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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-29

routes o. t..,...lh l.lcs IN the mean
time, the board had been going along
with the construction work accord
ing TO their pledge to expend the
money in the various communities
in proportion to the tax money that
was collected from those commune
ties. Finally they became convinced
that If we got any federal money
at all we would have to use 1t under
the. management of the state and
federal engineers and that the only
place that it could be done was on
the Yellowstone highway. In the
meantime the old macadam road
on the reservation was breaking up
into holes and tourist travel was
heavy People were breaking their
automobiles and doing other damage
to their cars by dropping into the
holes. There were parts of the road
where travellers could make twenty
or thirty miles an hour, then sud
denly they would approach a hole
in the road that could not be seen
very far and there the damage was
done. The road was going to pieces
in so many places that they realized
that something must be done, so
they began to plan for spending some
OF the bond money on the Yellow
stone highway contrary to the pledge
they had made and with the belief
that it was the last resort for getting
federal money to match our bond
money in this county. They kept
sending teams or trucks down to re-
pair the macadam while they were
getting ready to rebuild it. When
the chairman of the board went to
see what had been accomplished in
getting state and federal aid, the d.
rector of highways is said to have
secuted the idea and informed the
commissioners that Bingham county
had no application and that they
were too late anyway. This man
was director of the state highway
from Bonneville county and has been
accused of pigeon-holing our applica-
ton which he promised to file with
the state and thereby nullified our
efforts at getting federal aid and that
he got state and federal money to
be expended in Bonneville county. n
cannot vouch for the truth of this u
statement for reasons that l sha ~
explain later on. WI.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-29
Freight Rates On
Farm Products To
Be Reduced Soon

Freight rates on farm products il
carload lots Will be reduced 10 pei
cent at once. d.,
1t would be interesting to know
where this 10 per cent goes--to the
farmers, the wholesalers, the manu-
facturers and packers, the retailers
or the consumers.
Our guess is that it will all be
used uD before it gets to the con,
sumers. But the exact facts will be
impossible to discover.
A 10 per cent freight reduction on
carloads Of wheat, for instance, will
have direct relation to the wages
the railroads can afford to pay. But
its relation to the price of a single
loaf of bread will be infinitesimal.
There are too many other factors
that have to be taken into considera-
tion.~
1t is a similar truth which the Ma
tional Lumber Manufacturers asso-
citation is ignoring in it's present cam
paign of ganda. They adver-
tise that the high price CT lumber
is due to freight charges.
A few cents a thousand feet are
chargeable to freight rates. But
lumber is not a few cents higher per
thousand than trade conditions war
rant. 1t is in many cases several
dollars higher per thousand.
And this difference is plain every,
day profiteering that is more damag-
ing to the building trades than all
the union demands put together.
The citizens committee that has
been organized to clean up the build
ing trades situation cannot officially
take cognizance of this situation.
1t is concerned only with the terms
of the Lands award, and Judge Ian
lis, tho he referred to the conditions
in the supply of material as
vicious" also said fatty that he was
helpless to do anything about it.
He was right. But the federal
government could do something; and
apparently till it does we shall be
n the grip of costs that make freight
'ates look picayune.- Chicago Her
Id.
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An Inaccessible
Peak
Z ST. .N
BY cLARIssA MAcKIE.


G. 1921. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
"a, Trayers' last memory of his sister
was a slim gray form leaning agains
the white pillars of the porch. Hel
large eyes, were still troubled and hel
fair face very sad. Violas trouble
was a mystery to him-she had al
ways been such. gay, irresponsible
creature, and now in the last five
years she had sobered into woman
who went about as If her heart was
in some, other world. e%
He had racked his brain to think
OF some reason for her change, and
when he had a chance to take a brief
vacation he thought of his old class
mate, Jimmie Ladd, who had built a
studio in the heart of the wids and
had not been seen by civilized man for
several years. Old Jimmie, once a
wizard among girls, would at least
hazard a guess at Viola's preoccupa-
ton.
"What the deuce are you doing
'hereY gasped Jimmie when he gripped
Travers' hand. Anything happened?
Everybody we'll and-happy?' There
was a sudden sharpness in his tone.
Travers met the honest scrutiny Of
those brilliant blue eyes. "All WE'LL"
he smiled.
Viola-your sister?' Laid
was bending to caress a beautiful col
lie.
"Very WELL, thanks. No need to
ask you how you enjoy solitude
you're hard, and thin, and rugged
man, you've worked yourself to
BONE"
"Work agrees with me. I'm very fit
these days. There, Sheila, lassie, run
away--scoot !" He .clapped his hands
and the animal leaped upon him play
fully. "She belonged to my young
brother Bob-you know he. went to
Flanders-neyer came back" Ladds
face was hidden a moment behind the
collie's snowy ruff and then suddenly 1
lifted to show the eyes dulled with
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-29
Senator Borah Ex-
plains the Treaty of
the Peace Conference
Continued from page one

lice department for themselves. He
is in favor OF scrapping all the. sub
marines; he says the peace confer
ence as it stands now is in favor of
scrapping the more or less obsolete
battleships and keeping the subma-
rines, and the poison gas. These
he speaks of as the two most cruel
and barbarious implements of war
the world has ever devised, and the
present peace conference instead of
abolishing them abolishes something
else that has ceased to be important
and keeps the barbaric forces that
have. been universally condemned eX-
cepting by Germany.
Senator Borah says that when the
document drawn and signed by the
present peace conference is passed
up to the United States senate for
approval he will be opposed to rati-
fication unless they provide for very
substantial disarmament.
1t will be remembered tina Senator
Borah was the leader of. the opposi-
tion of the treaty drawn at Versailles
and at first he had only very slight
following. lie is now in the same
manner taking the lead in saying
that the present peace conference at
Washington is ineffective so far as
it has gone and he presents very
conclusive arguments to show that
he is right. The American people
have pretty generally rejected the
conditions named in the Versailles
proceedings and it is not improbable
that they will in the course of time
be led to adopt Senator Borah's
theories nov, being presented at
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-29
MIX SCORES AGAIN IN -
HIS LATEST PHOTOPLAY

mo one who attends the showing
of the Tom Mix picture 1.-The Nigh
Horsemen" at the Isis theatre Sun
day and Monday can complain tina
there is any lack of action, Of thrills
OF stirring entertainment; and fol
those who like a touch of heart
reaching romance Tom Mix supplied
that, too. This picture, directed by
Lynn F. Reynolds, is SO good and Sc
fast that at its close one feels a
yearning for more.
The picture, produced by Fox, is
intensely human and the character
contrasts have been finely and
deeply drawn. Each character stands
out like bas-relief. Take Buck,
for instance. Buck is the ranch
foreman. He is in love with Kate,
but he is not so dumb as not to
know that Kate loves Whistling Dan
(Tom Mix, and that she will wait
for him to return when the wild
geese come back in the autumn. And
when Dan does return, Buck seeks
him to bring him back to he Cum
berland ranch where Kate, with her
Dad, awaits him. Buck finds that
Dams ungovernable temper has led
him into a row in which he has shot
the town bully. And he comes upon
Dan nursing the very man he shot.
Dan tells Buck he'll come to the
Cumberland ranch later. Buck de-
cides there is only one way to get
Dan back. He takes .it-takes a
chance with death. He calls Dan a
low hound and slaps him in the face.
Then he gallops away to the ranch.
knowing that Dan will follow to kill
him. And when Dan arrives Buck
lets Kate get between him and Dams
ready gun. But he aoeomplishes Ills
purpose. .sl
Some folks contend that such men
as Buck come only from the wild
and woolly west. Wherever they
hail from, such men are rare and :
noble.
And in the end Buck, still taking
chance with death, brings about SO
great change in Whistling Dan
that the wild spirit leaves this man
and when the wild geese again be-
gin their flight northward their
'honk, honk' finds !. no answer in
Dams heart. He remains on the
ranch with Kate, seeking no mortal
10 conquer nor do bad men seek
% kill him., He is tanned.
Mix does some thrilling riding In
he picture. His horse Tony is GER
ainly wonderfully knowing
Observation-Disclosures.
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How Bingham County
Lost It's Money; With
Officers Still Sparrine
Continued from Page -

eminent. The chairman of our
board of commissioners was assiged
the task to study and to specialize
on. He made out all the documents
or had them made out, that seemed
necessary to get our application be-
fore the state government, placed it
in the hands of the director of high
ways and received his pledge to file
it with the highway department, who
would also file it with the federal
government. He was quoted as hav-
Ing said that the papers were prop
erly drawn and that everything was
regular and we were in line for our
share of the money.
In the meantime the road con-
struction went on and the county
commissioners kept wondering just
when and where the federal money
was to be expended for they realized
that the federal government and the
state government must have share
in the management to say how things
should be done. In the course of the
summer, part of the road construc-
ton was completed on our rural mail
routes and no state nor federal
money entered into the payment of
the bill. Then reports began to come
thru from Washington to the effect
that appropriations were getting
pretty we'll exhausted by applications
that were filed ahead of ours, and
the commissioners who had watched
the trend of events began to have
doubts whether we could get any of
the federal money to use on our
rural mail routes for construction
work was all planned and done by /
ourselves and without any participa-
lion OF the federal road engineers.
Ihere was also some doubt about the
legal rights to draw federal money
Tor use on the mail routes unless
hey formed complete circuit, and
our road work was done on direct
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-29
Letter Tells of
Devil Visiting
Dance Pavilion

| J. H. Mcdonald of Blackfoot once
lived near Lake Marion, Mimi, ant
has discovered story in the loca
paper from a town near there thai
interests Mr.. Mcdonald very much
as he is acquainted with the people
mentioned, all but his Satanic ma.
jesty, and we reprint the story with
out comment.
Devil Was There All Right
The following letter was received
by Mrs. C. l.. Bartlett of Bertha, in
answer to letter written by her to
Hutchinson, asking the particulars
about the devil at Lake Marion:
Hutchinson, Mimi, Nov. 16, 1921.
Mrs. G. L. Bartlett,
Bertha, MINI.
Dear Madam:
Your inquiry about the Hutchinson
Devil" came to hand and l willingly
tell you all I know about it. OF
course, much that we hear about it
Is not dependable at all.
What is fact is about as follows:
Lake Marion nine miles from here,
is pretty resort and a pavilion has
been built there by the hotel for
dancing. On Sunday for some time
back dances have been held and a
class of people for many miles
around who attend Sunday affairs
have attended. 1t has been said that
these dances are rough and that
some of the dancers of both sexes got
drunk; that the rooms of the hotel
are all engaged in advance, and that
the cottages are broken into and the
rooms occupied by the jewellers.
On Sunday night, Oct. 80, last, a
dance was in progress there and it
Is generally agreed that there were
l00 dancers on the floor, when the
devil came and was in their midst.
Some claim that he came up through
The floor, Others claim that he came
DOWN from the roof. He was the !
regular fellow, they say, horns, hoofs
and tail. The lights flared, the mu-
'ical instruments flew from the
lands of the players and were
'plintered. Lurid lights filled the
place and the devil danced among I
hem. Women and girls screamed
Ind some tainted. One or more are |
till confined in bed with hysteria.
They all fled terror stricken from the
'lace. Some hid in the woods all
light, others found shelter at farm
Houses. Twenty-six cars were left
tanding by the pavilion until day
light came and the party rallied and
,ept their courage up by keeping
lose tgether and got the cars away.
Many and varied stories are told
bout the details, but the above is
told by all. II it was a
OAK, 1t was cleverly done and the
erpetrators are keeping still. The
roprietor has offered $1,000 for an
xplanation of it. His place, hotel
nd all is deserted and abandoned.
lie nor his family dare remain there.
II 1t was the real devil, he has hurt
Is own business, for dancing among
nat class has ceased. It has been a
sal sensation, and l suppose has
cen widely advertised. The hardest
eople to convince that 1t was hoax
re those who were there.
Nv Yours very sincerely,
A. l.. RICHARDSON.
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pain and the mobile lips grim and I'm.
smiling. Funny thing, this life we
hve-one loves 1t. glorifes it by he.
roic deeds and is snuffed out, while an.
other who doesn't cure straw wheth-
er he stays on or not has to fight out
his dreary round of days."
mot you, Laddie" Travers pro
tested. S, -N R S%
A smile crooked the painters mouth.
4 am cheerful beggar these days,
Van; first time I've seen you in years,
and I'm giving, you an impression Of
perpetual blue Mondays. Forget It.;
come seehny camp and have q bite
to eat. Then I'll give you a private
view OF what I've been doing lately.
Tomorrow you can hunt or fish: today
is mine to gloat over you"
"Of course I knew you had captured
the Wondrel prize.r@ asAb1
EYES," :s.sV
"And had room to yourself at the
big exhibition. Iycouldn't.go, but Viola
was there and bought zone Of your
pictures" tye
SYes?"t 4s4 s< ss-A sa
"'The Peak There's something
haunting about that picture, Laddle; y
30 much snow, gray ice and such
bleak distances. Then the Jagged
white peak rising stark, alone, with
the north wind keen in its face, while
the sheltered life of the valleys below
moves on peacefully, not knowing the
bitter storming Of the peak It is like
lonely man sitting aloof on the top Of
the world and seeing all that he loved
and hoped for pass by IT'S heart
breaking " Travers' pleasant voice
grew rough with feeling. @
"It's not a bad picture" said Ladd
simply, as he refilled his pipe. VI i
Trnvers scrutiniaed his friends face.
The old, happy carelessness had gone.
The man had grown big and rugged,
nke the mountains which he painted |
his erect carriage and the deep CO.
6ences Of his voice made one, think Of |
rast distances, Of snow-covered Jour-
~, long winter days amid ice and
NOW 89rriers. always alone. IAdd
had 4 way of suddenly withdrawing
rtc I chilrS Silence. aloof from tho
49, sorid ~ had discarded. Jimmie y
a. ssssT- lss< = = = S~-n-.ssssssS
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Ladd was frozen: Perhaps the stor,
Travers had to tell OF Viola woilt
thhw him out--JiNmy and Viola hat
always been good friends and so hat
young Bob Ladd. A sudden thought
smote him Ike pang. Perhaps II
was Bob Ladd's death that had struck
the light from viola's eyes. But il
was not until the evening meal was
over that Ladd awoke Travers from q
-long, abstracted silence.
did you bring your troubles with
you. Van?" he asked.
Travers nodded, his thin lips tight
ening about his pipe stem. 81 brought
them to you, hoping you might help.
1t isn't financial-thats always been
all right" He hesitated. How little
could he tell and make Jimmie under.
stand? He was incapable of deciding
for himself now. and Viola seemed so
remote from him-so inaccessible in
her lone sorrow lie wanted to help
her to happiness, ut Is my sister,"
he said at last.
viola? What of herr"
Everything"
Il believed her happy always She
married Chalmers"
"She has never married."
"What?
Viola has never married, and she
is always so sad-so unlike herself
that came to you; man O. the woods,
to ask you what might be done. You
know what | think of your wisdom"
"Wisdom" calculated the other bit
terly. "Why, Van, am fool"
II thought you might have known
some Of the old crowd that she went
with-you were among them. I won
dered If she was especially interested
In any one-say, young Bob, your
brother. She cried when we read of
his DEATH"
Ladd's eyes were somber "They
were playmates. that was all; he was
engaged to Molly Gray"
Il want her to be happy" sighed |
Travers, "but shall not force her con-
fidence. Thanks for what you have |
said. She. admires your work lot
has kept track of you-has The Peak
in her room; said the other day It
was like you, cold and inaccessible"
Laid smiled bleakly. "Do you really
believe she loves any man?" he asked.
Travers stared. "You, Ladder"
Ladd nodded. 1--WE were engaged
l thought her cold-we quarreled-I
came here-thought she was to marry
Chalmers. l painted The Peak II
meant 1t as reproach for her-she
Is my inaccessible peak!'
Great scot man, and you are her
inaccessible peak-twin peaks-twin II
IDIOTS Come back East with me to-
morrow and see Viola-just catch her
staring at your picture with her heart
n her eyes-I mean her soul-and I,
you'll believe me-"
II can't leave this place now,r said
he hermit painter, but his eyes
dashed with old fire.
Let your man keep 1t, then you and I
liola can come back together and
here; : nothing grander-
'ou and Viola and Shiela-" /
"And the real peak" ended Ladd
With a happy grin.
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Squeakino Shoes.

The annoying squeak" that someJ
shoes have is caused by layers or
pieces of leather rubbing together.
Some shoemakers open the side and
insert a bit of felt; or peg or two,
or number of pegs driven into the
sole from the outside stops the sound.
Hostess.
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RenovstInn a Lantern,

II the Iron surface Of your lAa, srn
has become rusty rub off all the rust
with the fine glasspaper or other pol.
fishing material. When the smooth
iron is exposed give It a coat of black.
lead, or some similar preparation.
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Lincoln Statue IN London

IThcoIH Sta'Ue N London.
The statue of Abraham Lincoln pre-
.sented by the American to the British
-peeple was unveiled July %, 1920. in
the Canning Enclosure, /. Westminster,
London. 1t IL replica OF the Saint
Gaudens statue. ~
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-29
Canada's BID Game.

Throughout Canada from 1000 IA
Loo moose are killed annually, but
the game are protected and are hunt.
g under certain restrictions that arS
rigidly enforced. SO that there is -
fear, Of their extinction. 3
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Preparedness.

"Bouncer's daughter, EN-? Well, she
certainly seems sure Of herself" S1a,
Sure of herself? should say she
Is. Why, II the doctor told her she
was going to die, she'd start taking
lessons on the harp simmediately!"-
London Tit-Bits. VII, ~
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Might Send Her AWAY Hannv

Lucret1a Borgia-"I shall put some
poison In her soup tonight" Rolanda
-"oh, Lucretia. how can you be 50
heartless! Let her have a good meal
frst; put 1t in her dessert."-Prince.
ton Tiger.
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The Humble Ratnstick

Until eomparatiyely recent years the
umbrella was a distinctive badge Of
morarchs and mobiles, and today the
king of Siam bears % one Of his
titles lord Of the Ten thousand UNI.
fbrellas." - " N's7
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-29
Spain Always Agricultural.

Spain is essentially an agricultural
country. Seventy per cent Of the peo.
pie who work are engaged in labor On
the farms. Only 81 per cent are en-.
gagged IN manufactures. Only 1000.
.0OO out Of 100000 belong to labor
SDganixati0na
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Would Not Be Kent su.v

n if you make 1t q rule never to e..
nothin. but the truth" said tx -
Eben. you'll have a whole LOT u, II
~" Mok Ill 'e6s ron Idle ~ ~
tlOn.N 49, t
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Catholic

Early mass. 8 a. M; hIgn mass.
10 a. m. Church edifice North Main
street.
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A Christmas program was pre-
scented at the l.. D. S. Second ward
under the direction of the Sunday
school at 1880 Sunday morning by
the children. A dramatization OF
the events connected with the birth
CT Christ, pageant of the Holy City,
Christmas readings and songs were
features of the program. The scenes
were made effective by the use of
colored lights. About 800 people
were present at the program.
At the afternoon service carols
were sung; addresses were given by
Miss Vera Bentley and William
Thompson.
The Relief society of the First
ward met Tuesday. Mrs. Ed. l.. Egli
gave the lesson on Social Service"
About twenty members were present.
The primary children of the Meth
odist church gave a pageant Sunday
evening. This was presented under
the direction of Mrs. w. C. Allen.
A collection for mission work amoay
foreign children was received.
The Philathea class of the Meth
odist church was entertained in the
church parlor Tuesday evening.
Former members of the class, who
were visiting in Blackfo6t, were
guests at this Christmas party and
oyster supper which followed.
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Wsr,ssei

Witch 80 spring the rhyme wsye 4
almost ~ Nod \. the crime wavA.-
wesh'vrfNn p.,<
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.uI sSHxRaR
Christian Science Society

Chapel S6S North Shilling avenue
Sunday school, 945 a. M; Sunday
service at IL a. m.
Wednesday evening service at s
O'Clock.
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y1attsry u ths bsst cure IL 4 sti6
1eck. II vih tun almost any head
Cartoons Aasasins. 4
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L. ID. s. First and Second Wards

sunday school at 1880 a. m
services at 2 p. M; mutual at 7.S(