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% Mid-Summer ï Clearance Sale t I * In order to make room for our stock of Fall Mer- , chandise, which will soon begin to arrive, we are now • offering every article in the line of Summer Wear at a big reduction in price. Everything is marked down to the lowest possible notch. Here is your chance to buy dependable summer merchandise at much less than you have been paying. Mr. Lewis left this week for the east and will spend ' several weeks personally selecting the stock for our fall and winter trade. 4 1 X * < MOSE LEWIS DEPARTMENT STORE T he home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothe* it THE UNIVERSAL CAR Ford cars are important servants everywhere. They help the family en joy life, bring the 'pleasures and advan tages of the town within reach of the farmer and give practical service every day in country and town. They require a minimum of attention; any one can run the Ford and care for it, but it better to bavé repairs and replacements taken care of by those who arq familiar with the work and have the tools, the genuine materials, and skilled men to do the work promptly. We pledge Ford owners the reliable Ford service with real Ford parts and standard Ford prices. Bear Lake Moto Co. MONTPELIER, IDAHO W. J. Crockett Merc. Co. A Grocerise, - Meats, Fruits, Vegetables y OUR MOTTO: /• Best Quality treasonable Prices Prompt Service FREE DELIVERY TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY Phone 118 % AMERICA AT THE MERCY OF SOLONS IN LEAGUE Washington, July 7.—That the United States will be unable to pro tect itself against the dictates of. either the council or the assembly in the League of Nations if the cove nant advocated by President Wilson is ratified by the Senate iB the opin ion of senators who have studied the complete document. ! tion of the League or affecting the ja peace of the world." it is agreed that the council shall | It is stipulated in Article 3 that the Assembly shall consist of repre sentatives of members of the League and "may deal at its meetings with any matter within the sphere of ac In Article 4, . , consist of representatives of the prin- | cipal allied and associated powers, together with representatives of four j other members of the League, named j to bç Belgium, Brazil, 8paln and i Greece, and "may deal at its meet- i ings with any matter within the sphere of action of the League or affecting the peace of the world." Members of the League are the United States, England, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zea land, India, China, Cuba, Ecuador, France Greece, ' Guatemala, Haiti, Hedjes, Honduras, It*ly, Japan, Li beria. Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Pol and, Portugal, Roumanie, Serb-Croat and Slovene State, Siam, Tchecko Slovakla and Uruguay. Each of these has a vote equal to that of the United States, capable of dealing with any matter within the sphere of the League or affecting the peace of the world. Britain ountumbers America six to one in vote*. Her influence is great if not decisive over a majority of the others. As Earl Grey has just said in London, "the Empire was never so great in glory." On the council England will not only have six votes to the one of the| United States, but Italy will he more j friendly to her because she cemented ; their victorious alliance and because' of opposition to President Wilson's 1 policy regarding Flume, Japan has an open offensive and defensive alliance with her, France is decidedly friend ly. Belgium is closely related because at her front door and because of ties of royal blood. BrasH is favorable: because of commercial interdepend ence and antagonism to this country, and Spain and Greece are alike in purpdse because of the tie* of royal ty to the king of England. So that it is figured here, the United States would be outnumbered and . out influenced and outvoted in* both 1 : ■ council and assembly. emerges from the war the sole great power In Europe and in the League covenant America Is made her vassal. Britain » TWO DAT'S CELEBRATION WAS A BIG SUCCESS «rally the case on such occasions. Saturday's Events As'everybody was tired from the i previous day's activities, there wasn't much doing in the old town Satur day morning. The Montpelier band rendered several selections between 8 and 9 o'clock, but from then until time .for the races the town was j quiet. However, a fairly large crowd braved the beat and dust to attend the races, which started at I:3l). The first event, a quarter mile pony race, was won by Hall of Af ton, with George Hunter second. The two harness races were di vided into professional and semi professional. In the first event Bateman took first money and Ed Lewis of Afton, second. The half-mile running race was won by Walton's horse, with Ven ter's horse second. In the three-eighths mile dash Venter's horse took first money, ! Hall's horse second and Hunter's I horse third. I As there was a slight misunder j standing on the relay race, the, judges divided the money equally between Low of Afton, Olson of Ovid and Anderson of Montpelier. On the whole the races both days were good and were enjoyed by all who saw them. The Afton horsemen expressed ; themselves as being well satisfied j with the results and the treatment uccorded them. They extend a cor Bear Lake horses to dial invitation to the horsemen to bring their Afton on July 24th and participate \ in the big races that are going to be i pulled off there on that date, , As a fitting climax to the i days' celebration the Camels took the i Kemmerer ball team down the line ! to the tune of 6 to 0. two It was the only real "honest to goodness" ball game that has been played on the local diamond this season, and or more people had the pleasure Of seeing the Camels "come from be hind" and shut out the Kemmerer bunch. r A thous As the "clock In the steeple" struck the hour of twelve on Satur day night the last strains of music' from the orchestra died away at the pavilion and the curtain the pro of. cove opin was rung down on the biggest and best two days' celebration ever held in metropolis of Bear Lake valley. the -O There is an expert in Washington who can count four thousand silver dollars an hour. If he were to start now and keep at it day and night, Sunday and week days, without stop ping for meals he could not count one billion dollars in one hundred years., And yet this is what our gov ernment will have lost through the government ownership of railroads by the first of January 1920 if the ! Republican congress does not throw the ja monkey wrench into the democratic shall | that repre with ac 4, machinery.—Keystone Gazette. , White lies are apt to leave black prin- | marks on a man's reputation, |_.. j j i i 12 Montpelier Theater Saturday Night, July A.H.WOOD» PfiiUNrs , * FANNIE WARD - COMMON CLAY" »WMIjratlM. FEATURE IN «EVE N PARTS 1 WEAR. \T WTCf, a e. m \ r&sâss* <r/\ S9W : K ■4 £ tj f I. .7 & ' v.D j ; 1 n a; m m lu i • . < ■ 1 ' : K ■ I r a N V r ■ m Why the livery. Ellen? You're the girl we used to call the cutest little kid at Bender's!" Ui E STORY OF A LOVELY WOMAN WHO STOOPED TO FOLLY \ Gripping, Sensational, Interesting Play, showing Man's injustice to ward erring Woman. » APPRAISER FOR FEDERAL LAND LOANS COMING SOON of the W. D. Ream, secretary Montpelier National Farm Loan asso ciation, is in receipt of a letter from the president of the federal land bank at Spokane in regard to send-1 ing a man here to appraise land onj which applications fo< loans have The letter in part is asi the was j Af di Ed was the, of days all been made, follows: "We acknowledge receipt of your letter of recent date with which were enclosed two applications for loans. made through the Montpelier Na tional Farm Loan association, which have been examined and duly filed. "In reply to your request as to when action in the matter of ap-j praisal can be taken on the applies-1 tions on file, we respectfully beg to*] advise that while we cannot advise definitely we nevertheless trust that we shall be able to send a represen-1 tative to that district within the very near future. "There is an enormous volume of business devolved upon this insti-| tut ion, which we are caring for as rapidly as the conditions under which we are obliged to operate will permit. Priority of right to Service must be recognized and other con sidérations which enter into and de termine our policies from time to time." o BOUNTY ON COYOTE PELTS. If those who have feet of coyotes that were killed prior to the 7th day of May this year, will send or bring them to me at Paris by the 19th of this month, I will see that they get the bounty on the pelts. JAMES DUNN, Assessor. DR. R. B. ROSKELLEY cor Lake to Successor to Dr. George T. Smith. be the line Better Dentistry. The Painless Way Pyorrhea Treated SuccessfuUy. Mod er Equipment and Modern Methods. OFFICE IN R1TER BliQCK. -:- Hours 9-18, I-5 two Phone 108-W the ball the be Just • ' • • • RECEIVED music' A LARGE SHIPMENT OF ART AND PIANO LAMPS—THE LA TEST CREATIONS, AT PRICES TO FIT EVERY PURSE. CALL AND SEE THEM. the rung two the ALSO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE WALL PAPER, PICTURES AND DO PICTURE FRAMING. start stop count gov the the THE F. M. WILLIAMS |. COMPANY! f • Funeral Furnishers. Auto Service Without Extra Charge. black \ | f it GT im j j j j | I j |, i j | j j ; m m •A cl v 1 8 V » < £ It > j | ! j • ; *V*' »t , I-5 ; ■*. 4 jlamona squeIgIetread Tire? Diamond Announces ■ Increased Mileage Adjustment ï j To Diamond Users, } and Dunnond Dealers ; j Here's ß ig Hews! From today all. Dia mond Tires shall be ad justed on higher mileage — Fabrics, booo milts ; Cord Construction, 8ooo miles. Furthermore, the new adjustment applies to ev ery Diamond Tire of fu ture or past sale, includ j ing tires in the hands of user or dealer. ' Diamond users and Diamond dealers have long known the big mile age on Diamond Tires— the user's own tires. We mark up our ad justmenf to 6000 and 8000 miles for Fabrics and Cords respectively, merely jo measure out a definite share of the perb mileage that know the wonderful strength and endurance Diamond Tires have in them. t t 1 su we Dli IRtBUTOg PARKER & McCUNE Vulcanizing Works * MONTPELIER i 1 j . The Diamond j Rubber Company (INCORPORATED) ? AKRON, OHIO I it ■ l