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The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-05-24
Inspected Biz Creek Road.

Messrs. M. E. Lewis, of Moscow,
and j. w. Wheeler, of Shoshone,
two members of the state wagon road
commission, and Engineer Q. W.
Luck of this city, returned Monday
afternoon from tour of inspection
of tine Big Creek road. The Signal
reporter called on Mr.. Luck soon af-
ter his arrival and found the gentle
man very much elated over the pros
poets of the acceptance by the board
of the commissioner report and the
early commencement Of work on the
noad. While Mr.. Luck could not say
that the report would be accepted,
yet, from what the reporter could
gather, there is every reason to be-
lieve that it will be. Mr.. Luck and
the commissioners left on yesterday 's
early morning train for Boise to make
their final report to the board.
Speaking of the trip Mr.. LUCK
states there we're four or five feet o.
fresh snow on the SUBMITS which hac
fallen during the past week, and thu
roads, especially the Boise Roosevelt
route, are in awful condition. 1t j
folly to try to go in at this time will
heavy loads of any kind. The Weise
Warren route is in much better con
dition and will, be in good shape fol
teams at least two weeks earlier thar
by the Boise route. Mr.. Luck state
that along the Boise road to Lonl
Valley loads of machinery and sup
plies are tied up on account of mu'
and slush.
While at Big Greek the party visi
, ted the Independence mine to inves
, tigate the recent big strike mad
there when the big ledge of ore run
{ ming 1926 to the ton was tapped
Mr.. Luck brought out with him
number of splendid samples froy7 tn
Q ledge, and is enthusiastic over I'll
S bright future in store for that famor
g section. Messrs. Lewis and Wheels
: were also we'll pleased with the resu
a of their trip and are now more COZ
e fident than ever of the future grea
8 ness of the whole upper country
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-05-24

Salt Lake, Utah, May 21-An
amended complaint has been filed in
the case of Charles Smurthwaite
against King Joseph Smith of the
Mormon church demanding an ac-
counting of the vast tithing fund
wrung from the meek and often poy-
erty stricken members of the church.
Referring to this case the Salt Lake
Tribune of this morning says;
The amended Smurthwaite COM
plant goes straight to the mark 1t
is comprehensive, complete, and
startling in its speaking and
directness. 1t joins alt tithe collec-
tors and controllers in its charges,
and requires of them the proper ac-
counting for the moneys collected
under pretense of doing the Lords
work, helping the poor, building
meeting houses, and advancing the
cause Of the sect. 1t alleges that tho
tithing is not used for these proper
church purposes, but for business and
personal Investments and trade, inn
properly and wrongfully. 1t recites
the church business concerns of which
President Smith is the head, and
charges that he directs the tithing
money. as much as half million dol
lars per annum, to these business en-
terprises.
1t is a most serious breach of trust
to do what is charged in this power
fully drawn complaint. 1t is be-
trayal of sacred trust. 1t is
cruel extortion in the first place, in
great part to exact this tithing money !;
in the case of widows, orphans, and
those who wash and scrub for liv-
ing, with poor wages at best. it is a
harsh and often brutal oppression
J to compel them to pay ten per cent OF
, their pittance to further enrich those
who are already rich, and aggrandize
those whose faces already shine with
the fat of opulence.
That the tithing money is wrested
from its proper and Legitimate pur-
pose does not admit of a doubt
: That this improper diversion should
be stopped is equally plain, and this
complaint will bring the matter to is
+. sue. 1t is high time that the out
a RACES and robberies of the people, te
8 swell the financial Importance of ig-
. noble pretenders to spiritual life
which they have not, but prostituts
rs their calling to the wicked and law
II less service of lust and of mammon,
It should cease, and time the extortion
J. ers we're brought forcibly to book
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to defend it. A letter giving his
tory of what occurred, was sent by
one who desired to settle on the land
to the secretary. of the interior, A
reply was received yesterday in which
he says: II have turned the matter
over to the commissioner of the gen.
eral land Office, who will make a
thorough investigation and report
same to me-.
Thus 1t will be seen, the end is
not yet in sight, and when the gov
ernment gets through with its inves-
tigation, Governor Gooding may
change his mind about the rape Of
the Carey act being q good thing,
even for his official family, who. were
the apparent beneficiaries-
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-05-24

of holes which need filling and that
many of the culverts have rotted out
and need replacing. On the SUBMITS
there is between three and four feet
of snow. The trail holds up fairly
we'll for horses but as soon as the
snow begins to melt it will be almost
impossible. Mr.. Cotter predicts that
1t will be the first of July before
wagons can get in. On the way out
he met George Douglas at Thunder
City who was pushing along with
powder to commence work on the
Navajo group. He met the Francis
train on the road which he said would
get as far as the Transfer when the
outfit would have to be packed in.
Mr.. Cotter was five days coming
out. He walked from Roosevelt to
Thunder City where he took the STAGE
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-05-24
Bounced for (Tifid5ing Hierarchy.

John 7. Clark, a citizen of Provo,
Utah, issued circular criticlsing the
polygamy manifesto of the Mormon
church and pronouncing it covenant
with He'll King Joseph Smith
promptly had Clark excommunicated,
like Cannon and Smurthwaife, show
ing that in spite of all professions,
the church organization is hanging
like a mud turtle TO the tenent of
poIygamy aud will brook 20 dissent
as 10 its divinity from any member
Of The church.
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Grouse (Isgk pIaN Mines

John Hunter. tho well kpoep
Grouse oreok mining map, arrived lp
fhe city Mondpy aiiornQop from Boise
eifb a pgay of fouf men epfopte AZ
Grouse oleek placer dieRlnff nepf
Wnuon t0 hoRln offensive opolailopp
ou ihe moperiy oYned hy blf eopF
pany. Nolh va begun eeYelpl HeolT
ago preparatory ~ sluiolpR Hnd efelf
Ding n n0V ahopi lp lnnamelF AZ
loplu lahlpg pni the lelloN N'nN
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Sale Of Idaho -Four pu Cents.

Idaho bonds, bearing per cent
interest, authorized by the eight leg
islature TO the amount OF e4oo' oVo'
were sold Saturday in the competlye
market for a premium of slo' l99'
The bonds we're purchased by McDon-
aid, Mccoy a Go. of Chicago VINO
bid s475, 500 for the entire issue
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-05-24
Isr6 { QaIk [Ip0sIIOH.

Portl0nd, Oregon. Dally IRON
May 2ftb until October llih lne'p'
eiye, Tickets 20 Portland anq is'p',
VII De sold from Weisef' lqppe "'
rate of $500, Tickets wiz pc llp
itod i0 continuous passage ~ '',N
direction vitb hupl iimit oi 'pi''l
days from daio 81 ealo bof ip no case
lalog fhau Oeinhop alei, 1900
>. w lAwsh, Agent
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0n jnne d, b, M, l2l iel'''f ~
be sold Az nhloagp, hl ionl, '''
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The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-05-24
Hailed Two Of Them.

Globe, Arizona-A United States
marshal appeared here and arrested
S. K. Rogers, an old Mormon who is
living with two wives. He also gath
cred in John Hoops for unlawful CO.
habitation.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-05-24
01ti'J b|d DIAL
h 1fUfD[l NJ. MINES
|,s 4 Eureka Group Of 10
EIlB b Eastern buyers
Ii M.MO--OfhsI fsr5

| 9 rotter. one of the pioneers
E,sdsr Mountain and Big Creek
TT, Is about to become a bloated t
t. ~ m,guate, according to the
['',s story told in the Capital
Z lsst Friday, and his many
friends will be pleased to hear
h GOOD fortune
* s COtter arrived in the city
rIW from Roosevelt where be is
It'd in number of mining
tiss. 1t was Mr.. Cotter who
NJ sold the Eureka property
dipg Of 10 claims, to New York
Philadelphia parties for 500, 600.
PARTIES now desire to pay cash
h property and Mr.. Cotter came
b arrange to discount for cash
% Of time payments. Mr.. Cot
very optimistic regarding the
h for the Thunder Mountain
He says there is a large
Of work being done all over
sHict-more than ever before
season Of the year, and that
sould be doing il supplies could
lin. The supply of powder is
IaA except that belonging to
I parties. Ben Francis, how
htsklDg in large amount of
d and as soon as he gets in with
gc more work will be started.
sEing this morning of the con-
sin the camp Mr.. Cotter said
Haything was going along in
n tenor Of its way. There was
deyerything, with the excep-
powder. While more work is
done than ever before at this
Of the year, there was a sur
d laborers. Mr.. Cotter said
llnsn had been coming in for
weeks from all directions un-
supply greatly exceeded the
d. AS soon, however, as it is
sN get in with supplies and
HsaR for the many properties
ne to be worked this summer
'lcs that everyone will find
de estimates that there are
wv people in the camp, the
which is very good. There
but little sickness during
inter- and but few casualties.
Wy be stated, was growing,
" being 10 new buildings in
d erection.
Iae mines which are in opera.
aad but little to say, prefer
ls' the managers of each on,
U own stories. In genera
Aiu' however, that they wer,
iuture.
lV'aamp mill on the Dewe,
- steadily on low grade ore
,a'' aOout 81 per ton was be
'nsd, The company run ou
sulcn prevented them from
=" "esI body of ore and j
-'Vessary to work ore whic
flch in value.
ns The strike Of $500 or
uaiO some time ago, whic
'lsd in the Capital News a
nr' cotter said that tb
1ue and that the develor
-. y The property was beln
"''s a. vigorously as POI
" 4 I'e'''de Y is running 3
~. ~ 'o.stamp mill. n
ss'a' M, u'"n last Friday to II
N s'"s sa'. which viii furnis
'n.p power With which 10 ops
,l''' t1'' 4. When be- left II vi
we enRine would 4
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-02
Mr.. MoRToN's SUCCESSOR.

Little surprise should follow the an
nouncement that Secretary Morton Is
10 leave the cabinet on July 1. Ii
has for some time been apparent that
Mr.. Morton has been out of accord
with the president on certain policies
that Mr. Roosevelt Is anxious 10 put
il execution in the immediate future.
and a chang in the navy department
was inevitable. Indeed, recent public
Utterances by Mr.. Morton have b=en so
much at variance with the expressed
views OF the president that Mr.. Roose-
Welt found il necessary to reaffirm his
position in order to head off q belief
that he had changed his opinions A
formal statement that Mr.. Morton did
not voice the administrations senti-
meHts was even given out.
With relations between the head Of
the navy department and the president
i'm this strained condition, an early
change was to be expected. AIr. Nor
ton goes 10 New York to assume
charge of the pOstoffice Investigation.
BY a strauE= coincidence. the an
ncuncement that Mr. Bonaparte would
enter the cabinet came out the same
day as the confession Of George z
Lorenz- one Of the men implicated in
th= postoffice frauds.
Mr.. Bouaparte is a grandson Of
Jerome Bouaparte, king of WesfDbafis
but IS a native Of Baltimore. He will
be fifty-four years of age on June 0
He is q graduate Of Harvard uni
vorsity, the presidents coues=. and of
the Harvard law school He has long
been recognized as one Of the leading
lawyers OF the country and has been
conspicuous in reform work. He * a
man Of independent means and if is
believed viii work i'm complete bar-
mony with the president on all issues
mat may come before the adj
mlDiStratiOu-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-02
The HoId-Up Evil.

To The Salt Lake Herald.
some months ago The Herald printed
what l regarded as q very timely article
on the subject Of hoid-ups and burgIsrieS
At that time ] intended TO commend the
article and also to add briefly some few
ideas Of my own on the subject
II is apparent to all obseTvant persons
tndt more stringent methods and more
effective laws will have to be employed or
else the rights, freedom and protection
of the citizens will become more and more
a farce and a traVesty- It IS not credit
able to our civilization and our methods
Of government that we have at least 100
per cent more hOld-upS and rObberies in
the United States than obtain in the So
called mOnarchieS and deSpOtiSmS of the
old world. BY this I don't mean to dis
parage our theory Of government. It may
be that in our country. owing to it's ex-
tent and the various chances for criminals
10 ClUde detection and capture that we
cannot be a. efficient in capturing and
Furnishing this class Of criminals as the
older nations: but, 1t seems to me. in
order To Stop these wicked and crirniuslI I
practices. it would be well for the NAV
ors of the different cities and the vari-
Gus county authorities as well as the
governors of the states. to be given
special contingent fund to ferret out at
the very time Of the OffenSe. these dcs-
peradOeS
If our statutory law is not sufficient
now IT should be amended. and it should
De MADE capital Offense. punishable BY
death or life Imprisonment in the discre-
ton of the court. for anv person TO rob
or attempt to rob and hold up people on
lnlhk TINS penalty would be too severe as
Wifn theSe WretCheS go abroad they GO
with the intention of killing or manning
II necessary. As these offenses are a re-
pToach 10 our civilization and our gov
eminent. radical measures should no
adopted. not only in this CITY and state
put III every city. state and territory in
tits i1ioI- CITIZEN
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-02
4 IBERAL FRANCHISE.

The substitute franchise ordinance
introduced in the council and passed to
its third reading on Tuesday evening
ought TO be liberal enough TO satisfy
even ths light and railway company;
certainly il Is quite as liberal as good
public policy will justify, and it is
even more generous than a large num-
her would approve.
The company IS Eiven a consoIida-
tion of all its old franchises, which it
neatly desires for the protection Of
its security holders; its union of COM
pering street ~aiIway lines IS validated,
il is given an additional year for the
removal Of its poles in the business
district and the life Of it's franchises
j. extended several years beyond the
present term of its longest charter.
On the other hand, the forfeiture
clauses are retained, and properly so,
because 10 corporation VIII be modest
eI in its franchise rights 50 long as it
observes the contract conditions by
which it exists. and the city should re-
serve the forfeiture right as a matter
OF business protection. The city also
reserves the privilege of granting 9TH
er railways a right Of way over the
oompauy's tracks on equitable terms.
and there can be no reasonable Objec-
lion TO this unless the company in
tends to deny anybody else the right
10 operate over the public highways
o. the city and 50 perpetUate an absO-
lutte monopoly of public property. The
council is not inserting new provisions,
hut is insisting on the maintenance Of
existing rights under the old fran
Chises.
As matters stand now. the substi-
tute franchise will probably be passed
on next Monday and it viii then re-
main for the company 10 say whether
il VIII accept a fair and liberal prop
o~ltiOn OF refuse TO accept anything.
If It refuses, then the council should
proceed to condemn the right of way
and wafer rights desired Advocates
% the company pretend to believe the
tsES Of condemnation is based on a de-
sire to confiscate property without
compensation That, Of course. is fu-
tile piffIe; the credit Of Salt Lake and
the courts of the state afford ample
guarantee thatany property seized by
legal process viii be paid for at its
full value
The grants embodied i'm the substi-
;ute franchise are ample as an
exchange for the water rights
and right of way needed by the
city and no further concession should
be offered. even though the company
should insist on delaying still longer
the city's plan for an increase in the
water supply.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-02
PUssIA,s HOUR oE Travail.

Comment of the St Petersburg
newspapers On the disaster which has
overtaken Rojestvensky's fleet pos
sesszs special significance aside from
the plainly worded hostility to the
bureaucracy. The papers, except the
reaCtiOnary organs, which are without
popular influence at this time, voice
an unmistakabIe demand for immedi-
ate peace. Even the bnce strong oppo-
sition to the payment of an indemnity
appears to have vanished and it is
stated, with every evidence of salts
faction, that Russia is not likely to
have trouble in meeting the payment
Of an indemnity. as financiers who
were willing 10 lend money for a con
tinuatiOn Of the war are ready TO step
forward with what money may be
necessary to the conclusion Of peace.
Assuming that the popular newspa-
p5rs voice the popular feeling. ii is
plain that the Russian people realize
the hOpeIessness Of further hostilitieS.
even though the warIike members of
the bureaucracy viii not conc7de that
Russia IS beaten.
Mingled with the cIamors for peace
are demands for popular representa-
ton and open threats against those
who are responsible for Russia-s inter
nal mis- and international humilia-
ton. There is no mistaking the ring
OF the article i'm the Slovo. which. SAYS:
Enough, BHndfoIded for two years,
the Russian people have been march
ing TO tn brink of destruction. but
the bandaSes are now torn from the
eyes of 150.000,000 of Russians. and they
viii neither be led nor driven over the
preciDice. Let the people speak.
If the bureaucracy this time
stands between the emperor and the
nation, let IL beware"
II Is only a few y ars since the pub
LEGATION of this would have sent the
editors of the SIovo TO Siberia. vet the
St Petersburg dispatches say nothing
o. punishment of the newspapers
which have 50 severely censured those
in authority. II the outcome Of this
war means that Russia's bureaucracy
l. doomed, the bureaucracy has itself
10 blame, for the responsibility Of the
war rests or il alone.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-02
RECIPROCITY OR RETALIATION?

President HaEenbarth OF the Na-
tionaI Live Stock association seems to
be sanEuine that President RooseveIt's
cooperation with the live stock inter
ests may result in an adjustment Of
tariff relations with foreign countries
which viii open the foreign markets
again to American meats. Mr.. Hagen
barth's suggestion TO the president Of
fers a choice of reciprocity or retaIia-
ton.
To the non-partisan observer, Mr.
Hagenbarth's optimism seems a little
premature. During the latter part Of
McRInley's administration numerous
reciprocity treaties were initiated hav-
ing in view exactly the relief sought
by the live stock men, but every i'm
portant treaty for this purpose was al
lowed to die for lack of confirmation
by the senate; and the only important
measure of reciprocity, the treaty with
Cuba, was enacted under pressure
from the sugar trust
So long as the staud-patters control
the policy of the republican party, just
so long viii they resist any effort to
readjust tn tariff. either by reciproci-
II treaties OF by direct changes in the
Dmgley schedule. So far as can be
seen now. therefore, the only aIterna-
tive is retaliation, which means an ex-
cuse for boosting the tariff rates still
higher against those countries which
are raising tariff walls against Ameri-
can products.
Such a programme means practical
exclusion of foreign imports and in re-
turn the exclusion Of American manu-
features and food products from the
principal markets Of Europe. Germany
has already prepared for this evontu-
atty, France has shut us out at a loss
according TO Mr.. Hageubarth. Of $40
0OO 600 annually 10 the live stock rails
ers alone: Russia and Austro-Hungarv
have concluded reciprocity treaties
with Germany which viii bring them
within the zone of tariff hostilities.
and Great Britain. which alone viii re-
main open, is beginning TO throw trade
10 the colonies with a resultant loss to
the United States.
The outlook is decidedly unpleasant
because it points straight to CONNER
cisl war which can be quite as costly
as real war, without any Of its excuses.
Il the benefits of such a policy were
destined TO reach the common people.
there might be some compensation in
a tariff war; as it is. the real bene-
ficiaries are the trusts, which need no
tariff except 10 perpetuate a monopoly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-02
The Manual of Statistics. 1905

The twenty-seventh animal iss,o Of
THIS standard publication has inst an
hedFed ana; as in the past. presents in
the IuiieSt but at the same time the most
compact information which is afforded
by any similar work in regard TO rail
ROAD ana industrial corporation the ono
IdtlonS LOT securities I'm the New YORK
markets and complete statistics relative
10 cotton ana grain. t0get her with a com
prehehsIne directory of banks at leading
citles- Inc work, in short. affords in one
convenient volume all the Information
constantly demanded by those Interest e,j
IN lue financial and other markets and
IuiIlilS JUS purpose Of serving as the
STANDARD reference book of its kind. The
Noluihe Is Drought up to date in every re-
spect ana Is distinguished by its aeon
IdtS dhu handsome tvDogra ply. which
ADDS greatly to its usefulness. The Man
ual or Statistics 1895 loo pages 5ILXS
pIice - The Manual of Statistics com
Pau'' - west Broadway, New York
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-02

OF the home market and give them the
and any preliminary policy would suit
them exactly except, possibly, the beef
trust and the other trusts which de-
pend upon the foreign markets for the
sale Of their surplus output.
President Roosevelt may think him
self strong enough to compel reel
procity and avert a tariff war. but he
is apt 10 find his hands pretty full
with such an effort, particularly when
he is already pledged to a programme
o. railroad coercion which viii occupy
him for some time to come.