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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-07
The Tax Forum
ANOTHER MISTAKE
Everybody's Comments

In the last issue Where we gave
the assessed valuation Of unimproved
property belonging to the Blackfoot
Potato Growers association giving the
assessed valuation at 5 .013 per 50.
IT,, we find we computed the assess
ment on some land that is included
in the railroad right of way The
corrected figures read that they are
assessed 5 1923 per SO. IT,. MT.
Pendlebury, manager for the Potato
Growers association has made care
full study and comparison Of the lots
owned by three companies having
property in the same belt along the
Mackay track The Allen OIL COM
pany is assessed, he says, at $3.50 q
lot; the Blackfoot Potato Growers
association just two lots nearer to
the center Of town, $30S per lot and
the B:ackfoot. Milling company just
across the street and that much
nearer to town $40 per lot. Mr..
Pendlebury had a conference with
the assessor about 1t. the assessor
saw inc inequality and said that 1t
deserved to be remedied.
w. L. Young, the Oregon Short
Line agent at Blackfoot has some
property in town and he says he
doesn't quite see the idea OF all this
agitation to have people assessed for
furniture and other personal prop
erty which has not heretofore been
assessed. He says if they add any
to the assessed valuation and that is
taxed as high as everybody else has
been the tax burden will be unbear-
able and nobody can afford to own
property.
Our answer to that is: For each
property owner who is paying taxes
on the main part of his property,
there is another with some other kind
Of property, who is not assessed at
all. The tax burden is not equally
distributed between the two. If they
are both assessed for exactly every
thing they have and everybody else
in the county is assessed for every
thing they have and the total of the
assessed "allat ION is three times as
much as it was last year, then when
TIE COuHLy CSbuiuloolOAClN ioCh Sho
situation over to see how much
money they have got to raise for
1921, there being three times as
much assessed valuation, the tax rate
to raise the same amount of money
as last year will only be one-third
as high. The man who has been pay
ing on his property will Pay on the
same property this year, but If as
sessed at its full cash value instead
of one-third of it's value and the rate
of computing the taxes is only one
third as great, then bis tax would be
the same this year as last. The ad-
vantage to the county is that great
many people will be assessed and
taxed this year who were not assessed
and taxed last year and we shall get
the county Indebtedness cleaned up
and on a cash basis. Then by 1922.
il we keep up the same thoroness In
assessing everybody, the tax rate can
be still further reduced and peoples
taxes need not be so high as they
have been.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-07
HIGH CHURCH OFFICIAL CALLED
Anthem II. Lund, First Counselor
Answers Final Summons.

Salt Lake City.-AnthOn H. Lund
first counselor to President Heber j
Grant Of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, died at his resi-
dence in this city Wednesday morn
ing, March 2. The popular churchman.
who was rs yeays old, was surrounded
by members of his family and church
dignitaries when the end came. He
died as he had lived, peacefully. He
was born at AalbOrg, Denmark, May
Is, 1874. He was baptized into the
church at the age Of Z, and when 10
years of age was engaged in teaching
English to the emigrating Saints. He
first came to the United States in
1862, and ever since has been a leader
in the affairs of the church.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-07
ORDERS SALE OF
SURPLUS ARMY WOOL,

Secretary of War Baker Tuesday
issued an order directing the sale at
auction at Boston on March 10 of
six million pounds Of surplus army
wool. The same identical wool was to
have been auctioned of a month ago
and would have been sold at auction
had not Senator Gooding Of Idaho,
and Senator Walsh Of Montana pro-
tested and had the sale cancelled.
The order of Tuesday Is mandatory
and unless revoked by Secretary
Weeks pr0pbably will result in the
dumping of this wool at low prices.
Idaho Statesman.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-07
Family Hanging

We say we are hard-hearted,
practical nation that wants facts and
not poetic romancings. Yet they tell
this story of one Of the Illinois papers
and Ben Hecht. n was hanging
which Mr.. Hecht was to report and he
sent in preliminary account before
the hanging in realistic detail. He
received q telegram reading Leave
out gruesOme details-ours Is a fam
lily paper" His reply was: "Will
make hanging cheerful as possible"
National Republican.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-07
Carved Initials on Woman. Chest,

Paris, nl.-Charged with carving his
initials on the chest Of Mrs. Harry
Rogers, 10 years Of age. Glenn Fors.
man, %, is held in Jail here on a
charge Of mayhem. Mrs. Rogers re-
lated that Forsman locked her in a
room on his farm six miles west Of
Paris and did the carving as d test
Of love. The Jail is being closely
guarded as result of threats against
FOrsman.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-07
JUDGE. Removal Demanded,

Carson City, Nev.-The removal of
District Judge Frank P. Langan from
office by the legislature Of Nevada
was recommended In report filed In
the senate by the joint committee that
has investigated the district court pro-
ceedings In the State Bank L Trust
company receivership case, which has
been pending almost thirteen years.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-07

only and have public officials do as
the people individually are doing;
buying only things worth while.
We must have economy and horse
sense in public affairs administered
for the benefit Of the real residents
and for those really interested in
Idaho. hope to see q change come
over the people of Idaho in regard to
public expenditures.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-07

Fair and Warmer.-"Well, BILL"
asked Q neighbor. Hear the boss
has had q fever? How's his tenn
perature t0day?" -
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-07

All years should be like 1891.
which begins and ends with . pay
day.-Greenville Is. CO.. Piedmont.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-16
WILL PRINT RETAIL
PRICES ON MUSIC

The Music Publishers Protective
Association recently passed a reso-
luton calling upon its members to
print the maximum retail price on
the title pages of all music. This
will apply to practically all popular
sheet music, and will without doubt
meet the approval OF the majority OF
dealers. At least, when this move
was suggested at the annual gather
ings of the National Association OF
Sheet Music Dealers IL apparently
met the approval OF the majority Of
those present.
Printing on the title page OF music
the retail price at which II is to be
sold will undoubtedly do much to
stabilize retail and wholesale prices.
This move was found necessary,
ewing to the fact that dealers in va
rious parts OF the country, and par
ticularly some of those along Broad
way. New York, have been getting
much higher retail prices than was
the custom under the old system Of
marking music 50 cents and selling
it to the general public at one-third
of.
The resolution in nowise desig-
mates what the standard retail price
Of a number shall-be, the publisher
marking his goods at the maximum
retail price to conform with what
he feels is the price the merit OF the
publication justifies.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-16
Fourth Concert.

The fourth concert Of the Ten
Star series, under the management
of T. Arthur Smith y brings to the
New National Theater Friday af-
ternoon. at 4:30 o'clock, Nine
Matzenauer. who is considered by
great critics as the worlds greatest
contralto. Nine. Matzenauer has
been for a number of years singing
leading roles for the Metropolitan
Opera Company. Besides having a
rich, powerful contralto, deep and
susceptible Of the finest fiexibillty,
with beautiful high tones of soprano
range, Nine. Matzenauer Is also
noted for the beauty of her con-
cert programs. She will be assisted
by Richard Hageman. at the piano.
The program for the Forthcoming
concert follows: IF Thou Be Near"
(Bach); The Kiss" (Beethoven) {;
"oh. del milo dolce ardor" CGluck)
warning" (Mozart); Mother, Oh,
Sing Me to Rest and The Butter
fly Is in Lowe With the Rose"
(Franz); "Snowbells" and Spring
Night" (Sehumann); Beau soir"
and 'Mandoline" (Debussy); I'll
pleut des petales, des fieurs" (Rhene-
Baton); "Colombine" (PadowskD ::
"Berceuse" (Gretchaninoff) "on
Wings of Dream (Arensky), and
Wind and Lyre" (Harriet ware).
Tickets may be had at the offices
Of T. Arthur Smith, 1905 G street.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-16
King Vidor Flags
Censorship Advocated
By Humane Society

King VidOr. prominent motion pic
ture author-producer- director, takes
exception to the form of motion
picture censorship advocated at the
last annual convention of the
American Humane Association held
at Omaha recently.
The suggestion was to the effect
that many cinema plays presenting
sex problems have woven a glamour
about vampires" so consistently
that this type now outshInes the
true woman in popularity, and that
pictures depicting outraged wives
and desecrated homes have a bad
effect upon young girls of the i'm
pressionable age" A censorship
that will affect the scenario itself
and absolutely forbid the filming of
unhealthy stories was recon-
mended.
AN utter ignorance OF the modus
operandi of motion picture produc-
tion is betrayed in this suggestion"
said King Vidor, because 1t is
rarely the original story which is
unclean or false in its conception
of life or in its philosophy, and the
scenes in the finished cinema which
may appeal to the lower emotions,
or sex instincts, are more likely to
represent the little touches the
daring inuendos and spicy interpo-
lations Of the director during the
production. Therefore, censorship
that would begin with the scenario
would be inadequate.
The overwhelming popularity
Nlnr
Miracle Man. Broken Blossoms,
Road and 'Earthbound,' and the un-
surpassed popularity of Mary Pick
ford, Will Rogers and Charles Ray,
are facts which belle the overshad-
ing of virtuous roles by vampire
roles. Where, in fact, is there a sim
gle 'vamp' type on the screen today
who is in any marked degree popu-
lar?" There is not a single popular
'vamp.'" AYERS King Vidor.
Vidor concluded by stating that
Censorship in any form is a by
product of 'bigotry and despotism," :"
and says: MY heartfelt conviction
is that the motion picture is in real
ity approaching a spiritual renais-
sance, and a too-rigorous censor
ship actually creates publicity OF a
type unfavorable to the progress OF
the new art.
Evil is certain to destroy itself,
and the 'vamp' and the adventurous
crook and other unsavory types, as
well as sexually suggestive pic
lures will not be able to live in the
future. Salacious photoplays will
disappear before the advent of
cleaner and loftier screen stories,
Just as mists melt before the sun"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-16
MUSIC
In SCHOOL WORK
Methods Of Creating Love Of
Harmony Among Chill
dren Told.

Our public school system deals
with millions and millions Of po-
tentisl American citizens. II has
taken a great war TO convince many
educators that music is not a friu
and that it has psychological effect
upon the physical, mental and spir-
itual life. The Greek philosophers
asserted that the drama was a
purge for the soul" Music has
similar function.
In these days there are "hfty-
seven" varieties OF educational re-
form. and then some" Musical
education is vastly different toSzy
from that OF the past In Washing
ton only an hour a week Is allowed
for music. but much is being accom-
plished by the music teachers sndS
the faithful grade teachers. upon
whom so much depends in those
periods when the music teacher lie
not present. 1t is essential that she
should have the right attitude
toward music. She can stress the
art side IL she, perhaps. feels Il =
burden to teach the technical SIDE
for which she has not been pre-
pared.
A feature in the schools is that
OF giving listening lessons" There
are many more listeners than per
formers, hence this manner Of
srOusing in pupils q keener love
and enjoyment in the art. making
for appreciation OF the beautiful N
music and COUnteracting the vicious
variety that has flooded the Coun-
try, lowering the taste Il not the
morals.
1t is acknowledged by educational
authorities that in order 10 arouse
appreciation two factors are neces-
sary-actuRl sense experience with
the object, and an intelligent Euid-
ance that will enable the listeners
10 help themselves to the beautiful
and good in music.
A trained supervisor OF music is
| necessary in this education. a BODY
/ Of enthusiastic grade teachers. {,
good course Of study and ADEQUATE
equipment
Or. Cogswell is tremendously in
terested in the instrumental phase
orchestras in grade and high schools
and has been aEitatinE the question
OF a cadet military band ever since
he began his work in Washington
! There is hope now that this or
ganizstion will mHteriallze.
Another phase is that Of the high
school chorus with an occasional
/ public appearance. Rccomps MED by
its own orchestra
Al the teachers institute 10 be
. held Friday Of this week the Teen
Orchestra will assist in the musIrs
entertainment. Dr. Ballou has asked
that the teachers themselves NAV
constitute big chorus and sing old
familiar songs which will be PRINTED
on leaflets for distribution. or course
this Will be largely a feminine en-
semble, but surely volume is as
sured, IL not balanced effect.
The music In the AmericanizstloH
school Is an Interesting feature. let
ters written to Mrs. George EuyTr
who made possible a phonoErsph A =
that. school. prove that music =
wonderful factor in promoting H.
terest and enjoyment by citIzcnI, IN
the making.
ORPHEC5
The Washington herald., 1921-01-16
CRANDALLS.

For the hrst three days of the
current week, Sunday through Tues
day. at Crandalrs Theater the fore
most feature OF the photoplay bill
will be Metros special production
Of Love, Honor and Obey" inter-
preted by an an-star cast. This
sterling subject was adapted by Eu-
gene Walters, famous playwright
from the novel, The Tyranny OF
Weakness" by Charles Neville Buck,
and is enacted upon the silver sheet
by Wilda Bennett, Claire Whitney
Henry Harmon. Kenneth Harlan.
leading man with Constance Tai
madge in Dangerous Business" at
the Metropolitan last week, George
Cowl and E. ]. Radcliffe. A great
diversity of scene, spirited action
and gripping power make this one
Of the genuinely notable productions
of the year. The extra added COM
edy attraction will be Amt Love
Grand?" which in turn will be sup
pIemented by abbreviated camera
subjects and special pipe organ ac-
compartment.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-16
GARDEN.

There never was a Tourneur pic
ture yet that was not packed with
tense dramatic moments and The
Bait" an adaptation Of Sidney To-
hers stage play. The Tiger Lady"
which had a most successful Broaa-
way run, to be presented at Moore's
Garden Theater the first four days
of this week, beginning today, is
said to be no exception to the rule.
Hope Hampton, the viyacious
Texas beauty who sprang almost
overnight to fame in the film world.
and is among the promising and
most talked-about OF all the younger
stars, will be seen in the leading
role, supported by a cast which in
cludes Harry Woodward, Jack Nc
Donald, James Gordon, Rae Elderly,
Joe Singleton and Dan Crimmins, Jr.
A thumb-nail sketch of the plot
shows the heroine as a pretty shop
girl. who Is framed" by a master
crook so she will come under hts
power. Then, when he has won her
gratitude by a seemingly kind act,
he tries to use her as a pawn in a
game to blackmail a young million
aIre. All-in-all a blending Of melo-
drama, romance and mystery in a
manner that cannot fail to please is
Dromised.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-16
PEER GYNT" SONG
BRINGS PROTESTS
Caruso Cries Shame" But
Others Say Give What
Public Wants.

When music critics in Norway
lifted their hands in horror and pro-
tested to Washington over the desc
Grafton of their beloved Grieg by
those American jazz artists there al
once arose two parties among the
musically inclined on this side OF
the water Some were quite in &C
cord with Norway, while others be
lieved that the jazz records which
brought about the complaint were
all right. In the New York Tribune
the matter was further discussed as
follows:
Composers. singers and conduc-
tors in New York who expressed
their views recently are inclined to
think that Norway is right. Tom
Brown. however, who Transformed
Schubert's "Serenade' and RsCh-
giest Of rags and whose company
played the jazzed suite OF records
has a different opinion.
"Sergei RRchmanino1 heard US
play the adaptation Of his work he
said. and liked il, considering this
a method Of pOpularizing real music.
We play such adaptions TO attract
attention and We md that the public
takes to adaptations better because
familiar melodies appeal. That's
reason enough.
Nine. Marie Suudelius, EnricO Ca
russo and Albert Spalding, an Ameri-
can viOlinist, were OF the opinion
that Norway has just cause for in
dignation
Norway, II seems. learned Of the
desecration when an assortment OF
American talking machine records
reached that country recently. One
record. entitled Peter Gink, com
posed by George L. Cobb and played
by the Six Brown Brothers. was
heard by Norwegian music lovers.
Shocked beyond words, they began
preparation Of the memorial and II
was forwarded with haste 20 Wash
ington.
Mime. Suudelius. soloist OF the
Metropolitan Opera Company, said
/ that she had been reading Of the
"saCrilege" in Swedish papers.
"A composer does not like people
to use his melodies in that way,
/ she said, land It was not a nice
thing to make ragtime out OF Grieg
Surely there is enough popular mu'
sic to adapt without going to the
. classics"
Caruso, whose voice is recorded
| bv the company which first put Out
! the Greig ragtime, said. There
| ought to be a law against il, II II
a shame
An awful shame. outrageous
| was the comment OF Mischa Levitt
Xxi. the pianist.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-16
RIALTO.

Little Miss Constance Binney
comes back to town today, at
Moore's Rialto Theater, this time,
according to all reports, in society
clothes and sumptuous settings and
a real tense and dramatic thriller,
but the star is the same demure. un-
affected and adorable little heroine
that she was in "Erstwhile Susan"
and "39 East"
Ward Crane, popular leading man,
appears opposite the star. Others
in a most capable cast include Lucy
Fox, Crane Wilbure, Gertrude Hill
man, Mark Smith, Grace ScudifOrd
and william Riley Hatch.
Added enjoyment win be given to
those seeing the bill. in the showing
Of Sewell Ford's latest "TOrchy'
comedy, entitled "TOrchy Mixes In,
irrepressible Johnny Hines appearing
in the same part. Other short sub
jects include scenic. and an eI-
.clusive showing Of the latest Fox
News.
q Daniel Breeskin, conducting the
Rialto Symphony Orchestra, also
promises an exceptionally appealing
musical program.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-16
Twenty Hydraulic
Rams are Installed
For Single Scene

Twenty large hydraulic rams
were installed yesterday beneath
the stage of the Century Theater in
preparation for the production there
on January - Of In the Night
Watch" the Spectacular drama
which Michael Morton has adapted
from the French for the Messrs.
Shubert.
One Of the big scenes is the sink
ing at sea Of the French cruiser
Alma" on board Of which two Of
the three acts are laid. When the
French ship OF war is tOrpedued the
main structure sinks through a trap
in the stage. The bow which is a
separate piece Of scenery, IS forced
slowly upwards by the hydraulic
rams. Then this is sunk by the
rams and the stern appears, which
in turn disappears into the water.
The Messrs. Shuberts technical
staff have found it necessary to use
the hydraulic rams as they are
more steady and less liable to &C
cident than the electrical devices
formerly used in the theater.
Robert Warwick. VIII" viii play
the lead In the Night Watch the
spectacular drama, which opens at
the Century Theater on January "a,
and Edmund Lowe. who plays an
other important role. discovered
yesterday that they had been born
within fifteen miles of each other
Mr.. Warwick was born in Sacra-
mento, Cal, and Mr.. Lowe in san
Jose, Cal. Although both are well
known on the stage and in pictures
il fhpN be-
gan to rehearse together in In the
Night Watch"
with the sky his roof, a horse, rod
and gun his source OF enjoyment:
Tom Sartschi is having the time OF
his life, camping out at Lone Pine
a picturesque rendezvous in the hlgn
Sierra Nevada mountains. Tom VIII
soon begin work on the fifth Of the
series Of twO-reel westerns he Is
making for Pathe.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-16

Owen Moore plays the part OF a
bungling small-town youth who re-
quires wife in order to obtain an
inheritance. He borrows one and
the complications that result give
Moore one of the best comedies in
which he has been seen.
illiam p. S. Earle, Selznick d.
rector, formerly wrote and direct
ed musical comedies for his class
while attending Columbia Univer-
sity. He also made the first pic
lures of New York's suBways.
Twenty women from the divorce
colony" at Reno, New. attended the
opening of Way Down East" Grif-
fth's new spectacle. in Los Angeles
to see how Mrs. Morgan Belmont
disported herself on the screen.
Roy Stewart, known for his west
ern characterizations, has been Sc
lected by Director Henry King to
play the lead opposite Pauline
Frederick in her perturbation of
The Mistress of Shenstone"
Only the interior scenes remain
to be filmed on Vitagraph's picture
Black Beauty" David Smith, the
director, took several months to
make the animal continuity scenes
and the other exteriors.
Lillian and George Randolph
Chester, who wrote the scenario,
made not one single change in the
story of Black Beauty" but dove
tailed an independent story with it
n a ha MI
and more potential OF the human in
terest.
The additional story tells what
Black Beauty, the horse, could not
have seen-what was going on in
side the big house. Jean Paige por-
trays the leading role. James Nor
rison is her leading man.
Director Arthur Berthelet has
completed the cast for Penny"
Bessie Loves vehicle. He will have
Wheeler Oakman, Patricia Palmer
and Ray Cannon in important roles.
In the cast of "The Girl in the
Taxi" Mr.. and Mrs. Carter De Ha-
ven's cinema production. now being
directed by Lloyd Ingraham. are
several members of the original
cast Of the stage success.
New stars recently put forward
are James Kirkwood. by Allan
Dwan, and Alice Calhoun, by Vita
graph. Another company now form
ing is to star Marguerite Fisher.
Under contract with Lewis ].
Selznick for five years with a total
OF S105,000 retainer, Jack Lait. the
short story writer, has voluntarily
cancelled the contract.