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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-08

use, unless their application can be enforced? And
how this be done? Existing police methods will
not meet the needs of the future. Immense difficult
ties beset the imagination; but aerial police must
be provided. On points of vantage, well chosen
powerful obServatories must keep under constant
surveillance every square mile of space above the
earths surface
Day and night must the quest be kept up; for here
watch not only for the lawbreaker above who is
tempted to shorten flight by varying from the
established lane but also for the aerodrome in dis
tress, for the craft with failing power of flight
through exhausted motor power, or weakened or
storm battered framework and in need of instant
assistance Even in the daylight hours, the task
will be difficult; at night in and darkness it
would almost hopeless unless electrical science
to the aid by the development of electrical
range finders of delcacy not known at present
Still, again touching the methods of the sailor
will at first be had to powerful search-ights
which, mechanically actuated will sweep the dark
ened skies with rapid beams within established zones
To capture the lawless a6ronaut or to succor the
aerial dereict, new governmental agency must be
organized akin to the revenuecutter service the
high seas Swift, powerfully motored hawks of the
air will be these aerodromeS manned by daring
and well-armed and expert crews; aerial police
capable of overtakng and overpowering any wrong
doer Extra hazardous service, this and it must be
well compensated In it will be bred the future Paul
Toneses and Farraguts and Deweys of our aerial navy
Imagine the awful details of a battle in mid-ar be-
tween desperate smuggler and an aerial cutter
the attempt to grappe the repeant blasts of blazing
gaseous vapor; the collision and terrible mie-high
drop of entangled machines to certain destruction
below Yet these may be merely incidents in time
of peace and only family foreshadow the awful
events of aerial warfare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-08
The Aerial Smuggler

WEEPING within peaceful lines the suggestion Of
N smuggling opens wide field of speculation.
Will it be possible to suppress this revenue-sappng
practice under these conditions? Upon the solu-
ton of this problem may depend the existence of the
whole system of custom-house collections. Land
Gus that they cannot be readily watched. But what
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-09
- SYS-sN

AZ all the money which ia being az
pended In the construction Of tbes,
IRRIGATION works is to be paid back t.
ne government by the settlers takina
tne land. and to 60 into the "reclama
LION FUND" the work of future con
struction will proceed as fast az the re
payments are made from the projects
now under construction. Possibly also.
When the first few completed irrigation
projects shall have thoroughly demon.
strated themselves to be the successful
experiments which they are proving.
Congress will not be ayerse to making
9 direct appropriation as q loan to the
reclamation fund"
A direct Congressional appropriation
Ior such a loan is not believed to be
at all beyond the bounds of accom-
plishment some time in the future
after. as stated, the systems now under
construction shall have demonstrated
themselves to be the successes predict-
ed. The present figure above noted of
$S7, 100000 for irrigation would have
been looked upon as the dream of an
impractical enthusiast at the time that
the irrigation bill was being discussed
10 Congress, less than four years ago.
The year before the passage OF the act
the securing Of q hundred million dol
lar appropriation would have been
believed to be as likely figure as ave
million. to say nothing Of thirtyseven
million.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-09

Many people have found out the truth about old
| fashioned coffee
They have overcome disease caused by it.
The plan was easy and sure
Quit Coffee and use Postum.
Proof with ones self is stronger than any theory.
The Postum army grows by hundreds of thousands
yearly.
The old-fashioned Coffee Magnates are now derid-
ing Postum through the papers.
Because their pocketbooks are hurt, they would
drive the people back to the old coffee slavery.
One coffee prevarcator says: 1T (Postum) has
lately been exposed and found to contain an excess
Of very ordinary coffee"
Another that ut (Postum) Is made from small
amount OF parched peas, beans, wheat, dried sweet
potatoes. and paste of wheat middlings."
Here's to you, oh faithful followers of the tribe Of
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-09
JUDGE GROSSCUP'S SOLUTION,
.NOTEDJURIST WOULD ESTABLISH
COURT OF TRANSPORTATI TON
10 REGULATE RAILROADS.

Numerous Rate Bills Before Congress
at Present. Senator Morgan OPENS
Discussi0n.-GeneraI Public Desires
More Enlightenment.
Whether or not there is to be the
specific railroad rate legislation In
Congress after the lines Of the yigor.
GUS demands of the President, 1t ia a
TACT that many laws have been started
rejoicing on their initial courses at
both ends of the Capitol. They are of
all sorts and conditions. Some will die
In the borning, some will be the bases
for thunderous TRADES of denunciation
against the railroads. with no inten.
ton by the authors of accomplishing
ANYTHING but getting their remarks"
before their constituencies at home,
In the borning, some will be the basis
the committees, and pigeon-holed, or
possibly merged into the one or two
bills which will be taken up for serious
consideration by the House and Senate
themselves.
There Is a vast difference of opinion
On the railroad rate question. There
are some who tell us that the term
railroad" signifies everything that is
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-09

process Each visitor sees Postum made of different
parts of the wheat berry treated by different mecan
zeal methods and one part blended with small part
OF pure New Orleans molasses. So he knows Postum
contains not one thing in the world but Wheat and
New Orleans molasses. 1t took more than wear Of
experimenting to perfect the processes and learn how
develop the diastase and properly treat the other
elements in the wheat to produce the cofeeke flavor
that makes suspicious people wonder" But there
never has been one grain Of old-fashioaed or drug
coffee in Postum and never will Be.
Another thing we have on file in our general Office.
the original Of every testimonial letter we have ever
published. We submit that our attitude REGARDING
coffee is now and always has been absolutely fair II
one wants stinulant and can digest coffee and Il
docs not set up any sort Of physical aent drink It,
But If coffee overtaxes and weakens the heart land
it does with some).
Or If it sets up disease of the stomach and bowels
land It does with some).
oFn " causes weak eyes (and It does with soune).
OF II It causes nervous prostraticn (and Il does
Then good plain old-fashioned common sense might
without asking permission Of coffee merchants sug,
gest to quit putting caffeine the drug Of coee) into
nightly organized human body, for health Is really
wealth and the happiest sort of wealth.
Then If ones own best interest urges him TO st,,dv
'h'o the reason and There's reason" he will un-
earth great big facts that ali Of the sophisee & the
conee importers and roastefs cannot refute
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-09
$1O0,Oo0.00 CASH
Ananias:

VIII De deposited with any reputable trust company
Tor less amount if desired) against like amount
by any coffee rooster or dealer If the charges prove
true we lose, if not we take the money as partial
liquidation for the infamous insult to our business
The Postum Pure Food factories are the largest in
the world, the business having been built upon abso-
lutely pure food products made on scientific lines,
tor reason" and the plain unvarnished truth told
every day and all the time These factories are visited
oy thousands OF people every month They are shown
into every Granny and examine every ingredient and
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-09

bad. and that no legislation could be
too severe to mete out as a proper pun.
ishment for these monsters of extor-
ton. On the other hand, there are
those who think that the railroads
have been Of a very material benefit
to the country and that while thew
should be regulated and shorn of their
undoubted powers to injure the ship
pers and the communities which de.
pend upon them, they should still be
accorded a hearing and reasonable
treatment.
The Presidents attitude on the rail.
road question Is specific. He fayors
the enlargement of the powers of the
Interstate Commerce Commission SO
as to enable that body to fix railroad
rates, where they are deemed by the
commission to be excessive, at the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-09
Autos For Rural DeI;verv.

The recommendation of Fourth AS.
sistant Postmaster General DeGraw
that rural carriers be allowed to use
automobiles In serving their routes
has been approved by Postmaster Gen
eral Cortelyou. The Postmaster Gen
eral, however, expressly reserves the
right to require the rural carriers to
discontinue the use. Of such vehicles
and resume the service Of their routes
IN the ordinary vehicles prescribed by
the regulations, II proof is made Of I'm.
satisfactory service arising from the
use OF automobiles. In addition to
this, the rural carriers are required
also to maintain fixed schedule SO
that the boxes for their patrons may
DO served at or about the same time
zach day.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-09
GETTYSBURG BATILEF7ELD.
The Turning Point of the Civil Mar.
"A Remarkable Cuide.9

A Remarkable Guides
There is a guide at Gettysburs. Pa
Charles D. Sheads, to be found At IN
Gettysburg Hotel, who is q genius.
While not himself soldier. perhaps
few II any Of the actual Participants
OF that three days terrible fight have
a 1.-THE OF his knowledge Of the Details.
He has been a resident Of the town
since 1855. and was conductor OF the
Gettysburg & Hanover Railroad until
1t was burned by the Confederate
June 20, 1868.
Upon the memorable 6rst day Of july.
with many other citizens. he went ouf
to the right Of the Union army. where
the battle had already Commenced. Al
member OF the Twelfth Illinois cavalry
nred the first shot, and squadron AZ
that regiment continued skirmishine
until relieved by the infantry OF thel
First corps, commanded by Ma. Gen.
Reynolds. Later in the day Gen. Rev.
nolds was killed, and the Union troons |
under doubleday fell back through the
town and fortified the heights beyond. |
every house, public and private. had
become a hospital, and Sheads found |
his little home filled with dead and |
lying OF both armies. Upon the second |
IND third day Of the battle he was car.
ng Tor the wounded and shortly after
commenced again running his train.
For the past nine years he has en-
'loved his entire time as q battlefield
'ufde, and no one has witnessed more
4 the $50 monument unveilings, over
ne $4,000 acres where the battles were
ought. Generals and privates, FEEDER.
is and Confederates by the hundreds
ave been pfloted by him over every
pot where they had been stationed and
ave listened to his truthful history al
heir movements, while from them he
as steadily added to and increased
is store Of knowledge.
The name and location OF ell tho
orps, divisions, brigades and regi.l
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-09

ments and their commanders in the
Union army and the general location
OF all the Confederate forces and their
movements are to him an open book,
and the hours spent with him leave but
little to be desired by even those who
are seldom satisfied.
Gettysburg will always be considered
by the North and acknowledged by the
South as the high water mark Of the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-09


course his desire that nothing shout
DO done to injure railroad properties
or drive the companies out Of business
The railroads themselves are not
pleased with this plan Of regulation
While many Of them may not have
done, in past times, the best possible
by the public, they fear that to give an
absolute rate-making power to q politi.
cal commission, such as the Interstate
Commerce Commission, appointed by a
Chief Executive, would be not only an
unconstitutional method of regulation
but would place in that body a power
which II not wisely administered
might practically put them, the rail-.
roads, out Of business. The provision
that they would have recourse to the
courts after rate had been fixed bv
the Commission and put into effect.
would help them but little since their
entire schedule would be changed and
the damage done, before the courts
could be brought to reach a decision.
The other point of view is that with
the knowledge that their rates will be
carefully scrutinized and contested.
tney VIII be extremely careful about
lne making or enforcing Of any ex-
cessive rates, while with the enact.
ment OF comprehensive law the rem.
edy Will always lie with the Govern. |
ment to inspect and supervise any ex.
!sting rates. without, however. disturb. |
ing or overturning the business OF the |
railroad or interfering with the bust. |
ness Of communities
At the last session Of Congress the
greatest interest in railroad matters
'entered around the Esch-Towsend hill
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-09

great civil contest. and when the sun
went down on that bloodiest of fields
where the dead and dying had fallen
ny thousands, as 1t looked upon the
defeat of Pickett's immortal charge, 1t
also saw the beginning Of the end Of
the greatest of modern conflicts.
And because there was no shame IN
that defeat and because deeds Of en-.
DURANGO and heroism belong to each
army In equal measure, the battlefield
VIII remain forever the Mecca of all
brave Americans and Of every military
student Of the entire world.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-09

Peter Larsen, Of Montana, In the
richest Scandinavian in the United
States He is quoted az next in wealth
II Montana to Senator William A.
Clark.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-09

The greatest depth to which a sub
marine boat has descended and re.
turned to the surface is 1888 feet.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-07

Joseph Choate, the famous lawyer, re-
lated at a dinner party at LenoX some in
teresting "reminiscences of the bar and
bench.
"A striking case said Mr.. Choate,
"transpired In the COS. il was a case of a
workman who claimed to AVE lost the
sight Of his left eye in an explosion.
There was no doubt about the explo-
sion, and there was no doubt that the
workman eye had been injured; but the
physicians claimed that he could see out
of it, while he stoutly declared that the
sight was utterly destroyed.
THE Judge heard all the evidence, pro
and con, then, sending the workman from
the court room, he said:
Get a blackboard, and write a sentence
on /. with green chalk. Also get a pair Of
spectacles, with ordinary clear glass for
the left eye, and with red glass for the
right
This, in the course of an hour or so,
was done. Then the workman was
brought back, and he was ordered TO put
the queer glasses on.
HE put them on, and the Judge said to
him:
I" Turn the blackboard round, and see il
you can read what is written"
The man read the sentence without hes
~itation, whereupoh the judge said to him
sternly:
"'Your case IS dismissed. You are an
imposter. You must nave read that sem
tence with your left eye, for the red glass
over the right one turned the green writ
ing black, and made It quite invisible on
the blackboard.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-07
FILLING UP THE CANADIAN WEST
The American Settler Is Welcomed
to Canada

GU -
to Canada.
A number of the leading newspapers
on this side Of the line have been no.
ticing the growth of the Canadian
West in recent years, and draw atten-
ton to the fact that there seems to be
no abatement OF the influx of settlers
to that great grain-growing country.
The Buffalo Express thus refers to the
subject:
Canada West continues to grow.
There were AHA homesteads entries
there in July of this year, as against
3,571 in July, 1905. Canada plumes
herself over this fact with becoming
pride. But what appears to make our
neighbors happiest is the statement
that of these 4,174 homesteaders, 1,212
were from this side of the line. Little
is said about the 81 Canadians who re-
crossed the border to take up homes
Great Britain, or of the 1926 from
non-British countries. 1t appears that
the item in this July report that makes
Canada rejoice most is this of the 1,212
American farmers who decided TO try
their fortunes in Canada West.
'The compliment is deserved. The
1912 were mostly from Dakota and
other farming States, and go into Can
ada fitted better than any other class
of immigrants for developing the new
country. They take capital with them,
too, say Canadian papers proudly. In
every way they are welcome over
there"
AS the Express well says, the Amer
lean is welcomed to Canada, and the
reasons given are sufficient to invite
the welcome. The American farmer
knows thoroughly the farming condi-
tions that prevail in the Canadian prai-
rle provinces. and is aware of every
phase OF agricultural development in
recent years. In practical knowledge
of what is wanted to get the largest
return for labor and investment he ia
by long odds superior to any European
settler. He knows what is required TO
bring success, and he is able and will
ing to do it, and his future causes no
apprehension TO the successful Cana
dian farmer.
The agent of the Canadian Govern
ment, whose address appears else
where, says that the difference be-
tween the tanners and customs Of the
farmer from Dakota, Oregon or Min
nesota and the farmer from Manitoba.
saskatchewan or Alberta is not nearly
so marked as that between the farmer
Of the Maritime provinces and the On
tario tiller of the soil. Hence the well
come to the free homesteads of the
Canadian West (and there are nun
dreds OF thousands Of them lefty that
is extended to the settler from the
Western States.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-07
Devil Bird Of Ceylon.

From the Chicago Daily News.
Most people who have visited the is
land OF Ceylon n penetrated into its
jungle Businesses have heard the cry
of the devil bird. This awe inspiring
sound resembles nothing so much as
the scream OF a human being undergo
ing the most terrible torture. Natu-
ralists have identified 1t with the brown
wood owl found in Hindustan.
But the devil bird. or uiama, az the
Cingalese call 1t, is an elusive creature.
and no one a had the good fortune to
kill OF catch a specimen. The Cinga-
lese-naturally n superstitious race
regard the cry of this bird with the ut
most horror: they believe that it's
scream heard at night presages the
most dire misfortune, and they are i'm
the habit OF offering sacrifices to avert
the approaching disaster.
Mr.. Milford Of the Ceylon civil serv-
ice studied the mysterious bird with
great interest. Its ordinary note" he
writes, lis n magnificent, clear shout
like that of a human being. which can
be heard at a great distance, n has
q fine effect in the silence of the clos
ing night. But the sounds which have
earned for ii it's bad name and which
| have heard but once TO perfection, are
indescribable, the most appalling that
can be imagined and scarcely to be
heard without shuddering. | only
compare it to a boy in torture. whose
screams are being stopped by being
~strangled."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-07

From the North American Review.
What course should -sober-minded, pa
triotic citizens. sincerely DESTROYS of APP
plying effective remedies and accomplish
ing genuine reforms, advise and pursue?
Upon one point we all, rich and poor, agree,
namely, that capital, whether wrorgfully
or rightfully acquired, does not bear its
just burden of taxation. The very tariff
that protects It is supported by those in
moderate circumstances and the poor. Re-
duction of the rates would reduce the cost
Of living, which Is already burdensome
and threatens to become uncomfortable.
Supplement such 3 reduction and supply
the deficiency in revenue consequent upon
1t by graduated inheritance and income
taxation, and a long step would be taken
towards that equality which must be had
by graduation or will some day be achiev-
ed by force and swept into license. The
time has passed, il indeed ii ever existed,
when spectacular assaults upon corpora
ton will satisfy the people. They may be
deserved and essential to the full perform
ance of public duty, but the utmost results
that could possibly be expected from them
fail TO afford the relief demanded, and
might easily check the progress upon
which common prosperity depends. The
two specific remedies, clearly defined, the
one supplementing the other, are reduc-
ton of tariff duties to a point not yet even
contemplated, and direct taxation of in
heritances and incomes. Stupid vested
interests" will resist the former, inter-
posing the familiar argument as 10 the
business complications 1t would involve,
and no less obdurate possessors OF great
wealth Will struggle greedily to retain to
the last penny their headings, without re-
gard to the just claims of a government
which made their acquisitions possible, or
the temper of the people; but both must
yield or take the consequences.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-07
The Tramn,s Devotion.

When Blaine was n young lawyer, and
cases were few, he was asked to defend a
poverty-stricken tramp accused OF steal
ing n watch. lie pleaded with all the ar
dor at his command, drawing 50 pathetic
q picture with such convincing energy
that at the close of his argument the court
was in tears, and even the tramp wept.
The jury deliberated but a few minutes,
and returned the verdict mot guilty.
Then the tramp drew himself up, tears
streamed dow his face and he looked at
the future ''plumed knight and said
''Sjr, | have never heard so grand a plea.
1 nave not cried before since I was a child.
l have no money with which to reward
you. but drawing a package from the
depths OF his ragged clothes) here's that
watch: take IL and welcome
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-07
Miu Elm Gale

A mother should come to her child's
aid at this critical time and remember.
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound viii prepare the system for
the coming change and start this try
ing period in a young girls life without
pain or Irregularities. (
Miss Emma Cole Of Tullahoma, Tenn.
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
~ want to tell you that / am enjoying bet
ter health than I have for years, and ! owe
it all to Lydia 4. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound.
"When fourteen years of age / suffered al
most constant pain, and for two or three
years | had soreness and pain in my side,
headaches and was dizzy Inc nervous, and
doctors all failed to help me.
"Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
was recommended, and after taking it my
health began to improve rapidly, and think
1t saved my life. / sincerely hope my expert
ence will be a help TO other girls h are pass
ing from girlhood to ~wonfanhood, for ] know
your Compound will 10 as much for them" Z
If you know of any young girl who is
sick and needs motherly advice ask her
to write MRS. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. \
and she will receive free advice whichl
will put her on the right road to a
strong, healthy and happy womanhood.
Mrs. Pinkham is daughter-in-law of
Lydia e. Pinkham and for twenty-five
years has been advising sick women
free of charge.