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REVENUE MAN VISITS BLACKFOOT Lewis Williams of Boise on Tour of Inspection of Deputies and in District URGES PAYMENT Says Tax Evaders Will be Prosecuted by Government Collector Lewis Williams, of the United States revenue district for the State of Idaho, stationed at Boise was in Blackfoot last week. Mr. Williams is on a tour of inspec tion of the various revenue deputies and agents htruout the district. Collector Williams, stated while here that his trip was intended more to stimulate the citizens of Idaho to the prompt filing of returns and payment of taxes rather than the supervision of his deputies at this time. "Having in mind the great con gestion of income taxpayers at the last moment last year, and the con sequent inability of the office force to properly take care of them, I would urge prospective taxpayers to attend to this matter at once," said Collec tor Williams. "This matter of making an income tax return," the colector continued, "is a duty which we owe to our government. It must be done, and the sooner done, the better service my deputies can give the public. It will be physically impossible to ac comodate the many thousands of persons who come on the last day. "Inspectors and agents are now busy in my office at Boise, making lists of those who have made income tax returns for last year. They will comb the state from one end. to the other, with a fine tooth comb, for delinquents. Those who have sought to evade the income tax law, as well as those who have made fraudulant returns, will be made to feel the heavy hand of the national gov ernment. "If a person is not of legal and has received as income the amounts specified above, that person is required to pay a tax on all above the exempt amount. i "Every man, or woman who has received in money, or property, as much as $2,000 if married, or $1000 if not married, for services, interest or profits, during the year 1919, is required to make an income tax re turn. The fact that a man or woman is a laborer and earns but a small amount over the exempt amount does not prevent that person from making a return an(l paying the tax. "This information" the collector stated, "is given to the public for the reason that many persons think they have a right to first take out flleir living expenses before calculat ing their liability to the income tax. This is incorrect. The exemptions of $1000 and $2000 are intended for that purpose, and all above thes§ sums, except there are minor child ren, is subject to the tax. "it is not intended to unduly alarm the citizens of Idaho, but merely to inform them that the pen alties for failure to comply with the larw are very 1 drastic. Imprison ment for a long period may be in flicted on flagrant cases of persons disregarding the law, and heavy fines are certain to be imposed on those who do not comply w'ith the laws by filing return and paying the tax be fore March 15." New Styles in Low Shoes for IS' Spring Every day we are receiving new spring pumps and W shoes. If you want your new shoes to "look a little different —and if you want/hem to compare favorably in com fort and quality with what you think they ought to cost —come right here. Get a pair of those new Heather Hose to wear with your low shoes Beachy Shoe Company Red Cross Plans New Year's Work * ; -£"Continued from page one offer its services as a co-ordinating and co-operating agency to any group or individual who may desire its help. It can do regular, systematic worH so that the family in distress will not receive hap-hazard, hit-or miss attentions from various sources and perhaps no -adequate 'service or assistance from any source. Home service will also undertake what child welfare work or community service may be necessary or desir able. In addition to home service. Red Cross chapters may develop first aid classes in home hygiene, care of the isck, sanitation and dietetics. Evefry chapter should have a strong junior Red Cross organization which means that our children wl(l grow up in the spirit of unselfishness and human brotherhood. There is much work to be done also in public health thru the development of health centers, clinics and home and school nursing. The northwestern division advises each chapter to employ a 'paid exe cutive', who Will be trained in home service work and who will develop this broad, many-sided Red Cross program in all parts of the county under the direction of the Red Cross board and other volunteers. The division office of the Red Cross will assist by offering a short course of training in home service work which will be an advantage to those who are assisting in the county and city. Many chapters in the northwestern division have already organized under this plan. During the war the home service committee of Bingham county chap ter has done splendid work under the leadership of Mrs. Neil F. Boyle. It has played the part of the Good Neighbor to many service men" and their families and is indeed well fitted to continue to befrend any who m$y be in need of friendship. After thoro discussion, the execu tive board of the Bingham • county chapter voted to extend the home service to civilian relief and also to employ a paid executive who will be trained in this work. It was also decided to request the division office to supply a chapter course of instruc tion. A committee, consisting of Mrs. Neil F. Boyle, Mrs. John H. Early and George F. Gagaon was appointed to look up and recommend to the executive board a properly qualified worker. The present executive board con sists of the following: Milton H. Fehnel, chairman; Mrs. George A. Line, vice-chairman; Mrs. Lillyan S. Lee, secretary; George F. Gagon, treasurer; Mrs. Nettie Boyle, Mrs. Louise B. Early, Mrs. George Anderson, Mrs. W. W. Beck, Mrs. ageJ-Clifton Albertson, Mrs. Grace Faul coner, Mrs. Mabel Miltamuth, Leon J. Chapman, James Duckworth, J. E. Estenson, W. B. Goodnough, E. A. Melton. There are also representatives on the board from the seven branches belonging to the chapter, but (lot all of these have been chosen. Editor Takes Post Graduate Course Editor Trego is back from Boise, where he spent a week taking what he calls a post graduate course in business and politics and the study of men. After he gets caught up with his sleep and rested from the habits of daylight saving and midnight plan nings incident to meetings and con ventions in the capital city, he will furnish another series of chats for publication telling the readers a good many homely things about state busi ness and politics. GIVES COMPABISON OF GOVERNMENTS its or Burton L. French Draws Parallel Between Soviet and Other Managements RADICALS WRONG Gives' Complete Story of Structure of Rus sian Regime (Continued from last issue) in to The discriminations against some classes of Russians and the setting up of many groups that vote as units and fight for their own kind against ail others makes for confusion and bad feeling. Mr. French gives first an outline showing the scale of repre sentation in Russia and in the United States. in our country, as we all know, two senators are elected from each state; representatives from each state are chosen according to the population of the state; state sena tors and representatives approtioned on a basis of the population of the counties. , "In Russia, says Mr. French, "the overwhelming majority of people are farmers, and only six of the fifty provinces have any considerable population engaged in nonrural in dustries. Lenin and Trotski when they seizpd control knew that if they were toTetain it op to others capable of thinking along similar lines, it would be nec essary for them to work out a system by which the craftsmen and the men in the army and navy would have an unfair and undue share in the repre entation in the legislative bodies. Accordingly we find the constitution solemnly declaring that one member to the All-Russian Congress of Soviets, if he shall represent city people, shall be elected for every 25,000 voters, and if he represents provincial people—the farmers-— one member shall represent 125,000 inhabitants. The constitution uses the word "voter" as applied to the city dweller, but "inhabitant" as ap plied to the country. The reason is plain. franchised, both men and women over eighteen y$ars of age under certain conditions may vote. In the city is where w§ ijnd the large groups of men and wo men who are working in factories or in mines or mills and who are un attached. where we find the soldiers, where we find the sailors, cities of Russia we will find the very people for whose interest the soviet' government exists ,and it is for that reason that the constitution is so drafted as to give the city dweller of Russia a greater representation in their* All-Russian Congress 6f Soviets than is given to the farmers." Mr. French calls our attention to something we hardly would notice as we go about our annual round of self-government, and that is the fact that in the United States public men elected for what they can do for the whole country or the whole state and not for any single class of in dividuals. In Russia the only chan nel of self expression thru a vote is that of the particular class to which the voter belongs., Mr. French con tinues: "lb all kinds of orderly govern ment heretofore men have been in trusted with responsibility because they have stood for a policy; their position might be affirmative or it might be negative, but at least their position was comparable. "This is the system that bbtains in* France, Italy, Great Britain, Switzerland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and in the United States. It is the system that it seems com mends itself to thoughtful piople everywhere. There are variations in the terms thru which the system is worked out, but, after all, the one principle is held in view that people should have the opportunity of act ing ap units of thought. This prin ciple is applied in the county when the issue is whether or not a system of county roads shall be built. It is applied in the state on state issues, and it is applied in the National gov ernment. Accordingly, the people of our great land have learned to think on big subjects as well as upon little subjects. We have learned to think on issues that confront the nation and the world as weel as issues that confront the precinct and the county. "In Russia, it is solemnly set forth in the constitution that the repre sentation accorded to the people shall come from the class to which they belong. That is, a group of carpenters In a city shall elect a car penter to the soviet, the blacksmiths shall elect a man who can swing a hammer, the painters shall elect one of their own group, while the farm ers shall elect a farmer.'* Here are some of the classes in Russia disfranchised for various real or imagined reasons: The merchant, ministers of all denominations, per sons formerly in the employ of the Czar and members of the families of Russia's former rulers, persons who have income from property or capi tal and persons who employ hired labor. Of all these defranchised persons, who are deprived of their vote be cause of occupation or because they have saved money, or because they are able to hire helpers in their busi ness, the farmer class is the largest. Mr. French declares that the whole system of enfranchisement is a de liberate plan to eliminate the farmer peasant from participation in poli tics. The great classes of soldiers, sailors and craftsmen, who have neither capital nor savings nor carry on any industrial operations are favored. Mr. French then points out our own generous distribution of men their control and pass The farmer niyst be dis Remember, now, that In and near the city is This is In the are Sale of White Goods i You ladies of this community were evidently impressed with the val ues and prices from the way undermuslins, laces and embroideries were purchased Saturday. Sale Sale A / of of *1 white goods white goods ft 'W 2 \ m Ladies' 'muslin and cambric corset covers Laces and Embroideries Ladies' muslin gowns, combination shirts and drawers at a at 10 % 25 % ' at a Discount Discount 10 % Corsets India linens, cloths, flaxens, beach cloth, table linen, towels and crashes at a long We have a number of models o f corsets which the manufactur ers have discontinued making. These we are closing out at Old Prices Discount Visit The Bargain Basement 10% Discount —All Sizes— f The Brown-Hart Co. a The Home of Popular Prices »» from various walks of life perform ing public service: "1 look around this Chamber, and see the members here who have tome direct from various trades or crafts. "There is my aide friend from Ohio, Mr. Cooper, who stepped from the cab of a locomotive in order to assume the oath of office as a mem ber of this body. There is McLane, of Pennsylvania, and there is Carss, of Minnesota, both of them locomo tive engineers. There is my friend Mr. Burke of Pennsylvania, who was a train conductor. "There is my friend Mr. Write of Kansas, a farmer and so is Gandy of South Dakota and Larsen of Georgia and Riddick of Montana; theer is Mr. Hudspeth of Texas, who is in the cattle business. "Here is Dr. Fess, an eminent edu cator and who came to the halls of congress from a college presidency. "There is my friend Nolan, of California, who hung upon the peg the apron of a molder when he came here to assume the responsibility of a member of this body. "Representative Summers of Washington, is a physician and so is Representative Lazaro of Louisiana and Representative Laytbn of Dela ware. Upshaw is a minister and Davey of Ohio is a tree doctor. were are business men, here are men from the ranks of teachers, and here are laywers. \ "More than that, 1 look about this body and I see men who have lived amid such surroundings as would bring them into contact with every interest of all our peopl e. "McKenzie of Illinois;TmIt!r of Idaho; Timberlake and Taylor of Colorado; Quin of Mississippi; Reber of Pennsylvania; and our highly es teemed former Speaker, Champ Clark, were farmer boys; while Morin of Pennsylvania in his early life was an employe in a glass factory; Garland was an iron pud dler and our distinguished floor leader, Mr. Mondell, drove the pick in the mines of Wyoming. "Randall of California was a rail way mail clerk. Representatives Osborne of California and oJhnflon of Washington and Fopht of Pennsyl vania, worked at the printer's trade. "No, our congress is made up of men who have seen all sides of life—' and 1 have in mind the statement made not long ago by our beloved Uncle Joe Cannon, who as a boy and young man did the hardest kind of manual labor—that practically all of the members of this body have gone thru the period of physical toil in order to attain that which has come to them. "These men are directly repre sentative of the people of this county." "No, gentlemen, our system means that every carpenter, that every blacksmith will have in view the broad vision of his country, of his State, of his county and that every American citizen will be able to as sume the responslbilty of citizenship that recognizes something broader and larger than the selfish interests that are wrapped around the particu lar profession or trade or craft with which he happens to be identified." (Applause.) After citing many of the ludicrous and terrible results of such a system of gevernment, Mr. French arraigns sovietism as follows: The Arraignment "What, then, is my arraignment of sovietism according to the soviet con struction? The people have no direct vote or voice in government, except the farmers in their local rural soviets and the city dwellers in their urban soviets. "2. The rural, county, provincial, regional, and All-Russian soviets are elected indirectly, and the people have no direct vote in the election. "3. The people have no voice in the election of executive officers of the highest or lowest degree. 4. There is no mention of justice or judicial officers in the constitu tion. "1. "5. The people are very largely dsifranchised. "6. The farmer of Russia is dis criminated against: "(a) denied him. "(b) He may vote for only the members of the local rural soviet, not for rural, county, provincial, regional, or All-Russian Congress of Soviets. "(c) The farmer who employs any profitable labor is disfranchised. "(d) The city voter has a double voice in Electing the regional and all-Russian soviets. 7. The system arises class against class; the voters vote by trade and craft groups instead of on the basis of thought units. (a) This means rank selfishness. (b) It kills national and even provincial ar.d county interest or loyalty. 8. The system strikes a blow at the church and the home. Equal representation is 9. The system is pyramidal and means highly centralized and auto cratic power." In closing Mr. French a great ap plause in the House when he said; "In spite of statements of agita tors, in spite of leniency that we ac cord even the anarchist and I. W. W. speaker who denounces our Govern ment to uphold and exploit the feat urse of the soviet system, I take it that the great rank and file of Ameri cans hold closely wrapped up in their souls that which represents the cost price of free government in America and that they are not going to throw away their birthright or sell it for a mess of pottage. They turn back in the traditions of their families and they see vividly and live over again the trials, hardships, suffering, and death of the fathers of the Revolu tion, who purchased our Government for us. They follow thru the suffer ings at Valley Forge, they see the sacrifice at Bunker Hill and at York town, they see the struggle of free people everywhere, they follow thru the struggles again that oiA* country has been asked to bear from the days of the establishment of representa tive government until today, present generation is largely repre sented, and for another fifty years must be largely represented, ' and dominated by those who have had part in the heroic struggle in the last few years for the preservation of the liberty of the world. For what did our boys fight at St. Mihlel, the Ar gonne and Belleau Wood? Was it for the soviet system of government? No; a thousand times no. it was for a system of government where the ideals of free peoples pre vail, where there is fredom of rlig ious worship, wherj there is no stric ture upon the conscience of man, where there is liberty of voice and the press, where justice is adminis tered to all alike, and where the Our Rather peo ple, regardless of race or creed, re gardless of religious or political thought, may have the right of an equal share in the responsibilities of government. "Gentlemen, they fought and they died for America, whose Govern ment in warp and woof was created for the people, is of the people, and is maintained by the people of splendid land." (Applause.) our NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the interior, U S. land office at Blackfoot, Idaho February 14, 1920. Notice is hereby given that Huston G. Springstun of Pingree, Idaho, who on March 27, 1915, made homestead entry, serial No. 019867, for NW%, section 22, township 3 south, range 33 east, Boise meridian, has filed no tice of intention to make three-year proof to establish claim to the land above described, before register and receiver, U. S. land office, at Black foot, Idaho, on the thirtieth day of March, 1920. Claimant names _ , . „ as witnesses: Ralph Cope, J. Naillon, William Paul, Henry Sprain all of Pingree Idaho, route 1. J. T. CARRUTH, Register. NOTICE OF ESTRAY SALE adv. 3la-6m Notice is hereby given, that I the undersigned sheriff of Bingham county, Idaho will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the farm of L. M. Lockwood, one • ni B !» north and three miles east of Blackfoot, Idaho, on the thritieth day of March, 1920, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day the follow ing described animal, to wit' One bay horse about five years old weight about 1360 pounds, white hrnUoa° r u he M' tW0 hind feet whIt e, £ £? d H M combined on left shoulder, also 2 on right shoulder A. H. SIMMONS, Sheriff. T. B. DALY, f 31a-4m Deputy. i + / It is reported that Clemenceau to be married. That man can Sac custom himself to a state of pe^e Columbia Record. peace.— Is