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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12

dent McKinley's administration, were
as strong recommendation Of this pol
icy as have ever been written. He
called attention to the fact that vast
fortune was allowed annually to waste
itself throughout the West; that wa
ter supply was uselessly running to the
sea which would irrigate 20 million
acres Of the most fertile desert land in
the world, and he called attention to
the fact that an irrigated west was
capable of supporting the entire pres
ent population of the United States.
It was not in keeping with the spirit
of the times that this great oppor-
tunity for home building should be ne
elected by the nation.
Then when Colonel Roosevelt be-
came President, the irrigation bill was
passed and the administration Of the
law was entrusted to the Interior De
partment. Mr.. Hitchcock was ready.
The Geological Survey, bureau Of
his departement, had been making ex-
tensive surveys and in reality, getting
ready for such a law, SO that work
was Immediately commenced and in
stead of eight or ten years of prepara-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12
GHOST POINTS WAY TO- GOLD.]
Miners Story of Discovery of Ricf
Mineral Deposit in UnexpIoredD
CANYON.

Bringing large bottle filled with
almost pure gold, taken from a lode
long hidden in mountain Businesses,
not a great distance from Seattle, w.
E. Bartlett and NJ G. Black, both we'll
known local business men. are reported
back after a perilous trip to the Cas-
cades.
Theirs, however, was labor richly
rewarded, though the story Is so In.
terwoven with spiritualism and ro-
nance that it is well-nigh incredible.
Bartlett is the grandson of D. e. In
gels, a miner of the early SOS in those
parts, who was murdered in the hills
by his partner. The Bartlett family
are spiritualists, and Bartlett declares
that his dead and murdered grand
father, through Portland medium,
appeared to him and described how
he could find the lost mine and that he
would be independent for life.
Bartlett asserts positively that he
received specific directions from the
spirit of his grandfather how to pro-
coed to the lost mine. Moreover. he
was told to select M. G. Black to &C.
company him. The men will not tell
of the location Of their find, but say
it cannot be reached save by making
an extremely dangerous trip and one
filled with hardship, especially at this
time of the year, when the mountains
are firm in winters icy grasp. In the
spring they will return and develop
their find.
In rough and mountainous section,
they say, they found gray quartz
ledge, literally filled with precious
metal. Small pieces were broken of,
pounded up in frying pan which they
had with them and the gold picked out
Should the ledge prove as rich as the
samples, or even quarter as rich,
man could pan out in a weeks time
enough of the gold to make him
wealthy.
AS an evidence Of their find they
have the bottle Of gold dust, which has
already been viewed by dozens Of peo.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12
Easy When You Know How.

A farmer left to his eldest son one
half of his seventeen horses, to his
second son one-third and to his third
son One-ninth. The executor did not
know what to do as seventeen will not
divide evenly by neither two, three or
nine. In the afternoon a neighbor
drove over and learning Of the dlAicul-
ty said, stake my horse and you will
then have eighteen" The executor
then gave one-half, or nine, to the
eldest son; one-third or six, to the
second son; and one-ninth, or two, to
the youngest, and the neighbor took his
horse home and ever after called him
"Problem" in the morning and "Solu-
ton" in the afternoon.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12
Peace Now Reigns.

After warnings for more than a hun
bred years, in which time thousands
Of lives have been sacrificed and the
greater portion Of the Washoe and
Piute Indian tribes wiped out, peace
has been declared between those tribes.
This arrangement was brought about
BY Capt. Pete, head chief Of the Washoe
tribe, and Capt. Dave, head chief OF the
Piute tribe. They met in Reno, Nevada,
and through Johnny Kay, Capt. Dawes
lieutenant, the two old warriors shook
hands and for an hour or more over
the pipe of peace discussed the plans
that led to the ending Of hostilities.
Now they are planning a pig peace
dance It will take place at Sparks,
and for six days both tribes will Join
in celebrating the big event. The Piutes
once constituted one Of the largest
tribes in the Northwest and the Wasnoe
tribe was a close second.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12

pOSuT0 Ol MS WTOuSuOluS was mduC,
then he must have welcomed death as
happy issue out of all his trouble.
He was an old man. He had sounded
the depths and shadows OF life. He
had run the gamut of human emotions.
He had felt the glorious thrills of tri-
umph and the pangs of disappointed
ambition. He had associated, the
world around, with the men who give
impetus and tongue to the uplifting
thoughts of mankind that are hurry.
ing US on to civilization that will
eventually realize the poets dream of
Utopia.
"What he must have suffered in his
last days-what devils peopled his
brain, what repinings Of what might
have been must have depressed his
soul-who can imagine these, let alone
tell about them? Napoleon fretting
out his proud life on st. Helena never
was as unhappy as John H. Mitchell
must have been while suffering
the stings Of humiliation after expos
ure and conviction came with a
suddenness that carried him to the
depths of despair. He told more than
one Senator who had seen him since
his trouble that he would never 60 to
JAIL"
" Had there been attempt to consider
resolutions of respect for the memory
of Senator Mitchell it is likely that
there would have been objection.
There is a precedent for such action,
for when Senator Broderick, Of Cali
tornia, was killed in a duel with Judge
Terry, of that State, resolutions of re-
spect were offered in the Senate. They
we're opposed by Senator Foster, OF
Connecticut, and the resolutions were
referred to a committee and never
were heard from afterward.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12
What Became of the Change.

Gen. Chaffee was once asked by a
soldier to lend him a quarter.
didn't you receive your months
pay yesterday?' asked the General.
"Yes," said the veteran.
"Where's your money now"
"Why I left the post and crossed the
ferry with $3.50. I met friend, and
we had dinner. The bill was 800.
Then I bought $1.OO worth of cigars;
then we went to the theatre for $500.
After theatre we went down to the
Bowery and I spent $500 there"
'That makes $780," said the Gen.
eral. "What became of the other
fifty cents?"
The old soldier seemed puzzled, and
finally said:
"Why, I must have spent that fool
ishly."
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12

crew. He also was a member OF the
freshman class Of the football team,
and actively participated in the pro
motion of college athletics.
Upon the completion Of his course
at Harvard, Mr.. Longworth studied
law in the Cincinnati Law School, and
was admitted to the bar in 1894. He
served as member Of the school board
of his home city until elected to the
Ohio House of Representatives in 1899,
by the incredibly small majority of
4, being the only Republican elected
that year. Subsequently he served in
the State Senate until elected to the
Fifty-eighth Congress, and was re-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12

The forestry station at Dodge City,
Kansas, is giving away trees at the
rate Of 100000 a year. Since the in
auguration of tree planting on an ex-
tensive scale there have been remark
able changes in the climatic condt-
lions Of Kansas.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12
MISS ALICE TO WE'D.
CONGRESSMAN NICHOLAS LONG,
WORTH, or OHIO, THE MOST
FORTUNATE OF MEN.

AGrand White House Wedding in Mid
Believed to Have Occurred on Ocear
Voyage.
There is to be another wedding In the
White House, and society at the CAPT
tai is already looking forward to what
undoubtedly will be the most brilliant
event In the history of the mansion.
1t is just about two years since Rep
resentative Nicholas Longworth, o.
Cincinnati, began to lay siege to the
heart Of the charming daughter of the
President, and his attack has been un
RENTING. Now he has captured the
heart of Miss Alice, and will lead hel
to the altar in d-February.
Several times during the last veal
Mr.. Longworth's engagement to Miss
Roosevelt was rumored, but 1t was
never confirmed, and the social world
began to conclude that warm friend
ship was about all that existed between
them.
Chance of a Lifetime.
It was when Miss Roosevelt deter
mined to accompany Secretary Taft's
party to the Orient that Mr.. Longwortt
apparently saw his browning Opportu'
nifty, and he forthwith became one o1
the party. Throughout the jaunt his
attentions to the daughter of the Pres
ident were more marked than ever be
fore, for in his wooing he had the ad
vantage of being the only courtier In
the field.
Though his friends now say that
they had observed the CLINT Of a, glori
GUS victory in his eyes when he re
turned from the long voyage, he never
conflded his triumph to a soul, and the
first inform alton of the engagement
did not reach society until Mrs. Roose
welt told it to few personal friends in
the White House. Then, Of course, so
ciety soon heard Of it.
Will Tour Europe.
1T is expected that after their mar
riage the distinguished couple will take
q leisurely trip throughout Europe
They will, of course, be certain of a
splendid reception everywhere, espe.
cially in all the capitals Of the Old
World.
Miss Roosevelt has never been in
Europe, although she has had several
opportunities and invitations, notably
when she was invited by Mrs. White
law Reid when Mr.. Reid went to Eng.
land as special ambassador at the cor
onation of King Edward.
In Paris, too. the Longworths are
certain Of lavish entertainment, as Mr.
Longworth's sister, the Viscountess de
Chambrun, lives there.
Miss Roosevelt, who is the only child
Of the Presidents first marriage, will
be twenty-five years old in February,
and is named for her mother, Alice
Lee, of Boston, to whom the President
became engaged in his college days at
Harvard, and whom he married in
1883.
On the death of her mother, one year
after the latter's marriage, Miss Roose-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12
Mitchell, of Oregon. Yet there is nc
a. man an tb 11rhiala is crraot,

Mitchell, of Oregon. Yet there Is nc
body of men on earth which is a great.
er stickler for ceremony governed by
precedent than is the United States
Senate. But the Mitchell case pre-.
scented a unique situation. The official
recognition of the death Of Senator
is always a solemn and affecting pro
ceeding, but even the usual funeral
rites, were omitted in this instance
The Oregon Senator had been convict
ed of a grave crime against the gov
eminent. Excepting Senator Burton,
of Kansas, no other members Of the
Senate has ever had to face criminal
court trial. The Senate has expelled
members and has often exercised Its
constitutional prerogative of unseating
a Senator, but with the two exceptions
above stated, it has never been con-
fronted with such a situation as was
forced upon the public attention by
Senators from Oregon and Kansas.
The Vice-President, who is the
President of the Senate, did not ap.
point the usual committee to attend
the funeral held in Portland, Ore.
Senator Fulton, the sole representative
of Oregon left in Congress, had intend.
ed presenting a brief resolution, re.
citing the death of his colleague, and
asking that the Senate adjourn as a
mark of respect, but even this was not
done. Not even was the desk which
the late Senator occupied yelled in the
heavy mourning drapery as is the Gus.
tom. In a word, the Senate. in sad.
ness, passed over the death of it's for.
mer Senator as quietly and unostenta-
tiously as possible. There have been
no eulogies. His successor, appoint
ed by Governor Chamberlain, a Dem
ocrat, comes to Washington from the
far Pacific slope and the sovereign
State Of Oregon will again have its
full representation in the Senate.
Seats YacaDtin the House.
Oregon's representation in the
House will remain vacant until the
courts have finally passed upon the
indictments and trials of the States
two Representatives, Messrs. Binger
Hermann and John Newton William
son. Mr.. Williamson already has been
convicted by Federal Court of Of
lenses similar to those for which SEN
ator Mitchell was made to suffer, and
is now awaiting the outcome of the
appeal of his case, as was Senator
Mitchell when death gratefully re-
lieved him Of further humiliation and
woe.
Mr.. Hermann is yet to be tried. It
thus happens that there was no one
in the House from Oregon to make for.
NAL announcement to that body Of the
death of Senator Mitchell, so that no
official attention was paid the incident.
There is so little that can be said
Of the strange, tragic, pitiful case Of
Senator Mitchell that the men Of the
Senate who knew him best, who liked
him best, who had served in that great
forum with him longest. and who are
most grieved at the sad ending Of his
career, have been disinclined to speak
Of him at all.
HE is Dead" said one Senator, ."and
that ends all. II he were the man ]
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12

Hops were introduced into England
in 1924 by a native Of Artoris-the
home Of the Ar6esian well. Physicians
denounced their use as dangerous
and Henry VIII forbade brewers in
his kingdom to use hopes in making
ale.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12
HON. NICHOLAS LoNGwORTH.

HON. NICHOLAS LoNGwoRTH.
velt became the charge of her aunt,
Mrs. William s. Cowles, who was then
Miss Anna Roosevelt, and to the pres
emit day is as much the child of Mrs.
Cowles' affection as though she were
+. her daughter instead of her niece.
Her Debut in Washington.
Miss Roosevelt made her debut at a
ball given in the great East Room
early in January, 1902, since which
date she has enjoyed a succession OF
attentions never before offered any
American girl.
At the Worlds Fair in st. Louis,
when she was the guest Of Miss Catlin,
Miss Roosevelt was admired by thou
sands who saw her, and was voted a
true type of the American girl. Thou
sands followed her wherever she went,
but her demeanor did not indicate that
she was any more than a plain Amer
lean. Her sweet smile completely cap
tivated the throng, and in st. Louis or
the West the Presidents daughter Will
always be welcome.
MIR. Longworth is the only son Of the
late Nicholas Longworth, one OF the
great millionaires of the West. His
mother inherited all Of the estate OF his
father.
. Wholesome Sort of a Man.
The future son-in-law. Of the Presi-
dent is an enthusiastic lover Of outdoor
sports, as his splendid physical devel-
opment plainly indicates. He is an ex-
pert on the golf links, a crosscountry
, rider, a good marksman with shotgun
and rife, and veteran fisherman. At
Harvard he was a member of the
varsity rowing crew. and for three
years subsequently rowed in the class
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12


The Secretary's rugged honesty and
unswervable determination to weed
out the despoilers and the grafters
who are looting the agricultural and
timber lands Of the west have called
forth many high enconiums from
thoughtful people who have followed
his course. No public official has
taken more literally to heart the
strong expressions against public land
grabbing of the President in his an
nual message to Congress.
Believes Irrigation Great Question.
Closely connected with the land
question in the west is the irrigation
question, and since he first came into
Office Secretary Hitchcock has been an
ardent friend Of national irrigation.
His annual reports, even under Presi-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12

For nearly half century the sew
ing machine has been in use, and vet
for the shirt we wear the poor work.
woman receives but sixty to eighty
cents q dozen.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12

turned to the Fifty-ninth Congress by
an overwhelming majority. There is
great light in mick" Longworth's
eyes these days.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12
SENATOR'S DEATH IGNORED.
ENTIRELY OVERLOOKED At CAP
ITOL, WHERE HE HAD SERVED
MANY YEARS.

Due to Convict for Defrauding Gov
eminent of Lands-Both Oregon
Congressman Also Under Indlct.
ment or Conviction.
All precedent was ignored by the
United States Senate in the case OF
the death of the late Senator John n.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12

pie, and assays have been made which
prove that the mineral is the real
thing.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-02-15
GUARDIAN OF kHYBER PASS.

Major Roos-keppel Is Of Swedish Ex.
traction.
Major Roos-Keppel, the commander
Of the Khyber pass district in India,
who recently conducted the prince and
princess of Wales through this famous
pass, is a Swede by descent, being the
son of Gustaf Roos, a native of Swe-
den, who settled in England many
years ago. Khyber pass is a famous
name in the annals of the British
army. AS the main connection be-
tween India and Afghanistan and occu-
pied by the warlike Afridis, it has fur
nished many a bloody encounter and
many a daring incident for story
writer's and story tellers in barrack
and mess.
Maj. Roos-Keppel put down an AT.
ridis uprising some years ago, and as
a reward vas made commander Of the
district and guardian Of the pass.
There has been no outbreak since, but
the Afridis are a treacherous people,
given to plumber and warfare, and the
major undoubtedly felt greatly reliev-
ed when he was able to leave the
royal party in a safer place than his
district.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-02-15
A Bridge Joke.

AS a rule bridge players take them
selves so seriously that the game is
seldom enlivened with even a suspi-
cion of humor. Occasionally, however,
n hears a really good joke at the
bridge table. At a certain mixed card
club in London four ladies sat down
to a rubber. Two of them were friends
who had not met for years. How
many children have you now, Alice?"
asked one of the players Of her friend.
"Six above and four below" was the
reply. "Oh," chimed in a third play
er, you have nothing to complain Of
I'm chicane."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-02-15

place for them. Buy your wife a sep
arator, and if in a community where
they have plenty of COWS, and not too
far away, help start a creamery.
"Cut your Corn in time; don't let it
freeze and the leaves all drop off;
feed some steers and feed them from
100 to $50 days, and put n and one
half hogs behind each steer. Feed
your stock cattle enough to make
them thrive instead Of just keeping
them alive until grass. When a scrub
stallion comes to your place get the
gun. Make your colts as large at one
year-old as feed and good care will
make them.
"Sow your crops as we'll as you
know how. and when all done then
harrow them some more. Pay a little
premium and get your crop threshed
and cared for early and when it is a
fair price sell it, and let the other fel.
low hold it for the big price that some
way never comes the years we hold
our grain.
"Try and have something to sell ali
the time. If you a help it don't
borrow money, but if you can borrow,
run no small store bills. Don't sign
notes for machinery: make the old
stuff do. And don't be afraid to Dor
row at reasonable rates to buy your
stock at fair prices. If you get skinned
they will grow o out of the skin
ming. Don't buy stuff that you don't
want because it is cheap or because
someone wants to sell it.
"Sell more, buy less, reduce youl
investment in things that daily de.
crease in value and increase your in
vestment in things that enhance
through growth. When your stuff is
ready to sell, sell it. Try and produce
such articles as the market demands,
and don't try and educate the popular
demand to your way of thinking. Fur.
nish what the people will pay best for.
unfortunately, i've are like the
| great majority that have lived before
us, and only failure, so close that we
can feel the breath upon our face,
seems able to turn us away from the
Things which we have become accus.
toned to do even though admitting
them largely a failure.
"We must get on the solid founda
ton of diversified farming, that is
recognized the world over as a safe
conservative, reasonably profitable
business and quit following our get
rich quick schemes that we have
tried for twenty years with little tc
show as results. Let someone name
a country with good soil and good
climate, such as we have, where the
energetic man, possessed of fair in
telligence, using reasonable common
sense in diversified farming, has not
cared for his family and acquired q
fair competence. Then let another
person lame a good country, 1 care
not what its soil or climate, where
they carry all their eggs in one has
ket and have only an annual pay day
that equals the diversified crop coun
try. Use your head as well as you,
hands,"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-02-15
PATENTS.

List of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & Johnson
patent lawyers, 911-912 Pioneer Press
building, St. Paul, MINI.
Martin Amundson, Ivanhoe, Mimi,
lamp burner; Martha Davis, Worthing-
ton, Mimi, fence structure; Charles
Edwards, Albert Lea, Mimi, Landslide
wheel; George Gilman, st. Paul, Mimi,
lifting jack; Nels Hegg, Harmony.
Mimi, horseshoe calk; Peter Kones,
Castlewood, s. D., wrench; Erik Kyl-
lonen. Enterprise, N. D., threshing ma.
chine.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-02-15
WHITE LEAD SUBSTITUTES.
Paint Manufacturers Testify in NORTH
Dakota Case,

H.
Mrs. Jessie Conoyer, who was ap-
pointed by Judge Amidon as special
master to take the testimony in the
suit to determine the validity of the
North Dakota pure paint law, has re-
turned from Chicago, where she COM
pleted the taking Of testimony for the
paint manufacturers.
The witnesses called by the manu-
f%acturers were Dr.. Dudley, expert
chemist for the Pennsylvania railway;
Mr.. Toch of the firm of Toch Bros.
of New York, and the division man
ager for the Patton Sun Proof Paint
company. The witnesses testified
that sublimed white lead, lithophone,
Western leatd zinc, baryites and chalk,
when mixed in proper proportions, are
as efficient. if not superior, to white
lead and zinc in paints. The claim of
the manufacturers was that the state
law was unconstitutional because 1t
provided for the use Of but four in
gradients al paint pigments. whereas
other ingredients were fully as good,