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Paye ;;*.; Puterprise
ISSUED EVERY Thursday.
WILL WELLE, Owner.
WILL WELL8
Editor and Manager
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THURSDAY, AJ'RID 1, 11*20.
ANNOUNCEMENT
To The Republicans of Idaho:
For many years past it has been
the custom for men seeking the suf
frage of the people for state office to
announce their candidacy, outlining
their views on matters of public in
terest a sufficient time before the
primaries, that the voters might be
come fully informed before deciding
what candidate they wish to support.
Yielding to that custom, and to
the suggestion of friends who are in
formed as to the character of service
I have rendered in the office of State
Treasurer, I hereby announce myself
a candidate for the nomination of
Governor of Idaho by the Republican
State Convention to be held in Poca
tello.
I have always endeavored to make
my Republicanism mean the utmost
official service to all the people, in
the most direct, efficient, and eco
nomical way possible, and I have
always co-operated with and aided
every Republican or other official
along those lines. I believe in the
Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt
type of Americanism, "under one
flag, in one language, without en
tangling alliances, with malice to
ward none, and with charity for all."
I have no sympathy with men who
advocate violence, sabotage or sedi
tion.
I have all faith in our national con
stitution, and a high regard for our
state constitution, and I do not be
lieve in amending either, in spirit or
letter, by treaty, congressional or
legislative enactment. Constitutional
amendments should be made only in
the manner provided for in the con
stitutions themselves.
The recent attempt to amend the
spirit and intent of our state consti
tution, wherein it provides for
"boards of control" of our state's
business and resources, by substitut
ing therefor appointive "centralized"
or "cabinet" control by the Gover
nor, without discussion or vote of
the people, is a species of radical
usurpation of power that plainly
points the way to a dangerous and
extravagant dictatorship of public
affairs, eliminating the essential safe
guards intended by our state con
stitution.
Idaho has too many millions of
dollars involved to experiment with
any form of business control which
before its enactment, was never set
forth in any political party platform
nor was ever discussed by the state
press or by the people. Notwithstand
ing many
in the press regarding the so-called
"cabinet form of state government,"
l am impelled by indisputable facts
to state that this new government is
in my opinion not only less efficient
than our constitutional "board form
of state government," but it is more
expensive and infinitely less secure.
Idaho has tremendous interests in
timber, water, land and securities, al
ready more dollars worth of cash
and securities than are held by any
three banks of our state. Banks are
governed by elective boards, that the
stockholders and depositors may be
the better protected. I cannot think
the people of Idaho want other than
the same kind of protection, which
would mean safe, sane, conservative
and constitutional control of their
public business.
I am in favor of an expert, well
paid public service. Experienced as
sistants in the State Treasurer's of
fice are now handling over three
times the volume of business that
came to the office at the beginning
of my service, with the addition of
but one clerk, and only for a time,
to keep the work from piling up, has
an extra clerk been employed. I be
lieve a very material reduction in the
expense of operating many of our
state departments can be had, and at
the same time increase their effici
ency. If elected governor, it will be
my chief ambition to execute the du
ties of that office along the same bust
ness lines I have followed in the Trea
surer'« office.
I am in favor of applying the wa
ters of onr state to the greatest possi
ble acreage and use. In the subse
quent opening of new lands for settle
ment, I favor giving the Idaho War
Veterans every consistent preference
right.
I favor a vote by the people on the
proposition of selling the state's tim
ber and timber lands, with proper
safeguards covering disposal to manu
facturers and the retail price of lum
ber to the people.
Tsars the income from our timber has
b*r saIm amounted to $104,576.St,
During recent
scarcely exceeded the outlay for fire
protection. Last year our fire pro
tection cost t0T<*d4.00 and onr tlm
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and it is estimated that 6,000 acres
of our timber lands were burned over
Our tax payers are losing the bene
fits of this tremendous resource. The
timber and timber lands in private
ownership will yield interest on the
sale price, will bear their share of
taxes, and will increase the competi
tive production of lumber, and the
state's revenue may thus be increas
ed two or three million dollars per
year.
Our civilization is yearly growing
more complex and interdependent,
and our state is surely in the van of
human progress and growth,
laws must be made to meet these new
conditions and still keep in harmony
with our constitution. I am in favor
of all general measures safeguarding
the people's interests, or assisting
their mutual activities. If elected gov
ernor, my earnest desire and effort
will be to give th epeople a fair, pro
gressive, economical anc^ constitution
al administration.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN W. EAGLESON.
Our
In looking over the Mountain
States Monitor, we note many good
articles, some of which bring out
suggestions and show where we
are simply passing through life hur
riedly grasping for wealth and giv
ing but little thought to people in
distress. A kind word or a smile cost
nothing and ofttimes brings cheer
and comfort where it is needed.
Below is a clipping from the
Monitor which we will pass on to
the readers of the Enterprise:
A Stolen Kiss
One cold, snowy morning, a few
years ago, I came out of my home
on my way to work. Half way down
the block a chubby little fellow, cur
ly hair, dirty face, half-dressed and
shoes unlaced, ran out of a house
and started toward the street car
line. He was crying and his little
bare arms were extended. He was
pleading for something with all the
soul that was within him. I stopped
by his side and asked him why he
was crying.
"Do you see that man way down
there?" he sobbed, pointing his hand
toward the car track.
"Yes, honey," I said.
"Well, he's my daddy, and he went
away and didn't kiss me goodbye,"
said the child, and he looked up into
my face through a flood of tears.
The disappointment and grief I read
there will ever live in my memory. I
stooped down and picked the little
fellow up in my arms, pressed his
tear-stained lips to mine, and told
him:
"There, little fellow, don't cry; I
will catch your daddy and give him
your kiss."
"Well, all right, then," he replied,
and a smile crept across the child's
fafce and his sorrow was gone.
I don't know where that little boy
is now—I never saw him again, but
that one little kiss that a father thot
lessly spurned shall nestle down deep
in my soul as a sweet memory-—and
it will never be delivered.
RISK INSURANCE
Announcement is made by Director
nes of the Bu
BUREAU OF WAR
R. G. Cholmeley
reau of War Risk Insurance that the
insurance division of the bureau is
virtually at the end of its period of
congestion and consequent dissatis
faction and vexatious delays, result
ing from the great volume of work
suddenly thrown upon it by the de
mobilization of the armed forces dur
ihg the past year.
Former service men whose insur
ance has lapsed or has been canceled
are encouraged to take advantage of
the very liberal provisions for re
instatement of War Risk insurance
by the payment of two monthly prem
iums with the application and a
satisfactory statement of health.
They are assured that from now on,
receipts for premiums will be sent
to them within a few days from the
date of the original receipt of the
remittance. Instead of the form para
graphs and unsatisfactory form let
ters which formerly it was necessary
to use to answer the flood of mail,
they will be replied to with real let
ters in insurance cases which require
detailed and specific answers.
The number of unposted premiums
in the bureau, which last October!
was approximately 88,000 has Just
been reduced to an average of 10,
00 or less than one day's work.
Unanswered mail in the insurance
division shows a reduction of approx
imately 60% from the dally balance
of five months ago. Probably it will
be two or three weeks before it will
be possible to answer all the letters
as quickly as it is now possible to
mail out leceipts for premiums, but
it is a matter of only a few weeks be
fore the answering of all ordinary
inquiries in reference to insurance
matters within four days of their
receipt in the bureau will be the
regular practice.
While some difficulties due to fail
ure of service men to furnish serial
numbers and other necessary informa
tion always will be inevitable, very
serious handicaps in the addressing
of the men have Just been overcome. )
Through a special appropriation
made by Congress, the bureau has
been enabled to put its entire list of
former service men on addressograph
plates. This prevents errors that pre
viously occurred through repeated
copying from the millions of records
with typewriters.
Former service men desiring to
reinstate War Risk Insurance which
has lapsed or been canceled,
to
or
convert their insurance in
cases
where it is now in force, should ap
ply to any post of the American Le- 1
gion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, I
or other organizations of former ser
vice men, Army, Navy and Marine 1
Corps recruiting stations, State In- '
surance Commissioners, any home !
service section of the American Red I
Cross, Salvation Army, Knights of
(Columbus, Jewish Welfare Board, Y.
M. C. A., or to other fraternal or wel
fare organizations or agencies which
are in a position to furnish blanks
and necessary information. Or, if
they prefer to do so, they should
write directly to the Insurance Divis
ion, Bureau of War Risk Insurance,
Washington, D. C., in all cases fur
nishing the following six points of in
formation for the identification of
their cases in the records:
1. Full name (including first, mid
dle, and last name) and complete ad
dress.
2. Rank, rating or grade at the
time of original application for in
surance.
3. Army or Navy organization at
time of original application for in
surance.
4. The number of Insurance Certi
ficate or Government Life Insurance
Policy, if known.
5. Army Serial Number, if in the
Army. t
6. Date of discharge, if discharged.
Service men whose insurance has
lapsed or has beeri^canceled are re
minded, however, that as long as
they are without insurance, they are
without its protection, and, in their
own best interests, should apply for
reinstatement of their insurance
without delay.
STATEMENT REGARDING
TEACHER SHORTAGE
And Salaries in the State of Idaho.
The State Teachers' Association
Committee, investigating teacher
shortage and salaries in Idaho, call
attention to their findings. The re
port, covering twenty-six counties
and thirty-two independent districts,
shows the following:
364 teachers entered the profes
sion in September 1919.
Out of 550 positions in Southern
Idaho, *391 teachers were new to
their schools.
These is an actual shortage of ap
proximately 100 teachers at this time
450 teachers began their work last
Fall on permits. Of these 172 failed
in the examinations.
Those in charge state the outlook
for next year in the following terms:
""great shortage of teachers"; "gen
eral progress will be retarded"; "ra
ther gloomy"; "few applications re
ceived"; "continuous streams of
teachers pouring into other lines ^of
work."
The solution to the problem is put
in the following terms: "Better sal
aries and better living conditions"
(salary question mainly) ; "erection
of teachers' cottages"; "increase in
salaries"; "better boarding accommo
dations."
It is evident from the results of
the investigation that we are facing
a crisis in our public schools. The
conditions become even more serious
when the statements of those in
charge of teacher-training in our
State institutions are taken into ac
count. Not only are teachers leaving
the school rooms, but a decreasingly
small number are entering the pro
fession. The State University reports
that 13 graduates and 26 under-grad
uates will be ready for work next
year. Idaho Polytechnical Institute
reports "seven grade and rural teach
ers, one in teacher-training and one
in music." The graduating class at
Albion Normal numbers 26. Lewiston
Normal reports that it will send out
approximately 175 teachers all told
for next year. This makes a grand
total of 247 new teachers for the
vacancies that will occur in the 4000
public school positions of Idaho. Ida
ho has always drawn teachers from
other states but what is true in our
state is true in even greater degree
throughout the entire nation. The
salary question must be met if our
schools are to be maintained.
Respectfully submitted,
C. F. Dienst
* George G. Barrett
Mae Lowe
L. A. Thomas
H. R. Wallis
Ella Carleton.
Committee.
AN EDITOR GOES TO CHURCH
Will H. Maupin, editor of the York
(Neb.) Democrat, went to church re
cently, and this is the way he report
ed the morning Bervlce:
"The editor went (o church re
cently. He often does. But on this
particular occasion he took more
than the usual notice. It hgd been a
pretty strenuous week for him. Fin ;
he noticed wag that the price of p;.
per had again shot upward, and th )
ink house informed him of another
price increase, and he had to havo
some more plates, and the linotype
needed repairs, a note was due
at
the bank, and his deposit account waj
in the red, and the house rent
due, and the coal pile was frightfully
was
low, and the baby had been sick, and
the foreman thought he ought to
have an increase in wages, and the
stock of news print on hand
mighty low. Otherwise things
going fairly well, so the editor went
was
were
to church.
" 'Jesus l aid It All' was the first
song. And as it was being sung the
editor looked around the
congrega
tion and saw twenty-six men singing
with lusty voices who owed him from
one to three years subscription ot
which fact they had been notified
three or four times. And if they ex
pect to get the newspaper until Jesus
pays the bill they are mistaken.
They'll pay it themselves, and durned
quick, too, or a justice of the peace
will look after the matter.
'We Shall Know Each Other
There' was the second song, and as
the congregation sang the editor saw
men and women singing who would
not recognize each other on the
streets here. He saw a husband and
wife singing who hadn't spoken a
kind word to each other since Heck
was a pup. If these people know each
other there they'd better be getting
acquainted down here.
"
to Story' was
another song, and the editor believed
that most of the singers were sin
cere. If there is a little story of scan
dal or gossip they don't love to tell,
we never heard of it. As story tellers
most of them have that famous Ara
bian young lady backed off the
boards, and you'll remember she had
a thousand and one of them tucked
up her sleeve.
" 'I'm Glad Salvation Is Free' was
the next song, and the way the most
of the congrégation sang it was evi
dence that they were really glad.
But when the contribution box was
passed around they gave additional
proof, if any were needed. While the
belief that salvation is free, what
was the use of putting up any money
therefor? All foolishness to pay for ]
something that is free, eh?
" 'God Be With You Till We Meet
Again' was the closing song, and I'm
afraid most of the singers are going
to be awfully lonesome if they de
pend on that. We're all so busy try
ing to get the best of our neighbors
that we don't 'neighbor' much, and
when we act like that it's a cinch
God isn't going to pay much atten
tion.
'The editor is going to church
again, pretty -soon."
WESTERN CONSUMER'S WEEK
Throughout the intermountain
country the women are beginning io
for the observance of West
ern Consumers' Week. This year they
are co-operating with the mauufactui
er more than ever before. In Boise
especially the women are busy pre
paring for the big pure food show in
which they have the aid and assist
ance of the Chamber of Commerce
and the state health and pure food
department. The Boise Statesman in
a recent issue says:
Several clubs are anxious to know
just how best to observe Western
products week, the second week in
April. In Boise it will be observed on
a larger scale than ever before. The
Columbian club and the Good Citi
zenship club will have the assistance
of the Boise Chamber of Commerce
and the state health and pure food
department in putting on its pro
gram. Space will be allotted to all
Western manufacturers who wish to
make displays and the women will
exploit the goods in every way possi
ble, as before.
A strong health and child welfare
program will be carried on at the
same time, with some speakers of in
ternational reputation. It is possible
thaX towns within less than a day's
ride of BolBe could obtain these
same speakers during the week.
The district art chairman, Mrs.
Henry Blatchley, and the state chair
man, Mrs. DeMary, make the follow
ing suggestion for a combination of
industrial and Western products ex
hibits:
Ask your dealers in draperies, cur
tains, laces, carpets, etc., to begin at
once to obtain American-made ex
amples of th eindustrial arts, West
ern-made if possible, for a special ex
hibit during home products week,
make displays of these in the Btores,
together with Western-made furni
ture, and have some interior decorat
ing talks in connection with these
displays.—New West Magazine.
The Portia Club in Payette will
observe Home Consumers' Week, be
ginning April 5th and ending April
11th. All are asked to obserye it.
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WOOD & SPAULDING
HOT COFFEE FOR MINERS
Home Demonstration Agent in Arizona
Solves Problem.
"Can you suggest some feasible
way of supplying the men who are
working In our mines with hot coffee
ot least once during their working
hours?" the head of the welfare de
partment of a large mining company,
located In Cochise county, Arizona,
asked the home demonstration ngent
of that county.
He desired an arrangement where
by the men could be supplied at the
shafts of the mines with a hot drink to
supplement their cold lunches. The
home demonstration ngent visited
eight shafts with the foreman of the
mines to observe conditions. Before
mnklng suggestions she also made an
Investigation of the character of
lunch which was carried by the min
ers. She found that many take none
at all. Of the 1,020 men who carried
their lunches, only 61 had bottles
which keep liquids hot. The rest ate
an entirely cold meal at noon. Thla
seemed to be one of the reasons for
the lessened efficiency of the men in
the afternoons. As a result of the in
vestigation huge containers of coffee
have been placed recently In strutogic
points ut the shaft mouths so that the
men have u hot drink with their noon
day meal.
''Rainbow" sugar is harmless and not
Inferior to other brands, and the prac
tice of the refiners doeS not violate
the law so long as no attempt at con
cealment Is attempted, according to a
report of the department of ngricul
tore. The colored product, used ordl
narily In confections only, has been
put on the retail ranrket as a result
of the sugar shortage.
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Farming Is a Business
And like every business, it requires forms,
^records and blanks that give you the facts
I about your farm, just as a business
has them about his business.
We print forms and letterheads (every
business farmer should have hisown letter
head) on Hammermill Bond, the Utility
Business Paper.
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Lmt Vs Show You What W* Can
Do tor You
I M ven ytai Jersey cow. Bee Fitch
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FOR SALE: 1 seven year old geld
'ng, sound in every way, weight 1700
ibs.
1 tour year old Pole Cow; 1
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SOMETHING GOOD: A dandy
acie tract with good 5
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room house
outbuildings,
i Bei ries and fruit. Two acres in hay.
inis is a bargain and will give good
leims if sold
Joining town.
soon.—W. M. Cope
3-3-t2.
und.
FOR SALE BY OWNER—116
acr es, 2 miles south of Council, on
good stream ; 53 acres suitable for
plow land; 30 acres in cultivation;
good water right for part that needs
water; bottom
four room house; fenced; 6
chard; grow corn, alfalfa or almost
anything; $3600, half cash, balance
long time. Address Box 278, Council,
4-l-t2.
land sub-irrigated;
acres or
Idaho.
For Sale—One 1920
one 1920 Ford— David I. Peterson.
WANTED: Farmers Co-operative
Ditch Stock. Inquire of Payette Val_
ley Real Estate Agency. 3-2-ti.
Buick and