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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02
THE DUBOIS PROJECT

In q recent letter to chief engineer
D. T. Murphy of the Dubois Project,
F. A. Banks, engineer Of the U. 8.
Reclamation service advises that the
$4,000 recently appropriated by the
reclamation department is now
available for further Investigations
of the Dubois Project, embracing
100000 acres in Clark and Jefferson
counties, Idaho.
Surveys will begin this week on
the Island Park reservoir site and
besides the regular corps of U. S.
reclamation engineers, an expert
geologist will be engaged for passing
on the site itself as we'll as the
nature of the formation that would
be encountered by tunnel thru the
Big Bend range to take water to the
project lands.
Fifty thousand dollars has so far
been spent on the Dubois Project
mainly in Investigations of its
feasibility and the most of this has
been expended by the government.
Further developments of the pro-
ject would take in extensive terri
tory in Butte and Bingham counties
and to this end Engineer Murphy has
requested the reclamation depart
ment of the U. S. government, thru
Mr.. Banks to investigate further,
not only the Heise-Rexburg-Du
canal, but also another scheme to
take all the waters in the Snake
above Flat Rock reservoir, over the
Camas divide, into Camas creek, and
to the project. This would be in the
nature of trade for Jackson's Lake |
waters and the plan is very simple |
when the canal line is run high
enough to pass over the Camas
divide without over ten feet of cut,
100000 acres might be served in this
way.
The Dubois project is the greatest
potential factor behind cities like
Idaho Falls and Blackfoot, and
towns like Roberts, Arco and Dubois
but so far very little of the work
which has been accomplished to-
wards promotion has been done out
side of Clark and Jefferson counties.
Last year Bonneville county contri
buted $1,000, and since that time
interest In the project has increased
among the citizens of that county.
Enterprise Banner.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02
PRESIDENT HARDING ILL

The case of ptomaine poisoning OF
President Harding caused by eating
some Alaska crabs on board the
steamer when they were nearing
Seattle, proved to be a serious mat
ter, and as soon as the Seattle pro-
gram was finished, the president
took to his bed, with the distress in
creasing on account Of his forced
activities of the day when he should
have been lying In and taking treat
ment.
BY the time his party reached San
Francisco it had developed into
pneumonia in the right lung, and all
engagements were cancelled. On
Monday and Tuesday the news of his
condition was very serious, but on
Wednesday and Thursday he was re-
ported improving.
Here is the record of work per-
formed and difficulties undergone
that wore down President Harding's
physical condition so that what was
believed at first to be but mild case
of ptomaine poisoning developed into
serious illness:
Left Washington June 20, trav
elled thirty-nine days.
Covered, by train, steamship and
automobile, approximately $500,
miles.
Delivered sixty speeches, of which
thirteen were set addresses at night
before large crowds and represented
careful and laborious preparation be-
forehand. Exposed himself to all
sorts of weather and other arduous
to address eager crowds
from rear platform of his special
train. Members of the presidential
party declared that the making Of
some of these platform speeches, be-
cause of conditions encountered, was
almost as wearing as the preparation
and delivery of the set addresses.
In the thirty-nine days slept only
three nights outside his private car
or of his ship.
Maintained almost constant touch
with his office in Washington even
while traversing Alaskan waters on
his ship and transacted much official
business by telegraph, wireless and
the mails.
Omitted his usual daily periods of
and recreation.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02
DUBOIS FAMILY AT HOME

Former Senator Dubois and wife
and their daughter Margaret are al
home for a month or more, after an
absence Of two years. Miss Dubois
arrived last week to put the house
in order, and Mr.. and Mrs. Dubois
came in on Tuesday afternoon. He
had been in Washington the past two
years, Mrs. Dubois spent the winter
at Des Moines, and Miss Dubois was
at Columbia University, where she is
to finish next year.
Mrs. Dubois has suffered a severe
and prolonged illness since she left
here, but is much improved now, and
glad to be back at home. They all
appreciate the cool mountain atmo-
sphere in contrast with the intense
heat they have been in.
Mr.. Dubois says our reclamation
projects are looking good in official
circles, so far as he Is able to Judge.
He made some visits to officials be-
fore leaving Washington, and is 60
ing to address himself to a study Of
conditions here so that he can advise
them, and will also advise with the
local commercial bodies of anything
he finds needing their attention.
A year ago he took trip into the
southwest entrance of the Yellow
stane park to study the matter of the
proposed storage reservoir and the
new road in from Ashton, to be
known as the Golden Grain Highway.
He travelled with saddle horse and
looked over a great area, where
there was no road and no trail. and
he decided that 1t was mistake to
press any further requests for stor-
age facilities in the park. He finds,
too, that the new road to Old Faith
full will lie thru such beautiful
scenery and will be such an easy
road, 1t must inevitably draw a great
stream of tourist travel thru the
Snake river valley and be perman-
emit asset to us.
On their way up from Pocatello
by automobile they were driven thru
the heart of the district that is to be
reclaimed by the enlarged FIT. Hall
system, and is much gratified at the
prospects for adding such a large
agricultural area to the belt between
Pocatello and Blackfoot, but that
will be only small tract in compare
son with the projects comprising the
10000 acres included in the
Greater FIT. Hall project II that is
acted upon. He referred to loss
already sustained in the fact that
while we have been working and
waiting, another Organization has
secured recognition and perhaps will
)e allowed to retain the waters Of
5ray's lake and interrupt our pro-
gram for turning all the drainage OF
hat basin and of Tuncup creek into
he Blackfoot reservoir. The matter
8 involved in litigation and so far as
he decisions have gone, we have
ost, but it will go up on appeal
ind may yet be won for the peoples
project.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02
THE LEWIS AND
CLARK LECTURE

Professor John E. Rees, of Salmon
City, was in town last week and gave
his lecture ON the Lewis and Clark
expedition at the tabernacle on
Thursday evening to a good
audience.
Mr.. Rees has lived in Lemhi
county for forty-six years and for a
long time was rather closely asso-
ciated with the Indians of that val
ley, descendants of those who helped
Lewis and Clark over the BitterrOot
mountains, and he has gathered a
great deal of Indian lore. In his
lecture he presents eighty-four
pictures on the screen, showing
scenes scattered from st. Louis to
Astoria, and gives explanations of
their relation of the trip and its re-
suits, opening up an empire.
Mr.. Rees speaks some of the
Indian languages, and gives most
perfect limitations of the Indian
songs. He is we'll versed in their
sign language and jargon, and his
lecture connects the past with the
present in an interesting and charm
ing way.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02
CHAUTAUQUA CLOSES FRIDAY

The closing number of the 1872:
chautauqua will be this Friday even
ing. The sessions have been at
tended by more people than last
year and there is the usual diversity
of opinions as to whether the pro-
gram is better than year ago. The
first time or two a chautauqua comes
to town it is such treat that PEG.
pie expect as much with each sue
ceeding year, and it does not possess
the same novelty, even tho it is as
good.
The guarantors this year had to
put up only $144 on their contract,
while last year the deficit was about
5000. There were fifty-four signers
on the 1923 contract, and half a
dozen of them had moved away, so
that forty-eight persons covered the
loss at the rate of SO apiece.
The women of the Current Event
club took the task of selling the
tickets this year and did good job,
both in selling the season tickets,
and informing the public, one or two
at a time, of the reasons why there
must be guarantors in order to have
chautauqua and why the individual
must buy season tickets and buy
them of the local committee in order
to protect the home people on their
contract Those matters have never
been so well understood in the COM
munity as they are now, and there
has never been such good team work
on chautauqua as this year.
For us to attempt to publish re-
view of the good things in the pro-
grams would be to fail. Nobody but
the lecturers and performers can
present those things and do the sub
jects justice. Those of our readers
who could not attend chautauqua
could not get much satisfaction from
a published account of it, and those
who attended do not need any review
of it. Suffice 1t to say that
is considered the fourth
one in the list of Americas institu-
tons for enlightening the public, the
first three being the home, the
church and the school. BY handling
chautauqua on the cooperative plan
it makes it possible to put the price
within the reach of all who have
even small income, and makes it !
the power that it is.
The satisfaction of a chautauqua
depends in some measure upon the
director in charge of 1t. A tactful
person handling the business and the
makes it a greater
pleasure; a less able director can
Ind often does spoil much of the
good flavor of the work of the others.
3lackfoot is fortunate in having
nan of tact and much experience
his year, ]. l.. White, brother of
he Mr.. White, who is one of the
irm. His business relations with
he people who were selling the
ickets and doing the work and the
were so agreeable that
aides OF the Current Event club
ave offered their pledge to sell the
ickets again next year il the men of
he town will lend their credit as
1t is thought that with
he better understanding that has
cen brought about now, larger
art of the population will enter into
he plans for protecting the home
eople who sign the contract.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02
SIGNING POTATO CONTRACTS

The Idaho Potato Exchange has
its organization In the field taking
signatures on the contracts with
growers to furnish their crop for
sale thru the exchange for the next
five years, excepting what they wish
to use or sell locally.
They will canvass the Pingree
country on Saturday, Aug. A, Tyhee
on Monday, Aug. 6, Rexburg, August
Z and and Aberdeen August IL.
The Blackfoot Commercial club
will furnish men to go out on the
work and help put the plan before
the public, and further announce
ments will be made next week
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02
HOSPITAL NEWS

At the Blackfoot hospital these
hot weeks, the patients have en-
joyed the shaded building and prem
ises. and with a good many major
operations, all have recovered and
been discharged in good condition.
Patients Of the past week or SO are
Peter Jacobson, Mrs. Roy Adams
and Mrs. M. E. Wray, who had major
operations, and some Of less serious
nature.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02
BLACKFOOT PUB
LISTERS RETURN

Mr. and Mrs. w. A. McVicar, pub
Usher of the Evening Bulletin re-
turned Sunday evening from an auto
trip to Portland and San Francisco.
They were out seventeen days and
had very delightful trip, and re-
port that they met a number of
Blackfoot people and took quite a
liking to the city of Oakland.
Martin Jacobson and wife made
the trip in company with the Nc
Wears, and went on to their home
at Casper, Wyo.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02
PRESIDENTIAL THANKS

President Harding's secretary has
sent letters expressing thanks to the
Blackfoot Rotary club and to the
Camp Fire girls expressing thanks
for the flowers presented to him and
Mrs. Harding when they went thru
town, and for the Indian basket fur
nished by Miss Amelia Kirkpatrick
as receptacle for the flowers sent
by the club
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02
PoCATELLo CELEBRATES

The Old Timers are to be honored
at a pioneer day celebration at Po-
catello on Wednesday, Aug. 8. 1t is
to be put on by the Oregon Short
Line officers and employees and the
business men Of the town. 1t begins
at $50 a. m. and lasts until mid
night
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-08-02
TRAIN SCHEDULE CHANGED

The evening passenger train
north, No. 20, now reaches Blackfoot
at 7.44 instead Of $40 as before.
The evening train south, No. "a !,
now arrives at sos instead of at
sos as before.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1923-09-01
MACK KENNEDY Gets limit
Judge McGhee Gives Former Cass County Sheriff
Six Months in Mobiles County Jail and Fine for
fitting Lid-Chase Sentence Delayed.

For the privilege, Of breaking the
federal law by selling Illicit whisky
In his soft drink emporium at
Walker, Mimi, it cost Mack Ken
nedy term Of five months end
twenty-five days in the Mobiles
county Jail. For getting caught
with moonshine whisky in his DOS
session, Walkers popular citizen
was fined SOC. ~
Mack Kennedy was sheriff Of
Cass county mp to the first OF this
year. He held that office for eight
years and, before that, he was
deputy sheriff for five years. At
one time, too, he was chief OF
police at Cass, Lake, II information
10 correct. He was defeated for
reelection last November in the
landslide that buried P. Il. Nc
Garry.
Nick Harig, formerly Kennedy's
chief deputy and then his bartender
in the blindpig at Walker, was
sentenced to five months and
twenty-five days in the Becker
county jail.
In imposing sentence on Mack
Kennedy, federal Judge McGhee
said, viz:
1.-THE court has been flooded with
letters from the commercial club
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1923-09-01

of Duluth, feel deeply interested
in the harmonious operation of its
affairs.
1t was patent to all that this
condition did not exist in the school
board for some time past.
The citizens, through various or
CARNATIONS. attempted to voice their
desires on questions which were
causing considerable dissension and
division in the policy of the board,
but the s..ssmajority" saw fit to
Ignore this feature IN their con-
troyersy, which finally resulted,
through the election. In the minor
ity members being returned to
office.
Evidently the majority menu
here of The hoard looked On the
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1923-09-01

and citizens Of Walker, asking that
leniency be shown you. All those
are wasted. The fact that you have
served your state faithfully for
eight years and, then, as soon as
you retired from office, began to
violate the very laws you 30 long
enforced, makes your case all the
moro fragrant.
THE limit Of the law would be
given II possible. can't think Of
more fragrant case Of law viola
ton in all my, experience % q ju-
rist, and 1t 10 my regret thai am
unable to give you Q sentence of
five years In federal prison for
your act"
Loren n. Chase, chaperoned by
lawyer Dan DeLurye, came to Du-
luth and entered a plea Of guilty
to breaking the Volstead Act. He
pleaded the need OF being around
his Walker hotels until the tourist
season is over. That was all bunk,
of course, but the court fell for It.
Col. Chase was permitted 10 go
back to Walker until the close of
the season Of the New Chase hotel,
after which he will come before
the court to receive sentence. It
will be six months for Col. Chase,
II q guess Is any good.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1923-09-01
KELLIHER BOOZE PEDDLERS
NM0fESTED BY OFFICIALS
Booze Flows Freely in Village and Country Lady
Mayor Is not Properly Backed by Village
Board Kelliher Has Gaming Dens

KELLIHER, Aug. 27.-fSpecial
to the Rip-saw. While the moon
sinners, blindpiggers and bootleg
gers Of Walker, Bemidji, Baudette
and even international Falls have
been facing the federal judges of
late. the lawless disciples aof Old
John Barleycorn IN and around
Kelliher have escaped the tolls (
the Volstead Act. Local sports are
very proud Of the ability OF the
lawless boys to escape federal APP
prehension- and prosecution. So
clever and SO: free Of molestation
have the lawbreakers been that
they seem worthy OF some pub
licity, without money and without
price. Come, therefore, dear reader,
and take a stroll through the ranks
of the, moonshiners, rum runners
and blindpiggers. It will put you
wise, even IL you don't care to put
in an order for some Of the deadly
stuff.
First, dear reader, make the
acquaintance Of Col. j. B. Ander-
son, notorious jobber in Illicit
booze. His trade is so heavy that
two female helpers are required to
promptly fill the orders. Madam
Matilda; Col. Anderson's pulchri-
tudinous wife, is one of his aides
and the. other is Mrs. Gertie Knut-
son. Either one or both of these
danes will sell in quantity or by
the single drink In their popular
"Hole-in-the-Wall'' at 25 cents q
snort.
Having given Col. .Anderson,s den.
the once over, toddle down the
street just three doors further and
you will come toe Col. o. B. Oh.
sons resort where you can buy by
the gallon, bottlex or single swig.
He handles both white mule and
home-brew. Col 2 Olson, by the
way, is the serappy chap who
gouged out Col. Anderson's eye, but
that's another story.
Leaving Col. olson's lawless re-
sort, you come to Snyder Brothers
booze emporium hon the cerner
across from the Fist State bank.
There you can buy moonshine wilis-
ky of any kind and in any quantity
that you may ! desire. Snyder
Brothers are also manufacturers
Their still Is located five miles
west and two miles north Of Kelli-
her.
Colonel Brady hangs out and
does business at the big hotel. Give
him the wink and he will hand out
q stimuiant that possesses q mighty
kick.
Go one block north OF Colonel
Brady's blindpig and you will come
to Col. ManYille's hangout. He is
both maker and a seller OF moon
shine, as he proudly admits.
Two blocks west Shorty, Schus-
ter lives, moves and breaks the
law by vending moonshine. His
distillery is located in Koochiching
county, as sheriff Reidy may not
know.
Pete Goodahl lives . mile east
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1923-09-01

OF Kelliher and he must sell might,
good stuff IL the number OF thirsty
pilgrims that turn into his place
is any sign.
Just mile east Of Col. Pete.
place you will find Shemp's place
where that lawless gent makes thu
merry moonshine after the merry
sunshine has faded away and the
shadows Of night throw sable
mantle over the premises.
Just mile north of Col. Shemp's
lawless place, you will come to Col
10. B. Olson's illicit distillery, which
place is general headquarters for
all those. interested and involved
in handling and making Illicit whis-
ky. -
Half mile north of Col. olson'a
ignoble distillery, you come to
George Heggart's place where he
and his helpful wife handle the
fierce fire-water.
If you still are thirsty and have
money left after touring the rural
regions as mentioned, hurry back
to Kelliher and call on the only
blacksmith in the burg. The iron
that the old Vulcan pounds is not
much hotter than the illicit whisky
that he hands out for a price.
Colonel Williams lives four miles
north of ,Kelliher. He not only
sells Illicit liquor, but maintains
a Gtf sah nvf he Ifn,,fd
fire. A piece Of money will enable
you to liquor up at Col Williams
place to any desired degree Of in
toxication.
Booze abounds at the homes Of
John Moe. Pete Syyerson and Brede
Aulie. Those thirsty gents and
their friends have some drinking
bouts that the Vikings of ancient
times hardly could surpass.
Kelliher has a lady mayor who
has tried to do her duty by prose-
cutting those who flount the Amer
lean flag and spit on the consti-
tuition by breaking the booze laws
of village, state and union, but her
efforts have borne little fruit. Most
of the Kelliher people laugh at. the
good woman's Efforts to bring law,
order and decency to the burg.
The village fathers, instead !, Of
backing up Madam Mayor, plainly
say: LET the blindpiggers alone.
Kelliher gets her revenue from the
drunks.'
As you plainly can see, dear old
reader, Kelliher is far behind many
other villages In Minnesota in the:
maintenance OF law, order and de-
cency. !.
Yes, dear old reader, there are
places in Kelliher where you can
gamble on the green, buck the
tiger or offer devotions to the Cod
dess of Chance, but that's another
story.
Sheriff Johnson does not seem
interested in inforcing the state
laws and even the county attorney
does not appear to be negIecting
his private law practice because of
zeal in prosecuting breakers of the
booze laws. The attention of Mr..
Qyale is most respectfully called
to conditions in, and around this
binterland village.
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directorate was dominated by +. J
Roth and Thomas Benton Mills
Both OF those gentlemen promised
the public that II enough were
donated to pull the Y. M. c., A. ont
OF the hole, a deficit never would
be permitted to happen again.
Last fall, when Rip-saw in.
spector was speaking with Mr.
Mills, he said:
I'VE told the people that, II they
would help us In that drive, We
never uld get in debt again. We
now are over $4,000 in the hole
and ! am ashamed to tell them
about It."
Since that time, Mr.. Mills has
dropped out Of the organization
hence he is not now required to
look the public in the face in the
matter Of deficit.
A. short time ago, at meetine
held to install newly elected direc,
tors, Rev. Leslie A. Bechtel, pastor
OF the Hammond Avenue Presby-
terrain church, said:
"You should not Judge the Y. M.
c.. A. work by the figures IN black
and white, for the work is largely
spiritual"
Perhaps Rev. Mr.. Bechtel will
have some happy explanation as
to how to Judge secretary Man
ning's failure to hang the colors
at half-mast after Pres. Harding's
death. ~
At the same meeting, in the
matter Of judging the efficiency of
the management Of the Y. M. C.
A., Mr.. T. J Roth said:
at depends on whether you look
at the hole or. the doughnut''
Mr.. Roth very profitably might
have told this hearers whether the
$4,000 deficit is a part of the
hole or Of the doughnut.
The Roth apartments paid such
high financial dividends under Mr..
Roth's ownership that 1t might be
advisable for Superior to assign the
exclusive management of the poor
old Y. M. G. A. to the able mer-
chant.
! During this autumn month OF
September, the Y. M. G. A. man
agement plans to make another
drive for funds to wipe out an
other deficit. It is safe to assume
that the solicitors will call up union
men and women, the goats as well
as the sheep, and even those citizens
who believe that the Y. M. G. A.
should pay respect to the memory
of deceased president of the
United States by flyiL : the Amer
lean flag at half-mast. Should any
of the solicitors receive chilly
reception by any Of the classes
mentioned, 1t will be chiefly the
fault of the Y. M. G. A.. manage
ment. And If the donations are
small and scarce, it probably will
be correct and proper to say that
the fact is due "just to an over
sight" on the part of the public.