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Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01
Destined to Become One Of The Best Agricultural
Sections in IddhO---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 a 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
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01

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 number of years,
but not on very extensive scale,
A large part of the surplus hay,
grain, vegetables, ETC., finds ready
market in Thunder Mountain
Warrens, and other mining camps
The new wagon road to Thunder
Mountain comes up the valley tc
Thunder City, whence it turns east
and follows Big creek and on te
the famous gold camp. Another
road to Thunder Mountain is pro
posed via Warrens, to which place
a state wagon road runs, passin!
Lardo on the west. This roat
really starts at Weiser, the junction
of the Q. S. L. and the P. q /. N
railroads, the latter line extendin
to Council, where connection is mad
by freight teams, which pas
through Meadows, on to the Payett
Lake and thence to Warren. Their
are two or three trails to Thunde
Mountain on the east side of tn
valley, as well as the wagon road.
At the head of Long Valley lie
a body of water, named Big Payett
Lake, which for beauty and th
grandeur of it's surroundings is VI
surpassed. 1t is impossible to PEI
fectly describe it in all it's lovlines
and varying moods, the pen hs
not yet been made that can do i
We shall from time to time publis
articles descriptive of it, and ais
views, which speak palmer an
with more effect than words cal
whether printed or spoken. Lard
is situated on the south shore
this lake. A number of poop
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01

At a 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 we'll 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
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 tc
the rapid settlement and the excel
lence of the soil and climate for al
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. HI. Heacock, and they
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 viii
almost, if not entirely, disappea
with increased cultivation, irriga
ton, and the removal of the heav.
growth of timber.
The altitude of the valley varie
from $500 feet at the lower end t.
5000 feet at Lardo, the head of tn
valley, The climate is delightful
In summer, it never being very no
in the daytime, while the night
are deliciously cool. Snow falls dee
IN winter, total depth of six. fee
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01
READ AND HEED!

All persons having accounts
with me are respectfully requested
to call and settle on or before Dee.
81, 1904. Remember | have ac-
commodated you with credit and
goods. Now the end of the year is
close at hand and / hope all will
call and settle, which favor will be
highly appreciated. Thanking you
in advance for same, and soliciting
your further favors, / remain,
Respectfully yours,
HI. T. BOYDSTUN.
Roseberry, Idaho, Nov. %, 1904.
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Pacific & Idaho Northern
Railway.

TIME TABLE No. 9. SEPT. a, 1904.
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+ October. 1928. using in part the follow
ing words:
The question presented by the let
tiers you have sent me, is the most
nomentoUs which has ever been offer
ed to my contemplation since that Of
independence. This sets our compass
and points the course which we are to
steer through the ocean of time open
ing on US, and never could we embark
on 1t under circumstances more auspi-
clous. Our first fundamental maxim
should be never to entangle ourselves
in the broils of Europe, or second to
suffer Europe to intermeddle with els
Atlantic affairs. America North and
South, has a state set of interests dis
unct from those of Europe. and pecu-
harly her own. She should therefore,
nave system Of her own, separate
and apart from that Of Europe. While
the last is labOring 10 become the do
micile of despotism, our endeavor
should surely be to make our hemis-
phere that of freedom. I should think
II therefore advisable that the execu-
tive should encourage the British gov
eminent to a continuance in the dis
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form you in a direct manner that if
they should be found to have reached
the sanction of that government. the
president will be obliged 10 regard
them as a manifestation Of an IN
friendly spirit towards the United
States, and TO meet the further prose
cutien of enterprises of that kind, either
IN the Dominican republic or any part
of the American continent or islands
with prompt, persistent, and, if pos
s1bie, effective resistance"
The true object of the Monroe doc
trine must not be perverted. II docs
not mean that we have the right 10
exercise DrOtectorate over all the
nations Of this hemisphere L does not
mean that we can control any one of
the republics of South or Central Amer
lea, dictate 10 them the policy they
must pursue or defend them i'm their
wrongs. We do not say to European
governments YOU must not interfere
with or punish these states or else YOU
viii have to fight us We do not stand
sponsor for these republics. nor do we
uphold them in any attempt TO escape.
under the guise and veil of this doc
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Cial institutions in the world. The plan
! was successful almost to the very last
| and then fell only because Of a slight
accident
Made Financiers Tremble.
The holiness of the scheme. the meg
ni6cence of the enterprise. the careful
ness of detail. the GOODNESS of execution
is marvel which the world has not
! forgotten in the course of thirty years.
! The immense financial CENTER the home
of men who had almost turned to re
semble a dollar, and the bank which
could not be forced by a navy was
robbed Of a kings ransom by four
! young men who had dropped the pillow
for the pen only a few years before.
Mere boys, travelling partly for fun and
partly for business, made bankers the
world over stand aghast, and the young
fellows smiled as they thought of the
simplicity and ease by which il had
been done.
When Noyes had unfolded his plans
for replenishing their bank accounts his
confederates were astonishcd, but be-
ing men Of nerve and adventurous fell
lows. they fell in with the plan. The
proposition was TO rob the Bank of
England by outfinanciering experts, by
outWitting the men whose wits had
been undergoing the process of sharp
enlng for years where the young Amer
leans had scarcely weeks of training.
one night Moves. George and Austin
Bidwel, and Macdonald sat i'm a room
IN a London hotel and completed ar
engagements
Let's go 10 a small Belgium city
and work it there" suggested Mac
Donald
NO" replied Noyes.
But why?" persisted the timid Mac
Donald; there win be less chance of
detection"
The banks haven't got as much as
we want" was the statement of Noyes.
TO Berlin. or Paris, or ST. Peters
burg suggested Macdonald
Not enough money" was Moves
quiet observation.
Good God, man, What do you mean
TO do?''
ITO rob the Bank of England re-
piled Noyes. with a smile
To educate his companions to be-
lief that The trick could be turned re-
quired much discussion and persuasion
ON the part of Noyes, but at last il was
done and the party threw its whole soul
into the scheme.
One day Austin Bidwell one of the
party who was blessed with a loose
tongue and an honest bearing. walked
into the great bank and introduced
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himself as Frederick Alien Warren. He
SAID he was an American railroad COLI
tractor and was extensively engaged i'm
Russia and South America. He said
he desired to open an account with the
bank and produced $4,000 in United
States currency, which he deposited.
lie visited the bank at frequent in
terVals after that and while his COM
p2niOns. who had pooled their few
thousands of dollars, gathered up nego-
table paper hefe and there. ne took IL
TO the bank for discount. for deposit
and all for the purpose of impressing
the bank with the enormity OF his bust
ness transactions. The banking bust
ness, carried on by the rake contractor
was legitimate, but purely for the pur-
pose of making a financial demonstra-
ton The party had. all told. about
SlOo,OoO' and this they kept turning over
SO frequently that they seemed to be
DONG business on capital of several
millions.
Austin BidweH then started on a tour
Of Europe. Noyes was left in London
as "Warren's" secretary to negotiate
the bills of exchange. Macdonald was
also left in London to forge the sigma
lures of the great bankers Of the con
tnent- Bidwell went TO nearly all the
capitals of Europe and bought large
DIS or exchange, some returnabIe at
once and some in thirty days The first
of these was for 100000. and was Is
sued by the Rothschlds at Paris. This
large draft was deposited by NoNes.
and was at once investigated by the
bank. which of course found 1t genuine.
Other drafts from Paris. Berlin. st.
Petersburg and Hamburg were also de-
posted. All were genuine.
Forged Bills For 100000.
when Ncyes was positive that he. as
clerk of Frederick Allen Warren" had.
the full confidence of the officers of the
bank he set Macdonald 20 work copy
ing signatures from genuine bills OF
exchange. Macdonald was a very in
dustrious fellow. and within a fey
weeks the bank had accumulated time
bills Of exchange amounting TO almost
S5.GoO,O00. This forged paper was all
made out with the deferred dates. To
make il appear genuine Bidwell kept
up the purchase OF genuine exchange.
all returnable at an early date These
genuine bills gave the bank confidence
in the bogus bills. which were fled
away TO await their maturity Mac
Donald's work as penmap had been so
exact that there was no chance of de-
lection through an error in the sigma
lures.
Noyes had discovered the weak point.
in the conduct OF the Bank a EnSiaiid.
TIE bank accepted all the time bisls'
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: more like a prosperous business man
/ than anything else. The prison didn
break his spirit; the only thing tina
! ever threatened TO do that was the
death Of the three OF his confederates.
/ He is still too much of an optimisI
TO brood over what he brought upon
| himself It was his everlasting opti-
mism that got him into trouble, and
again that got him out OF it. for it must
be remembered that all four Of the
forgers received life sentences wheL.
| they were convicted of their crimes
Went to Wall Street.
At first. Of these four boys George
Macdonald was really the bell sheep.
The others~went where he broke the
way. When he went to work in an Of
fee in Wall street I'm New York the
others soon followed ana when the
time-and noney-came they began a
brokerage BUSINESS and made a small
fortune, tBidweH proved TO have
the organizing mind He becameN a
brilliant financier. and it was often SAID
Of him by men Of Jay Gould's stripe
that had BidweH remained straight he
would have become one Of the richest
ltith III +hNitIlCd. inNl the NiOe OF Wdii
street washes AT the feet Of greedy
men and leaves strange things lying
there when il recedes. Before Moves
the Bidwells and Mcdonald 1T beached
a scheme, UnquestiOnable. OF course
hut not criminal as Wall street LOOKS
at things
Into Moves keeping was given near
" quarter or 4 million dollars IN
stolen government bonds. He was
young then. but MS head was as fuH
OF notions az gn egg is Of meat. Il
was he who pronOsed to Austin Bid
we'll TO take the bonds to England and
sell them All four were tired OF
Wall street. They could make more
money i'm a month i'm England. they
thought than in a year i'm New York.
The four went TO England. and by deal
Jig with men who considered profit or
more consequence than honesty soon
sold the bonds,
But transactions of this sort were too
tame for men like Noyes the Bidwells
and Macdonald. 1t was then that
Noyes' imagination and his business
sense came 70 their aid. He preached
his plan. telling his comrades he had
found way TO realize his ambition to
become millionaire. Moves accom-
plished this ambition, made his name a
word OF terror. and completely outwitted
the shrewdest financiers Of the world
BY stealing S50oe.000 from the Bank OF
England tho greatest model OF iinan-
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and succeeded in escaping. He hid on
the island of Cuba for thirty days, but
was finally captured
The Bank of England sent out Il
special ship to take him back to ing
land.
When BidWeN reached England
Noyes had already been sent TO prison
for life. Bidwen received a life sen
tence. The other two were also cap
tUred and given life sentences.
II took twenty years Of hard and in
cessant work TO get these men out Of
prison. The American representative
at the court of st. James personally in
terceded in their behalf. Tie Duke OF
Norfolk gave his aid. and MacDOnald's
sister worked for the freedom Of all
four men.
In the course Of their lives the four
young men lived riOtOusly. They gam
bled and spent thousands of dollars
dining the aristocracy and financial
princes. Their ambitions were greater
than themselves. and while possessed
of shrewdnesS, tact, and Judgment.
they failed and went TO prison 10 re-
fOrm.-ChlcagO Inter Ocean
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that they had been found out. The
next day Noyes went again to the
bank to draw out $4,000 He intended
leaving $4,000 ON deposit. for fear of
creating suspicion if he attempted TO
withdraw it all and close the account.
Ignorant of the disclosure. Noyes
walked into the bank. which was filed
with officers. In another day he would
have been out of the country. The
four members Of the party believed
that once they fled the country they
would be safe. for they did not be-
ieve TIE bank officials would publish
their loss or make an attempt 10 catch
them. fearing that complete ruin would
immediately follow the announcement
of the loss.
But Noyes' last return to the bank
was his undoing. As soon as he en-
tered he was seized An angry mob
surrounded him and threatened to Kill
him. When he was taken through the
streets to jail little later tens Of
thousands of people followed him. The
widest rumors Of wholesale ruin were
afiOat. One was that a party Of Amer
leans had stripped every bank in Lon
don of every dollar. Another was that
the Bank of England was wrecked.
Another was that even the British gov
eminent was robbed of more than
ECO 100000. Like a flash the news of
the enormous robbery spread around
the world. The excitement in ali com
mercial centers was Intense. People
watched for the smalled banks to sink
at once 10 ruin. Dozens of banking
houses were forced 10 suspend when
the public lost confidence in them. The
London stock exchange was not opened
and a perfect panic reigned over the
entire kingdom.
Would Not Turn Queens Evidence.
When Noyes was lodged in Jail he
was given an opportunity TO turn
Nueen's evidence, secure his liberty,
and a, large reward beside. This he re-
fused to do. He was tried and SEN
fenced to life imprisonment In time
the entire plot was dug up, the Pink
ertons recovering the money which mad
been shipped to New York. and even
tualiy the Bank of England recovered
all but 100000. which Tie gang had
spent in riotous living.
1t took a long time to capture the
shrewd Austin Bidwen. who, laden
with wealth, FASTENED to St Peters
burg. From there he fled to South
America The Pinkert0ns tracked him
over a great part OF the globe and
finally John Curtin. Pinkerton de-
tecuve, arrested him at q banquet i'm
Havana. Ridwell drew a gun and shot
at curtin . moment after TIE arrest
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Life of Edward Moves Who Nearly Wrecked an EMPIRE

ri T doesn't pay to be a crook. even
if you are the greatest one in all
the world. ! learned that the day
/ started for prison. and I learned il
over every day during the twenty years
! have starved and choked for air
among murderers, thieves and rascais
OF every class and kind"
The ex-convict is more than so years
old now. He's dapper. more so than
most old men; he's bright, far bright I
than most men who have lost the best
years Of their lives in prison. He's NV
ing an upright life. Once he went the
pace that kills, and il was the pace
that made him the greatest gentleman
crook the world has ever known.
Edwin Noyes. once the friend o.
Jim Fiske and Jay Gould and Tweed
and others of their kind, once called
the most dangerous swindler with
which great banks ever had 10 deaf
one time friend of the Duke Of Norfolk
and a hundred princes and lords. Is
now a resident Of Chicago.
Years ago NOyes made money like
nature makes the lightning bolt, ap-
pareutly out of nothing. The Bank Of
England alone cashed his bogus drafts
until he had beaten it out of ei.O0J.-
BOO
Today he is satisfied with a pittance
and is trying 20 forget the operations
0f himself and his three acc0mplices-
George and Austin Bidwell and George
Macdonald. Noyes is the only one lex
Of the notorious quartette. Macdonald
lied in San Francisco comparatively
rich man. The Bidwells both died an
Butte Mont. the death of both occur
ring within three hours
long time ago Edwin Moves was
simply good and bright country boy.
VINO had an ambition TO make a mil
lion dcllar9. Across the street from
the Noyes home lived the Bidwell boys.
End not far away lived young MacDou-
aid. Forty years ago every one of the
four boys could repeat the lines of lead.
Ing parts of the Shakespearean plavs
and uncover for the preachers in TIC
Connecticut neighbOrhOod things even
the latter had not discovered in tIe
Bible. They were scholars. all four 81
them. They spent their summers az
the play. their winters at their books.
Noyes is still a scholar OF his speech
he supplies only the conjunctions: tie
clauses are from the classics. He save
he bears the stamp of the convict. but
YOU cannot see IL. even VIXEN he trIes
10 point II out He is thin. as some
Sonviets arc, but, after all, he locks
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OF exchange as cash. and permitted
Noyes to draw heavily upon War
ren's" account. Every day Moves
went up to the bank and deposited
large drafts. and at the same time
drew out much money The scheme
was working so well, the men had SO
completely gained the confidence of the
bankers, and the amount of money al
ready secured was SO enormous that
Bidwell returned to London A plan
was then laid TO ship tie money TO
New York. for the men to return to
America, and secure the best legal
talent and offer 10 return part OF the
money in order TO escape prosecution
The plan was hardly less daring than
the one formed to rob the bank. but
events so shaped themselves that il
never was carried out in full Noyes
did draw out the money. He did his
part so we'll that be succeeded in
Fleeing the bank Of $4,000 This
was sent to New York safety deposit
vaults for safe keeping.
Worked For Six Weeks.
Within six weeks after the first bill
OF exchange was deposited in the bank
Noyos had drawn out the bulk of this
great fortune. There still remained to
the credit of Warren" about SlSO,OO0
Two days before the quartet was to
leave Londcn Noyes went 10 the bank
and drew out $4,000, and at the same
time deposited several bogus bills. One
of these bore the forged signature Of
London banker. and it was complete,
except that it was not dated This
was merely a matter of carelessne ss
on the part of Macdonald, but the
bank clerk. thinking il had been
mistake Of the London banker. and not
wishing 10 Inconvenience the secretary
OF so valuable depositor, laid the bill
aside. Later il WAS sent TO the banker
whose forged signature appeared upon
i. with a request TO fill in the date
1T came back by special messenger
and The word lie brought stunned the
officers Of the Bank Of England. I'm
n1ediately all the bills OF exchange
(which had been counted as cash, were
taken from the vaults. 4 thousand
kilograms were sent to all parts of Eu-
rope and the answers told that all the
bills were forgeries. When the loss was
figured up there was a wild scene in
the private offices Of the bank The
institution had been mulcted out of
1000, 000, and there was then little
hope Of recovering X.
( The officers Of the bank. however
Kept their secret. Noyes and his con
efederates were making all their plans
to- lcase and, of course, were not aware