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The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-06
(By Associated Press.

10y ASSOclated FreSS.
Chicago, August Gone hundred
and fifty were in line at the Drovers
Trust and Savings Bank when the
doors opened to continue the run. The
president said they were so far from
fearing the run, that they were about
to make two large loans today.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-06
Wealthy Lumber Man Dead.

Logan, O., Aug. Cd. J. Snyder, a
wealthy lumber dealer, died today,
aged So. He was taken i'll at the Elk
reunion at Cincinnati. He is said to
be worth million and half.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-06

The International Typographical
Union meets in St. Louis today. Rich
mond did not send a delegate.
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HOUSE FOR RENT-Main and
West Seventh streets, either fur
nished or unfinished, Mrs. w. Fl.
Middleton, new phone 262. "a
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-06
Vest Failing Rapidly.

Sweet Springs. Mo-. Aug. 6.-Ex
Senator George G. Vest is falling rap
idly, and it is believed he cannot sur.
yive MANY houra-
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-06

LOST-$20 between the Arnold hotel
and the and Toe store. Leave at
the Palladium Office.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-06

FOR SALE-10 horsepower gas en-
CINE in perfect repair. Richmond
Cream Co. AFT
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TOR SALE-Old papers for sale a.
the Palladium Office, Is cents q
hundred and some thrown in.
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Appointed Receiver.

New York, Aug. 6.-Judge Thomas
Federal was today appointed receiver
for the Button trust Co.
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A Quiet Day.

The court house is very quiet
place today. The commissioners
cleaned up the road business yester-
day and today took the ex-officers'
fees,
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-06

WANTED-Fi rst-class engineer at 10
North Ninth street. %
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STORAGE-Ground moor, sixteenth
and Main. Vern. Smith. !.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-06
Remains in Vault.
(By Associated Press

Washington, August 6.-The re-
mains Of Mrs. General Miles We're
committed to the receiving vault at
Arlington cemetery today.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-06

FOR RENT-1S0 acres Ave miles
northwest Of the city. Call on Sam
uel Wolf, 118 south thirteenth st.
42t.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-06

FOR SALE-A square piano box. at
913 North G street. 2-3
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-06

LOST-A; black ribbon watch fob,
gold hanger, engraved E. F. w. Re-
turn to this Office.
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PENVILLE SCHOOL
Reunion Held Today at Jackson
Park.

There is a good attendance at the
reunion Of the Penville schools today
at Jackson Park. An enjoyable time
was had by all present.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-06

LOST-In Glen Miller Park, black
chain purse containing small silver
purse. Return to 21S North Sth
street and get reward.
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EXCHANeE

WANTED-Lady canvassers, . good
line and good sellers. Enquire at
300 North Twentieth street, new
phone $40. 80 So
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-11-10

move out for the winter. This OBJ
ligates those that stay in to keep
roads broke for travel during win
ter, and this is hard on the few
where it would be easy for many.
Social advantages that could be
enjoyed are lacking under these
conditions.
The injustice is also felt when
it comes to working road tax. Not
fifty per cent Of the people holding
homesteads in many of the districts
can be found when the road super
visor wants them, they are not in
the valley. They are not here to
help in any thing that will benefit
the valley at large or the particular
part of it in which their homesteads
lie. The valley would be better off
without them entirely, for they are
holding land that homeseekers and
homemakers want, and who would
replace them if they relinquished
their land. We could then have
good roads, good schools, better
communication, more postoffices,
more social gatherings, and life
would be far more enjoyable.
The valley has been held back
long enough by this class of people,
and it is time for the permanent
settlers to call "halt!" They are
the sufferers, and they know it. A
change has got to be made. Let
those who have taken up home
steads live on and improve them,
and do some good in and for the
valley, not hold the land for spec
ulative purposes and keep desirable
settlers out.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-11-10

The whole of the land in this
valley should be under irrigating
bitches. The water is here, it
should be filed on and sufficient
work done to secure title. One big
canal should be taken out on each
side of the river to water all land
that is now not watered. If the
job is too much for the settlers the
government would probably help
them. But start will have to be
made first.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-11-10
We understand that the Pavette

We understand that the Payette
Lumber & Boom Go. has applied
to the county commissioners to
grant them the right to charge toll
for crossing bridge they have put
on top of their dam down the river.
Their petition ought to be denied.
They have an exclusive franchise
on the river, let that suffice. If
they make the river unfordable bv
dredging it's bed or by raising the
water, they should be compelled to
put in a free bridge. Our county
commissioners should turn them
down hard.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-11-10

Some of our readers may wonder
why we keep the article Beautiful
Long Valley" running each week.
1t is because many people see each
new issue of the ADVOCATE who
have not seen previous editions.
and for this reason we may decide
to keep it in a few weeks longer.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-11-10
Destined to Become One Of The Best Agricultural
Sections in IdahO---A Health and Pleasure Resort
Contened and Industrious Population Filled With Desire to Make
Valley of Good Homes and Surround Them With all That
Goes to Make the American Home Ideal

on the level has been known near
Lardo. About half this amount
will probably be fair average, but
it does not drift except in few of
the most exposed parts of the val
ley, an almost entire absence of
strong winds being one of the
charms of the valley. AS an in
stance of what our winters are like,
many people keep their cattle out
without shelter all winter, throwing
their feed on the snow. The wealth
er is not excessively cold, men feed
ing their stock most of the time
without coats, but an occasional
sharp snap will sometimes last two
or three days. The ground usually
does not freeze, snow covering it be-
fore heavy frosts set in, so that as
soon as snow is off in the spring
work may commence. Winter is
the time when most of the work in
the timber is done, such as cutting
fence posts and rails, barn logs, etc.
The population of Long Valley
is somewhere between 1000 and
5000, probably nearest the latter
fgure), it having doubled within
the last past three years The chief
town is Van Wyck, which has three
general merchandise stores, two
saloons, telephone service, two liv-
cry stables, two hotels, drug store,
two sawmills, blacksmith shop.
church, schools, etc. Lardo has
two stores, two hotels, newspaper,
-sawmill, saloon, boating, bathing,
dance hall and schoolhouse. Craw-
ford has store, schoolhouse, tele-
phone service and rectory. Thun-
der City has hotel, general store,
telephone service, livery stable, sal
Don, blacksmith shop and sawmill.
Alpha has a general store and tele-
phone service. Fern formerly
called Round Valley has telephone
service. Other settlements are
Center and Manning. All have
postoffices and schools.
Mining has been carried on in
the valley for a number of wears.
but not on very extensive scale.
A large part of the surplus hay,
grain, vegetables, etc., finds a ready
in Thunder Mountain.
Warrens, and other mining camps.
The new wagon road to Thunder
Mountain comes up the valley to
Thunder City, whence it turns east
and follows Big creek and on to
The famous gold camp. Another
road to Thunder Mountain is pro-
posed via Warrens, to which place
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-11-10

HOMESTEADERS SHOULD STAY.

There is quite a number of peo-
pie who have taken up homesteads
In this valley that make a practice
Of visiting their homesteads occa-
sionally, for the purpose Of holding
them, and think they are comply
ing with the homestead laws. We
know of several who took up some
of the richest land in the valley
more than a year ago; they built
cabins, then they left. They visit
ed their homesteads this year, but
only one of the number stayed for
any length of time, and he too has
now left. Beyond their cabins,
they have made little if any i'm
provements. One young man has
held homestead for nearly three
years without making any improve
ment whatever, and has only visit
ed it for day or two at long inter
walls. This is all wrong, and is un-
just to those settlers who remain
with the intention of making homes
here.
1t is for this reason we refer to
this. We are on friendly terms
with the migratory settlers we speak
OF; they are nice people, and some
of them are subscribers to the AD-
voCATE, but the fact remains that
II they intend making homes here
they should stay on their home
steads. We know that in a num-
Der OF instances these people are
not fixed so that they can stay in,
as they lack means. They have to
go out in the winter to earn enough
money to keep their family and
work on their homesteads during
summer. For such as these there
is excuse, but there is no excuse for
large number of people who could
stay on their homesteads and i'm
prove them if they wanted to.
They know the land they claim is
valuable, and they hold on to it for
what it will sell for later. In the
meantime the genuine settlers suffer
from lack of neighbors and help in
making roads and keeping them
open during winter.
We have in mind the fact that a
number of people have settled near
the Tamarac swamp. They are
about twelve miles from either the
Lardo or Vanwyck postoffice, and
there is no postoffice nearer. Near
ly all of these people stay on their
homesteads the year round. Be-
tween them and Lardo (their post
office) there is large number of
settlers, many of whom are not liv-
ing on their homesteads or who
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-11-10

At distance of about so miles
nearly due north of Boise, entrance
is made into one of the grandest
scenic valleys on the face of the
earth. 1t is Long Valley, the lar
gest tract of agricultural land in
Boise county, and it extends north
erly for distance of about 60 miles,
with an average width of about 8
miles. Majestic mountains bound
it on the east and west, their sum-
mits above the perpetual snow line,
heavily clothed along their bases
and well up their sides with mag
nifcent forests of yellow pine, red
and white fir, tamarack, spruce,
black pine, and other trees of less
value, but all tending to increase
the magnifcence of the view.
The valley is splendidly watered,
numerous creeks of large size flow
ing into the Payette river, which
runs entirely through the valley
from north to south. Among the
most important creeks may bemen-
toned Clear creek, Big creek, Gold
Fork, Lake Fork, Moore's creek,
Boulder creek and Brush creek. A
natural luxuriant growth of wild
grasses cover the valley where the
land has not been cultivated.
Whereas the early settlers de-
pended chiefly on stock raising for
a livelihood, (cutting heavy : crops
of wild hay anywhere they wished
in the valley to winter them on),
more attention is now paid to gen
eral agricultural pursuits, owing to
the rapid settlement and the excel
lence of the soil and climate for all
kinds Of grain and vegetables.
Fruit growing is in it's infancy. A
few apples have been grown, some.
of the Ben Davis variety at Lardo
by Mr.. l.. III. Heacock, and thew
were good. Among tender vege-
tables, tomatoes, green corn, beans
and cucumbers have been grown
but not extensively, occasional
summer frosts injuring tender vege-
tation. These summer frosts will
if not entirely, disappear
with increased cultivation, irriga-
ton, and the removal of the heavy
growth of timber.
The altitude of the valley varies
from 1000 feet at the lower end to
5OOO feet at Lardo, the head of the
valley. The climate is delightful
IN summer, it never being very hot
IN the daytime, while the nights
are dehciously cool. Snow falls deem
N winter, a total depth of six feet
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-30

fanatfcism / do love consistency, and
the courage of 1t. But tell me, II you
can, how far these fair-fighting scru-
pies of yours go. You have made IL
perfectly plain that If thief should
steal your pocketbook, you would sur
him to get it back. But suppose you
should catch him at it; would you feel
compelled to call policeman-sor
would you"
He anticipated her.
"You are doing me an injustice on
the other side, now. I'll fight as furl-
ously as you like. All I ask is to be
given a weapon that won't bloody my
hands,
Good" she said approvingly. Il
think have found the weapon, but it's
desperate, desoeratei And oh, David!
you've got to have a cool head ana
steady hand when you use 1T. If you
haven't, it will kill everybody within
the swing of it-everybody but the
man you are trying to reach
Draw 1t and let me feel its edge,
he said shortly.
Her chair was close beside the low
swung hammock. She bent to his ear
and whispered single sentence For
a minute or two he sat motionless.
weighing and balancing the chance of
success against the swiftly multiplying
difficulties and hazards.
you call it desperate he said at
length; 'if there is a bigger word In
the language, you oughUto find 1t ana
use 1t. The risk is that of a forlorn
hope; not so much for me. perhaps, as
for the innocent-or at least ignorant
accomplices I'll have to enlist.
She nodded.
THAT is true. But how much is your
railroad worth?'"
"It is bonded for fifty millions first,
and twenty millions second mortgage"
We'll seventy millions are wor r.Al
fighting for: worth very considerable
risk, l should say
YES" And after another thought
full interval How did you come to
think of it?"
1T grew out Of a bit of talk with
the man who will have to put the apex
on our pyramid after we have done
our part"
''Will he stand by us? If he doesn't.
we shall all be no better than dead
men the morning after. the fact"
She clasped her hands tightly over
her knee, and said:
"That is one of the chances we must
take, David; one Of the many. But 1t Is
the last Of the bridges to be crossed and
there are lots of them in between. Are
the details possible? That was the part
couldn't go into by myself
He took other minutes for reflection.
II can't, telI,'' he said doubtfully. 1T
could only know how much time we
have"
Her eyes grew luminous.
:. David. what would you do without
nle?" she asked s.To-morrow night
in Stephen Hawks Office in CASTOR. you
VIII lose your railroad. MacFarlane is
there, or II he isn't, he'll be there in
the morning. Bucks, Guilford and
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-30

mo; I wanted 10 give you a bit OF
news, and to repeat an old question
of mine. Do you know what they are
going to do next with your railroad?"
Yes; Hildreth told me this after
noon"
well, what are you going to do?'
Nothing. There is nothing to be
done. They have held to the form of
legal procedure thus far, but they
won't do it any more. They will take
MacFarlane off in a corner somewhere,
have him make Guilford permanent re-
ceiver. and the lease to the Overland
will be consummated on the spot l
sha'n't be in IT."
Probably not: certainly not If you
don't try to get in it. And that brings
me back to the old question. Are you
big enough, David?"
IF you think I haven't been big
enough to live up to my opportunities
thus far, I'm afraid 1 may disappoint
you again." he said doubtfully.
You have disappointed me-" she ad-
mitted. THAT is why I am asking:
I'd like to be reasonably sure your
Jonathan Edwardsy notions are not
going to trip us again
'Portia, If 1 thought you really
meant that. A con5cienceless man
is bad enough, God knows; but a con-
scienceless woman"
Her laugh was a decorous little
Shrek
David, you are not big: you are
narrow, narrow, narrow! Is there
then no other code of morals in the
round world save that which the acci-
dent of birth has interleaved with your
New England Bible? What is con-
science? Is it an absolute standard OF
right and wrong? Or is 1t merely
your ideal or mine, or Shaf1z Ullah
Khans?"
You may call it all the hard names
you can lay tongue to- he allowed
I'm not getting much comfort>out OF
it. and l rather enjoy hearing it abus-
ed. But you are thrusting at a shadow
in the present instance. Do you know
what / did this afternoon?"
How should I KNOW
II don't know why you shouldn't
you know everything that happens
But I'll tell you. 1 had been fighting
the. thing over from start to finish an6
back again ever since you blessed ms
out week ago last Monday, and al
the wind-up this afternoon I took the
papers out of the bank vault. having
it in mind to go and give his Excellen
cy bad quarter of an hour"
But you didn't do it?"
mo: he saved me the trouble. While
1 was getting ready to- go and hun
him. his card came up We had it ou
in my rooms
I'm listening" she said; and he re
hearsed the facts for her, concealint
nothing.
What a curious thing human ma
ture isl" she commented when he shat
made an end. MY better iudgnen
says YOU were all kinds of a. some bdo,
for not clinching the nail when yol
had 1t so well driven home. And We
I can't help admiring your exalted
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-30

Hawk will go down from here to-mor-
row evening, and the Overland people
are to come up from Midland City TO
met them"
There was awe undisguised in the
look he gave her, and 1t had crept into
his voice when he said:
'Portia, are you really a fiesh-and-
blood woman?''
She smiled.
Meaning that your ancestors would
have burned me for a witch? Perhaps
they would: I think quite likely they
burned women who made better
martyrs. But I didn't have to call In
Flibbertigibbet. The programme Is a
carefully guarded secret, to be sure;
but it is known-it had to be known
to a number of people outside of our
story of the inventor and his secret,
haven't you?"
mo"
"Well, the man had invented some
thing and he told the secret Of 1t to
his son. After little the son wanted
to tell it to friend. The old man said,
Hold on: 7 know it-that's one-hold-
ing up one finger-'you know it-that's
eleven'-holding up another finger be-
side the first: and now if you tell this
other fellow, that'l be one hundred
and eleven'-holding up three fingers.
That is the case with this programme.
One Of the one hundred and eleven
he is a person high UP in the manage
ment of the Overland Short Line
dropped a few words In my hearing
and / picked them UP. That's all"
ut Is fearfully short-the time,
mean" he said after another pause.
I'VE can't count on any help from any
one in authority. Guilford's broom has
swept the high salaried official cor
ners clean. But the wage people are
mutinous and ripe for anything. I'll
go and find out where we stand" And
he groped on the floor of the veranda
for his hat.
..No. wait a minute" she interposed.
1--WE are not quite ready to adjourn
vet. There remains little matter OF
compensation-you compensation "
to be considered. You are still on
the company's payrolls?"
I'm a way, yes; as its legal repre-
sentative on the ground"
THAT won't do. If you carry this
thing through successfully it must be
on your own account, and not as the
company's paid servant. You must
resign and make terms with Boston
beforehand; and that, Hoo, without tell
ing Boston what you propose to do"
He haggled a little at that.
"The company is entitled to my serv-
ices" he asserted.
at is entitled to what 1t pays for
your legal services. But this is entire
ly different. You will be acting upon
your own initiative. and you'll have to
spend money like water at your own
risk. You must be free 10 deal with
Boston as a noutsider-"
but I have no money to spend. -
he objected.
Again the brown eyes grew lumin-
Gus; and again She said:
what would you do without me
Happily. my information came early
enough to enable me to get a'letter to
Mr.. Ormsby. He answered promptly
by wire this morning. Here is his tele-
gram
She had been winding a tightly
folded slip Of paper around her fingers,
and she smoothed 1t out and gave it
to him. He held it in patch Of the
electric light between the dancing leaf
shadows and read:
'.Plot No. 2 approved. Have wired
one hundred thousand to Kent's order
Security Bank. Have him draw as he
needs"
$50 now you see" she went on. you
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-30

word barred his teeth because his lips
were dry.
Il thought I knew, in the old Gas
ton days, how many different kinds OF
a scoundrel wou could be, but you've
succeeded in showing me some new
variations in the last few minutes. It's
a thousand pities that the people Of
great State should be at the mercy OF
such gang of pirates as you and Hen
bricks and Meigs and MacFarlanea
and"
Break It off" said Bucks.
I'm through. I was merely going
to add that 1 have concluded not to
buy YOU"
Then it's to be war to the knife.
is it?"
That is about the size of it, said
Kent; and the Governor found his hat.
III trouble you to return my prop
erty," he growled, pointing to the table
drawer.
Certainly" Kent broke the revolver
over the blotting pad, swept the eject
ed cartridges into the open drawer,
and passed the empty weapon to its
owner
When the door closed behind the out
going visitor the victor in the small
passage at arms began to walk the
floor: but at / o'clock. which was Hill
dreth's hour for coming downtown, he
put on his hat and went to climb the
three flights of stairs TO the editors
den in the Argus building.