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The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-02-05
Election Machinery of State
Being Prepared For
Party Conventions.
ALLOTTEDDELECATES
According to Votes Cast in
State; Republicans Have
4, Democrats, 8.

Secretary of State r. o. Jones has
put into operation the election ma
chinery as required by law and has
just certified to the various county
auditors the delegates apportioned
from counties to hold seats In the
state convention next fall which will
nominate the candidates for congress
sional and state Office This action
was necessary as the last legislature
repeated the direct primary law in
sofar as 1t relates to their nomina-
ton, although legislative and county
candidates will he nominated at
primary elections as has been the
case heretofore. At these county
primary elections delegates to the
county convention will be elected.
The county conventions will In turn
mating conventions. County conven-
tions under the, law are required to be
held on the third Tuesday in August.
The county primary election dates
are set for the second Tuesday In Au-
gust and the state conventions must
be held on the fourth Tuesday in Au-
gust. Thep laces for the holding Of
the state conventions must he decided
by the respective state central COM
mittees. A number of the larger cities
in the state, including Boise, Poca-
tello, Lewiston, Wallace, Twin Falls,
viii bid for them.
The apportionment made by the
secretary of state is based on the to-
tai number of votes cast In each
county at the last preceding general
election for all candidates of each
Earty for representative in congress
and the several state officers, divided
BY the number of candidates. The
quotient Is taken as the vote Of the
party, each county being entitled to
one delegate for each 400 votes cast or
major fraction thereof. Under this
arrangement the republican state
convention gets 146 delegates and the
democratic convention 106 The ap-
portionment by counties follows
Republiean-Ada 10, Adams 1
Bannock 6, Bear Lake 3, Benewah 3,
Bingham 4, Blaine ., Boise 1, Bonner
A, Bonneville 4, Boundary l, Butte 1,
Camas /, Canyon s, Cassia 5, Clear
water .. Custer l, Ehnore 2, Franklin
3, Fremont 3, Gem ., Gooding 3.
Idaho 4, Jefferson ., Kootenai 8.
Latah 7, Lemhi 2, Minidoka 3, Nez
Perce 3, Oneida 3, Owyhee 2, Pay
cite 3, Power =. Shoshone 6, Teton 1,
Twin Falls 8, Valley 2, Washington 4,
Caribou 1, Clark l, Jerome 2.
Democratic-Ada o, Adams /.
Bannock 3, Bear Lake 2, Benewah 2.
Bingham 3, Blaine ., Boise 1. Bonner
4, Bonneville 2, Boundary 1, Butte 1,
camas l, Canyon Z, Cassia 4, Clear
water l, Custer l, Elmore l, Frank
lin l, Fremont ., Gem ., Gooding 2
Idaho 3, Jefferson ,, Kootenai 4
I-atah L. Lemhi l, Lewis /, Lincoln 1
Madison ., Minidoka 2, Nez Perce 3
Oneida 2; Owyhee ., Payette 2, Power
} =, Shoshone g. Teton 1, Twin Falls 8
: alley l, Washington 3, Caribou l
; Clark 1, Jerome 2.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-02-05
GRIM REAPER LEAVES DARK
TRAIL; MANY DEATHS
ARE RECORDED
Dreaded Influenza While Apparently Wane Taking Heavy
Toll; Few New Cases Reported;
None Desperate.

Leonard, Otis, Gladys, Beulah, Zuwa,
Velda and Mary three brothers and
seven sisters also survive.
John Grant Howard was born Jan
uary Is, 1872, in Stone county, Mis-
souri,, where he grew to manhood. He
was united in marriage with Miss
Minnie Bass, on February "a, 1895
The family removed to this COUNT y
in 1901, since which time they have
been engaged in farming.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-02-05
JACK EDWARDS HOME.

Jack Edwards, one of the original
Company T. men, returned last Satur-
day night from few weeks spent
with the no me folks In Illinois. Jack
had only spent few hours with his
people while enroute to New York TO
embark for overseas duty, and this
visit was thoroughly enjoyed.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-02-05
MRS. NURSS IMPROVING.

AL Nurse came in on Wednesday
evening from Seattle where he had
been for the past month with Mrs.
Nurss, and brought the report that the
latter was now slowly improving and
that conditions pointed to early re-
covery.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-02-05
Mrs. Roy Nail

Mrs. Addie Alice Nail, aged 80 years
s months and II days, wife of our
esteemed townsman, Roy Nail, died
last Saturday and was laid to rest in
Prairie View cemetery at 10 a. IN. ON
Monday February 2, all that was NOR
tai being followed to the grave by a
large number of admiring friends.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. III. S. Randall, of the Federated
"hnrch, A. j. Maugg directing.
Dt,f ased leaves to mourn :.er sudden
taking away the bereaved husband and
young son, Cornelius. her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. II. Mitchell, and one sister
Mrs. Win Huff, all residing in this
community.
Addie Alice Mitchell was born in
Meirose, Montana, and in 1903 came
with her parents to Idaho county and
settled near Sites. Three years later
on July 2, 1906, she was united in
marriage to Roy e. Nail at Sites. For
the past five years the family home
has been at Grangeville.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-02-05
MODERN BArBER SHOP.
Day & Abramson Have Refitted White
Marble Fixtures throughout.

With an eye to the convenience and
cpmfort of their PATRONS, Day &
propr;etors of Grangevilles
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Evening star., 1920-05-23
Auto Funds and Roads.

Commissioner Brownlow points out
that new legislation is necessary to
permit the use by the District for the
upkeep Of the roads Of revenues de-
rived from automobiles. 1t is doubtful
whether it is we'll to segregate any
particular class of revenues for any
specific purpose. From time to time
various suggestions of this nature have
been offered, but they have failed Of
approval, as it has been felt to be
the wiser policy to turn all the various
revenues into the common fund for
allotment to the distinct uses approved
through appropriation. It is possible
that the District could not economical
ly use all Of the automobile license
revenues, doubled under the hall. and
half system Of the organic act, upon
the roads alone. OF course, at pres
ent the roads need very large amount
of money for restoration and main
tenance. But when the reconstruction
work is finished the District highways
can be maintained at a small annual
cost if the proper system is adopted
and the roads are kept under constant
control by repair gangs watchful to
prevent the development of first flaws.
Evening star., 1920-05-23

loss is, it is not the only loss. Every
strike or lockout creates bad feeling,
and, whether short or protracted,
leaves a bitter taste in the mouths of
both employees and employers. Con-
fdence is decreased. Good fellowship
becomes more difficult. Distrust pre-
walls. Both sides see red upon smaller
provocation than before, and act red
more easily and willingly than before.
These things being true and known
of all, is it not imperative on both
sides to find other means for the ad-
justment of differences arising between
themf Our industries are so large and
numerous now, and growing so rapidly,
differences between labor and capital
occur almost as q matter Of course.
They are feature, a manifestation, of
progress. But they are never beyond
the reach Of orderly adjustment if
taken in time; and all interests, pri-
vate and public, call for such adjust
ment.
Strikes and lockouts should be out
lawed, both labor and capital assisting.
Evening star., 1920-05-23
New Signs of German Reaction.

Germany faces a new domestic prob
lem in the form of a movement to
prevent the disbandment of the vol
unteer forces organized following the
armistiee and the Spartacan troubles
of a year ago. A "frontbund," or league
of front-line soldiers, has been formed
with the avowed purpose of opposing
the dissolution of the volunteer corps
ordered by the government. At the
organization meeting it was declared
that the league was an economic or
ganization, having nothing to do with
politics. But it was evident that the
purpose was distinctly political. The
expenses of the organization, it is
stated, have been paid for by money
withheld from the wages of the SOL
diers. Suspicion is growing in Berlin
that behind this movement is a plot
similar to the militaristic conspiracy
Of Kapp and von Luettwitz. The other
dayIin the national assembly Minister
of the Interior Koch defended the
maintenance of a modified state of
siege because Of information regard
ing new reaetionary plots. This is
taken to mean that the government is
apprehensive Of another outbreak, in
which the @frontbund" may figure con-
spicuously.
Evening star., 1920-05-23
Southern Auto and Road Proeres,

0OutucIu AUTO anu 6O80 1IO&IeSS.
According to figures of the Ma.
tional Automobile Chamber of Com
merce the greatest gain in automobile
ownership in the United States was
registered in the cotton growing states
of the south. North Carolina, for in
stance, led all of the states in per-
centage Of gain Of registration, with
81 per cent; South Carolina next, with
43 per cent. This is most wholesome
and gratifying sign of prosperity. But
it means more. 1t signifies that the
south is on its way toward good road
making. The use Of the automobile
creates a demand for good highways.
Actually the need for better road
services was as great in the days Of
horsepower as now. But somehow the
farmer failed to realize that he paid
for horsepower just as he pays for
gasoline. An overworked horse, such
as bad road meant, represented loss
of energy and waste. Now apprecia-
tion is had of the fact that time is
money and bad roads mean lost hours
in hauling. If the southern states def
initely appreciate the fact that a good
road surface is good investment they
will Immediately proceed with liberal
expenditures for highway systems.
Every state that has spent money on
large scale to this end has earned
rich returns in increased prosperity
in all parts, urban and suburban and
rural. The farmers of the south who
have automobiles will not stand for
roads that bog their machines and cut
down their gas mileage and break their
springs and axles. When the bills Of
machine maintenance are reckoned it
will be found that practical sentiment
for good roads legislation will develop
speedily.
Evening star., 1920-05-23
Dark Horses.

What constitutes dark horse, as the
term is used in politics3 What rela.
ton, if any, must man have held to
a contest out Of which he has emerged
as the nominee to make such a desig.
nation appropriated
These questions are put at this time
for the double reason that dark
horse is suggested as a possible result
both at Chicago and San Francisco
and because in some current observa,
tions about past conventions Ruther.
ford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison and
Theodore Roosevelt are thus described
Mr.. Hayes was not among the giants
at Cincinnati in 1876, but as eminent
a man as Gen. Sherman had a year
before suggested him for the repub-
ican nomination for President. He
had been a member of Congress, and
was now Governor Of Ohio. His
record was excellent, and widely
known.
In 1883 Gen. Harrison had national
reputation from his leadership in In.
diana, which was then a pivotal state
and every presidential year a real
battle-ground. Next to Mr.. Blaine, who
did not desire the nomination that
year, Gen. Harrison was easily the best
bet at the republican convention.
Theodore Roosevelt was not dark
horse in 1900 when nominated for Vice
President, and certainly not in 1904,
when nominated for President. In
fact, he was never dark horse at any
time after entering public life.
Franklin Pierce is probably the
darkest horse in our political history
So little known was he to the general
public and his own party that when
nominated for President the inquiry
went up from all sections but his own,
"Who is Franklin Piercea" He soon
answered it at the polls by defeating
Gen. Scott, one of the most famous
Americans Of the day.
Evening star., 1920-05-23

deduced from these comparisons IL
the standard of measurement that is
employed is accurate.
If the figures given by Mr. Ssson
Tor Memphis. Dallas. Louisville. Wi
mona, etc. and the figures given by
Mr. Drane for Florida cities prove
that in comparison with these cities
washington is only half taxed they
prove also that every one of the Ohio
| ciues tourteen). every city in Vir-
gina (hve) and every city in Rhode
Island four) are only half taxed.
They prove that the taxes paid in
Memphis. Dallas. Louisville. Jackson
much as those paid in Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Providence and Richmond
They prove too much and as a result
4 they prove nothing.
If this yardstick of measurement ia
| not faulty. Winona. Miss. is taxed
! more than twice as heavily as the
cities of neighboring Alabama, nearly
iour tlmes as much as Newport, near
~ three times as much as Cleveland
ana Cincinnati. If this standard
| measures accurately very few reon,e
could AFFORD to live in tax-burdened
Winona.
Comparing cities of approximately
same population. If this yardstick is
not faulty, Louisville, Ky, is nearly
a
Providence. r. l.. and Columbus. Ohio;
Memphis. Tenn, is taxed nearly three
| times as heavily as Richmond. Va.
Dallas. Tex. nearly twice as much as
Dayton. Ohio: Jacksonville. Fla. more
, than twice as much as Manchester
N. H. and nearly three times as much
as Norfolk, Va: Tampa, Fla. moro
! than twice as much as Canton and
Springfield, Ohio.
Florida and North Carolina are
rival winter resorts. Who would ever
| buy city lots in Florida II he were
convinced by Mr.. Drane that he would
be twice as heavily tax burdened as
!! If he bought in any North Carolina
city?
| Who in Cleveland, or Cincinnati.
or Washington. or Providence, or
Richmond. would buy Florida city lots
lif he believed that his tax burden in
Florida would be twice as much as il
Twas at home?
Evening star., 1920-05-23
Departmental Data.

In The Stars news report yesterday
of the reclassiication commissions
work occurred the following sentence:
It is now believed that no other
capital in the world possesses such
fund of statistical data on its civil
service workers as does the United
States capital"
Unquestionably an immense volume
Of facts and figures has been assem-
bled during the past few months by
the "reclassifers." The departmental
situation has been studied thoroughly
from every possible angle. The salary
question has been analyzed and sub
divided until little is left to the imag-
ination as to further possible com
binations.
But to what end has all this mate
rial been collected7 For what is it to
be usedf Congress is doing nothing
whatever on the reclassi6cation bill.
The whole matter apparently has been
pigeonholed at the Capitol. There is
no prospect Of its revival as a live
topic for legislation. Is all the work Of
more than a year to go simply to the
point Of piling up mass of statistical
matter and reports, to add to the prob
lem of the safe storage of government
recordsf
1t was sincerely thought when the
reclassiication commission was ap-
pointed that its work was to end in
some form of enactment, that its find
ings would be taken by Congress as
conclusive and dependable and put
into the form of q statute that would
create definitely a fixed departmental
system. for the first time in the his
tory of the government. But that
thought is now negatived. The capital,
it is true, has the most complete fund
of statistical data in the world re-
garding the administrative forces EN-
ployed. But the same confusion pre-
walls in interdepartmental ranks as
before; the same inequalities obtain
as between departments and bureaus;
there is the same overlapping of duties
and inequities of payment. In short,
order is still lacking in the govern
ment's business Office.
Evening star., 1920-05-23

On the north there are numerous other
races who have filtered down in the
Caucasus mountains. There are Greek
colonies also in certain portions. The
Armenians themselves claim an out
let to the sea in the region Of Aleppo.
This claim has been resisted by the
Turks and is viewed with some doubt
by the French, who have a mandatory
relation in that section. The Armenia
of the extreme nationalistic claims
would be q country Of considerable
size, larger, indeed, than Turkey in
Asia. It is doubtful whether those
claims can be maintained. The run
ming of the boundary line, to avoid
as far as possible racial conflicts and
to insure q compact, self-maintaining
state, will be most difficult task.
Evening star., 1920-05-23

per capita property tax levy as a
standard of measurement, this table
shows the increase or decrease OF
tax burdens during these years in
the respective cities.
Increase or Decrease OF Total Prop.
erty Tax Per Capita, 1911 to 1918.
Has Washington's tax burden in
or 1iuctuated? Is there any indication
of tax lodging by the tax-paylng COM
munity? How does Washington COM
pare with other cities? (For COM
parison in detail property tax levies
in every year since 1911 with the
three groups of cities-neighboring,
southern and middle nortnern-with
compared, see Table VIII. pts. /. and
3, p. 15) Washington's tax burden,
as roughly Indicated by it's per capita
property tax levy, has steadily in
creased since 1911, while the figures
Of most other cities have shown fiuc
tuations. Washington's ever-increas-
ing property tax burden has in the
last few years passed those of many
cities which has previously exceeded
1t, and it's largest percentage of in
crease in one year was the latest, be-
tween 1917 and 1918.
Washington's per capita in 1911 was
S14.27, and this figure has increased
q
and IN 1913, $2U.68. Baltimore began III
1911 with $16.08, decreased in 1912 and
1913, SO that in the latter year Wash
ington's figure, which had previously
been exceeded by that Of Baltimore,
passed that OF the latter city. Balti-
more went ahead of Washington in
1917 and fell behind in 1918. Rich
mondS per capita has increased every
year except 1916, and has been less
than Washington in every year. Will
mington increased every year and was
less than Washington every year.
Wheeling Increased every year ex-
cept 1912, and was less than Wash
ington every year. New Orleans in
creased II. every year except 1912 and
1913. 1t exceeded Washington in 1911,
and was exceeded by Washington
every year since. Atlanta's per capita
has increased in every year except
1916 and 1917. 1t has been less than
that of Washington every year. Bir-
mingham'S per capita has increased
every year except 1916 and 1918 and
has been less than that of Washington
every year. Chicago's per capita has
increased every year except 1913. 1t
was greater every year than that of
Washington. Clevelands per capita
has increased every year except 1912
and 1913 and has been greater every
increased every year except 1915 and
1918, and has exceeded Washington
every year. Indianapolis per capita
has increased every year and has been
less than that Of Washington every
year. Louisville's per capita has in
creased every year except 1913 and
1917, and exceeded that of Washing
ton in 1911 and has been less in every
other year.
These comparisons are combined in
the following table.
Evening star., 1920-05-23
The Boundaries Of Armenia.

The United States will act as arbi.
traitor in the matter of the Armenian
boundaries. This decision has been
rendered by the President and com
mnnicated through Ambassador Wal.
lace to the council Of ambassadors at
Paris, being received with great salts
faction. The Armenian boundary
question will be difficult of settle
ment. There arc chronological diff
ficulties in Asia Minor that have been
sources Of trouble for many years, for
centuries, in fact. At no point in the
region known as Armenia, and now
to be created into an Independent
stzte, is there wholly unmi1ed popu-
lation. Everywhere there are Turks.
The Kurds are present in many places.
Evening star., 1920-05-23
POLITICS AT HOME
The Southern Republicans.

Discussion of a southern man for
Vice President on the republican ticket
continues. Originally it played around
the names of Judge Pritchard of North
Carolina and Gov. Morrow of Ken
lucky, two able and attractive men,
who have risen to eminence and power
at home. From state normally demo-
cratic Judge Pritchard came to the
Senate here for one term, and in a
state normally democratic Gov. Nor
row is in Office at Frankfort with
forty Thousand majority behind him.
Two notable achievements, testifying
to the high standing of the two men
in their respective bailiwicks.
Names more recently mentioned are
those of Col. Henry Anderson Of Vir-
ginia, and Joseph o. Thompson, a
cotton planter of Alabama.
AS The Star said short time ago,
there are many repu blicans of ability
and great force of character in the
south, easily associable with the high
est political honors in the country. But
the question at Chicago will be as to
whether. the selection of one of them
even the ablest-would add to the
strength of the national ticket in the
sections where the republicans must
1ook For o1oo%orol x-otos
They will not look to the south
certainly not to the lower south. They
have carried, and may carry again,
for their national ticket Maryland,
Kentucky, West Virginia, Delaware
and Missouri. But North Carolina,
Virginia and Alabama seem to be
quite beyond their reach. In the lower
south the republicans possess only
skeleton organizations, which are
quite powerless at all times, and par
ticularly SO in presidential years.
Not unlikely, however, in case of
republican success in November with
a ticket appealing to the debatable
sections Of the country, we shall see
a southern man or two called to the
cabinet table, and other recognition
given to the south.
Evening star., 1920-05-23
Political Speculation.

Until day or so ago the demo-
cratic ticket most discussed was that
Of McAdoo and Cox, the former with
special claims on business men and
railroad employees, and the latter with
much popularity in wet circles.
But since the Indianapolis conven.
ton Mr.. Marshall has come into the
picture, and speculation is busy now
with a running-mate for him. It is
agreed that he should be an eastern
man. Gov. Edwardsi Too wet. Gov.
Smith of New York; Too intimately
connected with Tammany. Senator
Walsh Of Massachusetts, An excel
lent man, but too little known as yet
to the country at large.
On the republican side there is less
talk about tickets than about how very
strong a cabinet could be constructed
out of the list of aspirants for the
Chicago nomination. Observe:
For Secretary Of State, Lodge or
Knox. For the Treasury, Lowden. For
the War Department, Wood or Per
shing. Nor the Navy Department, with
the upbuilding of sea power in the
Pacific in view, Hiram Johnson. For
Attorney General, Poindexter. For
Secretary Of Commerce, Harding. For
Secretary Of Labor, Sproul. This
would make heavy draft on the Sen
ate, but in each case a republican
would, in the event Of republican
presidential victory, appear to fill the
place of the republican who had dis
appeared.
Mr.. incoln's first cabinet, so much
praised by historians for its strength
and success, was constructed in its
leading members from Mr.. Lincoln's
competitors for the presidential nom
ination. Seward handled the business
Of the State. Department excenently.
Chase, who had not been educated in
finance, proved treasure in the Treas
ury Department. And Cameron, who
did not stay long in the War Depart
ment, led straightsto Stanton, who de-
veloped wonderful powers in the con-
lduct Of the protracted civil strife.