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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-02-10
Wednesdav. january 81.


Washington, Jan. 81 .-Discussion Of
the railroad rate bill continued in the
house today. Incident to it two
speeches, the efforts of Campbell, Of
Kansas, and Martin, of South Dakota,
took wide range and swept the hori-
ION of 'trust evils" generally. Bart
lett, of Georgia, minority member of
the committee reporting the bill, made
a two hours speech, in which be dis
cussed the legal and constitutional
questions involved and advocated the
passage of the bill as a proper remedy
for an intolerable condition. The fret
speech in opposition to the bill, which
concluded the days discussion, was
made by Perkins, of New York. He
based his opposition to government
control of rates ON an inherent aversion
to government control of business en-
terprises. Red tape and fixed condi-
tions, he said were an inseparable part
OF government action on any matter.
A bill was passed granting Federal
charter to the Carnegie fund for the ad-
vancement of teaching. The fund con.
sists of s10,000,00O, the income o.
which is to furnish pensions to retired
educators.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
CANTATA SUNG BY
LITTLE tots
Bows and Girls Aid Society
Celebrates Yuletide With
a Merry Entertainment
PARTS WE'LL TAKEN

The children of the Girls and Boys
Aid Society celebrated the holiday sea-
son last night with it's usual entertain
nent. The principal feature of the
programme was a cantata, Waiting
For Santa Claus" which was acted
and sung entirely by the children of
the home. at the corner of Baker ana
Grove streets. The part of Santa Claus
was taken by Earl Macarthur. while the
Goddess of Dreams. the Goddess OF
Nirth and the dieties of Joy. Peace and
Hope added their voices in the duets
and solos. which were rendered to the
enjoyment of the other children and
their friends.
Following the cantata was an action
play called Jolly Sailors" The musical
features of the entertainment were un-
Ser the direction of Walter Washington
and Miss Frances Washington, while
superintendent George c. Turner made
the Christmas address
The officers of the well-known fnsti-
tuition are: George c. Perkins. presi-
sent; Charles A. Murdock. vice presi-
aent: Herbert w. Lewis. secretary, and
Dudley c Bates. treasurer.
This evening the children Will have
4 Christmas song service. and on Mon
say evening the Christmas tree will be
lighted and the children delighted with
the candy and other gifts.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
TWO MEN HELD UP
BY F00TPADS

John W. Brantley. an ex-soldier. re-
ported to the police shortly after 1
o'clock yesterday morning that he had
been held up and robbed of $3.50 In cash
near the saloon Of c. Walsh, on East
street. Brantley says that three men
participated in the robbery and beat
him after taking his money.
Investigation on the part Of the po-
lice revealed the fact that the ex-sol-
dier had been arrested two days pre-
viously for drunkenness and that he
did not have any money on him at that
time. About $50 o'clock In the even
ing Brantley was seen in Welchs sa-
loon in the company of two marine
firemen and two civilians.
L. Gundenswager. residing at the cor
ner of Sixth and Brannan streets, re-
ported to the police yesterday that he
was severely beaten and robbed short
ly after midnight Friday morning In
front of st. Joseph's Church by two
masked men. The footpads, after TAX
ing $3.50 from his pockets, struck him
stunning blow In the face, after
which they ran down an alleyway.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
AIDS IN BUILDING
C|TY'S HOMES
The Continental Building &
Loan Association Proves
It's Use After Great Fire
OFFERS INVESTMENT

Great Office buildings and stores
make a fourishing center OF COM
merce, great hotels and transportation
facilities make a metropolis, but the
building of homes forms the backbone
of municipality, and to the pulIdlng
OF homes San Francisco must look ior
the stability and prosperity or her iu-
In building these homes, In aiding tnou-
sands of mechanics, artisans ana those
upom modest thsr means fsat to NO organ
zation Will have a more potent powel
Loan Association.
Three days after the great nre ad nad
In the Mission, the Continental opened
its offices at 211 Church street, ana
since that time has been aiding IN tne
To its recognition of the future OF the
city at a time of edoubt and turmoil,
by its prompt lending Of money to It's
grafton. many Of the homeless. who
were once we'll to do were enabled TO
keep out of the bread lines.
Cooperation, the keynote OF the IN
stitution. is and was the great factor
enabling the Continental to tide many
of It's patrons and stockholders over
the crisis Apart from its due recog
milton of the fact that real estate
values had not been decreased by the
fire. was the realization that py CO.
operation, each homeless one could
build home and at the same time MS
money would be still serving It's pur-
pose by remaining in circulation as an
investment for the stockholders OF
which he himself was one.
The ContinentaPs speciality is TO loan
money on the installment plan, because
1t Is easier for the borrower to get
out of debt by this method than any
other, and also takes the place OF rent,
so that the rent money virtually pays
"a q desired
for building home, one-quarter or the
amount borrowed is paid when the
house is up and under roof, another
quarter when the first plastering Is on,
a third when the house is finished and
accepted, and the remainder paid In
thirty-nve days after acceptance
AS field for the Investment OF sur
plus money it offers advantages In the
way of stock which under different
forms of purchase pay either or 6 per
cent a year. Shares may be bought on
come Immediately an income-earning
investment. Full description of the
methods of investment and loan is con-
tained in an elaborate circular that the
Continental issues, and can be obtained
by applying at the associations ohnces.
The Continental numbers many Of the
leading men of San Francisco among
its officials. Dr.. Washington Dodge.
James McCullough it's vice president,
DR.. Joseph G. Crawford it's second
vice president. William Corbin secre-
tary and Gavin McNab the associa-
tons attorney. It's trustee is the
Central Trust Company of California
and the treasurer the Canadian Bank of
Commerce.
The Continentars authorized capital
is $40, 0,000,0 ,00e; $15,000,000 are sub
scribed: $2,481, ,317.44 are paid in, and
there is a profit and reserve fund of
$325,095S1. The assets consist of loans
on first mortgages and real estate; the
liabilities principally on shares and
paid-up stock. The institution is under
the supervision, of the California Board
of Building and Loan Commissioners.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
SWISS SOCIETY REPORTS
ON ITS WORK OF RELIEF
Omcers Comment ON Fortitude Dis
played by the People Following
the April Disaster

Omcers Comment ON Fortitude Dis
played by the People Following
the April Disaster
The Swiss Relief Society. which has
accomplished material results in ex-
tending aid to the members of the
Swiss colony in San Francisco, has
printed a report of the work is has ac-
complished since the April disaster-a
work, as President Alfred Monotti
points out, which was inspired by the
motto inscribed In gold letters on the
rocks of the Alps, "One for all and all
for one"
The society raised among its mem
bers and from outside sources $9914.38
after the earthquake. All of this was
expended in relief, 1876 families, COM
prising 500 persons, being assisted.
Beds, pillows, tables, chairs and other
household furniture were distributed,
together with money contributions and
wearing apparel.
The report. which is signed by Presi-
dent Monotti and Secretary Juillerat,
says:
I'VE are pleased to state that we
found our countrymen and women mod
est In their demands and grateful for
what has been done for them. Our
people, as a rule, have shown a great
deal Of fortitude and self reliance dur
ing these troublous times"
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

Many times women call on their family
physicians, suffering, as they imagine,
one from dyspepsia, another from heart
disease, another from liver or kidney
disease, another from nervous exhaustion
OK prostration, another with pain here and
there, and In this way they all present
alike to themselves and their easy-gOing
and Indifferent, or over-busy doctor, sep
srate and distinct diseases, for which he,
assuming them to be such, prescribes his
pills and potions. In reality, they are sll
only symptoms caused By some uterine
cause Of suffering, encourages this prac-
tice until large bills are made. The suf-
fering patient gets no better, but probably
worse, by reason of the delay, wrong
treatment and consequent complications.
a proper medicine Ike DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorfte Prescription, directed to the cause
would have entirely removed the disease,
thereby dispelling all those distressing
symptoms, and instituting comfort In
stead Of prolonged misery. It has been
well said, that - disease known Is half
cured"
DR.. Pierce's Fsvorite Prescription is q
scientific medicine, carefully devised by
an experienced and skillful physician,
and adapted 10 woman's delicate system.
It is made Of native medicinal roots and
is perfectly harmless In Its effects In any
condition Of the spstcm.
As powerful invigorating tonic rFa-
vorite Prescription irnparts strength to
the whole system and to the organs dis
tinctly feminine in particular. For over
worked, "worn-out,r rundown debili-
tated teachers, millilers, dressmakers,
seamstresses, SHOP girls house-keepers,
nursing mothers, and feeble women gen.
erslly, DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
is the greatest earthly boon, being un-
equaled as an appetizing cordial and re-
storative tonic
As soothing and strengthening nerv-
Inc uFsvorite Prescription is uneQualed
and Is invaluable in allaying and sub
DUNG nervous excitability, frritability,
nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration,
neuralgia, hysterla, spasms, chorea, st.
Vitus's dance. and other distressing. nerv.
Gus symptoms commonly attendant upon
functional and organic disease of the
uterus. 1t induces refreshing sleep and
relieves mental anxiety and dependency.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets fnvigorate
the stomach, liver and bowels. One b
three dose. Easy to take a candy, 81
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
WHERE tots MAY
co TO SCHOOL
Golden Gate kindergarten
Association Has Already
Opened Ten Branches
MORE TO FOLLOW

Ten free kindergartens have been
opened in this city under the auspices
of the Golden Gate kindergarten AS
sociation and with the new year others
will be added. The April fire left all
of the schools homeless, and the patron
esses have had hard task before them,
but they are now succeeding splen-
didly.
The majority Of the schools opened
are In the refugee camps, where the
needs are greatest. Kindergartens are
now established as follows: At Thir-
teenth avenue camp; Lobos square
camp; Speedway camp; Potrero camp;
Liguri Hall, Mission street; Steimke
Hall. Octavia street; San Francisco
Settlement House, 1896 Mission street,
and 1922 Twenty fourth street
The schools are being maintained by
the Stanford Memorial kindergarten
trust fund. Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, Emily
Pope fund, Portland relief fund and a
grant from the rehabilitation fund.
The following are the directors Of
the Golden Gate Associations: Miss vir-
ginia Fitch, president: Mrs. Louis SIoss,
vice president; Mrs. Silas H Palmer,
secretary; Mrs. E. B. Cutler, treasurer
Mrs Cyrus Walker. Mrs. L. Greenwald
Mrs. Gertrude Morris, Miss Susanna
Blanding, Mrs. E. E. Brownell, Mrs
Mary w. Kincaid, Miss Mary L. Brown,
Miss Mary l. Taylor, Mrs Morris Davis
and Miss M. Waggent
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

Mrs. w. A. Sangster, 2652 Harrison
street, San Francisco.
Edith Seagren, 25O8 Harrison street,
San Francisco.
Lila Roe, San Gregorio, San Mateo
County, Cal.
Elma Roy, Pescadero, Cal.
Kenneth Wallace, Healdsburg, Cal.
Florence Wallace, Healdsburg, Cal.
William johnson, 272 Second avenue,
San Francisco.
Louise f. Collins, 2613 Central ave-
nue., Alameda.
Howard L. Sargent, 225 Minnesota
avenue, San Jose.
Leonard Fitzgerald, 428 Monterey
street, Vallejo, Cal.
Mrs. j. w. Graves, Pentz, Butte
County, Cal.
Josie Battencourt, route 10, box s3.
Los Gatos, Cal.
Carol Ely Tripp, 1z7O Weber street,
Alameda.
EIva WinsIow, Napa road, Vallejo,
Cal.
Rosietta Haley, 1927 La Sale avenue,
Los Angeles, CnI.
James Mackenzie, GA Third street,
Napa, Cal.
Mary sokelIe, box 51e, Carson City,
New.
Mrs. e. S. Yantis, 187 Cayusa street,
Santa Cruz, Cal.
Reuben Wayne Anderson, 6O3 West
Oak street, Visalia, Cal.
Augusta Bergson, 511 Hobart street.
Oakland.
Vera Drew, Selma, Fresno County,
Cal.
Harris Roper, sos Third street, Maps,
Cal.
Gladys Kohler, 75 Ellsworth street,
San Mateo, Cal.
Elsie G. Aldrfdge, water tank, Can't
no, FL Dorado County, Cal.
Jean Deming, East Auburn, Cal.
Mrs. william Hubble, 116 Clinton
street, Santa Cruz, Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

Mistletoe took last tag of the young
man. for as she dropped from the strap
to the floor a dizzy distance below she
let her great alluring bunch of kiss
me-Quick twigs knock OF the hat of
the young man in the seat Then he
saw what he had been missing.
But the girl and her chums were of
the car by that time. All the young
man could do was to go out and pit
eously persuade the motorman gently
to run over him
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
sIEMsEN EARNS XMAS MONEY

So that his Christmas will not be
utterly cheerless, John Siemsen, gas
pipe murderer, has resorted to draw
ing pictures of court officials and
others who are trying him for his life,
and selling the drawings for 81 apiece
Siemsen's object in earning money is
to purchase a Christmas present for
his 15-year-old bride, who, since his
arrest, has scorned him.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
Ingenious Contestants
Win Prizes Of Coin
WITH Letters to Santa Claus
The Prize Winners

l. Marguerite Williams $50 BrOderick St., City $1,000
z Evelyn Avery, l4z9 Hayes St., City ;. 500
Winnfred EversOn, Camp Meeker, Sonoma Co., Cal 800
A. Mrs. Stuart, 6zl Gilman St., Palo Alto, Cal ZOO
S. Miss !. M. Adams, Uranus St.. City :. zoo
g. Willie Duffy, San Quentin CAL 100
l. Alice Wall, Gz9 Columbia Square, City LOO
s. Mrs. M D. Wilson, Henleyyille, Tehama Co., Cal. 100
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
NEwsBoY TURNS BURGLAR

Peter Enright. formerly known as
the ringleader of the newsboys when
Schmitz and Ruef put q boycott on a
local paper, was arrested early yester-
day in the act of committing burglary
in cigar store at the corner of Fill
more and Sacramento streets. The ar
rest was made by Special Policeman
Scanlan and Regular Policeman Fella.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

MURDER AND SUICIDE, JURY Says
eoroner'e Jury returned verdicts Of murder and
suicide in the case Of Joseph Haefner, whit
filled Mrs Pearl Garrison and then shot him
elf 10 death in the rear room Of saloon last
Saturday night.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

metropolitan Business College
Finds the better commercial and stem
ographic positions; favorable rates. 925
Golden Gate avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
Ladies Umbrellas

steel rod and frame, COW
cred with twilled Gloria
cloth, large variety hand
les to choose from
mother pearl, sterling
silver trimmed, also box
wood handles; not one
worth less than S1.5O,
some as high as $3.50;
for Monday selling O.,
..............@I y 1
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

The SUCCESSFUL general listens to 9TH
ers but acts for himself.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
Treating Wrong Disease.

DIR. PIERcEs REMEDIES.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

schilling's Best is the coffee and tea.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
Cents Umbrellas

steel rod with twenty
one ribs. the kind that
can not blow inside out,
also self open by touch
ing a spring; highly
polished horn handles,
for Monday selling O.,
s.....
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

RISKS and Premiums
Net amount of risks
written during the
year .-...-..-.-
Net amount OF risks
expired during the
year ......-.....
Net amount IN force
December 81. 1905
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

CHARLES A. SHAW, President
JOSEPH McC0RD. Secretary
Subscribed and sworn to before this 18th
day Of January, 1905.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

AND MANY OTHERS
We could use this whole sheet 10 describe
them
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-02-01

factory, ask any and all of these what
they are thinking of, and it is safe
to wager that many will say: "The
country, the farm, the sunshine, the
fresh air. the sparkling brook, the
fields and the trees and, above all,
the freedom from care and the inde-
pendence of rural life." Ask these
people about long hours, ask them if
they ever get weary.
Did you ever know a farmer to be
docked in his wages for being five
minutes late? Did you ever know a
farmer to make his hired man deposit
$25 for his breakage? Why, farmers
half the typesetters, half the linotype
men who set up your paper, are think
ing about the farm this very minute
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-02-01
BY DIR. RICHARD H. WOOD

not rarely the unpleasant accompani-
ment of the close of doctors life.
Besides this, it has cost the physician
the price of a good farm to learn his
profession. Little do you know how
many times he wishes he had the
farm and some one else had the pro-
fessiOn.
The farmer regulates his own hours
of work and he also regulates the
quality of his work. He can, if he de-
sires, choose his associates. He is
under no orders, and, when out OF
debt. under few obligations He lives
and boards at home. He orders his
own bill of fare. He does not have
to humor the whims of his neigh
bors. He is independent in politics,
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TIME comes to most men when

QoClQ6 C00 lOllOWIuS QuOo-
tions: What will 1 be? What will
do? For what line of business shall
prepare myself? If this matter OF
choosing a calling comes before him
at an early age he is generally assist
ed in making his choice by his par
ents or his friends, or circumstances
over which he has little control may
conspire to influence his selection. II
he is raised upon a farm or in
farming community he will find many
who will advise him to ''be something
better than a farmer AS if there
could be an occupation more honor
able more Independent or more re-
liable than farming. Those who argue
that farming is below other Occupa-
tions are usually lacking in knowl-
edge of the world, of modern agricul-
ture and of most other lines of bus
mess. Here my reader may interrupt
me by saying: "You have written
much like that before" Yes, and
shall continue to write so until die,
or until the farmer himself shall learn
to stand up for the dignity of his pro
fession.
Not long ago I heard a farmer re
mark to merchant: "YOu don't
have the long hours that we farmers
do" The merchant made no reply
but after the farmer had departed he
volunteered the information to me
that for the past five years he had
been in his store from six in the
morning until ten at night. Now, this
matter of hours seems to worry some
farmers. In fact, have had it thrown
10 oti ioinO DonHin;nn
that the farmer worked the most
hours of all people, whether in the
trades or the professions. Now, who
has longer or more uncertain hours
than the physician? In his earlier
years of practice he has no hour of
day or night he can call his own As
to work, let me tell you, my farmer
friend. that the average physician
sometimes does more work in an hour
than some farmers do in year.
Said a farmers wife to me a few
days ago: 81 want my boy to be a
doctor; it is so much easier or at
least cleaner work than farming y
Let me tell you again, that if the ply
sician is a man Of education and con-
science he works, and works a-plenty
His task is greater than it looks, and
as to clean work, the one who follows
a physician in his rounds for few
trips will long for the cleanliness of
farming. The farmer does not need
to be dirty all the time. Many good
farmers are almost always tidy and
clean. If a man is dirty as farmer
he will be dirty in any other occupa-
tion. Watch that dirty looking ma
chinist as he gets down under that
engine in a most dangerous and un-
comfortable position and spreads
some filthy grease that looks like
rancid butter upon the bearings. His
is noble and useful occupation, but
surely it does not compare at all
favorably with farming Watch the
conductor upon the trolley line as he
collects pennies, nickels and dimes
from the unclean and depraved. Ask
the clerk in the store, ask the mecha-
mic who is locked up in the dingy
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You envy the merchant, but you know
nothing of his cares, his business per-
plexities, his worry over bad debts or
over bills coming due. You envy the
physician as he rides by. Now, it is
within the realms of probability that
he owes for the team that he is driv-
ing, and for the instruments and med
icine in his case. He is quite sure to
be worrying over the cares and
troubles of others, and he is quite
likely in most cases to be rewarded
by the basest ingratitude. At the
age of fifty the physician finds him.
self worn out, unfit for business and,
as a rule, what is termed poor man.
Dying loaded down with debt and
leaving a family unprovided for are
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Farming as Compared With Other Occupations

| business? When the farmer visits
town he sees the townspeople at their
best. He is not allowed to look be-
hind the scenes.
There is an underground to every
life and a drawback to every occupa-
tion. We see the brightest side of
other trades and forget that it is in
our power to make our own task
easier. One of the worst drawbacks
to farming is the opinion many have
formed that it is not an occupation of
much importance. If the farmer has
no faith, no pride and no courage in
his business he is poorly qualified to
judge of it's advantages. l have
poor opinion of those farmers who are
always envying men in other occupa-
! tions. To me they seem like men
who fail to appreciate the glorious
opportunities before them. Instead of
making their own business worthy of
a place in the front rank, they sit
upon the fence and watch the others
go by. They talk about the fine resi-
dences of city folks, but make little
effort to improve the conditions or
appearance of their own.
Another advantage of farming is
that one is never necessarily idle.
While the merchant is waiting for
customers, or his clerk is hunting a
position, the farmer can always find
work at home. He can be at work i'm
proving his own property and adding
to it's value. And besides this, he
has the advantage of working for a
good paymaster. When the farmer
ploughs field, sets post, plants a
tree, pulls a stump or makes a gate,
he is making an investment He does
this work for himself and he has his
pay when the job is done. He has i'm
proved his property and increased his
own valuation. No delayed payments,
no orders to discount, no holding
back fifteen days each month He has
his pay as he goes along and he is
worth that much more every improve
ment he makes. His farm is not
only his paymaster, but also his bank.
His hours are not limited and he gets
pay for all overtime. He can work
eight hours a day or he can work
double time, but his pay goes on all
the time. His property is of a kind
that tends to increase in value and a
very little work soon makes his farm
worth more than it was when he
purchased it.
Storms and floods may change his
program, but he is never out of job.
No sitting around at a great expense
waiting for the works to start. He
can always find work in caring for
his own and improving his own.
Surely the man who follows agricul-
ture is independent. He has time for
study. His evenings are his own. He
can rise in the world and does not
have to wait for his superior officer
to die in order that he may be pro-
NOTED. By study, energy and intel
ligent application he can bring about
his own promotion, and he stands as
, great chance to become a gentle
man of leisure as does a man in any
J other occupation.
! These remarks are founded upon
experience and observation. My life
has been spent in agricultural COM
munities. Taking out about eight
years of life in the large cities