The early primaries in Idaho give the people a long time in which to make up their minds about candidates, and sometimes they change their minds several times. The thought that the voter should have uppermost in his mind is the selection of the best man to fill each office. Woman should go to the polls and vote blindly. In this enlightened age, no man or woman should go to the polls and vote blindly. In this enlightened age, no man or woman should go to the polls and vote blindly. The newest arrival in the newspaper field is the St. Maries Herald, which made its appearance in the thriving city of St. Maries last week. Henry C. Shaver, for many years a newspaper man in Moscow, is publisher of the new paper. Col. Shaver is an able writer and promises to issue an interesting paper.

RURAL THIEVERY
Col. A cartoon published in a daily paper. Underneath the per shows a kindly old man standing in the midst of his melon patch looking at the broken melons and empty vines around him. The picture is this legend: "Pa says he don't mind the melons, but he is sorry to see folks steal." It is a fair hit. Too many persons riding out into the country consider it a golden opportunity to pilfer the farmer's tempting produce, speeding away without pay or thanks to the man whose property they have lifted and of whose arduous labor they have taken mean advantage. The queer part of it is that this sort of theft is the criminal classes whose members may be joy-riding in the pleasant countryside. It is a common practice among some persons who in their town relations are ordinarily honest and who would be highly indignant to have even a  Simple farmer class them as thieves. 