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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-29

refrain from FuSIl-
ing downstairs and
revealing her mar
velous discovery to
her mother. AS she
r e fl ecte d how
much this gener-
GUS donation would
mean to them all,
in a transport of
happy t e ars she
sObbed forth h e r
love for the WOr-
thy helpmate who
had so W ell full
filled his duty to
herself a n d b er
family.
Eunice was alive
with half-subdued
excitement all that
evening. She wait.
ed when they had
rea c h e d Aunt
Marv'c ,1ntiI hor
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-29
PAID FOR HIS OWN ROBBERY

NEW YORK. - Joseph Lubitz,
wholesale Brooklyn jeweler didn't
celebrate Thanksgiving. He was OPP
pressed not only by the fact that
burglars had ripped open his thief
proof safe and made off with $40, 900
worth of diamonds, but also because
the robbers used electric current in
the process for which Lubitz will
have to pay.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-29
Best Of All Holidays
TT AKING it all in all, it may

TAKING it all in all, it may
l. be safely asserted that
Christmas is the merriest and the
best of all holidays, and one
which is likely to be observed for
ages yet to come. Nations may
rise and fall, now beliefs and re-
ligions may sweep away the old,
but that would seem, indeed, a
dreary and empty year which
brought no merry Christmas in
its annual round. May old Fa-
Their Time long spare his holt
day to mankind to gladden. the
hearts of all with it's coming,
aid may each Christmas be
still merrier than the last.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-29
A BIG JOKE
A Form Of Generosity,

a Form OF Generosity.
"That fellow is kind of hard to de-
pend on"
He seems to be very generous"
Eyes. He's regular Santa Claus"
II don't understand"
"He is willing to take the credit for
giving you anything you want provid-
ed someone else stand the expense"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-29

hHO1 fiVOUfC I11I NhUCU VIII
mending yarn, and rounding one Of her
husbands stockings at the heel.
"There! that is done, and l hope It
will pass muster as half respectable
pinned up to Aunt Mary's maEtel."
Mrs. Ralston sighed, and Eunice did
not act any too cheerful. They were
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-29
HARDING SEEKS
ADVICE OF ALL
TO HELP NATION
Will Call Into Confer
ence Prominent Lead
ers ofDemocratic
Party


| WASHINGTON.-The identity O.
some of the leaders invited to confer
with President-elect Harding on the
formation of national, foreign anC
domestic policies in advance of hi
Inauguration became known here
following conferences of Harry
Daugherty of Ohio with Senator
Lodge, Senator Johnson of California
Herbert Hoover, Senator Borah
Senator Reed, Senator Poindexter
Senator Shields, Senator Pomerene
Senator New, Senator Capper and
Senator Lenroot.
This is only fraction of the mum.
Der of advisers who will be called
into conference by Mr. Harding in
the endeavor to evolve program OF
action in national and international
affairs commanding the united sup.
| port of the country. 1t is expected
that the president elect will confer
with more than 100 we'll known
Americans, chiefly in regard to the
policy to be pursued on the Versailles
treaty and league of nations.
The men invited have been asked
by Mr. Harding to come to Marion at
their convenience after his return
there from Panama about December
10. He will see them as they arrive
either individually or in small
groups. Eventually he may reopen
his house here month or more in
advance of the Inauguration in order
better to suit the convenience of
those he desires to consult.
He expects to resign from the
senate about January 10 in pur-
suance of the plan to have Senator
elect Willis of Ohio appointed his
successor.
Women and Democrats
Senator Harding has made it clear
that he seeks advice from every
quarter without regard to politics.
He will invite a number of women
to the councils. He has invited three
Democrats NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Reed
and Shields, who are irreconcilably
against the Wilson treaty, and Sena-
tor Pomerene, who voted for it with
reservations-and he will consult
other Jeffersonians, including some
who represent President Wilson's
attitude.
81 think it is Senator Hardings
aim,' said Mr.. Daugherty, ito con-
suit as many of American thought
as possible before he goes into office
in order that he may be ready with
a well considered program widely
approved by the country I know he
wishes that no time may be lost in
initiating the new policies that will
enable the country to settle down
yes, and settle up"
Senator Lodge said that nothing
would be done with the peace treaty,
even if President Wilson should re-
submit it at the approaching session.
Whether a peace resolution will be
passed by the new congress or nego-
tiation of new treaty with Germany
undertaken will depend upon the
decision of Mr., Harding after his
conference with leaders, Mr.. Lodge
said.
He pronounced it unfortunate that
initiation of Republican policies must
be delayed until March 4.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-29

ihIlIe mad been full Of anxiety and Strug-
gle. There was mortgage on the old
homestead, and at one time it seemed
foreclosure could not be avoided.
Then in some way he secured the mon
ey to pay it off, and fortunately it
was clear of encumbrance when he
died. That was just month after
Eunice married Randall Marsh.
Her heart warmed as she thought
of the loyal, whole-souled man who
had come into her life at a critical
time. 1t had been generally supposed
that Randall had some little means.
for he was industrious and thrifty, but
when Mr.. Ralston died Randall stepped
into his place, practical, hard working
and elf-sacrificing.
The tears fell as Eunice reached the
storerOom, and lifted the top of the
fancy box she had herself covered, in
which her father had been accustomed
to store his extra clothing. Randall
himself had made the receptacle, and
together they had given it to Mr.. Raj
ston on his last birthday. Eunice re-
moved some articles of apparel tender
ly and with care, placed them on a
chair. and discovered some handker-
chiefs and three pairs of stockings
rolled up neatly. She took the top pair,
undid it and with satisfaction noted as
it unrolled that it was new and whole.
why, what can this bel" she ut
tered, as an envelope fell from the re-
leased folds. Her wonderment in
creased as she picked it up and found
1t unsealed and inside a written page
and peculiar looking key. Then
with staring eyes, GREATNESS, stirred to
the depths of her soul. sne read:
after am gone see that this letter
and key are given to Randall Marsh.
1t has been a secret he made me PROM
Use never to divulge. that he gave me
money to pay off the mortgage. Poor,
noble hearted fellow he had saved the
$4,000 to build little home, and gave
it feely to benefit us all. Month by
month have saved what l could, and
have placed the money in safety de-
post box in the City bank, where there
is nearly the amount he gave me-"
Eunice with difficulty suppressed
great cry of JOY. She could scarcely
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-29

l o vable, generous
souls, and u n til
t h e past year or
two had n e v e r
known what is was
to skimp and watch
the corners close
ly. T h e mother
pi c k ed up the
stocking e u n | ce
had placed on the
table.
r Come to think
Of it, Eunice," she
said, tive can do
better t h a b that.
Just run up to the
storerOom. Here Is
the key. You III
Fl n d "a t h er's
clothes and things
as they were when
he died."
The last years
of John RalstOn'S
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-29
A Christmas Stocking
By Bertha Esmond Ridgeley
"a. 1920. Western Newspaper Union

HRISTMAS and the high
cost of living do not make
a very harmonious combi-
nation" observed Mrs.
Ralston, in her quiet, pa
tient way.
Il was just thinking Of
that, mother" replied her
married daughter, Eunice
Marsh, who sat with her
work basket in her lap,
hpr nnadlo thraodod xr;th
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23
Doctor Warned Him
Against Taking Quinine---
Said it Would Cause Per-
md0ont Deafness.

New Braunfals. Texas. Nov. 18th,
19O5.--Dr. J. c. Mendenhall, Evans
lille, Ind. Dear Sir: For nearly
seven months l had a peculiar trou-
Bile in my right ear which caused deaf
ness. consulted a specialist and he
pronounced it to be a formation of
lime in some tube or blood vessel
prevented sufficient circulation
and. very little or nothing could be
done for it.. He also warned me not
to take quinine as it would make a
bad matter worse. Believing that
my trouble. was of malarial origin |
began to take MendenhalPs Chill 4
Fever Tonic as you recommended 1t
to be taken where quinine was con-
tra-indicated. To my delight l i'm
proved from the start and at this
writing % days later am entirely rid
of nv trouble. I took in all six bot
ties and will take it awhile every
seventh day to prevent a return
Very truly yours, J.. Giesecke. Editor
New Braunfels Weekly. For sale
by Second Class Drug Store.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23
A FEW RAIL ROAD FACTS.

There are so many grave and difficult problems confronting
the Nation just now, that even the greatest minds seem to be
in a wilderness. Nobody seems to have a concrete plan to
solve them. The leaders are like the doctor who realized that
his patient was seriously i'll, yet the illness was so unlike any
thing that ever before confronted him, he was 10th to apply a
remedy.
The government has been operating the rail roads for some
thing over two years, and is to turn them back to the owners,
March l. But in turning them back, it appears to us that the
general public is going to get the butt end of the deal, and that
Mr.. Taxpayer will be called upon most probably to bear in
creased freight and passenger charges, certainly to help the
rail roads earn dividends.
We have never been one of those who believed in taxing the
public in order to make another fellows business go. We are
les. We are still of that mind. We appreciate fully that the
public needs and must have the rail roads. We likewise know
full we'll that the rail roads must depend on the public. The re-
latiOnship is mutual.
Knowing that the government had the rail roads only a short
tenure, it is apparent that there are many in rail road circles.
especially among the big stockholders, that have done every
thing to discredit government control and direction. Labor
took advantage of the war and put a pistol at Uncle Sans mead
and we are persuaded that many OF the nigh muck-a-mucks IN
rail road circles have done the same thing, though more CO.
verify and discreetly. -.
Looking back over rail road history in the United States, it
will be seen that the government, both state and national, has
been generous indeed with the rail roads, and that therefore
the rail roads owe more to the public than ANY OTHER BUSl-
In a speech delivered by Senator Chamberlain OF oregon, a
Mississippian, in the United States Senate on December
10, the Senator showed that the federal government had made
donations to the rail roads altogether OF 155,9o4,ooo acres OF
land. Just think of the figures. Why, this acreage will exceed
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware and Mary
land. 1t will very nearly equal the area of the ID original col
onies. However, it is stated, that a small amount OF TINS acre
age was forfeited to the government.
Senator Chamberlain also showed that the donations by
States. counties and municipalities most probably exceed those
by the National government. Besides the donations of land,
the National government issued its bonds to build some of the
roads. For instance, it granted loans totaling s64 623,5l2.0o
to the Central Pacific group of rail roads
Now that the roads are to be turned back, we hear much, we
see much in the public press, about almost a state of bankruptcy
the management. We do not believe it..
Of course we are not prepared to pass intelllgently on the
Cumnins rail road bill which recently passed the United States
Senate. and is now pending in the lower house of Congress. but
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23

Milburn Co.. whose product,
Doan's Kidney Pills, is advertised in
our columns, is one of the oldest ad-
vertising firms in the United States.
They began using the daily and
weekly newspapers 35 years ago, and
have kept it up ever since. This is
one of the strongest proofs of the
value of newspaper advertising.
Twenty years ago Foster-Milburn
Company conceived the idea of prov
ing the merit Of their goods with To-
cal testimonials. 1t took them fif-
teen years to collect the testimonials
from every one of the $500 United
States towns in which they do this
kind of advertising. 1t was a ire
task, but they stuck to it
until they succeeded, and the result
is that Doan's Kidney Pills are one
of the best advertised and best
recommended remedies in the world.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23
THEY PARALLEL EXCEPT AS TO THE WAR

5 The inaugural message delivered by Gov. Russell Tuesday
and the message delivered to the legislature by Gov. Blbo when
it convened run along parallel lines. 1t is quite natural that
these two state officials should think along-the same lines, we
suppose. uh;oh tho
Gov. Russell made some worthy recommendations which the
,,,hl;c MINI is ready for and legislation looking to that end
would have no doubt have been considered regardless OF VINO
was the Executive. IT,
sissippis part in the greatsworld war. Gov. Bilbo was strong
on that. Wetake it that in that regard Gov. husse'f IS 1a"n
after orr Ex-senator rather than Gov. Bibo.
Gov. Russell urged a millage tax for the colleges winch
He urged an increase in the salaries of state officials, more
nouo for the tax commission, the creation OF a department OF
- q - creat;on Of a bureau of markets, the abolition of the
nenitentiary trustees, which, if enacted by law, would put the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23
SOME CROP FIGURES FOR 1919.

The Progressive Farmer calls attention to the fact that Of
the whole increase in crop values last year over 1918 OF ST.
7O3. 797, 900, the South contributed approximately 60 per cent
The total crop values last year were, S15,797, CAT, 100000 and
for 1918, $14, O94, 1884, 100000. Mississippians may get some
consolation from knowing that while their state is 29th IN area,
it stood last year 18th in production.
There is another matter in regard to the total value OF the
crop that Mississippians might reflect on with profit. We are
wont to look upon the states of Georgia, North and South Caro-
lima as being states whose soil is worn from long use. Taken in
the order named the areas in square miles of these states are:
$3.50, $3.50 and O ITO, while Mississippi's area is, 46,34O.
But the crop values of these states last year, We're, Georgia,
$500, 522, 900 while Mississdppis total crop value was only
S494, 1872, 900. The three states, as compared to mississippi,
have approximately the same population, the question then for
Mississippians to ask is. Why are they beating us on produce
ton?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23
VALUABLE COTTON STATISTICS.

The Cotton and Cotton Oil News gave in its issue OF Janu-
airy 5, some very valuable data on cotton and cotton SEED ana
prices. The issue is worth filing away as a matter OF reference.
Among many other things, it gives the average price of cot
ing wears: 1918, 1853; 1914, 1923; 1915, 1.51; 1916, 1922;
1917, 27.6 and 1918, 1921. We take it that the figures for
1919 will showsclose around "a cents, or nearly hVe times the
value in 1914. For the same years, the price of cotton seed per
ton, was, $22.4O; $3.50; 34.3O; 52.18; $66.92 and S64;84. In
1914, there were 5,779, 665 tons of cotton seed crushed In the
United States while for 1918, there were 4,322,499 tons.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23
WAS THERE SUCH A MEETING?

We have a "hunch" that there was a conference, or a sort of
caucus, held this week in Jackson between some Of Gov. Rus
sells friends-our bunch left us in doubt about whether or not
Gov. Russell and Mr.. Vardaman were present-and Ex-senator
friends in which the attitude of the new Governor
was discussed relative to Vardaman and Bilbo. 1t was sug-
gested, we hear, that Gov. Russell owes much to Blbo, but
somebody evidently authorized to speak for the new Governor
answered, said he owes more to Vardaman. The political gossips
have it that Vardaman and Bilbo are not growing in affection
towards each other; evidently the Ex-senator was not pleased
with Bilbos message in which he lauded President Wilson and
got squarely behind this country's part in the war.
May be it is none of our business but there can be nothing
wrong in our asking if there was such a meeting?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23

We have little sympathy with the crusade, which carries
with it a drive" for funds, of the Anti.Saloon League to help
enforce prohibition. No new law was ever perfectly enforced;
in due time everything will come all right. With the 100000
appropriation by the federal government and all the new Off
GERS appointed, it does seem like a prostitutng reform" to
come along and ask the public for money to help out well paid
officials. There are lots and lots of people now doing things
in the name of prohibition that never raised a voice against
the saloon and the blind tiger when others, now more sane and
less enthusiastic, were bearing the brunt of the battle.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23
No Great Act Of Heroi.m REQUIRED.

NO 1reat Act of Heroism Required.
II some great act of heroism was
necessary to protect a child from the
Group, no mother would hesitate to
protect her offspring, but when it is
only necessary to keep at hand a bot
tie OF Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and give It as o mas the first indi-
cation Of Group appears, there are
many who neglect it. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy Is within the reach Of
all and is prompt and effectual. Sold
by Second Class Drug Store. limo
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23

$6,OOOyO 900 crop of the State and all its $780, 600, 900 property in
the hands of the superintendent-too much power for one man.
He also wants an inspector for coal oil and gasoline.
Upon the whole the Governors message takes a broad view
of the affairs of the State and if he lives up to it, wall and good.
We see little use now of creating more Offices.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23

1t is officially stated that there are $1,000 graves OF Ameri-
can soldiers in Europe. 54,015 lie beneath the soil in France;
2,073 are resting in the soil Of Great Britain; 4O3 sleep in Bel
gum; 1879 awaitlthe final judgment beneath the sod in Rus
STA Ito are buried in Luxembourg; 76 sleep in the soil of Sunny
Italy and the bodies of 1853 rest in the soil of Germany, the
country they went out to conquer.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23

The worst thing that. can befall a young man is. to fall hope
lessly in debt, and to a young married man it is doubly danger
Gus. Young man live within your income. if it is not more thar
a tuppence! The old maxim, st is not what you make, but
what you save that makes men rich" is as true as gospel.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23

Those, and they are very, very few, who are raising a hue
and cry about denying the ballot to women in Mississippi, are
nistaking the clamors. of a few women, and very few compare
lively, for the voice of Missssippis womanEood. Not 10 per
cent of the white women of Mississippi care a tinker's damn
about the ballot. OF course if it is thrust on them, they will
he equal to the duty.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23

Little boy to his papa: Papa what is a profiteer, that some
thing that | heard the preacher talk about today" Father
Hush sonny, er, er, a prohteer, is err, a man that adjusts his
business to conditions regardless of what conditions are.
Grandmother sitting close by: Listen. a proiteer is d man
whose profits make tears"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23

A few days ago a rather bashful young woman went into a
store carrying three chickens. She inquired the price of chick
ems and at the same time put them on the counter. The clerk
didn't know the chickens feet were tied, and asked if they
would lay there. She bit her handkerchief and said: No, sir
they are ROSTERS.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23

An ordinary woman's waist is thirty inches around. An o
binary mans arm is about thirty inches long. How admirabl
are thy works, oh, nature!
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23

The man who expects to get to heaven ought to pay his sub
scription for the local paper and not tempt the poor mortal o
an editor to swear. Honesty counts with St. Peter.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23

The railroads of the United States have had donated to them
by the government, S155, 5O4, 600 acres of land, an amount
equal to five states as large as Mississippi.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23

When you see a banana peel resting on the sidewalk and
fat man unconsciously approaching it, the indications point t
an early fall.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23

Senator Pat Harrison hit the Susan B. Anthony-by the wa
that name ought to kill ia solar pleXus blow In a statemen
given out at Washington last Saturday.