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The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-01-16
LOWER PRICES
NOT EXPECTED
IMPROBABLE FOR YEARS TO
COME, LABOR OFFICIAL SAYS,
IN REPORT.
Asserts Suffering Endured BY the
Public Through Advancing Prices
Would Be intensified If Prices
Would Drop Within Next Seven
Years to 1918 Level.

WaShingtOn.-AnY considerable fail
in prices for years to come is imprOb-
able, ROYAL Meeker, Commissioner of
Labor Statistics and head of the bu-
reau which collects information on the
trend of prices used by the Govern
ment in official negotiations concern
ing wages and similar questions, said.
He recommended a monetary unit OF
value to replace the present units or
weight.
"PerSOnS generally are yearning so
intently for lower prices that they
have not thought much about the re-
suits of falling prices" Meeker said.
"The prices we kicked about in 1918
have come to be regarded as ideal.
Untold distress has been caused by
rapid price increases of the last four
years.
"Sufferings already enlured by the
public through advancing prices will
be multiplied ten-fold if prices drop
within the next seven years to the
1913 level. A period of falling prices
always is time of business depres-
sion, failures and unemployment
Declaring that the Governments OF
the void could not reduce their
debts suddenly, the Commissioner said
credit which would have to be en-
tended to Europe by this country
would produce further imitation thus
boosting prices still higher" SINH
larly, the worlds production of goods
can not be increased suddenly, he as
serted
For that reason, he said, fear that
Europe would food American markets
to the detriment of domestic industry
was unfOunded.
1.-The normal seasonal drop in
prices may be expected in 1920" Mr..
Meeker added ''In normal times, the
low price level for all commodities
combined comes in March, April or
May. These seasonal price changes
are relatively small and will have but
little effect upon the housewives eX-
penditureS. No great fall in prices
seems to be possible for long time"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-01-16
QUAKE BRINGS DEATH
A Score of Persons Are Killed AS the
Result of Violent Earthquake
in Mexico.

Mexico City.-ScOres of persons
have been killed as the result of Il
violent earthquake which occurred in
a number of parts of Mexico. The
center of the disturbance is believed to
have been near the volcano of Orizaba
Incomplete reports indicate that the
state of Vera Cruz suffered more than
any other section, although seismic
disturbances were felt throughout the
entire republic. Advices from Cor
dOba say that 30 dead already have
been counted in San Juan. COscomat-
epec, where a number of houses were
destroyed. There are unconfirmed re-
ports Of a similar catastrophe in the
village of HuatuscO. In Jalapa so vic
Tins have been counted, including nu-
merOus dead.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-01-16
PRISONERS SEE HANGING
Hanging Is Seen BY the Convicts-
"When Do We Eat?" Is Shout
of the Inmates.

Chicago, Ill.-Despite protests of
Governor Frank O. Lowdon college
professors and women connected with
reform associations, 200 prisoners in
the County Jail were involuntary wit
nesses to the hanging of Raffaelo Dur
rage, who murdered Il man and his
wife because they had ordered him
from their home. The execution was
put forward an hour, taking place at
o'clock. This was done to prevent
any last minute" reprieve. Recently
a man who murdered his wife was
saved by Judge, who ordered stay
of execution, with the result that the
murderer doubtless will escape any
punishment except Il short prison sen
tence. Prison and police officials i'll
sisted that to force other prisoners
to witness the hanging would lodge
something definite in their memories
when they were impelled to commit
crime.
The refOrmerS were as positive that
it would work harm instead, hurt the
SenSiblitieS of the criminals and ren
der them more desperate. 1t must be
admitted that the execution did not
cause any of the hardened crew to
faint with horror. Instead, one of
them whistled an impromptu funeral
march as Outrage proceeded to the
trap. Other and less facetiOus prison
ers sharply ordered him to ''cut it out"
showing that not all of them treated
the hanging as a joke. After Outrage
had been pronounced to be dead, one
of the prisoners yelled to reporters
and others: "G'Wn, yOuse guys, get
out of my Jail ~ This was greeted
by Il chorus of laughter from all the
other prisoners.
When the stage was set in the death
chamber Outrage was led forth. The
quiet became absolute for a moment,
and then when the moose was slipped
over the murderer's head, from one Of
the higher tiers came a Strident shout:
"When do we eat"
Tier by tier, cell by cell, the ely
was taken up. 1t became roar above
which the wardens voices could not
be heard. The trap was sprung. Dur
rage dropped into the space beneath
the scaffOrld dead. when do we eat?'
was his requiem.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-01-16
BRITISH LOSSES HEAVY
In Fierce Fighting on the Indian From
tier Against Tribesmen.

Mandannakach, India.-The tiercest
dian frontier has been in progress, dur
ing which the British casualties have
been heavier than those in the entire
campaign in the Tirah district in 1897.
while the hill tribesmen suffered as
never before. The Mahsuds displayed
the utmost determination in opposing
the operations of the British eXpedi-
tionary force, resisting in the most
stubborn manner the British attempts
to advance. The British column con-
Sequently was compelled to remain
encamped in the PalOSina plain.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-01-16
Road to Mark Line,

..aris.-The western front" of the
World War will be preserved for flu
ture generations. 1t was officially an.
nOunced that IL national road will be
constructed, leading from DiXmude, in
Flanders, down to BelfOrt, following
the historic battle line. Two hundred
scenes of carnage and destruction
will be marked off for permanent pres
ervatiOn. At each of three points no.
tells viii be guilt to accommodate
tourists.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-01-16

WashingtOn.-Plan of the Com
munist and Communist Labor parties,
against whom the great raids by Gov
eminent agents were directed, to gain
control of all labor organizations as
the means of fomenting revOlut on
We're revealed in documents made pub
lie by the Department of Justice.
Assistant Attorney General Francis
T. Garven made public papers which
were seized in Il number of cities, with
the desire, he said, that the American
public learn ''the real purposes of
these menacing groups and the nature
of the poison they were spreading"
In their plan to 'bOre from within"
in the labor unions, as disclosed in the
"manifesto and program leaders of
the Communist and Communist Labor
parties outlined for their adherentS the
program for melting simultaneous
small strikes and development of these
small strikes into mass action"
The plan of action was given in de-
tail from "Small strikes to minor mass
strikes; from minor mass strikes to
general strikes, and from general
strikes to the dictatorship of the pro-
letariat through revolution"
DeplOring the trend of development
of trade unionistS, the "NIanifesto"
says:
The older uniOnism was based on
craft divisions of small industries.
The union consisted primarily of skill
ed workers, whose skill in itself is Il
form of property. The unions are not
organs of the militant class struggle
now.
"Today dominant unioniSm actually
is Il bulWark of capitalism, merging in
Imperialism and accepting state capt.
taliSm.
The "manifesto" admonishes the
parties followers that they must en-
gage actively in the struggle to revO-
lutiOnize trade unions.
Communist party members pledge
themselves, the "manifestO' shows,
to participate in all mass strikes, not
SO much to achieve the ends of the
particular strike but to further its
program Of revolution.
Complete capitalization by capital in
all strikes is given as one aim, while
collective bargaining or dickering OF
any kind has no place in the radicals
scheme of OverthrOWing the present
political system.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-01-16
FAT0Nlc
CF0R YOUR ACID-STOMACB
RHEUMATISM
Mustarine Subdues the Infamma-
tion and Eases the Soreness
Quicker Than Anything
Else on Earth.

Pay only 80 cents and get a big box OF
Begy's Mustarine, which is the original
mustard plaster and is made of strongs
real, yellow mustard-no substitutes are
used.
It's known as the quickest pain killer
on earth, for in hundreds of instances
it stops headache, neuralgia, toothache.
earache and backache in minutes
It's a sure, speedy remedy-none bet
ter for bronchitis, pleurisy, lumbago,
and to draw the Inflammation from
your sore feet there is nothing so good.
You get real action with Mustarine-it
goes after the pain and kills it right off
the reel Yes, it burns, but it won't bis
ter-it doesn't give agonizing pain slap
on the wrist 1t does give it good healthy
punch in the jaw-it kills pain, Ask for
box.
S C Wells & CO. LIE Roy N Y
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-01-16
Shipping Subsidy Urged.

WashingtOn.-Deve of ma
tional merchant marine with private
ownership of vessels and shipbuilding
yards, but with governmental aid in
the operation of ships, has been in
dorsed by an overwhelming majority
of the 1,2OO trade and commercial or
CARNATIONS in the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States. The re-
suits of the referendum vote on the
proposals advanced by the Chambers
Committee on Ocean Transportation
will he placed before Congress.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-01-16
Board Restricts Loans.

Observation-Disclosures designed
to check the creation of speculative
land values and land speculation gen
orally have been placed in effect by
the Federal Farm Loan Board in all
farm loan banks, the boards annual
report made public reveals. Farm
loan banks have been instructed ''tO
lose without regret" applications for
loans which do not protect the banks
and their bond bugerS.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-01-16
HEART BURN
Caused by
Acid Stomach

That bitter heartburn. belching. food
repeating, indigestion, bloat after eating
all are caused by acid-stomach But they
are only first symptOms-danger signals to
warn you of awful troubles If not stopped.
Headache, biliousness, rheumatism. sciaticap
that tired, listless feeling, lack of energy
dizziness, insomnia, even cancer and ulcers
of the intestines and many other ailments
are traceable to ACID-STOMACH.
Thousands-yes, millions-of people who
ought to be well and strong are mere weak
lings because of acid stomach. They really
starve in the midst of plenty because they
do not get enough strength and vitality from
the food they eat
Take EATONIC and give your stomach n
chance to do its work right. Make 1t strong.
cool, sweet and comfortable. EATONlC
brings quick relief for heartburn, belching'
indigestion and other stomach miseries. I'M
proves digestion-helps you get full strength
from your food. Thousands say EATON!C
is the most wonderful stomach remedy in
the world. Brought them relief when every
thing else failed
Our best testimonial is what EATONIC
will do for you. So get big SOC box or
EATONIC today from your druggist. use IT
FIVE days-if you're not pleased, return It
and get your money back.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-01-16

ed with nervous prostration. "-Mrs. J.
CHRIsTMAN, 1873 Oak Street, Bingham
ton, New York.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be-
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from nervous prostration,
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, irregularities, periodic pains, back
ache, bearing down feeling, flatulency,
indigestion and dizziness. Lydia p.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the
standard remedy for female ills.
If there are any complications about
which you need advice write in con-
fidence to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-01-16
Rear Admiral Day Dies,

Nice, France.-Rear Admiral Will
liam Plummer Day, u. S. n. retUed,
died suddenly in Nice, where he had
lived for many years. He was born
in New York II years ago. He leaves
a widow here and a son residing in
PAriS
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-01-16
More Threats Reported.

London.-A Moscow dispatch quoted
a Dorpat report as saying that Adm-
raj KOlchak, head of the Omsk Gov
ernment has notified the United States
Government that he will cede part of
Siberia to Japan unless the allies send
further assistance to the white" ar
mics to save Russia.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-01-16

mind was gloomy,
could see no light on
anything, could not.
work and could not
have anyone to see
|lne. Doctors med
fcine did not help me
and Lydia E. Pink
h a m s Vegetable
compound was re-
commended. l took
Ii t a n d a m no W
W e ii. I recon-
"a A. Ill - mSoA
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-01-16
NERVOUS
PROSTRATION
Mrs. ]. Christman Proved
That Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is a
Remedy for this Trouble.

Binghamton, N. Y.-T was in a very
nervous condition for over a year, my
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-01-16
REDS" PLANNED
MASS ACTION"
WORKED TO FOMENT REVOLT
TON AND CRUSH GOVERN
MENT, DOCUMENTS SHOW.

Leaders of the Communist and Com
munist Labor Parties Schemed to
Use Labor Unions to Aid Them in
Their Scheme.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-10
SHELLEY
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S.ss'sst'sts'ss.4f
We buy notes, mortgages, farm
sale contracts and farms. We sell
farms also. Sheppard & Co., Idaho
Falls, Idaho. adv. 20a-tf
Last Friday fternoon, March 5, the
New Idea Club met at the home of
Mrs. M. l.. Writ. The hostesses were
Mrs. M. l.. Writ, assisted by Mrs.
Arthur Chapman and. Mrs. N. R..
Lambert. The meeting was carried
on as usual, and Mrs. r. N. Packard
rendered vocal solo which was ap-
preciated by all present. A two
course lunch was served late in the
afternoon, after which all departed
having spent an enjoyable afternoon
Miss Myrtle Simmons of Idaho Falls
was in town last Saturday evening
visiting with friends and relatives.
B. e. Farqhuar left last Saturday
for Missouri to have short visit
with friends and relatives.
Miss Florence Bybee of Idaho Falls
was in town one day last week Wis
iting with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert G.. Christen-
sen and two younger daughters ar
rived home from Long Beach, Cal,
last Saturday morning. We are glad
to see them home again and hope
they spent an enjoyable winter on
the coast. -
Cal Brown and family of Idaho
Falls were in town last Sundoy Wis
iting with Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Kings
bury.
J. l.. Moore left last Sunday after
noon to- serve on the jury during the
March term of the federal court at
Pocatello.
A number of Shelley young people
attended the dance in Idaho Falls
last Saturday evening.
Saturday was tag day. School
children sold tags at 10 cents piece
for the purpose of raising money to
buy some necessary books for the
Shelley public school library. The
people of this vicinity bought the
tags willingly. For every dollar the
students raise for the library fund
the school board has promised to
add $500, so the fund should be of
sufficient size to add a large number
of the needed books to the library.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-10

make the population pass the 1900
mark, and 1921 would make 1t
double what it is or what II will be
if the same process continues and by
that we mean the process of allow
ing people to stay away or go away
because they cannot get housed.
With the population doubled it
would at once settle the water ques-
ton by making sufficient revenue
from the sale of water to justify the
installation of the big system piping
water from some place too far away
to look reasonable to most people.
In case of such a growth as we speak
of, everybody would wish to build
where there was paving, and that
would make such sharp demand for
lots at fancy prices, that every one
who wanted to sell could cash in,
and that would solve the troubles of
the poor people owning some lots
close in.
The more we think it over, the
more convinced we are that what
BlackfoOt needs most is to tackle
something that is too big for it. The
very effort to do some big thing will
develop our powers and bring in
more people to help us swim.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-10

No, reader, this corn was not grown
by one of our local farmers 1t wasn't
grown in the United States, even. II
was grown in the faroff Philippine Is
lands by Filipino schoolboys. Two fine
crops Of corn a year are produced In
the Islands.
The Philippines are doing some won
derful things in the agricultural line
The Philippine government has fine az
ricultural schools throughout the is.
lands, and the Philippine legislature,
composed entirely Of Filipinos, is each
year making larger and larger appro-
priations for this important work.
The staple food Of the islands is rice,
but corn is coming right along in popu-
lar favor. Its use was given great i'm
petus in the last year because of rice
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-10

shortage. Other important Philippine
crops are hemp, sugar cane, cocoanuts,
coffee, tapioca and pineapples. Lum-
Der Is also an important industry.
There are hundreds Of thousands Of
acres of Land lying idle in the Philip
pines, which have a greater area Of
fertile land than Japan-this In spite
Of the fact that the population Of the
Philippines is 100000 while that Of
japan is around 55,0OOOOO. There is
every reason to believe that some day
the Philippines will have a population
as large as that Of japan today. The
Filipinos are the only Christian people
In the orient, and their young men are
working night and day to prepare
themselves for the responsibility Of
citizenship in the Philippine Republic.
which they believe to be near at hand.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-10

"Any mail for me?" asked one pa
tient.
The orderly put on his spectacles,
looked liesurely through the pack of
letters three times, and finally hand
ed the eXpectant lad letter.
ANY for me?" asked the patient
in the next bed.
The guardian of the mails shut
fed the pack of letters fourth time
and said there was none.
"Not even package or newspa-
PERI" persisted the private.
Again the orderly searched the
pack and answered, Nothing doing"
and departed
After reaching the front of the
ward, he turned and called back:
"Hey, there! Darned if | know you.
What's your name, anyhow?"-
Home Again.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-10

"You can knock thing in such a
way as to boost it," said govern
ment official in an address ''1nju-
dicious orators often make this mis-
take.
Perhaps you have heard Of the
revivalist who shouted 4 tell you,
friends, hell contains nothing but
chorus girls, cocktails and roulette
wheels!"
''Thereupon soldier in the back
seat yelled: %, death, where is thy
sting Detroit Free Press.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-10

This Is the season of the year when
the Philippines become the playground
for the entire orient. II is carnival
season in Manila.
In 1908 the first Philippine carnival
was held on historic Wallace Field In
Manila in February, when the climate
Of the islands is at its best, and each
succeeding year there has been a larg-
er and more elaborate celebration.
The 1920, or Victory Carnival, will be
the greatest event Of Its sort ever held
anywhere in the Far East.
There are commercial and govern
ment exhibits in connection with the
carnival, and on no other occasion is 1t
possible to gain at once such a COM
prehensive idea Of the production and
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-10
FARMERS TO PUSH L0WDEN
Harvey J. Seonce Quits Agricultural
Post to Work for Governor.

Harvey ]. Sconce, a former baseball
star of the University Of Illinois, has
resigned as president Of the Illinois
Agricultural association to devote his
entire time to organization work
among the farmers Of the middle West
in the interest Of Gov. Frank o. Low
deu's candidacy for president. He will
make tour Of North and South Da-
kota, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Michi-
nan, Iowa. Nebraska, Colorado and
ether states, talking 70 the farmers.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-10

Il --------------- do sOlemnly
swear that l will support and defend
the United States of America against
all enemies, foreign and domestic;
that l will support and aid in carry
ing out the purposes of this associa-
ton; that l have never evaded mill
tary duty on the ground of consci-
entious objections to bearing arms
or to aiding the armed forces of the
United States-so help me Cod
Has any American citizen the
right to refuse to take such an oath?
He has not.
Most especially, has any man who
United States the right to dim the
glory of those hero boys buried in
France, lost in the depths of the
ocean or sleeping in their own home
cemeteries by refusing to give such
pledge?
If the men, who in 1917 and 1918
added prestige to the proud record
of our Stars and Stripes. will not now
stand ready to support and defend
the United States of America against
all enemies foreign and domestic
then who will?
That oath spells just Americanism
and nothing else. Any man should
hesitate to let it be known that he
will not take it. The time might
well come again when it will be de-
manded-and obtained. AS an ex-
cuse for not joining the Legion it
is very poor.
The tremendous membership of
the American Legion, with posts in
every city and town in the country,
testifies to the lasting spirit of pa
triotism that carried us thru the war
not without credit The American
Legion oath may well be regarded
as safeguard to the American form
of government and all it stands for.
-FCK