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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-05-03
JEALOUS MANIAC KILLS
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NORWALK,' Conn.-CraZed with
jealousy Harold Giles twenty-one,
Sunday shot Mrs. Harold Morrill, and
then turned the pistol against him
self.
Both were hurried to the Norwalk
hospital where they were said to be
at the point of death.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-05-03
SECURE LICENSE TO WED

Lee Walker of Idaho Falls and
Iris Park of Sugar City secured q
marriage license at the county CO ut
house Saturday.
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22
Rhody's Roundup.

Urdcrsheriir o. II. Rhodenbaugh
made = considerable haul of young
men who had been appropriating goods
last Saturday. He followed Chet
Nichols of Colorado Springs to Holly
and captured him along with two over
coats that had disappeared and
brought him back to Lamar. That
evening he explored the room at the
Central hotel occupied by Arthur Bar
rie and Harry Collier, clerks lately i'm
ported from Denver to work in the
thinner Drug Co. The young men
were preparing an elaborate program
of dispensing handsome gifts to young
ladies' and at the same time beating
the old high cost OF giving. Their
room was filled with ivory sets OF
various kinds all wrapped up ready to
send and all from the drug company
stock. They now are awaiting trial
instead of visiting grateful young
ladies'
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22
SILAS' MEMORIAL
BY MARJORIE PIERCE.

q l9-Q. by -lc' i4r. .4~~ sGnpsf - nuicate.l }
Susan Deborah Mills Fisher Trent
was exceedingly proud of her new hus-
hand, her tiIird. rs her name attested.
She was = iiiidule-nesd woman. tall.
thin. shrlIl OF voice and scant OF hair.
What llt;le Of woplnn's crowrin. glory
she did possess she drew 20 a tight
little knob at the back Of her narrow
head. She knew all there WAS TO be
known about men. according to her
own Judgment. and felt that al last she
had chosen Alright,
The poor deceased Mr.. Mills had
been a young. rather good-lookIng fel-
low when Susan weddei him. That
was when Susan was also Young and
her hair was not drawn SO tightly
back from her thin face. Mr.. Fisher
had heen an Older man, perhaps forty.
five. Susan had ensnared him 10 the
gooey net of a lemon pie when she
was running boarding house at
Green Hill. Fisher simply could not
resist Susan's lemon pies, and when
Susan threatened to depart for Howe's
Center TO work al the hotel. Fisher
decided that til~ wisest course for
him TO take was 10 marry Susan and
the lemon pies. which lie did forth
with.
Perhaps the pies shortened Fishers
mortal coll AT any rate. Susan was
soon ready for third attempt at
rnatrlmony She did not even felgn
love to 9Ir. Trent. He needed
housekeeper and she needed a home.
Thus the two were married.
SLANT Trent was about sixty years
old slim like Susan, and somewhat
bent from long hours of hoeinY and
wedding He chewed tobacco and
smoked. Susan did nc- know that he
chewed, which fact only goes to show
thar even woman Of Mrs. Mills Fish.
er Trent's experience does not know
all there is to he known about men.
She did know that hs smoked, but
never was the "hlthy odor" Of to-
bscco smoke to he found in the farm
house. Poor silas smoked in the
vast out.of-doors and only the pure
mountain air was tainted.
He was afraid of his wife not Of
her physical person az whole but
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22
0RANG FEARED THE CAMERA
Photographers Presence Of Mind
Probably Saved Him From Death
or Fearful Injury.

As a rule crangoutangs, the nercea
Of the apes, are caught young and
tanned before they are shipped TO Eu.
rope and the United States. One Of
these animals that arrived in London
came with the best Of characters. He
was considered q very time. steady
going creature, and an expert was en-
gagged TO photograph him.
The man entered the orang's cnge
as be had entered many others. He
had not exposed many plates before
he saw that the animal was intent on
mischief. He was a very powerful
beast. and the man would have stood
no chance al all II the orang had at
tackled him.
The mans only chance was to use
the camera as a weapon. Making a
sign to the keeper to keep silent, the
photographer pointed his hand camera
at the orang and with slow and steady
step approached him. The keeper was
outside the door ready to open 1t; but
neither of them uttered a sound. The
photographer was relieved to see the
orang gradually retreat and at the
same time to be able to rise from the
crouched and menacing position he
had taken. Once the creature was on
the move the man knew he had q
chance. He succeeded IN working the
orang around to the cornet furthest
from the door, which the keeper had
silently and slowly opened. Still point
ing his camera at the beast the nah
very slowly backed out Of the cage,
the door was slammed to and he was
~ --..- -.-.
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22
Christmas Program at the Presby-
terian Church.

The children of the Presbyterian
Sunday school will give an interesting
Christmas program at the church at
1880 Friday evening. Christmas car
OILS and recitations are on the pro-
gram. Boys and girls in costume will
present Christmas pageant. The
church has been decorated for the oc-
casion. A tree and all that is expect
ed to go with it has been provided. and
of course Santa Claus will make his
appearance and have prominent
place on the program, as well as dis
tribute the gifts to the boys and girls.
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22

NJ. ]. McMillin is in Denver this
week attending special session Of
.he Colorado Stockgrowers Association
for the purpose of asking relief from
Congress in the short session. The
great stockgrowing industry is threat
ened with ruin from the foreign flood
of imports that are breaking down
prices and only prompt action can aid
many of the growers to pull through.
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22

ne was UesperntelN aituiu Va h''
tongue, and she made his life at home
very unhappy. He was glad to es-
cape, II possible. for short holiday.
After about six months of married
life Mr.. Trent decided that he was
due for holiday and. as the circus
was to visit the adjoining town, he
harnessed up the colt and went to the
show"
At the circus Slias enjoyed his free
dom TO his hearts content.
There was n refreshment booth at
the circus. so he betook himself In
side and ordered n supper consisting
OF hot dogs" and glass of pink lem
onade. When the frankfurters and
lemonade had disappeared Silns was
still hungry and thirsty, 60 second
order of three hot dogs" and pink
lemonade followed the first and finally
a third took the same trail. Silas was
nj last refreshed" and he started
home to Susan.
On the way he felt rather sick. When
he arrived home he felt sicker. and
soon Susan In terror called the doc
tor. for Snas was writhing and groan-
ing In agony Pains seemed to he
in every part Of his poor thin body
at the same Instant.
The doctor arrived but Silas died.
Even a doctor could not overcome nine
hot dogs attacking nj once.
Susan was, 10 all appearances,
stunned by grief How she mourned.
Black crepe was not enough. Tears
continually drowned her eyes till after
SIlas vas buried, She talked Of what
a great love had been taken from her,
and a. proof Of her loyalty TO his mem
ory she showed her friends a small
box in which. she explained. she had
placed. q memorial" of her poor dear
husband This box she wore sus-
pended from cord around her
scrawny neck. nnd tucked carefully
under her black alpaca waist.
All the countryside was Interested
IN that memorial Everyone was
curious. What could old Mrs. Trent
he wearing In that box as re1nem'
brance Tof her departed third
And so III ran the rumOrs. The
newspapers In the nearest city heard
Of MIR. Trent's memorial" and re-
porters. eager for copy, rushed to su-
sans humble cottage for information.
They returned with snapshots Of the
much discussed box, hut no inforna-
zion as TO us contents.
No one was able to satisfy his ever
Increasing curiosity. and so the box
with Its memorial" was the wonder
and mystery Of the village until the
day on which Susan Deborah Mills
risher-Trent revealed its secret.
II was not many moons after Silas
rreut's death that Susan was sorely
stricken with toothache. She has
tened to dentist She had only sevep
Of her own teeth in her mouth, and he
advised their extraction. Susan az
srst objected. She claimed that she
was minus the necessary funds for the
purchase of n set Of the manufac-
tured variety She was about TO leave
the office when suddenly she stopped
tumbled AT the front Of her waist and
produced the box In which was known
to be the "mernoriaI' OF Sllas Trent
Turning to the dentist she handed Hun
the box which she Ind lrosened from
the cord. and In matier-of-fsct tone
said
Land sakes, clean forgot that me
tnorinl.' saved them old teeth Of
Siias' a-purpose TO have 'em made over
some day II ever had need OF EN-"
Thus was the "memorlaT' mystery
solved
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22
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The Lamar register., 1920-12-22
Buys New Home

L. c. Downing, who retires in few
weeks from the office of sheriff, has
purchased through the McIlvaine-Cox
Realty Co. the fine residence complet-
ed recently by the G. H. Brown Mfg.
& Lumber Co. in Paseo Place. He and
his family will move there about the
middle of January.
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22
ROBIN HOOD COMING
Famous GreenwO OOd Hero and Troupe
! Will Be Here January IL.

One of the first big attractions of
the new Victory Theatre will be the
famous and ever popular comic opera,
robin Hood" 1t plays week stand
at Denver in January and Lamar is
lucky to secure one of its dates. The
troupe is one of the best on the road
and carries sixty to seventy perform
ers besides many special scenic at
fractions.
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22
Notice of Stockholders Annual Meet
ing of the Lamar Building and
Loan Assnciaiinn
Loan Association.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Lamar Building and
Loan Association will be held on the
3ist day of January, 1921, at O'Clock
p. NJ, at the office of said Association,
l07 West Olive street, for the purpose
of electing board of directors for the
ensuing year and for the transaction
of such other business as may legally
come before the meeting.
c. C. HUDDLESTON,
President.
1. II. MYERS,
Secretary
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22
WASHINGTON NOTES
A Befogged Covenant

Washington, Dec. Cot, appears
from the proceedings at Geneva that
the United States, of all nations, was
the only one to investigate closely the
effect of the league of nations upon
its welfare should it become men,
ber The glittering generalities of the
Wilson covenant blinded less discern
ing nations to its dangers, and in their
eagerness to turn to anything that held
hopes for world peace they rushed to
its support. But the Geneva discus
sions have revealed to all the partici-
pants what one observer terms the
astonishing vagueness and obscur-
ity" of the covenant. Even Mr.. Bal
four of the British delegation and NJ.
Viviani of France are unable to inter
pret its provisions.
As the members have discovered
statements and omissions in the cov-
enant prejudicial to their own inter
ests they have sought the adoption of
amendments, only to find that every
amendment must receive the unani-
nous approval of the nine nations
forming the league council and, in ad-
dition, the approval of a majority of
of the rations composing the assemb-
ly. In short 1t is practically impos-
s.blc to alter the original language of
the undertaking. a fact early en-
phasized by the debates in our own
Senate. Realizing the hoplessness of
revising the covenant TO meet the wide
ly divergent views of the forty or
more member nations, the committee
appointed to consider the various
amendments proposed reported against
them all. Thereupon the Argentine
delegation, presumably acting upon
cabled instructions from their home
government, withdrew from further
participation in the proceedings.
Another disconcerting fact that ap-
pears to have just dawned upon the
lesser members of the assembly is that
the covenant bestows control of the
league council in perpetuity upon the
Big Five which dominated the peace
conference at Paris. Quite naturally
the smaller countries do not take kind
ly to the domination through all fu-
ture time of the executive body of the
league by the very nations that wrote
the covenant. And, of course, it is
quite impossible to alter that relation
through amendment, as the consent of
each member of the council is neces-
sary, which in this case would never
be granted.
The notorious Article 10 of the COW
enant, about which revolved most of
the fight on the league in this coun-
try, has received similar denuncia-
tion at Geneva. The fact that the
article was framed and inserted at the
personal insistence of Mr.. Wilson ap-
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22
Ready to Begin Work

The election in the Vista Del Rio
Drainage District resulted last Thurs
day in unanimous vote for the Say
Ter Construction Co. contract, and
Manager +. w. Sayler of the company
last Week moved one of their big
dredges to the head of the proposed
ditch and made ready 10 begin the
work of excavation.
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Tripp left the
first of the week to spend the holidays
with sister of Mrs. Trip, Mrs. Robt
Names, at Elmo, Missouri. Mr.. and
Mrs. Names will celebrate their golden
wedding anniversary duying the holi-
days.
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22
To the Policyholders, Medical Exam
Secretary

To the Polieyholders, Medical Exam
iners and Friends of The Union
Central Life Insurance Company:
Mr.. Chas. Sanders, District Manng-
err of The Union Central Life Insur-
ance Co. has been transferred. due TO
increased territory under his super
vision, from Las Animas to Lamar,
Colo.
Commanding him to your most fav-
oroble consideration, am,
Very truly yours,
VI. G. HODNETTE,
General Manager.
1926 kittredge Bldg,
Denver, Colorado.
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22

All Suits and overcoats going at
greatly reduced prices PALACE Cloth
ier.
Every sheep lined coat, leather vest
and mackinaws ut greatly reduced
prices. Palace Ciothier.
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22

FOR TRADE OR SALE-Alfalfa land.
Water right unexcelled. What have
you to offer? J. Taylor, Jr., Florence.
Colorado.
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22

Mrs. d. NJ. Trip stopped here a
few days on her way home to Paonia,
Colorado, after visiting with relatives
at Shenandoah, Iowa.
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22

Every child has right to Se a.
healthy as present knowledge can
make hiD,"-Bpreau of Education.
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22

Every sheep lined coat, leather vest
and mackinaws at greatly reduced
prices. Palace Clo.hier.
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22
For Sale

Five acre tract with water right,
cement house of six rooms, about two
blocks east of east line of Lamar:
terms given. c. c. Goodale.
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22

All Suits and overcoats going at
greatly reduced prices. Palace Cloth
Ter.
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22

Congress be damned" is evidently
the spirit in which Secretary of War
Baker proceeds as he recruits the reg
ular army to numbers far in excess of
the maximum for which appropria-
tions were made. Chairman Kahn, of
the House Military Committee is quot
ed as asserting that appropriations
were based on maximum of 10000
men with an understanding that this
would be sufficient, but now he has
Information that the number has been
increased to 100000, with an increas-
ed expense which will call for a cor
responding deficiency appropriation.
Whether the United States shall be
called upon to pay a few hundred
thousand dollars of needless expense
is matter of no small importance in
hese days when public funds are hard
to get and when Liberty Bonds are a
drug on the market. 1t is a matter
OF concern to the taxpayers of the
country if the burdens of the govern
ment are needlessly increased. But
difference in public expenditures is the
least of the reasons for complaint in
this connection.
The Constitution expressly vests
Congress with sole power to raise and
support armies and the Secretary OF
War is bound not only by the lette,
but by the spirit of the constitution to
follow the directions of Congress. Pos
sibly the Secretary of War can find
technical defense for his course, bu,
he cannot justly at the bar of public
opinion the recruiting of an army in
excess of that for which Congress
made appropriations.
The overthrow of government by law
and establishment of government by
men has been the effort of the Wilson
Administration for the past seven
years. That policy was rebuked by
the people of the country at the cleo
ton in 1918 and again at the election
in 1920. Evidently autocrats never
learn. after US the deluge," has al
ways been their cry.
The Lamar register., 1920-12-22

pears not to lessen the storm against
it. Members have boldly asserted that
they did not care to guarantee the in
tegrity Of all other members, and
Canada introduced a resolution to
eliminate the Objectionable language.
But that amendment, like all others,
was rejected, and the obligation for
mutual defense among the 40-odd
members still remains a thorn in the
side Of each of them.
The people of the United States
have renewed reason for congratula-
ton that theirs is a republic in fact
as well as in name. The assumption
of obligations such as those contained
in the league covenant was n question
for their decision and not for the de-
termination of autocratic leaders for
them. Their representatives in the
Senate saved them from the pitfalls
into which the individual in the White
House would have plunged the nation,
and the people themselves, by popular
vote, condemned the covenant. Had
the citizens of other countries been
given equal opportunity for investiga-
tion and action upon the league it is
probable that the Geneva meeting
would never have assembled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-04
The story is that Of one of the most
pitiful Of all failures in the execution
Of a task nobly conceived"
Paris Press Expresses
Hope Faults in League
Will Now Be Corrected

PARIS. November 4.-Newspapers Of
this city give great promtnece to re !.
ports Of the American election. and
publish many pictures OF senator
Harding. the Excelsior giving its en-
tire first page to the successful presi-
Dental candidate and his family. In
their comments the newspapers de-
clare the election OF Senator Harding
was a triumph. give high praise to his
personality and recall he has always
asserted great sympathy for France.
Editors are unanimous In remarking
that the election clearly condemns The
policy Of President wilson ana settles
definitely tho aituatioR existing he =
tween the administrative aud legisla
tive departments of the government.
They assert this situation has ''cem-
pletely paralysed American ,nterns :
tional policy" and express the con
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-04

Mr.. Harding's views as to the league
Of nations. His utterances have been
very vague and occasionally contra
dictory.
I'VE feel, however. that the ma
jority of Americans favor the league
idea and are willing that the United
States should join in it and thus make
1t strong. If the United States does
not do this it will have fought the
war In vain. because while it helped
to crush German militarism it will
have failed to protect the world from
the recurrence of such a catastrophe
Need Good Will Of United States.
I'VE Germans are conscious that
we are dependent upon the good win
Of the United States more than upon
that Of any other country. Therefore
we have set ourselves to the task
of making our relations with the
United States more cordial than ever
before. and. what is more. we shall
try to avoid blunders on the part of
our diplomatic Representatives, such
as have happened not only after the
outbreak OF the war, but 1osg before
that"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-04
Mexico Sees Prompt
Recognition as Result
of. Harding's Election

MEXICO CITY. November RE-
ports of the election in the United
States were given the entire front
pages Of newspapers of this city. Only
two journals. however. the Excelsior
and Ell Heraldo de Mexico, ventured
to speculate editorially on what a res
publican administration in the United
States means for this country.
The former sees immediate recogni-
ton as one result of the election and
the other. asserts Senator Harding's
election will not be an obstacle to
good relations between Mexico and
the United States"
The Excelsior, which sees in the
election personal rebuke' for
President Wilson, asserts he now can
scarcely be expected to refrain from
recognizing Mexico as revenge
against the republican senatorial
ma jority. which in the past has as
stunned an untordial, and even hostile,
attitude toward this country"
Ell Heraido rejoices that Senator
Harding is not "a fire eater Of the
Senator Fall class" but asserts his
statements regarding Mexico seem to
be vague, and I'VE are confused at
judging his. true mental attitude to-
ward US. His election puzzles US, al.
though we have faith in his ability"
= Extensive interviews with high Mex
lean officials are carried by today's
newspapers, various hopes being ex-
pressed that the new administrations
of Mexico and the United States may
find q common ground for a mutual
understanding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-04
British Newspapers View
Election as "Repudiation
of. 0ne-Man Rule" in u. S.

LONDON. November THE leading
British provincial newspapers con-
slider the election Of Senator Harding
to the presidency as an indication that
the electorate is tired Of what the
journals call "one-man rule" The
Liverpool Post says:
Senator Harding goes to the White
House as the representative of a pro-
found belief. long maturing among
the larger part Of the nation, that
wisconsin is alien TO American tradi-
lions, and that America should not
entangle herself in the affairs of dis
tracted Europe"
This newspaper expresses the opin-
ion that the election of Senator Hard
ing does not mean antagonism to the
league Of nations. and believes that
America Is searching in her heart of
hearts for some method Of achieving
the august purpose Of the covenant
which she can approve without mis-
giving" -.
HaFdinE's Ain Already DeAneA.
The Yorkshire. Post considers 1t
good thing in the present difiicult
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-04

accumulated dislike Of wisconsin. and
not love Of Harding and his party.
The national reputation
marks a tragic change from those
weeks in the autumn Of 1918, when
the material power of America was
deciding the world war and her fore
most mind was leading the world to-
ward such a peace as might have
given US atranQuil. swiftly conva-
lescent world instead of the present
worlds fair of spites. greeds and sus-
picions between nations and disunion
inside each of them. The soiled.
SCARED old world of international
politics seemed to be on the eve Of
redemption on the day when the news
came that Germany would surrender
on the basis of Wilson's fourteen
points.
'In what proportions a want of
dynamic genius In President Wilson
and an irredeemable viciousness Of
spirit in other politicians contributed
to darken that opening prospect we
cannot tell yet. 1t Is gone now.
Europe is enarling. grabbing and
jocksying in the old slime. while all
the remaining effect Of wisconsin
in America Is the decision OF the
election by an overwhelm-
ing balance of public antipathy to 1t.