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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-14
Hiccough Epidemic
Completely Battles
British Physicians

LONDON, Feb. 9.-Europe's new
est malady, the "hiccough" epidemic
has completely baffled British physi-
clans. After sporadic outbreaks on
the continent it has at last reached
England and there are more than q
dozen cases in London hospitals. One
death is recorded. Several other suf-
ferers are In serious condition.
The complaint has been most prev
alent in Paris, where in one instance,
it lasted six days, the temperature
of the patient rising to 1902 degrees.
French expert opinion connects the
malady with encephalitis, a view
which is accepted with reserve in
England.
"The origin of the disease, if it
can be. called that, is a complete
mystery" explained leading hospi-
tai physician. II have been suf-
ferer myself, my experience being
distinctly unpleasant. 1t was impos-
sible to eat and drink as usual, and
I suffered greatly from the racking
effort. We do not know anything
about it, and the medical world
views the situation, if it spreads,
with considerable alarm"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-14
HOPES TO REGAIN THRONE
Former Emperor Charles of Austria
Hungary Writes to "the
Faithful"

Budapest, Hungary.-Former Emper-
or Charles of Austria Hungary has
sent a letter to his supper tiers here
encouraging them in the hope that he
will be restored to the Austro-Hungari-
an throne.
powerful agents are at work to re.
store the Austro- Hungarian monarchy
and thereby prevent the Austrians from
joining Germany" the erstwhile mon
arch wrote from Prangins, Switzer-
land. where he is still in exile. "Wait
patiently, our trusty and well beloved;
the circumstances are favorable and
with the help of God l shall return
to my faithful Magyar subjects"
The letter was brought by conf
dant to Charles adherents, headed by
Prince Louis Windischgraetz, Count
julius Andrassy and Baron Joseph
Szterenyi
MY claim" the letter continues sis
supported by the Vatican and backed
by the French aristocracy, the clergy
and the higher military circles. I
hope that the Catholic population of
Croatia and Slovakia will be only too
glad to return under my scepter and
King Ferdinand of Roumania will not
refuse some territorial concessions to
me, who saved his throne at the time
when Roumania was occupied by the
Germans q
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-14
MARTINIQUE RUM TRADE GAINS
Island Enjoys Era of Prosperity Duo
to War and High
Prices.

Fort De France, Neutrality-suspicious.
Unique is enjoying what is character
lied as an unprecedented era of pros
perity in the history of the island
This is attributed to the increase
Of business resulting from the war
and to the high prices paid in France
for Martinique rum.
The foreign commerce of the island
increased from 55,OOO,OOO francs in
1913 to 246,375,sS5 francs for last
year. The figures are expected to be
even greater for the coming year.
TIL farmers in Martinique have CIV
en- preference to the production of
rum, rather than sugar, since this lat
ter product has been purchased by the
government at only franc per kilo
(of 2.2O pounds).
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-14
RED CROSS WORKER
ADDRESSES STUDENTS

Miss Jones, the representative of
the Red Cross of Seattle, addressed
the pupils at assembly for ten min
utes on Friday morning and ex-
planned that the Bingham county
chapter of the Red Cross working
thru her organization, were trying to
get a Red Cross nurse for this county
and that if they obtained one she
would probably give couple of les
sons a week to students, teaching
them home hygiene and care of the
sick, giving first aid and so on. She
said the Red Cross is keeping a look
out for soldiers who are needing help
of any kind and that If any Of them
knew of such cases, they should re-
port it to the Red Cross.
The rest of her time was filled in
with telling them experiences of her
own when she was overseas.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-14
1T is NOT THE TAXES
THAT HURT

A farmer and stockman in discuss
ing the question Saturday stated that
! it is not the amount of the taxes
that is hurting people generally, but
the amount of money they waste or
expend for things they do not need
or that are not at all necessary. He
calls attention to the fact that people
do not think about the amount of
money they spend On a Fourth of
July celebration nor on picture shows
nor on Edisons nor automobiles nor
for the repairs and gasoline for
automobiles. ..-,
He says that practically every
home in his community has an
Edison; every home has a car and
many OF them have very expensive
cars. Some of them have bought
cars on the installment plan paying
something down and giving security
for the balance. Then when they
lose time taking joy rides and
neglect their crops that cuts down
their income. The amount of money
they spend for gasoline and repairs
and for expenses of the trips they
take, keeps them broke so they are
unable to pay their taxes or anything
else without sacrificing somewhere.
He reminds us that the school tax is
the heaviest end of the whole tax bill |
and that if the whole tax bill for the |
average home were expended on
school alone it would not be too high |
for the educational advantages they
get. He says it is largely a matter
OF habit and of attitude with the
reorle. They have the habit of COM
planning about their ,axes and they
have the habit of spending money
freely for automobiles and amuse-
ments and not complaining about it
and not feeling bad about it. He
suggests that they should reverse
their habits of thought, paying their
taxes cheerfully and being stingy and
grouchy about spending money for
automobiles, gasoline and auto re-
pairs.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-14
A SHEEPMAN'S
VIEW

w. S. Rich in discussing the tax
situation as it applies to the flock
master gives his angle of the tax
situation. He says the board of
equalization fixed the price to assess
sheep at Sc head, this being done
when sheep had been at the high
prices and had fallen somewhat.
Assessing at half value would mean
that they must have been worth
about $12 head when the board
fixed the price of the assessed valua-
ton at IS. Mr.. Rich says that the
price OF sheep has gone down so
much that If there is any market
price it is probably around Sc and
at Aberdeen short time ago when
sheep were put on sale they sold at
from $3.50 to $3.50 head. Yet if
the owner paid his assessment on
them, they were assessed at Sc, but
the state board gave permission to
discount that 10 per cent making it
$5.40 net.
Mr.. Rich's point is we'll taken that
man could not afford to pay taxes
on property assessed at such prices
and valued at such prices. Mr.. Rich
states that he paid over $500 taxes
on 100 acres of farm land east of
town and $3.50 taxes on another
tract and he feels like he is paying
his own share and the share of some
other people which is correct. How
ever If man owned land and it
were assessed too high or if the rate
OF taxation were too high that would
not justify him in letting the asses
sor forget to assess his sheep. There
is no relation between sheep and the
land, and the flock master who owns
no land at all is not justified in pass
ing thru the year without paying
any taxes at all on his flock.
We concede that the work of as
sessing the property in this county is
in a very bad condition. We con-
cede that the assessor has not done |
his duty and that the whole popula-
ton has come to look upon it as
mess that they had no
individual power to remedy and the
was for every man to
save himself if he could. What we
want now is for everybody to see
that all their property is listed with
the assessor and then take the con-
sequences, 1t is only by that means
that the expense of government can
be taken care of right and properly
distributed among all the people.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-14
Conference Will
Convene to Further
Cooperative Plan

BOISE, 1daho.-Within the mex
sixty days conference of representa-
tiyes of Idaho agricultural industrie!
will be called to work out problems
of cooperative marketing and dis
tribution and to link this program
up with the national program of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
according to announcement made
here by w. S. Shearer, president OF
the Idaho farm bureau federation
who has just returned from trip
thru seven Idaho counties.
On this trip Mr.. Shearer addressed
audiences of 5000 farmers and a gem
erous sprinkling of business men and
bankers in Jerome, Idaho Falls,
Rigby, Rexburg, St. Anthony, Ash
ton, Preston and McCammon, the
meetings being arranged by the
farm bureaus of the counties con-
cerned
Everywhere, said Mr.. Shearer,
the program of the state and ma
tlonal farm bureau declarations was
accorded the most enthusiastic recep-
tion, and I am confident that within
twelve months $4,000 representa-
tives of the productive forces of
Idaho will be enrolled as active
members of the farm bureau fedora
ton.
"At these meetings the purposes
and plans for the cooperative or
ganization of the productive forces
of America by the American Farm
Bureau federation were explained.
This federation will bear much the
same relation to the productive
forces and their industries as the
chamber of commerce of the United
States bears to the commercial forces
and as the American Federation of
Labor bears to labor"
AS to the state program, Mr..
Shearer said that definite lines of CO.
operative marketing, on a commodity
basis, were being planned. At the
proposed conference, he said, repre-
sentatives of the grain, seed, beet
growing, wool, dairy, fruit and sim
liar industries would be called to-
gether, both in general and in separ-
ate conferences, to take up the CO.
operative marketing and distribution
problem. ...
AT Idaho Falls, at a meeting of the
Rotary club, Mr.. Shearer gave an &C
count OF the foreign trade conference
at Chicago, December 10 and II, for
of the foreign trade
finance corporation. He gave a sim
lar account at a meeting of business
men and farmers at st. Anthony.
In recounting the work of the
american Farm Bureau Federation,
lie presented report of the Indian
lpolis meeting of the federation,
which he attended, saying that the
rational federation proposed to give
he farmers a national mouthpiece;
hat it proposed to see that the bank
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-14
Sobs as lie Tells of
Son Taking Fortune

Montreal, Que.-A tragic story
OF fathers misplaced conf
dence which enabled his son to
wreck the family fortune during
his absence abroad was barred on
the witness stand before Justice
McLennan in Superior court by
Z. ii. Cahan, X. c., one of
Canada's most distinguished
lawyers.
The witness burst into tears
when he told how he had con-.
ferred power of attorney on his
son, c. H. Cahan, Jr., trusting
him absolutely to carry on his
affairs while on European trip,
and returning home only to dis
cover that he had been betrayed:
that his son had absconded and
the family fortune had been
wiped out.
The remarkable case was re-
vealed through suit brought by'
the Corporation Agencies, Limit
ed, against the Home Bank of
Canada to recover $2O9,O2S, the
alleged defalcations of the son.
The legal issue rests on whether
the bank can be held to make
good the amount.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-14
A REMINDER OF THE
SUFFRAGETTES

There is said to be one kind of
female that is entirely emancipated
1t is the particular kind of bird
known as the Emu. The female
Emu lays the eggs, but the male sits
on them to hatch them. When the
hen has laid the eggs she has at
tended to all of the domestic duties
that she is required to attend to. The
male raises the children, feeds them
and trains mem and the hen has all
the time there is to do as she pleases.
Question: Who in thunder wants
to be an Emu?
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-14


ing system functioned as we'll for the
farmer as it has for the merchant;
that it already had saved the farmers
$1O0,000,000 year in freight
charges by taking up the transporta-
ton problem; that it sought to cut
down the spread" between producer
and consumer in the price of farm
products; that it proposed the hand
ling of surplus food products by pro-
ducers rather than by spectators;
and that it had many other similar
objects in view.
Mr.. Shearer, whose home is in
Lewiston, was elected president of
the state farm bureau federation at
a recent meeting in Nampa, at which
the federation was reorganized.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-14
Uses of the Parcel Post

Knoxville, Tenn.-Postal employees
have had to stand for turtles. alli-
gators, chickens and other live ami.
mails sent by parcel post, but local
employees baked when woman tried
to send a forty-five pound boy that
way.
The. woman wanted to mail him to
Atlanta and 1t would have been a
financial saving for the mother, as the
postal charges with war tax totaled
only 49 cents.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-14
HARD BOILED

The sweet young thing was being
shown thru the locomotive works.
What is that thing?" she asked,
pointing with her dainty parsol.
That" answered the guide, sis
an engine boiler
She was on up-to-date young lady
and at once became interested.
"And why do they boil engines?"
sue inquired again.
ITO make the engine tender" po-
litely replied the resourceful guide,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-14

fore them the task of organizing to
market their produce and of improv-
ing the conditions of their acreage so
that they shall greatly increase the
yield and thru those activities
should come the greatest degree Of
prosperity,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-14

Valuation of property ........$7150
Total amt. of taxes for 1920 $604.20
The above property is located in
the same block with the City Hall.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-14

Total amt. of taxes for 1920 $510.19
The above property is the home
place in block 6 of Blackfoot.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-14

TotaI amt. Of taxes for 1920 $378.68
The Highway Garage was built
during the year and is represented
by assessment of lots 10 and IA in
block 42k, value s11OO, tax $163.35
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-18

LEGION NOT TO
BEHANDlCAPPED
Threatening Railroad Strike
Will Not Interfere With
Plans

Kansas City, Mo. Oct. 17.-Com.
mander John G. Emery Of the Amer
lean Legion in a long distance con-
v~efsation with A. E. Hutchings of
Kansas City late today stated that the
national convention Of the Legion
scheduled to be- held here Oct. 81,
Nov. l and Q, would take place even
though the general railroad strike call
should go into effect Oct. 80.
commander Emery counselled
those in charge of convention ar
rAngements against further messages
urging that the strike be delayed~a
week so as not to interfere with the
convention. Such a message al sent
today BY The local committee. He
said:
Appeal Not DiEnthed.
Such an appeal 10 no digniffed and
the American Legion does, not have to
get down on it's knees and supplicate
the organizations in order to have it's
convention. The speakers scheduled
to speak will be there and the dele
gates will be there. The American
Legion will see that they + there
May Operate Own Drain.
Okmulgec, Okla, Oct. 17.-In event
of a nation wide railroad strike. the
post Of the American Lee
gion will operate its own train over
the st. Louis and San Francisco lines
to the Legion national convention at
City. according t plans All.
nounced today by Tenton Wood, past
post commander, in charge of ar
engagements.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-18
rHDusrRrAx oo1uu

INDUSTRIAL oo1urIss1oN
Petition For .1sitiation OF 1aw@To
Amend and Re-suAot The Industrial
Commission Law.
An act to amend and %e-enact the In
dustrial Commission Law, changing the
defining it's powers an duties n au-
thoCizing 1t to manage. on behalf Of the
state, the Mill and Elevator Association
and the Home Building Association and
limiting the amount of bonds to be sold
for each.
Provides that the Industrial Commits
sion shall manage the Mill and Elevator
Association and the Home Building AS
ISOLATION.
Specifies that the Industrial Commits
sion shall consist Of the Secretary Of
State, State Treasurer, and Commission
er of Agriculture and Labor until the
first following Legislative Assembly.
That the commission shall thereafter
ed by the Governor, with the consent Of
the Senate, and to serve for overlapping
terms.
Provides that the Commission shall
meet not later than the first Monday in
July Of zach year to organize.
Provides that the Commission shall
make rules and regulations and appoint
and engage the services of managers,
help needed, and fix compensation in
harmony n with budget appropriations
Enpade BY tho Legislature. 4
~ Authorizes the Commission to buy,
sell and manufacture grain products,
and limits its operation to the Grand
Forks n Drake Mill and Elevator pro-
jects.
Provides that the Commission shall
%confine itself to carrying out of valid
existing contracts for the Home Build
ing Association.
Requires that the Commission shall
prepare and file an annual report not
later than, the first Of January Of each
year.
Repeats all Of the Industrial Commits.
sion Law not expressly ~re-enacted here.
in, as we'll as all acts and parts Of acts
inconsistent herewith. it,.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-18
Explorer To Return
Home After Spending
Six Years In North.

Seattle, WASH, Oct: 1S.---Gaptain
Harold Noice, known as>onei Of the
youngest OF the sub-polar explorers,
10 shortly to return to his home after
SIX years of exploration and adven-
ture along the Arctic coasts of Alaska
and Canada, according to a cable
gram received from him from Teller,
Alaska, recently.
The cablegram told Of his arrival
at Teller on the Hudson Bay COM
pany's steamer Lady Kindersley,
which had picked him up at Three
Rivers, 1900 miles east Of Herschell
Island. whence he had travelled after
chArting a large section Of the coast
Of Victoria Land.
Remained Six Years.
In March, 1915, Noice, then only
1s years old, Joined Captain Louis
Lane in his famous Arctic trading ex-
petition on the power schooner Polar
Bear. He expected to be back in
Seattle within a few months. Instead
he remained six years in the North.
During the summe Of 1915 the
Polar Bear cruised eastward along
the Arctic coast, trading furs and
searching for Vilhjalmur Stefansson,
the explorer, who had been missing
in the Arctic for than two
years. Finally Lane found Stefansson
and Noice Joined the latter's expedi-
ton as record-keeper and map
maker. He remained with S%tefansson
three years.
When the expedition began the re-
turn to civilization in 1918, Noice
purchased an old trading schooner
and began in earnest the career Of
an explorer. During the last three
years, according to the meager news
that has found its way south. he has
charted hitherto untouched shores OF
the Northwest Passage Is we'll as the
Victoria Land coast line. Last sum
mer, according TO q letter to his par
| ton Of the Victoria Land interior. At
the same time hts parents learned he
! was completing the work on a die
tionary Of the Eskimo languages,
said to be the first Of its kind ever
compiled.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-18
Wireless Writing
Transmitted Across
Waves OF Atlantic

New York, Oct, 1s.-wireless rams
mission between France and the
United States of Actual handwriting
has been effected through the inven-
ton of Professor Edouard Berlin, the
New York World today
Facsimile photographs OF the writing
are reproduced by the paper.
Messages from General Pershing
and Premier BRAND Of France, sent
from the Belin laboratories in Paris,
were received yesterday and recorded
In the handwriting Of the senders at
the United States naval radio station,
near Bar Harbor, Maine, Professor
Belin personally received the mes
saEes.
General Pershing sent a few words
Of greeting to the newspaper and
Premier BRAND wrot in French: 81
am delighted at the thought of going
to Washington" q
The instruments by which the rec
ording of the writing was accomplish
ed are similar, it was stated, to those
by which photographs. have been
transmitted by telegraph in the
States. Following the photo
graph experiment, Prof, Belin went to
France and perfected the; machinery
so that it could be used for the trans
mission Of handwriting by wireless.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-18
Mrs. Harrison Parker
Volunteers Return To
Chicago When Needed

Chicago. Oct. 17.-Mrs. Harrison
Parker, wife Of the head of the Co
operative Society OF America who
have been adjudged temporarily bank
rupt and who Is said to posses nego-
table assets Of the society vartousfy
estimated to be worth from one I'd
two million dollars. today t~elegraphed
from Toronto. engaging counsel to
represent her In the bankruptcy pro-
ceedings now going on and volunteer
ing to return here when her counsel
advised it. Mrs. Parkers whereabouts
have not been known publicly for
several weeks. today's telegram being
the first word from her since Feder-
al Judge Evan A. Evans placed the
society in the hands Of temporary
receiver.
Harrison Parker was taken before
Judge Evans today in al attempt to
force him to answer certain questions
concerning tho society's affairs, but
Judge Evans sent the case back to
the referee in bankruptcy saying he
did not think 1t advisable to interfere.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-18
COIN MOTTO FRoM FARMER.

The motto, I'm God We Trust
found on all gold and silver coins Of
the United States. was suggested hrst
by a farmer in 1861 to- Salmon v.
Chase. secretary Of the treasury. The
farmer wrote that, as we said we
were a Christian people, we should
register some recognition Of the Deity
on u coins. Chase urged the mat
ter upon congress in 1862, and again
in 1858, in these terms:s
THE motto suggested, God Our
Trust 10 taken from u national
hymn, The Star Spangled Banner
The sentiment is familiar to every
citizens Of our country; it has thrilled
millions OF American freshmen. The
time Is propitious. tits the hour of
national peril and danger, an hour
when mems strength H. weakness,
when our strength and salvation
must be OF God. Let us reverently
acknowledge the sovereignty and let
our coinage declare Our Trust in
Cod"
A 2-cent piece was subsequently
authorized April ~, 1851, upon which
first was stamped the MOTTO, Tin God
We Trust. In the following year
this motto was placed on all gold and
silver coins.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-18

Membsrsof Congress by means Of 2 one
column ballot Ut the General Election.
Provides for primary nominating cleo
tfbn on the third Tuesday in March.
ta) Prescribes order Of appearance
OF names Of candidates on primary
party ballot.
(b) Provides for nomination, b,
petition.
a(c) Provides that highest vote for
Presidential Electors, United States
Senator and Member Of Congress deter
mines party nomination. Candidates
for National Committeeman and Party
Precinct Committeeman receiving high
est number Of votes declared elected.
Provides for ballot FOR general cleo
ton to have upon 1t names of all party
nominees Of Presidential Eiector. United
States Senator n Member Of Congress
in n column with party designation
after each.
fe) Specifies that candidates re-
ceiving the highest vote shall be de-
Specifies general form Of ballot. Pro-
Nhibition of blanket sticker."
Provides that present Avs control
except as herein provided.
s Repeats all CONFLICTING acts or parts
Of acts, and specifically the law requir-
ing registration with assessor.
shall sAiA initiated measure b ap-
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