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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
The ~ Herald.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMRER 10, 1921.
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The Ceur d'Alene Times and the
Post Falls Post came out last week
with long articles in defence Of the
County Commissioners for not do
ing anything at their late meeting
towards having the Bonner's Ferry
road repaired. They set up very
queer defense. II is rather anus
ing too, and "the powers that be-
seem to repudiate it, as they have
relented, seen the errors of their
ways and are going to have $4,000
worth of work done.
Their side Of the story as set
forth by the Times and Post, is,
boiled down, that Burns q Chap
man had a contract to do $1,000
worth of work on the road; that
they did part Of it and then put in
q bill for the whole amount, which
the Commissioners sat down upon
and thereby saved the county from
i big steal; and that for this reason
the Commissioners did nothing.
Whether the alleged dishonesty Of
one contractor damned this whole
Northern country, or whether the
stopping Of this alleged steal tax
ed their official virtue to exhaus-
ton, the Post and Times sayeth
not; at an rate the Commissioners
did nothing.
We leave to Burns & Chapman
the task of defending themselves,
if they see fit. That is their bus
mess, not ours. But we would like
to know what there was about this
Burns & Chapman matter that
should serve as an excuse for not
repairing this most important road.
What was there in the way Of Civ
ing the work to another contractor
Or putting up money for road
supervisor to do the work?
However, the controversy is hap
PLY ended, the road being ordered
repaired as will be seen elsewhere.
But what IA strained effort to de-
fend the Commissioners What a
catering after-oh nothingl
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
GEORGE III. CONNER,
Foreman.
The ooks ( MIGRATE.

That element of Kootenai's pop
ulation that has caused 50 much
trouble lately has gone hence-we
hope never to return. Only two or
three linger around the scenes of
their late lawlessness, and these
wear a far away look that bespeaks
Of happier days.
The cause Of the flight Of these
birds was a general uprising Of the
law-abiding element Of Kootenai,
who determined to rid the town Of
them-by law if they could, by
more severe means if necessary
They took the hint The knowl-
edge that Sheriff Mcclure was COM
ing hasted their departure, so
Thursday they chartered a box-car
from a brakey and took Horace
Greely's advice.
Now that they are out, Deputy
Sheriff Hunter should make them
as scarce in Kootenai as a China
man in the Ceur d'Alenes.
Sheriff Mcclure has the thanks
of the citizens Of Kootenai for COM
ing here in person, although busy
with court matters, and investigat-
ing this trouble. He has given
positive and emphatic orders to his
deputy to keep these toughs out and
to arrest all sure thing men that
attempt to operate. Vigilent at
tention to these orders will keep
Kootenai free from the vilest gang
Of blacklegs that goes unhung.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
wanted-5O0 head of Stock to Winter

Parties living in the Kootenai val
ley, below BonneFs Ferry, have
sufficient hay to winter 500 head of
stock. 1t is good bottom land hay;
and sheds and other accommoda-
tions will be furnished. Stock men
will find it a good place for their
stock. Apply to the HERALD.
Sill.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
LeaeL Notics
In the circuit court Of Kootenai
county and state Of Idaho:

In the circtit court Of Kootenai
county and state Of Idaho:
MAY E. LENTz, Plaintiff,
VS..
CHARLES LENTz. Defendant.
Now comes I J Owen, attorney
for plaintiff, and upon oath states
that defendant in the above entitled
cause is a nonresident Of the state
Of Idaho, and asns that a notice Of
publication be issued to said de-
PENDANT that unless he answers said
complaint that judgment will be
taken against him at the September
term Of the district court to be held
at Rathdrum, Idaho, commencing
September 14th, A d 1891.
T. J. OWEN,
Atty for pl'f.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this oath day Of August, A D
1891.
VIM I'll. CHAMBERS,
Justice Of the Peace,
Ronner's Ferry Precinct.
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Nearly a new tent, 30x40 feet. A
bargain for cash. Apply to F. e.
Cole, Kootenai. loft.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19


Report Of the grand jury con-
vened at the September term of the
district court of the First Judicial
District, in and for the county Of
Kootenai, state Of Idaho, for the
year 1891:
We, the grand jury, in our final
report take this opportunity of ex-
pressing our appreciation Of the
kindness and courtesy extended to
us by the Court, clerk, district at
torney, sheriff and all the county
officials with whom we have come
in contact, and we respectfully rec
ommend that the board of county
commissioners take steps as early
as possible with view of erecting
a good substantial brick building
around the steel cells lately COM
pleted; said building to contain a
sleeping apartment for the iailor
and to afford means Of warming and
rendering said cells comfortable,
We find the records Of the county
vault, etc, to be kept in an orderly
and systematic manner, and in our
investigations find nothing in the
various offices to condemn.
We wish, however, to recommend
little more care Of the grounds
about the Jail.
We unhesitatingly condemn the
action Of the present board of county
commissioners in their manner of
constructing new roads wherein
they appoint one Of their own mem
bers as so-called inspector Of roads
at salaries which are extravagantly
high, if not obviously corrupt.
And we especially condemn their
action in the matter Of the con-
struction of the Saint Maries and
Santa Ann roads, in which we find
that G. L. Daggett received the APP
pointment of inspector on May %,
1891, and at a regular session of the
board convened on July 10, 1891,
he was allowed the sum of $259,50
for services as such inspector; that
there were but thirty-fye working
days between the dates above given
in which services could have been
performed; hence that he received
a sum equivalent to $40 per day
for such services for all the days he
could have claimed.
We find that the said board Of
commissioners have fixed the re-
Enumeration Of road overseers at
~, 80 per day, end we insist that a
county commissioner, when acting
in the capacity of road oyerseer or
inspector, is not worth more than
double What regularly appointed
road ovefseer is allowed.
We condemn such practice as es-
tablishing a bad precedent; as being
corrupt and entirely unwarranted
by law. and as tending to make
such public improvements Of more
concern to the commissioners than
to the people for whose benefit they
are provided,
GEORGE III. CONNER,
Foreman.
]. M. BAILEY,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-09-12
Again. a Single Tax MayorI

Len w. Hoch is the new young man
mayor of Adrian. and his biography
may be read to children as a receipt by
which to make their lives sublime and
leave behind them tracks in the sands
of time, as it were. He is but thirty-one
years old and has risen to political and
business prominence simply by lifting
himself by his own boot-straps What
he is he owes entirely 10 his own efforts,
without assistance. He was born in
Coldwater, and spent the first thirteen
years of his life in Adrian His parents
were not rich, and when very young
Mr.. Hoch made the great stroke of his
life and joined the journalistic profess
sion as devil in the Adrian Times Office.
He learned the trade and worked in nu-
merous and divers places, always saved
his money, and finally drifted back to
Adrian in 1885 and began the grocery
business with his brother The bust
ness grew and now their sign is written
over two big stores He is . democrat,
. single tax and Henry George man, and
widely posted on economic notionA-
Detroit Evening News
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The Single Tax in England.

An English friend writing to Ms
George says: 1.-The English Land Re.
storation League has adopted very
effective method of carrying the gospel
of The Land for the People into the
rural districts of England. which have
long been regarded as almost inaccessi-
BILE for such work A van has been
fitted up, with convenience for sleeping
and cooking. and in this-at once trav-
cling home and Office for the leagues
missionaries-the secretary and others
heve been travelling from village to vii
lage in Suffolk, holding meeting every
evening, distributing literature and ccl-
lecting information on the social condi-
ton of the people. In this campaie n
the league is working in the closest pos
sible cooperation with the Eastern
Counties Labor Federation young
and vigorous organization, which, start
ing as an ordinary trades union, has
rapidly come to the conclusion that the
labor question is insoluble except
through the land question. Crowded
meetings have been held in every viii
lage, and the federation has been con-
siderably strengthened by the addition
of new members and of new branches.
The laborers in this district are paid
about So twelve shillings) or less per
week. Much of the land is out of cul-
tivation; most of it is labor-starved' A
wretched cottage rents at S23 a year.
Some of the cartoons On the land quesr
ton which appeared in the Standard
and in the Toronto Grip have been
greatly enlarged, mounted and framed.
and these, displayed on the sides of the
van at each meeting, are found one OF
the most effective means of educating
even the most ignorant.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-09-12
HERE AND THERE.

The most profitable dairy cow is
the one that helps you TO make the most
butter in the winter. Butter sells quick
er then, brings more and leaves better
margin of profit
do not select the s'slick" COW for .
heavy mixer. 1t is good rule to go
by in selecting dairy stock, that cows
which put on fat naturally tend to beef,
while those which appropriate from
their feed the carbonaceous elements
are sure to look more peaked. but their
fat goes to the milk and you have a
butter COW.
There is no business In which men
can engage that opens up such wide
field for knowledge as that of agri-
culture in its various branches. The
immensely of agricultural science is be-
yond the mental vision of the human
mind. 1t is as high as the heavens, as
deep as the earth, and as wide as the
world.-Rural World.
"A writer in Our Dumb Animals says,
that whenever a horse driven by him
self has baked, he has got out of his
carriage and gone to its fore foot, lifted
it from the ground and struck the shoe
few blows with stone. He has
never failed to start horse in that
very simple way. and he has, on sew
erai occasions, had balky horses which
had exhausted the patience of all for
mer owners.
.-Lamb raisers in Kentucky have
made money this year. The mild win
ter was favorable to successful lamb
ing and early maturity. Then prices
were fair for good stock all through the
season of early delivery. Ifany farmer
failed 10 make the business profitable
it was due to neglect and carelessness.
Farmers Home Journal.
"A sheep owner in Chesterfield
county, Va, found himself in the midst
Of great big lawsuit because he killed
some dogs that were killing or had
killed his sheep. He gained legal
victory, though, and placed the sheep
owners under obligations for the stub
born fight he made for sheep protection
Farmers Home Journal
Mixed grasses are better for stock
than . single variety. No matter how
valuable any particular gass may be, OF
how large the yield, the stock will
thrive better when fed on q variety.
The individual preferences of cattle
differ, and they will at all times accept
a change Of food. which promotes appe.
tite and thrift Rural World
There is getting to b lively times
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toronto end Return.

We call the public's attention, especially
school superintsndents and teachers, TO the
fact that ON account Of the National Educa-
tional Association meeting to be held et
Toronto, July 18th to 18th, the Jacksonville
Southeastern Line and the Santa Fe route
will sell round trip tickets from st. Louis
and all points on its line at ONE FARE,
plus - filsmbership fee. Tickets will be
sold July eth to 18th, and the limit viii Be
arranged 10 that those who wish can make
. visit or take side trips TO points in Canada
and the East at reduced rates. Our route
b via Chicago and any direct line from CHI
cago. Don't fail to call ON or write 70 .
railroad agent for particulars Of the "Red
Express" route.
We run the finest chair 4ad compartment
Sleeping Cars in the world;
D. W. RIDER, Sup't., Jacks1nvlle, III. -
II. A. SurrLE, GENT Agent{P asB'r Depf, Oh
Chestnut Street, st. Louis.
w. W. KENT, Gsn1 Pass'r Agent, Jackson
Vile, Ill
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FR6fiT iN SHEEP.

Virginia Farmers are Realizing that II n
Virginia farmers are turning their at
tention to sheep faisir3g. They are be-
ginning 70 realize two important facts
connected with sheep raising-frst,
that there is no stock they can put ON
fough lands that will thrive as profita-
bly, as sheep; and that while they are
thus getting comfortable living they
ars making wool, aid their browsing
is accomplishing d vast amount Of good
by destroying and keeping down pes
tiferous weeds. Sheep are also improv-
ers of soil, as their manure is evenly
distributed. In riding from Washing
ton Richmond ON the Atlantic coast
line. and from Charlestown, w. Va, to
Roanoke, Va, on the Shenandoah
valley railroads, travellers from the
north and west often remark the al
most total absence of sheep. TO the
traveller from the west, who comes
through Ohio via any of the roads CEN
terinR at Pittsburgh, and who has OBJ
served that nearly every farm in that
Section has flock of sheep, the alb.
senee of sheep in Virginia Is especially
noticeable. II is doubtful If there are
any states more favorable for raising
sheep. either for mutton or wool, than
the Virginias. The valley cattle of
Virginia have already become noted as
excellent beeves-in fact, successful
competitors with the best raised in any
region. This should be the case with
Virginia sheep. Years ago sheep were
quite prominent in some parts of the
virginias, and the practice of keeping
them should be revived until it has be-
come universal. Many farmers realize
during the shearing time what real
blessing the wool clip is, as it comes
both when money is scarce and there is
no available product on the farm to send
to market. The dog nuisance is the
most serious drawback. and the legis-
latures should pass stringent laws to
protect sheep raisers. There Is no good
reason for allowing anyone to keep q
lot of worthless ours which are per-
mitted to run unrestricted through the
country and to destroy valua BILE proper
ty. There should be dog law in
every county, just as there Is In every
large city, requiring the payment of a
tax on every dog, and providing severe
fines against the owners Of all dogs de.
tected in killing sheep. This would
soon thin out the tribe of ours of low
degree and leave only dogs worth keep
ing, while sheep-raising could be made
profitable. The Virginia railroads af-
ford excellent market opportunities, and
the raising of sheep to supply lambs and
mutton to the many hotels at the vari-
Gus springs, as well as for the markets
of accessible cities and large towns,
would no doubt pay handsomely farm
ers who would turn their attention in
this direction Commence keeping q
few sheep at time, rather than large
flock, and let experience in handling
them govern the Judgment in increas.
ing the number.-Rural World
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with the general prosperity, whether
they are realizing their full share of
the profits growing out Of their chief
product Our platform Is, let the cot
ton producers of the south grow their
own Supplies. and in addition, If they
can, twenty million bales OF cotton
M6nroe (Ga.) Advertiser.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-09-12

An Unblddsn and Unwslcome Guest
Is pain, and often it abides with Us for
years, IL not Tor life When It visits Us in
the guise Of rheumatism or neuralgia, It
may be checked before it obtains an sbid-
ing foothold in our bodily tenement with
OF blood depurents and anodyues The
Bitters also removes liver and kidney COM
plants, constipation, nervousness, malaria
and dyspepsia
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-09-12

Don't use mercury snd iodide Of potash for
blood diseases II your blood is bad DIR.
John Bulls Sarsaparilla win quickly re-
store it to 3 heslthful condition 1t Is the
and it never leaves any evil after effects.
1t is pleasant to take and exhilarating. yet .
discontinuance Of its use will not cause .
craving for more.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-09-12

BalIng PF0o060 Tor Hay DtrhW. Etcs
No Investment win pay farmers better
than the purchase of q good Baling Press
q poor ono viii be money thrown away.
The Whitman Agricultural Co. manufacture
z full line of presses that haveno equal, and
are warranted superior in every respect TO
any in use. They are also headquarters Tor
Cider Mills and other Farm Machinery.
Send for free illustrated catalogues, circu
Lars and prices Of machine wanted.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-09-12

SOMETIMES It's the hardest kind Of work
TO get the strapping big fellow 70 buckle
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-09-12

ANY one can take Carter's Little Liver
pills, they are 30 very small No trouble to
swallow. No pain or gripping after taking.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-09-12

WAsrrxa away. growing thinner every
day. Poor child, won't Mama get you
box Of Dr. Bulls Worm Destroyersl
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-09-12

THERs 10 always one way for an smha-
6ous actress TO become q ssleading lady, =
and that IL to buy big dog. -Somerville
Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-09-12

TIE original whale was quito . male
carrier, but Jonah probably 6rst impressed
upon him the need OF free delivery sys-
t6m.-Boston Courier.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-09-12

In you are tired taking the large old fash
Toned gripping pills, try CArter's Little Liver
Pills and take some comfort A man can't
stand everything. One pin dose Try them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-09-12

,ate them with Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-09-12

AN exchange says that rubbing cattle an
ovor with onions will kill lice, but IL doesn't
cay what becomes Of the cattle or tho milk
Daid.-Ram's Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-09-12

DuRrxa hot days all drsughts will be duly
honored ct this Acknowledgements Re-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-09-12

THr murdcrers version Of it--no moose =
aond noose.-Boston Courier.
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and IS prosperous now. Eyl0enceS OF
this fact are visible throughout her
borders. This recuperation, this growth
of wealth, this prosperity is said to be,
and may be true, the children Of her
cotton bales produced by the farmers.
But are these evidences of thrift
shared by the producers of the cotton?
If SO, where is the evidence? Are their
homes being built up and beautified.
their home surroundings and home COM
forts being multiplied as evidences of
their thrift? If the farmers individual
prosperity is keeping pace with the
general prosperity, why is it that 81 vast
quantity of their lands has been and Is
still being covered with the mortgage
blanket in order to secure money to
meet expenses? 1t can not be because
the class of our people is 50 extravagant
as to bring about this result Is II be-
cause their millions of cotton bring
them no profit? Let the facts answer.
When the cotton farmers of the south,
as . class, grew their own food prod
nets, were they not financially the most
independent class in the south? II so,
will not the same method that was pur-
sued then, If pursued now. bring about
the same result? If not, why not?
And yet we are told that southern
farmers are obliged TO produce chiefly
cotton. because they are in debt and
there is no other remedy. Reader, if
You can, call mp in the memory the
status of affairs among the farmers Of
the south when they grew their own
supplies, contrast their financial status
then with their status now, and say
whether they are moving up the ladder
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municipal taxes wholly upon land val
ues, the best and most productive use
of land would necessarily follow. Spec
ulative holding of land would be dis
couraged, and the city would have a
healthy boom II is foolish to tax
houses and furniture. because the city
wants more houses and furniture. Why
discourage the making of what we all
need? But we don't need land monop-
oily and speculation; we should seek to
discourage the holding of land out Of
use or in inferior use, and hence it
should bear the burden of taxation.
The bill for which Mr.. Dickinson WAS
addressing the Legislative committee
was introduced by Senator Park, and
provides for the repeal of the special
charters and general railroad laws that
exempt railroad property from local
taxation. The measure originated with
Mayor Pingree. of Detroit. soon after
his election. when he called ON the peo-
pie of his city to sustain him in a fight
he was about to begin which would
compel the railway companies to pay a
Just tax or the large amount of land
owned by them, and on which they
paid no taxes. The common council
have stood by the mayor and the
bill, its latest act being to
pass q resolution which was ordered
forward to the legislature, that in- the
Judgment of the council the passage
of the bill SIS matter of vital import
ance, not only to the people of this city,
but to all the people" throughout the
state. Business is meant by this COM
mon council. for it has called for ''the
cooperation and influence of every
eity. villsye and township ip the state. y