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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-30
Bonded Highways Being
Discussed By Taxpayers
Continued from page one

1882 each and now they have a
chance to dispose of them for $23S
each, this being "a per cent of the
first cost delivered +. O. b. here. The
board wants to get the big grade
built high and wide on the north
side of the canal at what is sailed
Kimball hill, south of Firth. The
plan calls for moving a hill about
1900 feet, and making grade of 80
feet wide on the top. The grade
is to make gradual slope from the
canal 2100 feet northeast, making
the ascent on 4 per cent grade.
The contractor, Adolf Claassen, Of
fers to do the job at Is cents a
yard and take the whole fleet of
dump wagons for pay at 1898
each! At a sitting of the board
Monday afternoon they had the mat
ter under consideration but did not
reach any conclusions.
Board Adjusting Differences
At the Monday meeting an effort
was made to adjust the differences
arising between the three commits
sioners' districts, but they did not
arrive. AS we stated before, the
commissioners let contract for paw
ing the Fort Hall macadam, and set
aside $4,000 to pay the bill. This
money was taken from the bond
money and when the bonds are paid
off, it will be paid by the people of
the whole county, pro rata to the
assessed valuation; district No. 1
paying in round numbers % per
cent; district No. 2 paying 46 per
cent, and district No. 26 per cent.
Colonel Fugate, representing the
third district, from Riverside to Alb
erdeen, objected to paying his $685.
600 for any road building in the
second district. The other two out
voted him and set aside the money.
Then it became apparent that Colonel
Fugate had overdrawn his account
about fourteen thousand dollars, and
was asked to refund to the other
districts to balance the accounts &C
cording to the assessed valuation,
but he had no money with which to
pay. Chairman Bills suggested TAX
ing it out of Colonel Fugate's share
of the money in the general fund,
but there was nothing available.
Colonel Fugate put it up to Commits
sioner Christensen to change his vote
and make the second district do all
the Fort Hall paving, and give the
third district it's $4,000 back again,
and then he would have $4,000 more
to spend in his district and would be
satisfied. Christensen declined to
change his vote, and Fugate said that
was not according to the pledge made
before the bond election, namely,
that the bond money should be ex-
pended as nearly as possible in the
districts where the money is paid,
and according to the assessed valua-
ton, and that none of it was to be
used on the state highways parallel
ing the railroad. To take this $780,
600 now and use it on the Yellow
stone highway was violating that
pledge, and he demanded that they
reverse their plans and pay it all out
of the funds allotted to the second
district. Mr.. Bills said that they
were forced into paving the Fort Hall
road by unforeseen circumstances
brought about by transactions made
before he himself was on the board
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-30

and when Colonel Fugate and Mr..
Christensen were members.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-30

Trego asked the board if they ap-
proved Of his suggestion of having
the accounts of the bond money aud
tied, and they said they believed they
did. He asked if they would have it
done before the fall elections, say in
September, and they seemed favor
able to it. County Clerk F. NJ. Fish
er suggested leaving it until the end
of the present county administration
and having it all done at once. Ire
60 said he believed he voiced the
sentiment Of the public when he said
it ought to be done before the fall
elections, so that if the report did
not show satisfactory transactions
they could vote accordingly. 1t was
probably impossible to get it done
before the primaries the 3rd of Aug
ust, but it could be done before the
election.
Mr.. Fisher said it could not be
done to such good advantage now,
and that it would cost more money
to have both jobs done separately
He suggested having the whole coun-
ty administration audited next win
ter, the road expenditures being
part Of the job. Trego replied that
that would not suit him, and did not
think it would suit the public; they
want to know the history of the ex-
penditures Of the bond money, and
they want the information this sum-
mer and fall.
Mr.. Fisher said there were two Of
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-30

By this time the board members
were trying on each others hats and
laughing about Colonel Fugate's hat
and Trego's fitting the other fellows
heads like saddle on a cob, and
they went on out without deciding
or making any order concerning the
several unfinished questions. The
next morning they met as board of
equalization and spent the day study
ing individual tax questions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
TELEPHONE
Let Flags and Bunting
 Welcome Rainbow" Heroes

] ID LANS for making the reunion D of Rainbow" veterans sue cess in all other respects are about completed, but the scarcity of flags and bunting is noticeable.
 Nothing should be overlooked to make the visit of our war heroes en- jdyable and to convince them that they are welcome. They will natur- ally expect to see the American flag everywhere. With one or two build ings in block decorated and all the rest bare, the contrast will be pain ful. Flags and bunting can be rented or bought outright for trifling sum- We have had so many patriotic occa- sions in Birmingham that there is nc excuse tor anybody being without al least ofie flag, large or small.
 Only one more day remains fol  decorating the streets and downtown buildings for the reunion. The pa rade route should be mass of color Wherever possible special lighting eff fleets should be used. Every stree light ia the business district should bc eurned on, particularly the "whit' way lamps, many of which have beer dark for years.
 The buainess men of Birmingham W.il be remiss in showing the prope respect to our gallant visitors if the. do not decorate their store fronts an' office buildings to the best of thei ability.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

The Brunette causes half of the trouble in this world, but the poor Blonde gets all the blame.
 Enemies are not appreciated as they should be. One industrious enemy will give you more free advertising than 1000 careless friends.
 A man doesn't mind having his Daughter boss him. But it is. differ ent when his Daughters Mother tries it.
 wife doesn't mind her husband betting as long as he wins But 1t is different if he loses.
 Things sure do change. There was a time when Sunday was the Day of Rest. Now it is the Day of Joy Rides No, Algernon you are wrong woman with a double chin can't talk twice as much as any other woman. There is no harm in putting little color into pale complexion The trouble is that the girls imagine tha' they should put it on with a putt, knife.
 Why is it that we are willing tc boost a man when we discover u h' he has reached the top? It is good thing that Castor pi doesn't take as nice as ice cream. l | lit did the kids would drink the whPl' bottle. And that would never do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10

tionable to the majority, that ma jority has the right of repeal. The same process that serves to make law or place an amendment in the constitution will serve to unmake them. Governor Cox says:
 We contend, and properly so,
 that there is no need of revolu-
 ton in this country because we
 have governmental facilities to
 change the existing order by
 rule of the majority but we can
 hardly create the proper attitude
 among aliens. unaccustomed to our
 ways, if public officers close
 their eyes to their oath and obliga-
 tion.
 Do Americans of American blood and lineage always bethink them selves of the example they owe tc the alien and the danger they TUT when they give a poor example tt these people?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
Republican Contemporary
 Flaws the Next President

THE esteemed Baltimore Ameri- 0 can has not good word to say for the democratic candidates. AL ! though republican newspaper is not expected to go into ecstasies over democratic candidates and policies, it 1 is sometimes amusing to see the con- trast in the views of republican and democratic organs.
 Speaking of Cox, the American says his nomination "is an interesting ex- hibition of the characteristic unwis- i dom that is always shown when the democrats seek to interpret the will of the nation" Governor Cox, the American continues, "has no qualities of personal sincerity, of political probity, of breadth or idealism that could commend him to the interests of the voters. In type of man little, in type of action selfish, in type of as piration a machine politician without faith to pledges or loyalty to his as sociates." Governor Cox's running mate. Franklin D. Roosevelt, is dis missed in a paragraph as a man o1 little worth.
 A great many republicans ane newspapers of the republican faith do not indorse the Americans sweep ing denunciation of Cox. Just as The Age Herald published an editorial complimentary to Harding and Cool idge, an editorial which caused some of the "rock-ribbed" brethren to won der if this newspaper had turned re publican, there has been general rec ognition of MT. Cox's ability and hi' achievements, even though it may no be conceded on the other side of th' fence that he should be elected Presi dent.
 As the campaign warns up, tn, candidates of both parties will ex pect to be raked fore and aft. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
THE HousE OF PAIN

Robert Nathan. in the Atlantic Month I am no stranger in the house of pail I am familiar with its every part, From the low stile. then up the crookt
 lane
 To the darked doorway. intimate
 my heart. Here did I sit with Grief and eat h
 bread.
 Here was I welcomed as misfortune
 guest, And there's DO room but where T.
 laid my head On Misery's accommodating breast So, Sorrow, does my knocking roy
 you up?
 Open the door. old mother; it is Bring Griefs good goblet out. the a
 sweet cup: Fill it with wine of silence, strO, and dry. For I've story to amuse your ears Of youth and hope. of middle ASe q
 tears
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
IN HOTEL LCBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
AAnother countr.v Etc.

Montgomery people are going to kick when they scan their returns from the census.r says Chester John son, managing editor of The Montgom- cry Journal, who was in Birmingham recently.
 At the time of the enumeration there were hundreds of people who claimed that they were being omitted from the figures. When the papers tried to print coupon for the people to fill out and forward to the office of the enumerators they were ordered to discontinue it at once by the emu merator.
 Besides there are about two ne- groes to every white person in Mont gomery, making 1t extremely difficult 10 get the proper count. I believe our figures will be woefully underest- mated"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10

From the New York Tribune.
 1T HEAVEN knows there is enough
 IT solemnity at a national convention.
 c = Not everybody takes the solemnity
 as solennly as it is intended. But the
 atmosphere is charged with portentous
 and vehement utterance. the sky is dark ened by polysyllables and operations and the gayest moments are devoted to sing ing Marching Through Georgia" with ingenius words designed to convey the impression that certain delegates are mad with excitement for so-and-so.
 Therefore the innovation at the San
 Francisco convention whereby the names of Ring Lardner and Irwin Cobb were projected into the box score and credited with a half vote or so for the nomina- tion deserves applause and fostering care Why not let the humorists into
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
WAR HEROES IGNORED

Germany that General Ptrshing, the cor mander -in-chief of our expeditionaI force in France, and Herbert Hoove the organizer of the food supply of Il world, were also ignored by both the | publican and the democratic convention We may regard the slight, if it is to regarded as a slight, as more mark than in the case of MT. Gerard, WI really was not in the limelight much aft we entered the war.
 A fair assumption is that this count is turning away from the idea of war a tivities, or that the politicians think is doing so, which amounts to the sai thing so far as conventions are concerne true that we are ready to forget Hoov In a measure, this is true. But it is n and what Hoover did, or Pershing al what Pershing did. oreven Gerard al what Gerard did. Convention delegat were governed entirely by the wish pick those who could win, and their pls forms as thoroughly pacifist as thu ca initiates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
KEEP DOWN IMMIGRATION

From Leslies
 M 10 matter what we may plan or do
 lWl otherwise our immigrarioi policy O will decide whether America is to advance or fall behind. For the greatness of nation is in the quality o. it's man hood And this must be quality com mon to alt. It must reside in the very soul of the people.
 This soul quality must include unity Of moral standards, and of social and po- litical ideals. It must have d. its in strufnent a common language and liter atare And it must give an individual loyalty to one flag, one law and one national purpose.
 The cnly safe and sane policy for our country is to keep immigration down to the loves; possible measure. ! We now have so many aIiens andisestec I ani segregated in racial grou.s that we are in serious danger. A a time when
 national unity is ideal, pLrposs and ef- Hort IS absolutely necessary we are dl- vided into warning group. "A house divid- 1 e1 against itself cannot stand | We must not take in more alien ma 1 terial until we have assimilated at least
 Ia part of what we now have. 1 We do not need these aliens to do our dirty work for us. We would be th9 better for toing our oan dirty ork Whenever a people becomes too vain' fat and feeble to work it's own farms' dig it's own ditehes, mine it's own coal build it's own roads. clean it's own streets aud houses. it begins to decline III pros perty, health and power.
 We do not need more aliens to furnisn labor in our industries
 We are now paying twice as much TOT one-half the work per man tnot we oi' before the war. The labor supply IS rign' here loafing on the job
 The way to increase the quantity oi labor is to improve the quality of the llaborer.
 | If the 5s ner cent of foreign born now II
 American industry are only 50 per cen eff;cient in output, how would it increase their efficiency to add to their number lIf we have failed with what we hav'
 got. why do we want more of the sam'
 kind? s And. remember, you would kill the sou : of your country for the sake of big div idend. that these aliens will bring witt , them the deadly infection of European , revolution. class consciousness sand econo
 mic lunacy-
 If one hundred millions Of people, mos
 inventive in the world, cannot do thel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
Honared at Home

''They say prophet is without hon. or save in his own country, but think Birmingham has turned the tables in regard to Octavus Roy Cohen" says Solon Jacobs.
 "It can be said truthfully that he has put our burg on the map. I never tell a stranger that I am from Bir- mingham, but that he asks, Well, how is Florian Slappey?' or some such re- mark. Roy, as we call him, is one of the most modest successful men I have ever known, and little old Birming- ham is backing up his fame to a mill lion. We are proud of him and like to think of him as the real fellow that he is, to say nothing of the delightful copy he is writing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
Already Going

'The concrete the city is using to pave Tuscaloosa avenue in West End looks pretty until it gets dry. then it begins cracking and breaking" says Gaines Kelly.
 Some parts of the avenue look as if it had been paved for a year or two. while in other places it looks as if a steam roller had ran over it. I think that city officials should pay more at tention to the grade of cement they are using, especially when the people will have to pay for every inch of the pavement, and then damage their auto mobiles by running them in the holes and broken places"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
A DICKENS MEMORIAL

From the London Chronicle.
 Number AS Doughty street, whe Dickens settled down after his ma riage, and where he completed "Picl wick" Oliver Twist" and "Nichol' Nickleby." is coming into the marke and there are great hopes that it VI be purchased on behalf of the Dici ems Fellowship. We are anxious Says the secretary. ito preserve or house in which some of the master greatest work was done, as a lastir memorial, before all the old landmarl are swept away"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
LET HUMOR DO IT
PAUL COOK

the game from the start7 Would the dinary keynoter dare to stand up a keynote if he knew that parody there by Lew Fields would immediately foIos Could even Palmer delegates para around the hall if a parade for Heywo Broun. with appropriate transparenci' would fall in behind?
 The national convention has not be a thing of glory this year. Humor strik us as about the best thing that cot happen to it. And if some day a l publican convention should be stamped to George Ade what could be fairer tn that the democrats should put up N Dooley? And what a campaign then wou be! Electing a President under su conditions would cease to be thing gloomy endurance and would actually a pleasure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 OfNlHERE is a personal note, almost of
 complaint, in the statement Of
 S James W. Gerard that both con ventions have absolutely ignored the claims of all heroes of the great war and of the war period- MT. Gerard wat ambassador to Germany when Germany made war on the world, and his services in. Berlin, not merely to Americans, but to the civilian residents of Germany who were nationals of powers hostile 10 the Kaiser were marked and efficient Also. Mir Gerard was in position where ff- might have hoped for much as dark horse He is an old-line Tammany man whom Tammany honored with place on the bench of the supreme court But he was one of the men whom William jen- nings Bryan was willing to accept as a candidate for the presidency, and he was regarded by his admirers as $ possible selection.
 I+ iS ootad hv tha former amba SSadOr tC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
Uses Rose Glasses

Farmers all over the country are beginning to be very optimistic over the prospect of large cotton crop says Henry Golson. "Conditions were very bad at the beginning of the year, due to long rains, but the weather proved to be blessing in disguise.
 'As cotton requires long, hot dry seasons to attain it's best growth, the wet season made planting very late, and the dry, hot weather we are now having is putting an effective damper on the boil weevil. while at the same time contributing to the healthy growth of cotton. When the belated squares come there will be few wee wills to bore into them. I believe that while there will not be too much cot ton, there will be more than was ex- pected. However. the price will be close to 40 cents"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
This Year and Next to
 Witness Building Rush

WAFFLE 1919 saw the beginning
 WV of building era in the Bir- mingham district, this year and next will witness a large volume of con- struction in the central part of the city.
 Handsome improvements are being made in many blocks, and it is in- teresting to watch the transforma- tion that is taking place on Fifth avenue eastward. Large garages and stores are under construction.
 An old landmark-the home of the late James A. Going-on Fifth avenue and Twenty third street, changed hands yesterday. A business block will take it's place.
 When the Tutwiler hotel, one of the most magnificent in the country, was completed, it was generally predicted that Fifth avenue would in short time become shopping thoroughfart all the way from the Terminal station to Eighteenth street.
 1 The stately marble governnen building on Fifth avenue, now near | ing completion, will expedite the change in the scene. Once the con struction of business houses now il demand comes in full swing, old timers will hardly recognize Fiftl avenue as it appeared ten years ago
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
Obedience to Law
 Example to Alien

6NHE thing above all that Ameri-
 N cans are aiming at is obedience to the law so long as it is law.
 The democratic presidential nomi- nee takes the same position with re- gard to prohibition as Senator Oscar Underwood. It is the law That :et- ties it with Nominee Cox. He says: As the constitution and statutes stand, they are the expressed mandate of the people and must be respected by public officers and citizens as long as they remain. People of America have the right to contend for their divergent view points in the making of laws, but when law is made, there is but one Legitimate viewpoint. It should be obeyed as long as it is a law.
 The nation should Especially obey the law, because. if it proves objec-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
Lizzie France.

"A Ford is certainly hard to keep in the road after driving large car.' says Judge Horace Wilkinson.
 q recently sold my automobile and joined the Ford class. The first day I started driving the Ford couldn't keep it in the road to save my life The wheel is so small and the least little turn will take you from one side of the road to the other. After that experi- ence l had a large steering wheel put on my flivver for didn't care about climbing any telegraph or telephone poles and I am sure that is what would have done. for couldn't man. age to keep that Ford in the road at all "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
s * E Two Ways to Avoid the Peak Rentals

eelRUY Lot Now" the new slogan
 W of the Birmingham Real Estate Exchange, is good advice.
 It is especially good, because, at this time, vacant lots are not high. The investment should prove a good one, either for immediate or future pur- poses.
 The accent should be on the word "now." It stands to reason that fol- lowing decided lot buying movement they would cost more than can be got ten for them at this time. The pres ent opportunity is the one that should be utilized.
 ! There are four months in which to build the beginnings of a home be- fore cold weather sets in. Distressed occupants of apartments and dwell lings, who face an increase in rents this fall that they declare they can not endure, might well look seriously Unto the lot and simplicity home plan. Merchandise did not begin to come from off it's price pinnacle until men
 and women ceased to buy. Rents will
 not descend until men and women decline to pay the peak price.
 There are two remedies: Buy a
 lot and put the beginnings of home
 on it, or secure tent and live in it until rents again compare with the Ipocketbook. Both are feasible. Both
 have been invoked by a few deter. lhave pronounced themselves blessed 1 After all, are not many of the rent Isufferers those who have avoided thf burden of home building and owner
 ship? Have they not in time pas , lived on the fat of roof-trees tha others builded?
 A little return to the spirit of th' pioneer would not iniure anyone. l would be of a direct and special bene fit to the young man and wife wh' are beginning life and who, in man. instances, have begun it wrong b. : living in style beyond their means If just few hundred of these dis : tressed renters bid farewell to tn landlord, who is raising his rent t l. the ultimate of endurance and beyond and betake themselves to tents or bu 3 lot and build the beginnings of | home, the impact on the rental syster
 will be of a decidedly flattening na ture.
 The absence of the home makin . Ispirit in the past has contribute : largely to the present housing famine . It's revival would have healthful e1 t feet on citizenship, pocketbooks ant d finally, on rents themselves.