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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-12
Bank q Idaho Springs
Capital and Surplus $33,OOO.OO
D. J. DoNNELLY, President c. 1. sPEssARD Cashier
The Nonpartisan League

The most radical element in the
west today which threatens various
forms of established industry and
our present form of government is
the Nonpartisan league and affiN
lated organizations such as the
Triple Alliance, the Workers Nom
partisan league, the radical labor
party and the farmer labor organ
izations. The managers of the Nom
partisan league are wise enough to
choose candidates who can gain
the support of these various groups.
In the past the league has done
its work in the open. 1t is now
working quietly in various states.
Its trained solicitors circulate with
farmers and other citizens, preach
its doctrine and secure members.
No publicity is given their actions.
Thus the organization gains head
way duu lOObuOlu III cOulLl Utilities
which think they are safe from
this form of socialistic propaganda.
The reason that the league
exists under the severe criticism
to which it has been subjected is
that it is founded on a highly
organized business basis. 1t has
the keenest solicitors to gain menu
bership and draw together all the
elements of discomfort under one
banner. 1t is amply financed by
the funds of its members and can
hire the best talent to keep it's.
organization intact. Herein lies
the danger from the league, as an
organized minority will often put
rout an unorganized majority
The Manufacturer.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-12

ord, then a weekly. On July l
1895, ne became owner Of the
paper. He had worked his way
thru college, but had saved III
$500, which was the amount oil
cash required on the purchase
price. Mr.. Hardy was then 23
years old, ambitious aud energetic.
He wrote the paper, solicited the
ads and did all the work that
newspaper men are SO familiar
with. The town grew and the
paper prospered. Later he started
the Daily Record, which is one of
the enterprising small city dailies
of the state.
For % years Mr.. Hardy has
been editor and publisher of the
Record. A newspaper mans life
is open to the public as is that of
no other business or professional
mans. He pours out his soul into
the columns of bis paper aud all
who read may know his aims.
ambitions, principles and beliefs.
Others may bnrrow in the ground
or dodge an issue, but the news
paper man cannot. He must stand
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-12

Der of the National Editorial asso-
citation OF America and has trav-
eled nearly all over the America
continent with this association.
He was its president in l91S-l919,
a rather important office for a
Country editor to fill. Mr.. Hardy S
name is well known in the national
newspaper and printing journals,
to which he has been a frequent
contributor. He, counts as his
friends some of the leading puh-
l'shers of the United States.
So much for the character sof
the man. He was elected to cor :
gress two years ago. 1t is no SUI :
prise to his friends that he mac {
good. He has the right stuff n
him, and his broad experience and
wide acquaintance gained thru
travel gave him a standing in con-
gress above that of the average
new mem Der. His business expe-
rience and long habit of long hours
of work has enabled him to grind
out an infinite amount of work md
business for the many constituents
who have called upon him. I
venture to guess that many of
YOUR readers have found out that
Congressman Hardy was on the
job and that he got results There
Is no red tape in his Washington
office and he has helped to cut it in
other quarters for many deserving
/ constituents.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-12
He Keep Out Of War;
Young, Able Bodied

Young. able-bodied, rich, strappIng
big fellow. who possessed all the phys
ical equipment of an American soldier
save, evidently, heart, Robert r
Scripps was kept out Of the wal
through Administration influences.
He was exempted.
The local draft board Uf Butler Coun-
ty, O., rejected his plea and held that
] there was no valid claim for his ex-
emption and that he should surely don
a uniform and shoulder arms, but Sec
| retary of War Bakers law partner,
Tom Sidlo, was employed to save the
| youthful Stacker Governor Cox took
| hand In the case, and finally, by
White House decree, he went scot free.
His multi-millionaire father, e. w.
Scripps, controlling owner of the
Scripps League of Newspapers and the
Newspaper Enterprise Association, a
powerful combination, threatened to
overthrow the Administration rather
than permit either of his sons to an
swer the call of Uncle Sam.
Administration Exempts Stacker.
Having helped to re-elect Woodrow
Wilson President on the issue, HE
kept us out of war" the elder Scripps
demanded that his sons be kept out of
war. And the Administration kept
them out.
Young Robert Scripps, who had nev-
er done any real newspaper work, was
given the title of Assistant TO the Pub
Usher of the Scripps League of News
papers to create an excuse for his ex-
emption. Finally he was ordered home
from Camp Sherman by Governor Cox,
after he had been in uniform for ten
days.
All these facts and more Of an equal
iy astounding ard discreditabe charac-
ter were brought out by the Kenyon
Senatorial Committee which subpoe-
naed young Scripps to Washington to
explain his activities in the present
campaign.
Now Supporting Cox.
He is today editor in chief of the
Scripps League of Newspapers and the
Newspaper Enterprise Association and
Is putting out daily pink propaganda
sheets OIL iuflu anu SenSdtlondl cHdr-
acter in support Of the candidacy of
Governor Cox
Samples of these sheets were sub
mitted to the committee, and Senator
Reed, Democrat, frankly denounced the
propaganda as rot and manifested
extreme impatience and disgust with
the yonug mans loose talk about a
Senate oligarchy" and criticism Of the
Supreme Court.
Young Scripps, although he did not
fight for his country In 1917-1S, insist
ed that he was doing 1t all through love
Of country and in the public interest,""
without any pay from the Democratic
committee or thought of obligation for
keeping him out of war.
The draft-dedging aspects of the
case, dis brought out at Washington,
are not unlike those Of young Bergdoll
of Philadelphia, which resulted In a
Federal prosecution for conspiracy to
evade the draft.
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William H. Stephens
for County Treasurer

Clear Greek county cannot do
better than to elect VIM, Ell. Step
hans as county treasurer. Besides
being man fully capable to ham
die the official work pertaining to
that office, heis one Of those whose
character is above reproach.
While Mr.. Stephans found it
necessary to seek employment
away from Clear Creek county for
while, his heart and deepest in
terest have been with his home
people, and it has never been his
intention to leave this county pro-
viding he could find sufficient en-
ployment to properly live and edu-
cate his children. He has main
tanned his residence here in spite
of the fact that his work has been
away from this county.
He has great faith in the min
ing interest of this section of the
county, and intends to do his best
to promote it. He has been and
is interested in mining, and it is
to his own interest as well as that
of the community to push this en-
terprise along as much as possible
Mr.. Stephans is no pessimist, and
believes that Clear Creek county
is coming back to her own.
For 35 years he was a resident
of Silver Plume, connected with
mining; also working with the
Roberts Bros Mercantile company.
In 1y15 he began his duties in
the Office of county treasurer and
served for three years under the
late Senator FL L. Roberts, after
wards resigning and going to Den
yer to work.
Ii elected TO the position of
county treasurer, Mr.. stephens
can give efficient service, for the
work is not at all new to him. The
county and the interests of her
people will be locked after contin-
uously, and the work Of the trea-
surer will be as nearly perfect as
it is in man to do.
Think seriously over these things
before you cast your vote on Tues
day, Nov. 2, and think what it
means to have man deeply inter-
ested in mining prospects of Clear
Creek county, man who had the
experience in the treasurer's office,
a man who is anxious to make his
home in this community, and one
whose reputation in all things is
of the best.
Vote for William FL. Stephans
for county treasurer in the coming
election.
Subscribe for the Siftings.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-12

He came di-
rect TO Canon
CITY from coll
lege ~ Lexing-
to-, Kentucky,
il 1894. He was
then % years Of
age. HIS first
job was that of
solicitor on the
Canon City Rec
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-12

The Democrats seem to have
abandoned the idea that they could
carry the election this year by the
aid of the solid south and the
liquid north. .-Loyeland Reporter.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-12

Fifth Cousin Roosevelt devoted his
speech at Providence, R. l., to a de-
fense Of eight years of Democratic ad-
ministration. Six weeks is very short
time for doing much along that line.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-12

Mrs NJ. ]. Tilton, mother of
DIR. Tilton, the painless dentist of
Denver, spent last week in Idaho
Springs at the home of her niece,
Mrs. GEORGIA Gilman.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-12
Republican Ticket

Republican Ticket
For President
wApr7N y G. HARDING
oW President
CALVIN COOLIDGE
FoI United States Senator
SAMUEL D. NICHOLSON
For Congressman. Third District
GUY U. HARDY
For Judge Supreme Court
GREELEY W. WFiITFORD
For Governor
OLIVER Fl. SHOUP
For Lieutenant Governor
EARL COOLEY
For Secretary OF State
CARL s. MILLIkEN
For State Treasurer
ARTHUR NJ. STONC
State Superintendent of Schools
KATHERINE CRAIG
For Auditor
HARRY E. MULNIX
For Attorney General
VICTOR E. KEYES
For State Senator, Twenty-sixth District
WILLIAM E. RENSHAW
For District Attorney
W. L. BOATRICHT
For Representative. 23rd Gen. Assembly
CHARLES L. JAYNES
Republican County Ticket
For Clerk and Recorder
B. A. HOLLEY
For Treasurer
WILLIAM H. STEPHENS
For Sheriff
WILLIAM J. HARVEY
For County Judge
ROYAL r. GRAHAM
For Coroner
DR.. ALAN D. FRASER
For Superintendent of Schools
MRS. IDA E. PIKE
For Surveyor
PERCY P. BARBOUR
For Commissioner. Second District
JOHN W. GREEN
For Commissioner. Third District
LOUIS v. CRIST
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-12
Congressman OF Third
District an Active Man
(By Peter Sterling.

The life of Congressman Guy
U. Harding is an open book.
There are no secret pages,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-12

siftings-Ne has added a
line of small school supplies.
Buy your pencils, tablets, etc., here.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-12
BACK PORCH CAMPAIGN TO
BE BEGUN SOON BY WILSON

Washington. Gradually being
pushed to the rear by the progress OF
the canvass 1t is now announced that
President Wilson Is to wage Back.
Porch" campaign. The local evening
papers announce this fact and say
that the plan is being discussed by
the Administration leaders. 1t may
even come within week, some of
these leaders illeve Edmund H.
Moore, who managed Governor Cox
pre-convention campaign, is given
credit for this rear attack on the
Harding method Of using the front
porch.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-12

Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Wiseman,
daughter Hazel, and son Eugene
of Bennett, Colorado, came Satur-
day for few days visit with Rev.
and Mrs. R. w. johnson.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-10-12

The Cox slogan seems to be "Misrep-
resentation Without Relaxation"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-09
MASON FARMERS
TO CONSIDER CROP
ON next SATURDAY
Mass Meeting of Mason County Farm.
ers To Be Held Here Next Saturday
Afternoon to Select Delegates
To Tobacco Meeting.

1t was announced this morning that
a mass meeting Of all of the farmers
Of Mason county would be held on next
Saturday afternoon at the Mason coun-
ty court house for the purpose of con-
sidering the matter of cutting out Or
reducing next years tobacco crop.
The chief purpose of Saturdays
meeting will be to select delegates to
represent Mason county at meeting
of the various other Burley tobacco
counties of the state to be held at Lex
ington soon and to ascertain the feel
ing of the Mason county farmers in re-
gard to the next tobacco crop.
Tobacco growers from all over Ken
lucky are now considering means of
reducing the tobacco crop in order to
bring the prices of looseleaf to high
er plane and this will most certainly
intrest every tobacco grower and ten
ant in all of Mason county 1t is ex-
pected, therefore, that next Saturday
afternoons meeting will be very large
ly attended by farmers from every pre-
cinct in the entire county.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-09
Mason Loyal To YazeIl.

Although Mason county Republicans
are wholly unaccustomed to primary
election and it was very hard to get
out the vote, the Republicans of Mason
county were certainly loyal to their
candidate giving DR.. Yazell a total
vote of 923 as against "a for Davis, IL
Barber. Osborne, II Mckee and
Blair "a, or a plurality of 1886 votes
over all other candidates combined
The Sixth ward of the city of Maysville
was the banner ward giving the Doc
tor 109 votes.
Other banner precincts in nearby
counties were Tollesboro in Lewis
which gave the Maysville man SO votes
out of 100 cast and Burtonville which
gave him 80 votes out of SO cast while
Concord gave him 48 votes out of 55
cast. Fern leaf and Plugtown in this
county cast all of their votes for
Yazell.
Considering the fact that Mason
county Republicans are unaccustomed
to primary election DR.. Yazell has
been highly complimented by his own
home county and this splendid vote of
923 in quiet primary shows his
strength in his home county and the
strength he can develop in the general
election.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-09
LIGHTNING STRIKES
JOHN FARR0W;; WILL
LIKELY PROVE FATAL
Inmates Of County mfirmary struck
By Lightning Late Saturday After
nOOn-Physicians Say One
Cannot Live.

John Farrow, aged 60 years, an in
mate of the County Infirmary, is .ex-
pected to die at any minute as re-
suit Off fractured skull suffered late
Saturday afternoon when he was
struck by lightning in the infrmary
lane. Frank Porter, colored, who was
nearby, also was stunned but he has
practically recovered.
Mr.. Farrow, who was cripple, was
standing beside telephone pole when
the lightning struck wires nearby. He
was knocked some distance and the
lightning passing through his body
tore good sized hole in the ground.
His hat was torn into small pieces. The
hair on his head was scorched and his
skull was fractured. DR.. Mcclure, the
institutions physician, upon arrival
said he could not recover but at noon
today he was alive although the ply
sician said it was hardly probable that
he would live through the afternoon.
The lightning was seen and thun-
der heard and felt by most every one
in Maysville. 1t did much damage to
the telephone system in that section
of the county. Telephone wires along
the Inflrmary lane were melted and
poles splintered.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-09
SCHOOL POPULATION OF
STATE LITTLE CHANGED
Mason County Has 1894 School Chill.
dren According to Census Just
Made Public.

Frankfort, KY, August s. The
scholastic census, taken this year in
all the counties and every city ex-
cepting the four of the second class
Covington. Newport, Lexington and
Paducah - shows total scholastic
population, including estimates in the
four cities of 642,221, practically un-
changed from last year.
Pike county leads in the number OF
school children outside the indepen-
dent cities with 1880. Only eighty
nine of thees are negroes. Martin, Nc
Creary and Morgan have no negro
school children.
The census shows 2,764 school chill
dren in Mason county and total of l..
262 in the City of Maysville.
Neighbor counties have school
population as follows:
Bracken. 2,479; Fleming. 1858;
Lewis, 4,349: Robertson. S34.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-09
YAzElL LEADS IN
RACE FOR CONGRESS-.
BARBER IS SECOND
Figures Obtainable This Afternoon
Show Maysville Man Winner With
Few Mountain Counties Missing
From the Count.

Although returns are coming in very
slowly from the Republican Primary
in the Ninth congressional district,
from what is Obtainable 1t is plainly
seen that the race is very close be-
tween DR.. w. S. Yazell, of this city,
and Omer Barber, of Owingsville, Bath
county. The best information that can
be obtained here shows DR.. Yazell
leading Barber by nearly 300 votes
with several mountain counties still
missing.
DR.. Yazells strongest race was sin
in Mason and Lewis counties. The for
mer gave him vote of 923 with all
precincts reporting, while the State of
Lewis gave him a vote of 500 as
against Il for his nearest opponent.
Returns received by the Louisville
Courier-Journal with Greenup, Lewis,
Elliot and Wolfe counties missing give
Barber 1906; Yazell 1886, and Blair
975. Adding to these figures the 500
votes received by Yazell in Lewis and
adding SO votes gained by Yazell in
Mason county today gives him total
vote Of 1875. Adding Barber's II in
Lewis county to his total of 1906 it
gives him total of 1877. These fig
ures give the local man a lead oevr
Barber of 29S votes.
OF the counties missing In the Louis
Vile figures Greenup is conceded Os-
borne it being his home county, Elliot
is conceded to Davis, it being his
home county and Judge Blair is sup
posed to carry Wolfe. On the face of
these figures DR.. Yazell is a winner.
There are several precincts still miss
; ing in Nicholas, Harrison and Robert
son counties which are expected to in
, crease Dr. Yazell's vote considerably
or at least enough to take care of the
scattering vote Barber will receive in
the counties which have been conceed-
, ed to the other candidates.
Barber received his heavies vote In
Bath and Fleming coutnies. DR.. Yazell
carried Mason, Lewis, Bracken, Rob-
ertson. Nicholas and Harrison coun-
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-09
Big SHAKE.Up IN
PASSENGER TRAINS
ON |. & n. SYSTEM
Now Is Time For Action In the Matter
Of Restoring Morning Train on
Maysville Division.

For some time rumors have been 60
ing the rounds of big shake-up In
passenger service on the l.. & N. Rail-
road, and a bulletin posted Saturday
at Paris gives the details of these
changes.
Instead of the train leaving here at
$50 a. m. going through to Louisville
as now, it will run only to Paris and
return at $50 a. m, and will leave
again in the afternoon at 1886, return
ing at $3.50 p. m. Making two round
trips day.
The train that now operates between
this city and Stanford will be discon-
tinued
A new train will be put on to run
between Paris and Lexington, which
will connect with the trains from this
city both morning and afternoon.
Another train will be put on to run
between Cincinnati and Winchester, via
Lexington, as a fast line, and will go
from Winchester to Stanford as an ac-
commodation train.
In connection with this shaking up
of the passenger service on the L. &
N, wouldn't 1t be good idea for those
officials who have charge Of the max
ing up of these trains to consider the
Maysville branch just a bit more and
restore the train service it took off be-
cause of war time needs for equip
ment? In other words, to give Mays
vile branch the early morning train
service it enjoyed by restoring the
train that arrived here at about 740
in the morning and left late in the
afternoon.
Suppose ur-Chamber Of Commerce
and business met get together and
make request Of the l.. & N. officials
while they are in the changing mood
to restore this train that they promised
to do some thine ago.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-09
PURSE CONTAINED
MAYSvILLE CHECKS.

The Covington news in the Cincin-
natl Enquirer says:
Mrs. Maud sternberg, collector for
the Volunteers of America, an organi-
cation founded by Ballington Booth for
the purpose of providing homes for
women, establishment of free day
nurseries and hope halls for former
convicts, reported yesterday she had
lost her purse when in a, street car be-
tween Fourth and Walnut streets, Gin
cinnati, and Pike street and Madison
avenue, Covington.
The purse contained $14 In money
and number Of checks drawn on the
Maysville (Ky.) Bank in favor OF the
society. The finder is requested to
call South 918X.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-09
LASSES WHITE TO
OPEN WASHINGTON THEATER

Manager T. M. Russell, of the Wash
ington Theater, is very busy getting
the house in shape for the fall open
ing. The theater will be opened for
the fall and winter season this year
on Monday, August 2S, by Lasses
White and his new minstrels. White
and his new company are rehearsing
in Cincinnati and will show for the
first time in the local theater.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-09
TWO DEAD IN WRECK
OF CARNIVAL train
Big Railroad Smash.Up at Ashland
Sunday-TwO Dead, Four Missing
And Eight Hurt.

Ashland, KY, Aug. 8. - Two men
dead, four are missing and eight are
injured as the result of wreck Of a
carnival train near here Sunday after
noon.
The victims, employees of the Nc
Daniel Amusement Company, were
caught beneath the debris when eight
freight cars were derailed. Their car
was crushed like an eggshell when
other cars piled upon it.
The wreck occurred near Coalton,
fifteen miles from Ashland, at o'clock
Sunday afternoon.
According to the carnival manager,
P. D. Mcdaniel, Danville, Va, the em-
ployees were not supposed to have rid
den on the train, which was hauling
carnival equipment from Olive Hill to
the Elks Fair in Ashland. He did not
know they were on the train until the
news of the wreck was received.
The dead men are:
Will Ham, Danville.
]. B. Adams, Lexington.
The injured, who were taken to the
Kings Daughters Hospital here, are:
Jack Burns, whose back was broken
and who probably will die; Riley
Thomas j. Hinkle, Glen Nation, James
Shaw, Nick Sangi, and John Wilson,
negro.
Four others may be buried beneath
the debris, according to the manager,
as he has been unable to locate this
number of employees.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-09
ABERDEEN MAN MAKING GOOD
IN REVENUE SERVICE.

Mr.. Kenneth P. Clark and family of
Cincinnati, are spending their vacation
with relatives at Aberdeen and in
Maysville. Mr.. Clark is now chief In
come Tax expert of the First District
of Ohio and is regarded as one of the
best posted income tax men in the
whole country. His many local friends
congratulate him upon his advance
ment In the revenue service.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-09
STEPS FROM STREET CAR BACK
WARDS; FALLS on WET STREET,

Mrs. Mona Lewis of the West End,
suffered sprained right ankle and
slight bruises when she fell on the wet
paved street at West Second and Court
street this morning. Mrs. Lewis step
ped from a street car backwards and
slipped on the wet street.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-09
STORE PRESIDENT FINED.

Albert 7. Day, president Of the Bus
by Economy Stores, was fined S. and
costs In Squire Bauer's court this af-
ternoon on charge of breach of the
peace. Mr.. Day engaged In heated
argument with Mr.. Harry Il. Walsh,
who through contract is closing up
the business OF one OF the company's
stores, which had been sold to Mr.. o.
l.. Antle
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-09
ANOTHER TOBACCO BLIGHT
J Is FOUND IN COUNTY

County Agent George Kirk and To-
bacco Expert Slagg, of the State Ex-
pertinent Station, Saturday, made ex-
tensive Investigations throughout the
county to endeavor to find any other
blight which might be affecting Mason
county tobacco. Some Sore Shank"
was found in the tobacco on Mr.. John
r. Downing's farm but it is not
thought to be serious throughout the
county.