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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-12-27

Washington was a member of
the committee for designing the
flag and probably had these stars in
mind when the design was under
consideration, and no doubt his
opinion would control the other
members OF the committee.
"On the s-franc piece of the
French republic stars with six
points will be found. There are
other examples besides the flag and
the coins where the stars differ in
the number of points. The stars on
the great seal and the seal of the
president of the United States are
five-pointed, while on the seal of
the house of representatives they
are six-pointed.
fThe thirteen stars on the OBJ
verse of the present half and quar-
ter dollar are six-pointcd, while on
the reverse they are five-pointed.
would state that the reverse of
the present half and quarter dollar
is copy of the great seal except
that the clouds are omitted. 1t is
evident that heraldry has not taken
very strong hold in these matters
in the United States, thci cforc it
is not in the power of any one to
say without doubt why the differ
cncc in the stars on the flag and
the coins.
so far as we know, with the
exception of the reverse of the pres
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-12-27
In Praise of ChdmberIain's Cough
/ Remedy.

There is no other medicine man.
ufacturcd that has received so much
praise and SO many expressions of
gratitude as Chamberlain Cough
Remedy. 1t is effective, and prompt
relief follows its use. Grateful
parents everywhere do not hesitate to
testify TO its merits for the benefit
of others. 1t is a certain cure
for Group and will prevent the
attack if given at the first APP
pcarance of the disease. 1t is cs-
pecially adapted to children, as it is
pleasant to take and contains moth
ing injurious. Mr.. E. A. Hum
phreys, well known resident and
clerk in the store of Mr.. E. Lock,
of Alice, Cape Colony, South Africa,
says: 81 have used Chamberlain
Cough Remedy to ward off Group
and colds in my family l found
it TO be very satisfactory and il
gives me pleasure to recommend
it," For sale by Roscoe w. Smith,
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-12-27
WHY COIN STARS HAVE SIX
POINTS. THOSE ON FLAG FIVE


Numismatists will be interested
jim IAN explanation made by Acting
Director of the. Mint r. Z. Preston
of the reason the. stars on. the coin
of the United States have six points,
while those on the flag have but
five.
The question was raised by E1iz-
abeth S. Dickinson, of Lexington,
Massachusetts, in a letter to Cap
tain Ross, of the revenue cutter
service, who in turn referred it to
MIR. Preston. In his explanation
the acting director said:
I'm English hcraldry six or
more points denote a star. The
earliest examples of colonial coins
alt have the six-pointed star, which
is correct, according to English
hcrsldry. II is presumed that when
the time came to adopt designs for
the coins of the United States,
English hcraldry was consulted,
and the colonial coins were fol-
lowed in matters of detail like the
star The flag of the United Safes,
as you are aware, is made up very
largely from the coat-of arms of
Washington Where both the
stripes and stars are found, the
stars have but five points
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-12-27
BATTLE ROYAL
TO SPEND MONEY
Rival SyndiCates Fight to
Spend $3.OOO.OOO TO
Irrigate $4,000 Acres
of Idaho Land.

What promises to develop into a
battle royal for the privilege of
spending one or two million dollars
in irrigating Idaho land had its
beginning in a contest before the
state land board today. The par
ties to the controversy are the Twin
Falls Land & Water company on
one side and the Idaho Irrigation
company on the other. The former
is composed of Pennsylvania cap
italists who have already invested
about SO, 900, 600 in the greatest
Carey act irrigation project in the
world, and the latter is backed by
New York millionaires who have set
aside a fund to carry out the enter
prise they have undertaken in the
shortest time that the work can be
accomplished.
The land which these magnates
are anxious to convert into prosper
Gus homes is located in the Snake
river valley, on the north side of
the river, in Lincoln county, south
and west of Shoshone. The Twin
Falls company filed an application
before the state land board for the
segregation of land on the north
side of the river, the same being
an addition to the Twin Falls pro-
ject, to be irrigated with water
from the Snake river. Previous tc
this application the company had
secured the segregation of 80, O0O
acres of land nearer the river, a dis
lance of II miles separating the
two tracts.
On the same day that the Iwir
Falls company filed its application
for the 10, 900 acres, and about
two hours later, the Idaho Irrigation
company applied for the segregation
of 90, 900 acres out of the east end
of the tract referred to, the same tc
be irrigated with water appropri-
atcd from the flood waters OF the
two Wood rivers, this being one
section of a project covering $50, ooo
acres tor which water rights had
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-12-27
CONTEST NOTICE.

Department of the Interior,
United States Land Office, Boise,
Idaho, December 20, 1906.
A sufficient contest affidavit
having been filed in this office
by Robert w. Grove, Mountain
Home, Idaho, contestant, against
desert land entry No. 1881, made
February IA, 1906, for, north }
section II, township 5 south,
range east, B. M, by Tenna E.
Noxon, Mountain Home, Idaho, con-
testee, in which it is alleged that
''said Tenna E. Noxon never estab-
lished residence in the state of
Idaho;'' said parties are hereby
notified to appear, respond and
offer evidence touching said allie
cation at 10 O'Clock a. m. on Feb
ruary IL, 1907 before w. c. Howie,
u. S. Commissioner at Mountain
Homd, Idaho, and that final hear
ing will be held at O'Clock p. m.
on February 10, 1907 before the
register and receiver at the United
States land office in Boise, Idaho.
The said contestant having, in
proper affidavit, filed December
20, 1906, set forth facts which
show that after due diligence per-
sonal service of this notice can not
be made, it is hereby ordered and
directed that such notice be given
by due and proper publication
EDWARD E. GARRETT,
Receiver.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-12-27

ent. half and quacter dollars, the
stars on our coins are. copied from
no doubt, made after the manner of
English heraldryy while the flag
was madeTup after Sthee design of
Washington's r cost-of-arnis, con-
tanning three fiev-pointed stars.''
Washington Post
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-12-27
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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-12-27
Queer Conditions at State Line.

An odd situation arises in con-
nection with the driving of the
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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-12-27

Whites and colorS, with envelopS
preciate the value of correct station
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10
RAILROAD VS. RIVER
TRANSPORTATION.

The movement now on foot to
deepen the channel Of the Missis-
sippi shows that commerce is again
turning its attention to the steam
boat as the means of relieving the
stagnated manufacturing centers Of
the country
The development OF the system OF
railroad transportation which has
sprung from almost nothing fifty
years ago to the wonderful proper
tons in the United States alone in
1905 of two hundred and seventeen
thousand miles of track, at an esti-
mated cost with equipment (accord-
ing to Poor's Manual) of eleven bill
lion, six hundred and sixty million
dollars, has practically driven steam
navigation from our rivers
In 1880 the New Orleans wharves
from Julia street to French Market
were lined with steamboats, and
barges running on the Mississippi
Missouri, Ohio. Red, White, Arkan-
sas. Ouachita. Yazoo and many other
tributaries, besides the numerous
bayous of Louisiana; whereas at the
present day we have a few stern
wheel steamers doing a limited por-
ton only Of the near home business.
Does any one doubt. if our rivers
and bayous had been kept free from
obstruction and navigable stage OF
water maintained. that river trans
portation would today be as great
as it ever was2
The development OF the country
and increase OF business has out
stripped the facilities afforded by the
railroads, as shown every day by the
congestion of freights and scarcity
OF cars and locomotives. 1t is a
common occurrence that freight ship
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10
THE ANNIVERSARY NUMBER
OF THE GREENVILLE
WEEKLY TIMES.

Preparations are about complete |
to handle the Anniversary Number
Of the Greenville Times" New type
and presses have been installed in,
this plant, and the services of expe-I
rienced men secured.
Mr. F. ]. Hoy will in the course
of few weeks call on the local peo-I
pie and submit a prospectus, which
will give you an idea of what is in
store for Greenville
Mr.. Hoy has had a vast experience
in the arrangement OF similar work
on other newspapers, in the COM
piling and gathering of data for the
same
In the securing of his services in
this capacity, we feel assured OF the
success OF the coming issue.
A word description will fail mis-
erably to give one an idea OF what
we expect. However, we will say
this much. "The cover will be in
heavy cover paper in three color5,
containing a beautiful design; the
body will be on heavy enameIeo
book paper, and nothing but new
type will be employed in its com
position 1t will be published in
magazine form, the size will about
coincide with that OF the Ladies'
! Home Journal
On this we urgently request the
enthusiastic support OF the local peo-
/ pie No hesitation need be felt by
! concerns or individuals who are no.
now in the humor, because of fnan-
ciai conditions. We want every con
I Germ and individual of prominence
locally to be represented. We want
this to be an historical number, com
plete and lasting, Of our city and
county, and arrangements will be
made to make terms which will be
/ possible for any one to accept
/ Extend us your cooperation on
this our thirty ninth anniversary.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10

show the planters what We state
above is true, we reproduce clippings
from this weeks papers Of Tennes-
see and Kentucky on stock sales:
1t is estimated that two hundred
head OF mules changed hands on the
streets of Columbia. Tenn, last rourl
day. and that the average price was
about SIG. makingn the total amount
distributed throughout the county
$4,000 Prices were never so high
as now prevail. and the supply IS
growing Iow.-IIerald
The United States Government has
entered the mule market in Ken
lucky At Lexington last court day
REPRESENTATIVES OF the Government
were bidding actively Tor good mules
TO be used IN the Panama canal worN.
They bought several pairs ranging
in price from $4a5 to $500 a pair
Leader
There was an unusually large crowd
in town on Georgetown court day,
About I25 cattle Oh the market. most
81 which were good They were
sold at prices ranging from three
and a half to four cents per pound.
"A large number Of horses changed
hands, ranging from 500 to $500 each.
the maLe market was very good, OF.
per head
There were more mules on the
market than ever before, possibly
four or five hundred head The mar
kct was brisk and high. Sixteen
hand mules brought $40 to $2IoI
each; fifteen and a half-hand mules
$50 to $Gz5; fifteen hand mules $I25
to $40; smaller mules from 500 TO
$Iro Heavy pairs sold for from
$3.50 to $500. Mark Beard, Of Lex
ington, purchased a bunch from $I5oI
to $500. while Mr. Moseley, of Rich
mond, Va, was a liberal buyer, OBJ
tanning number OF good ones at
SIS to $2Io.-Paris Democrat.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10

ped by rail from Pittsburg is three
weeks IN reaching New Orleans,
whereas with a good stage OF water
barges come IN twenty-five days and
steamboats, in fifteen to eighteen.
This applies TO Northern railroads
as we'll The great Pennsylvania
system is no exception to the rule.
Shipments from Pittsburg via New
York take three weeks or more to
reach New Orleans by rail and steam
although the time BY steamer from
New York to New Orleans is five to
SIX days only
# the Government appropriates
literally for the deepening Of and
levyiag 81 this mighty stream. the
wealth Of the nation and inventive
genius Of mankind viii place vessels
for speed and carrying power upor
its bosom that will regulate the
rates OF the railroads of the country
better than any body Of men Con
gress can appoint to do the work
This is forcibly demonstrated by.
tbs grain trade between the West
ard East By competition between
wafer and rail transportation freight
rates from Chicago to New York on!
grain were by lake and canal reduced
per bushel from 26.6c in 1865 to 4zc
iii 1905 BY lake and rail. from 2ocI
in 1868 Ghe earliest available date)
to SC in 1905; by rail only, from 46c
in 1866 to nc 1905.
Let US have navigation for steam
boats and barges to Pittsburg; 20
loot canal connecting the lakes with
the Mississippi river, the Tennessee.
Cumberland, Missouri, Arkansas, Red
and numerous other rivers made nav
ieable, and what will be the result
The railroads will carry the higher
classes of freight, while the heavy
coarse a-ticle4, which they cannot
handle by rail at a profit, will go to
the barge lines. and thus prevent
constant congestion, from which the
country has so greatly suffered. The
railroads themselves will soon find
out that they will make more money
by CARRYING quick moving freights,
and by conceding to the steamboats,
and barges the heavy or bulky ton
mage. will be able to- give better ser
vice.
Such a movement will build UP
large and flourishing cities along the
rivers, and Greenville, located like n
is in the heart of the great Yazoo
Mississippi Delta. will add thousands
to its present population and millions
to its business and assessed valua-
tons The government can we'll al
ford to add fifty millions dollars an
nually for this work as asked for by
Louisiana and seconded by Missis-
sippi, for up till this time the rivers
and harbors of the country have re-
ceived only about nineteen million
dollars, or about four per cent. of
/ the governments appropriation.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10
JUDICIOUS
ADVERTISING.

We are sorry to say that Green
vile has merchants, many of whom
own property here and want to see
it increase in value, who do not con-
tribute ten dollars a year to then
home paper In fact, they do not
even subscribe for it. Many Of these
same merchants, as a reference to
the six negro papers of the city viii
show, are carrying big ads in one or
more Of these papers in preference
to the white papers OF the city.
This being the case, may not ask
in all fairness. Is there any reason
why the two white papers of the city
are no better?
Again. when we go to the mer-
chants who advertise in these pc
pers and ask why they do not adj
vcrtise in the white papers, they say
that we charge too much (ten to
twelve cents per inch) for space, and
that our papers do not go to this
race Of people
In answer to their argument, I will
admit that if we had our printing
done in another city, like they do
live like they do, and contribute nc
more toward the city's advancement
than they do, we no doubt could ac
cept their work at that price; but
am glad to know that the most O
our merchants do not feel this way
and the liberal support given the
white papers of the city has enabled
them to live and bring the city Il
the attention of the world
The Times has always worked 10
Greenville and its merchants, ano
| weekly fought the outside competi
tor by refusing them space in it
columns. In return we feel the pa
per is due support by all its loca
merchants and citizens, both by ad
vertising and subscriptions.
Newspapers make city and tn
people OF a city only by patronag
can make a newspaper
:, Let the man who cries reciprocit
ask himself if he IS practicing it b
! taking and supporting his home pa
pers.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10
GREENVILLE AS A
MULE MARKET.

Greenville offers TO the planters OF
the Delta today one OF the best mule
markets in the State. 1t is true that
mules here this year are high, but
they are higher at other places, and
as seen below are bringing fancier
prices in Missouri, Kentucky and
Tennessee, where they are raised,
than our dealers here are asking for
them today
In proof of the above assertion,
planters after planters this year have
gone to Kansas City, Memphis and
St Louis to buy mules. and after
they got there found Messrs. Hut
sell and Stone. the two dealers in
this city, selling them cheaper than
they could buy them in the largest
stock markets of the world. The
result of their trip was. they return
ed home without buying. and came
here and purchased their teams. To
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10
GOVERNMENT
BUILDING.

We see from the Washington dis
paches that Congress is going to pass
a public buildings bill at this session,
and this is interesting to Greenville.
In the last Congress the commit
tee reported favorab1y a bill which
carried an appropriation OF fifty thou
sand dollars for a public building
for Greenville, but the Republican
leaders declined to let any public
buildings bill be considered, and 50
that ended it.
Mr.. Humphreys reintroduced the
bill as soon as this Congress con
vened last December, and has been
pushing it ever since.
In the last Congress Mississippi
had no representative on the pub
lie buildings comittee, and 50 we
were Unable to get as liberal an
allowance as we thought we were
entitled to.
The Treasury Department RECON-
mendcd seventy-hve thousand dol
lars. and nothing less than thai
ought to be appropriated.
Congressman Bowers of this State
is now member OF that commit
tee. and we certainly hope he vii
be able to do better by us this time
than his committee did when Mis-
sissippi had no member on It.
The Gulf Coast has had the very
active co operation of Mr.. Hum
phreys in the matter Of the improve
ment Of their rivers and harbors, anc
we are quite sure it would not damp
en- his ardor in their behalf if thei
representative, who is on the publi
buildings committee. should keep Il
mind the fact that Greenville is Nh
| Humphreys home.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10
A WRONG
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It is just as injurious to a city's
prosperity and advancement to fly
ly ard On property valuation as to
hove the bottom completely Knocked
Il. Is either case progress i. com
p.eteIy at a standstiIl there is no
activity in bailding. no life in tbs
Transferring and selling Of property
The trouble right here in Greenvilla
is that the valuation put on real ess
tate IS too fictitious Prices have
scared skyward during the past two
pr three years, Until now everyone
asks double the money they paid for
their property For instance, a piece
81 property purchased little over
year ago for 5000 cannot now be
bought for less than $500 or $1,000.
Some instances are not quite 50 bad
tas brt the general trend is Il.
place aeh high value ON real es-
sa .ia there no activity 10 speak
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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10
THE MISSISSIPPI
PENITENTIARY.

The house committee Of the Leg
isiature of Mississippi, appointed TO
investigate the State penitentiary, has
lnade a preliminary report in hich a
radical change in the management
OF that institution is earnestly urged.
The pcHitentiary administration has
Tor some time been a subject of dis
cussion and much partisan feeling
has been aroused
The report contains no specific
charges Of graft or corruption, but it
declares that a complete revolution
an its management is necessary. 1t
is noted that the prison structures,
plant and lands and the labor of the
convicts aggregate a value Of $Io,-
100000, and that it brings in an in
come of 100000, and that the enor-
NOUS public interests involved need
to be guarded and protected.
1t Is urged that the board of CON
troll of FIVE members should be abol-
iShed. because every member there
Of ina. Other duties 70 oerfor,, aad
his drtic. q, member nj the bo,rd
.r ,o-+ror arc f,rc;gn g. IN. dn+,..
off the office to which c,rb n,.,,hor
was really elected We tb;nL tb,.
fine Governor ~ IN. St,te 10. -.
time frrI, nr.,,nind with ,bc .,ros 90
the State strictly ncrtainina f., his
office. without his heipo con,eIloc
te ea over the State and ont Of the
Stat. 1rv;ro mules r,,-es ;,.l-s o,d
-nppIl., i,r the state firms .tco
tn,ro fine ror,r,r,.,,r,+;,r ,r,
utrat fine nrnifoot;,r,. fiji. o,,ar,
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le aH,r+sJ and ,s f,- ,o--;r,1,
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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10
MINISTRATION OF
las. <. VARDAMAN.

The Times would regret very much
to see the brilliant and honest ad-
receive toward its close a plot placed
there by the Governors own hands.
This, in our opinion, we are frank to
confess, will be the case if he vetoes
the bill to exempt the six per cent
money that is now assured passag,
by both houses of the Legislature.
The need of such bill is apparent
in or State, its passage is approved
by all classes, and before we can be-
Iieve James X. Vardaman will use
hisl pen to hurt his own State and
people, we will have to see his veto
attached to this bill
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10

The city's new contracting firm.
] W. Birmingham & Company. were
awarded the contract. which>is high
to them. when we con-
slider that it was a competitive bid
against some of the largest contract
ors in the South.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10

The difference between the new
rate of interest, six per cent, asked
for money in the State of Mississip-
pi. if the bill goes through the Leg
islature exempting money loaned at
that rate from taxation, and the pres
ent rate. eight and ten, will pay the
peoples taxes.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10

What about the Washington couii-
ty cotton factory Is there not a
public spirited man in the county
who will take up this matter and
push it along2 Let some one ex-
press himself on this matter through
the columns OF the Times.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10

No wonder that the State lost nine
thousand dollars on the Oakley farm
in 1904, when Jackson and his as
sociates got six thousand.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10

The sympathy of the entire State
goes out to Meridian over her re-
cent destruction of life and property
from the death-dealing cyclone.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10

Let everybody come in and see
the big Red Mems Carnival and Pow
Wow next week
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-03-10

Let's sell Oakley and cut down the
States taxation.