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Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-01-12

Thomas Mcdonald Writes of Billiards In
South Dakota--Enjoys The Advocate.

Thomas Mcdonald Writes of Billiards In
South Dakota--Enjoys The Advocate.
Brookins, South Dakota, Dec. q,
1904 Editor ADVOCATE, Lardo,
Idaho. Dear Sir:-I have received
few copies of your paper and en-
JOY reading it very much. | have
been in your beautiful valley, and
/ like reading the news from there.
1t has been nice weather here
this winter, not much snow until
the 26th, but it has been blizzard
ing since then, the thermometer
standing around zero, with high
wind. l hope you will continue
sending your paper.
Yours truly, THOMAS MCDONALD.
(Mr. G. w. Parks, of Roseberry,
subscribed for the ADVOCATE to go
to Mr.. Mcdonald for one year un-
der our special rate offer. EDITOR. J
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-01-12

At distance of about so miles
nearly due north of Boise, entrance
;s 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
erlv for distance of about go 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 be men-
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. 4
few apples have been grown, some
OF the Ben Davis variety at Lardo
by MIR. l.. HI. Heacock, and the.
were good. Among tender vege
tables, tomatoes, green corn, bean
and cucumbers have been grown
put not extensively, occasional
summer frosts injuring tender vege
tatlon. These summer frosts vii
almost, if not entirely, disappea
with increased cultivation, irrigs
tlon, and the removal of the heav
growth of timber.
The altitude of the valley varie
nom 1900 feet at the lower end /
oooo feet at Lardo, the head of til
valley. The climate is delightfl
IN summer, it never being very ht
IN the daytime, while the nigh
are deliciously COOL Snow falls dee
IN winter, a total depth of six fe
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-01-12

N"ifOy 10 Oilc gateway, ucHld iiulilS
more than the valley at present
produces.
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. This road
is also the mail route for, the new
mining town of Roosevelt There
is considerable talk of extending
the Idaho Northern railway from
Emmett along this road, and it is
said that work on the extension
will commence early this coming
summer.
Another road to Thunder Noun
tain is proposed via Warren, to
which place state wagon road
has beed in use for several years.
This road will touch Lardo on the
west, and really starts at Weiser, the
junction of the O. S. l.. and P. q |. N.
railroads, the latter line extending
to Council, where connection smade
by freight teams, which pass
through Meadows, on to the Payette
Lake and thence to Warren. There
are two or three trails to Thunder
Mountain on the east side of the
valley, as we'll as the wagon road.
/ A railway into the great mining
camps by this latter route seems
now to be almost an assured thing.
Articles of incorporation OF the
Big Creek and Thunder Mountain
railroad were filed with the secre-
tary of state on the 18th of Nov.
last. The road is to start at Lardo
and end at Roosevelt, distance
by the route chosen of 1870 miles
The company is capitalized for
So, 100000, and information has
{ been given out that work will be
) commenced this coming spring.
, At the head of Long Valley lies
: a body of water, named Big Payettt
/, Lake, which for beauty and the
!. grandeur of it's surroundings is un
S surpassed. 1t is impossible to per
fectly describe it in all it's lovlines
!, and varying moods, the pen ha
: not vet been made that can do 1t
: We shall from time to time publish
: articles descriptive of it, and ais
}, views, which speak palmer ant
/ with more effect than words can
|. whether printed or spoken. Lard
= is situated on the south shore Q
" this lake. A number of peopl
e visit it each summer in quest G
e rest and recreation, to fish an
re hunt, and to enjoy the grand seen
ery and cool, invigorating atmos
N phere, full of ozone, conveyln
s. health to the sick, rest to the wear.
e. cheerfulness to the respondent, an
Sc making those who are troubled wit
is none of these ills feel better fe
r, having seen nature in her mos
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-01-12
destined to Become One Of The Best Agricultural
Spctions in Idah0---A Health and Pleasure Resort
coutened 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 llv-
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 a store, schoolhouse, tele
| phone service and rectory. Thun
/. der City has a hotel, general store
telephone service, livery stable, sal
. DON, blacksmith shop and sawmlll
}. Aloha has general store and tele
phone service. Fern (formerl.
: called Round Valley has telephon
s service. Other settlements ar
Center and Manning. All hav
I postofices and schools.
) Mining has been carried on 1
Il the valley for number OF years
r but not on very extensive scale
= This year, however, gives promls
v of much greater activity IN TIL
direction than any preceding yea
IS especially in the Boulder cree
% placer fields, in which eastern cal
,e ital is now largely invested, an
II in some properties Of great promls
1t on the Jug Handle mountain.
is There is a ready sale for all pr
~ duce of the farms and ranches, II
ct mining districts Of Thunder Moui
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1905-01-12
Pacific & Idaho Northern
Railway.

TIME TABLE No. g. SEPT. 4, 1904.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20
SPECIAL RAZOR FOR TuEF,
Barriers Sometimes Keep Certain T:o.-
for Customers WHO Are
Unpopular.

"He:e, Charlie" said the barber at the
third chair from tie door, use this razor
on that chap. If it don't pull his whis-
kers out by the roots try pair of
tweezers.'
The barber at the second chair took
the proffered weapon and smiled.
long, lean individual who had just en-
tered the shop sat down in the secand
chair, says the Washington Star.
That's the meanest man in Wash
ington," continued the barber at the
third chair, as he splashed some soap
suds on the face of another customer.
He came in here three or four times
and made himself SO disagreeable that
finally had to fix his business. took an
old razor-the same one just gave
Charlie-put a couple of hicks in it and
dulled the edge on piece of brick. Then
l daubed his face up bit and began to
pull. The old fellow ripped and snorted
and complained while pulled out every
other Whisker, roots and all. When I
got through my right arm was tired out,
and he was sore, mentally and physical
cents, and as compliment to me de-
clared he never would sit in my chair
again. He never has, and have the joke
on the rest of the boys in the shop.
Charlie don't like him, either, and so
let him have the razor"
The man in the third chair moved un-
easily at the thought of such barbarous
fy.oo III oh oir
came sound not unlike the click of
typewriter
Say" suggested the mean man to
Charlie, hadn't you better try another
razor?"
Certainly. sir" responded the anna
BILE Charlie. SIS this one dull?"
ut pulls like the mischief" asserted
the mean man, and Charlie laid the bum
razor down, put some more lather on the
mean mans face, and picked up the
same old razor again. There was more
clicking and swapping and crashing OF
teeth.
"That amt much BETTER" said the
mean man.
BEST we've got in the house. said
Charlie, and the man in the third chair
laughed hearty, whole-souled laugh.
The barber at the third chair sat down
behind screen and also laughed. The
other BARRIERS craned their necks, and
the customers began to sit up and take
notice. The mean man growled, and
everybody else laughed. Finally Char
lie finished his job, the mean man put on
his coat, paid his Is cents, snorted and
fumed and passed out into the weather.
do you treat many of your customers
that way?" ventured the man in the
thirl chair.
mo, but we keep that razor in stock
for men we don't like. If you ever en-
counter barber who pulls your whis-
kers out put it down in your notebook
that he don't like you"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20
THE COMMUTERS WATCH.
Bet by Almost Every Passing Train
and Never Up to Schedule
Time

Commuter, eh?" asked the matchmaker
e ne examined timepiece that was
brought in for repairs.
Yes. Why?" said the owner, accord
ing to the New York Times.
The watch shows ito went on III.
matchmaker. It's been ret two or three
times day. That's commuter habit.
The arrangement for setting the hands
has been worked overtime.
The commuter is always anxious lest
ne miss his train, and he keeps setting
more faith in the railroad schedules than
he has in his watch. He keeps moving
the hands back and forth, according to
the variations of the trains from the
schedule, until he wears out the watch
4. Almost every commuter has certain
trains by which he regulates his watch.
regardless of their variations from the
schedule, and in consequence he never
has the tiIne exactly right"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20
NO BARGAIN DAYS THERE.
For the Reason That Everybody
Would Wait for Them to Do
Their Buying.

Gov. La Toilette Of Wisconsin was de-
:;cI.o,ng the sharp business methods, the
intense economy of certain company Of
business men, relates an exchange.
Those men," he said, should live in
puckwater: Perhaps it was from Duck
water that they originally came, They
have certainly all the Duckwater char.
acte-istlcs.
Wss5you have never heard of Duck
water: ~ Ell, then. here is an illustration
tor you of the character of the town.
a drummer went to Duckwater one
winter, and to the leading merchant, in
he said: soo1''
These goods, sir, would make a TEMPT
Ing line for bargain day
ru- bargain day?' said the merchant.
sir
No bargain. days in Duckwater? Why
that! asked the drummer, quite amazed.
Because, replied the merchant. II
re had bargain days here, nobody would
buy anything On the other days, SIR"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20
Luxuries in Alaska.

A side light upon the mode Of living
in Alaska is given by stating the fact
that in Seattle recently 1900 cases OF
canned cream (15 freight carloads) was
ordered by one Seattle firm from a sin
gle cannery for shipment to Alaska
This cream is really milk condensed
to about half its volume, and is very
popular in Alaska. The Alaskans
drink it as they eat bacon. In Juneau
the cold, or so-called "shut-in'' months,
are enlivened with club affairs. dances
and social functions, at which the men
are required to wear dress suits.
There are carpets on the floors of the
Alaskan log huts, and the more pre-
tentious houses have almost all Amer
lean Observation-Disclosures Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20
For Growing Girls.

West Pembroke, Me, March 2l.-Mrs.
A. Il. Smith, of this place, says that
Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best remedy
for growing girls. Mrs. Smith empha-
sizes her Recommendation by the follow
ing experience:
MY daughter was thirteen years old
last November, and it is. now two years
since she was first taken with Crazy
Spells that would last week and would
then pass of. In q month she would
have the spells again. At these times
She would eat very little, and was very
yellow, even the whites Of her eyes would
Be yellow.
"The doctors gave a. no encourage
ment, they all said they could not help
her. After taking one box Of Dodd's
Kidney Pills, she has not had one bad
spell. OF course, we continued the treat.
ment until she had used in all about q
dozen boxes, and we still give them to
her occasionally, when she is not feeling
wen. Dodd's Kidney Pills are certainly
the best medicine for. growing girls"
Mothers should Iced the advice OF
Mrs. Smith, for by SO doing they, may
ave their daughters much pain and sick
ness and ensure healthy, happy future
: for them.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20
OF INDUSTRIAL INTEREST.

Japan exported 100000 tons=of lucifer
matches last year.
The lace trade affords employment to
something like 100000 parsons in
France.
Canton, China, boasts of ovek 20 trades
guilds. These guilds have fine halls and
spacious courtyar6s. where tEeir mem
bers meet daily and discuss the affairs
of their respective trades and ether mat
tiers.
A new use for aluminium is.found in
making spools and bobbins, particular
~ for mill work. The ALUMINIUM bob
bins weigh less than half as .much as
wooden ones, are less Influenced by
changes in heat and moisture, and are
said to be more durable.
The hardest-worked womel In Eng
land are the chainmakers OF Cradley
Heath, Staffordshire. These women
have been known to work at.the anvil
for Is hours, and then 60 home to do the
homework and the washing. They get
four or five shillings for every hundred
weight of chain they make, which usu-
ally takes day and half.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20
APPLES WERE SUPERIOR.
That Was What the Dealer Called
Them, But the Farmer Called
Them @Superlative."

He had shrewd and kindly face
and he was standing with his hands
behind his back, spellbound in a grc-
Gerry store not far from the alleged
post Office, relates the Providence
Journal.
Whats interesting me?" he said, in
reply to question.
THAT basket there with those RED
apples marked Is cents a dozen
They're seven cents apiece if you don't
take a dozen, and I've been trying tc
muster up courage to buy one and bite
into it.
1--WE stable farm of my own back
here a ways, and I've been used to
apples all my life, but that basket
fascinates me like kissing serpents in
q cage.
Every time come to town I brush
by ii, and then I go back and stare at
it like all possessed.
"And / keep mumbling to myself:
Apples Is cents Dozen SIS barrel
and $3.50 for ten barrels!' That's
voluptuous arithmetic. / can't make it
Out. Was JeSLluS VIII Tic Clerk Oh IL
the first time l saw them.
"'Ain't you got your signs kind er
twisted?' l asked him. Don't that
card with IS cents on it there in those
apples belong on a ham or a hind
quarter of beef? Or may be it strayed
from the strawberry counter?'
No, sir says he, kind of tart like,
those are superior apples
SUPERIOR say l. They must be
better than that-the best that ever
grew-superlative. I'd call them but
he didn't seem to want to joke.
"a few years ago put notice out
near my well that people could have
all the apples they wanted if they'd
pick them up and cart them off; they
were rolling on the ground, but not a
soul came after an apple. And here
are apples at Is cents a dozen-more'n
six cents each by the dozen. And
there's all kinds of queer-lookilg for
eign fruit can't call by name. don't
know what we're coming to, lately.
Half the time feel as if I'd just been
born and didn't know nothing"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20
Formosa Under Janan.

Since Japan acquired the island OF
Formosa from the Chinese she has
spent over 900, 100000 yen on that pos
session. During all this time the rev.
enues derived from the island have not
reached 1OO,o00.000 yen. Japan has es-
tablished modern school system in
Formosa, has regulated the camphor
trade, built railroads, and 100000 yen
are spent every year for modern forti-
fications. At Kelung the Japanese
have constructed new harbor at a
cost of about 5000, 900 yen. The agri-
cultural resources are also now beng
developed on large scale.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20
GRATEFUL TO CUTICURA.
For Instant Relief and SPEEDY Cure Of
Raw and Scaly Humour, nching
Day and Night for Many
Months.

II do wish you would publish this let
tel SO that others suffering as I have may
see it and be helped. For maay months
awful sores covered my face sand neck,
eeabs forming, which would swell and
itch terribly day and night, zand then
! had tried many remedies, :but was
growing worse, when started ::with Cuti-
eura. The first application gave me in
slant relief, and when I hads used two
cakes of Cuticura Soap and taree boxes
of Cuticura Ointment, was completely
cured. (Signed) Miss Nellie Wander
Niele, Lakeside, N. u"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20
FREE 70 OUR READERS.

rotanic Hood Balm for the Blood.
II Won suffer from ulcers, eczema, scrof.
MIA. blood poison, cancer, eating sores.
;tcRing akin, pimples, boils, bone pains,
sWeIlines. Rheumatism, catarrh, or any
bi,.od q aim disease, we advise you to
t t Botanic Blood Balm (B; B. p: r.
peciaily recommended for old. oo q, are,
deep-sea.ed cases, cures where "a an h, e.ss
fail. a hsd' r sss'y sves the skin the rich
Dr. e health. Druggists, 81 per large
p nG.saSi R.inn Co. Atlanta, Ga. Describe
ol0cHl snd free medical advice sent IN
s . letter. Medicine sent At once pre-
psid.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20
None Left to Chloroform.

Shall we chloroform the old folks OF
the next generation?" asked the sage Of
Plunkville.
l"H cigarettes an tight lacin' keep their
present hollis on the respective sexes" re-
torted the Pohick philosopher, there
Ain't goin' to be no old folks in the next
generation. "-Pittsburg Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20
Cannot Reduce a Rate.

It is stated in Washington, that under
the Townsend rate bill, If rate is fixed
by the Commission 1t cannot tie lowered
by a railroad. Should an emergency
arise calling for a decreased rate, the
railroads or shippers would have to ap-
peal again to the Commission there be-
ing no latitude allowed, whatever the
circumstances. Hitherto .naximum
rate has been the rule, but nozsuch con-
cession is made under the proposed leg
islation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20
IN PARAGRAPHic FORM.
What Daniel J. suily Says to the Col
ton Growers Of the South.

What Daniel J. Suily Says to the Cot
ton Growers Of the South.
If you wish to win your battle and
obtain fair price for your cotton vol:
must reduce your acreage very con.
siderabiy.
You have surprised the world by
the manner in which you have held
your cotton.
Surprise it again by cutting down
your cotton acreage.
Do not be led astray by the present
steadiness of prices.
Three causes have contributed to
bring about this rise of more than a
cent a pound.
First: The urgent demand arising
from an unprecedented consumption.
Second: Your courage and wisdom
in making the buyer meet your terms.
Third: The belief that you would
cut your acreage to such an extent
that the supplies from this crop and
the growth of 1866 would make a
commercial crop no larger than the
world needs
The first two causes lose their force
the moment it is know that there Is
a prospect for moderately large crop
next year.
Even if the mills take 10000. 900
bales during the current season, this
would leave carry-over of 100000
bales. Hence the necessity of a
smaller crop this year.
Do not let any rise in prices between
now and the end of the planting sea-
son deter you from reducing your acre
age.
Such an advance would be merely
anticipating that you were making
the decrease which your friends have
advised you to make.
If the June report of the government
shows that you have failed to make
sufficient reduction the only persons
who would be gamers by the advance
would be the spectators who sell out
their futures at profit.
The price of cotton you produce will
be regulated by the actual not the ex-
pected reduction.
In this matter Of acreage reduction
bear in mind three SUGGESTIONS
Don't depend on your neighbor to do
the reducing.
Don't rely on bad weather to cut
down the size of the crop.
Don't put large acreage in cotton
simply because it is too late to plant
corn or other diversified crops.
1t would be far better to let part OF
your land lay idle than run the risk
of raising a crop so large as to make
possible another period of low-priced
cotton.
l am making this appeal to you be-
cause regard the next few weeks as
critical to the South and because
believe that every man who is inter-
ested in the welfare of the South
should urge the Importance OF re-
duced acreage.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20
Matter of Choice

Between the two," said the. home
grown philosopher, Il prefer the has-been
to the going globe man."
Because why?" queried the youth.
the has-been up" explained the philosophy
dispenser. Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20
Most Of Your Neighbors

Will take advantage of the Offer made by
the Vernal Remedy Company, Of LIE Roy,
N. Y, to send free trial bottle of Yer
nal Palmettona palmetto Berry Wine),
q psa nat .n a tbe
lie at large, for the reason thsst it is the
best specific known for the quick and
permanent cure of all diseases of the
stomach, liver, bowels and urinary organs.
Only one dose day. Sold b druggists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20

.some day you may be president Of the
United States" said the gatronizlng per.
snn. II hardly think *" answered the
small boy with the spectacles NY par
srt. would never consent to my standing
,,,t of doors on 1 March day to bs in.
snsurated Chicago Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20
Impossible Reform.

Deacon Jones-What do you think Of
the proposition that women remove their
hats at church?
is the most absurd thing I ever heard Of!
What do they think the women come to
church for anyway Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-20
OF Course, Money Talks.

Mr.. Moregold- Now that I find myself
suddenly rich, l leave the work of break
ing into society to you, my dear.
Mrs. Moregold-That's just like your
dear chivalrous self. You always leave the
easy work for me-Chicago Journal.