sere, the yellow leaf Only fill me with forebodings
 Of not far-distant grief. For they solemnly remind me
 'Tis thought to chill my soul That ere long I may be paying
 Half my income out for coal.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-11
Immune

q am delighted to meet you," said the father of one of last years Fresh medics, shaking hands with the Doc tor, "my son took physiology under you last year, you know"
 Pardon me-" said the doctor, ''he was exposed to it, but he did not take it."
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-11
Unavoidable

Unavoidable Huh-Oh, don't worry about the cooks crankiness. Don't take any notice of her.
 Wife-I have to; she's just given it. Boston Transcript.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-16
Andren Auto Co.
Improves Garage

The Andren Auto Company, deal
ing in Chalmers and Oakland cars,
which under the management of A.
Andren has maintained forward
place in Blackfoot business ranks
during the late years of expansion,
has this fall been rearranged and i'm
proved to a point where it can take
care of all the modern work the au-
tomobile demands.
A new automatic air compressor is
now furnishing the free air tank. A
new drill press has been installed in
the rear of the shop, and also high
power Arbor press, which with it's
50-ton power will straighten out a
solid automobile axle without any
need to heat it to make it soft.
This press is also used for pushing
out bushings or anything lodged
within the cylinder. The shop is
equipped with power driven lathe
for shaping and cutting.
The basement has been enlarged
and a bigger heating plant put in.
rhe offices, too, have been made
larger and divided into two COM
partments. Mr. Andren is assisted
in these business improvements by
j. S. Dixon, salesman, who covers the
territory outside of Blackfoot in reg
ular trips.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-16
Pocatello Newspaper
Men Visit Blackfoot

Messrs. H. P. Pinkney, w. V. Wig
and and Mr.. Glass of the new Poca-
tello Herald were in Blackfoot Sun
day visiting The Republican office.
PocatellO has been having only
one newspaper most of the time for
the past ten years, and two job print
ing shops, but now it is to 60 to the
other extreme and have plenty Of
newspapers.
The Tribune went into a new
building in 1903 and at that time
had plenty of room. Since that time
they have grown but have remained
in the same quarters, becoming more
and more crowded during all those
sixteen years; consequently it has
not grown as it might have done
with an aggressive management and
large building where it could ex-
pand with the growth of the town.
There was recently launched an
other daily, The Pocatello News,
stock company with some local back
ing, and they are pushing a cam
paign to secure large circulation.
1t was promoted by Mr.. Simms
from Twin Falls, Attorney Kedneigh
of Pocatello and others whom we do
not know.
The Pocatello Herald will issue it's
initial number on December II, and
will be an evening daily. 1t is made
up of the members of the Mail
Printing company, E. ]. Potter, H. P.
Pinkney, w. V. Wigand of Butte, Mr..
Glass and others and it is to be the
union labor paper.
The Pocatello Star is another ele-
ment of aspirants for newspaper
activity in Pocatello, and it has been
rumored that they were about to
launch a daily, and had engaged
telegraph service and made various
expenditures and contracts for
things desirable. We are unable to
say who is backing it or who are the
active fellows or how far they have
gone in the venture.
There Is speculation as to how far
any of these new ventures will be
able to go in the face Of the handi-
caps and difficulties that confront
them. An analysis of the handicaps
confronting each of the papers, in
Guiding The Tribune, would sound
like a knock, and we refrain from
giving it. We can truthfully say
tho, that Pocatello has had the field.
it has been the opening and the OF"
portunity for great newspaper and
for years it has waited for somebody
to fill it, Those that were there did
not fill the measure of their opport-
unity and those that have started in
from time to time started in wrong
or with insufficient backing or
wrong principles to guide them, and
there has been forfeiture of great
opportunity. The old saying about
the feast or the famine seems to
be true of Pocatello newspapers, and
now there is an interesting vista
opening up, with too many in the
field,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-16
Altar Society
Gives Big Bazaar

Friday afternoon and Saturday all
day the K. of P. hall will be the
scene of bazaar and entertainment
to be staged by the ladies of the
Altar society. The principal feature
of the bazaar will be chickens din
ners, Friday evening, Saturday noon
and Saturday evening. The hours
for evening dinners are 5 to and
at noon from II to g.
Next in importance will be the big
country store at which may be
bought many articles of value. At
fancy work booths, aprons, handker-
chiefs, gowns, candies. A special
baby booth.
General entertainment will accom-
pany- this service, in the form Of
musical pieces. The ladies promise
an exceptional treat to the public.
The dates are December 19 and 20.
adv. 1
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-16
Times Change
Conditions Better

As farmer said recently, a
rube is fellow drawing high wages
in the city who thinks the farmers
are going to sell their products dirt
cheap. The old days when a farmer
was isolated from all the bright life
of the outer world have about passed
even for the west.
One of the improvements in living
that is coming to us of Idaho is the
theatre. Two weeks ago Blackfoot
enjoyed a good high-grade comedy.
Idaho Falls, with it's Colonial thea
tre, is pulling this way even larger
productions. This weeks show was
won in open competition with Den
yer, according to Manager C. H.
Lewis. He writes that the company
will go straight from Pocatello to
Omaha, skipping Denver, after play
ing Idaho Falls.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-16
Warren Wright Visits
After Eighteen Years

Warren Wright was in BlackfOot
Saturday after an absence of eigh-
teen years. He grew up at Black
foot, his mother and brothers and
sisters are well known in the COM
munity, and he will be remembered
by the older residents.
Mr.. Wright was married in 1911
to a young lady in Chicago, and at
present he is engaged in some oil
ventures at Harlowtown; Montana.
Mr. Wright does not talk much
about his own affairs and achieve
ments, but we happen to know that
good many years ago he was the
sales agent for some valuable lands
in Florida, and cleaned up quite a
fortune. At different times he has
been identified with large ventures,
and gained love for big things done
in large way
During the war he made couple
of trips to Europe, the last trip be-
ing to Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
Holland and Belgium, and covered
several months. His first trip across
w 40 AiduC WHou tllc O-DodC WdIldIc
was at its worst, and when he got
across he cabled home that he had
made successful trip.
Mr.. Wright has grown somewhat
since leaving here, and is now a big,
square-shouldered fellow with win
some smile of the kind that goes with
success. He went about town hunt
ing up old friends, and was especial
ly generous in expressing his affec-
tions for the older ladies who had
called him by his given name all his
life.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-16
INTERESTING LIFE
OF THOMAS c. LFF
Story by Rev. Gillian
Adds to History of
the West
A RARE LECTURER

| Most of the history of the great
west is perhaps as yet unwritten, but
it is being built steadily in the biog-
raphies of famous pioneers. The
story of omas Corwin
Iliff, the fighting parson" and
apostle of the home missions in the
Rocky Mountains" that has just
been published by James D. Gillian,
Methodist pastor at Blackfoot, adds
unique and interesting character
to the growing record.
Mr.. Gillian was associated act
lively with DR.. Tiff in work among
the Methodist missions of the inter-
mountain states for fifteen years. It
is fitting that he should write the
story of that veteran "sky-pilot"
whose life is so tightly interviewer
with the west that anyone except an
intimate friend would with difficulty
withdraw the complete story of it
from the general trend of move
ments and issues.
DR.. Iliff became known as the
fighting parson" when in the early
seventies he trained a small band of
his male church members in a
Montana settlement to the use of
arms and tactics to fend off the ex-
pected raids of warning Indians. He
had served thru the war of rebellion,
having enlisted in. Ohio at the age of
sixteen and fought in sixty engage
ments. He was of that type of ex-
soldier who heard the call of the
west for brave and strong pioneers
and who answered in the positive.
The author, Mr.. Gillian, gives just
credit to the stamina of those men
who went from the one battle to
preserve the union to the other bat
tie of upbuilding it's newer territor-
les.
Says Mr.. Gillian: His niche in
the Rocky Mountain civilizing agenc-
les will not be filled, because there is
Continued on page eight
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-16
State Dentists in
Business Session

The first regular business meet
ing of the Idaho tate Dental asso-
citation was held December in Twin
Falls, following a banquet rendered
by the Twin Falls district society.
Thirty members were in attendance.
Officers were elected and general
business of the association was dis
'cussed. Representatives from Poca-
tello, American Falls, Blackfoot,
Burley, Buhl, Jerome, Filler, Rex
burg, Montpelier, Downey, Kimberly,
Boise and Idaho Falls were present
at the meeting.
Pocatello was selected as the next
meeting place of the association at
which time men of national reputa-
tion will give clinics and hold one
week postgraduate course in the
newer methods of dentistry.
The object Of the association as
outlined by DR.. G. H. Coleman, of
Buhl, president, is for the study and
practice of newer methods and for
the elevation of dentistry in general.
The executive committee elected
were: DR.. A. A. Jessup, Boise; DR..
B. H. Hudson, Blackfoot; DR.. A. r.
Higson, Pocatello; DR.. R. H. Ewing,
Rexburg; DR.. G. M. Smith, Idaho
Falls, and DR.. A. B. Altree, Burley.
The officers Of the association are:
DR.. C. H. Coleman, of Buhl, presi-
dent; DR.. M. ]. Goode, secretary, and
DR.. J. F. Johnson, Of Twin Falls,
treasurer.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-16

printed and mailed and they find
mistakes they had overlooked or
mistakes they had marked for cor
rection and corrections had not been
made, or while the line was being
recast some other mistake was made
in the same line. After such per-
son has been on the job a while he
gets gentle, and can be "curried be-
low the knees" like any other old
hand on the job.
Newspaper work is great sport,
and we like it. And we like good,
generous public that overlook most
of our blunders and give us a chance
to try again. 1t looks now as If we
were going to be putting in new
equipment at intervals during the
winter and spring, and when we get
it all working to suit us, we are 60
ing to have another visitors week, y
and invite the public to come in and
see the new whirligigs.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-16
Illinois People
Visit in Blackfoot

Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Pierce and
daughter Virginia Of Mason City. ILL.,,
arrived in Blackfoot a few days ago
to visit Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Bellamy.
Mrs. Pierce and Mrs. Bellamy are
sisters. Mr.. Pierce is an auctioneer
by profession and thinks Of locat-
ing here,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-16
To Urge Sugar
Factory improvements

The rotary club of Blackfoot has
signified a desire to cooperate with
the commercial club in urging upon
the management Of the Utah-Idaho
sugar factory here the addition OF
improvements that will enable 1t to
handle more Of the products of the
immediate territory. 1t is believed
that the necessary equipment to
place this factory in such position
will be secured, with the aid of local
opinion,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-16
A. B. Stevenson Dies

A. B. Stevenson, of Pocatello, died
at his home last week and was buried
on Friday.
Mr.. Stevenson was the superinten-
dent Of the Idaho division Of the Ore
gon Short Line for many years and
was prominent in Idaho. About nine
months ago he suffered stroke Of
paralysis, from which he never re-
covered.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-16
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:. STORES TO OPEN
i. AT EIGHT O'CLOCK

!. Blackfobt stores will open
!. their doors at the regular time.
!. Cecil Clark, member of the city
!. council, announced Monday
!. that all restrictions imposed by
: the city authorities would be
: lifted Tuesday morning.
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RAILROADS WILL
RETURN TO NORMAL

. 1t has been officially an
: nounced that the normal rail-
. road schedule will be resumed
: at midnight Wednesday night
. this week, Dec. II. A full
: train schedule appears in this
: issue.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-16

DR.. H. Steele, the eye and nerve
specialist was in town Monday on
his regular professional business
trip.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-16
Idea is Contagious

The people Of the whole county
seem to have taken the same brand
of drink all at once, and with one &C
cord they receive the new top-coat
with smile end cheer, and say the
thing is here because it's here. Last
April they cast an almost unanimous
vote for the road bonds, and the
bonding houses sat up and bid high
on our bonds. We had told the peo-
pie in our special good roads edition
that the bond election would carry
anyhow, and they might as we'll give
it high vote, and that would make
the bonds sells better. But if people
had been as united on the bond
election as they have been on re-
ceiving the new top-coat and swear
ing they liked it, there is no telling
how much more money we should
have gotten for our bonds. Every
bonding house in America would
have been ambitious to have our
bonds, and they would have been
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advertising that their bonds were
such and such good securities
backed by strong public sentiment
ranging from 70 per cent in Custer
county to 80 per cent in Twin Falls
and 100 per cent in Bingham. They
would have put slogans into theil
literature and letterheads to say that
they held western bonds backed by
100 per cent public opinion, and that
they were better than gold in the
bank of England when the stock ex-
changes closed at the opening of the
war.
Proud of Our People
This office did not know it was
situated in a county where people
are so united on road matters. The
worse the dose, the more cheerfully
they receive it. When some fellows
tried last June to stop the road work
by Injunction, people went on with
a smile and declared for a free rein
of the elected officials to carry out
their plans and their will. We
might have known from that Incl
dent that the people are all right,
but we were slow. Now we know
that people are loyal and optimistic
and good sports. We know that if
the worst comes to the worst point,
the people will sit tight and smile,
and cheer for what is and for what
is liable to arrive. If we were to
propose any plans at this time af-
fecting roads and road construction,
we would propose that we hold an
other bond election and vote on the
question of bonding our auto license
money for the next twenty years to
make fund for combining with
federal and state money to lay paw
ing all the way across Bingham
county from north to south along
the railroad and from east to west
along the state highway to the
Power> county line., We would pro-
pose that every precaution should be
taken to have every person in the
county go to the polls and vote, and
have everybody impressed with the
present harmony spirit, and vote in
favor of the bonds, and thereby
make $1,000 like Shelman talked Of
When the census report is made
public, it would show that the peo-
pie of Bingham county all went to
the polls, all voted for the bonds,
and thereby broke all records for
road business on the western hemi-
sphere, and those bonds would be in
such demand for advertising pur-
poses that we could sell one million
dollars worth of license bonds for
about two and one-half million and
at low interest.
No Limit If We Try
1t is wonderful what people can
do if they just take it into their
heads to do it. There they are, TAX
ing the present top-coat like bunch
of optimists and that makes it a
pleasant incident and no objectors.
All we have to do is to apply that
same spirit to our next road bond
election and we shall be able to
capitalize on it and become rich and
famous.
We Offer Toast
AS substantial starter for in
stilling and establishing this spirit,
we offer the slogan, when the Lord
sorts up the weather and concludes
to send snow, why, SHOWS my