The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-07-02
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES.

the ehftn anu everything IherOhs renee
it aud then get off as. soon as pos
sibleg Newport Miner.
Mrs. j. B. West, wife of Hon. J. b.
West, Register of the United States
Laud Office at Lewiston, occupies a
unique place among the women of the
United States today in as much as she
was delegate to the republican nat :
ional convention aud is the only
woman who has ever attained this
honorable position. Mrs. West is a
we'll known woman, not only through
out Idaho, where she Is quite infiu-
entail, but in the East as we'll, where
she was quite factor in educational
circles. Idaho is very proud of Mrs
West, -Grangeville News.
1t is said that Manchester, England,
made $3.50, 600 in its 1871 miles Of
street railway, owned by the city.
Manchester also has a telephone sy =
tenn, aud at points where the popula-
tion is dense as 1t is in the manufac
turing districts there is no reason
why the government should not own
natural monopolies. Some English
cities have adopted public ownership
with tease to corporations prefer
able where the spoiis doctrine is Of
such evidence as it is in this country,
Wood River News Mines.
1t is amusing to read the comment
Of state republican newspapers aueut
the nomination tour OF Governor
Morrison. Some tell his virtues, his
honesty and strong, rugged physical
conditions, while others depict him
as a weakliug, without sufficient
backbou to carry out bis own mes
sage TO the legislature and altogether
a plant tool Of the corporation pol
itical manipulators With the two
extremes the people are left TO their
own Imagination as 10 what kind Of
a fellow the governor really is
State Tribune.
Conductor W. F. Smith Of the
Clearwater passenger train, has placed
in the mining bureau a portion Of
his valuable collection OF Indian
curio-. The collection placed in the
bureau IL valued at $1,000 aud con.
taius many OF the historic relies Of
the Nez PIERCE tribe The war bonnet
and pipes Of Chief Hhitebird and
articles captured ia the var with the
Sioux are in the collection. The Ger.
emuuial axe II the feature Of the col.
lection There are only two known
Of this kind, QUO OF which il trssaur
ed by the Smithsonian institute.
The other Is owned by Mr. Smith.
Bows aud arrows, with war clubs
used In the aArs VI the tribe, are ia
the collection, Lewiston Tribune.
Ia the days when the ouiy question
"as how large a minority the rspubli
can manager could gather together.
there was no contest ou the chairman
ship Of the county central COMMITTEES.
Now that the uphill Ugh. has been
won, there arc those who seek 10 turn
down the very man to whom, more
than to any other man. the present
supremacy i due. IL they succeed
there will be- Joy IN the hearts Of the
enemy. there - one man n the
county of kooteuai whose leadership
Of the rspt bllcau forces the demo
Gratis fear, that man Is Charles T..
tieItmau. Thus it - that the move.
meut for his overthrow finds such com
font and cheer among certain rl,s-o-
II the demaerat- Not all republic
ans have forgotten the caapli.a.
Of 1902. Priest River Enter rise.
It has bsen decided that our con
suIates aud embassies shall hereafter
ue Designated a. American" In
stead Of United States The change
Il made both lu the interest Of EN-
phouy and 70 conform 10 custom.
our embassies and cpasulataz are al
ways referred to locally a. "Ameri-
can. People speak IT the American
embassy or the American consulate,
never of the United States embassy
or the United states consulate. The
change reflects the domination Of the
western world by the United States.
/. IL 70 the people Of the United
states alone that the term "Ameri
can applies al the otherz Of the
two continents 10 which Amerigo
Fs7pucci gave his name mnst desig
nate themselves by some term 10 In
dicat" the lesser political subdivis
ion Of which they are citizens Ida
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