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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-08
Got 1t From Germany.

The history of the state accident
insurance is that it was advocated by
"reformers" in most of the states
about ten years ago, and that laws
We're enacted and put into effect
within the last six Or eight years in
a number of states, Some of the
first ones went into operation at
about the time the European war
began, and it is noteworthy that the
principle Of government insurance
was devised in Europe and put into
practice in Germany for a long time
and that government operation"
was breaking down in all it's forms
to such an extent that the kaiser
found himself obliged to bring on
war to take the peoples attention
away from the impending danger of
a general breakdown in their fear
full grind of government control of
everything. 1t was just at this time
that the propaganda for this Ger
man-made stuff was getting enacted
into law in this country. Peace did
not last quite long enough to witness
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-08

2l35, amounting to -.....-...-$ 5,S6214
Amount bonded roads funds
expended prior to this
meeting -..,...-.-----......- 81, 60 &c
Total amount expended to
date ....$323, 027S0
Time Ok Nature Amt.
No Claimant of Claim Allowed
237 w. +. Thorpe, AZ hours
truck driver.-...-.......$ .21.O0...
23S j. II. Sibley, A hours
truck repairs ..,,.........--... 22.O0
Continued on page six
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-08

In Chapter l ! quoted d. w.
Church, the head of the department
Of accident insurance in this state,
as saying that lie did not know that
accident insurance had been tried
out in other states, and did not know
that the experiment had been tested
and that Idaho could take the bene-
fits of such experiments. | did not
know much about it myself, but if
were the head of the department of
Insurance for the state, whether
was working for dollar a year, or
drawing tetn dollars a day, includ-
ing holidays and Sundays, as ! be-
lieVe Mr.. Church is, | would learn
considera BILE about static insurance
and apply it to the state business.
. | promised Mr.. Church that |
would learn something about it any
way, and we agreed that if we found
any literature on the SUBJECT we
would each forward it to the other
for his information. Mr. Church has
not sent me anything yet, but he is
going to be surprised one of these
lays when he opens his mail or his
express, for ! am assembling some
fine stacks OF insurance literature
hat is replete with the history of
failures of static Insurance and mu-
.ual insurance and reciprocal insur-
lnCe, this last being a new breed to
ne, seemingly a cross between Sears
3oebuck & Co. and the average
stock promoter.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-08
Tax All for q Few.

In most of the states where a state
bureau is established to write acct
dent insurance, the state appropri-
ates sum of money to pay the sal
aries of the people who operate the
bureau for year or for three or
five years, and all the people are
taxed to supply protection to the GER
| tain classes that are employing la
Dor and for those that are employed.
| There is no reason why a man with
little farm or home in a town
| or village should be taxed to pay
the accident insurance of the people
who work for the railroad company
or sugar factory or a printing Of
flee, yet they do it that way and at
the same time they re destroying the
business that has been built up by
commercial insurance = companies
thru years of toll. 1t would be just
as reasonable to ak the farmers all
over Bingham county to get money
to put in water system to supply
water to the people in Blackfoot
just little cheaper than the Black
foot water company does it, and then
let the system be corrupted by pol
itics so that the water service would
not be quite so good as it was be-
fore, under the corporation manage
ment, and as the years go on and
the extravaganza continues, raise the
water rates to cover all the waste.
The Graft in Pennsylvania.
In Pennsylvania they started the
state insurance bureau f1ve years ago,
and the state appropriated $500, 900
to pay the expenses for the first five
years. The bureau cut the rate ten
per cent below the commercial rate,
and then after two years they made
a great hurrah about how success
full it was. They had no old claims
to be paying on, and only had to pay
current losses. The payments to
widows and orphans made dependent
by accidents eight or ten years ago |
was not affecting them, but they were
accumulating others to be paid in flu
ture years. Instead of saving up a
reserve to meet those things as any
private company would do, they de-
clared Is per cent dividend to those !
who were patronizing the state bu-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-08
Discovers Way
TO Beat Tax Game

\ dispatch from Washington states
that government taxes during 1921
will amount to approximately $3.50
for every family in the United States.
A labor man in Seattle has discovered
a way to beat the game:
We are going to pay the cost of
the war thru TAXATION" he said. Il
Will have to pay my share and the
only way | can beat the game is to
lend the government as much money
as can and get back as interest what
| pay out in taxes.
Therefore, am buying war saw
ings securities, paying per cent in
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-08
States Have Monopoly.

States Have Monopoly.
The states that have accident in
Il operation now under stat.
monopoly, barring all private com
panies, are Nevada, North Dakota
Ohio, Oregon, Washington, West
Virginia and Wyoming.
The states that have such insur.
ance on the competitive plan, allow.
ing private companies to get what
business they can, are California,
Colorado, Idaho, Maryland, Michi-
gan, Montana, New York, Pennsyl-
yania and Utall. In Pennsylvania
the law discriminates in favor of
the state insurance by compelling the
private companies to charge ten per
cent more for service than the state
does, thereby penalizing all who pat
fonize the private companies, and in
face Of that condition the STATE is
losing its business due to its poor
service and corrupt practices. Mass
achussetts has state Insurance and
abandoned it. Minnesota has an eff
lioient competitive insurance with
state laws to make It effective and
air to all, but the agitators in that
state are raising heaven and earth
to get the state insurance, which
merely means that there shall be
state commission appointed to start
a mutual insurance bureau, operated
BY politicians who my or may not
know anything about insurance. They
Will collect money and pay it out, and
if the fund ever gets bankrupt, the
credit of the state does not stand
behind il. 1t has to stand or fall on
its own money like other lines of
business privately owned, and if it
owes people and cannot pay them,
then those people, widow. orphans
and cripples, stand to lose. To bring
inc HluSIl dlIOil CLOSET nome, suppose |
A committee of three men in Ring- |
lam county were appointed by the |
politicians Of the county, and all en-
)loyeTs wore told to go to them when
hey Wantal any insurance. They
would not be experienced, but they
would agree to take the employers
money and put it into a pot, and then
when a workman got hurt they would
Jay him according to a schedule they
lad prepared that looked about right
they would keep taking their sala-
les out of the pot right along, and
somebody got hurt when there was
10 money in sight, then the injured
mes could do without because no.
ody would be responsible. If it
we're private or commercial COM
any they would have to show their
nancial ability to meet all claims I
efore they would be licensed to :.
rite insurance at all or to take peo-
les money for premiums on insur- !
nee.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-08

Rtration Of \. H. simmons, sheriff. it
IS Fd red that the salaries Of his two
deputies herein mentioned. he and they
&s@ hereby fixed at t$t4000 per month
beginning February |, 1920.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-08

feau. and paid it out of what should
'e the reserve luud, or in other
words, they had paid their operating
expense out of the state appropria-
ton and now they took this saving
to pay dividend. Then when the
legislature met again they asked for
another appropriation of $25O,000
because they needed il to pay the op-
Grating expense. The manager of
the Insurance bureau was called in
and questioned about his methods of
operating, and was asked if he con-
sidered it sound business to take the
people S money to pay expenses. cut
the prices below the commercial
rates and then take more of the peO-
PIES money to cover the losses, and
he replied that it was all right for
the insurance department so long as
the people would stand for il.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-08
Idaho VIII Suffer.

idaho is operating in just the same
way, only the state has not yet au-
thorized rates compelling the private
companies to charge a higher rate in
order to force the business into the
state bureau. They are planning, as
Commissioner Church says, to bar
out the private companies altogether
and force everybody to patroni2e the
state bureau regardless OF their wish
es and regardless of the kind of ser
vioc they render.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-08

/" tn" Matter OF Fixing Salaries of
Deruiy Sheriifs George X. Ezeli and
4. II. MN
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-08
NeW Bark to
Open at Pocatello

We are informed that a new bank,
to be called the Idaho National, will
be opened at P0catellO about the list
of May by the Standrod Evans-Ber-
ryman interests.
The capital stock will be 100000,
and the charter will be issued in due
time.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-08
CENSUS ABOUT COMPLETE

According to word received here
from PoCatellO, report issued from
the office of Census Supervisor Cod
dard states that the census work is
expected to be completed about the
middle of the month. The Pocatello
office handles the census work of all
the southern Idaho counties.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-08

terest compounded quarterly, and am
advising every other man who works
for a living to do the same. | know
of no better place to put ones saw
ings than in war savings stamps and
treasury savings certificates
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-08
Legion Bulletin
Is Newsy Sheet

The Republican is in receipt of a
copy of the American Legion Bulletin
published by the Twin Falls post No.
Z. 1t is a l2-page paper and con-
tains many items of interest to all
members of the Legion and others.
1t is edited by d. Harold McGrath,
who is we'll known to Idaho newspa-
per men. Mr.. McGrath was former
ly editor of the Kellogg Record and
is now with the Twin Falls Chroni-
Gle.
Browne: With the high cost of
living, can't keep out of debt.
Towne; You're lucky. can't
even get in.-Life.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-08


In Tie above entitled matter the fol-
lowing current expense claim Nh. zoo,
! having been fled subsequent to the
meeting Of the Board January II, 1920.
II was presented at this time to the
Board, who examined, audited and APP
prov ed said claim and authorized and
directed the County Auditor to draw
warrants against the current expense
fund Of Bingham county, beginning No.
$500; claims beginning No. ! and clos
ing No. 1928. paid py warrants No. | and
closing No. 134, at February meeting
amounting to Susan. Total current
expense warrants issued to date. ST.
4S2 Il.
Claim Nature Amt.
No Claimant of Claim Allowed
-06 Bingham County Chapter
of American Red Cross, Vic
tory loan disbursements and
war activities ............. $500 90
STATE OF IDAHO,
County of Bingham.-SS.
we, the Board of County Commits
sioners of Bingham County. Idaho.
hereby certify that we have examined,
audited and approved the foregoing
claim against the current expense fund
and hereby authorize and direct the
County Auditor to- draw warrants
against said fund beginning No. 211
and closing No. PIP, amounting to the
sum of $500.
r. G. BILLS, Chairman.
Attest: F. NJ Fisher, Clerk.
No further matters coming on for
consideration at this time. TT IS OR
DERED. That this Board do now ad-
journ until Monday, February %, 1920.
r. G. BILLS. Chairman.
Attest: f, M. Fisher, Clerk.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-29
A WOMAN'S BACK
The Advice OF This Cambridge
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A Real Crisis Faces
The High Schools

Not fewer than fifteen thousand
teaching positions i'll public high
schools Will be Without properly
qualified teachers next. September, if
the estimate of a. o. Neal of the u.
S. Bureau of Education, prove to De
correct The Bureau recently con-
Quoted an extensive inquiry among
the high schools of the country. and
more than 1000 high schools have
written OF their needs.
Those schools now employ 65,857
teachers, and they will require H.
275 new teachers in the fall 10 pro
vide for the normal increase in en-
rollment and to take the places Of
those who are leaving the schools
for other work. Mr.. Neal considers
that this proportion fairly represents
the general condition in high schools
throughout the county, and he estl-
mates that a total of 25,97S places
must be filled before the next school
term begins.
The visible supply of qualified
does not even approach that number.
simultaneously with the inquiry
made of high schools, the Bureau
requested all the college and univer-
stiles of the United States 10 report
the number of those graduates who
expect to teach in the high schools.
Replies from 1928 institutions show
that their graduates will number lO,-
$50 men and 1927 women, and that
1850 men and 4,742 women will
take up the work of high school
teaching On this basis it is estlmat-
ed that only 1O,62O members OF
this years graduating classes of all
the higher institutions will accept
positions in the high schools. The
difference, 1888 places, must be fill
ed in ways that are not now appar-
ent or that number of classes will
be without proper instruction.
1t may be possible to induce other
graduates to enter the work and
some former teachers who have
withdrawn may return; but this VIII
mean that higher pay and improved
conditions otherwise must be oner-
ed. The only alternative is to en-
plov persons below the standard pre-
scribed by experience and general
DIOcllce.
How serious the situation is may
be Judged by the fact that the
threatened shortage is twice as
great as the number of teachers IN
all of New England, and greater
than the number of such teachers III
New York and Pennsylvania COM
bined.
Mr.. Neal advises school boards
everywhere to lose no time IN
strengthening their forces in antlcl-
patton of the expected difficulties.
Salaries must be raised, and lmproV-
ed conditions must be Grated, in or
der to hold as many as possible OF
the teachers now in the service ana
to attract desirable recruits. All
this must be done, not for the ben
eft of the teachers, who are evident
ly able now to care for themselves
very we'll indeed, but for the sake OF
! he. children who are the sufferers
when good teachers leace the serV-
ice.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-29
Surely Trying Days
Says Ed. Ridgely Sun

These are surely trying days for
newspaper publishers. The joy OF
being an editor is past. Before the
war we could buy all the paper we
wanted for 2 1a cents per pound de-
livered to our office with 80 days
time in which to pay for it. Today
ordinary news costs us dellVefed
here not less than Is cents per pound
cash with order, and only small
quantity is available even at that
figure. This means that every copy
of the Sun costs us for the paper IL
is printed on, before any work is
done upon it whatever, at least
2 IA cents. Every line of news mat
ter we set costs us 2 cents; labor,
ink gasoline, linotype metal, plate
matter, rollers, wrapping paper,
postage, and everything connected
with the publication have jumped IN
price, in some cases several nun
dred per cent, so that 1t actually
costs up to produce the sun To-Day
considerably more than the cents
we charge the customer for the nm
ished product. Little wonder then
that in the last six months 300 daily
papers and 1900 weeklies have been
compelled to suspend publication.
We ask our friends, under these con-
ditions to bear with us and not to
expect the publication of articles
which have no local news value. AL
so to be heal prompt in the renewal
of their subscription, SO that we may
have the money to turn over to best
advantage. We read great deal
about prices coming down; to date,
personally. we have not even expert
enced a scratch, but we are living
in hopes.-Ridgely Sun.
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BIG RACING EVENTS
At Cambridge Fair Grounds
MONDAY, JULY 5TH 1920

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Hailwood Br &C. Gillis, Cambridge
Sandy, S. &C. McWilliams. e. n. NJ.
CLASS B-TROT-FOR PRIZES
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Salem Mckinney. S. S.-W. {. Davis,
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Dixie s. G.-J. Windsor, Aireys, Md.
Great Andy B. S.-W. Simmons. Cam.
Ann Bingen Blk Ms. II. Richardson.
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Miss Charmer B. NV. ]. Watkins.
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Belle b. Mr.. Gillis, Cambridge, Md.
Bin Dond Blk. G.-J. s. Dawson, Cam.
Ruth De Forest Blk. MA. S. Marine,
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Robert AIlieWood, BR. CIV. T. Diet
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Kill The Rat
The Spfeader of Plague

Calling attention to the discovery
of bubonic plague in several Ameri-
can and Mexican gulf ports, and re-
newing his warning regarding the IN
production of plague from Medltef-
ranean ports which are known to be
infected, Surgeon General Hugh ).
Cummings today urged communities
throughout the country, and especial
ly along the cost, to inaugurate rat
determination and rat-prOOfing cam
paigns.
"Bubonic plague is primarily
disease of rodents, especially rats,
said General Cumming, "and the
disease can be controlled effectively
by measures directed cgainst the
rat. The determination of rats is all
the more to be desired because OF
the tremendous economic damage
they cause
According to conservative esti-
mates made by the U. S. Public
Health Service on the basis of num-
erous surveys, there is at least one
rat for every person in the United
States This estimate comedies with
that for Great Britain and Ireland,
and with authoritative figures for
Denmark. France and Germany. The
annual up-keep per rodent was COM
puted by the same authorities as
$3.50 in Great Britain, $1.2O in Den
mark, and $1.00 in France. The
depredations of the rats in the United
States will very probably exceed the
estimate for Great Britain. one
half a cent a day is considered con-
seryative. but even on this computa-
ton, it costs the United States $780,
100000 year to support its rat
population. This does not include
mice.
THE U. S. Public Health Service
is prepared TO detail trained experts
to assist communities in organizing
the fight against rats" said General
NT
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-29

WANTED,-At once, young lady or
gentlemen in Office, one with expert
ence preferred. State experience and
salary wanted. w. c. BRADLEY &
SON. Hurlock, Md. 5I13-tf
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POLITICAL GLOSSARY
FOR The INNOCENTS
"Sam" Blythe Complies A Ready
Reference Dictionary OF ConVen-
ton Terms.

San Francisco, June 26.-Samuel
G. Blythe has supplied a ready refer
ence dictionary for the use of con
vention visitors, especially women,
who are not yet Versed in inside poll
tics. The glossary contains these
snappy definitions:
Plutocrat - Vice-Presidential tim
Der.
ConserVative-One who has his.
RadicaI-One who hasn't.
Unpurchased Delegates-See Tn
purchased.
Bourbon-Local designation for
Democrats, so called because he has
not any.
Wet-An acknowledged thirst.
Dry-A camoutiaged thirst.
White House-A telephone booth
in Washington, d. c.
Ireland-The political porcupine.
Platform-An attempt to say what
is meant without meaning what is
said.
Light Wines-Something the'Wets
talk about but never drink.
nvention-Formerly 1912 hard
boiled eggs now 1912 hard-boiled
eggs minus the lady delegates, who
are Soft-boiled.
Two-thirds majority-The wreck
er of hopes.
Alternate-A man with badge.
Delegate-A man with two badges.
Keynote speech - An oratorlcal
lightning rod.
Presidential possibility-Any man
who can hire a press agent.
Presidential probability--Any man
who can hire two press agents.
Murphy-A man who is a long
way from home.
Non-eligible candidate-Any per-
son except himself mentioned 10 W.
J. Bryan as a possibility.
Edwardsing-The political capital
ization of national thirst.
To Gerard ". TITO shove IN d
stack on pair of deuces.
Bosses-The politicians who VIII
control this Embossed convention.
Thomas Jefferson-The most cop
ious letter writer in history bar one.
w. Wilson-That one.
Ohio-The mother of Presidents
threatened with twins.
Grown Prince-A relative by mar
riage.
Colby-The latest thing in phono-
graphs.
To McAdoo (v. t.), - Self-sacriflce
with the reverse English on it, hnesse
with high ulterior voltage, to desire
domestic tranquility.
Palmer-(D A fighting QUAKER;
(2) A quaking fighter.
Convention city--Washington, D.C.
News Communication by long
distance.
Local terms: Native son-An ac-
cident superimposed on climate
Earthquake = Something that nap
pens in LosAngeles. Frisco-A fight
ing word. Climate-(D The last
word; t2J the first word; t331 every
other word.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-29

There is more Catarrh In this
section of the country than all other
diseases put together, and for years
it was supposed to be incurable.
Doctors prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it
incurable Catarrh is local
disease, greatly Influenced by con-
stitutional conditions and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Medicine, manufacture
ed by F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is a constitutional remedy, is
taken internally and acts through
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of
the System. One Hundred Dollars
reward is offered for any case that
Halls Catarrh Medicine fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo,
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Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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