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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-05-17
ing the authority for building the
present pavement from Blackfoot to
Gihson Ia dno IN orr nraoanf hon I'd

ing the authority for building the
present pavement from Blackfoot to
Gibson is due to our present board
of county commissioners, former
Governor D. w. Davis, now assistant
secretary of the interior, Col. D. P.
Olson, former state highway engin-
eer. county attorney Hamilton
Wright, commissioner w. ]. Hall,
and number of others who aided
in various ways thru the months 1t
has been In process of promotion.
There we're many obstacles that
had to be overcome, it being a diff
ferent situation from any of the
other road projects, and there had
to be cooperation between the state,
federal and county governments,
the department of Indian affairs and
the department of the interior, each
one having some part in the matter,
and the bureaus at Washington hav-
ing the least interest and requiring
the most specific proof for every
thing. The record of everything
from original treaty and rights-of-
way down thru the various under
takings of past years improving res
ervation roadbed, the expenditures
for 1t and the federal laws made to
fit in with such matters had to be
hunted up and presented in support
of the claims made by our officers.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-05-17
BACCALAUREATE SERVICES

A large audience attended the
Baccalaureate Services held at the
Tabernacle Sunday evening and were
well pleased with the program. Rev
J. D. Gillian delivered the Bacca-
laureate address and gave some very
good advice to the students. He
chose as his text the fifth command
ment, Honor thy Father and thy
Mother that thy days may be long
in the land which the Lord thy God
giveth thee,' and said that the State
could be taken as the father and the
school the mother of education and
that the educated should repay them
in service. In charging on the SUBJ
Ject he said that the State, school
and the church are the policemen of
society and that education is the
preparation of the citizen for the
community with religion as the cora
of the preparation. The school may
be compared with the artery, educa-
ton to the blood and religion to the
pulsing force which gives the blood
its energy. In closing he left this
thought in the minds of the stu
dents, that both their natural and
social parents must be obeyed from
the heart and not for duty's sake.
The program was as follows: SEN
ior march by Marjorie Albertson;
invocation by George H. Clark; song
Praise God From Whom All Bless
ings Flow" by the audience; scrip
ture reading by Rev. E. o. Butler;
song by H. S. Glee Club; Baccalaur-
cate address by Rev. J. D. Gillian;
song by H. s. Glee Club; benediction
by Hon. Lorenzo R. Thomas.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-05-17
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

! Sealed bids will be received III
| until 6 O'Clock p. m. Friday, June 1
| 1928, at the office of the clerk oil
the board OF trustees of School Dis
trict No. "a, Bingham County, Idaho
for the furnishing Of all material
and labor necessary for the installa-
tion of the plumbing and heating OF
school building to be erected for
the above named school district, as
further set forth in the plans and
specifications prepared by C. A.
Sundberg, architect, State Bank
Building, Rexburg, Idaho.
Plans and specifications may be Sc
cured at the office of the architect
upon making application therefor
and upon making deposit Of $40
to insure a bona fide bid and the
return of the plans.
Each bid must be accompanied by
a proposal guarantee in an amount
not less than per cent Of the
amount bid, to guarantee that, If
awarded the contract, the bidder will
enter into the agreement and furnish
the specified bond.
The board of trustees of the above
named school district reserve the
right to reject any or all bids and do
not obligate themselves to accept the
lowest bid.
(Signed) w. E. EVANS,
Clerk of Board of Trustees.
adv. 20-21-22
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-05-17
in Idaho Is applied to maintenance
of the state highways.

of the state highways.
The rest of the road across the
reservation from Fl. Hall south may
soon be allotted enough federal mon
ey to pave 1t. The good roads men
of Bannock county are working on
the matter, and with good pros
poets of success. Bingham county
expended about hundred thousand
dollars to pave the FIT. Hall macad-
am thru the deep sand belt, a piece
of expense which should have been
met by the federal government, but
at that time the Indian department
had not been convinced Of its duty
and the advantages arising from
roads for the Indians to travel.
They have only become acquainted
with conditions of travel and COM
MERGE on this line in recent years
sufficiently to be at all interested.
and it was a part of the promotion
Of the present Gibson pavement pro-
ject that enabled them to reach
definite conclusions and to act up
on them.
The credit for financing and find
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-05-17

| II required dq yp>spoaaledkort OF
The part Of ms TN hAsqt6 1rs ,an<
the county AtbarneyResUogAenxips Il
1 Boise and Ogden. 1acuS says Il
Get hearings IN WaShington, and
coping with such opposition - a.
ways develops when one localit,
tries to do something that affects
the public treasury.
The county commissioners are
profuse in their praise of the work
done by Col. Olson and former Gov.
ernor Davis, and say that but fol
them and their aid the undertaking
would have failed at any one of sew.
eral points.
The present board of commission.
ers came into office two or three
years ago with road funds depleted
with construction during peak prices
and when Bingham county had
seemingly been getting worsted by
promises OF state and federal moneys
that never came. 1t remained for
them to take the broken threads and
piece out Z constructive program
and comerforth with the diplomacy
to secure co-operationsto make the
plans . reality. The drst year they
got some plans made Tor sfqaProstpG
ten miles Of the Yellowstone High
way by having the county furnish a
minor part of the money. The Sec
ond year they got the construction
we'll along and worked out plans for
increasing the mileage to include all
the road from the Biackfoot Sugar
Factory to the Bonneville county
line. and while this was In progress
they brought the plans to fruition as
stated, for closing the contract for
the pavement from Blackfoot to Glib
son.
A significant feature of the road
projects Is that the present board
OF commissioners seemed whipped at
various times but they never gave
up. AS the project was nearing its
close and they were using fine tactics
to keep 1t on an even keel and OBJ
tain competitive bids that were cut
to the bone, some of the home people
became anxious and disposed to
press for explanations of matters
that were seemingly not in accord
with their wishes, and the commits
sioners had to sit tight on their in
formation and their plans and tao
tics regardless of the anxiety of con-
stituents. The sharp competition in
the bids, the low price at which the
contract was awarded, and the fact
that the type OF road to be laid is
the type that most of the leading !,
men Of the county, including the
board. wanted, and that 1t matches
the paving already laid and which
has lasted so we'll, brings the whole
matter to a happy conclusion.
In their travels and association :
With road men and public officials
these things, the commits
iioners have learned a great deal
bout how other states and locali-
les are solving their road problems,
md they do not intend to stop their
Dad activities even now when the
ounty treasury is empty. They
onsider that there are other years
head when threre will be money
rom various sources, and now that
hey have caught up with delayed
rograms and broken threads, they
ntend to try to keep ahead of events
nd meet futures with fitting plans.
An evidence of their ability as
rOmoters is found in the fact that !
Dr. an actual expenditure of $4,000
'om the county treasury and a few ,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-05-17

, hundred d6&1aSU of administrative
expease here and there. they have
secured $324. 100000 for construction
work in 'tizis county..' : The ssu4rH1
lotment Of t113.000.0O expended b.
tween Blackfoot and the Bonneville
county line was obtained in consid-
Grafton of moneys which this county
had already expended on the social
ed matching" plan without actually
getting the use Of the money We
matched for.
One year ago the voters of this
county were troubled about whether
to re-elect board of commissioners
who had not delivered much In &C
tual results, and who were then be-
ing criticised for allowing an en-
gineer's Encouragement to draw
them into = questionable expendi-
ture on the Lincoln Creek road, or
to go out and fne new and untried
men to elect as commissioners. A
good many men expressed the be-
lief that 1t would be better to keep
them At the helm and rely ON their
experience to bring better results
than had been secured in the dis
appointing years Of frequent chang
Ing OF, the personnel, Iust q year
ago this paper was presenting the
matter to the public In considerable
detail, and asking people to con-
slider the advantages of standing by
their officials 30 long ~ there was
integrity and earnest effort to make
the best use of whatever was avail
able, and to be perfectly frank with
the public about 1t,
Reviewing the achievements of
the board from the present informa-
ton, 1t looks as IL the people had
the same men in office as county
commissioners, and as an auditor re-
views set of accounts and show
his summary of how things are go
ing, we review these public under
takings and make confessions OF our
faith or lack of it. A year ago we
said there had been a time when we
did not have a very extended faith
in the commissioners, but that the
year and half they had been in
office had increased OUT confidence
in them and their integrity and abil-
ity. After the primary and the No
elections we reviewed the !
matter again and said editorially, |
1.-THE board of commissioners have
been reelected by narrow margins, |
and that in itself is an expression
Of approval with string attached"
Some of our readers were unkind
enough to go about saying that we
had said the commissioners had been
elected with a string attached to /
hem There Is q marked difference !
n the meaning of the two express
lions, but newspapers, like public
ervants, are being constantly mis-
Understood and misquoted, and we
re willing to take our share of that !
lind of attacks the same as public
'fficials do. We think the people
ave reason to be satisfied with their
election of commissioners last year,
nd we think they now give to those
Ulcers their approval to an extent
hat 1t would not be correct to say
hat such approval has any string
ttached.
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tifiable expense In these times when
everybody wants the taxes cut down.
The vote was seven to one for cut
ting out the $500.
Who Buys Sprinkler
The finance committee asked the
council to decide whether they
wanted the amount of the initial pay
ment on the proposed new fiusher
charged to the general fund or to
the property owners where the flush
er is to be used. Dunlap thought
the district ought to pay for it's
flusher and not have the taxpayers
all over town helping to buy it.
Others claimed that the property
owners in the district do their share
when they pay the cost of sprink-
ling, and when people come down
to the business district they enjoy
the benefits of clean cool streets at
the expense Of the sprinkled district,
and 1t is not unjust to them to pay
for the machine that does it. At
fair time and other special events
the sprinkler is rented and the rent
money goes into the general fund.
The council decided to pay for the
sprinkler out of the general fund.
Fire, Water and Graves
The items for the fire department
were reduced 500, the street and
alley reduced $1,000, the cemetery
$3.50 the waterworks $3.50. 1t was
urged that the cemetery is selling it's
lots, its stock of goods so to speak,
and using it up for operating ex-
penses and last year it had a deficit.
This indicates that they are not
charging enough for the lots or that
the expenses are too high. The
waterworks planned to buy a new
truck and the committee advised
against that. After seemingly agree
ng on the report, section by section,
from the police department para
graph down to end, the council re-
ected the rest of it by vote of five
o three. Mr.. Bergman then stat
ID that the budget has to be pub
ished for four weeks before action
AN be taken under its provisions,
md then the council reviewed the
unfinished job, partly adopted and
artly rejected, to see what should
70 published, with the result that
hey adopted the budget amended as
tated in this article.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-05-17
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS

Notice is hereby given to all pros
pective teachers who expect to at
tend an Idaho Summer School this
summer, that the preliminary exam
nations will be held at the Court
House, Blackfoot, Idaho, on June z
and 8, 1928.
inexperienced teachers are re-
CURED to take these examinations
before being admitted to summer
school.
GRACE FAULCONER,
County Superintendent, Bingham
County, Idaho. adv 2O-21-22
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THE CITY BUSINESS
Continued from page one

corporated into a village are here b.
+ sufferance, and the city is not bount
to do anything to them. If they ar,
in the way the city is not bound tt
keep them intact OF in repair.
! the owners put in good bridges o.
culverts at the crossings and tn,
city wants to pave and wants under
shots put in, it must be done the
way the city orders, and if the un-
dershots get clogged up it is none
of the cfty's trouble. If the water
fails to run thru or if the understood
or culvert becomes troublesome tC
the city and it's traffic they can fill
it up. 1t is up to the city to keep
traffic open and it is up to the ditch
owners to keep the ditch open if
they want water to run thru it.
There is ditch or two that was here
before the city was, and whatever
the city does to such bitches it must
take the responsibility for. If the
traffic damages the ditch, the city
must apply the remedy, but in case
of the others, they may as we'll ex-
pect to look after the upkeep while
the public allow them in the way
and suffer the inconvenience they
cause"
The Years Budget
The city budget for the coming
fiscal year was presented as made
by Auditor G. B Moon, and it called
for a slight increase in expenditures
in several departments. The finance
committee submitted a report asking
that they be cut down to last years
and in the police depart
ment, cut $3.50 below last year.
This precipitated a discussion as to
extra police should be hired
and paid for by the city when reg
llar officer is sick or when he lays
off or goes on an official trip III
an officer goes to Pocatello to at
end court for a day or two, who
AXES his place and who pays for it? |
Mr.. ThOresen, chairman Of that de- |
oartment, said that If an officer
avs Of to look after his own affairs
lie should pay the substitute or the
,ther officer should do extra duty.
4 he is sick or on out-of-town duty,
le would approve his bill for full
ime and o. K. bill for a substi-
ute. He would not ask the other
'fficer to work twelve or twenty-four
tours at time to save hiring an
xtra man. 1t was this kind of ex-
lenses that were involved in the
$50 in question. A motion to cut
he appropriation from $3.50 to $2O0l
7as lost by a vote of four to four;
hen motion to cut it to $3.50 car
led by six to one, Thoresen not
citing.
Another recommendation of the
nance committee was that an item
$500 for sidewalk in front of the s
1aterworks and $500 for new street
rossings, one or two near the water
'orks and one near Neil Boyle's {
ssidence, should be cut out. Tay-
'r and Anderson favored building
lie new crossings, and Mr.. Anderson
'vored laying sidewalk in front of
lie city waterworks. Bergman said
lat each new crossing meant an h
ipense of about hundred dollars \
put 1t in, and another bill for Q
airing 1t out whenever we pave the I
rect, and as for the sidewalk in e
ont OF the waterworks, it would be
'ed only by the pumpman and his t.
mfly, and he did not think it JUS n
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-05-17
CAMP FIRE GIRLS MEET

The Camp Fire Girls met at the
home OF Kate Hess Monday evening,
May IA. The meeting was presided
over by Miss Pelkey. Games and re-
freshments were enjoyed during the
evening.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Louise Massie, Tuesday,
May 20.
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AN EXPENSIVE NOTICE

Pat-What be yer charge fer a
funeral notice in yer paper?
Editor-Fifty cents an inch.
Pat-Good heavens, an me poor
brother was six feet tall.-The Pub
fishers Auxiliary.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-05-17

The public has emphatically spoken. The popu-
iA< preference in all territories ID unmistakaby the
Ekestone Gum Dipped Cord.
standard of service has been Get by these fa-
NOUS tires without parallel IN the past. It has
brought Q sales increase of 1870 for the past six
noontha over the same period of year ago-the
greatest gain In all Firestone history.
The Firestone Gum Dipped Cord il the mighty
achievement which has enabled Fmestone to break
the tremendous record of past Firestone success.
The tire buying public has been aroused to the
Evening star., 1923-07-22
Treats for the Fall.

UNITED ARTISTS announce, to-
" gether with the treats promised
the coming season. beginning in the
fall. that Charlie Chaplin has written
and produced a new picture under the
title Immortal Women" the like OF
which has never before been screened.
Charlie is not in the. picture, but he
has worked over and on It for more
than two years.
The big pictures promised will in
clude Douglas Fairbanks THE Thief
of Bagdad'' which is said to be
bigger picture than Robin Hood !;
D. W. Griffith's THE White Rose, a
sensational love story in which Mae
Marsh is expected to score a big hit;
Richard. the Lion-Hearted featur-
ing Wallace Beery as Richard, the
character in which he scored so heav-
lily. in Robin Hood" and Jack Pick
ford. in Valley of the Wolf"
Mae Marsh also is to be presented
in a new picture, entitled "Paddy-the-
NeXt-Best Thing"
The Wallace Beery picture is an
Associated Authors picture.
Mary Pickford's new picture. Ro-
sta" which was directed by Ernst
Lubitsch,. with Photography by
Charles Kosher. will have q notable
cast, including Holbrook Blinn, Irene
Rich, George Walsh, Charles Belcher,
Frank Leigh, Nine. Mathilide Comont
George Periolat, Bert Sprotte. Snitz
Edwards, Nine. de Bodamere, Philip
De: Lacy, Donald McAlpin and Doreen
Turner. "Rosita" was first called
THE Spanish Dancer" but its name
was changed
Evening star., 1923-07-22
VANITY FAN" Coming.

ONE of the years big pictures done
in a big way is promised at
Moore's Rialto Theater next week. 1t
is IAN entirely new version for the
screen of Thackeray's masterpiece Of
nineteenth century fiction, Vanity
Fair" a Goldwyn production, with
Mabel Ballin as Rebecca Sharp, Ho-
bart Bosworth as the Marquis of
Steyne, Harrison Ford as George Os-,
borne, George Walsh as Rawdon
Crawley. Robert Mack as Sir Pitt
Crawley, Willard Louis as Joseph
Sedley, Eleanor Boardman as Amelia
Sedley and Earle FoXe as Capt. Will
liam Dobbin. Others appearing in
clude Laura La Varnie, William
Humphreys, Robert Mack, James
Marcus. Laura Pollard, Sadie Gordon,
Georgia Sherart, Pat. Calhoun, Otto
Lederer and Kathleen Chambers.
Mrs. Fiske made a screen adapta-
tion of the Langdon Mitchell play.
Becky Sharp" some years ago. but
the coming offering. directed by Hugo
Ballin, is said to follow the novel
closely throughout and has the ad
ditional advantage of having been
made with every latest device known
in the production of perfect pictures
and an unlimited expenditure in set
tings and costumes.
Evening star., 1923-07-22
HELEN H. FETTER.

A VERY HOPWOOD abhors an empty
n theater. That's why he side
stepped his desire to write serious
plays. The lord high promoter. if
not creator, of the bedroom farce
saws so himself. thus dispelling
mystery TO many who admire and
appreciate his innate cleverness and
his unquestioned capacity for better
things.
Avery also says the American peo-
pie do not want any particular type
of play, thus confuting those who
claim that the public wants naughty
things TO tempt il into the theater.
'I believe" he added. in response to
a. cross-fre of questions at a recent
interview. they will welcome any
play that has "a good story which will
lift them emotionally out OF them
selves"
There you have the whole truth.
And Avery is not bad sort of chap.
either. He was born in Cleveland and
distinguished himself early by fin
ishing his course at Ann Arbor in
three and a half years. He then took
the other half year and wrote play.
And he says it was while at college
that he chose his career.
II decided to be a playwright be-
cause ! had discovered, by the pro-
cess Of elimination, that l couldn t
be anything else" he said somewhat
sadly. Il knew ! couldn't be a good
business man. and ] had always
wanted to write and act. At first I
day ! took a good look at myself in
q mirror-and then l decided l had
better write"
During his college vacation Mr..
Hopwod toyed with journalism for
the Cleveland newspapers. Later they
dispatched him to New York as a
sort of news ambassador. charged
with sending back daily a column for
the astounding salary of S15 per
Week-about 50 per column daily.
There We're times, he says. when the
periods between meals were far too
long for comfort Small wonder. thea.
that he became desperate and started
out to peddle his first play. TO his
amazement. he quickly placed II. and
I Charming Pollock helped him to get
. 1t into shape for production.
Then he at once engaged quarters
on Easy street. "Of course I immed
ately resigned my newspaper job" he
said. And since then life has been
one joyous alluring dream, for Avery
Hopwood is now reputed to be- one of
the despicable class of Americas mil
lionaires. And all by playwrighting.
Maybe that's a good reason why so
many think he owes the American
stage a great. big. wonderful, delight
full play; and also why he shouldn't
waste his time and precious intellect.
not to say genius. on slckly, attenu-
ated, yellow nondescripts like THE
Demi-Nirgin" and its sisters.
But Avery himself is a little bit
sensitive on the subject of bedroom
farceS. Hear what he said:
AS far as being a bedroom farce
writer is concerned, at first resented
being so 'ticketed' by the newspaper
men. Having been in that profession
myself, / know just how easy II is to
label a fellow. Yet. in a way. / am
grateful for it, for title. even such
an uncomfortable title, lifts its owner
above the common run of play
wrights. 1t certainly emphasizes his
individuality.
LAS a matter of fact. have writ
Evening star., 1923-07-22
A Poll Possibility.

MANAGER LEAVITT of Polls The
ater announces that he has
signed contracts for the appearance
of The Gingham Girl" at his play
house during the coming season. This
ought to be good news for local
theatergoers who have heard of the
success of this musical comedy in
New York, where it ran for almost a
solid year. With the exception of the
"Follies," of which there were two
editions. The Gingham Girl is said
to hold the record for musical shows
on Broadway the past season.
The Gingham Girl was produced
by Schwab & Kusell. 1t was their
first ambitious Broadway effort. This
undoubtedly accounts for the fact
that there are no antiQuated ideas or
shopworn features in the show.
Daniel Kusell is the author of the
book. with it's refreshing story and
it's generous supply of real humor:
The music is by Albert Won Tilzer and
the lyrics by Neville Fleeson. The
musical numbers and dancing spe-
cialties in the show. which quite daz-
zled Broadway, were staged oy
Sammy Lee, who won overnight fame
in New York by his contribution to
this musical comedy success.