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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-09
DEMPSEY WINS IN
FIRST SKIRMISH

SAN FRANCISCO.-Jack Demp-
sey scored heavily Tuesday, the first
day of his tritl on the charge of hav-
ing evaded the draft.
The government put nearly a doz-
en- witnesses on the stand-and not
one OF them under direct examina-
tlon gave any testimony which legal
sharps could construe as damaging
to the chances of the heavyweight
champion. In fact, the stories of
the majority of the witnesses SUD-
ported entirely, or in the main, the
story of Dempsey AS a result.
friends of Dempsey are now su-
premely confident of acquittal and
absolute vindication for him and pre-
dictions are made that the trial will
be over before the end of the week.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-09
REFLECT HART
AS COMMITTEEMAN
Idaho Delegates a
Chicago indicate

When Idaho delegates to the Re-
publican convention at Chicago cau-
cused Monday afternoon, John w.
Hart was unanimously reelected ma
tiOnal committeeman for Idaho.
Hart's election occasioned no SUR
prise as four Of the eight delegates
were for htim from the start and
sole opposition to him was based on
charges Of which he was acquitted
recently by Secretary Of War Baker.
Hart on Sunday gave his version of
the affair, and soldier delegates, up
on reflection, concluded that he was
blameless, according to word from
Chicago. AS long as the soldier
delegates were satisfied, the dele
cation concluded to give Hart unani-
nous report, says the Chicago re-
port
Stanley A. Easton was elected
chairman of the Idaho delegation;
John P. Gray was assigned to the
committee on credentials; Henry M.
Jones to the committee on perma-
nent organization; John Thomas to
rules and order of business; Sena-
tor Borah on the resolutions COM
mittee that will draft the platform;
w. P. Guthrie an the committee to
notify the nominee for president;
Harold Jenness to notify the vice
presidential candidate; NJ. B. Yea
man was made honorary vice presi-
dent Of the convention.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-09
Complete Organization and Party Leaders Pave
Way for Real Business of Meeting;
Coliseum damned for
Opening Session
SENATOR LODGE DELIVERS
ATTACK ON WILSON'S POLICIES
Keynote" Speech is Considerably Longer Than
Former Addresses and Lacked
Punch is Claim

GCAGoThe opening session of the
uon tuesday duly
- f wv 'A1'' anu i'''e
here was the usual
cneerng Tor party notabes but
typed knd which characerizes aherngs
AS Keynote
- ~ ~ NV '0ino up ~ e"pecta-
was consideraly longer than four wears
ago ana lacked much Of the which
dresses contained 1t scholarly
10 get
the party should follow in campaign " ~ pA~'
@ n on e peace treaty and sought by
con 10 JUSTIFY refusal
LIONS pan by President Wilson given
crlczed president
attack on the president hruou
favor with the listening of ~ W 81" i'e"
nearly twelve
VIII his
convention
" M "ne prayer was offered by Bishop Louisville
or the
yen look mis- place in front
the Star Spangled ~ sing
No 0N'oo' ioh sleatesI
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-09
OLD RESIDENT IN TOWN.

V. G. Homer has returned to Ida
ho after spending six years in Indi-
ana. His old home was near St.
Joe, Mich, and on an adjoining
farm lived Pars Jones, whose right
name was King. King came west
and for some reason unknown to us
he took the name of Pars Jones.
Whenever he visited at the old home
he apeared under his right name,
and dressed like a man of wealth,
which he was, but at his home at
Blackfoot he always dressed quite
poorly and was unkempt.
In speaking of the family, Mr..
Homer said that brother, George
King, died last fall, and a tract of
timber which he chose when the
old King estate was divided among
the heirs, is still standing just as
it looked when he and George and
Pars were boys
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-09
COL. PATCH FOR SENATOR

A boom has been started to nomi-
nate Colonel l.. V. Patch of Payette
for United States senator for Ida
ho. Twin Falls, Boise and some
other places are organizing Patch
for-Senator clubs.
Frank Gooding may or may not
be a candidate for the senate, and
Weiser farmers are trying hard to
get Miles Cannon to allow them to
start a boom for him for the sena-
torial race, North Idaho men are
working for c. W. Beale for sena-
tor. Beale is resident of Wallace,
and was an attorney at Blackfoot
from 1890 to 1892, a member Of the
firm of Rapp and Beale.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-09
COMPLAINT is FILED
AGAINST MERCHANT

Complaint has been filed in the
probate court by Prosecuting Attor-
ney Ralph Adair against B. Barron,
merchant of Blackfoot. The COM
plaint alleges that Barron caused to
be published advertisements which
contained assertions which were un-
true and misleading, which fact was
we'll known to the defendant. Bar
ron recently opened a merchandise
store and advertised stock valued
at $4,000. He furnished a bond
of 500.
The trial will be heard before
Judge Good Of the probate court
either Thursday or Friday.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-09

No one has a walk-away for the
big prize; neither is any one hope
lessssly beaten. Just a good bunch
of subscriptions turned in to the ac-
count of any one of the various con-
tenders would change the entire COM
pleXion of affairs and furnish new
leaders in the race. In fact, few
long-term subscriptions now from UNI
expected sources might be the very
one needed to stem the tide of de-
feat and turn it to a sweeping
victory.
Race teaches Acute Stage
With but three more days after to-
day in which to turn in subscrip-
tions and secure the greatest number
Continued on Page 81
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-09

After Secretary Miller had read
the call for the convention, Chair
man Hays presented the name of
Senator Lodge for temporary chair
man. In so doing he took occasion
boldly to say no matter whom the
convention nominates there will be
no bolt.
The Republican party has met in
this open convention to accept the
mandate of the American people for
control of the government of the
United States. l report progress.
-Four years ago the Republican ma
Jority was $4,000 minus; two years
ago it was 100000 plus; and | con-
fidently believe it is now twice that
number and by November will be at
least 5000, 900.
The great party of the Union has
become unit. 1t shall continue so.
There will be no bolt in this con-
vention.''
Senator Lodge was made tempo
rary chairman by an undivided vote
Hays announced it was unanimous
after calling for the "ayes" and
neglecting to ask for the mays"
There was no need for t, anyway.
because no one cared to give Lodge
any opposition.
The "keynoter" was escorted to
the platform by Chauncey M. Depew,
Myron T. Herrick and Mrs. J, p.
Hume of Alabama.
Lodge began his speech at 1910.
p. m. and finished at 1.25 D. m. he
followed his manuscript closely
which detracted somewhat from the
forefulness of his delivery. His first
applause was brought when he de-
clared that "the encircling power of
the Republican party alone can be
depended upon to restore safety to
the country" He was cheered heart
lily q moment later when he said:
I'VE did not fail after the civil
war. We shall not fail, we must not
fail now"
Lodge was given a great hand
when he said:
Mr. Wilson and his dynasty,
everyone who is his, must be driven
from all control, all authority in the
government of the United States.
They must be driven out, not because
they are Democrats, but because Mr.
Wilson stands for theory in the ad-
of the government
which is not American"
Lodges plea for the restoration
of law and order was well received
also. When he declared that the
reconstruction of the tariff laws to
protect American industries was i'm
possible" with Democratic free
trader with socialist proclivties in the
White House, he was loudly ap-
plauded. His reference to Wilson's
trip to Europe, because he trusted
no one else" brought out laughter.
The biggest cheer for Lodge, how
ever, was given when he turned his
attention to denouncing President
league of nations. The
more bitter Lodge was in his critic
SIN of the league, the more pro-
nounced was the sentiment of the {
delegates against it.
The cheers rose to greatest vol /
line when Lodge declared:
Some of us took the position {
here ought not to be a league at
ILL.," i
His subsequent remarks defending t
he course of the reservations in the Il
enate attracted little attention. Il
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-09
BORAH AND HIRAM
ARE STANDING PAT

CHICAGO.-Senator Hiram w.
johnson and his chief aide, Senator
Borah, are standing absolutely pat
in their oposition to the league of
nations. They are working together
to compel the party to take a firm
position in the platform against any
thing that savors of an entangling
alliance with the nations of Europe,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-09

Developments during the past few
days in the Idaho Republicans big
Grand Prize campaign have been the
most sensational and spectacular yet
recorded Thousands of votes were
cast; first one candidate would hold
sway for supremacy, then another.
Battles are being fought, won and
lost and the race wages fast and
furious.
Yet so closely arrayed and with
honors so evenly divided up to the
present time, that it depends entirely
upon the individual efforts of each
candidate between now and the close
OF the first period"-this coming
Monday night-as to who the win
ners will be-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-09

Miss Ketchum is the pretty little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ] M.
Ketchum. She has host of friends
in and around Blackfoot as her
standing in the Idaho Republicans s
campaign will show.
Her friends predict that she is 60
ing to make good race for one of
the big capital prizes. Mr.. Ketchum
is connected with the Fisher Com
mission company of this city.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-09

S. A. Gibbs and son of Buhl are
Blackfoot business visitors.
John Greene Of Shelley is Black
foot visitor today
The Misses Nita and Grace Bing-
ham left today for California, where
they will spend the summer.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-09
SATURDAY is POPPY DAY

Madame Guerrin of France as.
sisted by Mrs. G. G. Marriott of Og.
den will hold a poppy day" in
Blackfoot Saturday. Funds raised
Saturday will be used to aid the
children of devastated France.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-09


overhead expense ..........$2,556.17
Engineers office ....- 1,964.35
Eng. R. ]. Taylor......... 2S7.37
Auditors office ....-..-.... $3.50
Frt. and xpress.....-.... 365.S9
Repair shop, labor and
parts .--- OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 4,018.S0
General expense ...-...--...... 2,101.S5
General fund :. .............. 1,4SO.9O
The item for general expense is
made up of things for the good of
no particular road or district, such
as expense of machinery that is used
on any and all roads in the county.
The item of general fund means
that whenever the machines and men
of the bond road organization were
used in repairing roads instead of
having road overseer go out and
rustic help and,tools to do it, For
instance, the road from Blackfoot
river to Gibson has always been
rough and bumpy or broken up and
dusty, so the bond road equipment
and men were put on it in February
to carve e and grade and roll it
smooth, and it was charged to the
general fund of the county, and a
bill made for it and the money is
paid back to the bond road account,
the money being taken out of the
general fund.
Here is another item:
Material on hand.
and it is made up of goods purchased |
and paid for, such as a carload of |
cement.
purchased .-....$3,52O.5O
Hall work.. S72.75 |
This last item is for perfecting the
base ready for the bitulithic paving
On the old macadam road bed.
(To Be Continued)
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-09
REPORT ON BOND
ROADS EXPENSE
Expenditures Since Jan.
uary | Are Re-
viewed

This paper has heretofore pub
lished reports showing the progress
of the road work and expenditures
of the bond money, but the expen-
ditures since the first of January on
the different roads and divisions to
April 80 is reviewed in this article.
Supt's. office, salaries and
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19
Department of the Interior Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE

Passengers are required to pur- chase tickets before entering train,
 Tickets can be purchased from the station agent, whose office is in the employment office, on the ground floor of the General Office Building. Alaskan Engineering Commission, or at Camp 4l5 North Nenana).
 Tickets will be on sale at ..ny time during office hours, and can be purchased in sufficient time before the departure of the trains.
 Regular trains for the south leave the foot of A street on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from Camp 4l5 North Nenana), for Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at p. m. :.:
 The following is the sehsdule be tween North Nenana and Fairbanks. subject to change without notice:
 Leave Fairbanks at 7:eO a. m; arrive North Nenana, II 80 a. m.
 Leave North Nenana l:00 D. m: arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
 No tickets will be sold crossing the river. Those intending to trav- el to Fairbanks must make their own arrangements for reaching North Nenana.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19
FAIRBANKS WILL SOW MORE WHEAT
 FOR FLOUR MILL

The acreage planted to wheat this season in the Fairbanks district will be at least double that of last year, according to J. G. Courtnay, prom inent Fairbanks farmer, who ar rived in Nenana yesterday. MT. Courtnay is brother-in-law of the late Ralph Waechter and came down to see Mrs. Waechter.
 MT. Courtnay is an enthusiastic believer in the future of Interior Alaska as a producer of agricultural products, and he declares the com ing season will prove that the In- terior country can produce ample flour for home needs and some to spare. It has already been demon strated, he says, that the Fairbanks grown wheat is of superior quality, and the end of the present season will see the wheat-growing industry on a solid basis.
 The increase in wheat acreage, MT. Courtnay explains, is the result of steps that have been taken to provide flour mill for the district. The mill is already assured, with ample funds available for its pur- chase and installation, and it should be set up and ready for operation by the time the wheat crop has been The mill will be pur- chased by Superintendent Snodgrass of the Government experiment sta tion, who is now in the States with to. act for the farmers of the district.
 The mill that has been selected is a compact affair of the latest ;ype, with a capacity of 25 barrels of flour daily. Such mill, it is believed, will be able to handle the wheat for several years, after which lime it will be an easy matter to get a mill of greater capacity, if one is needed.
 Mir. Courtnay estimates that con- siderable more land will be under this year than last-per- laps 25 percent more. Nearly all he farmers, he says, plan to break lp new soil.
 The trip of MT. Courtnay to Ne ,ana has convinced him that there is lot of good farming land along he line of the Government railroad, % the north of Nenana. It is his opinion that there is much fertile soil in the Goldstream valley that will be under cultivation within the near future. The land is especially desirable because of it's proximity % the railroad and because it can pc cleared more easily than most of he land elsewhere.
 Mir. Courtnay owns the old Dilley place, on the Cinema river above
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19

proved that, when they unite, they have power. They should use that power on behalf of Alaska, that it may be emancipated from bureau cracy and be given real self-govern- ment with freedom to develop.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19
WOMAN TEACHER PUTS
 TEAM IN GOOD SHAPE

EVERETT, Wash. - Miss Freda Billings, teacher at the Monroe school, here, is coaching the schools baseball team. Miss Billings, while teaching at Port Angeles, Wash, whipped a school team into good shape, and the Monroe boys are hoping she will have equal success with them. Miss Billings was in playground work in the East several years ago.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19
SELF-DETERMINATiON FOR
 ALASKA.

We hear much about self-deter- imitation for Egypt, Ireland, Ar menia, Syria and other countries, but why not self elf-determination for Alaska? asks the Portland Ore gonian. While the death battalion has been illuminating about the wrongs of those distant peoples, it has had nothing to say of the wrongs suffered by Americans in the Far North, though they, as the last of the pioneers, should have su- perior claim.
 When the gold discoveries of the Klondike, Fairbanks and Nome and the copper discoveries of Copper river drew tens of thousands of men to Alaska, it was hoped that mining would be the precursor of develop ment of all the other wealth of the Far North The miner has ever been the forerunner of the farmer, the cattleman, the fruit-grower, the lumberman and the manufacturer, bringing in their train the full or ganization of civil life. So it was in California, Oregon, Idaho. Mon tana and Colorado. Sc it would have been in Alaska if the Govern .ment had done for it what was done for the states mentioned.
 But soon after Nome was discov- cred the conservationists appeared on the scene, and they got a grip on Alaska which has not yet been brok- en. The Government sent no off cials to that Territory with authori- ty to decide anything except that settlers should not be permitted to used the land. Anybody who want ed to tie up anything found ready ear at Washington. The big game hunters won protection for the great brown bear of the Alaska peninsula in order that they might have the pleasure of chasing and killing him. But if any body of men wanted to develop a coal mine or an oil we'll or to cut timber or to improve a harbor by building wharf, the cry of corporation" or "landgrabber" was raised, and they were hounded by investigators and inspectors. Au- thority over Alaskan affairs was 50 finely divided among many bureaus at Washington that nothing could be done without referring to one of them, and some other usually found encroachment on its authority, while the conservationists warned them all to beware of the corporation buga- boo. So much time was thus spent in discussion and referring things to and fro that the man who wanted to do something grew tired of wait ing and left Alaska to it's solitude. Thus the Northern Territory is be- ing strangled by bureacracy more cruel than that of the czars at their worst.
 Not only Alaska, but the whole Pacific coast, in fact the whole West, is interested in this matter. If the coal and oil of that Territory were developed, they would be added to the fuel supply and would lower the price, both for the cities and ships. Great herds of caribou and reindeer could be raised to increase the meat supply. The coast needs the help of Alaska as much as Alas ka needs help. By the consideration which they have secured for recla- nation. Western congressman have
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19
: KANTISHNA

Freight for Kantishna must be de- livered at dock in next few days. The Reliance will go as soon as river permits and will make only the one trip at present.
 k19 J. H. SCOTT, Agent.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19

F. J. Furnival has been engaged by the Alaska Directory company to assist in gathering the names for the new directory of Ketchikan to be off the press soon.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19
ELSEWHERE IN ALASKA

Valdez igloo, No. ', Pioneers of Alaska, recently purchased the George Love building and will use the second floor as a lodge room The ground floor will be rented.
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 vely entitled to the use for re-publi. ed to it or not otherwise credited in WIS published herein.
 
 proved that, when they unite, they have power. They should use that power on behalf of Alaska, that it ] may be emancipated from bureau cracy and be given real self f-govern- ment with freedom to develop. l ELSEWHERE IN ALASKA Valdez igloo, No. 2. Pioneers of Alaska, recently purchased the George Love building and will use the second floor as lodge room The ground floor will be rented. Ketchikan is agitating the organ ization of a business mems club.
 Captain John Zug, formerly of the Alaska Road commission, recently received his discharge from the army and is now visiting in the East. Ha has not made his future plans known.
 Judge Fred M Brown recently announced that he would hold term of court at Anchorage, com mencing, June 15.
 The Ketchikan Times, which is owned by number of Ketchikan people, has been leased to H. V. Henrickson and E. A. Heath. The former has been connected with the paper for some time. @-.: ... ELSEWHERE
 Thomas J. F'lavin, one of the first postal inspectors to work in the Alaska mail service, died re- gently in San Francisco. He was formerly stationed at Spokane
 The Seward Moose installed the following officers at a recent meet ing: Charles Krefting, dictator; H. L. Meyers, secretary; William Los ness, vice-dictator; M. A. Horner, treasurer; E. G. Victo, prelate.
 H. Moses, fur buyer of Juneau, recently returned to that city with one of the most valuable collections of native curios ever seen in the city. Many were heirlooms kept in families for generations Six hun dred pairs of sealskin moccasins also were purchased from the natives.
 L. V. Ray, former attorney for the city of Seward, who received 57 votes for the office at the recent election, has sent a communication to the Seward council stating that he believes the city does not need an attorney and recommending that the city dispense with the services of the attorney this year.
 The halibut schooner Scandia, which went ashore on a reef off Montague island several weeks ago, has been floated and beached at the head of the bay, according to re- ports received in Seward. Just what damage sine sustained and whether she can be put into com mission again is not known, but it is believed she will soon be again in the fishing industry.
 F. J. Furnival has been engaged by the Alaska Directory company to assist in gathering the names for
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19

Ketchikan is agitating the organ ization of business mems club.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19

nsnsn., Alasts's Interior Fuel Depot
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19
ELSEWHERE


 Thomas J. Flavin, one of the first postal inspectors to work i'll the Alaska mail service, died re- gently in San Francisco. He was formerly stationed at Spokane.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19

The Seward Moose installed the following officers at a recent meet ing: Charles Krefting, dictator; H. L. Meyers, secretary; William Los ness, vice-dictator; M. A. Horner, treasurer; E. G. Victo, prelate.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19

The ketchikan Times, which is owned by a number of Ketchikan people, has been leased to H. V. Henrickson and E. A. Heath. The former has been connected with the paper for some time. ~.... ...
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19

Captain John Zug, formerly of the Alaska Road commission, recently received his discharge from the army and is now visiting in the East. Ha has not made his future plans known. *-----~
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19

H. Moses, a fur buyer of Juneau, recently returned to that city with one of the most valuable collections of native curios ever seen in the city. Many were heirlooms kept in families for generations. Six hun dred pairs of sealskin moccasins also were purchased from the natives.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19

FRAME HOUSE and lot for sale.
 Best location in town. Good wa ter. Inquire News office. s519
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19

Judge Fred M. Brown recently announced that he would hold a term of court at Anchorage, com mencing, June 15.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-05-19
WANT ADS

ROOFING and Building Paper for sale; also Chicken Feed. Simson's Department Store. s519