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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-08-04

Fred w. Bradley, of San Fran
cisco, president of the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mining company
arrived Thursday to inspect the
Buster mine, S. w. Smiths prop
erty. He is accompanied by an
assistant, Robert Belts.
H. G. Oliver of Sites, owner
of the mountain telephone line,
started out from Sites, Wednes-
day morning with a force of men
and supplies to do some improve
ment on the wire. Where mend
ing is done heavier wire will be
used.
Hugh Arnold has located on a
number Of claims in the Camp
Bird group on Crooked river and
intends forming a company to de
velop the property. He took
some ore outside the latter part
of last week to show to parties
he expects to interest in his pro-
ject. The Camp Bird group Of
claims is the property formerly
held by Joe Mitchell and Mike
Sweeney and Andrew Prader, the
dispute over the ownership o1
which resulted in the shooting Of
Joe Mitchell by Sweeney ant
Prader on Crooked river a few
weeks ago.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-08-04

plete, and do not believe that
there is much, If any, evasion of
the law. Inspecting officers ver-
ify returns at the taxpayers
domicile, and the commissioner
can compel the production for
their use of all books, balance
sheets, stock sheets and other
evidence of the taxpayers in
come. The knowledge that this
will be done, if necessary, and
the penalties attached to refusal
have had a wholesome moral
effect, while the careful and
systematic work of the inspect
ors, who also give instruction to
taxpayers, when necessary, as to
the keeping of simple forms of
account which will facilitate the
making of returns in correct form,
and the system of revision and
checking by comparison in the
commissioners office, have made
the law very efficient in it's prac-
tical workings. The land and in
come tax act has been in opera
tion since 1891, and has therefore
had ample time in which to be
thoroughly tested. The large
landholders naturally enough dc
not like the graduated land tax,
but there seems to be no dissatis.
faction with the income tax ir
either principle or practice---The
Independent.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-08-04
ABOUT NEW ZEALAND.
Well Written Article on the Land That
Has No Labor Troubles.
(By Florence Finch Kelly.)

L nave JuSC returned IrOIn an
extended trip through New Zea-
land, and in all the time l was
there / did not see, in city, town
or country, single person who
did not have enough to eat and
to wear, plenty of work at good
pay and the will to do it. There
are no beggars, there are no
tramps, there are practically no
unemployed, and there are no
big fortunes. There is probably
no one in the islands whose wealth
exceeds a million dollars, and
those whose possessions amount
to that much are very few. When
the Liberal government came into
power fifteen years ago the col
ony was in a very bad way.
There were big landed estates
and absentee owners, so that
most of the wealth produced in
the islands went over seas. Con-
sequently industry had come to
standstill, and most of the work
ingnen had no work. Those
who could get enough money to-
gether to pay their passage were
leaving by the shipload, and those
who could not were being cared
for by the government in shelter
sheds and soup kitchens. Since
those days the created wealth of
the colony has increased by 122,-
600, ZOO pounds, and there is no
reason to suppose that if the gov
ernment had not interfered with
the commercial laws of gravity a
large part or that wealth would
not have gone into the building
up of big fortunes and CONNER
cial bodies more powerful than
the government.
One of the first things the Lib
eral government did was to in
augurate the policy of the burst
ing up of the big landed estates.
These have been bought com
pulsorily if the owners were un-
willing to sell---divided into small
holdings and leased to actual set
tiers. In this way the govern
ment has resumed over 700,00C
acres. The leasehold tenure for
999 years of these lands, and also
of unimproved crown lands, and
a flat rental of a per cent on the
unimproved valuation made ii
possible for any man, no matter
how poor, to establish himself or
a farm. Then the government
went into the business of loanine
money, and advanced to the set
tier at 5 per cent interest, reduc-
ible to A 1-2 by prompt payment
the money needed to get himself
started and make his improve
ments. The government Labor
department was run in co-opera
ton with this land policy, and i
made every effort to help the un
employed to get on the land. The
secretary of the labor department
told me that he has put not les
than ten thousand men on th'
land who otherwise could hav'
done no better than to drift along
on the perilous edge of day labo
to fall into dire straits at the frs
calamity. This policy has mad
them independent, prosperou
farmers, producers of wealth fo
themselves and the colony.
For some years the long tern
lease was the favorite form O
land tenure, but there is now
strong growing sentiment il
favor of the freehold, and it
probable that the governmen
will soon grant the right to put
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-08-04

as widely distributed as possible
among the people is one of the
means by which it controls the
distribution of wealth. There is
a restriction upon the
of acres that may be ac-
quired by either lease or purchase
from the crown. To forstall the
danger of the building up of large
estates which will come with the
extension of the freehold, the
government proposes to limit the
amount of land that can be held
by one person, by whatever title,
or however acquired. The law,
which the government expects to
enact at the next session of per-
lament, will not affect existing
titles, but will make invalid the
title to any land in excess of,
probably, 5000 acres, which any
one person may attempt to ac-
quire.
Most systems of taxation are
devised for the purpose of provid-
ing revenue, but it is character
istic of the New Zealand idea of
the functions and purposes of
government that the primary in
tention of it's scheme of direct
taxation is to provide another
means of combating the tendency
of wealth to flow where wealth
already is. There is no property
tax, and there is no tax on i'm
provements. The land tax is on
the gross salable value Of the land
less the value of all improve
ments. In addition to the ordi-
nary land tax there is a gradu-
ated land tax, which begins when
the unimproved value of the land
is So, 500. Between this and
So, 800 the rate is one-eighth of a
cent to the pound sterling, and
above that value the rate in
creases by equal steps until il
reaches six cents to the pound,
payable when the value is a mil
lion dollars or more. Fifty pei
cent additional tax is levied upon
absentee owners. Holdings OF
small value are exempt from ordi
nary land tax, the exemption
amounting to $500 where the
unimproved value does not exceed
81, 500 and gradually diminishing
up to the value of SIP, 800. Thi,
is in accordance with the settled
policy of the government to MAKE
it easy for the poor and difficult
for the rich to increase their pos
sessions. The result of the ex
emptions and deductions is tina
only one-fifth of the New Zealant
land owners pay land tax; bu
during the last ten years tn
number of land taxpayers has in
creased by 80 per cent.
The income tax is levied in con
junction with the graduated Ian,
tax, and is assessed on all incom
except that derived from land O
from mortgages on land. This
exempt, of course, because it
capital is assessed under the Ian
tax. Incomes of less than 81, SO
are exempt from the income tax
and there is a further deduction
from all incomes of $3.50 yearl
for life insurance premiums. Tn
rate of tax for last year was
cents on the pound for the frs
taxable SIS, 900 and 25 cents on tn
pound for all exceeding tha
amount---respectively, 2 1-2 an
5 per cent. The number of il
come taxpayers is about one
100 of the population. They hav
more than doubled in the last tie
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-08-04
Notice of Stockholders Meeting.

To the stockholders of the Ven
delta and Orogrande Mining
Company: Notice is hereby
given that a stockholders meet
ing will be held on August 4th,
10Th at the company's office in
Orogrande, Idaho, for the pur-
pose of electing officers, etc.
E. F. GORDON, ]. F. POWERS,
Vice President. Secretary.
Larry Painters COW was shot
through the udder by some one
Wednesday night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07
The south ,s Not naaIcaI.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 At the moment the radical tenden- States as In other sections of the na- vote cast for Eugene V. Debs. Social % States was ss. .sss in iso4. % against s ts is. s6s in 1900. Corrigan. Social Labor 1904 and Tom Watson. Populist. a vote Saaisai sa iaIis vsts sttsins Ssy Srk t9as sSa last Presidential election; However; e soonR Illinois as sssss ss total one p sass naS. S ss,sso votes. wiseonsln 2s,22o. Penn sas 1s.494. Iowa 14;s47, Missouri is.oee, Minnesota hisnesonseiiss ilsss. wasRinsson io.Sss and all other States under 10000. lu the Eastern group of states Debss vote aggregated about ies.ooo anS m 207.000. Tn the three. Southern states of Maryland. Missouri and West ytr- ginia he received i6,28s. and in all ths iS.54s. Thus the heavy sociaiistio vote cast in the South was in the three States which cast their electoral votes for the Republican nominee for prssi. Missouri, Maryland and West Virginia, out of a total vote of about 100000 Debs received in the South less than 15, 900 votes. -
 tie so far as the future Is Soncerned but they at least show that the Soutt is not quite so easily influenced by the new cults and isns as the populat opinion of the section might suggest The South is conservative without be- ing either unprogressive or cowardly in the matter of espousing new princt. ples, There is nothing in the political history of the section. nothing in the condition and circumstanee of the hour. to suggest political unsafensss, no other ambition than to merit and receive the respect and confidence of ali other sections. politically, and oth- erwise, 1t must, in Justice to It's histo. violence and radicalism so often charg- ed against 1t. The South desires te be regarded as nationally safe, and, politica fly. at least not dissatisfed-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07

told agonieS for four years, and tried different physicians and all kinds of oint. ments. 1could walk only with crutches. It is sixteen months ago since I began using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for my limb and foot. The first two months the Cuticura Remedies did not seem to work, but l kept on using them both. In two weeks afterwards I saw a change in my limb. Then I began using Cuticura Soap and Ointment often dur ing the day and kept it up for seven months, when my limb was healed up inst the same as if I never had trouble.
 "It is eight months now since stopped using Cuticura Remedies, the best on Gods earth. I am working at the present day, after five years of suffering. The cost of Cuticura Ointment and Soap was only S6; but the doctors bills were more like $500. You can publish my name and refer any one to write to me about Cuticura Remedies. l will answer all letters if postage is enclosed. John NJ. Lloyd, 7lS S. Arch Ave, Alliance, Ohio, June 27, 1905."
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 NsrMsuea FEss, How to Cure Skin and Blood HunoEA'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07

the closing exercises, yesterday were the present taticu of the sum of $1b0,0oe for the endowment fund in memory oi the late William H. Baldwin, Jr, whe at the time of his death was a trustee of the institution here, and the speech of Andrew Carnegie at the evening ses sion.
 The Baldwin Memorial was presented kby Oswald Garrison Willard, editor of The New York Evening Post. who was chairman of the committee appointed last year to raise the fund. In his presentation address, he announced that there had been 655 subscribers to the fund, coming from people living in twenty-five States. and that the sub scriptions had varied in amount from twenty-five cents to $1z.50o. Of the full amount. $500 had been contributed by the students and faculty of the Tuskegee Institute. The fund consist ed of a check for s14o.ooo and $1o.0oo worth of bonds in coal and oil lands.
 1t was the speech of Andrew Car negie, however. which formed the crowning event of the day, Probably never has the Scotch American million aire. in the same length of time. shown more of his inimitable self to a crowd than he did last night. That he was a favorite with hls audience was shown repeatedly by the applause with which the negroes greeted his utter ances. An incident just before he arose to speak illustrated the regard with which he is held.
 A negro child had her attention at- tracted to the little man, and was told who he was. "Ain't he cute," was her comment, and that was the way many in the audience thought of him. In the oouyAe of his remarks, he per- An1 f.ft AA xxrth fe.f@ @rt,
 which ar, comparatively new. One was a rap at the present national ad- ministration. Commenting on the policy of building additional war-ships ito fight Imaginary foes" he said. "Why, the man who fears foreign ene- mics to the United States, had better put lightning rod up his back every time he steps out of doors"
 He also prophesied the dawn of the era of peace. "our uccessors will look back in wonder" he said. "that and build hattleships and instruments of warfare, and they will show these instruments In museums as we now show thumbscrews and instruments of the inquisition."
 Mir. Carnegie also showed a change in heart, when he announced his in- tention of bestowins a new medal. some oayS ne uecidIeu, am Bpins to give medal as a reward to the man who never killed anybody" At least two aphorisms had their birth in his speech. '"The difference between the savage and civilized man is this," was one of them, 'One con- sumes all he makes, and the other puts by little today for tomorrow. This was another-"Every man shall sit under his own vine and fig tree. and under his own roof, and with his own wife. and with his own children This. he said was one of the marks of civilization.
 The subject of libraries was one. he sounded a warning to those who do not believe in them as they should. "A city which will not support by pub- lie taxation such benefeient insti-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07
Injurious to the Memorv.

hesIues lnattentive reading, there are otner thinss injurious to memory. One is the habit of skimming over news papers. all in a confused tumble. never to be thought of again. thus diligently cultivating a habit of careless reading hard to break. 199-
 Another is the reading of trashy novels Nothing is so fatal to reading with profit as the habit of running through story after story and forgettinS them as soon as read.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07
Z--Indieatss trace of precipitation.
 FRANK r. CHAFFEE,
 esetien Director. Weather Bureea
EIks' Teeth Growing scareer.

MISS Mamie Rowling Crane, the daughter of former head of the Chsy ennes, recently sold her party robe gown was old and moth eaten, but its value consisted in its decorations, FPS elk teeth. As years go by the number of elk teeth is becoming smaller. AL most any genuine tooth will sell for $2,. while the choice varieties sell for as high as $50 each. The top price IS usually paid for a tooth that is turning greeh with age. An elk of the male sex produces only two good teeth. and the robe. therefore, repre- sented 364 elk.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07
was paid by Mir. Hamburger to tha,

was paid by Mir. Hamburger to- that company
 ed the streets followed by transparent cies advertising MT. Comer's speech, and also stating that MT. Walsh. the Conner candidate for the Senate. would address the people. Things were also livened up by several boys employed by the Conner committee to handle the fireworks. rockets, roman candles. etc.
 After all, but little can be said of the meeting. One thing, however, stands pre-emfnent. that while Mir. Conner disclaims, the idea that there is such a thing as Conner band wagon, that statement Is strangely inconsist- ent,. with his very strong advocacy of MrI Walsh for the Senate.
 Tomorrow Mr. Conner will speak at ThomasviIle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07

who had charge of me was trying to sew up the side of my foot, but with no success. When he found out that wouldn't work, he began trying to heal the wound with all kinds of ointment, until at last my whole foot and way up above my calf was nothing but proud flesh. l suffered un-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07

Call for Special Brew at the New Exchange. On tap after IT o'clock. This beer was brewed specially fer this hotel, and is extra fine and delscious.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07
tuition as public iiArary. would not

tution as public NHrary, I wouId not give a cent to-"
 With the departure of Andrew Car negIe and the other guests from the North. the celebration Is at an end. It was their presence which gave the ceremonies life. and with them goes the light of the occasion. They have come and gone. While they renamed the institute wore a gala appearance. Tomorrow 1t will resume its garb Of everyday life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07

It strikes the average man with ter TOT to see how many pins IL taxes to hold a woman together.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07
SUFFERED AGON|ES FOR FOUR YEARS
Whole Foot Nothing But Proud Flesh Tried Different Physicians and All Kinds of 0intments Could Walk Only With Crutches Ohio Man Says:
"CUTICURA REMEDIES
 THE BEST ON EARTH"

"In the year 1899 the side of my right foot was cut of from the little toe down to the heel, and the physician
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07

In the recent British naval maneu. vers off Lagos, wireless telegraphy was cumstances Several cases of friends firing on friends occurred, and it is an- nounced that visual signalling will Dc less teiegraphy Is much improved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07

When you can't awaken mans in- terest you can sometimes arouse hfs suspicion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07
Mrs. RaIIard,s FuneraI.

The funeral of Mrs. J.3 Floyd Bal lard. wife of Captain Ballard of the tug Flanders. who died at her home on North Alcaniz Street yesterday took place at the family residence this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Interment was in St, Johns cemetery. MT. and Mrs. Ballard were married only fif- teen months. and her untimely death is a great shock to her. husband and many friends. She leaves, in addi- tion to her husband. baby girl only five days old.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07
INDOOR BASEBALL
YOUNG MEN PLAY BUSINESS MEN
 AT PENSACOLA.
Score is q >te 15 in Favor of the Youths, AlthOogh Their Opponents Put Up .
 Stiff Game.

Pensacola, April 6.--A red hot game of indoor baseball was played tonight in the gymnasium of the Young Mems Christian Association by two teams representing the business men and the young men of the city, the captains being, respectively, w. S. Garfield and !. 8. Leonard. The game resulted in score of % to 27 in favor of the young men.
 Big Tom McCourin. the United States Marshal for this di-trict, was one of the star players for the business men and distinguished himself by many brilliant plays. His base running was "out of sight" and is said to have been q fair sample of the way he runs when on the trail of wild cat distil- lers and other lawbreakers. C. F. Zeek, superintendent of the Pensaco- la Gas Company. floated around the bases with the lightness of his cele- brated product. while Charlie Gray, the heavyweight shortstop for the busi- ness mems bunch, played the game like an old stager and never for once lost the smile for which he Is noted when selling some poor victim something that he doesn't want. Dr. J. H. Pier pant, the astute and learned city phy- sician, was unable to play because of Q stone bruise on his heel.
 Captain Leonard's team played stead fly and its members did good work both in the field and at the bat.
 The gymnasium was crowded with the elite of Pensacola society who vigorously applauded both good and bad plays with the greatest impar- tiality.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07
Weather Condlitlona. (Eor Past 2A hnurnA

Weather Condifiona.
 (For Past 24 hours.N
 Light to moderate precin6tatiops has oc-. cured quite generaly east M the Mississippi River and rain snow Is now falling from North Carolina northward. under infIuence of 2 decided barometric depression moving caused brisk to high winds at several north western stations Temperatures continue moderateiy high in east Gulf and south At lantic districts though an area of high ba- rometer. with crest over Missouri. is giving generally fair weather over most of the caused sharp temnerature falls in the middle Mississippi and Ohio valleys eastward fo the middle Atlantic coast. As this area of high" drift eastward. 1t will give fair weather In this section tonight and Satur- day. with cooler tonight.
 Temperature ani precipitation as report. cd ey the Weather Bureau for selected am. April 6, 1906.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07
Circuit Court Docket.

Several cases are on the docket for trial at the spring term of the Escam- bia County Circuit Court which com venes in this city on Monday next many of them being of considerable importance There is one damage suit on the docket where a claim is made for s70.000. Judge Carter Is at present engaged fin the trial of George Allen for the killing of Eubesaw Whit mire at Milton, but it is expected that the case there will be finished by Sat- .urday at the latest. It is probable that there will be no grand jury at this term of the court as there are no cap- ital cases to be tried and nothing of any importance to investigate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07
New Juafice pl.trict.

A new justice district has been es- tablished in the nefghborhood of Mo-
 the coming election. There are said
 to be many aspirants for the position and warm campaign will soon be in progress in that section.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07
Pensacola Politics.

While the political pot is beginning to simmer in this city candidates for the various offices that will be filled at t.. coL.lng election appear to be a little wary. John s. Beard. who some time ago announced for the State Sem ate. will soon begin a stumping of the county and 1t Is possible that he will be followed up by l. Campbell Avery. his opponent Beard club and an Avery club have been formed and con- siderable interest is manifested in the race. In the race for the office of Justice of the Peace in this city. made vacant by the resignation of Judge James R. Landrum. several aspirants are already in the field. The latest candidate Ao offer himself Is Reub Nicholson, ht present deputy sheriff. Reub has many friends here and would make a strong bid for the office. The race for County Commissioners thus far seem to be a case of one afraid and the other dare not, as no an- nouncements have been made-that is, not publicly. For the Legislature 1t is expected there will be three can didates in the field, those most prom inently mentioned being Charles M. Coston, George T. Morgan and, it is whispered, J. E. Long. who. it will be remembered, gained much notoriety in the row over the office of Street Super fntendent. which he and Charles H. Gingles both claimed and from which both have been removed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07

River Forecast. (For next two daysl The CoosaS and Alabama will continue to Tall slowly or remain stationary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07
BARGAINS.
THE WEATHER.

THE WEATHER.
  Dal1y LecaI weather Report and River
 Bulletin. Unitsd states Department of Akricuitnra WaAthar Bureau Loeai Observatfons.
 fCentrai Time.l Montgomery. Ala, April 6. 1908.