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in OLD HUNGARY, A
LAND OF EXTREMES
A Minneapolitan Writes of Peculiar
Features Of Life and Business in
the Hyphenated Country.

pendent-is a substantial middle class,
q a, craving, together of the extremes
Scupied by the Jews. Where t6cy viii
be when the reorganization bep;ns az
ter the split with Austri1, no one can
foresee; A good war might be a blesa
ing to Hungary. " 01'''~
The Agriculture Of Hungary.
:, In America Austria Hungary is
thought of as one country, Fhey arc
surrounded by one tariff-wall: other
wise they are as separate as possible
hungary is an agricultural country
Austria is a manufacturing countrv
ftlrst, and agricultural second. Hungary
IS an exporter Of breadstuffs; Austria
an importer. 4"
hungary. with Crotia and Slavonio
territories on the south which should be
country. It's crop ranges frora j 40 600 :,
900 to 1S0,000,o00 bushels, (cticallv,
81 Winter wheat. The harvest time is
I u last OF june and the first of July.
i IA crop IS a little less than that Of
i!II3nns s and the Dakotas The quail
it5 OF the wheat is good, probably
eqnal to the wheat OF the Southwestern
The agricultural part of the country.
IS m :eentral, southern central and the
YaiiaeaE@ot the Danube III the west. The
country? IS almost surrounded by noun
thlns and one-third of the entire area
IS covered with timber The timber
A popularity of Hungary is the av-
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BY RoIIin e. Smith.
Copyright, 1906, by RolliD r. Smith

copyright 1906. by Rollin E. Smith.
TIC B UDAPEST. = Hungary, known
LID thruout the grain and milling
world years ago for the high de.
Telopment Of the milling process, is a
country of extremes. The great milling
center, of Budapest, second only to Min
inca1pols, was one Of the leaders in
seeking and building up an export -four
Fl trade, Yet today there are hundreds
OF mills on the Danube so primitive
shat even the grist millers of, France
are modern by comparison.
And so it is in everything. See any
extreme IN Hungary and YOU will find
it. There is high development in art,
in medicine, IN electricity, in mechan-
les, architecture and in agriculture-
development that on a small scale
equals that of any other country Yet
the lower classes are so poor mentally
and in ambition, and SO crude, that the
average is brought below that Of other
wise inferior nations. -, !:
PAX The parliament building at BUDAPEST.
said to be one Of the most beautiful
public uildings in the world, was built
ito represent. in it's yle of architecture,
#the origin of the Magyar, or Hungarian
+ people,. 1t combines the Gothic, the Ro-
man, the Moorish and the Byzantine:
land 1T is this com ination, with ming
ling OF aother people, that makes up
Hungary. 3
What is needed to make great coun-
try of Hungary-for some day, perhaps
sooner than expected, it will be indie
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Raymond's mother is very busy
woman. When the responsibility Of
taking care of her family was thrown
upon her she accepted it bravely and
llnally opened small grocery store at
her home. This store takes all of her
t1me and 1t can easily be seen that the
playground is a gcdsend to her. It
gives her the best of assurance that her
small sob IS in good place, enjoying
himself to the limit and under the
"atchful eye OF good friend.
1t las taken Minneapolis many, many
years to attain an approximate appre-
CATION OF what the public parks are
FOR: Ten years ago the parks were
distinctly things to look at, holding
ones breath the while and never, never
walking on the grass. They lacked
only the white stones to be about as
cheerful and attractive as a cemetery.
Then some pioneer altruist bobbed up
and said, eve II take down the keep
off-the-gra signs,' and it was SO.
From that time the tendency in park
administration has been more and more
toward supplying places which would
serve other purposes than merely de-
lighting the eye.
1t is only this year that any serious
attempt has been made to supply any,
thing like rea! playground with any
thing like an adequate equipment, the
only fully equipped ground being at
Riverside There is some amusement
apparatus at Farview park on the
north side, which is thoroly appreci-
ated, but the big experiment and
the big success have been at the south
side park.
There are hundreds Of acres in the
minneapolis park system which are
ideally situated for Fairgrounds, both
with regard to topography and with
reference to the needs of the surround.
ing population. ~
More Fairgrounds, Says Raymond.
With the playground idea thoro,v
Endorsed by the one community where
1t has been tried out, and with a new
superintendent Of parks who has his
!oca! reputation still to make, the ex-
tension of the playground system is
going to be a big issue in the consider
alton Of park administration until such
facilities are within easy reach of all
VINO Y need them. For years the full
been held back while the commissioners
were acquiring more land, more
land. - With the Parade and the Mis-
slssippi river park well in hand, the
question of territory would seem to be
close to its final adjustment.
. The live question from now on will
be, Shall we have more play
Raymond Larson votes Gage with
both fee.
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gary's crop conditions during spring
and carly summer, and of domestic sup
ply OF and demand for grain during the
rest OF the year. Neither the Budapest
nor the Vienna market is international.
A high. tariff protects the farmer from
the grain Of Russia and neighboring
kingdoms. This brings us to the consid-
craticn, Tor moment, of prices.
At the present time, the middle Of
Budapest market is about 2 cents high
er than the New York market. In
France and Germany it is the interna-
tional price with duty added. The
farmers of Hungary hoped to bring
about the same price basis here by in
creasing the duty and by having with
drawn the privilege, enjoyed some years
ago by the mills, of grinding imported
wheat and exporting the -four free of
duty.
" This is the same question that the
treasury department at Washington
wrestled so hard with a year or so ago.
and which France and Germany have
Some ten years ago the mills of Blu
dapest, practically the only exporters.
Imported considerable quantities of the
cheap lower grades of Servian and Ru-
manlan wheat, mixed it with good ma
cheap mixture enabled them to do this
probably. The farmers raised the cry
that Hungarian wheat was being neg
.lected-that the price suffered-and
they had influence enough with the
government to have the drawback priv
they had influence enough with the
port trade; less wheat ground in Hun
gary; higher prices for mill feed and
relatively lower prices for wheat in
stead of higher.
Decay of Milling Industry.
Since that time, tho do not believe
due entirely to that cause, there has
been a steady decline of the milling
INDUSTRY 11 OF Budapest. Some of the
mill companies have failed. During the
last year two were absorbed by third
because they could no longer continue,
ana two more have lost heavily and are
IN bad way. Only three Of the large
companies paid dividends last year. 81
The milling capacity Of Budapest is
over one-third that Of Minneapolis, and
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nor is it free exchange. It is owned
by the Budapest Stock and Grain Fx-
change, which is an incorporated BODY.
The ground and building cost approx.
mately. $1,50O,00O. The grain exchange
has a large membership. There is. be-
sides the market for cash grain, a big
future or term market. TO trade in
this, dealers must belong to the UFn-
ture Agents association.7' The market
more closely resembles that of American
exchanges than any other mar
ket in Europe. Future trading ia in
wheat, rye, oats and corn, and the basis
Of trades Is 100, tons, about 300 bush.
els, except in rye, which is so tons, The
basis In America is 5000 bushels.
The Bourse faces public SQUARES
beautiful little park. On the onnos;ta
side is magnificent new bank build.
ing, and other fine buildings surround
the square on three sides. On tbe
ground floor of the Bourse. under half
the building, there is a, restaurant. Int
the sidewalk, along the grass, the flower
beds and the shrubs, is used for the .
tables in good weather. The Bonrss
and its surroundings are the most pleas.
ing to be found in America or Eurone.
they are, in fact, ideal. Also. thew are
another example Of the extremes which
are found on every side in Hnnoarv
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is almost $50 acres. This is die to- the f1e
many large estates, both private and
state. The government has large
number of model farms thruout the
&C NIX 6od ranging in size from 10000
TO TO loo,oOe acres. They are model -
farms, tho conducted on business b.
SIS. The intention is to teach the sur
rounding farmers scientific farming by
object lesson.
The Yield of Wheat.
If the high average yield per acre Of
wheat IS due to efforts of the agricul-
tcral department, then more has been
accomplished in that direction in Hun
gary than in America. In 1905 the area
IN wheat in Hungary, Croatia and Slayo
MIA was Official fgures) 3,734.OOO hec-
tares, or 9,125 900 acres. The cron n Of.
ticlal!y, amounted to 76,4OO, 900 bushels.
which is 100000 more than the 10.
ures published in America. This gives
an average yield per acre for 1905 of
~ bushels, as compared with about
~ for Minnesota and the Dakotas.
The average yield per acre of Hun.
gary from 1894 to 1901 was III hnsh.
els. This includes the bad year of 1907
when the yield fell to ILL., bushels. live
to rust damage. The loss that year was
VoVel 4V,OOu,OuO bushels. Another heavy
in 1904. - lou
hungary is not blessed with an even
Climate. Extremes in weather are. found
here, along with the other extremes.
Intense heat at unreasonable times. too
much moisture or not enough, arc some
OF the things the crop has to encounter.
perhaps to a greater degree than in any
o1ner important, wheat-groWing country,
j. At the present time Hungary posi-.
ton is an uncertain one, SO that it's in
1iuence in the world IS markets is mega
tive. Yet any change will be toward
a more influential position. The posi-.
bic changes are political. which may
sever it from Austria, and commercial,
which will enable the mills to grind
imported wheat and export the flour
free Of duty.
The annual wheat requirements of the
mated at 1s4 100000 bushels. HUNGARY
raises from l40,000,O0O to 10000, 200.
and Austria from 100000 to 10000.
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places, but along about suppertime the
crowd thinncd out suddenly. RAYMOND
stuck right to his occupation, the bust
est little boy in seventeen counties.
nnt1l Swanson, at closing-up time, took
him in his arms and carried him home.
Never Tires Of It.
Swanson attributed the little hov,s
enthusiasm on ! the ! first day to the
novelty of the new playground. But
he didn It know Raymond. The next
morning the same program began and
was continued thruolt the day. Raw
mond was there at the peep O day and
ne remained until The whistle blew.
with only short intermission for lunch
Until the recent edict was issued
from the city hall that no dogs
should be permitted to run at
large, Fanny came with him. Fan
has succeeded in giving the laugh to
those constituted in authority in this
great municipality She and Raymond
are inseparable companions when both
are at liberty, and if Raymond went to
the, playground it meant that Fanny
had to go too, altho she had a family
OF puppies at home. And sometimes
they had to take Raymond homesto pre-
vent, that family from starving to
Now it is against the few remaining
park rules for dogs to be admitted to
parks, and FannY's early visits were
not welcomed. However, whengit was
found that the only53Sway to keep out
the dog. was to pick up the boy and
carry him beyond the bounds-Where
he never stayed-the igood-natured park
employees simply pretended to- think
that Fanny was a SQUIRREL or robin or
some sort of an animal not barred from
the sacred precincts. =~~J -'..,--,-
Mother Appreciates It. n r
. Every pleasantaasy ssase tKe. River
side playground opdned. Raymond has
been at his post. lie is hh,. Littlest
Boy. and among all the hundreds Of
boys ard girls who 90 to- the park to
romp! hetis a general favorite. lie is
too little to talk, but he is so persist
ent in his devotion to the amusement
facilities of the place, and is such
companiona BILE little chap that he is
counted on in all the games in which he
shows any interest. If he wants to
swing, there are hundred hands will
ing to push him, even to- the extent of
running under.'' If he wants to
picnic. all he has to do is to straw over
to one of the shady spots where there
Is nice GRASS and where there are al
ways luncheon parties ready to make
him an honored guest He is the
thlIty-third degree brother of the
Order of the Good Time, the dean of
the Riverside Playground Amusement
association
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LITTLE RAYMONDS GREAT DISCOVERY FINE SEQUEL.
A TRUE STORY OF A SMALL BOY A BIG PLACE TO PLAY
q WAS about three weeks ago that
h Raymond Larson made his highly
- gratifying discovery at Riverside

WAS about three weeks ago that
Raymond Larson made his highly
gratifying discovery at Riverside
Park
For all Of his two years career Ray
mond has lived at 262S Riverside ave-
nue.. about three blocks from the park,
and in general way he is familiar
with the features of the place. But
one day he found it different. Work
mon had been there for few days
erected funny looking frames, build
Ing queer little pens on the ground and
hanging parallel ropes from the bigger
trees.
All this more than interested Ray
mond. II aroused his curiosity and a
day or two later he went around to the
park to note the progress of the work.
This was the day of the Great Dis
covery. The mysterious frameworks
had evolved themselves into long,
slanting ladders, giant stride, parallel
bars for big boys to slide down, sup
ports for scientifically constructed
tceter boards-a lot of them-while the
ropes hung from the trees had been
ftted up as swings with strong board
seats, made so they just couldn't fall
out or even tilt enough to dump the
swinger: The pens on the ground
were filled with good, clean white sand,
deep enough to build whole cite out
of, and there was enough of everything
to afford entertainment for O. whole
army of children.
There Early and Late.
Raymond sized it all up. Intui-
tlvcly he knew what all the devices
were for. It was the place of which
every ,youngster has dreamed-the
GooN Place to Play. And he proceeded
to get very busy without an instant's
delay.
The next morning when Park Officer
SWanson-the friendly big brother to
half the children ON the south side
showed up for his days work as the"
guardian of the peace at Riverside,
Raymond had beaten him~o out by. half
an hour. Swqnsol, gets around to his
l peat about : \m., too. The boy was
playing, and h played all day. He
was thoroly >Fisfed; nothing was
Other and older boys came, and went
hand over hand up the slanting ladder
TO side down on the other side of the
big inverted Y betw the strong
hlckory supports of the parallel bars.
Little girls came with their lunches and
the teeter-b boards became thicklv nonu-
lated and violently agitated AS the
hours went by the personnel of the 1--we
nile crowd changed. "Time to- 90
home came for dozens of the little
girls, and many of the boys left when
II was was time for them to 60 down town
to sell papers. Others took their
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5000. During good crop years, there
fore, Hungary is a fairly large exporter,
manly in the form Of -four from the
Budapest mills. During short crop
years, imports are necessary, tho some
flour will even then be exported.
The influence Of Hungary in the
worlds markets depends, therefore, on
whether the mills are importers or ,ex-
porters. The grain market of Budapest
reflects local conditions. It may be re-
CARRIED 2s q barometer of Austria. HIM
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-11-03
RICE TELLS FACTS
Open letter In Regard 10 Nom
Iuatien Of Ed l. Bryan
for District
Judge.

Caldwell, Idaho, Oct. 3lst. 1906.
To The Voters OF Idaho
In a letter published in "The Social
ist" by Hermon F. Titus, and copied
into the Daily Statesman of October
18th, the following statements are
made:
"At the Democratic State Convention
at Coeur d'Alene City, where the judi
cial nominations were made for the var
;ous districts, Nugent was present as =
delegate and secured the nomination oi
the present Democratic nominee for
Judge of the 9TH Judicial District, to run
against Iudge Smith"
Aud again: Bryan had been selected
by counsel for the defense OF Moyer,
Haywood and Pettibone before tn.
Democratic Convention met"
With regard to the nomination Of Mr..
Bryan, desire to say that the foregoing
statements are absolutely false. Mr..
Bryan was irst suggested as candidate
by myself. He agreed to accept the
nomination, il it should be rendered him.
only at my earnest solicitation. Neither
Mr.. Nugent nor any one else interested
in the defense of Meyer, Haywood and
P-ttibone bad anything to do with se-
lectins Mr.. Rryan rs candidate, ex-
eepsiae that Mr.. Nugent, as member
of the oxytee delegation, cast his
vote is< him at the convention
/ This ssassment is due Mr. Bryan in
viex e1 the pablieity ami sanction given
to th~ statszaests Of the Titss letter
queas@ above
Iohn c. Rice.
| The abovs statements are the unvar-
nished plain facts in the ease, and were
well known to all persons familiar with
! politics in Canyon, Owyhee and Wash
ington counties. And yet these articles
and false comments were published in
the Statesman, Caldwell Tribune and
other papers in this Judicial District,
concerning this corrupt influence in the
nomination of Mr.. Bryan, and were per-
mitted to go out without the protest or
public disapproval of Mr.. Bryan's Re
publican opponent, or the managers Of
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to do an act of Justice to p, op'e whom
they had outraged by placing disrepu-
table name upon the ticket? Obi no.
In the words Of the Statesman ''They
entertained the hope that Mr.. I.ans.lon
would come forward and tender his res
iynation from considerations OF duty to
the party and the remainder OF the
ticket" Duty To the state, considera-
tion for the law-abiding, decent men and
women Of the state, had no part in slim
ulating the hope which ''the candidates,
from the governor down. FELT in she
matter. '.'rhey did not wish to reflect
upon him" Surely not. How could
they without publicly debasing them
selves. Indeed "a fellow feeling makes
us wondrous kind"
Even at this late lay and in the same
breath in which in half hearted man
ner II suggests that voters abstain IRON
uppnrting this accused embezzler the
statesman apologies to him for 80 do
ing hy saying Sin expressing the
opinion that republicans should not
vote for Mr.. Lans,lon. the Statesman
iocs not desire to prejudice him in any
manner" OF course not. The States
man was among the crowd when Lans-
Ion had that full consultation with his
| friends" which determined him to ten
Ter resignation which they knew
could not be accepted. Being one oi
his friends, like Gooding and the rest
the Statesman finds it impossible to ''de-
sire to prejudice him." Lansdon is th,
imam OF their choice" and when did tn,
Statesman ''desire to prejudice in Az,
manner" any man no matter how be
sinircbed, il that man by any iortuitiou,
circumstances might at some time be il
position and of such character AS I,
minister to the Statesman's inordinat,
love Of graft and Unsuitable lust fol
printing boodle.
Gooding and the Statesman are IA,
wiser now than when Lausion's nam,
was put on the ticket. They have knows
the disgraeeful facts all the time bu
they trusted by delay to keep the un
worthy name on the ticket and by som,
hook or crook compel decent citizen
ship to elect both Gooding and Lans
and thereby assure an invincible combi
nation Of criminality in the state admin
istration, combination profitable Il
all its members and to the Statesman
though disastrous to the state and de
grading to the people.
A Republican
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his campaign.

his campaign.
Besides these published lihels, there
are other falsehoo,is being secretly circu-
lated over the District to the effect that
Mr.. Bryan is disqualified and in col
league with Socialists, which are calcu-
lated aud intended u ,liscr, dit Mr.. Bry-
an with the voters Of this District.
These fslsehoods are being published
and circulated with Mr.. Smiths silent.
If not active, approval.
The above statement Of fact, without
comment, was sent TO Mr Balderston,
editor vi the Statesman, October 18th,
1903, hv Johh c. Rice, with the request
that ii he published iu tine Statesman.
TO tins request Mr.. Balderston replied {:
"If publish this statement it will put
us in the hole with Governor Good
ing.
Therefore, in the interest and further
ence OF Justice and fairness we wish to
say to the voters IF Idaho, that these
statemenes so circulated are absolutely
false and without reason or foundation
in fact. That Mr.. Bryan is ominently
qualified for the office OF District Judge
OF the Seventh Judicial District. AMI is
clean, highminded, honest and upright
man. He is lawyer of eminent abil-
ity and sterling qualities, add should re-
csive the loyal support OF every Demo
crat and Of all voters whose first inter
est in good government.
Walter Griffiths
Thos. E. Buckner
H. +. Wallace
H. A. Griffiths
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BAD CASE
Old Republican Shows up the
Lansdon-Rrady -Horah-
eoodIng csm-
hlne.

An Open Letter by al Old Idaho Reput-
lican.
Boise. Idaho, Oct. -, 1905.
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AN OPEN LETTER
Mauqhan Challenges Van puyn
10 Test capabllIty ter
Once. A Manly
Lister.
To The Demoeratic County Central
Committee.
Caldwell, Idaho.

Gentlemen -
The Republican Ring has recently
made bssseies anil malicious attack
upon me as 10 my ability as a lawyer
and my qualifications for the Office of
Prosecuting Attorney for Canyon Coun-
ty. Now, there is bat one way to settle
this matter, and settle il right. And l
herewith respectfully ask that you issue
challenge to my Republican opponent,
Mr.. owen NJ. Van Duyn, who is respon
sibie for these ATTACKS, to meet me in
competitive examination and in joint
.lebate at such times and places and un-
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Joseph G. Maughan
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that from and
after this date the firm OF Reinemer &
Rowan, Limited, is dissolved by mutual
consent; that the business will be-
carried on by Geo. b. Rowan; that all
accounts due the firm must be paid to
A. A. Sessions who will receipt for the
same.
Dated at Parma, Idaho, October Slst,
1906.
w. NJ. Reinemer.
f,ao II Rowan
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
DKrARrxrST or TxE INTERIOR.
Land office at Boise, Idaho,
Sept. "a, 1906

Notice IL hereby given that the fol-
lowing-named settler has hied notice Of
her intention to make fnai proof in
support Of her clam, anil that said proof
will be made before Register and Re-
ceiver at Boise, Idaho, on Nov. II, 1905,
viz: Laura ]. Starcher, to~ineriy Laur-
]. Stockton HID. 70l6 for the Swtz Sec
Is. TIP. ", r 5 w, B. NJ.
She names the following Witnesses to
prove her continuous residehss npon and
cultivation Of said land, viz-
Oliver Wisbey, Clark Alien, Robert
Day, and Charles Norman, all Of Ros-
well, Ida.
Harry ]. Syms,
Register.