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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-12-20
Small Democracy.

1t took over two columns of the
RathdrIm Silver Blade lately to
attempt to belittle Roosevelts mes
sage, and impute unpatriotic mo-
tives to the President
In marked contrast with the
Blades narrowness is the following
from the Salt Lake Herald, the
great Democratic daily of the inter-
mountain region. 1t says
No American citizen eau take honest issue
with the great majority of ideas presented, Of
hopes expressed OF patriotic sentiment IN Pres
ident theodore Roosevelt'S first message to his
fellow countrymen il congress and in he ma
ton. II is not the message OF IA seli-seeking
time serving politician. RRtheri 1t the frank,
manly declaration Off citizeL who loves his
country and seeks TO give that country all that
is best in him.
Nothing in that message can, by any contor-
ton. be construed as the work OF partisan
No man can say OF Roosevelt that he has avoid
ed any question which might be answered ad-
versely 10 the party that made him He is as
vlgo Gus on the matter Of trusts as ne IL on an
archists he is as firm in his advocacy Of local
selt-governm,nt for the Philippines as for a far
reaching taw to regulate interstate commerce
and to secure to the small shippar the benefit,
are now enjoyed by the larger.
TIE words of the Salt Lake Her
aid are the words of "A broad mind
ed democratic journal, possessed OF
some pride of posterity AMI hone
for the future. The article in the
Silver Blade bears the ear marks OF
that small political quantity known
as "new democracy" ready II fuse
with anything, from dynamiters
and anarchists mp, that will huld
ont some hops of securing an office
for these authors of trea sonablt
tracts. But in old Idaho their sun
j. setting, and is going down ~ OBJ
livion behind "a cloud of infany.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-12-20

IDAHO is represented In Congress
by one I. Glenn, populist gentle
man hailing from somewhere in the
southeast part of the state We
say the state is represented" hut
of course we are speaking figura-
lively. Tom is simply white chip
back in Washington. We doubt if
he made $500 year at his accred
tied occupation, vet he draws $4,000
a year for sitting in a certain chair
in Washington. This is one of the
beauties of Fusion politics as piac-
ticed by the present office-seeking
aggregation in Idaho, Think Of
Tom Glenn having this honorable
position bestowed upon him, to the
exclusion of the many distinguished
Democrats in this state We do
not wonder that the Democratic
leaders insist that there be no more
Fusion and that all the side-issues
get into the Democratic band-wagon.
The Democrats will thus be able to
fix these guerrilla politicians a
plenty and give a good, old-fash-
toned Democla leader a chance
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-12-20
A WORTHY SUCCESSOR.
Something New Under the Sun. "

All Doctors have tried to cure
CATARRH by the use of powders,
Acid gases, inhalers and drugs in
paste form. Their powders dry up
the mucuous membranes causing
them to cracl; open and bleed. The
powerful acids used in the inhalers
have entirel y eaten away same
membranes that their makers have
aimed to cure, while pastes md
Ointments cannOt reach the disease.
An old and experienced practitioner
who has for many years made a
close study and speciality of the
treatment Of CATARRH, has at last
perfected a Treatment which when
faithfully used, not only relieves at
once, but permanently cures Ca
TARRH, by removing the cause,
stopping the discharges, and curing
all inflammation. 1t is the only
remedy known to science that artu-
ally reaches the afflicted parts. This
wonderful remedy is known as
"SNUFFLEs the Guaranteed ATARAH
CURE" and is sold at the extremely
low price of One Dollar, each pack
age containing internal and exter-
nal medicine sufficient for a full
months treatment and everything
necessary to its perfect use.
"SNUFFLEs" is the only perfect
CATARRH CURE, ever made and is
now recognized as the only safe and
positive cure far that annoyingand
disgusting disease. 1t cures all in
Aammation quickly and permanent
by and is also wonderfully quiok to
relic ye HAY FEVEr or COLD in the
/ HEAD.
CATARRH when neglected often
leads to Cons NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
will save you if you use it at once.
1t is no ordinary remedy, but a
complete treatment which is posi-
lively guaranteed to cured CATARRH
in any form or stage if nsed accord
ing to the directions which accomp
any each package. Don't delay
but send for it at once, and write
full particulars as to your condition
and you will receive special advice
from the discoverer of this wonder.
full remedy regarding your CASE
without cost to you beyond the reg
ular price of "SNUFFI f" the GUAR
ANTEED CATARRH CURE"
, Sent prepaid to any address il
, the United States or Canada on re
ceipt of One Dollar. Address Dep
E794 EDN IN B. GILES & COM
PANY, 1880 and 1882 Mgrke
> Street, Philadelphia.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-12-20
Another Fusion Humbug Nailed.

1t is not so long ago that the Flu
sion organ in this county, made the
astounding declaration that times
are no better now than in 1896.
While admitting that the prices of
some ranch products were higher,
it claimed that the principle pro-
duct of the Rathdrum prairie,
wheat. was so low that all consld-
cred the Rathdrum prairie rancher
was no better off than in the last
year of that awful period of demo-
cratic rule.
Now, the HERALD apprehends
that the Fusion organ misrepre-
scented and slandered the indus
trious ranchers of the Rathdrum
prairie. We believe they have just
as fertile lands as the men of the
Palouse, and are justas industrious
and just as intelligent managers, if
not more so. Now the Palouse is
highly prosperous. To illustrate
read the following statement of the
condition of affairs down there-a
non-partisan account, written by
the Colfax correspondent of the
Spokesman Review, under date OF
December 10:
Demand for Ranch Lands.
There is greater activity in the real estate
market in the Palouse country than at any
time since the boom days. farn lands being in
demand ana many important sales being con
summated. Three classes are buying farm lands
in Whitman county. one class is composed OF
farmers from the middle west or eastern states
who are looking for homes in AN agricultural
country and will engage in farming and stock
raising Another class is composed OF capital
lists who find in PdlDuse country farms a safe
aud profitable investment, with strong pros
poets of steady advance in values The thiiC
class is composed Ct farmers who have made
money from this seasons crop ana are invest
ing 1t ia adjoining anGs.
Money is Plentiful.
In nearly all cases cash is being paid and lew
er mortgages are being recorded than ever be
fore, rs compared With the number of rea
estate sales. In fact, there is more money il
the country than has been known at this seasol
Tor many years All the banks are iull OF none
and little demand is found Tor loans The sec
ond National bank Of Colfax had deposits q
sS24,OOO at the close of business.
There is more money in the country thau 70
many years. and the farmers are all prosperou,
The bank has S25O,OOO lying idle because there i
no demand for loans, everybody appearing l.
have plenty of money.
The farmers have made money from the hi
wheat crop, the fruit. potato and oat crops an
from the live stock industry, and the prosperit
OF the farmers has extended To all branches c
business,
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-12-20

The Kootenai Trading Co. aas
a big supply of Candies, Nuts and.
Fruits for the Holiday. Mr.. Van
Gasken has a special contract with
Santa Claus this year.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-12-20
Former Congressman Wilson.

/
Hon. Edgar Wilson always po-
sessed host of friends IL Boomers
Ferry, and, in fact, throughout this
county, never failing to carry the
town and county by large major
itv when he was a candidate for
congress. At some time or other
nearly every voter in Kootenai
county has cast ballot for Edgar
Wilson. and they have always
found him true to his trust and
able to give reason for the faith
that is in him Mr.. Wilson, like
many other good men, wandered off
after false Gods, by the Silver Re-
publican Fusion route, hut time
having proved to the entire salts
faction of all reasonable men the
error Of that move, Mr.. Wilson had
the good sense to 60 back where he
belonged.
At the Shoup banquet at Boise
on Nov. 26, Mr.. Wilson, replying
to the Toast, "Rack in the old
Ranks" made the following re-
marks, which will be mighty inter
esting reading to a great many peo-
pie:
"The principle purpose for assem-
bling tonight is to do honor to the
best republican in the state-the
Honorable George l. Shoup. 1t is
pleasure for me tonight to bear
witness to the great good he has
accomplished for the state at large,
due largely to the fact that no
man stood higher in the congress
of our country than he".
AT the last session of congress ]
worked with Senator Shoup
on the two most important
matters for the entire state
the Fort Hall reservation bill and
the Free Homes Bill TO George
l. Shoup more than all others com
bined was the passage of these two
measures due. You all know what
the opening of the Fo,t Hall reser-
walton means to the southern por-
ton of the state. But YOU may
not know what a revivifving effect
the passage of the Free Homes bill
had upon northern Idaho. This
bill saved to the farmer, the home
owner, of that section more than
two million of dollars-money that
has been used to improve their
places and make the whole land a
prolific garden"
Back in the Old Ranks.
"This occasion Is particularly
propitious for the success of the
party. Many of us have not aft.
lis ted With the old party for the
past few years because we believed
in the principles of bi metalism
instead of the single gold standard.
In all else we were republicans.
Ri metallism is not, however, an
issue today. The United States is
on the gold standard, as is every
civilized country of the world
There is no place in the democratic
= ranks for any man who ever was a
republican. The democratic party
is committed to free wool and free
lead, and a duty on each is vital tC
the state of Idaho an glad tC
e see that in this state alone there are
= some eighy thousand old silver re-
publicans back in the republican
ranks. do not doubt that the re
If publican party will triumph in tn,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-03
Gratitude Of the Rattler,

"Pve heard a good many snake
stories since I've been up in these
parts," said Col. s. Houston Tut OF
Corsicans, Tex, who is in New York
city representing oil interests, "and
I've seen a lot printed, but never a
one have I struck that equalled in
simple and touching beauty the thing
that happened to my brother Jim
down on our farm in Texas. This is
the way it happened:
"You see Jim was about the kind.
est-hearted chap that ever lived. One
day he was going along out on the
farm when he seen q six-foot rattle
snake pinned down on the ground by
q big boulder that had fallen on its
tail. Now OF course 80 out of loo
would have got club or handful ol
rocks and killed the poor critter right
there. But that wasn't Jim. No, sir
Jim gets out his handkerchief apd
wipes his eyes and then rolls that
boulder off'n that snakes tail Just as
gently as he knew how.
"Well, sir, that settled it. Talk oi
gratitude? You ought to seen the
gratitude of that rattler. He couldn't
make enough of Jim. Followed him
from one end of the farm to the other
jest like dog. Used to coil up under
Jim's chair at meals and eat out ol
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-03
Cough, Cough,

Night and day, until the strength is
entirely exhausted, and that dreaded
word Consumption" begins to be whis-
pered among friends That's common
story, familiar to the people of every
town and village.
There's another story which ought to
be as widely known as the story of dis
ease, and that is the story of the cures
effected by the use of DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. Bronchitis, asthma,
obstinate, deep-seated coughs, bleeding
Of the lungs, and other forms of disease
which affect the respiratory organs. are
permanently cured by the use of Golden
Medical Discovery"
"Only for DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery think would be in my grave to-day"
writes Mr.. Moses Miles. of Hilliard, Uinta Co.,
Wyoming. cI had asthma so bad could not
sleep at night and was compelled to give up
work. 1t affected my lungs so that I coughed
all thought I had cousum ption. My wife in
sisted on my trying DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery which 1 did. l have taken four
bottles and am now a well man, weighing IsS
pounds, thanks to DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery"
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps
to pay expense of mailing only. Send III
one-cent stamps for book in paper covers
or 81 stamps for cloth-bound. Address
DIR. X. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-03
Mineral Rubber In Utah,

There has been found in Utah q
large deposit OF q curious substance,
which, 90 far as is known, exists in no
other place in the world, and to which
the name of mineral ribber" has
been applied. Its semi.elastic sub
stance similar to elaterite. The
India Rubber World states that a
prominent rubber house of Boston
has made extensive tests of it and
now offers it to the trade as substi.
tute for rubber in cheaper grades Of
goods. This mineral rubber under
qualitative analysis shows itself to be
q pure hydro-csrbou, the molecules OF
which are built up in series precisely
similar to those of crude rubber. It
is wholly neutral, free from sulphur
and acids, and under heat does not
throw off any vapors which might
cause porosity. An interesting point
dDOut tu0 ICiualAauAo SuDot~uCO Is
that the melting point, hardness, due
Utility and resistance OF the product
can be regulated at will points Of
great importance when the wide
range Of rubber compounds are con.
sidered.
Up to the present its use has been
confined to boots and shoes, but it
has even been tried for pure gum
goods, such as elastic bands. Vulcan
lied samples of goods made OF re.
claimed rubber and mineral rubber,
and of great variety of rubber COM
pounds, where from Is to 20 per cent
of crude rubber has been taken out
and mineral rubber substituted, have
been tested without showing any ap-
parent loss either in elasticity or dura-
bility.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-03
AN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
In Eleven Years at the Same Ratio of Absorp.
ton Morgan will Control All Commerce.

j. Pierpont Morgan has forced
through a combination OF the whole
sale dry goods stores in the East.
There is no line OF business too great
or too small to escape the avaricious
designs OF this prince of financial mag
mates. The startling announcement
is made that this remarkable man,
who centralized railroad, steamboat,
mining, publishing and other great
interests, which he now dominates,
will need only about eleven years to
control the entire capital OF the Unit
ed States if he makes the same rate of
progress he he has for the last three
years. The following figures will
show the business interests now con.
trolled by Morgan: Steel trust, ST.
SAC, 100000; coal trust, $S62, ,942, 1853;
Standard Oil trust, $7l7, 900; rail-
road stocks, $2,954, ,907 600; Under
writing syndicate, 100000, 600; dry
goods, $20,0OO,OOO; underground elec-
trio lines, $50, 100000; banks, $3O,OOO,.
600; telegraph lines, $l50O00,OOO;
United States bonds, $50, 900, 600; pub
fishing and other enterprises. $15, ,0OO,-
600; total, $3.50, ,5S4,95S. Estimated
total wealth of the United States, $685.
F5,Sl3,9SO; estimated proportion en-
gagged in business interests, $21, ,26S,-
953 ,495; proportion now controlled by
Morgan, over one-third; estimated
time in which Morgan will control
entire business interests in United
States at present rate of progress, IL
years.
1t is doubtful whether the Ameri.
can people will long tolerate the COM
plete domination of its vast financial
and industrial interests by one man.
1t will be easier for the people to
wrest such control from one man than
from thousands, and it must be con-
fessed that the signs of the times now
point strongly to government owner
ship and control of the great indus.
tries as the only solution of the prob
lem.
This is not in line with the Demo-
cratic idea of the freedom OF the indi-
vidual, but 1T is a condition and not
a theory that confronts u.s." and it is
possible that the concentration of in
dustries has already progressed too
far for the old conditions to be re-
stored. The womb of the near future
is big with possibilities of radical
changes in our social system. To en-
deavor to check the industrial revolu.
tion now in progress would be as fu-
tile as Mother Partington's efforts to
keep back the tide with her broom.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-03
IN CHILE.
The Wealthy ChIians Seem to Enjoy Some Of
Earths Comforts.

tarthS Comforts.
The rich Chilians live like princes,
:snd spend enormous sums of money
writes Mr.. Frank Carpenter in his
book on South America. have been
in Santiago houses which have up
ward OF so rooms, and which are fur
nished as expensively as some of the
palaces OF Europe. Many OF them
have their billiard rooms and ball
rooms. They obtain fine paintings,
statues, and elegant furnishings. The
curtains in one palace in the Alameda
cost two hundred thousand dollars.
Another house is a reproduction of the
Alhambra in Spain, and third, stu.
ated in garden of five acres, has a
series of beautiful halls, ending in a
Moorish bath room, with marble
pool in the center OF the floor. These
great houses are commonly of one or
two stories, the rooms running around
patois or gardens. They have ceilings
frequently 10 or 16 feet high, and are
furnished more with regard to striking
effect than to comfort. Much of the
furniture is plated with gold-leaf, and
the general style OF the hangings is
French.
There are no fire-places in the Chill.
ian houses. There are no stoves or
chimneys with which they could be
connected if desired. Though San
tiago has a temperate climate, it is
sometimes as cold as Atlanta, Ga, in
winter. Chilian gentlemen keep on
their overcoats and ladies their furs
in the parlors, and it is not an uncom-
mon thing for men to wear their over
coats over their dress suits when at
dinner. At the Santiago opera, both
sexes always appear in full dress. the
ladies usually resplendent with dia-
monds. The people pay but little at
tention to the music, devoting most of
their time to looking at one another.
In order that they may do this better,
the lights are never turned down. La
dies take their hats off when they en-
ter the boxes, and the men bare their
heads during the acting, but as soon
as the curtain goes down every man
puts on his hat. Between the acts,
ladies and gentlemen 60 out to prom
enade in the lobbies, where there are
restaurants at which the ladies can
have ices and the men, If they wish,
can have wine.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-03
Campaigning in 1901.

Reports from Luzon say that Funs-
ton and the other American officers,
when they set out to capture Aguin-
aldo, were equipped with tooth
brush, a towel and half.blanket
apiece. How striking contrast be-
tween the classical idea and the mod.
ern conquerors When Alexander
of Macedon went over to Asia it is not
recorded that his luggage contained
toothbrushes or towels or blankets
Hannibal invaded Italy with nc
heavy baggage of that sort. Julius
Caesar made Gaul Roman province
without burdening his transportation
train with SO weighty a load, and
there is no mention of such luxuriei
in the annals of Alaric, Attila, o.
Tamerlane or Genghis Kahn. Cam
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-03

his hand. Every night when Jim
went to bed the snake crawled up on
the foot of the bed and slept there till
morning. You bet there wasn't any
body going to disturb Jim.
"One night Jim woke up feeling
kind OF queer. No snake. Up be
hoped and struck match. No
snake. Not on the bed, nowhere in
the room. Well, sir, that minute Jim
knew something was wrong. He
slipped into his trousers, took his gun,
ard went downstairs. What do you
suppose he saw when he got down in
the dining room? Window wide open.
Snake coiled around burglar on the
floor, and his tail out of the window
rattling for the police"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-03
King Edwards Wide Dominations

The British possessions in North
America and the West Indies are
larger than the territory OF the United
States in America, including Porto
Rico and Alaska. On the North
American continent alone King Ed
wards possessions are nearly 100000
square miles larger than those OF the
United States, and, taking in the
West Indies and Newfoundland,
more than 200, 900 square miles larger.
No man ever before reigned over an
empire so great as King Edwards
The empire to which Victoria acceded
in 1887 covered one.sixth of the land
surface of the globe; the empire to
which King Edward has acceded GOV.
ers nearly one.fourth. 1t is SO times
as big as France, 50 times as big as
Germany, 81 times as big as the
United States without Alaska and the
island possessions, and three times as
big as continental Europe.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-03
Both Nations Pessins Away.

The London Times, commenting on
the capture of Aguinaldo says,-"The
United States will keep pegging away
with the dogged tenacity that is in
their blood and ours. We must keep
pegging away in South Africa"
1t is very evident that the British
must keep pegging away" in South
Africa if they hope finally to accom-
plish the subjugation OF the two Repub.
lies.
1t is also evident that, in spite ol
the capture of Aguinaldo, we must
keep pegging away" in the Philip
pines if We hope to subjugate those
people.
But what are these two great ma.
tions accomplishing by this pegging
away" process!
The British taxpayer already feels
the heavy burden consequent upon
the enormous war expenditures in
South Africa, and because OF its un.
holy assault upon the two helpless
Republics Great Britain has lost much
OF its prestige among the nations OF
the world, and much of the respect
which intelligent and honest men
have heretofore entertained for it.
What have we accomplished by our
pegging away in the Philippines?
We have violated our purest tradi-
tions; we have lost the confidence of
the freemen OF the world we have ab.
dicated our place at the head of the
lovers OF liberty; we have lost our self
respect; we have spent millions OF
treasure and sacrificed thousands of
precious lives.
The latest estimate of our expendi-
lures in blood and money in the Phil
ippines is as follows:
Expenditures on account OF military
operations in the islands, xl13,55O,OOO
Paid to Spain under treaty of Paris,
$20,OOO,OOO. Paid to Spain for Caga.
yam and Sibutu, 100000. Interest
on war loan since June 30, 1899,
$8.423,O0O. Philippine commissioners
and miscellaneous, $5OO,00O. Total
cost in money, $202. .573, 900.
Army lost in killed and deaths from
wounds; officers, 81, enlisted men, S36 I;
navy lost in killed and deaths from
wounds, officers, 2, enlisted men, 16 /;
deaths from disease, officers, 48, en-
listed men, 2,072. Total cost in lives,
3,O28.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-03
Uncle Hiram.

Solomon was a wise man, but he
fOolishly spent lot O. time maxim
proverbs that nobody pays eny atten-
ton TO-"
9TH Teller that said patriotism is
tn last refuge of q scoundrel didn't
know what he wus talkin' about. It's
generally tn fust."
9TH man that's allus talkin' about
tn good he is goin' t do fur his fell
owmen never stops talkin' long
enough t do it."
"tBenev'lent assimulashun' is hog
latin f'r grab quick an hold on.'"
i hev doubts about tn man who
goes away from home T. do all his
helpin.' 1t makes me think he's
tryin' T. cover up somethin' purt y
close t. his own premises"