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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-21
ASSESSOR HINES DID NOT REPLY

Deputy Assessor E. D. Hines was
up from Aberdeen on Saturday after
noon and spent Sunday in Blackfoot.
Mr.. Hines has not made any reply
to our inquiry Of last Thursday pub
lished in this paper, asking why he
had never assessed the newspaper in
his town.
His only comment that has reached
us Is that he guesses he must be do
ing some good If everybody is hop
ping onto him about the assessment.
His personal comment to us when we
met him was he noticed we we're
keeping right at his heels and that II
was good thing to do as he might
leave something off of the list.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-21

Courage was so natural to him that it was hardly
spoken of to his praise; any moment of
his life discovered in him the least shrinking in danger;
and he had hardihood of daring which escaped
notice. because was so nveloped by superior camness
and wisdom.
His address most easy and agreeable; his step
firm and graceful; his air neither grave familiar.
He as cheerful as he was spirited frank and COM
muncative in the society of friends. fond of the fox
chase and the dance, often sportve in his letters, and
liked hearty laugh. His smile was always the smile
of benevolence This oyusness of disposition remained
to the last tho the vasnes of his responsibilities was
to take from him thearight of displaying the i'm
pulsve qualities of his nature, and the weight which he
to bear up to overay and repress his gayety
and openness.
His hands were liberal; giving quietly and without
observation, tho he ashamed of nothing but be-
ing discovered in doing good. He was kindly and COM
passionate, and of lively sensbily the sorrows of
others; that if his country had only needed victim
for its relief, he would have willingly offered himself
as sacrifice. But while he prodigal of himself,
he was consderate for others; parsmonous of the
blood of his countrymen
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-21
SOME HOT SHOTS ON ROAD BUILDING
BY GEORGE e. HILL

l have just read your editorial In
your issue of the seventeenth inst.
regarding the lowering of taxes. !
agree with you with the general
statements contained in this editor
ial. If we had somebody in the state
house who would cut out everything
but actual necessities and turn down
every appropriation asked for we
would get back to normal. There Is
an old saying that "the way to re-
sumo is to resume" and we might
phraphase this and say, "the way to
get down is to get down" The last
paragraph in the said editorial is on
the state highway business and the
federal aid.
I.wrote an article which was pub
lished in the Boise Statesman on the
tenth inst. on this very question.
They gave it first page prominence
and commented on it very strongly
editorially, up-holding my conten-
tions.
Since writing said article I have
been advised Of the Independent
highway district in Clark county bid
ding on a state highway contract
against other bidders, who have been
in the habit of securing these con-
tracts, viz: Large construction COM
panies, and this highway districts
bid was $4,000 less than the next
lowest bid on twelve miles Of high
way running south from Dubois. The
construction companies appealed to
the attorney general claiming the
highway district had no right to bid.
The attorney general said that while
counties have no right to do this
there is no law which prevented the
highways from doing so, c0nse-
quently its bid was accepted. The
highway district therefore secured
contract and did the work which sat
isfied the expert engineers Of the
state highway department. They
paid all the cost of construction and
out of the money received under their
contract had $4,000 profit left
which was turned into the highway
districts treasury. They thus saved
their people $35,00V on twelve miles
Of road constructed, which is prac-
tically $4,000 per mile.
Fremont county claims that they
can do more with SIC, 900 in building
roads than the state higway depart
ment can do with $4,000 under it's
present inefficient and wasteful way
in handling these matters.
Reports in the Boise papers state
that the state highway department
has had twelve million dollars to
spend during the last two years and
we would like to know what has been
accomplished with it. The legisla-
ture is now considering the advisibil-
ity Of levying a tax Of cents on
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-21
MAYOR FAVORSA
PER CAPITA TAX
N. J. Thorstenberg Tells
= of Nebraska
Assessment

Mayor Thorstenberg, in discussing
the tax question said that everybody
ought to pay some tax because of the
fact that they receive the protection
of the government They have the
full rights of citizenship whether they
own any property or not or whether
they own any money or wealth. That
does not make any difference and it
should not make any difference about
per capita tax. Every person in the
Republic receives the benefits and
protection of the government and
should contribute something to it's
support.
The Mayor said he remembered
that when one of his sons was leav-
ing the home town in Nebraska to
come to Idaho, he met the assessor
and the assessor chatted with him
about his ventura out west to grow
up with the country, asked when he
wa4 going to leave and then re-
marked, well, this is a good time
for your to pay your taxes" The son
then remembered that he had been
assessed for his watch and some
other articles of value which he pos
sessed amounting to something like
$3.50, he paid it, got his receipt and
felt little more like he was full
fedged citizen because he was doing
his part.
The probability is that he felt
little more like he was a part of the
government, something worth pro-
tecting; the probability is that he
would fight for that government a
little quicker and more willingly, the
hour after he had paid his tax than
he would have done the hour before.
There isn't anything we know Of that
leads young people to better appre-
citation of their duties and RESPONSE
bilities or that makes them feel any
better about those matters than to
get in and do their share in the sup
port and maintenance of the govern
ment.
There is no legal authority for tax
ing people in this state unless they
have some kind of property, but al
most everybody has watch or lit
tie bank account or musical instru-
ment or something that furnishes a
legal opportunity for him or her to
pay some taxes on and the assessor
should not overlook an opportunity to
allow them this privilege.
The county needs the money and
those who have been overtaxed need
to be relieved.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-21
ABERDEEN WILL
MEET ARCO AND MOORE

The Aberdeen basket ball team
came up to Blackfoot on Thursday
afternoon enroute to play Arco and
Moore Friday and Saturday nights.
They expect to get back to their
home and the school work at Aber-
deem on Monday noon.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-21
MRS BLOMQUIsT RECOVERING

Mrs. John Blomquist of Goshen,
who has been near deaths door with
pneumonia is reported recovering.
Her son, A. w. Blomquist from
Seattle, her daughters Mrs. L. M.
Thorstenberg of Salt Lake City and
Mrs. c. G. Carlson from South
Dakota were at the home at Goshen
for a number Of days during her
illness and they have all returned to
their home. Mrs. Thorstenberg
visited in Blackfoot on her way
home.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-21
Tenor Improving;
Physicians Feel
Little Anxiety

Physicians of Enrico Caruso, the
great Italian tenor, who few weeks
ago was stricken with pleurisy and
hovered at deaths door for several
days, state that his condition is
quite feverish, but quite satisfac-
tory" The bulletin indicated that
no anxiety was felt for the patient.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-21
BINGHAM COUNTY SCHOOL FACILITIES
BY r. KENNETH EVANS

requisites meeting problems Of
advanced living commraism and
upbudng of community and the
facilities
of the first questions asked by prospective immigrant and
family investigating opportunities
community wa are the school facilities of community
realizing locality
educate his family he wishes to do Justice to them Every college
paid
thing applies city, with opportunities
maintained
offer
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-21
RETIRED MERCHANT IN TOWN

J. e. Smith of the firm Of J. e.
Smith & Co. of Arco, was in town
last Thursday afternoon looking over
the situation and taking rest.
Mr.. Smith has been in the mercan-
tile business at Arco and old Arco
since way back in the '80's and dur
ing the past two years he has been
tapering off with view Of retiring
entirely. He announced that he
sometimes gets tired Of retiring and
in his visit to Blackfoot, he re-
marked on the substantial growth Of
the town.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-21

every gallon Of gasoline used in the
state which would mean 3 cents to
the consumer and this would fall on
the users of gasoline for farm trac-
tors and others as we'll. A two mil
lion dollar bond issue was carried at
the last election and bill has been
passed recently appropriating $685.
900 as expenses covering the sale Of
these bonds.
am thoroly convinced that the
greatest waste of money exists under
the highway department manage
ment. The law should be changed
permitting counties to bid on this
work. This long distance" highway
building has proven a mighty costly
joke to the people of Idaho. am
enclosing a copy of the article sent
The Statesman and believe that If
the people of the other counties
would tell the truth that they would
all have a similar story to relate. I
wish the papers of Idaho would give
publicity to the facts surrounding the
state highway department and that
the legislature would take some ac-
tion to save the great waste of the
peoples money. There is greater
chance in this respect to cut down
expense than any other. I am for
good roads first, last and all the time
and there is nothing political in this
matter, but 1t is the most extravagant
state department and is accomplish
ing less than any other according to
money spent.
The present legislature has now
been in session for more than half
the time allowed by the Constitution,
and very little If any thing has been
done toward remedying the state
highway department, concerning
which there is so much dissatisfac-
ton from the people all over the
state. Unless something is done to
straighten out this trouble, the peo-
pie of Idaho will soon become so
disgusted with state highway build
ing that they will refuse to furnish
further finances either by taaAtion or
the issuance Of bonds, which will re-
suit in both county and state high
ways to cease building. A.
1t is immaterial to the writer and,
| take it, most Of the people of Idaho
whether the Republicans or the
Democrats are in charge of state or
the county governments, so long as
we get efficient service, and especi-
ally in road matters. But the ex-
perience of the people of Jefferson
county with the way the present state
highway department in building
roads is being handled, is anything
but satisfactory. We are sick and
Continued on page four
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-21
MRS. WOODIN RETURNS

Mrs. Jessie Woodin, who has made
her home with her sister in Grand
Island, Nebr., the past year, has re-
turned to Blackfoot, where she will
make her home. Her sister Mrs.
Charles Haux, died recently of
pneumonia.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-21

The first step in our national dis
armament campaign will be the forti-
fication of the Panama Canal
Boston Shoe Retailer.
The Raymer enterprise., 1921-08-18
OH You sauev Mlss

oh! You Saucy Mlssl
4 Ch0lle Chapie-I-Pm not quite my.
self today.
Miss Kidder-Allow me to congratu.
late you.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-08
Lady Astor's Subtle Joke

What to do with the poor is a
problem that is causing the Eng
lish government much perplexity
at present. 1t has inaugurated a
great BODYBUILDING program, by
which they are to be rescued from
the city slums and put into homes
of their own. However, it has
overlooked one detail that may
eventually bring the project to
grief.
A few day. ago, Premier Lloyd
George, in the course of an i'm
passioned speech in Parliament re-
garding this housing law, suddenly
asked: "Has any country in Eur
ope made so much sacrifice in
behalf of housing? What has the
United States done?"
He expected no reply, but he re-
ceived one nevertheless, for the as
sembly was startled to hear fem
mime voice answer, Gone dry"
1t was Lady Aston, speaking for
her native country; and the House
roared with laughter. The truth
is that they see no connection in
England as yet between the liquor
habit as a national evil and the
ownership Of homes by the poor;
and SO Lady Astor's retort was re-
garded as pretty good joke.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-08


The president has put in siren
uous time since his Inauguration.
In addition to carrying the heavy
burden of public affairs he has
been besieged by persons calling to
pay their respects or to request his
influence in innumerable things.
The visitors range from movie ac-
tors to princesses. Among the
more interesting of his callers was
Princess Fatima Sultana, first cou-
sin of the ruler of Afghanistan. In
addition to her quaint costume
and a great quantity of gems, she
wore a large sapphire imbedded in
her left nostril. She visited this
country with her three sons, whom
she will take to England to edu-
cate.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-08
Housewives Corner
Il random record of helpful
suggestions for busy home
makers
Cover Apples When Baking

Apples should be baked in a
covered dish, an earthenware one
to be preferred. OF course, the
oven must be quite hot. Put the
apples in a covered dish with
whatever sweetening you prefer,
brown or white sugar or corn sy-
rup. Then you have all the juice
which when baked in an open dish
usually splatters all over the oven,
the apples will be done all the way
through and the skin tender. If
the apples are Of the red variety,
the sauce will be a delicious red
color instead Of the dark brown of
those baked in an open dish.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-08
The Problem of the Moron


Should morons be allowed to
marry and multiply?
Morons, you know, are people Of
low intelligence. Mentally, they
are in the next place above the
feeble-minded. Their infrmity
does not affect the body. Instead.
it develops and natures normally,
though the mind remains that Of
a six to nine year old child.
Three facts have been established
about morons. They multiply
much faster than normal people;
their low mentality is hereditary;
and they are responsible for most
of the vice and crime with which
human society is afflicted.
The question is, Should they be
segregated and forbidden to marry?
They can be easily distinguished
while still children by mental tests;
and we are hearing recently an in
sistent demand that in some man.
ner their numbers be reduced as a
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-08
Picked Beans

The yellow beans are best for
picking. Allow two quarts vine-
gar, one cup sugar and one teas
poonful salt for each quart of
beans.
Wash and snap beans. Cook in
boiling, sailed water until tender.
Drain. Heat vinegar and sugar
and bring to the boiling point. Do
not let boil. Add beans and let
the whole boil up once. Put in
sterilized jars and seal while boil
ing hot. The vinegar should cover
the beans by at least an inch in
the cans. The beans must not be
cooked until tender enough to
serve or they will be mushy when
the can is opened.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-08

The two greatest lawmaking
bodies of the world are the Con-
gress of the United States and the
British Parliament. One woman
is sitting in each; and oddly
enough, both were reared in the
southern sta es of our own coun-
try.
Miss Alice Robertson, member
of our House of Representatives,
is a daughter of Oklahoma. She
was poor, but by her own efforts
has become well-to-do. With no
children of her own, she has edu-
Gated several. During the war,
many thousands Of soldiers took
meals at her restaurant as they
passed through Muskogee, and
none was ever allowed to pay.
She is a veritable mother to a null
titude of boys and girls who go to
her with their troubles.
In the British House of Com
mons, is Lady Aston, whose girl
hood was spent in Richmond, Vir-
ginia, where she is still remem-
bered, not for her social activities
and triumphs, but for her kindly
ministrations to the unfortunate
and distressed. Even as a little
girl, she found her chief pleasure
in aking happy the sick, the sor-
rowing and the destitute.
These two women are evidently
not greatly different at heart, after
all; and the real key to their tri-
umphs has not been selfish ambi-
ton but kindly service.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-08

thinking as it has done has been in
broken bits and disconnected frag-
ments; but now the child is found
actually tracing relations back
from effects to their causes or even
reasoning forward from causes to
their probable effects.
Not only do grown-ups overlook
this turning point in the child's
life, but they miss wholly it's great
consequences in his behavior.
Whereas before this Time, he has
had virtually no other motive than
his instincts and his habits, now
he begins to be guided by his new
found reasoning powers. Even
the childishly simple relations Of
cause and effect, which he has dis
cerned everywhere about him,
have given him a profound respect
for consequences" Indeed, he
is, rarely deaf or stubborn after
this time when consequences are
pointed out to him clearly and
fairly though he would have given
no heed whatever to such talk a
year or two earlier.
It means that parents may
properly begin to reason with their
children at about the age Of six;
and also that 1T Is a serious mis-
take to attempt to influence them
much in this manner before that
time.
Of course parents miss the true
course on both sides. For there
are some who try to control their
little ones by reasoning with them
almost from the cradle; and there
are others who never try this plan
Of handling them at all. In gen.
eral, both fail; and the reasons
are perfectly clear when we come
to study natures program in the
development Of the child.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-08
A First Rule of Service

Congress is taking vacation
for a month or so; and some ques-
tion is being raised as to whether
such a course is really proper in
times like t.these of stress and
trouble.
What do public servants owe in
the way Of sacrifice and service, -
especially those to whom have
been committed the nations des-
tiny and well-being? Does con-
gresham owe less than a soldier
in the trenches? Is personal COM
fort a consideration for the other?
Some hold that our lawmakers
should be held to the same rigid
code of duty and sacrifice for the
common good as are the soldiers in
the army. This does not imply
that they should overtax their
physical powers or break down
their health in their fervent am
bition to serve the public. But it
does mean that neither private
convenience nor a mere desire for
relaxation on the part Of any in
dividual should interfere with the
speediest possible execution Of the
nations vital needs.
At any rate, the idea seems right
that those who serve the public
should do so without stint or limit.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-08
Women Burn Two Stills

Women Of Brooks county, Geor-
gia, have declared war on moon
sinners and have already burned
two illicit stills which they dis.
covered. Following the burning,
the women stated that as a meas
ure Of protection for their families
they would destroy all stills set up
in that section.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-08
Replenishing the Earth

The medical profession Of many
countries has taken considerable
interest in the case Of a woman of
Budapest, Hungary, who gave
birth recently to five babies at one
time.
She was already the mother OF
ten, including a pair of twins, SO
that this brings her family up to
fifteen. At this rate, it seems
that the war-stricken countries Of
Europe should not be long in re-
gaining their population.
She left the hospital. a few days
ago with all five babies in a heal
thy condition.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-08
The Problems OF
HOME AND FAMILY
A Talk with our Wives, Mothers,
and Sisters
The Dawn of Reason

There is a momontous change
which has taken place in the life
of every normal child that usually
escapes the eyes Of even the most
observant mothers.
At the age Of about six, it be-
comes able to do really connected
thinking. Before this time, such
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-08
Watermelon Pickles

Cook pieces of watermelon rind
in salt water until tender. One
teaspoonful salt to quart is suffi-
Gent. Drain and cook clear in a
syrup:
8 cups sugar
3 cups vinegar
teaspoonful ground cloves
2 teasponstul cinnamon
A few whole cloves and bits of
stick cinnamon may be added if
desired. Watermelon pickles and
preserves both are much better af-
ter having been canned for about
two months. Muskmelon rind
may be picked in the same way.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-08
What Can a Boy Do!

The following poem concerns
every mother of boys andss should
be deeply considered. The tend
ency in many homes is to consider
anything good enough for the
boys" The author pictures the
danger of the result.
'What can boy do and where
can he stay,
If he is always told to get out of
the way?
He can not sit here and he must
not stand there;
The cushions that cover that fine
rocking chair
Were put there, Of course, to be
seen and admired
A boy has no business to ever
be tired.
FThe beautiful roses and flowers
that bloom
On the floor of the darkened and
delicate room Q
Are not made to walk on, at
least not by boys;
The house is no place, anyway, for
their noise.
"Yet boys must walk somewhere;
and what if their feet,
Sent out Of our houses, sent into
the street,
Should step round the corner and
pause at the door
Where other boys feet have paused
often before;
Should pass through the gateway
of glittering light
Where jokes that are merry and
songs that are bright
Ring out 9 warm welcome with
aattering voice,
And temptingly say: "Here's q
place for the boys"
"Ah, what if they should! What if
your boy or mine
Should cross DER the threshold,
which marks out the line
'Twixt virtue and vice, 'twixt
pureness and sin,
And leave all his innocent boy
hood within?
Oh, what if they should, because
you and 1,
While the days and the months
and the years hurry by,
Are too busy with cares and with
LIES fleeting joys,
To make round our hearthstone a
place for our boys"
"Says Bobbie, do you know that
clock is an hour fast? remarked the
caller as he sat waiting in the Ii
brary for her to come down.
"Sure, " said Bobbie, "but don't
tell sis. She turned it ahead and
she thinks you don't know"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-08
Fine Flavorings Cheaply Made

When using oranges, lemons or
grapefruit, CRATE the oily yellow
skin from rind, mixing we'll with
three or four times its bulk Of gran
ulated sugar, and store in pint
jars. Put lemon and grapefruit
together and orange in separate
jar. Set aside, and in short
time the sugar has so absorbed the
oil That liquid has formed. A
tablespoonful Of this in cake or
pudding gives it a delightful flavor.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-08
Lemon Bath Daily Custom

Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland,
has a lemon bath as one of her
daily toilet customs. 1t is far too
expensive for ordinary mortals, but
it is interesting to know how this
beloved queen keeps her skin clear
and youthful.
Five lemons, cut into slices, are
left to soak in basin of water for
half an hour. The water drawn
into the bath is moderately hot,
but not sufficiently warm to be