The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-19

be allowed the house to show what
they could do. Why not let them
all have a fling in the school build
ing! The school board has decided
that it would be wrong to open the
house to all corners, so they will
close 1t to all Of them.
Then came the teachers of music,
wishing to put ON free recitals to
show the public what their pupils
can do when taught in music. The
school board has at times hired q
music teacher to teach music In the
schools, and If somebody acting in
dependently can teach classes or in
dividuals, it is helping the musical
ought to be encouraged. AS more
education of the community and
music teachers come along applying
for the free use of the house, the
matter resolves itself into the same
decision as in the case Of the me-
chancical concerts given by the
dealer.
One day the governor Of the state
was here and arrangements were
made for him to speak in the even
ing at the high school auditorium.
After he became private citizen
and somebody else was governor,
he came this way and wanted, or
his friends wanted, the auditorium
for the evening for his speech, and
it was declined. In the first instance
he was governor. In the second he
was a politician, and it made a diff
ference. II he had been allowed
the use of the auditorium, then the
speakers of other parties would have
claimed the same privilege so they
could save the cost of hall. The
school board told them that II the
school building was the only place
of assembly in the community they
could have It for their meetings, but
there were other buildings available.
In October, 1920, school officers
arranged for Cho Cho, the clown
speaker, to come to Bingham county
and give a number Of exhibits in
schools, under the title Of health
talks. He performed before the
pupils, held their attention and drove
home a number of important health
matters. Last summer q. local doc
tor was in the east and attended q
health talk given by man who
treated the subject on such a high
plane, this doctor expressed the hope
that the speaker could at some time
visit Blackfoot and address the peo-
pie. The speaker said he did not
go about concentrating his lee
lures, and went only where some
body or some organization paid the
bill and gave it free to the commun-
ity. Not long ago the doctor found
an opportunity to bring that lecturer
to Blackfoot, and decided that he
would foot the bill himself. He
thought he might get the use of the
high school auditorium for it as 1t
was a health lecture coming under
the same title as Cho Cho's, only in
finitely better. The school board
considered the application for the
use of the house and asked the appli-
cant If the lecture would not have
an indiect advertising value to him
and he said he believed it would.
The board very properly turned it
down and he went out looking for
some other place of assembly.
The same week that this matter
was under consideration, some of the
pupils came home from school carry
ing sample packages of medicine,
with literature explaining it's vir-
tues, and on being questioned about
it, reported that teachers had dis
tributed them personally to all the
pupils in school hours, and in one
instance remarked that the teacher
gave them short talks or made ref
erences to the medicine and it's uses
in connection with lessons.
In several cities of the United
States, it has been discovered that
dope" has been distributed among