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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-03
Meeting This Afternoon
at Isis Theater to
Discuss Problems
of Sheeprnen
WILL FORM POOL
Hugh Sproat, Head .of
State Association
to Speak

Wool growers of Bingham county
will meet here this (Tuesday) after
noon at the Isis theater for the pur-
pose Of discussing problems Of the
sheep men of the state and for the
organization of a 1920 wool pool
to be handled by the farm bureau.
Notices Of the meeting have been
sent out to practically every member
OF the farm bureau and sheep men of
the county.
Hugh Sproat of Boise, president
Of the Idaho Wool Growers associa-
tion will be present at the meeting
and will deliver an address. v. o.
McWhorter superintendent of the
federal sheep station at Dubois will
probably be at the meeting to speak
on wool grading of which Mr.. Nc
Whorter is an expert.
The discussion and organization
Of the Bingham county 1920 wool
pool will be one of the most import
ant of features of the convention.
M, o. Monroe, county farm agent,
will present plan to provide for the
grading of wool previous to it's be-
ing sold in order to better command
higher prices for the county's out
put. The 1919 wool pool of the
county handled $1,000 pounds and
better prices were obtained than ever
before. To further expedite the hand
ling Of this years wool loading sta
tions will be provided at various
points thruout the county.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-03
Bills Brothers Make Ex-
tended Inspection of
Various Firms in
Detroit
VISIT FORD PLANT
Look for Best Year in
Automobile Business
Ever Experienced

Enthusiastic over the prospects of
a prosperous year In the automobile
world, r. G. and Oren Bills have re-
turned from Detroit and other east
ern cities where they have been in
specting automobile factories and ar
ranging for this years business.
Both men feel that the automobile
business will be better this year
than ever before and that it will
continue so. They have completed
arrangements for new equipment
and expect to make their garages the
best equipped in this part of the
state.
= While in Detroit they secured the
services of A. T. Roderick, who will
be the foreman of the repair shop.
Mr.. Roderick spent twelve years
with the Ford automobile company
and is considered one of the best
Ford mechanics now in the west. \
The most impressing feature of
the eastern trip to the Bills brothers
was the immensity of the Ford
plant and the plans the Ford COM
pany is making for the future. Ac-
cording to R. G.. Bills, the Ford COM
pany is building now, in preparation
for business fifteen years hence. The
Ford company employs $4,000 men
and has 700 employees doing nothing
but look after the welfare of the
others. The Ford company operates
it's own stores has 1000 acres ranch
and supplies hogs and cattle at cost
to the company stores. The COM
pany owns its own iron mines, a
smelter and almost every feature of
the Ford car is handled by the Ford
company from the raw product until
the finished car is turned out on the
road. The Ford plant is turning out
300 cars daily and 800 tractors and
even with this vast output the pro-.
duction is not keeping up with the
demand. 1
Labor conditions in the east out
side. of the Ford plant which has
never had strike, are not very sat
isfactory. According to Mr.. Bills
a number of plants are experiencing
difficulty in keeping their factories
in operation.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-03
More Concerning the
Life and Work of E.
T. Meredith, New
Cabinet Member
BELIEVER in CLUBS
Interested in Work of
Developing Lands of
This State

About twenty-five years ago a
young fellow, who had just become
"of age" left his home near Allan
tic, Iowa, and went to Des Moines
and got a job on that old newspaper
known as the Farmers Tribune. He
,wny worker and he was a live
wire. He made friends and he
treated them in such way that they
continued to be friends. He had no
money or property when he went
to Des Moines, but he has been ac-
cumulating it ever since, and using
it we'll.
After ten years he started farm
paper known as Successful Farming
and he advocated a good< many
things that were new and different.
All the capital he had was what he
had saved in ten years, and what he
was able. to borrow of men who
knew him and believed in him. He
advocated intensive farming, the use
of silos, raising pure bred stock and
poultry, and making two values grow
Continued on page four
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-03
Much Interest in
Cavalry Troop Here
Several Making Inquiries Concerning
; Formation of Unit and Petition
Will Soon be Sent Out
Among Men
ONE YEAR FOR VETERANS

The formation of a troop of cav
airy in Blackfoot is creating much
interest and already there have been
a number of inquiries regarding the
proposition. A communication has
been received from Colonel Patch
giving additional information con-
cerning the troop. Colonel Patch
states that the cities of Boise, Poca-
tello and st. Anthony are forming
troops and he is in hopes that Black
foot will join these places. A troop
of cavalry consists of seventy-three
men who receive one-fourth army
pay are required to drill once a
week. The government provides
horses, feed and care for them to-
gether with all necessary quipmnt.
A petition addressed to the auth
orized officers of the National
Guard of Idaho will be sent out soon
and men of the city asked to sign.
1t states that the terms of enlist
ment are to be one year for service
men, three years for others and no
reserve. Also that those leaving the
county, city or state will be granted
discharges or transfers as they
choose.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-03
Swine Breeders Form
New Organization
Bingham County Swine Breeders
Association Formed at Meeting
Here Saturday
PLAN HIGH GRADE STOCK
Propose to Exhibit at County
Fair and Hold Sale in
Connection

Swine breeders of the county
formed the Bingham County Swine
Breeders association at a meeting
held here Saturday afternoon.
About 20 persons were present at
the organization.
The association has for it's pur-
pose the raising of better swine in
the county and will endeavor to weed
out all inferior stock and replace it
with high-class Breeds
The association is divided into two
section: One composed of Duroc
Jersey breeders and the other Po-
land China. The two sections will
work together in the work of the
association.
Plans are being made for the ex-
hibition of blooded swine at the
county fair next fall and sale of
these animals will probably be held
in connection.
DR.. l.. c. Henderson spoke to the
meeting Saturday on new methods
of combating hog cholera. He ex-
planned that the Simultaneous method
or double treatment for permanent
immunity from cholera was the best.
Officers elected by the new asso-
citation are composed of e. w.
Stevens, president; Eric Sundquist.
vice president; Harrison Mcknight,
secretary and Ralph Johnson, treas
urer. Additional directors are O. B.
Newman and C. C. Sjorstrum.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-03
Work Started on
County Highways

Preliminary work on the Bing-
ham county roads is being under
taken and the scraper is being used
wherever the condition of the ground
permits. The trucks of the county
are being thoroly overhauled and re-
pairs are being made to fit them for
the road work of the year.
Contractors are loading gravel on
the cars now to be placed on the
roads near Aberdeen and the work in
that section is expected to go for
ward as rapidly as the weather will
permit.
Repair work is being done on the
bridge on the Moreland road. New
timbers are replacing weak and
rotten ones.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-03
Narnpa Seed Show in
1921 Expected to be
the Most Success
full Yet Held
TO LIST SEED MEN
Field Inspection is to be
Carried on by Farm
Bureaus

An active and definite program for
the Idaho Seedgrowers' association
for this year already is under way,
which is expected by the officers
of the association will make the seed
show in Nampa in 1921 even more
successful than any that yet has been
held.
-Four specific lines of work grow
ing out of the interest shown in the
pure seed movement thruout the
state. and from discussions held at
Pocatello, have been announced by
B. F. Sheehan, field agronomist of
the University of Idaho extension
division, who is secretary and treas
urer Of the Idaho Seedgrowers' as
sociation. The objects are to COM
pile and publish the discussions
minutes and resolutions of the joint
conference; to increase inspection
and certification work; to list the
certified seed growers in a pure seed
catalOg and to market certified seed
as Idaho seed.
Each speaker has furnished a
typewriter copy of his speech de-
livered at the seed show. These dis
cussiOns cover the beet seed indus
try, seed potatoes in Idaho, seed GER
tification and inspection, federal
grain standards on the Pacific coast,
the small seed situation in Idaho and
other information of interest to the
seed growers Of the state. The COM
pilation of these, with the minutes
and resolutions, will be sent to all
members of the Idaho Seedgrowers'
association Immediately upon publ,
cation.
Field inspection for certification
is to be carried on thru the county
farm bureaus Farmers who are in
terested in growing certified seed
will take the work up as a project.
When the time for field inspection
comes, the county agent is to be
notified. The field agronomist or his
assistants will then make the inspec-
Continued on page eight
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-03
State Legislature
Meets February IL

The Idaho legislature will con-
vene on the twelfth of February to
pass, adopt or reject the equal suf-
frage amendment to the federal con-
stitntion. Nothing else will be con-
sidered, so it ought to be disposed
of in about twenty minutes.
The Lincoln Day banquet will be
given on the evening of the twelfth
and there is to be meeting of the
Republican state central committee
and a convention of the Idaho Re-
publican editors of the/ state, so
Lincoln birthday will be busy
get-together event for leading men
of the state of all parties. Such
gatherings afford opportunity for
visiting by men connected with vari-
GUS Enterprises because good many
of the other fellows they want to see
will be in Boise at that time, so they
gather in from far and near, or if
they have occasion to visit Boise at
some time during the winter they
plan to see if they can go when so
many of the fellows will be there.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-03
Blackfoot Loses to
Idaho Falls Team
Opponents Take Game From Local
Boys in Good 'COntest--Slick
Floor is Handicap During
FOrepart of Play
FINAL SCORE Is 80 TO q
High School Quintet Picks up Well
During Last Half But Unable
to Overcome Lead

The Blackfoot high school basket
ball team met their first defeat of
the season Friday night when Idaho
Falls took the game with score of
32 to 22. The local boys were handi-
capped by slick floor especially
during the first half Of the game,
which ended with the Idaho Falls
team on the long end of % to 8. Dur
ing the second half, however, the
Blackfoot team came rapidly to the
fore and scored thirteen points to
their opponents nine.
The Blackfoot boys who made the
trip were John Greenan, Theron
Carruth, Kirby. Dawson, Walter
Chubbuck and Francis Blomquist.
Substitutes were Leonard Briggs
and Howard Post. ,1y..-.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-03
...tACK TO SCHOOL"
PLAN is POSTPONED

The "back to school" movement,
which was to have been pushed in
this county has been indefinitely
postponed according to word re-
ceived by the county superintendent
of schools. The movement which
had for its object the return to
school of persons who have not COM
pleted school work to return and
resume their studies had its pre-
liminary meeting last Tuesday night
at the court house. Superintendent
Siders of Pocatello had charge of
the meeting.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-03
American Falls Dam
Project Approved
Secretary Lane Sanctions Tentative
Contract for Utilization and
Storage of Waters Of the
Snake River
PLANS FOR WORK UNDER WAY
Will Create One Of Largest Irriga-
tiOn Reservoirs in the
Country

A tentative contract between the
United States and the canal CON-
panies interested in the storage and
utilization of the waters of the Snake
river has been approved by Secretary
Lane according to recent dispatch
from Washington. Plans now being
worked out provide for the construc-
tion Of several storage dams the
largest to be constructed at Ameri-
can Falls which will create one of
the largest irrigation reservoirs in
the United States.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-03
Near East Relief
Drive Starts Well

The drive for funds for the Near
East Relief society started Monday
under the direction of J. L. Hol-
brook. Plans comprise the speedy
collection of Bingham county's quota
of $2700 and Chairman Holbr0ok is
of the opinion that the funds will
be in the hands of the committees
before the completion of the drive
February Is.
There are several million needy
people in the far east and especially
in the Armenian countries. With
out the aid of America they will be
unable to survive and Bingham
county is expected to come to their
relief with it's usual good will.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-03
High Water Covers
Part of North Main

A section of North Main street
was closed to traffic Friday because
fsurface water covering the street
to such an extent as to make it i'm
passable. Detours have been ar
ranged and signs placed to notify
passing vehicles.
The street closed lies between
Washington street and Rich lane and
is covered by water of a depth from
two inches to two feet. Traffic is
being directed by way of Shilling
avenue.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-03
Ashcraft Released
From Larceny Charge

The county sheriff released Ed
: Ashcraft last week, who has been
held here on a charge of grand
larceny. The prosecuting attorney
ordered his release because of insult
ficient evidence. Ashcraft was
brought here from Oklahoma by
Sheriff Simmons to answer to
charges made by s. H. Graham.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-03
CLEvENGER RETURNS

Vail Clevenger, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. V. Clevenger, returned We'd
nesday night from a vocational train
ing school in Chicago. The condi-
tion of his health compelled him to
return. After a summers rest be
expects to re-enter school next fall.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-08-27
STANDARDIZATION IN FAVOR
Gstao'snes Common Language Be-
tween Buyer and SeIIer-Graded
Goods in Demand,

1t has been demonstrated many
times that in the markets of the world
the seller with the best-graded prod-
ucts is the favorite, because graded
goods are standard and the buyer knows
what he will get when he buys. Stand.
ardization establishes a common Ian.
guage between the buyer in one conn.
try and the seller in another. which
creates understanding and confidence
and prevents disputes.
A national grading system USUALLY
PROVIDES for authorized national In.
spectors to pass upon the goods and
thus puts into effect a uniform stand.
ard application of the grades estoh.
i'shed' whatever they may be. that
can not be maintained unless the svs.
TEN Is nation wide In its scope. sov
experts of the United States depart.
ment of agriculture. In fact, experI-
ence has shown that the decisive fac
tor in the development OF foreign busi-
ness often hinges on the proper stand.
ardlzation and grading of the products
to be sold. -
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-08-27
Father and Daughter
Get Relief by Eatonic

r. J. Powell, Sweetwater, Texas,
says, "Eatonic helped me at once,
but it was my daughter who got the
marvellous benefits. She could not
even take drink of water without
awful misery, but it relieved her; she
Is feeling much better. All this from
one box, so send me four more at
once"
Hundreds of people now take
eatonic; one or two tablets after each
meal keeps them In good health,
Keeling fine, full of pep. Eatonic
simply takes up the excess acidity
and poisons and carries them right out
or the system. OF course, when the
cause of the misery is removed. the
nulterer cannot help but get wen.
You will find it a quick, sure relief
cor heartburn, indigestion, sour, acid,
gassy, bloated stomach. It costs but
a trifie and your druggist win supplv
you. If you don't feel wen, Won give
eatonic test, Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-08-27
PAYS TO SHIP BACK
EMPTY EGG CARTONS
Shippers Find 1t Desirable to
Have Cases. Returned.
Postage on UsabIe Containers Is Less
Than Cost Of New ones-Many
Can Be Made Into Smaller
Package or Parcel,

Many shippers of eggs by parcel
post find it desirable and economical
to have the customer save the contain
efs and return them after a sufficient
number have accumulated. The post
age on empty cases still in disable con-
diton is less than the cost of new
ones. The consumer should receive
credit for the postage required to re-
turn them, marketing experts of the
United States department of agricuI-
ture suggest. Many of the containers
are made in "knock-down" STYLE. and
can be made into much smaller
package or parcel. Containers knocked
down to be returned should be packed
IN such way that there will be no edges
or points projecting without support
or protection, as such projections are
likely to be broken or crushed in the
mails.
Inc cost of the container Is neces-
sarlly Included in the price of the eggs
TO the consumer. 1t is therefore to the
interest of the consumer to take nron.
er care of containers and to save for
return all that are in disable condi-
tlon' Since the return of containers
VIII nave some effect on the price of
eggs, the proper spirit of thrift stOuld
cause the consumer to take care of all
returnable empties and to send them
back in accordance with whatever
agreement or understanding may exist
between the producer and himself
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-08-27
PoUITPYNoTHs
AMAG& " e0ao,,o

The secret of raising poultry, is 70
keep the birds clean. :"
AS the hen stops laying there Is 81
tendency for her to take on fat
This is good time to approisa tho
young ROSTERS and sharpen the nv
The turkey poult has four CHIEF an.
emies-improper and over feed,n,
aampness, filth and lice.
Don't put whIte-shelled and browr
sheiled eggs In the same sbInmant.
nor large and small specimens
Rhode Island Red cockereIs con !,
distinguished from the pullets wban
OF age. "seNs
shade Is most important as rcoul.
sue ~ getting a flock OF fowls sue.
eessfully through the period OF torrIa
weather. so''''
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-08-27
His Not to Reason Why.

Regimental headquarters had just
been set up and the fussy colonel de-
cided that he must have flagstaff.
"oHara," he told his orderly, go
out and get me tall pole-the tallest
you can find"
Ten minutes later OHIara re-entered
with lanky and embarrassed COM
panion.
Colonel" he explained, there amt
Pole in the outfit over five foot,
eight, but this guys a Lithuanian and,
whatever you want him for, l don't
believe nobody will ever notice the diff
ference. American Legion Weekly.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-08-27

ear Civil War, 5eidiers porea over the
Engiish TRANSLATION by their campfres
sad debated about Jean Vatican and
the COED bishop MyFief.
Fear years IMter appeared asTeflera
- tse Sea-. that amazing epic OF the
deep, and again the world almost
halted ita daily work 60 read about N
sinhpie sailor and his fitanic hazards
amongst monsters Of the sen. This
tale swinburnc pronounced eunsur-
passed even among the works of tbs
author for spIendor OF imagination and
% style. for pathos and subiinity of
TRUTH
Hugo was nm exile from his native
land when these novels were published.
Nhea Napoleon III. mounted the
throne, the novelist, a nery republican,
found u wise 90 turn HIS back upon
Paris. He fed 20 Brussels, disRuised
as iaborer, and then settled ia the
Channel islands. There he lived for
nenriy 20 years, although each summer
he travelled ON the continent, He did
aot re-enter France until the downfall
OF Napoleon following the disaster Mt
sedan.
what France thought OF him was
evidenced at hts funeral. More than
100000 people lined the streets of
Paris ~ the procession moved to the
Pantheon. where he WINS buried in that
last resting place OF the great men of
France.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-08-27
A Slow Town.

"The officer claims you were i
at the rate of 40 miles an hoar' 7
the judge, looking at the man
bar over his glasses. !.
"Yes, your honor. My cA.'a
was trying to get me TO the ~ y
station in time to catch M Z
train"
"But you didn't have 70 ca'n
particular train; there was ap'
one in an hour"
every true, judge, but wla' + 7
world could / do to kill tllne W. Z
town for an hOur"-fonEefs ~
man.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-08-27

me veteran Scottish caddie was out
win an old gentleman who, by the
time the twelfth hole was reached, had
oeen III most of the bunkers en- route
ana mad succeeded IL breaking a club
i think shall give up at this hole
ne remarked at last to his indignant
eaddie. 'i''Ai'
ma, ma" retorted the old worthy
.feeniSh the course, sir, flemish the
course; we've got four clubs to smash
yet an nine hunkers to dae 1t h,rs-
Edinburgh Scotsman.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-08-27

Nc &C. deubtfuI
whether any other
books OF naodern
times have wen
zach widespread
and 1 san I'M e d late
popularity ms We
tor HuEo's great
ronhnnce@. Amer
lea and England
thrilled Co Dickens
bat u was not
untff later that
he captured con-
sinentai audiences.
Hugo's s'Les Mis-
erabless was pub-
las h c q simnltn-
seousiy in Paris,
London, Brussels,
Mia n, Madrid,
Rotterdam, Leip-
sic and Budapest.
And across the
seas, I'm the dark
A~a nsnn.amsm ~
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-08-27
crons Very Brief.

A southern plantation ovae /.
inqulring of one of his rel's, g..
condition of the crops. iie \. !
was true to type In her love J
usual words. \. IN,
"How is your crop coi'"
auntie?" was the question. 49,.
'Briefiy, Mister Smith, urlsa' i,
her reply. use mighty ltaiu III 4;
going to haze to produce my r.
fall"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-08-27
Millions of Tiny Germs i
Cause Your Catafip

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Of the cause of Cataih. lam in een.
real relief. 1t has than atu
years. years and is sold By al ] to-day to-day I'D
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