Who said it had forgotten how to rain in the Palouse?
DON'T FORGET OUR OWN POOR
Good people of this community who are responding so well to so many urgent calls for help, calls that seem to come with increasing insistence from the four quarters of the globe, will not overlook the unfortunate at home in their efforts to serve the victims of war and pillage at a distance.
This community is especially fortunate in that there has been no calamity to cause suffering; there are few who are not wholly independent and self-supporting. But there are a few and as the joyous Christmas season draws near, it will be a pleasure to look after the welfare of these in the proper way. Let it be borne in mind that the worthy poor are not crying aloud from the housetops.
When the kaiser talks peace to Uncle Sam, he will deal the cards above the table if he is permitted to deal at all.
The home guard is coming.
It is proposed to organize a battalion of militia in Idaho to do guard duty and relieve soldiers who are now performing that service. The new organization is to be made up of four companies of 100 men each. It will be armed and equipped by the federal government and will not be subject to duty outside the state. Of course, it will serve only during the war and will be composed of men above the military age of 31 years.
This would seem to be a good move. There are still elements of disorder in the state, especially in the industrial centers, and it should not be necessary to hold regular troops back from the front to keep the disturbers in subjection. 