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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-24

consulting-room, examined the books, every guinea that I had earned, and carried the rest off to the Strong-box in his own room.
 'I may say with confidence that he never had occasion to regret his speculation. From the first it was a success A few good cases and the reputation which I had won in the hospital brought me rapidly to the front, and during the last few years l have made him a rich man.
 tSo much, MT. Holmes, for my past history and my relations with Mr. Blessington. It only remains for me now to tell you what has occur red to bring me here tonight. Tomorrow-The Resident Patient, continued.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-24
A BAD TEMPERED LOVER.
Dear Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax
 am 20 years old and have been going about with a girl three years my junior. We have quarrels that don't amount to much, but I am afraid they will We have already agreed upon marriage. But with these little quarrels going on think it would not be as it ought to be. $ Most people say I have a bad tenn per, but am easy to get along with and it seems she can't please me at times.
 UNHAPPY. You don't need advice, young man. You need self-control. Practice it and learn to curb your temper and to be less eXacting and critical. Why should you think it more important to indulge your temper and whims than to marry the girl you love?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-24
WHY DEFY PUBLIC OPINION:

Dear Miss Fairfax
 I am 2S, and Sunday evening my pastor called for me to take me to church. Owing do some family mis- understanding between the pastor and his wife, some of my friends think that it is wrong for me to walk to and from church. Please advise me whether I should continue to allow the pastor to call for me.
 PERPLEXED. I hate the plea of permitting evil minded people to put evil into the mind of innocence. But since the pastor of a church is so much in the public eye, he cannot afford-nor can girl afford to defy public opinion in a case like yours.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-24
MONEY AND MARRIAGE.
Dear Miss Fairfax

I am engaged to an ideal young man and we had planned to marry this spring. My sweetheart's salary was cut in half-tllat is about $50 per week. Now we have at the present time just about enough to open a small cozy home but with his present sal ary he does not think we should ven ture into marriage. My love for him is so great that I would help him in any way, but I do not want to even think of his suggestion that we part. IRENE. Aren't you making 8 mountain out of mole hill? Why not marry on $50 a week? Your sweetheart's 8 sugges- tion seems to indicate small faith in his own ability and none too much in you. Of course, you can help him to succeed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-24
THREE SEEK DIVORCE

Lester c. Himebaugh of Stamford has been made defendant in a s2O,000 divorce and alimony suit brought by his wife Grace Tower Himebaugh of the same place.
 Pearl H. Burnhan also of Stamford seeks a divorce from Wayne L. Burn ham.
 Gilbert H. Vandenwerken of Stam- ford is plaintiff in the third suit from city asking a divorce from Irene Van denwerken for desertion.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-24
KNIGHT FINISHES
 OVER 1200 MILES IN MAIL FLIGHT

Chicago.-Comp1et more than 200 miles of flying, Jack Knight, pill oting an eastbound transcontinental mail plane from Iowa City. arrived here at $40 A. M. Twenty minutes later JIG. Webster took up the flight for the east.
 Knight was weary but otherwise undaunted by his long effort, GOV ering the route from Cheyenne to Chicago.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-24
The Resident Patient
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PART ONE.
By \. CONAN DOYLE

Copyright
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-03
PRESIDENTIAL FACTS

Warren G. Harding, who takes Of
fee Friday as the twenty-ninth presi-
| dent of the United States is the first
president to be elected to that high
office on his birthday. He was fifty
five years old November 2, 1920. He
is the first U. S. senator elected to
the presidency.
President Harding is the seventh
president contributed to the country
by the state of Ohio. Only Virginia,
with total Of eight presidents born
within her borders, outranks Ohio in
this regard. No president has been
born west of Ohio. No president has
resided west of Illinois.
President Harding is the seventh
president of Scotch-Irish paternal
ancestry. Fifteen of our presidents,
over the period Of 1873 years, have
been of English decent, three OF
Scotch, one of Welsh and two of
Dutch.
The average age of our presidents
at inauguration is fifty-four years,
approximately, while the approx
mate average at death has been sixty
six years.
President Harding exemplifies the
rapid rise possible in American life
better than any Of his predecessors.
He was not included in the 1S14-15
who's Who"
Like many Of his predecessors also,
his parents were not wealthy and he
has risen to the highest office within
the gift of the American people thru
frugality, industry and thrift.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-03
CITY TESTING A TRACTOR

The Bills Auto company was
demonstrating a Fordson tractor for
road work part of this week. They
hitched a road grader behind it and
swept out drainage cutters thru a
lot of muddy streets and graded
and filled ruts in other places.
The salesman claimed that it will
do the work of four teams and do
It better, and yet make saving in
costs of seventeen dollars a. day.
1t has the advantage of being OBJ
tainable on short notice and doing
its work rapidly while the mud is
in condition to get best results after
rains. They guaranteed to prove
their claims in practical work or take
the machine back without cost or
loss to the city. 1t consumes two
gallons of coal oil per. hour and half
a gallon of lubricating oil per day.
The salesman was anxious to have
the machine operating on the streets
where it would be a constant demon
stration to visitors, and offered to sell
it to the city, payable next fall, and
to furnish free service all summer
to keep the machine working prop
erly and to break in new drivers
when necessary to make a change.
The cost of the machine If taken
will be 1926 at factory.
will be 1926 at factory and the
dealer offers to store it free this sea-
son and furnish driver at $3.50 per
day on an hours notice. II the city
hires teams for this street work it
has to pay cash at once.
The council had session over it |
and did not buy.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-03
YOUR CHANCE

Eighty acres Of land about twenlve
miles southwest of Blackfoot within
half mile of r. r. and beet dump;
right on the main county road. More
water than you can use. There are
twelve acres of alfalfa; two room
house and good driven we'll. There
are sixty acres of this eighty real
good lava ash soil that is cultivatable,
the balance is lava rock and is only
good for pasture, but just imagine
sixty acres of good auulvial ash soil
with first class water right in that
splendid location for only s55 IN
acre. We do not believe you can
match this price anywhere. Better
hurry. LIE Grande Richards Realty
Co., rs w. So. Temple, Salt Lake
City, Utah. Was. 1881 or 1882.
adv. 1890
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-03
He says that up to the present time,

He says that up to the present time,
the record Of the county committee is
record OF endorsement Of whatever
Is and has been going on in the Re-
publican administration. He wants
the committee to have an opportunity
to express themselves on the matter
and take any action which they deem
At.
The editor of the Idaho Republican
desires to add to that statement that
for the past sixteen years the Repub-
lican central committee Of this county
has on very rare occasions taken any
steps to condemn or to stop anything
in bad government and that on many
occasions, it has condoned wrath and
wrong or remained silent and there
by gave protection to those who were
developing political machine or
fleeing the public. That attitude
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-03
DON'T SPEAK A DEAD LANGUAGE

Lumber, steel, brick, roofing, etc.,
in fact everything that enters into
building has been reduced from
10 to 60 per cent. We are per-
manently on a lower price level, and
the sooner business men of the coun-
try take this view and adjust them
selves to it, the sooner prices in all
commodities will be stabilized. To
talk of further enormous reductions
is to speak dead language"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-03
In The Legislature

The bill increasing the pension bill
increasing the maximum amount al
lowed to $50 month was passet
Wednesday in the house.
The house which had stricken
agricultural appropriations for thu
university extension work from 1t.
budget reversed itself Wednesda,
afternoon and voted in $128,OOO after
a debate which indicated that the
farmers wanted something like this
and knew exactly what they did want
The farmers had been getting more
and more FESTIVE for several days
Wednesday morning when bill for
appropriating money for extermina.
ton of predatory animals was up,
Clifford OF Adams county, started
things by saying that this money was
| to be spent thru the organization of
sheepmen, who had already q good
deal OF legislation to their credit. 1t
was explained that assurances had
been given that the money would be
fairly distributed and it was passed.
The forestry bill creating an advisory
board to look after that line OF pro-
duction passed the house Wednesday
afternoon. Several deficiency bills
have been passed and the question on
time of adjournment is an open one.
The house passed house bill No.
285 appropriating $4,000 for the
organization Of the American Legion
and $4,000 extra for the bringing in
of relics. Anderson of Ada made q
talk against this to which there were
number of answers, but he finally
changed his attitude and by voting
for the measure made 1t unanimous.
The last stage has been reached
on the direct primary measure ex-
cept to bring in formal announce
ment that the conference committee
named by the house and senate have
disagreed This will probably take
place before this letter is published.
The senate conferees have drawn
their line of battle with some clever
ness; more, in fact, than was shown
by them in the early stages of the
contest. They will propose this
afternoon to allow the senatorial and
congressional offices to be included in
the direct primary, or as an alter
native, to let the present law stand
until the next election and submit
the whole subject to the voters. They
would probably be willing to do both,
in pinch, namely, allow the con-
gressional nominations to be made by
direct primary next time and submit
the matter of the primary versus the
convention to the people. This takes
the things to some degree out of the
Republican convention, should the
senate refuse to back down and it
will so refuse in all probability. On
the other hand, the Democrats would
perhaps gain some advantage in this |
case by reason of the fact that they |
have been for the primary from the
start. However, the senators figure
that the Republicans would lose lit
tie on this score were the whole mat
ter put up to the people.
The senate Wednesday defeated
the plan to appropriate $4,000 for
railroad fare for students to univer-
sity to pay fares in excess of Sc. The
debate on the subject was rather!
warm, but the final result was de-
,isive.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-03

The Bingham county Republican
, central committee will hold meet
ing in the court room on Saturday
afternoon at 1 o'clock. >.i
Chairman Buchanan states that the
purpose Of the meeting is to discuss
the tax matters which are now agitat-
ing the county. Mr.. Buchanan says
that in view Of the information that
has been brought to light in the past
few weeks regarding the assessors
department, in view of the fact that
the bad situation has been developed
by q Republican administration and
Republican assessor, he deemed It
his duty to call the committee to-
gether, refer the subject to them and
ask them what they will do about 1t.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-03

was responsible for much Of the diff
ficulties which the party and.t the
public have had for the past sixteen
years and for the very slight An
fluence that the Republican central
committee has welded.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-03
HESITATION

Prosperity's greatest enemy. Cost
of building construction is not high
today; altho some establishments of
wages Of individual trades and in
efficiency may take place, the cost
of construction will not come down
from it's present level or at least to
any extent that will endanger
judicious investment in new build-
ings.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-03
PREDICTION OF EXPERTS

Financial experts predict a rapid
reaction to the present money string
ency and the re-establishment of
credits, and wisdom dictates that
nov is the time to plan your invest
ment ventures. Procrastination is
not only the thief Of time, but the
assassin Of opportunity.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-03
: RABBIT DRIVE

There will he a rabbit drive at the
Christ and Hansbrough ranches three
miles west Of Moreland Sunday.
March at IL q. m. Lunch and hot
coffee will be served. There will be
shot gun bunch in attendance.
Everybody Is invited.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-03
/, ROTARIANS TO SALT LAKE

About fifteen or twenty members
of the Rotary club will 60 to Salt
Lake Monday for q two days conven-
ton of the district, comprising Utah,
Idaho, Wyoming and Montana.
Some of the members will be &C
by their wives.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-03
ATTENTION FARMERS

All farmers of this. vicinity inter-
ested in securing warehouse at
Wapello for grain and potatoes are
requested to meet with the Wapello
Commercial club on Friday evening,
March at the Wapello school house,
at 7.30 p. m.
F. c. RAMSEY,
adv. 1870 Secretary.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-03

There will be more cabinet disap-
than appointments-Syra-
cuse Herald.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-03
CURRENT EVENT CLUB TO
HAVE IRISH PROGRAM

The Current Event club will hold
their meeting Monday, March 7, with
the following program:
Irish Day
Roll Call. AN Irish story or verse
Business.
Song ............................... Tipperary
Francis Eichelberger
History Of Ireland. Mrs. Hansbrough
Solo ....................... Mrs. Henderson
Story of the Life Of St. Patrick.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Mrs. Bernhisel
Irish Peasant and Rural Life..........
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Mrs. Wilson
Violin Solo ............. Robert Stewart
Reading ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Miss Wood
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-03

The Democratic party needs fol-
lowers worse than leaders.-Toledo
Blade.
Arizona republican., 1921-02-20
Sharpening The Tools Of L9fe
By DR. FRANK CRANE (Copyright, 1920, by Frank Cranel

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Arizona republican., 1921-02-20
THE TELLTALE EEAND

indications in the face. If I find the quality there in a lesser degree, then my conclusion is modified But the face and the hand generally agree. You will not find the sign Of great execu- tive ability on the hand and the ex treme opposite in the face.
 "The hand which shows this particu- lar trait of managing affairs has a long first finger. Napoleon. an out standing example Of the executive gen ids, had a first finger that was as long as his middle finger. This peculiarit3- has been shown in some of the statues of Napoleon.
 Third Finger Significant
 Third finger or ring finger. carries the sign of success. The more it an breaches the second finger in length. the more successful the owner is apt to be. In the little finger length indicates 1 capacity for friendship and business versatility"
 It is not easy for the layman to see how psychology is connected with these theories concerning length of fingers There are other connections between hands and character that are easier for us to understand. For one thing schools of saIesmanship teach pupils to glance at the back of the customer $
Arizona republican., 1921-02-20
ONCE THEY USED TALLoW CANDLES

A conspicuous example of the office holding class in Chicago voices in opposition to the city ager plan Chicago had city manager, and look where Chicago is today second largest city in Which is as good argument may if he wishes to stand pat what he has. the tallow candle days there we're those who objected to the kerosene lamp, and later, the coal oil burners viewed with fear the approach of the gas light and the electric bulb-
 But
 During the last 10 years, 130 American cities and towns have changed their municipal charters adopted the city manager form of government" says the National Municipal League, adding: "No city which has tried this plan has gone back to the old way" Probably for the reason we do not throw away our electric lighting system bring candlesticks.
 The city manager plan is no new thing in America. Indeed, it is old and already new profession has sprung up, that city manager ship Thirty-six times, who did well as man. agers of small cities have been called larger cities at Increased salaries. Of these managers, several have gained promotion twice and three are now in their fourth city. Thus the nation is developing perts in muicipa1 government; no wonder that po- ticians protest.
 The day is rapidly closing on the habit of choos- ing a municipal executive he's a good fel- low, a mixer, or carried torch for the party The progressive city of tomorrow will him because he has made good in that particular some other city; because he's good city manager and not be- discard that man every year two, and experiment with man who never before has been tried at the job
 When it becomes necessary to employ a new manager the city will the city manager pro- fession and hire the obtainable It will do as business concerns do when managership is to be filled: hire experienced manager The 13O smaller cities now training corps good managers from which larger cities may choose just soon as they leave behind them\ their tallow candle ideas of municipal government
Arizona republican., 1921-02-20
THE NAME OF A COW

As has been pointed often, there's nothing, absolutely nothing in Still, the fact remains, nevertheless, the only with 37,SS1-pound milk Segis Petertje Prospect This queen of cows just finished of milk giving that beats all producing efforts made by any COW, anywhere any time.
 "Bossy," you may recall from your boyhood days was content call it a good year when she produced some three four thousand pounds of milk There still like her. The good dairyman, though is going in for cassier names.
 There must be something, then, in a name when it Is connected with COW, for when looks over the family tree this champion milk producer notes that her motherwas Beauty Pierterje Clothde who merited the by delivering butter at the rate of 27 pounds the week Her father was King Segis Tenth, and other ancestors were Johanna Rue 3rd's Lad, Johanna Vernon De Kol Dutchland Gov Sir Colantha, and others equally prominent in the dairy world, where by the cattle breeding is given larger credit for the steadily increasing milk production of the nation than is the naming of the 
 You could give scrub the elass1est sort of a name and she wouldn't salt; while the other Segis Peitertje Prospect would yield as much milk you called her No. l. which, by the way, is what she is in the dairy Who's Who
Arizona republican., 1921-02-20
The "sorderIInerr Menace

Among the pending bills in the legislature to whose importance many of the members have not awakened and at which some may be shying because of small appropriation 1t carries is the colony school measure proposing the states of mental detectives.
 It is only within a comparatively few years that persons of this class ranging from 'bordern- ers" grown up children with the mentaltes of chil- dren and the bodies of and women to the recognized oaf and idiot were given attention They left to the of their relatives. They were generally believed to be harmless. In supersti- tious age they believed to be under the special of God. How numberless the tragedies, and how great the that has come upon the world for the public neglect them it is impossible to estimate. The world is awake to this problem and is asking what is going to be done about it.
 Seth K. Humphrey. author of "The Racial Pros pect," calls it the menace of the half-man." He would solve the problem by segregation.
 We populating the earth from the wrong kind of stock" Humphrey writes in the Journal of Heredty. The least capable of providing their offspring with either heritage of brains decent bringing up marry earliest and breed fastest"
 Their children, Humphrey says, "are dulards in school societys future aiIbirds and prostitutes Proof is to be had" he continues, fin the investiga carried in prisons, reformatories and homes-everyone of which has shown from 40 to 60 per cent of the inmates be subnormal Subnormal- children delay progress or other cnliuren Tn classes. he points out and wfenN they grow (bodiy, not mentality they stumbling blocks in industry. They make it impossible for civilization reach its highest goa.
 And how they do multiply" exclaims Hum pbrev Next to their responsibility, the chief characteristic halfequipped humans is their astonishing fecundity a vicious parenthood Is flooding us with vicious progeny most mental detectives who attain their twentieth year unre- strained have added to the races load of defective children"
 Surely that is something the world-America first!-may well ponder We cannot hide our heads in the sand, osrichlike, and ignore problem SO vital to the future of humanity.
 we are drifting" Humphrey toward a deprecated race-a incoherent proletariat rid den by a handful plutocrats whose culture savers of a splendid degeneracy.
 we are following the beaten paths of the ages vet we need not follow it a day longer than we choose. The first move toward regenerating the race is to cut off unfit parenthood"
 But the mental detectives with as they have always been and the need of caring for them, restraining and directing them has become apparent They cannot and will not be arrested fv the Humphrey method for generations. It Is not necessary to cast aside this defective material Surely some use made of it, the while, we are doinx what we may to prevent the accumulation of # The "borderners'' are susceptible of development and out of them there may be evolution toward an appreciated instead of depreciated race