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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-29

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{ STRICKLAND WGAuhN,
ERRANT FANCY.
(fatuous fool)
Goes straying round the edges Of some
minnow-muddied pool;
One hears the frogs go "Gulliwump!' or
tell you It's knee deep
This vision will grow stronger as the sea-
sons onward creep
But when tits spring and we have had q
heated day or two,
That same fool Fancy will bring back q
snowy day to view!
love the summer. when it's cold: in
spring like the fall;
! The summer, in the winter time, love
the most of all.
love to SNOWFALL folks in June. and coast
through warm July.
In January, DER the stream I'd cast the
tempting fly.
In mid December I'd 60 forth and pluck
the daisied dell
strongly hope that heaven won't give me
yearn for the other place!
1000 YEARS AGO TO-DAY
Grandpa Able Bandar is laid up
with badly sprained tail, the result
Of narrow escape from fall from
she family (coconut) tree.
Mrs. Jocko Howler is visiting
friends at Monkton. She reports the
bread.fruit crop a bumper.-From
the Simianville Review.
~ Consolation.
N. Peck-Here I am, with my
nose to the grindstone, as have
been for years and years!
Mrs. N. Peck-Huh! You ought
to he glad that the grindstone
don't bust on you, as grindstones
do, sometimes.
Treat It as Ore.
Well not believe what we are told
By any man upon the stump.
Smelt what he says, save all
truths gold,
Then throw the tailings on the
dump.
THE PROVOKING ANsWERER.
"Who dares," the ranting speaker cried
dispute the things say tonight?"
A quiet voice at once replied: "Well, tell
us who It is-I1l bite"
DAY OF KNOWLEDGE NEAR
It is only about month, now, till
the hopeful candidate with book
containing the list Of names Of those
who have promised to vote for him
can look over the same list and count
how many liars there are in his town.
ship, county or ward.
Finnigin FiIosofy.
A public shpeaker- is like TURF
key. TIL longer ut takes IN t.
git done tn more thoroughly he's
roasted.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-29
INVESTIGATE BEET SUGAR
MANUFACTURE IN COLORADO


An investigation of the profits
made by the beet sugar manufactur.
ers in Colorado district was ordered
Thursday by the department Of JUS
tice.
Audit of the sugar manufacturers.
books was requested by the beet sug.
ar growers, who charged that the
manufacturers were making exhorb.
liant profits and that they were res.
'ponsible for the present high prices
United States Attorney Tedrow, al
Denver, was instructed to employ &C.
countants and carry the investiga.
,tion Ito a conclusion with the nee.
essary legal proceedings, if such are
shown to be necessary"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-29
HISTORY OF IDAHO
IS UNIQUE VOLUME

Unique both in form and contents
is a history of Idaho territory pub
lished in 1884 which has just been
obtained by the University of Idaho
library. Sketches of early territor-
ial scenes and map containing four
teen counties instead of the present
fourty-four are among the unusual
features of the volume.
The old Overland hotel, the Pin
ney store labeled "books and sta
tionery," the residences of Milton
Kelley and Z. W. Moore and the
home villa Of General l.. F. Cartee"
are Boise sketches given full page
display in the book. The Weisger-
Der Brothers brewery is given first
place among he scenes captioned "In
and abou Lewiston. -
I Acknowledgement OF profuse graf ,
itude to the Hon. Milton Kelly of
Boise and to the Boise Statesman
Is made in an editorial preface.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-29
IT, Trego Letter

Morley's Country Club, Phoenix,
Ariz., March 9, 1920.
Mr.. B. A. Trego, Blackfoot, Idaho.
Dear Brother:-I have just been
reading your article, Managing Our
Business" in your issue of March
9Th, regarding insurance.
When went to Alberton they were
handling their hail insurance, the
province having taken real monop-
oily of the business /. They expert
enced all the troubles you speak of
and others. They quit the business
and threw it open to line companies
and required them to put up cash
bond with the province So as to only
allow really responsible companies
to operate.
The farmers got busy and drafted
panies operating on rate Of 6 per
cent but kept increasing their rates
until they reached 10 per cent cash
and 13A per cent for fall payments
The farmers gos busy and drafted
a bill and had it passed and operat-
ed their own insurance for five years
with the credit of the province at
their back at cost of a little under
5h per cent.
We learned a lot about the bust
ness and in the spring of 1913 we
had an entirely new bill passed and
operated it last year on rate of 5
per cent and we placed over $780,
900 in a reserve fund.
We now have all the efficiency of
a private company with all the ben
efits of state ownership.
l am writing Mr.. Malcolm, chair
man of our hail board, to send you
copy of the act and any synopsis
of the act that he may have printed
SO you can get the main ideas with
out having to wade thru the entire
act.
We not only had our experiences to
guide us in drafting this last act,
but had the acts of Saskatchewan,
Manitoba, North Dakota, Minnesota
and Montana and feel sure we have
by far the best there is to date.
l cannot see why the same prin-
ciples we have applied to hail insur-
ance cannot be applied in the other
lines of insurance.
Yours respectfully,
w. D. TREGO.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-29
WILL PROTECT BEAVER


Reports of beaver damage at Ink
ON near Pocatello which were filed
at the state game office Thursday,
six days before the end OF the trap
ping season, caused State Game War
den Otto Jones to announce that no
applications for the killing Of beaver
biased upon similar reports OF dam
age will be approved after April 1.
State laws provide that beaver do
ing damage to irrigation works or
crops may be killed on special per-
NIT and their hides disposed of by
t. game department, half the re-
ell ts going to-the trapper and half
+. che state game fund.
Game officials expect the an
!; ,uncement at this time to have at
asst one satisfactory effect, That
will force farmers who are expert
encing beaver damage to, rush their
applications for killing permits so
that the beaver may be taken before
the pelts are damaged by the late
ness Of the season.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-29

storms go. The results of the system
M to 1917 wera NOT satisfactory, but
a. tGat tine Ntai con mittees :
pointed to consider sn"t business
recommended the passase ol all act
modifying the matter, tc be submit
ted to vote u tbs people last spring.
The plan was operative in territory
comprising about $500 square miles,
and it went into effect in 1919, with
about thirteen million dollars worth
Of mutual insurance and nine million
dollars worth of commercial insur-
ance in effect.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-29
.l'i,sTRIATE $500, 900
FOR FIRE PROTECTION

Appropriations of two hundred and
sixty thousand dollars for fire pro-
lection in the west were included in
the annual agricultural appropriation
bill Thursday by the senate. OF the
total 100000 would be used for co
operation of the department Of ag-
rlculture with the war department in
the maintenance of an air patrol.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-29
Mutual Hail Insurance

The United Farmers of Alberta
have been experimenting with hail
insurance for number of years, be-
ginning with the year 1912 when
they secured the passage of the hail
insurance clauses of the Rural NUM-
cipality act providing for mutual hail
insurance. Hail storms travel over
the country in streaks, and there is
always enough wealth in crops to
even up by paying losses where the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-29
NOT TOGETHER

Salvador Garvasi of San Francisco
thought the federal booze men were
bandits. Sure pulled gun when
they came into my room. I had
$500 and they looked like burglars
to me-" said Salvador. Salvador and
a quart of wine were locked up, but
not together.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-29

Finnigin Filosofy.
A public shpeaker is like a TURF
key. TIL longer ut takes IN t.
git done tn more thoroughly he's
roasted.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-29
STILL SEEK STILLS
ON Silly NIGHT

Oft in the Silly night the revenue
officers of Pittsburg do their bit.
Three stills one Silly night is the
best record there. However, they
still search for stills.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-29
Been Through the Mill

Brown acknowledges that he
knows nothing about women"
| What an immense experience
with them he must have had. Dos
ton Transcript.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-29
Chapter VIII
Two Reports Look Alike

,1.~e scre literature on hail in
s.rcn.e IN Alberta, an' a.sN have a
letter from men WHO have been active
in it's inception and operation. One
of those letters l am reproducing
here and am following it with an
article l wrote from what | gathered
from literature on the subject. Read
them both.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-29
No Monopoly Here

The mutual company or associa-
ton, paid out in claims 100000 on
losses and the commercial companies
paid $353,O00 in losses. 1t is OPP
tional with the individual whether
he shall insure in one or the other
or either, or he can cancel his insur-
ance and stop the costs on it in the
mutual association if his crop is
ruined by causes other than what he
is insured for. The cost of the years
mutual insurance is not known until
after harvest, and then the assess
ment is levied to cover the losses and
enough to make reserve fund Of
from 10 to 20 per cent of the years
losses. When the reserve fund has
grown to sufficient size to conduct
years business, they try to levy just
enough each year to keep covering
the losses. The experiment is to last
five years and at the end Of that time
the association may be disorganized
at will. The amount of insurance
paid in case of loss is limited to So
an acre. The largest tract of crop
insured last year was 9267 acres, at
cost Of $4150.36, and he had no
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-11
FARMERS URGED TO
ORGANIZE BY TOWNS
Nationwide Battle for Justice
Is Outlined.

KANSAS CITY. Mo. Dec. 10.-Organ-
izatlon of every agricultural community
in the nation on an intensive scale to
fight the farmers battles and to obtain
economic justice" for the professors of
the country's foodstu.fs was urged by
speakers to-day at the international
farm congress here.
Unanimty OF expression for organ
ization developed. but leaders declared
that no special privilege was sought by
farming interests. They made IL plain
that such organization had not been
their creed and was suggested now only
as measure to gain relief from an
fntolerable economic situation" brought
about by low prices for farm products
Regardless of form or title. speakers
urged organization which would have
their roots in townships and extend
through counties and States to the ma
lions capital.
Leaders OF STATE farm organizations
told OF the scope OF benefits OF their
bureaus. DR.. IT. G. Taylor. director Of
farm management and economics Of the
Department OF Agriculture. told the con-
gress that Secretary OF Agriculture
Meredith would welcome n united voice
on united aim of agriculture.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-11
RUSH RECRUITS FOR
ARMY OVER FILLED
Record Enlistments Here De-
spite Congress Talk.

Despite discussion In Congress the
last few days about the army being
recruited. it was learned yesterday that
the work OF recruiting young men is
going on at a greater pace In this city
than at any time since the armlstice.
During November local army recruiting
officials enlisted 1888 men and the
Marine Corps obtained another 500.
On November the army swore in 156
men. the largest number recruited in
one day in this city since the end OF
the ~war
Col Atkinson. in command of the
army recruiting service here, said the
young men now enlisting are of the
highest type. Many of them saw SER
vice overseas. but the vast majority
never have been in the service before.
Young men are beginning to realize"
he said. that the army is the greatest
university in the world. They know they
can obtain vocational training by en-
listing arS have the opportunity of
entering competitive examinations for
West Point"
Col Atkinson does not attribute the
large number OF enlistments to an in
crease in unemployment although the
majority or the young men appearing
at the recruiting stations admit they
are out of work. Climatic conditions
do not seem to affect recruiting. Yes
terday. a dark, dismal rainy day. the
army authorities swore in 113 men.
While wartime methods of recruit
ing are not being used. the army has
large number of canvassers out and
does extensive advertising in the daily
newspapers. Similar tactics are e1n-
ployed by the Marine Corps with good
results. Lieut.. Harry Miller, Of the
Marine Corps. also has noted the high
type of the young men enlisting and
says they are far from being the
down and cutters referred to In Con-
gressional discussion.
Neither Col. Atkinson nor Lieut.. Miller
has received any orders from Washing
ton to stop recruiting
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-11
WILL FORCE BAKER
TO CUT ARMY'S SIZE
Chairman Kahn to Ask Con-
gress to Prevent Recruiting
Up to $4,000.
Special Despatch to TIE New YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c., Dec. 10.

washington, -. u, Dec ~.
Congress probably will have to take
some legislative action to restrain Sec
rotary of War Baker from recruiting
the peace time army to $4,000 enlisted
men, or about three times the pre-war
strength, Chairman Kahn of the House
Military Affairs Committee said to-day
after the Secretary had appeared before
the committee.
In the last army appropriation pill
Congress provided sufficient funds fer
an army of $4,000, and Mr.. Kahn and
other committee members say 1t was the
legislative intention that the enlisted
strength during this fiscal year should
not exceed that figure. Mr. Baker was
called before the committee to answer
why, in view of the Congressional APP
preparation, the army now numbers
about 20S, 900
The Secretary declared that the army
reorganization act contained IAN OK
press mandate" to the War Department
to recruit the army to $4,000. No limi-
tation of $4,000 can be found in the APP
preparation bill, he asserted. although
admitting the amount appropriated
would not provide for any greater num-
Der of men.
Mr.. Baker also informed the commit
tee that he expected to continue recruit
ing until the 2S7,000 maximum is
reached. IT was because of this state
ment that Mr.. Kahn said legislative
restriction probably would be placed on
the Secretary. He favors including it in
the next army appropriation bill
with present great tax burdens and
need for strictest governmental econ
omy, do not believe we need an army
4 oh
THAT clearly expresses the spirit If not
the letter of the last appropriation act.
If Mr.. Baker will not carry out that
policy we will make him do IT,"
Defending his action. Mr.. Baker
said: "If Congress wanted to limit the
size of the army TO 1900 It should have
said so and not authorized strength of
2S7. 900 fail to see how any Secretary
of War could do otherwise than carry
out the express mandate for an army of
2S7.00 men,"
Mr. Kahn said that If the army were
recruited to 2s7, goo deficiency appro-
priation of $50, 10000 would be neces-
sary.
II do not believe the present army is
large enough" Mr.. Baker continued in
response to n question. THE war DEM
onstrated that we must train by divi-
sions. We have only two divisions any
where near the fixed strength. and both
are about 5000 undermined. This does
not include the division of occupation in
Germany, which is a very effective
unit. The peace time army division
should be on the field and not the lab
oratory size"
The Secretarys testimony showed
that part Of the increased size of the
army is due to the fact that during the
II CT no Noft r1
creased from 81 900 TO 1000.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-11
PERsHING VISITS SHELTER.
1873 Children at Inwood Give Him
Warm Greeting.

Gen. John J. Pershlng visited the tenn
porary shelter of the Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Children-in In
wood yesterday and was received with
genuine affection and enthusiasm by
the 1S3 children lodged there. When the
Generals automobile was recognized by
some of the youngsters playing on the
lawn a mighty shout went up. Some of
the energetic ones not content with
mere tumult stood on their heads to
show what they were willing to do for
their distinguished visitor.
When the children gathered in the
school room three OF their number made
speeches of thanks, Faustina Loshway
having the honor of presenting her
manuscript to Gen. Pershlng in COM
plance with his request. The General
replied briefly and autographed a pic
ture
Among those who attended were NJ
Linn Bruce, president of the society;
Senator Peter Goelet Gerry Of Rhode
Island. Mrs Robert l.. Gerry. Mrs Au-
gust Heckscher and Col. T.. X. Coulter.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-11
MINERS SEIZE LAND
NEAR PIT MOUTH.
Strikers in Clash With Opera
tors Over Possession Of
Ground.
REFERRED TO MILITARY
Coal Men Say Union Seeks to
Prevent Opening of
Operations.

WILLIAMSON, w. Va. Dec. 10.--Coal
operators and representatives OF the
United Mine Workers in the Williamson
coal strike district came TO grips to-day
in a controversy over the possession of
q piece of land near Burnwell. w. Va,
where a tent colony was set up by the
striking miners this morning.
Officials of the Coal Operators Asso-
citation said that more than 100 men APP
peared on q plot of ground near the
Smith Pond Creek Coal Company's mine
of Burnwell and set up tents where the
company had been accustomed to place
mine cars and other equipment. Their
men, they said, made no attempt TO re-
sist the miners. They said further il
was their belief that the strikers had
selected this plot of ground for camp
to interfere with the working of the
mine, which it was planned to put into
operation shortly.
David Fowler. international represen-
tative Of the union in charge of the
strike, asserted, on the other hand, the
union had been paying rental for the
plot since last summer.
He said he would await the outcome
Of the contest from the civil authorities.
but that he would not surrender the plot
without a legal fight. a lease of the
ground, Fowler said. was in the hands
of the district board
Counsel for the operators has placed
the matter before Col. Hall, command
Ing the provisional battalion here, who
has arranged a conference with W. II.
Bronson. prosecuting attorney of Mingo
county. and Judge II. D. Bailey of the
Circuit Court. in an effort to settle the
matter satisfactorily. Hitherto II has
been the policy of Col Hall to permit
the civil authorities to continue func-
tioning under the modified military law
existent in the strike zone since late last
month.
Military headquarters reported to-
night ahat John Floras. said to be en-
ployed by the Malta Cooperative Coal
Company at Hilmer w. Va, was badly
beaten by unknown. persons last night
while he was returning to his home
from a store near the mine. A physi-
clans statement accompanying the re-
port stated that FIoras had suffered in
ternal injury. This was the only re-
ported violence in the area patrolled by
troops.
Half dozen men claiming to be pro-
hibition agents. carrying rifles. arrived
in Williamson this morning. The mill
tary reported their arrival to Sheriff G.
T. Blankenship. who dsarmed the men
and had their rifles taken to the Court
House until the men could present sat-
isfactory credentials. Late this after
noon the prohibition agents had proved
their identity. the Sheriff said, and the
rifles will be returned to them.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-11
EDWARDS SEES NEW
DAY FOR ARMY WIFE
Change Must Come or System
Will Fall, He Says.

Boston. Dec. 10.-The lot of the army
wife is hard one and unless It is made
easier the army system cannot endure,
Brig Gen. Clarence II. Edwards said to-
day. He was addressing several host
esses at army cantonments whom he
met at the headquarters of the First
Corps area. where he was caller while
on leave of absence from his duties at
Camp Dix, y. J.
These wives and daughters of SOL
diers." he said. have patted their hus-'
bands and fathers on the back and sent
them to war without n murmur. They
have followed the flag from one place
to another. patched and schemed. frozen
on one side and roasted on the Other
from garrison stoves. put up with all
sorts of hardships and never found fault.
but things are a little different now.
They each have a vote and they can
reach this system through their repre-
sentatives in Congress. II these canton
ments are not made at least comforta-
bic for women of the army, 1t Is my opin-
Ion that the system cannot endure"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-11
SILENT ON WAGE CUT.

No cognizance will be taken of the an
nouncement of textile manufacturers In
Boston Thursday that they are going
to reduce the wages of textile workers
22lb per cent. until the heads OF the
workers unions are notified II was an
nounced yesterday by John Golden,
president of the United Textile Workers
of America. Until then, Mr.. Golden
said, the union Will have nothing TO say.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-11
COLBY THANKS CHILEANS.
Radios His Gratitude for ENJOYS
Farewell Speech.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.-Ambassador
Matthew of Chile received to-day a
radiogram from Secretary Colby. who
is Ell route TO South America. express
ing appreciation of the farewell address
made by the Chilean Ambassador.
Il shall always remember" said the
message, your courtesy. and again wish
to express my sincere appreciation OF
your very beautiful address before the
Governors of the Pan-American Union"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-11
COMFY
SLIPPERS"
20 per cent. Less

Mems $3.50 to SO felt slip
pers, so to S2.40 pr.
Boys 1925 felt slippers,
$3.50 pr.
Women's So to So comfy"
slippers, SLIGO to $2.40 pr.
Women's $2.75 and 1915
felt slippers, leather soles,
1925 and SO pr.
Children's $40 and S2.15
Picture comfy" slippers, S1.50
and $1.65 pr.
Children's $3.50 and $2.75
Hylo comfy" slippers, So and
1926 pr.
Children's $3.50 and $2.75
slippers, leather soles, heels, 50
and 1925 pr.
First Floor, Old Building, and
Burlington Arcade Floor,
New Building.
20 per cent. eff slippers in
the Downstairs Store also
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-11
SMALLPOX RAVAGES HAYTI,
Used 20 Garry serum TO
Outlying Districts.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 10--Rear Admiral
Knapp. who IL making n joint investiga-
ton of conditions In Hayti for the Navy
and the State Department. reported to-
day that there were 7Ss known cases
Of smallpox in the island, 694 OF which
are in Port au Prince.
He added that every effort was being
made 20 get vaccine into the outlying
districts. Aircraft. automobiles, trains
and pack mules are being used to carry
the serum into the infected regions.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-11
DON'T FOOL WITH
RHEUMATIC ACHES
Keep a bottle of pain relievinp
S.oan's Eminent handy

V|OU need It when the unexpected
Y rheumatic twinge starts-the
- pains and aches following expo
sure-sciatica, lumbago, lame back.
sore muscles, stiff joints, neuralgia.
Forgot all about buying another bottle
and keeping 10 handy, didn't you? Get it
toddy-you may need it fonigW
This famous counter-irritant pene-
trdics ,cithom rubbing and scatters the
congestion. The pain or ache is soon
relieved, leaving no plaster or poultice
mussiness, no stained skin. Thousands
of regular users keep al handy for emer-
gency-they don't suffer needlessly.
All druggists -35c, zoe, $1.40.