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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-20
How to Tell COunterfeits.

Any visitor to the Bureau of Engrav-
Ing and Printing where Uncle Sam is
printing the much sought-after green
backs, comes away impressed with the
intricacies Of the manufacturing Of a
paper note. Few, indeed, understand
the rule of four adopted b. the Govern
ment as an aid in thwarting the plans
Of counterfeiters. Acquaintance with
the rule of four, might help many peo-
pie of the outside world in detecting
counterfeit money. Every note printed
by the Recommendations currency
and not bank notes-contains a number
and a letter, no two bills having the
same number. These are printed, as
the visitor can see, in the blocks of
four as they leave the plate printers
table. For instance, a number will be
found on a note, 1888 with the letter
G in the upper left hand and lower
right hand corners; another bill bears
the number 79,9SS D; another 1866 3.
These numbers and letters have a re-
lation for each other and are easily de-
termined. The last two numbers on
the note determine, when divided By
four, the letter to be found in the two
corners. Should the last two numbers
be Invisible by four, with a remainder
one, the letter appearing should be
A; If two remain, B; if three remain,
G; and if the last two numbers are
Invisible by four, with no re-
nainder, the letter appearing should
oe D.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-20

building up its delta, higher end
higher until today the bed OF the river
Is above the valley on either side.
once let 1t cut its banks and the
stream spreads out all over the coun-
try. About four years ago a large
corportiOn, imbued with the laudable
purpose of making homes for settlers
in the Salton Desert, completed a big
canal heading in the river below Yu-
ma and almost on the International
boundary. The canal was a large
one, 60 feet on the bottom, and carried
a great amount of water through
Mexico into California on to the area
now called Imperial Valley. The
canal heading, owing to the character
OF the banks of the stream, was ipse-
cure. 1t has always been a source of
trouble and annoyance. The river
resented it as an obstruction in it's
course and deposited great loads of
silt in front of it and then proceeded
to cut a channel around it. Drcdges
were used constantly to keep the canal
heading open.
The last great flood in the stream
simply wiped away the head gates
and opened a way for a large part Of
the stream to flow into the valley.
Just below this point the stream
spilled over the banks again and fol-
lowing down an old stream channel
it finally began to pour its whole vol
ume in to Salton Sink. Only the high |
banks Of the Imperial canal prevented
areas of irrigated lands from
being inundated and millions of dol
lars in crops from being destroyed.
Great difficulties are presented to
the engineers who are trying to induce
the stream to go back to it's old chan
mel. A new heading Is projected.
Of feet of lumber have
been ordered and steamboats, are
awaiting its arrival. If these mear:s
prove ineffective there ia 3;.anser that
5000 families now residing in the I'M
oerfai -v.:.y, may be rendered home
ess. Competent engineers are in
,lined to believe that the task is be-
vond the strength of the present COM
)any to perfom and that measures
low being undertaken will not prop
,rly nor permanently safeguard the1
property Of the people in the valley.
This is a question for the engineers
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-20
T0othaehe or Appendicitis?

A movement looking to the better
care of children is spreading. 1t is
proposed nov that the tooth brush
drill be a part of the curriculum of
II schools, and that dentists should
visit regularly the children attending
them. Doctors have spoken very
strongly on the usefulness of taking
tonics and similar medicines in order
to promote better digestion, or to
purify the blood, when a constant
system of poisoning is going on in the
mouth. 1t is claimed that much poor
blood and weakness in children comes
from dental decay. A noted physician
declares that appendicitis is caused by
bad teeth. Take your choice-either
have your teeth extracted or your ap-
pendix cut out. The doctors get you
either way, going or coming.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-20
G. J. BLANCHARD at Los Angeles.

much CONSERVATION on the part of the
railroad which happens to be located
near by, and of some little disquietude
among several thousand settlers
whose farms are apparently threat
,ened unless the erratic stream can be
induced to return to its old pathway
to the sea. A glance at the map will
make clear the unusual conditions
which at present prevail in the Col
|prada Delta.
Below the town of Yuma, Arizona,
kfhe stream has cut its banks at three
Efaces and passing through old, dry
hannels, Is now pouring westward
nd northward into Salton Sink. Aug
aented by the volume of this great
ream the Sink has already become
wat inland sea, spreading out for
miles in one direction and 30 miles
cssanother, and growing daily.
The Giant Force of Nature.
esengers on the train now ex-
with wonder as they look out
a the bread sea reaching to the
Feftern horizon, where but a short
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-20
Enormous Salt Beds.

Under an almost tropical u the
sea evaporated, %uncovering a great
level plain over large portions of which
was laid a deep deposit of rich river
sediment wanting only irrigation to
produce abundant harvests. At the
depression in the valley, VIII re
evaporation has not yet carried off
all the water, the salts were deposited
and large works have long
been established there marketing
Of tons of this mineral.
For centuries the Colorado has been
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-20
To Be Reunited.

Have you seen my poor, dear little
duckling" asked the distressed but be-
witchiQg young mother duck.
"Ah! madame" replied the polite but
still hungry fox, II have inside infor-
nation on that point; you will soon
meet your little one"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-20
STOP %LAND.GRABBING.
THE DUTY OF CONGRESS- rs TO
AMEND FAULTY AND ANTI
OUATED LAND LAWS.

President Hill,of the Great Northern
Railroad, Calls Attention to Enor
nous DlsposaIs of Government
Land Without Settlement Int
Homes.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
There will be people ill-naturet
enough to charge that President Hill
of the Great Northern Railway, dll
not come into court with entirely clear
hands in the vigorous denunciation Of
| the land-grabbers contained in his re
cent speech before the National Irriga.
ton Congress at Portland. This, how
ever, does not necessarily detract from
the truth of his charges. Perhaps few
men in the country are better qualified
to speak upon the blighting effects OF
the dishonest policy which has appro-
priated millions of acres of valuable
lands, only to exclude from them the
actual settlers who would have deVel'
oped them.
President Hill is a railroad manager,
and railroads depend for profit upon a
traffic afforded by a populous and we'll
cultivated country. A railroad t-tend-
ing through territory without farms or
farmers, towns Or industrial communl-
ties must suffer serious disadvantages.
Where great tracts of land are owned
and controlled by mere spectators, de-
velopment is impossible. 1t is very
likely that President Hill spoke by the
card when he charged that those who
go upon Government land at this time
for the purpose of making homes are
only a handful.
Rapid Disposals of Public Lands.
His figures, showing the rapid in
crease in area of public lands which
have passed into private ownership
since 1893, possess a significance that
is startling. Nearly 90,OO0,OO0 acres, a
total area equal to three times that of
the State of Pennsylvania, have been
awarded to private owners in the six
years from 1893 to 1903, inclusive, very
little of which-according to President
become the property Of home
stead seekers. The bulk of it has be.
come the holdings Of the lumber kings,
barons, and spectators pure and
1t is evident that there are
more men who deserve the penalties Of
he law which have lately been inflicted
lpOn Senator Mitchell, of Oregon.
The duty of Congress in this connec-
ion is unmistakable. The laws under
which this vast domain has been Sc
ured by private interests with no in
ention Of opening it to development
hould be repealed or amended to pre-
ent any further looting of the public
ands.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-20
The Modern Rush..
From the Chicago Times-H Herald.

He didn't have time to chew
The food that he had to eat;
But he washed it into his throat
AS If time vas a thing to beat.
at breakfast and lunch and dinner
Twas a bite and a gulp and go
Oh, the crowd is so terribly eager,
And a man has to hurry so!
A bite and a gulp and away
To the books and the ticker! A bite
And a drink and a smoke and a seat
At a card table half of the night ;
A pressure, a click and a pallor,
A c~loth-covered box and a song;
A weary old fellow at forty,
Who is deaf to the noise Of the
throng.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-20
Black Friday.

"Now, children" said the Sunday
school teacher, addressing the juvenile
class, can any of you tell me any
thing about Good Friday?
Yes, ma'am, ! can," replied a boy.
HE was the colored man what done
the homework for Robinson Crusoe."
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-20

Gulf and created a huge inland sea
which covered all of what is now
known as Imperial Valley. The shore
line of this great sea can be distinct
|ly traced by the old beaches which
are found there.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-20
GREAT INLAND SINK.
FIERCE RAMPAGE OF COLORADO
RIVER DESPOHS THOUSANDS
OF FERTILE ACRES.

Huge Engineering Difficulties Must
be Overcome; or Otherwise Eight
Thousand Families WILDE Render
ed Homeless and Destitute
Co.. BLANCHARD at Los Angeles,
The great Colorado river of the.
southwest the Nile Of America, Is on
Its bad behavior. Like old travellers
who forsake the beaten highways, the
Colorado, grown tired of its channel, |
Is seeking a new route. Its desire
for change naturally is the cause Of |
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-20

tago the desert reigned supreme
q awful desolation.
ance at the map again and note
faint line near the international
dairy, and .%encircling -the@=iarge
@HgkedeJunf Netfey. All the
l0ed within THIS line is below
the lowest portion situated
Sink where it is 2S7 feet be-
those who visit this remark
bn it is apparent that in anci-
gical times the Gulf Of Cali
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-20
CHINESE GRAVEYARD CUSTOMS.
Peculiar Custom of Placing Cooked
Food on the Graves of the
Departed.

Assorted foods, literally by the
wagon load, are annually taken out to
Cypress Hills Chinese Cemetery by
members of New York's Chinese col
ony, says the New York Times, and
these offerings, which are to us such
strange evidences of affection .nd re-
membraDce. ars placed with pic
tpresque rites, on the graves where the
departed Celestial brothers of the
colonists are awaiting the convenient
or Is it the auspicious?-season for
transshipment to the land which these
most stolid Of sentimentalists insist on
believing to be the only one where the
dead can rest comfortably. These an
nual illustrations of the fact that the
Chinaman has feelings like the rest of
us, even If he does choose different
ways of showing them, attracts the
usual amount Of attention, some Of it
respectfully curious and some openly
derisive, but neither variety affects the
performance of the ceremonies or
enables us to get a bit nearer the mys-
terious Mongol mind. 1t is hard to
believe that II far-traveled Chinese
really think that anything is accom-
piiSASu loI Tic uedu ny putting IOdSL
pig n boiled rice on a grave, and yet
they do it year after year.
A Bright Retort.
The ancient story of the Chinaman
who. when asked at what hour the
spirits consumed the food thus offered |
to them, replied that 1t was at the same
hour chosen by II dead for smelling
flowers we similarly place, il always
pertinent to discussion of this mystery,
and reflection on the story has the
admirable effect Of giving a new
standpoint from which to study the
"ontlandish" custom Of our useful but
unloved guests. In all these things It
is the thinking so that constitutes
right, propriety and c~ongruity. The
Chinese ceremonies do show affec-
or pious remembrance, and
whether the dead are Indifferent or not. |
tie reflex action on the living Is effec.
lively brought to bear.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-20
A FOR THE NAVY.
government Selects Supply for
Officers and Men.

The American naval officer and IN,
)acky smoke and chew. This Is a fac
OF which the Government takes officia.
c~ognizance and recognizes In a way
that makes such habits inexpensive
Incidents to life on board ship. Re.
Gently the Navy Department had I'm.
der consideration the award Of a con.
tract for 10000 pounds Of cut plug
tobacco. and in November next bids
will be called for another supply of
like amount. The contract under
which the supply Is now being fur
nished was secured on a basis of a
bid OF 40 cents a pound. Twenty
nine bids are now under consideration,
the prices ranging from 3O1a cents a
pound to 4S cents. The contract will
not necessarily be let to the lowest
bidder, but to the one supplying at the
lowest price the grade best suited for
the purpose.
Practical Chewing Tests.
Each bidder is required to submit
a sample Of the tobacco to be fur
nished, and these, after the factory la
bells are removed and secret identif-
cation marks substituted, are divided
into small lots, part being sent to a
chemist for analysis, and a goodly
supply going to the various navy yards
for distribution among officers and
for practical test, the opinion Of
the officers and 'j~ackies"" being taken
before the award Is made. Final re-
suits are reached by the process of
until the selection of the
.hewers dwindles down to two or
three samples which are bound to be
favorites. These favorites are then
taken up with regard to the chemical
test, and the contract is awarded, so
that perhaps the lowest bidder has no
consideration whatever when the final
result Is obtained.
While heretofore the navy supplied
he men with the tobacco "a very in
article) free of cost, the Gov
now insists upon the best
trade, which it sells to the sailor at
he contract price, plus a very small
percentage to cover the cost Of ham
ling. Only such tobaccos are consid-
red which are manufactured from
'ure leaf tobacco of the growth of the
urrent or preceding year in which
be contract is made, and which shall
ave undergone a natural sweat.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-20
a Good Buggy For Sale.

Leesville (Mo.) Light: Luke Bel
mont.s new buggy is for sale. He got
married last week, you know.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-20
PENSIONS.

Over one Million Dollars
allowed our clients during the last
six years.
Over one q
claims allowed through us dur
ing the last six months. Dis.
ability, Age and In
cre pensions obtained
in the shortest possible time.
Widows claims a speciality.
Usually granted within 90
days ifplaced with US immedi-
ately on soldiers death. Fees
fixed by law and payab1le out Of
allowed pension. A successful
experience Of IS years and benefit
of daily calls at Pension Bureau
are at your service. Highest ref
erences furnished. Local Magis-
trates
benefited by sending US
claims,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-12-02
CITY FINANCES.

Editor Herald The statement Civ
en- in the Tribune this week concerning
the financial condition of the city re-
quires little explanation before it
should effect anyone's vote at the com
ing election.
1t is made to appear that the total
receipts of the city are only $4,000 per
year, made up of $4,000 saloon licenses
and 5000 from a q mill tax. 1t is
we'll known that the total receipts of
the city from all sources outside of the
schools are between $4,000 and $25000
per year, coming from water and light
rentals, taxes and various saloon, draw
and peddlers licenses, while the pres
ent authorities by careless purchases,
high priced and inefficient labor on the
streets and water system, etc, have
managed to make the expenses of the
city, including bond interest and sink
ing funds always a little greater than
the total receipts.
The revenues of the city are increas-
ing at the rate of from Is to 20 per
cent per year so it is evident that the
loss of the liquor licenses, being only
about Is per cent-or II per cent, with
only three saloons-of the total re-
ceipts will have much less effect upon
the city's financial condition than care
less or malicious expenditures by the
city authorities.
We will hear from the business men
of Oakesdale and Garfield at the union
meeting at the Christian church to-
morrow night, and see how weaker
towns than Pullman have been able
to exist without sacrificing their prin-
ciples to the saloon.
Anti-Saloonite.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-12-02
A HUMAN SLAVE


|. The second act of ga Human
Slave, following very thrilling
climax in the first act, is an effective
bit of melodramatic writing. The
scene represents poorly furnished,
1 but exquisitely neat cottage. 1t is a
wintry day, and outside blizzard is
raging. The wind whistles in the
caves of the old cottage, and the snow
sits in through the cracks of the door
0nd windows. From the windows can
be seen the high chimneys of the dis
tant Stocton Iron Mills, the smoke
from them being whirled and twisted
in thousand fantastic shapes by the
fierce winter gale. The occupants of
the cottage, Dick Atherton and his
wife Mildred, are starving. They are
too poor to buy food and too proud to
beg. To the wife rightly belongs the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-12-02

. distant mills, the cottage they are
dwelling in and all of the surrounding
property, but she has been defrauded
out of her birthright through 1.-The
scheming of heartless, but remark
ably able villain. 1t is not for long,
however, that Mildred and her husband
have to suffer. Kind and loyal friends
come to their rescue, and in a short
time they come again into their own.
E. Spofford, under whose direction A
Human Slave" is produced, has given
the melodrama a very handsome pro
duction. One of the great scenes Is
the rolling mills of the Stocton Iron
company in full operation.
"a Human Slave" will be presented
at the Auditorium next Tuesday even
ing, Dec. 5th.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-12-02
NUMBER 10

no punishment thereof, and would alb
solutely take the licensing and the con-
troll of the liquor traffic out of the
hands of the city council and place it
with the druggist who does not con-
tribute one cent to the city for such
privilege. Under such construction
of the law as some of the druggists
now place upon it, the saloon man who
pays $1,000 for his license is placed at
great disadvantage in business.
The law intends that the man who
pays for the privilege should be per-
mitted to sell the liquor and that the
druggist should be punished for selling
unless he strictly complies with the
law, which is hreeinbefore quoted, and
the penalty fixed by the state law for
the violation thereof is fine in any
sum not exceeding $1,000 or six months
in the county Jail or both such fine
and Imprisonment for each offense.
Respectfully,
John w. Mathews.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-12-02
COMMUNICATED.

have been asked by a citizen of
Pullman for an opinion in regard to
the rsale of Intoxicating liquors by
druggists. In other words has a
druggist legal right to sell intoxi-
eating liquors without a license?
In the first place our state law pro-
vides that "the mayor and council or
the governing body of each incorpo-
rated city, Incorporated town, or in
corporated village in the state of
Washington, shall have the sole and
exclusive authority and power to reg
ulate, restrain, license or prohibit the
asle or disposal of spirituous, fermen-
ted, malt, or other Intoxicating liq-
uor within the corporate limits of
their respective cities, towns or villa
ges. ." Sec. 1884, vol. /, Bal. Code.
In the second place the law pro-
vides that druggists may sell spiritu-
Gus, fermented, malt, or other intoxi-
eating liquors in good faith, upon the
written prescription of any reputable
physician, and it shall not be unlaw-
full for a pharmacist or Druggist to
sell pure alcohol for scientific or me-
chanical purposes to any reputable
mechanic or scientist, upon his writ
ten certificate which must be filed with
the other prescriptions of said pharma-
cist or druggist, that said alcohol is to
be used for the scientific or mechani-
cal purposes specified in said certifi-
cate, and for no other purpose, and
nothing in this chapter shall make it
unlawful for any pharmacist or drug
gist to sell pure grape wine to any
regularly ordained clergyman or other
church officer of any recognized relig-
ious denomination for sacramental
purposes, upon the written certificate
of said clergyman or other church
officer, which certificate must be filed
with the other prescriptions of said
pharmacist or druggist, that said wine
is to be used for sacramental and for
no other purposes. Sec. 2937. Vol. l,
Bal. Code.
Some drug store keepers are now
under the enormously impression that
the law last quoted, which is the law
Of 1888, was repealed or changed by |
the legislature of 1899. The law of |
1899 in no way repeales or changes |
the laws Of 1888, which require that I
the druggist must have the written !
certificate Of a reputable physician if ,
you want liquor for medicinal purposes
or the written certificate of a mechan- /
ic, scientist or clergyman when intox-
icants are wanted for any of the pur-
poses indicated by the names of those
The laws of 1899 ex-
pressely provides that no such wines,
spirituous or malt liquors shall be sold
for any other than medicinal, scientific,
or sacramental purposes. "
To put any other construction upon
the law would result in the druggist
selling liquor at any time to any per-
ion whether minor or adult, for any
purpose what's .r, and be subject to
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-12-02
w. s. c. LOSES
THANKSGIVING GAME
Missionaries Defeat the Farmers
at Walla Walla by Score
of 1915 *

In the closing game of the foot
ball season, played at Walla Walla
with Whitman College on Thanksgiv-
ing day, the w. S. C. boys met with
another Waterloo, the final score being
10 to 6 against them.
w. S. C. had the best of it in the
first half, as their superior weight
gave them the advantage on the slip
perry field. But as the game pro-
gressed the snow ceased falling and a
brisk wind sprang up from the south.
Walla Walla people manifested
great interest in the game, as nearly
1000 people were present. In the first
half, by series of line bucks, long
run by Hardy and 38 yard run by
Nissen, w. S. C. carried the ball to
Whitman's one yard line. In three
attempts w. S. G. put the ball over
Tor touchdown.
In the second half Whitman ad-
vanced the ball to the five yard line,
and Schmidt, falling back, made a
pretty drop kick for goal. The ex-
change of half dozen punts left the
ball in the middle of the field. From
here Whitman carried it over without
losing the ball. butcher kicked an
easy goal.