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The Washington times., 1920-11-15
Combins Won't Rid
Hair of DandruH

the only sure way to get rid OF dan.
druff 10 to dissolve II. then you de-
stroy IL entirely To do this. get
about four ounces Of ordinary liquid
arvon; apply IL at night when retIr'
Ing; use enough to moisten the scalp
and rub Il In gently with the finger
tips.
Do this tonight. and by morning.
most IL not all. OF your dandruff will
be gone and three or four more appll.
cations will completely dissolve and
trace of 1t. no matter how much dan
druff you may have.
You will hnd. too. that all itching
and digging OF the scalp win stop ~
Iustrous, glossy silky. and soft. and
look and feel . hundred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any
The Washington times., 1920-11-15
RECORD SEA TRIP.

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-The White
Star liner Olympic has just completed
its fastest transatlantic trip. accord
ing to word received at the lines
New York office. The liner reached
Cherbourg after a passage from New
York In Ave days thirteen hours, twelve
minutes. The average speed was 22.53
knots an hour.
The Washington times., 1920-11-15

cusd Mrs. Banta. acting ss her guar
dian, asked the annulmsnt OF the mar
rIaxs. Justice Davis. after hearing
the case, granted the application
Mrs. Banta will legally adopt Anna.
she says, and the latter went oack 10
the mission today.
The Washington times., 1920-11-15
French Scientists a Step
Nearer Remedy for
White Plague

PARIS, Nov. 15.--The announce
ment by the Pasteur Institute Of an
anti-tuberculosis serum for cattle
has aroused great interest among
scientists. who see in the discovery
the way to a remedy for the great
white plague among human beings.
DR.. Calmette, DR.. Roux and DR..
Guerin, chiefs in the institute, fur
nished the data on which the an
nouncement was made. following an
investigation covering a number of
years. DR.. Calmette said:
We've got results, but to realize
q cure for man still demands long
experiment. But at least we are
certain that our living bovine
bacilli are harmless to man. even
when inoculated in his veins in a
dose OF $4,000 bacilli"
The Washington times., 1920-11-15
SOLD HER yoR s1ea.

Mamma" prattled the little girl.
sold me to him for ST0o and we tried
tc be married there. But the minister
,aw my skirts were SO short and that
7 seemed so young that he refused to
marry US. The man who bought me iB
4 very, old nasty Chinaman and his
anne Is Lee Nong.
Immediately after the girl was res
The Washington times., 1920-11-15

that she was an admixture OF English
and Greek. she spoke the language OF
culture and refinement.
She admitted she was a drug flend
and said that Summing trips into
that terrible spot In London known
as "Limehouse" has taught her the
use OF the opium pipe and had sapped
away all her strength Of character
and morality. Failing down and
down until finally she struck the bot
tom. she said, at last she had mingled
with the dregs OF humanity.
One day she appeared In New York
with a little girl. who showed strains
Of both Chinese and American bloods.
She lived In Chinatown with the child.
then but eleven years old. Finally
the pair disappeared. One night .
missionary of the Travellers Aid Sos
ciety in the Grand Central Station
saw a little girl asleep on a bench.
She seemed like a waif. homeless and
far from kith and kin. Awakening
the child the agent heard her story.
an amazing tale Of the actual sale Of
the child to u chinaman In Bingham
ton.
The Washington times., 1920-11-15
court FREES CHILD
SOLD TO CHINESE
Youthful White Wife Of Chop
SIey vender Bartered
For 500.

NEW YORK. Nov iS.-sold into
marriage for s7oo by her foster
mother, a white woman OF mysterious
though excellent lineage and many
dramatic adventures. Anna Lee Nong.
twelve years old. has been freed
from her Chinese husband, five times
her age. by Supreme Court Justice
Davis. David Lee Nong. the spouse
Is a wealthy Chinese. OF Binghamton.
N. Y. and the barter that gave the
little girl into his keeping has had
many spectacular and unusual fea
lures.
MOTHER Is DEPoRTED.
The foster mother. since deported
was known as Mrs. Anna Michaelson
md also as Mrs. Marie Wore. While
she never yielded the slightest ligh;
rs to her antscedents. except to say
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-28
SPEED In STATE
HIGHWAY BUILDING
Report Shows Great
Progress Is Being
Made

The greatest development in Ida
hos road-building program has come
since the work was placed under the
complete control of one man, the
commissioner of public works. Since
his appointment, in April, 1919, three
times as much work has been ac-
complished as was done by the state
highway commissions in he six
years of their existence.
When the state highway depart
ment was organized in 1918, the
work was placed under the direction
of three commissioners, living in
widely separated parts of the state.
Later on the personnel of the COM
mission was changed, but there were
still three members, and important
business had to wait until the COM
mission could get together. In
many instances considerable time
was lost before meeting could be
held to decide on questions of policy.
In the early years of the highway
department, all work was paid for by
the state and counties or highway
districts. The federal aid act was
passed in 1916, but did not become
effective in any state until the legis-
lature passed cooperating act.
Idaho did this in 1917, and in 1918
small amount of work was done in
Custer county. However, it was not
until the spring of 1919 that the full
road program of the state was we'll
under way.
Governor Davis, recognizing the
difficulty of handling the work eff
fectively with three directors, abol-
ished the state highway commission
and placed the entire administration
Of the department in the hands of
a commissioner of public works, who
was held strictly accountable for the
efficiency of the bureau of'highways.
Politics were barred absolutely from
the department, and a first class Or
ganization has been built up to han
die the road program of 1919 and
1920.
Under the state highway commits
sion it would have been impossible
to carry out this large volume of
work without vexatious delays, and
frequently without serious financial
loss to the state. With one man in
direct charge, empowered to act in
stantly on any proposition brought
before him, these delays have been
The program for 1921 and 1922 |
will overshadow the work of the
past biennium, both in magnitude
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-28
THE BURRO
LAYS DOWN"

A burlo in the quicksand is a trial
and tribulation. You have to drag
him out by main force if you want
him out, because he will not even
founder. AS the usually trusty lit
tie brute sinks slowly into the mire
he calmly gives UP the ghost and
grunts pessimistically, distrusting
every effort to rescue him. A horse
will kick around like all get-out
when j. such predicament, and
the harder YOU pull to help him the
harder he slashes around in coop
Grafton. He is much easier to save
than a burro because he helps him
self.
We are thinking of the two kinds
of business man: One spends the
summer chasing the shade around
his shack chanting Hard times,
hard times" etc., and the other puts
all the more energy into building
trade when it is less needed to take
care of customers.
God helps him that helps him
SELF" says Ben Franklin, and we all
know it is true. F. c. X.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-28
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. s.
Land Office at Blackfoot, Idaho,
July 3, 1920.
Notice is hereby given that Jesse
D. Huffman Of Blackfoot, Idaho, who
on August S, 1916, made homestead
entry No. 0249S9 for lots 8, 4, Sh
NV u, section 2; lots /, 2, Sk NEA,
section 3, township 2 south, range
33 east, Boise meridian. has filed
notice of intention to make three
year proof to establish claim to the
land above described, before regis
ter and receiver, U. S. land office, at
Blackfoot, Idaho, on the 18th day of
August, 1920.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Bill Stultz and Arch Wheeler of
Moreland, Idaho; Frank Huffman
and George Petrie, Blackfoot, Idaho.
]. T. CARRUTH,
87-90-93-96-99-102p Register.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-28

1t presents no territorial, political or
credal doctrines it recognizes no
compromise of thought or action on
loyalty. To be thoro American
citizen devoted to the country's flag
its constitution and its institutions,
and ever ready to battle against
those who would endanger, IL not
destroy them, is most prideful at
titude.
THE United Americans is not an
tagonistic excepting where Ameri-
canism is beset. 1t is not an anti
but pro" body. 1t does not set
itself up in opposition for the mere
satisfaction Of opposing, but raises
it's standard for loyalty. 1t instructs
in the patriotic history of the coun-
try; it keeps before the public the
duties of citizenship; it teaches
watchfulness; it. inculcates broad
Americanism in the minds of young
and old.
ut is the patrol of patriotism;
the lookout of loyalty"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-28
THE UNITED AMERICANS
ORGANIZING

The Republican joins with the Pc
catello Tribune in expressing the be
lief that the people of Blackfoot
and vicinity, altho familiar with the
objects and work Of the United
Americans thru publications in The
Republican will welcome an OPP
portunity to obtain closeup of the
organization and to be put into closer
relationship with it,
Such an opportunity will be af-
forded by the meetings to be held
in Blackfoot next Saturday, July 81,
under the auspices of this organiza-
ton.
Under the caption, "a Worth
While Effort" the Pocatello news
paper says Of this organization and
its work:
This movement can be set down
as a really worth while effort. To
keep the fires of loyalty to country
burning brightly when there is al
ways a danger of Indifference, If
not of measure of menacing apathy
born of preachments subtly under
mining true Americanism, is GER
tainly worthy object and is en-
titled to the hearty support accorded
it by all classes of our people.
1--WE have our politics and our sec
tarianism which divide the public
along lines that are healthful; but
there is no division to Americanism
that can be anything but harmful.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-28
WE TELL YOU AS
THEY TELL L.,

Politics is a funny game. II a
man does not toot his own horn, so
to speak, it probably does not get
footed, and the people may never
know what a great man he is. If
he goes about telling people about
it, it seems in poor taste and people
hesitate about accepting it. Some
times opposing candidates make con-
flicting statements, and then it is
impossible to harmonic them. Some
men in office employ a. secretary at
private expense, to prepare and send
out information about their achieve
ments, and that is known as a press
bureau. Some men in office employ
person at public expense to do some
kind of work for the government,
and then at odd times he, or she,
does press bureau work Sometimes
such person never does anything
else but press bureau or press agent
work, and the people pay the bills.
Of course they may take the view
that a person in the administration
is the only one likely to know about
these things, and it may be that the
public are willing to employ a per-
son to furnish ilforn, alton about
the administration, even tho it is
colored to make a good showing for
the chief If that is true, then the
American people can get plenty of
the stuff they want, for press agent
stuff has become very, very plenti-
full, and it is consuming a great
amount of paper. During the war
the Democrats nearly drowned them
selves with that kind of stuff in it's
many forms.
Down in Boise are two Republi-
cans who toot their horns somewhat.
One is the governor and the other
would like to be. Each of them is
modest about directing attention to
his own work, and compared with
the cheeky Boosting and misrepresen-
tation of Nose Alexander, each of
them is modesty itself
Governor Davis Instituted the
cabinet form of government, and
says it is great improvement on
the old form. j. w. Eagleson is the
state treasurer and is candidate
for the nomination for governor. and
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-28

and In the Importance to the people
of the state II is absolutely essen
tial that the present system of ad-
ministration be continued, in order
that this construction may be han
died promptly and efficiently. No
three men, no matter how able each
may be, can carry on the work as
effectively as one man who can keep
in close touch with the details at
all times.
When the department of public
works was created by Governor Da-
Wis, the bureau of highways was
very small organization. The war
had made highway construction next
to impossible, but the boys came
home in 1918 and conditions seemed
to be getting back to normal basis
early in 1919. 1t was necessary to
build up large engine ering organi-
cation to handle the proposed road
program. During 1919 much of the
time was spent on necessary prelimi-
nary work, making surveys, prepar-
ing plans and estimates and get
ting ready for great deal of con-
struction in the latter part of 1919
and in 1920. The large amount of
work now under construction vindi-
Gates the wisdom of the careful prep
arations made during 1919.
Despite the greatly increased or
ganization, the cost of engineering
has been reduced to minimum. The
percentage allowed for both engi-
neering and contingencies under the
regulations of the bureau of public
roads is 10 per cent, yet the bureau
of highways has rarely reached that
figure during the past biennium. In
most instances, the percentage has
been a great deal lower.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-28
THE PENALTY OF
SHYNESS

Some kinds of fish will immediate
ly change color to correspond with
a change of surroundings. Instead
of hunting ground of their own
color they travel at will and dress
according to the scenery of the riv-
er bottom.
But most men and women take
their own surroundings with them.
Like onions, they create their own
atmosphere wherever they go.
One man steps on another man s
toes and fight follows. Another man
comes up and knocks off the angry
mans hat and puts him Immediate
ly into good humor. You often hear
of people who play practical jokes
in such way that tho they cause
pain and distress, you simply can't
get mad at them"
The shy person is the most at
mospheric of them all He is un-
fortunate for the reason that being
sensitive about himself he makes
others sensitive about him. He can
not even joke but he is taken in ear
nest. He raises up the very quail
ty he fears i'll others, watchfulness;
for everybody can tell that a shy
person sets great store by little tri-
files that others overlook You
watch the shy person in order not
to hurt his feelings, and he is so SEN
sitive that he knows you are watch
ing him and why, and being noticed
tortures him.
The trouble with a shy person is
that his opinions matter too much
to him. He would be Mortified to
find himself uptown without a col
lor on. Consequently he sympa-
thizes too much with the fellow who
actually goes uptown thus unclad
If his opinion mattered to himself
less, and he would take things east
ly, the other fellow would not be
and guarded when near
him.
If you want to start new and
better style of clothing or think
ing you have this shy element of |
humanity to buck. They are the |
folks who preserve conventionality
and make change seem to be a crime.
They take their sensitized atmos-
)here with them and communicate
t to others. There are many of
hem. People don't like. to shock
others too much, so they mostly con-
orm to the general rule These
Thy ones suffer so much. They suf-
Ter when you suffer, and seeing
hem suffering makes you suffer
worse. They are the root and core
# panics. They are the guardians
If public modesty. They cause a
OF of trouble, most of which they
boulder themselves. f. G. x.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-28

Idaho needs and must have i'm
proved highways to enable her to
take her rlghtful place among her
sister states of the west. Washing
ton, Oregon, California. Utah. Mem
tana, in fact all the western states
are offering every inducement to at
tract tourists and settlers within
their borders. In each of these states
millions are being spent for improved
highways, for they realize that no
amount of beautiful scenery, no Won
derfully productive vacant lands and
no attractive climate will bring the
better class of settlers unless these
men are assured of good roads over
which they can. market their crops
quickly and economically.
The scenery of Idaho is not sur
passed by that of any other state in
the union, nor by the famous scenic
spots Of Europe. The soil of Idaho
is marveiously productive, and the
settler can get the highest returns
on his labor and his investment. The
climate Of Idaho is IDEAL The state
has just begun to grow, and there
is no reason why her increase in
the next decade should not exceed
that of any of her sister states If
her roads are put in such condition
that settlers can reach the vacant
lands,
80, II:
Federal Aid Projects
Status on July Is, 1920.
1. North and South highway,
Adams and Idaho counties = Thi =
number was reserved for aslong sec
ton of the North and South highway :
but was never submitted. Projects
Confined on page Z
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-28
Altogether
Efficient

This analysis has tended to show
that the cabinet form of government
is not, in fact, an expensive form,
despite the fact that more money has
been availa BILE for expenditure under
it. 1t has tended to show that the
cabinet form has introduced effici-
encies impossible or, at least, i'm
probable under the old government
with its conflicting offices, impend-
ing obstacles and red tape"
These are concluding sentences
from an analysis of Idaho's first year
under the cabinet form prepared by
an unprejudiced observer for the
Boise Statesman Particular sig
nificance is given this utterance by
the fact that the Statesman has been
anything but cordial in it's support
of the present state administration
A Splendid
Record
Despite the fact that many tracts
sold had just gone thru long
drOughts which left them without
crops Of any nature the state land
department last year succeeded in
raising the average price received
per acre for state land more than
80 per cent. In 1913 the average
per acre price was S14.27, but in
1919 it was increased to $21.53.
Pays Own
Way
in the period from March II,
1919, to March 81, 1920, the state
de- artment OF reclamation turned !
into the general fund $3S,207.19.
This sum is approximately the
amount which has been expended |
for the maintenance of the depart
nent
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-28
Aging Monotony

The thing that ages woman earlier than her husband OF
equal or greater age monotony.
The husband has the stimulating influence of his down town
lfe-a variation of interesting experiences.
The wife goes through the old grind every day. gets
on her and when the get edge they destroy
youth fade beauty and make gray hairs.
There are many necessary household tasks must
face because there is no else to do them.
But that isn't what ages It's the unnecessary work
she doehe unnecessary responsibilities she shoulders that
turn her into washed
It's all mistake You who hang to drudgery
through Sense of duty are the wrong track.
And the more you adhere duty the less you will be
thought of for it.
Now washing at home having it done home entirely
unnecessary and costs no less than modern way.
Decide now that you done with home wash day. Put
at least that much of killing monotony of your life
Look around you See the who have already done
it. Determine send your next washing to
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-28

he says the cabinet form of govern
ment is not so good, and that 1t was
foistered upon us without our con-
sent. The editor of this little paper
has studied both systems somewhat,
and 1t is too big a subject to feel
sure of after studying it some Both
men send out some information for
publication il We wish to use, and
here is some that came from the gov
ernor's office, prepared by his Sec
rotary. 1t is written so that it can
be published as the expression of
the editor of the paper that prints
it, and then after it has been used
by one paper in that way, it is likely
to be copied by a number Of other
papers as originating with the one
that printed it first. That is the
way press agent stunts are generally
pulled off, and it is all right, only
we want our readers to know where
it comes from. The following four
little editorials come from the gov
ernor's secretary:
Consider Every
Factor
When, as tax payer, you are
asked by political orator of vigor-
our vocal powers and compelling
manner to examine your 1919 tax
receipts with view of comparing
them with similar receipts of the
previous two years, it is to be hoped
that you will make the examination
he requests with full understand
ing Of all significant factors.
Consider your municipal taxes, if
you happen to be city dweller, and
also give due weight to the burden
Of county taxation. Ask yourself,
too, whether or not your assessor has
increased his previous valuation of
your property and then attempt to
obtain accurate information as to
the causes which lie behind the in
crease in state taxes.
Did you know that the bulk of all
the increases in taxation provided
for at the last session of the legisla-
ture will be found in such items as:
State roads and bridges, $1,0S9,-
coo; payment CT 1918 deficiency
claims, $4,000; redemption of
state bonds, $165, 900; benefit sold
iers, sailors and marines, 166,015?"
Do you understand fully the impera-
tive necessities which brought about
the legislatures decision to increase
the appropriations of our state edu-
cational institutions $42,694 and
those OF our charitable and penal
institutions s259,760?
Examine your tax receipts by all
means, but make your examination
with that intelligent comprehension
of all the circumstances which you
owe both to yourself and to the pres
ent state administration.
Evening journal., 1920-03-16
rHr FOOLISH GAME,
ereble.''

.Win you please come here?" called
an old patchy-looking camel TO MEX
and Nancy as the twins approached In
their little Green Shoes.
whats the matier2' asked Nancy
You're looking awfully miserable"
u am answered the camel II wish
you'll hunt up the Fairy Queen for me-
will you, and tell her I've changed my
mind and want to go homer
"Whyg Don't you like Topsy-Turvy
Land2 We think rs lots OF fun We're
boxing for Jocko, you know
"Funr exclaimed the camel in dis
nisted voice. Would yOu think II fun
II you were starving to deathg More
over would you think u extremely
funny II you looked Ike a fur piece
that somebody had forgotten to put
away in camplfOr-balls FOR the summer.
ana the moths had got into2 And
moreover again. would you like 10 n
you were thin enough TO go through
the eve OF a needle? I'm all threeV
And the camel looked gloomy.
"But why are you starylng7" asked
Nick
Because there's nothing like, in the
Srsl place. and because I'm a crest
silly. ia the second place. They are
diving a beauty prize back home Ia the
Jungle near my desert, and as I've al
ways been ashamed OF my humps, I de-
cided to come here and diet. Now
dieting Is doing without food, you
know, ami IL camels starye long enough
their humps 60 away. But I'd rather
have forty humps than feel the way
10 now want a good square mcal-
or a round one. I'm not particular
lrd J want to go home
The Magical Mushroom called out
as, then. YOU'RE learning a good
essen anyway. so lt paid you TO comeF
Yes. suppose So" admitted the
camel sadly You'll not forget about
me VARY Queen. Will you ?"
The twins promised 70 do what they