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State Historical Society the rathdrum tribune J, - k ■ & *• VOL. XXVI, NO. 0 IIATHDRUM, KOOTENAI COUNTY, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1920 $1.50 PER YEAR OUTLINES BIS POLICY Harding's Speech of Accep taoce. Marion, Ohio.—(Special.) — Warren G. Harding was officially notified here of his nomination as the Republican candidate for the Presidency. His speech of acceptance is, in part, as follows: Chairman Lodge, members of Noti fication Committee, members of Na tional Committee, Ladies and Gentle men : The message which you have formally conveyed brings to me, a realization of responsibility which* is not underestimated. It is a supreme task Co interpret the covenant of a great political party, the activities of which are so woven into the history of this republic, and a very sacred and solemn undertaking to utter the faith and aspirations of the many millions who adhere to that party. The party platform has charted the way, yet; somehow, we have come to expect that interpretation which voices the faith of nominees who must assume specific tasks. r I Believe* in Party Government Let me be understood clearly from the very beginning. I believe in party sponsorship in government. I believe in party government as distinguished from personal government, individual, dictatorial, autocratic or what not. No man is big enough to run this great republic. There never has been one. Such domination was never in tended. Tranquility, stability, depend ability—all are assured in party spon sorship, and we mean to renew the assurances which were renddd in the cataclysme! war. to Our first committal is the restora tion of representative popular govern ment, under the Constitution, through the agency of the Republican party. Our vision Includes more than a chief | executive, we believe In a cabinet of highest capacity, equal to the respon sibilities which our Bystem contem plates, in whose councils the vice pres ident, second official of the republic, »hall be asked to participate. The same vision Include* a cordlàl under Standing and co-ordinated activities with » house of congress, fresh from the people, voicing the convictions which members bring from direct, tact with the electorate, and cordial co-operation along with the restored functions of Senate, fit to be the great est deliberative body of the world. Republican Senators Conscious of Oath U Is not difficult, Chairman Lodge, M make ourselves clear on the ques Uon of international relationship. We Jlepublieans of the Senate, conscious of our solemn oaths and mindful of <mr constitutional obligations, when »iw the structure of a world super «»ernment taking visionary form, joined in a becoming warning of our ; devotion to this republic. If the torch i constitutionalism had riot been dimmed,' the delayed peace' of the world and the tragedy of disappoint ment <md Europe's misunderstanding 0 America easily might have been Voided. The Republicans of the Sen halted the barter of independent American eminence and influence, w cli it was proposed to exchange for an obs cure and unequal place in the merged government of the world. Our party means to hold the heritage of American nationality unimpaired unsurrendered. The world will not misconstrue. We do not mean to hold aloof We do not mean to shun a single responsibility this republic to world civilization, ere is no hate in the American heart W e have con à we is of and no envy, no suspicion, av6T8ion for any people in the rd. We hold to our rights arid ,?„ a " t0 de fend, aye, we mean to suit no 6 rigbts of fhf® nation and our « n i!f DS allke - ever ywhere under the ng sun - Yß t there is the concord ra ,y and sympathy and fraternity every resolution. There is a genu 1,.. ?r rati °n in every American .it .r a tranquil friendship with 811 the wind! ■ ' , may readily sense the ccnsci der 0 f° ,° Ur Amerlca - I am sure I un ' ™ and . lne Purpose of the dominant P ike Senat ®- We were not "® e ~Jng to defeat _ J« were resolved to Ca. We iii is our ent ed Of la ihe a world aspiration, safeguard Araeri were resolved then . even as re today and will be toniorrow fepubHe™ 6 tlliS * ree and ,n<,e P en<len ' 6 , CaR the c °ns*ience cl ca is peace, peace that close? «len 8llPlnK woun d of "world war, and tern C h 8 tfle lm P as sioned voices of in tog thi 1 envy and distrust. Heed dispos ti CRl V nd knowing 1 d*° th ' for Ku { ° n , the congress, I promise been «utcl ^ l? TTn,,, and eff cctive peace sc r j„k Cklj H8 * Republican congress car we to the d r la - aî,Cn f0r il Re P ub 'ican executive to sign. t " Ï J etter t0 be free and disin and In age . nt of i,lterna tional justice and advancing civilization with the covenant of conscience, than he shack led by a written compact which sur renders our freedom of action and pves to a mintary alliance the right to proclaim America's duty to the wor.d. No surrender of rights to^ ^rld council or its military alliance, no assumed mandatory, however Pealing, ever shall summon, the. sons f th ' s '^Public to war. Their supreme sacrifice shall only be asked for Amer ica and its call of honor. There is a sanctity in that right we will, riot dele çate. . as a is a of «P Disposed, as we are, the way is very simple. Let the failure attending as sumption, obstinacy, impracticability and delay be recognized and let find the big, practical, to do our part, neither cause of ambition nor hesitant through tear, but ready to serve ourselves, hu manity and God. With a Senate advis ing as the Constitution us unselfish way covetous be r ,. . contemplates, I would hopefully approach the nations of Europe and of the earth, proposing that understanding which;, makes a willing participant in the tion of nations to us .consecra-' a new- relationship to commit the moral forces of the world, America included, to peace and international justice, still leaving America free, independent and self reliant, but offering friendship to all the world. Humanity is Restive. It is folly to close our eÿes to out standing facts. Humanity is restive, much of the world is in revolution, the agents of discord and destruction have wrought their tragedy in pathetic Rus sia, have lighted their torches among other peoples, and hope to see America a part of the great red conflagra tion. Ours is the temple of liberty, under the law, and it is ours to call the sons of opportunity to its defense. America must not only save herself, but ours must be the appealing voice to sober the world. as | S. of ; i mm à < r * OMOH5TOH It must be understood that toil alone makes for accomplishment and ad vancement, and righteous possession is the reward of toil, and its incentive. A. for There is no progress except in tbe stimulus of competition. jhe chief trouble today is that the world war wrought the destruction of healthy competition, left our Store houses empty and there is a minimum production when our need is maximum Maximums, not minimums, is the call of America. It isn't a new story, be cause war never fails to leave depleted storehouses and always impairs the efficiency of production. War also es tablishes its higher standards for I wish the wages, and they abide, higher wage to abide, on one explicit condition—that the wage earner will give frill return for the wages received. Greater Production Necessary. I want, somehow, to appeal *to the and daughters of the republic, to to sons every producer, to jojn hand and brain iii production, more production, honest production, patriotic 1 production, be cause patriotic production is;no less ,'d.. -defense àt odr. bëAt civilization than that of ar^ned force. Profiteering is a crime ot commission, Under-production is a crime of omission. We must work our most and best, else the destructive reaction will come. The menacing tendency of the pres ent day is not chargeable wholly to the unsettled and, fevered conditions caus ed by the war: ' The manifest weak jn popular government lies in the temptation to appeal to grouped citi zenship for political advantage. It would be the blindness of folly (CONTINUED ON LAST PAGE) has year will Up to June 30, 152,979 applications for converted soldier insurance had been approved by the bureau of war r j„k insurance, tbe amount of insgr converted being *711,821,500. ness FIX VOTING PLACES Primary Election lo Be Held , Tuesday. The primary elections held' throughout the county and sta e next Tuesday, August 3, P- tn. Registration closes Saturday evening, July 31. In Rathdrum precinct the can voting place will be the are to be from 1 to 7 republi armory, while the democratic primary will' be held in the council room of the village ball. Judges have been selected' but ir they do not appear, election boards must be selected from bystanders. among the Little interest has so far been shown by the rank and tile of the There are no contests in the democratic primary. This is not the case, however, on the republican side. The primaries are for the yotets. purpose ol nominating s quunty electing delegates to the veotion. candidates and county cuti There arc two seekers aflei n oti>ia a Mop t he for prosecutiuc attorney on the republican ticket and thfe -voters must decide which of these shall be the nominee. Three' have fllbd for representative w s h'ere tbete are only two places to fill, these must be eliminated. One of There are several blank spaces on both tickets which the voter may ail in by ing in names of persons he or she may favor. -If these places are not filled writ at the primaries, the county central committees may make selections lo complete the tickets for the election in November. On the republican side no one has,filed for sheriff or survey* r Similar -vacancies democratic, side for commissioners, county supeTiptpndent and one state representa-ti ver Besides voting on the e county candidates, the primaries are intend ed to elect precinct delegates precinct committeem-m. T h : prscinct delegates from over the county will then meet in county, convention and in turn select delegates from the county to a state convention which nominates the party candidates for governor and other stale offices. It happens that there are three contestants for the republican nomi nation for governor, about live for U S. senator and at least two fur justice of the supreme court. Those seek n the gubernatorial nomination are Governor Davis, State Treasurer.John W. Eaglesoo, and Speaker M. A. Kiger. The list froruwtaicb a U. S senatorial nominee Is to be chosen obtain on ihe and a by on contains the names of Col. E. G Davis, Ex Gov. F.,R. Gooding, Capf. A. II. Connor, Col. L V. Patch, Attoroey Chas. W. Beale and State Secretary of Agriculture Miles CanDon. While it may appear that these contests are wholly to be decided in the convention, the personal prefer ence of the delegates selected iu the primaries are supposed to have a bearing on that decision. Delegates favorable tp a qertain man fir governor will tend to carry sentiment for that man ou into tbe slate ed city a convention. The notice published elsewhere gives the names uf all those who are to be voted upon next Tuesday. Idaho State News Items. Bids for construction of 17 miles of state highway under federal aid project 19 in Bonner county range from $214,264 to $278,998 i-For land rentals or leases of 483,038 abres of state land for 1920 $79,786 has been realized by the state for the support of public schools aod state institutions. The Idaho sugar beet acreage this year is 57,600, au increase of 4900 acres over last year. The Idaho crop will reach 508,000 tons, as against 208,000 tous in 191». lost on loss Scarcity of teachers is hitting Aria county hard, there being 30 vacancies in the county, io Boise are filled, but teachers for the oullyiDg schools are difficult to Üod. Most of the postions In a semi-annual report for the past six months by John W.Eagieson, state treasurer, to Governor Davis, he shows a balance of $3,012,164 on June 30, 1020, while the balance on Jau. 1 was $2,600,307. e be 7 Governor Davis is iu favor of the proposed plan of the Uuited Slates forest service which provides for state and federal co-operation in Are protection according to Saturday by secretary to the governor. Taxable be and forest renewal, announcement made Frank W. Browr, property in Shoshone county for the year 1920 decreased in valuation approximately $5,000,000 according to equalized values fixed by the county commissioners and totals compiled by Deputy Auditor J. II. Munson for submission to the slate board of equalization. ' ol Sheep affected with scabies be found only in TwinFalls, Fremont, Clark, Teton, Aladison and Jefferson counties. are to There is hss sheep this year Lhau in the past two and the six couuties named seab years are the only quarantined sheep districts in the state. Idaho's commercial apple crop for 1920 will be about 4000 cars or 20 per e-* than last year, according the .July report ot the Idaho crop reporting service as previously given It. is staled that the Augiisi report will show even a larger reduc tion, due to the severe hail damage done in north Idaho. cent to nut. F. M Shelley of Caldwell . aged 69. who lost his right hand as the result or h ood pHiionirig while employed road woik py Cauyon county, has been granted a lotsl award of $3361 by the state industrial accident board on under the workmen's compensation act ou loss uf time, hospital anil physician's expenses, aud permanent partial disability, operating a slip scratched 1 his thumb on a nail or splinter. Lu feet ion set in ucce.-s tating amputation of the hand. * * Shelley while on road work FROM OVER THE COUNTY POST FALLS A. -I. Wagner and Aug. Ericson bought alfailarhay iu the Held at East Farms at $25 per ton. L V. Lvon, dairyman, is installing a milking machine costing $500, by a 6'. horsepower gasoline engine. J. Stover, engineer of the sawmiii on the nightshirt, died suddenly of heart failure July 21 while at work. The Modern Woodmen aud Royal Neighbors have plauned to lake in a "chicken" picnic set for August 1 at Corbin Itiver park. Kopie expected from all over the county. The Community Sunday school will picuic at Corbiu Kiver park July 30. run aid, ed arc for SPIRIT LAKE Tbe town has been enlarged by annexing several blocks in Lakevicw. Spokane and First additions. Work on tbe gymnasium was shut dowo again by failure to receive material ou time, Tbe contractor arrived last week to begin building five bouses for the Panhandle Lumber company. The Priest River ball team defeat ed Spirit Lake 5 to 1. It has been fouDd that while the city water pumped from the lake has a bad taste and odor, it is free from disease germs to of dacy that ble. tbe HARRISON J M. Flatt the barber has nearly lost the sight of his left eye as a result of i he "Hu. E N. LaVeine of St. Maries is a candidate for prosecuting attoroey of Benewah county. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pagel's residence on Thompson lake was burned to the ground one evening last week. Tbe loss was $2000. Duuatiuu work at the park is for to DECIDE TO PETITION Will Ask State to Survey Pro posed Road. he 1 There was a fairly représentât! gathering, from the country as well as the town, at the good roads meet ng in Rathdrum Monday evening, to discuss plans for ttoauciog the few miles survey for the proposed routé bf the north and south highway between Rathdrum aod Twin Lake* and between Rathdrum and the Apple way. It was decided that a petition be prepared and another mectiog be held to awaken further interest in the juatler and to secure signature** of all persons on the proposed route who favor a state highway through Rathdrum. Such petition would be forwarded to the governor, and It I» believed It would Impress the state road officials witn the fact that this route is noj. only a feasible one, but that it is demanded by and would people than any other route on the way into Bonner county. Since the state has not yet surveyed through the north part of this county, it Is argued that the petition would result In the survey 'being made by the statp. The present problem would thus'be solved. ve I serve more any route J. P. Isaacs of Spirit Lake whs present at the meeting and departed afier explaining what had beeo done recently in Kootenai and Bonner counties aod giving hi A views con cerning the favorable attitude of the governor toward this route. Colonel Edel ol u te, who took up the work In the interest of Rathdruiû which had been looked after in Its preliminary stages by Geo. W. Flemming, gave the'meeting the benefit of the Infor mation be bad gained from an engin eering standpoint. He said he had conferred with W. J. Hall, state highway commissioner, and C. J. Bassett, district engineer, and bad succeeded in getting the estimated cost of the survey cut from $300 to $125 per mile by eliminating some of the office work. On this line it was pointed out that if the survey cau be made soon it can be doue for only $125 a tnile, a considerable saving on the 50 miles of the entire route to Sandpuiut. . It was explained that there is an element of cbuuce, but that after the survey is made there is a strung pro liability that it would be accepted by the stale and the line surveyed definitely decided* upon for the north and south highway. Hence the Im portance of securing the survey at this time. All persons along the proposed route arc urged to consider lbs advantages of securing, with federal aid, a highway that will he maintain ed by the state. beginning tu briug results. It is estimated tbe elty will require $15,680 to tluauce it duriug the current fiscal year. More than half is for water bonds aod warrant redemp tion. CŒUR D'ALENE Judge U. N. Dunn of the district court has sent out statements ot bis candidacy for the nomination for justlcd of the supreme court, subject to the action of ihe Pocatello cooveo lion. M. A. Kiger returned last week from a trip around the northern part of the state. Regarding bis candi dacy for governor Mr. Kiger states that the situation looks very favora ble. He expocls tbe support of the northern delegation. Tbe opinion of the Judge of tbe Eighth judicial district In setting aside tbe award of the jury io tbe amouot of $6500 in the case of HatHe Erickson aud Guubeld Kuutesoo v*. tbe Rutledge Timber Co., baa been confirmed by the supreme court of Idaho with Judge Budge presiding. A cavalry troop was mustered iu Tuesday, to be knowu as Troop K.