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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-28

irrigation in the valley, an esti-
mate of the price of water rights
under the reclamation act project
at Minidoka, and tells how lands
may be secured.
The land in this valley is worth
less for agricultural purposes with
out irrigation. This report shows
the cost to the settler of the land,
the water right, and clearing and
grading the land for the growing
crops. The average total outlay
under the largest of the projects
studied is $40 an acre. Should the
settler use his own teams for clear
ing, etc, and meet the payments on
his land as they fall due, the cash
outlay for the first year will be
about SO. Is per acre.
1t is usually the experience Of
settlers on arid land that the first
season has to be given to the work
of preparation, and but little can be
done in the way of crop growing.
4 AAC oOlNACAiOllAo Oh O1iio 4 w IL Gil
in the spring of 1905 were remark
able exceptions to this rule. Sew
enty thousand acres of raw sage
brush land in the spring was culti-
waited fields in the fall, on which
the following yields per acre were
obtained: Corn, 403 bushels; wheat
% bushels; corn wheat, 18 bushels I;
oats, 353 bushels; potatoes, $50
bushels; navy and lima beans, II
bushels; and millet, 1000 pounds.
1t should be borne in mind that
these yields are fol the first year
under irrigation, and that nearly all
the small grains sown on the tract
were planted month and in some
cases two months out of season.
When once the soil has been proper
ly supplied with humus the yields
will be much larger.
Copies of the circular may be OBJ
tanned, so long as the supply lasts,
by addressing the issuing office.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-28
TWO FATALITIES FROM
DRINKING TIN-PIUTE

AS a result of drinking large
quantities of the juice of the tin
piute,' the mountain weed which
many persons believe possessed of
great medicinal virtues, Mr.. and
Mrs. French died yesterday at the
Atlanta road camp, Is miles above
Twin Springs, and their bodies
have been brought to Williamson &
Sherier's undertaking parlors.
The story as told by the physician
who was called hurriedly night be-
fore last and who reached the camp
at S O'Clock yesterday morning, is
as follows:
II found the husband dying when
l arrived, but hoped to save the
wife. She was in a comatosc con-
dition, but l thought if l could get
her to the hospital she might be
saved. 1t was a clear case of pois-
oning in each case. The couple
had gone from Boise to the camp
about three weeks ago and had TAX
OhA OhAoA 81 VI eitO RAhNiiSi tOiiN vi NiiC
road camp. Both husband and wife
complained of feeling i'll and were
advised to gather the famous In
dian remedy, the weed called tin
piute, boil it up and drink it
freely. They did so. They drank
great quantities of the juice for five
or six days and that is what caused
their deaths. They leave three
children, all girls, ranging in ages
from II to g." ''Tin-piute, so the
doctor said, is weed growing in
the mountains. 1t has a small red
flower and many persons claim that
it has great medicinal properties.
1T is wonderful that more deaths
do not result from its use,'' said
the physician, 'for it is very pois-
onous. 1t produces a strange effect
on the individual using it. 1t causes
the muscles to become very sore, SC
that many have believed they had
the spotted fever. The tissues
puff up and later the limbs become
rigid Everything possible should
be done to discourage the use Of
that weed. 1t is dangerous. -
i Statesman.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-28
Unknown Friends.

There are many people who have
used Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy with SPLEEN
did results, but who are unknown
because they have hesitated about
giving testimonial of their exper-
fence for publication. These people,
however, are none the less friends
of this remedy. They have done
much toward making it a household
word by their personal recommen-
dations to friends and neighbors.
1t is a good medicine to have in the
home and is widely known for its
cures of diarrhoea and all forms of
bowel trouble. For sale by Roscoe
w. Smith.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-28

Oregon stopovers may be made at
any point up to October goth, 1906,
by which time destination must be
reached. The final limit will be
indicated by joint agent at destina-
ton, and limit so punched will be
for continuous passage. Neverthe-
less, stopovers will be allowed re-
turning, but on the S. P. and S. P,
L. A. & S. L. they will be gotten
only by depositing ticket with agent
at point of stopover. On the o. S.
L. and o. r. N. tickets will be good
for stopover limit by simply apply
ing to the conductor. For further
information enquire of F. E. Aus
tin, Agent Mountain Home, or D. E.
Burley, G.. P. A. Salt Lake City.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-28
Wives for Sale Everywhere.

The New York World has COM
piled statistics on marriage in var
icus nations, and from a glance at
the list it would appear that wives
come high in not few sections of
the earth. In Persia women
marry out" on contract, return
able to their parents in good or
der and condition. when the con-
tract is up. Bus Persia is not the
country where wives are bought.
Here is partial list of the worlds
market: Kaffiriani, South Africa,
price of wives, two to ten cows !;
Ungada, South Africa, box of cart
ridges and six needles; Karak, pair
of shoes; Tartary, Asia, her weight
in butter; Tirmo, pound of ivory or
jackknife; Kamschatka, Asia, from
one to ten reindeer; Mishenis, Asia,
from one hog to ten oxen; Ceylon,
Asia, box of matches; Navajo,
New Mexico, upwards of twelve
horses; Unyoro, South America,
merchandise on the installment
plan; Uprenivik, Greenland, knife,
milestone or file. Here in Amer
lea they cost ice cream, candy,
flowers, theater tickets, carriage
hire and trouble.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-28
IRRIGATION WITH
SNAKE RIVER WATER

Circular No. 65, entitled Irrigs-
ton from Snake River, Idaho, by
H. c. Raschbacher, irrigation en-
gineer, has just been issued by the
Irrigation and Drainage Investiga-
tions Of the Office of Experiment
Stations, U. S. Department OF Agri-
culture, Washington, D. c. The
territory discussed lies along the
Snake river from St. Anthony, near
the eastern line of Idaho, to where
Salmon river enters from the south,
a distance Of about 200 miles, and
embraces approximately that part
OF the Snake river plain which was
in geologic times covered with lava.
The report deals with the reclama-
tion of about 500, 900 acres of land
in the Snake river valley, which,
with many local differences, are
alike more or less heavily covered
with sage brush. 1t contains in
formation as to the cost of land and
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-28

this over several times to make sure
she was right. After gather ing
UP the wad l surveyed her care
fully and saw her chuck the
double eagle into hcr=well it
went down the neck of her waist
some where, and when we returned
to dinner we saw her exhibiting the
twenty to a bunch of admiring
friends.
After dinner l went to the cigar
stand, looked the case over, but
not seeing what wanted, called
for Key West cigar. The clerk
went back to the farther end of the
room but soon returned with two
boxes and a smile. Eyes SIR he
replied I'VE have them. Which
would you like? Two or three for
a nickle. " Three, l replied, deter
mined to get all could for ray mon
ey, and l counted him out five PEN
MES.
And this is city three times as
big as Nanipa. No wonder James
Whitcomb Riley, the Hooiser poet,
can write such pleasing verse.
There are so many funny things
in this land of Fairbanks, Bever-
idge, pennies and chiggers. Really,
| am afraid will burst into song
myself before l get out of here.
/ have talked Nampa until / am
hoarse, but people smile at my state
ments and ask what kind of dope 1
l drink. Politics! Yes a little, but
it is all Bryan. Some muse started
the boom last corn huskin' and the
verse has just reached here. Vaud-
eville actors are all singing it. 1t
is labeled Bryan, past and pres
emit. -
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-28
IDAHO BANKER DOWN
IN THE HO0SIfR STATE

The Nampa Leader-H Herald pub
fishes the following interesting
letter from F. G.. Mock, a banker
there, dated at Posieville, Indiana:
Just at present Mrs. Ogal ALA
and / are doing time here. l escap-
ed over into Michigan yesterday,
but came back and tonight we will
break into Ohio. They do things
here in Hoosier but they do them
so differently from what we do.
Silver for changed Why bless
you haven't seen a silver dollar for
week. We arrived here Sunday
just at noontime, so after register
ing went into the cafe for lunch.
Our bill was 81 cents. l gave the
cashier $40 gold piece; which she
nabbed like a trout takes fly, then
counted me out 40 pennies and 10
one dollar bills. She counted all
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-28
Summer Excursions to California,

The following rates are announced
for summer tourist excursions to
California points; to San Francisco,
via Southern Pacific, $55.65; to Los
Angeles, via San Pedro, Los Angel
es and Salt Lake road, $57.o5
Divers routes are permitted between
S. P. and S. p, L. A. & S. L. on
these rates. Date of sale June 1st
Going trip must beign on date of
sale, and some point in California
or Oregon reached within sixty days
thereafter. Within California or
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-28
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that l,
James v. Mundell, convicted of the
crime of embezzlement at the Feb
ruary, 1906, term of the District
Court of the Fourth Judicial district
of the state of Idaho, in and for the
County of Elmore, and sentenced to
Imprisonment in the Idaho state
penitentiary for one year, will apply
to the Board of Pardons of the
State of Idaho, at the July, 1906
meeting of said Board, for pardon.
JAMES V. MUNDELL.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-28
SENATORIAL
SITUATION
Parliamentary Size-up
Makes il Look Dark
and Gloomy for
BOrah.

The following size-up of the sem
atorial situation in this state is in
teresting chiefly because it is writ
ten from the Mormon view point.
The Malad Advocate says:
There has been a good deal said
about Brady dope and how suscep-
tible to its influence are the news
paper men of this section. Well,
we've met the gentleman who is
said to dispense this article so free
ly and if it is Of the kind that cures
the itching of the palms, we can
say he failed to try any of it on us.
From non-partisan view point,
Mr.. Brady is magnetic individ-
ual, and, like Senator Dubois, he's
a mixer. He was up at Idaho Falls
''mixin'' with the editors last Sun
day and wearing a Press Club
badge. The boys, democrats al d
all, seem to be with Brady and that
dope consists a good deal of
pleasing manner, a big, goodnatur-
ed looking countenance, cheerful
greeting and hearty handshake
for all. The ''Brady dope, of
whatever substance it might be,
has surely brought the politicians
of the counties of Cassia, Bannock,
Bingham, Fremont and Bear Lake
into line for Brady, and thus il is
interesting to look over the situs-
ton as it affects Oneida county.
This county, it is presumed, will
indorse the candidacy of w. E. Bo-
rah and favor his nomination at the
republican state convention. In
all probability, Oneida will be the
only exception in the southeast,
standing alone and apart from its
neighbors and thus impairing its
influence with the ''powers that
be- and standing in its own way
of receiving any substantial recog-
milton, unless. perohance, it should
be by some hook or crook, on the
winning side, which from present
indications, is very doubtful. In
deed, if Mr.. Borah would save him
self the pain of again standing at
the grave OF his buried ambitions, "
he must break one of the strongest
political combinations ever formed
in this state. The influence of
Hepburn and French in the north,
Gooding in tho southwest and
Brady in the southeast, certainly
makes it look like losing battle
for Mr.. Borah. Therefore, there is
going to be some vacancies in the
leadership of the party in the
county down here, which stands
out alone against this combination.
Now let us pass on to another phase
of the situation.
The Borah faction is working the
Mormon question as hard as Du-
bois is. In the north they are using
east, as a club. Down here they
are trinyg to impress upon the Nor
mon leaders the danger of a revolt
in the north should the convention
refuse to recognize the claims of
Mr.. Borah. 1t is pointed out that
a strong anti-Mormon sentiment
exists in the north and to placate
this the Mormons must refrain from
showing their hand too plainly in
the convention; that once aroused,
this sentiment would result in the
election of a legislature that will
return Dubois to the United States
senate. Up north they are working
up opposition to the machine and
parading Mr.. Brady as the Mormon
candidate for United States senator.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-11-29
Or. CRAPsEY QUITS MINISTRY
Will Garry His Case to the Free
Thought of the Country.

Rochester, n. Y.-Bowing to the will
of the church, but refusing Ito make q
cowardly retraction" of the belief which
induced the church to terminate his
ministry. the Rev. Algernon ). Crap
sey, rector OF ST. Andrews church, to-
day renounced his ministry in the Epis-
copal church in n letter to Bishop Will
liam David Walker.
In this letter Mr.. Crapsey reaffirms
his belief that the Fiction of the ORR
gin of Jesus, that son of man was
born without human father, is with
out foundation in history" He also
asserted that when l say of Jesus
that he assembled into heaven do not
mean, and cannot mean, that with his
physical body of flesh, blood and bones
he fioated into space and has for two
thousand years been existing some
where in the sky, that very physical
body Of flesh, blood and bones. Such
an existence would seem to me not glo-
rious, but horrible.
II appeal" he says, "from those in
places of authority in the church itself
to the great body of the people. am
certain that it is finai for the church.
When the tribunal OF free thought has
decided this contention, the men who
administer the church on earth will
conform to this decision"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-11-29
SHOULD THRUST LOVE ASIDE
And Choose Wife a. You Would Q
Horse Advises Chicago Professor.

morse ADVISES Chicago PROFESSOR.
Chicago. III the people Of America
would keep the coming generations
from inhalhting madhouses they should
abolish indiseriminate marriages, for
get that hallucination called love, and
choose their life partners on the same
principle that a successful cattlemaR
chooses his stock"
In the above sentence DIR. Julius
Grinker, professor OF nervous and men
tai diseases at the Chicago Post-Gradu-
ate Medical school, last night voiced a
warning to the American public OF the
dangers which may confront IL in the
near future.
Like begets like" said he, 'and the
nervous system bows to the law Of all
life the law of heredity; the law that
governs your life and mine. IL we are
bundles OF unstable nerves and abnor-
NAL susceptibilities 1t is but little trou-
BILE to trace the cause back to our fore
fathers. The youth Of today should be
educated and compelled to choose his
mate in the way that fine horses and
cattle are chosen.
Love is wonderful thing. IL is an
hallucintation, an illusion provided by
nature to cause men and women to mate
and to procreatc the species. But love
should be thrust in the background and
relegated to the scrap heap of worn-out
adages II the health and security OF
posterity is to be taken into considers
tion."
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-11-29
LONE R0BBER HOLDS UP TRAIN
Caught Red-Handed and Placed Un-
der Arrest.

Kansas City, Mo.-A lone robber
robbed fifteen passengers on an east
bound Chicago and Alton passenger
train near Glasgow. Mo-, after midnight
this morning. He was arrested before
he could leave the train and was taken
to Glasgow and placed in Jail.
At Slater the robber, wearing a mask
over his eyes, boarded the rear car as
the train was pulling out.
After the train had gained speed the
man, revolver in hand, entered the car
and began robbery of the passengers.
As the train passed through Glasgow,
the man seen at work by the station
agent.
Armstrong, the next station, was no.
titled, and officers were at the station
to meet the train. No stop is made or
dinarily at Armstrong, and the robber,
satisfied in the belief that he was se-
cure for this. reason, suspected no harm
when that point was reached.
When the train stopped at Armstrong
en- orders and the officers boarded 1t
they caught the robber redhanded.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-11-29
LAST GREAT WOLF HUNT
Will Bc Held on Kiowa- -Comanchs
Indian Pasture.

Lawton, Okla.-The last great wolf
hunt that the new State of Oklahoma
will ever witness will be held this week
in the Kiowa-C Comanche Indian pasture
reserve of one-half million acres, soon
to be thrown open to homesteaders. In
vitations have been extended the most
noted cowboys of Texas to participate
and they have accepted. John r.
Abernathy, United States marshal of
Oklahoma, who won his position be-
cause of his ability to catch 'em alive"
for the presidential party more than a
year ago, in the same reserve, and
Zack Mulhall, of st. Louis, a cowboy
and Wild West performer of national
fame, have accepted the invitation to
attend, and will lead the hunt. IL is
expected that more than fifty wolves
will be taken without the aid of guns
or clubs
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-11-29

In the busy rush OF living very few
people find time to be thankful for or
realize the everyday and vital bless
ings that are curing In upon them.
The Puritans must have recognized
this even in their day. when they in
augurated a custom that has become
as firmly fixed as the constitution OF
the United States. While the ad-
herents OF the Pilgrim church. which
was exiled from England In 1908 and
sent a colony over to New England
in the Maynower in 1920. are unques-
tionably to be credited with our na-
tional Thanksgiving day. which ap-
peals so deeply to the heart of the
patriotic American. the custom OF
thanksgiving was undoubtedly sug-
Eested by the Hebrew Feast Of the
Tabernacles" or Feast OF rngather-
ing" at the end of the year. occa-
sional thanksgiving was not unusual
In Europe.
After the first harvest OF the colon
lists at Plymouth in 1921 Cor. Bradford
sent four men out fowling that they
might rejoice and celebrate in feast
ing together. In July. 1874. a day OF
fasting and prayer was appointed on
account OF the drought Rain came
while the people were praying and the
governor appointed day for thanks
giving which was observed with 70
ligious service. There was a similar
change Of fast-day into Thanksgiving
in 1881. when supplies came from Ire
land. All of these earlier appoint
ments. however. were made at various
seasons Of the year and for special
purposes-usually for the timely ar
rival OF ships with supplies-but in
later years on account OF the harvests.
This substantiated a fixed Thanksgiv-
ing day late in the fall after the har-
vest time was over, and also the ceie-
bration Of the day by first religious
service and then a feast. When the
revolutionary war began Thanksgiv-
ing had become a national holiday and
was annually recommended by con-
gress. However. after the general
thanksgiving for peace in 1854 there
was no national appointment until
1883. when President Washington by
a request Of congress. recommended
setting aside day OF thanks for the
adoption of the constitution. In later
years. during the civil war. Lincoln
issued proclamation recommending
a special thanksgiving for victory in
1862 and 1868. Since ther proclama-
tions have been made by the president
and governors OF the various states.
and custom has fixed the date on the
last Thursday In November.
1t Is 2s4 years since that first
Thanksgiving dinner in New England
was eaten, but to many of US the
aroma of the turkey as we gather
around the table. surrounded by fam
lily and friends to offer up thanks for
the abundance of worldly goods with
which our households have been sup
piled, will recall the legends Of the
old New England days and review the
customs of that Thanksgiving In Ply
mouth in 1921. With q little stretch
Of the Imagination one can almost dis
cern that throng Of sober-looking
bearded men. clad in dark colored gar
ments and wearing steeple-crowned
hats. with here and there among them
the women with quantity shaped hoods
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-11-29

ana devoid OF ribbons. ic-eiry and o..
naments. 1t was such a gathering -
this that Hester Prynie faced when
condemned to wear the scarlet letter.
Stern and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ex.
He'd from the mother country on ac-
count Of their religious tenets. they
brooked no breach In those funda-
mental laws that formed the basis OF
their theological system. The laws Of
New England must be obeyed and JUS
tice, cruel. swift and certain. fell upon
the evil-doer. The genius of a Haw.
thorne has painted in our minds this
picture Of the Puritans. The green
clad mountains and the waving trees
are brought before US. We sigh for
poor Hester and pity the young minis
ter's struggles between manhood and
self. while the witch antics OF Mistress
Hibbins recall vividly those dark days
OF superstition at Salem
Then has another master hand con
jured up for us those scenes
In the old colony DAYS IN Plymouth. the
land Of the Pilgrims
We have followed the courtship OF
Miles Standlsh and have heard the
message Of love borne by John Alden
for another The struggle Of the fair
haired youth has been as our own.
We have heard him plead the cause OF
his friend before the Puritan flower"
Priscilla, while his own heart was
breaking for the love he would not
tell. We have smelled the sweetness
Of the Plymouth woods; we have
heard the brawling OF the brook over
pebble and shallow at the ford. We
have seen the bloom Of the May fow-
ers and We have caught the sacred an.
them sung by the sweet-voiced maid
en-. Our hearts have gone out to John
Alden and we fain would have spoken
for him. Then we have laughed. too.
when amid her spinning
Archly the maiden smiled. and with eyes
overrunning with laughter.
Said, in q tremulous voice: .why don't
you speak for yourself. John?'
Thus has the immortal poet led US
through the paths of love In that quiet
New England village. But 1t was not
always the songs of peace that he
sang for he tells us how Paul Revere
says to his friend:
II the British march
BY land or sea from the town tonight
Hang lantern aloft on the beIfry arch
OF the North church tower as signal
light
One il by land and two IL by sea;
And on the opposite shore will be
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every MiddleseN village and farm
For the country folks to be up and 90
arm.
And then 1t is an easy step in our
reveries to join TX Marvel. that printe
Of bachelors. in his reveries over tie
wood fire in his quiet farmhouse In
New England. One almost can see
that broad bachelor bedstead now.
with the soft warm feathers upon il.
and hear the cracking of the oak and
hickory on the hearth, between the
whistling of the wind through tho
broken panes Of glass. Thus are we
led through sweet dream memories 10
a better understanding and a dearer
appreciation of that rugged stock
which has been the bone and sinew
Of this great. strong. progressive
American people, ard we teach with
pride our children and our children's
children the homage due to our sturdy
ancestors on this great national
Thanksgiving day.