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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-14
RECLAMATION or ARID IDAHO

To the Secretary of the Interior,
Sir: A few weeks ago we took
the liberty to address the President
respecting the visible operations of
the Reclamation Act in this section
of the country, but have received
no reply, and to be perfectly candid,
did not expect one. With no better
expectation, we would like to say
few words on the same subject to
you.
There is a station on the Oregon
Short Line named Minidoka. 1t
lies out in the desert somewhere
between American Falls and Kima-
ma. Stretching forth in all direc-
tons from Minedoka is a vast
sage brush plain Inhabited by jack
rabbits, coyotes, gophers and sage
hens. Nothing more. We believe
it is safe to say that none of those
inhabitants is in immediate press
ing need Of water for irrigation pur
poses. Indeed, they seem to prosper
abundantly on dry farming. New
ertheless the flower of the Hydro
graphic Survey of these United
States has been profoundly engaged
for months past evolving engineer
ing schemes by which the waters of
Snake River can be conveyed to
the jackrabbits, coyotes, gophers
and sage hens on Minidoka plains.
Now, we have no desire to work
injustice on the inhabitants of Min
idoka plain. They deserve the
fostering care of the Great Father
at Washington. D. c. They are
part and parcel of the aboriginese.
Their forefathers dwelled in the
land long before the advent of the
pale face. No doubt the Reclama.
ton Act was meant for them as
much as any other of the inhabi
tants of the arid west. But, Mr.
Secretary, they don't really neec
water. Moreover, they droop anc
perish before the civilizing progress;
OF your photographic Survey. A
civil engineer in hunting jacket anc
spectacles alarms them. The,
don't know what to make of it, ant
many are contemplating goinl
away. We don't see any use il
forcing irrigation upon class Q
arid inhabitants that does not wan
it, and is getting along first rat
without it, especially when there
another and quite considerable elias
that actually needs it. Now, it ha
occurred to us that you might le
the iackrabbits, coyotes, gopher
and sage hens of Mini6oka plai
go for while-let 'em bide unit
their need is more pressing-an
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-14

mind, because human nature 10 ~
constituted that it loves loyalty III
everv form and despises anything
that looks like ingratitude.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-17
The EIks' Ministries Had Another
Big House Last Night.

The second Night With the Eks opera even
ing successful the initial performance which
filled every down stairs and of the gallery kept up
nual ripple applause the raising of finale
for the jokes all Caught on 1t melody jokes laughter
fooney and hoey, and plenty of it, that wholesome
stage production Honolulu audience
here Ii anything the minre given better last evening
the first night and of stage fright there the least show
The first repee with and jokes reminder of
old minstrel days when backface all the rage Honolulu with
Billy HOo Faxon Bishop and others before the fooghts The
Dck and the Judge oelet being
by Cuna he told the story of the somnambu judge provoked
the of applause The Tuxedo quartet comprising
Messrs Doughey WALL Livingston and Beardsee sang with good
effect George Kunkel amused the audience with his odme songs
Captain Sam Johnson and his picked squad through the silent
bayonet @ in surprise the regulars and Allan Dunn and
Harry Newton excellent fake mediums But Vierra and
Esnda IN their sketch, "Fun in Chinese Washou who took
the house by The dialect of Verra had the Lung
and the exciting finale when the washouse band full
carpttng blast The Florodora
qulnete it huge The buresque the famous
xtette funny only herd of Es make it. and few
exceed Honolulu Lodge 616 The Circus which
closed the performance uaker and when the curtain
down the rubbed
at what they had accomplished.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-17
THE BYSTANDER
CONTINUED from Page ~


in Government aa
two send me nome
Understandable drsWl ana
d-glad--
switho noticing it There's
be familiar figure INQUIRED ol
recovered
the removal case IN re
nao do that In
way Ou, official secret to the
pamyd the places
will
the II
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from
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too nnuch m anu
telling II
Z thereha d
r = ,nnrovinq Have the
rasporles rom
Francisco even Sutton
said that the
now TO COOK
in
adwIs
be opens
Those Republicans Kurnaae and his crowd are today in the
couldn't tell where he
was befng shipp an didn't know"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-17
POSTER ADVERTISING FOR
HAWAII WOULD COST MONEY

Editor Advertiser: l desire, with
your permission, to call attention to
few practical points apparently over
looked by your correspondent of Fri
day upon the solution of the tourist
problem.
The writer in question advocates the
printing, in Honolulu, of 1O0,O 900 color
ed posters and their distribution
among all cities of over $4,000 popula-
ton. This, he claims, would be entire
ly effective and cheap.
One hundred thousand posters, at
the present union rate of bill-posting.
would cost, assuming his posters to be
merely three sheet affairs seven feet
by three feet six inches, three cents a
sheet or nine cents poster, or $4,000
for posting.
The printing would cost at least the
same. The freight to all points, with
percentage of loss, would average an
other cent or two. In other words, the
cost Of placing the posters on the walls
would be $4,000.
The average life of a poster is three
weeks, against sun and storm. Thus,
for years continuous advertising
they would need renewing seventeen
times, al cost of $4,000 per annum
Add to this the rent of advantageous
positions. Recollect that the list OF
large cities in the states totals at 260.
Think how many posters would be
needed to make impressions in New
York with its two and one-half mill
ions, or Chicago. with half that
amount
Then three sheet poster presents a
very small surface compared to the
twenty-four sheet posters of the theat-
rical companies. Matter to be read
and remembered from boardings must
be condensed to be effective, and
three sheet poster offers little ground
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-17

for such display. Larger posters
would be commensurately more ex-
pensiye.
Compared with folders costing three
or four cents and transported and de-
livered free by railway companies,
with tourist agent seeing just the
class needed to be seen, at the right
place and time, the cost of the poster
scheme is on a major scale and its
effectiveness on minor one.
ALLAN DUNN.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-17

Another of the fair daughters California has
made the world sing her praises is dead Less than years
after absence of sixteen years she returned Francisco
of her best operas Although then widow getting along
her face round and n her appearance rsh
graceful when she first made professional
The Hague IN 1888 And right ZIP the time of her death she
tanned her beauty and her
b Sanderson born
San Francisco The possibilities of her voice realized
and she Paris
her debut The Hague and created welcomed
her return and awarded applause for her singing of Mene
She returned the United States and with
Abbey sang the Shoefe Abbey and Shoefe d Gau Com
pane the Metropolitan Opera House. New York. appearing
roles in English French and Italian operas Her beauty and
her made her much sought matrimonial prize
manned for Cuban planter Antonio Terry touch the pma donna
heart Her fame opera singer joined with his millions
her millionaire husband died his
fson until she returned America Paris 1901 AT that
with
dagger had been her in bunch of and that she had
tempted suicide but arrival San Francisco the singer said I live
very simple quiet life, happy perhaps but
simple which nearly all work There nothing sensational
about and hope that my friends here will understand that
the little Sanderson girl who long
that good deal older good deal good deal add and
they say better singer"
After completing her tour she returned Paris She preferred
Paris home the continent that she with her
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-17
COMMERCIAL NEWS
EDWARD n. BOYD.


the taking hold in Merchant
81 RMS however may be accounted for
" wait awhile before they back
shares But it plenty
being weak '' investment The markets " not 'h" any strength rather
Apparently progress
the status being
the Chinese committees
tD sy at 70 which means about $4,000 worth Then
prospect that the the bonds viii be subscribed
the @ h e the @ bonds oua
AS was to be expected there
any claimants
them endeavOr
Claimants ts 1sp' ana then the bonds may De turned
SILVER TRANSFERS
The taking Of the Hawaiian silver demonstrated peculiar
h m the nsrs here s ago but tAsse as s a
that turned dollars thin
silver for Dayr0 for the Outside made Necessary to go all sns BANKS
Shown by s Shipping orders have Seen sent there almost every
in
f sna as sst ass interest ss the banks win have pay
dividends OF these the
e oa snd a8a man So fa
be- othsra sas people
announced The gossip
Of the Mnwe the de9gs Of Pioneer T
There an
Of retired
that
100000
an OF
HOW STOCKS COME OUT.
s ! r. ss
brough the
bt
half
The Cupan
wIqu Wfett q Gray
fource
at which
salesf Or made
off 20
Mclyde to $3.50 Tor DO FIVE
law Sugar brought at $2
OF
to r. & L. company went at
the the
sold Thousand
OF bonds at
VIII be good ana
output as shown
the great at Pioneer
of
be hne
erected
Pnnu
ebeenno plan
has
opened Wednesday me
disclosed as one OF
thanwa
W. NJ Ginard is putting
Of the Alexander
valleys ana as soon as
considerable residence
,hsre among ewhon build being Dr. Golfer II
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-17
japanese Took No Chances.

japanese papers report that "sus-
picious Russian steamer" recently
arrived at Ozaki, Tsushima Island. in
the Korea channel, alleging that she
had been driven in to take shelter in
consequence of a heavy sea. The Japan
csc authorities in the T2keshiki naval
station. on the Island. however. order
ed the steamer out OF the port at once.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-17
PUNAHOU AND ELK TEAMS WIN
FIRST GAMES OF SEASON
Continued from page II

Elks. 30 , 0 0 0 l -12
Kams 100 %
Home run-Lemon.
2 Base Hit-Reuter. Sacrifice hit
Taylor.
Stolen Bases-Moore ,. German ., Ka-
al, Taylor, Brown, Perrine.
Struck Out-Lemon Z, Perrine 1.
Bases on Balls-Lemon g. Perrine 3.
Wild Pitches-Lemon.
Passed Balls-Kekuewa.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-17
NhOANA HOTEL .
WAIKIKI
3 z A CHI

RAPID TRANSIT ELECTRIC
CARS arrive at, and depart from,
the main entrance to the Moana
Hotel every ten minutes.
MOANA HOTEL CO., LTD.
T. K. JAMES,
Manager.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-17

NEW YORK. May 16.-Uned States Minister Bowen sailed
today for Venezuela his duties representative Of the
American Government
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-17

MANILA P. T., May 16.-News of serious engagement
the American troops and bolomen Mndanao Iand
received today The bolomen rushed the American forces The
surprise Captain Overton killed The fighting
CURED at Camiguin
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-17

YOSEMITE Cal, May 16Presdent Roosevelt and party
rived in heart of the valley today The President has expressed
the greatest wonder the beauties of the valley.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-17

NEW YORK, May 16.-The condition of E. III. Hartman,
president the Southern Pacific Railway Company shows marked
The physicians think that it possible the operation
for appendicitis may not be necessary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-17

CONSTANTINOPLE May 16.-The Turkish Government has
decided against the Armenian rebels
The uprising threatens become and in the opinion the
toman Government the revolution must be put down.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-17
SIBYL SANDERSON
DIES in PARIS

photo by Rice & Perkins.)

PARIS, May 16sby Snderson the noted singer died odas
pneumonia.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10
LOGGING BEES.

Fifty years ago all through the
states of Wisconsin, Indiana and Mich
igan the logging bee was a common
thing. We recall it as we knew it in
the state of Wisconsin, where settlers
had located in the big timber. The
great thing to be desired then was to
get rid of the splendid timber with
which their land was covered in the
easiest possible manner so that a field
on which crops might be grown could
be cleared up. The wood at that time
had no value whatever either as fuel,
fencing or for manufacturing purposes.
This timber vas largely hard maple.
white oak and beech, the growth of
centuries, many of the larger trees be-
ing three feet in diameter. The settler
would cut these trees down and into
lengths so that they could be moved
into log piles. When he had a sufficient
amount felled, the neighbors would
come to the logging bee, which con-
sisted of hauling these logs into piles
and burfng them up, a process which,
though seemingly necessary in those
early days, seems to us of this day a
wicked and wanton waste of a most
valuable product. We have seen a sim
gle log heap burning containing timber
which would sell for hundreds of dol
lars today. So far as we know there
are no logging bees going on today
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10
WANTED,

"a capable man who has had expe-s
rience on a farm conducted in an upI
to date way can obtain a permanent
situation. Wages the best"
The above advertisement appeared,
recently in a newspaper. It is signtfE
cant in this particular: It shows thai
a demand is arising for men sHlleS
in the science of agriculture, the kind
OF men who are now being turned
out by our agricultural colleges. More
than ever before are men Of capital
looking to the farm scientifically con-i
Quoted as a safe and very %proftablei
investment for their money. This fact
should be Of more than ordinary in
terest to the young men of the counJ,
try who may be debating what en-
ployment to select as a life work.
There is a large excess Of doctors, law
yers, teachers and all other profess
sional men being turned out OF our
colleges each year, who find it more
and more difficult to secure satisfac-
tory positions. The educated farmer,
has and always will have a large field
OF opportunity opening for him and
will meet less competition than in any
other business in life. If you are
studying what to do with that boy,
perhaps this article may give you al
hint. :,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10
MAY CORN.

We are in receipt Of a most seductive
invitation from a board of trade COM
mission house to buy May corn, t'sure
to advance" "big profits" and all that.
We recall but just n time when the
farmer could have safely bought fu-
lures on corr and that a few years
since when a hot wind swept the west
ern half of the corn belt just as the
corn was in the tassel, absolutely de-
stroying its power of fertilization, a
fact which none save the farmer who
closely studied the condition of the
crop got on to for nearly ten days aft
er the damage was done. Had a mar
been wise he then could have bought
35 gent corn in unlimited quantities
which inside of thirty days, when the
full extent Of the damage became gen
orally known, went up to SO cents. The
sensible farmer will let options alone,
contenting himself with producing the
best crops and studying the markets
to determine the best time to sell.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10
XII.
AT SEA.

The interview in Hestor's cabin
with Mr.. Sidney Hammond was brief
and spirited. Hammond did not wait
for any explanatins, but proceeded
to denounce Hestor in scathing
terms. That gentleman smiled pleas
antly and waited for him to con
clude.
"This is the act of a mad man or
a villain!" said Hammond as he paced
angrily up and down the narrow
room. Hestor had seated himself at
a writing desk and leisurely rolled
a cigarette. you do not look like
a crazy man, but you act like one.
Q have not been drinking to ex-
cess, and cannot plead intoxication
as an excuse for this outrage. OF
all the u~naccountable things! What
do you mean to do? What is your
object in OBTAINING these men whom
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10
SYNOPSIS.


CHAPTER 1.-The sensational news Of
the disappearance of four eft New Iork's
Wealthiest millionaires appears i'll the
New York Record and startles that city.
l1.-Robert Van Horne is
owner of the Record and William Chal-
iners is his managing editor. Mr.. Hestor,
a young millionaire friend of Van Horne,
has u hobby fer journalism and offers
lis services gratis. Hestor has made a
Worldwide reputation as u reporter, and
is constantly planning some great coup
mat will imnortalize his name.
CHAPTER III.-Hestor arranges a
meeting with P. j. Morton, financier and
railroad magnate and states his plans
for the fqrmation Of a newspaper trust.
ssSSrd of trade operator. stampedes the
Stock market, forcing many small firms
to the wall.
CHAPTER v.-one morning Andrus
Carmody, Palmer j. Morton, r. j. Kent
and Simon Pence, millionaires, mo
be found and the stock exchange is panic
CHAPTER Vino clew to wherea-
bouts of men cal. be discovered but text
day letters are received from them say
cent, a Chicago promoter, has also dis
CHAPTER vII.-Miss Helen carmody,
daughter of Andrus Carmody, calls on
Chalmers and arranges for payment of
a large reward through the Record for
rescue of the millionaires and arrest of
the abductors.
MINI L o. L lll.~SldlllietS DeIluS eN"
CRY effort to work of rescue, greatly fer
Helen's sake. Seymour, a reporter at Chi
cago, telegraphs that Vincent is the alb
ductor. Chalmers endeavors to learn Of
Hestor's whereabouts; latter had report
ed he was about to leave on a trip to
Europe in his yacht. the Shark"
CHAPTER 1x:-Strong circumstantial
evidence is unearthed pointing to Hestor
as the abductor. Chalmers and Helen
Carmody become quite friendly while
working together on the case.
CHAPTER x~.-seymour goes to New
Orleans and learns that Hestor had had
a house built for him recently somewhere
in the tropics.
CHAPTER XI.-Hestor had invited mil
lionaires to take a short cruise in his
scheme: They had accepted and when
out Of the harbor he told them they We're
all to be his guests for some time as
he had intended to learn if the universe
would continue to run in their absence.
They are all thunderstruck at the infor-
nation. Vincent, the promoter. makes his
appearance on the boat. Sidney Ham
is also oSe of the party.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10
PIckING uP MONEY.

We have noted several cases lately
where men living on quarter section
farms sold hogs during 1902 to the
value of $500 to $4,000. The past
year was the very best one for the hog
raiser which we ever knew. There
was an entire absence of disease in the
herds and an extra high price for the
hog product all the year. 1t is almost
like picking up money to raise hogs,
be free from cholera and get 81 to So
per hundredweight for them on foot
and represents the most profitable
form of agriculture possible in the corn
belt.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10

myself. | never thought of this I'M
til a week ago, and it came to me like
an inspiration. OF course L could
confide my plans to no one, but l
felt sure you would appreciate the
scheme and give it your cooperation.
You will, when you get owe your
foolish anger. I must rejoin our
friends. They will think 1 am neg
iecting them"
There being nothing for Sidney to
say he remained quiet and returned
to the dining room in time to meet
Mr.. Il. Sylvester Vincent, as has been
related.
Hestor soon found that his unwill-
ing guests desired to retire to the
apartments which had been reserved
for them. They were shown to the
staterooms, and a servant detailed
to look after their comfort. They
found that their host had made every
effort to anticipate their needs.
Slippers, smoking jackets, pajamas,
and a liberal assortment of linen
and undergarments were provided in
%profusion. Hestor bid them a pleas
ant good night, and returned to the
upper deck where he found Mr.. T..
Sylvester Vincent. That gentleman's
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10
FARM HnLp FOR 1908.

We are asked, What about hired
help for the farm this year?" We see
nothing to indicate much change from
the conditions which prevailed last
year. There is the same general de-
mand for labor in all business lines
outside the farm, and there has been
a general scaling up of wages for this
class. AT even wages the average work
er prefers to belong to some union,
have his hours of work definitely fixed,
work in company with his fellows
rather than alone and be where he can
enjoy more of the social pleasures than
he can on the farm. This means a con-
tinued scarcity of men for farm work,
at least no lower rate of wage and still
further search after some method of
carrying on the farm whereby the need
for hired help may be done away with.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10
CLOVER IN THE coREE1ELp.

About sowing clover in a cornfeld:
1t can be done successfully provided
the season is favorable. In a clean
field given as level cultivation as pos
sible the clover may be sown in early
July Immediately after the last work
ing and with sufficient rain will give
a good stand for a crop the next sea!
son. The corn should not be picked un-;
til the ground is frozen, and the stock
should not be allowed the run of the
field. The stalks should be broken
down just before the frost goes out in
the spring. One objection to this plan,
is that with the old stalks left on the
field the first cutting of hay is a rough,
old mess.