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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-10-04
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT

I The Riverside Ditch Company, a
corporation, principal place Of bust
ness, ;Blackfoot, Idaho: ga
NOTICE ID hereby given that at
a meeting of the Board Of Directors
Of the above named Company, held
on Friday the 18th day OF Septem-
Der, 1920, at Groveland. assessment
No. IS, Of $1.00 per share was levied
on the capital stock of this Company,
which is now due and payable to J.
G.. Bond at R. r.. D. No. 1, Black
foot, Idaho.
Any stock on which this assess
ment remains unpaid on Saturday,
the 30th day Of October, 1920, will
be- delinquent, -and wiiisbes advertised
for sale according to law.
j. G.. BOND, .;.35.'
.4sas ~ oeSIcIaIy
The Riverside Ditch Company.
Dated October 4, 1920.
!. Adv.-125-128-131-134
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-10-04

e24t56 and No. 029s42, for SEX
section IS, township south, range
33 east, and SWA section Is, town
ship 2 SOUTH range "a east, Boise
meridian, has filed notice of inten-
tion to make three year proof, to
establish claim to the land above
described, before register and re-
ceiver Of U. 8. land office at Black
foot, Idaho, on the twenty-sixth day
Of October, 1920.
Claimant names as witnesses: Mrs.
Ella Walkup, Of Moreland, Idaho;
W. J. Stultz. Of Moreland, Idaho;
Will Wieand of Blackfoot, Idaho;
Joe Sova, of Blackfoot, Idaho.
~. T. CARRUTH,
adv. 119-22-25-28-31 Register.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-10-04
LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE or ASSESSMENT,

The New Lavaside Ditch Company,
a Corporation. principle Place Of
J, Business, Blackfoot, Idaho.
Notice is hereby given that at q
meeting Of the board of directors Of
ItAe above-hamed company. held on
! Monday, the goth day OF September,
1890, assessment No; 81, Of 500
! per share, was levied on the capital
stock Of this company, which Is now
due and payable to J. G. Wareing,
) at sBlackfoot, idaho, Route NO: 1: @1 ~
" ANY stock on which this ASSESS
mont remains unpaid on Tuesday,
the End day Of November, 1920. will
be delinquent, and will be adver-
tised for sale according to law.
THE NEW LAvASIDE DITCH
COMPANY,
]. g. Wareing, Treasurer.
Dated September 20, 1920.
121-22-23-24
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-10-04
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Adv. 116-119-122-125-12s-129
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-10-04
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department Of the interior. U. 8.
land office at Blackfoot, Idaho, Sep
tember Is, 1920.
Notice is hereby given that John
Mcconnell, of Moreland, Idaho. who
on May II, 1916 and july ~, 1918,
made homestead entries serial No.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-10-04
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Stock Raising Homestead Entry, Act
December 20, 1916 $50 Stats, S62)
New-York tribune., 1920-06-04
The Daniels Misstatement

The Senate 50 far has not taken
public notice of the contradiction, to
use no stronger word, that appears
between the response made by Sec
retary Daniels to an inquiry of the
Senate and document uncovered in
the naval investigation.
The Tribune has already published
the facts. On April -, 1916, the
Senate asked the Secretary whether
or not he had received a communca-
ton from the General Board of the
navy warning him that there was
"the necessity Of bringing the navy
to a state Of preparedness" On
April Fl the Secretary answered,
saying that q letter, written August
/, 1914, had been received from the
General Board, but that it did not re-
fer to "the necessity Of bringing the
',avy to state of preparedness"
The letter of August !, 1914,
signed by Admiral knight in behalf
Of tho board, is now accessible, and
it appears that it vas an emphatic
plea for preparedness, pointing out
with great cogency the need there
for. The first paragraph declared
"The Generol Board carncstiy 1nge8
that the battleshipa be brought home
doched md put IN perfect reodiness,
with the exception Of the ships actu-
ally necessary in Caribbean and
Mexican waters"
Then followed statement Of ten
reasons for thinking the United
States might become involved in the
war. The last sentence Of the
knight document sums up tho pre-
cedng contents by saying: "Wc
shoutd prcpurc non for tho sitlla
New-York tribune., 1920-06-04
Trading With the Enemy

Great Britain, canny Britain,
whose trade wisdom has been ma
tured by the experience of centuries,
is willing for her citizens to trade
with the citizens of Russia.
But Russian gold will not be ac-
cepted in payment for British goods.
In the first place, the ownership of
the gold in the possession of the
sovieteers is in doubt, and, in the
second place, Britain does not wish
further to initiate her banking and
currency base. Nor is there liking
for Russian paper rubles. So the
exchanges are to be in kind-old-
fashioned barter, the method Of
transfer which was in existence ages
before. man conceived of the common
denomination called money
Krassin, the Russian agent who
has succeeded in getting a lifting of
the commercial interdict, is a Boil
shevist in only political allegiance.
He declared not long ago that life
had proved too strong for COM
munistic theory and that Russia
must revert to capitalism. Such an
emissary, when able to establish be-
lief in his sincerity, was naturally
acceptable. Great Britain wants
the goods of Russia, even as Russia
wants the goods of Great Britain.
The proviso that the goods sent IN
must not be used for military pur-
poses is, of course, only nominal. A
locomotive which releases an exist
ing one for military service might
as we'll be directly used to haul mu-
nitions or soldiers. Modern war
has not only destroyed the old def
nitions of contraband, but lines uD
one nation as whole against
another
New-York tribune., 1920-06-04
The Worlds Champion Deficit

Whatever may be said Of the
Lenine Trotzky regime in other
respects, not it's widest detractor
will deny its supreme capacity as a
deficit maker.
Figures published in the Bolshe,
visit official organ show that during
1919 the industries which have been
nationalized in Russia failed to meet
expenses by the sum of 23,0OO,OOO,-
600 rubles. Of this sum 14,OOO,00O,-
600 rubles was the excess of the
wage bills over the receipts for the
total sales; for managerial ex-
penses (the salaries of Bolshevist
favorites, etc.,, 5,000,00O,OO0 rubles
was spent, and some 1000, 10000
rubes went to hire soldiers to keep
workers on their Jobs.
The railroads, factories and mines
were conhscated by the government,
and hence there are no investment
charges to meet; practically nothing
is set aside for development and
maintenance; yet with these over
heads eliminated it cost the man
agement two rubles to produce what
it sold for one. Those who affect
prophecy are busy speculating as to
how a system can continue which
pays only so per cent of operating
expenses. Not longer, it is agreed
than the life of the presses which
print the money
Concerning political questions,
both domestic and foreign, the Boil
shcvist power, like other political
powers, is sometimes right and
sometimes wrong. But on the eco
nomic side its failure is colossal. And
1t is as an economic experiment that
Bolshevism is chiefly interesting to
the world. The results seem to an
swer the question of whether social
ISM can be made to wo,i.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-04
The War Insurance Break -Dowr,

In December the director of the
War Risk Insurance Bureau report
ed that in the year that had elapsed
since the beginning of demobilization
q per cent Of the insurance taken
out by soldiers had lapsed.
1t was the cheapest insurance in
the world, for the government as
sumed the burden Of all expenses Of
administration and collection. There
were no profits, no charges to meet
the cost of agents, no deductions to
cover the cost of a monthly gather
ing of the premiums. Yet the men
would not have the insurance. They
dropped the government insurance
and took out insurance in private
companies, which are compelled by
law to have much higher premiums.
Why were the men not willing to
give so cents for gold dollars?
Because they were irritated beyond
endurance by the way the govern
ment did business. Keen has been
the competition among the govern
ment's bureaus as to which was en-
titled to wear the skunk cabbage leaf
as symbol of the greatest incompe-
tency. The War Risk Insurance Bu-
reau has strong reasons for claiming
to have manifested the greatest in
efficiency. 1t was no easy thing to
induce the soldiers to tear up their
profitable insurance contracts.
The mess that exists is one that
must be cleaned up by the next Ad-
ministration. To this end, the ad-
visory committee on the Republican
platform recommends complete Re
organization of the bureau and the
conduct of its affairs not by un-
practiced Missionaries, but by those
who realize that fine words are no
substitute for the pragmatic bust
ness of promptly answering letters
of inquiry, issuing policies and max
ing settlement for losses.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-04
Neglected Federal EMPLOYEES

A report just issued by the Repub-
llcan advisory committee on policies
and platform deals candidly with the
very unsatisfactory conditions of
government employment. This con-
dition is in part an inheritance from
the spoils system, under which the
public came to look on government
employee as a beneficiary of political
favoritism rather than as a working
cog in a machine whose efficient oper
alton was of general concern. Twen-
ty years ago Federal employees in
the lower grade were relatively over
paid for the work they did They
had shorter hours, longer sick and
vacation leaves and better working
surroundings than were obtainable
in private employment of a similar
nature.
That day has passed. Government
employees are now underpaid, even
IN the low grades. And whereas
private employment has been more
and more standardized and LIBERAL
lzcd, the government service remains
q sort Of wild natural growth, with
gl"ring inequalities in compensation
and working conditions in the vari-
Gus departments. Salaries arc in
adequate all along the line. But even
greater discomfort is caused by dis
crimlnations between groups doing
the same sort Of labor.
The Federal service Of to-day is
tho result of patchwork legislation.
Congress from time to time codiiics
the Federal statutes. But there has
New-York tribune., 1920-06-04
Marvels Per Schedule

An earthquake that quaked every
odd Tuesday at 5 p. m. would soon
attract little enough attention from
any one. 1t would become simply
one Of those things. Therein lies the
chief hazard Of the marvel business.
You must be a marvel sufficiently
often to attract the populace and
stimulate speculation and suspense:
but you must never cheaper your
performances by repeating too often
so often, that is, as to make the
marvel appear matter Of course
and routine.
Witness the case Of Babe Ruth. of
the seven-league bat. Already he
tecters on the edge Of oversatisfying
the public's appetite for home runs.
Always a glutton for these heroic
episodes, the fan displayed almost
touch Of boredom when the great
Babe knocked his third for one day.
Conversely, there were carping
critics who. could see no merit at all
in a two-bagger and no excuse what
ever in three bases on balls.
The circus folk know how to do
these things. They never perform
their most difficult feat successfully
at the first try. They strain visibly
and gloriously-and fail by the
thousandth of an inch amid sighs of
regret and admiration. No doubt 1t
is more difficult thus to fail at will
in order to build up climax than
to perform the feat accurately the
first try. But the drama of the cir
Gus demands it, and it is done. No
doubt, now we come to think Of 1t,
that was why the mighty Casey
struck out. His one failure was Just
the needed item of contrast to secure
fame forever as the mightiest slug
ger of all mythology.
Perhaps, however, there was
method in Ruth's policy. The way
applause was coming to him last
week l. nomination by acclamation
by any convention for the best job
open would have been inevitable.
And who would want to be President
when he could be the king of swat
ters and the undoubted hero of
united country!
New-York tribune., 1920-06-04
Progress Through Tyranny
q tha E'AitNr of ILL.,


Sir: In your article anent the con-
scripton of labor in Russia you saw
that "surely greater tyranny was
never proposed in the name Of free
DOM What, sir, did our "Work or
Fight" mean? And even now, while
we have the enforced quiet. which is
called peace, letter appeared recently
IN one of our evening papers, wherein
1t was proposed that labor be con-
scripted and the men sent where they
would be most useful The conditions
that exist in Russia arc unusual. to
express it mildly, and no doubt drastic
measures may be necessary to meet
hem.
But it is quite likely that all of the
men between certain ages are thus
drafted, and that drones are not al
lowed to live upon the fruits of the
toll of their fellow beings.
As to capitalism giving "a motive
to labor and motive to save and
organize: 1t has been said that in
Russia it is ordained that he who does
"N' WI n ICitHCf SDaIl ne eat There
is just the same incentive to work
there as we have under capitalism,
and the great masses of the people do
little more than gain enough under
tnls system which the few cxtol to keep
a weary soul in an exhausted BODY.
Let him who can suggest a suitable
remedy; but the fact remains that with
our present social system we are simply
engaged in sordid struggle, with our
faces toward the ground; whereas with
a sane system We could all be happy
in our various ways. The fact that
We arc discussing the subject so widely
is an indication that change is at
hand. Confusion Will no doubt attend
the transformation; but it is to be
hoped that before it is too late due
attention will be given to preparedness
for the change in order that the diff
ficulties that VIII arise may be intcll-
gently overcome
AN ANONYMOUS LOVER OF
PROGRESS.
New York, June 2, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-04

never been a real classification of the
rapidly growing army Of Federal
employees. In some departments
fairly generous policy Of recognition
and rewards is pursued. In others
the ancient traditions Of stagnation
survive. The committee recommends
the adoption of a uniform qualifca-
ton and production standard for the
whole service, ard an equalized SAL
ary scale which will take into ac-
count the recent increases in living
costs.
Congress recently passed, after
many years of delay, a Federal civil
service superannuation act. That
was a step in the right direction. A
Congressional joint commission on
the reclassifcation of salaries has
'irawn up a standard classification
and salary scheme. The adoption of
this report would increase the eff
cheney Of the service, now at a
low ebb.
Fair treatment Of the govern
ment's employees is not alone a mat
ter of justice. 1t is needed to end
decentralization and to stop the resig-
nations on the part of the more ex-
perienced workers. 1t Will pay in
the end, as tae superannuation act
will pay, by lifting government serv-
ice more toward the level of COM
potency attained in private, profit
making concerns.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-04
The White Collar
This Observer Found n .
Symbol Of Meekness
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: As former member Of the VIII.
Collar Clerical and Bookkeeping Frat.
nifty, would like TO add few rs,..
as to why it is impossible to orgs,:.
them.
IT,. - --,,. 70 defend then
selves. l worked in the auditing D.
partment of large corporation. Tb..
were about one hundred and twentv.s,
bookkeepers and clerks in the os..
In charge Of them was a mighty mast.
an absolute monarch, who bore ~.
exalted title of chief clerk, who's. NO.,
was law and who ruled ovcr them We.
a rod Of iron.
One day asked one Of the men NJ
they did not organize and try TO obta;.
better working conditions. The ~.
bookkeeper looked at me scornf,,,o
he answered: eve are not mechanics =.
iaborers; We are professional mes
The poor fellow actually believed It
Addition was their main mathematics,
work. They were all expert adae,.
and many Of them believed thev wer,
mathematicians. Some of them w.-.
ambitious. They read the adver+iss
ments in the magazines and beisv.,
that by doing little studying on II.
quiet they could rise in the world. and
perhaps some day they would beco,o
certified public accountants or charteros
accountants. Hence they studied "s,.
counting" and "higher accounting" sna
other kindred fake subjects.
Others knew better; they aspired "a
become favorte sons. What is favor.
ite son? | will try TO explain. One
day their master ordered time clocs
1t could accommodate one hundred book.
keepers only. Twenty-Five would have 10
be exempt. The master picked his ,wen.
ty-live favorite sons. They did not have
to ring the clock. They could take two
hours for luncheon il they wished, bu.
let one Of the others take one minute
more than the hour and Immediately he
would be called upon to face his master
How they did tremble when called be.
fore their master TO give an accoun ane
for the most trivial offence
! can imagine what would happen in
machine shop if 20 per cent Of the
force We're not required 10 ring tie
clock. There would be war en- the spo..
Did the bookkeepers declare war? Not
much! A few adventurous spirits
grumbled bit when their master dil
not hear them. Though most of them
were fine specimens physically. they sub.
mitted meekly, hoping that some day
they, too, would become favorite sons.
Organize them? II can't be donel
EDWARD c. A. OLSON.
Brooklyn, June /, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-04

for words uttered in debate, but the
constitutional privilege does not re-
lease Congressman from the moral
obligation not to slander. Mr.. Mason
should say much, much more, to back
up his loose charge with something in
the nature Of proof, or apologize.
Partisanship, it is perhaps need
less to say, should have no weight or
consideration in this matter. Char
acter assassination, or attempts at
it, are Objectionable, no matter what
is mans party label.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-04
A Bridge Across the Hudson

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your paper, seems to be trying
to help relieve the congested cond-
tions in New York City-also reduce
the cost Of food, which IS high, even if
grown near by-yet l seldom see the
suggestion of a bridge across the Hud
son. Why?
1t seems to me this would give the
quickest relief Of the situation In
many ways. 1t would leave an avenue
into the city open all the time in spite
Of strikes-or ice in the river.
| realize the cost would be high, but
understand that the commission of
which General George Dyer is chair
man reported that it was feasible.
Why not consider the benefits to re-
suit and see If they arc not worth the
price?
Don't forget the weary lines Of mo-
tofsts waiting ~ all the ferries on
Sundays and holidays. w.
Tuxedo Park, ~ Y, May 2G, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-04
Saluta, z Pouer
BLOCKADE a Weapon We Should
Never Surrender

- e-'i"O'' W NtOutU
Never Surrender
10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The first specific ground for
the Presidents veto of the joint reso-
luton for peace with Germany and
Austria pursuant to the Versailles and
st. Germain treaties, without, how
ever, accepting the league of nations,
was because ''nothing is said in this
resolution about the frecdam of navl-
cation upon the seas"
The keynote of the veto seems to
be desire to abolish the blockade in
naval war. Is this wise? Blockade
has always been the shield of the ma
tions with small armies against mill
tary feudalism, which otherwise would
long ago have bestridden the world
Sea power, including the blockade,
IN the hands first of Holland, later of
England and last of all in the hands
of the United States, three times de-
feated Spain.
The British blockade crushed Napo-
leon and his military feudalism, and
for nearly four years held the Pan
German military feudalism at bay.
The Northern blockade starved out the
Confederacy, and Japanese sea power
prevailed over the might of Russia
Sea power and the blockade are free
governments best weapons Of defense.
They should never be weakened or sur
rendered. HENRY A. FORSTER.
New York, May 80, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-04
Roobo By
1OOVS y Heywood Broun

We sometimes wonder just how and
what Joseph Conrad would have written
If he had never gone to sea. 1t may
be that he would never have written
at all if he had not been urged on by
the emotion which he felt about ships
and seas and great winds. And yet we
regret sometimes that he is so definitely
sea struck. After ALL Conrad is a man
so keen in his understanding of the
human heart that he can reach deep
places. 1t is sometimes pity, there
fore, that he is so much concerned
with researches which take him down
into nothing more than water, which,
even at its mightiest, rs no such infinite
element as the mind Of man.
Typhoons and hurricanes make q
brave show of noise and fury, but there
Is nothing in them but wind. No storm
which Conrad ever pictured: could be
half so extra ordinary as the tumult
which went on in the soul of Lord
JiEn. We notice at this point that we
have used heart and mind and soul
without defining what we meant by anv
of them. We mean the same thing in
each case, but for the life Of us we
don't know just what it is. Lord jim"
OF course, is great book, but to our
mind the real battle is 81 bit obscured
u ~,
the external adventures through which
the hero passes. There is danger that
the attention of tho reader NAV be
distracted by silent seas and savage
tribes and jungles from the fact that
Jim's fight was really fought Just be-
hlnd his forehead; that it was tght
which might have taken place in Traf-
algar Square or Harlem or Ernporia.
Naturally, we have no right to implv
that nothing of consequence can hap
pen in wild and strange places. There
Is just as much romance on Chinese
Junks as on Jersey Central ferry
boats. But no more. Here is the crux
Of our complaint. Conrad and Kinlinp
and the rest have written 50 mar-
nliicently about the far places that we
have come to think Of them "a the
true home Of romance. Indeed wa
have almost been induced to beliovc
that there IS nothing adventurous west
of Suez Hereabouts, it seems 40 -
one qualified as true romancor sim.
ply from the fact of living In SHANGHAI
or Singapore or just Off the island of
Carimata. And yet we suppose there
are people in Shanghai who cobble
shoes all day long and sleep at nights
and that there are dishes to be washed
in Singapore.
For our own part. we remember that
we once spent ten Cats in Peking, and
our llvellest recollection is tnat
one night we held ten high straight
flush in hearts against two full houses
One of them was aces and kings. That
was adventure, to be sure, and vet wc
have held jack high straight flush
IN clubs against four SKIES in no more
distant realm than West Forty-fourth
Street.
Adventure Ia like that. 1t ALWAYS
New-York tribune., 1920-06-04
Fair Play

rnless Congressman Mason, Of
jl5n1ie, speedily backs up the charge
Ac'madc On the floor Of the House
again. Bernard NJ. Baruch by some
thing in the way Of fact or corrobo-
ration the accusation is TO be dis
missed as unworthy Of serious atten-
fion
Sir. Hauon says that Mr.. Baruch,
whozc relations 10 the President are
well knoun, "atole $50,00o,o0o in
copper alone" A Congressman can
not bc called in question elsewhere