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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
Elks Plan to Give
Blackfoot Riddles
Fitting Christina,

Exalted Ruler q. M. Kennedy has
appointed the Christmas committee
for the lodge and they are now busy
preparing to make all the Blackfoot
Riddles" happy.
Those on the committee are J. H.
Early, chairman; Ira e. Taylor, e. L.
Egh, Paul Polk and ]. M. Hartong.
The committee has been provided
with generous amount in order to
spread Christmas cheer, but they re-
quest that all those having discarded
toys in good condition will notify
some member Of the committee and
the toys will be collected. There are
a great many toys that the first re-
cipent has out grown that are Just
as good as new and will be as fully
appreciated IL taken to some home
that the committee will find for It.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
HAS BIG SCHEDULE
Local Hoopsters Will
Play Ten Games Be-
fore Tournament

| Last Saturday Coaches Macdonald
OF Pocatello, Gibson of American
Falls, Conrad of Aberdeen and Pro-
fessor Langton of Shelley and. Miss
Winkler, principal of the Firth high
school met in Blackfoot with Sup
erintendent Bloom and Principal
| Christensen for the purpose of maxi
ing a basket ball schedule for the
coming season.
Following the business session,
the representatives attended a lunch
con given in the Eccles Hotel.
According to the schedule each
team will play ten games prior to
the tournament which will be held
In Pocatello some time in March.
In playing these ten games two of
the six teams in this section will be
eliminated so that only the four best
teams will meet at the tournament.
Blackfoot SO far has attended every
tournament held and with four of
the men that played on the team last
year out for practise this year there
Is every assurance that they will
again attend the games and the other
teams will have to travel faster than
they have ever done before they keep
the local boys away from Moscow
and the state tournament.
Those showing up for practise that
were on last years team are Ferrel
Anderson, Ray Stephens, Wallace
York and Ted Taylor. Besides these
-FOUR there are number of fellows
showing up for the first time that
promise to become real hoop artists.
The schedule for the team is as
follows:
Jan. s. Blackfoot VS.. Aberdeen, at
Jan. 13. Blackfoot VS.. Firth at
firth. s
Jan. 20. Blackfoot VS.. Shelley at
'helley.
Jan. IT, Open.
Feb. 8. Blackfoot VS.. American
'alls at Blackfoot.
Feb. 10. Blackfoot VS.. Pocatello
t Blackfoot.
Feb. II. Blackfoot VS.. Firth at
'lackfoot.
Feb. 23. Blackfoot W.. American
alls at American Falls.
Feb. "a. Blackfoot VS.. Pocatello
Pocatello.
March 8. Blackfoot VS.. Aberdeen
Aberdeen.
March 10. Blackfoot VS.. Shelley at
lackfoot.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
COUNCIL ACCEPTS
new WATER SYSTEM
F in ance Committee
Turns in Report After
Close Checking

At the city council meeting hel,
on Tuesday and Wednesday, even
ings OF this week, the council re
ceived the report of the finance com
mittee who had been busy for a weel
checking over everything connected
with the purchase and construction
OF the new water system, running
back into the administration Of their
predecessors, to trace every dollar
OF the expenditures for the system
Ihe finance committee consists of w.
-. Berryman, e. l.. Anderson and
EDWARD Thoresen and they worked
IN connection with the city clerk and
tne city treasurer, ]. J. Quillin and
L. ]. Chapman.
by reviewing all the warrants and
an the vouchers and reading every
Item of expense and classifying them,
tney found only a few small items
that were not properly classified be-
!ore, the difference making less than
$1,000. Some items that should have
been charged to maintenance of the
water system were charged to it's
cost, these totals being about 5000
OF the thousand referred to, but aside
from such matters as that, nothing
was found that had not been prop
erly' handled and properly classified.
IN our report made last week, it
appeared that the council would lack
about $4,000 of having enough
money to pay all the contracts and
all the extras that had crept in for
unexpected things, or things that had
not been in the original estimate,
but the committees final report
showed that they would lack
$4974.49 of having enough, and this
amount was cut down during the
meeting by acting on Engineer Cot
TOMS suggestion to get along with
one automatic pump starter instead |
OF buying two new ones, this making
saving Of 1858 and still leaving
the equipment complete.
The committee made an exhaus-
tive review to see If any OF the pipe
that belonged to the city had been
turned over to the contractor and
then paid for In his bills as well as
having been paid for originally by
the council. They checked up on a
long list Of pipe of various sizes. but
not one duplicate charge was found,
Engineer Cotton having everything
listed and accounted for, and every
Continued on page four 4
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
City Officials of
Other Towns Come
to See improvements

Frank Lee, purchaser of the City
Grocery came here from Pocatello
and is conducting the business along
the same line heretofore followed
by the retiring owner, Mr.. Snyder.
Mr.. Lee and his family have set
tied in Blackfoot and his former ex-
perience in the grocery business
qualities him to handle the undertak-
Ing now in hand. Lees ADVERTISE
ment elsewhere in this paper an
nounces the service he is offering to
the town and surrounding country.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
STUDENTS PROTEST

The selection of a Japanese girl
student as speaker at the COM
mencement day exercises SO aroused
the students Of the Oakland, Cal.
nigh school that they have officially
protested and say that unless q
change is made by the faculty they
Will absent themselves from the ex-
cersises.
According to the principal Of the
school the girl was selected on her
merits alone. Four members of her
family are students at the University
OF California and her two brothers
are students in the Oakland high
school. For her work in the past
three years she has a record hitherto
unknown in the history OF the
school.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
New Owner of City
Grocery to Carry on
Business as Before

The mayor OF Rexburg, the mayor
OF st. Anthony and some of the city
councilmen from each town visited
Blackfoot Monday to learn what they
could about our municipal water
works, our sewer system, and to
study some matters of construction
in connection with them and the
pavement.
The mayor and city clerk and
members of the council spent part
Of the day Monday showing them
around and giving them the benefit
OF their experience in construction
work here.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
DEATH OF JAMES
r.. LA TOURETTE

James Freeman LaTourette, was
found dead Wednesday evening fol-
lowing an attack. of heart failure,
death occurring while out hunting.
Mr.. LaTourette was born in the
state of New York sixty-five years
ago, but for several years past he
had been district farmer on the
Fort Hall reservation.
He was member of Grove City
Lodge No. 33 under whose auspices
the funeral services were held SUN
] day afternoon from the Methodist
church.
aInterment was in the Grove City
cemetery at the side of his wife,
whose death occurred two years ago.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
MRS. MAIICOM TO POUATEL1O

Mrs. e. T. Malcolm was taken ia
the General Hospital in Pocatello for
treatment Wednesday. ,f
Mrs. Malcom has been sick since
the early part Of September when she
underwent an = operation and heI
slow recovery necessitated her, being
taken to Pocatello. Her many friends
IN Biackfoot are hoping that she will
soon be fully recovered and back
among them. 's7sss5s .',,1,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
Smoker Will be Held
at American Legion
Hall Next Monday

Notices have been sent to all
former service men Of Bingham
county that there will be a big
smoker held in the American Legion
hall Monday evening.
1t Is the intention Of the men to
elect their officers for the coming
year at this meeting and to consider
other matters that will be brought
up.
Every ex-service man isurged to
be present and q general good time
is promised.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
MANY PRIZES WON
BY IDAHO "A! EXHIBITS X
Opening Day is Banner
Day For the Gem
State

| CHICAGO, Ill.-On the openine
day of the International Hay and
Grain show Idaho entries won one
first and two seconds here Monday
IN the alfalfa, alsike clover and sweet
clover classes. G. B. Allison, acting
Idaho seed commissioner, has charge
Of the It's Idaho exhibits on display.
The Idaho winnings are as fol-
lows: Ia,
Alfalfa-Charles Vahlburg Of
Sweet, second; H. K. Wiley of
Springfield, fifth; Byron Hayden Of
Aberdeen, sixth; H. Robert Wiley,
seventh; Strochiem of Aberdeen,
tenth. ~
Alsike .clover-M. A. Thometa Of
Twin Falls, first; John H. Hardin of
Kimberly, third; A.. e. Heller OF
Buhl, fourth; Ira Wenger of Aber-
deem, fifth.
White spring wheat-Carl Von-
krosiech of Fairfield fifth.
Hard red winter wheat-Leland
Cluer of Fairfield, twenty-third.
Sweet clover-W William r. Leslie
OF Twin Falls, second.
Alfalfa hay-Eighth, twelfth and
thirteenth.
One lone county in Idaho. COM
peting against the world in the pro-
duction Of fine timothy seed, took the |
drst seven prizes offered for this pro-
duct. The Long lavvey section in
Valley county holds this honor.
Idaho also took eight of the ten
prizes offered for red clover seed at |
The show, missing out on the second
and ninth. These winnings also
were in competition with exhibits
rom all sections of the United States
md Canada. Total money prizes
Won by Idaho exhibits at the show
his year amount to $512.
Idaho Scores Heavily
l. Results of the judging Wednesday
ire as follows: ..ss5
Red Clover-First, W. McGill,
8uhl; third, John H. Hardin, Kim
,erly: fourth, M. A.; Thometz, Twin
Falls; fifth, William T. Leslie, Twin
Falls; sixth. Otto wilhelm, Emmett;
eventh, James Heath, Emmett;
'ighth, ]. ]. Billier, Twin Falls;
enth. Lecour and Kannegard, Melba. |
Corn First, Raymond Brown,
vhder; fourth, H. c. Bradley,
Tampa.
Timothy-First, P. Mickelson.
,onnelly; second, M. H. Williams,
'orwood; third, w. d. Maloney,
'onnelly; fourth, Jesse L. Maloney,
'onnelly; fifth, Glenn Strawn,
lpha; sixth. Ray Combs, Smiths
'erry; seventh, Ed Paro, Mccall.
Barley-Fourth, Ed Maser, Aber-
cen; NTH, W. R. Gierisch, Burley;
!xth, Byron Hayden, Aberdeen;
!ghth, L. b. Catall, Rupert;
leventh. John H. Hardin, Kimberly.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
CAMP FIRE MEETING

The Camp Fire Girls were enter.
tanned at the home Of Mrs. e. w
Whitcomb Tuesday evening. After
the business was disposed Of games
were played around the fire and old
fashioned songs were sung.
The girls by way of assisting in
the sale Of Christmas seals are con-
Quoting booth In Seeger-Bundlie's
from 4 until s o'clock each evening
until Christmas.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
TEACHERS MEET

The Bingham County Teachers as
sociation held their second meeting
OF the year at the high school Sat-
urday. There was a session in both
the morning and afternoon under the
direction Of President w. e. David
son of Aberdeen. i
The purpose Of these meetings are
to acqusinf tina tsechers with the
newest and hest methods OF steaching
and to maksas esnsFsi Study oE the
pIo&eo4ons s+4E 1sf as siss
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
GREAT FORTRESS
BEING. DESTROYED
Heligoland Will Soon
be a Small, Rocky
Island

| The great fortress of Heligolan,
In the North sea is being slowly de
molished, and will soon be nothin,
more than a rocky island sticking vi
out Of the sea.
| When the German government de-
clared war in 1914 this was one OF
the great modern fortresses and q
base for the fighting machines OF the
navy. 1t was considered so valuable
That Germany gave the great island
TO. zanzibar in exchange for It. max.
Ing the trade with the British gov.
eminent. It was quite a surprise to
the world and was joked about a
great deal because as they said, "The
Kaiser has traded an empire for a
button"
The Germans, of course, were lay-
ing their plans to become the mis-
tress OF the seas, and Heligoland was
to be the base of their operations
and the headquarters for all their
battleships and submarines, which
plan was carried out during the
world war in SO far as Germany was
able to do it. Heligoland is in the
North sea only about twenty-eight
miles from the port of Bremen. The
sea had been beating against the
western face for centuries and the
rock walls were gradually crumbling
away. The German government
faced the whole line Of cliffs with
steel, filed in the space between the
steel and the solid rock with con-
crete, and bid defiance to the ,ele-
ments. q They fortified the place
thoroly, provide dthe slips for the
to come in out Of the
ocean and gointo their Headquarters
or places for repairs; had stupendous
stores OF naval supplies "a larbor for
their battleships and in short every
thing that the Germans desired for
up their sea power, S
During the days of construction OF
this great fortress 1t was made into
. resort, and people went out by |
steamer to spend their vacations and |
their summers at. Heligoland. II is
> rocky table land overlooking a vast
expanse Of sea with the most mag |
nificient hotels with all the modern |
conveniences which the world af-
lords. There was everything for
amusement at tAeligoland. But the
lay that Germany declared war. the
commander in charge everything
here broke the seal on package Of
Instructions showing what he was to
10 In the event of war and he i'm
nediately went to carrying out those
Instructions. Steamers were sent out
rom Bremen to bring away the peo-
,le; a proclamation was issued that
hey should prepare to leave with a
ew hours and take very little bag
rage with them. AS soon as thei
'eople were all out Of the hotels and
louses, even while they were board
ng the steamers at the docks, the
orch was applied to this city, the |
esort, and as they steamed away to-
1ard the mainland they saw q vast
illar Of flame mounting to the sky
d all the fine buildings with furni-
ure, musical instruments, their own
runks and baggage and everything
ut war materials going up in smoke.
rom that time on Heligoland was ,
othing but grim war machine.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
FIRE DESTROYS BARN

Fire Of unknown origin broke out
IN the barn Of e. L. Fjeldsted at
Thomas this morning and It with the
contents was totally destroyed. 81
In the barn at the time Of the fire
was stored 200 bushels OF Declo
wheat, thirty tons Of hay, two sets
OF harness and Ford car model
1920. iis@Ag.;.t.ts y ss,ss .,&. IS B,
~ Y was large two story frame
building and the loss is estimated at
= oOOs which y partially covered BY
Insurance. .fss' s Il Il 10 o.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
HOLIDAY RATES

A one and half fare rate will be-
come effective December %. at all
points on the uni0n Pacific system.
This IL the 1inst holiday rates to
be allowed for s0me time and the
sale OF tickets On this rate will last
for three days. December 22, z3, 2Al
The minimum adult fare will be
$3.50.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
OUR THURSDAY STORM

On Thursday morning a violent
wind storm travelled across Idaho,
reaching Boise at 8 O'Clock and get
ting to Blackfoot at about 1890. It
turned q mild spring day into biting
winter with q light fall Of snow.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
1921 Series, Chapter XVII
BY the Editor

/; &; I 4 ! + :: Y !
i - There is one phase OF
II the tax question / have
/ never dealt with in the
| newspaper, because ]
| did not have complete
! \SSI information and / have
not the complete infor-
nation now, altho I have been trying
for three or four years to get the
history of the case. I have decided
to tell what know and then you can
do as have dOne-wait till get
more. | find that on some subjects
l get information faster when / tell
what / know and then listen for
others to bring in the odds and ends
which they happen to know BY
piecing things together we may make
complete story and have about all
the facts. I do not think this is one
OF that kind of circumstances, but
here is some Of the subject / wish
you to be learning about.
Our Accounts With the State
Six or eight years ago when Hen
ney and Christensen and Bond and
Fackrell and Col. Fugate We're
county commissioners, there wat
lot OF talk about establishing state
highways. We were ambitious to i
have state highways laid out thru
our towns and villages and past our
farms. Thousands of dollars were |
spent in grading roads and getting
them In shape to be adopted as state
roads. The commissioners also had
the idea that If roads were graded
they would soon pack down and be
permanent roads. We have yali
learned something about that since.
and we know now that we shonld
never have good roads until we grade
them across the low places and that
It was waste Of money to build lap
grades on level ground and over hidls
and then leave it to blow away asst
srinds up into dust. s
Ambitious County
We were all ambitious to have the |
7 Yellowstone highway adopted thr1l 1
he Snake river valley and draw thb | |
our1st travel this way, and we got q
ne line Strengthened up across the {
eservation and did much grading all
ne way paralleling the railroad to
'et 1t in shape so the state highway a
department. would accept it and
aalntain it. The state highway COM
missioner sat with our commission
RS and talked very fair and prom a
'ed that as soon as we got that road !.
r any considerable sections of it =
uilt up to Specifications, they Z
'ould accept and maintain it. a
1t was costing a lot of money for b
to keep it in condition to get ii
lru at all, and our commissioners 81
Nv great light and acted upon it. al
hey said the cheapest and best way h
get rid Of that problem was to 81
lry and build grade that would b
imply with the specifications for a NJ
ate road and turn it over TO them. CT
they went ahead and poured our p'
'od money into grades and bridges hi
ID culverts, and our public spirited OF
en- Travelled UP and down the rail- W
'ads to attend good roads meetings d.
get this section nf the country be
'ted on the log books used by the bt
urlsts. To nse Hlang phrase, we tn
vent strong on the prospects, and th
lrt of the prospects were delusion al
I'd snare. hi
Where They Fooled Us ~ ~
One board Of commissioners in W
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
252 DAYS HAVE PASSED

since the tax commission re-
ported to the Republican
county central committee
the body that stands sponsor
for the present Republican ad-
ministration In this county in
every department. II the
committee have reached any
conclusions they have not com
municated It to the public.
In view Of some interesting
things that are mot. generally
known and which seem to bo
coming to light; thissis an In,
toresting time to be alive and
udytng county history. n IA 1
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-15
Where They Fooled Us

One board of commissioners in
their enthusiasm, and their deter
mination to get the road of of our
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-10-27
Hen Should Be Forced to
Pay Part of Farm Bills
Interesting Poultry Meetings Held in
Stearns County by N. E. Chap
man of University Farm

e.. N. E. Chapman, state poultry spec
ialist, gave talks at two township
meetings of the Stearns County Farm
Bureau Association on Wednesday
and Thursday evenings Of last week
and conducted four poultry culling
demonstrations near Paynesville on
Thursday forenoon and afternoon.
At the meeting of the Fair Haven
township unit, held in the village hall
at Fair Haven on Wednesday, the
10Th, crowd of over 200 was pres
ent and a crowd of over $50 at the
Northfork township unit meeting
held at Northfork on Thursday eve
ming, the goth. The four poultry cul-
ling demonstrations held during the
day on Thursday were well attended
Mr.. Chapman succeeded in convins-
ing his.hearers at all meetings, Of the
fact that this year, more than ever
before, the farmers are going to be
forced to rely upon the hen to pay
some of the farm bills. Records were
given, taken from the poultry demon
stration barns at Barnum, showing
returns where 20 hens were equal to
one COW. Mr.. Chapman's poultry
culling demonstrations always prove
interesting and instructive and the
Stearns County Farm Bureau hopes
that he can attend meetings of the
other township units in the future.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-10-27

tie public house. ST couldn't say
what it is. This house itself has been
standing for hundreds of years. It's
a very inconvenient old place too"
she added confdentially.
Barmaids Like Stage Mother
This so year old barmaid looked
like a benign stage mother; her gold
breast pin neat across the black silk
waist, her eyes shining with curiosity
at the advent of two strangers. In
front of the tiny bar and beside the
window ran long oak bench at one
end of which sat villager eating his
nightly supper of bread, cheese and a
mug of beer The American saloon
in the old days never possessed the
look of responsibility that marked
this out of the way pub.
ssWhy don't you write novel OF
the English Gopher Prairie"
& "Perhaps / SHALL" said Lewis.
"Perhaps shall. But the farther l
get from America the more I want to
write about my own country. It's sur.
prising how love of your native land
seizes you. At seaside hotel we
went to an exhibition by magician.
He did the usual trick of pulling flags
out of some receptacle. Finally ne
pulled out the American flag. The
last to get into the war and the first
to get OUT he said. To my amaze
ment I found myself standing in the
room yelling take that back We
had a hot and heavy argument IN
which l was seconded by an old Brl-
fish admiral. The magician apollo
gized and his performance was en-
ded for that night. I want to go back
to the United States and live there"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-10-27
CITATION FOR HEARING ON PHTI-
TION FOR PROBATE OF WILL

r
TION FOR PROBATE OF WILL
Estate of Margaret Kurell, Deceased
State of Minnesota, County of Stearns,
m Probate Court.
In the matter Of the Estate of Mar
garet Kure11 Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to all per-
sons interested in the allowance and
probate of the will tof said decedent:
The petition of J. F. Cooper being
duly filed in this court. representing
that Margaret Kurell, then resident
of the County of Stearns. State of Min
nesota died on the Bird day. of Septem-
Der 1921. leaving a last will and tesla
ment which is presented to this court
with said petition, and praying that
said instrument be allowed as the last
and that letters Parliamentary be is
Cooper Now Therefore, you and each
of ynus are hereby cited and required
to show cause, IL any you have, before
this court at he Probate Court Rooms
in the Court House, in tie City of ST.
Cloud. County of Stearns State of
Minnesota, on the 18th day of Novem-
Der 1921. at O'Clock A. M, why the
PRAYER of said petition should not be
granted.
Witness the Honorable J. B. Himsl,
Judge of said court, and the seal Of
said court, this 18th day of October
1921.
(SeaD J. B. HIMSL,
L. L. KELLS. Judge.
Attorney for Petitioner alas