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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23
FATAL SNOWSLIDE
EngulfS UnSuSpeCting Miner, Quickly
Crushing Out His Life.

Fred Anderson lost his life in a
snowslide about 2 o'clock last
Thursday afternoon, January Is,
1906. The fatality occurred at the
St. Louis mine, on the South Boise
river, near Pine, where he had a
contract for driving the tunnel.
Anderson was at work in the
blacksmith shop, about ten feet
distant from the mouth of the
tunnel, and Frank Hyland was
engaged inside the mine. The
slide came unexpectedly, and from
the account given by Hyland, who
was the only other person present,
it is believed that Anderson never
knew what had happened; because
later, when his body was recovered,
appearances indicated that death
had come almost instantaneously
The heavy anvil, at which he was
working, lay by his side. The
shop building, when struck by the
avalanche, was cut as though by
some immense knife, one wall and
the bellows remaining in position
and the balance being carried
down the mountain side with the
unfortunate man, whose body was
buried fully ten feet under the
heavy mass.
The Glide completely closed The
mouth of the tunnel, making Hy'
land a prisoner inside. He sue
ceeded in digging his way out, and
at once went in search of assist
ance.
Anderson's body reached here a.
8 pm. Saturday, and was at once
prepared for shipment. Sunday
night Gus Gunderson started with
the remains for Crookston, Mimi.
where Mrs. Anderson went shor
time ago.
The officers of the st. Loui
Mining Co. are: Frank Jarvis
President; G. E. Berg, Vice Presi
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23
Boise Wedding

]. 7. Pence, a prominent attor-
ney OF Boise, and Miss Lucia Leon
ard, daughter Of Mrs. Carrie H.
Leonard and granddaughter Of
the late Judge Huston, were mar
ried Tuesday evening, January 16.
1905. The wedding was held al
the home of the BRIDES mother
Bishop Funsten officiating. Mr.
and Mrs. Pence went to Californis
to spend the honeymoon. Mr.
Pence is a nephew Of John Pence O
this place.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

because of the popularity OF Mr.,
and Mrs. Gray in this section.
Itwas impossible, ito a late hour
last night, to secure reliable details;
but according to the general re-
port Neusbaum seems to have been
watching for favorable opportu.
nifty, and found it.
Mr.. Gray was in the barn, when
Lafe and Miss Powell came out oi
the front door.
Neusbaum suddenly appeared
He shot Lafe and Miss Powell.
Mrs. Gray and Lille, on hearing
the reports, rushed out. They, too
were shot. The frenzied man ther
turned the weapon on himself.
He is dead. Late last night
Mrs. Gray, Lafe and Miss Powell
in the hospital--were not ex'
pected to survive. Lille, it il
stated, is not dangerously wounded
Mrs. Glenn, sister of Robt. Gray
Geo. Hendricks, brother-in-law
and Mrs. 2. N. Hungerford, wen
to Boise on No 5 yesterday, bu
were not allowed to see the wound
ed ones.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23
TO PAY TRIBUTE
SOrrOwing Friends Attend Funeral
OF Mrs. J. n. Brady.

With the passing Of Mrs. J. H.
Brady (early Monday Morning,
January Is, 1906) Mountain
Home lost one of its most popular
and dearly-beloved women. The
tender heart within her beat only
in sympathetic compassion for
those bowed down in sorrow, and
those in distress met not the
cruel stare of indifference. Natur-
ally, these admirable qualities at.
tracted the friendship and esteem Of
all who came to know her; and when
word went round that she was called
away, tears Of genuine sorrow and
regret dimmed the eyes Of the many
friends who knew and loved her.
The funeral was held at II a. m.
Wednesday at the Catholic church,
Rev. Father Yer Brugghe Of Sho.
shone and Rev. Father Dempsey
of Nampa officiating. The ediice
was too small to hold the large
number of people in attendance.
Many remained outside and ac-
companied the cortege to the Gem.
etsry. Around the casket was
sea Of fragrant blossoms, friends in
Idaho, Utah and Oregon sending
the choicest flowers to be obtained.
The Eagles, 30 strong, marched to
the grave,
Mrs. Brady was 80 years old.
She was born in County Sligo, Ire.
land. Thirty years ago Mr.. and
Mrs. Brady was married in Salt
Lake City, Utah, and have lived
here for the past 20 years.
In addition to the husband who
is left to grieve the absence Of faith
full, affectionate wife, there are eight
children to mourn the loss of ten
der, loving mother. From eldest
to youngest they are: Mary (Mrs
Edward f. Goddard), Tom, Attic
Katie, John, Josie, Lawrence and
Ellen, all in Mountain Home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Wall (the lat
ter a sister Of Mr.. Brady Of Dell
Montana; Mr.. and Mrs. Georg'
Powers MRS. Powers cousin o
Mrs. Brady and B. J. Burk o
Portland, Oregon, were here to at
tend the funeral.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

Yesterday morning this commu-
nifty was startled and shocked by
the report Of a tragedy at Boise,
in which the fiendish venom oi
jealousy eliminated in the shoot
ing Of four persons by the murder.
ous maniac before he turned the
weapon on himself with deadly
effect.
The principals in the shocking
affair are Mrs. Robert Gray Of At
lanta, Idaho; her daughter, Miss
Lille; her son, Lafe; Miss -
Powell, whose parents live in
Caldwell: and a man whose name
as near as we could learn before
going to press, is Neusbaum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gray, Lafe and
Lille, went to Boise short
time ago to spend the winter. Il
was at the front gate of their res
idence where the tragedy occurred
The incidents leading up to th'
affair, as currently reported, arr
to the effect that Neusbaum hal
educated Miss Powell at his owl
expense, the presumption being
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23
Pioneer Gone.

e. H. Wilson of Boise. ia ther Of
w. H. Wilson OF Mountain Home,
died on the afternoon of January
10th at his residence in the capital
city, No. 2019 North Sixteenth
street. He was a little over 55
years old, having been born No.
vember 8, 1850, in Indiana.
Mr.. Wilson had lived in Idaho
for the past 20 years. He was
married in 1878, and is survived
by three grown sons.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

DR.. B. B. Swan, Geo. Mahoney,
Frank McWilliams, Robert Edgar,
Dick Bennett, G. Tyler, Carl Lind
quist, John York and Frank
White went to Glenn's Ferry Wed.
nesday evening as delegation
from the local lodge of Odd Eel
lows to assist in preparing the goat
for FIVE new pilgrims.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

According to the Glenn's Ferry
Signal, word has been received
there to the effect that Mrs. j. FL.
Meyer, at one time resident OF
the Ferry, died in Oroville, Cali
fornia. She was the mother Of
Mrs. w. w. Fountain and Mrs.
James Boyce.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

dent; A. A. Brothen, Secretary
Treasurer; George Howe, Superin.
tendent; Gus Gunderson. Fred
Anderson was also interested in
the property.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

Rex Sproat, the 13-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Sproat
of Ellerslie, Thurman District, who
was taken to Boise by his mother
and operated on for appendicitis,
on the 18th inst, is rapidly recoy'
ering his strength.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

You will not find beauty in
rouge pot or complexion white
wash. True beauty comes to them
only that take HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea. 1t is q wonderful
tonic and beautifer. 35 cents, Tea
or Tablets.-Roscoe w. Smith. =
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23
Mrs. Or. Houseman Very Weak.

On January s, 1906, a baby boy
was born to DR.. and Mrs. DR.
Houseman, at Nampa. Mrs
Houseman, it is stated, is in very
critical condition, but hopes art
entertained of her recovery.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

Judge Jere Brown, father of Mrs.
Harry j. Syms, died on the 14th
inst. at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Syms in Boise. He was a pioneer
of the Pacific Coast States, and
was very popular wherever known.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

0. Wood, who came to Mountain
Home few weeks ago from Brain.
ard, Minnesota, where his family
now is, received news last Tuesday
of the death Of his daughter Flossie,
aged 8 years, from diphtheria.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

John H. Brady and family extend
heartfelt thanks to the many kind
friends for sympathy and assist
ance rendered them in their great
bereavement.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

Beautiful Melton cover and Mat
Board for burnt work, painting,
etc, on sale at the Republican
office.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

Mr.. and Mrs. M. D. Parrish, on
the occasion of their fifth wedding
anniversary, were the recipients Of
a happy surprise, Tuesday eve
ming, by their many friends. 1t
being their wooden wedding, a
handsome chair was one of the
remembrances.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

For sale, cheap, some
choice business and resi-
dence lots. None better in
town. Title perfect.
N. LINTON.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

The members of the Twentieth
Century Club were entertained
Friday evening by Mrs. M. e.
House.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

The Idaho Commercial has a
handsome new delivery wagon on
the streets.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

The Seniors Of the High School
will give basket social in Crutch-
fields hall Saturday night, Jan.
uary q.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

Rural Carrier Underwood states
that while ON his trip to Thurman
last Saturday he met Fred Whit.
ney, accompanied by his brother
Nat, going out to the ranch. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Whitney the snow.
fall at his place, now little over
one foot in depth, is greater than
for several years past.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

The Artemesia Club will meet
with Mrs. Chas. Pascoe Wednes-
day, January 81.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-23

The home of Mr., and Mrs. J. D.
Whitson was the scene, on Wed.
nesday night, Of a pleasant social
given by the ladies Of st. James
Guild.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09

president Of one is a somewhat broader
man than the president Of the other. but
they are. after all. men of the same good
type. Some OF the teachers in one are
better than some o fthe teachers In the
other, but this remark can be turned
around with reference to other teachers
The presidents Of both OF these colleges
were asking for money from the same two
OF three rich men. the chief difference be-
ing that one asked for library, while the
other sought a contribution to his endov-
ment. There are not enough students at
both to make more than a moderate sized
college, yet the community is asked to sup
port two institutions with two presidents
and two faculties. each doing much the
same work; two libraries, etc. The income
Of both, which. divided. maintains neither
well, would support one very well, and
enable Il TO do much better work than
either does now.
In another town, not forty miles away, Is
a third college furnished by the state. This
institution is a competitor with the other
two for students In the same locality.
glance over the different states shows
that in many of them the real college needs
have not been known, and as a result OF
ignorance OF conditions. the best possible
use fthe available funds has. not been
made.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09
MIIlions for Educanon.

In no other country in the world lie so
much money spent for education. II Is Inn
possible to say how great the sum is. for
one cannot go into the books OF the numer-
Gus private schools The report OF the
United States Commissioner OF Education.
recently issued. which contains the statls-
tics for the year ended June 30, 1904. shows
that in that year t27S 2l&227 was spent
simply on the public schools Of the coun-
try. or this total SIS. 2es went for sites.
buildings, furniture, etc. $40. S2l762 for
salaries OF teachers and superintendents
and s5s.ssS.2o6 for other purposes. chiefly
maintenance. The total income Of the col
leges was s4o.sis.lss while from benefae-
lions was received sl270o55s more. The
value Of college property was set at $685.
2ssl5. an Increase OF almost $3as0Oo0oO in
one year. The total attendance IN all kinds
OF educational institutions that year was
1853. ss1. or more than one-ffth OF the en-
tire population. or these 16.sz9.4l3 wero in
schools supported by taxation and public
funds, while those in private institutions
numbered I.6i7sSs7. There were in this
country CO.. universities. colleges and tech
biological schools with a teaching stan Of
i7.55s and IlsOzs students. More than H.
900 Of these were In the colleges. There
were l.e0e private schools e the secondary
grads.-New York Tribune
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09
No General Edueation Board.

This year has seen the first fruits of a
plan to bring about a reduction of this un-
economical educational chaos TO an effec-
tive system and an elevation of the stand
ards OF the low grade colleges. through the
General Education board. The board Is
made up OF a number Of well known men
OF different faiths parties and professions
Through the use OF its funds, its influence
and it's store Of information regarding edu-
cation IN the United States, It may in course
Of time. coupled with the Carnegie founda-
ton for the advancement Of teaching, be-
come a sort OF balance wheel upon the
higher educational movement Of the coun-
try. II aims to be OF benefit to education
In general and TO give assistance TO both
colleges and givers.
It's power lies In the large resources be-
hind II. II Is the custodian OF the $40, 600, :
900 given TO It by John d. Rockefeller and
OF other sums intrusted to IT by other per-
sons for the use OF education. Through
It's trustees, who are also officlaliy as
ISOLATED with the siater fund OF si,sOo,CGo
for the assistance OF negro schools and
with the Peabody fund. II has Influence In
the distribution of all these great benefae-
tons. From the Rockefeller fund alone IL
has the annual distribution OF 10000 for
the use OF colleges BY giving this money
TO colleges which show strength. have lefty
aims and standards and are well situated
in their relationship to the state in which
they are located and to the needs OF the
country. the board win exercise great
power for good In the building up OF con-
sistent state and an effective national sys-
tenn OF colleges OF high mark.
In order that II may be intelligentIy
guided in the use OF its income. the board
collected vast amount OF information In
regard to the various institutions and state
systems OF education. Aided by this COM
prehensive and exhaustive library the board
10 continually analysing the educational
work and needs OF the country and putting
the results OF its studies into the form OF
monographs on the different states.
In this way, having obtained first hand
knowledge OF educational conditions and
needs. Il Is prepared TO offsr it's fund Of
Information. as well as it's advice. free OF
charge to all who desire to know the best
channels into which 10 turn their gifts to
educational objects.
The board. In fact does for higher sduea-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09
A Year of UpIift in Education

tion what a charity organization society
does for miscellaneous beneicence. It's
value is illustrated by the two Incidents
that follow:
A wealthy New York business man had
been visited by the president of a college.
one the name of which would be as unfa-
miilar to 1880. 900 OF the s0.OoOOOo people OF
the United States as II was to the business
man himself. The visitor. a man with
sweeping side whiskers had asked for
funds for a gymnasium and a dormitory.
II wonder what sort OF institution that is,
and what II is accomplishing. said the
business man to himself. as he swung
around to his Uttered desk again. Il wish
knew where could get some accurate in
formation about It. and what are the actual
educational needs of the community where
this college is located" The General Edu-
cation board has just the information he
wanted, and was able 70 advise him intel
ngently.
In another case the trustees Of a bequest
to establish a college in a certain state
were about to put practically all their
money into buildings at q remote place. It
occurred to them to secure the advice of
one OF the secretaries of the board. Study
ing the educational map of the state in the
ONCE Of the board, they discovered that
there was no college in the largest city in
the state. When they began TO talk Of es-
tablishing college in that city, buildings
were offered to them at a nominal cat and
considerable addition was made TO their
funds besides AS a result, the college will
be started where n college was really
needed, and with n promise of a much
larger patronage at the beginning than II
possibly ever would have had in a remote
place.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09
wastefuIness of Location.

The wastefulness in location has many
illustrations among the hundreds of in
stitutions calling themselves colleges or
universities and granting degrees. For
instance, in one Southern town there are
two Methodist colleges. One Is assisted
by the northern branch of the Methodist
church, the other by the southern. They
are, of course, rivals for their constitu-
encies are In the same territory. Dr. Page
mentions another instance. He writes:
II know a town where there are two
colleges. At each of them the boys are
taught the usual subjects, ancient and
modern languages, mathematics, physics
and chemistry. and they are taught with
practically the same degree of thorough
ness. In several departments they use the
same textbooks. and several members of
the faculty of one college were trained
at the same university as several mem
bers of the other faculty. These two col
leges have buildings and grounds. too,
that are very much alike. One has a finer
house for its library than the other, but
the college with the poorer building boasts
that II has a better collection OF books.
One has a more pretentious dormitory
than the other. but this advantage, too. is
Offset by some corresponding disadvan-
you will discover that the population is
divided into two parts--those families
who think that the college on this side of
the town is better than the college on the
other side of the town, and those families
that hold the contrary view. Each group
10 forever talking about the better
'ispirit' of its college. Inside the college
themselves this college ''spirit'' at times
becomes intense. Most OF the boys who
are graduated at one college earnestly
thank heaven that their parents or chance
or their own good judgment kept them
from becoming students of the other
with It's far worse spirit" Yet IT, stand
ing outside this craftsmanship, you were to
take a serious measure of the work and
worth of these colleges. you would find
II hard to decide which is the more useful
TO the community. The boys who have
gone out from one have become as useful
men as the boys who have gone out from
the other. You would discover that the
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09

iAus Wards dictum on the Shakespeare
Bacon controversy:
II believe these plays were not written
by Shakespeare. but by another man Of
the same name"
Thereupon Mr. Gordeano said
THAT is good. but l like better q piece OF
humor about a tramp.
This tramp. dilap idated, a ruin. entered
a newspaper office jauntily
Say. Gully. is dis de Free PressG he
asked the editor
Yes. my man. the dignified editor re-
piled. What can we do for your
I'm just set down a minute and unpeel,'
said the tramp. ! want creases pressed in
desc here pants"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09
were All Great Men.

Soon after Mr.. choate returned from
England he met Senator Depsw. They
talked of olden times and dinners and
banquets. The result was that they went
corner they met Pat F1nnsgan. They asked
him TO show them q good. cheap lunch
room. which he did
Tue insurance senator paid for the meals
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09

HERE is a growing recognition Of
the need for the Standardization
and a more economical distribu-
IkRIDM ton Of the higher educational in
- stitutions Of this country. This
year has seen the first fruits Of an effec-
1.-Two EFFORT toward the accomplishment OF
these ends through the distribution OF tho
income OF the s1o.Oo0OOo given to the Cen
erai Education board By John ID. Rookie
Teller and OF the 100000 given by Andrew
Carnegie for the pensioning OF college pro-
fessors. This latter Is one OF the most in
teresting events in the educational world
during the year. and viii have a wide
reaching effect upon the higher education
OF the country. IA.
In regard to the Standardization Of the
wider distribution of colleges and uni
versities, educators and the American
people generally are awakening to the
fact that the present system--ff q collec-
ton of several hundred institutions of
varying standards and aims, with little
relation to one another may be described
as SYSTEMS wastefui in the use of
it's opportunities. its energies and OF
money.
The wastefulness in the use of oppor-
tunity and energy has exhibited itself
especially in the location of colleges. DR..
Walter II. Page in a recent article de-
clared that the waste by duplication had
been so great that It was probable that II
the work OF building, developing and con-
structing colleges had been done IN the
United States with good financial judg-,
ment from the beginning we should now
have developed-with the same expendi-
ture that has been made-an efficient and
well equipped and locally maintained col
lege within easy reach Of every youth who
could profit by It. The opportunity to Sc
cure an education of the higher character
near at hand often breeds the desire. 1t
Is said OF the inhabitants OF a certain
Connecticut town. in which agriculture 10
the chief occupation, that In conversation
they are on a par with college men, Doubt
less one OF the reasons Is that a well
known private preparatory school has
1ourished in that town for more than
fifty years and has afforded the people
an opportunity OF securing a good educa-
ton at moderate cost.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09
.1416-1418 Douglas St.
Tersely Told Tales Both Grim and

respect. II was promptly decided that the
"greaser" should be STRUNG up"
Among those prominent in the proceed
ings was o big-hearted Denverite, after
ward elected to a high federal position.
He said that. much as he regretted the
necessity of suspending the Mexican, he
was, like the rest of the committee" in
favor of 1t. Now, this Denver man wanted
to give the doomed individual a chance
TO pray. but, as he declined TO avail him
self OF the privilege, the master OF cere-
moneis started in TO give the Mexican
what the miners called good send-off. ="
After recounting the mans crimes as an
excuse for the hanging, the petitioner
said:
This man is unit to live; he cannot
associate with honest people; he is an
outcast. the very worst in GIlpin county
and so, Lord! take him to Thyself."
The Mexican was then properly hanged.
-Harper's Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09
He Went In.

A minister visiting Philadelphia and
ignorant OF the provisions of the Glrard
will. that mo ecclesiastic missionary OF
minister OF any sect shall ever be admitted
within the premises Of the college" pre-
sented himself at the gate OF Girard.
Are you a minister. sirT' asked the gate
keeper. Yes" was the unsuspectlng re-
ply. Then you can't enter here" said
the gateman. tersely giving his reason.
'The devil you say" came from the u.s.
founded clergyman. The gateman hesitated
for minute. but after pondering the min
ister's reply. he is said to have remarked
'Oh. you're all right. When you talk that
way you can't be very strong In the
preaching line" and the barrier was re-
moved. "-Buffalo Commercial